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TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
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COUNTY OF KENT.
CONTAINING
The ANTIENT and PRESENT STATE of it,
CIVIL and ECCLESIASTICAL;
Collected from public RECORDS, and other the beſt AUTHORITIES,
Both MANUSCRIPT and PRINTED:
A N D
Illuſtrated with MAPs, and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, &ic.
By
E D W A R D H A S T E D,
Of CANTERBURY, Efq; F. R. S. and S. A.
Nihil eſt aptius ad dele&tationem le&toris, quam temporum varietates, fortunæque viciſſitudines : quæ etfi
nobis optabiles in experiendo non fuerunt, in legendo tamen erunt jucunda.
Cicero Epift. ad fam, lib. v.
V O L U M E
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CANTERBURY,
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY SIMMONS AND KIRKÊ Y:
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MY LORD,
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H E permiſſion, which his Majesty graciouſly allowed me, of
dedicating this Hiſtory to him, afforded me the pleaſing opportunity
of expreſſing my duty and earneſt wiſhes for the proſperity of his
Royal Perſon and Family. The rule of gratitude, my Lord, next prompts
me to acknowledge, by the dedication of this Volume in particular, the
repeated obligations I am under to your Lordſhip; and I am happy in the
ſingular propriety of addreſſing it to a Nobleman, who ſtands deſervedly
high both in his Sovereign's and in his country's favor, for the glorious
and
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and unparalleled ſucceſs of the British arms in NORTH AMERICA, under
your Lordſhip's command, juftly renders your Name dear to both. Your
fame, my Lord, will live in the memory of grateful BRITONS to the lateſt
poſterity, and your victories will be recorded in hiſtory among the atchieve-
ments of our greateſt heroes----Beſides ; this County, my Lord, boaſts of
your being a Native of it----you honor it with your reſidence, as your
Anceſtors have from the earlieſt accounts of time, and you have ſhewn a
ſtill further attachment to it, by aſſuming the title of your Barony from a
part of it---The VALLEY OF HOLMSDALE---famous in antient Hiſtory for
the Bravery of our British Anceſtors ſignaliſed in it.
It would have been unpardonable, my Lord, after his Majesty's gracious
permiſſion, had I offered the dedication of this Volume, however unworthy
the intrinfic merit of it may be, to any patronage but your Lordſhip’s,
whoſe domeſtic and public virtues ſhine forth equally eminent and con-
fpicuous
. Thefe, my Lord, I join with my countrymen in the pleaſing
admiration of; but it is to your partiality to whatever relates to this County,
and to your known goodneſs and liberality of ſentiment, that I hope for
pardon, for the liberty I have taken in this Addreſs. The many favors
which your Lordſhip has honored me with, induces me to hope you will
add this requeſt to the number of them. My gratitude exults in this public
acknowledgement, the only one I may ever have of aſſuring your Lordſhip,
how much I am, with all due reſpect,
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Your Lordſhip’s
moſt obliged,
and moſt faithful ſervant,
EDWARD HASTED.
PRECINCTS,
CANTERBURY,
Nov. 17, 1782.
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MIGHT not perhaps have thought a Preface fo neceſſary to this Volume, had it
not been principally to aſſure the Purchaſers of this Hiſtory, that no diligence what-
ever has been omitted in the compiling and forwarding of it for publication. This
volume has been about three years in hand, during which time hardly a day has paſſed,
the greateſt part of which has not been ſpent in cloſe application towards the proſecution
of it, almoſt to the deſtruction of an exceeding good ſtate of health.
The variety of materials which have increaſed upon me, and the deſire of doing as
much juſtice as poſſible to the encouragers of it, has ſwelled this volume to a very large
ſize, which has added to the expence of it very conſiderably; however, if it gives them
that ſatisfaction I hope it will, I ſhall think myſelf ſufficiently rewarded; and here I had
made a reſolution of finiſhing my labours, and of leaving the completing of this Hiſtory
to the induſtrious pains of ſome future Continuator; but many of my Subſcribers, whoſe
good will to me I can have no doubt of, have, within theſe few months, on being told
my deſign, ſo ſtrongly urged my being bound in honor, as well as honeſty, to complete
it in a third volume, that I own, I hardly know how to refuſe it. The two chief obſtacles
to my compliance are --my declining health, and the great expence which I have already
been at, and which of conſequence muſt increaſe, in the further proſecution of it.---The
former I muſt truſt to Providence to eſtabliſh ; the latter muſt be left to the option of
the Purchaſers of theſe volumes to enable me to undertake it, or not, at their pleaſure ;
for without their approbation I certainly ſhall not riſque the hazard of it.
The variety of information which I found neceſſary to inſert in this Hiſtory, has ſo
filled every part of it, that it has left me no opportunity of adding ſuch digreſſions and
criticiſms, as occurred to me on many of the ſubjects mentioned in it, which I could
have wiſhed frequently to have done, and this has likewiſe, in a great meaſure, pre-
vented my printing at full length any of the deeds, charters, and muniments quoted,
either in the ſeveral pages, or in an appendix; and though I know many are of a different
opinion, yet I own, I can ſee little, if any, uſe in the inſertion of them, excepting that
of the making up the contents of a book, where there is a ſcarcity of other materials.
I hope the ſize of this volume will not induce my Readers to think, that any part of the
contents of it are more prolix than they might have been, eſpecially when they conſider
that it contains the deſcription of 110 leſs than one hundred and twenty-three pariſhes,
ſome of which are of a very conſiderable ſize, inſomuch, that the accounts which have
already been publiſhed of ſeveral of them, make each an entire volume; a Biſhop's fee;
and a cathedral church ; four corporate, and four principal market-towns, and three
ſmaller ones, and more than fixteen religious foundations; which together are nearly
equal to the whole county of Worceſter, the hiſtory of which has lately been publiſhed
in two large volumes, of equal fize with this. oyun to
do
There may be ſome, who think there are too frequent repetitions in many parts of
this work; but repetitions could not well be avoided in the carrying on the chain of
narrative, and indeed had it not been ſo, the frequency of the references in each page
would have made them the moſt diſagreeable and troubleſome of all kind of reading.
Several of the places of leſſer note might perhaps have been omitted; but as they take
up but little room, and throw ſome light on the tenure of the ſeveral eſtates mentioned,
I inſerted them as of fonie uſe probably to the owners of them; and though each indi-
vidual is certainly more pleaſed with this or that particular ſubject, and accordingly
would wiſh his favorite one, only, or at leaſt moſt copiouſly treated on; yet he ſhould
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recollect that a book is ſomewhat like a public feaſt, where the entertainer, to pleaſe, ſhould
furniſh ſomething of every kind for the different palates of his gueſts, that the taſte of
every one may be gratified, and each go away ſatisfied with the provider of it.
The natural hiſtory of this county is a ſubject fo copious, and abounding with ſuch
variety of matter, that it cannot be made a part of any book, it requires one entirely to
itſelf, and a genius particularly adapted to the ſtudy of it, whoſe ſole attention and ap-
plication ſhould be to that alone, and it muſt be the employment of ſeveral years that
can enable any one to give an account of it, ſatisfactory to the public. My inclinations
have, I own, led me into a different purſuit, and I have had as little opportunity of
ſearching into the knowledge of it. However, ſuch matters relating to it as have occurred
to me at any time, either by my own obſervations, or the communications of my friends,
the Reader will find interſperſed in different places throughout this volume.
The ſeveral peculiar cuſtoms of different places, and remarkable occurrences, are in
general inſerted, all trifling and credulous ſtories, which are a difgrace to common ſenſe,
being omitted.
There are ſeveral articles added in this volume, which were not duly attended to in
the firſt; particularly the parochial charities, and a more complete ſeries of the patrons
and incumbents of livings: the difficulty of obtaining the latter is much greater in this
county than in others, where there is probably only one dioceſe, and conſequently one
office to ſearch; whereas in this there are no leſs than ſix different ones, and ſome of
them at a very conſiderable diſtance from the others.
In the account of the ſeveral religious foundations and their members, eſpecially of
that of Faverſham, I hope no one will blame me, for not repreſenting them in ſo odious
a light as has been but too much the practice for ſome time paſt, whether right or
wrong, to ſerve either party, or particular purpoſes. There were thoſe among them,
no doubt, as there are among all denominations of men, who were not without the fail-
ings of human nature; but though there were ſome among them, whoſe actions were a
ſcandal to religion, and their ignorance a diſgrace to the ſociety they belonged to, yet
there were many others of them who were great, pious and good men, and of excellent
learning for the times, many of whom were preferred to, and exerciſed with credit, the
higheſt offices in the ſtate, the church, and the law; and in many of their houſes, great
regularity of diſcipline and prayer was kept up, and daily charity diſpenſed at their gates
to hundreds of the poor and hungry, who conſtantly flocked thither for that purpoſe.
And here I ſhall obſerve, that I truſt I have not once throughout this work dipped my
pen in gall, whatever provocation or inducement I may have had to it, had my incli-
nations led me that way, ſo that I may truly ſay,
--- Fungar vice cotis ; acutum
Reddere qua ferrum valet, exfors ipfa fecandi.
It has been wiſhed by ſome few, that I had given, fac fimile, engravings of the record
of Domeſday, the expence of which would have been exceſſive, the uſe, I apprehend,
little or none. Few, but thoſe whoſe continued practice had gained them a technical
knowledge in antient records, could have interpreted it, or even read it. The whole
then would have been a mere matter of curioſity to the eye, the gratification of which
would have been but trifling; whereas the printing of the ſeveral parts of it in common
letters, under the deſcription of the reſpective places they relate to, muſt anſwer every
uſeful knowledge of it. In many of theſe extracts of this record, the Reader will, no
doubt, obſerve, that the names of the places deſcribed in it, are very different from the
preſent ones of thoſe they are ſuppoſed to be meant for ; this appears to have been owing
as well to the miſtakes of the Norman ſcribes, and thoſe made perhaps for the purpoſe,
who took their accounts from the mouths of the Saxon inhabitants, as to the great
change worked by ſuch a length of time in the very names themſelves, inſomuch that the
greateſt part of them at this time require a perſon well acquainted with the antient hiſtory
of the ſeveral places, as well as the provincial dialect of the county, to interpret them, and
fix them to the places they are meant for, and even then conjecture muſt frequently be
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called in aid. I hope I have committed but very few errors in this point. One place,
however, I own I have yet ſome doubts of, which is Cildreſham, which I have conjectured
to mean the pariſh now called Luddenham. It certainly was deſigned either for that or the
neighbouring one of Newnham; but the former had many circumſtances to determine
me in favor of it, as ſuch I have fixed the deſcription of it, and the Reader, being appriſed
of it, may canvas the matter, and follow his own judgment in it.
The Maps of the ſeveral Hundreds have been executed with much pains and attention,
and conſidering they are the firſt which have been attempted of the kind, are as accurate
as can well be expected; the difficulty of aſcertaining the bounds of moſt of them has
been very great, ſeveral of them ſo very intricate, as to be almoſt unknown, as well as the
reſpective laths in which they are ſituated; the Lowy of Tunbridge, the Hundreds of
Watchlingſtone, and Weſt Barnefield have been particularly fo. The method of making
the County Map has been well conſidered of, and that which has been adopted is what,
upon conſultation with ſeveral ingenious perſons, ſeemed beſt approved of. It certainly
would have been more accurate, had it been delayed till the remainder of this Hiſtory had
been completed ; but the impatience of the public for it would not have ſuffered it to wait
till that period. However, ſhould that undertaking fall to my lot to execute, and any
very material improvements occur, and probably there will be many ſuch by various
means pointed out, the Purchaſers of theſe Volumes ſhall each be entitled to one of them,
at the price only of what the impreſſion coſts me.
As to the Plates of the ſeveral ſeats, &c. they are as well executed as could be expected
from the prices of them, and though there may be fome done in a more elegant and ex-
penſive manner, where the nobility and gentry have ſhewn a more than ordinary liberality
to do credit to their counties, in thus embelliſhing the reſpective hiſtories of them, yet I
have in many inſtances ſeen much worſe. I own, that I think the expence is ſuch, even
from the hand of a moderate artiſt, that it is hardly decent to aſk it of any one; from
the firſt hands, it is extravagant beyond reaſon.
My thanks are due to ſuch of the Nobility and Gentry of this County, as have favored
me with theſe Views; they are due to them for their aſſiſtance throughout this Volume,
particularly to the Right Hon. Lord Teynham, Lord Romney, the Right Rev. the Biſhop
of Litchfield, whilſt he was reſident in this county, as Dean of Canterbury and Rector of
Wrotham ; they are due to all my Friends, and happy I am to know, from their repeated
favors and aſſiſtance, that they are both reſpectful and numerous, and many of them of high
character and rank of life; but to the Gentlemen of the Law univerſally I am bound to
repeat my thanks, who have, with unwearied pains, given me every information in their
power, which has been great indeed.
Since the printing of theſe Volumes, I have collected much further material information
relating to almoſt every part of them ; the quantity of it makes it impoſſible for me to
add it to this Volume; however, the Reader will find an Addenda of Errata and Correc-
tions, and of ſuch Alterations as have happened by deaths or otherwiſe ſince the printing
of it, which, though ſomewhat leſs than three years, afford a melancholy proof of fre-
quent mortality, and the ſhortneſs of our pilgrimage on this ſide the grave.
The four Indexes are very copious, and ſuch as I hope will render this Volume ſtill
more uſeful to thoſe who wiſh to conſult any particular part of its contents, and ſave
them the labour of turning over many leaves, to find what is contained perhaps in only
a ſingle page of it.
Laſtly, I intreat the Reader's candour to excuſe ſuch errors as may occur to him, in his
peruſal of this Volume, aſſuring him, that I have not willingly made a ſingle one, but
have attentively followed the ſacred path of truth ; and as I have done my utmoſt en-
deavors, ſparing neither coſt nor pains, to gratify his expectations, I truſt, when he
conſiders the difficulty of ſo great an undertaking from the hand of a ſingle perſon, he
will the more liberally look over and pardon what he finds amiſs in it, aſſuring him in the
words of Cicero---- Quantum literis, quantum ftudiis, veteribus noſtris dele&tionibus, conſequi
poterimus, id omne ad arbitrium ſuum, libentiſime conferemus:
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ADDITIONAL LIST of SUBSCRIBERS.
L.
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E V. Mr. Alkyn, of Lenham
Right Hon. Lord Loughborough
Mr. John Larkin, of Hadlow
B.
Ifrael Lewis, of Hampſted, Eſq;
Sir Thomas Broughton, Bart.
Library of Oriel College, Oxford
Sir William Biſhop, of Maidſtone, Knt. Mr. Longman
William Boreler, of Eaſtry, Eſq;
Mr. Lowndes, Bookſeller, London
Rev. Moyle Breton, of Kennington
Thomas Lucas, of Lee, Eſq;
The Britiſh Muſeum
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Mr. Brooker, of the Little Cloyſter, Weſtminſter
Sir Joſeph Mawbey, Bart.
Rev. Mr. Browne
John Madox, Eſq;
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Mrs. Burrell, of Langley Park in Beckenham
Captain Mitford
Mr. Lewis Bull, Bookſeller of Bath, 2 copies
John Montreſor, of Belmont, Eſq;
C.
M. Robinfon Morris, of Horton, Eſq;
The Hon. Henry Cecil
Leonard Morſe, of Downing-ſtreet, Weſtmin-
Thomas Chamberlayne, Eſq;
fter, Eſq;
James Chapman, of Pauls Cray Hill, Eſq;
Joſeph Muſgrave, Eſq; 2 copies
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Mr. Nathaniel Conant, of London
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William Conſtable, Eſq;
Mr. Solomon Norris, of Matfield near Brenchley
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William Daliſon, of Weſt Peckham, Eſq;Rev. Mr. Parrott
John Diſney, D.D. F. A.S. Vicar of Swin Charles Anderſon Pelham, of Brockelſby in the
derby in the co. of Lincoln
co. of Lincoln, Eſq;
William Drake, of Shardeloes in the co. of
Frederick Pigou, Efq;
Buckingham, Eſq;
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Rev. Houſtone Radcliffe, Vicar of Gillingham
John Rawlinſon, of London, M. D.
Right Hon. the Earl of Exeter, ſecond copy
Jofeph Edmondfon, Eſq;
John Watſon Read, of Lincolns Inn, Eſq;
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Mr. Selwyn
The Right Hon. Lord Fairfax
Mr. William Smart, of Gillingham
Rev. Mr. Flemming, Oriel College, Oxford
Joſhua Smith, Efq;
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Right Hon. the Earl of Gainſborough, 2 copies Mr. Jaſper Sprange, of Tunbridge Wells, Book-
Mr. Robert Goddard, of Aldington
ſeller, 2 copies
Joſeph Gulfton, Eſq; 2 copies
John Stanley, Efq;
Edward Stephenſon, of London, Eſq;
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Right Hon. the Earl of Hilſborough
Mr. John Hinton
The Right Hon. Lord Teynham
Mr. Hodges of Wrotham
The Right Hon. Thomas Townſhend
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Mr. John Tappenden, of Faverſham
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Rev. Mr. Treſchen, of Copenhagen
The Hon. Mr. Irby
John Tyndale, of North Cerney in the co. of
Edward Jacob, of Faverſham, Eſq;
Glouceſter, Eſq;
Mr. John Joliffe
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K.
Benjamin Way, Eſq;
Edward King, Eſq;
Mrs. Wilſon, of Sundridge in Bromley
15 In the Lift of Subſcribers in Vol. I. omit the name of Mr. George Frend, of Canterbury, and
inſert John Sidney, Eſq; in the room of it.
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CHATHAM and GILLINGHAM.
WASHLINGSTONE.
MAIDSTONE,
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Alſo, The LOWY of TUNBRIDGE, The CITY of ROCHESTER, and the KING'S TOWN
of MAIDSTONE, and the Liberties belonging to them.
The CITY and LIBERTY OF ROCHESTER.
South runs northward until it has paffed the city,
after which it directs its courſe due eaſt.
The juriſdiction of this city was antiently
called The Hundred of Rocheſter (a).
ASTWARD from Stroud, on the oppo-
ſite ſide of the river Medway, lies the city
of Rocheſter, ſituated on an angle of land
formed by that river, which coming from the
Vol. II.
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(a) See Reg. Roff. p. 49.
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The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
THE ANTIQUITY OF ROCHESTER.
Rochester was a place of fome note in the
time of the Romans, owing to its ſituation at the
accuſtomed paſs over the river Medway.
It was probably called by the Britons Duro-
briva, from the Britiſh word Dour Water, and
the termination Briva, which is added to the old
names of many places, and might fignify among
the antient Britons and Gauls, a bridge, or pal-
fage over a river; ſince it is no where uſed, but
in the names of places ſituated like this at
rivers (b).
Antoninus, in his Itinerary, calls it by the
name of Durobrivis, though it is corruptly ſpelt
various ways in the different copies of it.
In the Peutingerian military tables, in the de-
cline of the Roman empire, it is written Roibis ;
from which contracted, and the addition of the
word ceafter (derived from the Latin, caſtrum,
uſed by our Saxon anceſtors to ſignify a city,
town, or caſtle) they called it Hroueceafter, and by
a further contraction, Rocheſter (c).
It was accounted in the time of the Romans,
one of their ſtipendiary cities, of which fort they
had 12 in this iſland (d).
Moſt of our antiquaries agree in allowing it to
be the ſtation mentioned by Antoninus in his
Itinerary, under the name of Durobrivis, ſituated
27 miles from London (e). The remains of the
antient Roman road, or Watling ſtreet way, lead-
ing from London hither, is very viſible from Shin-
glewell, by Cobham-park pales, towards Rocheſter,
till it comes to the north gate of the park, where
it runs into the thick coppice, and is loft; after
which there are no remains of it, till you come
to the top of Chatham-bill, in the high road to
Canterbury and Richborough (f).
Rocheſter has never been very extenſive, and
appears to be larger now than at any time here-
tofore. In the time of Venerable Bede, it was
rather eſteemed as a caſtle, than as a city, and
ccordingly he ſtiles it the Caſtle of the Kentiſha
Men.
Great part of the walls of this city ſtill remain,
and probably on their original foundation, and
there is great reaſon to think, from the Roman
bricks obſervable in different parts of them,
that it was firſt fortified in the time of the
Ronans.
It was certainly walled in the time of Ethelbert,
K. of Kent, ſoon after the year 597, when that
Prince embraced the Chriſtian religion, for in a
grant of lands to the church, which he had built
at Rochester, there is mention made both of the
wall and gate; and in the reign of Sigered, who
was a King of part of Kent, about the year 760,
the city walls are alſo mentioned; and in num-
bers of grants before the conqueſt, there are fre-
quent references to the walls and gates, for af-
certaining the boundaries of lands and houſes.
The walls were built nearly according to the
four cardinal points, and from weſt to eaſt about
half a mile diftant, but from north to ſouth not
a quarter of a mile, ſo that being originally of
ſo ſmall a compaſs, this place might well be
deſcribed in antient grants rather as a caſtle,
than a city (g).
The wall is ſtill entire in ſome places, eſpe-
cially on the eaſt ſide, the north-eaſt angle ſtill
retaining its antient form, height, and embra-
ſures. It is in general about four feet in thick-
neſs, and on the eaſt fide, where it is entire, the
height is about 30 feet (b).
a 3.
(6) Camd. Brit. p. 357. In this iſland there were more
than one Durobrivæ ; in Gaul there was Briva Iſaria, now
Pontoiſe, where was the paſfage over the Iſara, or Yfort ;
Briva Odere, over the Odera, and Samara briva (for that
is the right name) over the Soame. Camd. ibid. Lambard,
in his Perambulation, p. 400, fays, it was called in Britiſh,
Dourbryf, i.e. a ſwift ſtream.
(c) Camd. p. 231. Burt. Anton. p. 178. Here it is to be
obſerved, that all places ending in chefier, faſhioned in the
Saxon times, have ariſen from the ruins of the old Roman
cafira, not that the former were always placed in the very
fame ſcite, though they were never very remote from it.
Burt. Anton. p. 43. Hence the antient ſtations about the
noted Roman wall, the ruins of many of which are ſtill viſible,
are called chefters by the country people. Ibid. p 41.
(d) Richard of Cirenceſter, p. 23.
(e) In the ſecond Iter of Antonine, the Roman ſtations
from London, ad Portum Ritupis, are thus named ; A Lon-
dinio, Noviomago, M.P. XII.Vagniacis M. P. VI.-Duro-
brovis M. P. IX.-Durolevo M.P. XVI.-Duroverno M.P.
X11.ad Portum Ritupis M. P. XII. Not only the identity
of all theſe ſtations (excepting Durobrovis, Rocheſter, and
Durovernum, Canterbury, of both which hardly any one has
doubted) but likewiſe their diſtances from each other have
been ſo altered and diſputed among writers, that there is no
aſſerting which of them is right. In ſhort each has altered
the diſtances in the copies of Antonine, according to his own
conjecture, therefore I have made uſe of the fame privilege
above, upon I truft, as good, if not better grounds, than
they have.
(F) Though there is the ſtrongeſt preſumption, that the
Roman way croſſed the river at this city, yet Dr. Plot, and
ſome others are inclined to think, that it bent its courſe to
the point of land in Frindſbury marſhes, where there was a
ſhallow quite acroſs the river, over which, according to tra-
dition, people had paffed formerly, there being not above
three or four feet water upon a low ebb. But as this would
leave Rocheffer more than a mile out of the direct road, and
contradict the general authority of its having been a Roman
ſtation, there appears but ſmall probability of truth in this
conjecture, eſpecially when we find the burial-place of the
Romans to have been juſt without the walls of the caſtle fouth-
ward, next to Bully-hill, where, a few years ago, when the
ſurface of the ground was lowered to fill up the caſtle-ditch,
feveral Roman urns, lacrymatories, &c. were diſcovered ; a
ftill further proof of the Roman ſtation having been at the
place, where the caſtle is now ſituated. Hift. of Rocheſter,
p. *281.
(8) Hift. Rocheſter, 12mo. 1772.
(b) On the ſouth ſide, where being freed from buildings,
it appears moſt conſpicuous, the dimenſions nearly corre-
fpond with the grant of K. Edward III, who, April 23, in
his 18th year, granted to the Prior and Convent of Rochefler,


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down in 1770.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
In the year 1225, the great ditch about the In 676, Ethelred, K. of Mercia, having in-
city is reported to have been begun (i); and in vaded Kent, deſtroyed this city, and returned
1284, Salvman de Roffa had the King's licence to with great plunder to his own kingdom (9).
build about, and on the walls of Rocheſter, and
During the Daniſh wars in England, Rocheſter
to hold the buildings in fee (k).
frequently ſuffered from the inhumanity of thoſe
The city has no gates at preſent, but the
barbarians. Particularly in the year 839, this
names of ſeveral are on record, viz. Broadgate(2),
city was facked by them, the enemy commit-
afterwards called Eaſtgate, which ſtood in the
ting unheard-of cruelties before they returned
high ſtreet, near adjoining to the preſent free-
to their ſhips (r).
ſchool, part of the portal being ſtill viſible on the
ſouth ſide of the ſtreet; moſt part of it remained
In 885, a large body of theſe pirates failed
up the Medway, and beſieged Rocheſter, and in
in the reign of K. Henry VIII. when Leland
order to command the city, caft up a mount be-
wrote, who calls it a marvellous ſtrong gate,
fore it (s); but the beſieged made a vigorous
and adds, no more gates appeared here, that
defence till K. Alfred came to their relief, and
were commonly uſed (m).
having obliged the enemy to raiſe the fiege,
South-gate was near Bully-hill, in the road to
drove them to their ſhips with great loſs (t),
St. Margaret's(n), the arch of which was taken
In 986, K. Ethelred having had ſome diffe-
There was another gate, as appears by the
rence with the Biſhop of Rocheſter, and thinking
Regiſtrum Roffenſe, called Cheldegate, which ſeems
the Biſhop had behaved too haughtily towards
to have been in the north wall of the city leading
him, marched with his army, and laid ſiege to
to the marſhes, that part of the wall being called
this city; but not being able to take it, he laid
from it Cheldegate-wall, and the lane in which it
waſte all the lands belonging to the church of
St. Andrew (u). Do
ftood oppoſite the college-gate Cheldegate-lane (0):
In the Textus Roffenfis there is likewiſe men-
However this fiege was trivial, in compariſon
tion made of a gate beyond the bridge.
of what the inhabitants ſuffered 12 years after-
There were no ſtreets of any account within
wards from the Danes, who failing up the Med-
the walls, except the High-ſtreet, and Chelde way to Rocheſter, ſtruck ſuch terror into the ci-
gate-lane, now called Pump - lane, mentioned tizens, on account of the barbarities they had
above; Dodingberne, or Deadman's-lane, leading
juſt before exerciſed in various parts of England,
to Bully-bill; and St. Clement's-ſtreetz near that
that they fled, and left the city to their mercy ;
church, now called Horſewaſh-lane (p). ON
which the Danes having plundered, they de-
parted into Eaſt Kent (v).
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.
After this, it does not appear that this city
ever made any further oppoſition againſt the
We have no further mention of Rocheſter,
Denes, but ſubmitted with the reſt of the na-
tho it was undoubtedly a Roman ſtation, as well tion to the yoke of theſe invaders ; in which
as a ſtipendiary city, till after the riſe of the Saxon
ſtate it continued, without any particular cir-
Heptarchy, when it became more diſtinguiſhed';
cumſtances happening to it, till the Norman con
for K. Ethelbert, having embraced the Chriſtian
queft in 1066, when it ſubmitted to the Con-
faith in the year 597, built the church of St.
queror, on the ſame terms that the reſt of the
Andrew here, and made it a Biſhop's ſee; by
county did.
which he raiſed this city from obfcurity, and
This place has ſuffered ſeveral times dread-
gave it a diſtinguiſhed place in eccleſiaſtical and
fully by fire. On May 7, anno 1 130, when K.
civil hiſtory.
Henry I, the Archbiſhop, and many of the nobi-
Rocheſter, from its ſituation at the moſt ac lity were here, on account of the confecration of
cuſtomed paſſage over the river Medway, has the church of St. Andrew, then juſt finiſhed, a
been ſubject to more misfortunes than perhaps dreadful fire broke out, which laid the city in
any other city whatſoever.
aſhes, and much damaged the new church.
to niger bre
in pure and perpetual alms, his ditch without the wall of this (n) The hooks, on which the gates were hung, are ſtill to
city, from the eaff gate of it towards Canterbury, to the gate be ſeen in the wall at the north-eaft corner of the garden of
of the Prior towards the ſouth, and to fill it up, and convert Bully-hill-houſe. bns to
ovo Mr bal
it to their own advantage; on condition, that they made a
po) Reg. Roff. p. 535, 537, 538, and 54p.
new ditch, and built a new ſtone wall, five rods and five (P) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 5,
feet from the former, 16 feet high, and well embattled, to (9) Bede, lib. iv, chap. 12. Hunt. lib. ii, p. 318.
ſtand on their own ground, and to be repaired by them ; the (r) Camd. p. 231. From which time the Danes infeſted
ditch ſo to be filled up, containing in length 54 perches, the Engliſh coaſt almoſt without intermiſſion.
14 feet and an half of land, and in width five perches and (s) See the account of Bully-hill below.
five feet of land. Reg. Roff. p. 551.
(t) Camd. p. 231. Hoveden, and others mention this
(i) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 347.
happening in 884.
(u) Florence of Worceſter, p. 608.
(k) Pat. anno 13 Edw, I. in turri.
(I) Text. Roff. p. 63.
() Ibid. p. 610.
(m) Lel. Itin, vol. vi, p. 10.
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Tbe ILI STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.

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THE CIVIL HISTORY OF ROCHESTER.
much ;
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
On June 3, 1137, another fire happened, K. James II, on his abdication of the throne,
which almoſt conſumed the city ; from which came to Rocheſter on Dec. 19, 1688, and was
calamity it had hardly recovered, when its ruin received here by fir Richard Head, bari. in whoſe
was nearly completed by another fire, which hap houſe he reſided tillthe 23d inft. when he privately
pened on April 3, 1177, in the reign of King withdrew, and taking with him only the Duke of
Henry II, the marks of which deplorable cala Berwick, and two others, embarked on board a
mity were viſible forne centuries afterwards. tender in the river Medieay (%).
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The city recovered but ſlowly from theſe mif On Saturday, Dec. 17, 1768, about 12 o'clock
fortunes, and the inteſtine commotions of the
at night, a dreadful fire happened on the north
kingdom happening foon afterwards, Rocheſter fide of the High-ſtreet, near the Town-hail,
ſuffered again conſiderably : but K. Henry III. which threatened deſtruction to the greateſt part
getting poffeffion of it, and knowing what ad-
of this city. However, it was, with much dif-
vantage the preſervation of this place would be
ficulty, put a ſtop to, after raging for three
to him, reſolved to augment the ſtrength of it. hours, and having laid 10 houſes, fronting that
He therefore, in 1225, repaired and reſtored
ſtreet, in ruins.
the walls to their former condition, and began
beau de
a large ditch round the city.
On Dec. 8, 1251, K. Henry III. held a ſo-
lemn tournament here, which as is conjectured
ROCHESTER, in the time of K. Edward the
was in the fields to the ſouth-eaſt of the city.
Confeſſor, was in the King's hands; Willian the
In the civil wars, which happened afterwards
Conqueror, on his obtaining the crown, gave
between the Houſes of York and Lancaſter, Ro-
it, with the caſtle, to Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, his
cheſter, as well as the reſt of this county, ſuffered
half-brother. Accordingly it is thus entered in
but as thoſe things, which were tranſ-
the general ſurvey of Domeſday : fotogco boost
acted here, relate chiefly to the caſtle, the ac-
Civitas Roveceſtre
. T. R. E. valebat 100 folid.
count of them will be deferred till I come to Q’do eps' recep ſimiliť modo Val 20. lib' tamen ille
treat of that fortreſs.
qui ten' reddit 40. lib. 2799110w Odi
As Rocheſter lies in the direct, and moſt fre-
Which is : The city of Rocheſter, in the time of
quented paſſage from the Continent to London,
K. Edward the Confeſſor, was worth 100 ſhillings,
it would be endleſs to recount the numbers of
and the like when the Biſhop (of Baieux) received
royal and illuſtrious perſonages, who have con-
it, now it is worth 20 pounds ; yet he who beld it
tinually viſited this city, and its church, in their paid 40 pounds.
way to and from this kingdom. Our public On the diſgrace of Biſhop Odo, in the year
hiſtories are filled with inſtances of this ſort. 1083, this place, with the reſt of his poffeffions,
was confiſcated to the crown.
However, it may be worth noticing, that Q.
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Elizabeth, in her return from a progreſs the From the Norman conqueſt, the cities and
had made round the coaſts of Suſſex and Kent, in towns of England, where veſted, either in the
1573, took up-her abode in this city for five crown, or elſe in the clergy, or in the baronage,
days; on the laſt of which ſhe honoured Mr. or great men of the laity, of which places they
Watts with her company, at his houſe on Bully were each of them immediate Lords (a). dois
bill. The day after her arrival, viz. Sept. 19, Of theſe, ſome were veſted in the King antiquo
ſhe was preſent at divine ſervice, and heard a jure corona, as part of the original inheritance of
fermon in the cathedral (w).
the crown, called in Domeſday, antient demeſne ;
K. James I, together with the King of Den others by antient eſcheat, as for want of heirs,
mark, was prefent at a ſermon preached here in or by attainder, forfeiture, feoffment, exchange,
1606, by Dr. Parry, Dean of Cheſter, the moſt &c. (6)
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eloquent preacher of his time, for which the K.
When the King was ſeized of any place in de-
of Denmark preſented him with a very rich meſne, he was Lord of the ſoil, i. e. of all the
ring (w). 11
land within the ſcite and precinct of the ſame,
K. Charles II, on his reſtoration, was received and of all the houſes, ſhops, and buildings
here with great demonſtrations of joy, on May erected on it, the herbage and productions of
28, 1660, and the Mayor and Corporation pre the earth, profits of fairs and markets, pleas and
fented him with a ſilver baſon and ewer, which perquiſites of courts, and other profits of every
was graciouſly accepted. After which he reſted kind within it (c). And when the King granted
that night at the houſe of Col. Gibbons in this a city or town in fee, or perpetual ferm, it was a
city (y).
iw dort
certain proof, that he was before feiſed of the
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(w) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 16.
place, who landed the King, and his company, at Ambli-
(x) Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 416.
Botol (0 teuſe in Picardy. Rapin, vol. ii, p.782 and 783. -4
() Hit. Rocheſter, p. 17.
(a) Madox's Firma Burgi, p. 4. (b) Ibid. p. 5.
(*) The maſter of it was one Browne, a citizen of this
() Ibid. p. 14
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The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
whole of the fame, its foil, profits, and appur ment called Maltolt, which they received from
tenances (d):
all perſons paſſing through the city to embark
When a town was put to fee-ferm, the tenure for the Holy Land, viz. one penny for each
of it was Burgage ; and the particular tenements horſeman, and an halfpenny for every one on
lying within it were ſaid to be ſo holden (e). foot. K. Richard I. aboliſhed this toll; and K.
K. Henry I. let this city to ferm at pleaſure, Henry III. acquitted them of gs. in their fee-
to the townſmen, at the yearly rent of 2ol. ferm yearly on that account, as he did of 6s.
which was anſwered by the Præpofitus, or Bailiff yearly for the Archbiſhop of Canterbury's liberties
of it; and he granted to Bifhop Gundulf, and the yearly in their town (i):
church of Rocheſter, one fair to be held yearly in In the 28th year of K. Henry III, the city of
this city for two whole days, viz. on the day of, Rochester was taken into the King's hands, on
and the day before the feaſt of St. Paulinus, with
the Burgeſſes not paying their fee-ferm (k):
all toll ariſing from it, &c. (f)
However, he afterwards, by his let. pat. dated
K. Henry II, by his charter, dated Nov. 6,
Feb. 6; in the 50th year of his reign, not only
in the 12th year of his reign, granted to the ci confirmed the above-mentioned charter of K.
tizens of Rocheſter, and their heirs, the city in Henry II ; but in recompenſe for the faithful
fee (or perpetual) ferm, for pol ſterling per ſervice which the citizens had done for him, and
annum, to hold of him and his heirs for ever;
the damages and loſſes they had ſuſtained in
together with all pertinencies, liberties, and their obedience to him during the time of the
free cuſtoms belonging to it ; and that tliey troubles then in the kingdom, remitted to them,
ſhould have a Guild Merchant, with fundry other
and their heirs, 81. yearly of the annual fee-ferm
privileges, liberties, and cuſtoms therein men-
of 2ol. and he granted, that they ſhould be
tioned (g).
exempt from toll, laſtage, ftallage, and murage,
K. Richard I. directed his writ to the Bailiff,
throughout England and the ſea-ports, and ſhould
and whole Hundred of Rocheſter, whereby he
have a free market within their city, and the re-
granted to the church and Monks of St. Andrew,
turn of all writs whatſoever.
all tenures, which they held of his tenement in
This city was afterwards taken again into
the city, ſaving the rent which was due from
the King's hands, where it remained in the 8th
them to his Bailiff yearly; and he further gran year of K. Edward I, who then committed it
ted, that the Bailiff, which belonged to their to John de Cobham, to hold of the King and his
chamber, ſhould have free ingreſs and egreſs heirs in ferme, for the term of his life, at the
through the middle of his fee, to diſtrain their
like yearly rent, that the citizens were uſed be-
tenants, when there ſhould be need; and he com
fore to anſwer for it; which grant was allowed
manded, that no one, unleſs his ſervants, ſhould
on a Quo Warranio brought againſt him in the
buy any victuals in the city before the Monks
21ſt year of that reign(1).
had bought theirs within it, on the forfeiture of K. Edward III. by charter of Inſpeximus, Jan.
101.(b)
18, in his 4th year, confirmed to the citizens of
Before the city was granted to the Burgeſſes Rocheſter the above-recited charter of K. Hen-
in fee farm, they accounted for a certain pay-
blage,
(d) Madox's Firma Burgi, p. 15.
baie
Rocheſter paid 71. 108. de dono, the fame being aſſiſed by the
(e) Ibid. p. 21. The yearly profit which the King made
Juſticiers upon the townſmen ſeverally; and alſo zol. de dono
of his cities, &c. was raiſed and paid to him in different of the city in common. Ibid. p. 507. Theſe aids, &c.
ways. Some were included in the general ferm of the
were affeſſed by the Juſtices Itinerant, or with their appro-
county, and were then paid by the Sheriff; ſometimes the
bation. They were aſſeſſed upon the men of the towns,
Sheriff held it as cuſtos or fermor of it, and anſwered for ſometimes in communi in groſs, ſometimes by the poll per
the ferm of it ſeparately from his general ferm of the capita, or per ſingulos, at other times partly one and partly
county; and ſometimes the King let it to ferm to particu-
the other, as in the 33d of Hen. II. above-inentioned.
lar townſmen, or to the body of them, as he did his ma-
It had long before this time been the cuſtom for the Cham-
nors to the tenants of them. Madox ib. p. 18,21.
berlain of the priory of Rocheffer to appoint a Præpofitus, or
(F) Reg. Roff. p. 527.
Bailiff to receive the iſſues accruing from certain of the Biſhop's
(s) M. E. H. In the ad year of K. Henry II, when the
tenants within the city ; therefore Biſhop Gilbert, who came
county of Kent paid Danegeld, the Burgeſies of Rochefier paid
to the fee anno 31 Henry II, that this privilege might not
an aid of 40 pounds, of which they paid into the Treaſury
be loft, or called in queſtion for the future, directed the
100 ſhillings ; in payments to Wm. Cade; 335. and 4d. and
Chamberlain to appoint ſuch a Bailiff for that purpoſe. Reg:
they had a diſcharge for 66s. and 8d. as in waſio. Madox's
.
Excheq. p. 480.
(1) This privilege was confirmed by K. Richard I, who
In the 5th year of that reign, the Sheriff of Kent anſwered
forbid even his own ſervants to buy before them. Reg. Roff.
for ioos. de dono of the Burgeſſes of Rochefer. Ibid. p. 437.
p. 44, 49. It was made uſe of by the Monks of this priory
In the 14th year of the ſame reign, the Sheriff of Kent
tillits diſſolution. It is exerciſed at this day by ſeveral of the
paid into the King's Exchequer gl. 135. 4d. for the city of
great monafteries in France, to the great diſguſt and incon-
Rocheſter, on the aid then levied on the King's demeſnes and venience of every one elſe.
towns in this county. Ibid. p. 406 and 40g.
(i) Madox's Exch. p. 229 and 673. (k) Ibid. p. 7026
And again in the 33d year of it, when a tallage was ſet (1) Reg. Roff. p. 544.
upon the King's demeſnes and lands in Kent, the town of
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.

The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
In the 50th year of K. Edward III, the Com defenſible, and fit for the reſiſtance of enemies,
mons of the city of Rocheſter, then in the King's who might enter the realm; and that conſidering
hands, prayed in Parliament, that the Clerk of their loyalty and ſervices, as well to him, as his
the market might have nothing to do within the progenitors, and that if they had more am-
city : and they were anſwered, that he ſhould ple liberties, their ſervice and readineſs would
make affay, and due puniſhment of ſuch as made be enlarged, confirmed to them their for-
default, without taking any fines in groſs of the mer charters, and granted to the citizens of Ro-
town, where he did not his office (m'.
cheſter; that inſtead of a Bailiff, they ſhould be
On Dec. 15th next year, the King committed called the Mayor and Citizens of the City of Ro-
the cuſtody of the city and caſtle of Rocheſter, cheſter, and ſo to purchaſe, plead, and be im-
with the caſtle-guards, to Simon de Burghley, for pleaded, &c. The Mayor to be choſen on the
the term of his life. Notwithſtanding which, Monday next after the feaſt of St. Michael yearly.
K. Richard II, April 6, in his iſt year, con That on the ſame day a Coroner, and two
firmed to the Burgeſſes of Rocheſter the liberties Conſtables ſhould be chofen.
and privileges granted to them by the charter of
That the metes and bounds of the city, as
K. Henry III.
well by land as by water, ſhould be, from the
K. Henry VI. granted ſeveral liberties and city by land to the hoſpital called St. Bartholo-
privileges to this city; and that the Bailiff of it, mew's, and from the wharf of the ſame to the
and the citizens, and their heirs, ſhould have water of Medway in circuit, i. e. to Kingsforowery
the paſſage called the Ferry, below the city and and Sheredere, and Lancelane unto Horſted-ſtreet,
the town of Stroud, and from the town of Stroud or farm, and from thence in circuit by the lane,
to the city, the King's bridge on the other ſide that lieth between the meſſuage of Gilbert Striche
of the water being broken; and alſo the ſpace and Wm. Horfied, unto Kenelings Crauch (p), alias
of the bridge, together with the houſe called Poules Croſſe, and from thence in circuit to the
the Barbacan; and that they ſhould have one manor of Neſbinden, and from thence to the Mill-
fair in the city yearly on the feaſt of St. Dunſtan bill next Neſbinden, and from thence in circuit to
the Biſhop, viz. May 29; together with great li-
the Stone, and thence between the King's way
berties, &c. (n)
leading to Woldhan, and the manor of Ringes,
John Lowe, Biſhop, together with the Prior and on the eaſt part of the ſaid manor, and from the
Convent of Rocheſter, came to an agreement with
ſaid ſtone to the water of Medzmay there ; and
the Bailiff and Citizens of Rocheſter, concerning
alſo, from the city unto a croſs placed in Little-
the bounds and certain privileges of the city and
borough in the town of Stroud (q); and ſo in cir-
precincts of the church, which were finally ſettled
cuit about the ſaid borough unto the city, and
by indentures between them, dated anno 1440,
alſo by the water of Medway, that is to ſay, from
27 Henry VI. In which, among other matters, it Shireneſs all along up to Hawkewood.
was agreed, that the Bailiff and his ſucceſſors And, that they ſhould have power to ſearch
might cauſe to be carried before him and them, all merchandizes to be ſhipped there, and have
by their Sergeants, their mace or maces, and the all forfeitables, wrecks of the ſea, and fiſhes
ſword likewiſe, if the King ſhould ever give within the liberties and precincts of the ſame.
them one, as well to and in the pariſh church, And ſhould have the Ferry over the water, if
as in the cathedral and cemetery, eſpecially on the bridge ſhould be broken.
feſtival days, and proceſſions, and folemn fer And alſo, aſſiſe of bread, and ale, and of all
mons, and at the reception and inſtallation of victuals and weights and meaſures, and all other
the Biſhops, and at all other fit times; but that things whatſoever, belonging to the office of
they ſhould make no execution or arreſt, or any
Clerk of the market.
thing belonging to the ſame, within the precinct And be free by land and water throughout
of the ſaid monaſtery and palace of the Biſhop,
England, and have goods of felons, and outlaws
unleſs the ſame ſhould be ſpecially required of of men reſident, &c. and ſhould keep a Court
the Biſhop or Prior, whenever the ſame was
of Portmote, from 15 days to 15 days, and ſhould
made (o).
have power to attach by goods, and arreſt by
K. Edward IV, by his charter, dated Dec. 14, body, or impriſon.
1460, in the iſt year of his reign, wherein he And ſhould have cognizance of all pleas, real,
recited, that the city was ſituated in a place moſt perſonal, and mixt, within their limits, and re-
(m) Cotton's Records, p. 134.
(n) Rot. Cart, anno i Henry VI, N. 44. Cårt de annis
21, 22, 23 and 24, N. 6. Cart de anno 21 ad 24, N. 6.
() Reg. Roff. p. 577.
(p) In the charter of K. Charles I, it is thus expreſſed :-
From Horſted unto a mark-ſtone in the highway leading from
Rocheſter to Maidſtone, formerly called Kenelingecrouch, and
from thence unto Millhill nigh to Naſhinden, and from thence
in circuit to a ſtone ſtanding oppoſite the highway leading to
Woldham, near the farm called Ringes, and from the faid
ſtone to the water of Medway there.
(9) In K. Charles I.'s charter it is thus :-In a croſs way
leading from Rocheffer to Graveſend, and from Guxton to
Frindſtury.
turn
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ..
7
were
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
turn of all writs and precepts, and that the She AT THE Synod held at Graetly by K. Athelſtane,
riff of the city, and his officers, ſhould be ex in the year 928, there was a law made reſpect-
empt from doing any office.
ing the coinage of money, that there ſhould be
And that they ſhould have all manner of fines but one uniform ſpecies of it throughout the
treſpaſſes, deodands, &c. and keep two law whole realm. Much inconvenience had, no
days, or leets on the Bullie, and a court of pie-
doubt, been found from ſo many different forts
powders, and have a fair on St. Dunftan's day ; of money as then paſſed among the King's fub-
and that they ſhould have paſturage of cattle in jects; for remedy of which, he ordained the
the city and caſtle-ditch, and liberty to build above wiſe law, which entirely aboliſhed the pri-
upon Eaſtgate bridge (r).
vilege many had uſed, in coining money of their
That they ſhould be Juſtices of the Peace with own, to the great prejudice of individuals, and
in themſelves, and direct their writs to their own
the diminution of his own crown and dignity (ul).
miniſters, and be exempt from the Juſtices of
The profits of theſe mints, which were conſider-
the Peace for the county.
ble, they were ſtill permitted to enjoy; but they
had neither the denomination, ſtamp, or allay,
That no reſident ſhould be charged to bear
office out of the city; and laſtly, that they ſhould
as heretofore peculiar to themſelves ; for as Mr.
Selden obferves, after this time no money was
have liberty to purchaſe 2ol. per annum, to them
coined without the King's name or effigies. The
and their ſucceffors (s).
cities and places of public note, where there
Theſe charters and privileges were confirmed
ere mints allowed to be worked for the coinage
by K. Henry VIII, by let. pat. April 14, 1510;
of money, are named in the above law. Among
by K. Edward VI, May 30, 1547; by Q. Eli-
other places, there were allowed at Rocheſter (wo
zabeth, Nov. 15, 1558 ; by K. James I, Sept.
for the King, and one for the Biſhop; that is,
11, 1603; and by K. Charles I, Aug. 7, 1630 :
where each of them ſhould reſpectively take the
in which laſt charter, were ratified and confirmed
profits ariſing from the current money of the
the above-mentioned charter of K. Edward IV,
kingdom coined at them (v).
and all other charters whatſoever granted to this
K. John, in his gth year, iſſued his writ pa-
city; and upon petition of the Mayor and Citi-
tent, for all moneyors, alſayers, and cuſtodes cune-
zens, that there were ſome doubts, touching the
orum, and among others to thoſe of Rocheſter, to
bounds and limits of the city, they were then fur-
appear at Weſtminſter, to receive his commands,
ther explained and cleared up. By this laſt charter
and to bring with them all their dies ſealed up
the preſent corporation was made to conſiſt of a
with their feals (w).
Mayor, 12 Aldermen, of which number the
K. Stephen, in the year 1149, ſuppreſſed moſt
Mayor was to be one, 12 Affiftants or Common-
of the mints which had been ſet up during the
council, a Recorder, and Town-clerk, two Cham-
troubles of his reign, particularly thoſe of the
berlains, a principal Sergeant at Mace, a Water-
great Barons of the realm, as did his ſucceſſor
bailiff, and other inferior officers.
K. Henry II, in 1156 (x); and though he, as
The day of election for Mayor was to be on well as feveral of his fucceffors, reinſtated the
the Monday next before the feaſt of St. Mathew
Archbiſhop of Canterbury and York, the Biſhop of
yearly; and the day of ſwearing him into his
Durbam, and ſome other ecclefiaftics, in this pri-
office on the Monday next after the feaſt of St.
vilege of a mint, and others had new grants for
Michael.
the like purpoſe; yet it does not ſeem that the
The Recorder was to be choſen by the Mayor
Biſhop of Rocheſter was ever reſtored to his ; nay,
and Alderinen, and take an oath of office.
it ſeems probable he had never made uſe of it at
The Mayor and two Aldermen were to hold
all, no money coined by him having ever yet been
a Court of Portmote from 15 days to 15 days. met with: and what corroborates this the more
Laſtly, the Mayor, Recorder, eldeſt Alder-
is, that noť the leaſt notice of this prelate's
men, and laſt Mayor for the time being, were
mint, or of his right to one, is inſerted among
to be Juſtices of the Peace within the limits of
the numerous records and exemplifications of his
the corporation (t).
privileges in the Regiftrum Roffenſe (y).
(r) Thomas Skening was by his will, anno 1529, a bene-
factor to Eaſtgate bridge.
(v) Wilkins's Councils, vol. i, p. 206. Ibid. Leges
Ang. Sax. p. 59. Pegge's Aſſemblage of archiepiſcopal
(1) The preſent ſeal of this Corporation, having St. An-
coins, p. 51 et ſeq.
drew on his croſs on one ſide, and the caſtle of Rocheſter on
(2) Madox's Exchequer, p. 198.
the other; round the former, Sigillum Commune Civitutis
Roffenſis; and the latter, Sigillum Civium Roffenfis, appears
(*) Wilkins's Leges Anglo Sax. p. 320.
very antient.
(y) Before the Norman conqueſt the ſuperintendency of
(t) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 256 et feq.
the mint-maſters, or moneyers ſeems by the law of K. Cnut
(i) This ordinance was renewed by K. Edgar, by K.
to have belonged to the Portreeves of the ſeveral places which
Ethelred II, and by K. Gnut. See Wilkins's Leges Anglo
had the privilege of coining. After the Norman conqueſt
they were put under the direction of the Chief Juſticier, or
Sax. p. 59, 78, 119, 134.
the Treaſurer and Barons of the Exchequer, before whom the

to be
chief
8
The HISTORY of K & N T.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
is tranſacted, and the elections of Members of
PRESENT STATE OF ROCHESTER.
Parliament are made.
The city of Rocheſter at preſent conſiſts of one
The city of Rocheſter bears for its arms—Or,
a croſs gules, with an R in the centre ; on a chief
principal ſtreet, of a handſome breadth and con-
of the ad a lion paſant guardant or.
fiderable length, having ſeveral bye lanes on each
ſide of it. The bridge and the river Medway
Before the above-mentioned building was
bound it weſtward, as the town of Chatham does
erected, the antient Guildhail of the city ſtood
towards the eaſt.
on the fame ſide of the High-ftreet, a little more
to the eaſtward, on the ſpot where the preſent
The caſtle, the church of St. Nicholas, and the
Clock-houſe was erected, at the ſole charge of
cathedral with its precincts, ſtand cloſe on the
for Cloudſley Shovel, knt. in 1706, and was given
ſouth ſide of it, beyond which St. Margaret's ſtreet
by him to the Mayor and Citizens for ever. At
extends ſtill further fouthward, with the church
the ſame time he gave the clock, of moſt excel-
at the furtherextremity of it. The high road from
London to Dover leads through the High-ſtreet
lent workmanſhip; the original dial-plate of
which being much decayed, a new one was put
which has ſeveral large inns in it, for the ac-
up in its room in 1771, and other improvements
commodation of paſſengers, the traffic of the
made to it (6).
road here being extraordinary great at all times.
The houſes in it are in general well built, and
A market is held weekly on a Friday, for poul-
are inhabited by people of wealth and condition,
try, butter, pigs, garden-ſtuff, earthen-ware, &c.
the whole of it having been greatly improved of
on the area before the Court-hall of this city;
late years, eſpecially ſince the act of Parliament,
and one on the ſame day for meat, in the ſham-
which paſſed in 1769, for the new paving, light-
bles built for that purpoſe within the Clock-
houſe above-mentioned; but this laſt is now al.
ing and watching the city; all which has been
moſt deſerted, the market of the neighbouring
fome years ſince effectually carried into execu-
tion (Z).
town of Chatham ſupplying the place of it.
Beſides the fair held here by charter on St.
The intercourſe of the inhabitants with the
Dunſtan's day, (now on May 30,) there is an-
Royal Dock, Victualling-office, Navy, and other
other held by preſcription on St. Andrew's day,
branches of the ſhipping, prove a continual ſource
which now begins yearly on Dec. 11.
of wealth and employment to them, many of
On the firſt day of each fair, cattle is chiefly
whom are induced to reſide here on thoſe ac-
ſold, and each fair continues for three days (c).
counts, and though there are no particular ma-
SOME ACCOUNT has already been given in the
nufactures carried on here, make it a very popu-
General Hiſtory of this county (d), of the firſt
lous and buſy town (a).
writs directed to the ſeveral ſheriffs for ſummon-
There is an eſtabliſhment of the Cuſtoms here,
ing the knights, burgeſſes, &c, to Parliament.
as one of the out-ports, under the direction of a The firſt of theſe writs that has been found, is of
Collector, a Deputy Comptroller, Surveyor, &c. the 49th year of K. Henry III, and though there
and of the Exciſe-office, under a Superviſor and were ſeveral Parliaments in K. Edward I.'s time,
other inferior affiftants.
before the 18th year of his reign, yet there is no
The Town-hall of this city ſtands on the north teſtimony left upon record of any writ or ſum-
fide of the High-ſtreet, and was firſt erected in mons to them till that year, in which, as may be
the year 1687. It is a handſome brick ſtructure, ſeen by the writs directed to the Sheriff, two
ſupported by coupled columns of ſtone of the or three Knights were to be choſen for each
Doric order. The under part of it is open to county, but no Citizens or Burgeſſes are men-
the ſtreet, and, as well as the room above it, is
tioned till the 23d of that reign.
made uſe of by the Judges, when the afliſes are The following is a list of the Citizens returned
held in this city. In the upper room all public for the city of Rocheſter, from the 23d year of
buſineſs reſpecting the government of this city K. Edward I, anno 1289, to the preſent time.
coidal
chief officers of the ſeveral mints, as well the King's, as Princeſs, in her 8th year, for a ſurvey to be made of the ſe.
Biſhops', Abbats', &c. took an oath for the juſt diſcharge of veral places in this county, where there were any boats, ſhip-
their office. One of theſe was an Affayer of the money, who ping, or the like : in which it is ſaid, there were here,
aifayed it, to ſee if it was up to the due and old ſtandard, houſes inhabited 144; ſhips and boats 7, one of 2 tons, one
according to the pix of aſſay, which was conſtantly, as had of 6, one of 10, two of 30, and one of 70; a Mayor, Al-
been accuſtomed, made at the Exchequer. Madox's Excheq. dermen, Cuſtomer, Comptroller, &c. and a Searcher of the
p. 198. North’s Remarks on the Eltham Coin, p. 14. Cuſtom-houſe; four keys, the Town-key, the Watering-key,
(2) To pay the expence of it, the inhabitants are by the the Town-ditch and Strowde key, belonging to the Mayor
act ſubjected to the annual rate of is, in the pound of their
and Aldermen; and that there were perſons in the place oc-
rack rents ; two-thirds of which are paid by the landlord,
cupied in merchandize and fiſhing 27. Mil. Dering,
and one-third by the tenant.
(6) Hiſt. Rocheſter, p. 231. () Ibid. P 259.
(a) The ſtate of Rocheſter in the reign of a Elizabeth, (-) See vol. i, p. cvii.
may be partly ſeen by the return to an order made by that

The H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
9
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
In the time of K. EDWARD I.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Parliaments
uith, At Weſtmin. Roger Southwyke,
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Purliament.
John Legh.
23d. Parliament John de St. Dennis,
rith. At Weſtmin. Roger Southwyke,
at Weſtminſter. Benjamin Petyn.
John St. Dennis.
26th. At York. Robert Betteſcombe,
11th. Council at Gilbert Goodwyne,
John de St. Dennis.
Weſtminſter. Henry Newman,
28th. At Weſtmin. John de St. Dennis,
Robert Corby.
Robert Betteſcombe.
12th. At York. John Jaryn,
33d. At Weſtmin. Simon Potyn,
Adam Bird.
Robert de Bettefcombe.
12th. At Westmin. Roger Berewich,
34th. Council at
Simon Potyn,
John Hudewic.
Weſtminſter. Robert de Betteſcombe.
12th. At Northton. John de Hampton,
35th. At Carliſle, John Cheſe,
Henry Taylor,
Adam Bryd.
14th. At Weſtmin. Roger Goldwyne,
John Hampton.
In the time of K. EDWARD II.
14th. At Westmin. Simon Potyn,
Ift. At Weſtminſter. Simon Potyn,
Robert Betteſcombe.
Robert Betteſcombe.
2d. At Wejimin.
William Potyn,
15th. At Weſtmin. John Potyn,
John Mereworth.
Robert de Betteſcombe.
4th. At Weſtmin. Simon Potyn,
17th. At Weſtmin. Gilbert Goldwyne,
Thomas Goldwyne.
Robert de Betteſcombe.
5th. At London.
Simon Potyn,
20th. At Weſtmin. John Potyn,
Robert Betteſcombe.
Roger Berewich.
6th. At Weſtmin. Simon Potyn,
21ſt. At Weſtmin. John Potyn,
Robert Betteſcombe.
Henry Newman
6th. At Weſtmin.
Clement Chaundler,
22d. At Weſtmin. Adam Chaundler,
Gilbert Goodwin.
Roger Berewich.
7th. At Weſtmin.
Simon Potyn,
26th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Herring,
Robert Betteſcombe.
John de Pinknye.
12th. At York. John Jarin,
Adam Bryd.
31. At Wėjimin. Andrew Clement,
Nicholas Herring.
15th. At York.
Thomas Gillingham,
Edward Port.
34th. „4t Wejimin. Adam Clement,
Nicholas Herring
16th. At York. John Clark,
Adam Bryd.
34th. At Weſtmin. Adam Clement,
Nicholas Herring
19th. At Weſtmin. Samuel Potyn,
Adam Gillingham.
36th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Herring,
20th. At Weſtmin. Adam Bryd,
Adam Clement.
Roger Chaundler.
37th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Herring,
Adam Clement.
In the time of K. EDWARD III.
38th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Herring,
1/t. A Weſtminſter. Adam Bride,
Adam Clement.
Robert Chaundler.
39th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Herring,
1. A Welimin. Thomas Chaundler,
Adam Clement.
Robert Say:
42d. At Weſtmin. Adam Clement,
2d. At Northton. Clement le Chaundler,
bisteve Gilbert Goldewyne.
Robert Say.
4th. AtWincheſter. Gilbert Goodwyne,
43d. At Weſtmin. John Southgate,
Adam Bryd.
John Finchinfield.
4th. At Weſtmin. Gilbert Goodwyn,
45th. At Weſtmin. John Finchingfield,
do os 3/1 Gilbert Goodwyne. 10
Richard Bromyngfield.
6th. At Weſtmin. Gilbert Goodwyne,
45th. Council at John Finchenfeld,
Henry Newman.
Wincheſter.
7tb. A Weſtmin. John de Hampton,
46th. A Weſtmin. John Stonegate,
Gilbert Goodwyne.
Robert Spicer.
gth. At Weſtmin. Richard Southwick,
47th. At Weſtmin. John Fleming,
Henry Newman.
Thomas Dodemore.
soth. Council at Richard Southwyke,
soch, At Weſtmin. Richard Poyfour,
Northton, Soloman Potyn,
William Brown.
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IO
The HISTORY of K E N T.
6th, At Weſtminho
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
In the time of K. RICHARD II. Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Parliament.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Parliament.
7th. At Glouceſter. Roger Stirewiſby,
iſt. At Weſtminſter. William Gillingham,
Thomas Chorleſeby
Thomas Godet.
8th. At Weſtmin. John Draper,
2d. At Glouceſter. Thomas White,
Thomas Fernom.
Thomas Ravene.
9th. At Weſtmin. John Depyng,
2d. At Weſtmin. William atte Ford,
John Merchant.
Roger Chance.
3d. At Weſtmin. Thomas Dodmore,
In the time of K. HENRY VI.
Richard Pell.
11. AWeſtminſter. Henry Hicks,
5th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Godet,
John Gillingham.
John Southgate.
2d. At Weſtmin. John Deping,
7th. At Weſtmin. John Chelmesford,
Thomas Barbour.
William atte Rutte.
William Gillingham,
3d. At Weſtmin.
7th. At Neie
James Hoppwade,
William Beaufizt.
Sarum.
Richard Bolour.
8th. At Weſtmin. Richard Pell,
4th. "At Leiceſter. William Renotte,
William Browne.
John Guezard.
gth. At Weſtmin. Richard Bolour,
6th. At Weſtmin. John Larell,
John Lomb.
John Hickman,
10th. At Weſtmin. Peter Pope,
8th. At Weſtmin. John Deping,
John Flemyng
Hugh Barbour.
11th. At Weſtmin. William Gillingham,
gth. At Weſtmin. John Potage,
John Merchant.
Edward Everard.
12th. At Cam 'Thomas White,
11th. At Weſtmin. John Deping,
bridge. Richard Crowler.
John Gillingham.
13tb. A Weſimin. John Materhale,
13th. At Weſtmin. John Nicholl,
Richard Bolour.
Henry Bakere.
15th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Dodemore,
William Gillingham.
20th. At Weſtmin. John Bore,
18th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Taverner,
Roger Doget.
Richard Broke.
21/1. A Glouceſter. John Nicholl,
20th. At Weſtmin. John Preſoy,
John Soneman.
.
John Plommer.
28th. At Weſtmin. John Cheſter, al. Rickſworth
Thomas Cotling
In the time of K. HENRY IV.
29th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Moore,
11. A Weſtminſter. John Percy,
Henry Hunt. the
William Frere.
31ſt. At Reading. Stephen Knight,
2d. At Weſtmin. Richard Berde,
Richard Berde, do
by John Nicholl.
Reginald Shrewſbury.
38th. At Weſtmin. Edmund Cherſey,
4th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Dodemore,
Rowland Sampſon.
Reginald Shrewſbury.
5th. At Weſtmin. William Frere,
In the time of K. EDWARD IV.
Thomas Dunſtan.
6th. At Coventry. Thomas Dodémore,
7th. At Weſtmin. John Bamme,
Richard Larkyn.
kolbedo Thomas Peyntour.
12th. At Weſtmin. John Kirton,
8th. At Glouceſter. John Bofon,
Edward Everard.
od
17th. At Weſtmin. John Rogger,
12th. At Weſtmin. Richard Langford,
John May.
John Everard.
All the writs, indentures, and returns from
In the time of K, HENRY V.
the 17th year of K. Edward IV, to the iſt year
ift.At Weſtminſter. John Boſon,
of K. Edward VI, are loft, except one imperfeet
blina John Everard.
10
bundle, No. 33, Henry VIII, in which Colchef-
2d. At Weſtmin. John Depnige,
ter, Canterbury, and Rocheſter, are milling,
Richard Larking
In the time of K. EDWARD VI.
3d. At Weſtmin. Robert Bury,
ift. At Weſtminſter.
John Potaver.
Milling
in line.de
5th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Bellom,
John Merchant.
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The H I S T O R YT of K E N T.
II
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
In the time of Q: MARY.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Parliament.
16th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Walfingham, knt.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Parliament.
Richard Lee, efq;
1st. At Weſtmin. Thomas Moyle, knt.
Robert Dartnoll.
In the time of K. CHARLES II.
1st. At Oxford. Thomas Moyle, knt.
William Roper, eſq;
12th. At Weſtmin. John Marſham,
1660.
Peter Pett, eſqrs.
In the time of K. PHILIP and Q. MARY.
13th. Ai Weſtmin. Sir Francis Clerk, knt.
1st and 2d. At
William Roper,
1661.
Sir William Batten, knt. (8)
Weſtminſter. Edward Baſhe.
31$t. At Weſtmin Sir Richard Head,
2d and 3d. At George Howard (e), knt.
1678. Sir John Banks, barts.
Weſtminſter. William Cobham, knt. 31st. At Weſtmin. Sir John Banks, bart.
4ih and 5th. At Hugh Cartwright,
1679.
Francis Barrel, efq;
Weſtminſter. Thomas Page, eſqrs.
32d. At Oxford, Sir John Banks, bart.
1681.
S
Sir Francis Clerk, knt.
In the time of Q. ELIZABETH.
In the time of K. J A MES II.
1st. At Weſtmin. Edward Baſhe,
Thomas Brooke, al. Cobham 14. At Weſtmin. Sir John Banks, bart.
5th. At Weſtmin. Edward Baihe, eſq;
10 1685. od Sir Francis Clerk, knt.
Richard Watts, gent.
ou
13th. At Weſtmin. William Holſtock,
In the time of K. WILLIAM and Q. MARY.
George Catlyn, ejgrs.
Ift. At Weſtmin. Sir John Banks,
14th. At Weſtmin. George Catlyn,
2013 1688. niy Sir Roger Twiſden, barts.
William Partrige, eſqrs.(f)
2d. At Weſtmin. Sir Joſeph Williamſon, knt.
27th. At Weſtmin. William Brook, al. Cobham
mot, 1690. Francis Clerk, eſq; (b)
George Bing, gents.
7th. At Weſtmin. Sir Jofeph Williamſon,
28th. At Weſtmin. William Brook, eſq;
dhi 1695.
Sir Cloudeſley Shovel, knts.
William Lewin, L. L. D.
10th. At Weſtmin. The fame.
3157. At Weſtmin. John Stanhope, efq;
1698.
William Lewin, L. L. D. 12th. At Weſtmin. The fame.
w more
35th. At Weftmin. George Chowne, el9;
1700.
បង ។
William Lewin, L. L. D.
w
13th. At Weſtmin. Francis Barrel,
39th. At Weſtmin. Edward Hobbye,
1701. William Bokenham, efqrs.
Thomas Walſingham, knts.
43d. At Weſtmin. The fame.slowed 10
In the time Q. A NNE.
ist. At Weſtmin. Edward Knatchbull,
15 In the time of K. JAMES I. de
1702.
William Cage, eſqrs.
4th. At Weſtmin. 'Sir Cloudeſley Shovel, (i)
1st. At Weſtmin.
The ſame.
sisvots
1705.
Sir Stafford Fairborne, knts.
12th. At Weſtmin. Edwin Sandys, lliwice 7th. At Weſtmin. Sir Stafford Fairborne,
Thomas Walſingham, knts.
1708. Sir John Leake, knts.
18th. Ai Weſtmin. Thomas Walfingham, knt.
9th. At Weſtmin. Sir John Leake, knt.
31
Humphry Clerk, en
1710.
William Cage, eſq
21st. At Weſtmin. Thomas Walſingham,
12th. At Weſtmin.
Ondano
The ſame.
And go brie
lg bondiale
dog 191713.
Maximilian Dalyfon, knts.
preplate 30
In the time of K. CHARLES I.
In the time of K. GEORGE 1.
ist. At Weſtmin. Henry Clerk, eſq;
ist. At Weſtmin. Sir Thomas Palmer, bart.
Thomas Walſingham, knt.
1714.
LOW
Sir John Jennings, knt.
Ist. At Weſtmin.
bara
7th. At Weſtmin. Sir Thomas Palmer, bart.(k)
The ſame. SOUS 30
1722.
Sir John Jennings, knt.
zd. At Weſtmin. Thomas Walfingham,
toile
William Brook, knts.
In the time of K. GEORGE II.
15th. At Weſtmin. Thomas Walſingham, knt.
1st. At Weſtmin, Sir John Jennings, knt.
John Clerk, eſq;
1727
David Polhill, eſa.

(e) Browne Willis calls him Haywood.
() Samuel Cox, eſq; was choſen in his room.
(8) In 1667, on his deceaſe, Richard Head, eſq; was
chofen in his room.
(5) On his deceaſe in 1691, Caleb Banks, esq; was cho-
fen in his room.
(i) On his deceaſe in 1707, Sir John Leake was choſen.
(k) On his deceaſe in 1723, Sir Thomas Colby, knt. was
choſen.
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The HISTORY
care.
4.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
The CASTLE
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Citizens in Parliament. it in a defenſible condition, after which he gar-
7th. At Weſtmin. David Polhill,
riſoned it with 500 ſoldiers (w).
1734.
Nicholas Haddock, eſqrs. Odo, Biſhop of Bcieux, and Earl of Kent, the
14th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Haddock, (1)
Conqueror's half brother, had certainly the cuſ-
1741.
Edward Vernon, eſqrs. (m) tody of the caſtle, and the rebuilding and en-
21st. At Weſtmin. Sir Chaloner Ogle, knt. (n) larging of it afterwards was moſt probably
1747:
David Polhill, efq; (0) entruſted to his car The land, on which part
28th. At Weſtmin. Hon. John Bing, eſq; (P) of the new fortifications was raiſed, belonged to
1754.
Nicholas Haddock, ejq; the Biſhop of Rocheſter; in lieu of which the King
gave him in exchange certain land in the neigh-
In the time of K. GEORGE III.
bouring pariſh of Aylesford, as it is thus entered
1st. At Weſtmin, Hon. Thomas Parker, com in the record of Domeſday, in the deſcription of
1761. monly called Lord Parker,(9) the King's antient demeſne of Aylesford.
Iſaac Townſend, eſq; (r) Eps' etiam de Roueceſtre p excabio tre' in que
gih. At Weſtmin. John Calcraft, (s)
Caſtellu' ſedet tantu' de hac tra' (ſcil Elesford) ten?
1768.
William Gordon, eſgrs. (t)
qd' 17 Sol. &
den' Val.
14th. At Weſtmin. George Finch Hatton,
Which is: The Biſhop of Rocheſter alſo, for the
1774.
Robert Gregory, eſqrs.
exchange of land on which the caſtle is placed, pobeljes
The number of Freemen, who vote for Mem-
so much of this land (viz. of Aylesford) as is worth
17 ſhillings and 4 pence.
bers, is at preſent about 630.
The caſtle is ſituated on an eminence adjoin-
ing the river Medway, juſt above Rocheſter-bridge,
THE CASTLE.
at the ſouth-weſt angle of the walls of the city.
Rochester, from its having been a ſtation, It is nearly of a quadrangular form, having its
ſituated at ſo important a paffage over the Med ſides parallel to the above walls. It is about 300
way, might well be ſuppoſed to have been for feet ſquare within the walls, which were ſeven
tified by the Romans. The probability of this feet in thickneſs, and 20 feet high above the
is ſtrengthened by the Roman bricks ſtill viſible
preſent ground, with embraſures.
in ſeveral parts of the walls, and from the va. Three ſides of the caſtle were ſurrounded with
riety of Roman coins from the time of Veſpaſian a deep broad ditch, which is now nearly filled
downwards, which have from time to time been up; on the outer fide runs the Medway; in the
found in the ruins of the caſtle (u).
angles and ſides of the walls were ſeveral ſquare
In the time of the Saxon Heptarchy, this place towers, ſome of which are ſtill remaining on the
continued a fortreſs of no ſmall account ; the
eaſtern ſide.
whole city, as well as the church, was then What has been ſaid above muſt be underſtood
ſituated within the walls, and were together com-
of the whole ſcite within the caſtle walls ; for
prehended under the name of Caftrum and Caf what is now uſually called Rocheſter-caſile, is that
tellum Hroffceafter (ū), by which the whole place noble quadrangular tower, which ſtands at the
was underſtood, and not any particular caſtle or South-eaſt corner of it, and ſo lofty, as to be ſeen
tower in it.
at ſeveral miles diſtance; a further account of
Notwithſtanding which, it ſeems probable, which will be given below (x).
from the ſuperiority as well as convenience of Oda, Biſhop of Baieux, who had the cuſtody of
the ſpot, where the preſent caſtle ſtands, that this caſtle, was an ambitious and turbulent pre-
there was at the above time, ſome ſtrong keep, late, of which his brother was but too ſenſible,
or caſtle at no great diſtance from the ſcite of it, nay he was ſo elated with the power and riches
all fortified places having ſuch a place of ſtrength he had acquired by his tyranny and oppreſſions,
on ſome eminent place within them.
that he aimed at nothing leſs than the Popedom.
This caſtle was much damaged by the Danes, But as he was on the point of tranſporting
at the ſeveral times they beſieged this city, as himſelf and his treaſures to Rome for that pur-
has been already mentioned, after which it ſeems poſe, his brother returned from Normandy un-
to have lain a long time deſolate and neglected ; expectedly, and ſurpriſed him juſt as he was fer-
but William the Conqueror repaired it, and put ting fail, and ſent him priſoner to the caſtle of




(r) On his death in 1765, Grey Cooper was choſen in his
room.
(?) On his death in 1746, Sir Chaloner Ogle, knt. was
choſen.
(m) Edward Vernon made his option for Ipſwich, and
David Polhill was choſen in his room.
(n) On his deceaſe in 1750, the Hon. John Bing was
choſen.
(6) In 1754, Nicholas Haddock was chofen on his deceaſe.
(p) In 1757, Iſaac Townſend was choſen on his deceaſe.
(9) On his ſucceeding his father, as Earl of Macclesfield,
in 1764, Sir Charles Hardy, knt, was choſen in his room.
(s) On his deceaſe in 1772, George Finch Hatton was
choſen.
(1) He vacated his feat in 1771, and Vice Admiral Pye
was choſen in his room.
(u) Hift. of Roch. p. 21.
(V) Text. Roff. p. 76, 86, 88, &c.
(20) Mff. Cott. Libr. Vefp. A. 5, fol. 68, N. 22.
(x) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 23, &c.
Roan
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13

The CASTLE .
laid out by him, that he did not near finiſh the diabetes
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
Roan in Normandy, where he continued the re pretence to have refufed to confirm the grant of
maining four years of the Conqueror's reign. the manor of Hedenbam in the co. of Bucks, to
Soon after his ſeizure, being convicted of
the church of Rocheſter, unleſs he had 100l. in
numberleſs crimes and extortions, his caſtles and money given him for fo doing, which the Arch-
ſtrong holds, as well as his lands and other ef-
biſhop, as well as the Biſhop of Rocheſter, utterly
fects were confiſcated, and taken poffeffion of
refuſed; upon which Robert Fitzhamon, and
by the King his brother.
Henry, Earl of Warwick, as mediators, propoſed,
On the death of the Conqueror in 1087, he
that inſtead of that ſum, Biſhop Gundulf, as he
was well Ikilled in architecture and maſonry (2),
was releaſed from his impriſonment by William
ſhould build for the King a tower of ſtone at his
Rufus, and coming over to England, though the
King retained the greateſt part of his eſtates, yet
own expence, within the caſtle of Rocheſter ;
he confirmed him in the poſſeſſion of his Earldom
which the prelates ftrenuouſly refuſed, left the
of Kent, as well as in many of his former places
future repair and maintenance of it at the King's
of truſt ; among which was the caſtle of Rocheſter.
pleaſure ſhould fall on the church of Rocheſter;
till after much perſuaſion and aſſurance of being
But when Odo found he had not the whole
fway and diſpoſal of everything, as formerly,
freed from every kind of expence for the future,
on that account Bifl:op Gundulf conſented, and
he raiſed an inſurrection in Kent, and induced
expended bol. the ſtipulated fum, in erecting
many others of the nobility to join with him, in
the great fquare tower above-mentioned, called
order to advance Robert, the late King's eldeſt
Gundulf's Tower, but moſt commonly the Caſtle,
fon, to whom he had left the dukedom of Nor.
which has proved a laſting monument of his
mandy, to the throne.
fame through fucceeding ages (a).
Odo, having pillaged and deſtroyed many It is almoſt certain, as well from the largeneſs this moes forband
places in this county, particularly thoſe belong of this building, the few years that this Biſhop We wake of Anthehe
ing to the Archbiſhop, to whom he bore an impla lived afterwards, and the imallneſs of the fum gomme fotenie kete
cablé enmity, carried the whole of his plunder
to Rochester ; from whence he went to Peven-
building of it.
Home
féy caſtle in Suſſex, where he held out a ſiege for It is a quadrangular building of upwards of
fix weeks, at the end of which he was forced,
70 feet ſquare at the baſe, the walls of which are
for want of food, to ſurrender it up to the King, 12 feet thick ; adjoining to the eaſt angle of this
and to bind himſelf, among other conditions, to tower is a ſmall one, about two thirds the height
deliver up Rocheſter caſtle, where many gallant of the large tower, and about 28 feet fquare.
men, and the chief of the Norman Lords were
There were in the large tower three ſtories of
fhut up, under the command of Euftace, Earl of large and lofty apartments, and underneath a
Bologne.
vault or dungeon for the ſafe keeping of the
For this purpoſe he was conducted hither, priſoners, and in the partition wall in the center
where he feigned to perſuade the Governor to of the building a well, two feet nine inches
deliver up the caſtle. But Euſtace, gueſſing his in diameter, neatly wrought in the walls, which
meaning detained him, and the ſoldiers who con well aſcends, through all the ſtories to the top
ducted him, priſoners; upon which the King, of the tower, with each of which it has a com-
enraged at his deceit, immediately marched with munication,
03 Ji hotiu
his army to Rocheſter, and beſieged it ſo vigor This great tower, with its embattlements, is
ouſly (y), that thoſe within were compelled to
about 100 feet from the ground, and at each
furrender it to him. He afterwards permitted
angle of it is another ſmall tower, 12 feet ſquaré,
them to depart the kingdom with the forfeiture
and as many high, with floors, and battlements
of their eſtates, but Odo himſelf he ſent priſoner
above them.
to Tunbridge caſtle, and ſtripped him of all his Conſidering how long this fabric has been
honors ; after which he abjured the realm for
neglected, there are few building perhaps ſo per-
ever, and was permitted to go into Normandy. fect ; indeed the ſkill and ingenuity, and the nice
This caſtle no doubt received conſiderable da-
contrivance of the architect, through every part
mage in this fiege, and it ſeems as if Bp. Gundulf,
of the building, both for conveniency and
and the Prior of St. Andrew's had not been ſo ſtre ſtrength, muſt ſtrike the eye, and gain the ad-
nuous in the ſupport of the King's intereſt as he miration of every curious beholder (b).
expected of them, at leaſt he ſeems to have enter K, Henry I, in his 27th year, granted, with
tained fufpicions of that nature, and under that the conſent of his Barons, to the church of Can-
91013
(9) The King iſſued a proclamation, declaring every one as rifling the dead, robbing of churches, &c. See Somner's
a Niding, who did not come to his aſſiſtance, by which means Gavelkind, p. 65.
the people flocked to his army in great abundance. (z) He is faid by ſome to have built the Tower of London.
Malmßury writes it Nidering ; M. Paris, Nithing, from the (a) Text. Roff. p. 145. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 26.)
Saxon word Nithe Nequitia ; being a nick-name of reproach (6) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 29 et feq.
given to thoſe who were guilty of the worſt of crimes, ſuch
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The CASTLE
room.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
terbury, and to William, Archbiſkop of the ſame, In the roth year of K. Henry III, Hubert de
and his fucceffors, the cuſtody and office of Con Burgh, then Sheriff of this county, was com-
ftable of the caſtle of Rocheſter for ever, with manded to repair the buildings of this caſtle,
liberty for him and them to build a fort or tower then in the King's hands, and two years after-
in it, and that the Knights, who were bound to wards, being then Earl of Kent, he was, for his
the defence of the caſtle, ſhould continue the eminent ſervices to K. John and K. Henry III,
fame to him, &c. (c)
by the advice of the Peers of the whole realm,
In the next reign of K. Stephen, the Archbp. made Chief Juſtice of England, and had a grant
having ſworn allegiance to the Empreſs Matilda, of the caſtle and port of Dover, with the reve-
this caſtle was taken poffeffion of by the King's nues of the haven, and likewiſe of the caſtles of
friends, and moſt probably William de Ipre, Earl Rocheſter and Canterbury during life, with the
of Kent, had the cuſtody of it; for when Robert, fee of 1000 marcs per annum, for the cuſtody of
Earl of Glouceſter, K. Henry I,'s natural ſon, was them, to be paid out of the Exchequer.
taken priſoner at Wincheſter, and was committed But the King's favour towards him declining,
to the charge of that Earl; he ſent him a cloſe he was in the 16th year of that reign, diſplaced
priſoner to this fortreſs (d).
from his great office of Chief Juſtice, and from
It does not ſeem to have been afterwards re-
the cuſtody of this caſtle, among others (1).
ftored to the ſee of Canterbury; for Archbiſhop
In all which truſts he was ſucceeded by Stephen
Becket upbraided K. Henry II. with unjuſtly de-
de Segrave, who was diſplaced from them in the
taining the cuſtody of it from him, and thereby 20th year of that reign (i), and John de Cobham
notoriouſly violating the privileges of his church. was appointed Conſtable of Rocheſter caſtle in his
But the King turned a deaf ear to his complaints.
On the acceſſion of K. Henry, William de Ipre,
In the 428 year of K. Henry III, Nicholas de
with the reſt of the Flemings, was,
baniſhed
Moels, Conſtable of Dover caſtle, and Warden
the kingdom, and Henry, fon of K. Henry II,
of the Cinque Ports, was made Sheriff of Kent,
and Governor of the caſtles of Rocheſter and Can-
who was crowned King in his father's life-time,
terbury (k), and in the 44th year of that reign
gave the Earldom of Kent, and the caſtle of Ro-
chefter, to Philip, Earl of Flanders; but the young
Wm. de Say was appointed Governor of them (1).
In the 45th year of K. Henry III, Robert Wa-
King dying before his father, the Earl never
leran was made Sheriff of Kent, and Governor of
took poffeffion of either (e).
the caſtles of Rocheſter and Canterbury (m).
K. John, in his 3d year, is ſaid to have re-
In the year 1264, anno 49 Henry III, the
ſtored this caſtle to Hubert, Archbiſhop of Canter-
King greatly increaſed the fortifications of Ro-
bury, with whom it continued till the 17th year
cheſter caſtle, which he entruſted to Roger de Ley-
of that reign; when the King, by his writ, dated
borne, as chief Conſtable of it, who had with
Aug. gth, required the Archbiſhop to give up the
him John, Earl of Arundel, Henry Delamaine, John,
cuſtody of it to him (f), and it ſeems never af-
Earl Warren, and others; and it was furniſhed
terwards to have returned to the fee of Canter-
with men, arms, and proviſions, neceſſary to
bury. Notwithſtanding the Archbiſhop's acquief-
ſuſtain a fiege. Shortly after which Simon, Earl
cence in the King's demand of it, the diſcontented
of Leicester, who was one of the principal con-
Barons contrived to get poffeffion of it, and com-
federate Barons, marched with a large army into
mitted it to the cuſtody of William de Albini, a
Kent, to beſiege this caſtle, and on his arrival on
moſt valiant and expert commander ; upon which
the weſtern banks of the Medway, found his paſ-
the King immediately marched thither, and
ſage over the bridge diſputed, and a palliſade
having inveſted the caſtle, carried on the fiege and breaſtwork thrown up on the oppoſite ſide,
againſt it vigorouſly for the ſpace of three
well defended. On which, having ſent Gilbert
months ; when the governor and his adherents,
de Clare to attack the ſouth ſide of the town ; the
finding no hope of relief, and that the outward
Earl himſelf attacked the bridge, but was twice
walls were thrown down, and their proviſions
repulſed by the citizens ; at laſt, by the means
exhauſted, ſurrendered themſelves at diſcretion,
of veffels filled with combuſtibles, he ſet fire to
on Nov. 30th that year (g).
the bridge, and tower on it, which were both of
The next year Lewis, the French King's ſon, wood, and in the hurry and confuſion occaſioned
being invited over to the aſſiſtance of the Barons, by it, paſſed the river, and attacked the be-
landed at Sandwich, and immediately marched fieged with ſuch vigour, that he entered the
with his army hither, and inveſted the caſtle, city on Good Friday, April 20th, and ſpoiled the
which, having ſuffered ſo conſiderably the year church, and what was left of the priory; for
before, was ſoon reduced,
Roger de Leyburne had before burnt down all the
(c) Regift. Eccl, Chriſti. Cart. 31.
(d) Rapin, vol. i, p. 207.
(e) Camd. p. 259
Rot. Pat, in turr, intergo.
(8) Dugd. Bar. vol.i, p. 114. (5) Ibid. p. 694 et ſeq.
(i) Ibid. p. 672. (k) Ibid. p. 619. (?) Ibid. p. 511.
(m) Ibid. p. 671.
fuburbs,
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The CASTLE.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
ſuburbs, and part of the city towards Canter King Edward IV. repaired the walls of this
bury, as well as part of the priory. After which caſtle, and of the city, which ſeems to have been
the Earl made a furious aſſault on the caſtle, the laſt work that was done to them. In the next
and became maſter of every part of it, excepting century the caſtle became of little importance' ze),
the great tower, which was fo bravely defended and the greateſt part of it was ſuffered to fall to
by the Conſtable and his aſſociates, that after ruin, in which ſtate it remains at preſent. Some
feven days laying cloſe fiege, when it was near be. years ago the materials of the great tower, &c.
ing taken, the Earl ſuddenly raiſed the fiege, and were offered for ſale, but ihe charge of feparac-
returned to London, to make head there againſt ing and pulling down the ſtone-work and the re-
the King and his ſon, who, as he feared, were moving of it was judged to be ſo heavy an ex-
coming towards him (n).
pence, that no one would undertake it on any
K. Henry afterwards gave this caſtle to Guy terms.
de Rochford, a foreigner, one of his favorites, The property, or fee ſimple of the caſtle of Re-
but on his baniſhment it reverted again to the cheſter, after the reign of K. Edward IV, reſted
crown.
among the manors of the crown, until K. James
The ſame King in his 48th year gave the cuſ I, in his 10th year granted it, with all the ſer-
tody of it to William de St. Clere, who died in
vices belonging to it, to fir Anth.Weldon, knt. ſince
his office that year (0).
which it has continued down in the ſame tract
In the 54th year of that reign Bertram de Criol of ownerſhip that Swanſcombe manor has, to Ro-
was made governor of it (p).
bert Child, efq; the preſent poffeffor of it.(x).
In the 2d year of K. Edward İ, Robert de
Many eſtates in this county, Surry and Elex,
Hougham, Lord of Hougham near Dover, died
are held of the caſtle of Rocheſter by the tenure of
Conſtable of this caſtle, and the year following
Cafile-guard; of theſe the manor of Swanſcombe is
Robert de Septvans had the cuſtody of it (q).
the principal, the owner of which, as well as the
Sir John de Cobeham was Conſtable of this caſ-
reſt, holding their lands of this caſtle, had antient-
tle in the middle of the above reign (r).
ly the charge of it committed to them, and owed
In the 33d year of the ſame reign anno 1304,
their particular ſervices to the defence of it, cal-
Stephen de Dene was Conſtable of Rocheſter caſtle.
led Caſtle guard.
He had great contentions with the monks, .con-
Theſe ſervices have been long ſince converted
cerning the taxing ſeveral of their lands, which
into annual rents of money, further particulars
they alledged had never been taxed before, and
of which, as well as the liſt of the manors and
on a trial in the Exchequer, it was given for the
monks, and he was diſplaced (s).
lands, which are ſo held, may be ſeen under the
deſcription of the manor of Swanſcombe (y).
In the 3d year of K. Edward III, anno 1328,
William Skarlett was Conſtable, and then dif-
BRIDGE.
trained one Simon Sharſtede for lands in Watring-
buery for caſtle-guard
Though there is not any mention made of a
In the 18th year of that reign, fir John de Cobe bridge at Rocheſter till the reign of King Henry
ham, knt. Lord Cobham, was Conſtable of the
I, yet it is highly probable there was one here
caſtle and city of Rochefter (t).
ſome length of time before, for Ernulfus, Biſhop
In the 33d year of K. Edward III, John, Lord of Rocheſter, who came to the ſee in the 16th
Grey, of Codnor, was made Conſtable of the town year of that reign, and collected the records con-
and caſtle of Rocheſter for life, and John de New-
tained in the Textus Roffenfis, has inſerted, among
toun was conſtable of this caſtle anno II, King them, ſeveral regulations for the repair of Ro-
Richard II. (u).
cheſter-bridge, and ſeemingly as antient cuſtoms
In the 2d year of K. Henry V, Wm. Criol, or
in his days.
Keriel, as this name became now to be called,
Lambard in his perambulation has given us
died Governor of it; in which office he was af-
three extracts from MSS. concerning this bridge,
terwards ſucceeded by fir Thomas Cobeham, knt. one from an antient record in Chriſt church, Cant.
who held it at his death in the 11th year of K.
and the others in the Saxon, and Latin tongues,
Edward IV (0)
from the Textus Roffenfis, beforementioned.
Τ Η Ε
(») Lel. Itin. vol. vii, p. 134. Lel. Coll. vol. i, p. 267,
and
part 2, p. 457. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 38.
(0) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 39.
(0) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p: 770.
(1) Hift. Rocheiter, p. 39. It appears by the Clauſe-
Rolls of the 1ſt year of this reign, that there were two prieſts
called the King's Chaplains officiating in the chapel of the
King's caſtle here, whoſe ftipends were gos. a year each,
and the Sheriff of Kent was commanded to pay them the
arrears of the fame, &c. Reg. Roff. p. 541.
(v) Mfr. Pedigree.
(s) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 39.
(t) Mff. pedigree of Cobeham. Reg. Roff. p. 551, 552.
(u) Rym. Fæd. vol. vi, p. 567.
(0) Weever, p. 747, ſays Alexander Iden, efq; who took
Jack Cade priſoner, anno 29 Henry VI, was in recompence
made Governor or Keeper of this calle.
(w) Hiit. Rocheſter, p. 40.
(*) See Swanſcombe, vol. i, p. 261, 262,
(y) See vol. i, p. 262.
Theſe
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The HISTORY
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.

(n) Stone manor Malling manors. (m) Southfleet manor.
,
The BRIDGE:
The CITY and LIBERTY OF ROCHESTER.
Theſe records do not very materially differ The fixth pier ought to be made by the tenants
from each other, they contain a curious account of the manor of Holingburna, and of all that leet
of the bridge, the number of its piers, the ma belonging to the fame, to plank four virgates,
terials with which it was built, and the method and to lay three fills (p).
by which it was kept in conſtant repair. The The
following is a tranſlation of the Latin one (z). ought to do, and to plank four virgates and an
half, and lay fix fills.
This DESCRIPTION plainly ſhews how the
The ninth pier, which is the laſt on the weſtern
bridge of Rocbefter ought to be repaired whenever
fide, is again the Archbiſhop's, to plank four vir-
it is broken. do bogbus
to gaivom
gates, and lay three fills, and this ought to be
IMPRIMIS, the Biſhop of the city ſhall begin
done in reſpect of his lands of Northfleta(9), Cli-
the repair of the firſt land pere on the eaſt fidez
va (r), Heabham (s), Denituna (t), Meletuna (u),
and ſhall plank three virgates, and lay three
Hludeſduna (u), Meapebam (), Snodilanda (x),
fills
(a), or great beams, and this he hall do
Berlinges (y), Peadleſworth, and of all thoſe men
from his lands (b) of Borchaft alle (c), Cuckles-
which dwell in that vale.
tane (d), Freondeſbiri (e), and Stoche (F).
And it is to be underſtood, that all theſe fills
The ſecond pier belongs to Gillingeham (g) and
which are laid in the bridge ought to be of ſuch
Cætham (b), to plank one virgate and lay three
a ſize, that they may well ſuſtain all the heavy
fills.
weights of the planks, which lay on them, as
The third pier belongs again to the Biſhop, who
well as of all things paſſing over them.
ought to plank two virgates and an half, and to
lay three fills, and this he ſhall do from his lands By the above account it appears, that this an.
of Heallinges (i), Trotteſclive (k), Meallinges (1), tient bridge was made of wood, and that it con-
Suthfieotes (m), Stanes (n), Pinnendene (0), and ſiſted of nine piers, which made ten intermediate
Falceham (P).
ſpaces in the length of the bridge, and from one
The fourth pier belongs to the King, and he end to the other was about 26 rods and an half,
ought to plank three virgates and an half, and equal to 431 feet, which correſponds nearly to
to lay three ſills, and to do this from his lands the preſent breadth of the river, where this
of
Eilesford and the whole leet which belongs to
bridge ſtood, in a direct line with the high-ſtreet
the ſaid manor, and the lands upon the hills (9),
of Rocheſter, and that of Stroud.
and of Acle (r), and Smalaland (*), and Cuſin And that towards the reparation and mainte.
tune (3), and Dudeland(), and Gifleardeſland (), nance of it, different perſons in reſpect of their
and Wuldeham (u), and Burham (v), and Ac manors, and lands in the adjacent neighbour-
leffe (70), Horfted (x), Fearnlega (y), Terſtane (z),
hood were bound to bring certain materials, and
Cealca (a), Henhurſta (b), and Hathdune (c). to beſtow both coſt and labour in laying them.
The fifth pier is the Archbiſhop's, and he ought This duty grew either by tenure or cuſtom, or
to plank four virgates, and to lay three fills, perhaps by both, and it ſeems, that according to
and this he ought to do from his lands of Wrot the quantity and proportion of the land to be
ham (d), Mædeftana (e), Oteringberiga (f), Net. charged, the materials found were either more
tleſteda (g), the two Peckhams (h), Hæfelholt (*), or leſs (a).
Merewurtha (i), Lilleburna (k), Swanatuna (1), The owners of theſe manors and lands above-
Offeham (m), Diētuna (n), and Weſterham (0). mentioned, chargeable with the repairs of this
(z) Lamb. Peramb. p. 416 to 426.
(c) The Mount maror in Cobham. This 4th pere is very
(a) In Latin ſuliva, in Saxon Silla.
differentiy deſcribed in the Chriſt Church Mfr. not only as to
(b) As poffeffor of thoſe eſtates.
e cila
placés, but in reſpect to the quantity of plowlands, accerd-
(c) Borſtall manor in St. Margaret's, Rocheffer.
ing to which each place was bound to repair.
(d) Cookſtone manor. (e) Frindſbury manor.
(d) The manor. (e) Maidſtone manor. Watring-
c) Stoke manor.
bury manor. (g) Nettlefied manor. (b) Great and Little
(8) i. e. to the poffeffors of the lands in thoſe pariſhes. Peckham manors. (i) Merezvorth manor. (k) Leyburne manor.
(1) Chatham. (1) Halling manor. (k) Trotteſclive Manor.
(1) Swanton manor. (mn) The manor. (n) Ditton manor.
(2) Eaſt and
(0) The manor.
Dartford.
() This pier is likewiſe very differently noted in the
() Land in the hamlet of Pinden, in the pariſh of Horton
Church Mfl. as belonging to the men of the Hundred
Kirkby.
(D) Fawkham manor.
which each manor and eſtate within the ſame is bound to the
(9) The manor of Ovenhill in Boxley, called in Saxon repair of this pier.
Ofufanhylle.
(PP) That is, of the Hundred of Hoo.
(r) Ockley manor in Higham.
(9) Northfleet manor. (r) Cliffmanor. (s) Higham manor.
(*) Unknown. (s) Colinton manor in Aylésford.
(t) Denton manor by Graveſend. (2) Milton manor by
(u) Woldham manor. (v) Burham manor. (w) Eceles
Graveſend. (v) Luddeſdon manor. (w) Mecpham manor.
manor in Aylesford. (x) Horfted manor in Chatham. ()
(x) Snodland manor. (v) Berling manor. (z) Padleſworth
(1) Eaſt and Weſt Farleigh manors. (2) Teflon manor. manor near Rochefier.
(a) Chalk manor. (6) A manor in Cobham.
(2) Lamb. Peramb. p. 426.
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it (e).
The BRIDGE.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
bridge, were uſed by antient cuſtom to elect two In this enquiry there is mention made of a draw-
men from among themſelves to be Wardens, or bridge, and a berbican, the work of which belonged
Overſeers of the repairs of it (b).
to the King(d): they were both on the weſt fide.
The firſt mention of it in our Engliſh hiſto It was alſo found that the Maſter and Wardens of
rians is in Stow's Annals, who writes, that Stroud Hoſpital were to repair the bridge and
wher. K. John, in the 17th year of his reign, wharf, from the draw-bridge to the weſt end of
beſieged and took Rocheſter caſtle, he attempted
alſo to burn the bridge ; but Robert Fitzwalter Again in the 29th year of the ſame reign, the
put out the fire, and ſaved it.
King directed his writ to Jeffrey de Say, Thomas
In the reign of K. Henry III, it ſuffered much Colepeper, and others, to enquire into the defects
in conſequence of the civil commotions between and want of repair of this bridge, and what
that King and his diſcontented Barons, particu perſons or places were obliged to make them
larly in the year 1264, anno 29 Henry III;
good (f).
when Simon, Earl of Leiceſter, coming to the
Notwithſtanding all which care, after the tak-
weſtern banks of the river to beſiege this caſtle
ing of Calais in 1347, this wooden bridge (g) was
and city, found his paſſage over the bridge diſ-
found to be ſo continually ſubject to the want of
puted by the citizens, being twice repulſed by
repairs, as well on account of its being old and
them; upon which, on the Good Friday, by
badly conſtructed, as from the depth of the river,
means of ſome ſmall veſſels filled with combuf-
and rapidity of the ſtream and tides, and that it
tibles he ſet fire to, and conſumed the bridge and
was very unſafe for fo conſiderable a traffic, as
tower on it, and ſo in the hurry and confuſion
muft neceſſarily paſs over it. Therefore it was
of it, paſſed the river and entered the town.
reſolved, that a new bridge of ſtone ſhould be built,
and placed nearer the caſtle, where the tide would
In the year 1281, there was a long and ſevere
not run ſo ſtrong
froſt, with a great quantity of ſnow, which be-
ing followed by a ſudden thaw, ſwept ſeveral of
This is the preſent bridge, a noble and uſeful
the piers away, and conſiderably damaged the
work, which appears to have been completed
reſt. In which ſtate the bridge continued in
about the 15th year of K. Richard II.
1292, when it was ſo broken, and out of repair, For that year fir Robert Knolles, and fir John
that people were obliged to go over in boats; and
de Cobham de Kent, petitioned the Parliament,
the wharf at Rocheſter was ſo bad, that all veſſels
that the portions and repairs of the contributary
uſed that of Stroud. The bridge ſeems to have
lands ſhould continue ſo, according to the pro-
lain much in the ſame condition in the 4th year
portions therein mentioned ; and that they might
of the next reign of K. Edward II, when it
ap-
yearly chooſe from among themſelves, Two War-
pears by the records in the Tower, that the King dens, as had been accuſtomed, who might receive
iſſued orders for the ſpeedy repair of it,
and purchaſe lands and tenements to the yearly
This reparation ſeems to have been but flight;
value of 500 marcs, and to be impleaded, all
which was granted, ſaving that they ſhould pur-
for K. Edward III, having made war with France
chaſe but to the value of 300 marcs yearly (b).
found the bridge in fo weak a condition, as to
make it unſafe for the paſſing of his army, and
And in the 21ſt year of that reign, it was
other neceſſary traffic, ariſing from the frequent
enacted in Parliament, that the bridge of Ro-
journeying to and fro from thence. To remedy
cheſter, then newly better made in another place,
which, in the 17th year of his reign, he iſſued
and all ſuch tenements as were accuſtomed to pay
his writ, by virtue of which an inquiſition was
any rents or cuſtoms to the old bridge, ſhould
taken before John Vielſtone, the King's Eſcheator,
thenceforth pay them to the new bridge (i).
by the oaths of 12 men, concerning the repara-
Sir Robert Knolles (k), and fir John de Cobham
tion of it ; who found that the bridge ought to
are celebrated, as founders of this bridge, though
be made good by the contributory lands, and in
the former is ſaid to have principally contributed
the proportions as has been already mentioned (c). to the expence of it. At whoſever coſt it was,
19 TIS
(6) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 45. There was a wooden tower () In this inquifition, the repair of each pier, as well as
erected on the bridge, with ſtrong gates, and it was probably the wharfs, are noted ; the whole repair of which was
near the eaſt end of it, and was uſed as a fortification for 5341. 6s. 8d.
the defence of this paſſage into the city.
(8) Kilburne, p. 229, ſays, this bridge in the 10th of
(-) By this inquiſition it was found, that the principal
Richard II, on the rumour of the coming of the French, was
defects and want of repair were in the wharf and firſt pier,
beaten down.
BODO
the coſt of which would be 191. and in the 3d pier, the coſt
(5) Cott. Rec. p. 344. It appears that the old bridge was
of which would be 81. 6s. 8d. to repair.
then ſtanding, though in a very ruinous ſtate the uſe of which
(d) This barbican, or burghkenning, was uſed both as a whilſt the other was building, might be one of the reaſons,
watch-tower and guard houſe to the city. The draw-bridge why the place of its ſituation was changed.
was moſt probably over the weſt arch of the bridge, to draw
(i) Cott. Rec. p. 370.
up on the approach of the enemy.
(k) He was a valiant and ſucceſsful Captain in K. Ed-
(e) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 255. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 47.
ward III.'s wars in France, and having acquired great riches
there, returned to his country, laden with wealth and honor.
Vol. II.
F
the
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The BRIDGE.
190
Piers or
arches.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
the donor could not certainly have performed a The preſent bridge is about 40 yards nearer
more public and uſeful ſervice to his country. the caſtle than the old one, the foundation of
In the above-mentioned petitions for the fup-
which is ſtill viſible at low-water, when the
port of this new ſtructure, which was confider ground there, excepting in two narrow chan-
ably longer than the former, was ſet down very
nels; is frequently dry (2).
accurately in feet, inches, and quarters of inches, K. Richard II, by his writ under his privy
the proportion of the repairs belonging to each ſeal, Jan. 14, in his 22d year, confirmed all the
diviſion, according to the former antient regu above privileges to this bridge; and further
lations of the lands contributory, for which pro granted, that the perſons and landholders of the
portion they are ſtill liable to be called upon, if contributory lands, ſhould be reputed a commu-
the lands proper, that is, the rents of the fee nity by themſelves, for the governance of it;
ſimple eſtates belonging to the body corporate and that they might always yearly chuſe two
of the bridge, ſhould prove inſufficient. doo perſons, that were contributory, to be Wardens
of the ſaid new bridge, and to keep, overſee, fup-
ghalind
ft. in.gr.pts.
port and maintain the fame from time to time in
1. The manors of Borſtall, Cokilſtane, dos bauot
the name of the whole ; and further, that as he
Frendeſbury, and Stoke, from the
had granted by his let. pat. that the Wardens
eaſt end of the bridges abo64 0 3 0
alone might acquire lands, &c. to the value of
2. The manors of Gillyngham and bigarbos 2001. per annum, he willed, that the ſaid grant
28. Chathani
en él not sta 21 4 10 might extend to the Wardens and community,
3. The manors and places of Hal-
and their ſucceſſors, as well by bequeſt of lands
shi lynge, Trottesclyve, Mallynge, South-
Dovio
and tenements bequeathable, as by gift and feoff-
blu flete, Stone, Pynyndene, and Fauk-
inent of lands, &c. not bequeathable, to hold to
ban2
53 4 2 2 them and their fucceffors for ever, the ſtatute of
4. The manors, places, and bounds
Mortmain, or his former grant notwithſtanding,
of Eylsford and its whole lathe,
and that the Wardens fo choſen ſhould be yearly
wil ook
thoſe upon the hills, and of Okle,
accountable before two Auditors, to be aſſigned
Ufenhalle, Smalelande, Coſyntone, mo'I by the community, for all rents, profits, &c.
in Dudeſlande, Giſardeſlande, Wolde.
ariſing from the faid lands and tenements, and
ban, Burgham, Acclelle, Herftede,
for all other profits whatſoever anyways given
- iFarleghe, Tberſtane, Chelke, Hen- odebral to them, towards the ſupport of the new bridge.
burſte, and Hothdone
74 8 3 2
And further, that if the Wardens ſhould implead
5. The manors of Wrotham, Maide-
or be impleaded by others, concerning any mat-
9 ſtane, Otteryngbery, Netilſtede, the
ers, belonging to the bridge, they ſhould maintain
vh two Peckhams, Heſelbolte, Mere-
all manner of writs by the name of the Wardens,
llo worth, Lillebourne, Swantone, Of-
and although they ſhould be removed from their
febam, Dittone, and Weſterhame 85 6 0 0
office, nevertheleſs, the writs ſhould ſtand good
and effectual in law.
6. The manors, places, and bounds
w of mi gubitd isda Sot
as w of Hollyngbourne, and the whole
All which contained in theſe let. pat. was con-
lathe thereto belonging 85 600
firmed by ſtatute anno 9 Henry V; and further,
sy and 8. The manors and places of
that the Wardens and Commonalty, and their
Shootib
96 o 22
o
fucceffors, might be perſons able and capable to
9. The manors Northflete, Clyve,
purchaſe and receive lands, &c. of any perſons
mmoloons
Heyham, Dentone, Meltone, Lodef-
whatſoever, to hold to them and their ſucceſſors
done, Mepehan, Snodelonde, Bier-
for ever, in aid of the ſupport and reparation of
alize, Padeleſworthe
, and all dwel. udsloons
this bridge, and might have a Common Seal to
balling in thoſe valleys
DISE
85 600
ſerve for the buſineſſes of the bridge for ever. sd
Comodoro
The whole length of the bridge 566 IO 2
In the reign of K. Henry VI, little more than
50 years after the building of this bridge, it
The bridge, for height and ſtrength, is al-
ſeems to have been much out of repair; for in
lowed to be fuperior to any in England, except-
the year 1445, the Prior and Convent of Rocheſter
ing thoſe at London and Weſtminſter. The length gave towards the bridge then broken 40$. which
of it has been above deſcribed ; the breadth is 14
was toll-money due to them from the Wardens;
feet; it has a ſtone parapet on each ſide, ſtrong and in the next year the King, among other
ly coped and furmounted with a railing of iron. things which he granted to the city at that time,
It has now eleven arches, ſupported by ſtrong willed, that the citizens and their heirs ſhould
and ſubſtantial piers, which are well ſecured on have the paſſage called the Ferry, below the city
each ſide with ſterlings. The river has a confi and town of Stroud, and from the town of Stroud
derable fall through theſe arches.
to the faid city, the King's bridge on the other
ſide the water being broken ; and alſo the
(*) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. go.
ſpace
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
19
The BRIDGE.
Datos
low (q).
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
ſpace (m) of the bridge, together with the houſe The manor of Sharnden in the Iſle of Elmleỹ, was
called the Barbican (n).
confirmed to the bridge by Q. Elizabeth by
In this ſtate Rocheſter-bridge ſeems to have con-
letters of Infpeximus (r).
tinued till the reign of K. Henry VII, in the 5th
This lift is continued from other printed books
year of which reign, John Morton, Archbiſhop of
as follows:
Canterbury, a man in every reſpect born for the
Land and tenements in Frindſbury, by John Doua
ble and others.
good of his country, according to the mode of
Salon
that time, publiſhed 40 days remiffion of fins
Lands and tenements in the Iſle of Shepey by the
to all ſuch perſons as would contribute any thing
King and others
towards the repair of it. This method ſeems to
Lands in Halſtow.
have anſwered his intentions; for the bridge was
Lands in Hoo.
foon afterwards repaired and made paſſable, and
Forty marcs rent out of Sharynden and Neſſe, in
in the next reign it was ornamented with a cop-
the Iſle of Elmley,forfeited by John Cobham and
and others.
ing (o), and iron railing; the former by the
luoria ylove stors
bounty of one John Warner, a Merchant of Ro-
A rent of eight quarters of barley, out of Great
chefter, and the latter by Archbiſhop Warham (p).
Delce in Rocheſter. nobis
dir
This munificent prelate lived to finiſh but one
Lands of Mr. Richard Leé belonging to the ma-
half of the iron work, and the ſucceeding times
nor of Nafpenden. ins
being turbulent, it remained in that ſtate till the Seven acres of land at Little Delce.
reign of Q. Elizabeth, as will be mentioned be Sixteen acres of lands at Dartford.
Thirty acres of falt marſh at Eaſtwick and Spurt
near Hoo and Greane.
The following is a liſt of the fee-ſimple eſtates,
Five pounds per annum out of the Hundred of
commonly called the lands proper, veſted in the
Blengate, granted by the King (s).
Wardens and Commonalty of Rocheſter-bridge, to-
wards the repair and ſupport of it; as they were
It has been mentioned, that the bridge con-
in the reign of K. Henry VIII.
tinued in a ruinous condition, notwithſtanding
The manor of Langgeden was given and mor-
the patronage of the Archbiſhops Morton and
Warham.
tyzed in the 22d year of K. Richard II, by
This misfortune had been increaſing from the
Nicholas Potyn, to the value of 10 marcs,
reign of K. Henry VI, for the Wardens, not be
above all repriſes 61. 135. 4d. per annun. 1108
ing yearly elected by the Commonalty, continued
The manor of Little Delce, beſide Rocheſter, was
in office for many years together, in which time
given and mortyzed by Charles and William
they let good leaſes to their friends and ſervants,
Snette, to the value of fix marcs, above all
for long terms, at old rents, notwithſtanding
repriſes 41.
dog
they were greatly increaſed every where, as was
The manors of Tilbury and of Greane, which was the price of all materials for building; ſo that
worth 40 marcs yearly, above all repriſes, were the repair and expences of the bridge annually
given by fir John de Cobham, a founder of this exceeded the income of it, nay theſe lands pro-
bridge.asba 10. nors
10. The work boibuista per were ſo concealed, that very few knew that
The manor of Nafhenden was given and mortyzed there were ſuch, neither were the lands contri-
f in the 3d year of K. Henry IV. by James Peck butary to the repair of it ever called upon for
bam, the which was worth yearly rol. and that purpoſe. By this miſmanagement, the bridge
above all repriſes 61. 135. 4d. per annum.
was fo much out of repair, that its ruin ſeemed
A meſſuage with its appurtenances, in the city
near at hand, notwithſtanding a toll had been
of Rocheſter, called Potyn's Inn, alias King's impoſed on all paſſengers and carriages, towards
Inn, alias the Crown, with three other rents, its ſupport, in the reigns of Q. Mary and Q.
and a ground called Walcbes, were given and Elizabeth, and in the latter a fifteenth was ga-
b mortyzed in the 9th year of K. Henry V, by
thered over the whole county, and yet the work
fir Thomas Langley, Biſhop of Durham, the which decayed more and more.
were worth 21 marcs 6s. and 8d.
When Q. Elizabeth was at Rocheſter, in her
The manor at Dartford at Heathe was given and
return from a tour ſhe had made round the
mortyzed by Fohn de Frening ham, to the value counties of Suſſex and Kent, in the 16th year of
of 100s. above all repriſes.
her reign, fir William Cecil, Secretary of State,
His place at London, in Cornhill at the Shafte, was
afterwards Lord Burleigh, took that opportunity
given and mortyzed by William Wainford, to
of acquainting her with the ruinous ſtate of this
the value of 12 marcs above all repriſes.
bridge.
(m) Tra&tus in orig.
(n) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 53. Rot. Cart de Reg. Hen. VI.
(0) Lel. Itin. vol. vii, p. 128.
(P) Weever, p. 231, ſays, the iron work was made by
Archbiſhop Deane, Warham's predeceſſor.
(9) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 54.
(r) This is extracted out of an old quarto volume, among
the archives in the Bridge Chamber,
(s) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 52.
Soon
Tbe H IS TO RY O of Κ Ε Ν Τ.

The BRIDGE.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
Soon after which, the Queen granted a com repairs of the bridge, and the Wardens and Af-
miſſion to ſeveral great officers of ſtate and No ſiſtants being doubtful of their fufficient autho-
bility, as well as to ſeveral Knights, and Gen rity to levy money on the contributory lands,
tlemen of this county, to examine into theſe de an act paſſed for inveſting them with full power
fects, and the cauſes of them, and to deviſe for that purpoſe, and to diſtrain in caſe of re-
means for their remedy. In the execution of fuſal; and for the more convenient aſſembling
this commiſſion, though the Lord Treaſurer, the of the Commonally at the elections above-men-
Lord Admiral, the Lord Warden, and others of tioned, it was further enacted that two houſe-
the great Nobility, gave their conſtant attend holders at leaſt from every pariſh contributory
ance (t) and endeavours, yet the laborious part within ſeven miles of Rocheſter bridge, in which
which Sir Roger Manwood, Chief Baron of the Ex there were four houſeholders, ſhould be preſent at
chequer, took throughout the whole of it, de ſuch elections, under penalty of 1os. and that
ſerves particular commendation, who paſſing the Wardens, Afliftants, and Inhabitants, ſhould
through every difficulty, of which there were defray their own charges at ſuch times.
not a few, firſt got the leaſes of the lands proper,
which had been fraudently obtained, cancelled, I th
The improvements of the eſtates belonging to
the bridge have been ſo great under the good
and having thus improved the revenues, after-
management of the Wardens and Aſſiſtants,
wards contrived a plan, with no ſmall pains, for
from the above time, that the bridge has not
the perfect reformation and future conduct of
only been kept in excellent repair, and greatly
both officers, and matters relating to it. And
ornamented, without any further aſſiſtance from
laſtly, to perfect his ſcheme for its preſent and
the contributory lands, but a fund has been
future preſervation, he procured the ſtatute of
accumulated againſt any ſudden accident, or
the 18th year of Q. Elizabeth, for the perpetual || damage that night happen to the frabric(u).
maintenance of Rocheſter-bridge, in which it was
enacted, that on the morrow after the general
Within theſe 20 years the bridge was much
Quarter-ſeſſions for this county next after Eaſter
disfigured by a temporary wooden bridge at the
(which day being found inconvenient, it was
eaſt end of it, where three of the ſtone arches
altered by Parliament, in the 1ſt year of Queen
had been broken, but theſe have ſince been re-
Anne, to Friday in the week next following the
built, and the coping, and iron work made
week of Eaſter) yearly, the Wardens and Com-
equally handſome with the other parts of it.
monalty of the lands contributory to the repair
Both the entrances have been widened, particu-
of the bridge, as many as conveniently might,
larly that between the bridge and the high-ſtreet
ſhould aſſemble at the caſtle of Rocheſter, and
of Rocheſter, where the approach to it has been
chooſe two perſons of their Commonalty to be
laudably improved for the general accomodation
Wardens of the bridge, commonly reſident, and
of the public.
houſekeeping within the county, and twelve per The yearly value of the lands proper are
fons of their Commonalty, to be aſſiſtants to the about 1000l. per ann. BESSONS
Wardens for one year, after the firſt day of That the buſineſs of the bridge may never be
Pentecoſt next enſuing, and thus to aſſemble, and
prejudiced by the want of attendance, the War-
elect in the ſaid place annually for ever.
dens and Aliftants are uſually choſen one half of
The wardens to have power to appoint of gentlemen who live in the adjacent country, and
ficers under them, with ſuch ſtipends, or wages the other of the fame in Chatham and Rocheſter:
es they ſhould think neceſſary; that every year The latter meet weekly at the Bridge-chamber
on the Thurſday in Whitſun-week, the two late in the Crown Inn yard, (where all the buſineſs
Wardens ſhould have their accounts audited in relating to the bridge is tranſacted) to carry on
the preſence of one of the new Wardens, at the the ſame, but the former very feldom attend
leaſt, and four of the afliftants, who were to theſe meetings, though they are almoſt always
meet at the Crown Inn near the bridge, or ſome preſent at the two annual meetings at Eaſter and
convenient place, and that no affiſtance fhould Whitſuntide, to which matters of greater moment
be demanded from the contributory lands, un are always deferred, at which times they inſpect
leſs the new fund, or lands proper proved in and deliberate on what has been and ought to be
ſufficient to defray the expence.
tranſacted at thoſe weekly meetings in this in-
Nine years after, viz. anno 27 Eliz. the lands termediate time, and in future. vodoor lo
proper being found inadequate to the neceſſary
obala
20
(1) The firſt opening of the commiſſion was at London,
() Hift. Rocheſter, p. 55. Harris's Hiſt. p. 257. Mr.
Hift. Rocheſter, penes E. H. Lamb. Peramb. p. 429.
Feb. 8, 1574
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AT THE EAST END, and fronting the paffage
over the bridge, was a chapel or perpetual chantry,
erected by Sir John de Cobham, one of the foun-
ders of the new bridge.
This chapel ſeems to have been finiſhed ſoon
after the bridge, and was called Allefolven-chapel.
By the foundation charter, three chaplains, to
be appointed by the Wardens of the bridge, were
to officiate in it, particularly for the uſe of tra-
vellers (w), and to pray for the ſouls of the be-
nefactors of the bridge, as well thoſe living, as
deceaſed, and eſpecially for the ſouls of the Lord
John of Cobham, the founder and patron, and of
Şir Robert Knolles, knt. William Wangford, and
Eleanor his wife, John Fremingham, and Alice his
wife, William Makenade, Sir William Rykhull, knt.
then living, and for the ſouls of thoſe deceaſed,
viz. Sir William atte Pole, and Joane his wife,
Nicholas Potyn, Conſtance, wife of Sir Robert
Knolles, the Lady Margaret, wife of Sir John de
Cobham, above-mentioned, John Bukyngham, for-
merly Biſhop of Lincoln, Sir William Waleworth,
knt, and all faithful people deceaſed.
They were to reſide conſtantly in apartments
contiguous to the chapel, and each of them was
to receive an annual allowance of fix pounds, at
the hands of the Wardens of the bridge, out of
the revenues of it, who were to be at all ex.
pences of repairs, ornaments, utenſils, and other
matters whatſoever (x).
bre
But in the reign of K. Henry VI, the reve.
nues of the bridge were ſo diminiſhed and waſted,
that application was made to the King for his
aſſiſtance, towards the maintenance of theſe chap-
lains, who, in his 20th year, granted to the
Wardens and their ſucceſſors, the ſum of 1005. .
which the convent and monaſtery of St. Auguſtine
near Canterbury, and their ſucceſſors, uſed to pay
yearly at the Exchequer, from the ferme of the
hundreds of Ryngleflowe, Dunhamford, and Blena
gate, in this county, to hold to them and their
ſucceſſors for ever (y).
s bar to live
Morld
What became of this chantry in the reigns of
K. Henry VIII, and K. Edward VI, I have not
learned, but in the year 1575, anno 18 Q. Eli-
zabeth, there was an arrear of 500l. or more,
(w) There was a chantry on the Stroud fide of the river,
built for the ſame uſe. Hift. Rocheſter, note, p. 209.
(x) Reg. Roff. p. 555. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 50 and 208.
John Schakel, eſq; in 1396, anno 20 Richard II, gave in
VOL.II.
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alms to this chapel and bridge 100l. Strype's Stow's Sura
vey, book vi, p. 38.
6) Reg. Roff. p. 573.
depend.
22
The HISTORY of K E N T.
THE
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER.
depending in the Court of Exchequer, and pro Every perſon is free of this company, after
bably due to the Crown from the Wardens and having ſerved an apprenticeſhip of ſeven years.
Commonalty of this bridge, for the ſalary of the Any perſon catching oyſters in this river, noe
prieſts of this ſuppreſſed chantry. This ſuit Sir free of the fiſhery, is termed a cablehanger, and
Roger Manwood brought to an iſſue, and the cauſe liable to ſuch penalty as the Mayor and Citizens
being tried at the aſlizes; and judgment given in fhall impoſe on him.
the Exchequer, it was for ever diſcharged (2). The company frequently buy brood, or ſpat,
On the ground where this chapel ſtood a very
from other parts, which they lay down in the
neat ſtone building was erected by the Wardens river, where it ſoon grows to maturity. Great
of the bridge in 1935. The upper part of this
quantities of theſe oyſters are ſent to London and
building is ftiled the Bridge-chamber, in which,
Holland, and even to Weſtphalia, and the adjacent
and an adjoining room over the Crown gateway,
countries (d)
the Wardens and Aſiſtants hold their weekly
and annual meetings. On the front of this new
THE PRIORY.
building are the arms of the principal benefac-
tors to the bridge (a).
À Bout the year 600, Ethelbert, King of Kent,
at the inſtance of St. Auguſtine, began to build
OYSTER FISH E RY.
a church at Rocheſter, in honour of St. An-
drew, and a monaſtery adjoining to it, of which
An account of the river Medway has already church St. Auguſtine in 604 appointed Juſtus
been given in the General Hiſtory of this coun-
to be Biſhop, and placed ſecular prieſts in the
ty (6), it only remains therefore for me to give
monaftery; for the maintenance of whom the
ſome account of the Oyſter Fiſery on this river, King gave a certain portion of land to the ſouth
carried on in the ſeveral creeks and branches of
of the city, called Preſtefelde, to be poſſeſſed by
it within the liberties of this city, for the con-
them for ever, and he added other parcels of land,
ducting of which there is a company of Free both within and without the walls of the city(e).
dredgermen eſtabliſhed by preſcription time out And notwithſtanding in after times the gifts to
of mind, ſubject to the government and autho this church were many and extenſive, yet by
rity of the Mayor and Citizens.
the troubles which followed in the Daniſh wars,
But ſeveral perſons conteſting this authority, it was ſtripped of almoſt all of them, and at the
great inconveniences aroſe from it, and the fiſh. time of the conqueſt it was in ſuch a ſtate of po-
ery was much endangered by it; to prevent verty, that divine worſhip was entirely neglec-
which, the Corporation and Free-dredgermen pe ted in it, and there remained in it only five
titioned Parliament for relief in the ad
year
of fecular prieſts, who had not ſufficient for their
K. George II, when an act paſſed for the better maintenance.
ods
ordering and governing this fiſhery; for making
Many of the poſſeſſions, belonging to the
them ſecure under the protection of the Mayor church of Rocheſter, had come into the hands of
and Citizens, and for confirming and ſettling
the Conqueror at his acceſſion to the Crown,
their power and juriſdiction over that and the
moſt of which he gave to his half-brother, Odo,
Free-dredgers belonging to it. By it the Mayor
Biſhop of Baieux, from whom Archbiſhop Lanfranc
and Citizens have power once or oftner in every recovered them, among other lands belonging to
year to hold a Court of Admiralty, to which the
his own church, in the folemn aſſembly of the
dredgers are ſummoned, and a jury is appointed
whole county, held by the King's command at
from among them, which has power to make
Pinnenden heath, in the year 1076.1 10 210 stad
rules and orders for the times, when the Oyſter-
Soon after this, Gundulf was elected Biſhop of
grounds ſhall be opened (c) and fhut, and the
Rocheſter, to whom and to this church, Archbp.
quantity of oyſters which ſhall be taken on each
Lanfranc immediately reſtored all thoſe lands,
day of dredging, and alſo for the preſervation of which he had recovered, formerly belonging to it.
the brood and ſpat of oyſters, and for otherwiſe
Biſhop Gundulf diſplaced the ſecular canons,
regulating the fiſhery, with power for the jury
which he found here, and with the advice and
to impofe fines for the breach of all ſuch orders
affiſtance of Archbiſhop Lanfranc placed Benedic-
as ſhall have been approved and confirmed by
tine Monks in their room, the number of which
the Mayor and Citizens, to whoſe uſe all fines
before his death amounted to 60 (f). Beſides
are to be applied.
which the Biſhop, continuing his unwearied zeal
Pont ved I IV bibbia I
bantuan
(2) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 258.
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 1. Lamb. Peramb. p. 408. Hiſ. of
(a) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 208, note
Worts sedes
(6) See vol. i, p. cxxvii.
(The reaſon is plain, why of all the regulars, the Bene-
dietines alone were placed in the cathedral churches ; for all
(c) This is uſually on St. James's day. Lalo ni osana
the biſhopricks in England, before the diffolution, were
(d) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 26t.
erected and eſtabliſhed long before the coming of any other
regulars into the land. De

Rocheſter, p. 74.
SOV in
The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
£ 23

The PRIORY.
was
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
in promoting the intereſt of his church, reco Reginald, who in 1154, obtained from Pope
vered and purchaſed back again many other Adrian IV. a confirmation of the privileges of
lands and manors, which had been formerly the church of Rocheſter: He is ſaid to have died
given to it by ſeveral Kings, and other pious on April 29, in the obituary of St. Auguſtine's
perſons, and had been at different times wreſted Canterbury, but the year is not mentioned, nor
from it. He followed the example of Archbiſhop that of the election of
Lanfranc, and ſeparated his revenues from thoſe of ERNULF II, who was Prior in the tiine of Bp.
his Monks; for before the Biſhop and his Monks Walter. The next I find is
lived in common as one family. He rebuilt the William De Borstallk, who was preferred
church, and cnlarged the priory; and though hie to the priorſhip from being Cellarer of this mo-
did not live to complete the great improvements
naſtery.
he had undertaken, yet he certainly laid the SILVESTER, who was his fucceffor, from being
foundation of the future proſperity of both (f).
Cellarer was likewiſe made Prior. In his time,
The moſt material occurrences which happened anno 1177, the church and the offices, as well
to the church and priory, from the above time
within as withcut the walls; were burnt, on the
to the diffolution of the latter, will be found in 3d of the Ides of April. In 1178; he obtained
the ſubſequent account of the ſeveral Priors and a confirmation of the poſſeſſions of this church
Biſhops of this church,
from Pope Alexander III. He rebuilt the refec-
From the conqueſt to the reign of K. Henry tory and dormitory, and three windows in the
VIII, almoſt every King granted fome liberties chapter-houſe towards the eaſt. His fucceffor
and privileges, as well to the Biſhop of Rocheſter,
as to the Prior and Convent, each confirmed like Richard, who in 1182 reſigned this office on
wiſe thoſe granted by his predeceſſors. The ſuc being choſen Abbat of Burton in the co: of Stafford,
ceeding Biſhops and Archbiſhops confirmed the pof-
ALFRED ſucceeded him as Prior, and quitted it
feſſions of the priory to the Monks of it, as did on being made Abbat of Abingdon by K. Henry II,
many of the Popes. The Regiſtrum Roffenſe is between the years 1185 and 1189 (k).
full of theſe grants in almoſt every page, and as
Osbert de SCAPEIA, from being Sacriſt was
the moſt material of them are mentioned, under choſen Prior. He wrote ſeveral books, and
the reſpective places they relate to, in the courſe made the window of St. Peter's altar, and did
of this hiſtory, the reader will, it is hoped, the many other works. He was a great benefactor
more readily excuſe the omiſſion of them in this to the buildings of this church.
place.
Ralph De Ros; who preſided in 1199, was
the next Prior, and whilſt he was Sacrift built
A LIST OF THE PRIORS OF ROCHESTER.
the brewhouſe, and the Prior's great and leffer
Ordowinus was the appointed Prior, and was chamber, the ſtone houſes in the church-yard,
witneſs to the charter of foundation, dated Sept. the hoſtiary; ſtable, and the barn in the vine-
20, 1089. He afterwards reſigned (g). TAI
yard, and cauſed the great church to be covered
Arnulph, originally a Monk of Chriſt Church, and moſt of it l'eaded (1).
was conſtituted in his room; and continued here Hellas ſeems to have ſucceeded him. He fi-
till he was elected Prior of Canterbury in 1096(b). niſhed the covering of the church with lead, and
He was a good benefactor to this priory, and built with ſtone a ſtable for himſelf and his fuc-
built the dormitory, chapter-houſe, and refec ceffors. He alſo leaded that part of the cloyſters
next the dormitory, and made the laundry and
RALPH ſucceeded him. He had been a Monk door of the refećtory (m):
Muo
at Caen, and came over into England with Lan William is ſaid after him to have enjoyed
francin 1107. On his being choſen Abbat of Battle
in the co. of Suſſex, he reſigned this office. On the RICHARD DE DERENTE was elected Prior of
death of Biſhop Gundulf, the Monks of Rocheſter Rocheſter in 1225, after the octave of Pentecoſte.
deſired him for their Biſhop, but in vain. He, among others, in the year 1227, ſignified
ORDOWINUS was again reſtored in 1107. He to the Archbiſhop the election of Henry de Sandford
is ſaid to have held this office under Biſhop Er to the fee of Rocheſter, and he is ſaid to have pre-
nulph therefore he was living in 1115. autotros fided in the year 1238, and to have been ſuc-
Letard preſided here under the fame Biſhop.
ceeded by
Brian preſided in 1145. He obtained the con-
WILLIAM DE Hoo, Sacriſt of this church, who
firmation of the poſſeſſions of his church from
was choſen Prior June 29, 1239. He built the
Pope Eugenius III. in 1146. He died on Dec. 5.
whole choir of this church, from the north and
GOMA
tory (i).
this office in 1222.
.
(f) Reg. Roff. p. i. Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 1. Hift.
of Rocheſter, p. 75 and 116.
(8) Willis's Mitred Abbeys, voi. i, p. 290,
() From whence he was preferred to be Abbat of Peter-
borough, and in 111s to the fee of Rockefier.
(i) Willis's Mitred 'Abbeys ibid.
(k) Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. i, p. 291. Stev. Mon.
.
vol. i, p. 453
(?) Reg. Roff. p. 122. (m) Ibid.
South
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Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.

Prior and the convent, by the above-mentioned
The PRIORY.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
ſouth wings, out of the oblations made at the alabaſter, which coſt 200 marcs; and the year
fhrine of St. William, and after having governed before he cauſed the tower to be raiſed higher
here for two years, becauſe he would not conſent with wood and ſtone, and covered it with lead,
to the ſale of ſome lands belonging to his con and placed four new bells there, calling them
vent, he was much perfecuted, and reſigning this Dunftan, Paulin, Ythamar and Lanfranc. On De-
office became a Monk at Woburn in the co. of cember 27, 1352, he was elected Bifkop of Ro.
Bedford (n), and there died. In his time, on the cheſter by Papal Bull dated October 22, preced-
2d of the calends of March, anno 1240, the altar
ing (9)
in the infirmary chapel was dedicated to St. Robert de SUTHFLETE, Warden of Filcheſtowe
Mary; and on the nones of Nov. following, the Cell ſucceeded on his predeceſſor's preferment to
cathedral church itſelf being finiſhed was dedi the Biſhopric in 1352, he died in 1361.
by the Biſhop, affifted by the Biſhops of Bangor
JOHN DE HERTLIPE, or HERTLEY,Warden of
and St. Andrew (c).
the ſame cell, was choſen to ſucceed him on
ALEXANDER DE GLANVILLE ſucceeded him, Auguſt 6, 1361. He reſigned on November 6,
who dying ſuddenly of grief, March 5, 1252|| 1380, and was ſucceeded by
was ſucceeded by
JOHN DE SHEPEY, S. T. P. the Subprior, who
Simon De CLYVE, Sacriſt of this church, who was elected Dec. 14, following. He governed
growing infirm reſigned this office of Prior in the priory 39 years, and died Auguſt 2, 1419.
1262, and was the ſame year ſucceeded by WILLIAM DE TUNBRIGG was the next Prior,
JOHN DE RENHAM, or RENSHAM. In his time who having been elected by the monks, was con-
the church and monaſtery were plundered, and firmed by the Archbiſhop of Canterbury (the fee of
many ornaments and charters taken away. He Rochifter being vacant) on Aug. 21, 1419. He
is ſaid by ſome to have reſigned in Dec. 1283 ; preſided in 1444 and was ſoon after ſucceeded by
but in reality he was then depoſed by John, Arch JOHN Clyfe, in 1447 (r). After him
biſhop of Canterbury, viſiting this church as me-
JOHN CARDONE was Prior in 1448 (s.
tropolitan.
WILLIAM Wone was Prior in the reign of K.
THOMAS DE WOLDHAM was elected in his room
Edward IV.(t) and he was ſucceeded by
Dec. 24, 1283, and was promoted to the biſhop-
Thomas Bourne, who was Prior in the year
ric of Rocheſter at the latter end of the year 1291.
1480 (u), to whom
John de RENHAM or RENSHAM was again William Bishop probably ſucceeded. He
choſen Prior Jan. 7, 1292. He died in 1294, and occurs Prior in 1496, and ſeems to have been
THOMAS DE SHULDEFORD ſucceeded him, who ſucceeded by
being infirm reſigned in 1301, and was ſucceeded WILLIAM FRYSEL, who was elected to this
by some
office Sept. II, 1509 (V). His ſucceſſor in it
JOHN DE GREENSTREET in Feb. the fanne year;
was probably sbitor tools
on whoſe reſignation in 1314,
LAURENCE Mereworth, who occurs Prior
HAMO DE HETHE was elected to this office on in 1533 and 1534, when he with 18 monks ſub-
the 8th of May that year, as he was to the fee fcribed to the King's fupremacy (20).
of Rocheſter in 1317, though he was not conſe Walter BOXLEY was the next,
next, and laſt
and laſt Pric
crated till two years afterwards. During the time or (x) of this monaſtery, for K. Henry VIII, in
he governed this church, as Prior and Biſhop, he the zift year of his reign, granted a commiſſion
was a great benefactor to it.
to the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, George, Lord Cob-
JOHN DE WESTERHAM ſucceeded him on Jan. ham, and others, to receive the ſurrendry of this
14, 1320. He died in Jan. 1321, and was ſuc-
ceeded by
John De SpeldHURST, Cellarer of this con der their common ſeal, dated April 8, that year
vent, who was choſen by the monks and con (1540) with their unanimous affent and conſent,
firmed by the Biſhop, then preſent on the Friday deliberately, and of their own certain knowledge
before the Purification next following. He re and mere motion, from certain juſt and reaſon-
figned Auguſt 12, 1333 (p). His ſucceſſor was able cauſes, eſpecially moving their minds and
JOHN DE Shepey, S.T.P. In 1336 he built conſciences, of their own free good will, gave
the new refectory, and received towards the ex and granted all that their monaſtery, and the
pence of it 100 marcs. In his time alſo, viz. in ſcite thereof, with all their churches, yard, debts
1344, the ſhrines of St. Michael, St. Paulinus and
and moveable goods, together with all their ma-
St. lthamar, were new made with marble and
nors, demeſnes, meſſuages, &c. to King Henry
inſtrument, un
un-
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 125.
(0) Willis's Mitred Abbeys, voi. i, p. 292. Stev. Mon.
vol. i, p. 454.
(-) Reg. Roff. p. 575. (s) Ibid. p. 580. (C) Ibid. p. 143.
(u) Ibid. p. 138.
(v) Ibid. p. 140.
(vw) Rym. Foed. vol. xiv, p. 497.
(3) Willis ibid. p. 294.
Stev. Mon, ibid.
(D) Willis ibid. p. 293. Stev. Mon. ibid.
(1) He was afterwards Lord Treaſurer, and died in 3360,
VIII,

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The PRIORY The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER:
VIII, his heirs, ſucceſſors and aſſigns, to his all former family connections and relationſhip;
and their uſe for ever, with a general warrantry and conſider himſelf entirely as the ſon of the
againſt all perſons whatſoever (y).
church, and as having no other relations than
This deed was executed in the preſence of a thoſe, who were his brethren in his monaſtery (z).
Maſter in Chancery, and was afterwards inrol The Priory of Rocheſter was valued at the diſ-
led in the Court of Augmentation.
ſolution of it at 4861. 11s. 5d. yearly income (a),
The Prior abovementioned, after the diffolu the whole of which came into the King's hands,
tion of this monaſtery, again took on him his as abovementioned, who, though he was em-
original family and lay name of Phillips; for powered by Parliament to erect new ſees, and ec-
when any perſon took upon him the monaſtic cleſiaſtical corporate bodies out of the eſtates be-
habit, he immediately aſſumed the name of the longing to theſe ſuppreſſed monaſteries; yet more
place of his dwelling or birth, that by having than two years paſſed before there was any new
ſo done, he might be diveſted and alienated from eſtabliſhment founded by him here (b).
Thein Seal of Rochester Priory,
Woods born
Gaming
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John Thorpe Esq
. T.S.A.S contributes this Plate
THE FOUNDATION OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER.
of the fame, and he incorporated them, by the
name of the Dean and Chapter of it, and granted
After the diſſolution of the priory of Rocheſter, that they ſhould have perpetual ſucceſſion, and
King Henry VIII, by his charter under his pri be the Chapter of the Biſhopric of Rocheſter, to him
vy ſeal, dated June 18, in his 33d year, founded and his ſucceſſors for ever, and that they ſhould
within the precincts of the late monaſtery here, plead and be impleaded by the above name, and
to the glory and honour of Chriſt and the bleſſed have a common ſeal; and he granted to the ſaid
Virgin Mary, a CATHEDRAL CHurch of one Dean Dean and Chapter and their ſucceſſors, the ſcite
and fix Prebendaries, who were to be prieſts, toge and precincts of the late monaſtery, the church
ther with other miniſters neceſſary for the per there, and all matters and things whatſoever
forming of divine ſervice, and he decreed that within the ſame ; excepting and reſerved to the
this church ſhould in future be called the Cathe King, his heirs and ſucceſſors, à certain houſe
dral church of Chriſt and the Bleſſed Virgin Mary there, called Le Porter's Lodge, Le Covent Hall,
of Rocheſter, and that it ſhould be the epiſcopal with two inner rooms, and a chamber adjoining
ſeat of the Biſhop of Rocheſter and his fucceffors, to the faid hall, Le Covent Kitchen, Le Covent
and he gave and granted the ſame epiſcopal ſeat | Cellar, the cloiſter there, the refectory, the dor-
within the precincts of the ſaid late monaſtery, mitory, the chapter-houſe, the Prior's houſe with
to him and his ſucceſſors for ever; and he ap a ſmall garden adjoining, one orchard there called
pointed Walter Philippes, late Prior here, the firſt Le Covent Garden, with a ſtable adjoining, to-
Dean of this church, and Hugh Aprice, fohn | gether with a certain barn lying to the ſouth-weſt
Wildbore, Robert Johnſon, John Symkins, Robert of the ſame, Le King's Chamber, the King's
Saliſbury, and Richard Engeſt, the fix Prebendaries Chapel with a garden adjoining, a houſe there
() After this ſurrendry ſeveral of the Religious had pen-
fions aſſigned, from 40s. and upwards to rol. the total of
which amounted to 761. 6s. 8d. per annum.
(2) After the diſſolution, moſt of the religious throughout
England changed their local names in like manner.
(a) Tan. Mon. p. 202.
(6) Hift. of Rocheſter; p. 85
de bine
called
VOL. II.
Н
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The HISTORY of K E N T.

as they
900 1300
The Dean and CHAPTER.
Thé CATHEDRAL CHURCH bf ROCHESTER.
called Le Fermorie, with a garden adjoining, a Lay-clerks, one Maſter of the Choiriſters, eight
houſe called Le Chamber's lodging, with a gar Choiriſters, one Teacher of the boys in gram-
den and á fmall orchard adjoining, and alſo all már, twenty ſcholars to be taught the ſame,
that ground there called Le Upp Ditch, with an two Şubſacrifts, and ſix poor men, he gave
orchard fenced in there (c); and alſo excepted al power and authority to them, or any two of
ways to the Biſhop of Rocheſter and his fucceffors them, to repair to the ſaid ſcite of the late pri-
all that great meſſuage called the Biſhop's Palace, ory, and then and there, according as
with all other his lands and tenements, in right thought fit, to allot the whole of it, and to af-
of his bifhopric
, with all their appurtenances ſign to the Dean and Canons ſeparate and fit
whatſoever.
ſtalls in the choir; and ſeparate places in the
To hold the ſaid ſcité, precincts, church and chapter there; and alſo to allot to the Dean the
appurts. to the ſaid Dean and Chapter and their new lodging, containing two parlours
; a
fucceſſors for ever, in pure and perpetual alms; and chen; four bedchambers, the gallery, the ſtudy
he granted them full power of making and ad over the gate, with all other buildings leading to
mitting the inferior officers of the church, and the houſe of John Symkins; one of the reſiden-
afçerwards of correcting and diſplacing them as tiaries, together with the garden adjoining, on
they thougke fit; ſaving to the King and his fuc the north fide of the King's lodging. The hay;
ceſſors the full power of nominating the Dean barn in the woodyard of the Dean under the
and fix Prebendaries, and alſo fix Almſmen, by veftry; a ſtable for the Dean adjoining the gate
his letters patent, as often as the ſame ſhould of the tower, and the pidgeon-houſe on the wall
become vacant; and laſtly, he granted, that adjoining the ponds; and alſo to the Prebendaries
they ſhould have theſe his letters patent made
and Minor Canons and other Miniſters, and per-
and ſealed in the accuſtomed manner, under his
ſons above-mentioned, and to each of them, ac-
great ſeal, without any fine to him in his Hana cording to their degree, convenient houſes, and
per, or otherwiſe.
places about the church to be divided and af-
Theſe letters patent were ſealed with the great
ſigned to each of them, as far as the buildings
ſeal, June 20th following.
and ground of the ſaid ſcite would allow, ſo that
the ſaid Dean and Canons might have ſeparate
The Dotation Charter, under the King's privy houſes for their convenient habitation, and that
feal, is likewiſe dated the ſame day; by which
the reſt of the miniſters and perſons, viz. Minor
he granted to the Dean and Chapter, and their
Canons, Deacon and Subdeacon, Scholars, Choir-
ſucceſſors, ſundry premiſes, manors, lands, te-
iſters, and upper and under Mafter, ſhould have
nements, rents, advowſons and appropriations,
ſmaller houſes, in which they and their families
part of the poſſeſſions of the late priory of Ro-
ſhould inhabit, provided nevertheleſs, that they
cheſter, of the late priory of Ledys, of the hospital
ſhould not aſſign or divide the houſes or build-
of Stroud and of the priory of Boxley lying in the
ings reſerved and appointed for himſelf, by
counties of Kent, Buckingham, Surry, and in the
James Nedham, the particulars of which were ex-
city of London, to hold in pure and perpetual alms,
preſſed in a ſchedule to the ſaid commiſſion an-
and he granted them, and each of them to be
nexed;(e) and further, that they ſhould put the
exempt and diſcharged from all payments of firſt
ſaid Dean, Canons and other Miniſters in poffef-
fruits and tenths, reſerving to him and his fuc-
fion of the houſes and premiſes fo aſſigned as
ceſſors, in lieu thereof, the yearly ſum of 1151.(d)
aforeſaid, provided always, that the faid Minor
and laſtly, that they ſhould have theſe his let.
Canons, and other Miniſters (except the Dean
pat. made and ſealed with his great ſeal, without
and Prebendaries) ſhould eat at one common ta-
any fee or reward, &c.
ble, according to the ſtatutes to be preſcribed to
On the fourth of July following, the King
them, and that they ſhould certify under their
granted a commiſſion to George, Lord Cobbam,
ſeals to the Chancellor and Court of Augmenta.
and others, reciting, that whereas he had lately
tion what they had done in the ſame.
founded and erected the ſaid cathedral church in
About three years afterwards, viz. June 30,
the ſcite and place of the late priory at Rocheſter,
anno 36 K. Henry VIII, e body of Natutes for the
and in the ſame one Dean, fix Prebendaries, fix
government of this church was delivered to it
Minor Canons, one Deacon and Subdeacon, fix
by three Commiſſioners (f) appointed by the
(.) Theſe premiſes, or at leaſt the greateſt part of them,
ſeem to have been afterwards granted to the Dean and
Chapter.
(d) This rent is now increaſed to 1241. 6s. od. for King
Henry VIII, in his 36th year, having exchanged the rectory
impropriate and advowſon of the vicarage of the church of
Shorne, with the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, for the ma-
nor of Southfleet, and the former being eſtimated at gl. 6s.
yearly value more than the latter, that ſum was added to the
former rent paid by the Dean and Chapter. This rent is now
the property of the Governors of Guy's Hoſpital in South-
wark, to whom it is annually paid.
(e) K. Henry VIII, March 8, in his 33d year of his ef-
pecial favor, granted to fir George Broke, knt. Lord Cobham,
the office of Keeper of his capital meſſuage or manfion in
Rocheſter, and of his garden and orchard there, for his life,
with the fee or wages of 4d. per day ; being, I ſuppoſe, part
of theſe reſerved premiſes. Augtn.off.
(f) Nicholas, Biſhop of Worceſter; George, Bishop of Chi-
shefter, and Richard Cox, Archdeacon of Ely.
King
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The Dean and Chapter. T 2 The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER.
King for that purpoſe, but like many others,
they were neither under the great ſeal nor in-
À LIST OF THE DEANS OF ROCHESTER (1).
dented, ſo that their validity continued in dil-
Walter Phillips; the laſt Prior, on the ſur-
pute till the reign of Q. Anne, in the ſixth year
rendry of this monaſtery into the King's hands,
of whofe reign, an act paffed to make them good
was, by the foundation charter of the Dean and
and valid in law, ſo far as they were not incon-
Chapter, dated June 18, anno 33 Henry VIII,
ſiſtent with the conſtitution of the church, or
appointed the firft Dean thereof. He died in
the laws of the land.
1570
In theſe ſtatutes, beſides the members already
EDMUND FREAKE; S.T.P. was inſtalled April
mentioned, there is named a Porter, who was
10, 1570, and quitted this deanry on being con-
likewiſe to be a Barber, a Butler, a Cook and
ſecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter on March 9, 1571.
an Under-Cook : all the members ſtill fubfiſt in
THOMÁS WILLOUGHBY, S. T. P. and Preben-
this church, except the Deacon and Subdeacon;
dary of Canterbury, was inſtalled June 23, 15743
the Butler, Cook and Under-cook; the two
and died Aug. 19, 1585.
firſt have been difuſed ever ſince the reformation,
or at leaſt very ſoon afterwards, and the other
John Coldwell, M. D. of St. John's College,
three are not neceſſary, as there is not any com-
Cambridge, was inſtalled Ján: 7; 1585, and va-
mon table kept, nor indeed does there appear
cated this preferment on his being conſecrated
Biſhop of Saliſbury, Dec. 26, 1591,
ever to have been one kept as directed by the
THOMAS BLAGUE; S. T. B. Maſter of Clare
ſtatutes, for the ſeveral members of this church,
Hall and Rector of Bangor, was inſtalled Feb. 1,
excepting the Dean and Prebendaries, and the
fix Almſmen. There were alſo by the ſtatutes
1591, and died in Oct. 1611.
yearly exhibitions of 51. to be paid to four ſcho-
RICHARD MILBOURNE, A.M. Rector of Cheam
lars, two at each univerſity, (g) and 40l: was di-
in Surry, and Vicar of Sevenoke, was inſtalled
rected to be laid out yearly in charity, and the
Dec. 11, 1611, and quitted this deanry on be.
repairing of highways and bridges.
ing confecrated Biſhop of St. David's; July 9,
By the charter of foundation, K. Henry VIII.
1615(k).
reſerved to himſelf and his ſucceſſors the right
ROBERT Scott, S.T. P. and Maſter of Clare
of nominating and appointing, by his let. pat.
Hall, was inſtalled July 13, 1615. He died in
the Dean and Prebendaries, and by the ſtatutes
December 1620.
the Dean muſt be a Doctor of Divinity, a Bat.
GODFREY GOODMAN, à native of Eſex, and
chelor, or Doctor of Law, and each of the Pre Fellow of Trinity College, then Maſter of Clarė
bendaries the fame; or Maſter of Arts, or Bat Hall, Cambridge, afterwards (1) Prebendary of
chelor of Laws, and to be appointed by the
Weſtminfter, Rector of Kemmerton in the co. of
King's let. pat. under his great feal, and pre-
Glouceſter, and West Iſley in the co. of Berks, and
ſented to the Bihop.
S.T. P. was inſtalled Jan. 6, 1620, and vacated
The Dean continues to be nominated by the this preferment on his being conſecrated Biſhop
King, four of the Prebends are in the gift of the of Glouceſter, March 6, 1624.
Lord Keeper of the great feal, one is annexed Walter BELCANQUALL, a native of Scotland,
by let. pat, and confirmed by act of Parliament, and S. T. P. was inſtalled March 12, 1624. He
anno 12 Q. Anne, to the provoftſhip of Oriel was firſt Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge,
College in Oxford, and confirmed by Parliament then Maſter of the Savoy (m). He reſigned this
the ſame year, and another was by let. pat. an. deanry on being promoted to that of Darbam in
13 K. Charles I, annexed to the Archdeaconry 1638 (n).
of Rocheſter
Henrü King, S. T. P. of Chriſt Church; Ox-
The Crown likewiſe nominates the ſix poor ford, Archdeacon of Colcheſter, Reſidentiary of
będelinen, who are admitted by warrant under St. Paul's; and Canon of Chriſt Church (0), was
the ſign manual; theſe are in general old and inſtalled Feb. 6, 1638, and quitted this deanry
maimed ſailors, who are penſioners of the cheſt on his being conſecrated Biſhop of Chicheſter, Feb.
at Chatham (b).
16, 1641.
en compte
under 20 years
(8) By the featutes they were to be more than 15; and
of age, to be choſen from this ſchool in
pre-
ference, and if none ſuch were here, then from any other,
ſo that they were neither Fellow or Scholar in either univer-
fity; the ſaid penſion of 51. to continue till they commenced
Batchelor, and that within the ſpace of four years ; after
which they were to enjoy the ſame for three years ; when com-
mencing Maſter of Arts they were to be allowed 61. per ann.
and after that 61. 135. 4d. The college to be at the option
of the Dean, or Vice-dean, and Chapter, who nominate the
fcholars.
(5) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 92.
(i) Le Neve's Fafti; p. 252. Hiß. Rocheſter, printed in
1723, p. 102.
(k) He was afterwards tranſlated to Carlifle.
(1) Lel. Coll. vol. v, p. 199.
(m) Willis's Cath. vol. i, p. 255. Afterwards Rector of
Adiſham, and Vicar of Goudhurſt, in this county. Rym.
Foed, yol. xiii, p. 663.
(a) Wood, in his Ath. vol. i, Faſti, p. 184, ſays, one
John Richardſon, D.D. ſucceeded Dr. Belcanquall, and died
in 1636.
6) Walker's Suff, of Clergy, part ii, p. 11.
THOMAS
28
The T # I S T OR Y Of T K E N T.

in
The Dean and CHAPTER. The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER. bonsai
THOMAS TURNER, S. T. P. Canon Reſiden Thomas HERRING, S. T. P. was firſt of Jeſus
tiary of St. Paul's, London, Rector of St. Olave's, College, Cambridge, and afterwards of Bennet Col-
Southwark, and of Fetcham in Surry (p), was in lege, where he became Fellow. After a variety
ſtalled Feb. 26, 1641, and reſigned this prefer of parochial preferments he was advanced to this
inent on being made Dean of Canterbury in 1643. deanry in 1731, which he held in commendan
BENJAMIN LANEY, S. T. P. Maſter of Per from 1737, when he was promoted to the biſhopric
broke Hall, Vicar of Soham in the co. of Cambridge, of Bangor till his tranſlation to the archbiſhopric of
Rector of Buriton in Hants, and Prebendary of
York in 1743 (x):
sito
To awali
Westminſter and Wincheſter, was inſtalled July WILLIAM BERNARD, S. T. P. Prebendary of
24, 1660, and vacated this preferment on being Wejiminfter (y), ſucceeded as Dean of this church
conſecrated Biſbop of Peterborough at the latter 1743, but reſigned it next year, on being pro-
end of that year (9).
moted to the fee of Raphoe in Ireland (2).
NATHANIEL HARDY, S. T. P. Rector of St. John NEWCOME, S. T. P. Lady Margaret's
Dionis Backchurch, Archdeacon of Lewes, and
Lecturer of Divinity, and Maſter of St. John's
Rector of Henley upon Thames, was inſtalled College, Cambridge, was made the next Dean of
Dec. 10, 1660. He died at Croyden, June this church in 1744. He had ſupplied the Di-
I, 1670, and was buried in the church of St. vinity Chair at Cambridge with great reputation,
Martin's in the Fields, of which church he was during the latter part of Dr. Bentley's life, then
Vicar (r).
Regius Profeſor, who for ſeveral years before his
Peter Mew, S.T. P. ſucceeded in 1670. He
death had retired from all public buſineſs. He
had been Canon of Windſor, Archdeacon of Berks,
died March 10, 1765 (a), and was ſucceeded in
and Preſident of St. John's College, Oxford. He
this deanry by
tommt
quitted this deanry on being conſecrated Biſhop
William MARKHAM, LL. D. and Preben-
of Bath and Wells at the end of the year 1672 (s).
dary of Durham, who was appointed to it in
THOMAS LAMPLUGH, S. T. P. was inſtalled 1765. He was a great benefactor to the deanry-
March 6, 1672. He was firſt Fellow of Queen's
houſe, the two wings of which were erected by
College, Oxford, then Principal of Alban Hall, and him, but were not finiſhed before his quitting
Vicar of St. Martin's in the Fields.
He quitted
this preferment for the deanry of Chriſt Churchz
this deanry on being conſecrated Biſhop of Exeter, Oxford, which he did in Oct. 1767 (b). Amon
Nov, 12, 1676(t).
Benjamin NEWCOMBE, S. T. P. and Rector
John Castilion, S.T.P. Prebendary of Can-
of St. Mildred's in the Poultry, ſucceeded him in
terbury, and Vicar of Minſter in Thanet, was in Oct. 1767. He was afterwards Vicar of Lam-
ſtalled Nov. 15, 1676. He died O. 21, 1688,
berhurſt, and died at Rochejter in Aug. 1775.
æt. 75, and was buried in Canterbury cathedral.
THOMAS THURLOE, D. D. and Maſter of the
HENRY ULLOCK, S.T.P.ſucceeded in 1689(u), Temple, was inſtalled Dean of Rocheſter Nov. 8,
being at that time Prebendary of this church, and 1775, and is the preſent Dean of this cathedral.(*)
Rector of Leyborne in this county. He died June
sunat
20, 1706, æt. 67, and was buried in Leyborne THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHester is fin
church. 10
tuated at a ſmall diſtance from the ſouth ſide of
SAMUEL PRATT, S.T. P. Clerk of the Cloſet. the middle of the High-ſtreet, within the antient
ſucceeded to this deanry in 1706 (v). He was gate of the priory. Toto
Canon of Windſor, Vicar of Twickenham, and This church was rebuilt by Bihop Gundulph
Chaplain of the Savoy Chapel. He died Nov. 14, in the year 1080, and ſome part of this building
372 3, ct. 7.
ſtill remains. The whole bears venerable marks
NICHOLAS CLAGGETT, S.T.P. Rector of Bring of its antiquity, but time has ſo far impaired the
ton in the co. of Northampton, and of Overton fi ſtrength of the materials with which it is built,
necure in the co. of Hants, and Archdeacon of that in all likelihood the care and attention of
Buckinghani, ſucceeded to this deanry(w) in Jan. the preſent Chapter towards the ſupport of it
1724. He quitted it on being promoted to the will not be ſufficient to prevent the fall of great
biſhopric of St. David's in Jan. 1731.
part of it even in their time.
ed
(P) Walker's Suff. of Clergy, part ii, p.6.
(9) Whence he was tranſlated to Lincoln. Willis's Cath.
vol.i, p. 71.
vol. i, p.
(1) Newc. Rep. vol. i, p. 331.
(s) He was afterwards tranſlated to Wincheſter.
(t) He was afterwards tranſlated to York. Willis's Cath.
60.
(u) On the death of Dr. Caſtilion, Simon Lowth, A. M.
was nominated by K. James II. to fucceed him; but not be-
ing qualified as to his degree according to the ſtatutes, his
admittance and inſtallation was refuſed, and the revolution
quickly after following, he was ſet aſide, and Dr. Ullock was
nominated in his ſtead.
(v) The docquet for the grant bears date July 26, 1706.
Harl. Mff. No. 2262-192.
(zu) Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 122.
(x) In 1747, He was promoted to the archbiſhopric of
Canterbury and died at Croydon 10 years afterwards. Hift. of
Rocheſter, p. 199.
(v) He kept his Prebend in commendam with his deanry.
(z) He was afterwards promoted to the biſhopric of Derry.
(a) . of Rocheſter, p. 199.
(6) He was in 1771 advanced to the fee of Cheffer, and
fince to the archbihopric of York.
(*) Brother to Edward, Lord Thurloe, Lord High Chan-
cellor of Great Britain.
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She was the Eldeſt Daughter of Sir JOHN MAJOR BAR?
of Worlingworth Hall in the County of Suffolk.Member for Scarborough;
and Coheireſs with Her ſurviving Sister ELIZABETH DOWDUTCHESS
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and BRYDGES TRECO THICK Lieu Col! of his
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resigned Her Soul to GOD at Briſtol HotWells, the 18 July 1792, Aged 65.
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The HISTORY "of K E N T.
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St. Williams
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or a re-
to
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHE'S TER.
The cathedral conſiſts of a body and two V The organ is over the entrance into the choir;
iſes, the length of it from the weſt door to the it was erected early in the laſt century, and is
ſteps of the choir is fifty yards ; at the entrance but a very indifferent inftrument. daiwa
of the choir is the lower or great croſs ifle, the At the north end of the upper croſs ille, and
length of which is 122 feet ; from the ſteps of near the pulpit, is a chapel, called St.
the choir to the eaſt end of the church is 52 chapel, a faint whofe repute brought ſuch con-
yards ; at the upper end of the choir is another
fiderable profit to this priory, as to raiſe it from
crofs ille of the length of 90 feet. Inds, 01 mas
a ſtate of poverty tỏ affluence and riches. A
In the middle of the weſtern croſs iſle, at the large ſtone cheſt, much defaced, is all that re-
entrance of the choir, ſtands the ſteeple, which mains of his ſhrine (c), I6, W203 38 0
is a ſpire covered with lead, being 156 feet in At the ſouth-eat corner of the oppoſite croſs
height, in which hang fix bells. Sht
ifle, is an arched door-way, richly carved and
Between the two croſs iſles, on the north ſide ornamented with a variety of figures, which for-
without the church, 'ſtands an old ruined tower, merly led to the chapter-houſe of the priory,
no higher than the roof of the church. This is in the room of which there is erected a ſmall
generally allowed to have been erected by Biſhop mean room, which is made uſe of as a chapter-
Gundulph, and there is a tradition of its having houſe and library (d)ods zoisidirleso oris 29 Bild
been called the bell tower, and of its having had
Near the weſt end, in the fame ifle, is a ſquare
five bells hanging in it; yet the better conjec chapel, called St. Edmund's chapel; hence you
ture is, that it was firft intended as a pla
as a place of defcend into the Undercroft, which is very ſpa-
ftrength and ſecurity, either as a treaſury or a cious and vaulted with ſtone. There feems t
poſitory for records. The walls of it are fix feet have been part of it well ornamented with paint-
thick, and the area on the inſide 24 feet fquare. ing of figures and hiſtory, but the whole is fo
On the oppoſite fide, at the weſt end of the
bris
obliterated, that nothing can be made of it.
fouth ine, is a chapel of a later date than the iſle,
91 The body of this church, the greateſt part of
wherein the Biſhop's Conſiſtory Court is held, and
which is the ſame as was erected by Biſhop Gun-
where early prayers were uſed to be read till
dulph, is built with circular arches on large
within theſe few years.
bial bil 2911) Iibet maſſy pillars, with plain capitals; the ſmaller
arches above them being decorated with zigzag
The roof of the nave or body of the church,
from the west end to the firſt croſs ifle, is flat at
ornaments. The roof of the nave ſeems to haye
been raiſed ſince, and all the windows made new
the top like a pariſh church, as it is likewiſe under
the great ſteeple; but all the other parts, viz.
and enlarged at different times, particularly the
the four croſs ines, the choir, and thoſe on each
large one in the weſt front; though the roof is
fide of it, except the lower fouth iſle, which was
now flat, by the feet of the groins ſtill remain-
never finiſhed, are handſomely vaulted with ſtone
ing, it appears as if this part of the church had
groins. stigsrit ad rod sved of 110
31
been, or at leaſt was intended to be vaulted.
The breadth of it, with the ſide iſles, is 22 yards.
The choir is upwards of 550 years old, being
The weſt front extends 81 feet in breadth ; the
firſt uſed at the conſecration of Henry de Sandford
arch of the great door is certainly the fame which
in 1227. It is ornamented, as well as other parts
Biſhop Gundulph built, and is a moſt curious piece
of the church, with ſmall pillars of Petzworth
of workmanſhip; every ſtone has been engraved
marble, which however, as well as many of thoſe in with ſome device, and it muſt have been very
a neighbouring cathedral, have been injudiciouſly
magnificent in its original ſtate. It is ſupported
covered with whitewaſh, and ſeveral of them
the depth of the wall, on each ſide the door, by
with thick coats of plaiſter. The choit was re-
ſeveral ſmall columns, two of which are carved
paired, as to new wainſcot, Ifalls, pews, &c. at
into ftatues repreſenting Gundulph’s royal patrons,
a large expence, in 1743, and very handſomely
Henry I, and his Queen Matilda. The capi-
new paved; at which time the Biſhop's throne
tals of theſe columns, as well as the whole arch,
was rebuilt at the charge of Biſhop Wilcox.no
are cut into the figures of various animals and
Alslodaw Innibraubne stal Ibaisal RidT
bru oub sniad aigwa Isorok
(c) Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. i, p. 286. Hift. of could the Dean and Chapter after the reſtoration, for two
Rocheſter, p. 58 et feq. son bowaliol nooi doistui years, diſcover where it was ; and at laſt they were obliged
(1) There is an excellent regulation made uſe of for the to follicit the Court of Chancery for a
a decree to recover it
increaſe of this library, the ſame as was intended at Canter again. Since which they have been again in great danger of
bury; by which every new Dean and Prebendary gives a cer being deprived of it; for Dr. Harris, having borrowed it for
tain fum at their admiſſion towards the increaſe of books in the uſe of his intended hiſtory of this county, fent it up to
library, inſtead of an entertainment, as was formerly London by water, and the veſſel being by the badneſs of the
weather overſet, this Mâ. lay for ſome hours under water
In this library is that well known and curious Mff. called before it was diſcovered, which has fomewhat damaged it.
the Textus Roffenfis, compiled chiefly by Biſloop Lrnulfus in the
There is alſo another antiest Mſ. here, entitled Cupumale
12th century, which was publiſhed by Thomas Hearne, froin Roſenſe, thought by fome to be more antient than the
a copy in the Surrenden library. During the troubles in the other. Great part of this Mf, is publiſhed in the Regiftrum
lait century, this MA, was conveyed into private hands, nor Roffenſe.
talli aisyan won bus boonlar
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could that
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the cuſtom,
Vol. II.
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flowers,

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The H IS TO RY of .K E N T.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
flowers. The key ſtone of the arch ſeeins to have corroded and weakened every part of this build-
been deſigned to repreſent our Saviour fitting in ing, that the revenues of the Dean and Chapter
a niche, with an angel on each ſide, but the head are thought to be inadequate to the ſupport of it;
is broke off; under this figure are 12 others, re the immediate neceſſary repairs of this building
preſenting the Apoſtles, few of which are entire. amounting (according to the report of an emi-
In this front are four towers, one on each ſide nent ſurveyor within theſe few years) to leveral
the great door, and the others at the two ex thouſand pounds more than the Dean and Chapter
tremes; three of thefe terminated in a turret,
ſeem to think themſelves capable of affording :
and the other in an octangular tower, above the ſo that this cathedral, in all probability, will not
roof. That tower at the north corner being in be long before it lies buried in its own ruins.
danger of falling, was taken down a few years
ago, in order to be rebuilt, but it remains un-
THE BISHOP'S PALACE.
finiſhed, at not half the height it was before, to
the great disfigurement of the front of this At the ſouth-weſi corner of the precincts of
church(e).
the cathedral, Biſhop Gundulph ſeparated a portion
The Royal Grammar School of this foundation, of ground for an habitation for himſelf and his
beſides the exhibitions above-mentioned (f), has
ſucceſfors; and though there is no particular
had a later benefactor, viz. Robert Gunſley, Clerk, mention of a palace for near 80 years after his
Rector of Titſey in Surry, who by his will, dated
death, yet there is the ſtrongeſt reaſon to think,
Dec. 15, 1618, bequeathed to the Maſter and
he built himſelf one here at the time he re-edified
Fellows of Univerſity College, Oxford, 6ol. per ann.
the church and priory, with the offices belong-
for the maintenance of four ſcholars to be cho ing to it, when he ſeparated his own maintenance
ſen by them from the free ſchool of Maidſtone,
from that of the monks, and lived no longer
and from this grammar ſchool, ſuch as are na-
in common with them, as one family.
tives of the county of Kent only, of whom thoſe Biſhop Gilbert de Glanvill, who came to the fee
of his name and kindred to have the preference, in 1185, is recorded to have rebuilt all that had
who are to be allowed chambers and 15l. pero been burned down of this palace by one of thoſe
annum (g).
dreadful fires which laid waſte the greateſt part
To conclude the account of this priory and
of this city.
cathedral, it fhould be obſerved that the pre What ſituation it remained in till the time of
cincts of it, after the diffolution, ſeem to have Biſhop Lowe, I have not diſcovered ; but he
been a ſcene of devaſtation and confuſion; the feems to have rebuilt it, one of his inſtruments
buildings were huge, irregular and ruinous, and being dated from his new palace at Rocheſter in
little calculated to be turned into ſeparate dwel-
the year 1459 .
lings for ſmall private families. Even a century But whether the building was not ſo ſubſtan-
afterwards, in the great rebellion in 1647, they tial as it ought to have been, or that the ſix ſuc-
were reported to be in a ruinous and wofül con-
ceeding Biſhops being tranſlated to better ſees,
dition; at which time the church itſelf does not
e repair of it was neglected; it appears to have
ſeem to have been much better; for Archbiſhop been but a cold and uncomfortable habitation.
Laud, in his return of the ſtate of this dioceſe to K. when Biſhop Fiſher reſided here, in 1524: for
Charles I, in 1633, ſays, that the cathedral ſuffered Eraſmus of Rotterdam, in his letter to him that
much for want of glaſs in the church windows, that the year, complains of the Biſhop's want of attention
church-yard lay very indecently, and that the gates to his health, by reſiding at this houſe, and adds,
were down ; about nine years afterwards this church that his library here was compoſed of ſuch thin
ſuffered much from the fury of the rebel foldiers walls, that the air came in through the crevices
under Colonel Sandys, who having plundered it, of them; that it was neither wainſcotted nor
and broken to pieces what they could, made uſe floored with wood, having only a brick pave-
of it as a tipling-houſe, and the body of the
church was uſed as a carpenter's ſhop and yard, This learned Prelate and Cardinal was the laſt
ſeveral ſawpits being dug, and frames for houſes who reſided here; and after the reformation,
inade by the city joiners in it (h).
which foon followed, not only this houſe, but
After the reſtoration Dean Hardy took great thoſe belonging to the ſee at Halling and Trotteſ-
pains to repair the whole of it, which was effec-
cliffe were let for terms of years, and forſaken
ted by means of the benefactions of the gentry for the palace at Bromley in this county, as a
of the county, and 7000l. added by the Dean and plealanter ſpot, and more convenient habitation
Chapter; notwithſtanding which, time has ſo for the Biſhops of this fee (8).
ment.
mes for House
(e) Dean Newcembe left tool. towards the finiſhing of it.
Againſt this tower was the figureof Biſhop Gundulph, with his
crozier in his hand; on the rebuilding of the tower it was
replaced, and now remains there.
yd eller topilgang
See above, p.
(8) See Maidone.
(5) Merc. Rufticus, p. 135. Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 62.
(i) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 100.
The
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
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20 not
09
6:00
do 1930
Like many
600l.
The Diocese.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
The tenements which are now ſtanding on this This biſhopric is not only diſtinguiſhed from
fcite, viz. the ſouth fide of the College-green, were almoſt every other in the kingdom, by the nar-
erected, as is ſuppoſed, by thofe who obtained a rowneſs of its diſtrict, but likewiſe for the llen.
grant of it during the civil wars, before which derneſs of its revenues.
it muſt have been in a deplorable ſituation, as
Before, the conqueſt the revenues of it were
appears by the return of the ſurvey made by the
not a ſufficient maintenance for the Biſhop and
parliamentary commiffioners in 1647, when the four or five ſecular prieſts, and after Biſhop Gun-
extended rents were as follows: MAMOSI dulph, had received from Archbiſhop Lanfranc, the
Ore 100
f. so do
The ſcite of the palace, containing one
manots and lands, part of the antient poffeffions
of this ſee, which had been recovered from Odo;
great meſfuage, called the Palace,
where the Biſhop's court is held, bonvojb
30 | Bp. of Baieux. at the famous aſſembly at Pinenden,
and had gained others back again of which it
eſtimated at 12 perches
400
had been deprived, he allotted ſo large a part
Four rooms in the tenure of Batbe I 6 8
391 5:51 side 1 of the revenues of his church to the priory, when
A gallery, divided into two rooms and
011 he ſeparated his own from thoſe of the monks,
four chambers
I 6 8
that his ſucceſſors were much impoveriſhed by
The ward, a priſon, waſh-houſe, kit- shie sono
it, and would have been more ſo, had not Biſhop
chen, three rooms, an orchard, being fral ngad
Gilbert de Glanvill diſputed their title to them, and
a rood of ground, and one garden of d her recovered many of theſe manors and churches to
10 poles, John Walter, Steward, with-s artibin his ſee, for the uſe of himfelf and his ſucceſſors
the office of Bailiff and Beadle to allio 910112 and yet after all this, the income of
of the Bihop
the manors, except Bromley, and the cida of Rocheſter was ſo Nender, that the
that the Bilbops were
keeping of the gaol, granted by pa-
compelled to retire for good part of the year to
tent for life
ſome of their palaces in the country, with a few
darba aid to 12 13 4
attendants, nor could they afford to attend the
Parliament or Council, at any diſtance beyond
The priſon, which was formerly a part of theſe
London ; and although they ſolicited and ob-
buildings at the weſt end of them, has been diſ-
tained on this account ſome appropriations from
uſed as ſuch for more than 20 years, and near the
the Pope, yet from the increaſing dearneſs of the
ſpot where it ſtood, an office for the Regiſter of
times, they felt but little benefit from them and
the dioceſe was erected, at the charge of Biſkop
the monks, though they were moſt plentifully
Pearce, in 1760.
provided for in compariſon of their Biſkop, yet
About the year 1678, Francis Head, eſq; of they were diſſatisfied, and frequently laid claim
this city, by his laſt will, generouſly bequeathed to part of his maintenance, and put him to much
his manfion-houſe in the pariſh of St. Margaret expence in defending his right; indeed it was
to the Biſhops of this ſee, for their better accom with the greateſt difficulty he withſtood their in-
modation when at Rocheſter; but his intent was croachments.
unhandſomely fruſtrated, by the Biſhop's granting
CONTROW nilusio bus
ni tudo bas Bob birort you
However, as the manors and poſſeſſions of this
a leaſe of it ſoon afterwards, in which ſtate it has
biſhopric were but few, ſo it in gréas meaſure
continued ever ſince. bisi 29. ure potem
eſcaped the general plunder other's ſuffered, at
d. bonit dhe bits bavorsi on const interes
and after the reformation.
AN ACCOUNT OF The Diocese OF ROCHESTER.
robne DOME
In Biſhop Fiſher's time the income of this fee
THE Dioceſe of Rocheſter is the ſmalleſt of any it is valued at 358!. 45. 91d (k) and
in this kingdom; the whole of it is ſituated other ecclefiaftical benefices, was then moſt pro-
within the weſtern diviſion of this county. It
bably over-rated; in the vear 19
the clear
has one Archdeacon, and contains, if I am not annual profits of it are ſaid not to exceed 2071,
miſtaken, 99 pariſhes, included in the deanries
per annum, part of its poffeſſions being then
of Rocheſter, Malling, and Dartford.
wreſted from it (l); at preſent it is about
The deanry of Shoreham, though properly in clear yearly value, notwithſtanding which
which many
deed within this dioceſe, yet being a peculiar of of the Biſhops of this dioceſe may with great
the Archbiſhop, is ſubject to his immediate jurif truth be ſaid to have been inferior to few of their
diction, in like manner as the pariſhes of Freken brethren in abilities or learning, and ſeveral of
ham in Suffolk, and I feham in Cambridgeſhire, as them have enjoyed the higheſt poſts both in
belonging to this ſee, are ſubject to the juriſdic church and ſtate.
tion of the Bijbops of Rocheſter, and not to thoſe The patronage of this biſhopric in very early
of Norwich.
times ſeems to have been wholly annexed to the
ſee of Canterbury. King John, by his let. pat.
WO
(k) Anno 26 Henry VIII, this biſhopric was valued at clear. Tan. Mon. p. 202.
4441. 45. zd. per annum in the whole, and at 4111. os. 11d.
(1) Strype's Annals, vol. i, p. 152.
nuoma
in
COST: 503.70
SHT 10
IS TO
ht
1559. th
3,30
territod te eten
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DIS
1920
50.13 15:13
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of King
year, but he did for being
etme
,
on the death 66
(o) In former tim Records, P. 24. (n) Ibid. p. 90.
BISHOPS
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
$29901 st
in
n his 16th year reſtored it with all its appurts. infidelity ran ſo high, that fuſius was obliged to
to Archbiſhop Langton, as his right (m). King abdicate his fee, and retire to France, from
Henry III,
Y III, in his 10
his ioth year confirmed to the whence he came back on the converfion of King
Archbiſhop the poffeffion of the temporalities of Eadbald again to Chriſtiany, and exerciſed his
this ſee during the vacancy of it (n), ſo that the paftoral office here till 624, when on the death
Archbiſhop at ſuch times always ſeiſed on them, of Mellitus, he was tranſlated to the fee of Can-
and on the conſecration of the elect reſtored them terbury (p). He appointed schoo yasinsrisiinsa
to him, on his performing his fealty to him for Romanus to ſucceed him in this biſhopric that
the ſame, as the Archbiſhop in his turn did the
long,
like for this bifhopric to the King
from the Archbi.
For many years, though the monks of Ro-
ks of Ra Sloop to Pope Honorius, he was unfortunately
cheſter made fome ſhew of electing a Biſhop, yet drowned before he reached the continent in the
their choice was almoſt always made in confor-
2910 190
US
year 627.
mity to the Archbiſhop's congé de lire, till the
sa to n9 da nisamoot 100
1235, when the Archbiſhop refuſing to confirm
After which, there ſeems to have been ſome
the election of Richard de Wendover, as not being
nominated by him, the monks appealed to Rome,
but about the year 633, Paulinus, who came
over with St. Auguſtine into Britain,
and the Pope confirmed their choice and prohi.
and had
bited the Archbiſhop from interfering any more in
been made Archbiſhop of York, from whence he
the elections of the Biſhops of this ſee.
This did not however ſecure to the monks
Edwin, arriving at Rocheſter and finding it def-
titute of a Paſtor, accepted the government of
that freedom of election they contended for, tho'
the Archbiſhop could not interfere, yet the Pope
this church at the deſire of Archbiſhop Honorius.
affumed the privilege he had deprived the Arch-
thes of this fee till his death,
He continued Biſhop of
biſhop of, and from the time above-mentioned,
which happened October 10, 644, he was buried
for the ſpace of 100 years, and upwards, there
in the facriſty of his church, but being after-
were only two Biſhops of this ſee that were not wards canonized about the year 1074, his relics
advanced to it, by the plenitude of the papal
were removed and placed in a ſilver ſhrine in the
13
power, the ſucceſſion to it being provided for by body of the new church built by Biſhop Gundulph,
the ufual method of the bull of papal proviſion. which a great concourſe of people afterwards
In which ſituation the patronage of it con-
flocked, and many rich offerings were made at
tinued till the 25th year of K. Henry VIII,
it (9). On his death
when by an act then paſſed, the election
of
"ITHAMAR, a Kentiſh man born, and the firſt of
Biſhop, as well as the others in this realm, was this nation, that had been made a Biſhop, was
to be made by the Dean and Chapter, on receiv advanced by Archbiſhop Honorius to this ſee, one
ing the King's congé dé lire, with which a letter who was not at all inferior to any of his prede.
was to be fent containing the name of the perſon ceſſors, either in piety or learningow noisborda
they ſhould elect and chuſe; in which method He died on June 10, 655 (r), and was buried
the election of the the Biſhops of this fee continue in the body of this church, whence on account
to be made at this time (e). w oliqosilid
birqonlid | of the many miracles ſaid to be wrought at his
uit etortzo zubnul latongda boquote tomb, his relics were removed and enſhrined by
bur
Biſhop Gundulph; this ſhrine was afterwards re-
paired, and much ornamented by Biſhop John,
Justus, one of the companions of St. Augufes
who believed himſelf cured of a diſtemper in his
tine, at his firſt coming hither, was made by him
the firſt Biſhop of this church in 604, ſoon after
eyes by touching theſe relics. On theſe accounts
he was canonized (s).
the building of it, and he ſeems to have been
902 oni niliwa
Damianus, a South Saxon, ſucceeded Ithamar in
a perſon eminent for his holineſs and integrity
656, on whoſe demiſe, about the year 664, this fee
of life.
opied egoistog 211 10. G STUTTONS 199
vacant for ſome time (t), till at length
One the death of King Ethelbert, which hap Purta was ordained Biſhop by Archbiſhop Theo-
pened in 616, Ead bald his ſon ſucceeded him in
the kingdom of Kent, and immediately forfook line of the "church, was contented with a pri-
the Chriſtian religion'; after which the torrent of vate ſtation, for which he was more fit than to
vot. Das
(m) Prynne's
(p) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 109. Brit. San&. vol. ii, p. 263.
Godwin, p. 519. Ang. Sacr. p: 329.
realm uſually kept their kennels of hounds, as did the Biſhop (9) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 110. Godivin, p. 520. Brit. .
of Rocheſter, at whoſe death, as appears by antient records, Sant. vol. ii, p. 167. Weever, p. 310. Ang. Sacr. p. 329.
kis kennel of hounds was rendered to the Archbiſhop as a (r) Ang. Sacr. p. 329.
mortuary, fo likewiſe was his palfrey, ſaddled and well ca-. (s) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. iii. Godwin, p. 520. Weever,
pariſoned, and his ſilver ĉup; and to the King ſede vacante,
p. 311. Brit. Sanct. vol. i, p. 365.
under the name of muta canum et mul&tura. Spelman's Works, 6) Hiff. Rocheller ibid. Godwin ibid. Ang. Sacr. p. 330.
part ii, p. 110.
JS Braslodwo
712 (9)
to
sorterings were in
this
10 03
A LIST OF THE BISHOPS OF ROCHESTER.
1990X90) OTT
remained var
dore
, who though well killed
in the diſcip-
8528
encounter
Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
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of the eſtates of ih
Shop of this fee foon afterwards, during whoſe
(
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER,
encounter the times in a public character. Be DIORAN ſucceeded him, and was Biſhop of
ing diſguſted with the poverty of his fee, he had Rocheſter in 778 (b). si Modern
thoughts of reſigning is, when Ethelred King of WEREMUND, in Engliſh, WORRE, was Biſhop
Mercia entering Kent and burning this city, to in 788, and died ſoon after the year 800 (c).
gether with part of the church, confirmed him BEORN MOD was foon after his deceaſe appoin-
in that deſign. This was in 676, after which he ted to this fee by Archbiſhop Athelard : he died
went into Mercia, and accepted the charge of about the year 841. To whom fucceeded
ovog
ſome ſmall retired pariſh, under Saxulf, the
TADNOTH, and to bim again
, on any
shop of thoſe parts, getting his living moſtly by
BEDENOTH, concerning whom there is nothing
teaching the Roman method of church muſic, in recorded but their bare names (d).
which occupation he ſpent the remainder of his
GODwyn I. ſucceeded him, and was at the
days, nor would he hearken to any perſuaſions council at Kingſbury in 851, being probably Dean
Grado
of returning to his biſhopric (u).
Maiso | of London. From this period to the Norman con-
The fee of Rochester was at this time in a queſt the account of the Biſhops of this ſee is
wretched deſolated ſtate, the church was greatly mutilated and uncertain (e). The deplorable
damaged, if not in aſhes, by the fire abovemen-
ſtate of thoſe times occaſioned by the confuſion
tioned, its biſhop was fled and its revenues ſo
of the Daniſh wars darkening the hiſtory of both
ſcanty, as to induce few to take the future care
church and ſtate with impenetrable obſcurity ; ſo
of it. However Archbiſhop Theodore prevailed on
far indeed we know by what followed, that moſt
GREY futni hayli zawod souod
QUICHELM O Gulielmus, as Bede, calls him,
it, by one ſide or the other, none of which ſeem to
have been reſtored till after the Norman conqueſt,
to accept of this charge, and accordingly ordained
ſo that this church, and its Biſhops muſt have
him Biſhop of Rocheſter about the latter end of
continued in a ſtate of great poverty till that
the year 676 ; but he finding himſelf deftitute of
1010 1511d Oni donorbind
time.
a maintenance, abandoned his fee, after no long
25 World
CUTHERWULF was Biſhop in 868.
continuance in it (o). To whom after ſome ſpace
SWITHULF ſucceeded him, and appears to have
of time fucceeded
to at suttes de sol aid to gor been Biſhop in 880: he was in 897 appointed one
GEBMUND, who continued Biſhop to the time of
of the guardians of the weſteriz parts of Kent, to
his death in the year 692. His ſucceſſor was
defend it againſt the Danes, who then infeſted
Tobias, a monk of Canterbury, who was con-
it, ſoon after which he died of the plague.
ſecrated by Archbiſhop Brithwald. He was an
Buiric ſeems to be the next Biſhop of this ſee,
Engliſhman, and was well ſkilled in the Greeks
and he preſided here in the year 938 and 945 (h).
Latin and Saxon languages, and in various other * CHE OL MUND probably ſucceeded, and to
parts of learning, being a ſcholar of Archbiſhop
to 013
sloilo
him (0)
Theodore, and Adrian, Abbat of St. Auftin's: he CHINEFERTI, who died before the year
died in the year 1726, and was buried in the por-
orlu bogilis bar
Dr!
tico of St. Paul, within the church of St. An-
ALFSTANE was Biſhop after him, and died in
drew, which he had made as a place for his own
the year 984. His ſucceſſor was guono ban
burial. wolf bason ogsdo bris 1101
GODWYN II. who ſeems to have been the
Adulf ſucceeded him the ſame year, and died ſame that King Ethelred II, in 986, having
in 741. His ſucceſſor was
taken offence at his haughty behaviour, beſieged
Dun, or as he is called by ſome, Duin); he in the city of Rocheſter, after which the King
was preſent at a council held at Cliffe in 747 (2). plundered the eſtates belonging to the church,
EARdUlf ſeems to have been conſecrated Bi-
and took ſeveral of them from it, however be-
fore his death he made ſome reſtitution for theſe
government here, the church of Rocheſter may be injuries (2).
faid to have recovered in ſome meaſure its paſt GODWYN III. was the next Biſhop, and
misfortunes, by the countenance and aſſiſtance of
ſeems to have been the ſame who was taken pri-
ſeveral princes, though there appears to be gre
ſóner with Archbiſhop Alphege, when Canterbury
confuſion in the dares of the ſeveral grants made
was ſurrendered to the Danes in 1011 (m), and
2013 hjud
to it (a):
who is mentioned in a letter of K. Edward the
poroda bus slogs ytor 2015 Stava
8.2 Tortos boli, inoM srla
(u) Ang. Sacr. p. 330.
evono proces low an
(d) Godwin, p. 522. Ang. Sacr. p. 331. 11 of soit
(v) Godwin, p. 521. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 112.
(e) Godwin ibid. Hiſt. Rocheſter, p. 114.
suwbos
12.30A
(5) Ang. Sacr. p. 332,
)
33400 7. svibanj
(i) Godwin, p. 524.
A harbid
Sacr. p. 331.
(k) Ibid. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 114. Ang. Sacr. ibid.
Ixob.M ()
(6) Godwin, p. $22. Ang. Sacr. ibid.
(1) Godwin, p. 524. Ang. Sacr. p. 332. Hift. Rocheſter;
(c) Or rather, according to Wharton, about 802. See p. 115
Engrade od o
Ang. Sacr. p. 331.
sug 10.9
(m) Lel. Coll. vol, iii, p. 190, and Ang. Sacr. ibid.
VOL.II.
K
Confelor
142
BISHOPS,
211
NO
one
.97
2010
20 Ab
955(k).
made some reditation for the
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34
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
BISHOPS.
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DAS
Dan91000
h toys a
his prudence
womend
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER.
Confeſor as Biſhop of Rocheſter as late as the year He founded an hoſpital at Chatham for poor
1044; he muft therefore have fat in this ſce 33 people and lepers dedicating it to St.Bartholomewe,
years at the leaſt, but how long he lived after and a nunnery at Malling ; be repaired the caſtle
this date does not appear.
Too bei
walls of Rocheſter, and began the large white
SIWARD, Abbat of Chertſey, was conſecrated
tower of the caſtle, which ſtill goes by his name,
Biſhop in 1058, before which, from the death of as has been already obſerved (
signeb onds ni
Godiøyn, this ſee being impoveriſhed by a variety Beſides the above he obtained many other be-
of misfortunes continued destitute of a paſtor(). nefits to his priory, and never ceaſed his endea.
This Biſhop was preſent at the fynod begun vours till he had advanced it to wealth, beauty,
10 Donne NO gitar
Wincheſter in 1072, and is reported to have died and eſtimation.
noci od roisaquapo slow.
in 1075; whenever that evenc happened, he cer-
Having enjoyed this ſee 32 years, in the reigns
tainly left his church in a miſerable ſtate of po-
of the Conqueror
, William Rufus and K. Henry
verty, and in want of every thing, as well with
I; he died March 7, 1107 (t), and was buried
in as without. For there were at that time only in his own church before the croſs of the high
four ſecular canons in it, who were forced to altar, perhaps on the ſouth ſide near the confer-
live on ſcanty food, each meal of which was ſienary'in a cheſt without any effigies (u). He
either begged or bought at the time, and were was ſucceeded by
bon could bottom
cloathed in a common lay habit (o).
o tomu
RALPH, Abbat of Seez in Normandy, who
Ernost, a Monk of the abbey of Bec in Nor was confecrated Auguſt 11, 1108. This pre.
mandy, was conſecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter by Arch late, though he was ſickly and infirm, yet had
biſhop Lanfranc in the beginning of the year 1076, the character of being pleafed with and
as the Abp. had experienced his worth, he ad jeſts, infomuch that he was by ſome called Nu-
vanced him to this ſee, that he might bring the gax, or the-Trifler. In the year 1114 he was by
diſtracted affairs of this church into better order, the King advanced to the Archbißopric of Can-
but he was removed by 1
ſudden death in the terbury (0)2ls lid borobandonator
180
month of July that year (P), on
which
w2 ERNULF, a native of France, was the next. Bi-
Gundulph, a Monk of the ſame monaſtery of ſhop of this fee. By the perſuaſions of Abp. Lan-
Bec, was by Abp. Lanfranc's means advanced to
franc, he came over to
England, and continued
this biſhopric in 1077, who turned the ſecular
ſometime a Monk in Chriſt Church, Canterbury,
prieſts out of this priory, and filled it with till he became Prior there, after which he was
Monks of the Benediktine order (?). He was a made Abbat. of Peterborough, and laſtly he was
man not ſo eminent for his learning as diſtin ſent for by the King, who obliged him to ac-
cept of this biſhopric (w), and accordingly he
of thoſe affairs he had the direction of. He, was conſecrated on Dec. 26, 1115. He was eve
with the aſſiſtance of the Abp. rebuilt the church active and induſtrious for the benefit of the
from the foundation, and enlarged the priory, churches over which he preſided, and left noble
both which at that time were haſtening to ruin, monuments of this affiduity in each of them.
and though he did not live to finiſh them, yet In this of Rocheſter he built a dormitory, refec-
the future greatneſs and proſperity of both were tory, and chapter houſe, and beſtowed lands and
owing to him.
a variety of gifts on this church and monaſ-
He removed the bodies of his predeceſſors tery (x). To him the famous M. called the
which had been buried here, into ſome part of
Textus Roffenſis, being a collection of records,
his new fabric. He encloſed the remains of his gifts
Ş, and antient privileges of the church of
predeceffor St. Paulinus in a ſhrine of ſilver, at
Rocheſter, owes its birth (y). He died March
Medvsro 2931 AUG TA
which ſuch conſiderable offerings were made as
15, 1124, æt. 84 years.
2 diens 0007 991 zinis io
proved a fund of wealth to this church and mo John, Archdeacon of Canterbury, was conſecrated
naſtery (r). dan III co
Biſhop on May 28, 1125. The church of Ro-
Beſides the manors and lands reſtored to him
cheſter was finiſhed in his time, and was dedica-
by Lanfranc, he recovered many others, which
ted by him in the preſence of the King, many
had been wreſted from his church, and divided
of the nobility, clergy, and others on May 7,
the poſſeſſions of it, one part of which he allot-
1130, but whilſt the King and his company
ted to the Monks, and the other as a mainte-
were here, the city took fire, and the new church,
nance to himſelf and ſucceſſors.
as well as the priory, ſuffered conſiderably by
new
eta hai
Stiboa
(n) Ang. Sacr. p. 332.
9 A
(6) Godwin ibid. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 121.
, Willis's
() Godwin, p. 525. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 116.
Mitred Abbies, vol. i, p. 287.
(p) Ibid. and Ang. Sacr. p. 333.
(v) Godwin, p. 526. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 122.
. .
(9) See Harl. Mff. No. 261-5. a
Hortobiol )
(r) Godwin, p. 525. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 116. A
(w) Madox’s Exchequer, p. 8, notek.
siivo
6)See above, p. 13.
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(1) Vita Gundulfi in Bib. Cott, Nørg A viii 2. Ang Sacr. (y) Text. Roff. præf. p. xiv and xviii.
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35

It is
BISHOPS.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
it, inſomuch that the Monks were forced to dif this billsopric in ſpirituals to the Biſhop elect, and
perſe themſelves in different abbies, whilſt the then put him in poffeffion of the temporalities,
monaſtery was repairing. He died June 20, by the delivery of a ring to him, the Chief Jur-
1137, on the 3d of which month the city of tice of England being preſent, and making no
Rocheſter had been again almoſt conſumed by objection to it on the King's behalf.
fire (). After his death this biſhopric was com is ſaid, that diſagreeing with his Monks,
mitted to the care of ribid anois a
whilſt he was preparing for a journey to Rome,
John, Biſhop of Seez in Normandy, who was to ſolicit the Pope for leave to eject them from
confecrated after the middle of the year 1137, his priory, and to introduce ſeculars again, he
in whoſe time the church and convent were re was ſeized with a fit of illneſs, of
s, of which he died
pairing, the Monks of it being diſperſed. He at Rocheſter Auguſt 29, 1184, and was buried
died before the year 1142 (a). Is bottonwo eld
in his own church..mors 50gs of
ovoot
Ascelin, Prior of Dover, ſucceeded him in this
After his death a great diſpute aroſe between
ſee, and the priory being now repaired, the the Monks of Canterbury and Rocheſter, concern-
Monks returned to it. He ſeems to have been ing the placing the paftoral ſtaff of the deceaſed
ſtrenuous and aćtive, as well in maintaining as Biſhop on the altar of Chriſt church, to be left
reſtoring the rights of his church, on whichac there, and delivered by the former to the new
count he repaired in perſon to the court of Biſhop, but on the interpoſition of the Archbi-
Rome (b). He died Jan, 245 1147. 150 zgodia Joop, the latter at laſt acquiefced, and the whole
WALTER, Archdeacon of Canterbury, fucceeded of this ceremony was performed accordingly (d).
him, being confecrated March 14, 11476° He no The Abp. being at: his palace at Otford, the
was brother to Abp. Theobald, who being preſent, Monks of Rocheſter went thither to him, and
nominated and preſented him to the Monks of there on his nomination, on July 16, 1185, they
Rocheſter, aſſembled in the chapter-houſe at Can elected
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soud is endler
terbury, to be by them elected Biſhop, according
to Gilbert De Glanvill, Archdeacon of Liſieux,
to ancient cuſtom, by which the new Biſhop was
for their Biſhop, who was conſecrated Sept. 29
likewiſe obliged before his conſecration to ſwear
following. H Tii) Stob yitirmiol bed
fealty to the church, and Abp. of Canterbury, and
that he would not endeavour, or conſent that
Soon after his conting to the fee he demanded
from them many of the manors and poffeſſions
they ſhould be deprived of their rights over this
which his predeceffor Biſhop Gundulpb had given
church, and that the paſtoral ſtaff of the de-
ceafed Biſhop ought to be brought to the altar of
to them, which he alledged had belonged to his
ſee, which was greatly impoveriſhed by his
Chriſt church by the Monks of Rocheſter, and
grant-
that during the vacancy of the fee of Canterbury,
ing them away from it. This occaſioned a dif-
or abfence of the Archbiſhop, the Biſhop of Ro.
pute, which was carried on with uncommon heat
and violence for ſome years. But the Monks
cheſter ought to perform the epiſcopal ſervices in
the church of Canterbury, as the right and pecu-
were in the end obliged to ſubmit to his cle-
liar chaplain of the ſaid church, whenever he
mency, and award in every thing they had con-
ſhould be called upon by the convent for that
teſted with him, and the Biſhop again reſumed
voty
purpoſe.
Ty to gothia
ſeveral of the manors and poffeffions above-
mentioned for the maintenance of himſelf and his
In 1170 he was preſent with other Biſhops and
fucceffors, bris boftub ole
aſſiſted at the coronation of Henry, eldeſt ſon of
The Monks were put to ſuch heavy charges
K. Henry II, for which he was excommunicated
by Abp. Becket.
during this litigation, that they were neceſſitated
Oda 36 10 to coin the ſilver ſhrine of St. Paulinus into mo-
He was much addicted to hunting, and when
ney; this they did perhaps with leſs reluctance,
he was in his eightieth year, Peter Blefenſis wrote
as this faint began now to be not ſo much regard-
his 56th epiſtle to him, to perſuade him to leave
ed in compariſon of St. William, who having un-
it off.
y bonp19 20
dertaken a pilgrimage to Jeruſalem, had been, as
He died when he had fat almoſt 35 years, on they termed it, martyred on May 23, 1201, on
July 26, 1182(c).
the high road beyond Chatham, ir, his journey to-
GUALERAN, Archdeacon of Baieux, and domeſtic wards Canterbury, and his body having been
chaplain to Archbiſhop Richard, was elected Biſhop
brought back to Rocheſter, was folemnly interred
of Rocheſter in the uſual manner, in the preſence
in this church, where the rumour of ſeveral mira.
of the Abp. on Nov. 9, 1182, who holding the cles wrought at his grave ſoon brought crouds
golpel in his hands, firſt committed the care of of people to partake of them, and the continual
ban nagyott
lifov 082 22
(z) Godwin, p. 527. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 122. Decem (c) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 344. Godwin, p.
Script. col. 1343.
soods to the 527. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 124.
(a) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 343.9.0947 (d) Godwin, p. 528. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, po
(6) It was this Biſhop to whom St.Bernard wrote his 205th * Hift. Rocheſter ibid. Ang
epiftle.
gifts
345

36
HISTORY of K EN T. T
The
,
He died June 24, 12145 to the great joy of - in
BISHOPS,
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
gifts and offerings made at it yearly, greatly ſhould perform the ſame fervices to the King
inriched this priory
and his heirs ; and laſtly, that the Biſhop ſhould
About the year 1194, Biſhop Glanvill begån perform his fealty to the King and his heirs, as
the foundation and endowment of an hoſpital in
to his Prince, but not on account of any fee(s).
the neighbouring pariſh of Siroud, for the relief The year following K. John beſieged the caſtle
of poor perſons, and committed the care of it to of Rocheſter, then in the poſſeſſion of the diſcon-
certain ſecular prieſts. This the Monks looked on tented Barons, at which time this church and
with a jealous eye, as done merely in oppoſition corivent ſuffered feverely. The former was ſo
and prejudice to them and their order ; but the rifled, that not a pix with the facrament remained
Biſhop regarded them not, and all their endea on the altar (b): boe found do Storiw.
vours to ruin it from time to time were in vain. He died Dec. 21, 1226, and was buried in
However, to appeaſe them, and if poſſible to his own cathedral(i).
0190 boib,
unite the two foundations in one band of affec si D
Henry DE SANDFORD, Archdeacon of Canter-
tion, he behaved much more gracious to the bury, ftiled the great philoſopher, was elected
Monks than before, and conferred ſeveral marks Biſhop of Rocheſter on Dec. 26, 1226, and was
of his favor on them and their monaſtery. He conſecrated on April 25th following. nouns
,
built a new cloiſter for them at his own expence,
Before his election the old diſpute was again
furniſhed their church with an organ, and gave
revived; concerning the delivery of the late
them feveral utenſils, ornaments and books (e). Biſhop's paſtoral ſtaff at Chriſt Church, Canterbury,
Biſhop Glanvill, on his promotion to this fee,
which being referred to the Archbiſhop, he deter-
found the buildings of his palace either fallen
down or ruinous; he therefore rebuilt it, and
liver their crozier to the Archbiſhop, who ſhould
erected likewiſe a new manfion for himſelf and
give it to the Prior of Chriſt Church, and he to
his fucceffors at Lambeth.
bobo
the Biſhop elect.
In 1227, the new choir of the church of Roa
the Monks, who could not forgive the injuries
cheſter had ſervice firſt performed in it; next
he had formerly done them. He was buried,
year died Stephen Langton, Archbiſhop of Canter-
bury, and the Monks of Chriſt Church, to ſecure
without any pomp or funeral ceremony, the na-
tion being at tliat time under an interdict, on
their privileges, immediately elected another in
his room ; on which the King fent Biſhop Sand-
the north ſide of the altar, where his tomb may
ford to Rome, to ſet aſide the election, and he
be ſeen within the rails, with his effigies, in his
robes and mitre, lying at length upon it (f).
ſucceeded in his negotiation. On his return
Richard Wetherſide, the ſucceſſor of Langton, was
BENEDICT, Precentor of St. Paul's, London, was
conſecrated, together with the Biſhops of London
elected Biſhop in his room, in the Chapter-houſe
and Ely, at Canterbury, on June 10, 1229. But
at Rocheſter, Feb. 22, 1214; on the 22d of Nov.
a great diſpute aroſe concerning the right of
preceding which, K. John, by his let. pat. had
performing this ceremony; the Biſhop of Roche-
granted and confirmed to Chriſt Church, Canter-
ſter claiming it, as Chaplain of the church of
bury, and Stephen, Archbiſhop of the ſame, and
Canterbury, and the Biſhop of Bath, as the ſenior
his ſucceſſors, the patronage of this biſhopric, with
Biſhop of the province.
socied
all its appurts. immunities, liberties, and free After much altercation they compromiſed the
cuſtoms, and alſo the cuſtody and management matter ; the Biſhop
the Biſhop of Rocheſter conſecrated the
of the church during the vacancy of the fees as Archbiſhop, and the Biſhop of Bath the other two.
patrons of the ſame; and that neither before nor
K. Henry III, and many of the nobility being
after the election, the King's affent ſhould be re preſent at the ceremony.
quired, but that the whole ſhould belong to the He died Feb. 24, 1235, and was buried in
Archbiſhop for the time being, and that the Biſhop his own church.
elect ſhould receive his temporalities heretofore Richard Wendover, Rector of Bromley in
called royalties, plenarily from the hands of the Kent, was elected by the convent March 26,
Archbiſhop, and ſhould perform his fealty to him 1235, and preſented to Edmund, Archbiſhop of
for the fees belonging to it, and perform ſuch Canterbury, (afterwards ſainted) who rejected him,
ſervices as were due to the King and his heirs, on pretence of his ignorance and want of learn.
to the Archbiſhop and his ſucceſſors, as Lords and ing, but more probably becauſe he was not no-
Patrons of the ſame ; and that the Archbiſhop minated by him. Upon which the Monks ap-
Bolton on
(e) Godwin, P. 528. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. (g) Wharton, vol, i, p. 386. Rot. Cart. anno 16 K.
346. Brit. Sanct. vol. i, p. 312.
•p. 312. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 125
John, m. 6.
et ſeq. In the 6th and 7th years of K. Richard L.'s reign, it (b) Wharton's Ang, Sacr. vol. i, p. 347. In the 9th and
appears, that he was one of the Barons of the King's Exche.
years of K. Henry JIT, Biſhop Benedi&t appears to have
quer. Madox's Excheq. p. 744.
been one of the Barons of the King's Exchequer. Madox's
() Godwin, p. 528. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i,
Excheq. p. 747
A DOUTAV (
p. 346. Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. I, p. 287. Hift. Ro () Godwin, p. 528. modiw ou
chelter, p. 130.
pealed
in
the noomy ore
243_1135 and was concea
Patron of the farmers and chur
1 oth
The H I STORY of K E N T.
37

2th of
BISHOPS.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
pealed to Rome, and after a conteſt of three years, 21ſt of October following. He was a perſon of
obtained their fuit, and a bull for his conſecra great abilities, and was Lord Chancellor at the
tion, which was performed by the Archbiſhop in time of his election (0). About the year 1264,
the church of St. Gregory, Canterbury, Nov. 21, he had laid the foundation of a college at
1238. After which it does not appear that the Maldens in Surry; but afterwards changing his
Archbp. interfered any more in the elections of
mind, he gave that deſign over, and turned his
the Biſhops of this ſee, nor do we find
any
further
thoughts to Oxford, where he, in 1270, began
mention of the paſtoral ſtaff being ſent to Cen the foundation of Merton College, which he fi-
terbury. On Nov. 5, 1240, he, together with niſhed in 1274, about the time of his becoming
the Biſhop of Bangor, performed the dedication Biſhop here, and liberally endowed the fame.
of the church of Rocheſter (k). He died in Oct. He procured the grants of the manors of Cob.
1250, and from a regard to his piety and holineſs
bambury and Middleton for his biſhopric; but not-
of life was buried in the abbey church of Weſt withſtanding his great intereſt and power, the
minſter, by the King's eſpecial command (2).
priory itſelf did not reap the leaſt benefit from
Laurence de St. Martin, Chaplain and him. He died on Oct. 27, 1277 (P), and was
Councellor to K. Henry III, and Archdeacon of
buried near the north wall of the upper croſs iſle
Coventry and Litchfield, was elected Biſhop by the in the chapel, and near the tomb of St. William,
Monks on Oct. 19, 1250, and was conſecrated where a new and elegant monument was erected
the 9th of April following. In 1256 he was for him, at the charge of the Warden and Fel-
at Rome, and then obtained the canonization of lows of Merton College, in 1598 (9).
St. William the Martyr, at whoſe tomb many JOHN DE BRADFIELD, Monk and Precentor of
miracles had been ſaid to be wrought, from the this priory, ſucceeded him, and was conſecrated
time of his being buried in this church. Proba-
y 29, 1278. The Monks elected him for his
bly William’s body was at this time removed into
quiet and humble behaviour, and as one, who
the north end of the upper croſs ifle, and a ſuit being of their own ſociety, would greatly benefit
able tomb erected over it (m). The Pope likewiſe their convent; but in this they were grievouſly
granted indulgences to all ſuch as ſhould offer
diſappointed, for after his election he neglected
at this tomb, which ſo increaſed the numbers of them, and never conferred a ſingle favor on
pilgrims and devotees, that the church reaped a them. He died April 23, anno 1283, and was
liberal harveſt from them, even to the time of
buried in this church, on the ſouth ſide, where
the diffolution of the priory.
his tomb, having his effigies at length on it, ſtill
In 1264, in the conteſts between K. Henry remains. On his death, the Monks elected John
and his Barons, this city was beſieged, and in de Kyrkely, Archdeacon of Coventry, but he re-
the confuſion, a party of the latter entered this nounced it by an inſtrument, dated June 16,
church, plundered it of all its valuables, de. 1283;
; on which they elected
faced the monuments, abuſed and new many of THOMAS DE INGLETHORP, Dean of St. Paul's,
the Monks, and then converted it into a ſtable. London, who was confirmed and afterwards con-
Biſhop Laurence died on June 3, 1274, and fecrated by the Archbiſhop at Canterbury Sept. 26th
was buried in this church, near the great altar, that year. He had the chara&ter of being wor-
on the north ſide, where his tomb ſtill remains, thy, mild and affable, of a cheerful diſpoſition,
having his effigies at full length, in his habit,
and mitre, lying on it (n).
obot May, 1291, and was buried with all due ſolem-
WALTER DE Merton was elected Biſhop of nity in his own church, near the high altar, on
this fee in July 1274, and was conſecrated the the ſouth ſide (r).
adabar 90 fb or older som
PO
(k) Four years after which, a council of the Britiſh Biſhops
,
ſatisfy the fame; on which they were reſtored, and his exe-
was held at Rocheſter. Rapin, vol.i, p. 353.
cutors had the King's protection, and all perſons were fum.
(1) Godwin, p. 529. Wharton's Ang. Sacr, vol. I, p.
moned by the King's writs and patents, to pay the ſeveral
348. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 135.
Jiwe debts they owed to the Biſhop into the Exchequer, to enable
(m) What remains of it at preſent near the tomb of Biſhop his executors to perform his will. Prynne's Antient Re-
Merton, conſiſts of a large coffin of Pet worth marble, deco cords, p. 220.
op bid
rated with antient ornaments.
()
monument was defaced and nearly deſtroyed by
(n) Godwin, p. 530. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. p. 350. the Fanatics in the great rebellion, and was
again reparied
Hift. Rocheſter, p. 136. Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. i,
It was cleaned and beautified in 1770, by the direction of
(0) He had been Prebendary of St. Paul's and of Exeter.
the above ſociety, who judiciouſly freed it from its thick co-
Newc. Rep. vol. i, p. 159.
be
vering of whitewaſh. On this tomb, which is of black and
(p) Kilburne, p. 228, ſays, the Biſhop, pafling over the white marble, lies the effigies of the Biſhop in his pontificals;
tiver Medway here in a boat, there being then no bridge,
in the middle of the wall, under the arch, are his arms, from
was unfortunately drowned. He had made his will with the
which alſo hangs his purſe, denoting his office, as Lord Chan-
King's licence, but owing ſeveral debts to the King and
cellor. Godwin, p. 530. Wharton, p. 351. Hift. Rocheſter,
Queen, the King ſeized on all his goods and chattels, till
his executors had put in good ſecurity into the Exchequer to
m) Godwin, p. 531. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p.
352. Hift, Rocheſter, p. 139.
oftro
VOL. II.
L
A few
9.
P. 287.
p. 138 and 68.
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38
by the Biſhop of Wina
The HISTORY of K E N T.
BISHOPS
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
A few days after the burial of this Biſhop, the fupport of his few domeſtics, the Clergy of
great diſpute and ſkirmiſh happened between the his dioceſe ſupplied him with proviſions and
Monks of St. Andrew and the Brethren of Stroud money, the proportion of which amounted to
Hospital, relating to the former's pafling in pro 12 pence in every marc of the annual value
ceſlion through the hoſpital in their way to Frindſ-
of their benefices. The repairs and improve-
bury, the whole of which has been already re ments which he afterwards made at his palaces
lated in the account of the hoſpital (t).
and manor houſes, from time to time, were
THOMAS DE WOLDHAM, Prior of Rocheſter, was
conſiderable ; at Halling in particular, in 1323,
next elected by the Monks, but on account of
he rebuilt the hall at the coſt of 1201, the lof-
fome ill uſage he received from the Archbiſhop's
ty front of the palace, and great part of the
domeſtics, utterly refuſed it ; however, the
walls, the chapel and the dining-room, and like-
Monks elected him a ſecond time, when he ac-
wiſe the neighbouring mill at Holborough, and that
quieſced, and was conſecrated at Chartham, Jan.
at Boxſtall; and at Trotteſcliff, he built a dining-
6, 1291. He died Feb. 28, 1316, and by his
room for himſelf, another for his clerks, and a
laft will left sot. to the finiſhing of St. William's
kitchen, and ſurrounded the whole with walls;
he endowed and augmented feveral vicarages,
tomb, and by other legacies to the poor, ſeems
to have been charitably diſpoſed. After which
and was a good benefactor to this church, to
great influence was uſed by the Archbiſhop and
the ſeveral buildings of the convent, to the re-
other great perſonages, to induce the Monks to
edifying of which he gave large ſums at different
chuſe according to their recommendations, which
times; and what they eſteemed more than all,
Hamo de Heth, then Prior of Rocheſter, who was
preſented them with a coſtly mitre of St. Thomas
Becket, which he had purchaſed of the execu-
a competitor for this biſhopric, obſerving, and
tors of the Biſhop of Norwich. He founded an
fearing they would prevail againſt him, privately
fent for the Monks of Fylcheſtow in Suffolk (u), a
hoſpital for 10 poor perſons at Hith, the place
of his birth, and endowed it with rents of 20
cell to this monaſtery of St. Andrew, and by that
donot olde
marcs per annum.
means ſecured a large majority in his favor; for
Being grown old and decrepit, and weighed
on the election, March 18, 1316, of 35 Monks
down with numberleſs afflictions, he requeſted
preſent on this occaſion, 26 voted in his favor ;
the Pope to take the reſignation of his biſhopric,
but Pope John XXII, having by his bull.of pro-
but this ſeems to have been refuſed; for he died
viſion reſerved this turn to himſelf, conferred it
in poſſeſſion of it three years afterwards, on
on one John Puteolis, a Frenchman, the Queen's
May 4, 1352 (V), and was buried in this church,
Confeſſor : this kept the ſee vacant more than by the north wall(w).
two years. However, the Archbiſhop certifying John de Shepey, Prior of Rocheſter, was no-
that the election of Hamo preceded the date of
minated to this fee, at the King's recommenda-
the Pope's reſervation one day, after much de-
tion, by bull of papal proviſion, dated Oct. 22,
lay and rehearings, it was pronounced in favor
of the elect; and accordingly
chefter, at the priory of St. Mary Overies, on
P1022
HAMO DE Heth was conſecrated at Avignon the 10th of March following. He was appointed
ug. 1,3 19; but the expences of this fuit, the Chancellor of England in 1356, and executed that
journey, his conſecration and fees, amounted to office for two years, after which he was confti.
more than 1441 florins viz. 2161.
s viz. 2161. This ſum, tuted Lord Treaſurer, which office he held till his
which probably exceeded his whole yearly in death. He had the character of being well killed
come, greatly diſtreſſed him; it appears he was in fcience and literature (x). He died at his houſe,
not able to diſcharge the debt of it for near a called The Place, at Lambeth, on Oct. 19, 1360,
year and an half after his confecration, nor was. and was buried in this church, and his portrai-
ture was painted on the wall over his place of
the buildings of his palaces and manor houſes burial, nothing of which now remains. By his
were not only ruinous, but were deſpoiled of will, dated Sept. 21, 1360, he bequeathed 100.
the ſtock, implements of huſbandry and fur marcs for defraying his funeral expences, the
niture, which ought to have remained in them. ſame ſum towards the reparation of his church,
Thus embarraſſed, he retired, with a very ſmall and zool. to the Cellarer's office for providing
family, and not having a ſufficiency for the neceſſaries (y).
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the church of St. Felix at Wahon to the Monks of Rocheſter, (w) Godwin, p. 532. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p.
who quickly after ſettled therein a cell of their order, which
357 Weever, P: 314. Hift. Rocheſter,
Hift. Rocheſter, p. 140.
continued till 1528, when it was ſuppreſſed towards the en (x) There are fome difcourfes remaining which paſs under
dowment of Cardinal Wolſey's colleges.
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his name, by which he appears rather to have been a col-
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39
BISHOPS.
ette
. He was
ing to 10
Biſhopric by papa!
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
William WITTLESEY, LL. D. Maſter of John de BoTTLESHAM, Chaplain to the Arch-
Peter Houſe in Cambridge, and Archdeacon of biſhop of Canterbury, was conſecrated Bifhop of Ro-
Huntingdon, and Vicar General to the Archbiſhop, cheſter July 4, 1400, in his room. He had been
was elected Biſhop of Rocheſter on Oct. 23, 1360, Prebendary of Brampion in the church of Lincoln,
and conſecrated the roth of Feb. following. He Maſter of Peter Houſe in Cambridge, and Vicar
was afterwards made Dean of the Arches, and General to the Archbiſhop of York. He died April
was Rector of Croydon in Surry, and Cliff near 17, anno 1404, and lies buried in this church(c).
Rocheſter. He was tranſlated to the fee of Wor Richard Yong, Biſhop of Bangor, was his fuc-
ceſter by the Pope's bull on March 6, 1363 (%). ceffor, being tranſlated to this ſee by papal
THOMAS TRILLECK, Dean of St. Paul's, Lon proviſion, dated July 28, 1404; and Pope Boni-
don (a), and brother to John, Biſhop of Hereford, face dying within two months before the bull
was appointed to this ſee by the Pope's bull of was completed, Pope Innocent, his ſucceſſor, con-
proviſion, dated May 6, 1364, before he was firmed the fame. The Biſhop, being detained at
elected by the Monks, and was conſecrated the Bangor by the Welp, and the bull of confirmation
26th of the ſame month, by Guido, Cardinal of not arriving, the Archbiſhop, in whoſe hands the
Bologna, in the chapel of his palace. He died revenues of this ſee were, refuſed to deliver
about Chriſtmas 1372, and lies buried in "St. them to his agents, and Pope Innocent dying in
Mary's chapel in his own church.
the interim, the Biſhop was neceſſitated to apply
Upon his death, the Monks, on Dec. 27, 1372, to Pope Gregory XII. for the confirmation of his
elected John de Hertley, their Prior, to be their tranſlation, and at laſt had poſſeſſion of this fee,
Biſkop; but the Pope rejected him, and in his in ſpirituals as well as temporals, delivered to him
room, by his papal bull of proviſion, dated Jan. at Lambeth by the Archbiſhop, on May 2, 1407,
31, appointed
He died before Oct. 28, 1418, and was buried in
THOMAS DE BRINton to this biſhopric. He was St. Mary's chapel on the ſouth ſide of this church,
Doétor of the Decretals, and had been ſometime a having a marble ſtone over him.
Benedictine Monk at Norwich. He had travelled John Kemp, LL.D. Archdeacon of Durham,
much, and arriving at Rome he preached ſeveral was elected by the Monks in Jan. 1419, and
learned fermons in Latin before the Pope; for conſecrated in Sept. following. He was at the
which and other exerciſes, in which he diſcovered time of his election Keeper of the privy ſeal. He
great ,
abilities, he was much admired, and be was tranſlated to the fee of Chicheſter on Feb. 28,
came very famous. Pope Urban made him his anno 1421 (d). On this the Monks elected John
Penitentiary, and afterwards advanced him to Spofford, Abbat of St. Mary's, York, whom the
this ſee, as above-mentioned; after which he be Pope tranſlated to the ſee of Hereford before his
came Confeffor to K.
o K. Richard II, and a great
conſecration, and the ſame day, viz. Nov. 17,
benefactor to the Engliſh hoſpital at Rome, He 1421, by his bull of provifion, advanced
died in the year 1389, and was buried, accord John LANGDON, a Monk of Chriſt ckunch Can-
terbury, and Maſter of Canterbury college in Oxford,
pel in this church ; but according to others, in to this ſee, who was conſecrated on the Trinity
the church of Seal in this county (b). On his Sunday following. He was born in this county
death the Monks elected John Barnet, but the
and educated at Oxford, where having commenced
Pope rejected him, and in his room appointed Batchelor of Divinity in 1400, he foon became ce-
by his bull of proviſion on is tot saob bied lebrated for his learning, and wrote a chronicle
William DE BOTTLEsham to this ſee, who of Engliſh hiſtory, which he publiſhed among
was ſo called from that town in Cambridgeſhire, other works. Bale afferts that he afterwards com-
where he was born. He was a Dominican friar, menced Doctor of Divinity, and became Sub-
and Subprior of Angleſea; having commenced prior of Chriſt church Canterbury, and afterwards
Doctor of Divinity at Cambridge, he became very Keeper of Canterbury college, as abovementioned.
much famed for his learning and eloquence in In the 10th year of K. Henry VI, he was fent
his fermons, which advanced him to the fee of the King's Ambaſſador to France, and after-
Landaff; from whence he was tranſlated to this wards to the council of Baſil(e), and had 100l.
paid him for the expences of his journey. He
died in the beginning of February in the year died there on Sept. 30, that year, and his body
1400, and was buried in the Dominican church
being brought over to England, was honourably
in London.
и
entombed in the Carthufian monaſtery in London.
Toy got non
by do NH 08.
(z) He was afterwards tranſlated to London, and laſtly to 378, 379. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 148, 149.
the metropolitical chair of Canterbury. Godwin, p. 532. (d) Whence he was trandated ſucceſſively to thoſe of Lon-
Wharton, p. 378. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 148.
don, York, and Canterbury. He was a native of Wye in this
(a) He had been Prebendary and Dean of Hereford. Wil county, the church of which he made collegiate, and amply
lis's Cath. p. 584 and 533.
endowed it. Godwin, p. 534. Wharton's Ang. Sacr, vol. i,
(6) Kilburne, p. 241. See vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 338. p. 379. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 150.
() Godwin, p. 533. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. I, p. (e) Rym. Fød. vol, x, p. 514 and
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40
The HISTORY
of K E N T.
20a
BISHOPS.
fent to the council of Bafil to ſupply the place
115
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
This Biſhop was a good benefactor to the new born at Beverly in Yorkſhire, and educated at
bridge at Rocheſter.
Cambridge; he was firſt Dean of the Royal cha-
THOMAS BROWN, LL. D. firſt Subdean, then pel of St. Stephen, Weſtminſter, and Prebendary
Prebendary of Lincoln (f), and Dean of Salis of Saliſbury ; in 1462 he was made Maſter of the
bury, and for many years. Vicar General to the Rolls, and in 1472 was advanced to the fee of
Archbiſhop, ſucceeded to this ſee, being conſe Rocheſter, and on Sept. 20, next year he had the
erated May 1, 1435, at Canterbury. He was cuſtody of the Great Seal, and in 1476 was
tranſlated to Worceſter, and from thence to Elz.
of his predeceſſor ; whilft he was there he was John Russel (n), a native of the city of Win-
declared Biſhop of Norwich by the Pope's bull, cheſter, was bred at Oxford, where he commenced
dated Sept. 19, 1436 (g).
LL. D. He was afterwards Archdeacon of Salif-
WILLIAM WELLS, Abbat of St. Maries, York, bury, then Keeper of the privy ſeal, and then Lord
was his ſucceſſor, being conſecrated on March Chancellor ; he had been likewiſe a Prebendary
24, 1436. He was employed by the King as of St. Pauls, and Chancellor of the Univerſity of
Ambaſſador both to the Pope and the Emperor(b).
Oxford, and was conſecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter in
The regiſter, which paſſes under his naine, ſhews Sept. 1476, after which he became tutor to Ed-
the great attention he paid to the buſineſs of his ward, Prince of Wales, and was tranſlated to
dioceſe. He died at Trotteſcliff in Feb. 1444, and
Lincoln in 1480 (0).
was interred in this church.
EDMUND AudleY, A.M. fecond ſon of James,
John Lowe, S T. P. was his ſucceſſor, he
Lord Audley, Prebendary of St. Paul's, Canon of
was born in Worceſterſhire, and was early received
York, and Archdeacon of the Eaſt Riding (P),
into Worceſter college, Oxford, where he got his
ſucceeded to this ſee, and was conſecrated Oct.
Doctor's degree by the fame of his ſuperior abi-
1, 1480. He was tranſlated to Hereford in the
lities; after which he became Prior of the Au-
middle of the year 1492, and thence again to
Dani
guſtines at London, and at laſt Provincial of the Saliſbury.
order. He was not only learned himſelf, but a
THOMAS SAVAGE, LL. D. of Cambridge, Ca-
great friend to literature, and collected from all non of York, and Dean of the King's Chapel at
parts a library in his convent in London, and by Weſtminſter, was appointed to this ſee by papal
his diligence preſerved ſeveral copies of the fa-
proviſion Dec. 3, 1492, but he was not conſe-
thers from periſhing, and beſides wrote ſeveral
crated till after the 13th of April next year, on
books himſelf. K. Henry VI, in 1433 made
which day he obtained licence for that
ceremony
him Biſhop of St. Aſaph, on account of his great
to be performed elſewhere than in the church of
learning and frequent zeal in preaching, whence Canterbury (q). He was tranſlated to London
he was tranſlated by the Pope's bull, dated April
Oct. 13, 1496, and afterwards to York.
22, 1444, to this ſee (i). He is ſaid to have
Richard FITZJAMES, LL.D. Prebendary of
rebuilt his palace at Rocheſter ; he died in the
St. Pauls, Vicar of Minehead and Rector of Aller
latter end of the year 1467, and was buried un in the co. of Somerſet, Canon of Wells, Warden
der a marble tomb near that of Biſhop Walter. de
of Merton college, Oxford, Maſter of St. Leonard's
Merton in his own church.
Robin
hoſpital Bedford, and Almoner to K. Henry VII,
THOMAS SCOT, LL.D. ſurnamed afterwards
was appointed Biſkop of this fee March 20, 1496.
Rotheram, from the place of his birth in York-
He obtained the like licence that his predeceſſor
ſhire, was the next Biſhop of this ſee, he was
had done for his conſecration May 17, 1497 ;
educated at King's college Cambridge, and was
he was tranſlated to Chicheſter in the beginning
Maſter of Pembroke-hall there, and Prebendary of
of the year 1504, and afterwards to Londor (r).
Lincoln. King Edward IV, whoſe chaplain he
John Fisher, S. T. P. ſucceeded him. He
was, gave him the Provoſtfhip of Beverly, 'made
was born of a gentleman's family at Beverly in
him Keeper of his Privy Seal (k), and Biſhop of
Yorkſhire, where he received his firſt education,
Rocheſter in 1468, in which year he was one of
and was fent from thence to St. Michael's-ball
,
the King's Ambaſſadors to France (1). He was Cambridge, now part of Trinity college, and fuc-
tranſlated from hence to Lincoln in 1471 (m).
ceeded at length to the government of it, and in
John ALCOCK, LL. D. ſucceeded him in this 1504 and 1514, was Chancellor of that univer-
ſee. He was a very temperate and pious man,
ſity, in which firſt year, he had been deſervedly for
od grad
(n) On his tomb in Lincoln cathedral it is ſpelt Rofcel.
() Willis's Cath, vol. ii, p. 97, 146, 199. ydinosaa
(o) Newc. Rep. vol. i, p. 179.
(8) Godwin, p. 534, 535. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i,
() Willis's Cath. vol. i, p. 99, 137. Newc. Rep. vol. i,
p. 380. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 150.
p. 180. As
(b) Rym. Fæd. vol. x, p. 841.
(9). This licence began about this time to be commonly
(i) See Rym, Foed. vol. xi, p. 59. (k) Ibid. p. 737, 740.
applied for by the ſeveral Biſhops of this province, and granted
á (1) Rapin, vol. i, p. 604.!
for a certain fee and recompence paid to the priory of Chriſt
v (m) He was made Lord Churcellor in 1474, and afterwards
Church in lieu of their being conſecrated in it, few Biſhops
fucceeded to the archbiſhopric of York. Godwin, p. 535.
after this time being conſecrated in the church of Canterbury.
Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 380. Weever, p. 314. Hift.
(r) Godwin, p. 536. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vcl. i, p. 381.
Rocheſter, P. 152
Hift. Rocheſter, p. 152, 153.
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The HISTORY of 2 K Ě N T.
41
BISHOPS.
gave
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of RocheSTER.
for his care in that office, promoted to the Maſ munire, his biſhopric.was declared vacant, from
terſhip of Queen's College. The fame of his fin the 2d of January that year. In the mean time
gular erudition increaſing, Margaret, Counteſs of the Biſhop was hardly uſed; for his goods being
Richmond, made him her Chaplain, and it was ſeized, he had little left, but rags, to cover him,
through his means that ſhe founded, for the ad and was as ill ſupplied with diet and other ne-
vancement of learning and piety, thoſe two inag-
.
nificent colleges, Chriſt's and St. John's, in Cam ſhould make the boldeſt tremble, the King re.
bridge, and endowed them liberally, and ſet ſolved to give both Biſhop Fiſher and fir Thomas
tled a yearly ftipend for ever on the Divinity More up to the rigor of the law. To this end
Profeffor in both univerſities. He was nomina the Biſhop was required again to take the oath of
ted by the King in 1504 to this biſhopric, the fupremacy, which he refuſed, as it was ſuppoſed
Pope's bull of proviſion bearing date Oct. 14th he would: about the ſame time Pope Paul III,
that year, and his licence for confecration with to reward his fidelity to the church of Rome,
out the church of Canterbury Nov. 22d following. raiſed him to the dignity of a Cardinal. This,
He was a man of uncommon learning, far be in all likelihood, might haſten his death, and
yond moſt other divines of his time, and of a being condemned he was beheaded on Tower- bill,
ſanctity of life which approached near that of on June 22, 1535, a month after his being made
the apoſtolic times. In 1508, he reſigned his Cardinal, and ſome days before the hat ſent by
Maſterſhip of Queen's College, on the death of the Pope arrived in England. He ſuffered in the
Margaret, Counteſs of Richmond, who left the whole Both year of his age; his head was afterwards
care of finiſhing her foundation of St. John's Col ſet on London-bridge, and his body buried in
lege to him ; this he happily completed, and not Barking church-yard, and afterwards removed to
only increaſed its revenues himſelf, but it the Tower (u). Far unlike many of his prede-
afterwards one of the beſt furniſhed libraries of ceffors, as well as ſucceſſors in this fee, but fol.
the time, which, however, it was deprived of. || lowing the rule of the primitive church, he
He had formed likewiſe a deſign of founding at would never change this biſhopric for a better,
his own proper coſt, a third college at Cambridge. ſaying frequently, his church was his wife, and be
In 1512, he was deputed by his brethren the would never part with her, becauſe ſhe was poor (v).
Engliſh Biſhops to the council of Lateran. Biſhop John Hilsey, S. T. P. of the order of Friars
Fiſher is thought to have been the principal com Preachers, was ſucceſſor in this ſee after the death
poſer of that refutation of the tenets of Luther, of Biſhop Fiſher, and was conſecrated at Win-
which K. Henry VIII. is ſuppoſed to have writ cheſter Sept. 18, 1535. He was head of the Do-
ten, and which in 1521 was preſented in his minican convent in London, which he held till
name to the Pope; as a reward for which, the Nov. 10, 1538, when he reſigned it into the
Pontiff dignified him with the title of Defender of King's hands. Though he favored the refor-
the Faith (s). He warmly oppoſed the King's mers in ſome matters, yet in others he was zeal-
divorce, and his marriage afterwards with ouſly devoted to the church of Rome. He died
Bullen ; and what was amazing for a man of his in 1538, and was buried in his own cathedral(w).
learning and abilities, he in 1534 countenanced, NICHOLAS Heath, S. T. P. Fellow of Clare
though with others of ſuperior rank and equal Hell, the King's Almoner, and Archdeacon of
abilities, the impofture of Elizabeth Barton,
Stafford, was his ſucceſſor, and was conſecrated
nun, commonly called the Holy Maid of Kent ; on April 4th, 1540, being Biſhop here at the
for this he was adjudged to forfeit all his goods,
time of the new foundation, which took place
and to ſuffer impriſonment; but he made his
about three months afterwards; ſoon after which
peace with the King, by preſenting him with he had a diſpenſation to hold the rectories of
what was then thought to be one year's produce
Cliff and Shoreham, in the dioceſe of Canterbury,
of his biſhopric, viz. zool. Next year, refuſing in commendam (X). In 1543 he was tranſlated to
to ſwear to the act of the King's ſupremacy, he Worceſter, and afterwards to York.
was, together with her Thomas More, the Chan. Henry HOLBEACH, alias RANDS (y), S.T.P.
cellor, ſent to the Tower, and an act of attain-
firſt Prior and afterwards Dean of Worceſter, hav-
der paſſed againſt him, and being caſt in a Pre ing been conſecrated Suffragan Biſhop of Briſtol in
« Anne
the
(s)-About the year 1530, anno 22 Henry VIII, the Biſhop
and his whole family nearly eſcaped being poiſoned, one
John Rouſe, his cook, having thrown ſome poiſon into a pot
of gruel, which was prepared not only for the Biſhop and his
family, but the neighbouring poor; 17 perſons were poiſoned,
of which, however, all recovered except two, who died of it.
This occaſioned the act, paffed that year, to puniſh thoſe
who were guilty of the crime of wilful poiſoning, by throw-
ing them into boiling water. Barrington's antient Stat.p.406.
(u) Among the Harleian Mff. in the Britiſh Muſeum, are
Leveral Mfl. of the life of Billop Fiſher, by different perſons.
Vol. II.
M
(0) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol.i, p. 382. Godwin, p.536.
Rapin, vol. i, p. 749, 801, 803, 806.
(2) Wharton, p. 383. Godwin, p. 537. Hift. Rocheſter,
p. 154
(*) Licence to hold the ſame until Chriſmas 1548. Rym.
Fæd. vol. xv, p. 18.
(y) His family name was Rands, but being a native of Hol-
beach, he aſſumed that name according to the cuſtom of the
ecclefiaftics of that time. See Guillim's Heraldry, p. 121.
His ſon again aſſumed the name of Rands. Harl. Mf. No.
1422,
1537,

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H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
BISHOPS.
09
He was
don (f).
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
1537, was elected Biſhop of Rocheſter in April MAURICE GRIFFITH, frequently ſtyled Dr.
1543(z), and confirmed June 18th following. Mores, for their choice, who was conſecrated
He held the rectory of Bromſgrove, with the cha April 1, 1554. He was born in Wales, and
pel of Norton, in Worceſterſhire, în conemendam(a), educated among the Dominicans at Oxford, and
and was tranſlated to Lincoln in 1547.33
was at the time of his election Archdeacon of
NICHOLAS RIDLEY, S. T. P. was a native of
that dioceſe, and !
Prebendary of that church,
Northumberland, and became firſt Fellow, and Rector of St. Magnus, London-bridge, and of South-
afterwards Maſter of Pembroke Hall in Cambridge, fleet, Chancellor and Vicar General to the Biſhop
after which he was Prebendary of Canterbury and of London ; ſeveral of which preferments he held
Weſtminſter, Vicar of Herne in this county, and
afterwards (e).
of Soham in Cambridgeſhire(b), and was conſecrated
Many perſons are ſaid to have died in the year
Biſhop of Rocheſter on the 23d of Sept. 1547, and
1559, by a peftilential fever and quartan ague,
tranſlated to London April 12, 1550.
which then raged in different parts
of England,
afterwards in the reign of Q. Mary, Oct. 16,
and ſeized thoſe moſtly who were advanced in
1555, burnt at Oxford, at the ſame ſtake with life, and it is remarked as an extraordinary cir-
Biſhop Letimer (c).
cumſtance, that 13. Biſhops died within twelve
John Poyner, S.T. P. fucceeded to this fee. months ; one of this number was Biſhop Grifith,
He was nominated to it by the King's letters,
who died Nov. 2oth that year, in his palace of
March 8, 1549, and confecrated at Lambeth the
Southwark, and was interred with much folem-
29th of June, 1550. He was born in Kent, and
nity in his pariſh church of St. Magnus in Lon-
finiſhed his education at Queen's College, Cam-
bridge. He is ſaid to have been a man of learn-
EDMUND Allen, B.D. was nominated on his
ing, well fkilled in different tonguess and an ex-
death to this biſhopric. He was a native of Nor-
cellent mathematician, and to have been fre-
folk, and on Q. Elizabeth's acceſſion was ap-
quently conſulted by Archbp. Cranmer in religi-
pointed one of her Chaplains, and Ambaſſador,
ous matters. About the time of his promotion
though to what place is not mentioned ; but he
an order of council was made, that no Biſhop
died before his conſecration in Aug. 1559, and
was buried in the church of St. Thomas Apoſtle,
ſhould for the future hold any other benefice in
London.
commendam, except John Poynet, Biſhop elect of
Rocheſter, and that, becauſe he had no epifcopal
EDMUND Guest (8), S. T. P. Fellow of King's
palace, accordingly he had licence to hold in
College, Cambridge, and Archdeacon of Canterbury,
commendam with his biſhopric the vicarage of
was next conſecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter March 24,
Aſhford in Kent, the rectories of Towyn in Merio-
1559, at which time he was made Almoner to
nethſhire, and of St. Michael's, Crooked-lane, Lon.
Q. Elizabeth. He held his archdeaconry and the
don, with the oth ſtall in the church of Canter-
rectory of Cliff near Rocheſter in commendam, and
bury (ec). He was tranſlated to Wincheſter in
was tranſlated to Saliſbury Dec. 24, 1571.
1551, and afterwards, on the acceſſion of Q. EDMUND FREAKE, S. T. P. originally a Monk
Mary fied from England, and died at Straſburgh,
at Waltham in Eſex, in which county he was
born, and afterwards Prebendary of Weſtminfier,
April 11, 1556, æt. 40(d).
Canon of Windſor, Archdeacon of Canterbury,
John Scory, B. D. one of the Six Preachers
Dean of Salifbury, and then of Rocheſter (b), was
of Canterbury cathedral, was appointed his fuc-
conſecrated Biſhop of this ſee on March 13, 1571.
ceffor in this fee, the King's letters for this pur-
He was Almoner to Q. Elizabeth, and held the
poſe bearing date April 26, 1557, and was con-
fecrated Aug. 30th following, he was tranſlated
above archdeaconry, and the rectory of Purleigh
in Eſſex, in commendam. He was tranNated to
to Chicheſter on May 23, 1552, and afterwards
Norwich in 1576, and afterwards to Worceſter.
by Q. Elizabeth to Hereford.
He bore the character of a pious and learned man,
The Bilbopric of Rochefter continued vacant for and a zealous affertor of church diſcipline.
almoſt three years after this, but on March 19, JOHN Piers, S. T. P. was elected Biſhop of
1554, the Queen granted her conge de lire to the
this ſee April 10, 1576, and conſecrated the 15th
Dean and Chapter, with her letter recommending following at Lambeth. He was firſt a Fellow of
,
(z) Rymt. Fæd. vol. xv, p. 22.
(a) To hold till the feaſt of St. Philip and St. James 1550.
Rym. Fød. vol. xv, p. 37.
(6) K. Edward VI, in his ift year, anno 1547, granted
licence for his holding his two vicarages and two prebends in
commendam, until Chriſtmas 1552. Rym.Fæd. vol. xv, p. 165,
(c) Godwin, p. 537. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 155. His life
is among thoſe in the Biog. Brit. vol. vii, fupplement, printed
in 1766.
(cc) This licence was dated July 4, anno 4 Edw.VI, 1550.
to hold till Lady Day 1555. Rym. Fød. vol. xv, p.70, 241.
(d) Bayle's Dict. vol. iv, p. 692.
(e) About Midſummer 1555, the Judges held their alizes
in the open air at the Biſhop's Palace in the College-yard at
Rocheſter, and as the feaſon was warm, a fail was extended
from the wall over them, to ſcreen them from the ſun-beams;
at which time a ſtorm aroſe, and the wind obtained ſuch
power over the fail as to pull down part of the wall to which
it was faſtened, and the Judges and people fled haſtily away
for fafety.
() Godwin, p. 538. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 157.
(8) Spelt alſo Gheafi.
(b) Willis's Cath. vol. i, p. 647.
Magdalen
The HISTORY OF KENT.
43

BISHOPS.
Bury in 159
r. and benefi-
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER.
Magdalen College in Oxford, and in 1570 made to Lincoln May 21, 1608. He was an excellent
Maſter of Baliol College there; in 1567 he was and learned preacher, and when Dean of Cheſter
appointed Dean of Cheſter, both which prefer was employed by Archbiſhop Whitgift to draw up
ments he probably reſigned, on his being ad an authentic relation of the famous conference
mitted to the Deanry of Chriſt Church, on Feb. held at Hampton Court Jan. 14, 1603, and the
28, 1571, which he likewiſe quitted when he two following days, before K. James. He pub-
was raiſed to the fee of Rocheſter. After which liſhed ſeveral books and diſcourſes in divinity (1).
he held in commendam the deanry of Saliſbury, RICHARD NEILE, S. T. P. of St. John's Col-
in which, as well as in this biſhopric, he ſucceeded lege, Cambridge, and Dean of Weſtminſter (m), was
Dr. Freake; and he had licence to hold the liv conſecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter Oct. 9, 1608, and
ings of Laingdon and Fillingham, and was many held the above deanry in commendam. About the
years Almoner to the Queen. He is ſaid to have end of the year 1610, he was tranſlated to the
fee of Litchfield and Coventry (n).
cence, and not only learned himſelf, but an en John BUCKERIDGE, S.T. P. was elected Biſhop
courager of learning in others. He was tranf of this ſee Dec. 29, 1610, but not confirmed till
lated to Saliſbury in 1577, and afterwards to June 8th next year. He was elected from Mer-
York (i). loc
a boca
chant Taylor's School to St. John's College, Ox-
John YONGE, S.T. P. was nominated his luc-
ford, in 1578, where he became Fellow, and had
been choſen Preſident in 1605. He appears to
ceffor. The conge de lire was dated Jan. 29, 1577.
He was elected Feb. 18th, and conſecrated at
have been poffeffed at times of the rectories of
Lambeth March 16th following. He was a na-
Tanbridge in Eſſex, North Kilworth in the co, of
tive of London, and the rectory of St. Margaret,
Leiceſter, a Prebend of Hereford and Rocheſter,
New Fij ſtreet, in that city was probably the firſt
the vicarage of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, the arch-
benefice he enjoyed. He was afterwards collated
deaconry of Northampton, and a canonry of
to the vicarage of St. Giles's, Cripplegate; in 1567
Windſor : what of theſe he enjoyed at the ſame
he was elected Maſter of Pembroke Hall in Cam-
time, and what he held in commendam, I have not
bridge, on the recommendation of his patron,
found. He was tranſlated from hence to Ely, July
Biſhop Grindal, who likewiſe preferred him to a
15th, 1628, and dying May 23, 1631, was bu-
ftall in the church of Southwell; which laſt, as
ried the zift following, at Bromley in this coun-
well as a Prebend in Weſtminſter Abbey, and the
ty (o), to which pariſh he bequeathed the fum
of zol. and was a benefactor to St. John's College,
benefices of St. Muge and Wouldan, he had licence
Cambridge. He is ſaid to have been a ſedulous
to hold in commendam. He was accuſed to Lord
preacher, (his fermons being now extant,) and
Burleigh of avarice and want of hoſpitality; to have wrote a book againſt the Pope's power
which he excuſed himſelf in, from the ſcanty
in temporal matters (P).
revenues of his ſee, which did not amount to
WALTER Curle, S. T. P. was nominated his
more than 220l. clear yearly income (k). He
fucceffor, and confecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter,
died at his palace of Bromley April 10, 1605, in
Sept. 7, 1628. He was a native of the co. of
, and was buried in the Hertford
chancel of that church.
lege ,
WILLIAM BARLOW, S. T. P. was his fuccef Sted in this dioceſe in 1608, which he reſigned
for, being elected May 23, 1605, and conſecrated that year, probably on his being promoted either
June zoth following. He was a native of Lan to the rectory of Bemerton in the co. of Wilts, or
caſhire, and became Fellow of Trinity Hall in of Mildenhale in the co. of Suffolk, of both which
Cambridge. He was Chaplain to Q. Elizabeth, he is ſaid to have been incumbent. The digni-
and to Archbiſhop Whitgift, who collated him to ties he enjoyed previous to his being made Biſhop
the rectory of St. Dunſtan's in the Eaſt, and he were, the Prebends of Lyme and Haftock in the
occurs likewiſe a Prebendary of St. Paul's ; he church of Saliſbury, which he afterwards held in
was inſtalled Prebendary of Weſtminſter in 1601, commendam with this ſee, and the deanry of Litch-
and the next year Dean of Cheſter, and in 1605 field, in which he was inſtalled March 24, 1620.
a Prebendary of Canterbury. He continued Biſhop In 1629 he was tranſlated to the ſee of Bath and
of this fee near three years, and was tranſlated Wells, and afterwards to Wincheſter.
Lesbian
(i) Godwin, p.538. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 159.
(?) Godwin, p. 539. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 162.
(k) In the Lord Treaſurer Burleigh's books his preferments
(m) He had been firſt Prebendary, then Treaſurer of Chi-
are thus valued : Biſhopric, clear 28ol. ; St. Muge and.Woul cheſter, Vicar of Cheſhunt in the co. of Hertford, Maſter of
dan, 1151.; two Prebends, Weſtminſter and Southwell, 45l.; the Savoy, and Clerk of the Cloſet.
total 440l. beſides perquiſites of corn, parks and woods.
, ,
(n) He was afterwards advanced to Lincoln, Durham, Win-
Strype's Annals, vol. ii, p. 530. By the Biſhop's own letter chefter, and York, where death put a ſtop to his further tranſ-
to the Treaſurer, it appears the whole was over-rated 100l.
lation on this ſide the grave.
per annum; 6ol, of which was in the biſhopric. Ibid. vol. iv, (0) Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 363.
(P) Godwin, p. 539. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 163,
P. 226.
He

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The HISTORY O of K E N T.
9
BISHOPS.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
29.0.7
He was, on the breaking out of the rebellion, been found, of perſons devoting ſuch large ſums
very active in the royal cauſe, and remarkably to pious and charitable uſes : for before his re-
ſo during the fiege of Wincheſter. After which eſtabliſhment he diſtributed 8ocol. among ne-
he was deprived by the ruling powers of all his ceſſitous clergymen, who had been ejected from
eccleſiaſtical preferments, and refuſing to take their preferinents. He expended 700l. in making
the covenant, he was not allowed to compound and repairing that beautiful and elegant font ſtill
for his private eſtate ; he muſt therefore have to be ſeen in the cathedral of Canterbury, of which
been reduced to great ſtraits before his death, church he had been a member; and he be-
which happened at Subberton in Hampſhire, about queathed 500l. more to the Dean and Chapter there
for books in their new erected library. His gift
John Bowle, S. T. P. formerly Fellow of and legacy towards the repair of his own cathe-
Trinity College, Cambridge, and then Dean of Sa dral amounted to loool, and in his will he added
lipury, was his ſucceffor in this ſee, being con 50l, to a like benefaction of 1000l. which he
fecrated Feb. 7, 1629. He died Oct. 9, 1637, had formerly made to the repair of the church
and was buried in St. Paul's cathedral, London. of St. Paul, London. He had before his death
John Warner, S. T. P. was elected Biſhop of preſented Magdalen College, Oxford, with 1300l.
Rocheſter on Nov. 13, 1637, and was conſecrated for books, and he left to that ſociety 501. more to
on the 15th January following. He had been be applied to the fame uſe. He founded four
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and the firſt ſcholarſhips in Baliol College, with an allowance
benefice he ſeems to have poffefſed was the rectory of 20l. yearly to each, for natives of Scotland,
of St. Michael, Crooked-lane, to which he was ad. with an intent to encourage epiſcopacy in that
mitted in 1614, as he was to that of St. Dionis kingdom; and the Biſhop did not forget the
Backchurch in 1625. Archbp. Abbot in 1616 gave clergy of his own dioceſe among his benefactions;
him a Prebend at Canterbury, by which means he for he bequeathed 2000l. for purchaſing impro-
afterwards became Rector of Biſhopſborne in Kent, priations towards the augmentation of the ſmall-
with Barham annexed to it; and in 1633 he eſt vicarages in it. He gave liberally towards the
was nominated to the deanry of Litchfield. At this redeeming of captives out of ſlavery in Barbary;
period, when the moſt violent attacks were made and laſtly, what will ever reflect the greateſt
againſt the church, as well as the ſtate, he ſtood honor on his name and memory, he was the mu-
forth a zealous defender of the conſtitution in nificent founder of Bromley College, for the ſup-
both; and he was the laſt Biſhop who exerted his port of 20 widows of loyal and orthodox clergy-
eloquence to preſerve the antient and undoubted men, of whom thoſe of his own dioceſe were to
right of his order to fit in parliament. Not long have the preference (r). This charitable inſti-
before the death of K. Charles I, Biſhop Warner,
tution was the firſt of its kind, not only in Eng-
by the King's command, wrote a treatiſe againſt land, but perhaps in Europe. It has been fince
the ordinance for the ſale of church lands, and
followed by endowments of a ſimilar nature,
he afterwards publiſhed ſeveral ſermons againſt
though on a ſmaller plan, at Wincheſter and
the murder of the King, at his own no ſmall
Saliſbury.
hazard : but what arguments or diſcourſes could Biſhop Warner died in an advanced age at his
avail any thing, when juſtice, equity, and reaſon palace at Bromley, Oct. 14, 1666, and was in-
were grown odious to the times. The tide of fa terred, at his own deſire, in his cathedral at Ro-
naticiſm and rebellion ſwept away all that was
cheſter, where his executors erected a handſome
deſirable by good men, and every thing ſubmitted monument to his memory, in the chapel where
to ſuperior force. In this general ruin the Biſhop his predeceſſor, Biſhop Merton, lies (s).
and his brethren were deſpoiled not only of their John DOLBEN, S. T. P. was elected Biſhop of
ſpiritual dignities and revenues, but of much of this fee Nov. 13, 1666, and was conſecrated at
their private fortunes, and the King himſelf fell a Lambeth on the 25th. He was a native of Nor-
ſacrifice to the mercileſs rage of enthuſiaſts, and thamptonſhire, and was a ſtudent of Chriſt Church,
the then wicked deſigns of the worſt of men. Oxford, of which he was deprived by the parlia-
Biſhop Warner was one of thoſe nine Biſhops, mentary viſitors, on the breaking out of the
who lived to ſee the happy re-eſtabliſhment of civil war. He afterwards ſerved as an Enſign in
both church and ſtate, being at that time about the royal army, at the battle of Marſton Moor,
77 years
of
age.
He does not ſeem to have held and was much wounded at the ſiege of York. In
any benefice in commendam with his biſhopric, 1656 he took orders, and on the reſtoration was
yet as well before as after the reſtoration he well rewarded by the King for his paſt ſufferings
ſhewed the piety and munificence of his dif and loyalty ; for he was immediately appointed
poſition, and few inſtances have of late times Clerk of the Cloſet, and was inſtalled Canon of
(2) An account of his life was publiſhed at London, 8vo.
1712, in which he is ſaid to be Almoner to K. Charles I.
Godwin, p. 539. Hist. Rocheſter, p. 165.
(r) See an account of this college, under Bromley, vol. i,
p. 94, and Life of Somner, before his Roman Ports, p. 95.
Biſhop Warner's life is publiſhed in the Biog. Brit. vol. vii,
printed in 1766.
6) Godwin, p. 540. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 167 et feq.
Christ
The I
45
HISTORY YsiOf TK EN TE
of T.

anon on fils
BISHOPS.
210 Hara
06
oplexy, at his palace of Brom-
9,173,
9W 2 sirist aid bis 103
5110 10
Francis Turner, S.T.L.
a fufficient proof tus of which
SIRIUS
..
, ,
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER.
Chriſt Church, Oxford, July 27, 1660; on April of the Chapel Royal. - About the latter end of
29, 1661, he was collated to the Prebend of Cad the
he year 1692, the Biſhop and ſeveral other per-
ington Major in the church of St. Paul; next ſons. of diſtinction were charged with trea-
year he was admitted Archdeacon of London ; on fon, by three men, who had forged an aſſociaz
Nov. 15th that year he was preſented to the tion under their hands, and then one of theſe
vicarage of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, and on the villains contrived to drop it in one of the Biſhops
3d of Dec. following was inſtalled Dean of Weft parlours at Bromley, that it might be found there
minſter, and he was alſo Almoner to the King, by the King's meffengers. He then laid an in-
and Rector of Newington in the co. of Oxford, formation againſt him, and
dif-
After his advancement to this fee, he held his covered, he was put, under confinement ; but
deanry above-mentioned in commendam with it, the forgery appeared fo groſs, that the Bishop was
and on Aug. 16, 1683, he was tranſlated to the immediatly diſcharged. ds Staggo, 01 bamplum
Archbiſhopric of York. He was a perſon of genius He died of an apoplexy, at
and abilities, and left behind him the character
ley, May 20,
æt. 77, and was
and was interred in
of having been a worthy good man. He died Weſtminſter Abbey, where there is a
where there is a monument,
April it, 1686.
with an elegant inſcription by Biſhop Smalridge,
w se srls no do
S. T. P. Dean of Windſor,
erected to his memory. He was a perſon of
and Maſter of St. John's College, Cambridge, was
great ſharpneſs of wit, and had that elegance of
elected Bishop of Rocheſter in his room, Sept. 159
ſtile, both in his writings and diſcourſe, that he
1683, and was conſecrated Nov. 11th following. was inferior to none in either. At firſt he cul-
was the ſon of Dr. Thomas Turner, ſuccef-
tivated the Muſes, but left them, to ſtudy and
ſively Dean of Rocheſter and Canterbury, and was
improve the beauties of the Engli language in
elected from Wincheſter ſchool to New College in
profe; by which means he became one of the
Oxford, where of courſe he became Fellow; af-
greateſt maſters of it, of which his writings are
ter which he became Rector of Therfield in Herts,
(21)
rirodno bodengod
and was a conſiderable benefactor to that pariſh.
Lewis ATTERBURY, S. T. P. was his ſucceſ-
11111 DomuLOS!
In 1669 he was collated to the Prebend of Sneat-
for in this ſee, being elected June
ing in the church of St. Paul, and was afterwards
conſecrated the 5th of July following. He
a Canon Reſidentiary in that church. Though
a younger ſon of Dr. Lewis Atterbury,
he had regularly taken all his degrees at Oxford,
dary of Lincoln, and Rector of Milton Keynes in
the col of Bucks, in which pariſh he was born.
et in 1670 he was elected Maſter of St« John's
He was elected from Weſtminſter fchool to Chriſt
College, Cambridge, and was afterwards made Chap-
lain to James, Duke of York, and was long in the
bure College in Oxford, in 1680, where he dif-
family of that Prince, who had a great eſteem for
tinguiſhed himſelf as an able and ſtrenuous ad-
him. He had, after his advancement to this ſee,
a diſpenſation to hold in:commendam with it the
deanry of Windſor, in which he had been inſtalled
ſpirit to exert his talents, could not remain long
but a few months before, as well as the rectory
unnoticed, and he was, ſoon after his leaving the
of Hafely in Oxfordfaire, which was then vacant ;
univerſity, appointed Chaplain to K. William and
but he poſſeſſed theſe preferments, but a very
Q. Mary. He was afterwards appointed Preacher
ſhort time, for he was tranſlated to Ely Aug. 23,
at Bridewell, and Lecturer of St. Bride's. In 1700
1684 (t).
he was preſented to the archdeaconry of Totneſs,
ci conuda zid : ndi gode
and in 1707 was made a Canon Reſidentiary of
being elected Oct. 7, 1684. He was a native
the church of Exeter, which preferments ſeem to
have been, in 'raward for his endeavors to re-
of the co. of Dorſet, and became Fellow of Wad-
trieve the ſynodical rights of the clergy; and it
ham College, Oxfordo: In 1660 he was preſented
was for his happily afferting the rights and pri-
to the Prebend of Carleton cum Thurleby in the
vileges of the Engliſh convocation, as the vote of
church of Lincoln, which was his firſt prefer-
in 1668 he was inſtalled a Prebendary of
the univerſity expreſſes it, that he had che degree
of Doctor of Divinity conferred on him by Dip-
Weſtminſter, and afterwards prefented to the liv.
loma, without doing exerciſe, or paying fees.
ing of St. Margaret's, Weſtminſter; and in 1680
he was made Canon of Windſor. Theſe prefer-
- Upon the acceſſion of Q. Anne in 1702, he
was appointed one of her Chaplains, in 1704
ments he quitted on his promotion to the deanry inſtalled Dean of Carliſle, and in 1907 was pre-
of Westminſter in 1683, and had on his election
ſented to the rectory of Shepperton in the co. of
to this ſee licence to hold it in commendam. Buna
Middleſex (w); in 1709 he was made Preacher of
After the acceſfion of K. James, he was apl:
the Rolls, and the next year chofen Speaker of
pointed Clerk of the Cloſet, and in 1685 Dean the Lower Houſe of Convocation ; in 1711 he
9Hsb zid as smalki zid nt llaw as
(1) Godwin, p. 540. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 1772
(xv) Vacảnt by the deprivation of the laſt incumbent, for
(u) Godwin, p. 541. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 180.. (?
. 1
not taking the oaths. Harł. MA. No. 2263 77.
VOL. II.
N
Turqut 243.1713, and
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46
HISTORY of T K E N T.
The
250 H2O
BISHOPS
30
p and had licence
O gertutceed on hoy the
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ROCHESTER.
was promoted to the deanry of Chriſt Church, and made a Prebendary of Weſtminſter, and in 1710 no.
two years afterwards was advanced to this fee, minated to and accepted of by the Queen for the
Biſkopric of St. David's, and he was given to un-
to hold the deanry of Weſtminſter in commendam derſtand that he ſhould keep his Prebend in coma-
with it, as his predeceffor had done before ; and mendam with that fee; but by a change of times,
had a vacancy happened during the Queen's life, which foon after followed, this favor was not
it is generally imagined, he would have been only refuſed, but he was not even to be permitted
sri.
tranflated to the fee of Canterbury.
to keep his rectory of Bow, and this, from the cir-
From the perſonal marks of diſreſpect which
cumſtances of his family, obliged him to decline
were ſhewn to the Biſhop by K. George 1, inime the biſhopric; in May 1716 he was elected Maſter
diately on his acceffion, his reſentment was ſti of Bennet College, and in April 1718 advanced to
mulated to oppoſe the meafures of the court
the fee of Carliſle, and in June 1723 to this of Re-
conftantly in the Houſe of Lords. His uncom-
chefter, as has been above-mentioned. He died
mon abilities, joined to an unceaſing aſſiduity,
at the deanry of Weſtminſter May 14, 1731, in his
had rendered him a troubleſome antagoniſt to
79th year, and his remains were depoſited in
the miniſtry, at the time when he was accuſed
Weſtminſter Abbey. On the weſt wall of the north
of holding a treaſonable correſpondence, and as
croſs of that church, not far from the place of
his interment, there is a monument erected to
laws then in being, it was reſolved to make a
his memory (y).
ſpecial law to deprive him of his preferments,
Joseph Wilcocks, S. T. P. ſucceeded to this
ſee, being tranſlated from the biſhopric of Glou.
and to ſentence him to perpetual baniſhment.
The bill to infict theſe pains and puniſhments
ceſter hither, on Aug. 20, 1731, and at the ſame
on the Biſhop of Rocheſter, received the royal af-
time appointed Dean of Westminſter, and allowed
to hold the fame in commendam. He was of Mag-
fent May 27, 1723, and on June
e 18th following
he embarked on board the Aldborough man of war,
dalen Coll. Oxford, after which he became Chap-
and landed the Friday following at Calais
. While
lain to the Factory at Liſbon, and on his return
in exile the Bißop reſided principally at Paris,
from thence was appointed Chaplain to K. Geo.
and died in that city Feb. 17, 1732. His body
I, and Preceptor to the Prince of Wales's daugh-
was brought over to England, and privately in-
ters, and in 1721 was made a Prebendary of
Weſtminſter, and advanced to the biſhopric of Glou-
terred in a vault, which he had prepared before
ceſter, where he repaired the Epiſcopal palace,
his baniſhment, in Weſtminſter Abbey, on the 12th
which had been uninhabited for a conſiderable
of May following. On the urn which contained
his bowels was inſcribed, In hac urna depofiti funt
time before. 2- The magnificent weſtern front of
Weſtminſter Abbey, which was finiſhed chiefly un-
cineres Franciſci Atterbury, Epiſcopi Roffenfis; but
there is no memorial over his grave (x)einen grill
der his care, may be conſidered as a ſplendid
monument of his zeal in promoting the welfare
SAMUEL BRADFORD, S.T.P. was on the above
of that church.
deprivation trandated from the fee of Carliſle hither,
Though the revenues of this biſhopric were ſo
being elected June 22, 1723, and as his prede-
0
ſmall, yet he declined any higher promotion,
ceffor had done, held the deanry of Weſtminſter
though he was offered the archbiſhopric of York,
in commendam with it. He was a native of London,
frequently uſing the expreſſion of his predeceſſor,
and was of Bennet College, Cambridge, but quitted
Biſhop Fiſher : This church is my wife, and I will
the univerſity without taking a degree, intend-
not part with ber becauſe ſhe is poor.
ing to follow the profeffion of phyſic; the de-
He was a perſon endowed with many virtues,
ſign of which he however ſoon relinquiſhed, and
both public and private, of great innocence and
afterwards procured, by means of Archbp. San cheerfulneſs of manners, and of a difpofition
croft, a royal mandate for the degree of Mafter
ever deſirous of doing good to all. He was a
of Arts. After the revolution he took orders in
continual patron to Bromley College, whilft he
1690, and in the beginning of the following
lived, and conſtantly reſided at Bromley Palace,
year was appointed Miniſter of the church be- l where he laid out much money in the repair and
longing to St. Thomas's Hoſpital, Southwark, and
improvement of it. The fatigue of his laſt vi-
in 1693 was collated by the Archbiſhop to the rec-
ſitation of his dioceſe probably ſhortened his
tory of St. Mary le Bow, London. He was ſuc-
days, for he died quickly afterwards, on Feb.
ceſſively Chaplain to K, William and Q. Anne,
21, 1756, being then about 82 years of age (2),
and in 1699 was nominated Preacher of Boyle's and was buried in Weſtminſter Abbey, where an
lecture. Q. Anne viſiting the univerſity of Cam elegant monument is erected to his memory.
bridge in 1705, he was, with ſeveral others,
ZACHARY PEARCE, S. T. P. was his fucceſſor,
created Doctor of Divinity; in 1707 he was as well in his biſhopric as his deanry. He was
siwboa.
(*) Godwin, p. 541. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 185 et ſeq.
(z) Godwin, p. 542. Hift. Rocheller, p. 195 et ſeq.
(1) Godwin, p. 542. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 191 et ſeq.
Fellow
Sno
ngab
110
The WIL IS TO RYO of K E N T.
47

ARCHDEACONS.
9035
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1719 conry in 1245, on being made Biſhop of Litchfield
was preſented to the rectory of Stapleford Abbats and Coventry (f). ziniai profitno to bas skola
in Eſex, and next year to that of St. Bartholomew br William de TrIppol AW, about 1245 (8).
bebind the Exchange, which he refigned in 1723, WILLIAM DE SANCTO Martino, about 1267,
on being promoted to the vicarage of St. Martin He died in 1274.7.I.T.2 2280& PUISI
in the Fields. In 1739 he was made Dean of JOHN DE SANcTo Dionysio, in 1280. He
Wincheſter, and was that year elected Prolocutor was one of the King's Chaplains, Maſter of the
of the Lower Houſe of Convocation; in 1747 he Rolls, and Rector of Bodiham in the dioceſe of
was advanced to the fee of Bangor, and held the Norwich (b). aid as flow 26 w 10
vicarage of St. Martin's in commendam with it, - - Roger Lovel enjoyed this dignity in 1307.
till his tranſlation to this bifhopric of Rocheſter.
William Read was Archdeacon of this dio-
Ia June 1768, Biſhop Pearce, having obtained cefe, and was made Biſhop of Chicheſter, in 1369.
the King's leave, reſigned his deanry of Westmin Roger Denford poffeſfed it in 1395(8).
fter ; he had before that warmly follicited leave RICHARD Broun, alias Cordon, died poffeffed
to reſign his bifhopric ; buţr his requeſt was not of this dignity in 1452.
thought proper to be complied wich. Neither Roger Rotheram was poffeffed of in 1472,
band
the requeſt, nor the refuſal can be well accounted having been a Prebendary of the church of Lin.
for. The Bishop died, advanced in years, at his coba, which he ſeems to have reſigned on taking
houſe at Ealing in Middleſex, where he chiefly re- this preferment (i). 1811 ta asis 2003 abrew
ſided in winter, in July 1774, and was buried Henry SHARPE, LL. D. in 1486 €): als
at Bromley in this county. He was a perſon of orHenry EDYALL was Archdeacon in I
1495.
much learning, and of diltinguished taſte and He had been collated to the Prebend of Gala
judgment, and his numerous publications, both Minar, in the church of Litchfield, in 1480 (k).
as a divine and a critic, have fufficiently proved NICHOLAS METCALFE,S. T. P. ſucceeded him.
the truth of this affertione amb 35 1199
He was Prebendary of Lincoln, and Rector of
Jonn THOMAS, LL.D. Rector of Blechingley
Woodham Ferrers in Efex; he was Maſter of St.
in the co. of Surry, who had ſucceeded Biſhop
John's College, Cambridge, for 20 years, and at
Pearce in his deanry of Weſtminſter in 1968, like. the time of his death, July 4, 1537 (2).arfozisis.
wife fucceeded him in this biſkopric in Sept. 1774;
MAURICE Griffith ſucceeded in 1537, and
of whom all that can be further added is, that reſigned this preferment in 1554, on his being
0905. a
he is the preſent Biſhop of this ſee, and the goth
made Biſhop of this fee.
in ſucceſlion from the firſt erection of it by St.
John Bridgewater ſueceeded Jan. 1, 1560,
Auguſtine, in the year 604. 10839b radionis food being then Rector of Wotton Courtney ; he was af-
The Arms of the See of Rocheſter are-Argent,
terwards Rector of Lincoln College, Rector of Luc-
on a faltire gules, en efeallop fell or. count of comb, Canon Reſidenciary of Wells, and Rector
to gairiods odt to sto odtis gniitia of Porlock; all which he reſigned in 1574, being
a Roman Catholic, and retired to Rheims, where
The Diocese of Rocheſter has in it one Arch.
it is ſaid he became a Jeſuit (m).
951 lidt
deaconry, ſtyled The Archdeaconry of Rochester,
which is valued in the King's Books at 341.
JOHN Calverly, of All Souls College, ſuc-
ceeded in 1574, and dying in July 1576, was
148. g3d. and the yearly tenths at 31. gs. 54d.(a)
a buried at Beckenham in this county, of which
ceritnisu 10 ziluit-simi not goisro
church he was Rector. nivoilor divut
A LIST OF THE ARCHDE ACONS OF ROCHÉSTER (6).
biowo
carotes
RALPH PICKOVER, S. T. P. of Chriſt Church,
29
ANSCHITILLUS, who enjoyed this dignity about
Oxford, was inſtalled July 5, 1576. He was Sub-
the year 1089.
almoner to the Queen, and in 158o was preferred
- HEREwyse poflefled this dignity in the reign
to a Canonry of Chriſt Church, Oxford, and after-
of K. Henry I. (c) zwlodia lorsq ani || wards to the archdeaconry of Saliſbury (n), on
.wilich he reſigned this dignity (o), and was ſuc-
Robert Pult was admitted to it about the
Soggetto ceeded by Yob zid ni Sinode to 1631V W
-year 1140(d).
THOMAS Staller, S. T. P. and Rector of
Paris was Archdeacon in 1176(e), on the Allkallows, Lombard.freet, was inſtalled July 5,
reſignation of the former.
1593. He died in 1606(p). 20.0 er in
Roger DE WESEHAM, about 1238 ; he was THOMAS SANDERSON, S. T. P. of Baliol Cole
allo Dean of Lincoln, and refigned this archdea-lege, Oxford, was inſtalled Aug. 1, 1606.
on sonne 26000% orj 10 sri srl ni gniad
(a) E£t. Theſ. p. 381. 10 2011 21 luulets 11973 (ky Willis, vol.i, p. 447. He was one of the executors of
6 Le Neve's Falli, p. 253.1 io ci soflicha Archbp. Morton's will. Somn. Cant. past ii, p. 15$.
(c) Reg. Roff. p. 7. (d) Ibid. p. 8, 9. siglo
() Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 239.
odljiwaw bie
() Ibid. p. 8. He was the Pope's nephew.
Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 274.
(f) Willis's Cath. vol. I, p. 387.
(n) Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 457.6 milliW (
(8) Reg. Roff. p. 165-130. 19oooo
(6) Wood's Ath. vol. i, Fafti,
, p. 142. voru
(6) Newc. Rep. vol. i, p. 338.
ip. .
(i) Willis's Cath. yol ii, p. 202. Reg. Roff. p. 7
625 Tofi si to
RICHARD
E in 155$, com
W 1979
192929 913
finwaT

48
The H IS TO YR SY of 2K EN T.
ARCHDACONS.
СИОЗАахира.
a
name.
The CATHEDRAL CHURCH of ROCHESTER.
RICHARD TILLESLEY, S.T. P. and Rector of Margaret's; of which there remain at this time
Stone and of Cookſtone in this dioceſe. was the only St. Nicholas's and St. Margaret's. Talsia 25W
next Archdeacon. He died in Nov. 1721, and
03 2y ixon bridal ni
was buried in Rocheſter cathedral. ARAW
ST. CLEMENT'S PARIS Hot brides
Elizeus Burgess, S. T.P. was inſtalled Nov. St. Clement's pariſh was fituated in the weſtern
24; 1621, during whoſe time K. Charles I, by his parts of this city, and ſeems to have extended
let. pas. Dec. 6, 1636, annexed the 6th ſtall, or from the Court Hall weſtward to the river, and
Prebend of the church of Rocheſter, to this Arch from north to youth within that line to the city
deaconry; of which, as well as his other prefer walls. | A confiderable part of the walls of this
ments, he was deprived in the time of the trou. church is ſtill remaining, at the entrance from
bles by the Fanatics. He was alſo Prebendary the High-ſtreet into the lane formerly called St.
of Ely, Vicar of Canewdon in Elex, and Rector Clement's, but now Horſewaſſ-lane. The eaſt end,
of Southfleet in this county. He died in 1652, or chancel, is viſible'; the fouth wall, or part of
and was probably buried at. Southfleet (r). 1913 it, is now the front of three houfes almoft in a
John Lee, S. T. P. had this dignity con line northward from Bridge-lane, and the north
ferred on him in 1660. He was the fon of Tho wall forms the back of theſe houſes. The width
mas Lee, of London, by. Anne, daughter of John of the church does not appear to have been above
Warner, Biſhop of Rocheſter, and wrote himſelf 40 feet. There was in it a row of pillars and
afterwards Lee, alias Warner. He died about arches, extending from eaſt to weſt, at about 14
the month of June 1670.
STAR TV
feet from the north wall, making a narrow ifle ;
THOMAS PLUME, S. T. P. was inſtalled June two of theſe pillars and one arch are ſtill to be
10, 1679. He was likewife Vicar of Eaſt Green ſeen, in one of the houſes above-mentioned. Ad-
wich. He died Nov. 20, 1704, &t. 74, and lies joining to the north wall of the church was the
buried in Longfield church-yard in this county (s). church-yard, which in 1580 was become private
Thomas SPRATT, A. M. ſucceeded in 1704. property, as appears from an entry in the Court
He was ſon of the Biſhop of this ſee of the fame Roll; and according to another minute in the
He was likewiſe Prebendary of the ſame, the garden of the parfonage was ſituated at
churches of Wincheſter and Weſtminſter, Rector no great diſtance from the Mill-ditch and the
of Slone, and Vicar of Boxley, in this county. north wall of the city. I zira ni sin bobssport stiw
He died May 10, 1720, æt. 41, and was buried This church was a rectory, of which John
near his father in Weſtminſter Abbey. godlia sbirra Harrope : was the laſt ReEtor. He died in Feb.
Henry Bridges, S. T. P. brother of James, 1538 ; after which there does not ſeem to have
Duke of Chandois, was appointed his ſucceſſor, been another Rector collated to it, the pariſh
May 20, 1720, and died May 10, 1728, æt. 54. being ſerved by different Curatės.to 2mA SIT
He was Rector of Agmondeſham in the co. of The income of this rectory was become ſo
Bucks.
ni bunibesit dinwils solo to
to | trifling at the reformation, by the aboliſhing of
Samuel BRADFORD, A.M. ſon of the Biſhop | maſſes, obits, and
maſſes
, obits, and ſuch other profits, which before
of this ſee, ſucceeded him, being appointed June perhaps made up a conſiderable part of the Rec-
13th the ſame year. He was Rector of Nezvcaſtle tor's ſlender maintenance, that it was no longer
upon Tyne, and died July 13th following. boboos worth any one's while to accept of it. io.b.
John Denne, S.T. P. was appointed his ſuc It never was in charge for firſt-fruits or tenths,
ceſſor July 18th following. He was Rector of
or was it
, as far as appears, ever ſubject to an
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, and afterwards Rector aſſeſſment, except of is. in 1533, towards de-
of Lambeth; both which he held at his deceaſe. fraying
g the expence of a Proctor in Convoca-
He died
died Aug. 5, 1767, æt. 74, and lies buried
Corasy pra
in this
dolomon
In theſe circumſtances it was united to the ad-
JOHN Law, S. T. P. was his ſucceſſor, and is joining pariſh of St. Nicholas, as I think, by the
the preſent Archdeacon of this dioceſe. He act of the 2d and 3d of K. Edward VI, paſſed
was Vicar of Sborne in this county, which he for this purpoſe.
(born 1109
reſigned in 1776, and now holds the rectory of
or 10
ni roonebbia es LAT
Weftmilk in the co. of Herts, with that of Much
MARY'S PARIS Honoicngils
Eaſton in the co. of Eſſex, by diſpenſation. .spa
3 оято такое я заика Амоні The pariſh of St. Mary was ſituated without
the eaſtern gate of the city. The church was in
being in the time of the Saxons, anno 850 ; for
There were formerly two pariſhes within the that year Ethelwulf, King of the Weſt Saxons, and
walls of this city, St. Clement's and St. Nicholas's, Ethelstan, King of Kent, gave to Duke Ealhere,
and two without the walls, St. Mary's and St. a finall piece of land, called Healve Aker, in the
Afs.qlox.de booW ()
វន ada.11iV (.
ilov.de ailliw (*)
(r) Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 382. A zbow
(1) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 207, 209. Mom 25 (2)
(s) See a further account of him nnd his charities, vol. i.
Ecovisvar)
of this hiſtory, p. 34, 254, 273.
ips! 3950.ga loy.des ailliw ()
eaſtern
axis
I
nor was
tion (t).
this cathedral.
ST.
PARIS HE .
Tbe
H IST RY of K E N T.
49
ST. NICHOLAS's Pariſh. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
eaſtern diſtrict, without the wall of the city of of the church, below the choir; and they agreed,
Rocheſter, in the ſouthern part of it ; in which that whenever the Prior and Chapter ſhould cauſe
land there was a church, dedicated in honor of a proper church to be built for the pariſhioners
St. Mary the Virgin (u).
elſewhere, they ſhould then reſort to it, as to
When this church was deſecrated, I have not their pariſh church, to hear divine ſervice, re-
found, nor any further mention of it; but am ceive the ſacraments, &c. without any further
informed there is a part of the ſuburb of Eaſtgate
claim for the future of any right or poſſeſſion,
which claims to be extraparochial; moſt proba which they had, or might have below the choir,
bly it was part of the pariſh of St. Mary. or in any other place within the cathedral (y).
Notwithſtanding the above-mentioned licence,
ST. NICHOL AS'S PARIS H.
for the Prior and Chapter to erect a church for
the pariſhioners of St. Nicholas, the former were
The pariſh of St. Nicholas, the only one at
ſo well ſatisfied at the altar's remaining in the
preſent within this city, appears to have been a
cathedral, that for more than 100 years no ſteps
parochial diſtrict before the conqueſt. It cer-
were taken towards it; but at length, in the
tainly was ſo in the time of Biſhop Gundulph, who
reign of K. Henry V, by the endeavors of Bifhop
came to this ſee in 1076, though there was no
Richard Young, and by the interpoſition of Abp.
church belonging to it for ſome centuries after ;
Chicheley, to whoſe arbitration all parties con-
but in lieu of it, the pariſhioners reſorted to an
fented to ſubmit :'the inhabitants were, by a
altar in the cathedral, called the parochial altar
compoſition, dated March 7, 1421, ſuffered to
of St. Nicholas ; the officiating prieſt at which
finiſh a parochial church for themſelves on the
was appointed by the convent, and preſented to
north ſide of the cemetery of the cathedral, the
the Biſhop (v).
walls of which had been raiſed ſeveral years be-
Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who came to the fee fore. The inſtrument of the Biſhop for this
in 1147, confirmed to the monks of the priory this purpoſe bore date in May 1418, by which, after
parochial altar, together with the church of St.
giving licence to the pariſhioners to finiſh their
Margaret, which belonged as a chapel to it, with church, with the conſent of the Prior and Chap-
all its appurts. and he granted, that they ſhould
ter, he further decreed, that the altar of St. Ni-
have all profits and obventions, as well of the cholas ſhould be transferred to the church, when
altar as the chapel, and convert the ſame to their
finiſhed, and alſo the care of it and the pariſhi.
own proper uſes (70). This grant was certainly
oners, and all parochial right, and other mat-
ſet aſide by Biſhop Gilbert de Glanvill, in the reign
ters belonging to it; and that the church, when
of K. Richard I, on the compromiſe of his great finiſhed, from that time ſhould be called the pa-
diſpute with the Monks, when he diveſted them
riſh church and reEtory of St. Nicholas for ever, and
of their claim, not only of appointing a prieſt, not the vicarage, to the difburthening of his
but of all profits and emoluments belonging to church, and of the Prior and Chapter ; ſo that
this altar. However, he reinſtated them in their for the future all burthens, ordinary and extra-
old accuſtomed penſion of 4os. yearly from it, ordinary, and all other matters, eſpecially as to
which probably they uſed to receive, before it
the reparation and maintaining of the church for
was appropriated to them. By this means, the
ever, fhould belong to the Rector and the pa-
Biſhop recovered tbe patronage of this pariſh to the riſhioners of it, and not to the cathedral church,
ſee of Rocheſter, where it has ever ſince remain-
or the Prior and Chapter ; and he reſerved to the
ed (x).
Prior and Chapter their accuſtomed yearly pen-
This altar is ſuppoſed by many to have been fion of 40s. from the Vicar of the ſaid altar,
placed in the large receſs on the east ſide of the which he was bound to pay for ever; and he de-
north great croſs iſe of the cathedral. It was creed, that the Rector of the ſaid church, for the
certainly below the choir, and was removed from time being, ſhould take inſtitution for it; and
the place where it before ſtood by the Monks, he reſerved to himſelf the collation to it, and the
as appears by the judicial act made in 1312, to right of conferring the ſame, whenever it ſhould
compromiſe the difference which then ſubfifted become 'vacant, &c. (z).
between the Prior and Chapter and the Pariſhioners From this decree the Prior and Chopter ap-
of St. Nicholas. The latter complaining that the pealed to the Archbiſhop, and alledged, that to the
former had removed their parochial altar againſt ſaid altar united and annexed to the religious,
their will. In this agreement, the pariſhioners there uſed to be, and was then one Vicar re-
were allowed to perform their ſervices at the ceived and admitted, who uſed to undergo and
altar, then ſtanding in the upper part of the body bear the care of the pariſhioners of it; and that




(2) Reg. Roff. p. 23.
(v) Reg. Roff. p. 6. Hift. Rocheſter, p. 201.
(w) Reg. Roff. p. 528. (x) Ibid. p. 53, 529.
(y) This agreement was dated April 16, 1312, and one
part of the cyrograph was ſealed by the Prior and Convent,
VOL. II.
under their common ſeal; and the pariſhioners procured the
common feal of the city of Rocheffer to be put to the other
part, the whole community of the city being preſent, and
conſenting to it. Reg. Roff. p. 545.
(2) Reg. Roff. p. 560.
0
the

50
The H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
ST. NICHOLAS's Pariſh. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
the right of taking all parochial ecclefiaftical gardens, ruſhes, mills, and other tytheable things,
rights, and eſpecially all and all manner of tythes ariſing within this pariſh, and the profits and
of every ſort of corn, of mills and paſtures, ac commodities for the ſupport of him and his ſuc-
cruing and belonging to it, from the firſt foun ceſſors, and by which he and they might be en-
dation of the cathedral church did, and ought abled to ſupport the burthens incumbent on
in future to belong to the Prior and Chapter, as them, the Archbiſl:op, on account of certain
Rectors of the ſaid altar, and as the ſuperiors, various and arduous matters of the public and
and having the pre-eminence of the Vicar in the the King, by which he was then hindered, de-
right and name of their church, in which the ferred determining the ſame, but reſerved it to
altar was ſituated, of all which rights, parochial himſelf to make his decree concerning them, at
and eccleſiaſtical, they had been in poſſeſſion of
his future leiſure (a).
beyond the memory of man; and that at all This church was afterwards conſecrated by
times the Chaplain of it had been admitted under John, Biſhop of Dromore, in the abſence of the
the name and ſtyle of Vicar, and in no wiſe as Biſhop of Rocheſter, on Sunday Dec. 18, 1423 (6).
Rector, nor had he ever carried himſelf as ſuch; Some time afterwards a difference aroſe be-
and laſtly, that the ground on which the church tween the convent and the pariſhioners of St.
was built was the proper ſoil belonging to them. Nicholas, who, notwithſtanding they were bound
Whereupon the Archbiſhop, having heard all par by the above decree in no wiſe to enlarge their
ties, in 1421 decreed, with their conſent, among church beyond the walls then erected, had begun
many other regulations, that the pariſhioners to build a porch at the weſt end of it. This
ſhould have leave to build their church, and would have been a great annoyance to the monks,
ſhould entirely finiſh it within three years, and and have obſtructed their paſſage from the ceme-
from time to time repair the ſame afterwards ; tery gate to the cathedral, and to the entrance
that they ſhould renounce all right and title to of the priory. They therefore appealed to the
the aforeſaid altar, or to any other thing in the Biſhop, who ordered it immediately to be re-
cathedral; and that the Vicar of the ſaid church,
moved (c),
and the pariſhioners ſhould for ever have free No deſcription is left of this church, which
liberty to bury, without any interruption from, appears to have remained near 200 years; but
or leave aſked of the Prior and Convent, either in the building becoming ruinous, and in 1620 be-
the church, or in the cemetery fouth of it, and ing judged incapable of being repaired, it was
between that and the cathedral, vulgarly called taken down, and a new one, which is now ſtand-
Greenchurch Haw, or in the other cemetery con ing, was erected on the fame ſpot.
tiguous to the church, weſtward of the cathedral, This building was conſecrated Sept. 24, 1624,
as the fame was bounded by the walls and gates (as was an additional burying-ground the day
of the prior; and that there ſhould be given to following) by Dr. John Buckeridge, Biſhop of Ro-
the ſervant of the cathedral, who ſhould make cheſter. It extends in length 100 feet, and in
the grave, for the corpſe of
e of every one to be bu-
breadth 60 feet; it conſiſts of a nave and two
ried in Greenchurch Haw, of more than the age iſles. It is a ſubſtantial ſpacious church, and
of 10 years, 4d. and for every boy within that
extremely well conſtructed for public worſhip;
age 2d. and that no one elſe ſhould be permitted, at the north-weſt angle of it is a tower ſteeple
without his conſent, to make the ſame; and containing two bells.
that the Vicar, who before obtained inſtitution, The preſent handſome altar-piece was given
and a title by the name of Vicar of the altar of St. by Edward Bartholomew, eſq; in 1706; he like-
Nicholas, ſhould perform divine offices in this new wiſe gave for the uſe of the church two filver
built church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, and ſhould flaggons, and a patten of 30l. price. Edward
ſuſtain the care of the pariſhioners, and by the Harlow, in 1609, gave a gilt cup. Francis Brooke,
name of the Vicar of the church of St. Nicholas,
eſq; in 1703, gave a large filver plate for the of.
within the precinct of the priory of Rocheſter, ferings at the facrament; and Henry Auften, gent.
ſhould be inſtituted and intitled, and ſhould be to gave two handſome large Common Prayer Books
nominated for the future, and that the pariſhioners to be placed on the communion table (d).
ſhould repair the walls of the cemeteries at their This pariſh is ſituated within the dioceſe and
own proper expence; and he decreed, that Thomas deanry of Rocheſter. The vicarage of St. Nicholas
Chamberlayn, Vicar of the ſaid church, and his ſuc in 1291 was valued at five marcs. It is valued
ceſſors, ſhould pay forever to the Prior and Convent in the King's Books at 20l. 8s. gd. per annum,
the annual penſion of 4os. by four equal quarterly and the yearly tenths at 21. os. 104d.(e) In
payments; and as to the taking of the tythes of 1649 the yearly value of it was returned at
591. 6s. 8d. per annum (f).
(a) This decree was dated in the Chapter-houſe of Roche-
fter, March 7, 1421, and it was ratified ſoon afterwards by
(c) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 20;-
the Prior and Chapter, the pariſhioners, and the above-named (d) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 206.
Vicar. Reg. Roff. p. 560 et ſeq.
(e) Eet. Theſ, p. 385.
(b) Reg. Roff. p. 570.
(f) Parl, Surveys, Lambeth libr. vol. xix,
The
The HISTORY of K E N T.
51
ST. NICHOLAS's Pariſh.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
p of Rock
B U L L Y
H I L L.
. was to
The Biſhop of Rocheſter continues Patron of this
vicarage.
A houſe was allotted to the Vicars of it ſome
centuries ago; it is ſituated not far from the
Free School, and a piece of ground belonging
to it extends to the north wall of the city. Some
part of the old houſe was rebuilt by the late
Vicar, Mr. John Vade.
The penſion of 40s. due from the Vicar of the
parochial altar of St. Nicholas continued to be
paid to the Prior and Convent after the building
of this church and till the diffolution of the
priory, when it was granted by K. Henry VIII.
to his new-founded Dean and Chapter, who now
pofſeſs the ſame.
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented:
VICARS.
Biſhop of Rocheſter. (8) Thomas Chamberlayn, in
1421.
(b) Edward Pulter, 1460.
(i) Patricius Stanes, 1476.
(k) Richard Sewfter, alias
VO Hewſter, A. M. 1501.
(1) James Deyer, A.M1. 1624.
(m) Elizeus Burgisy S. T. P.
1628.
bed ប (n) Allen Atworth, 1649.
(0) Dixon, S. T. P.
() Robert Bayley, obt. Oct.
In this pariſh, at a ſmall diſtance Southward
of the caſtle, is a large mount, thrown up in
antient times, called Bully. hill, on which there
are ſeveral houſes built; the principal of which
is ſituated on the ſummit of the mount, com-
manding a moſt delightful view of the river,
both above and below the bridge, the navy,
docks, &c. the cathedral, caſtle, and adjoining
country altogether forming a proſpect hardly to
be exceeded.
This ſeat, with the ſurrounding gardens, was
the property of Thomas Pearce, eſq; Commiſſioner
of the Navy, whoſe ſon, Thomas Pearce, eſq; ſold
it to Thomas Gordon, eſq; who rebuilt it; his
daughter and heir carried it in marriage to her
firſt-couſin, William Gordon, eſq; late Member of
Parliament for this city, and High Sheriff for this
county in 1763. He reſided here, and died poſſeſſed
of it in March 1776, leaving iſſue an only daugh-
ter and heir, and his widow, Mrs. Gordon, ſur-
viving, who is the preſent poffeffor of it (u).

S A TIS
8, 1701.
(9) John Gilman, A. M. obt.
Nov. 17, 1710.
(r) Samuel Doyley, A. M. obt.
May 1748.
Boyce, induct. May
16, 1748, obt. Nov. 1751.
(s) John Vade, A. M. obt.
June 1765.
Charles Allan. Preſent Vicar.
is a ſeat which lies weſtward from that laſt meri-
tioned, nearer the river, though at a conſiderable
height from it. In the reign of Q. Elizabeth it
was the property and reſidence of Mr. Richard
Watts (v), who repreſented this city in Parliament
in the 5th year of that reign. He håd the honor
of entertaining the Queen at his houſe here, in the
year 1573, and the laſt day of her continuance
in this city, as ſhe was on her return from one
of her excurſions round the counties of Suſſex
and Kent. It is ſaid that when Mr. Watts, at
her departure, apologized for the ſmallneſs and
inconvenience of his houſe, but ill ſuited for the
reception of ſo great a Princeſs; the Queen, in
return, made uſe of the Latin word Satis only;
ſignifying by it, that ſhe was very well contented
with it ; ſince which this houſe has acquired the
name of Satis. After Mr. Watts's death, which
happened in 1579, his widow became poſſeſſed
of it, and about ſix years afterwards married Mr.
Thomas Pagitt, who enjoyed it in her right. She
died ſeiſed of it; after which, in purſuance of
Mr. Watts's will, it was, with the cloſes, or-
chards and appurts, belonging to it, ſold, and


THE MANOR OF AMBRE E.
There is a manor in this pariſh, called the
manor of Ambree, Manerium Amberie, which is
now part of the poſſeſſions of the Dean and Chap-
ter of Rocheſter, and formerly belonged to the
priory here. It was called the Cellerer's Court,
and was held at le Ameribenche (t), i. e. the Al-
monry Bench, of the priory whence it acquired
its preſent name.

(3) Reg. Roff. p. 563. He was the was firſt Vicar, on
the building of the church of St. Nicholas.
(5) Regiſt. Prerog. Cant.
(i) Official of the Archdeacon. Reg. Roff. p. 406.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 418, 426. (1) Ibid. p. 725.
(m) Archdeacon of Rocheſter. June 17, 1628, a diſpen-
fation paffed for his holding this with Southfleet. Rym. Fæd.
yol. xix, p. 56.
(n) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth libr. vol. xix.
(6) Prebendary of Rocheffer.
() He lies buried in this church.
(9) Prebendary of Rocheſter, and Reétor of Kingsdowe.
He lies buried in the cathedral,
(r) He lies buried near the weſt door of the cathedral,
but without any inſcription.
(s) In Jan. 1755, a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding
this with Croydon.
(t) Reg. Roff. p. 585.
(u) See vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 508.
(v) He died at his houſe here Sept. 10, 1579, and was
buried in the cathedral, near the entrance into the choir,
where a monument was erected to his memory by the Mayor
and Citizens in 1736, in graditude for his benefactions to
them. There is a neat buſt of him on it, which stood in the
hall of this houſe, and was given to them for this purpoſe by
Jofeph Brooke, ela;
the

52
The HISTORY of K E N T.
In Roueceſtre habuit eps
ST. NICHOLAS's Pariſh. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
the money ariſing from the ſale of it applied to-
ST. MARGARET'S PARISH.
wards the ſupport of the alms-houſe, now called
Watis's Hoſpital, in this city. Who were the The pariſh of St. Margaret is of large extent,
poffeffors of it afterwards, 1 have not found; and contains all the lands without the walls on
but in K. Charles II.'s reign, it was owned by the ſouth ſide of the city, that are within the
Mr. Alderman George Woodyer, who reſided bounds of its juriſdiction. It is ſtyled in ſome
here(x). His widow, Mrs. Martha Woodyer, of records, St. Margaret's in Suthgate(c), and in thoſe
Shurne in this county, together with William of the city, the Borough of Suthgate(d).
Woodyer her ſon, by deed, dated March 10, 1698,
There are two ſtreets of houſes in this pariſh,
conveyed this feat to Mr. Francis Brooke (y), and
the one called St. Margaret's ſtreet, leading from
he at his death deviſed it to his ſon, Mr. Philip
Bully-hill to the church, and ſo on to Borſiall and
Brooke (z), who was fucceeded in it by his ſon,
Weldham ſouthward; the other called St. Marga-
Joſeph Brooke, eſq; Recorder of this city (a), the
rer's bank, being a long row of houſes, ſituated
preſent owner, who has rebuilt the greateſt part
on the ſouth ſide of the great London road, be-
of it, and now reſides in it.
tween St. Catherine's Hoſpital in Rocheſter, and
The large mount or hill of earth, on which the Victualling-office in Chathamn.
Mr. Gordon's houſe and gardens are ſituated, in There are ſeveral manors within the bounds
all likelihood was thrown up by the Danes in
of this pariſh, the moſt eminent of which is
the year 885, at the time they beſieged this city,
that of
a circumſtance mentioned by moſt of our antient
BORSI ALL
hiſtorians. There is one ſimilar to it at Canter-
bury, thrown up probably by the ſame people, which was given to the church of Rocheſter and
tho' it is not quite ſo large, and ſtands ſomewhat
Biſhop Beornmod, in the year 811, by Cænulf, K.
further from that caſtle.
of Mercie, as three plowlands (e).
By K. Edward IV.'s charter to the citizens of This manor ſeems to have continued part of
Rocheſter, in the Iſt year of his reign, he granted the poffeflions of the church of Rocheſter, without
to them a view of Frank-pledge, and alſo to hold any interruption, till the time of the conqueſt.
a Court of Pie-powder, in a certain place called It is thus deſcribed in the general ſurvey of
the Boley, within the ſuburbs of the city. This Domeſday, taken in the year 1080, under the
is a ſeparate leet from that held in the Guildhall, general title of Terra Epi Roveceſtre, i.e. The
and the inhabitants of this ſmall diſtrict are lands of the Biſhop of Rocheſter :
bound to appear before the Recorder, as Ste-
In Hund de Roveceſtre.
ward of the Court of the Mayor and Citizens, Iſde' eps' ten' Borchetelle. T. R. E. P. 2. Solins.
which is annually held on the Monday after St.
ſe defd. &mo p uno Solin & dimid. Tra e'. 4.
Michael, who then appoints an officer, called the
Car'. In dnio ſunt. 2. Car'. & 6. Villi cu'. 3.
Baron of the Bully, for the year enſuing, by pre Car'. Ibi. 50. ac'. pti. & 2. molini de 20. Solid.
ſenting him with the ſtaff of office. The Court
T.R. E. & poft valeb. 6. lib. & modo 10. lib.
is holden under an elm tree at the eaſt end of the
hill. The houſeholders of this ſpot are gene manfuras tre' que ptin' od Frandeſberie & Boreftele
rally appointed to the above office in ſucceſ-
ppria ejus maneria. T. R. E. & poft valebant. 3.
lib. mo valent. 8. lib. & tam annu' reddunt. II.
P
The charities belonging to this pariſh will be
lib & 13. Sol?& 4. dennar.
mentioned hereafter, in the liſt of thoſe given in Which is : In the Hundred of Rocheſter, the ſame
general to the city of Rocheſter.
Biſhop (of Rocheſter) bolds Borchetelle. In the time
mi bogigest
Sot
(x) See more of the Woodyers, under Shorne, vol, i, p. 508. tion were found by the workmen; moſt of which were given
(9) He was ſon of Mr. William Brooke, of Maidſtone, who by Mr. Brooke to Dr. Thorpe, of this city. fiori
was a great loyaliſt during the troubles of K. Charles I, and (a) He bears for his arms-Gules, on a chevron argent a lian
diftinguiſhed himſelf much in that ſharp ſkirmiſh fought in rampant fable, crowned or, langued and unguled gules ; being
that town in 1648, againſt General Fairfax, with the whole the ſame coat as was borne by the Brookes, Lords Cobham,
ſtrength under his command.
and thoſe now of Suffolk; from the former of which, it is not
(z) Walker Weldon, of Swanſcombe, owner of Rocheſter improbable, theſe of Rochefter were deſcended. See more of
Cafile
, on April 11, 1722, conveyed to Mr. Philip Brooke
. the family of Brooke, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 270.
and his heirs, all that part of the caſtle-ditch and ground, (6) Hill. Rocheiler, p. *281 et ſeq.
as it then lay unincloſed, on Bully-hill, being the whole (c) Reg. Roff. p. 546.
Cro Ad to let)
breadth of the hill and ditch without the walls of the caſtle, (d) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 5.
and extending from thence to the river Medway; under which (e) The bounds of it in the grant are ſaid to be,-the pub-
title it deſcended, with Satis, to the prefent poſſeſſor, Mr. lic highway towards the eaſt; Woldham towards the fouth;
Joſeph Brooke, who about 40 years ago
filled the ditch, the river Medway towards the weſt, and to the north, Meara-
within a few yards of the river, and planted it with trees, teag. To this gift the King added, as was uſual, certain
and it now forms a lawn to the front of the houſe. When Denberies in the Weald, viz. Otanhyrft, Fræcynghyrei, Sceor.
the hill was levelled for the above purpoſe, many
Roman feftede, Crangabyras, Wihtherincfaladfio, and Hajelduen. Text.
urns, pateræ lachrymatories, and other remains of that na-
Roffi p. 96.
fion (6). n 2 brow
21
up
of
and fix
?
Uģ
the year 150 ,
The HISTORY ofr K, E N T. 53
ST. MARGARET's Pariſh. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHEST E R.
of K. Edward the Confeſſor, it was taxed at two leaſed out by him to Mrs. Vade, of Croydon, in
ſuling's, and now for one ſuling and an half. The Surry,
oldid on usbau brotto
arable land is four carucates. In demeſne there are
By the agreement made between John Lowe,
two carucates, x villeins with three carucates.
Biſhop of Rocheſter, and the Bailiff and Citizens of
There are 50 acres of meadow, and two mills of 20
Rocheſter, in the 27th year of K. Henry VI, coni-
shillings. In the time of K. Edward, and after cerning the limits of the juriſdiction of the city,
wards, it was worth ſix pounds, and now 10 pounds. according to the charter then lately made to
In Rocheſter the Biſhop bad, and yet bas, 24 them, this borough and manor of Borſtall was de-
plats of ground, which belong to Frindſbury and clared to be exempt from the precinct of the Hun-
Borſt al, bis own manors. In the time of K. Edward dred of Rocheſter, and law-day of the ſame, and
the Confeſor, and afterwards, they were worth || alſo from all payments, fines, fuits, forfeitures and
three pounds, now they are worth eight pounds, and amerciaments due by reaſon thereof, as being with
yet they yield yearly 11 pounds and 13 ſhillings and in the liberty of the Biſhop, and his church (i).
4 pence.net allemst to di
The Monks of Rocheſter priory had ſeveral
When Biſhop Gundulph was elected to this fee grants of tythes, and other premiſes made to
in the time of the Conqueror, and after the exam them within this manor and hamlet.
ple of his patron, Archbp. Lanfranc, ſeparated his
Robert de Boreftealle granted all the tythe of his
own revenues from thoſe of his convent, this land to St. Andrew's priory for ever (k). Ernulf
manor in the diviſion was allotted to the Biſhop and Eadric, of Borſtalle, gave the tythes of
and his ſucceſſors. oricolagbild bist doll their lands in Borſtalle to the ſame priory, which
Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the reign of K. were confirmed to it by ſeveral Biſhops of Rothef-
ter, and others (1). Eadric de Heſcenden, with his
which he added to this manor for the benefit of wife and two ſons, entered into the ſociety of
his ſee if).
rocentobas
the Monks of this priory, upon condition, that
ET
On a taxation of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's ma-
when they died, the Monks ſhould ſay a ſervice
nors, in the year 1255, anno 40 K. Henry III,
for them, as for their brethren ; and the Monks
it was returned, on oath by a jury, that the were to have for ever the tyches of their lands in
Biſhop had in the manor of Borſt alle 140 acres of
Boreſlealle and Freondeſberie, but in corn only (m).
arable, and they eſtimated each acre at 4d. ; 40 Several parcels of land, &c. lying within the
acres of falt meadow at 8d. each, and 14 acres manor or hamlet of Borſtall, were likewiſe at
of falt paſture, each at 6d. ; that the rents of times given to theſe Monks (n). swan
affiſe amounted to 61. gs. 7d. Total value of All theſe premiſes continued part of the poſ-
the whole manor 91. 10. 3d. And that the re ſeſſions of the priory till the diffolution of it, in
pair of the buildings yearly would amount to
20s. (8) dx obni torbo1d-Uod zid, is to the King's hands, and were ſettled by him, three
And again, at the latter end of the fame reign, years afterwards, on his new-founded Dean and
Thomas de Mepeham, Sacriſt of the church of Chapter of Rocheſter, where they remain at pre-
Rocheſter, and others, being examined concern ſent. lo soli
ing the value of the Biſhop's manors, on oath af 9 This manor, with others in this neighbour-
firmed, that the Biſhop had but fix manors be. hood, was bound antiently to contribute to the
longing to his table, one of which was this of repair of the firſt pier of Rocheſter Bridge (o).
Borſtalle, the annual revenue of which, viz. in
money, hens, eggs, and plowſhares, amounted beib II a
to 435. that there was in it full one plowland, Sud did
which, together with the paſture, was worth is a manor in this pariſh, which lies about three-
zos, and 4d. that there was one mill there, of quarters of a mile ſouth-eaſtward from Borſtall.
which there was received 40s. per annum. The In the Textus Roffenfis it is called Heſcenden, and
total value 71. 138. 4d. (b)
,
This manor ftill continues in the poſſeſſion of This manor was part of thoſe vaſt poffeffions,
the Biſhop of Rocheſter, but the demeſne lands are with which William the Conqueror enriched his
bonon
c) Reg Roff. p. 10. 18) Ibid. p. 64.
further, that there ought to remain there 2 tables and a
(b) Reg. Roff. p. 65. There is an account in a Mfl. in truſſel. Reg. Roff. p. 133.
the Cotton library of the ſtock, which ought to remain on the (i) Reg. Roff. p. 575.
ſeveral manors of the biſhopric, on the deceaſe of each Biſhop,
(k) Text. Roff. p. 166.
which ſays, that at Borfielle there ought to remain 4 ſtallions, (?) Reg. Roff. p. 47, 59, 481,528. In the confirmations of
6 oxen of the price of 1os. one cart-horſe of the price of 1os. theſe tythes they are thus deſcribed, viz. the whole tythe of
į bull, 3 heifers of the price of 20s. 2 ſows, 1 young boar, i Borft alle of corn, and two parts of the tythes of the land of
cart, and i waggon; and that the feed alſo ought to be found
Ralph de Borſialle. See Reg. Roff. p. 481, and 482.
out of the aſſets of the deceaſed, and that 2 plowmen and 1 (m) Text. Roff. p. 182. (n) Ibid. p. 183, 185, 186,198.
carter ought to be maintained out of them, and one ſervant (o) Lamb, Peramb. p. 420.
likewiſe to the time of the feaſt of St. Peter ad Fincula; and
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The HISTORY Oopy K E N T.
Sr, MARGARET's Pariſh.
and LIBERTY bof ROCHESTER.
TerasasAM.Te
half-brother Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux; ac-
two years afterwards, holding it of the King in
cordingly it is thus entered, under the title of capite, as of his honor of Peuerel and Hagnet, by
that prelate's lands, in the general ſurvey of knight's ſervice (t).
Domeſday:ad: baseadao sto gode Nicholas Haut afterwards poffeffed this manor,
Rannulf de Colabels tente de epo Ejedenie: p uno || in right of his wife Alice, who was a deſcendant
Solin fe defd. Trapat In anio e una Car". of the above-mentioned family, but whoſe daugh-
cu. 3. bord. Int. 3. Car.
Car. lfbi. 3. Servi. ter ſhe was, I do not find. She held it for the
&. ce pti. T. R. E. Vat. 3. UD. Qdo recep
recep'. 4. lib. . term of her life with remainder to Fames Peck.
Com'. sda Morlactisxs ad obte
ham, who on her death, in the ift year of
modo. 5. lib. Leuuin tenuit. bna uigdao Ar to be: || K. Henry IV, came into the poffeffion of it (u).
Which is: Rannulf de Columbels bolds of
sof the He obtained the King's licence, dated Novem-
Biſhop (of Baieux ) Elfedene. "It was taxed a ber 5, anno 3 Henry IV, to give and amortize
. The arable land is
todas
In demeſne there to the Wardens of Rocbefter Bridge, and their fuc-
is one carucate, and 19 villeins, with three borderers ceſſors, for the uſe of the ſame, this manor, and
having three carucates. There are three Jervants,
There are three ſervants, || alſo 100 acres of paſture, with their appurts. in
and 8 acres of meadow. In the time of K. Edward Ellesford(v), the manor then being worth rol.
the Confeffor, it was worth three pounds, when be yearly, and above all repriſes 6l. 135. 4d. per
received it four pounds, now five pounds. Earl annum (). Since which it has continued part
Leuuin beld it.
of the poffeffions of the Werdens and Commonalty
It appears by the Red Book of the Exchequer, of the ſaid bridge, for the ſupport and repair
that this eſtate in the reign of K. Henry II, was
" rofachon
held by Thomas de Neſlingden of Daniel de Creve An account of the tythes of this manor will
quer, as one knight's fee of the old feoffient. liw be given, with thoſe of Little Delce in this pariſh,
In the reign of K. Edward I, this manor was
nor was underneath.
et in
become the property of Jeffry Haſpale, who died
There was a Chapel at this place, dependent
poffeffed of it in the 15th year of that reign (D).
on the pariſh church of St. Margaret (w).
Roger Haſpalle died feiſed of it in the 5th year of dosis
GREAT and LOWER DELCE.
K. Edward II, holding it of the King in capite, 10° 29101
WER DEL CE: bed
by the ſervice of half a knight's fee (9). In the Great Delce is a manor which, with the eſtate
2oth
year
of K. Edward III, John de Aſpale, for now called Lower Delce, lies on the eaſtern fide
ſo the name was then ſpelt, paid reſpective aid of this pariſh, about half a mile ſouthward from
at the making Edward the Black Prince a Knight, Eaſtgate in Rocheſter. It was formerly called Much
for half a fee, and one quarter of a fee, which he Delce and Delce Magno, or Great Delce, and was
held in Nefingden of the King, and alſo for one given by William the Conqueror to Odo, Biſhop
quarter of a fee in the Hundred of Larkfield, which of Baieux, his half-brother, under the title of
he likewiſe held of the King ; ſo that he an whoſe lands it is thus entered in the general ſur-
fwered in the whole for one entire fee. He vey of Domeſday :o fivos q.Ni she same
died ſeiſed of Nabenden in the 31ſt year of that 19tos bani In Left de Eilesford. bus tiesia I
reign (r). After which it appears to have come de In Roveceſtre Hund'. to outsvoda
and from thenc
from thence quickly Filius Willi tahu ten de epo' Delce p uno Solin. &
. dual
uno jugo ſe defd. Tra'. e...... In dnio.
.
Richard Charles, as appears hy the inquiſition Car?. & 5. Villi. bnt. 2. Car. Ibi 12 ac pti'.
taken after his death, anno i Richard II, died
3:
lib, és
feifed of the manor of Nafeden, which he held of ma 70. Sol. Godric tenuit de rege E.
the King in capite by knight's ſervice, excepting Which is : In the Latb of Aylesford, in Rochef-
40 acres of paſture and wood, which he held of ter Hundred, the ſon of William Tabum holds Delce
the Lord Grey, as of his manor of Aylesford ; and it of the Biſhop (of Baieux). It was taxed at one
was likewiſe found, that Richard, æt. 18, and ſuling and one yoke. The arable land is
John, æt. 10, ſons of Roger Charles, his brother, There is one carucate in demeſne, and five villeins
were his next heirs. Alice, wife of Richard having five carucates. There are 12 acres of mea.
Charles the elder, firſt above-mentioned, at the dow, wood for the pannage of one hog. In the time
time of her death, anno 9 Richard II, held this of K. Edward the Confeſſor, and afterwards, it was
manor in dower, excepting certain lands of the worth three pounds, and now 70 shillings. Godrie
tenure of gavelkind, of which he was not en held it of K. Edward.
onto toga
dowed, of the King in capite (s). After which it This manor afterwards came into the poffel-
came into the poſſeſſion of Richard Charles, the fion of a family, to which it gave name. Here-
nephew above-mentioned, who died feiſed of it bert, Gosfrid, and Hugo de Delce poffeffed it in
( V )
(0) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (0) Ibid. N. 64. (-) Ibid.
"
(v) Archives of Rocheſter Bridge.ro sito 2010
(s) Ibid. (t) Ibid. an. 11 Rich. II.
(w) Text. Roff. p. 231. Tomos odio lira
(a) Rot. Eích. ejus an,
I fucceffive
1901
to Bandar Puteri
bers cough
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Criol (y)vo
to the
St. Margaret's Pariſh. a The CITY and LI BERT Y of RochESTER.
ſucceſfive generations (x), After which it paſſed of Lord Mayor in the 39th year of K.Henry VI,
to Buckerel, and the heirs of Thomas Buckerell, in and the gth year of K. Edward IV.(e) In whoſe
the latter end of the reign of K. Henry HT, held deſcendents it continued in direct ſucceſſion to
it as two knight's fees and a half, of Bertram de Richard Lee, ela; who about the latter end of Q.
Be to, sve Anne's reign paſſed away the whole of this eſtate,
After which this eſtate ſeems to have been ſe excepting the manor, and 40 acres of land, to
parated into parcels, for Geoffry de Hafpale held Thomas Chiffinch, of Northfleet in this county, efq;
this manor as the 4th part of a knight's fee only, il from which time this ſeat and eitate acquired
at the time of his death, in the 15th year of K. the name of Lower Delce. 70
Edward I, as appears by the inquiſition taken Thomas Chifinch, eſq; died in 1727, and was
for that purpoſe (Z). 10 19 ia s niasis ſucceeded by Thomas Chiffinch, eſq; his only fon
The next family who ſucceeded, as appears and heir, who died without iſſue in 1775, and
by the original deeds of this eſtate, was that of
by his laſt will bequeathed ,
other
Molineux
áll to his niece and heir--
co. of Lancaſter ; but they did not keep poffeflion | daughter of his fifter Elizabeth Comyns, who fince
of it long; for by the evidence of an antient his death has carried them in marriage to Francis
Court-roll, Benedi et de Fulßam was Lord of it in Wadman, of the Hitb in Northfleet, eſa; and he
the 30th year of K. Edward III. (a) His deſcen,
is the preſent poffeffor of Lower Delce(b). ld lood
dant, Richard Fulham, held it of the King in
capite, as the 4th part of a knight's fee, at his The MANOR of Great Delce, and the 40 acres
death in the 5th year of K. Henry V. (b) Soon of land above-mentioned, together with a farm,
after which this name feems to have become ex called King's Farm, continued in the poſſeſſion
tinct here; for in the 9th year of that reign, of Richard Lee, efq; who died ſeiſed of them in
Reginald Love died ſeiſed of it, and his ſucceffor 1724, and his grandſon, Richard Lee, of Clytha in
held it till the latter end of K. Henry VI.'s reign, Wales, eſq; now poſſeſſes this manor (i); but in
when it pañed by ſale to William Venour (c), who 1769 he alienated all the demeſnes of it, toge-
died feiſed of this manor in the 1ſt year of K.
ther with King's Farm, to Mr. Sampſon Waring,
Edward IV.(d) After which it was within a of Chatham, who died ſeiſed of them in 1769,
few months conveyed by fale to Markham, de leaving his brother, Mr. Walter Waring, and
ſcended from an antient family of that name in his ſiſter, Mrs. Smith, of Lower Delce, his exe-
the co. of Nottingham, in which name it ſtaid cutors, who are at this time entitled to the pro-
but a very ſhort time before it was ſold to Tate, fits of them.
who paſſed it away to fir Richard Lee, knt, Citi The Court for the manor of Great Delce has
zen of London, and Grocer, who ſerved the office not been held for fome years. 3 to easily and
otto ៗ នឮ frid at 15 រន ១២បទ IO) basdzania orl on minge bordet vididojas
(x) Reg. Roff
. p. 533. oktober
Which Richard Lee, the ſon, was of Delce, efq; and by his
(y) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer. uqori
wife, daughter of — Burgoigne, had two ſons; Richard, who
(z
) Rot. Eſch. N. 25. Philipott, P. 293. TTT AR
an I
died without iſſue, and Godfrey Lee, who was of Delce,
and in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, procured his
(a) Philiport ibid., mi nove prostolinach
oben lands to be diſgavelled, by the act paffed for this purpoſe that.
(6) Rut. Eſch. N. 17. Philipott ibid.
He married Agnes, daughter and heir of Chriſtopher
(c) He bore for his arms-Argent, on a feſs fable 5 efcal Conyers, of Pinchinthorp in the co. of York, by whom he had
lops or, 3 and 2.
0 10 nisblido. iſſue three ſons and one daughter; of the fons, Richard was
(d) Rot. Eſch. N.
24.
of Delce, Reginald was of Southwell in the co. of Nottingham,
Davis od
on to all and
(e) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 122, 123,
and Thomas was M. D. Richard Lee, of Delce, eſq; the
was the eldeſt ſon of John Lee, of Wolkſted in the co. of Surry,
eldeſt ſon, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Criſpe, of
and grandſon of Symon Lee, who was deſcended of anceſtors
Thanet, efq; by whom he had four ſons and three daughters.
in the co. of Worceſter. He bore for his arms- Azure, on a
Richard Lee, the eldeſt ſon, was of Delce, efq; and died anno
fefs cotized or 3 leopard's faces gules.
2010
จน
1618, leaving iſſue by Anne, daughter of William Clarke,
Sir Richard Lee, lies buried in the church of St. Stephen
of Ford in Wrotham, efq; two ſons; Richard and Alexander,
Walbrook, London, the advowſon of which he
and fix daughters. Which Richard Lee was of Delce, eſq;
Grocers Company. His arms are remaining in the church
and by his wife Mary, daughter of John Shirley, Serjeant at
of Eal Grinſled in Surry, as they are in that of St. Dionis
Law, had an only ſon and heir Richard, and three daugh-
Backchurch, London, with thoſe of ſeveral marriages of his
ters. Richard Lee, efq; fucceeded his father in this ma-
poſterity. He left iſſue by Lettice his wife, a Spaniſh lady,
nor, and married Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of fir John Ho-
nywood, of Elmfied in this county, and their grandſon,
in the ſervice of the Queen, two ſons and three
$ and three daughters;
of whom, Richard Lee; eſq; the eldeſt ſon, ſeems to have had
Richard Lee, efq; about the latter end of Q. Anne's reign,
this manor of Great Delce, by gift of his father, during his
fold the greateſt part of this eſtate to Mr. Chiffinch, as above-
mentioned.
life-time, and kept his fhrievalty at this manſion, in the 19th
year of K. Edward IV. By his wife, daughter and coheir of
This deſcent of Lee is in great part taken from the Viſita-
tion of the co. of Kent, 1619, and a Mff. pedigree of Lee
Ottwell Worceley, Lieutenant of Dover Caftle, he left iſſue one
in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Thorpe, of Bexley.
fon, Richard Lee, who was of Delce, and of Maidſtone in this
county, efq; and married Margaret, daughter and coheir of
(b) See Northfleet, vol. i, p. 442.
Tbomas Darlington, by whom he had two fons; Richard, (i) There is a chancel and a vault at the ſouth-eaſt corner
who was of Delce, and Edward, who was Lord Archbiſhop of St. Margaret's church, belonging to this family.
1052
of York; and a daughter.
at this time antico
ef?:
year.
3 and 2.
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
1992
UPPER Or LITTLE DELCE.
ST. MARGARET's Parish. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
The manor is held by caſtle-guard rent of in the 31ſt year of K. Henry III, holding it of
Sit ba
Rocheſter Caſtle (k).
the King in capite by the ſervice of one knight's
An account of the tythes of this marior, given fee (q). This family was extinct here before the
to the priory of Rocheſter, may be ſeen below, middle of the reign of K. Edward I, for in the
under the deſcription of Little Delce manor. 9th year of that reign, as appears by Kirkby's
inqueſt, Richard Pogeys held this manor (r).
At the latter end of the reign of King Edw.
III, it was poffeffed by the family of Bahing,
Little Delce, or Delce. Parva, now known by
from which name it went into that of Charles.
the name of Upper Delce, is a manor in this pa-
Richard Charles died feiſed of the manor of Lit-
riſh, fituated in the high road between Rocheſter
tle Delce in the firſt year of King Richard II,
and Maidſtone, ſomewhat more than a quarter of
leaving his brother's fons, Richard and John, his
a mile from the former.
sped
next heirs (s). But after his death Alice his wife
This likewiſe, as well as that of Great Delce,
held this manor, (excepting ſuch lands belong.
was given by William the Conqueror to his half-
brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux ; under the general | which the was not endowed) of the King by the
ing to it as were of the tenure of gavelkind, of
title of whoſe lands it is thus deſcribed in the
ſervice of 128. to the ward of Rocheſter caſtle
book of Domeſday.
1970 and died poffeffed of it in the gth year of that
In Roueceſtre Hund'.
reign (t). On which it came to Richard Charles,
Anfgot de Roueceſtre ten' de epo' Delce. p uno Solin
the nephew abovementioned, who died feiſed of
ſe defd. Tre'. e. 2. Car'. & ibi funt in dnio. ...
it two years afterwards (u). His fon, Robert
cu' uno Villo & 5. bord' & 6. Servis. Ibi. 12. ac'
Charles, dying without iſſue, his two fifters be-
pti. & 60 ac' paſiuræ. T. R. E. & poft. & modo'
came his coheirs, viz. Alice, married to William
Val 100. Solid. Oſuuard' tenuit de rege. E.
Snayth, and Joane to Richard Ormeſkirk. On the
Which is : In Rocheſter Hundred, Anfgotus de diviſion of their eſtates, this manor fell to the
Roueceſtre holds Delce of the Biſkop (of Baieux). It ſhare of William Snayth, commonly called Snette.
was taxed at one fuling. The erable land is two Soon after which, Charles and William Snette, for
carucates, and there are in demefne .... with one ſo the name is ſpelt in the bridge archives, gave
villein, and five borderers, and fix fervants. There and amortized this manor of Little Delce, of the
are 12 acres of meadow, and 60 acres of paſture. yearly value of fix marcs, or 41. above all re-
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, and after priſes, to the Wardens of Rocheſter bridge and their
wards, and now,
it and is worth 100 Millings. fucceffors, for the ſupport and repair of the fame.
Oſuuard held it of K. Edward. 10T Since which it has acquired the name of Up-
This eſtate, on the diſgrace of Biſhop Odo, moſt per Delce, by which it is now only known, and
probably reverted again into the King's hands; it continues at this time part of the poffeffions
and ſeems afterwards to have been in the poffer of the Wardens and Commonalty of the ſaid bridge,
fion of a family, who aſſumed their name De for the purpoſes above-mentioned.
Delce, from it, and held it of William de Say, as THE TYTHES of Great and Little Delce, Borſtal,
one knight's fee (m).
and Naſhenden, were given in the time of Biſhop
In the reign of K. John, this manor was in Gundulph, to the Priory of Rocheſter.
the poffeffion of Jeffry de Bofco, a Norman ; but Gosfrid de Delce, together with his wife and
when that province was feiſed by the King of children, on their being adınitted to be parta-
France, the lands of the Normans in this king kers of the benefits received from the prayers of
dom became veſted in the Crown, by way of the monks, gave the whole of the tythes of Lit-
eſcheat or leiſure, under the title of Terra Nor tle Delce, boch great and ſmall to, the Priory of
manorum (n). Thus the manor of Little Delce St. Andrew (v).
was feiſed by K. Jolin, in the 5th year of his Anſgotus de Roveceftre accepted of the like be.
reign, who gave it to Wm. de Ciriton, the Sheriff, netic from the church of St. Andrew, and the
for 2001. two palfreys and two goſs hawks (0), on monks there, in the time of Bilbop Gundulph, and
condition, that if the ſaid Jeffry ſhould return gave to the ſaid church and monks, all his tythes
to his allegiance, he ſhould without delay again both great and ſmall, of Great Delce, and in like
poffeſs the ſame (p). But this never happened, manner the whole tythe of his mill, which he
and this manor continued in the deſcendants of afterwards made there, and alſo a certain piece
Wm. de Ciriton. Odo de Cirinton died ſeiſed of it of land included within the wall of the monks,
was,
held it of William de ses
(k) When the manſion and moſt part of the lands were
fold, as above-mentioned, from Lee to Chiffinch. The for-
mer expreſsly charged the whole of that sent on the premiſes
bought by Chiffinch, and entirely exonerated that part
which
he reſerved to himſelf, from paying any portion of it.
(22) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
() Sce vol. i. of this Hiftory, p. 214.
(0) Auſturis.
(0) Madox's Exchequer, p. 295, note lo
(9) Rot. Eſch. N. 17.
(r) Philipott, p. 294.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(t) Inquiſ. poſt mort.
(u) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(v). Text. Roff. p. 179.
towards
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ST. MARGARET's Pariſh. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
towards the ſouth, and five acres of land near At the time of Biſhop Gundulph's coming to the
Preſtefelde, and at the requeſt of the monks, he fee of Rocheſter, and for almoſt a century after-
gave them, on his death bed, cloathing, and they wards, this church, or chapel of St. Margaret,
performed ſervice for him as for a monk (w). for it is frequently mentioned by both names,
Uulmer, the tenant of Arnulf de Heſdine, by was accounted only as an appendage to the pa:
the advice of Adelold, brother of Baldwin, monk | rochial altar of St. Nicholas in the cathedral, and
of St. Andrew, accepted the benefit of that ſo the one underwent the ſame changes as the
ciety, and gave to it his whole tythe worth 10s. other (d). During which time Walter, Biſhop of
yearly (x).
Rocheſter, who came to the ſee in 1147, con-
Robert de St. Armand gave his tythes of Nef firmed to the Monks of this priory the above-
chendene and Borſtelle, to St. Andrew's priory (y). mentioned parochial altar, together with this
Theſe ſeveral cythes were confirmed to the priory church of St. Margarét, which belonged as a cha.
by Gilbert, Henry, and Walter, Biſhops of Rochef pel to it; and he alſo granted that they ſhould
ter, by Theobald, Archbiſhop, and Ralph, Prior, || poſſeſs all profits and obventions, as well of the
and the Convent of Canterbury. They remained ſaid altar as the chapel, and convert them to their
part of the poffeffions of the priory till their dif own proper uſes (e). This grant was ſet aſide by
ſolution in 1540 ; three years after which they
Biſhop Gilbert de Glanville, in the beginning of
were ſettled on the new founded Dean and Chap-
the reign of K. Richard I, who not only ſepa-
ter of Rocheſter, where they ſtill remain.
rated this church from the altar of St. Nicholas,
The PARISH of St. Margaret in Rocheſter, is
and diveſted the Monks of all manner of right
within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of the dioceſe
and title to it; but on the foundation of his hof-
and deanry of Rocheſter.
pital at Stroud about the ſame time, he gave, in
The church is ſituated at the ſouth extremity
pure and perpetual alms, among other premiſes,
of St. Margaret's ſtreet ; it conſiſts of one nave
this church of St. Margaret to the Maſter and
and two chancels on the ſouth ſide of much later Brethren of it, to be held by them, with all its
date than the church.
appurts. to their own proper uſes; reſerving
That towards the eaſt end was built and long
only half a marc yearly to be paid by the Maſter
ſupported by the family of Lee of Great Delce, to the priory, in lieu of the oblations, which
whoſe remains lie in a large vault under this
the Monks uſed to receive from it (f).
chancel, but ſince the alienation of their man The Monks by no means acquieſced in this
ſion here, the repair of this part of the fabric gift, but ſeized every opportunity of aſſerting
has devolved on the pariſhioners.
their right to this church, and after ſeveral ap-
The chancel at the eaſt end of the church be peals to the Pope from time to time, and con-
longs to the appropriator, who conſequently re-
firmations and decrees made in favor of each
pairs it. At the weſt end of the church is a party (ſ), the diſpute ſeems to have been finally
tower containing five bells (). i Againſt the eaſt ſettled by Pope Alexander IV, who by his bull, ,
wall in the ſouth chancel is the ancient buſt of a
dated March 11, in the 2d year
of his pontifi-
man in robes, with a coronet on his head (a). cate, anno 1255, adjudged, that this church of
In the reign of K. Charles II, a coronet ſet round St. Margåret, with all its appurts. Ihould for
with precious ſtones was dug up in this church-
the future belong to the Prior and Chapter of Roa
yard (b), and the report of the pariſh has been cheſter. Accordingly from the above time they
that one of our Saxon kings was buried here (c). kept poffefſion of it (b).
20 adet ons ons bis gamos bris galinis bv
11593
(w) Text. Roff. p. 193. (x) Ib. p.166.
p. 193. (x) ib. p. 166.03 ni 29055 SH latter of whom confirmed to the Monks their penſion of half
7 (9) Reg. Roff. p. 47, 58, 89, 528. 10 woic
a marc from it. But ſoon after his deceaſe, they again be-
(z) The tower of this church is entirely covered with ivy gan a diſpute with the Hoſpital, concerning the right of the
to the top of it, which makes a moſt beautiful and pictureſque latter to it, and having in 1239 procured Pope Gregory 1 Xtb's
appearance.
letters for referring the matter to arbitration ; after a folemn
co to za daw 26 mb
(a) Hiſt. Rocheſter, p. 237.
hearing of both parties, a decree was given in favor of the
Monks, and the compoſition made between Biſhop Gilbert
(6) Harris's Hiß. of Kent, p. 196. Wolssii w elsb
(c) Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 23.
and the Prior and Convent, was ſet aſide, as having been
Tooroo DA
obtained by force.
stigil
Alus
(d) See the account of St. Nicholas's pariſh above, and The Maſter and Brethren of the Hoſpital, being diffatif-
Reg. Roff. p. 6, 40, 50.
6, 40, 50.16 TV
non!
this determination, appealed in their turn to Pope
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 528. out boort en malo us si og
Innocent IV, who appointed Richard, Cardinal Deacon Sancti
(f) Reg. Roff. p. 631. This was confirmed by Pope Cee-
Angeli, with the Biſhop of Præneſte, to enquire further into
the merits of this conteſt; who by his inſtrument, dated in
leftine III, in his 3d year. Reg. Roff. p. 642.
1250, confirmed the firſt agreement made by Biſhop Glaxville
(g) The Biſhop having procured a bull from Pope Innocent
with the Monks, which again brought on the diſpute which
III, to Archbp. Hubert, to hear all parties concerned, he
was finally ſettled by Pope. Alexander IV, as above-menti-
confirmed this church to the Hoſpital, with the conſent of oned. Reg. Roff.
p. 104, 59, 69. Wharton's Ang. Sacr.
the Monks, who made no further ſtir aboue it during the
Omolod Du
remainder of Biſhop Glanville's time, nor in that of his two
(5) Reg. Roff. p. 560.
ſucceſſors, Biſhop Benedict and Biſhop Henry de Sandford; the
100194
cons
fied with this
vol. i, p. 349.
VOL. II.
From

582
HISTORY of K E N T.
The 1
apa
This
and
But all other things whatſoever, belonging or
& The CITY and LIBERTY OF ROCHESTER.
ST. MARGARET's Pariſh,
TAMADS MIT
From the time of Biſhop Walter's appropriation as well as all tythes whatſoever, ariſing or to
of the profits of the parochial altar of st.
-Nicko-
ariſe from the lands and poſſeſſions of the Prior
las, with this church appendant to it, to the and Convent within the pariſh, even though they
Prior and Convent, to the diveſting them of it by ſhould be let or fold to laymen, they the faid
Biſhop Glanville, it is likely, inſtead of a Curate Prior and Convent ſhould take and have, who
being appointed, the duty of this parifh was
this parifh was mould likewiſe maintain and repair the chancel,
diſcharged by ſome member of the ſociety, as it || except as before excepted, at their own proper
was probably afterwards, whilſt in the poſſeſſion coſts and charges (k).
of the hoſpital, by one of the prieſts of that Notwithſtanding the ftipulation of the Vicar
foundation. However
, within a few years after for himſelf and ſucceffors, not to require any
the convent recovered the permanent poffeffion increaſe of their portion from the Prior and Con-
of St. Margaret's, a Vicar was certainly vent, Edmund Hatefelde, Vicar of this church,
pointed; for William Talevaz occurs by that title did not conſider this clauſe as obligatory upon
persydo basadorý lis alilor || him ;
in the year 1272 (i).
for in the year 1488, he petitioned the
igns ano?"\78 bns logado de estralls
The Vicars ſeem to have had only a yearly
Biſhop for an augmentation of his vicarial por-
tion; who decreed and ordained, that the Vicar
ftipend from the convent for their pains, for
and his ſucceſſors ſhould yearly receive and have,
more than a century afterwards; but in
n. 1401
the Prior and Chapter came into a compoſition
as the portion of his vicarage, from the Prior
and Convent and their ſucceſſors, five marcs of
with the Vicar for the endowment of this church;
legal money, at the four moſt uſual and princi-
in which they agreed, that the Vicar and his fuc-
pal feaſts of the year; and alſo, out of the tythes
ceffors ſhould for the future have for their main-
and profits of this church, appropriated to the
tenance, and the ſupport of the burthens therein
Prior and Convent, four quarters of wheat with
mentioned, a manſion with its appurts. to be aſ-
four heaps, and four quarters of barley with
ſigned for the vicarage of it, and the accuſtomed
four heaps, to be taken yearly at their barns of
entire altarage of it, and all the ſmall tythes
the Upper Court in Harreat, four times in each
of the three manors of Neſenden, and Great and
year, with liberty of entry and diſtreſs on the
Little Delce, and of all goods and lands, except
the tythes of mills, within the pariſh, and ex-
parſonage on non-payment; and he decreed, that
the endowment of the vicarage, over and above
cept the tythes, great, ſmall and mixt, ariſing
the portion above-mentioned, ſhould be as fol-
from the lands, cattle and other things belong-
SHUTTEN
lows ; viz. that the Vicar for the time being
ing to the religious; and that he and his ſyc-
ſhould have the manſion of the vicarage of this
ceſſors ſhould have three quarters of wheat with
church, with the garden adjoining, for his habi-
three heaps, and three quarters of barley with
tation, which they uſed to have of old time there,
three heaps, to be taken yearly at their barn, at
and then had ; and alſo all manner of oblations
the times therein mentioned, and the tythes of
whatſoever within the bounds of the pariſh, and
ſheaves, which ſhould ariſe in gardens not cul-
all manner of tythes whatſoever, as follows;
tivated with the plow; and that the Vicar and
viz, hay, lambs, wool, mills, calves, chicken,
his fucceffors, content with the above portion,
pigs, geeſe, ducks, eggs, bees, honey, wax, cheeſe,
ſhould not demand any thing further of the re-
milk, the produce of the dairy, fax, hemp, peas,
or their ſucceſſors. And further, that
apples, fwans, pidgeons, merchandizes, fiſheries,
he and they ſhould undergo, at
paſtures, onions, garlicks and ſaffrons whatſo-
per coſts and charges, the burthens of repairing,
ever ariſing and coming ; and alſo the tythes of
taining and new building, as often
as often as need
ſheaves in gardens, whether cultivated with the
ſhould be, the buildings with their .
plow, or dug with the foot, increaſing within
all other things belonging to the ſaid manſion, the pariſh, without fraud or deceit; and the
with its appurtenances as well as all things be-
tythes alſo of firewood, woods, thorns, filva-
longing to the celebration of divine ſervices,
cedua, as well as of all billets, faggots and far-
and the adminiſtration of the ſacraments, and
dels whatſoever, within the limits of the pariſh.
facramentals to the pariſhioners, and the find-
And he further decreed, that the burthens of re-
ing of bread and wine, lights, books, veſtments,
pairing, amending and new building the ſaid man-
and other i ornaments neceſſary to the celebra-
ſion, with all and every appurtenance belonging
tion of divine ſervices, which of cuſtom or right
to it, as often as need ſhould be, and alſo the
ought to belong to the ſecular rectors of this
celebration and miniſtration of the facraments,
church; and alſo the procurations and fubfi and facramentals to the pariſhioners, of the
dies, according to the taxation of his and their
finding of bread and wine, and lights, to the
church of St. Margaret, either of right or cuſtom
due, ſhould belong to and be borne by the Vicar
which in future ſhould belong to this church; and his ſucceſſors, as well as all epiſcopal bur-
would be a good
(1) Hift. Rocheſter, P, 235.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 559.
00
thens
ligious of the
be
at their own pro-
Woli artritiv.
portional
omtal
em
The HISTORY of KEN T. 59

ST: MARGARET's Pariſh.
bor this time.
WCOot 508. faze, containing one
10.41 Told,
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
thens of the ſaid church, according to the taxa The vicarage-houſe being from age become ir-
tion of his portion.
reparable, was lately taken down, with an inten-
But that the burthen of repairing and amend tion of erecting a convenient and ſubſtantial
ing the chancel of the church, as well within as dwelling in the room of it. For which purpoſe the
without, as alſo the finding and repairing of Rev. Mr. Lowth, the preſent Vicar, having for
books, veſtments and other - ornaments, for a number of years paſt depoſited an annual ſum
the celebration of thoſe divine rights, which with the Dean and Chapter, towards defraying
of old, either by right or cufton, belonged to the charges of it, laſt year erected on this ſpot
the Rectors of the church, ſhould in future be a.neat and convenient houſe, built of brick and
borne by the Prior and Convent and their fuccef ſaſhed, with proper offices adjoining, for the uſe
ſors, at their own proper charge and expence. of himſelf and his ſucceſſors; Vicars of this
And that all other burthens, ordinary and extra-
pariſh. .
bo zato
ordinary, of the vicarage, and to the
and to the Vicar be This church antiently paid gd. chriſm rent to
longing; by reaſon of the ſame, except as before the mother church of the dioceſe (n).
excepted, ſhould belong to him and his ſucceſ-
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, it was va
fors, to be borne and ſupported at his and their
lued at 12 marcs (0).
own proper coſts and charges; faving to the
By an agreement between John "Ready, Vicar
Biſkop and his ſucceſſors, a right of augnienting
and diminiſhing this vicarage, and of correcting,
of it, and the Deen and Chapter, the former, in
conſideration of ſeveral benefits and benevolences
amending and explaining the above decree, when-
done to him by the latter, conſented to take an
ever he or they ſhould think it expedient ſo to
do; and ſaving to himſelf and his ſucceſſors,
annual payment of 51. 6s. 8d. inſtead of the
Osonst gatal or ilguoti penſion in money and corn granted by the com-
all epiſcopal right, &c. (1).
Ogivsel poſition made in 1488. Some recompence in-
The appropriation of this church, and the
deed has ſince been made for this unjuſt bargain
patronage of the vicarage, continued part of the
by the Dean and Chapter, who have ſettled on it
poffeßions of the Prior and Convent till the diſ-
ſolution of the monaſtery in
monaſtery in 1540, when it was
a larger augmentation, than on any other church
ſurrendered into the King's hands, to the uſe of
in their patronage(P):
him and his heirs, ſucceffors and aſſigns for ever. The vicarage of St. Margaret is valued in the
Three years after which the King, by his dota-
King's Books at iol. and the yearly tenths at
tion charter, ſettled this appropriation and vicar.
il.).
age on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of Ro In the ſurvey, taken after the death of K.
ook a
cheſier, where they remain
Charles I, in 1649, of the church livings with.
Adjoining to the north wall of the church in this dioceſe, by the powers then in being, on
yard' is a piece of ground, which has probably the intended abolition of Deans and Chapters, it
belonged to the Vicars of this parih ever ſince their was returned, that there were belonging t
firſt inſtitution here; an antient Court-roll men rectory of parfonage of St. Margaret's, a parſon-
tions their being poffeffed of it in the year 1317. age-houſe, two barns, one ſtable, and other houſ-
In the 5th year of K. Edward III, anno ings, and alſo certain tythes, profits, &c. belong,
John de Folkſtan, Vicar of St. Margarelºs,"held a ing to it, together with certain glebe land, called
meffuage with its appurts. adjoining to the church Courtbill and Courthill-marſh, containing together
yard, by the aſſignment of the Prior and Convent, nine acres, and one marſh lying in the pariſh of
with the ordination of the Bilbop, as belonging to St. Nicholas, Rochefter, called Cow-marſh, with
the portion of his vicarage; which meſſuage with the waſte ground called falts, containing toge.
its appurts. was held of the Maſter and Brethren ther ſeven acres, and all that piece of ground
of the hoſpital of Stroud, in right of their hofpi-
tal, by fealty, and the ſervice of 2s. yearly, in lieu acre ; in all 17 acres,
17 acres, worth together 130l. per
of all other ſervices and fecular demands whatſo-
viz. the houſe and lands 121 per annum,
evér ; at which time they agreed to let it to him and the tythes 1181. per annum: all which were
and his ſucceſſors for ever, on the terms above let, among other premiſes, by Henry King, late
mentioned, and alſo the payment of 12d. to Dean of the cathedral church of Rocheffer,
by
them, after the death of each Vicar (972).
his indenture, dated Nov. 26, 1639, to George
Newman, eſq; for 21 years, at the yearly rent,
land of the Dean and Chapter, as of their manor of for Preeſifield and Stroudmarſh, of 45. 4d. per an-
Ambree, on their paying a ſmall acknowledgment. num, and for all the other premiſes 12 quarters
domans eida si banud esi sh
(!) This inftrument is dated on the feaſt of the Purification (n) Text. Roff. p. 229.
in the year above-mentioned, 1483. Reg. Roff. p. 578. (c) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 455. outro
(m) To both parts of which indenture the Maſter and
their common ſeal, as did the Vicar, the Biſhop
(0Hift. Rocheſter, p. 237.
of Rocheſter, and the Prior and Convent theirs. Reg. Roff. rok (9) Ed. Theſ. p. 385. uiri buyingsbood is
boites and
p. 548,
of
oy
.vo
Σ Τ Υ
to this
no 1330,
all the one
to
Brethren
put

60
The HISTORY, of 2 K E N T.
TITLE.S.
LO
91d bitin 1644, obt. March 1659.
dont
Sr. Margaret's Pariſh. 12 The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
of wheat heaped, making together the yearly
On the weſt ſide of St. Margaret's Preet is a
rent of 311. is. 8d. (r)
Poor-houſe, erected in 1724, for the reception
Next year the vicarage was in like manner
of the needy and indigent belonging to this pa-
ſurveyed, and returned at the clear yearly value riſh ; towards the building of which 200l. were
of 30l.(5)
appropriated, out of the 750l. given by Sir Tho-
autocobay to you mas Colby and Sir John Jennings (e).
av lace
PATRONS,
Vicars.
or by whom prefented.
cort
Storld zo monsidéias, on
10.0
hogeol
edito bla to
Prior and Convent (t) William Talevaz, in 1272.
of Rocheſter. (u) John de Folkſtan, 1330.
ROCHESTER has given title to ſeveral families.
(v) John Eaſtgate, 1401.
Sir Robert Carr, or Kerr, Knight of the Bath,
(w) Thomas Cod, obt. Nov. the favorite of K. James I, was firſt created by
1460. ions and an
let. pat. dated March 25, anno 1611, Viſcount
(x) John Hatefelde, 1488. Rocheſter, and in May following inſtalled Knight
be John Wryte, 1535.
of the Garter, and two years afterwards created
Dean and Chapter (y) John Symkins, Cl. July Baron of Branſpath in the co. of Durham, and
of Rocheſter.16, 1555.
Earl of Somerſet. In 1616, he, and his lady,
(2) Chriſtopher Dale, S. T. P. Frances, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, the
tovorna
about 1627.
divorced wife of Robert, Earl of Eſex, were tried
cerebilmos
Selvy, 1644.
for the murther of fir Thomas Overbury, knt. and
e o bogato
obrofini
(a) Wm. Sandbrooke, LL.B. being found guilty, had ſentence of death paſſed
upon
them Nevertheleſs, their lives were fpared
(b) Daniel Hill, S. T. P.
through the King's favor to them. He died in
roulog
1726, obt. June 1729.
gard to
1645, leaving iſſue an only daughter Anne, who
married William, Earl of Bedford (f), fo that his
to 1913 over
(c) John Denne, S. T. P. in-
ſtituted 1729, reſig. 1731.
titles became extinct.
do torbo ya no uliom
2010
(d) William Lowth, A. M. Henry Wilmot, only ſon of Charles, Viſcount
Nov. 1731. Preſent Vicar. Wilmot, of Athlone in the kingdom of Ireland,
and Lieutenant General of the King's Horſe,
Das Joy
was, out of regard to his military conduct, cre-
ated by let. pat. June 29, 1643, a Baron of this
Excepting the ſhare of Mr. Watts's charity,
realm, by the title of Lord Wilmot, of Adderbury
which this pariſh enjoys, the donations to it ap-
in the co. of Oxon; and continuing faithful both
pear to have been
to K. Charles I, and after his death to his ſon,
few.
very
K. Charles II, during the whole feries of thoſe
John Wryte, Cl. Vicar of this pariſh, by his
unhappy times, was for his ſervices to them, ad-
deed, Feb. 12, anno 28 Henry VIII, inveſted
in truſtees, a certain piece of land in this parifh,
vanced to the degree of an Earl, by the title of
Earl of Rocheſter, by let. pat. dated at Paris Dec.
called Culverhawe, containing half an acre, ad
1652. He died at Dunkirk in 1659, and his
joining to the old church-yard northward, and to
body was brought over and buried in Spelleſbury
the highway eaſtward, for the uſe of the pariſhi.
church in the co. of Oxford, in a vault belonging
oners for ever, as a place of exerciſe and recre-
to the Earl of Litchfield's family there. By Anne
ation,
bomo
his wife, eldeſt daughter of fir John St. John, of
Robert Gunſley, Cl. by his laſt will, dated
Lyddiard Tregoze, knt, and bart. He had iſſue
June 30, 1618, bequeathed to the poor of this
two fons ; Charles, who died young, and John(8),
who ſucceeded his father as Earl of Rocheſter,
CONTO
&c. and for his bright parts and excellent wit
per annum.
IST.const bos stood
was uſually ſtyled The witty Earl of Rocheſter. He
John Manley, efq; by his will, Nov. 10, 1687, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Mallet, of
bequeathed to the poor widows of this pariſh Enmore, in the co. of Somerſet, efq; by whom he
1os. per annum, to be given in wheaten bread.
had a ſon, Charles, who died before him in 1680,
op
69 das 8 19:16
(1) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(z) Mf. Twyſden.
(s) Ibid. vol. xix.
som 2 bres
(a) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xix.
sa to build
Wat:
(1) Hiſt. Rocheſter, p. 235.
: licet bus
(6) And Prebendary of Rocheſter.
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 548. (v) Ibid. p. 559.
(c) Archdeacon of Rocheſter, and Vicar of St. Leonardo
(W) He lies buried in this church.
Shoreditch. He reſigned this vicarage of St. Margaret's, on
(x) Reg. Roff. p. 578.
being preſented to the rectory of Lambeth.
(d) Vicar of Lezvſham, and Prebendary of Wincheffer.
() One of the Prebendaries of Rocheſter cathedral, he had
He is elder brother to the Biſhop of London,
been the laſt Prior of St. Gregory's, Canterbary, and is faid
solo
to have been deprived of his preferments by Q. Mary, for
(e) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 240.
being married.
() Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 425. (8) Ibid. p. 467.
young
CHARITIES.
13,1
ca
12 ore
The
61
H I STORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
ST. MARGARET's Pariſh. The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER,
young and unmarried, and alſo three daugh-
[ers (b). The Earl dying in 1682 without male CHARITIES belonging to the CITY OF ROCHESTER.
iſſue, his titles became extinct (i).
Few towns of ſo ſmall an extent have been
Laurence lyde, fecond ſon of the great Earl of
benefited by ſo many and conſiderable founda-
Clarendon, Lord Chancellor in the reign of K.
tions for the relief of the poor, as have been
Charles II, was a perſon highly favored and made to this city.
honored by that Prince, who made him firſt
As early as the reign of K. Edward II, Synond
Commiſſioner of the Trealury, and a Privy Coun-
Potyn, a man of no ſmall account, who had fe-
ſellor, and further, on April 13, 1681, created
veral times repreſented this city in Parliament,
him Baron of Wotton Baffet in the co. of Wilts,
and dwelt at the inn called the Crown in Rocheſter,
and Viſcount Hyde of Kenilworth in the co. of War-
by his laſt will, dated in 1316, bequeathed a
wick, and on the 29th of Nov. 1682, Earl of
certain houſe for an hoſpital, to be called the
Rocheſter. Two years after which he was made
Spital of St. Katherine of Rocheſter, in the ſuburb
Lord Preſident of the Council, and on K. James's
of Eaſtgate, for ſuch poor men or women of this
acceſſion Lord High Treaſurer, and Knight of
city, lepers, or otherwiſe diſeafed, impotent and
the Garter. In the laſt year of K. William's
poor to be received therein, and there to abide
reign, he was made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
on the alms of charitable people.
and by Q. Anne again Lord Preſident of the
Council. He died May 2, 1711, and was bu-
This hoſpital eſcaped diſſolution at the refor-
mation, and continued to be uſed as ſuch, ac-
ried in Weſtminßer Abbey, leaving by the Lady
cording to the will of the founder ; but towards
Henrietta his wife, fifth daughter of Richard,
the end of the laſt century, abuſes having been
Earl of Burlington, who died before him, one
practiſed in the management of it, a complaint
• fon, Henry, and four daughters (k). Which
was lodged againſt the perſons concerned, by the
Henry ſucceeded his father as Earl of Rocheſter,
Churchwardens and overſeers of the pariſh of St.
&c. as he did to the Earldom of Clarendon, on
Nicholas; who alledged, that this hoſpital was
the deceaſe of his firſt-couſin, Edward, Earl of
become ruinous, and likely to go to decay, from
Clarendon, without male iſſue, on March 31,
the revenue of it being reduced by the Mayor of
1723. He married Jane, daughter of fir William
this city, and the Vicar of St. Nicholas letting
Levefon Gower, by whom he had iſſue one ſon,
the leaſes for ſmall ſums, and for a long term
Henry, Lord Viſcount Cornbury, who died but a
of years.onic
ſmall time before him, and both of them with-
On this repreſentation, a Commiſſion of En-
out male iſſue, in 1753 ; ſo that this title be-
quiry was granted by the Court of Chancery,
came extinct (1).
is otot tant bio
which was held in this city Jan. 29, 1704;
when
He bore for his arms-Azure, a chevron be full proof being made of theſe iniquitous prac-
tween 3 lozenges or.
tices, the Commiſſioners decreed, that the leſfees
sass
bit9n3 now bueno nogales
ſhould deliver up their leaſes, and accept of
buvo good
them for a ſhorter term, and ſhould pay tool.
ons bas ito
towards putting the hoſpital in proper repair,
Our herbaliſts have taken notice of the fol and for defraying the charges of the commiſſion;
lowing rare plants in and near Rocheſter :
and in order to prevent ſuch like, and other
paldina
French mercury, cloſe to the Biſhop's Palace
abuſes in the management of this charity for the
future, they decreed, that all lcaſes of the poſ-
ſeſſions belonging to the hoſpital, ſhould be let
Anchufa, alknot, or Spaniſh buglofs, found near
by the Mayor and Citizens, under their common
and about Rocheſter.
feal, with the conſent of the above-mentioned
Piperitis, pepperwort, or dittander, found upon Vicar, as one of the patrons of it, for not more
Rocheſter Common.
than 21 years; and that the yearly reſerved rent
Chamæ pitys - vulgaris, or common ground pine, for the uſe of the hoſpital, ſhould be at leaſt two
found near Rocheſter (n).
full third parts of the real and improved value
Carylophyllus ſylveſtris flore fimplici ſuave ru-
of the premiſes demiſed; and further, that the
bens, the ſingle red pink, growing on the caſtle. Dean and Chapter, with the Mayor, and the Vicar
walls(0). in shto tota
of St. Nicholas, ſhould be the Patrons and Viſitors
of bro
(b) Viz. Anne, married to Francis, ſon of Fulk, Lord
(1) The above-mentioned Henry, Eärl of Clarendon and
Rocheſter, had iſſue likewiſe five daughters ; Henrietta, and
Brooke ; Elizabeth, to Edward, Earl of Sandwich; and Mal-
let, to John, Viſcount Liſburne.
Anne, who died unmarried ; Jane, married to William, Earl
(i) Bolton's Peerage, p. 242.
of Efex ; Catherine, to Charles, Duke of Queenſbury; and
Charlotte, who died unmarried. Coll. Peer, 2d edit, vol. ii,
(k) Viz. Anne, married to James, Duke of Ormond; Hen-
rietta, to James, Earl of Dalkeith; Mary, to Francis, Lord
(m) Johnſon's Gerard's Herbal, p. 332.
Conway; and Catherine, who died unmarried. Coll. Peer.
(2) Raii Synopſis, p. 244.
edit. 2d, vol, ii, p. 302.
() Merrett's Pinax, p. 23.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
CHARITIES.
The CITY and LÍBERTY OF ROCHESTER.
of the Hospital; and that the provider of the other Satis, the furniture, &c. in conſideration of which
charitable eſtates of this city, ſhould account for ſhe ſhould pay 100 marcs towards repairing the
the revenue and diſburſements of it.
alms-houſe, and alſo all the moneys bequeathed
This hoſpital is ſituated in the High-ſtreet of
by her huſband, and clear the land willed of all
the ſuburb of Eaſtgate, almoſt at the eaſt end of claims; and convey other lands of the yearly
it. It was rebuilt in 1717, and contains 12 rent of 20l. and the Mayor and Citizens agreed
apartments, which are occupied by the like num to purchaſe hemp, &c. to ſet the poor to work,
ber of aged people, who, beſide their habitation; and to provide for travellers as directed; and it
are allowed 12 chaldrons of coals and fix dozen was agreed, that the ſucceeding Mayors ſhould
of candles yearly among them, and they are paid provide a ſufficient citizen to receive and dif-
about il. 6s. a year each, out of the profits of burſe the yearly profits, under the name of Pro-
the eſtates, after a deduction of the repairs of vider, who ſhould deliver an annual account to
the hoſpital.
the Dean and Chapter, or the Bridge Wardens ;
Aldermån Baily, of the city of Rocheſter, by
and that the poor reſiding in the houſe ſhould be
his will, dated Sept. 14, 1579, bequeathed 300l.
put in by the Mayor for the time being.
in truſt, for the poor of St. Catherine's, as an In the above ſtare this charity continued until
addition to their former allowance; which, with the year 1672, when the pariſhes of St. Marga-
ſome further private contributions, enabled the reť's and Stroud exhibited a complaint in Chan-
truſtees to purchaſe 400l. three and a half per cery, that they had no ſhare in this charity left
cent. Bank annuities, the dividend ariſing from to the poor of the city of Rocheſter, although
which is equally diſtributed among the 12 poor
part of their pariſhes was within the precincts
inhabitants above-mentioned (P). Die
and liberties of the fame; that the eſtate in Lon-
ICO
Mr. Richard Watts, of Rocheſter, by his will,
don was leaſed by Mr. Watts for 99 years, at 81.
dated Aug. 22, 1579, and proved Sept. 20th
per annum, which leaſe expired in 1658; that
following, ordered, that after the marriage or
by improvements it then yielded 200l. per ann.
death of his wife, his principal dwelling-houſe,. that the eſtates in Chathum brought in yearly
called Satis, on Bully-bill, with the houſe adjoining
50l. above the original value, which was 20
the cloſes, orchards and appurts. his plate and
marcs, In confequence of which, a decree was
furniture ſhould be fold; and after ſome legacies
made, that St. Margaret's parifh ſhould receive
paid thereout, the reſidue ſhould be placed out at
30l. per annum, till the leaſe of 99 years of the
intereſt by the Mayor and Citizens of Rocheſter,
eſtate at Chatham expired ; that afterwards they
for the perpetual ſupport of an Alms-houſe,
fhould receive fix parts out of thirty, which
then erected and ſtanding near the Market-croſs in
ſhould from time to time be made by any im-
Rocheſter, and that there ſhould be added there provements, over and above the ſaid 30l. And
to ſix rooms, with a chimney in each, for the
that the pariſh of Stroud ſhould receive 20l. on
comfort and abiding of the poor within the city ;
the ſame condition; and when the ſaid leaſe ex-
and that there ſhould be made therein convenient
pired, four parts out of thirty of the improved
places for ſix good mattreſſes, or Aock beds,
rents, together with the 2ol. per annum ; and the
and other good and ſufficient furniture for poor
remaining twenty parts were decreed to the Mayor
'travellers, or wayfaring men to lodge in, 'being
and Citizens of Rocheſter, for the relief of travel-
lers, and other charitable uſes.
no common rogues, nor proctors, for no longer
wa
time than one night, unleſs ſickneſs ſhould de-
The eſtates of this charity are now ſo much
tain them; and that the above-mentioned poor
improved that they amount to near 500l. per
folk dwelling therein, ſhould keep the fame ſweet
annum.
and neat, and behave themſelves civilly to the The houſe appointed for the reception of poor
ſaid poor travellers ; each of whom at their firſt travellers is ſituated on the north ſide of the High
coming in ſhould have 4d. and ſhould warm ſtreet, and is probably the original building. It
themſelves at the fire of the poor dwelling in the was repaired by the Mayor and Citizens in 1771,
faid houſe, if need be. And further, to pur at no inconſiderable expence, Agreeable to the
chaſe flax, hemp, yarn, wool, and other neceffary benevolent deſign of the donor, ſix poor travellers
ſtuff, to ſet the poor of the city to work, he are received into it, and have each of them lodg-
gave to the Mayor and Citizens all other his ing and entertainment for one night gratis, and
lands, tenements, and eſtates for ever, the an 4d. a piece ; and that this charity may be more
nual rents of which at that time amounted to generally known to ſuch as may wiſh to partake
361. 16s. 8d.
of it, an inſcription is placed over the door, in-
His widow and fole executrix, having married
forming them of it.
about 6 years afterwards, and doubts ariſing about Alexander Readye, of Sherborne in the co. of
the above will, it was agreed, that ſhe ſhould keep Glouceſter, Miniſter of the Word of God, by a
deed of gift Dec. 9, 1613, gave to the Mayor
6) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 211 et ſeq.
and Citizens the ſum of 501. to be lent by them
hat they
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Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ,
63
CHARITIES.
Thé CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
to two decayed citizens, tradeſmen, living in this ſame to be laid out in books, or otherwiſe to
city; two other antient commoners there, being
ing i the advantage of the ſchools. The Mayor, Re.
houſholders; and two poor maidens born within corder, late Mayor, ſenior Alderman, and Town
the ſame, for the term of four years, with ſuch Clerk, and the Miniſters of the reſpective pa-
fecurity, and in ſuch manner as is therein men riſhes, to be perpetual governors of this charity.
tioned.
There are no buildings erected for theſe ſchools,
Robert Gunſley, Cl. by his will, dated June 30,
but the children are taught in the reſpective
1618, gave in truſt the rectory and parſonage of
houſes of the Maſters and Miſtreſſes. The above-
Broadbempſton in the co. of Devon, and all lands; mentioned 6361. has ſince increaſed to the ſum
tythes and commodities theréto belonging, to the
of 1100l. by additions in lieu of dividends, and
intent, that preſently after his deceaſe, a licence by others made by Francis Barrell, eſq; above-
of mortmain ſhould be procured, and the ſame
mentioned
ſhould be conveyed and aſſured to ſuch perſon or Arthur Brooker, eſq; by his will, dated May
perſons, as ſhould be thought adviſeable to and 25, 1675, gave to the Mayor and Citizens an
for the relief and comfort of the poor people, annuity of 41. per annum, iffuing out of a meſſu-
inhabiting in the pariſhes of Maidſtone and Ro-
age and lands in the pariſh of Alballows in the
cheſter, by equal portions, to be beſtowed in
Hundred of Hoo, 2os. thereof to be paid yearly
bread every ſabbath-day to feed them, and in
to the Miniſter of St. Nicholas, for an annual
cloaths to cover them, according as the rents
ſermon in that church, on the day of his burial,
would allow, every year. The licence of mort-
the remaining three pounds to be diſtributed
main was afterwards procured, and the rectory,
among the poor people of the ſame pariſh, one
with its appurts. conveyed accordingly. The
fhilling per week in bread every Sunday in the
half part of the preſent rents and profits of it,
afternoon, aud the reſidue of 8s. to be given
amounting to 151. 155. od. is yearly diſtributed among ſuch poor people as ſhould be preſent the
among the poor people of Rocheſter, agreeable
day whereon the ſermon ſhould be preached.
to the will of the donor.
londot odo y /
Dr. Lamplugh, Biſhop of Exeter, and ſometime
Dean of Rocheſter, by a deed of gift, dated June
This makes a portion of the bread diſtributed
in St. Nicholas's church, after fermon, every Sun.
20, 1678, gave 5ol. to the Mayor, the Dean
and other Truſtees therein-mentioned, for ever,
day in the afternoon (q). broos
in truſt to be lent to ſuch young men, being free-
The truſtees of the eſtate of fir John Hayward,
kut. by the direction of his laſt will, dated Aug. Of Rochefter, as thould be by them nominated
men, tradeſmen and inhabitants within the city
15, 1635, ſettled by indenture Nov. 28, 1651,
in fums not leſs than 51. nor more than 10l. on
50l. per annum, for the benefit of the poor of
St. Nicholas's pariſh, to be paid out of the man fuch ſecurity as they fhould approve of, to be
repaid within four years, according to the terms
nor of Minſter, and certain other meſſuages, and conditions therein mentioned. I use
lands, &c. in the Iſe of Shepcy. This was for
Sir. Richard Head, bart, by his will dated Sept.
the ſole purpoſe of erecting a Workhouſe, or
10, 1689, gave ſeveral houſes and lands in the
otherwiſe ſetting to work and employing the poor pariſh of Higham, to the Mayor and Citizens, to
inhabitants of the ſaid pariſh, and raiſing and con beſtow the rents thereof, firſt in keeping the
tinuing a ſtock of money and proviſions for that premiſes in repair, and the reſidue in providing
purpoſe.
pris tot gridst nota
bread to be weekly diſtributed upon every Sun-
Theſe Shepey eſtates increaſing in their rents day in the afternoon in St. Nicholas church, among
and profits, Francis Barrell, eſq; reſiduary truſtee the moſt neceſſitous poor of that pariſh, by 2s.
of fir Fohn Hayward's eſtates, in 1718 purchaſed
per week in bread, and the overplus to be divi-
6361. South Sea ſtock, which he transferred to the ded at the year's end, among four of the moſt
Mayor and Citizens of Rocheſter, for the perpe-
tual ſupport of three charity ſchools, to be called moſt ancient poor women, of the ſame pariſh, .
fir John Hayward's Charity Schools. Two of Theſe premiſes now bring in a clear yearly
theſe were directed to be in St. Nicholas's pariſh, fum of rol.
od bilsio 9138 mode to svit)
for teaching 20 poor boys of that pariſh, the Francis Brooke, gent. Town Clerk of this city
Maſter to have 12l. per annum; the other for 20 in n 1697, forgave the Mayor and Citizens a debt
poor girls of the ſaid pariſh, the Miſtreſs to have
of 5ol, owing to him, in conſideration of their
81. per annum,
paying an annuity of 41. for ever out of their
The other ſchool to be in Stroud, the Maſter eſtates, to be diſtributed by their committee of

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e of
or Miſtreſs to have 101. per annum for
teaching | charitable uſes, which fum is now annually dif-
30 poor children of that pariſh and Frindſbury,
and if any ſurplus of the dividends of the above
ſum ſhould afterwards remain, he directed the
tributed to poor perſons inhabiting this city.
Sir Joſeph Williamſon, knt. one of the repre.
ſentatives in Parliament for this city, by his will,
dated Auguſt 16, 1701, and proved October
17 following, bequeathed 5000l. to be laid out
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
CHARITIES.
The CITY and LIBERTY of ROCHESTER.
by his executors in purchaſing lands and tene the ſame ſhould be approved of by the extraordi-
ments, for and towards the building, and per nary governors, for which purpoſe they ſhould
petual maintaining of a free ſchool at Rocheſter, have an annual meeting on the Tueſday next after
for the inſtructing and educating the ſons of Midſummer-day, and that the Archbp. of Canterbu.
freemen of this city, in the mathematics and other ry, the Lord High Chancellor, or Lord Keeper, the
things that might fit and encourage them to Biſhop of Rocheſter, the Lord, or Proprietor of
the ſea ſervice, or arts and callings relating Cobham-ball and park, and their ſucceſſors for
thereto.
ever, ſhould be the extraordinary governors and
This legacy was to be appropriated to the in viſitors of this charitable foundation, and ſhould
tended charity, after the ſale of the teſtator's Ken have power to act in any caſe, where the ordi-
tif eſtates, which was directed to be as foon as nary governors fail in their duty, and finally to
convenient, after his deceaſe, before which the determine any differences that might ariſe be-
claimants were not entitled to any intereſt in the tween the ordinary governors and other the ſub-
fame. The Mayor and Citizens, on the delay
ordinate officers of this foundation. If the reve-
of the executors to put this part of the will in nue of the eſtates will permit, the upper Maſter
execution, made many applications to them, but was to be allowed 100l. per aunnum, and the
to no purpoſe, as they availed themſelves of the Under-maſter or Uſher, 401. per ann.
diſcretionary power for the time of ſelling the The ſchool, with the Maſter's houſe, is a
eſtates veſted in them by the teſtator, during handſome faſhed brick bụilding, well accomo-
which time, the freemen's ſons were in a worſe dated to the purpoſe. It is ſituated on the north
ſituation than before Sir Joſeph's deceaſe, he hav ſide of the High-ſtreet, without the city wall,
ing for many years employed a ſchoolmaſter to cloſe to the ſpot where the Eaſtgate of the city
inſtruct them at his own expence. In the latter formerly ſtood ; but unfortunately a great part
end of the year 1703, the Mayor and Citizens of the foundation of the building being laid in
exhibited their complaint in Chancery againſt the the rubbiſh, that filled up the ditch of the city
executors for this delay. This cauſe was long wall, the fabrick from time to time gave way,
depending in the Court of Chancery, but in July which was attended with no ſmall expence to
1708, a decree was obtained, by which it was the charity : but the eſtates and ſchool are now
ordered, that ſome ſmall portions of Sir Joſeph in ſo flouriſhing a condition, that the Maſters
Williamſon's eſtates, lying in Frindſbury, Shorne, receive their full ſalaries, and the charity is
and Higham, being appraiſed and valued with the cleared of every incumbrance.
approbation of both parties, ſhould be immedi-
Mr. John Colſon, afterwards Mathematical Pro-
ately transferred to certain truſtees mentioned in
feſſor at Cambridge, was the firſt Maſter of this
the decree, and that the reſidue of the legacy ſchool, and the celebrated actor, Mr. Garrick,
ſhould be paid at ſtated times to the faid truſt.
whilſt under his tuition here, ſhewed the early
This was at laſt complied with, but not with-
dawnings of his great genius; ſeveral inſtances
out great trouble to thoſe who proſecuted this
of which are ſtill remembered by many in Ro-
affair on behalf of the city. The Court of Chan-
cheſter.
cery likewiſe confirmed certain orders and con-
Excluſive of the above benefactions for the
ftitutions for the ſettling and perpetual govern-
ing the ſchool, wherein it is appointed. That
education of youth, there is a voluntary ſub-
the Mayor of Rocheſter, the Dean, the Recor-
ſcription ſubſiſting, for the educating ſeveral
der, the Maſter of the Trinity Houſe, the Com-
children of poor parents, who are not entitled to
miſſioner of Chatham dock-yard, the two Repre-
the above free fchool. The number at preſent,
who receive the benefit of them, is 22.
fentatives for the city for the time being, the ſe-
nior reſident Prebendary of the cathedral, the
Thomas Plume, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, by
,
his laſt will, dated Oct. 20, 1704, bequeathed
ſenior Aldermen and the Town Clerk, ſhould
to the city of Rocheſter 5ol. to be paid within a
be for ever the ordinary governors of the ſame,
month after his deceaſe, to be lent on good ſe-
(five of whom at the leaſt ſhould be requiſite to
curity by the Mayor and Aldermen to five poor
act) with power to chooſe the maſters, and make
tradeſmen, for ever, gratis (r).
and alter ſuch rules, orders and conſtitutions as
(r) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 226 et feq. alig 100%
they ſhould find neceſſary and convenient, ſo that
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THE next Hundred eaſtward from Rocheſter, Wood for the pannage of one kog. In the time of
is that of Chatham and Gillingham, which K. Edward the Confeffor, and afterwards, it was
was formerly eſteemed as two ſeparate half worth 12 pounds, now 15 pounds, and yet pays
hundreds, viz. the half Hundred of Chatham, and 35 pounds. Earl Goduin held it.
the half Hundred of Gillingham.
2110t Ow
10 d.gnisd
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Beieux, about
This Hundred contains the pariſhes of four years afterwards, the King ſeized on this,
1, CHATHAM.W 998 10 21891. Os Hassbar
among the reſt of his poßeffions, which became
2, GILLINGHAM in part. And il battegem
confiſcated to the Crown. After which Chatham
3, St. James's in the Iſle of Graine. usb asing
appears to have been granted to the eminent fa-
And the churches of thoſe pariſhes. $1990 gm
mily of Crevequer, written in Latin, De Crepito
Siil eids berisch Ili bisvib. Ito ay din
Corde, this being their ſeat, or Caput Baronia,
storlargated C H A THAM liga no
i. e, the principal manor of their barony, for
Svads as blod od didw longer te balist
fome time, until they removed themſelves to
LIT
IES adjoining to Rocheffer eaſtward. It is
Leeds Caſtle, being before frequently written Da-
I called in Domeſday, Cetéban, and in the Tex-
erous
mini de Cetham (s).
tus Roffenſis, Cættham. This place ſeems to take
Motion abowisis en
its name from the Saxon words cyte, a cottage, and
Robert, ſon of Hamon de Crevequer, who
ham, a village, i. e. the village of cottages. bus
had probably a grant of this eſtate from the
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor Chat-
Conqueror, was one of thoſe eight Knights who,
ham was in the poffeſion of Godwin, Earl of
were joined with John de Fiennes, for the better
defence of Dover Caſtle
, which the King had then
Kent, on whoſe death it defcended
eldeſt
put under a new order of government, and to
fon, Harold, afterwards King of England, who
enable them to perform this ſervice, had given
being Nain at the fatal battle of Haſtings, Wil-
them ſeveral knights fees of land, by the tenure
liam the Conqueror ſeized the crown, and the
of which they were each bound to maintain a
reſt of Harold's poſſeſſions, and gave this eſtaté, certain number
r. of ſoldiers for the defence of it.
among many others, to his half-brother, Odo,
Robert de Crevequer had five knights fees for his
Biſhop of Baieux, whom he made Earl of Kent ;
allotment, which was ſtyled the Barony of Cre-
accordingly this place is thus entered, under the
I
vequer (t).
general title of that prelate's lands, in the book
of Domeſday: .osw (Deplo esta
པར'' ཀ༨) геру 5
His grandſon, Robert de Crevequer (u), erected
lui 191! dod i In Ceteba’ Hund. bölsins og
Leeds-caſtle, and the priory there, and had iſſue
1. Robt latin' ten' ad firma de epo' Cetebam. p. 6.
by Roeſe his wife, three fons, Adam, Elias, and
Solins ſe defd. Tra'. 16. Car. In dnio' ſunt. 3.
Daniel (v); the laſt of whom ſucceeded to the
& 33. Villi. cu
Villi. cu' 4. bord. Int. 10. Car'. l Ibi accla
inheritance, and in the 7th year of K. Henry II,
& 15. Servi. &. 1. molin' de. 32. den'. & 20. ac
on the levying a ſcutage of two marcs on each
pti. & pifcarie 6. de 12. den. Silva. 1. pore'
knight's fee, for the ſupport of the army, when
T. R. E. & poft'. valuit. 12. lib. modo. 15. lib.
the King beſieged Thoulouſe, he anſwered for 20
knights fees, of which 14 were of the old feoff-
& tam redd. 35. lib. Godrinº tenuit.
ment (w).
siu atisro cofra nuo
Which is: In Cetebam Hundred, Robert Latin He left iſſue (x) by Iſabel his wife, Robert de
kolds Ceteham to ferni of the Biſhop (of Baieur). It Crevequer his ſon and heir, who in the firſt ſcu.
was taxed at fix ſulings
. The ar able land is 16 ca tage, levied in the iſt year of K. Richard I,
rucatés. In demeſne there are three, and
e are three, and 33 villeins, for the army in Wales, anfwered for 14 knights
with four borderers having 10 carucates. There is fees.
so to las bue
a church, and 15 ſervants, and one mill of 32 pence, b. He left iſſue Hamon de Crevequer, his ſon and
and 20 acres of meadow, and fix fifferies of 12 pence. heir, who adhering to the rebellious Barons at
oliwazah
(s) Philipott, p. 103.
(v) And a daughter, named Gunnora.
(t) A fon of the above-mentioned Robert de Crevequer
(w) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 591.
was Hamo, commonly called, from his office, Dapifer.
(x) He ordered his body to be buried in Zeeds priory.
(u) This Robert had a brother, named Elias.
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CHATHAM.
.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
the latter end of K. Jolin's reign, his lands were John de Vere, Earl of Oxford; Margery, to Wm.
ſeized; but in the iſt year of K. Henry III, he Lord Roos; Elizabeth, to William de Bohun, Earl
ſeems to have been admitted to a compoſition, of Northampton (b); and Margaret, to fir John
and to have had them reſtored to hini. In the Tibetot or Tiptoft, knt. (i)
19th year of K. Henry III, he was joined with On the diviſion of their inheritance, the ma.
Walerand Teutonicus, i.e. Teyes, in the wardenſhip
his relief and doing his homage, he had livery fore him; but he having iſſue by her, continued
of the lands of William de Abrincis, or Averenches, in poffeffion of this manor by the courteſy of
whoſe daughter and heir Maud he had married. England, for the term of his life, and died ſeiſed
He died in the 47th of K. Henry III, anno 1262, of it April 13, anno 41 Edward III, holding it
leaving Roberı his grandſon, viz. fon of Hamon of the King in capite, by the ſervice of one
his ſon, who died in his life time, 24. years of knight's fee (1). By his wife Margaret he had
age, being then ſeiſed of this manor of Chat two ſons; John, who died in his life-time, and
ham (y), which he held of the King in capite by Robert, who became his heir, being at his fa-
barony, and alſo the manors of Farley and Terſtan ther's death 26 years of age; who doing his ho-
of the King in capite, as members of that manor, mage, had livery of his lands. He married Mar-
and the manor of Ledes in like manner, as be garet, daughter of William Deincourt, and hav-
longing to his barony of Chatham (z). Robert de ing been ſummoned to Parliament in the 42d and
Crevequer, the ſame year that his grandfather 44th years of K. Edward III, departed this life
died, had livery of his lands, excepting the on April 13, anno 46 Edward III, being then
dowry of Alice his mother; and afterwards, tak-
ſeiſed of this manor, which he held as above-
ing pårt with the Barons againſt the King, this
mentioned (m). He died without male iſſue, ſo
was ſeized among his other eſtates,
his other eſtates, and though
that his three daughters became his coheirs ; of
he was afterwards reſtored to the King's favor,
whom Margaret and Millicent married cwo ſons
yet he never regained poſſeſſion of this manor(a)
of Richard le Scroope, Lord Treaſurer of England;
which ſeems to have remained in the hands of,
and Elizabeth married fir Pbilip le Despencer,
the Crown till the 19th year of K. Edward I, who in the 9th year of K. Richard II,
anno 1296, when it was granted to Guido Ferre making proof of their reſpective ages, had livery
for the term of his life (b). He Sied ſeiſed of it
of their lands (nn).
31
ai borw ng
in the 4th year of K. Edward III, anno 1329, On the partition of their eſtates, this manor
the ſame being then of the inheritance of Giles de was allotted to the ſhare of Eilzabeth, wife of fit
Baleſmeré, and held of the King in capite by Philip le Deſpencer, who died before her huſband;
knight's ſervice (c). .
but leaving iſſue a daughter and heir, Margery,
loc
odnog pinnen
Giles de Badlefmere was only ſon and heir of fir Philip continued in poffefſion of it for the term
Bartholomew de Badleſmere (d', who had had a of his life, and died ſeiſed of it in the 2d year of
grant of the fee of this manor from K. Edward K.
· Henry VI, (o) Margery inherited this manor
II, in his 11th year (e). In the 7th year of K. on her father's death, being then the wife of
Edward III, he was fo much in favor with the Roger Wentworth, eſa; (p) who in her right be-
King, that, doing his homage, he had livery of came entitled to it. She ſurvived both her huſ-
bands, and died April 20, in the 18th year
his full
age.
ſeiſed
the King in his wars in Scotland and Gaſcoigne, nor (q), in which ſhe was ſucceeded by Henry
and having received ſummons to Parliament from Wentworth, her grandſon, ſon of Philip, who
the 9th to the 12th year of that reign incluſive.
died in her life time. He left iſſue fir Richard
He departed this life that year, without iſſue (f), Wentworth, knt. who died feiſed of it on Oct.
being then feiſed of this manor (g), and leaving 17, in the 20th year of K. Henry VIII, anno
his four ſiſters his coheirs, viz. Maud, married to 1528 (r). His ſon, fir Thomas Wentworth, of
stund
(y) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 592.
(e) Pat. in Turr. de anno 11 and 12 Edw. II. pars ima.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 33. By his wife above-men (3
) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii
, P. 58. xili xil to be more
tioned, he had alſo four daughters ; Agnes, wife of John de
(8) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
Sandwich; Holda, wife of Nicholas de Lenham; Elene, of
(b) She was then widow of Edmund Mortimer.
Bertram de Cryol; and Iſabel, of Henry de Gaunt.
2 (i) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 39, 59.
(a) He left iſſue an only ſon and heir, Willium, who died
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
without iſſue. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 592. This family bore
(1)
1) Ibid. (72)
. Ibid. and Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 40.
for their arms-Gules, a plain croſs or; as appears on the roof
(n) Ibid.
of Canterbury cloiſters. This coat of Crevequer is likewiſe
(nn) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 40.
to be ſeen, impaled with Abrincis, in All Saints church in () Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Canterbury.
W) He was her ſecond huſband, her firſt being Jobn, Lord
(6) Rot. Cart anno 19 Edw. I, N. 63.
Roos, of Hamlake.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(d) He was executed for treaſon at Canterbury,
(-) Inquiſ, poſt mort.
Nettlefied
knt. (n)
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both of
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CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
Nettleſted in Suffolk, knt. was ſummoned to Parlia டாக instifiain as Des
ment Dec. 2d next year, among the Peers of this Bed WADE S L A DR. Y neid
realm, and died March 3, in the 5th year of K.
More
or Walderſade, now vulgarly called Waſlett, is a
Edward VI, being then Lord Chamberlain of
manor here, which was formerly accounted a
the King's houſhold, and was buried in Weſtmin-
member of the manor of Chatham, of which if
fter Abbey. By Anne his wife, daughter of fir
Adrian Forteſcue, knt. he left iffue eight ſons and
After the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, it came
nine daughters (s); of the former, Thomas, his
into the poſſeſſion of the Crevequerºs, from whom
ſon and heir, poſſeſſed this manor, who being
it paſſed into the family of Leyborné, of Ley-
knighted had ſummons to Parliament in the 6th
borne in this county.
7219
year of K. Edward VI, being about that time
Henry de Leyborne, in the 4th year of K. Ed-
made Deputy of Calcis; from which truſt he
ward II, anno 1310, obtained to him and his
was, however, shortly after removed, on account
heirs, a charter of free-warren for his lands in
of his youth and inexperience, On K. Edward's
Warderflade, Sbarſtede and Lydefynge, in this pa-
death he was one of the firſt who appeared for
riſh (d). In the 28th year of K. Edward I. he,
Q. Mary, who in the iſt year of her reign, made with his brother Simon, had attended the King
him a Privy Counſellor, and again Deputy of in his expedition into Scotland, and was preſent
Calais, and the marches thereof; which office he
others of the gentry of this county,
held till the fatal loſs of that place (t).
at the ſiege of Carlaverock, and were both
In the 8th year of Q. Elizabeth, he alienated knighted for their ſervices there(e). They ſeem
the manor of Chatham to Francis Barneham and both to have been younger brothers of Willian
Stephen Slanie (u), who quickly after paſſed away de Leyborne, of Leyborne-caftle.
their intereſt in it to John Hart and Michael Bar When Sir Henry de Leyborne died, I don't find, ,
ker, and they in the 20th year of Q. Elizabeth, but at his death it is probable this manor de-
had licence to alienate it to Reginald Barker, ſcended to his niece, Juliana de Leyborne, who
eſq; (v) who died ſeiſed of it on Dec. 26, anno
1600(w). After his death Anne, his widow (x), whom ſhe ſurvived (f), it eſcheated to the Crown
fold it to for Robert Jackſon, knt. who in the reign for want of heirs, for it appears by the inquiſi-
of K. Charles I, conveyed it by ſale to fir Oliver
tion, taken in the 43d year of K. Edward III,
Boteler, then of Teſton in this county, knt, whoſe after her death, that there was then no one who
grandſon, fir Oliver Boteler, bart. (y) gave this could make claim to her eſtates, either by direct
manor in marriage with his daughter Joan (2)
or even collateral alliance.
islaub
to Chriſtopher Rhodes, eſq; (a) whoſe ſon, of the After which, this eſtate continued in the
ſame name, is the preſent poffeſſor of it (b). Crown till K. Richard II, in his with year,
There is a market and two fairs belonging to gave it to the Priory of Canons, alias Chiltern
this manor: the former is held weekly on a Langley, in the co. of Hertford (8), where it con-
Saturday, and the latter on May 15th and Sept. tinued till the diffolution of that Houſe in the
19th yearly, and holds for three days each 30th year of K. Henry VIII, when it was, to-
30 10
time (c).
oft nungin
gether with all its poffeffions, ſurrendered into
DOMO
song
(s) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 310.
(6) He bears for his arms-On a bend a lion paſſant-guar-
(t) Dugd. ibid. p. 310. His grandſon, Thomas, was in
dant, in the dexter point an acorn.
the 8th year of K. James created Lord Wentworth, of Nettle (6) The yearly rental of this manor about 50 years ago
fted in the co. of Ebor, and in the ift of K. Charles I, Earl
was as follows: The market at 21. 1os. per week, 130l.-two
of Cleveland. Dugd. ibid.
fairs 401.-lands-561.-woods 30l.-quitrents 231. 1os.-ground
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pars ima. (v) Ibid. pt. 3.
rents 100l.-houſes 1501. Total 5291. 155. per annum.
(d) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 42.
(w) He was buried in the eaſt corner of the ſouth ifle of
(e) Philipott, p. 218.
Chatham church, where an altar tomb was erected to his me-
(f) Her firſt huſband was John de Haſtings, father of Lau-
mory, with the effigies of him and his wife on it. He bore
rence, the firſt Earl of Pembroke ; her fecond, William de
for his arms Barry or and fable, a bend gules, in chief a cre-
Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon, who, as appears by the Book
Scent fable, for difference.
of Aid, at the making the Black Prince a Knight, in the
(*) She afterwards married to fir Michael Sondes, of Throw 20th year of K. Edward III, then held it, as one fourth of
ley, knt. and died in 1615.
a knight's fee; and it likewiſe appears by Rot. Eſch. anno
(y) Son of William (third but only ſurviving fon of fir 28 Edward III, that he then held it in right of his wife, at
Oliver) who had been created a Baronet, July 3, anno 17
his deceaſe that
year.
Charles I, 1641. See Teſton.
(8) Philipott, p. 104. This was a houſe of Friars Preach-
Gaba
(z) She died May 4, 1753, æt. 74, and was buried at
ers, founded by Roger, ſon of Robert Helle, but being near
Chelſea. She was of conſanguinity to Archbp. Chichele; her
the royal palace in King's Langley parilh, was greatly in-
grandmother, Joan, daughter of fir Henry Fanſaw, being
creaſed in revenue, as well as buildings, by K. Edward I,
deſcended from fir Robert Chichele, Lord Mayor of London,
and the ſucceeding Kings, ſo as to exceed all other houſes
the Archbiſhop's brother. See Stem. Chich. No. 1-5. of this order in England. It was valued at the ſuppreſlion of
it
(a) He left by her one ſon, and a daughter, married to
at 1221. 45. Dugdale-1501. 145. 8d. Speed. Tan. Mon.
Charles Birkbead, efq; by whom ſhe had iſſue a ſon, Charles.

ong
emishe
p. 188.
the

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The HISTORY 'Tof K E N T.
of
01
Elizabeth, daughter of John Criſpe, of the Iſle of
CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
the King's hands, and was confirmed to him and After his deceaſe it came to the Manleys of
his heirs, by the general words of the act paſſed Reading, and from that name it paſſed in moieties,
the next year for that purpoſe. K. Henry VIII, one of which came into the poſſeſſion of William
Feb
7, in his 3.1ſt year, for divers good cauſes Boſvile, efq; whoſe eldeſt ſon and heir Henry
and conſiderations, granted to Richard, Suffra Bofvile, of Braborne in Sevenoke, eſq; dying in
gan Biſhop of Dover, this manor of Waldeſlade, 1761 unmarried, deviſed this moiety to his kinf-
together with the ſcite of the above monaſtery, man fir Richard Betenfon, of Braborne, bart. the
and all other lands and poſſeſſions belonging to preſent poffeffor of it (r). The other moiety
it, in the county of Hertford and Kent, excepting Wadefiade paſſed from the Manleys into the name
two marſhes and a ſmall parcel of land in Pref of Liſle, from whence it was alienated to Dr.
ton in this county, to hold to him and his aſ Philip Bearcroft, on whoſe deceaſe it deſcended
ligns during his life, without any rent or ac to his three fons, Philip, Edward, and John Bear-
count whatever, provided that if he ſhould be croft, and they ſome few years ago joined in the
promoted to one or more eccleſiaſtical benefices, ſale of it to Abraham Chambers, of London, efq;
or other dignity or annuity of the yearly value the preſent proprietor of it (s).
of rool, that then this grant ſhould be void (8). There is a Court Baron now held for this
This certainly happened before the 36th year of
manor, the yearly rents of which are gs. 2d. it
that reign, for the King on May 26, that year, pays a yearly fee-farm rent to the Crown of 8s.
granted it to Sir Thomas Moile, knt. to hold in
per annum.
parla andis to do in da flis bleil
capite by knight's ſervice (b), and the yearly
buterteh
rent of 61. 75. głd. and he cave'i
SHARSTED MANOR.
O R. on
it in marriage
gave
to Terra
with his youngeſt daughter and coheir Amy, to
Skarſted, vulgarly called Shawſted, is a manor
Sir Thomas Kempe, of Ollantigh in Wye, knt. who
lying among the woods in the ſouthern part of
in the 9th year of Q. Eliz. paſſed it away (i) to
this pariſh, which had antiently owners who
John Mabbe, ſenior, of London, goldſmith, as he
took their firname from it. sils jonsollbar
did in the 20th to William Emmes and Catherine
Fulco de Sharſted held it as half a knight's fee,
his wife (k), who in the 25th year of that reign
in the beginning of the reign of K. Edward I.(t)
alienated it to Richard Fogge, gent. (1), and he
and Simon de Sharfted died leiſed of it, and likewiſe
the next year ſold it to Mr. Thomas Cocks, who
We
transferred it in like manner in the 36th
of a moiety of the manor of Lydfing in this pariſh
year
of
and Gillingham, in the 25th year of that reign, at
Q. Elizabeth to Richard Lee, of Delce in Rochef which time he held this manor as half a knight's
ter, ejg; whoſe eldeſt ſon, Richard Lee, eſq; by
21
fee(u). In the reign of K. Edward II, fir
. Henry de
Leyborne, knt. was poſſeſſed of it, in the 4th year of
Thanet, eſq; on his death ſucceeded to this eſtate,
which he obtained to himſelf, and his heirs char-
but quickly afterwards gave up his right in it to
ter of free warren for his lands in Sharftede, Lyde-
his next brother, Thomas Lee, who deceaſing
finge, and elſewhere in this pariſh (v).
without iſſue, bequeathed it by his laſt will to his
Iſabella, his widow, paid reſpective aid for
nephew Richard, eldeſt ſon of his brother Richard
Lee, of Delce (m), and his deſcendant of the ſame
this manor at the making the Black Prince a
knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward III, hold-
name paffed it away in Q. Anne's reign, to Sir
ing the ſame as half a knight's fee of the honor
Owen Buckingham, knt. and Alderman of Lon-
of Ledes.
don (n). He died poffeffed of Wadefiade, March Soon after which it came into the family of
w
14, 1713, leaving Frances his ſecond wife ſur-
Say, for in the 30th year of the above reign fir
viving (0), who became entitled to it (p), and
Roger de Say, knt. granted to his brother, fir
died poffeffed of it Feb. 21, 1720, as did their
Jeffry de Say, knt. his manor of Sharjtede and
ſon Owen Buckingham, eſq; on March 8, follow-
Lydefynge in the pariſhes of Chatham and Gilling-
ing (9).
ham, with all lands, tenements, homages, reliefs,
2nw bandus
(8) Inrolm. Augtn. off. His name was Thornden, alias
(m) Philipott, p. 104, and M. ped. Lee. See more of
Stede. On the foundation of the Dean and Chapter of Chriſt
eru i tot
this family, under Great Delce in Rocheſter, P: 55:
Church in Canterbury, anno 33 K. Henry VIII, he was made
(n) He ſerved the office of Sheriff in 1695, and Lord
one of the new Prebendaries of it, and ſoon after Rector of
Mayor in 1705. He was of the Salters’ Company.
Adijham in this county, which probably vacated the above
(0) His firſt wife was Mary, daughter of Richard Franklyn,
grant.
Blow
(5) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 27.
of New Windſor, gent. She died Dec. 8, 1694, and was
3513
buried in Eaton chapel.
(i) By the name of the manor of Waldeſland, alias North
Waldefland, in Chatham.
(p) Rolls of Chatham manor.
bob 918 )
(9) He was killed in a duel.
(k) By the name of the manor of Walflade, alias Nether
fr) See Braborne in Sevenoke, vol. i, p. 350.
Walflade. Rot. Eſch. pt. 9.
(s) This eſtate pays jos. yearly to the poor of the pariile
William Emmes had the Queen's licence to alienate this of Chatham, the gift of one of the family of Manley.
manor with its appurts. and 140 acres of arable, 10 acres of (t) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
meadow, and 200 acres of wood, in Walflade, to Richard
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. tad
Fooge. Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 10.
(v) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 42.
heriots,
om and ot be
en al lands e
(1)
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CHATHAM
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
HINDI
heriots, eſcheats, ſuits of court, &c. with their Vortimer, the chiefs encountering each other
appurts. to hold to him in perpetual inheri hand to hand, were both killed on the ſpot;
tance (w. He ſeems to have alienated theſe pre Catigern is ſuppofed to have been buried near the
miſes to Robert Belcknappe, who having obtained field of battle, at the place now called Kits Coty
the King's licence (x), by his indenture, dated Houſe; and Horfa at this place, which, from that
the ift of March in the 50th year of K. Edward circumſtance, aſſumed the name of Horſted, i. e.
III, anno 1375, granted the manor of Sharſiede, the Place of Horſa(a).
and a moiety of the manor of Lidefynge in Chat In the fields near it, there are numbers of
han and Woldehan, with all lands, tenements, large ſtones diſperſed over the lands, ſome ſtand-
rents, and ſervices, with their appurts. to the ing upright, and others thrown down by time,
Prior and Convent of Rocheſter, and their ſucceſ which it is probable were placed as memorials
ſors for ever, on their paying to him and his heirs of thoſe, who were ſain on the fide of the Saxons
the yearly rent of 22 marcs for ever (y), and in this memorable rencounter, and were buried
likewiſe performing certain religious ſervices, as
here (b).
is therein mentioned, for the ſouls of John his This manor in the reign of K. Henry III,
father, Alice his mother, for his and their chil-
was part of the poffeffions of the eminent family
dren, and all other faithful ſouls deceaſed (z).
of Apulderfielit ; for in the 38th year of it Wil-
This manor of Sharſted, with that of Lydfyng, liam de Apulderfeld obtained a charter of free-war-
continued part of the poffeffions of the Priory of ren for his lands at Horſted (c). After they
Rocheſter till the diffolution of it in the 32d year were become extinct here, it became the property
of K. Henry VIII, when it was, together with of Waryn, one of whom, John, ſon of Edmund
all its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's Waryn, died feiſed of it in the 12th year of K.
hands, who by his dotation charter, dated June Edward III.(d) From this name it paſſed to
20, in his 33d year, ſettled theſe manors, with Benediet de Fulſnam, who was lord of it in the 30th
their appurts. on his new-founded Dean and Chap-
year of that reign (e). His deſcendant, Richard
ter of Rocheſter, where the inheritance of them
Fulham, held it at his death in the 5th year of
remains at preſent.
K. Henry y. Soon after which it paſſed into
The preſent leaſe of theſe manors is veſted in that of Love; Reginald Love died ſeiſed of it in
Mrs. Rebecca and Mrs. Frances Long, of Luton the 9th year of the above reign, and his ſuccef-
in Chatham, and their ſiſter's huſband, Mr. John for held it till the latter end of K. Henry VI,
Bogburſt, of Stroud.
when it paſſed by fale to William Venour, who
died poffefſed of Horſied in the iſt year of K.
Edward IV. After which it was, within a few
months, conveyed to Markham, in which name
it itaid but a very ſhort time before it was con:
is a manor in this pariſh, part of the lands of
veyed to Tate, who paſſed it away to fir Richard
which are in Rocheſter, the boundary of the li-
Lee, knt, Citizen and Grocer of London, in whoſe
berty of that city extending towards the fouth-eaſt,
deſcendants this manor remained, till Richard
as far as this houſe.
Lee, of Delce in Rocheſter, eſq; in the reign of
This place is ſuppoſed to take its name from
Q. Anne, paſſed it away by ſale to Robert Har-
Horſa, the Saxon General, and brother of Hengiſt,
vey, of Crimpleſham in the co. of Norfolk, eſq;
the firſt King of Kent, who engaging the Britons
and he by deed, dated Oct. 15, 1717; alienated
under the command of Catigern, brother of K.
it, with other eſtates (f), to William Walter, of
HO R S T E D
(w) Reg. Roff. p. 217.
(x) B.y an inquiſition, taken at Rocheſter in the 22d year
of K. Henry VI, it was found, that K. Edward III. granted
his licence to Robert Belkenape, to grant to the Prior and
Convent, and their fucceffors, the manor of Sharfted, 23
acres of arable, 400 acres of pafure, and one acre of wood,
in Chatham and Wouldham, and the moiety of the manor of
Lydeſynge. with its appurts. Reg. Roff. p. 137.
(y) Sir Robert de Belcknappe, by his deed, dated March
iſt, in the 3d year of K. Richard II, releaſed and acquitted
the Prior and Convent, and their fucceffors, of the yearly
rent of two marcs, part of the 20 above reſerved to him and
his heirs. K. Richard II, by his let. pat. Dec. 1, in his iſt
year, confirmed the above grants to the Prior and Convent,
and their ſucceſſors. After the death of fir Robert Belck-
nappe, his intereſt in this rent of 20 marcs came to William
de Makenade, who conveyed his right in it during his life to
Thomas de Brokhelle, Stephen Bettenhame, and Stephen Parte-
fyn; after which he, by his indenture July 5, in the 23d
year of K. Richard II, anno 1399, conveyed the reverſion of
p. xxviii.
the ſaid rent to the Prior and Convent, and their ſucceſſors,
for ever, on condition of their performance of certain reli-
gious ſervices for the ſouls of himſelf, his father and mother,
&c. for ever. Reg. Roff. p. 220, 221, 222. See more of
this manor in Tan. Mon. p. 203, viz. Pat. 6, R. 2, p. 2,
m. 18.--Pat. 16, R. 2, p. 3, m. 7.--Rec. in Scacc. 12 Hen.
VIII, Paſch. Rot. 12,
(z) Reg. Roff. p. 219. 10 15
(a) Lamb. Peramb. p. 393. See vol. i. of this hiſtory,
.
(6) This battle is ſuppoſed to have happened about the
boting
year 455
(c) Philipott, p. 293.
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(e) The following owners of this manor were likewiſe pola
ſeſſed, in like chain of ſucceflion, of Great Delce in Rocheſter,
and Snodhurft in this pariſh. See a more particular account
of them, under Great Delce, p. 55.
(A) Fas the ſum of 2950.
VOL.II.
T
Chatham

70
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
H IS TO RY, of
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
CHATHAM.
Chatham, eſq; who dying in May 1745, bequeath-
ed this manor by will to his nephew, Thomas
Walter, efq; and he, ſoon after the year 1767,
conveyed it, with other eſtates in this pariſh, to
Benjamin Hatley Foote, eſq; the preſent owner of
it (g).
Horſted is held of Chatham manor, by the
yearly rent of 115. id.
There is no Court held for this manor.
19 foie, 931
1-30
end of K. Henry VI, when it went by ſale to
William Venour, who died poſſeſſed of Snodhurji
in the 1ſt year of K. Edward IV. After which
it was, within a few months, conveyed to Mark-
ham, in which name it ſtaid but a very ſhort
time, before it was conveyed to Tate, who paſſed
it away to fir Richard Lee, knt. Citizen and Grocer
of London, in whoſe deſcendants it remained till
the reign of Q. Anne, when Richard Lee, of
Great Delce, eſq; paſſed it away by fale to Robert
Harvey, of Crimpleſham in the co. of Norfolk, eſq;
and he, by deed, dated Oct. 15, 1717, alienated
it, with other eſtates, to William Walter, of Chat-
ham, efq; (n) who dying in May 1745, bequeathed
this eſtate to his nephew, Thomas Walter, efq;
who, ſoon after the year 1767, conveyed it, with
other eſtates in this pariſh, and St. Margaret's in
Rocheſter, to Benjamin Hatley Foote, efq; the pre-
fent owner of it.
SNODHURST.
.
SETTINGTON.
Snodhurſt, now vulgarly called Snolledge, is an
hamlet here, which was formerly part of the pof-
ſeſſions of the family of Crevequer, Lords of Chat-
bam. Part of it ſeems to have been accounted
an appendage to the manor of Great Delce, and
is ſaid in the records of the time of K. Edward
III, to have conſiſted of 60 acres of land, which
are likewiſe called a carucate, and in others, the
4th part of a knight's fee, and are ſaid to lie in
Parva, or Little Chatham.
Snodhurſt, in the beginning of the reign of K.
Edward II, was in the poſſeſion of the family
of Badlefmere. Bartholomew de Badleſmere, in
the oth year of that reign, obtained to himſelf
and his heirs, a charter of free-warren for his lands
in Snodburſt and Chatham (h); but at the latter
end of it, aſſociating with the Barons againſt the
King, he was taken, and executed at Canterbury,
being then ſeiſed of this eſtate, as appears by
the inquiſition taken in the 2d year of K. Ed-
ward III. () Notwithſtanding this delinquency,
his young fon, Giles de Badleſmere, found fo
much favor with the King, that in the 7th of
K. Edward III, doing his homage, he had livery
of his inheritance, though he had not then ac-
compliſhed his full age. He died ſeiſed of this
eſtate in the 12th year of that reign, without
iſſue (k), upon which his four ſiſters became his
coheirs, viz. Maud, wife of John de Vere, Earl
of Oxford; Margery, of William, Lord Roos;
Elizabeth, of Willian Bohun, Earl of Northamp.
and Margaret, of fir John Tiptoft, knt. (2)
On the diviſion of their inheritance, Maud,
the eldeſt ſiſter, had allotted to her ſhare, among
other lands, 12 acres of wood in Snodhurſt ; and
Elizabeth, the ſecond fifter, had one meſſuage,
100 acres of land, 80 acres of paſture, and 12
acres of wood in Snodhurſt likewiſe (m). Benedikt
de Fulſham died feiſed of this eſtate at the latter
end of K. Edward III.'s reign, and his deſcen-
dant held it at his death in the 5th year of K.
Henry V. Soon after which it paſſed to Love;
Reginald Love died ſeiſed of it in the 9th year of
that reign, and his ſucceſſor held it till the latter
wisdom
(8) See more of this family, under Detling.
$
(b) Philipott, p. 294. Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 57.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (k) Ibid.
Settington, alias Sittington, is a farm and re-
puted manor in this pariſh, which in the reign
of K. James I, was part of thoſe ample poſſeſ.
ſions in this pariſh and neighbourhood, which
were owned by fir Maximilian Dalyfon, knt, who
at his death bequeathed this eſtate to his ſon, of
the ſame name, who in like manner bequeathed it
to his ſecond ſon, Mr. Charles Dalyfon, of Chat-
ham, gent, he alienated it to Mr. Iſaac Walker, of
Luton in this pariſh, gent, who deviſed it by his
laſt will to his three ſons, Richard, Ifaac, and Wm.
whoſe ſeveral ſhares in the year 1714 were be-
come centered in Mr. John Walker, the only ſur-
viving ſon of Richard; he paſſed it away by fale
to Richard Venner, of Northfleet, whoſe heirs fold
it to Mr. Laurence Evans; from whom it was
fold, in the year 1773, to Mr. John Holloway,
of London, the preſent proprietor of it.
This eſtate is held of the manor of Chatham,
by the yearly rent of gs. 3d.
lo 19013rd
05 ora 100
| 01
ent of go.
R O M E-HOUSE.
ton;
9
There is a good old manſion, called Rome-
houſe, ſituated at a ſmall diſtance from the
High-ſtreet of Chatham, on the ſouth ſide of it, in
the road leading from thence to Maidſtone. This
was formerly the ſeat of the Walkers, who alien-
ated it to Commodore Mihell; he fold it to George
Hinde, efq; after whoſe death it was poffeffed by
his widow, and ſhe carried her intereſt in it in
marriage to George Monroe, eſa; Since which it
has been ſold to fames Best, of Chatham, ela; the
preſent owner of it.
011 bomo
b
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 59. (m) Ibid. and vol. i, p. 185.
(n) He bore for his arms-Azure, a fefs indented or, be-
tween 3 Jpread eagles argent.
PREMISES
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
71
PRESENT STATE OF CHATHAM.
CHATHAM
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
yard-field, fix acres; the Four-acres; the Three-
PREMISES OF LESSER NOT E.
acres ;
and a falt marſh of 20 acres, late belong-
ing to the King, were furveyed, and returned at
Robert de Crevequer, ſon of Hamon, in the 3d
the yearly value of 20l. gs. 4d. per annum (u).
year of K. Edward I.'s reign, granted in pure and
The inhabitants of Chatham, with thoſe of
perpetual alms for ever, to the priory of Ledes, fix
marcs, and 23d. of rent, with its appurts. in
Gillingham, were antiently bound to contribute to
Chatham, five marcs of which the incumbent of
the repair of the 2d pier of Rocheſter Bridge (V).
the church of Chatham uſed to pay him yearly
from a certain marſh, called le Bercherſe, in this
pariſh, and one marc which Wm. de la Helle uſed
The town of Chatham, the greateſt part of
to pay him yearly from certain tenements of his
which has been built ſince the reign of Q. Eliza-
in the ſame pariſh, and 21d. which the incum-
bent of the ſaid church uſed to pay him yearly
beth, adjoins to that of Rocheſter, which, with
from a certain tenement in Leuetone, which was
Stroud, makes one long ſtreet of more than
two miles in length, of which Chatham is one,
once John de Hamme's, and 2d. rent which the
being commonly called The three Towns, through
ſaid incumbent uſed to pay him yearly from a
certain marih, called le Hope, together with all
which the high road leads from London to
Dover.
homages, reliefs, eſcheats, ſuits of court, gifts,
aids, and all liberties and rights belonging to it,
It is ſituated cloſe to bank of the Medway for
to hold of him and his heirs freely, quietly, and
about half a mile, after which the river leaving
wholly for ever; in recompence of which, the
the town Aows north-north-eaſt.. At about a
Canons were to make him a partaker of their
quarter of a mile's diſtance from the High-ſtreet,
prayers, and the benefits of the ſame, in their
cloſe to the river, is the Old Doek, being the re-
church of Ledes (0).
poſitory of royal ſtores and ordnance; and fur-
ther on, the Royal Dock, above which, on the
Queen Alianor, anno 20 Edward I, granted
chalk 'hill, lies the village of Brompton, ſituated
to the Canons of St. Mary of Leeds an acre of
partly in this pariſh, and partly in that of Gilling-
land in Chatham, in pure and perpetual alms, to
ham, conſiſting of about 400 houſes, moſt of
enlarge their garden here (p). K. Edward I.
which have been erected within the memory of
confirmed this gift, as was found by inquiſition
perſons now living ; near it are the barracks for
in the 21ſt year of that reign, on a Quo Warranto
the ſoldiers, and the extenſive lines of fortifica-
brought againſt the Prior for this land (q). This
tion, to defend the docks and ſtores, on any
in-
continued with the priory till the diſſolution of it
vaſion of the enemy on the land ſide.
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it was ſur-
rendered into the King's hands, who by his in-
Cloſe to the houſes on the other, or ſouth ſide
denture, dated Jan. 16, in his 32d year, demiſed
of the High-ſtreet, the chalk hill likewiſe riſes
ſuddenly to ſome height, over which, at about
for 21 years to Richard Holbrooke, all that tene-
ment, with an orchard and pidgeon-houſe, in
a quarter of a mile diſtance from the back
Chatham, and one field called Brokefield, late be-
of the town, there has been a new road cut
longing to the priory of Leeds, at the yearly rent
of late, at a very great expence, by the au-
of 4os. (r)
thority of Parliament, to avoid the inconveni-
ence of paſſing through this ſtreet; which road
In the 28th year of K. Edward III, the hoſpi-
unites with the Dover road again at the eaſtern
tal, called the Maiſon Dieu, at Oſpringe in this
extremity of the town, at the foot of Chatham-
county, was poffefſed of certain tenements in
hill (w). The inhabitants of Chatham were ſo
Chatham (s).
much alarmed at this, left, the thoroughfare of
The ferm of certain lands and tenements in
their town being neglected, their traffic would
Chatham, parcel of the poſſeſſions of the late
likewiſe foon decay, that they refuſed to have
Carthufian monaſtery in London, was ſold by vir-
tue of a commiſion from K. Philip and Q. Mary,
their town comprehended in the act, which thoſe
of Rocheſter obtained, for the new paving and
May 20, 1557, to Richard Watts (t).
otherwiſe beautifying that town and Stroud, as
After the death of K. Charles I, the royal re the making this new road was to be part of the
venues were ſeized on by the powers then in be act. However, they ſoon found, on the other
ing, and ordered to be ſold, to ſupply the ne band, that if the town of Chatham too was not
ceſſities of the ſtate. Upon which there was a made more ſafe and commodious for travellers, the
ſurvey made of them, and in 1652, certain pre greateſt part of them would moſt probably avoid
miſes in this pariſh, viz. a field called Well, alias ſo unſafe and diſagreeable a thoroughfare, by tra-
Conduit-field, with a tenement, 24 acres; Ropè velling the new road, which again alarmed them ſo

(6) Reg. Roff. p. 211. () Rot. Cart, ejus an. N. 62.
(9) Reg. Roff. p. 212.
(v) Inrolments, Augtn. off,
(s) Tan. Mon. Þ. 222.
(1) Harl. Mf. No. 606-101.
(u) Parl. Surveys, Augen. off.
(v) Lamb. Peramb. p. 420.
(w) See more of this road, under Rocheſter.
much,

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Тbe H i S T O R Y of of
ver.
K E N T.
CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
much, that in 1772 they procured an act them his return to his dominions, viſited this dock on
ſelves for the like purpoſes : in conſequence of May 28, 1660, and viewed the Royal Sovereign,
which the High-ſtreet has been new paved and a firſt rate man of war of 100 guns ; about ſeven
lighted, and ſeveral of the annoyances have been years after which, this dock, with every matter
removed, which before rendered this narrow contained in it, had nearly been deſtroyed, for
thoroughfare fo inconvenient and diſagreeable to in the year 1667, this nation being at that time
paſſengers; the expences of which are raiſed on at war with Holland, Admiral de Ruyter, the
the proprietors of houſes and lands, by a rate Dutch Admiral, with 50 fail of ſhips, anchored
not exceeding 9d. in the pound(x!!
at the Nore on the 8th of June, whence he def-
The Storehouſes and Wharf, for the uſe of the patched his Vice-admiral Van Ghent, with 17
ordnance, are ſituated on a narrow nip of land
ſail of his lighteſt ſhips and eight fire ſhips, to
below the chalk cliff on the north ſide of the deſtroy this dock and the navy riding in this ri-
town between the church and the river; this is
Van Ghent having taken Sheerneſs, though
uſually called the Old Dock, from its having been it was gallantly defended by Sir Edward Spragge,
the original royal naval yard, till K. James, in blew up the fortifications and burnt the ſtore-
the year 1622, finding it too ſtreight for the
houſes, and from thence on the roth of June
growing ſervice of the navy, as it had then in it
failed up the Medway.
The famous General
only one ſmall dock, removed the naval yard to Monk, Duke of Aibermarle, having in the mean
its preſent adjoining ſituation, and aſſigned this
time haſtened to Chatham, had done every thing
to the uſe of the office of ordnance, to which it for the ſecurity of the river, that the ſhort ſpace
continues at this time appropriated (y).
of time would admit of, but a ſtrong eaſterly
wind and ſpring ride brought the enemy on with
The guns belonging to the royal ſhipping in
ſuch reſiſtleſs force, that the chain laid acroſs the
this river are depoſited on this wharf in long
tiers, and large pyramids of cannon-balls are
river, to prevent their approach, was preſently
broken, and the Mathias, Unity, and Charles the
laid up on it, ready for ſervice; there is likewiſe
a continued range of ſtore-houſes, in which are
Fifth, three large Dutch prizes taken in that war,
and placed there to guard the chain, were pre-
depoſited the carriages of the guns, and every
other kind of ſtore, uſually under the care of
ſently burnt by them, and many other veſſels
this office; in one of them is a finall armory of
damaged. After which, Van Ghent preſling for-
ward between the ſunken ſhips, brought fix of
niuſkets, piſtols, cutlaſſes, pikes, polaxes, and
other hoſtile weapons arranged in proper order.
his men of war and five of his fireſhips, on June
This department of the ordnance is under the
13, before Upnor-caſtle, and notwithſtanding they
met with as warm a reception as was poſſible,
management of a Storekeeper, who has a good
from the indifferent ſtate that fortreſs was in, yet
houſe here to reſide in, a Clerk of the Survey,
and Clerk of the Cheque, who have each hand-
they found means to ſeize the hull of the Royal
ſome ſalaries and ſeparate offices to tranſact their
Charles, when finding the country alarmed, and
buſineſs in, and two extra clerks, beſides other
prepared to oppoſe them, they ventured nọ far-
ther up the river, but immediately retreating, on
inferior officers and labourers.
their return burnt the Royal Oak, and in effect
The Royal Naval Dock adjoins to the above-
deſtroyed the Loyal London, and the Great James,
mentioned one northward, and ranges along the
which they left a great part under water, after
eaſtern bank of the river for near a mile in
which Van Ghent joined Admiral de Ruyter, having
length.
loſt in this expedition only two ſhips, which ran
Though, as it has been already taken no-
on ſhore, and were burnt by his own people, and
tice of, K. James is ſaid to have removed the
naval yard hither, yet it is moſt probable, that
This attempt ſo ſurpriſing and diſgraceful,
his predeceſſor, Q. Elizabeth, had before made
gave the Engliſh nation ſuch a juſt alarm for
fome docks for the ſhipping here. King Charles
the ſafety of the royal navy and yards on the
I. much improved his father's plan, he erected
Medway, that the ſeveral forts along the banks
ſeveral conſiderable buildings, enlarged the ſcite of it were immediately put in a proper poſture
of the yard, and made new docks for floating of defence, eſpecially the fort of Sheerneſs, where
the ſhips in with the tide. K. Charles II, on
the fortifications were greatly increaſed and a
. ,
150 men (z).
(x) Another act paſſed in 1776, which included every
part of the High-ſtreet of Chatham, fituated in St. Margaret's
in Rocheſter, St. Margaret's Bank, and the road below it,
Gillingham and other places contiguous to this town.
(*) * After the death of K. Charles I, all the royal eſtates
were ſurveyed by direction of the powers then in being, in
order to their being ſold; when it was returned, that the old
Dock had been lately let by the Commiſſioners of the Navy,
in 1649, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 181. per annum,
as lying waite, and of no uſe to the navy, to John Iſaacs,
of Chatham, gent, as a tenement, and malthouſe with
appurts:
he agreeing to lay out 450l. cn the premiſes; the improved
rent at the end of the leaſe being valued at 141. per annum,
above the ſaid annual rent. Parl. Surveys, Augtn, off.
(2) Hift. of Rocheſt. p. 271. Echard's Hift. of Eng. p. 838.
It
appears by the account of the Duke of Albermarle, that the
whole of this diſgrace and misfortune was owing to the wil.
ful neglect of for Phincas Pet, Commiffioner of Chatham yard;
for which he was impeached by the Houſe of Commons,
but means being found to ſcreen him, it came to nothing.
line
The
73
HISTORY
of K E N T.
CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.

the yard. 3. Defore he
n lands
ci
line of ſuch heavy cannon mounted on them, every ſtranger, before he permits him to enter
commanding the entrance of the river, that it is
hardly poſſible for the fleet of any power to at. The buſineſs of this yard is tranſacted by a
tempt to paſs them for the future, without being Commiſſioner, who has three Clerks under him,
torn to pieces.
a Clerk of the Cheque, Storekeeper, Maſter-
This famous Dock-yard has been from time Shipwright or Builder, Clerk of the Survey, and
to time greatly improved and enlarged, eſpeci two Maſter Attendants, two Maſter Shipwright's
ally within theſe few years; there are many ele Aſiſtants, Maſter Caulker, Clerk of the Rope-
gant buildings in it, inhabited by the Commif yard, Maſter Ropemaker, a Boatſwain, Pur-
fioner and other principal officers belonging to veyor, Surgeon, and other inferior officers (a).
it, which well become the opulence of the na-
The better to ſecure theſe magazines from any
tion, and the importance of the navy;
beſides miſchief or accident, there paffed two acts in the
which there are many neat and commodious of. 8th year of Q. Anne, for veſting certain
fices for tranſacting the buſineſs of the yard.
and tenements in truſtees, for the better fortify-
There are large ſtorehouſes, one of which is 660 ing and ſecuring this dock, among others; in
feet long, and work-rooms, which by their ſpa purſuance of which a large quantity of land, and
ciouſneſs, convey to us a magnificent idea of many houſes, which lay adjoining to this yard,
their vaſt contents, and the extenſive works car and the Old Dock, were purchaſed for the Crown;
ried on within them. The Sail-loft, in which but nothing further was done in this matter, till
the ſails are made, is 209 feet in length. In the year 1758, anno 3. George II, when this
theſe magazines are depoſited prodigious quan-
nation being then at war with France, and
tities of fails, rigging, hemp, fax, pitch, tar,
threatened with an invaſion from the enemy, it
roſin, and every other ingredient neceſſary for was thought neceſſary, as far as poſſible, to ſe-
the building and equipping of ſhips. The coils cure the docks from any attempt that might be
of cordage, and heaps of blocks, with every made on them; to effect which, another act
other article, are arranged in ſuch order, that paſſed that year, for the purchaſe of more lands,
on any emergency they may be taken out and veſting them in the Crown, and extenſive
without the leait confuſion. For every depart lines were immediately formed round the dock
ment there are proper officers and attendants on the land ſide, ſecured by rampants, palli-
affigned, for the more expeditious diſpatch of ſades, and a deep broad ditch, extending from
buſineſs,
ſo that even a firſt rate is often equip the river above the Old Dock, to the ſame again
ped for ſea in a few weeks. The Mafts are care below the yard next Gillingham, about a mile in
fully depoſited in ſtorehouſes, peculiarly adapted || length, and including the hamlet of Brumpton,
for this purpoſe, one of which is 236 feet in and
Chatham church, with ſeveral houſes near
length, and 120 feet wide ; ſome of theſe maits
it (b), within their circumference. Large and
are near 120 feet long, and 36 inches in diame commodious barracks were likewiſe erected with-
ter. There are alſo two ſpacious baſons of water, in them, ſufficient to contain five regiments of
where the timber for theſe maſts is kept con ſoldiers, and a battalion of artillery, which are
tinually floating till it is wanted for uſe. The
conſtantly quartered here, to guard and defend
Smith's Shop contains 2 1 fires : here the anchors theſe lines and the docks, whenever occaſion
are made, ſome of which weigh near five tons. ſhould require. Theſe fortifications are now re-
The Rope-houſe is very extenſive, being upwards pairing and augmenting, at a very conſiderable
of 700 feet in length: here large quantities of hemp expence; a new redoubt is making at the ſum-
are twiſted into cables, 120 fathoms long, ſome of mit of the hill, at the ſouth-eaſt extremity of
them and 22 inches round. In this yard there are them, to bę called Amherſt's Redoubt, and a fort
four deep and wide docks, for docking and re is intended to be added on the river Medway, for
pairing large ſhips : in one of theſe the Victory the better protection of it againſt the common
was built, a firſt rate ſhip, the largeſt in the uni-
enemy.
bisid
verſe, as it is ſaid, carrying 110 guns. There
At the entrance of Chatham from Rocheſter, on
are alſo four lips or launches, on which new the north ſide of the High-ſtreet, is the Victual-
ſhips are conſtantly building. The whole of the
ling-ofice, for the uſe of the royal navy lying
yard, towards the land, is ſurrounded with here, at Sheerneſs, and the Nore. In it there is
å wall; the approach to it is through a large a cooperage, pickling, baking, cutting, Naugh-
handſomes gateway, flanked by two
ter and ſtore houſes. A new wharf has been
nd embattled. This gate is ſtrictly watched lately made to it, and additional buildings erected
by the Porter and his affiſtants, who examine for the further convenience and ſervice of the
30 31 1 2
roled lodis
(a) I have been told, that the perſons employed in and have been ſituated near this ſpot, the houſes of which were
about this yard, in time of war, amount to near 3000. pulled down, when the fortifications were begun here at the
(6) The moſt antient ſtreet in this town is ſuppoſed to beginning of the late war,
100
towers
105
Vol. II.
U
vitualling

74
The H I S T OR Y of of
K E N T.
CHATHAM.
CHATHAMAND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED,
vi&ualling (c). This office is under the manage-
the hill; the inſides of the walls were done in
ment of an Agent Viętualler, and a Storekeeper. the antient freſco, with red, blue and green ſpots,
and among the rubbiſh many pieces were found
ANTIQUITI È S.
with broad red and other coloured narrow ſtripes
on them; and on ſome the marks of the bruſh
From the vicinity of this place to Rocheſter, were very viſible.
which was moſt undoubtedly a ſtation in the time Among the rubbiſh of the adjoining ground,
of the Romans, it would appear ſtrange if ſome as well as in ſinking the ditch to the ſouthward
veſtiges of that nation were not found in Chat of them, there have been found ſcattered about
ham, or near adjoining to it. The ſummit of many human bones, pieces of Roman brick and
the hill to the northward of the town points out
tile, numbers of Ronian coins, among which was
to us, from its ſituation, how neceſſary the poſ one of the Empreſs Fauſtina, and one of the
feſſion of it muſt have been to the Romans, for Emperor Claudius, very fair; ſeveral ſmall pieces
the ſafety of their adjoining ſtation. Indeed of iron, heads of ſpears, an iron ring, together
within theſe few years, there have been diſcovered with a variety of broken urns, pots, lachryma-
fufficient proofs of its not having been neglected tories, &c. but all of them much broken, which
by them: for in throwing up the lines of fortifica might happen from their being depoſited on the
tion, for the defence of the dock-yard, at Brump-
fummit of the hill, from whence the plow con-
ton, in the year 1756, on the weſt fide, a little tinually forcing the earth into the hollow below,
below the ſummit of the hill, at the ſouth-east
at the ſame time broke theſe veſſels in pieces
extremiey of the lines near Upbery-farm, were
with the point of it, though it might not pene-
found 10 or 12 graves, in which were human trate deep enough to turn them upon the ſurface
fkeletons, and in ſome of them different pieces of the ground. The bones were fo much decayed
of armour, a part of a helmet, the head of a as to crumble into duſt, on being preſſed be-
fpear, the umbo of a ſhield, a large ſword, many
tween the finger and thumb. The urns, &c.
beads of different colours, &c. and this year a
were compoſed of different kinds of earth ; ſome
one
tumulus was diſcovered, having in it an urn filled of them, among which were the patere, were of
with aſhes. Many more graves have been opened
a fine coraline red, as well within ſide as with-
fince near the above, as the military works have out ; others were of a lead colour, and the larger
been carried on, in which human fkeletons have
ones of a coarfe black earth, mixed with ſea fand,
been found entire, together with ſwords, heads as appeared by the fmall pieces of ſhells remain-
of ſpears, &c. and in one of them a bottle, made
ing in them. On the weſt-fouth-weſt ſide of theſe
of red earth, reſembling in ſhape a modern water
cells the foundation of a larger building, not ſo
bottle. Great numbers of Roman coins, but deep in the ground as the others, was diſcovered,
moſtly obliterated, have been found ſcattered which was traced within the redoubt, as far as
about this place (d), and it ſeems probable that
the bank of earth thrown out of the ditch would
there have been many tumuli over the whole of it,
permit, and was found to meaſure 30 feet by 21.
which the plow has long ſince levelled, the graves What theſe foundations are the remains of,
of which have not been as yet diſcovered. On time only can fhew; in all probability much
the breaking up the ground for the making of more of them remain undiſcovered, to clear up
Amberft's Redoubt, this year, about 40 rods weſt-
the uſe of them to us. But the tumuli, and other
north-weſt of Upbery-farm, in a line with Chatham ſepulchral fragments, I think, plainly ſhew it to
church, the workinen met with the ſtrong foun. have been a common place of burial in the time
dation of a building, in fome parts not more
of the Romans, as well for their ſtation at Roc
than four or five inches below the ſurface, but cheſter, as the uſe of their ſtationary ſummer
in others fomewhat more. Its depth was about camp, eſtabliſhed here, or near adjoining to it.
fix feet and an half, the width 12 feet, and ap The Roman road, as has been already men-
parent length, as far as can be judged at preſent tioned, is not to be found on this fide Cobham
from the breadth of the trench, about 18 feet. park-gate, where it lofes itſelf in the woods, and
On clearing the earth from it, this foundation does not diſcover itſelf again till it comes to
appeared to be the outlide and party-walls
, about the top of Chatham-bill, although in the field
two feet thick, of ſeveral finall cells or rooms,
lying in a range fouth-fouth-eaſt ; one of theſe
was in ſize nine feet three inches, by feven feet
three inches, another 10 feet ſquare, and a third
10 feet by ſeven feets the floors of them were
of fand, for there was no pavement remaining,
about four feet and a half below the ſurface of
where the above - mentioned foundations have
been diſcovered, there appears a very large raiſed
way, running quite acrofs the field, and point-
ing fouth fouth eaſt, beyond which there is no-
thing further to be ſeen of it. Some of our an-
tiquarians have doubted, if this was not part of
the Roman road; but as this would leave Re-
(.) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 275. al logo
(d) Beſides a great number of old Exgliſh, French, and
German coins, and many different forts of tradeſmen's tokens,
chefters
the
The HISTORY of a KENT. 75
CHATHAM,
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
cheſter, which is by all allowed to be the Roman
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ. .
ftation after Vagniace, near a mile to the ſouth.
Iosiciod
ward, they have given that conjecture up, and On the ſouth ſide of Chatham-kill, and on the
have rather choſen to follow it up Chatham hill, chalk hills in this pariſh fouthward from it, are
at the top of which the left hand or north hedge
found ſeveral different kinds of the fatyrion, or
of the high road ſeems to ſtand upon it for a orchis plant, viz.
great way, as may be perceived not only from Orchis hermaphroditica, the butterfly fatyrion,
the riſing and falling of the ground on each ſide, Teſticulus pſycodes, the gnat ſatyrion.
but from the breaks of the hedges, and the in Teſticulus vulpinus fpegodes, the bumble-bee orchis.
terſections of other croſs roads between Chatham Orchis melittias, the bee orchis.
and Rainham (e).
Orchis myodes, the fly fatyrion.se
Indeed, lately fome further diſcovery has been
Orchis ornithophora, birds ſatyrion.
ſuppoſed to have been made of the remains of it,
Orcbis ornithophora folie waculoje, ſpotted birds
from the top of "Chathan-hill weſtward, cloſe to
orchis.
the ſouth ſide of the preſent high road, as far
All theſe ſorts I have frequently gathered my-
down the hill as the houſe known by the name
ſelf there, year after year.
of the White Horſe, which ſeems to ſtand upon
The following have been obſerved by our old
them, beyond which nothing more of them is
botaniſts in this pariſh :
to be feen, theſe remains of the Roman road, if
Limonium, fea lavender, below the Old Dock (b).
they are fuch, point in a direct line fouth-weft-
Rubra ſpicata cretica, fmell candy maddor, in
ward to the windmill near St. Margaret's church great plenty on Chatham-bill (i).
in Rocheſter, and the gate of Cobbam-park above-
nobederos
HOSPITALS and CHARITIES.
mentioned.
PITALS a
St. Bartholomer's Hoſpital, founded by Gun-
TITLE S.
year after his advancement to that fee (k), was
CHATHAM gave the title of Baron to John, the
ſituated adjoining to the ſouth ſide of the High-
great Duke of. Argyle, who was, on Nov. 26,
ftreet, leſs than a quarter of a mile from the en-
1705, anno 4 Q. Anne, created Baron of Chat-
ham and Earl of Greenwich in this county, to
trance into this pariſh from Rocheſter. It was
him and his heirs male. On April 30, 1719,
originally inſtituted as a Lazer-houſe, i. e. for the
anno 5 George I, he was created Duke of Green.
reception of poor and leprous perſons and confift-
wich. He died in Oct. 1743, without male iſſue,
ed of a Mafter, who was ſometimes ſtyled Cuſtos
fo that the above titles became extinct (f).
or Warden, and at others, Prior, and of breth-
ren and ſiſters (2), but the number of them is no
The Lady Hefter Pitt, ſiſter of Richard, Earl
where ſpecified (m1). The original revenues of it
Temple, and wife of the Right Hon. I
William
were but ſmall, and though they were afterwards
Pitt, efq; in conſideration of his great and im-
increafed at different times, and confirmed by
portant ſervices to this nation, was, on Oct. 5,
K. Henry III. (n) and his ſucceſſors, yet this
1761, created Baroneſs of Chatham, with a con-
hoſpital probably would before long have funk
tinuance of the title to her and her heirs male,
into ruin, had not the founder fo firmly con-
by her faid huſband. 19 styds
nected
it with the priory of St. Andrew in Rocheſter,
On July 30, 1766, the above-mentioned Right the Prior and Chapter of which he ordained per-
Hon. William Pitt, eſq; on a further confideration
petual patrons of it. From the time of their
of his fervices, was created Viſcount Pitt, of Bur foundation, the poor brethren received weekly
ton Pynfent in the co. of Somerſet, and Earl of
and daily allowances of proviſions from the
Chatham in the co. of Kent, with remainder to above convent, who permitted them to take to
his heirs male. He died on May 11, 1778, leav their uſe the oblations and profits of the altars
ing iſſue by the Lady Hefter his wife, John, now of St. James and St. Giles in their cathedral; they
Earl of Chatham, and two other ſons, William, had beſides the privilege of taking alms from
and James-Charles, and two daughters,
thoſe perſons who dined at the Archbiſhop's table
married to Charles, Viſcount Mahon, eldeſt ſon of on the day of his inſtallation, and the cloth
Philip, Earl Stanhope, and Harriot (8).
which covered the table was their perquiſite (o).
foss

200
15
ons cans drambope, and 2
(6) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 364.
(f) See more of this family, vol. i. of this hiſtory, under
Greenwich, p. 29, and Sundrijh, p. 373.
(8) See more of this family, under Hayes, vol. i. of this
hiftory, p. 105
(5) Johnſon's Gerard's Herbal, p. 412.
(i) Ibid. p. 1120.
(4) Tan, Mon, p. 211. Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 277,
(1) See Harl. Mf. No. 433–2042.
To
(m) It appears that there was a cemetery belonging to this
hợſpital, in the 21 ft year of K. Edward
year of K. Edward III, Reg. Roff.p.218.
(n) K. Henry III. ftyles this hoſpital the priary of the brou
thers and fifiers of the hoſpital of St. Burtholomew, in the con-
firmation which he made to them, of certain rent which Ro-
ger Fitzſtephen, of Northwood, had given before to them.
(c) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 278.
100 bris
In

76
The HISTORY of K E N T.
CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
NDRED
În the reign of K. Henry VI, an attempt was ſuch like, who might ſtand in need of the ſame
made to prove this hoſpital to have been founded
in time to come.
This letter ſeems to have had
by the King's progenitors, but on an inquiſition the deſired effect, and to have ſtopt all further
being taken in the 22d-year of that reign, co proceedings againft it at that time (s). In the
cerning the antient rights and poſſeſſions of the reign of K. James I, a like plea was again ſet
priory of Rocheſter, it was found, that William, up, and a grant was made by that Prince, in
then Prior of it, and all his predeceſſors from the 17th year of his reign, to ſeveral different
the foundation thereof, were feiſed of this hofpi perfons, at the nomination of James, Viſcount
tal, in which he and they were accuſtomed to Doncaſter ; which fuit was defended by the poor
receive, at their free will and pleaſure, poor and brethren, by the advice and with the aſſiſtance
leprous perſons there abiding and ſerving God, and coſt of the ſucceſſive Deans of Rocheſter, till
and that neither the King, nor any of his prede the beginning of K. Charles I.'s reign, when the
'ceífors ever
ever were founders of it, nor had he or whole was referred to arbitration, and ſettled to
they any intereſt in it as ſuch (p).
the ſatisfaction of the hoſpital; the above grant
Notwithſtanding what has been mentioned
and all other claims on it, being diſmiſſed (t) and
above, concerning the dependance of this hoſpi.
compromiſed by the pains and at the coſt of Dr.
tal on the priory of St. Andrew, there is no doubt
Balcanqual, then Dean of Rocheſter. In this deed
of its having always been a corporation diſtinet
of arbitration, it appears, that from the founda-
from the priory; for er
priory; for efpecial grants were made
tion of the Chapter anno 33 Henry VIII, the
Deans of Rocheſter had been patrons of this hoſpi-
to them, and the maſter and brethren were tenants
to the convent, for lands held by them of one
tal, and ever had the placing of the poor breth-
of the manors belonging to it. They alſo de-
ren'in it, and the diſpoſing and letting of all the
lands and tenements belonging to it (u).
biunon
miſed their eſtates in a corporate capacity, and
were from time immenorial poſſeſſed of a com-
Since the reſtoration the eſtates of this hoſpi-
mon ſeal. K. Richard III, Jan. 3, in his 2d
tal have been enjoyed by the ſucceſſive Deans of
year, ſigned a warrant to deliver to the brethren Rocheſter, as patrons of it. The hoſpital itſelf
and ſiſters of St. Bartholomew beſide Rocheſter, a
has been long ſince demoliſhed, part of the chapel
confirmation made
being all that remains of this antient ſtructure.
upon the grants of the King's
progenitors, without fee or reward (q)
. The There were formerly only three brethren, one of
diffolution of the priory of Rocheſter was, no
whom was always a clergyman, and officiated as
doubt, fenſibly felt by the poor members of this
the Chaplain in this chapel. But in 1718, Dean
Pratt made an alteration in this reſpect, by ap-
hoſpital ; for the conſtant charitable ſupply held
forth to them by the convent being withdrawn,
pointing a ſecond Chaplain, who was likewiſe
they had no other ſupport than what aroſe from
to enjoy the privileges and emoluments of a bro-
the revenue of their ſmall eſtate, which probably
ther, and at preſent there are four brethren of
did not much exceed 131. per annum.
this ſociety, two of which are in orders (v).
bas
How this hoſpital eſcaped the general diſſolu The Chapel, now ſtanding cloſe to the ſcite of
tion of theſe houſes in the reigns of K. Henry the old hoſpital, has been erected at different
VIII. and K. Edward VI, I have not found; periods. The moſt antient part is the eaſt end,
but it was certainly in being in the year 1579, which is probably the remains of the original
anno 22 Q. Elizabeth : probably the poverty of ſtructure, which was erected by Hugh de Trottes-
.
u orders (o).
- -
ou
its revenues might be the cauſe of its preſerva
. clyve
, a Monk of Rocbeſter, in the time of K.
tion. In the above year a fuit was commenced
in the Exchequer againſt the brethren, upon the
pretence of concealment, as appears by the letter
wrote that year by Yonge, Biſhop of Rocheſter, to
the Lord Treaſurer Burleigh, in behalf of this
houſe, which he ſtyles, the poor hoſpital of
Chatham (r); in which he ſays, the ſuit would
be to the utter ſpoil and undoing of certain poor
Lazars, and other poor and impotent perſons
then refiant here, and not only of them, but of
Henry I, for the uſe of the lepers, and dedi-
cated by him to St. Bartholomew (zu). It is a
ſmall circus, having three narrow Gothic win-
dows, and is built and roofed with ſtone; hence
a chancel extends to the west, which, though
antient, does not appear of equal antiquity with
the other. Dean Pratt purchaſed the remainder
of
f the leaſe of this part of the building, then
demiſed out to other uſes, and having repaired
it, fitted it up with wainſcotting and pews. From
Roff. p. 224.
(p) Reg. Roff. p. 137.
3.0 Mb 19.00)
(1) Harl. Mf. No. 433–2042.
1904 et trenge et ()
su.
To
(r) Lambard, who wrote his Perambulation about this
time, calls it a poor few of a decayed hoſpital.
(s) Strype's Annals, vol. ii, p. 588.
The
() The value of this hoſpital having been certified into
the Court of Augmentation, and not having ever been em-
ployed to any ſuperſtitious uſe, nor paid firſt-fruits to the
the wil IISHI
King, it was the opinion of Mr. Crooke, then one of Lord
Doncaſter's council, and afterwards a Juſtice of the Common
Pleas, that the King could not be entitled thereto. Reg.
19bmw elimisha 10
Stoma
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 224.
(v) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 281.
(w) He was afterwards made Ablat of St. Auffin's in Can-
terbury, in 1124. Reg. Roff. p. 119.
this
The
77
HISTORY
of K E N T.
CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.

this chancel an additional building is continued
farther weſtward(x), which was new-built in
1743, at the expence of William Walter, of Chat-
bom, eſq; who likewiſe new-pewed it, erected
the ſteeple, and was otherwiſe a conſiderable
benefactor to this chapel (y), which is of the
greateſt uſe to the inhabitants of this part of
Chatham, the pariſh church being at ſo great a
diſtance from it.
THE FUND called the chest.
. 135. 4d. After
The fund uſually ſtyled The Cheft at Chatham,
the produce of which is regularly appropriated
to the relief of failors, who have been wounded
in the ſervice of the Crown, was firſt planned by
fir Francis Drake and fir John Hawkins, knts. in
the year 1588, after the defeat of the Spaniſh
Armada; when the ſeamen of the royal navy vo-
luntarily agreed to advance a certain proportion
of their pay, towards the ſupport of their dif-
treffed brethren. This was found to anſwer ſo
well the benevolent purpoſes for which it was
deſigned, that it has been continued to the pre-
ſent time, and has at various times been counte-
nanced and encouraged by the Crown and legiſ-
lative authority (Z).
SIR JOHN HAWKINS'S HOSPITAL.
Sir John Hawkins (a), not ſatisfied with having
promoted this benevolent ſcheme, ſoon after-
wards founded and endowed, at his own coſts,
an Hospital in this town, nearly oppoſite to St.
Bartholomero's hoſpital above-mentioned, as a
comfortable retreat for poor decayed mariners
and ſhipwrights. The building for their recep-
tion appears from an old inſcription cut in the
wall over the entrance, to have been finiſhed in
1592, and on Aug. 27, 1594, Q. Elizabeth, at
the requeſt of the founder, granted a charter of
incorporation, by the name of the Governors of
the Hoſpital of fir John Hawkins, knt. in Chat-
bam.
too
By this charter the Governors were always to
conſiſt of 26 perſons, of which number four only
were to be elective, and the others were to be in
vefted with this truſt by virtue of their reſpective
(x) The fcite of the antient chapel did not extend ſo far to
the weſt by 24. feet.
(y) Hift. Rocheter, p. 282.
(z) Ibid. p. 283. This charity is likewiſe poſſeſſed of
ſeveral freehold eſtates in this county. Anno 1 James II, an
act paffed to lay a further duty of gs. per ton on foreign built
fhips, one moiety whereof to be for the uſe of the Cheft at
Chatham.
(a) Sir John Hawkins, was the ſon of William Hawkins,
who was the firſt Engliſhman that made a voyage to Braſil.
He was born at Plymouth in 1520, and married the daughter
of Mr. Gunfton. He was eſteemed a valiant and experienced
ſeaman; Hawkins, Drake, and Forbiſher, then reputed three
of the beſt ſea officers of the time, acted as Vice Admirals,
under Charles, Lord Howard of Efingham, on board the fleet
officesy viz. the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, the
Biſhop of Rocheſter, the Lord High Admiral,
the Lord Warden, the Dean of Rocheſter, the
Treaſurer, Comptroller, Surveyor and Clerk of
the Navy, fix principal Maſters of Mariners,
two principal Shipwrights, and the Maſter and
Wardens of the Trinity Houſe for the time being,
and their ſucceſſors; that at the election of any
new Governor there ſhould be five Governors,
who dwelled in the county of Kent, preſent, in the
ſaid hoſpital. Power was likewiſe given to fir
John Hawkins and others, to aſſign and bequeath,
and for the Governors to purchaſe and take lands
and tenements, not exceeding the clear yearly
value of 100 marcs, i. e, 661. 135. 4d.
which fir John, during his life time, conveyed
to the Governors of this charity, the lands and
tythes which he intended for the poor inhabi-
tants of this hoſpital, the rents of which then
amounted to 661.
per annum (b). During the
life of fir John Hawkins the management of the
whole continued with him; but after his deceaſe
the right of nominating the poor perſons and the
ſeveral officers and attendants to this hoſpital,
devolved on the Governors. The beneficent
founder of this charity did not long ſurvive this
inſtitution; for he died Nov. 21, 1595 (c);
ſoon after which 12 penſioners were ſettled in
this hoſpital, and a weekly ftipend of 2s. was
ordered to be paid to each poor perſon : but this
allowance being found to exceed what the annual
revenue would admit of, in the year 1609, it was
found requiſite to reduce their number to 10.
The eſtate belonging to it has been ſince fo con-
ſiderably improved, that the poor men have
reaped the benefit of it; for their ſtipend is now
augmented to 3s. 6d. per week each, and they
are beſides allowed a chaldron of coals yearly,
No perſon is eligible who, whilſt in the ſervice
of the royal navy, has not been maimed, diſa-
bled, or otherwiſe brought to poverty. The
Deputy Governor is appointed under the com-
mon ſeal, and inhabits the principal houſe be-
longing to the hoſpital, with the yearly fee of
4os. The Archbiſhop is Viſitor of the hoſpital.
In the year 1722 the portal of this hoſpital
was rebuilt, and all the alms-houſes thoroughly
repaired.
prepared to oppoſe the Spaniſh Armada, and the former was
knighted by that nobleman, then Lord High Admiral, for
his ſkilful and gallant conduct in that expedition. Sir John
Hawkins died Nov. 21, 1595.
(6) Theſe lands were ſtyled Old Garlands, ſituated in Elex,
and were worth gol. per annum. The tythes were thoſe of
Welling in Eaſt Wickham in this county, then worth 161.
annum, but now let at 521, 1os. per annum.
(6) He died, æt. 44, on board the Garland man of war,
in light of the iſland of Porto Rico in the Spaniſh Weſt Indies,
and his body was committed, as is uſual, to the ſea. His
ſecond wife, Margaret, ſurvived him, and erected a monu-
ment to his memory, in St. Dunfian's in the Eaſt church,
London, in which parih he had lived. By his will he be-
queathed ſums to the poor of that pariſh, Deptford and Plyn
mouth. Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 44.
Noto
per
Vol. II.
X

78
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
CHATHAM,
.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
Notwithſtanding the many large and ſuper The church, which is dedicated to the Virgin
Auous fortunes which have been acquired in the Mary, antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mo.
royal navy, only one perſon has followed the ther church of the dioceſe (f). It ſtands on the
laudable example of the founder of this charity, chalk cliff juſt above the Old Dock, about a
viz, Robert Davis, who, as the inſcription on the quarter of a mile north-weſtward from the High-
manſion-houſe of the hoſpital, put up in memory
ſtreet. The firſt building that was probably
of it by the Governors, tells us, was an honeſt, erected, was deſtroyed by fire, in the beginning
upright ſeaman, who was Nain in battle May 19, of the 14th century, though by what means this
1692, and by his laſt will left the whole of his calamity happened is not known. This church
effects to this hoſpital, the produce of which, was rebuilding in the year 1316; for Biſhop Tho-
amounting to bol. was paid by his executrix to mas de Woldham, by his laſt will, dated that year,
wards the relief of this foundation.
bequeathed the ſum of 10s. towards this work (g);
It was at firſt recommended by the Governors
but it ſeems the inhabitants were not able to fi.
to the Miniſter incumbent of Chatham to exa-
niſh it, for the Pope's letter of indulgence was
mine the poor of this hoſpital in matters of re publiſhed in 1352, for the remiffion of a year
ligion and piety, once in each quarter at the and 40 days pennance, to all ſuch as ſhould con-
church, and 25. 6d. was to be allowed him for tribute to fo pious a work (b). The eaſt end of
each time of examination. This was altered by
the preſent church is all that remains of the
Dean Pratt in 1718, and at preſent at 41. per
above-mentioned building; the north and ſouth
annum, charged on this manſion-houſe, which the ifles are of a later date, for the dock and navy
Governors hold' by leaſe from the members of
eſtabliſhments here having been ſo greatly en-
St. Bartholomew's Hoſpital, are paid to thoſe
larged, the inhabitants became ſo numerous,
brethren of it, who are in orders, and the ſervice
that the old church was by no means capable of
ftipulated for it is, that one of them ſhall preach holding them: on this account, the Commiſſi-
every Sunday in the chapel of their own ſociety, oners of the Navy, in 1635, repaired this church,
and once in every quarter inſtruct the poor per-
rebuilt and enlarged the weſt end of it, and
fons of fir John Hawkins's Hoſpital in the truths erected the ſteeple ; and in 1707 Commiſioner St.
of the Chriſtian religion (d).
Loe built the gallery over the ſouth iſle, for the
uſe of the navy and ordinary. But notwithſtand-
ted:
ing theſe additions, thoſe who reſort to it are
much ſtraitened for room ; nor can it indeed
Sir Edward Gregory, knt. Commiſſioner of the
ever be made capable of containing near the
yard here, by his laſt will, bequeathed to the
number of inhabitants, who reſide in this popu-
Miniſter and Churchwardens of this pariſh, and
lous pariſh.
their ſucceffors, 100l. to be placed out at inter-
Mr. John Pyham, late Miniſter of this pariſh,
eſt, and the produce of it to be diſtributed at
gave to this church a ſilver faggon, and two
their diſcretion to the moſt neceſſitous poor of
ſilver plates, in 1636.
it. This was, in 1714, placed in the South Sea
Mr. Benjamin Ruffbead, Anchorſmith of the
Stock, and remained there till the year 1720,
dock here, gave to this church the branch and
when it was ſold out at 750l. upon which, for
iron-work, in 1689; he alſo gave a ſilver bafon
the better eſtabliſhing this charity, an eſtate
in 1694 (i).
called Pett's farm in Burham, containing 32 acres
Robert de Crevequer, the founder of Leeds Ab-
then let at 25l. per annum, was purchaſed with
bey, in the reign of K. Henry I, gave in free and
that ſum of money. This eſtate is now let at
perpetual alms, to the Canons at Ledes, all the
only 181. per annum (e).
churches, and the advowſons of the fame, be-
Thomas Manley, eſq; charged his farm of Wal-
longing to his eſtates, and among them this of
deſlade, with the annual payment of 1os. to this
Chatham, with 30 acres of land in this pariſh,
pariſh for ever to be diſtributed in bread to poor
together with all appurts, and liberties. After
widows frequenting divine ſervice.
which John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, at the requeſt of
For the reception of the numerous poor of
the ſaid Robert, and with the conſent of the Arch-
this pariſh, a ſpacious building was erected for
biſhop, granted the appropriation of this church
a Poor-bouſe, near the eaſt end of the High-ſtreet,
to the ſaid Canons for ever The gift of
in 1726 ; the expence of which was defrayed by
this church to the priory was confirmed, about
voluntary ſubſcription among the inhabitants (e).
the middle of K. Henry III.'s reign, by Richard,
Biſhop of Rocheſter (1), and by Simon, Prior and the
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Convent of the ſame (m); and it was, as well as
CHATHAM is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic the above appropriation, again confirmed by
tion of the dioceſe and deanry of Rocheſter.
Hamo, Prior, and the Chapter of St. Andrew's, Ro-
CHARITIES.
ms
, who refa
.
za tiver ba
(k).
(d) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 287. (e) Ibid. p. 269.
(f) Text. Roff. p. 225.
(8) Reg.. Roff. p. 113.
be
(b) Hift. of Rocheſter, p. 267. (i) Ibid. p. 269.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 209, 210. (1) Ibid. p. 211.
(m) Ibid. p. 212,
cheſter,
The H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
79
CHATHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
cheſter, by inſpeximus in the year 1344 (n). K. one penny per annum, all the ſmall tythes and yi-
Edward III, in his 41ſt year, by letters of in carial dues of this pariſh.
Speximus, confirmed the above grants, as well as On the intended abolition of Deans and Chap-
ſeveral others, which had been made by the fa ters, after the death of K. Charles I, an ordi-
mily of Crevequer, to confirm this church to the nance of Parliament paſſed for the ſale of their
priory of Ledes(0).
lands, to ſupply the neceſities of the ſtate; for
which purpoſe this parſonage was ſurveyed in
The cure of this pariſh, from the time of the
1649, by order of the powers then in being,
grant of this church to the priory of Leeds, was
when it was returned ; that the parſonage of
conſtantly ſupplied by one of the Canons of it,
Chatham conſiſted of a parſonage-houſe, barn,
appointed by the Prior, and removeable at his
yards, &c. and 13 acres of glebe land, with the
pleaſure, who being approved of by the Dioce-
tythes; all which premiſes were let, Jan. 10,
fan of the place, profeſſed canonical obedience
1638, to Edward Yardly and Dorothy his wife,
to him. He was ſtyled Cuſtos vel Guardianus
and Robert Yardly, by the Dean and Chapter, for
Ecclefia de Chatham, Keeper or Warden of the
2 1 years, at the yearly rent of 181. and two good
church of Chatham (p). This cuſtomary right
capons; but were worth, over and above the
in the Prior, of appointing an incumbent to this
ſame, 811. 16s. per annum. That the vicarage
church, was ratified by Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſ of Chathañ was a donative worth 50l. per annum,
ter, in the year 1316, and by Hamo, Prior, and
and that there was id. per annum paid annually
the Chapter of Rocheſter, the ſame year (q).
by the Miniſter of this pariſh to the Dean and
Margery, daughter of Adelard de Suthleuetüne, i.e.
Chapter, by way of acknowledgment (t), Mr.
South Luton, in this pariſh, granted to the church
Walter Roſewell, the laſt incumbent, being then
of St. Mary of Chatham, and brother William de
in priſon (u).
Bordene, incumbent of it, and his ſucceſſors, in
pure and perpetual alms, all that her wood, with
CHURCH OF CHATHAM.
the ſoil and all its appurts. which ſhe poſſeſſed PATRONS,
CURATES.
at Punghurſt in Chatham, to hold of her and her or by whom preſented.
heirs for ever.
In conſideration of which he | Prior and Convent (v) William de Bordene.
paid her, as a fine, 5s. of ſilver (r).
of Leeds.
Henry de Uppechurche.
The church of Chatham continued part of the
Nicholas de Chartham.
poffeffions of the priory of Ledes till the diffolu-
Henry de Apeldrefelde.
tion of it in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when
Dean and Chapter James Bradſhaw, in 1601.
it was, together with all its revenues, ſurren-
of Rocheſter. (w) John Piham, 1627.
dered into the King's hands, and was afterwards
(x) Thomas Vaughan, 1642.
confirmed to him and his heirs, by the general
(y) Walter Roſewell, ſequeſ.
words of the act, paſſed for this purpoſe, in the
tered in 1649.
3rſt year of his reign. After which the King,
(2) Thomas Carter, ejected in
1662.
by his dotation charter, under his great ſeal, in
his 33d year, fettled this church, with the ad-
Walter Roſewell, reſtored in
1662.
vowſon of it, on his new-erected Dean and Chap-
ter of Rocheſter, with whom it remains at this
(a) Charles Lowton,obt, 1723.
time.
7. Bromfield.
(5) George Pratt, A.M. 1724,
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
obt. March 11, 1747.
of Chatham was valued at 45 marcs, and the tem-
(c)Walter Frank, A.M. 1747. .
poralities of the Warden or Incumbent here at
Preſent Curate.
il. 10s. (s) This church being eſteemed as a
curacy, is not valued in the King's Books. The
GIL LINGH A M.
parfonage or great tythes are held under leaſe
from the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter. The
NORTH-eaſtward from Chatham lies Gilling.
cure is ſupplied by a Curate nominated by the
ham, called in Domeſday, Gelingeham, which
Dean and Chapter, and licenced by the Biſhop, who is bounded by the river Medway towards the
enjoys by leaſe from that body, at the rent of north,


(n) Reg. Roff. p. 217.
(o) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 110. (D) Ibid. p. 214, 215.
() Ibid. and 216. (r) Ibid. p. 218.
(s) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 455.
(t) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(u) Ibid. vol. xix.
(v) He and the three following Curates were Canons of the
priory of Leeds, and were living here in the reign of K. Hen.
III. See Reg. Roff. p. 216.
(w) Mff. Twyfden.
(x) Walkır’s Suff. of the Clergy, part ii, p. 388.
6) He was ſequeſtred and impriſoned. Lambeth Surveys,
vol. xix.
(2) Kennet's Chron.
(a) He had been Miniſter here upwards of 50 years.
(6) Son of Dean Pratt. He was alſo Vicar of Boughton
Monchelſea, and lies buried in Rocheſter cathedral.
(c) He was before Vicar of Hartlip:
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80
Tbe H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
THE
M A N O R.
ac pti.
when
GILLINGHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
This manor ſeems to have continued part of
the poffeſſions of the Archbiſhopric till the 3d year
The manor of Gillinghem, which extends over of Q. Elizabeth, when the Queen took it, among
the Iſle of Graine, was part of the antient poffef-
other manors and lands, into her hands, and in
ſions of the church of Canterbury, long before
the room of them, on July 12 that year, granted
the Norman conqueſt.
to Mathew, Archbp. of Canterbury, and his ſuc-
In the book of Domeſday, taken about the year ceſſors, certain rectories and parſonages impro-
1080, it is thus entered, under the general title
priate, tythes, tenths, and ſuch like. Two days
of The Lands of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury : after which, the certified to her Treaſurer and
In Cetehan Hund'.
Barons of the Exchequer, that ſhe had united
Ipſe archieps' ten' Gelingehe'. p. 6. Solins ſe defd”. and annexed thefe manors and lands to the
Tra'e'. 15. Car. In dnio ſunt 2. Car'. & 42. crown; and commanded, that they ſhould be
Villi, cu 16. bord. Int. 15. Car. Ibi ecclia & within the order of her Exchequer, as the reſt
3. ſervi. & 3 piſcarie de 42. ſolid. & 8. den' &
of her lands were (h). After which, though the
1. molin'de 16. ſolid & 8. den'. & 14.
fee of this manor, and the premiſes belonging to
Silva 20 parc. De boc mº ten qda francig trở it, reſted in the crown, yet there were ſeveral
ad 1. Car'. & ibi ht 2. bord. In totis Valent
grants made of different parts of it from time to
T. R. E. Val. hoc m'. 15. lib. Qdo recep'. 12. lib. time; particularly, Q. Elizabeth, by her let.
& mo. 23. lib. & tam redd 26. lib 12. den min’.
pat. dated July 15, in her 11th year, granted
Qd. ten' francig? 40. Sol'.
the Manor-place, with its appurts. two tenements
Which is : In Ceteham Hundred, the Archbiſhop near it, 281 acres of land, and 310 acres of
himſelf holds Gelingebam. It was taxed at three marſh and falts, at the yearly rent of 10l. 135.4d.
Julings. The arable land is 15 carucates. In de-
in money, and alſo 237 acres of woodland, at
meſne there are two carucates, and 42 villeins, with the yearly rent of 51. to Thomas Heyborne, and
16 borderers having 15 carucates. There is a church his aſſigns, for 21 years (i). All which premiſes
and three ſervants, and three fiſheries of 42 Shilling's were granted by K. James I, by let: pat. July 19,
and eight pence, and one mill of 16 Billings and eight in his 3d year, to Thomas and William Short, their
pence, and 14 acres of meadow, wood for the pan executors and aſſigns, at the like rents, to com-
nage of 20 bogs. Of this manor a certain French mence at the expiration of the former term above.
man holds land fufficient for one plow, and has there mentioned; and another grant of them, at the
two borderers. In the whole this manor was worth, like rents, was made by K. Charles I, (k) by his
in the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, 15 pounds, let, pat, Nov. 1o, in his 5th year, to William
Payneter, eſq; for the term of 40 years, to com-
and yet it pays 26 pounds all but 12 pence, what the mence at the expiration of the term laſt above-
Frenchman holds 40 ſhillings.
mentioned. All which premiſes came into the
The Monks of St. Andrero's in Rocheſter farmed ſaid William Payneter's hands, by virtue of this
the fiſhery of Gillingham before this at 5s. per an laſt grant, at Lady-day 1647. Q. Elizabeth, by
num; this rent Archbiſhop Lanfranc raiſed to 40s. her let. pat, dated May 28, in her 38th year,
but his ſucceſſor, Archbp. Anſelm, remitted the granted to Anthony Payneter, for 21 years, certain
above increaſe of 35$. to the uſe of their refec premiſes in or near Gillingham, containing 25
tory (d); which gift to them was confirmed by acres, at the yearly rent of 16s. 2d. K. James
Boniface, Archbp. of Canterbury, by letters of in I. granted them by let. pat. as above-mentioned,
fpeximus, in the 43d year of K. Henry III. (e). to Thomas and William Short, for 40 years, after
In the 10th year of K. Edward III, John Uf the expiration of the ſaid term ; and K. Charles
ford, Archbp. of Canterbury, procured a grant for I, by let. pat. Nov. 10, in his 5th year, granted
a weekly market on a Thurſday, and a fair yearly them for 40 years, after the expiration of the
on Holyrood-day, and ſeven days afterwards, at laſt term, at the like rent, to William Payneter(1).
this his manor of Gillingham (f).
of Gillingham (f). 115 In this ſituation the manor of Gillingham, and
In an antient taxation of the manors belong the lands, &c. belonging to it, remained at the
ing to the fee of Canterbury, this of Gillingham death of K. Charles I. in 1648. After which
was valued at 951. 11s. 1od. per annum (g). the powers then in being ſeized on the royal
រ ។
(d) Text. Roff. p. 154, 158.
(k) K. James having given directions to George, Duke of
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 446.
Buckingham, for the enlargement of his park of Eaſt Beau-
(f) Rot, Cart. ejus an. N. 31.
HERTTM lieu in Ellex, to take 1000 trees in his woods of Milton in
(8) Somn. Hiſt. Cant. Appendix, pt. ii, p. 30.
this county, K. Charles I, finding that inſufficient, granted
to the Duke June 20, in his firſt year, 500 trees of oak, to
(b) Folio Chriſt Church Mff.
be had and taken out of his woods, called Firth, Eaſt Heath,
(i) Beſides thoſe mentioned here, Q Elizabeth made other We Heath, and Weſtwood in his manor of Gillingham. Rym.
grants for terms of years of premiſes belonging to this manor,
Fæd. vol. xviii, p. 119.
viz, of a tenement and lands to fir Edward Warner, knt. (1) The term granted of this land was then veſted in Henry
ſundry premiſes to Humphry Adams; and parcel of the manor Goulding, gent, of which there were ſeven years to come,
lands to Thomas Wardegar. Amberg
and then the reverſion to William Payneter was to commence.
eſtates
Soud
Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
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20
o
were
anoa
0 0
GILLINGHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED,
eſtates, and on the 16th of July following paffed II, when Alynton, ſon of William Payneter, took
an ordinance to veít them in truſtees, that they poffeſſion of them, under the above-mentioned
might be forthwith ſurveyed and ſold, to ſup grant of K. Charles I, as heir to his father. He
ply the neceſſities of the ſtate. Accordingly, afterwards obtained a grant of this manor, as
this manor and premiſes were ſurveyed the next well as a further term in the above premiſes; in
year, when it was returned, Yearly rent. which he was ſucceeded by his ſon, Robert Pay-
£. s. d.
neter, efq; (P) who alienated his intereſt in them,
That the quit-rents holding of this ma-
about the year 1720, to Thomas Lambard, of Se-
nor in free foccage tenure in Gilling-
venoke, eſq; on the death of whoſe ſon of the faine
ham were
8
name, within theſe few years, they are now be-
The ſame within the Iſle of Graine, in
come veſted in his ſon, Multon Lambard, of Se-
the ſame tenure, were
24 to 101
venoke, eſq; (q) bong gaiyar te sild W
The fame from the freeholders within
There is a fee-farm of 171. gs. 6d. paid to the
the tythings or hamlets, called the
Crown for the manor and ſcite of Gillingham.
Four Denns, viz. Haydherſt, alias
Haytherſt in Marden, Winceherft in
There are hardly any remains of the Archiepif-
Goutherſt, Trendherſt in Yalding, and
copalPalace, which ſtood adjoining to the ſouth ſide
Baveden in Horſemonden pariſhes,
of the church-yard, at this time, excepting a large
oose
building of ſtone, now uſed as a barn; which,
I 104
3
That Bedle-cloſe in Marden was allowed
from its liaving been plaiſtered on the inſide, and
to the Beadle of the ſaid Four
the remains of a chimney at each end, was either
Denns, and was worth
the great ball or kitchen of the palace. Within the
The Court Baron, Court Leets, fines,
foundations of the old walls ſtand the houſe and
&c. coibs annis, were
6 0
other buildings belonging to the Court-lodge of
AW
To 10
the manor. A coin of the Emperor Antoninus
Sum total
55 0 9
was lately dug up within theſe walls.
That the lands, demiſed as above for years,
were worth as follows:
E ÀST and WEST COURT
The manor-houſe with its appurts.
| containing 2 acres and 2 roods, was
are two manors in this pariſh, which were anti-
worth yearly rent
stort
8 0 0
ently but one, being held of the Archbiſhop, as
The two tenements near the houſe,
of his manor of Gillingham, in the reign of K.
containing one acre,
In
e acre, crora borsa
Henry IIÍ, by fir Hugh de Gillingham, knt.!r)
4 0 0
The other lands and marſh, containing
the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the making
591 acres, were worth the improved loc. 9107
the Black Prince a Knight, his deſcendant, Tho-
rent of
132
6 mas de Gillingham, and his coparceners, held this
The woodlands, containing 237 acres;
eſtate, and anſwered for it as half a knight's fee,
bebis
were worth improved rent
which they held in Gillingham of the Archbiſhop of
And the 25 acres of land bar 4 13 10
Canterbury. Richard, ſon of the above mentioned
Thomas de Gillingham, died poffeffed of this ma-
Sum total of this manor and im-7
255 14 3 nor in the 12th year of K. Richard II. (s) His
provements
fon, Thomas Gillingham, died without male
'That there was a Court Baron and a Court Leet
leaving two daughters his coheirs, viz. Marga-
belonging to this manor, the freeholders of which
paid a relief of one half of the quit-rent upon
ret, married to John Thorpe, and Iſabel, to Wm.
deſcent or alienation. At the Court Baron
Greenftreet (t), commonly called Grenſted, who di-
one of the chiefeſt tenants, was by cuſtom to be
vided this manor between them: the ſhare which
fell to the former being called Weft-court, and
chofen Beadle, to execute that office, by himſelf
or deputy (m), for the next year, without allows that to the latter Eoft-court, f
that to the latter Eaft-court, from their reſpective
ance(n). mi
Ligisto
The manor and the above premiſes were after-
Polisen god til at UTTA
WEST-COUR T. y
wards ſold by the ſtate to Robert Read, Robert
Anderſon, and others (c), who continued in pof Weft-court manor was ſold by John Thorpe (u) to
feſſion of them till the reſtoration of K. Charles Thomas Bradbury, who died ſeiſed of it in the ad
Jos o
(m) It appears by roll 41 a. of the 28th of Edward III, (P) See a further account of this family, under Twydali
that the homage of this manor were ſued by the King in the below.
vacancy of the fee of Canterbury, for the debt of 4 31. 4s. Ed. (7) See a further account of this family, in the firſt vol.
due from their Beadle, who was inſolvent, and had been of this hiſtory, p. 18 and 353.
choſen according to the cuſtom of the manor, and for whoſe (r) Mfr. Dering
ſolvency, according to the ſaid cuſtom, they were anſwer (s) Rot. Eſch. N. 176. (t) Philipott, p. 166.
able.' Madox's Firm. Burg. p. 67.
(u) Philipott ſays, another part of this eſtate, on which
Bol sro -
(n) Parl. Surveys, Augen. off.
John Thorpe had implanted his own name, being called
6.) Rolls of Partic. in Augtn. off. Z. Z. 2.
Thorpe's Farm, was ſold by him to Short, from which family
it went to May, of Rocheſter, p. 166.
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
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this manor,
GILLINGHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
year of K. Henry VII, (u) and one of his de queror's half-brother, was poſeſſed of an eſtate
ſcendants paſſed it away to Nicholas Levefon, in this pariſh, which is thus deſcribed, under
alias Lemfon, of Whornes-place in Coukſtone ; from the title of that prelate's lands, in that record.
which name it paffed by ſale to Duling, of Ro Odo ten' de Epo Gelingeha'. p dimid folin ſe defd.
cheſter, whoſe daughter carried it in marriage to Tra'. e'. 1. Car'. In dnio ſunt. 2. & 6. bord hnt
Mr. Stephen Alcock, and he alienated it to Cæfar, dim', car'. Ibi. 1. molin' de, 16. fol & 7. den'. &
who dying without male iſſue, his five daughters,
13 ac' pti. & 8. ac paſture. T. R. E. Valeb. 40.
viz. Alice, married to John Higgons, gent. Irene,
Sol. Qdo recep. 30. Sol. Modo. 60. Sol.
Margaret, Mary, and Alice Cæſar, became his co-
Which is : Odo holds of the Biſhop (of Baieux)
heirs, and entitled to their reſpective ſhares in
Gelingeham. It was taxed at half a fuling. The
this manor. They, in the gth and 10th
year
of
erable land is one carucate. In demeſne there are
K. William III, having procured an act of Par:
two, and ſix borderers having half a carucate. There
liament for that purpoſe, alienated it to Thomas
is one mill of 16 ſhillings and ſeven pence, and 13
Rogers, gent. whoſe daughter Anna carried it in
acres of meadow, and eight acres of paſture. In the
marriage to Chriſtopber Searles, of Hackſtaple in
time of K. Edward the Confeſor it was worth 40
Sutton at Hone, gent, on whoſe death in 1741,
Shillings, when he received it 30 ſhillings, now 60
his widow became entitled to it for her life, and
ſhillings,
on her deceaſe in 1774, their three ſurviving
នៃ 1
daughters (V), Anna, wife of Richard Strover, of
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, in the
Rocheſter, Jane-Arabella, married to Mr. George
year 1084, this eſtate, among the reſt of his pof-
feſſions, was confiſcated to the Crown.
Wheekly, ſince deceaſed, and Elizabeth, wife of
bro 2
Thomas Strover, are now become joint owners of
and the lands belonging to it.
TWID ALL and DANE-COURT,
-
A Court Baron is held for this manor, which The manor of Twidall, with an eſtate called
extends over that part of this pariſh called Brump Dane-court in this pariſh, was certainly part of
ton, which is built on the demeſne land of it. theſe poſſeſſions, and were both about the reign
The tenants are all freeholders in free foccage te of K. Henry I. held by a family, who aſſumed
nure; and the cuſtom of the manor is, to pay a
their ſurname from the former of them. Adam
year's quit-rent on every death or alienation. de Twidall was then owner of this manor, as well
as Dane-court, from whom they deſcended to
Roger de Twidall, who in the 38th year of K.
Edward III, paſſed them away to Robert Beau-
manor was bequeathed by the laſt will of William fitz (2), whoſe father of the ſame name was be-
Greentreet to his fifter's ſon, and heir , at law, fore poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh, by grant
Benedi&t Webb, whoſe grandſon, John Webb, left from Thomas de Gillingham. Robert Beaufitz, jun.
iſſue two ſons, Thomas (w), and Chriſtopher, who reſided at Twidall, and having married Joane,
in the reign of Q. Elizabeth joined in the ſale of widow of Roger de Twidall, left iffue by her two
it to William Payneter, efq; (x) Clerk of the Ord-
ſons, John, and William (a); the former of whom
nance, in whole deſcendants it continued till
ſucceeded to theſe eſtates on his father's death,
Robert Payneter, in the 7th year of K. George I, and departing this life Nov. 25, 1427, was bu-
having procured an act of Parliament for that ried, beſide Iſabel his wife (b), in the chancel of
purpoſe, alienated it to Thomas Lambard, of Se this church. By her he left iſſue John Beaufitz,
venoke, eſq; ſince the death of whoſe fon of the who reſided at Twidall (c), and dying Nov. 25,
ſame name, this manor is now become veſted in
1433, was buried in the above chancel, as was
his ſon, Multon Lambard, of Sevenoke in - this Alice his wife, who ſurviving him (d) afterwards
county, eſq;
baltse gried
married for John Pafley, of Rainbam, knt. By one
There is a Court Baron held for this manor (y). of their daughters and coheirs Joane, theſe eſtates,
in the reign of K. Henry VII, went in marriage
AT THE TIME that the general ſurvey of Domes-
to Robert Arnold, of the county of Suſſex, who
day was taken, Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, the Con-
left iſſue a fon Henry, and a daughter Elizabeth;
biol 2 TOT 408193-13 tog ni bouinoa ode etio' bris ac robad
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
bora
THE
(v) It appears by the regiſter of Sutton at Hone, that there
(y) The north chancel of the church of Gillingham belongs
to the owners of this manor.
were ſeveral more children, viz. Chriſtopher, and Nathaniel,
(z) Mff ped. Beaufitz. He died anno 1380, as did Sarah
who lived to man's eſtate, but died before their mother,
his wife in 1395, and were both buried in the chancel of this
without iſſue; and Sarah Pain Searles, the eldeſt fifter, who
church. He reſided before this purchaſe at A&on in Charing.
married Mr. Thomas Dorman, of Sutton at Hone, but died
(a) He was Rector of Halſtow, and dying May 19, 1433,
without iſſue.
lies buried in this chancel. moms á ambrogos eolore
(w) He bore for his arms-Gules, a feſs between 3 owls or;
(6) She died before him, on Dec. 30, 1419.
Synovio
which coat was granted him by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux.
SOM
Guillim, p. 221.
(c) He bore for his arms-On a bend, bells.
in bila
() Philipott, p. 166.
(d) She died about 1448.
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CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
fore(g).
which he ordered to be dedica-
in Suſſex (u), whore
GILLINGHAM. tubu
to which laſt he at his death bequeathed them(e), was of Weſterbem in this county (p), and in the
and ſhe, in the 13th year of K. Henry VII, anno îth year of K. George I, having procured an act
1497, conveyed her title and intereſt in them to of Parl. to enable him to ſell the manors of Twy-
her brother, Henry Arnold, whoſe ſon, William del and Eaſt-court, and to ſettle other lands of
Arnold, in the 18th year of K. Henry VIII.'s greater value to the fame or like uſes, alienated
reign, paſſed them away to Thomas Benolt, Cla them both to Thomas Lambard, of Sevenoke in
rencieux King of Arms, and he, foon afterwards, this county, esq; on the deceaſe of whoſe ſon of
conveyed them to fir Henry Wyatt, knt. (f) the ſame name, this manor is now become veſted
whoſe fon, fir Thomas Wyatt, of Allington-caſtle, in his ſon, Multon Lambard, of Sevenoke, efq;
knt, by his indenture, dated Nov. 20, in the 33d
But Dane-court about the reign of Q. Eliza-
year of that reign, exchanged them, as well as
beth was ſold to Henry Harland, who paſſed it
all his other eſtates in this pariſh, for other lands away by fale to Wm. Short, and he died feiſed of
with K. Henry VIII, which bargain was in pur it in 1641. After which his heirs alienated it
ſuance of an act of Parl. paſſed the year be-
to May, of Rocheſter (q), and after ſome inter-
set 10 1597 tos 2017 ngisi
mediate owners, it came into the poſſeſſion of
K. Henry VIII, in his 33d year granted to Thomas Fletcher, of Chatham, eſq; who dying un-
Chriſtopher Sampſon this manor of Twedall, with
married in 1776, bequeathed it by his laſt will
its appurts, and alſo thoſe 24 acres of paſture, to his brother John Fletcher, of Rocheſter, ejas
and all thoſe falt and freſh marſhes, containing the preſent owner of it (r).
160 acres of land, in Gillingham, Chatham, and
M-
John Beaufits, owner of Twydall, by his laſt
Reinham, and all that meſſuage (b) in thoſe pa-
will
, dated Nov. 22: 1433
founded and endowed
riſhes, in the tenure of William Charles, to hold
a chauntry here, which
the ſame in capite by knight's ſervice (i). In ted to St. John Baptift, for one prieſt to celebrate
the 7th year of K. Edward VI, Chriſtopher Samp for the ſoul of himſelf, his wife Alice, his father,
Jon purchaſed of the King ſeveral woods, parcel
mother and uncle (s). This chantry was fup-
of the manor farm of Iwydall, late fir Thomas
preſſed in the rſt year of K. Edward the 6th,
Wyatt's (k). In the 1ſt year of Q. Mary he fold
The prieſt, Philip Medcalfe, having a penſion of
a meſſuage and lands in Gillingham to Thomas
61. affigned to him, he was ſurviving in 1553
Parker (1), and in the 16th year of the next reign
2.00
of Q. Elizabeth, he levied a fine, and alienated ber 9 2901 bigo
the nianor of Twidall, with the lands and appurts. ni VIH
THE G R A N G E, violid
belonging to it, to Williem Payneter (m), who antiently called Grench, is a manor in this pariſh,
reſided here, and was Clerk of the Ordnance which has been accounted from the earlieſt times
to the Queen. By Dorothy his wife, daughter a member of the antient Cinque Port of Haſtings,
of Bonham, of Cowling (n), he left iſſue one
whoſe civil as well as criminal ju-
fon, Anthony, and five daughters. 01 40 193 riſdiction extends over the whole of it. (v). It
Anthony Payneter, eſq; the fon, reſided during appears from the certificate of Stephen
de Pen-
his father's life-time at Eaſt court in this pariſh, ceſter, Conſtable of Dover caftle, an and Warden of
and left iffue by Catherine his wife, daughter and the Cinque Ports in the reign of K. Edw. III, that
coheir of Robert Harris, Maſter in Chancery, an the Grench was bound to find one ſhip, and two
only fon and heir, William Payneter, of this pa-
able and well armed men to make up the quota
riſh, eſq; (e) who died juſt before the reſtoration of 21 ſhips, in each of which there were to be
of K. Charles II, leaving an only fon and heir, 21 able men well armed to continue in the
Alynton Payneter, whoſe fon, Robert Pagneter, esq; King's ſervice for 40 days (w). yuiproria
vomida
20 2930ng
(e) Philipott, p.167, fays, he bequeathed them in dower the county of Kent, anno 1619, where the arms of William
to her, and the Villn. of Kent, anno 1619, in the pedigree Payneter are blazoned as follows-Four coats quarterly, if and
mentions, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Robert Arnold, 4th, Payneter, gules, a chevron between 3 griffins heads eraſed
by Roſe his wife, daughter of Richard Bamme, of Gillingham, or, on a chief of the ad ar helmet fable between 2 pellers ; 2d,
as having married Edward Watton, of Addington, by whom or, on a bend azure 3 cinquefoils or, in the finifter chief an
eſcallop gules ; 3d, gules, a chevron between 3 cross-croflets or.
idi. 3300 de
(f) Philipott, p. 167.
(p) He married Eleanord, youngeſt daughter of fir Thomas
(8) Augtn. off. box C. zo. Ono 56 Nota (
Seyliard, bart. and dying Aug. 18, 1731, was buried at
(b) Dane Court.
Weftram.
The Inted
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 7.
oid tot suod H
() See Reg. Roff. p. 825. Philipott, p. 167.
(k) Augtn. off. Inrolments. I 20. aldar og (r) Dane Court is ſituated about half a mile north-eaſt from
(1) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 14. In which year he fold the church, on the north fide of the road leading from Gil-
lands in this pariſh to Richard Manferth, who in Michaelmas lingham to Lower Rainham.
Term, anno 3 Elizabeth, levied a fine of them. Ibid. pt. 13. (s) Philipott, p. 268.
(m) In the Eaſter Term in the 17th year of that reign, he (t) Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. ii, p. 104.
levied a fine of this manor.
(2) Jeake's Charters of the Five Ports, p. 25, 26, 120.
(1) She ſurvived him, and dying O&. 19, 1617, æt. 80,
ba
(v) Kilburne's Survey, p. 107. The land within this
lies buried in this church.
boibona
juriſdiction is, as I am informed, about 120 acres.
() This pedigree is moſtly taken from the Viſitation of (w) Rot. 33 Edw. III, pt. 3, m. 6. Lib. Rubr. Scacc.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
GILLINGHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
This manor, in the reign of K. Henry III, fon(e), whoſe ſon, Mr. John Philipott, in the
was held in ſergeantry, by Manaſſer de Haſting, at 11th year of King Henry VI, anno 1432, ex-
which time it was valued at 100 ſhillings(x). In changed it with Richard Bamme, eſq; for Twiford
the 5th year of K. Edward I. Matthew de Haft in co. Middleſex (f ), who reſided here, and died
ing was found to die feiſed of the manor of in 1452, anno 31 K. Henry VI. (8', leaving iſ-
Grench, belonging to the port of Haftings, which ſue by Joan his wife, daughter of John Martyn,
he held of the King by the ſervice of finding one Chief Juſtice of the Common Pleas (b), four
oar, whenever the King ſhould fail towards that ſons and four daughters (i); of the former, John,
port(y). From the name of Haſting it went by his eldeſt ſon, died in his life time (k), and his ſon,
purchaſe to Richard Smelt, Alderman of London, John Bamme, efq; kept his fhrievalty here in the
whoſe daughter and heir, Margaret, carried it in ſecond year of K. Richard III,(1) whoſe widow,
marriage to Richard Croydon, likewiſe an Alder Elizabeth, ſurvived him, and poſſeſſed it in the
man of that city, and he dying without male 17th year of K. Henry VII. (n). Their fon,
iſſue, Margery, his ſole daughter and heir, enti Edward Bamme, efq; died feiſed of the manor of
tled lier hulband, John Philipott, efq; to the fee Grenge in the 20th year of that reign (n), and
of it (z). He was at that time an Alderman of his ſon, Thomas Bamme, eſq; poffeffed it in the
London, and of the Grocers Company, an active 2d year of Q. Elizabeth, who dying without
and worthy magiſtrate of that city, which he re male iſſue, his daughter Katherine became enti-
tled to it. She alienated this manor to William
K. Richard II's reign.(a) In the 3d year of it
Haward, gent (o), who afterwards reſided here,
he ſerved the office of Lord Mayor, bearing then
and married Alice, fiſter of fir Chriſtopher Clive,
for his arms ſable a bend ermine (b). Next year
of Copton, knt. (P), by whom he had iſſue two
he was, among others, knighted by the King in
ſons, Samuel (q) and Thomas, and a daughter
Smithfield, as a reward for his ſervice, and the
Abigail (r), and dying March 26, 1612, was bu-
aſſiſtance he gave to Sir William Walworth, knt.
ried in the Grench chapel in this church. Tho-
Lord Mayor, in the deſtruction of the rebel mas Haward, the ſecond ſon, after his father's
Wat Tyler ; at the fame time he had a coat of death, poflefied this manor of Grange, as it came
augmentation made to his own coat armour, viz.
now to be called, and dying ſeiſed of it April
gules, a croſs between four ſwords argent, the pomels
28, 1637, was buried in the above chapel. By
and bilts, or, for this and for the ſervices he had Anne his wife, daughter and coheir of Rowland
before performed to the King and that city, in Odell (s), he left iſſue an only daughter and heir
fitting out a fleet of Thips to clear the
Anne, who carried this manor in marriage to
the ſeas of
the pirates that then infeſted them (c). He
William Delaune, eſq; afterwards knighted.
died in the 8th year of the above reign (d), hav-
ing bequeathed by his will ſeveral charitable le ty, and was twice married ; firſt, to Anne, daugh-
gacies to the poor, and this manor to his ſecond ter of Thomas Haward, as above-mentioned, by
in sicoding)
galamb Labas
(*) Teſta de Nevil.
Suoi cuno
(e) Guillim's Heraldry, edit. 5th, p. 249. The eldeſt
(0) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N.7.
ſon, for John Pbilipott, ſettled at Compton in Hampſhire, where
(z) Philipott, p. 167,
Sot aiztro I proto
this family remained long afterwards.
(a) Strype's Stow's Survey, Appendix ii, p. 8. sala
(f) He was the ſon of Adam Bamme, efq; of London, Gold-
(6) Ibid. book v, p. 114.9m borans Tw bosglas ſmith, and Lord Mayor in 1391; who bore for his arms-
(c) Philipott, p. 167. Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, Ermine, on a chief indented ſable a ring between 2 trefoils ſlipt.
p. 87, 261. He ſurpriſed and took John Mercer, a Scotch (8) He was buried in the church of St. George, Botolph-
pirate, with all his companions, who had greatly deſtroyed lane, London, beſide his father. He died in 1397. Strype's
the trade of the city, and 15 fail of Spaniſh ſhips richly Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 172.
freighted with merchandize, which they had made prizes of;
of which he made no other uſe than to give the King affiftance
(b) She died Jan. 15, 1431, and lies buried in the Grench
chapel in this church.
in his war in France, which he did by maintaining 1000
men there, Notwithſtanding which he was called before the
(i) Roſe, one of the daughters, married Robert Arnold, of
this pariſh, lo
Council, for ſetting out this fleet without the King's licence,
where he would have been dealt hardly with, had not Richard
(k) He lies buried in the above chapel in this church.
Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, ſtood his friend, and brought (?) Philipott, p. 167.
him off with honor and reputation. He erected a chapel at (m) Sutton at Hone Court-rolls. xodio.
his manor of Grange, which has been long fince defecrated,
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
and made uſe of only as a barn. It was valued at the diffo-
lution at 61, per annum. In this chapel the ſtone-work round
(0) He bore for his arms-Or, a bull's head cabofhed between
3 mullets fable. Viftn. of Kent, an. 1619. Pedigr. Haward.
the great window was entirely covered with coats of arms,
being his augmentation, each coat being joined to the next in
1 (p) She died Dec. 20, 1610, æt. 50, and was buried in
the Grench chapel.
one continued croſs; which arms were likewiſe impaled with-
On a feſs 3 mullets, on a chief a mullet between a leopard's face (9) Samuel Haward married Elizabeth, daughter of Wma
and a far of 6 points.
Leman, by whom he had iſſue a ſon William.
(d) He was buried, with the Lady Jane Stamford his wife, (r) She married William Frond, of Shurland.
before the entrance into the choir of the Grey Friars church
(s) She died Od, 5, 1628, and was buried in the Grench
in London. Strype's Stow's Survey, book iii, p. 133. chapel.
whom
he married
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CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
whom he had an only daughter, heir to her mo the poffeffions of that nunnery till the 27th year
ther; and ſecondly, to Dorcas, daughter of fir of K. Henry VIII, when an act paſſing for the
Robert Barkham, knt. of Tottenham high-croſs, by ſuppreſſion of all ſuch religious houſes, which
whom he had a fon William, and a daughter were not of the clear yearly value of 200l. and
Mary. He died feiſed of this manor in 1667, giving their revenues to the Crown; this nun-
upon which Anne, his daughter, inherited it in nery, the income of which amounted to no more
right of her mother, and ſhe paſſed it away by than 1291. or thereabouts, was, with all its pof-
fale to her brother, Col. Wm. Delaune, of Shar ſeſſions, ſurrendered into the King's hands, foon
fted, who died without iſſue (t). After which after the paſſing of it.
this manor paſſed at length by his entail (u) to K. Henry VIII, June 5, in his 31ſt year, by
his fifter Mary, who married Edward Thornicroft, his indenture, demiſed to fir Thomas Cheney, knt.
of the city of Wejiminſter, eſq; by whom ſhe had Treaſurer of his Houſhold, among other pre-
one fon, Gideon, and three daughters, Dorcas, miſes, this manor of Upbery, and the rectory of
Ann, and Elizabeth (v). Gideon Thornicroft, be Upbery, alias called Gillingham, late belonging
ing the laſt in the entail made of this manor by
to the above monaſtery, ſuppreſſed by authority
Col. William Delaune, became poſſeſſed of it on
of Parliament, together with all lands, rents,
his mother's death, and died within a ſhort time, &c. and appurts. belonging to them, excepting
without iſſue, and by his will deviſed this ma the advowſon of the vicarage of the church of
nor to his mother, Mrs. Mary Thornycroft, widow, Upbery; to hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent
who gave it to her two unmarried daughters, of 191. 45. 7 d. for the manor and other pre-
Dorcas and Anne, and they poffeffed it jointly till miſes in Upbery; and 131. 6s. 8d. for the rectory
the death of Dorcas in 1759, who by her laſt will of Upbery (xx). In the 35th year of the above
deviſed her moiety of it to her ſiſter Elizabeth, Lady reign, the King granted this manor and rectory,
Dowager Abergavenny, for life; remainder to her with their rights, members and appurts. to fir
faid fifter's daughter Jane, by her ſecond huſ Thomas Cheney, knt. to hold in capite by knights
band, Alured Pincke, efq; and then the widow of ſervice (»). His ſon, fir Henry Cheney, knt. was
the Rev. Mr. Henry Shove.
in the 14th year of Q. Elizabeth created Lord
Since which Mrs. Anne Thornicroft, of Sharſted,
Cheney, of Tuddington (Z), and two years after-
above-mentioned, and Mrs. Jane Shove, her
wards, having obtained the Queen's licence,
mother the Lady Abergavenny being deceaſed;
alienated the reverſion of this manor of Upbery,
have poffeffed this manor in undivided moieties, and the rectory and advowſon of Gillingham, to
and continue ſo to do at this time (w).
Dr. Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Pauls, and
There is a Portion of Tythes ariſing out of this
James Walton, and their heirs (a). This laſt name
manor, which belongs to the owners of it, and
ſeems to have been made uſe of only in truſt; for
is held of the Crown by the yearly fee-farm rent
Dr. Nowell, at his death, which happened on
of 31. 6s. 8d.
Feb. 13, 1602 (6), by his laſt will deviſed the
fee of this manor and rectory for ever to the
The fouth chancel of the church of Gillingham
belongs to the owners of this manor, and is
Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and
called The Grange Chancel.
College of Brazen Noſe in Oxford, Governors of
Q. Elizabeth's Free-ſchool in Middleton in the
UP BERY
co. of Lancaſter, with a proviſo, that if any one
could claim alliance to him, he ſhould hold it by
is a manor lying on the weſtern part of this pa leaſe from that fociety, paying a yearly rent of
riſh, which antiently belonged to the Benedictine 100 marcs, or 661. 135. 4d. per annum. After
nunnery of St. Sexburg in Minſter in the Iſle of Dr. Nowell's death, the demeſnes of this manor,
Shepey, to which it was given, together with the and the rectory or parſonage of Gillingham, for
rectory of Upbery, alias Gillingham, in the 22d the manor itſelf, as well as the advowſon of the
year of K. Henry I, (x) and it remained
part
of vicarage of Gillingham, were excepted out of the


(1) See more of this family, under Sharfled in Doddington.
(u) Col. Delaune married the widow of
Swift, who
had a fon by her former huſband; on whom, if I am in-
formed right, the Colonel entailed this manor; but he dying
without iſſue, it paſſed by the like ſettlement to Mrs. Mary
Thornicroft, as above-mentioned.
(v) She married, firſt, George, Lord Abergavenny; and
ſecondly, Alured Pincke, efq; Barriſter at Law.
(w) See Sharfted in Doddington.
(x) Folio Chriſt Church Mfr.
(**) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
() Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 5.
(2) See more of this family, under Eaſtchurch in Shepey.
Vol. II.
Z
In Michaelmas Term anno 3 Elizabeth he levied a fine of all
his lands,
(a) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 13.
(6) He was the ſecond ſon of Mr. John Nowell, of Great
Meerly in the co. of Lancaſter, and was bred at Brazen Noſe
College, where he was firſt Fellow and afterwards Principal,
and became greatly celebrated both for his religion and learn-
ing; after which, when he was created D. D. he had an al-
lowance of ſeniority over all the Doctors then in the univerſity,
not only in regard to his age, but dignity in the church. In
1560 he was made Dean of St. Paul's, and dying in 1602
was buried in his own cathedral, leaving behind him the
character of a learned, good, and charitable man. Newc.
Rep. vol. I, p. 49. His life is among thoſe in the Biog. Brit.
vol. v, p. 3257
leaſe

86
The H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
tioned (c).
GILLINGHAM.
leaſe, ſeem to have been held of the college by it at his death in the 25th year of K. Edward
Edward Blunt, of Wrickleſmarſh in Charlton, ſe 1. (f) Sir Henry de Leyborne, knt. was poffeffed
cond ſon of Tbomas Blunt, by Elizabeth his wife, of it in the next reign of K. Edward II, in the
remarried ſecondly to Dr. Nowell, above-men. 4th year of which he obtained charter of free-
warren to himſelf, and his heirs, for his lands
Edward Blunt died Jan. 1, 1617, and left his in Lydeſinge and elſewhere ().
intereſt in his term to his eldeſt ſon, Thomas, by In K. Edward III.'s reign, it was come into
his ſecond wife Fortune, daughter of fir William the family of Say ; for ſir Roger de Say, knt. in
Garway, of London, knt. He was of Wrickles the zoth year of it, granted to his brother, fir
marſ, eſq; (c) and poſſeſſed the leaſe of theſe Jeffry de Say, knt. his manor of Sharſted and Lya
premiſes (d), after the reſtoration of K. Charles deſinge in the pariſhes of Chatham and Gillingham,
II, at the latter end of whoſe reign it was ſold with all lands, tenements, homages, reliefs, he-
to Adam Baynes, gent. who alienated it to John riots, eſcheats, ſuits of court, &c. with their
Kingsford, of Canterbury, eſq; and his ſon, Zacha appurts, to the ſame belonging, to hold to him
rich Kingsford, of Churtham, gent. on July 25,
in perpetual inheritance (b). He ſeems to have
1706, paſſed away his intereſt in it to Mr. Au alienated theſe premiſes to Robert Belckneppe, who
guſtine Simpſon, of Southwark, who by his laſt will, having obtained the King's licence for that pur-
proved July 14, 1720, left this leaſe to his kinf poſe, by his indenture, dated March 1, in the
man, Thomas Simpſon, of London, Counſellor at 50th year of K. Edward III, anno 1375, granted,
Law, and he in 1721 ſold it to Mr. John Adlam,
among other premiſes, a moiety of this manor of
of London, gent, whoſe widow, Mrs. Hefter fid-
Lidefinge, lying in Chatham, to the Prior and Con.
lam, alienated her intereſt in it on Dec. 13, 1739,
vent of Rocheſter, and their ſucceſſors, on certain
to Mr. John Proby, of Woldham in this county,
conditions therein mentioned, the further ac-
who died poffeffed of it, on Aug. 29, 1758, in-
count of which has already been given under
teſtate, leaving his widow ſurviving, and five
that of Sharſed, in the pariſh of Chatham (i).
children. Soon after which ſhe became by agree-
The other moiety of this manor continued lon-
ment entitled to the intire intereſt of this leaſe,
ger in the name of Belknap. Robert Belknap above-
and dying in 1771, by her will, proved Sept.
mentioned was afterwards knighted, and Chief
25,
that
Juſtice of the Common Pleas ; but favoring too
deviſed the leaſe of this manor and
year,
much the deſigns of K. Rich. II, for the extending
rectory to Chriſtopher Fullagar, of Cliff, Yeoman,
of his prerogative, he was in the 11th year of
during the infancy of his children by her niece,
Anne, and when they come of age the intereſt
that reign attainted, and baniſhed to Ireland, by
the Parliament, and though he was by the ſame
and profits of it to be divided among them. He
now lives in the manor houſe, and occupies the
power permitted to return again in the 20th year
of it, yet his attainder ſtill continued, and his
premiſes, of which he has lately had a new term
lands remained forfeited as before. Notwith.
granted to him, ſubject to Mrs. Proby's laſt
will(e).
ſtanding which the King, who conſidered him as
There is a Court Baron, which is excepted out
a martyr to his intereft, granted him ſeveral of
of the leaſe granted by the Principal and Scho.
his eſtates again, and among others this moiety of
Lidefinge in his 22d year. But it did not con-
lars of Brazen Noſe College, held for this manor,
tinue long with him ; for fir Robert Belknap, by
the laſt which was held being in 1737, and the
his deed Oct. 8, in the 2d year of K. Henry IV,
quit-rents then amounted to 21. 11s. 34 d. per
gave
it to the priory of St. Andrew in Rocheſter,
The tenants are all freeholders in common
for one monk, being a prieſt, to celebrate maſs
focage tenure, holding by fealty and ſuit of court,
from three weeks to three weeks, and upon every
in the cathedral there for ever, for the ſoul of
his father John Belknap, of his mother Alice wife
death and alienation a relief of half a year's quit.
of the ſaid John, for the ſoul of himſelf and all
his fucceffors (k). The priory of Rocheſter, be-
coming thus entitled to the whole fee of this
LIDSING,
manor, continued in the poffeffion of it till the
uſually called Lydging, is a manor and hamlet, diffolution of the monaſtery in the 32d year of
lying at the ſouthern extremity of this pariſh next K. Henry VIII, when the ſame was, together
to Bredhurſt, part of it being in the pariſh of with all its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's
Chatham.
hands, who by his dotation charter, dated June
This ſtate was formerly the inheritance of the 20, in his 33d year, fettled this manor, with its
antient family of Shavſted; Simon de Sharfted held appurts. on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of
annum.
rent.
(c) See Wrickleſmarſh in Charlton, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
p. 36.
(d) Philipott, p. 168.
(e) The demeſne lands are about 133 acres, beſides about
60 acres of falts.
() Philipott, p. 168.
(8) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 42.
(b) Reg. Roff. p. 217.
(i) See above, p. 69.
(k) Philipott, p. 168.
Rocheſter,

Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
so
GILLINGHAM.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
Rocheſter, where it now remains; the leffee of it The annals of St. Austin mention a ſharp bat-
being the ſame as for the manor of Sharſied above tle having been fought at Gillingham; between
mentioned (2).
K. Edinund, firnamed Ironſide, and Canute the
At this hamlet of Lydfing there has been of Daniſh King (r).
long time, and is now, a chapel of eaſe to the William, firnamed Gillingham, from his birth
pariſh of Gillingham; in it divine ſervice con in this pariſh, lived in the reign of K. Richard
tinues to be performed once a month, though II. He was a Monk of Canterbury, of the Benes
there are but fix houſes within this diſtrict. dietine order, a learned man, who wrote the hiſ.
The chapel is endowed with all the tythes of tory of this nation, and of his own monaſtery,
this hamlet (m), and was valued in the year which was in great eſteem at that time.
1650, in a furvey then taken by order of the
William Adams, a famous ſeaman, was likewiſe
ruling powers, at 25l. per annum (n).
born here. He was the firſt of any Engliſhman,
who diſcovered Japan effectually, to which re-
PRESENT STATE OF GILLINGHAM.
mote iſland he began his voyage in 1598. He
The village of Gillingham has nothing worth
died about 1612.
notice in it ; but at the extremity of this pariſh, In the year 1695, the Royal Sovereign, a firſt
next Chatham Dock, there has been built, in the rate ran of war, being judged unfit for ſea fer-
memory of many now living, upon the brow of vice, was laid up in the river, cloſe to this caſtle,
the chalk hill, a ſpot remarkable as well for the but by negligence was ſoon afterwards ſet on fire
healthineſs of the ſituation, as beauty of the pro-
and burnt,
ſpect, a large village, or rather, from the ſize
and populouſneſs of it, a town, called Brompton, din C H À RITI E S.. tapt toy
moſtly inhabited by thoſe who have connections
Mrs. Katherine Bamme, by her deed, Nov. 10,
with the neighbouring dock-yard, and ſeafaring
people.
1572, deviſed 405. per annum, towards the relief
By an order made by Q. Elizabeth, in her 8th
of the poor of Gillingham; and 20s. per annum to
the
year, a ſurvey was made of the ſeveral places in
of Dartford, and the like to the poor
poor
this county, where there were any boats, ſhip-
of Sutton at Hone, to be paid out of a meſſuage,
ping, or the like; in which it was returned,
called Darland, and the land thereto belonging,
that there were in Gillingham four keys, called
in this pariſh, ſince belonging to Bernard Hyde,
Twydall, Millfleete, Deane Mead End, and Begger
eſq; (s).
Hyde ; ſhips and boats 27, viz. 17 of one ton,
Richard Homer, in 1629, gave a pulpit cloth
to this church.
one of half, one of two, two of four, one of five,
one of ſeven, two of eight, one of nine, and one
Thomas Randall gave by will, in 1631, 405.
of 20 tons; and perſons occupied about fiſhing
per annum, to buy garments yearly for four wi-
dows, to be paid out of that part of his land at
A fort was erected in the reign of K. Charles
Bredgate, called Boſt alls.
1. on the bank of the river Medway in this pa-
William Short gave by his will, in 1641, 4os.
riſh, for the defence of the yard, and navy rid-
per annum, out of the tenement and its
appurts.
ing here. In the noted expedition of the Dutch
in this pariſh, which he had purchaſed of Henry
up this river in 1667, there were in it, through
Harland, provided his heirs were not affefſed to
neglect, ſcarce four guns that could be uſed;
the poor for the ſalt marſh, called Dane Marſh.
but ſince that time it has been greatly aug.
Thomas Haward, eſq; who died April 28,
mented, inſomuch that it has ſince acquired the 1637, gave by his will the ſum of 5ol. to be
name of Gillingham Caſtle.
laid out on a purchaſe for the uſe of the poor ;
This pariſh, with that of Chatham, ought an-
which was not effected till the year 1657, when
tiently to have contributed to the repair of the
in conſideration of that fun, Henry Jowles, efq;
2d pier of Rocheſter Bridge (P).
made over a yearly rent of 41. 55. 4d. to be paid
out of his farm at Lydſing in this pariſh, for the
uſe of the poor of Gillingham.
.
Edmund Edridge, in 1669, gave by his will
Upwards of 100 years ago there was dug up 405 per annum, out of the houſe and land in this
in the ſalt marſhes in this pariſh a large urn, pariſh, which he had purchaſed of Mr. Rich. Head,
holding the quantity of a buſhel, in which were of Rocheſter, lo be divided equally between eight
fome fragments of burnt bones and aſhes (?). widows, or pooreſt inhabitants, if not
fo many

43 60). am a ana perans och

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.
(1) See above, p. 69.
(m) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 131,
(n) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xix,
(C) Mf. Dering.
(p) Lamb. Peramb. p. 420.
(9) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 131.
(r) Philipott, p. 168.
(s) This rent was ſuffered to run in arrear until it amounted
to the fum of 811. which by a decree in Chancery was reco-
vered and paid to the pariſh, and zol. of it was lent upon
bond to William Manſer, of Gillingham in 1629, and 6ol.
to fir William Brooke in 1633.
widows,

88
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
GILLINGHAM.
CHATHAM'AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
widows, in this pariſh church, every 25th day K. Henry I, in his 22d year, gave this church,
of December,
by the name of the rectory of Upbery, alias Gil-
William Roach, in 1670, gave by his will 405. lingham, with the chapels, tythes, and other ap-
per annum, out of the ſaid houſe for the like purts. belonging to it, to the nunnery of Minſter
purpoſe.
in Shepey; which gift was confirmed by K. Henry
Philip Tidd, by his laſt will, in 1733, gave a IV, in his iſt year (V). After which, this church
'meſſuage, garden, orchard, and appurts, in this continued part of the poſſeſſions of the above-
pariſh, for a widow woman, being a pariſhioner mentioned nunnery till the 27th year of K.
of it, to reſide in, who ſhould teach and inſtruct Henry VIII, when that houſe was diffolved by
fix poor children, born in this pariſh, and to be act of Parl. as not being able to diſpend 200l.
choſen by the pariſh officers, to read Engliſh, and per annum clear yearly income. The church of
inſtruct them in the church catechiſm.
Gillingham coming thus into the King's hands,
Mary Smith, by her will, in 1739, gave 2ol. was granted by him in his 35th year, by the name
to be diſtributed to fix poor widows, at 1os. per of the rectory of Upbery, alias Gillingham, and the
year, till the whole ſum ſhould be expended. Mr. advowſon of it, with all its rights, members and
John Simmons, of this pariſh, appropriated this appurts. to fir Thomas Chenty, knt. to hold in
fum to the purchaſe of an annuity of 1os. for
capite by knight's ſervice(w). His ſon, Henry,
ever, to be paid out of land, called Whitehouſe Lord Cheney, having obtained the Queen's licence,
field, oppoſite the ſign of the Whitehouſe in this
alienated the reverſion of this rectory and ad-
pariſh, to be paid by him, his heirs and aſſigns, vowfon of Gillingham to Dr. Alexander Nowell,
for the like purpoſe.
Dean of St. Paul's, and James Walton, and their
Beſides the above, there are ſome charities
heirs (x). This laſt name ſeems to have been
which ſeem once to have paid to this pariſh, but
made uſe of only in trujt; for at the death of the
which have been many years diſcontinued.
former, which happened on Feb. 13, 1602, he
It appears by depoſitions taken in 1588, be by his laſt will deviſed the fee of them to Brazen
fore William Lambard, eſq; that the Vicar and
Noſe College in Oxford, for ever ; with a proviſo,
pariſh officers uſually repaired upon the Friday
if any one could claim alliance to him, he ſhould
next before Eaſter to Upbery farm, and there re-
hold them by leaſe from that fociety, at the
yearly rent of 100 marcs per annum. After Dr.
ceived the value of 305. in wheat and malt, and
at their diſcretion diſtributed it afterwards to t
the
Nowell's death the rectory, for the advowſon the
poor. The donors of it being the nuns of St.
College reſerved to themſelves, appears to have
Sexburg in Shepey (t).
been held by the Blunts, of Wrickleſmarſh, and
John Grinſtead is reported to have given by his
after them by the ſame tenants in ſucceſſion as
held the manor-farm of Upbery of that College ;
will, anno 3 Henry VII, four acres of land, called
Bragg, to be continued in feoffees in truſt, to pay
an account of whom has already been given, in
2od. out of the yearly rent of it to the poor of
the deſcription of that manor; and it is now ac-
this pariſh, and the remainder towards the repair
cordingly held in leaſe by Mr. Chriſtopher Fulla-
of the church.
gar, of Upbery (y).
There is a marſh, called Church-marſh, which
The preſentation to the vicarage continues in
the Sexton uſed to enjoy through cuſtom, for
the poſſeſſion of the Principal and Scholars of
keeping the church decent ; but it has been de-
Brazen Noſe College.
tained by the Rectors of this pariſh for ſeveral
The taxation of this church, i. e. the rectory,
in the reign of K. Edward III, was, of the en-
years.
dowment of the ſaid church, eight acres of arable
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION,
and
40 acres of paſture, worth yearly 11 marcs;
GILLINGHAM is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
rents of aſſiſe of the like endowment 6os. and
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and being a the rent of 20 hens of the like endowment 35. 4d.
peculiar of the Archbiſhop, is as ſuch within the and 50 acres of marſh of the like endowment
deanry of Shoreham.
67s. and 6d. (2) In the 8th year of K. Richard
The church, which is ſituated at the eaſt end II, the church of Gillingham was valued at 401.(a)
of the village, is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen,
The ferm of it, in the 31ſt year of K. Henry
and antiently paid 9d. chrifm-rent to the mother VIII, as then let for 21 years by the King to
church of the dioceſe (tl).
fir Thomas Cheney, was 131. 6s. 8d. per annum (b).
).
(0) Mr. Manfell, the tenant of the farm, firſt denied the
payment of it in 1587; fir Edward Hoby, his ſucceſſor,
paid it for ſome years, but it has never been paid ſince his
time.
(w) Text. Roff. p. 230.
(v) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 152.
(2) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5: (*) Ibid. pt. 13.
(y) See a further account of this rectory, under the ma-
nor of Upbery in this pariſh. In the leaſe this rectory is ſaid
to conſiſt of all the tythe corn of this whole pariſh, excepring
of that part which is within the liberty of the Five Ports,
being about 120 acres ; of about 193 acres, part of Well-
court; and alſo of thoſe of the demeſne lands of Upbery manor,
and of the lands held of it, and paying a quic-rent to it; and
thoſe of the hamlet of Lidſing. See above, p. 86.
(z) Folio Chriſt Church Mſ.
(a) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(6) Inrolments, Augtn, off,
Tbe HII S TO RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
89

GILLINGHAM.
TV
of
21-91T
Rectors, sinó
Il his
obt, 1405
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDR'E D.
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the vicarage Charles I, to Walter Blunt, efq; for the term of
of Gillingham was valued at 20 marcs (c). It is 21 years at the yearly rent of 18s. per annum (g).
valued in the King's Books at 151. 135. 11d. The preſent leſſee of this portion of tythes
and the yearly tenths at il. 11s. 4 d. (d) under the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter is Mrs:
In a ſurvey made of the eccleſiaſtical revenues Jane Bingle; widow (b).
in this dioceſe, in 1650, by order of the powers The windows of the church of Gillingham
then in being, it was returned ; that in Gilling -
were formerly full of rich ſtained glaſs, moſtly
ham there was a vicarage, preſentative by the col. at the coſt of the family of Beaufitz, as appeared
lege of Brazen Noſe in Oxford, worth 481. per ann. by many of their portraits and coats armorial fet
Mr. John Trafford being then incumbent (e). till up in them. All which was taken account of
At preſent this vicarage is endowed, beſides || and deſcribed as they were in 1621, by Baptist
the vicarial or ſmall tythes of this pariſh, with Tufton, then Pariſh Clerk here, the whole of
the great tythes of part of a farm called Brittons, which is inſerted in the Regiſtrum Roffenſe (i).
being 30 acres ; of part of White’s-farm, being In the niche over the porch at the weſt end of
ſeven acres;
of
part of Mill-farm, being five acres; the church, ftood the image of the Virgin Mary,
of part of Weſtcourt-farm, being eight acres; and commonly ſtyled Our Lady of Gillingham, which
with the great tythes of the whole of Upbery manor was eſteemed of ſuch ſanctity, that pilgrimages
and of the hamlet of Lidſing. The ſtyle of the were formerly made to it.
ortis gaat got 990
preſentation being, to the vicarage of Gillingham
and Upbery, with the chapel of Lidſing.
€ H U R CH OF GILLINGH ÁM
rodovi
Obstot jane 194
I PATRONS, ad studios
0 PORTION OF TY THE S. sich 1 or by whom preſented.
be more
20.90ls
Prioreſs and Convent Nicholas de Crainford, anno
Soon after the conqueſt Richard Brutin, of Gil-
of Minſter in Shepey. 6 Edward I.
lingham, together with his wife and ſon, gave to
the Monks of the church of St. Andrew, all
regado to ON bados Vicars.bib yati
Ous 33 15
tythe, viz. in corn, lambs, pigs, cheeſe, and calves,
(k) Tho. de Hedyrſete, LL.D.
Droita 575
and in all other things, for his brother, whom
.249 19visd (1) John Rafe, in 1476.
they had made a Monk, and for the benefit of
aid li kiswb (m) John Bregge.
their ſociety, which they had granted to him(f).
Oh!
Theſe tythes at the diffolution of that priory, in
Brazen Noſe College - Skelton, in 1629.
the 32d year of K. Henry VIII, came into the
in Oxford.
(n) John Trafford, in 1649:
King's hands, who by his dotation charter,
grois mois 1 Ralph Twiſſe, in 1657.
June 20, in his 33d year, ſettled them, by the
-G modto sasto (o) Moſes Pengry, B. D. obt:
ins, cool ni bit Oct. 4, 1678.
deſcription of, all, that portion of tythes of Up-
a break 16 (p) Francis Philips, A.M. obt.
berrie-court in Gillingham, late belonging to the
diffolved priory of Rocheſter, on his new-founded
Sept. 22, 1679. alodont
Dean and Chapter there, with whom the inheri.
John Williams, in 1692.
tance of thein now remains.
William Harriſon, in 1720.
On the intended diſſolution of Deans and
at 10 3inay (9) John Jenkinſon. Preſent
Vicar.
Chapters, after the death of K. Charles I, theſe
in the
tythes were ſurveyed in 1649, by order of the
The ISLAND of GRAINE.
ruling powers, when it was returned; that this
portion of tythes late belonging to the Dean and
THE Fland of Graine, though on the oppo-
Chapter, iſſuing out of the manors of Upbery and fite ſide of the river Medway, and at ſome
Weft-court in Gillingham, conſiſted in the tythes miles diſtance from the reſt of this hundred, yet
of all manner of grain iſſuing out of certain being within the manor of Gillingham, has always
lands, fields, &c. belonging to the ſaid manors and been eſteemed as a part of it.
containing 193 acres and two roods, of the yearly It is written in the Textus Roffenfis, and other
value of 2cl. improved rent, and were let by antient manuſcripts, Grean, Gryen, and Gren, and
the late Dean and Chapter, July 18, anno 12 lies next to the Hundred of Hoo, from which it is
bido la intro
(c) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
to be We
(1) Page 826. ignored on
(d) E&. Ther.
(k) Alſo Rector of Hayes.
(e) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xix.
(1) Before Rector of St. Mary's, Hoo. See Reg.Roff. p. 406.
(f) Text. Roff. p. 181. This gift was confirmed by (m) He lies buried in this church.
Richard and Baldwin, Archbiſhops of Canterbury, and others. (n) Lambeth Surveys, vol. xix.
Reg. Roff. p. 44, 46.
(0) He was an ingenious and learned man. He lies buried
(8) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
in Rocheſter cathedral. Wood's Ath. vol. ii, Fafti, p. 188.
(5) I am informed, that this portion of tythes at preſent (7) He lies buried in this church.
conſiſts of thoſe ariſing only from 93 acres ; 15 of which are (9) In 1767 he had a diſpenſation to hold Rucking with
part of the above-mentioned farm, called Brittons, and the
this vicarage.
remainder of Weft-cowri farm.
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inchis county oraz
ationis .
GRAINE.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
feparated by a ſmall ſtream; the ſouth and eaft of Canterbury, for the term of his natural life,
ſides of it adjoin to the river Medway, the latter with the fee or wages of 335. 4d. (v) and after-
of them being oppoſite to Sheerneſs; the north wards granted to him the manor itſelf, to hold
ſide of it joins to the Thames, forming that land in capite by knights ſervice, his grandſon, Henry
where thoſe two rivers meet. It is in ſize about Lord Cobham, being convicted of high treaſon in
the firſt year of K. James I, this
of K. James I, this manor became
an half wide, and contains only one pariſh, called forfeited to the Crown, and was confirmed to it
St. James.
15 109 ad by an act paſſed in the 3d year of that reign (w),
The water, which ſeparates it from the Hun from which time it ſeems to have remained in
dred of Hoo, is called the Stray; the northern the Crown till the death of K. Charles I, when
mouth of which, next the Thames, is called the it appears to have been eſteemed as part of the
manor of Gillingham, the quitrents of which in
Colemouth, though the whole of it formerly went this iſland then amounted to 241. 1os. 1o4d.
by the name of Yenlet, or Genlade, and in
very
from the freeholders in free focage tenure (x);
antient times was no doubt, as well as that of ſince the reſtoration it has been granted as an
the ſame name between the iſle of Thanet and the appendage to that manor, in which ſtate it con-
main land, of much larger fize (r) than it has tinues at preſent, being as ſuch now poſſeffed
been for a long time past; for even in the time by Multon Lambard, of Sevenoke, el: (0)
of King Henry VIII, this iſland appears only to
dod nois
have been encompaſſed at flood (s). This water
ROSE - COURT.
3.
of Yenlet ſeems once to have been the ufual pal-
There is another manor here called the Manor
ſage for all vefſels from and to London, which of Graine, alias Roſe Court, which in the reign of
thereby avoided the more expofed and longer K. Edward III. was the eſtate of the family of
navigation round the outſide of this iſland, as
is as ll Cobham, of Cobham
of Cobham in this Sir John de
they did likewiſe that round the iſle of Shepey, Cobham died poſſeſſed of it in that reign (x), and
by going through the Swale between that and his ſon of the ſame name having together with
the main land, both which waters are mentioned
fir Robert Knoylys built the new bridge at Ro.
in ſeveral old writers as part of the river Thames.
chejter, amortized his two manors of Greane and
So late as the reign of King Edward III, this Tilbury, worth 40 marcs yearly above all re.
feems to have been the moſt accuſtomed paffage, prizes, to the ſupport of it for ever (a), and it
for in the nith year of it, the ſtrict ward and
at this time part of the poffeffions of
watch being fet, according to old cuſtom, along
the Wardens and Commonalty of that bridge, for
the ſea coaſt of this county, one of them ap-
the purpoſes abovementioned (b).
pears to have been ſet at la Yenlade in Hoo, and
U PREMISES OF LESSER NOT E.
to have conſiſted of twelve men at arms and fix
hobelers (t).
There is a good eſtate in that part of this
iſland next the river Medway, which conſiſts of
ſeveral farms, lands and ſaltworks, the principal
of which is called Wallend farm.
The Manor of Graine was antiently part of the
This eſtate has, from the earlieſt accounts of
poffeßions of the Archbiſhopric of Canterbury,
time, had the ſame owners as the manor of
where it remained till the reign of King Henry
Malmains in Stoke in this neighbourhood. In the
VIII; in the 37th year of which, Archbiſhop
Cranmer, by his deed dated Dec. 7, conveyed all
reign of K. Edward III, it was in the poſſeſſion
his eſtates in this pariſh, together with his right
of the family of Malmains, from whom it paſſed
into the name of Tiliot, and thence into that of
to wreck of the ſea, to that King and his heirs
Carew, of Bedington in Surry, and from that fa-
for ever (u).
mily, in the reign of K. Henry V, to Iden ; from
King Edward VI, May 2, in the 5th year of which name it was alienated at the latter end of
his reign, granted to his beloved and faithful car
the reign of K. Henry VIII, to John Parke
Councellor, fir George Broke, knt. Lord Cobham, | whoſe fole daughter and heir Elizabeth, carried
the office of Bailiff and Collector of the rents and it in marriage to John Roper, of Linſted in this
revenues, and of Keeper of the court of his ma-
county, eſq; who in the 14th year of K. James
nor of Greane, late belonging to the Archbiſhop I, was created Baron of Tenham in this county (€).
continues
THE MA NO R.
(1) Lamb. Peramb. p. 275.
(u) Leland's Itin. vol. vii, p. 128.
-(). Theſe were a kind of light horſe, who rode about from
place to place in the night, to gain intelligence of the land.
ing of boats, men, &c. See Text. Roff. p. 236,
(u) Deeds of Purchaſe and Exchange, Augen. off. box
(w) See more of this family, under Cobham, vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 489.
(x) Rolls of Partic. Augtn. off.
(y) See Gillingham, p. 81.
(z) Rot. Eſch.
(a) Archives in the Bridge Chamber.
(6) This eſtate contains 440 acres of arable and paſture.
(c) See Malmains in Stoke, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 578.
D. 75.
(v) Inrolments, Augın, offen
His
,
Alfwine, the prieſt's ſon, with his wife, gave
The HISTORY of K E N T. gt
GRAINE.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRID.
His ſon, Chriſtopher Roper, Lord Tenban, ſuc. lings rent of paſture(m) in Grean, which had been
ceeded him in his eſtate here, which he increaſed taken from that church, and he immediately re-
by obtaining a grant of lands in this iſland, for ftored the ſame to it (n).
merly belonging to the nunnery of Minſter in Lyafrun, the wife of Syward de Hou, in the time
Shepey (d), all which continued in his deſcen of Biſhop Gundulph, gave to the church of St. An-
dants to Henry Lord Tenham, who on his mar. drew, and the monks there for ever after his
riage in 1718 with the Lady. Anne, daughter and death, one marſh within the iſle of Grean, for
coheir of Thomas Lennard, Earl of Suſſex, and her ſoul, and for the ſoul of her huſband; but
widow of Richard Barrett Lennard, of Belhouſe, after the death of the Biſhop, one Wulfward, fir-
in Eſex, eſq; afterwards Baroneſs Dacre, fettled named Henry of Hou, claimed it as next of kin,
this eſtate after her life therein, on the iſſue of however on being allowed the habit of their or-
that marriage.
qu bus
der on his death bed, he releaſed all his right in
By virtue of which limitation, Charles Roper,
it to the monks for ever, who received 405.
eſq; their eldeſt ſon (e), became entitled to the from it(o). do ztotoont air bal
inheritance of it, as tenant in tail male in re-
Robert Latimier, at the time of his death, gave
mainder, expectant on the death of his mother
to the church and monks of St. Andrew, ferving
Lady Dacre (f), who afterwards married the God there, one marſh in this ifle, for his ſoul
Hon. Rob. Moore, eſq; and died poffeffed of it in
for ever, which gift Archbiſhop Anſelm, of whom
1755(8). On which the fee of theſe premiſes
it was held, freely conſented to, and the monks
became veſted in Trevor Charles Roper, and Henry
received yearly from it 305. (p).
Roper, the infant fons and coheirs in gavelkind of Ægelnoth, la tenant of the King's at Hou, in
Charles Roper, eſq; (b) their father above-men like manner gave to them a marſh in this ifle,
tioned, who died in 1754 inteftate, but a bill for his ſon, whom he made a monk there, of
being exhibited in the Court of Chancery by ſe which marſh the monks had 155. yearly, and
veral perſons, who had claims on this and other this gift Archbiſhop Anſelm alſo conſented to (q).
of his eſtates, praying a ſale of them to ſatisfy
theſe incumbrances, under the direction of the to them a marſh in Grean, for their fouls for
court, it was decreed accordingly, and an act ever, for which benefaction the monks promiſed
of Parliament having been obtained for that pur to perform for them a ſervice at the laſt, as for
pofe, this eſtate in Eaſter term 1765 (i), was con a brother and ſiſter (r). DOK1979 3130011
veyed to the Rev. Francis Hender Foot, of Charl - Elfric Speche gave to the above priory a marſh
ton, in Biſhopſbourne, on whoſe deceaſe, on Jan. in Gren, worth 30s. (s) John de Gren, gave to
27, 1773, his widow Mrs. Katherine Foot, be-
it
20 ſhillings rent in Gren, with Robert his
came intitled to it for her life, and died poffeſ ſon (t). King Henry I. confirmed to that church
fed of it May 9, 1776 (k); on which their el and the monks there, a certain ffhery in
deft fon, John Foote, eſq;(7) ſucceeded to it and Grean (u), afterwards called the Newewere, for
quickly after paſſed it away by fale to Mr. Tho. which they paid the Archbiſhops of Canterbury
Lovett, who at his deceaſe deviſed it to his ſon five ſhillings yearly, which rent Archbiſhop Ralf,
of the ſame name, on whoſe death it deſcended releaſed to them for.ever (v). gint in 10
to his fifter, now the wife of Mr. Davenport, of The fame King likewiſe by his charter prohi-
London, who in her right is at this time entitled bited all perſons from fiſhing in the Thames be-
fore the fiſhery of the monks of Niwe were, un-
The Priory of Rocheſter was in very early times der pain of forfeiture to him, if they ſhould be
poſſeſſed of lands in this iſland. In the year
found fiſhing beyond (w).
1076, Archbiſhop Lanfranc in the ſolemn affem Archbp. Baldwin, in the iſt year of K. Richard
bly of the whole county, held by the Conque I, intending to erect a chapel to the honor of St.
ror's command at Pinendene heath, recovered from Thomas the Martyr, and other buildings, within
Ralph de Curva Spina, or Crookthorne, 60 lhíl. the manor of Lambeth, which then belonged to

to it.
12
(d) William Corboyl, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the reign
of K. Henry I, gave to this nunnery lands in the Iſle of
Gryen, which, together with the marſhes and appurts. he had
bought for it; and alſo the rent of 61. in this Ife, which he
had bought for it of the right heirs, ſaving the cuſtoms of
the Court of Gillingham. Which premiſes were confirmed
to the nunnery by K. Henry IV, in his iſt year. Dugd.
Mon. vol. i, p. 152.
(e) There was a ſecond fon, Richard Henry Roper, and a
daughter Anne, married to Peter Tyler, eſq;
(f) In 1746 a perfect recovery was fuffered of this eftate,
to the uſe of Lady Daere for life ; remainder to Charles Roper
her ſon, in tail male, with divers remainders over.
(8) See more of this branch of the Ropers, under Aſhford.
(b) He married Gertrude, fifter and coheir of John Trevor,
of Glynd in Suflex.
(i) She was third daughter of Robert Mann, of Linton, eſas
and iſſue by Mr. Foot, three ſons, and three daughters.
(k) See Charlton in Biſhopbourn,
0397
(1) Then of the yearly value of 2481. or thereabouts
(m) 60 folidatas terra.
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 27.
11
(0) Text. Roff. p. 161,
(P) Ibid. p. 160.
(9) Ibid. p. 161. (r) Ibid. p. 182.525 89:76)
(s) Reg. Roff. p. 116. (1) Ibid. p. 118. (2) Ibid. p. 117.
(v) Text. Roff. p. 155.
(w) Reg. Roff. p. 34•
the

92
EN The HISTORY of • Κ .
* Int)។
Richard I. ().ente o
03 SONO
Ν ΤT.
GRAINE.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
the Monks of Rocheſter, granted to them, in lieu marſhes, the vaſt traets of the latter in the neigh.
of the land there belonging to the manor, on bourhood of it, and the badneſs of the water,
which the chapel was to be built, and the area makes it a very unwholeſome place ; lò that the
lying round it, one bercary or ſheep cote in the inhabitants moſtly conſiſt of a few Lookers or
Iſle of Gren, with all its appurts, in marſh, in Bailiffs, and of thoſe who work at the ſalt-works,
lands, in wreck, and in all other matters, be and ſuch like, who have not wherewithal to ſeek
longing to it, which John Fitz Eilgar then held, a reſidence elſewhere."
at the yearly rent of 6os. and other ſervices, to The Salt-works in this iſland are on the ſouth-
hold to them for ever, as the demeſnes of the
eaſt ſide of it, next the Medway, on the eſtate
ſaid manor, freely and quietly for ever, from all
belonging to Mr. Davenport.
ſervice and demand, as well to him as his ſuc-
The Commiſion of Sewers, which extends from
ceſſors; and he made a further addition to this
Graveſend to Sheerneſs, and up the river Medway
exchange, by granting to them the ſervices yearly
to Penſhurſt, takes charge of the ſea - walls
due to him and his fucceffors, for thoſe bercarys
round this iſland, excepting thoſe adjoining to
or ſheep-cotes, which the Monks held of him in
Mr. Davenport's eſtate, which are repaired at no
Gren, which their tenants at all times in future
ſmall expence by the proprietor ; they are di-
ſhould pay and be anſwerable for to them (*).
vided into two levels, called the South-weſt and
Theſe premiſes in Gren were particularly excepted
North-weſt Levels. ib bu
out of the exchange made between Archbp. Hu-
alimera gert" na ostale
bert and the Monks of Rocheſter, of the manors
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.oad
of Lambeth and Darent, in the 7th year of K.
Glas bris
The Iſland of Graine contains only one pariſh,
In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, upon a Quo which extends over the whole of it, and is within
Warranto, the Prior of Rocheſter claimed to have the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of the dioceſe of
wreck of the ſea in the above marſh, which was
Rocheſter, and being one of the Archbiſhop's pe-
adjoining to it, for that Archbp. Baldwin, af the
culiars, is as ſuch within the deanry of Shoreham.
2010
time, he poſſeſſed it, and the Prior and his pre-
The church, which is dedicated to St. James,
deceffors from the time of the ſaid exchange, conſiſts of two iſles and a chancel; it ſtands near
had beyond memory poſſeſſed the ſaid liberty the eaſt ſide of the iſland, oppoſite to Sheerneſs,
without interruption; and therefore he claimed and antiently paid 9d. chriſm-fent to the mother
the ſame : all which was allowed him by the
church of the dioceſe (c).
o bayon
This church antiently belonged to the nun-
All theſe marſhes, lands, and rents, with their nery at Minſter in Shepey (d), to which it was
appurts, which had been given to the prièry of
appropriated before the reign of K. Edward I. (e)
Rocheſter, remained part of its poſſeſſions at the
It continued part of the poſſeſſions of that mo.
diſſolution of it in the 32d year of K. Henry
naſtery till the diffolution of it, which happened
VIII, when they were ſurrendered into the King's
ſoon after the act paſſed in the 27th year of K.
hands, who by his dotation charter, in the 33d
Henry VIII, for the ſuppreſſion of thoſe reli-
year of his reign, ſettled them, together with
gious houſes, which had not 2001. per annum
other premiſes here, late belonging to the diffol-
clear income ; of which number this was one.
ved priory of Leeds in this county (a), on his
The church thus coming into the hands of the
new-erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter; with
Crown, K. Henry VIII, in his 36th year, granted
whom the inheritance of them now continues.
among other premiſes, the rectory of St. James
The Benediktine nunnery of Davington in this
in the Iſle of Graine, with the advowſon, to John
Fynch, to hold in capite by knight's ſervice (f).
county had 12s. and two geefe annual rent, with
He died ſeiſed of them, together with 100 acres
its appurts, in this iſland, of the gift of Ralph
of arable, 200 acres of paſture, and 200 acres of
de Wydegate, as appears by K. Henry III.'s con-
ſalt-inarſh in this iſland; all which he held as
firmation of the poſſeſſions of that priory to
above-mentioned, in the 4th year of K. Edward
it (b).
26 dos Erotista haavob bisitas H. () VI.(8) On his death his fons, Thomas and Cle-
ment Fynch poffeffed theſe premiſes, of which the
former had two parts, and the latter a third
The Iſland of Graine lies very flat and low; only (b), and they each levied a fine of their re-
the greateſt part of it conſiſts of paſture and ſpective parts, in Hilary Term anno 4 Elizabeth.
and testi Veyrol de votre site da os.
(*) Reg. Roff. p. 434.
(6) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 502.
(1) Rym. Fæd. vol. i, p. 89, 90.
(c) Text. Roff. p. 230.
(%) Reg. Roff. p. 110.
(d) Leland's Coll. vol. I, p. 89. 1910b
(a) Theſe, as appears by a confirmation of them to that (e) Stev, Mon, vol. i, p. 456.
priory by Archbp. Theobald, confifted of marſh-land, then of (f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. I.
the annual value of 20s. Regift, Priorat de Ledes, fol. 2, (g) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (b) Ibid,
jury (2). 2 mote) de
PRESENT STATE OF GRAINE.
Dod.
,
2003
BON b
P. 2. 1. i.
In.

The HISTORY of K E N T.
93
years afterwards (1). Soon after which this rec. per annum ; Sir Edward Hales
, patron ; incumbent
,
GRAINE.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM HUNDRED.
In the 8th year of which reign Thomas Fynch În a taxation made in the reign of K. Edward
ſold all his intereſt in this rectory to Clement Fynch, III, it appears, that the church of Graine was then
and his heirs (i), and he in the 18th year of it, endowed with 10 acres of arable, and two of
with the Queen's licence, alienated the whole of paſture, worth per annum 41. 35. 4d. and of rents
it to Wm. Brooke, Lord Cobbam, and his heirs (k), of aflife to the amount of 48s. per annum (o).
whoſe deſcendant, Henry Brooke, Lord Cobham, In the ſurvey taken, after the death of K.
being attainted of high treaſon in the 1ſt year of Charles I, in 1650, by order of the ruling
K. James I, forfeited this, among the reſt of his powers, of the ſeveral parſonages, vicarages, &c.
eſtates, to the Crown, to which they were con in this dioceſe, it was returned, that there was
firmed by an act paſſed for that purpoſe two in this pariſh, a vicarage preſentative, worth gol.
fir , ,
tory, with the advowſon of the vicarage, was Mr. Edward Sparke. The parſonage an impro-
granted to fir Edward Hales, bart, who died teiſed priation, worth gol. per annum, fir Edward Hales,
of it in Oct. 1654.
owner thereof (P).
How this rectory impropriate paſſed from his
deſcendants, I do not find; but Mr. John Page
CHURCH OF ST. JAMES IN GRAINE.
poſſeſſed it for many years, and at his death not
long ſince, by his laſt will deviſed it to his
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
kinſman, the Rev. Mr. Edmund Faunce, of Sutton
at Hone, and his heirs, and he is the preſent pro Sir Edward Hales, (2) Edward Sparke, in 1650.
prietor of it.
bart, (r) Edward Turner, B. A. in
This rectory is held of the Crown, by the
1710.
yearly fee-farm rent of 11. 25. 10d.
(s) Charles Soan, A. M. obr.
The advowſon of the vicarage of this church
Sept. 5, 1755.
paſſed with the rectory, through the ſame chain
Francis Ireland, A. M.
of ownerſhip, to fir Edward Hales, bart. who died
(1) John Dolman, A. M. obt.
feiſed of both in 1654. Soon after which they
1774
ſeem to have had ſeparate owners, and to have
Mr. Nynn. (u) Luke Philips, A.M. 1774.
continued fo till this time, the late proprietor of
Preſent Vicar.
the advowſon being Mr. Walter Nynn, ſince whoſe
deceaſe without iſſue, Mrs. Rachel Ray, widow,
Dr. Plume, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, who died
his fifter and heir, is become intitled to it.
in 1704, bequeathed 51. per annum, towards teach-
In 15th year of K. Edward I, this vicar.
ing the poor children of this pariſh to read (v).
age was valued at 15 marcs (in).
John Cardyf, a prieſt, who died in
1452,
and
It is valued in the King's Books at gl. 11s. 8d.
lies buried in the chancel of this church, new
per annum, and the yearly tenths at 198. 2d. (12)
paved it, as his grave-ſtone informs us.
a the the
Ideale on be
(9) Ibid.
(i) Rot. Eſch. pt. 4.
(k) Ibid. pt. 6.
sleggio
() See Cobham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 493. d balla
(m) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(n) Eet. Thef.
() Folio Chriſt Church Mi.
(A) Lambeth Surveys, vol. xix,
(r) Alſo Vicar of Stoke.
(s) And Vicar of Hartlip.
(t) Alſo Vicar of Chalk.
(u) And Lecturer of Graveſend.
(0, Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 160.
P. 387.
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of Boxley only intervening, lies The Pariſh and
I, Boxley.
Town of Maidſtone, concerning the antient name
2, DETLING.
of which, writers have greatly differed.
3, Loose.
Nennius, in his catalogue of the cities of Bri-
4, LINTON.
Sund | tain, tells us, this place was called by the Britons,
5, East FARLEIGH. And,
6, East and West BARMING.
Caer (Tv) Meguaid, or as other copies have it, Meg-
wad, no doubt corruptly for Medwag. Cam-
With the churches of the ſame, and part of the den (w), Burton (y), Gale (Z), and ſome few others
pariſhes of Berfted, Hunton, Marden, and Staple-
have ſuppoſed it to have been the Roman ſtation,
burſt.
called by Antonine in his Itinerary, Vagniacæ (a),
It formerly contained likewiſe within its a name taken from the river here, at that time
bounds The Town and Pariſh of Maidſtone, which called Vaga. The former of theſe words is ſup.
has long ſince been made a ſeparate juriſdiction, poſed by a learned etymologiſt (b) to have been
having a Conſtable of its own, the liberty of the corruptly written in the Itinerary for Maduica,
corporation claiming over it.
which is the ſame as Med-wage in the Saxon, and
This Hundred is written in the book of Domef Madüogüiſo in the Britiſh tongue. Hence in pro-
day, Meddeſtan, and in other records, Maydeſtane.
ceſs of time it came to be called Madis and ad Ma-
In the 8th year of K. Edward II, the Archbiſhop dum (c), the river being called Mada, and Madus.
was Lord of this hundred ; the Right Hon. Lord The Saxons afterwards called it Medwegſton, and
Romney is the preſent Lord of it.
Medweaggeflon (d), in Engliſh, Medway's Town,
(2) Caer in Britiſh fignifies a city. Camd. p. 37.
(*) Camden, p. 226.
(y) Comment. on Anton. p. 178. (z) Ibid. p. 75.
(a) For this purpoſe they read the diſtances of the ſecond
Iter of Antonine, a Vallo ad Portum Ritupis, as follows:
A Londinio, Noviomago, M.P. x; Vagniacis M. P. XVIII;
Durobrovis M. P. IX. If this place was the Vagniace of the
Romans, and the above numbers are right, it is fituated much
about the above diſtance from Keftin, and not quite ſo much
from Crayford, both which have been conjectured to have
been the antient Noviomagus; the diſtance of it from Dura-
brovis or Rocheſter will anſwer tolerably well. See vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 112, 211, 444, and this vol. p, 2.
(6) Baxter in his Gloff.
(c) Richard of Cirencetler, p. 83, and Peuting. Tables.
See Horfl. Brit. p. 517.
(d) That is Maduiacis oppidum, according to Baxter. See
Lamb. Peramb. p. 229.
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Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
95
or was
*****
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDSTON E.
which name is written by contraction in Domef manor, with its appurtenances, was valued at
day, Meddeſtane, as it is at preſent Maidſtone. 831. 16s. 11d. per annum (f).
John Ufford, who came to the fee of Canter-
Ibe MANOR and PALACE.
bury in 1348, anno 23 Edward III, began to re-
build this palace (8). But he died ſo ſoon after-
Maidstone was part of the antient poffeffions
wards, before he had received his pall
,
of the fee of Canterbury, and remained ſo at the
even conſecrated, that he might rather be ſaid only
time of the conqueft, and it is accordingly, thus
to make a preparation for it. He ſeems to have
entered in the general ſurvey of Domeſday, under
the title of the lands of the Archbiſhop.
pulled the greateſt part, if not the whole of it,
down for this purpoſe ; in which ſituation it laid
In Meddeſtan Hund'.
during the few weeks continuance of his ſucceſ-
Ipſe archieps' ten' Meddeſtane. p 10. ſolins ſe defd'.
ſor, Archbp. Thomas Bradwardine, in that ſee.
Tra' e'. 30. Car'. In dnio funt 3. Car'. & 25. After which Simon Iſlip ſucceeding in 1349 to the
Villi cu' 21. bord’hnt 25. Car'. Ibi eccla & 10.
archbißopric on his death, he ſued the admini-
ſervi. & 5. molin. de 36. ſolid”. & 8. den'. Ibi 2.
ſtrator of Archbp. Ufford for dilapidations, part
piſcaria, de 270 anguill. Ibi 10. ac' pti. Silva 30.
of which moſt probably aroſe from the unfiniſhed
pori'.
condition this houſe was left in, and he recovered
De hoc mºtenº de archiepo'. 3. miliť 4. folins. &
upwards of 1100l. (b). After which the Archa
Ibi hnt. 3. Car'. & dimid'. in dnio.&
32.
Villos cu'
biſhop pulled down the ruinated palace at Wrot.
10. bord, bntes 6. Car'. & 10. feru' & bnt 1.
ham in this neighbourhood, and conveying the
molin'de 5. Solid & 13. ac pti' & 2. piſcar' &
materials hither, finiſhed this at Maidſtone with
dimid' de 180 anguill & 2 Jalins. filva 23 porc'.
them (i). Archbp. Courtney, who ſucceeded to
In Totis Valent. T. R. E. Val. boc m'
14.
lib. -the fee in 1381, being the 5th year of K. Richard
Qdo recep'. 12. lib & mo dniu archiepi’ Vol. 20. II, built much at this palace (k), where he died
lib. militu' 15. lib 10 fol. monachi Cantuar' hnt in 1396, and was buried at Canterbury, though
omi' anno de duobs hoibs huj' n° 20. fol.
there is a cenotaph remaining for him in the His bones were found
Which is: In Meddeſtan Hundred, the Arch great chancel of the church of Maidſtone. From Hi the tomb a Ulaidstone
biſhop himſelf holds Meddeftane. It was taxed at this time the palace at Maidſtone, on account of in the
10 ſulings. The arable land is 30 carucates. In its pleaſant, as well as convenient ſituation, ben
demeſne there are three carucates, and 25 villeins came the frequent reſidence of the ſucceeding
with 21 borderers having 25 carucates. There is Archbiſhops; and in the time of Archbp. Chichele,
a church and 10 ſervants, and five mills of 36 fhil K. Henry VI. honored this houſe with his pre-
lings and eight pence. There are two fiſheries of 2170 ſence, as appears by his writs, bearing date March
eels. There are 10 acres of paſture. Wood for the 21, anno regni 16 apud manerium de Maydefton(1).
In the 31ſt year of the above reign, Archbp. John
Of this manor three Knights hold of the Arch-
Stafford died at this palace, to which he had re-
biſhop four ſulings, and there they have three caru-
ſorted for the benefit of the air (m),
cates and an half in demeſne, and 32 villeins, with
Archbp. Morton, among the reſt of the palaces
10 borderers having fix carucates and 10 ſervants,
which he repaired, greatly augmented and beau-
and they have one mill of five ſhillings, and 13 acres
tified this at Maidſtone in 1486, which was then
of meadow, and two fiſheries and an half of 180 eels,
become much decayed and dilapidated(n). After
and two falt-pits. Wood for the pannage of 23 bogs.
which this manor and palace underwent no ma-
terial alteration till Archbp.Cranmer, by that great
In the whole value, in the time of K. Edward the
deed of exchange made with K. Henry VIII,
Confeſor, this manor was worth 14 pounds, when
Nov. 30, in the 29th year of that reign, granted,
be received it 12 pounds, and now the demeſne of the
Archbiſhop is worth 20 pounds. Of the Knights 15
among other premiſes, to that King, his heirs
and fucceffors, all this manor or lordſhip of
pounds 10 ſhillings. The Monks of Canterbury have
Maydeſtone, with its appurts. the advowſon and
every year of two tenants of this manor 20 ſhillings.
patronage of the college and church of Our
The Archbiſhops do not ſeem to have had a
Lady at Maydeſtone, and the advowſon, donation,
houſe of any note here, till the reign of K. John,
&c. of the chantry founded in Maydeſtone by
in the 7th year of which, William de Cornbill is
Archbp. Arundel, and all that his priſon-houſe in
faid to have given his ſeat in Maidſtone to Arch.
Maydeſtone, together with all liberties, &c. to the
bijhop Stephen Langton, for a reſidence for him
ſame belonging, and all other eſtates whatſoever
and his ſucceſſors (e). Soon after which this
belonging to the Archbiſhop in this pariſh ; except
de at
of Chanel
pannage of 30 bogs.
(e) Philipott, p. 228.
(f) Battely's Somn. pt. ii, appendix, p. 30,
(g) Parker's Antiq. Brit. p. 366.
(6) Ibid. p. 362, 366.
(i) Ibid. p. 366.
(k) Lel. Itin, vol. vi, p. 2.
(1) Rym. Fæd. vol. x, p. 684.
(m) Parker's Antiq. Brit. p. 432,
(n) Weever, p. 230
211

96
HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
all advowſons and preſentations, &c. not therein As he left no ſurviving iſſue, he bequeathed
particularly mentioned and excepted (0).
this manſion, with his other eſtates in this neigh-
Theſe premiſes continued in the Crown till
bourhood, to his kinſman, fir Jacob Aſtley, knt.(r)
K. Edward VI, in his 4th year, granted to fir
who for his loyalty and eminent ſervices to K.
Thomas Wyatt, knt. (D) ail that his manor of
Charles I, was by that Prince, by let. pat.
dated
Maydenſtone, with its appurts, and divers meſſu-
Nov. 4, in the 20th year of his reign, advanced
ages, lands, and tenements in Maydenſtone, and to the dignity of Baron Aſtley, of Reading in the
all that rectory of Maydenſone, to hold in capite
co. of Berks. He died at the palace at Maidstone
by knights ſervice (PP).
in 1651, and was buried with his lady in this
church, leaving iſſue by her one ſon, Iſaac, who
Sir Thomas Wyatt above-mentioned was of Al.
ſucceeded him in title and eſtate, and a daughter,
lington-calle, knt. and having in the iſt year of
Elizabeth, who married her kinſman, fir Edward
Q. Mary, with other gentlemen of note in this
Astley, of Melton, knt. as will be further men-
county, raiſed a rebellion on their diſguſt to the
tioned below.
Queen's marriage with K. Philip of Spain, he
Iſaac Lord Astley, died poffeſed of this ſeat in
was taken priſoner, and committed to the Tower;
1662, and was buried in Maidstone church, leav-
and being found guilty on his trial, was executed
ing two ſons, Jacob, who ſucceeded him as his
on April 11 that year.
heir, and Francis, who died without iſſue (rr).
On his attaint this manor, with the palace, Jacob, Lord Aftley, dying in 1688, was buried
rectory, and other premiſes became confiſcated in this church, and leaving no iſſue the Barony
to the Crown, among the reſt of his eſtates; became extinct, and this manſion came, among
whence the palace, with certain other premiſes the reſt of his entailed lands, to fir Jacob Astley,
in this pariſh, was granted by Q. Elizabeth to
of Melton Confiable in the co. of Norfolk, knt. and
Sir John Aſtley, knt. ſon of John Aſtley, eſq; (q) bart. (s) who continued owner of this ſeat till
Maſter of the Queen's Jewels. He reſided here, the 6th year of K. George I, anno 1720, when
and was of the Band of Penſioners to that
he alienated it, with other eſtates in this neigh-
Queen, and Maſter of the Revels to K, James
bourhood, which deſcended to him on the death
and K. Charles I, and of the Privy Chamber to
of Jacob, Lord Astley, to fir Robert Marſham, bart.
the latter, and dying Jan. 26, 1639, was buried Lord Romney (t), whoſe ſon, the Right Hon. Robt.
in this church.
Lord Romney, is the preſent poffeffor of them.
Auto us will be for
21.
() Augtn. off. Deeds of Purchaſe and Exchange, box A.
See a covenant concerning the above advowfons, dated
ult. June, anno 30 Henry VIII, box A. 28. After which
the King, by his let. pat. dated March 11, in his 33d year,
granted to his faithful fervant, fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. the
office of High Steward of this his manor, and that of Keeper
of his capital meſſuage, and the orchards and gardens in
Maidſtone, and of Bailiff of the ſaid manor, liberties, and
franchiſes here, during the term of his natural life, with the
fee and wages of 51. per annun, for the office of High Steward,
and for that of Keeper of the capital meſſuage, &c. 2d. per
day, and of Bailiff of the manor, &c. 61. per annum.
After
the death of fir Thomas Wyatt, in the 34th year of the above
reign, the King, by the like let. dated March 11th in his
35th year, granted theſe offices to his faithful ſervant, George
Blage, to hold for the term of his natural life, with the like
fees and wages as were granted to fir Thomas Wyatt. K.
Henry VIII, Feb. 14, in his 37th year, granted to Thomas
Henley, the office of Under-ſteward or Keeper of the Courts
of his manor of Maidſtone, with its appurts. late parcel of
the poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and then in
his hands by the conceſſion of the Archbiſhop, to hold during
the term of his natural life. Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(?) The ſon of fir Thomas Wyatt, knt, mentioned in note
(o). See more of this family, under Allington and Boxley.
(PP) Ror. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 6.
(9) See more of the Afleys, under Allington.
(r) Second ſon of Ifaac, who was grandſon of Thomas
A//ley, eſq; the grandfather of the above-mentioned fir John.
(rr) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 473. Coll. Bar. vol. iii, p.
(s) In which year an act paſſed for ſale of part of the
eſtates of Robert, Lord Romney, in the co. of Norfolk, and
for ſettling other eſtates of greater value in the co of Kent,
already purchaſed, to the ſame uſes; in which it was recited,
that by indenture of leaſe and releaſe, dated 16 and 17 Aug.
1708, on the marriage of the ſaid Lord Romney with Eliza-
beth, daughter of fir Cloudelly Shovel, his eſtate in the co. of
Norfolk was fettled on the ſaid Elizabeth and their iffue, &c.
and whereas the faid Lord Romney had purchaſed of fir Jacob
Affley, of Melton in the co. of Norfolk, knt, and bart, the
caſtle and manor of Allington, and the advowſon of the ſame,
and all that the capital meſſuage or chief manſion-houſe of
the ſaid fir Jacob, called the Palace, in Maidſtone, with its
appurts. and the meſſuage or tenement, called the Park-
houſe, with the gardens, meadows, &c. called Park-meadows,
in Maidſtone, and a certain meſſuage in Maidſtone, and the
coppice or wood called Bower-wood, and the meſfuage or
tenement called the Hermitage, with the lands, woods, &c.
thereto belonging, in Allyngton, Aylesford, or Maidſtone ;
and a farm, lands, and appurts. in Allington, Aylesford, or
Maidſtone, in the occupation of Searles Goatly, eſq; and the
quarry-ground, called Caſtle-wood, with lands thereto be-
longing, and a water-mill, being a paper-mill, with lands
thereto belonging, in Allington and Boxley, and ſeveral cloſes
of land in Aylesford, and all other eſtates of the ſaid fir Jacob
Afley in the ſaid pariſhes, for the ſum of 16,ocol. by inden-
ture of leaſe and releaſe, dated 13 July 1720; all which
were conveyed to Dame Elizabeth Shovel, in truſt for the
ſaid Lord Romney. And whereas the ſaid Lord Romney had
purchaſed of Hene age, Earl of Winchelſea, divers meſſuages
and lands in Maidſtone, and a farm called Little Buckiand in
the ſaid pariſh, it was enacted, that Lord Romney might have
power to ſell the faid eſtates in Norfolk, and ſettle the above-
mentioned eſtates in Kent to the fame eſcs as the ſaid eſtates
in Norfolk were ſettled.
05, &c.
(s) On June 25. 1650, he had been created a Baronet,
and was the fon of fir Edward Aſtley, knt. and grandſon of
Thomas Afley, eſq; eldeſt ſon and heir of Ifaac, and elder
brother of Jacob, created Lord Afley of Reading, as above-
mentioned.
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The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTONE.
But the manor of Maidſtone itſelf ſeems to have of the pariſhes or boroughs of Barming, Boxley,
continued longer in the hands of the Crown (11), Detling, Linton, with the Borough of Crock-
and K. James I, having by his let.. pat. July 8, burst, and one for the pariſhes of East Farleigns
in his 21ſt year, created Lady Elizabeth Finch (v), and Looſe jointly.
widow of fir Moile Finch, of Eaſtwell in this co.
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is an antient ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated about a
to her and them, to receive for the better ſup-
mile eastward from the town of Maidſtone, and
port of the fame, out of the yearly rent of this
encircled with a pleaſant park. It was formerly
manor, the ſum of 131. 6s. 8d. and K. Charles
caſtellated, and in the reign of Henry III, was
I, by like let. pat. July 12, in his 4th year,
created the ſaid Viſcounteſs Maidſtone, Counteſs of
part of the poſſeſſions of the noted family of Ley-
borne. In the 51ſt year of which Roger de Ley-
Winchelſea, to her and her heirs male for ever,
borne obtained the grant of a market to be held
Earls of Winchelſea; and granted to her and them
weekly at this place on a Tueſday, and a yearly
to receive for the better ſupport of the ſaid dig-
fair for three days at the feaſt of St. Croſs (a).
pity, out of the yearly rents of the faid manor,
the further ſum of 20l. per annum (w).
After the Leybornes were extinct here, it was
beconie the property of John de Sbofford, from
After which the King, by his let. pat. dated
whom it acquired the name of the manor of
Sept. 9, in the year laſt mentioned, granted this
Shofford, alias le Mote. Ralph de Ditton after-
manor, among other premiſes, to certain truf.
wards poſſeſſed it, and in the 20th year of K.
tees (x), for the uſe of the aforeſaid Counteſs of Edward III, Bartholomew de Burgberſ paid aid
Winchelſea and her heirs, in fee, to be holden in
for it, at the making the Black Prince a Knight,
focage and not in capite, by the yearly rent of
holding it as one quarter of a knight's fee, which
571. 16s. 2d. and ſhe died poſſeſſed of the above
Ralph de Ditton before held in Skofford of the
intereſt in this manor on March 13, 1633, being
Archbiſhop.
the 9th year of K. Charles I, and was buried in
He was a man of great eminence, being Lord
Eaftwell church, beſide her huſband, who died
Warden of the Cinque Ports, Governor of Dover-
Dec. 18, 1614. Their eldeſt ſon, fir Tho. Finch, castle, &c. and died feiſed of it in the 28th year
bart. fucceeded his mother in the titles of Earl
of that reign, leaving Bartholomew, his eldeſt
of Winchelſea and Viſcounteſs Maidſtone, and in her fon, his heir, who was much eſteemed by K.
intereſt in this manor ; and from him it came Edward III, inſomuch, that in the 24th year of
down to his direct deſcendant, Heneage, fourth his reign, on the inſtitution of the order of the
Earl of Winchelſea (y), who in the year 1720 ali Garter, he made choice of him as one of
enated his intereſt in it (2) to fir Robert Marſham, Knights Companions of it (b). He reſided here
bart. Lord Romney, whoſe fon, the Right Hon. after his father's death, in the 29th year of the
Robert, Lord Romney, is the preſent poffeſſor of above reign (c), and died in the 43d year
it.
ſome years after which The Mote came into the
The manor extends over the whole hundred, poſſeſſion of the Widviles, or Woodvills, as they
and is ſtyled the Hundred and Manor of Maidstone. were vulgarly called, who removed from Graf-
At the Court Leet and Court Baron, held annually ton in the co. of Northampton, where they had
for it, there are yearly choſen a Constable for the been long ſettled, and reſided here (d). John de
Hundred, and five Borſholders, viz, one for each Wydevill ſeems to have poſſeſſed this feat in the
tov
(u) Q. Eliz, made ſeveral grants of parts of this manor at (y) See more of the family of Finch, Earls of Winchelſea,
different times, fome in fee and others for terms of years, as under Eaftwell.
may
be ſeen in the Rolls of Particulars in the Augmentation (2) On the death of this Heneage, Earl of Winchelſea, in
office, viz. of a tenement and lands, parcel of it, to Henry 1726 without iſſue, the original creation fee of 131. 6s. 8d.
Smith. R. 2, N. 8. Of ſundry lands and tenements to and zol. granted to Elizabeth, Counteſs of Winebeljea, by K.
William Beynham and others. R. 2, N. 25. Of parcel of James and K. Charles I, out of this manor, ſeems to have
the manor lands to Richard Barton. R. 2, N. 33. Of one paſſed with the title to John Finch, only fon of Heneage, fe-
tenement, parcel of the manor, to Henry Drake and others. cond Earl of Winchelſea, by his fourth wife, and on his
R. 2, N.42. Of parcel of the manor lands to John Hecker. death without iſſue to Daniel Finch, ſecond Earl of Notting-
R. 3, N. 1o. Of the like to fohn Burges, R. 3, N. 15 (6). ham, grandſon of fir Heneage Finch, knt. fourth ſon of fir
Of the like to John Winter. R. ğ, N. 32. Of the like to Moile Finch, by Elizabeth his wife, Viſcounteſs Maidſtone, and
R. 4, N. 56. Of the like to Elizabeth Kings Counteſs of Winchelſea, and his ſon Daniel Earl of Winchelſea
mill. R. 8, N. 13. Of the like to the Mayor, Jurats, and and Nottingham in 1737, obtained an act of Parl for the
Commonultie of Maidſtone. R. b, N. 38, and of ore tene ſale of this fee-farm of 33l. 6s. 8d. iſſuing out of this manor,
ment, parcel of the manor, to yohri Webb. R. 9,
N. 2.
to pay debts, &c.
(v) She was ſole daughter and heir of fir Thomas Heneage,
(a) Pat. ejus an, memb. 10. Philipott, p. 230.
of Copt-hall in the co. of Eſſex, knt.
(6) See Camden, p. 172.
(v) Rolls of Particulars for ſale of fee-farm rents, temp.
(c) See more of him, under Chiding stone Burgherſh, vol.
interregni, Memorandum, R.
i. of this hiſtory, p. 407.
N.
25, 104.
(x) It was granted to Edward Ditchfield, John Highlord, (d) Philipott, p. 230.
Humphry Clarke, and Francis Moſs. See the above Roll.
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDSTON E.
reign of K. Richard II, being Sheriff of the co. who in his 6th year, made him Treaſurer of his
of Northampton, and Governor of the caſtle there. Exchequer, and upon May 24th that year con-
He died ſeiſed of this eítate (e), and was ſuc ferred on him the dignity of Earl Rivers ; after
ceeded in it by his ſon, Richard de Wydevill (f), which, among other favors, he made him Lord
who in the 15th year of K. Henry VI, having, Treaſurer, and in the 8th year of his reign gave
without licence, married Faquet de Luxembourg, him the office of High Conſtable of England for
daughter of Peter, Earl of St. Paul, and widow life, with remainder to Anthony, Lord Scales, his
of John, Duke of Bedford, he was fined toool. ſon, for his life ; two years after which, being
for that tranſgreſſion, and for livery of her at his ſeat at Grafton in the co. of Northampton,
dower (8). Notwithſtanding which he was af he was there ſurprized by the people, who had
terwards much employed by the King in his wars tumultuouſly aſſembled in favor of K. Henry,
in France, where he behaved with ſuch valour and being ſeized by them, was carried to
and integrity, that K. Henry VI, in his 26th Northampton, and beheaded without any form
year, in recompence of his ſervices advanced
of law (m).
him to the degree of a Baron of this realm (b), By the before-mentioned Jaquet his wife, this
the ſtyle of his title being Lord of Rivers, Graf-
Earl had iffue ſeven ſons and ſeven daughters(n):
ton and de la Mote (i). The former of which was of the former, Anthony, his eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded
not the name of any place, but of an antient fa him in titles and eſtates, having in his father's
mily, once Earls of Devonſhire; in conſequence life-time, through the King's favor, married
of which this Lord aſſumed in an eſcutcheon of Elizabeth, ſole daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord
pretence, upon his own coat of arms - Argents
Scales of Nucals, he was thereupon declared Lord
a feſs and canton gules, the antient coat aſcribed Scales, by which title he h
had ſoon afterwards,
commonly to Baldwin Rivers, or de Ripariis,
viz. anno 3 Edw. IV, ſummons to Parliament, (0)
Earl of Devonſhire, in the reign of K. Stephen,
and in the 5th year of it was elected Knight
viz.-Gules, a griffin ſegreant or (k).
of the Order of the Garter. After which he was
Richard, Lord Rivers, continued firm to K.
much truſted and employed by the King, as well
in negotiations with foreign Princes, as in war,
Henry VI, againſt the Houſe of York, during
and had many honorable and lucrative poſts con-
the remainder of his reign (1); but after K.
ferred on him (P); but on the death of K. Edw.
Edward IV. had obtained the Crown, and had
in 1483, this Earl attending the young King out
married Elizabeth his eldeſt daughter, widow of
of Wales towards London, was entrapped by the
fer John Grey, of Groby, knt. and made her his
Dukes of Glouceſter and Buckingham at Northamp-
,
ton, and afterwards ſent priſoner to the caſtle of
gations to the Houſe of Lancaſter, and had great
Sheriff Hutton in the co. of York; where on June
honors and truſts conferred on him by the King,
23, 1483, the day preceding the murther of the
(6) He is ſaid to have been buried on the north ſide the
chancel of Maidſtone church, where his tomb ſtill remains.
(f) In the 7th year of K. Henry IV. he was Sheriff of the
co. of Northampton, and Governor of the Caſtle there. He
was afterwards made Seneſchal of the Dutchy of Normandy,
and other parts of France within the King's obedience. In
che 3d year of K. Henry VI. he was made Conſtable of the
Tower of London, and the next year knighted by the King
at Leiceſter.
(8) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 230. (5) Ibid.
(i) In his ſummons to Parl. anno 27 Henry VI, he is
ſtyled Richard Wodvill, knt. Lord of Rivers. Cott. Rec.
p. 637.
-Gules, a lion rampant argent ; and before him the figure of
his ſon, the Lord Scales, in a like poſture, having on his
furcoat-6 eſcallops.
(n) Anthony, the eldeſt fon, ſucceeded him in honors ;
Lewis and John died young; John was taken and put to
death with his father ; Lionel was Biſhop of Saliſbury : Ede
ward and Richard. Of the daughters, Elizabeth was fird
married to fir John Grey, knt. and afterwards to K. Edward
IV.; Margaret to Thomas Fitzallan, Earl of Arundel; Anne
firſt to William, ſon of Henry Bourchier, Earl of Eſſex, le-
condly to George Grey, Earl of Kent, and laſtly to fir Anthony
Wingfield, knt.; Jaquet to John, Lord Strange of Knockin á
Mary to William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon; Katherine
firſt to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, ſecondly to Jali
per of Hatfield, Duke of Bedford, and laſtly to fir Richard
Wing field, Knight of the Garter; and another daughter, mar-
ried to fir John Bromley, knt.
(6) Cott. Records, p. 674.
(P) In the 6th year of that reign, he obtained
ſpecial tail of the Iſle of Wight, and all the caſtles, lordſhips,
and manors in that ifland ; and in the roth year of the above
reign, bearing the title of Earl Rivers, on his father's death,
he was conſtituted Governor of Calais, the tower of Rije-
bank, and the caſtle of Guiſnes, and Captain General of the
King's Forces, both by ſea and land; and in the 13th of K.
Edward IV, upon the creation of Prince Edward to be Prince
of Wales and Earl of Cheſier, he was appointed his Governor,
and at the fame time Chief Burler of England. Dugd. Bar.
vol. ii, p. 231.
(k) Philipott, p. 230.
(1) In the 28th year of K. Henry VI, he was made Knight
of the Garter, and next year Seneſchal of Acquitaine, and
had beſides other bountiful marks of the King's favor to him.
In the 38th year of it, being fent to Sandwich for the de-
fence of that port, and the ſhipping there, againſt the power
of Nevill, Earl of Warwick, he was in the night time ſur-
prized in his bed, with Anthony his ſon, by certain perſons
ſent from that Earl, who carried them priſoners to Calais.
Dugd. Bar. ibid.
(m) Among other figures of the nobility of the time was
that of this Earl, painted in a window in Aſhford church,
kneeling on a cuſhion with his ſurcoat of arms, viz.-Of
four coats, ift and 4th, quarterly, iſt and 4th, Rivers; ad
and 3d, a ſpread eagle,-ad and 3d, vaire, argent and azure.
Behind him was the figure of his wife, the Dutcheſs of Bed-
ford, likewiſe kneeling on a cuſhion, having on her gown
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of K E N T.
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTONE.
young King, he declared his laſt teſtament (9). ed, and made a Privy Counſellor, being a per-
Soon after which they hurried him away to Pon ſon greatly eſteemed, and much in favour with
tefract, where fir Richard Ratcliffe, knt. one of K. Henry VIII ; in the 34th year of which reign
the Duke of Glouceſter's confidants, had him he died feiſed of the Moté, leaving iſſue an only
brought out to a ſcaffold, telling the people he ſon and heir Thomas, afterwards knighted, who
was a trairor, and not ſuffering him to ſpeak in in the iſt year of Q. Mary, having with other
his vindication, cauſed his head to be cut off. gentlemen of note in this county, raiſed a rebel-
Leaving no legitimate iſſue, Richard, his brother, lion, on the pretence of the Queen's marriage
fucceeded him in honors and eſtates; which, with King Philip of Spain, was taken priſoner
however, K. Richard did not ſuffer him to en and committed to the tower, and being found
joy, but made a grant of this, among the reſt guilty of high treaſon, was executed on April
of the late Earl's lands in this county, to Robert 11, that year (w).
Brakenbury, efq; on whom he conferred the of. On his attainder, the Mote, among the reſt of
fice of Conſtable of the Tower, and other favors, his eſtates, became confiſcated to the Crown,
for his good ſervices to him (r).
whence it was granted next year by Q. Mary to
In this ſtate the Motè remained till the accef Hugh Warham (x), of the co. of Southampton,
fion of K. Henry VII(s), when Rich. Earl Rivers, probably only for a term, for in the next reign
was put in poſſeſſion of it (t). He died feiſed of Q. Elizabeth it appears to have been again
of it March 6, in the 7th year of K. Henry in the hands of the Crown, and that Princeſs,
VII, (u) without illue, having by his teſtament, by her let. pat. dated June 5, in her 31ſt year,
dated Feb. 20th preceding, bequeathed his body granted it to John Nicholas and John Dixon, at the
to be buried in the Abbey of St. James of North yearly rent of gl. 135. 4d. per ann. (y). Soon af.
ampton, in a place made ready for it, and ap ter which it came into the poſſeſſion of fir Wm.
pointed the Lord Thomas, Marquis Dorſet, to be Rither, of London, knt.(z) who repaired this
his heir, to whom he gave all his lands whatſo ſeat, and dying without male iſſue bequeathed
ever (v), ſoon after which the Marquis alienated it to his daughter and coheir the Lady Suſan,
this eſtate to fir Henry Wyatt, of Allington-caſtle, then the wife of fir Thomas Cæfar, knt. one of the
knt. and Privy Counſellor.
Barons of the Exchequer (a), after whoſe death
In the 15th year of K. Henry VIII. fir Henry fhe again carried it in marriage to Mr. Thomas
Wyatt procured his lands in this county to be diſ Philipott, ſecond ſon of fir John Philipott, of
gavelled by an act paſſed particularly for that Compton Waſcelin, in the co. of Hants, whom ſhe
purpoſe, and in the 24th year of that reign he likewiſe ſurvived, and afterwards, joining with
died ſeiſed of this eſtate, leaving iſſue an only her eldeſt ſon by her firſt huſband, Thomas Ce.
fon and heir Thomas, who was afterwards knight- || far, eſq; fold it in the beginning of the reign of
(9) By it he bequeathed his heart to be buried at Our
Lady of Pue, adjoining St. Stephen's College, Weſtminſter, and
appointed all his lands, which were his father's, ſhould re-
main to his right heirs; and, among other charities, he al-
lotted a certain fum, to find a Prieſt to ſing at the chapel of
the Rodes in Grenewich, for his foul, &c.
(-) Strype's Stow's Survey, vol. i, book i, p. zo. his
(s) Archbiſhop Morton, in the reign of K. Henry VII, ap:
pears to have been poſſeſſed of lands within the park here;
for by a codicil to his laft teftament, dated June 16, 1500;
having willed to Thomas Morton, his nephew, all his manors
and lands in the county of Kent, &c. he excepts certain lands
within the park of the Mote near Maidſtone, and the mill,
which he wills ſhould remain to Chriſt Church in Canterbury,
and his ſucceſſors, Archbiſhops of Canterbury, for ever, on
condition, that eight marcs fhould be paid yearly for ever to
the Prioreſs and Nuns of the Priory of St. Sepulcher near Can-
terbury, for one Chaplain to celebrate within that priory, ac-
cording to the foundation of a chantry founded there by Maf-
ter John de Bourne, Rector of Frakenham in the time of Wm.
Witleſey, formerly Archbp. of Canterbury. Battely's Somner,
part ii, appendix, p. 35. At the ſuppreſſion of the above
priory, there ſeems to have been a rent-charge only received
from theſe premiſes in the Moat park; for K. Henry, by his
indenture, May 21, in his 29th year, granted a leaſe to
Barkenall, of Canterbury, of the annual rent of 106. and
8d. iſſuing yearly out of the manor De le Mote near Maid-
ftone, and part of the poffeffions belonging to the ſaid late
priory, to hold for 21 years. Augin. off. Inrolments,
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. ij, p. 233,
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 39.
(v) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 233. He was eldeſ fon of fir
John Grey, of Groby, knt. by Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of
Richard Widvile, firſt Earl Rivers, afterwards married to K.
Edward IV, who, out of reſpect to her, on the 24th of Aug.
in his 11th year, created him Earl of Huntingdon, and on
April 18,in his 15th year, advanced him to the further dig-
nity of Marquis Dorſet. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.719.
(w) See more of the Wyaits, under Allington and Boxley.
(x) Philipott, p. 230.
Oy) Rolls for the ſale of fee-farm rents temp. interregni.
Augtn. off. R. 67, N. 186, and R. 68, N. 187.
(z) He was third ſon of Edward Rither, of Low Layton
in the county of Elex, and ſerved the office of Lord Mayor
of the city of London in the year 1600. Strype's Stow's Sur-
vey, book v, p. 139.
(a) He was ſecond ſon of Adelmare, an Italian, deſcended
of the antient family of the Dalmarii there, and was Phyſician
to Q. Mary and Q. Eliz. ; the latter of whom, for his great
learning, gave him the name of Cæfar. See Chaun. Hertf.
p. 81. He left three fons, fir Julius Cæfar, knt. Maſter of
the Rolls, &c. fir Thomas, above mentioned ; and Henry;
Dean of Ely. Sir Thomas left iffue three fons, Thomas, who
married Frances, daughter of fir Goorge Philipott; of Thruxe
ton, knt. by whom he had a daughter, Philadelphia ; Auz
guſtus, and Ferdinands and fix daughters. The Cæfars bore
for their arms-- Argent, 3 roſes gules; on a chief gules, 3 roſes
argent. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. Cæſar.
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dren;
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The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
K. Charles I. to fir Humphry Tufton, knt, who on of the weſtern regiment of the militia of this
Dec. 25, 164!, was created a Baronet (b), county
He reſided at times both here and at Bobbing-
9.
In Auguſt 1742, he married Priſcilla, daugh-
place, in this county, at which latter place he ter of Charles Pym, of the iſland of St. Chriſtopher,
died, in Oct. 1659, æt. 76, and was there bu eſq; (g) by whom he has had iſſue ten chil.
ried, having had iſſue by Margaret his wife, el of whom only fix are ſurviving, viz.
deſt daughter and coheir of Herbert Morley, of two ſons, the Hon. Charles Marſham, heir appa-
Glynd in the co, of Suſſex, efq; five ſons and two rent to his father, and Member of Parliament for
daughters (c).
this county, (who in Sept. 1776, married Lady
Sir John Tufton, knt. and burt. the eldeſt ſur Frances Wyndham, ſiſter to the Earl of Egremont,
viving fon, reſided at the Mote. He was twice by whom he has iſſue a ſon and a daughter);
married ; firſt to Margaret, third daughter and and Jacob, now a ſtudent at Oxford; and four
coheir of Thomas, Lord Wotton, and ſecondly to daughters, Priſcilla, Elizabeth, Frances, and
Mary, fole daughter and heir of fir James Al. Charlotte, all as yet unmarried. Idishno to ba
tham, of Markhall in Eſſex, Knight of the Bath, He bears for his arms argent, a lion paſſant in
by neither of whom he had any iſſue, and dying bend, gules, between two bendlets, azure-For his
Oet. 14, 1685, æt. 62 (d), was buried in Maid creſt, on a wreath a lion's bead eraſed, gules; and
ſione church.
for his ſupporters, two ligns, azure, Semee of croſs
By his laſt will he bequeathed this ſeat and croflets, gorged, with naval crowns, or.
éftate to his neice Tuftom Wray (e), one of the
GOULDS and SHEPWAY-COURT. be
daughters of fir Wm, Wray, of Alaby, in the co.
of Lincoln, bart. by his wife Olimpia, and ſhe At a ſmall diſtance northward from the Mote
alienated it to for John Marſham, of Whornes
park lies the manor of Goulds, and a manſion and
Place in Cookſtone, bart. who removing his ſeat eſtate called Shepway-court, both which formerly
hither died at the Mote Dec. 31, 1692, in which belonged to a family named Vinter, who reſided
year he was Sheriff of this county. His
His ſon and
at Vinters in the adjoining pariſh of Boxley. Ro-
heir, fir John Marſham, bart. dying without iſſue
ger Vinter was one of the Conſervators of the
a few years after his father.
his father. The title, with Peace for this county in the 18th year of K.
this ſeat and the reſt of his eſtates in this co. Edward III, and then poffeffed thefe eſtates, and
came to his uncle, fir Robert Marſham, of Buſhey on his founding the chantry in Maidſtone church,
ball in the co. Hertford, knt, who removing his fince called by the name of Gould's Chantry, about
reſidence into Kent, died ſeiſed of the Mote on
the 40th year of K. Edward III, he endowed it
July 15, in the year 1703. His only fon, fir Rob.
with the revenues of them; for the ſupport of
Marſham, bart. was in 1716 created a Peer o
of this
the Prieſt performing certain divine offices
realm, by the title of Lord Romney. He reſided
there (b).
at the Mote, of which he died ſeiſed Nov. 24, On the ſuppreſſion of this chantry, in the
1724, leaving iſſue by his wife Eliz. daugh reign of K. Henry VIII, the manor of Goulds
ter and coheir of fir Cloudeſly Shovel, knt. (f) af was granted to John Deuntley, to hold of the King
terwards remarried to John, Lord Carmichael, on
in capite by knight's ſervice. After which it
the death of his father, Earl of Hyndford, an paſſed into the name of Blague, and John Blague
only ſon and heir Robert, and two daughters, died ſeiſed of it in the 5th year of K. Edward
Elizabeth, married in 1741 to fir Jacob Bouverie, VI, holding ic by the like ſervice (i). His de-
afterwards created Viſcount Folkſtone, and Harriot. ſcendant, Henry Blague, in the 20th year of Q.
Which Robert, ſo ſucceeding his father, is the Elizabeth, alienated the manor of Goulds, with
preſent Right Honourable Lord Romney, who re-
its appurts. in Maidſtone and Shefford, with the
fides here.
09.10.20 Queen's licence, to Thomas Hendfrey, alias Hend.
His Lordſhip is F. R. S. and L.L.D. Pre. lebery, and Anne his wife (k). Thomas Hendſley
fident of the Society of Arts, and Lieut. Colonel was at that time likewiſe poffeffed of Shepye-court,
be
ond
(6) He was the ſecond ſon of fir John Tufton, of Hothfiela
(d) Coll. Peer, vol, iii, p. 280.
in this county, knt."and bart, and next brother to Nicholas, (e) She afterwards married fir Montague, Lord Chief Baron
firſt Earl of Thanet. He bore for his arms-Sable, an eagle of the Exchequer, brother to Charles, Earl of Halifax.
diſplayed ermine, within a bordure argent, with due difference.
Kimb. Bar. vol. i, p. 109.
Guillim's Heraldry, part ii, p. 194.
She was married to fir Robert Marſham Aug. 19, 1708.
* (c) Viz. Humphry, who died ſingle, on Aug. 3, 1641, æt. (g) She died in March 1771.
20, and lies buried in the chancel of Maidſtone church, with (5) Philipott, p. 229.
his two ſiſters, Chriflian, and Cecilia; John who was knighted, (i) By the deſcription of the Manor-place of Goldes in
and became his father's heir ; Charles ; Francis ; and Henry, Shefford, one barn, two gardens, a great orchard, two woods
who was of Grey's Inn, and died unmarried ; Olimpia, the called Bletchet-woods, "lands called Bromfield, Prieſtcroft,
fecond daughter, married fir William Wray, of Afby in the Bachcroft, Dowry, Norfield, Hillfield, Gibbons Hoke, Plump-
co. of Lincoln, tart, and Chriſtina, and Cecilia, the other Stede, and Norpeſtede in Shefford, parcel of Golds Chantry; late
two daughters, both died unmarried before him. Le Neve's in the tenure of John Deuntley. Rot. Eſch. ejus an,
Mfl. Collections. Mf. pedigr. of Tufton.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 3.
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The
H I STORY of K E N T.
101
()—
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDSTON E.
with its appurts. in Maidſtoné, which had been ings. His ſon and heir, Arthur Barham, paf-
granted by K. Henry VIII, at the ſuppreſſion of d it away by ſale to Henry Haule, who re.
the above chantry, to fir Thomas Wyatt, of Al fided here (s), and married Jane, the ſecond
lyngton in this county, knt. who by his indenture daughter of Richard Dering, of Pluckley, eſq; by
June 14, in the 32d year of that reign (1), had whom he had two ſons, Henry and George (t);
again exchanged it, among other premiſes, with the former of whom poſſeſſed this feat on his
that King (m).
besad ni
father's ſoon afterwards
One of Tho. Hendley's deſcendants paſſed away to fir Francis Barnham, of Hollingbourne, knt. (u)
both theſe eſtates to Andrews; from which name who improved it much (v). He married Eliza-
they were ſold to fir Humphry Tufton, knt, and bart. beth, daughter of Sampſon Lennard, eſq; (2) by
afterwards of the Mote in this pariſh (n), whoſe whom he had iſſue ſeveral children ; of whom
ſon, fir John Tufton, bart. dying without iſſue, Dacre, the eldeſt ſon, dying unmarried, Robert,
deviſed them both to his niece, Iufton Wray, who his ſecond ſon, became his heir (*), and alien-
conveyed them to ſir John Marſham, of Wbornes ated this houſe, ſoon after the death of K. Charles
place in Cookstone, bart, and his ſon of the fame I, to Walter Franklyn (y), who fold it to
name dying without iſſue, his uncle, fir Robert Beale, of London (z), as he did afterwards to
Marſham, of Buſky ball in the co. of Hertford, Griffith Hatley, M. D. He was the 5th ſon of
ſucceeded him both in title and eſtates, and his John Hatley, Citizen of London (a), and died
grandſon, the Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney, poſſeſſed of this houſe on July 31, 1710, æt. 71,
is the preſent poffeffor of both Goulds and Shepye and was buried in the chancel of Maidſtone
church (b), fince which it has continued in the
Elana Tobib H (divi augimo!
ſame name and family to the preſent time, being
ni Tom
BIGONS, alias DIGONS(0),
now. the property of James Hatley, of Ipſwich in
the co. of Suffolk, eſq; (c).
was once a ſeat of fome note in this pariſh, and
was the reſidence of a worthy family of the name
JORDAN'S HALL,
arda
of Mapelyſden; one of which, Edward Mapelys
to pa
gniad 231
den, of Digons, is mentioned in a deed of the
was once a ſeat of ſome note in this town, ſitu.
25th year of K. Edward III.'s reign, and in his
ated in Stone-ſtreet, and antiently afforded both
deſcendants it continued till George Mapleſden (P), name and reſidence to a family of that name.
having engaged in the rebellion ftirred up by
From the Jordan's it paſſed by fale to one of
for Thomas Wyatt, knt. in the iſt year of Q. the family of Roper, of St. Dunſtan's near Can-
Mary, forfeited this ſeat to the Crown, whence terbury, in which it continued till John Roper
it was ſoon afterwards granted to Nicholas Bar alienated it about the 36th year of K. Henry VI,
ham, eſq; (9) afterwards Sergeant at Law (r), to Edward and William Brouch, of Berſted, who
who much improved it with additional build-
quickly after parted with their intereſt in it to
court.
TO DO
(c) George Haule, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of for
Edward Duke, knt. had iſſue two ſons, Henry and George,
who both died without iſſue; and Elizabeth, at length her
father's heir, married to fir Thomas T'aylor, bart. Mff. ad-
ditions to Viſtn. of Kent. They bore for their arms-Quar-
terly, four coats, ift and 4th, Haule; or, on a faltier fable,
5 mullets or ; 2d, Haule; barry of 12 gules and ermine, 3
efcutcheons or ; 3d, Bourne; ermine, on a bend azure, 3 lions
paſant-guardant or. Viln. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. Haule.
(u) Son of Martin Barnham. See more of this family,
under Holling bourne.
(v) Philipott, p. 229.
(w) She was fifter of Henry, Lord Dacre, of Hurſimon-
ceaux.
(1) Inrolled in the Augtn. off. July 20th following.
(m) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(n) Philipott, p. 229.
( ) Both theſe names might be a corruption from the word
Biggins, which in old Engliſh fignifies a ſeat or manpor-houfe.
See Dugd. Warw. p.713. s
(p) In the Viſtn. of Kent, anno 1619, is a pedigree of this
family, which about this time ſeparated into two branches,
one of which ſettled at Rocheſter, and the other, being the
younger, continued at Maidſtone. A deſcendant of one of
them remained at Shorne near Rocheſter within theſe few
years, poffeffed of a good fortune, and was a Juſtice of the
Peace for this county. They bore for their arms-Sable, a
. a
croſs formee fr!chee argent.
(9) Philipott, p. 229.
(r) Son of Richard Barham, of Wadhurſt in the co. of
Sullex, deſcended of a branch of thoſe of Berham-court in
Tefton. He bore for his arms-Argent, 3 bears fable, muzzled
or; on a feſs gules, a fleur de lis, bet ween 2 martlets of the 2d.
Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Barham.,
(s) Philipott, p. 229. He was deſcended from Thomas
de Aula, or Haule, of Wje, fon and heir of Thomas, who by
Joane his wife, daughter and coheir of William Aula, alias
At-Hall, of Herne, efq; left iſſue a ſon, Thomas Haule, of
Wye, who married Agnes, daughter of William Carter, of
Crundal, gent. Their ſon and heir, George Haule, was of
Wye, and by Joane, only daughter and heir of Henry Bourne,
of Sandhurſt, had two ſons, twins, viz. Henry, the eldeſt
above-mentioned, and Thomas, who was of Wje,
(+) He was afterwards, Aug. 15, 1664, created a Baronet.
() He had been twice married; firſt to Joane Smith, who
lies buried by him; and ſecondly to Sarab Tymbrell, of Portf
mouth, who ſurvived him.
(z). Philipott, p. 229.
(a) He was deſcended of a good family at Goldington in
the co. of Bedford, and married Anne, daughter of John
Porter, of Lamberburſt in this county, efq; His epitaph is
remaining in Maidſtone church. He bore for his arms- Azure,
a fruord in bend between 2 mullets pierced or.
(3) Benjamin Hatley, his brother, pofſeffed the leaſe of the
great tythes of Maidfione, and their appurts.
(c) The antient ſcite of Digons is in Knight-riders-freet.
It is now a boarding-ſchool for young ladies.
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2 D
Atwood,

102
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
from th
oke(d).
of it in the
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
Atwood, from which name it was ſold to Peirce, it over, according to the directions of his will,
and thence again to Cook, who ſoon afterwards to John, ſon of Reginald de Pimpe, and his heirs
conveyed it to Crooke, where after it had ſtaid male, with divers remainders over (1). He died
fome ſhort time it was paſſed by ſale to Potkin, feiſed of Shales manor in the gth year of K. Hen.
deſcended from thoſe of that name at Seven V, anno 1420(m), and in his deſcendants it con-
tinued down to Reginald Pimpe, who died pof-
From the Potkins, by a daughter and coheir,
ſeſſed of it in the 2 3d year of K. Henry VIII.'s
this houſe was carried in marriage to Virgo,
reign (n). His heirs alienated it to fir Thomas
who about the latter end of Q. Elizabeth's reign,
Wyatt, of Allyngton-caſtle, knt. and Privy Coun-
ſold it to Laurence Waſhington, eſq; (e) a Juſtice of
ſellor to K. Henry VIII, who by his indenture
the Peace, and Regiſter of the Court of Chance-
June 14, in the 32d year of that King's reign(o),
ry, deſcended from the Waſhingtons, antiently of
exchanged the manor and lordſhip of Shales-court,
Waſhington in the co. of Durham (f). He alien-
among other premiſes (P), with the King.liv
ated it to Godwin, from whence it came by pur-
K. Edward VI, June 8, in his 1ſt year, granted
chaſe to be the inheritance of Criſpe, who about
to fir Walter Hendley, knt. Sergeant at Law,
the beginning of K. Charles I.'s reign, fold it to
among other premiſes, this manor of Shales-court,
Smith (8). One of which name, Jane Smith, by
and the manor of Oldborough, with other premi-
her deed, dated Jan. 10, 1644, conveyed this
ſes, ſituated in Oldborough and Maidſtone, late
houſe to Margaret Wood, by the deſcription of a
parcel of the poſſeſſions of Thomas, Archbiſhop of
Canterbury, to hold of the King in capite by
meſſuage, with outhouſes, &c. called Jordan's
Hall, with a garden in Maidſtone, over againſt
knight's ſervice(q). He died ſeiſed of theſe ma-
the dwelling houſe of the Lady Sackville, toge-
nors in the 6th year of K. Edward VI, (r) leav.
ther with all quit-rents to the ſame belonging,
ing three daughters his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth,
out of certain tenements in Stone-ſtreet; ſince
then the wife of George Fane, before married to
which this ſeat has not only loſt its name, but
William Waller, of Groombridge, eſq; by whom
ſhe had iſſue one fon, Walter Waller. Helen,
from its being divided into ſmall tenements of
then the wife of Thomas Colepeper, of Bedgbury,
little account, has fo dwindled into obfcurity,
that neither the ſcite of it, nor the proprietors
eſq; ſecondly, remarried to fir George Somerſet,
and thirdly, to fir Thomas Fane, of Burſton, knt.
can be traced at this time with any certainty (h).
and Anne, the wife of Richard Covert, of Slaugham
20 ang on
in the co. of Suſſexy eſąs whoſe huſbands, in right
of their wives, had livery of the lands of their
beuntero !)
is a manor in this pariſh, which was antiently
inheritance that year (s). bizib nool
the inheritance of the noted family of Freming-
On the divifion made between them, the ma-
ham (i); one of whom, John de Fremingham, died
nor of Shales-court ſeems to have been allotted to
ſeiſed of it in the 23d year of K. Edward III. (k) Elizabeth, wife of George Fane, who died ſeiſed
His deſcendant, John, ſon of fir Ralph de Trem-
ingham, of Looſe, died, in the 12th year of K.
and was buried at Brenchley in this county (t).
Henry IV.'s reign, feiſed of this manor, and
On her death this manor deſcended to her ſon,
leaving no iſſue by Alice his wife, he by his laſt by her firſt huſband, fir Walter Waller, knt. who
will deviſed it to certain feoffees, who aſſigned
in the 17th year of the ſame reign, had the
SHALES-COURT
.
a year of
the Archbiſhop's, and then in the King's hands by reaſon of
an exchange made between the King, and the Archbiſhop.
(o) Inrolled in the Augen. off. July 20th following. Box
A. 55
(d) Their arms were-Argent, on a feſs between 3 talbots
gules, 3 lozenges or.
(e) Philipott, p. 229.
(f) He died Dec. 21, 1619, æt. 73, and lies buried in
the chancel of Maidſtone church.
(8) Philipott, p. 229. Newton's Hift. of Maidſtone, p.
151. They bore for their arms-Argent, 2 bars gules, in
chief 3 mullets of the ad.
(b) Mary Drinkwater, by deed, Auguſt 23, 1701, con-
veyed to Garret Callant two meſſuages, erected on a garden
lately belonging to a meſſuage called Jordans-hall, in Stone-
ſtreet, abutting to the meſſuage of Thomas Bliſs, ela; ſouth,
and adjoining to the faid meffuage called Jordans-hall, Theſe
meſſuages in 1741 belonged to Thomas Weeks. Newton's Hift.
Maidſtone, p. 151.
(i) Philipott, p. 229.
(k) Rot. Eſch.
(1) Mfr. Dering.
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(n) Ibid. ejus an. It appears by the inquiſition taken
after his death, that he held likewiſe a certain fulling-mill in
Maidſtone of the King, as of his manor of Oldborough, late
(p) Among which were ſundry premiſes in this pariſh,
containing near 300 acres of land and wood.
(9) Augtn, off. Inrolments, F. 49. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
pt. 5.
m
(r) They are thus deſcribed in the Efcheat Rolls of that
year : The manor of Shales-court; a meſſuage in Stone-ſtreet ;
one orchard and one garden, by eſtimation two acres of land;
Little Shales-croft, two acres; a parcel of land called Stone -
rock, 93 acres; Culters-croft, fix acres and an half; a par-
cel of land called Shales-wheatfield, 36 acres ; Shales-field,
26 acres; a piece of land in Sharnold-ſtreet, 18 acres; a par-
cel of land called Combe, 26 acres ; a parcel of land lying at
le Hayle, 16 acres; and all thoſe the King's lands and tene-
ments, in the tenure of Clement Ludwyke, in Maidfone,
Lofe, and Shales-court, late parcel of the poſſeſſions of fir
Thomas Wyatt, knt. to hold in capite by knight's ſervice.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(t) She had iſſue by him a ſon, Francis, and four daugh-
ters, who all died
young
Queen's

The HISTORY of KÉNT.
103
TI WOT
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDST O N E.
Queen's licence to alienate it to Walter Hendley, They joined in the ſale of this eſtate of Chil-
of Courſebourne in Cranbrooke, and Elizabeth his lington, for it had now loſt the reputation of a
wife (u); in whoſe deſcendants it continued till manor to fir John Beale, of Farningham, bart. (a)
che reign of K. Charles II, when it was in the who died ſeiſed of it on Oct. 3, 1684 (b), leaving
poffeffion of for Thomas Hendley, of courſebourne, iſſue two daughters his coheirs ; of whom Janë
knt.(v). Soon after which it was alienated to married fir George Hanger, of Driffield in the co.
ſir John Banks, of Aylesford, bart, who died ſeiſed of Glouceſter, knt. and Elizabeth married William
of it O&t. 18, 1699, leaving iſſue two daughters Emmerton, of Chipſted, eſq; and on the partition
his coheirs; one of whom, Elizabeth, marrying of their inheritance, this eſtate fell to the ſhare
Heneage Finch, ſecond ſon of Heneage, Earl of of the latter, who with her huſband joined in the
Nottingham, he in her right, on the partition of ſale of it to Robert Southgate, Fruiterer (c), whoſe
her father's eſtates, became entitled to it, ſon of the ſame name reſided in it, and afterwards,
was, in 1793, created Baron of Guernſey, and in about the year 1746, paſſed it away by fale to
1714, Earl of Aylesford; and his great-grandfon, Mr. David Fuller, of Maidſtone, Attorney at Law,
the Right Hon. Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford, and he dying without iſſue deviſed it by his laſt
is the preſent owner of this manor (w).
will to his widow, who at her deceaſe in 1775
bequeathed it to her relation, Mr. William Stacy
as to
sot bisa
CHILLINGTON
is baaisto
Coaſte, of Chartham in this county, and he is the
preſent proprietor of this eſtate.
is a manor in this pariſh, the manſion of which
was ſituated near St. Faith's Green in this town.
ba niisu MANOR OF EAST-LANE, stig
It was antiently part of the poffeflions of the
ſo called from its ſituation in this town (d), was
eminent family of Cobham, of Cobham in this
county; one of which, John de Cobham, procured
formerly part of the poſſeſſions of the priory of
a charter of free warren for this manor, among
Leeds, and continued ſo till the diffolution of it
the rent of his lands in this county, in the 17th
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when the priory
of K. Edward III. Soon after which it
year
being ſurrendered with all its poffeffions into the
King's hands, was confirmed to him and his heirs,
paſſed to the Mapleſdens of Digons in this town,
by the general words of the act paſſed for this
as appears by the court rolls and deeds of this
manor ; in which name it continued till George
purpoſe in the 31ſt year of that reign.
After which the King, by his dotation charter
Mapleſden, having engaged in the rebellion ſtirred
under his great feal in his 33d year, fettled it on
up by for Thomas Wyatt, knt, in the iſt year of
his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter,
Q. Mary, forfeited it, among his other eſtates,
with whom it remains at this time.
to the Crown, whence it was ſoon afterwards
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
granted to fir Walter Hendley, knt. who not long
214
after alienated his intereſt in it tò Nicholas Bar-
horst THE PARK-HOUSE
ham, eſq; afterwards Sergeant at Law, whoſe ſon
and heir, Arthur Barham, paſſed it away by is a pleaſant feat, ſituated on the road to Rochef.
ſale to Henry Haule, of Digons above-mentioned, ter, about half a mile northward from the town
whole grandſon, Mr. George Haule (x), died pof of Maidſtone (e), which in the reign of K. Charles
feſſed of it about the year 1650 (y), without iſſue, II, was in the poffeffion of fir Thomas Taylor, bart.
leaving his ſiſter, Elizabeth, married to fir Tho who reſided here (f), and on Jan. 18, 1664, was
m.is Taylor, bart. his heir (2).
created a Baronet. He died in 1665, leaving iſſue
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 2.
This Walter was nephew
to the fir Walter Hendley before-mentioned. See more of the
Hendleys, under Cranbrooke and Otham.
(v) Philipott, p. 229.
(w) The manor houſe is in the occupation of Mr. Thomas
Pope, and ſtands at the ſouthern extremity of the town of
Maidſtone, at the ſouth-weſt corner of the lane leading from
Maidſtone to Tovil.
(x) See more of the Mapleſdens, Haules and Barbams,
under Digons, above deſcribed.
(y) Philipott, p. 229, 230,
(z) Mf. pedigree of Haule.
(a) Newton's Maidſtone, p. 153.
(6) See Farningham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 302.
(0) Newton's Hift. of Maidſtone ibid.
(d) It extends its juriſdiction over 25 tenements in Eaſt-
lane and Middle-row in Maidſtone, which pay quit-rents to it.
(e) K. Henry VIII, by indenture, July 21, in his 34th
year, demiſed to William Smith, of Maidfone, yeoman, all
that land and paſture, called Le Parke in Maidſtone, late in
the occupation of fir Anthony Knevet, knt, and now of the
ſaid William Smith; which premiſes were parcels of the poſ-
ſeſſions of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and purchaſed by the
c
King of him, excepting all timber trees, woods, &c. Augtn.
off. Inrolments.
(f) He was deſcended from John Taylor, of the Homejital
in Shadowhurſt, in the reign of K. Edward III, whoſe deſcen-
dant, John Taylor, was of the ſame place in K. Henry VII.'s
reign. His pofterity removed to Wilſborough, of whom Tho-
mas Taylor, of Wilſborough, eſq; died in 1631, having been
twice married; firſt to Katherine, daughter of fir Thomas
Honywood, knt. by whom he had John, his ſon and heir,
who died without iſſue in 1642, and three daughters. Se-
condly, to Anne, daughter of fir Themas Hendley, knt. by
whom he had two ſons; Thomas, of whom below; and
William, who died without iſſue: which Thomas became heir
to his brother John, and poſſeſſed this eſtate of Park-houſe,
as above-mentioned, where he reſided.
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104
The HISTOR y o of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The TOWN and PARISH of M AIDSTON E.
by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and ſole heir of fucceeded in it by his ſon, fir John de Boc-
George Hall, of Maidſtone, eſq; one ſon, Thomas, land, a perſon of ſome note in that reign (n). In
and a daughter, Elizabeth; which fir Thomas Tay the reign of K. Henry IV. Buckland was become
lor, bart. ſucceeded his father in this eſtate, and part of the poſſeſſions of the College of St. Mary
reſided at Park-houſe. He married Alicia, ſiſter and All Saints, near the pariſh church of Maid-
and at length heir of fir Thomas Colepepyr, of Ay- ſtone, founded by Archbiſhop Courtney in the 19th
lesford, bart. but died without iſſue (8). His year of K. Richard II, (0) where it continued till
heirs ſold it about the year 1735 to James
the diffolution of this houſe by the act of the
Calder, eſq; whoſe anceſtor, James Calder, of iſt year of K. Edward VI, when it came into
Muertown in Scotland, was created a Baronet of the hands- of the Crown, and that King, in
,
his 3d year granted the ſcite of this college (P),
and likewiſe certain lands and tenements, called
He reſided here, and on the death of his fa-
ther took upon him the title of Baronet, and dy-
North and South Buckland, in the tenure of Thomas
ing in Sept. 1774(), was ſucceeded by his eld Smith (q), late parcel of the above college, to fir
eſt ſon, fir Henry Calder, bart. now a Brigadier
George Brooke, knt. Lord Cobham, and his heirs, to
General of his Majeſty's Forces in the West In-
hold in capite by knights ſervice(99),
His grandſon, Henry, Lord Cobham, being at-
dies, who is the preſent proprietor of this ſeat and
tainted for treaſon in the iſt year of K. James I,
eſtate.
forfeited all his eſtates to the Crown; two years
GREAT BUCK L AND(k)
after which an act paſſed for eſtabliſhing the
fame in the Crown, with a confirmation of all
is an eſtate ſituated on the other or weſtern ſide grants made by the King. But this eſtate of
of the river Medway, oppoſite the town of Maid Buckland being ſettled in jointure upon
the
ſtone, on the top of the hill. It has the addition Lady Frances, wife of the Lord Cobham (r), was
of Great, to diſtinguiſh it from other parts of upon his deceaſe granted to her, and the rever-
this eſtate, now in the poſſeſſion of different fion to fir Robert Cecil, knt. Earl of Saliſbury, ſon
owners; all which were antiently part of the of the famous William, Lord Burleigh, by his ſe-
demelnes of a family which took its name from cond wife, who had married Elizabeth, fiſter of
ord the above-mentioned unfortunate George, Lord
Buckland was originally granted by Hubert
Cobham (s).
Walter, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the reign of
Robert, Earl of Saliſbury died on May 24,
K. John, to Alan de Bocland, by the deſcription 1612, and was ſucceeded in titles and eſtate by
of one yoke, and 10 acres of land, with its ap William, his only ſon and heir, who, about the
purts. in Maidſtone, to hold in frank-fee, and not year 1618, alienated this eſtate to ſeveral per-
in gavelkind, as they had been held before. ſons; that part of it ſince called Great Buckland
His grandſon, Walter de Boclaunde, held this eſtate was ſold to Willianı Horſepoole, eſq;(t) who after-
in the 55th year of K. Henry III, anno 1270(1), wards paſſed it away by ſale to Thomas Engliſh,
and his deſcendant, John de Bocland, died feiſed of of Suſſex, eſq; who reſided here (u). His ſon,
it in the 3d year of K. Edward III, (m) and was Tbomas Engliſh, eſq; (v) poſſeſſed Great Buckland
hence. For
(8) He had a ſon, Thomas, baptiſed at Boxley Nov. 11,
1693. See more of this family, under Shadoxhurſt. They
bore for their arms-Argent, on a chief ſable, 2 boars heads
couped of the it.
(b) He married, firſt, Alice, youngeſt daughter and coheir
of Admiral Hughes, by whom he had four ſons and three
daughters; of whom, Thomas, Frances, and Lucy, died
without iffue ; Henry is the preſent Baronet, and married
Elizabeth, youngeſt daughter and coheir of Auguftine Earle,
of Heydon in Norfolk, eſq; James died in 1776, unmarried ;
Robert is now in his Majeſty's navy; and Alithea married
Robert Roddam, eſq; Rear Admiral of the White. On Lady
Calder's death, in 1768, fir James married, fecondly, Cathe-
rine, daughter of Wentworth Odiarne, efq; by whom he had
no iſſue. She died in 1776.
(k) Corruptly for Bocland, no doubt from the tenure of it.
In the time of the Saxons, ſuch land was hereditary, and
paſſed by deed, and was held by the Thanes, or nobler fort.
(1) Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 53. A nuper obiit was brought
in the above year before the Juſtices Itinerant, by Alan de Boc-
laund, againſt his elder brother Walter, above-mentioned,
for a moiety of this eſtate, the tenure of the ſame having been
changed by the Archbiſhop, without the conſent of the Chap-
ter of Canterbury. But this plea was over-ruled, and judg-
ment paſſed for the defendant. Itin, Kane, Rot. 61 in dorſo,
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(n) Philipott, p. 227.
od
(0) See Tan. Mon. p. 224. (p) Ibid.
(2) In the Vifitation of the county of Kent, anno 1619,
is the pedigree of Smith, of Buckland. They bore for their
arms-Barry of 6, or and fable, in chief, 3 croſſes pattee-fitchee
of the 2d.
(99) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 4.
(r) She was daughter of Charles, Earl of Nottingkam, and
widow of the Earl of Kildare.
(s) Philipott, p. 228.
(4) He was deſcended from John Horſpoole, of the co. of
Leiceſter, who by Hawis, daughter of — Baker, left iſſue
Simon Horſpoole, of London, who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of John Smith, of Corſam in the co. of Wilts, and by her
had William Horſpoole, of Buckland, above-mentioned. He
married Mary, daughter of Laurence Waſhington, ela; by
whom he had iſſue four fons and four daughters. They bore
for their arms-Sable, on a chevron argent 3 lions heads eraſed.
Viſtn.co. Kent, pedigr. Horſpoole.
(u) Philipott, p. 228. He bore for his arms-Sable, 3
lions pafant, argent.
(v) He married Dorothy, daughter of fir Edward Dering,
knt. and bart. by his third wife, Unton, daughter of fir Ralph
Gibbes, of the co. of Warwick, knt. by whom he had three
ſons and ſeven daughters. She died April 20, 1669, at.
33, and was buried in Maidſtone church.
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105
HALF
YOK E.
LITTLE BUCKLAND.
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTONE.
in the reign of K. Charles II, (w) about the latter cipal meſſuage in it, called Fant-houſe, was for-
end of which, he alienated it to fir John Banks, merly the property of Baldock, from which name
of Aylesford, bart. (x) who died ſeiſed of it on it was conveyed to Mr. Fowle, the preſent poffef-
Oct. 18, 1699, leaving iſſue two daughters his for, who reſides in it. Ac a ſmall diſtance eaſt-
coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, married to Heneage Fincha ward from which is a pleaſant ſeat, cloſe to the
ſecond ſon of Heneage, Earl of Nottingham; and river, which belongs to Robert Salmon, of Eyborne-
Mary, married to John Savil, of Methley in the ſtreet, efq; a Captain in the Weſt Kent regiment of
co. of York, eſq;
militia.
On the diviſion of their inheritance, this eſtate
of Buckland, with others at Aylesford and elſe-
where in this neighbourhood, was allotted to At the weſtward extremity of this pariſh, at
Heneage Finch, eſq; who was by Q. Anne, March no great diſtance from Eaſt Farleigh Bridge on
15, 1703, created Baron of the iſland of Guernſey the Medway, lies the manor of Half Yoke, com-
in the co. of Southampton, and on the acceſſion monly called Halfway Oke, which was antiently
of K. George I, viz. on Oet. 19, 1714, Earl of part of the poſſeſſions of the eminent family of
Aylesford in this county; and his great-grandſon, Fremingham, and paſſed from thence, for want.
the Right Hon. Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford (y), of heirs male, to the Pimpes, and from them by
is the preſent poffeffor of this eſtate.
an entail, created by Fohn de Fremingham, of Loſe,
the laſt of that name, to the Iſleys, of Sun.
drif (d).
Another part of Buckland ſince known by the Sir Henry Iſley, knt. poffeffed this manor in
name of Little Buckland ſeems, about the latter
the reign of K. Edward VI, and procured his
end of the reign of K. James I, to have coine lands in this county to be diſgavelled by the act
into the poſſeſſion of Eliz, Viſcounteſs Maidſtone paſſed in the 2d and 3d year of it. Being con-
and Counteſs of Winchelſea, in whoſe deſcendants it cerned in the rebellion raiſed by fir Thomas Wyatt,
continued till Heneage Finch, fourth Earl of Win-
in the iſt year of Q. Mary, he was attainted,
chelſea (Z), in the year 1720 alienated it to fir and his lands became forfeited to the Crown (e).
Robert Marſham, bart. Lord Romney, whoſe ſon,
In the reign of K. Charles I, Andrew Videon,
the Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney (a), is the Clerk of the Papers of the King's Bench, ſon of
preſent poffeffor of it.
Andrew Videon, of Cliff, was pofſeffed of Half
There is ſtill another part of Buckland known
Yoke, and reſided at it. He was deſcended of a
likewiſe by the ſame name of Little Buckland, family of good antiquity and repute in this
which in the reign of K. Charles II, was become
county, and was one among the many who ſuf-
the property of John Fletcher, gent. who fold it
fered very much for his loyalty to K. Charles I.
to Chriſtopher Vane, Lord Barnard, who died ſeiſed
and II, during the time of thoſe troubles which
of it on Oct. 28, 1723 (b), leaving iſſue two ſons,
he lived to ſurvive (f).
Gilbert, who ſucceeded him in title, and in his
After this name was extinct here, this eſtate,
eſtates in the North of England; and William, who
for it was no longer reputed a manor, ſeems to
poffeſſed his father's ſeat of Fairlawn, and the reſt
have been alienared to different perſons ; part of
of his eſtates in this county. William Vane, the
it paſſed into the name of French, from which it
ſon, was in his father's life-time, viz. on Oct.
was ſold to Mr. Fowle, of Fant, the preſent owner
13, 1720, created Viſcount Vane of the king-
of it; another part of it, after fome intermediate
dom of Ireland. He died ſuddenly of an apo-
time, became the property of the Rev. Mr. Ar-
plexy, at his ſeat at Fairlawn on May 20, 1734,
thur Harris, Vicar of Eaſt Farleigh, who died
leaving iſſue an only ſon and heir, William, the
ſeiſed of it in 1727, and bequeathed it to his
prefent Right Hon. Lord Viſcount Vane (c), and
ſon, Arthur Harris, of London, ſubject to an an-
he is the preſent owner of this eſtate.
nuity of 50s. payable out of it to the poor of the
pariſh of Eaſt Farleigh. He died in 1749, un-
married, and deviſed one half of it to his fifter,
is an hamlet in this pariſh, lying about a quar Mrs. Alicia Harris, and the other to his brother,
ter of a mile weſtevard from the town of Maid. Mr. Thomas Harris, gent. She died likewiſe un-
Stone, on the bank of the river Medway; the prin married in 1754, and on her deceaſe inteſtate,
F A
N T
(2) Mfr. Dering.
(x) See Aylesford.
(y) See the Priory in Aylesford.
(z) See Eaſtwell.
(a) See more of the family of Marſham, above, p. 100.
(6) See Shipborne.
(c) On the marriage of Lord Vane, in 1735, with Frances
his preſent wife, he ſettled this eſtate, by the deſcription of
the meſſuage or manſion-houſe, called Little Duckland, and
52 acres of land lying in the pariſh of Maidſtone, ſeveral
VOL. II.
pieces of land lying in Boxley, and ſeven acres of wood in
Maidſtore aforeſaid, among other premiſes, for the purpoſes
mentioned in the deed of ſettlement, as may be further ſeen
under Shipborne.
(d) Mfr. Dering.
(e) See Sundrißh.
(f) Sir Edward Walker, knt. Garter, granted to him by
patent, Dec. 3, 1664, the following coat of arms-Ermine,
on a bend vert, 3 roſes argent, barbed and feeded or. Guill.
Harl. Mf, No. 1172.76.
her
P. 120.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
F
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
her moiety of Half Yoke came to her brother and monalty of the Town of Maidſtone in the County of
heir-ar-law, Mr. Tho. Harris, afterwards of Eaſt Kent.
Barming, gent.(g) He died unmarried on April 24, Theſe privileges were not long afterwards for.
1769, and by his laſt will bequeathed this eſtate feited by the rebellion, firſt began in this town
to Mrs. Mary Dorman, for her life (b), remainder by fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. and other principal
to Mr. John Mumford, of Sutton at Hone, and ſhe gentlemen of it, in the iſt year of Q. Mary (P).
is the preſent pofſefſor of it.
In this ſtate of disfranchiſement the town re-
mained till Q. Elizabeth, by her let. pat. Dec.
4, in her 2d year, again incorporated it with the
like ſtyle as before, and ſome other additional
Chriſtopher Hales, in the 33d year of K. Henry
privileges, among which was a confirmation of
VIII.'s reign, was ſeiſed of three meſſuages, three
their antient preſcriptive right of fending two
gardens, one barn, two orchards, 20 acres of
Burgeſſes to Parliament, the granting to the Mayor
arable, 10 acres of paſture, and 20 acres of wood,
the authority of a Juſtice of the Peace, and the
with their appurts. in Maidſtone, held of the King,
exempting of the townſmen from foreign ſel-
as of his manor of Maidſtone ; but by what fer-
fions (9).
vice was not found (i). The Abbat and Convent
Some years after which ſeveral doubts ariſing,
of Boxley, by their leaſe, dated Sept. 22, in the
concerning the validity and meaning of the dif-
27th year of K. Henry VIII, let to Richard
ferent parts of the laſt-mentioned letters patent,
Coveney, Yeoman, three pieces of land, whereof
a third charter of incorporation was granted to
two were called Carynges, and the third, Perry-
this town by K. James I, by let. pat, dated Dec.
beld, containing 40 acres, lying in Maidſtone, be-
31, in his ad year, anno 1694, by the name and
ſide and near to the chapel of St. Anne, which
ſtyle of the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty of the
premiſes John Fiſher lately uſed, of the Abbat
King's Town and Pariſh of Maidſtone, wherein all
and Convent, to hold, for 20 years, at the yearly
the privileges of the former were confirmed, and
23 quarters of barley, good and mer-
new ones granted by it. After which a fourth
chantable by Arike, to be delivered in the town
charter was likewiſe granted by the fame King
of Maidſtone (k). Which corn rent was let by
in his 17th year, anno 1619. K. Charles II, by
K. Henry VIII, by indenture Sept. 1o, in his
let. pat. in his 34th year, anno 1682, incorpo-
36th year, to Walter Hendle, eſq; Attorney of
rated this town anew, by the like ſtyle and title
his Court of Augmentations, for the term of 12
as the former (r); which charter was made uſe
years, at the yearly rent of 31. 16s. 8d. (l).
of in the government of this place till the revo-
Richard Coveney ſurrendered his leaſe, and the
lution in 1688, after which it was entirely laid
King, Oct. 7, in his 36th year, granted him an-
aſide,
other for 21 years, on the ſame terms (m). Q.
In the reign of K. George II, this corporation
Elizabeth, in her 5th year, granted to --- Par-
being diſſolved by judgment of Ouſter againſt its
ker all that ruinated houſe, called the Old Place,
principal members, upon informations of Que
in Maidſtone, with its appurts. at the yearly rent
Warranto, a new charter was granted by that
of 131. 7s. 5d. (n) nov
King by let. pat. dated at Westminſter, June 17,
On the ſurvey of the royal eſtates, after the in his 21ſt year, anno 1748 ; in which it is re,
death of K. Charles I, in 1648, by the powers cited, that divers diſputes having ariſen of late
then in being, it was found, that the New Key within this town and corporation, and informa.
and Wharf in Maidſtone were part of the late tions in nature of Quo Warranto having been pro-
King's poffeflions (0).
ſecuted in the King's Bench, and judgment of
Ouſter obtained againſt all the acting Jurats, ſo
that the corporation was then diſſolved, and the
town incapable of enjoying their liberties and
The town of Maidſtone was antiently governed franchiſes. Therefore the King, for divers cauſes
by a Portreeve and 12 Brethren, and continued therein mentioned, upon the petition of the free-
fo till K. Edward VI, by his let. pat. July 4, in men, freeholders, and other inhabitants of the
his 3d year, newly incorporated the town, by King's town and pariſh of Maidſtone, granted,
the ſtyle and title of the Mayor, Jurats, and Cama" that the town and pariſh ſhould be a free town
rent of
!
THE CIVIL HISTORY OF MAIDSTONE.
(g) There is mention of theſe Harris's in the regiſter of
Eaſt Farleigh, from the very beginning of it in 1580.
(1). See Eaſt Barming.
(i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(k) Augtn. off. Kent, bundle 1.
(1) Inrolments, Augtn. off. (22) Ibid.
(n) Mff. E. H.
(.). Parl. Surveys; Augtn. off.
(p) Lamb. Peramb. p. 230. Of theſe, fir Henry Iſey, his
brother Thomas Iſley, and Walter Mantle were executed here.
(1) Q. Elizabeth, in her 8th year, ordered a ſurvey to be
made of the ſeveral places in this county, where there were
any boats, ſhipping, &c. in the return of which, it was given
in, that there were here a Mayor and Aldermen, houſes in.
habited 294, landing places four, tips and hoys five, one
of 30 tons; one of 32, one of 40, and one of $o, and per-
ſons wholly occupied in the trade of merchandize 22. Mr.
Dering
(-) Hift. of Maidſtoné, p. 22, 24.
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The 14 H I STORY O of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
107
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTONE.
and pariſh of itſelf; and that the inhabitants of the of St. Edmund the King and Martyr to noon on the
fame ſhould be one body politic and corporate, morrow after the ſaid feaſt, another at noon on
by the name of the Mayor, Jurats, and Common the Eve of the Feaſt of St. Faith until the noon on
aliy of the King's Town and Pariſh of Maidſtone in the morrow of the ſaid feaſt, and the other on
the County of Kent, and by that name to have per the Noon of the Feaſt of the Purification until the
petual fucceffion, and to acquire and hold lands, noon of the morrow of the ſaid feaſt, with all tolls,
&c. and to alien the ſame, and by the afore tributes, profits, &c. and a Pye-powder Court to
mentioned name to plead and be impleaded ; and be held in the ſame fairs and markets. And where-
that they and their ſucceſſors might have a Com as K. James, by his let. pat. Dec. 31, in his ad
mon Seal, and might break, change, and new year, regranted and confirmed the markets and
make the ſame at their liking; and that the ſaid fairs, and other liberties and privileges granted
town and pariſh, and the liberties and precincts as aforeſaid', and by other let. par. July 28, in
thereof, ſhould extend according to the former his 17th year, did ratify and confirm the faid
antient boundaries thereof; and that there ſhould markets, fairs, courts of pye powder, tributes,
be 13. inhabitants of the ſaid town and pariſh, cuſtoms, tolls, &c, and further granted, that it
who ſhould be choſen Jurats of the ſame, one of ſhould be lawful for the ſaid Mayor to extend
whom ſhould be choſen Mayor of the King's Town the market beyond the place called the Market-
and Pariſh of Maidſtone, which Jurats, not being place, or to hold it in any other place within the
in the office of Mayor, ſhould be aſſiſtants to
ſame town.
him in every thing; and that there ſhould be
40 Therefore the King, being willing to ſhew fur-
of the remaining principal inhabitants choſen ther grace and favor to the Mayor, &c. ratified
Common Councilmen of the ſame, all of whom, and confirmed the faid markers, fairs, courts,
viz. Mayor, Jurats, and Common Councilmen, &c. and granted them to the Mayor, &c. and
ſhould have power, upon public ſummons, to their fucceffors de novo ; and that the Mayor,
make bye laws; and that the Jurats ſhould be Jurats, and Commonalty ſhould nominate, elect,
elected by the Mayor, Jurats, and Common and admit any perſon or perſons, being inhabi-
Councilmen, duly aſſembled, and the Common tants of the town and pariſh, Freemen of the ſame;
Councilmen in like manner, with a fine at the and that the Recorder, Deputy Recorder, Jurats,
diſcretion of the ſaid Mayor, &c. for their re-
Common Councilmen, and Freemen ſhould ſeve-
fufal of thoſe offices, any of whom ſhould be rally make oath before the Mayor and Jurats
removed by the Mayor, &c. duly aſſembled, for for the due execution of their office, as had been
any ſufficient crime or notorious offence; and accuſtomed.
that the Jurats ſhould aſſemble on the 2d day of And whereas Q. Elizabeth, by her let. par.
Nov. yearly, within the ſaid town, and then no did grant to the Mayor and Jurats and Common-
minate two men, then being Jurats, for the reſt alty, full power to hold a Court before the Mayor
of the Jurats and Commonalty then preſent to
in the ſaid town, from 14 days to 14 days, on a
elect one out of the two to be Mayor; and that Tueſday, for pleas, as well of aſſiſe of novel
the perſon ſo chofen ſhould take an oath before diſſeihin, as other pleas, actions, ſuits, &c. con-
the then laſt Mayor, or in his abſence the two cerning lands, &c. in the ſaid town and pariſh,
ſenior Jurats then preſent, for the due execution although they ſhould or ſhould not exceed the
of his office, and in caſe of his death, that a ſum of 40s. and did grant that the ſaid town
ſucceſſor ſhould be choſen in like manner; and and pariſh, and the liberties of the ſame ſhould
that the Mayor, in caſe of ſickneſs or abſence, extend themſelves by the water of Medway from
Should appoint one of the Jurats a Deputy Mayor Eaſt Farleigh Bridge unto Hawkwood (s), as in
for the time aforeſaid ; and that the Mayor and the ſaid let. pat. more fully appeared; and where-
Jurats ſhould elect a Recorder, to hold his office as the water of Medway, between the ſaid bridge
during their pleaſure, and that he ſhould have and Hawkwood flowed by and through the ſaid
power to make a Deputy Recorder during his plea town and pariſh of Maidſtone, and by and through
ſure; and that the Mayor, Jurats, and Common the ſeveral towns of Eaſt Farleigh, Barming, Loze,
Council ihould appoint one or two Sergeants at Boxley, Allington, and by certain ſtreets called
Mace, who ſhould bear one or two gilt or ſilver Milbale (1), and Newhythe in the pariſh of Edjt
maces, engraved with the King's arms, every Malling in the county of Kent: and the town and
where within the ſaid town and pariſh before the pariſh of Maidstone extending itſelf promiſcuouſly
Mayor. And whereas Q Elizabeth, by her let. in, by, and through the town of Loze and
pat. Dec. 4, in her 2d year, granted to the ſaid Linton, and beyond, and alſo by the ſaid towns
Mayor, &c. one market within the ſaid town on a of Eaſt Farleigh, Barming, and Boxley, and by
Thurſday weekly, with all tolls, cuſtoms, and the town of Otham, according to certain infor.
other profits ; and alſo four fairs in the ſaid town,
mation given.
viz. one from noon on April 30th to noon on The King, intending to put into certainty,
May 2d, another at noon on the Eve of the Feaſt
and to limit into what pariſh, towns, hamlets,
(») A piece of land ſo called in the pariſh of Burham.
(t) A hamlet in the pariſh of Aylesford,
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108
The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The TOWN and P'ARISH of MAIDSTONE.
&c, and how far the liberties and juriſdictions of no wiſe intermeddle within the ſaid town and
the Mayor, &c. of the ſaid town and pariſh pariſh. And that the Mayor, Jurats, and Com-
ſhould reach and extend, as to the hearing and monalty ſhould have and enjoy to their own pro-
determining pleas in the ſaid court, granted and per uſe all wharfage, anchorage, and groundage
declared, that the liberties of the ſame, and the of ſhips and veſſels coming to the ſaid town and
juriſdiction of the Mayor, &c. ſhould extend, pariſh, and reaſonable fees and wages for lading
only as to the cognizance and determination of and unlading of merchandizes, goods, and chat-
actions and replevins, and to no other intent and tels in the ſaid ſhips and veſfels there to be lad-
purpoſe, into, by, and through the ſaid towns ed and unladed into or out of the ſame; and that
and pariſhes of Eaſt Barming, Loze, Boxley, Al they ſhould have through the water as aforeſaid,
lington, Milbale, Newhythe, Linton, and Otham ; from Eaſt Farleigh Bridge to Hawkwood, the pri-
and that for the better executing the ſaid actions, vilege of keeping and preſerving fwans and liga
they might make and execute all attachments and nets, and a ſwan-mark, and the ſame to alter at
legal proceſſes into and through all the ſaid pa their pleaſure, and alſo all ſwans and ſignets
riſhes, ſtreets, &c. And whereas Q. Elizabeth through the ſaid waters, within the bounds and
granted that the inhabitants of the ſaid town and limits aforeſaid, and the banks and ground of
pariſh ſhould be exempted from ſerving on juries the ſame, building neſts, breeding or frequent-
and inquiſitions, except in the town of Maid ing, and not legally marked with the ſwan-mark
ſtore ; the King therefore granted and confirmed, aforeſaid, and full power to purſue, retake, and
that the ſaid inhabitants ſhould not be impan bring back the fwans and ſignets aforeſaid, ſwim-
nelled on any juries or inquiſitions whatſoever, ming or wandering by water and land out of the
without the ſaid town and pariſh ; and that the limits aforeſaid, without hindrance of the King,
Mayor and Recorder, and three ſenior Jurats, his officers or miniſters, or other perſons what.
during their offices, ſhould be Juſtices of the ſoever.
Peace within the ſaid town and pariſh, and that And that the ſaid Mayor, &c. for the better
no Juſtice of the county ſhould in any wiſe intermeddle ſupport of the charges of the town and pariſh
within the ſaid town and pariſh; which Mayor, aforeſaid, or for other reaſonable cauſes, or for
Recorder, and three Jurats aforeſaid ſhould take the public good and benefit of the ſaid town and
an oath before the reſt of the Jurats for the due pariſh, and of the inhabitants thereof, ſhould
execution of their office; and the Mayor, Re from time to time make and aſſeſs reaſonable
corder, and three Jurats as aforeſaid, or any taxes and aſſeſſments upon themſelves and every
three of them, of whom the Mayor and Recor inhabitant there, and levy the fame by diſtreſs,
der to be two, ſhould hear and determine all or any other legal manner, as they have hereto-
treſpaſſes and miſdemeanors within the town and fore been uſed and accuſtomed ; and he likewiſe
pariſh, as the Juſtices of the county were uſed to confirmed to them all lands, goods, liberties and
do, or any two or more of them can or may do, as franchiſes, as they had ever heretofore held, uſed
well in and out of their ſeſſions, by the King's and enjoyed the ſame, with a non obftante to all
commiſſion, ſo that they nevertheleſs in no wife omiſſions, or other matter whatſoever ; and that
pretended to the determining of any treaſon or they ſhould have the ſame ſealed with the great
felony, or any other offence touching the loſs of ſeal, without fee or reward, &c.
life or member, without the King's ſpecial man-
By the above charter the Corporation act at
date in that behalf.
this time, their excluſive juriſdiction as ſuch ex-
And that the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty tending over the town and pariſh of Maidſtone,
ſhould receive all fines, forfeitures, and iſſue of and on the river Medway from Eaſt Farleigh
Jurors for non-appearance, and the like for tref Bridge to a piece of land called Hawkwood in
paſſes, &c. before the ſaid Juſtices within the Burham, in all matters whatſoever as within the
ſaid town and pariſh ; and that the Mayor for ſame; and for the cognizance and determination
the time being ſhould be Coroner within the ſaid of actions and replevins to the further extent of
town and pariſh, and ſhould make oath before the towns and pariſhes of Eaſt Farleigh, Barming,
the laſt Mayor, or on his death, &c. before two Loſe, Boxley, Allington, Linton, and Otham, and the
or more of the Jurats, of the due execution of hamlets of Mithale in Aylesford, and Nezhythe in
his office, and that no Coroner, for the county
the pariſh of Eaſt Malling.
enter within the ſaid town and pariſh, &c.
And he granted to the ſaid Mayor, &c. all
waifs, eſtrets, fines, forfeitures, goods and chatels The town of Maidſtone is pleaſantly ſituated
of felons and fugitives, &c. before granted by about the middle of the county, in a healthy air;
the faid let. pat. of Q. Elizabeth, and to the ſaid the ſoil about it is in general sich, and it is well
Mayor all return of writs, &c. within the ſaid wooded and watered.
town and pariſh; ſo that the Sheriff, Coroner, It ſtands on the knoll of a hill, and conſiſts
or Eſcheator, or other the King's Miniſters in of four principal ſtreets, which interfect each
They
PRESENT STATE OF MAIDSTONE.
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Thе и н IЅ TО RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
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all their
account of it, under Boxley.
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDSTON E.
other at the Market-crofs (u), beſides many inhabitants having ſome hop-grounds, and many
ſmaller ones leading out of them. The river eſtates have been raiſed by them from this com-
Medway runs along the weſtern ſide of the town, modity, which is ſuppoſed to have been planted
over which there is a ſtone bridge of ſeven here about the time of the reformation, Tooner
arches (u); a ſmall branch of it runs through than in any other part of the county.
the ſouthern part of the town, and joins the main The Navigation of the River Medway is a great
river at a ſmall diſtance northward of the palace. advantage to this town, as a conſiderable traffic
On account of its convenient ſituation for tranſ is carried on by it from hence to Rocheſter, Chat-
acting the public buſineſs of the county, it has hani, and ſo on to London.
long been reputed the county or ſhire town. In From the ſeveral large Corn Mills here, abun-
the High-ſtreet, which is exceeding ſpacious, dance of meal and four is ſhipped off for the
leading to the bridge, is the Court Hall, a hand uſe of the dock and navy at Chatham, and the
ſome building of ſtone and brick, built within towns of Chathan and Rocheſter, beſides great
theſe few years at the joint expence of the Cor quantities fent weekly to London.
poration of Maidſtone and the Juſtices of the The Fulling and Paper Mills near this town,
Weſtern Diviſion of the county; the former mak of the latter of which, Mr. Whatman’s at Boxley,
ing uſe of it to tranfact the public buſineſs of is perhaps equal to any in the kingdom (y), ſend
their body, as the latter do whenever the public
manufacture hither, to be tranſported
buſineſs of the county requires the uſe of it. In from hence by water to London.
om
it are held the Aflizes for the county, the Goal The vaſt quantities of Timber brought hither
Delivery below, and the Niſ Prius Court in the from the Weald of Kent, and its neighbourhood,
room above. In the former are held likewiſe by land carriage, are conveyed from hence by
the General Quarter Seſſions for this part of Kent, water to different parts. Beſides which there
the County Meetings for the choice of Candidates are ſeveral large Hoys, of 50 tons burthen and
to repreſent it in Parliament, and every other upwards, which ſail weekly to and from London,
public buſineſs relating to it (w).
for the conveniency of this place and its neigh-
biod
The town of Maidſtone extends about a mile bourhood.
from north to ſouth, and not quite three quar-
The Market, which was firſt granted to Boni-
ters from eaſt to weſt. It is very populous, being || face, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, by K. Henry III,
faid to contain upwards of 6000 inhabitants. It
in his 45th year, to be held weekly at this his
is about 37 miles diſtant from London, and ſome-
manor of Maidſtone, has been confirmed by the
what more from Dover.
ſeveral charters to the town of Maidſtone, and is
now held weekly on a Thurſday, for the ſale of all
There is a Manufacture of Linen Thread carried
kinds of proviſions, corn, and hops, toll free,
on in this town, introduced here by the Walloons with which the town and its neighbourhood is
in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, at the time they
moſt plentifully ſupplied at a very reaſonable
fled from the perſecution of the Duke D'Alva,
The Mayor is Clerk of the Market, and
and took refuge in England (x).
when admitted into his office of Mayor is ſworn
The Walloon families are now quite worn out, duly to execute the ſame. K. George II, by his
though there are ſome names remaining which
let. pat. April 15, 1751, granted to the Mayor,
ſeem to have derived their origin from them,
Jurats, and Commonalty of the King's town and
though the perſons who bear them are
o bear them are ignorant pariſh of Maidſtone, and their ſucceſſors, a Mar-
whence they had them. The only remembrance ket to be held the ſecond Tueſday in every Month
of theſe Welloons now left is the term,
t is the term, which the
yearly for ever, for the buying and ſelling all
common people give to the flax ſpun for the
manner of ſheep, and other cattle whatſoever,
threadmen, which they at this day call Dutch which continues to be ſo held at this time. He
work.
Here is likewiſe a Market for the Sale of Hops,
The Soil adjoining the town, and in the neigh held yearly at the time of Michaelmas,
bourhood of it, is remarkably kind for hops, con The Fairs are held four times yearly, viz. Feb.
| rados
ſequently the plantation round it is very large. 13, May 12, June 20, and O&t. 172, for horfes,
Great part of the wealth and proſperity of Maid. bullocks, and all ſorts of commodities, but the
ftone has ariſen from the hop trade, moſt of the laſt is by far the greateſt fair of them (z). 10
o dios lo sgud on ni ballos
27 BCT
ngon salgium
(d) The croſs on the top of this building is now taken (w) The right of the Juſtices and inhabitants of this
away. It is an octagon building, covered with lead, and county to hold their meetings, &c. in this Court-houſe was
uſed for a Fiſh-market; it was formerly called the Corn-croſs, ſettled by indenture, made and executed between the Juſtices
having been made uſe of as a corn-market till the upper of Weft Kent and the Corporation of Maidſtone.
Court-houſe was built for that purpoſe, about the year 1608, (x) Anno 1568, being the 11th year of Q. Elizabeth. In
by an affeſſment on the town.
the 10th year of K. Charles I, anno 1634, there were here
(v) The bridge is ſuppoſed to have been firſt erected by
ſome of the Archbiſhops, Lords of the manor. It was re-
paired in the reign of K. James I, by an aſſeſſment on the
ſeem to have been formerly held on a piece of
town and pariſh.
ground in this pariſh, called Garing; for fir Thomas Wyatt,
VOL. II.
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rate.
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IIO
The HISTORY of K E N T.
county.
se con una agen bouwen of the
This
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
In the Parliament of the 11th of K. Henry | ing, with a clock and dial on the top of it, and
VII, the Cuſtody of the Weights and Meaſures, which what is called the Fiſ-bell, which is always rung
were then renewed and appointed according to when any fiſh is brought to market; the third
the ſtandard in the Exchequer, was committed is placed at the lower end of the town.
to this town, for the county of Kent, and ſuch The public Goal for the Weſtern Diviſion of the
have continued to be preſerved here from time to county of Kent, was formerly placed moſt incon.
time, and are ſo now.
veniently in the very middle of the town of
The Arms of the Town of Maidſtone are—Or, Maidſtone, to its great annoyance, where it re-
a feſs wavy azure, betwixt 3 torteauxes ; on a chief mained till in the year 1736, when an act of Par-
gules, a lion paſſant guardant or.
liament was obtained for erecting another in the
Adjoining to the Court Hall is the Priſon, be room of it, in another part of the town (d). This
longing to the Corporation, formerly called by after ſome intermiſſion was accompliſhed, and a
the name of the Brambles (a). This priſon ap capacious ſtrong building of ſtone, with large
pears to have belonged antiently to the Archbps. outlets and conveniences for this purpoſe, has
of Canterbury, and continued ſo till Thomas Cran been erected near the out parts of the town in
mer, Archbp. of Canterbury, by his indenture, dated Eaſt-lane, which has been lately ſtill further
Nov. 30, in the 29th year of K. Henry VIII,
ſtrengthened and enlarged at a large expence,
exchanged the Priſon Houſe in this town, among
at the charge of the Weſtern Diviſion of this
other premiſes here and elſewhere, with that
King (b).
The town and pariſh of Maidſtone, with others
In the reign of K. Charles I. it ſeems to have in this neighbourhood, was antiently bound to
remained in the King's hands; for that Prince,
contribute to the repair of the 5th pier of Ro-
by his let. pat. Feb. 27, 1631, granted to John
cheſter Bridge (e). 2
Collins the office of Keeper of the houſe or goal
There was a family of good account, called,
of Maidſtone, and the cuſtody of all priſoners
as well from their reſidence as birth here, by
there, to hold during his life (c).
the ſurname of Maidſtone, whoſe arms, as ap-
The Mayor and Jurats, and the Recorder as
pears by a monument in Ulcombe church, were
Steward, annually hold a Court Leet or Law Day,
Sable, a chevron between 3 cups covered argent,
formerly called the Portmote ; at which, among
crowned or (f).
35 tot 21
other buſineſs, the Peace Officers are choſen, viz.
Ralph de Maidenftan, Dean of Hereford, was
a High Conſtable for the town and pariſh, and a
confecrated Biſhop of that ſee, Nov. 12, 1534./2.34
Borſholder for each of the three boroughs of Week,
He was born here, and is celebrated by M. Paris
Weſtree, and Stone, into which the town and pa-
as a man of excellent learning and holineſs of
riſh is divided.
life. Having reſigned his biſhopric in 1239, and
taken the habit of a Franciſcan at Oxford, he re-
The Mayor pays the annual fee-ferm of 31. to
tired to the convent of that order at Glouceſter,
the Crown, for the town of Maidſtone.
where he died in 1245, and was there buried (g).
There are three principal Conduits, which are
John de Maidenftan was made Dean of Lincoln
ſupplied with excellent water, conveyed in pipes in the year 1275(b).
from a place called Rocky-bill, in the Weſt Borough, Walter de Maidenſtan had the King's licence in
on the oppoſite ſide of the Medway, at the charge
the 4th year of K. Edward II, to embattle his
of the Corporation. Theſe are placed very con manſion in the town of Maidenſtan (i).
veniently for the ſervice of the inhabitants; one William de Maidenſtane, the King's Valeet, be-
at the upper end of the High-ſtreet, near the ing ſent to the court of Rome with certain in-
Market crofs ; a ſecond in the middle of the ſtruments of the King, died on his journey thi-
High-ſtreet, being an high octagon ſtone build ther in the 5th year of the above reign (k).
in a great exchange of lands made between K. Henry VIII. Wefterndiviſion of this county, had been preſented at the aflīzes
and him, June 14, in the 32d year of that King's reign,
as too ſmall, very inconvenient, and much decayed, and that
bargained and ſold to the King and his heirs, among other
there was none for debtors; that the gaol was near the mar-
premiſes in this pariſh, all that piece of land, called Caring,
ket-place in Maidſtone, where there was no poſlibility of en-
containing 16 acres, and the profits of the fair yearly there,
for ſtanding upon the ſame, in Maidſtone. This deed was in-
solled in the Augtn. off. July 20th following.
Peace might be enabled to purchaſe a proper ſpot of ground
(a) Hift
f. of Maidſtone, p. 114. Walter Tyler
, that fa-
in or near the town, and to build a gaol on it, not only for
mous rebel in the reign of K. Richard II, broke
open
this
felons but debtors, with proper conveniences; and that they
priſon, and ſet the priſoners in it at liberty.
might apply part of the ſtock of the Weſtern Diviſion for that
(6) Augtn. off. box A, 21.
purpoſe; and an act paſſed accordingly May 5, 1736.
(c) Rym. Fød. vol. xix, p. 345. He died in 1644, and (8) Lamb. Peramb. p. 422.
by his laſt will deviſed to his ſon, John Collins his patent or
(f) Philipott, p. 230.
grant of the King's gaol in Maidſtone, with all the irons,
(g) Willis's Cath. vol. i, p. 514. Coll, Ang. Min. p.42.
implements, fees, and appurtenances.
(b) Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 76.
(d) On Feb. 16, 5735, a petition was preſented to Parl.
(i) Pat, ejus an. ps. ima. (k) Ibid.
Setting forth, that the common gaol for keeping felons for the
05. roma
Walter

The HISTORY of K E N T.
III
tome was Canon
39th. ibid.
43d. ibid.
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E:
Walter de Maydenfton was conſecrated Biſhop of rears of the reign, &c. Names of the Burgeſſes in Pårliament.
Worceſter, Oct. 11, 1313, anno 7 Edward II, at
35th. ibid.
Thomas Fludde; knt.
which time Robert de Maidenſtone was Canon of
Levin Bufkin, eſq;
the church of Chicheſter (1).
Thomas Fludde,
Another Walter Maidſton was made Sub-
John Leveſon; knts:
dean of Lincoln in 1329, and died in 1337 (m).
The ſame.
John Maidſton, gent. Agent in 1644 to the
Right Hon. the Earl of Mancheſter, bore, as ap-
In the time of K. JAMES I.
pears by his ſeal—Two battle axes in ſaltire(n). ijt, ibid.
Francis Fane, knt.
In the Heraldic Viſitation of the county of
Laurence Waſhington, efq;
Kent, taken in the year 1619, is the pedigree of 12th. ibid. Francis Fane,
Fiſher, of Maidſtone, beginning with Wm. Fiſher,
Francis Barnham, knts.
of Maidſtone, whoſe deſcendant and great-grand i8th. ibid. M. The ſame.
fon, Walter Fiſher, was Mayor of this town in
21ft. ibid. Oi George Fane,
the year 1619, and married Alice, daughter of
Francis Barnham, knts.
Woodyere, by whom he had illue four fons, Henry,
Robert, Richard, and Alexander (o).
In the time of K. CHARLES I.
Richard Lee, ſon of Richard Lee, of Delce near
ift. ibid.
Edward Mapleſden;
Rocheſter, eſq; High Sheriff of this county in the
Thomas Stanley, gents.
19th year of K. Edward IV, ſon of fir Richard ift. ibid.
George Fane,
Lee, Lord Mayor of London, had a manſion in
Francis Barnham, knts.
this town, where he reſided (p). He left ifiue 3d. ibid.
The ſame.
three ſons, Richard, the eldeſt, was of Delce, eſq;
15th. ibid.
The ſame.
William was the ſecond, and Edward, the third 1613. ibid. Francis Barnham,
fon, was Lord Archbiſhop of York(q).
Humphry Tufton, knts.
ora
It has been already mentioned, that this town In the time of K. CHARLES II:
was an antient borough by preſcription, which pri-
vilege has ſince been confirmed by the ſeveral
12th. ibid. 1660. Thomas Twiſden, Sergeant
charters granted to it. The firſt account extant
at Law,
of the names of Burgeſſes returned for it is, in
Robert Barnham, eſq;
13th. ihid. 1661.
the 6th year of K. Edward VI. The following
Sir Edmund Pierce, knt.
is a Liſt of thoſe which have been choſen fince
Robert Barnham, efq;
then, to the preſent time.
31št. ibid. 1678. Sir John Tufton, knt, & bart.
Sir John Darell, knt.
In the time of K. EDWARD VI.
VOT
3157. ibid. 1679. Sir John Tufton, knt. & bart.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Burgelles in Parliament.
Thomas Fane, efq;
32d. ibid. 1685.
The ſame.
Parliament at Weſt. William Wotton,
minſter. John Salwyne (r). di mori
In the time of K. JAMES II.
In the time of Q. ELIZABETH.
ist. ibid. 1685. Archibald Clinkard,
5th. At Weſtmin. Nicholas Berham, eſq;"
Edwin Wyat, eſqrs.
Henry Fiſher, gent.
In the time of K. WILLIAM and 'Q. MARY.
13th. ibid.
Thomas Walfingham,
Nicholas St. Leger, eſqrs.
ist. ibid. 1688. Sir Thomas Taylor, bart.
14th. ibid.
|
Nicholas St. Leger,
Caleb Banks, efq;
temos
Thomas Danet, eſqrs.me
2d. ibid. 1690. Sir Thomas Taylor, bart.
27th. ibid. Thomas Randolph, Cham-
Thomas Rider,
berlain of the Exchequer. 7th. ibid. 1695. Sir Thomas Taylor, bart.
Nicholas Sanders, efq;
th Sir John Banks, bart. (s)
28th. ibid. John Aſhley,
ioth. ibid. 1698. Sir Robt. Marſham, kt. & bt.
Thomas Randolph, eſqrs.
Thomas Bliffe, eſas
The ſame.
12tb. ibid. 1700. The ſame.
liv
157
31. ibid.
00
(1) Thomas's Worceſter, p. 160, 164.
(m) Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 97.
(n) William Maydeſtone was Abbat of Feverſham, and Wal.
ter de Maydeſtone was a Monk of that abbey in 1367, and
was afterwards admitted a Monk of Chriſt Church, Canter-
bury. Thomas de Maydeftone was Canon of Leeds in 1397,
and Clement de Maydeftone, Prieſt, was a tranſcriber of the
Directorium Sacerdotum, as appears by his name at the end of
it. Newton's Maidſtone, p. 124.
(0) He was A. M. arid died O&. 23, 1671, dt. 76, and
was buried in Merton College chapel. See his benefaction to
this town below. They bore for their arms- Argent, on a
chief gules, a dolphin argent.
(P) Mff. pedigree of Lee.
(9) See more of this family under Delce in Rocheffer, p.55.
(r) In 7th Edward VI, the charter of Maidſtone was or-
dered to be viewed, to determine its right to fend Burgeſſes.
(s) On fir Thomas Taylor's deceaſe, Thomas Rider, eſq; was
choſen in his room.
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II2
The HISTORY of K E N T.
town.
right of election of Burgeſſes for Maidstone is in
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTONE.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Burgeſſes in Parliament. The Freedom of this Corporation is obtained by
13th. Parliament Sir Robt. Marſham, kt. & bt. birth, the eldeſt ſon being free of courſe, and
at Weſtm. 1701. Thomas Bliſle, eſq;
the others on paying 40s. fine. Strangers are
likewiſe admitted by conſent of the Mayor and
In the time of Q. ANNE.
Jurats, on payment of a fine. Toront
1st, ibid. 1702.
Hon. Heneage Finch,
Ito
Thomas Bliffe, eſq; (+)
REMARKABLE Occurrences.
4th. ibid. 1705. Sir Thomas Colepepyr, bart.
Thomas Bliffe, eſq;
In the year 1648, during the time of the great
7th. ibid. 1708. Sir Thomas Colepepyr,
rebellion, Gen. Fairfux, with his whole ſtrength,
marched by order of the Parliament towards
Sir Robert Marſham, barts.
Maidstone, in which there were at that time about
gth. ibid. 1710.
The ſame.
1000 horſe and foot of the royaliſts, commanded
12tb. ibid. 1713. Sir Robert Marſham, bart.
by fir John Mayney, knt.
Sir Samuel Ongley, knt.
The General, finding the river at Farleigh
In the time of K. GEORGE I. Bridge, about two niiles above the town, but
Gm
Nightly guarded, eaſily paſſed it, and with a
ist. ibid. 1714
Sir Robert Marſham (u),
ſtrong force of 10,000 men aſſaulted the town(a).
Sir Tho.Colepepyr, barts.(v) At the entrance of the town, near the place where
7th. ibid. 1722.
Sir Barnham Rider, knt. the workhouſe now ſtands, ſome ſlight fortifica-
Hon. John Finch, eſq; tions had been thrown up, the remains of which
were to be ſeen not many years ſince, but theſe
In the time of K. GEORGE II.
gave
but little interruption; ſo that about ſeven
18. ibid. 1727
Hon. John Finch,
o'clock in the evening, they began to ſtorm the
Thomas Hope, eſq;
As this was no more than was expected,
7th. ibid. 1734
Hon. John Finch,
the ſtreets and houſes had been all lined by the
Wm. Horſmonden Turner, royaliſts, who by this time amounted to near
eſq;
2000, fir William Brockman having brought into
14th. ibid. 1741. Lord Guernſey (w),
the town about 800 men to their aſliſtance dur-
Hon. John Bligh, (x)
ing the ſkirmiſh, and caſe-ſhot was placed in
21št. ibid. 1747. Hon. Robert Fairfax, every ſtreet, by which means, and eſpecially from
Wm. Horfmonden Turner, the horſe, Fairfax met with ſuch reſolute oppo-
100
ſition on every ſide, that he gained every ſtreet
28th. ibid. 1754. Lord Guernſey (y), ,
inch by inch, and the engagement laſted near
Gabriel Hanger, eja: five hours, till almoſt 12 at night; when the
norlund
royaliſts, being quite overpowered by the nu-
In the time of K. GEORGE III. merous reſerves that kept continually advancing,
Ist. ibid. 1761.
William Northey,
were forced to retreat to the church-yard, and
from thence into the church, where after an ob-
2TM Roſe Fuller, efqrs.
ſtinate
7th, ibid. 1768.
to ſurrender
reſiſtance they were obliged to
Hon. Charles Marſham,
ble
Edward Gregory, eſq;
on the beſt terms they could obtain for their
own fafety (b). I Scarce any action during the
14th. ibid. 1774. Lord Guernſey (z),
civil war was more bravely fought than this (c);
Skal Sir Horace Mann, knt.
Fairfax prevailed by his ſuperior numbers over
The right of electing Burgeſſes is veſted in the the gallant few. Lord Clarendon ſays, it was a
Freemen, whether reſident within the borough ſharp encounter, very bravely fought with the
or not; and the Houſe of Commons, upon two General's whole ſtrength (d).
ſeveral petitions, have by their votes, paſſed Feb. -On Friday Aug. 19, 1763, a moſt violent ſtora
7, 1701, and Dec. 8, 1702, determined, that the of wind and hail, accompanied with thunder and
lightning, ſpread a general defolation over this
the Freemen, not receiving alms or charity.com pariſh, and the adjacent neighbourhood. It
od
dafobas kantor
(1) Sir Robert Marſham, knt. and bart. and fir Thomas Ro and his next brother, the Hon. Charles Finch, was choſen in
berts, bart. were returned, but declared unduly elected.
(u) On his being created Lord Romney, för Barnham Rider, (a) On June 2. Camden, p. 227.
knt. was choſen in his room.
(6) Of the royaliſts about 200 were killed, and 1400 taken
(v) On his deceaſe John Finch, eſq; was choſen in his priſoners, with 400 horſes and 2000 ſtand of arms.
worth, vol. viii, p. 1137: OME
(w) Eldeki ſon of the Earl of Aylesford.
(c) Newton's Hift. p. 145.7
P: 145:7 bopinba btswtails in
(x) Now Earl of Darnley, and Baron Clifton.
(d) Hift. Rebellion, vol. iii, p. 119. Camden, p. 226,
() On his ſucceeding his father as Earl of Aylesford, Sá fays, the veteran ſoldiers confeſſed, that whatever they got
wile Finch, eſq; was choſen in his room, anno 1757.919b
was by inches, and dearly bought, and that they had never
(x) He ſucceeded his father as Earl of Aylesford in 1777,
met with the like deſperate ſervice during the war.
aroſe
att
TIAMO
his room.
53 JA
Ruth
room.

The HISTORY of
I13
of KE N T.
to Poniface
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTONE.
arofe at ſea off the coaſt of Suſſex, and entering were willing to accept of it, in proportion to
this county at Tunbridge Wells, paſſed quite acroſs their reſpective loſſes.
it to Shéerneſs, being 40 miles in length, and in
breadth from two to four miles. Its line of di-
COLLEGES, HOSPITALS, AND CHARITIES
.:
rection was nearly from ſouth-weſt-by-weſt to
north-eaſt-by-eaſt, over the ſeveral pariſhes of THE NEWERK and COLLEGE OF ALL SAINTS,
Tunbridge, Speldhurji, Penſhurſt, Tudely, Capel,
Pembury, part of Hadlow, Yalding, Hunton,
Archbiſhop Bonifacé, about the year 1260, anno
Brenchley, Mereworth, Eaſt and Weſt Peckham,
45 K. Henry III, built a College or Hospital for
Watringbury, Nettleſted, Eaſt Malling, Teſton,
poor travellers (e), in the Weſt Borough, on the
Eaſt and Weſt Farleigh, Barming, Looſe, Maid-
bank of the river Medway, oppoſite the town.
ſtone, Boxley, and Detling, after which, having
It was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, and
ſpent the greateſt part of its force, the damage
was called The Hoſpital of the New Work of Prej-
done by it became much leſs conſiderable.
teſpelle in Meydeſtane (f), and in proceſs of time
The Newerk.
The fury of it was ſuch in the above-menti-
Archbp. Walter Reynolds, about the year 1314,
oned pariſhes, which are exceeding fertile, that
appropriated to this hoſpital, the churches of
almoſt the whole growth of hops, the plantation
Sutton by Dover, Lillington alias Linton, and Eaſt
of which is very large, and contains in a great
Farleigh, in this county (8).
meaſure what is generally called the middle Growth
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the revenues
of Kent, the apples, filberts, corn, with whatever
of this houſe were valued as follows: The church
elſe was on the lands were entirely deſtroyed by
of Sutton 20s. the church of Linton 106s. and 8d.
it, inſomuch that the farmer and the labourer
the church of F'erleghe 131. 6s. 8d. their tempo-
were alike deprived of ſubſiſtance by this fata-
ralities 110s. and 5d. (b)
lity. The damage done to the trees and build-
Robert de Bradegare was Maſter of this college
ings was as great in proportion; many barns and
or hoſpital in 1282 (i).
even houſes were blown down, and ſcarce a pane
William de Maldon was preſented to the Maſter-
of glaſs to the ſouthward was left unbroken; and
ſhip by Abp. Walter Reynolds, June 30, 1326(k).
on that ſide of the High-ſtreet in the town of Martin de Ixning, the King's Chaplain, was
Maidſtone; not only the glaſs, but the lead and
preſented to it by the King, the ſee being then
frames of the windows were broken, and drove
vacant, Feb. 6, 1333(1).
in by the violence and largeneſs of the hail, Richard de Norwich (m), preſented in 1349.
which beat as loud againſt the ſhutters, as the
Simon de Bredon (n) died poffeffed of this poſt
ftrongeſt blow of a thick club would have done.
The hail indeed might rather be deemed pieces In the 19th year of K. Richard II, anno 1395,
of ice, from its different irregular ſhapes; at Archbp. William de Courtney intending to make the
Barming one piece was taken up in the form of
pariſh church of St. Mary of Maidſtone collegiate,
an oyſter, meaſuring nine inches round the edges,
obtained the King's licence, dated at his caſtle
and ſome were taken up ten days after the ſtorm, of Ledes, Aug. 2, that year, to erect that church
which then meaſured four inches and an half
into a college, and to found and eſtabliſh the ſame
round. Great numbers of ſmall birds were killed
college for ever, to conſiſt ofone Maſteror Keeper,
by it, as were ſeveral hares, pheaſants, and par and as many fellow Chaplains, and other Miniſters
tridges, and the trees were every where ſtript of to ſerve God in it, as to the Archbp. ſhould ſeem
almoſt all their leaves. So general a deſolation beſt according to his diſcretion ; and he granted
in this county had never been remembered, or licence to the Archbp. to give and aſſign to them
even related in hiſtory, and inſupportable in the advowſon and patronage of the ſaid pariſh
deed would this calamity have been, had not the church, and of the chapels annexed to it (c), then
generoſity of the gentry of this county in parti ſaid to be held of the King in capite, to hold of the
cular, and of the public in general relieved them Archbiſhop, and his ſucceſſors, in free, pure and per-
in ſome meaſure from the ruin and miſery they petual alms to their own proper uſes, as part of
were by this fatality ſo deeply plunged in. their maintenance for ever. And he further
A ſubſcription was opened by the gentry of granted, that the Archbiſhop might give and aſſign
the neighbourhood of Maidſtone, and near the the Hoſpital of the Apoſtles Peter and Paul of the
ſum of 3000l. was collected in a few months, New Work of Maidſtone, and all lands, tenements,
which was paid to ſuch of the poor ſufferers who rents, ſervices, and poſſeſſions of the ſaid hoſpital,
in 1372.
bre
(e) Tan. Mon. p. 224. Somn. Cant. p. 128. New-
ton, p. 31.
(f) Regist, Ecclef. Chrifti Cant. Cart 1589.
(g). Tan. Mon. p. 224.
(6) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 41.
(i) Regift. Eccleſ. Chriſti Cant. Cart 1589.
(k) Regiſt. Reyn. f. 262-6.
(1) He was afterwards Canon of St. Stephen's in Weftmin-
fer, &c. Newc. Rep. p. 748.
(m) Newton, p. 32.
(n) Tan. Mon. appendix.
(0) Viz. Looſe and Detling.
VOL. II.
2 G
with

114
HISTORY of K EN T.
Tbe
to
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
with their appurts. and alſo the advowfons and worth yearly, beyond all repriſes, according to
patronages
of the churches of Suttone, Lillingtone, their real value, 15l. 2s. 4d. beyond the ſum of
and Farlegh to the hoſpital appropriated, and 20 marcs per annum, which Juliana Belknap re-
then of the King's patronage, which hoſpital, ceived annually out of the ſaid manor, during
advowfons, and patronages, were, as it was ſaid, her life, as was found by inquiſition, to hold
held in like manner of the King in capite, to the the fame to them and their ſucceffors, as the
ſaid Maſter and Chaplains, to hold to them value of 50 marcs per annum, in full ſatisfaction
and their fucceffors, of the Archbiſhop and his of the ſaid 40l. of lands, tenements, &c. for
ſucceffors, in pure and perpetual alms for ever; and ever (ss).
that the Archbiſhop might unire, incorporate, and Archbiſhop Courtney erected the college and
annex the hoſpital, and a l the lands, rents, fer buildings, for the habitation of the Maſter and
vicés, and poffeflions of it, with their appurts. other members, and for the other uſes of it, on
to the Maſter and Chaplains, and to the College, the bank of the river adjoining to the ſouth ſide
o the
better maintenance of them. And he of the cemetery of his church, and as he died the
granted licence for the Maſter and Chaplains to year after he had obtained the King's licence
receive and hold the premiſes as above-menti for the founding his college, it is moſt probable
oned, to them and their ſucceſſors for ever, to the buildings of it had been begun ſome time
their own proper uſes ; provided, nevertheleſs, before, for it ſeems to have been finiſhed in his
that the alms accuſtomed to be paid to the poor
life-time, as were the alterations he made in the
in the holpital, ſhould be continued there for church for the convenience of the members of his
their maintenance in future times, &c. (p) new college, which, as well as the church, he
To the above appropriation of the churches
dedicated anew to All Saints. To defray the
of Sutton, Lillinton, and Farleigh, Adam Mottrum,
charge of all which, the Archbiſhop procured a
Archdeacon of Canterbury, gave his affent, March
bull to collect for that purpoſe, 4d. in the pound
6th following (q); and the next year the King
of all eccleſiaſtical benefices within his province;
granted to them by his let. pat. dated Sept. 15,
but the Biſhop of Lincoln forbad the levying of it
the advowſon of the church of Crundale near
within his dioceſe, and appealed to the Pope ;
Wyé, together with the reverſion of Tremworth
but whilſt the ſuit was depending the Archbiſhop
and Fannes in that pariſh, then held by Henry
died.
Tevele for life, by grant from the King, to hold The patronage of this college and church con-
the ſaid advowſon and manors of him and his ſuc tinued part of the poffeſſions of the archbiſhopric
ceffors, in free, pure and perpetual alms for ever (r). of Canterbury till Archbp. Cranmer, by his inden-
K. Richard II, in his 21ſt year, granted them
ture, Nov. 30, in the 20th year of K. Henry
other lands and tenements(s), and K. Henry IV,
VIII, exchanged, among other premiſes, the
in his ift year, confirmed the grant made by K.
advowſon and patronage of the college and
Richard II, of the advowſon of Crundale, and
church of Our Lady at Maidſtone, and the advow-
the reverſion of the manors of Tremworth and
fon, donation, &c. of the chantry founded in
Fannes, by his letters of Infpeximus; and in the
Maidſtone by Archbp. Arundel (t), with the King,
8th year of his reign, June 8, he confirmed to
for other premiſes therein mentioned, to hold
to him and his fucceffors for ever.
them the licence granted by K. Richard, to pur-
chaſe lands, and tenements, of the real yearly
The college of All Saints was diſſolved by the
value of 40l. ſo that the ſame were not held in
act of Parliament, paffed for the ſuppreſſion of
capite, to hold to them and their ſucceffors for all colleges, free chapels, and chantries, in the
ever. And further, being willing that the ſaid
ift year of K. Edward VI, anno 1546, and was
grant ſhould have all due effect, he granted his
ſurrendered into the King's hands accordingly,
licence to Richard Lentwardyn and Fobn Harlegh,
with all its lands, poſſeſſions, &c. by John Leaſe,
Clerks, to give and aſſign to the faid Maſter
then Maſter of it(u).
and College, the manor of Wightrefbam, with its
appurts, ſeven meſſuages, three cottages, 156
acres of land, nine acres of meadow, 50 acres The firſt Maſter of this college was John Wot-
of paſture, 27 acres of wood, 24 and 10 acres ton, Rector of Staplehurſt, and Canon of Chichef-
of marſh, and 8s. and 2d. rent, with their ap ter, who dying O&t. 31, 1417, was buried in
purts. in Maydeſtone, Loſe, Boxele, and Hoo, this church, on the ſouth ſide of the great chan-
which were not held of him, and which were cel or choir (v).
M A S T E R S.
(P) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 132.
(9) Batteley's Somner, part ii, p. 156.
(r) Dugd. Mon. vol, iii, p. 133.
(s) Tan. Mon. p. 224.
(35) Dugd. ibid.
(4) This chantry was intitled to the yearly annuity of
El. 135. 4d. iſſuing out of the rectory of Northfleet, to be paid
yearly to a prieſt ſaying maſs in the ſaid college. Augin.
off. box A. 21.
(u) Coke's Ent. p. 456.
(v) Le Neve MS. See Rym. Fæd. vol. ix, p. 117.
Roger

The H I S T
OR RY of K E N T.
115
died in 1522.
R. Maidſtone,
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDSTONE.
Roger Heron occurs Maſter in 1433 (w) and It appears from a Mff. preſerved among the
1438 (a).
archives of this town, which contains the ac-
Thomas Boleyn, LL. B. in 1459 (y).
counts of this brotherhood in the years 1480 and
Thomas Preſton ſucceeded in 1470 (y).
1481, that beſides the members of it reſiding in
William Comberton, 1.M. died in 1506(y). the above houſe, they admitted extra members
William Grocyn, admitted April 17, 1506, and into their fraternity, both men and women, to
He was buried at the end of the the number of 120 perſons and upwards. Among
ſtalls in the high choir of this church (z). theſe are named many perſons of diſtinction, as
John Penyton ſucceeded in 1522 (a).
fir Thomas Bourchier, of Leeds, knt. fir Henry Fer-
John Leaſe, LL. D. the laſt Maſter, ſurren rers, knt. John Wormſell, Abbat of Boxley, John
rendered this college into K. Edward VI.'s hands, Munden, Vicar there, Jacob Chirche, Vicar of
in his firſt year, anno 1546 (b).
Thurnham, and others, inhabitants of this town.
0039
This college was valued at the ſuppreſſion at They all paid an annual ſum, for the moſt
2121. 58. 31d. per annum, in its whole revenues, part 18d. or 2s. each ; but thoſe of a higher.
and 1591. 7s. 1od. clear annual income (c). rank contributed more, as 38. 4d.-6s. 8d. and
K. Edward VI, by his let. pat. May 16, in
the like. Beſides which they had ſeveral gifts
his 3d year, granted this college, with ſundry and legacies, and an eſtate both in lands and
lands and tenements in this pariſh, late belong.
houſes ; out of which was maintained the frater-
ing to it, to fir George Brooke, knt. Lord Cobham,
nity, who dwelt in the above manſion, who fol-
and his heirs for ever, who died poſſeſſed of it(d)
lowed the rule of St. Benedict in many parti-
in the laſt year of Q. Mary, and his grandſon,
culars, and their Chaplain, who was allowed
Henry, Lord Cobham, forfeited it, together with
61. 135. 4d. annual wages. In their own chapel
the reſt of his eſtates, for high treaſon in the iſt
it was their cuſtom to celebrate ſolemn dirges
and maſſes on the death of any of the brothers
year of K. James I.
(օգնի կայք od biuron
In the reign of K. Charles I, fir Edw. Henden,
and ſiſters belonging to it, which brought them
knt. one of the Barons of the Exchequer, was in
in no inconſiderable profit (e); beſides which,
they maintained out of their revenues one Prieſt,
poffefſion of it; after which it paſſed into the
family of Marſham, in which it continues at this
to celebrate within the church of All Saints for
ever (f).
time, being part of the eſtate of the Right Hon.
Robert Marſham, Lord Romney. Dorot
At the ſuppreſſion of this Fraternity and
of
There are great remains left of this college,
chantry, by the act paſſed in the ift year
K. Edward VI, the revenues of it were va-
which appears to have been large and handſome;
it is built of ſtone, and of Gothic architecture;
lued at 401. os. 8d. clear value; and the frater-
the entrance or gateway is almoſt entire; the
nity then poffeffed likewiſe divers cottages and
whole is now made uſe of as a dwelling-houſe.
tenements, wherein the poor and impotent per-
ſons inhabited, and always had, without any pay-
ment whatſoever (g). After which the manfion
called the Brotherhood Hall, the Fraternity, and the
Lands of Corpus Chrifti, with their appurts. were
was founded by divers of the honeſt inhabitants purchaſed of the Crown by the Corporation of
of the town.
The houſe in which the brethren
Maidſtone for the ſum of 2051. 45. od. out of the
inhabited ſtood at the lower end of Earl-ſtreet, moneys received from the ſale of ſundry veſt
alias Bullock-lane, at a ſmall diſtance from the ments, plate, &c. belonging to the church (h).
river. The chapel or refectory, and three ſides But a diſpute ariſing among the inhabitants,
of the cloyſter are ſtill remaining.
concerning the making this purchaſe, and the
THE FRATERNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
(w) Fuller's Worthies, p. 87.
(x) Additions to Tan. Mon.
(y) Tan. ibid.
(z) He was a famous learned man, educated in Wickham's
colleges. He was firſt Rector of Newton Longvill in Bucks,
Prebendary of Lincoln, and Reader of Divinity to Magdalen
College. He travelled into Italy, where he acquired a greater
proficiency in the Latin and Greek tongues, which he taught
at Oxford in a method unattempted before, at which time he
was the tutor and familiar friend of Eraſmus, and died, great-
ly eſteemed for his profound learning, at the age of 80.
Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 15.
(a) Tanner ſays, Grocyn died in 1519, and that Penyton
then ſucceeded him. Thomas Felde, LL. D. Dean of Here-
ford, died in 1419, and ordered his body to be buried in the
collegiate church of Maidſtone. Willis's Cath. vol. I, p.533.
(6) Of New College, afterwards Vicar General to Archbp.
Warham, Maſter of St. Croſs, and Prebendary of St. Paul's.
He died in 1557, and was buried in the chapel of Wincheſter
College, of which he was a Fellow. Wood, vol. i, f. p. 29.
(c) Dugdale and Speed. Out of which John Leaſe, the
Mafter, had granted to him the penſion of 481. 16s. 8d. per
annum, which he enjoyed in the year 1553, when there re-
mained alfo in charge, to 15 other members of the college
together, the ſum of 5 21. for their ſeveral penſions. Willis's
Mitred Abbeys, vol. i, p. 102.
(d) See Coke's Ent. p. 456, where theſe premiſes are ſaid
to contain 94 acres of arable, and 16 acres of pafture, in
Maidfone.
(e) Newton's Hift. Maidſtone, p. 37 et ſeq.
(f) Augtn. off. ſurvey of chantrys, &c. temp. Edw. VI.
(8) Survey of chantry lands, &c. temp. Edw. VI, vol. ii,
Augtn. off.
(5) Newton's Hift. Maidſtone, p. 104.
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116
The HISTORY of K E N T.
1967
A.
The TOWN, and PARIS Hof MAIDSTON E.
ſettling part of the lands to this uſe, ſeveral en of Hertford, with its appurts. to the Maſter and
deavouring to obſtruct the deſign of it, the Duke Fellows of Univerſity College in Oxford, and their
of Somerſet, then Lord Protector, fent a letter to ſucceſſors, to the intent, that they, during the
them, exhorting them to unanimity in a matter continuance of the leaſes granted of the parſon-
which tended ſo much to the advancement of age then in being, ſhould, with the rents and
God's honor, and the common wealth ; which profits of it, keep and maintain two ſcholars,
appears to have had the deſired effect.
whereof Robert Gunſley, the ſon of Edward Guns-
ley, ſhould be one, and Thomas Ayerſt, the ſon
А кітну ѕсноо.
of John Ayerſt, ſhould be the other; and after
the expiration of the ſaid leaſes, that they ſhould
Archbiſhop Parker, in the 4th year of Q. Eliza-
make choice of four ſcholars, including the two
beth, in obedience to the Queen's command, re-
above-mentioned, all which ſhould be choſen by
turned an account of the ſeveral ſchools and hof-
the ſaid Maſter and Fellows, oře half out of the
pitals in this dioceſe, and among them, that
grammar ſchool of Rocheſter, and the other half
there was a ſchool erected at Maidſtone, by the
out of this grammar ſchool of Maidſtone, being
charge of the Mayor and Commonalty of the
only ſuch as were born in the county of Kent,
town, who had purchaſed of the late King certain
and none other, except ſuch as ſhould be of his
lands to that intent, amounting to gl. 6s. 8d. per
kindred ; and as often as theſe ſcholarſhips ſhould
ann, and that it was not charged with tenths(i).
become void, that the ſame ſhould be renewed
and filled up by the ſaid Maſter and Fellows for
tants of the town and pariſh of Maidſtone, aſſem-
the time being out of the grammar ſchools be.
bled in veftry. He is intitled to a very good fore mentioned, within three months after ſuch
houſe, with proper offices and conveniences, late avoidance from time to time for ever ; and that
the manfion and buildings of the fraternity a-
the charges of the Maſter and ſuch Fellows as
bove-mentioned, together with the rents and Thould be ſent and employed in and about the
profits of a farm of 11l. per annum, and a ſalary faid election, ſhould be borne and deducted out
of zol. per annum paid by the Corporation of
of the allowance appointed to the ſcholar or ſcho-
Maidſtone ().
lars, who ſhould be elected in the interim of the
By the charter granted by Q. Elizabeth to this
ſaid three months; all which ſcholars, as they
town, the Corporation was empowered to make or any of them ſhould attain to their rooms or
wholeſome orders and ſtatutes for the govern places aforeſaid ſhould be kept and maintained
ment of the Mafters and ſcholars ; in conſequence by the faid Maſter and Fellows from time to time
of which certain rules and orders were made for at ſome grammar ſchool, until they were fit to
that purpoſe.
go to Univerſity College, and then be placed by
Mr. Thomas Cole was the firſt Schoolmaſter(1). the Maſter and Fellows in the ſaid college, with
Mr. Law was Maſter in 1668, reſigned in fit and convenient chambers there, and that the.
1689 (m).
Maſter and Fellows ſhould allow and pay to
Mr. Polbill, A.M. appointed in 1764, reſigned each of the two ſcholars, during the continuance
of the leaſes ul. a piece every year, at the two
Thomas Cherry, B, D. late of St. John's College, feaſts of Michaelmas and Lady-day, by even and
Oxford, vice Polbill, 1777. Preſent Maſter.
equal portions ; and ſhould pay to the four ſcho-
This ſchool has had ſome conſiderable bene-
lars, after the expiration of the ſaid leaſes, yearly
factors to it.
151. a piece, at the times before mentioned, ac-
William Lamb, a gentleman of the chapel to compting always the two ſcholars to be of the
K. Henry VIII, and a Freeman of the Cloth. number of the four, and thoſe of his name and
workers Company, among his other charities, kindred to be preferred before any other. And
gave 1ol. yearly to the free ſchool of Maidſtone that the Maſter and Fellows, after the expiration
for ever, with this proviſo, that the children of of the ſaid leaſes, ſhould allow and pay to the
needy men only ſhould be preferred to the enjoy Curate and Curates of Flamſted the yearly ſum
ing this benefit (n).
of bol. as his or their falary, at the two feaſts in
Robert Gunſley, Clerk, Rector of Titſey in the year before ſpecified, by even and equal por-
Surry, by his laſt will and teſtament, dated June tions; the election of which Curate ſhould be
30, 1618, and proved in the Prerogative-court from time to time by the Maſter and Fellows
the zoth of Nov. following (o), gave and deviſed aforeſaid ; provided, nevertheleſs, that whenever
the rectory and parfonage of Flamſted in the co. the ſaid Curate's place ſhould be void, one of
Chriſtmas 1777
(6) Strype's Life of Parker, p. 115.
(k) It is ſaid, the first payment made by the Corporation
was in 1660, and that the ſame was part of Mr. Lamb's gift.
(2) His ſermon, preached at Maidſtone on the firſt Sunday
in Lent, 1552, before the Archbiſhop, is printed. See Ames's
Hift. Print. p. 227.
(m) He was diſmiſſed for irregularity, at the inſtance of
the Common Council.
(2) Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, p. 265.
(0) He died Nov. 11th that year, and lies buried in Titleg
church.
his

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The TOWN and PARISH F M A IDSTON E.
his own ſcholars ſhould have the refuſing of it, accordingly. The half part of the preſent rents
before any other .
and profits of it, amounting to 151. 155. od. is
In purſuance of this bequeſt, four ſcholars, yearly diſtributed among the poor people of
choſen from this ſchool and that at Rocheſter, are Maidſtone, ágreeable to the will of the donor.
at this time allowed chambers at Univerſity Col-
Sir John Aſtley, knt. gave a large filver Aag-
lege, and 15l. per annum each of them. About
gon to the uſe of the altar in the reign of K.
one half of the ſcholars, which have been ſo cho-
Charles I.
niin
ſen, appear to have been of the name, or of
Elizabeth Maſon, widow, in 1642, gave a part
kindred to the teſtator. ysts
of two meſſuages, with their appurts, towards
John Davy, of this town, M. D. in 1649, gave
the maintenance of two widows, during their
and deviſed by his laſt will and teſtament all his
lives.
lands in the pariſh of Newchurch in this county,
Alexander Fiſher, fourth and youngeſt ſon of
containing 16 acres of land, then let at 181. per
Walter Fiſher, formerly Mayor of this town, died
annum, for the better maintenance of the Maſter
and Uſher of this ſchool (p).
O&. 23, 1671, and by his laſt will and teſtament,
mid bobs9out
It is ſaid there was once a Convent of Francif-
bequeathed 381. per annum, in land to this Cor-
can, or Grey Friars, founded in this town by K.
poration, to be employed in binding out three
Freemen's ſons to trades yearly, and in the pay-
Edward III, and his brother, John, Earl of Corn-
ment of 405. each per annum, to four poor wi-
wall, about the year 1331. No further men-
dows during life (s).
Sabitog yfio
tion is made of it, either as to revenue or ſitua-
Robert Rowland, a native of this town, and
tion (q); ſo that probably' they were ſoon after-
Citizen, Armourer and Brazier of London, gave
wards removed perhaps to Walfingham in Norfolk,
to which place K. Edward III, in the year 1345,
to the pariſh church of Maidſtone a large and
elegant branch or ſconce of braſs; and by his
procured leave of Pope Clement VI. to remove
ſome of theſe Friars, and to build a convent
laſt will, in 1907, deviſed to the Corporation
there for them (r).
1201. to be lent to 12 young men newly out of
their time, to forward their ſetting up in trade;
ngush
at rol. a piece, for which they ſhould pay 6s. 8d.
200
per annum intereſt each, ainounting in the whole
À List of the charitable Benefactions to the town
to 41. which ſum he willed ſhould be annually
and pariſh of Maidſtone.
diſpoſed of to the Miniſter of Maidſtone; for
Willian Hewit, gent. in 1568, gave four marcs preaching a ſermon yearly on Feb. I, by can-
a year to the
of this town for ever.
poor
dle-light; to the Reader, Clerk, Churchwardens,
Sir Henry Cutts, knt. in 1602, gave žl. per ann. and for candles, il; and to the poor under the
to the
poor for ever.
cliff, upon the bridge and over the bridge, near
Robert Gunſley, Rector of Titſey in Surry; by which he was born, 21.
which he was on
his laft will and teſtament, proved in the Prero.
Sir John Banks, of Aylesford, bart. likewiſe ä
gative Court of Canterbury, Nov. 30, 1618, gave native of this town, and one of its Repreſenta
in truſt the rectory and parfonage of Broadhemp tives in Parliament, by his laſt will, dated Nov.
fton in the co. of Devon, and all lands; tythes,
22, 1697, ordered fix neat and convenient Alms-
and conimodities thereto belonging, to the in-
houſes to be built, and endowed them with 60l.
tent; that after his deceaſe; as ſoon as might be;
per annum, clear of all deductions (t), for the
a licence of Mortmain ſhould be procured, and habitation and maintenance of fix poor aged per-
the ſame conveyed and aſſured to ſuch perſon ſons of both ſexes, to be appointed by his heirs,
or perſons, as ihould be thought adviſeable, to and to keep the ſaid buildings in repair. Theſe
and for the relief and comfort of the poor peo houſes were accordingly erected in the year
ple inhabiting in the pariſhes of Maidſtone and
1700.
Rocheſter, by equal portions; to be beſtowed in
Thomas Bliſs, efq; a native of this town, and
bread every Sabbath day to feed them, and in
ſeveral times one of its Repreſentatives in Parlia-
cloaths to cover them; according as the rents of
ment, in 1720, built a Work-houſe, on which
it would allow every year.
he expended upwards of 700l. for the benefit of
The licence of Mortmain was afterwards pro the poor of this town and pariſh, on a piece of
cured, and the rectory and its appurts. conveyed ground on which ſeveral pariſh houſes before
CH A R I TI E S.
and on which le
(p) He was third fon of Robert Davy, of Efon in the co.
of Norfolk, gent. He died May 11, 1649; and lies buried
in this church. On his monument this land is ſaid to be of
the value of col. per annum.
.
(9) Colleet. Ang. Min. part ii, p. 39.
(*) Ibid. p. 19. At the corner of Eaft-lane next the high
town, there was an tiently a houſe having ſeveral Gothic
ärches in it, and ſeveral rooms vaulted with ſtone; which in
the old deeds of it, was named the priory er friery. This
VOL. II.
2 H
houſe was purchaſed about 40 years ago by Mr. Blunt, an
Apothecary of this town.
(s) Newton's Hift. Maidſtone, p. 116. Guillim, p. 239:
(t) An act of Parliament paſſed in 1721, to enable the
Earl of Aylesford to ſell certain eſtates leaſehold and of inhe-
ritance in this county, which eftates were charged with the
above Gol. per annum, the other remaining lands tabject to
this charity being very conſiderable.
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118
of K E N T.
The H I S T O RY
of 50s.
The TOWN and PARIS H of MAIDSTO N E.
ſtood. It is a large brick building, three ſtories of fir Moile Finch, knt, and bart. Viſcounteſs Maid-
high, 9.1 feet in length, and 20 in breadth, and ſtone, with limitation of that honor to her heirs
has a large kitchen behind it, ſuitable to the male (v); and K. Charles I, by let. pat. July
number of inhabitants the houſe contains.
12, in his 4th year, conferred on her the title of
By the care and influence of Dr. Johah Wood-
Counteſs of Winchelfea to her and her heirs male,
ward, Curate of this pariſh, two Charity Schools
Earls of Winchelſea.
were ſet up in 1711 in this town, to which feve She died March 13; 1633, having had iſſue
ral charitable perſons at different times after eight fons (w) and four daughter's ; of whom fir
wards gave their benefactions of money; and Thomas Finch, knt. the ſecond, but eldeſt ſurviva
Mrs. Martha Godden, in the year 1721, gave two ing ſon, ſucceeded her in titles, being the firſt
pieces of land to it for ever, of the annual value Earl of Winchelſea and Viſcount Maidſtone, and died
.
on Nov. 4, 1634, leaving iſſue by Cecelia his wife,
32 toy bus ithio
Mr. John Barrington, gent, who died June 24,
ſiſter of fir John Wentworth, bart. three fons and
1738 (u), beſides being a good benefactor to the
five daughters; of whom Heneage, the eldeſt,
above-mentioned charity. ſchools in his life-time,
ſucceeded him as Earl of Winchelſea and Viſcount
directed his executors by his laſt will, after his
Maidſtone, and on June 26, anno 12 Charles II,
debts, legacies, and funeral expences were paid,
was by let. pat. further dignified with the title
to diſpoſe of the ſurplus of his eſtate, which was
of Baron Fitzherbert, of Eaſtwell, to him and his
only perſonal, to the relief of ſo many poor fa-
heirs male, and was conſtituted Lord Lieutenant
milies in this pariſh as they ſhould think had
and Cuſtos Rotulorum of this county, and Gover-
moſt need of it, not exceeding 51. in one family.
nor of Dover Caſtle. He died in 1689, having
Accordingly there was diſtributed the ſum of
been four times married, and having had iſſue
1841. 35. 60. beſides 81. directed by him to be
27 children, 16 of whom lived to maturity.
given to 12 poor widows, not receiving alms of
His firſt lady was Diant, daughter of Francis,
the pariſh, in equal portions. Los
Lord Willoughby of Parham, by whom he had no
iſſue that ſurvived him ; his ſecond was Lady
Yohn Bell, eſq; gave iol. the intereſt of it to
be laid out in bread for the poor yearly on Chriſt-
Mary, ſecond daughter to William Seymour, Duke
Was-day.
of Somerſet, by whom he had ſeven fons (x) and
four daughters; his third was Catherine, daugh-
An unknown perſon gave a ſilver plate, for
ter of fir Thomas Norcliffe, knt. by whom he had
collecting the offerings made at the altar.
iſſue two daughters; and his fourth was Eliza-
Nicholas Toke, eſq; in 1734, gave a large filver beth, daughter and heir of John Ayres, of Lor-
flaggon, for the uſe of the altar.
don, eſq; by whom he had one fon (y) and two
Mrs. Elizabeth Blechenden, in 1734, gave a fil daughters.
ver diſh, for the ſame ufe.
He was ſucceeded as Earl of Winchelſea and
Mr. Edward Hunter, the firſt Mayor after the Viſcount Maidſtone, &c. by his grandſon, Charles,
grant of the new charter in 1748, erected ſix
the poſthumous fon and heir of his eldeſt ſon,
alms-houſes in Maidſtone, in the road leading William, Lord Viſcount Maidſtone, who being the
from thence to the Mote, and during his life per third Earl of Winchelſea, was conſtituted Lord
mitted fix perſons to dwell in the ſame, rent free; Lieutenant of this county, and Lieutenant of
and by his laſt will deviſed 81. per annum to each Dover Caſtle and the Cinque Ports. He married
of three men and three women, who ſhould in-
Sarah, daughter of Henry Nourſe, of Woodlands
habit therein rent free, to be nominated from
in the co. of Wilts, eſq; by whom he had one
time to time by the Right Hon. Lord Romney, the fon, Thomas, who died an infant.
perpetual Curate of Maidſtone, and the Recorder
He died on Aug. 14, 1712, without ſurviving
of Maidſtone, for the time being, whom he ap-
iſſue, upon which his honors deſcended to He-
pointed truſtees of his faid charity.
neage his uncle, ſecond ſon of Heneage, Earl of
Winchelſea, and brother to William, Lord Viſcount
.
Maidſtone, his father.
K. JAMES I, by let. pat. dated July 8, in his Heneage, fourth Earl of Winchelſea, married
21ſt year, created Lady Elizabeth Finch, widow Anne, daughter of fir William King smill, of Sid.
T I T L E S.
(u) He lies buried in the weſt end of the church of Maid.
Rone.
(v) She was the only daughter and heir of fir Thomas He-
neage, knt.
(w) Sir Theophilus Finch, knt. the eldeſt ſon, died in her
life-time, without iſſue, and for Heneage Finch, knt. Sergeant
at Law, and Recorder of the city of London, was anceſtor to
the preſent Earl of Winchelſea and Nottingham, as will be
mentioned below.
(x) William, Viſcount Maidfone, the eldest ſon, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Windham, of Felbridge-ball
in the co. of Norfolk, efq; and was ſlain in a ſea-fight with
the Dutch, on May 28, 1672, leaving iſſue one daughter,
Marianne, and his lady, then big with child of a ſon, who
was born on Sept. 26, 1672, and named Charles, and fuc-
ceeded his grand-father in honors and eſtates, as will be
mentioned below. The reſt of his brothers all died without
iſſue.
() John, the ſon, ſucceeded afterwards to the titles of
Earl of Winchelſea, &c.
monton

The HISTORY of KËN T. 119
as has been
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
monton in Hampſhire, eſq; and died on Sept. 30, Viſcount Maidſtoney and Baron Finch of Daventry,
1726, without iſſue; upon which his titles de and is at prefent unmarried (e).
fcended to the Hon. John Finch, only ſon of He He bears for his arms quarterly, iſt and 4th,
neage, Earl of Winchelſea, &c. by his fourth wife;
Argent, 'a chevron between three griffin's paſſant,
Elizabeth, daughter of John Ayres, eſq;
fable, for Finch--2d, and 3d, Gules, 3 lions ram-
Which Fohn, Earl of Winchelſea, Viſcount Maid pånt, or, for Fitzherbert. For his creſt: On a
ſtone, &c. dying without iſſue on September 9, wreath a flying borſe, argent, winged and ducally
1729 (2), thoſe titles deſcended to Daniel, ſecond gorged, or. And for his ſupporters : On the right,
Earl of Nottingham, fon and heir of fir Heneäge a flying horſe as the creſt; and on the left, a grifin
Finch, knt. ſon and heir of for Heneage (à), fourth fable, dacally collared or.
fon of fir Moile Finch, knt, and bart. by Elizabeth
his wife, who was created Counteſs of Winchelſea
BOTA NÝ.
and Viſcountefs Maidſtone, as has been already
The following ſcarce plants have been ob-
mentioned.
ſerved by our Botaniſts in this pariſh.
Daniel, Earl of Winchelſea and Nottingham, was Pimpinella faxifraga major degener fete foliis dif-
conſtituted Lord Lieutenant and Cuſtos Rotulorum
Sečtis; Great burnet ſaxifrage, with divided leaves(f).
of this county, and afterwards was ſucceſſively Mentha anguſtifolio Spicato, glabra, folio rugo-
employed in different great offices of truſt, be-
hore, odore graviore; Spearmint, with a rugged leaf
ing much eſteemed for his learning and eminent
and a ſtronger ſcent (g).
abilities. He departed this life on January 21, Mentha ſylveſtris candicans odore ſativi; hairy
1730, having been twice married ; firſt, to Lady
mint (h):
oibos
Effex, daughter and coheir of Robert Rich, Earl
Convolvulus flore minimo ad unguem fere fecto (i).
of Warwick, by whom he had one daughter; re Anblatum cordi five aphyllon ; toothwort, in the
condly, to Anne, only daughter of Chriſtopher, woods about this pariſh (k).
Viſcount Hatton, by whom he had iſſue five ſons
Geranium montanum fuſcum ; fpotted mountain
and eight daughters (b), of whom the eldeſt ſon
craneſvill (1), at Tovell in the valley behind the
Daniel ſucceeded him in the titles of Earl of
mill.
Winchelſea and Nottingham, Viſcount Maidſtone,
Nidus avis mifhapen orchis, or birdſneſt (m).
&c. and married firſt, the Lady Francès, daugh-
Lapathum ſativum fanguineum ; blood dock (n).
ter of Bafil Fielding, Earl of Denbigh, by whom
Ariſtolochia clematitis ; climbing birthwort (0).
he had iſſue one daughter, Lady Charlotte, and
Fungits pene' albus, prona parte erinaceus; in-
on her death, in Sept. 1734; he married ſecond-
bricated bydnum (P).
by, Mary, daughter and coheir of fir Tho. Pal.
mer, of Wingham, in this co. Baronet, and by
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
her who died on Auguſt 8, 1757, he had iſſue
four daughters, Lady Heneage, Lady Eſex, Lady MAIDSTONE is within the dioceſe of Canterbury
Hatton, and Lady Auguſta (c), and dying in Au and deanry of Sutton, and is exempt from the ju.
guſt 1769, æt. 81, without male iſſue was fuc riſdiction of the Archdeacon.
ceeded in honors by his nephew George Finch, The church ſtands at the weſtern part of the
Efq; only ſon of the Right Hon. William Fincb, town, on the bank of the river Medway. It
Efq; ſecond and next brother to Daniel, Earl of
was at firſt dedicated to the Virgin Mary, but
Winchelſea, lait mentioned by his ſecond wife,
when Archbp. Courtney had rebuilt the chancel,
Lady Charlotte, ſecond daughter of Thomas, Earl
and refitted the reſt of it, on his having obtained
of Pomfret (d).
a licence in the 19th year of K. Richard II. to
The Right Hon. George Finch, above-mentioned, make it collegiate, he dedicated it anew to All
is the preſent Earl of Winchelſea and Nottingham, Saints.
(%) On his death without male iſſue, the title of Baron
Fitzberbert became extinct.
(a) Sir Heneage Finch, knt. Sergeant at Law, and Recor-
der of London, married Frances, daughter of
fir Edmund Bell,
of the co. of Norfolk, knt. by whom he had iſſue one ſon and
three daughters. Heneage the ſon was bred to the law, and
whilft Solicitor General was knighted and made a Baronet ;
he was afterwards appointed Keeper of the Great Seal, and
on Jan. 10, 1674, was created a Baron of this realm, by the
title of Lord Finch of Daventry in the co. of Northampton,
and made Lord Chancellor of England, and on May 12, 1681,
Earl of Nottingham. He died that year, leaving iſſue by
Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. William Harvey, ſeven fons and
one daughter ; of whom Daniel fucceeded him as Earl of Not-
tingham, and became afterwards likewiſe Earl of Winchel-
fea, &c. as above-mentioned ; and Tiereage, the ſecond, was
creared Baron of Guernſey and Earl of Ajlesfo.d.
(6) The deſcendants of Daniel, Earl of Winchelſea and
Nottingham, by Anne, daughter of Chriſtopher, Viſcount Hat-
ton, are, in right of their mother, of confanguinity to Abp.
Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No. 3. 125. 74.
(c) Their deſcendants, in right of their mother, Mary
Palmer, are again of conſanguinity to Archbp. Chichele. See
Stem. Chich. No. 157. 443.
(d) He had iſſue likewiſe four daughters, Charlotte, Fran.
ces, Sophia, and Henrietta.
(e) See a fuller account of the family of Finch, under Eaffe
well.
(f) Raii Synopſis, p. 213. (g)
Ibid.
p. 233.
(b) Hudſoni Flo. Angl. p. 250,
(i) Raii Synopſis, p. 276. (k) Ibid. p. 288.
(1) Ibid. p. 360. (m) Ibid. p. 382.
(n) Hudfoni Flo. Angl. p. 153. (0) Ibid. p. 394.
(0) Ibid. p. 628.
The

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The HISTORY o of K E N T.
The TOWN and PARIS Hof MAIDSTONE.
The ſtalls for the Maſter and Fellows of the year of K. Henry VIII, exchanged the advowſon
college are ſtill remaining in the chancel, in and patronage of the college and church, with
which the arms of Archbiſhop Courtney appear in the King, among other premiſes therein men-
ſeveral places, but no where in the body of tioned, to hold to him and his fucceffors for
the church, which makes it probable the latter ever(s).
was part of the old pariſh church of St. Mary, Upon the diſſolution of the college, in the ift
and not rebuilt by the Archbiſhop. The church year of K. Edward VI, the rectory and advow-
is a large handſome building, conſiſting of a ſon of this church became both veſted in the
nave, great chancel and two ſide iſles. The nave
crown,
and the church was left, thro' the King's
is in length 163 feet, and in breadth 91 feet ; favor, to the inhabitants of this town and pariſh,
the great chancel is 63 feet in length, and in as it had been before it was made collegiate, the
breadth 30 feet, and the illes 17 feet in breadth; grant of it, together with the church-yard be-
the roof is lofty, and is covered throughout with ing confirmed to them by the charter granted by
lead. At the weſt end it has a handſome well K. James 1. in his ſecond year, for their pariſh
built tower, on which there was a ſpire covered church and church-yard for ever, for the pur-
with lead, near eighty feet high, which was burnt poſe of celebrating divine ſervice, burying their
down by lightning on Nov. 2, 1730. In the dead, &c. as the ſame was then uſed. udo isa 10
tower are eight muſical bells, a clock, and Whilſt the college remained, the pariſh found
chimes.
no ill effects from the appropriation of the rec-
In the year 1700 the body of the church was tory, as the Maſter and Fellows cauſed divine
neatly and regularly pewed; on each ſide is a offices to be conſtantly performed in the church,
commodious gallery, one of which was built at the and the cure of the pariſh to be properly ſerved,
expence of fir Robert Marſham, bart, then one of but when the college was diffolved, and the
the repreſentatives for this town, and afterwards great and ſmall tythes appropriated to it were
created Lord Romney.
granted away by the Crown, the pariſhioners ſuf-
There were antiently in this church numbers fered much from the ſcantineſs of the proviſion
of inſcriptions on braſs plates, as well on the mo remaining for a perſon properly qualified to un.
numents as grave-ſtones, which are now almoſt dertake the cure of fo large and populous a pariſh,
all torn away. In the middle of the great chan a ſmall ſtipend only with the oblations, obvena
cel there is a tombſtone, raiſed a little above the tions, &c. being all that was left for the officiat.
pavement, with the marks of the portraiture of ing Miniſter, under the title of perpetual Curate.
a Biſhop in his mitre and robes, and of an in King Edward VI. in his 4th year, granted to fir
ſcription round' it, but the braſs of the whole is Thomas. Wyatt, knt. among other premiſes, this
torn away. This is ſuppoſed to be the ceno rectory of Maidstone, to hold in capite by knight's
taph of Archbiſhop Courtney, the founder of this ſervice (t); but he engaging in a rebellion in the
church, for it was the cuſtom in thoſe times for firſt year of Queen Mary, forfeited it with the
perſons of eminent, rank and quality to have reſt of his eſtates to the Crown, whence the pa.
tombs erected to their memory in more places tronage of the curacy was granted by that Queen
than one (9
Nov. 5, in her 6th year, to Abp. Cardinal Pool,
The Rectory of this church, with the chapels of
and his fucceffors for ever, and ſhe demiſed the
Looſe and Detling annexed, was appropriated by
rectory of this church for a term of years to
Archbiſhop Courtney, by the bull of Pope Boni.
Chriſtopher Roper, ela; (u) the ſame being then of
face the gth (r), with the King's licence, in the
the value of 8 il. ().
19th year of K. Richard II, to his new-founded Q Elizabeth, in her 3d yeats, granted the re-
college here, but the patronage of the adyowſon,
verſion of this rectory in exchange, among other
it ſeems, he reſerved to himſelf and ſucceſſors ; premiſes, to Matthew, Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
in which ſtate it remained till Archbiſhop Cran-
and his ſucceſſors, at which time it was valued
mer, by his indenture, Nov. 30, in the 29th
as follows:
(9) The Archbiſhop was ſon of Hugh Courtney, Earl of
Devonſhire, by Margaret, daughter of Humphry Bohun, Earl
of Eſſex and Hereford, accordingly the arms of Courtney and
Bohun impaled, are in ſeveral parts of this chancel. The
Archbiſhop died at his palace at Maidſtone in 1396, and in
the firſt part of his will directed his body to be buried in the
cạthedral church of Exeter, where he had formerly been a
Prebendary; afterwards, lying on his death-bed, he changed
his mind in this point, and holding his body unworthy of
burial in his metropolitical, or any other cathedral or colle-
giate church, he wills to be buried in the church-yard of his
collegiate church at-Maidſtone, in the place deſigned for John
Boteler, his Eſquire; but it appears by a leiger book of
Chriſt Church, Canterbury, that K. Richard II. happening
to be then at Canterbury, when the Archbiſhop was to be bu-
ried, perhaps at the requeſt of the monks, over-ruled the
Archbiſhop's intention, and commanded his body to be there
entombed, where he lies, under a fair monument of alabaſter,
with his portraiture on it, at the feet of the Black Prince.
Thus Somner, Godwin, M. Parker, and Camden ; but IVeeren
thinks, notwithſtanding the above, that he was buried under
his tomb in this chancel at Maidfone.
(r) Folio Chriſt Church Mir.
(s) Augtn. off. box A. 21.
(t) Rot. Eſch. 'ejus an. ps. 6.
(u) Wilkins's Councils, vol. iv, p. 117.
(v) Folio Chriſt Church Mi.
The

The HISTORY of 2 K & N T. 121
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FREE
CHAPEL.
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main ,
The TOWN and PARIS H of M Á IDSTON E.
£
The curacy is not in charge in the King's
The rectory, with the tenths, per ann. 36 0
Books.
The barn and the tenths of the chapel
In the 37th year of Q. Elizabeth Levin Buf-
of Looſe
5 13 4
kin was farmer of the rectory, under the Arch-
The barn, tenths, and glebe of the
biſhop (t). In 1643 fir Edward Henden, knt. one
chapel of Detling
of the Barons of the Exchequer, was leffee of this
The tenths in the N. E. of Maidłone. 9 0
The tenths of Loddington
rectory. In 1741 Thomas Bliſs, eſq; held the leaſe
6
of it of the Archbiſhop. It afterwards came into
The tenths in Eſtrey
the poffeffion of the William Horſmonden Turner,
Repriſes :
£: 74 0 whoſe widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, of Harri.
To the chief prieſt of Maidſtone 20
etſham place, is the prefent poffeffor of it. On
To the prieſt his aſſiſtant
To another chaplain there 6 13 4
ad
To the curate of Looſe
2 13 4
To the curate of Detling
2 13
There was another church, or rather a free
£. 38 14 4
chapel, dedicated to St. Faith, and ſituated in the
Notwithſtanding theſe deductions made in this
northernmoſt part of the town from that above-
valuation, and the allowance for three prieſts to
mentioned, being moſt probably erected for the
this cure, it does not appear that there was after
uſe of thoſe inhabitants of this pariſh, who lived
this more than one appointed to officiate here,
at too great a diſtance to frequent the other.
to whom the Archbiſhop paid a ſalary of only iol.
It ſeems to have been ſurrendered up into the
per annum.
King's hands, in conformity to the act of the iſt
Archbiſhop Whitgift, on his preferment to the
year of K. Edward VI, and, with the church-
fee of Canterbury, in 1583, augmented the cu-
yard, to have been purchaſed of the Crown af-
rate's ſalary iol. per annum (n); ſo that in' 1643 terwards by the inhabitants ; but whether then
it appears he had, 20l. per annum paid him quar-
uſed for religious worſhip does not appear. Some
terly; at which time the rent from the tenant of time afterwards it was become part of the eſtate
the rectory to the Archbiſhop was 741. 38. od. per of the Maplefdens, of whom it was purchaſed i
annum (0).
the reign of K. James I, by Arthur Barham, eſq;
Archbp. Juxon, in obedience to the directions who poſſeſſed the manor of Chillington, and other
of K. Charles II, in 1660, for augmenting the
premiſes on or near St. Faith's Green ; at which
time he acknowledged the right of the Corpora-
antient maintenance was not ſufficient for them,
tion to uſe the chapel of St. Faith for divine fer-
made an addition of 371. 6s. 8d. per annum to
vice, and the chapel-yard for burials, if they
)
.
thought fit at any time ſo to do. At preſent
Archbp. Sancroft, among other acts of pious
only the chancel is ſtanding, which for many
beneficence, granted by leaſe, dated July 10,
years was uſed for a place of public worſhip by
1677, to Humphry Lynd, Curate and Preacher of
the Walloons, who ſettled in this town by favor of
Maidſtone, for augmentation of his maintenance Q. Elizabeth : upon the diſperſing of this con-
in ſupply of that cure, all the ſmall tythes of the
gregation by Archhp. Laud in 1634, this chapel
was ſhut up for ſome ſmall time, when it was
boroughs
s. of Week(9) and Stone within this pa-
riſh, all the commodities of the church-yard,
again opened, and made uſe of by a congrega-
and one moiety of all the ſmall tythes within the
tion of Preſbyterians, who continued to meet
town and borough of Maidſtone (r); yet notwith-
there till about the year 1735, when they built
ftanding theſe generous benefactions, the Curate
themſelves a meeting-houſe elſewhere (u).)
of this pariſh has a maintenance by no means
The ſcite and what remains of this fabric were
proportionable to the greatneſs of his cure and lately the property of the heirs of for Thomas
labour (s). LAM
D IT ! Taylor, bart. of the Park-houſe in this pariſh. It
The rectory is ſtill part of the revenues of the was afterwards purchaſed by Mr. Samuel Fullagar,
Archbiſhop, who nominates the perpetual Curate gent. whoſe ſon, Mr. Chriſtopher Fullagar, of this
of this town and pariſh.
town, is the preſent proprietor of it.
yol
(n) Newton's Hift. Maidſtone, p. 59.
160l. per annum.
Newton's Hiſt. Maidſtone, p. 61. Lod-
(c) Mf. E. H.
ington is ſituated between three and four miles from Maid.
(P) Kennet's Imp. p. 256.
bes fione, and ſeparated by other pariſhes intervening; it is ſaid,
(9) Among the Harleian Mfl. in the Britiſh Muſeum, No. there was once a chapel in it, ſituated in a ſpot now called
2192-4, there is a ſurvey of the manor of Week near Maid Glover's Garden, where of late years ſome ſtones and foun-
fione.
dations have been dug up. I believe the Curates have not
(r) Kennet's Imp. p. 306.
enjoyed theſe tythes for ſome time.
() Upon a trial in the Exchequer in 1707, concerning (+) Coke’s Ent. p. 456.
the Curate's right to the vicarage tythes of Lodington, it was
(u) Part of it is now a dwelling-houſe, and the reſt of it
ſuggeſted, that this curacy was worth zool. per annum; to has been converted into an affembly-room, for the uſe of the
which it was replied, that the legal dues were not more than gentry of this part of the county.
Vol. II.
21
in
CHANTRIES,

t22
The HISTORY of K E N T.
CHANTRIES
obt. 1651.
The TOWN and PARISH of MAIDSTON E.
าๆ
(y) Wm. de Tyrington, 1394-
(z) Guido de Mone, in the
THERE were two chantries founded in this
reign of K. Richard II.
church, one by Robert Vinter in the reign of K.
The laſt Rector,
Edward III, who gave two eſtates in this pariſh,
PERPETUAL CURATEs.
called Goulds and Shepway, for the ſupport of a
prieſt performing certain divine offices in the The Crown. Richard Auger, in the reign
church of Maidſtone, whence it acquired the name
of K. Edward VỊ.
of Goulds Chantry, a full account of which, and of
John Day, in
11553
che poſſeſſors of thoſe eſtates, after its ſuppreſ.
Archbiſhop of Can. Robert Carr, in 1559.
ſion to the preſent owner of them, the Right Hon.
terbury. (a) Robert Barrell, A. M.
Robert, Lord Romney, has already been given in
1602.
the defcription of them (v).
(6) Samuel Smith, intruded in
The other chantry was founded by Thomas
1643
Arundell, Archbp. of Canterbury, in the year 1405,
Thomas Wilſon, A. M. 1643,
being the 7th of K. Henry IV, who, July 4th,
that year, granted his licence to the Archbp. to
John Crump, ejected in Aug.
appropriate the parſonage of Northfleet, of the
Total to 1662.
Archbiſhop's own patronage, to the founding of
(c) John Davis, obt. July 3,
two chantries of three chaplains; one of two
1677.
chaplains in Chriſt Church in Canterbury, and the
(d) Humphry Lynde, 1687.
other of one in this collegiate church, at the
Edward Roman, obt. 1692.
altar of St. Thomas Martyr, to celebrate daily
(e) Gilbert Innis, A. M. July
ſervice for his ſoul, &c. for which the Archbp.
15, 1692, obt. May 5,
granted, that he ſhould have a yearly ftipend of
1711.
10 marés, or 61. 135. 4d. paid to himn out of
(f) Joſiah Woodward, S.T.P.
the ſaid parſonage.
The advowſon or donation remained with the
(8) Samuel Weller, LL. B.
ſeveral Archbiſhops of Canterbury till Archbiſhop
1712, obt. 1753.
Cranmer, by his indenture, Nov. 30, in the 29th
(6) John Denne, A.M. 1753.
year of K. Henry VIII, conveyed his right in
The preſent Curate.
it to the King, and his fucceffors, in exchange
for other premiſes (w).
B 0 X L E Y.
This chantry was diſſolved by the act of the
DJOINING to Maidſtone north-eaſtward
Iſt year of K. Edward VI, at the ſame time the
lies the pariſh of Boxley, written in Domes-
college itſelf was ſuppreſſed.
day, Boſeleu, and in the Textus Roffenfis, Boxele
and Boxle.
obt. Aug. 6, 1712.
TOT
CHURCH OF MAIDSTONE.
Η Ι Τ
1 THE
MANOR
and ABBEY.
Boxley, at the time of taking the general ſur-
vey of Domeſday, was part of the vaſt eſtate of
Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent,
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented.
Archbiſhop of Can- (x) John Manſell, obt. in
os terbury.
sob or 1264.
stod v
(v) See above, p. 100.tuod Otsey
UD
(w) See above, p. 114.
Siasa
(x) He was a noted pluraliſt, having eccleſiaſtical dignities
and benefices to the amount of 4000 marcs per annum.
He
was alſo Chief Juſtice of England, of the Privy Council,
Chaplain to K. Henry III, Keeper of the Great Seal, Am-
baſſador to France, and a brave ſoldier. nostow
In 1273 John, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, granted his
licence to Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, to reconcile this
church, which had been under an interdict on account of the
ſpilling of blood in it.
(1) He was made Prebendary of Stow Longa in the church
of Lincoln in 1370, and exchanged it in 1394 for this rectory.
Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 243. He was one of the Exe-
cutors appointed by Archbp. Courtney in his will. Battely's
Somner, part ii, appendix, No. 134. And he was afterwards
Biſhop of St. David's, had the cuſtody of the Privy Seal, and
was twice Treaſurer of England. He reſigned this rectory
on the foundation of the college, and died in 1407. See
Newc. Rep. vol. 1, p. 105.
(a) He was ouſted by the Parliament in 1643. Walker's
Suff. of the Clergy, part ii, p. 202.
(6) He exchanged this curacy with Mr. T. Wilſon for the
rectory of Harriet ham. Newton's Hift. Maidſtone,
P.
66.
(c) And Rector of Otham. He was buried in Maidſtone
church,
G
(d) And Vicar of Boxley.
(e) He was before Vicar of Chiſlet, and then of St. John's
in Thanet, and lies buried in this church.
(f) He was before Curate of the chapel of Poplar in Step-
ney, and held the rectory of Newchurch with this curacy of
Maidſtone. He was the author of a great number of uſeful
traéts, diſcourſes, and fermons, and lies buried in this church.
(g) He ſucceeded his predeceſſor likewiſe in the rectory of
Newchurch, and was afterwards preſented to the rectory of
Sundrijh.
(b) Eldeſt ſon of John Denne, S.T. P. Archdeacon of
Rocheſter.
the

The L H I S T 0 R YU GÌ K Ê N T,
123
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
the Conqueror's half-brother; in which record Monks of the Ciſiertian order here ferving Gods
it is thus deſcribed :
which gift K. Henry III, in his 37th year, con-
RobťLatin' ten' ad firma' Bofeleu p: 7. ſolins ſe
firmed by his letters of inſpeximus (n).
def. T. R. E. mo p. 5. ſolins. Tra' e'. 20. car.
K. Henry III, in his 37th year; granted to
In dnio' funt. 3. car. & 47. villi cu'. 11. bora' bnt.
the Abbat and Convent to hold a market weekly
16. car'. Ibi. 3. Molini de 36. fol. & 8 den'. &
within their manor of Boxley (o).
16. fervi & 20 ac' pti. Silva. 30 porc'. T. R. E. In the 7th year of K. Edward I, the Abhat of
& poft Valuit. 25. lib'. modo. 30. lib'. & tamº
Boxley claimed, before the Juſtices Itinerant, cer-
Cilt bebrua
taen liberties, by the charters of K. Henry and
Robrº reddit 55. lib’ Alnod
Alnod tenuit.
K. Richard, and the confirmation of them by
Which is : Robert Latin holds to ferm Bofeleu. the charter of K. Henry, the then King's fa.
It was taxed at ſeven ſulings in the time of K. Ed ther(P). And he claimed to have warren in all
ward the Confeſſor, and now at five ſulings. The his demeſne lands in Kent and Surry, which he
arable land is 20 carucates. In demeſne there are had in the time of K. Henry, the King's father ;
three carúcates, and 47 villeins, with 11 borderers and that he and his predeceſſors had fully uſed
having 16 carucates. There are three mills of 36 the ſaid liberties, &c.
Millings and eight pence, and 16 ſervants, and 20 The Abbat of Boxley was fummoned to Parliament
acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 30. bogs. twice in the 23d of K. Edward I, once in the
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, and after 24th, and twice in the 28th years of that reign;
wards it was worth 25 pounds, now 30 pounds, and but never afterwards, that I can find (r).
Robert yet pays 55 pounds. Alnod Cilt held it. K. Edward II, in his 15th year, honored this
Four years after the taking the above ſurvey,
abbey with his preſence, where, on Oct. 259
about the year 1084, this eſtate, on the Biſhop of
he granted to the Aldermen and Citizens of Lon.
Baieux's diſgrace, became forfeited to the Crown,
don to nominate a Mayor out of their own body,
among the reſt of his poſſeſſions.
at his will (s). K. Edward III, in his 33d year,
In the year 1146(i), William-de Ipre, Earl
granted to the Abbat, &c. free warren in their
of Kent, who afterwards became a Monk himſelf
manor of Boxele, &c. (t).
at Laon in Flanders (k), founded an abbey at this
In the reign of K. Richard II, the revenues of
place for monks of the Ciftertian order, lome of | which 981. igs. 7d. was in the dioceſe of Can-
this abbey were valued at 2181. 195. rod. of
whom he brought from Claravalle, in Burgundy,
for this purpoſe (1), and dedicated it to the Vir-
terbury (u).
gin Mary, as all the houſes of this order were.
bis
Α Β Β Α Τ S.
K. Richard I, by his let. pat. Dec. 7, in his
iſt year, anno 1189, gave the manor of Boxele, The firſt Abbat of this houſe was named Lan.
with all its appurts. (m), to this abbey, and the
bud
(i) Thus Chron. Mfr. S. Werburgæ et de Parcoludo, Dugd.
feitures of his land, and infangentbef of his tenants, in what-
Mon. p. 827, places it in 1144. Leland, in his Coll. in
ever place it happened; and he claimed to be exempt, he
1143, and "Camden in 1145. :15
and his, in the juriſdiction of the King, from all toll, and all
(k) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 1x.
other cuflom, and in all matters of buying and ſelling, which
(!) The firſt monaſtery of this order in England was at
they might cauſe to be carried by land or by water. And it
Waverly, which was built in 1129 by Walter Gifford, Biſhop
was further found, that the Abbat had in his manor of
of Wincheſter. They were a branch of the Benedi&tines, called
Boxley a free court, &c. and that the tenants of the manor
by the Engliſh, from their habit, White Monks, and likewiſe
ought to plead in the hundred of Maidſtone, pleas of Wither-
Ciftertians ; which laſt name they had from the town of Ciſ-
nam, &c. and that the Abbat ought to allow pannage, &c.
tertium or Ciſteaux, in the biſhopric of Chalons in Burgundy, and that the tenants of the manor owed pontage, and paid it
where this order was firſt inſtituted by Robert, Abbat of Mo-
to Rocheſter Bridge; and they ſay, that Pope Innocent III,
leſme, in the year 1998. There were 85 houſes of this order
in his bull of confirmation of the rights and liberties of the
at the time of the diſſolution in England.
church of Canterbury, granted to Archbp. Hubert, 16 kal.
(m) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 827. See this charter among
Aug. in his ad year, anno 1198, confirmed the juriſdiction
the Harl. Mff. No. 6748–26.
of his ſee over this abbey. Plac. Lib. ejus an. Rot. 56 dorf.
(n) Dugd. ibid.
p. 180. Regift. Chrift Church, Cant. Cart 153.
(6) Cart ejus an. m. 11. Tan. Mon. p. 214. The place
where this market was held was called Farihings.
(s) Stev. Mon. vol. ii, appendix, p. 12. In the reign of
K. Henry III, there were 64 Abbats and 36 Priors ſummoned
(p) Viz. ſoc and fac, tol and theam, and infangthef, and
to Parliament; but this number being thought too great, K.
that he ſhould be exempt from all gelds and danegelds and
Edward III. reduced them to 25 Abbats and two Priors, to
fcutages, and from all penalties concerning murder and theft,
which were afterwards added two more Abbats; ſo that there
and from all burthens in the repair of bridges, caſtles, parks,
were no more than 29 in all, who ſtatedly and conſtantly
warrens, and from all inclofings, hidages, ſhires; lez, hundreds,
enjoyed this privilege, of which only St. Auftin's near Can-
extortions, ſummonſes, aids of the Sherif and his officers, and
terbury was in this county. See Tan. Mon. pref. p. xxvi.
of carrying treaſure, and all aids, and common afize, and the
amercements of the county, and of toll, paſage, and pontage,
(1) Rot. Pat. ejus an. ps. ima.
and of wardpeny and averpeny, bengwyte, flemynfryth, grit-
(1) Cart ejus an. N. 4. Tan. Mon. p. 214.
bruge, foreſtall, hamftar, flotwyte, leftage, and ſtallage, aſarts, (w) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 32, 39.
quatforet. Likewiſe, he claimed to have all manner of fora (v) Lel. Coll. vol. viii, p. 83.
Chao
John,
- 10
bert (v).
Reg. Roff.
See

I24
The HISTORY of K E N T.
INICIL
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
John, Prior of Robertſbridge, was made Abbat It was endowed at its diſſolution with 2041
in 12 16 (W). Robert Rayfelde, in 1494.3 4s. uid. per annum, clear revenue, according to
John Dobbes, the laſt Abbat, and the convent Dugdale, or, according to Speed, with 2181. 98.
of the monaſtery of St. Mary of Boxley, ſurren iod. per annum, yearly income (z). 3
dered the ſame into the hands of K. Henry VIII, The Coat of Arms belonging to this monaſtery
on Jan. 29, in the 25th year of his reign, anno was--Argent, a dexter bend lozenge, gules; on a canton
1537 (x), and it was, together with all the lands of the ad, a crozier or paſtoral fiaff of the field (a).
and poffeffions belonging to it, confirmed to the There was a chapel, dedicated to St. Andrere
King and his heirs, by the general words of the the Apoſtle, founded hard by the outer gate of
act paffed in the 31ſt year of that reiga, for this this monaſtery, which was ſerved by a Curate
purpoſe (y).
appointed for that purpoſe,
A
BIOKLIS
RELE
PETTO
SIGI
VARIS
VOR
NARC
entheir efates and
1090
de bor "
Bio zote tot
The Seal of who Priory of Boxley. ni mori dhe u diploid more
of ti boribb bons toque
In the church of this abbey was the ſtatue of rence for its fanctity by them, for the miracles
St. Rumbald, uſually called by the common peo it was ſaid to perform (b). i yd I budois 2
ple, St. Grumbald, which was held in great reve od 10.100 Body surgeri paris phyfi
Dod
Casal ils doiv
(w) Harl. Mf. N. 247-47.
have any of thoſe monaſteries, their lands or poſſeſſions,
(*) Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 592.
were to hold and enjoy them, according to their
titles, diſcharged and acquitted of payment of tythes, as
() The lands of the Abbey of Boxley, of the order of Cif-
freely and in as large and ample a manner as the late Abbats,
tertians, were as fuch, in particular circumſtances exempted
Priors, &c. of the fame, before held them. Burn's Eccl.
from the payment of tythes. Pope Pafchal II. exempted all the
Law, vol. iii, p. 381.
LOY 90
Od 1.0
religious in general from the payment of tythes for lands in
In the Regiſtrum Roffenſe, p. 185, are the names of the
their own occupation, and this continued till the reign of K.
fields and other premiſes in the pariſh of Boxley, of which
Henry II, when Pope Hadrian 17. reſtrained this exemption
the Abbat and Convent here ſhould in future be free and ex. .
to the three religious orders of Ciftertians, Templars, and
empt from the payment of all tythes, whilſt they were in
Hoſpitallers, to which Pope Innocent III. added a fourth, viz.
their own hands; imprimis, above the hills Weftfelde, Wel-
the Præmonftratenſes, from whence theſe were generally called
Dynge, Chalnecroft, Pyndecroft, Eaſtfelde, Horcrofte, Polle.
the four privileged orders. After which the General Council
belle, Helffedefelde, Hoferſland, Sneggemede, La Breche, Cucko-
of Lateran, in 1215, further reſtrained this exemption to
welcrofte Major, Cukebake, part of Weeldeflade, and the
lands in their own occupation, and thoſe which they poſſeſſed woods alſo called Monkedoune, Charmanneſzwode, Pourefwode,
before that time. After this the Cipertians procured bulls
L..thegrove, and Sneggrove, and likewiſe Wymardeſmede.
to exempt all their lands likewiſe, which were letten to farm.
Reg. Roff. p. 185.
To reſtrain which the ftatute of the ad of Henry IV, cap. 4,
(z) Tan. Mon. p. 213. On the diſſolution of this mo-
was made, which enacted, that whoever, religious as well as
naſtery, the following penfions were allowed : to the Abbat
ſecular, ſhould put theſe bulls in execution, and purchaſe
gol. fterling yearly; John Graver, Canon there, four marcs;
any others, and by colour thereof ſhould take any advantage
John Godfrey, Canon, 41. Fohn Pack, Canon, 41. Alexander
in any ſhape, ſhould be guilty of a præmunire. This reſtrained
Wimbhurft 41. George Downham 41. George Squire 41. Wm.
their privilege again to ſuch lands only as they had before
Lorkinge 41. and John Read 21. 135.4d. all which yearly
the Lateran Council above-mentioned; ſo that the lands they
penſions were for life, or until the perſon was promoted to
afterwards acquired are in no wiſe exempted, and this ſtatute
a benefice of equal or ſuperior value. The five laſt of which
left them ſubject to the payment of ſuch compoſition for
penfions were remaining in charge in 1553. Augtn. off.
tythes of their demeſne lands, as they had made with any par Inrolments. Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. ii, p.96.
ticular Rectors, &c. who conteſting their privileges, even (a) Tan. Mon. Arms, N. lxvii. This coat without the
under that head, brought them to compound. This mo-
crozier, as alſo another, being apaſioral flaff, furmounted of
naſtery of Boxley was one of thoſe diffolved by the act of the
a bend, are fill remaining carved in ſtone on the capitals
3ift of K. Henry VIII, the only ones which continued theſe
of two pillars, from which ſprings a ſmall circular arch in the
privileges to their poffeffors afterwards; by which act, as well
garden, at the back of this abbey.
the King, his heirs and ſucceſſors, as all others who ſhould
(6) Lamb. Peramb. p. 246.
K. Henry

Tbe
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H IS TO RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
King Henry VIII, by his indenture, June 14, above premiſes to hir Tho. Wyatt, of Allyngton, knt.
in his 32d year, and inrolled in the Augmenta- | fon of the before-mentioned fir Tho. Wyatt, who
tion-office July 20th following, exchanged with died in the 34th year of that reign, to hold in capite
fir Thomas Wyatt, of Allyngton, knt. for other by knights ſervice. Which fir Thomas Wyatt,
premiſes, the houſe and ſcite of the monaſtery of his ſon, having in the 1ſt year of Q. Mary, with
Boxley, lately diffolved, and the church, ſteeple, other gentlemen of note in this county, raiſed a
and church-yard of the ſame, with all meſſuages,
rebellion, was taken priſoner and committed to
buildings, orchards, lands, &c. as well within as the Tower, and being on his trial found guilty
without and nigh and adjoining to the ſcite, cir-
of high treaſon, he was executed on April 11th
cuit and precinct of it, and his lordſhips of Boxley,
"that year, and his eſtate was confiſcated to the
Hoo, and Newenham-court, with their appurts.
Crown (f). He married Jane, daughter and co-
belonging to the ſaid monaſtery, and all meſſu-
heir of fir William Haut, of Bourne in this county,
ages, lands, tenements, mills, woods, &c. royal-
knt, who ſurvived him, by whom he left iffue a
ties, courts, &c. as well belonging to the ſaid
ſon, George, and two daughters (g).
manors, as in the King's poffeffion, in the pa-
The manor and abbey of Boxley, with the ma-
riſhes, townſhips or hamlets of Boxley, Boxley-
nor of Newnham-court, and the other premiſes
Street, Burley, Burthin, Sandelyng, Wilſon, Wa-
above-mentioned, becoming thus veſted in the
vering, Havurland, Oxefryth, Dunſtreet upon the
Crown, Q. Mary, through her bounty, the next
Hill, and elſewhere in the co. of Kent, belonging
year, granted the manor of Boxley, with Newna
to the ſaid monaſtery; excepting to the King,
ham-court, and ſome few of the lands adjoining
his heirs and ſucceſſors, the parſonage of Boxley,
and belonging to them (b), to the Lady Jane
Wyatt, widow of fir Thomas, and her heirs male,
and the advowſon of the pariſh church, and all
to hold in capite by knight's ſervice (i). On her
glebe lands, tythes, oblations, portions, &c. to
death, her ſon, George Wyatt, ſucceeded to them;
the faid parſonage and church belonging; and
but the abbey ſeems to have continued in the
the King cavenanted to grant an eſtate in fee of
Crown, for Q. Elizabeth, Aug. 10, in her i Ith
the ſaid premiſes to fir Thomas Wyatt, his heirs
year, granted the ſcite and manſion of the mo.
and affigns, by let. pat, under his great ſeal, to
naſtery of Boxley to John Aſtley for 30 years. In
hold by the tenth part of a knight's fee, at the
the 13th year of that reign George Wyatt, eſq;
yearly rent therein mentioned, of which 2os. per
annum was for the manor of Newnham-court (C) which he became poffelled of this feat, and re-
was reſtored in blood by act of Parliament, after
After which theſe premiſes ſeem to have been
fided here, having the fee of it granted to him
again veſted in the Crown ; for the King, Oct.
by the Crown. He died in the year 1624, and
5, in his 34th year, granted to Thomas Vicary,
was buried in the chancel of this church. He
Surgeon, and William Vicary, his ſon, the office
left iſſue by Jane his wife, daughter of fir Thomas
of Bailiff of his manor of Boxley, and of all other
l'inch, of Eaſtwell, knt. five ſons and two daugh-
manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments ap-
ters (k); of whom Francis, the eldeſt ſon, ſuc-
pertaining to the late abbey of Boxley, in Boxley or
ceeded to the manor of Boxley, and the ſeat of
elſewhere, for their natural lives, or the longeſt
the abbey. He was afterwards knighted, and
liver of them, with the fee or wages of 10l. iſſu-
was twice Governor of Virginia. He died Aug.
ing out of the premiſes, and alſo another an-
24, 1644, lies buried in the chancel of this
nuity of 10l. out of them, for the like term (d).
church, haying married Murgaret, daughter of
But it appears by the Eſcheat-rolls (e), that K.
fir Samuel Sandys, of Omberſly in the co. of War-
Henry VIII. in his 38th year, regranted all the
wick, knt. by whom he left two ſons, Henry, his
(c) Deeds of Purchaſe and Exch. Augtn. off. box A. 55.
(2) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. ps. 2.
(F) See a further account of fir Thomas Wyatt, and his
deſcent, under Allington.
(8) Anne, married to Roger Twyſden ; and Jane, to
Charles Scott, of Egarton, ſecond ſon of fir Reginald Scott,
of Scott's Hall, knt
(5) Q. Elizabeth made numbers of grants in different
years of her reign of parcels of this manor, viz. a tenement
and lands to Richard Collen. Augtn. off. Roll I, n. 8.-Lands
to G. Wyatt. R. 2, n. 10.-A park to Wm. Bynham. R. 2,
n. 25.-Lands to John Burges. R. 3, n. 15.- Lands to Robt.
Grove. R. 3, n. 17.-Lands and woods to T. Flood. R. 3,
n. 21.-Lands to James Chapman. R. 4, n. 18.-Woods and
lands to Thomas Summer. R.4, n. 40.-Lands to Robt. Wiſe-
man. R. 4, n. 55.-Lands to . R. 4, n. 56.-Lands to
fir Edward Warner. R. 4, n. 59.-Woods to Cutbburt
Spark. R. 5, n. 3.-Lands to Edward Bynham and others.
VOL. II.
R. 5, n. 5.-Lands to Elizabeth Collier and others. R. 5, n.
12.-Lands to Edward Wyatt. R. 5, n. 15.-Woods to John
Goff. R.6, n. 8.-Lands to John Hill. R.6, n.32.-Woods
to Thomas Somer. R. 6, n. 41.-Lands to Thomas Harriſon.
R.7, n.9.-Lands to John Collier. R. 7, n. 2.-Woods to
Nicholas Barham. R. 7, n. 22.-Woods to George Baker.
R. 7, n. 31.-Tenements to Richard Eare. R. 7, n. 34.
-Premiſes to William Raynham. R. 8, n. 6.-Lands to Eliz.
Kingsmill. R. 8, n. 13.-A park to Nicholas Barham. R.
8, n. 50, 51, 52.-Sundry premiſes to John Webb. R. 9,
n. 2.-The like to John Wheatley. R. 9, n. 33.-and of
lands on Boxley-hill to George Wyatt. Rot. 3, n. 57, 58.
(i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(k) Viz. Francis, his heir; Haute Wyatt, Vicar of this pa.
riſh, who married and left iſſue; Henry, the third fon; and
Thomas, who died in 1625; of the daughters, Eleanora was
the wife of fir John Finch, knt, afterwards Baron of Ford-
qwich.
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126
HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
his firſt wife, daughter and heir of ll ng certain lands of far Thomas Selyard, bart. in Kent, in cer-
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
eldeſt ſon and heir (1), and Edwyn, who after iſſue (o) deviſed it by his laſt will to his only ſur-
wards became poſleſed of this manor, and one viving brother, Richard Wiat, eſq; who died pof-
daughter, who married Thomas Boſvile, of Little ſeffed of it in Dec. 1753, aged near 80. He died
mote in Eynsford, eſq; whoſe daughter Margaret without iffue (P), and by his laſt will bequeathed
became the wife of fir Robert Marſham, barf. it, with other eſtates in this pariſh, to the Right
grandfather of the preſent Lord Romney.
Hon. Robert, Lord Romney (9), the preſent poffef-
Henry Wyatt was of Boxley Abbey, eſq; and mar for of them (r).
ried Jane, daughter of fir Edward Duke, of cof-
A Court Leet and Court Baron is regularly held
fington, knt. by whom he left an only daughter
for this manor, the tenants of which are free-
and heir Frances, who carried this manor and
holders in free focage tenure.
ſeat in marriage to fir Thomas Selyard, bart. (m)
but Edwyn Wiat, the younger brother of Henry Boxley Abbey remained with fir Thomas Sel-
above-mentioned, diſputing at law the Lady Sel yard(s), whoſe ſon, fir Thomas Selyard, bart. left
yard's title to theſe eſtates, recovered the manor iſſue by Elizabeth Forteſcue his wife, two daugh-
of Boxley, with other premiſes in this pariſh and ters and coheirs (t), and they ſold it to Francis
elſewhere; but the Abbey, with the lands belong, Auſten, of Sevenoke, eſq; who quickly afterwards
ing to it, remained in the poſſeſſion of fir Tho paſſed it away to Edward Auſten, eſq; who after-
mas Selyard, as will be mentioned below.
wards, on the death of fir Sheffield Auften, bart.
Edwyn Wiat, eſa; was made a Sergeant at Law,
ſucceeded to the title of Baronet, being grandſon
in 1684(n), and dying Dec. 7, 1714, æt. 85,
of Robert, ſecond ſon of fir Robert Auſten, who
was buried in the chancel of this church, hav was created a Baronet on July 10, 1660.
ing had iſſue by Frances his wife, daughter and Sir Edward Auſten, reſided at Boxley Abbey, and
coheir of Thomas Criſpe, of Quekes, eſq; ſeveral fons having married Suſanna, daughter of Mr. Edward
and daughters ; of whom only Francis and Rich Walfingham, of Callis-court in Ryarſh, died with-
ard ſurvived him, (Edweyn Wiat, eſq; his eldeſt ſon, out iſſue on Dec. 16, 1760 (u). By his laſt will
dying before him, having married Elizabeth, fe he deviſed Boxley Abbey, among the reſt of his
cond daughter and coheir of Edward Hales, of eſtates, to his wife's couſin John, ſon of Mr.
Chilfton, eſq; by whom he had no iſſue.). He was Nicholas Amburſt, in tail general, remainder to
ſucceeded in this manor by his eldeſt ſurviving John Amherſt, of Rocheſter, eſq; and the two ſons
ſon, Francis Wiat, efq; who on his deceaſe without of Mr. James Allen (v), ſubject to Lady Auſten's
(1) Born April 28, 1619.
widow of the late Archdeacon Spratt.
(1x) Sir Thomas Selyard, or Seyllard, as the name was fre (9) Viz. great-grandfon of Elizabeth, fiſter of Mr. Sergeant
quently ſpelt was grandſon of John Seyliard, of Delaware in Wiat, who married Thomus Bofvile, efq; whoſe only daugh-
this county, who by the daughter of Beaumont had two fons ter and heir, Margaret, married for Robert Marjam, grand-
and a daughter; the eldeſt ſon, fir John Selyard, was of father of the preſent Lord Romney.
Chidingstone, knt. and married the daughter of Brocket, of the (n) The manor houſe is ſituated at the upper end of Box-
co. of Hertford, by whom he had fir Thomas, cf Boxley Abbey ley-ftreet, and is now inhabited by the Rev. Mr. Burvill.
above-mentioned, bart, and three daughters, Jane, married (5) Viz. Margaret, who was married to Mr. Nicholas;
to Petley, of Riverhead; Helen, to Farewell, Barriſter at and Elizabeth, to Mr. Medlicott, but neither of them left
Law; and Mary, to Robinſon. The ſecond ſon, John, was
any iſſue.
of Salmons, in Penſhurfi, efq; and was anceſtor to thoſe of (*) In 10 and 11 William III, an act paſſed for the veft-
that place, of Blechingley and of London. Sir Thomas Selyard
tain truſtees, to be ſold for the payment of his fifters
por-
Henry Wyatt, of Boxley Abbey, eſq; fir Thomas Selyard, of that tions charged thereon.
place, bart, and four daughters, of whom Eleanor, the third, (u) Æt. 53, and was buried in Allington church. He bore
married Robert Painter, of Weftram, eją; and died in 1726; for his arms--Argent, a chevron gules between 3 lions paws
and Helen, the fourth, married Humphry Foule, of Rother ered and eraſed ſable. He was ſucceeded in the title by his
field. His ſecond wife was Margaret, daughter of Philip, only brother, Robert Auften, of Terterden, ejg; who died in
Lord Wharton, and widow of Major Dunck, by whom he had 1772, without iſſue, and the title became extinct. See more
iſſue one daughter, Philadelphia. They bore for their arms of this family, under Bexley, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 160.
Azure, a chief ermine; which coat, belonging to an anceſtor (v) Their conſanguinity to Lady Auften was thus : Mr.
of this family, is carved on the roof of the cloyſters of Can Nicholas Amhurſt, of Wef Barming, left ſeveral children; of
terbury cathedral.
the fons, John left a ſon, Nicholus, who by his wife, daugh.
(H) He was a Juſtice of the Peace, Recorder of Canterbury ter of James Allen, and lifter of the two Allens, deviſees in
and Maidſtone, and Burgeſs in Parliament for the latter, and remainder of fir Edward Auften, by a daughter of the above
Chief Juſtice of the Grand Seſſions for the counties of Car Mr. Nicholas Amburf, of West Barming, left John Amburſ,
marthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan. At what time this family now poſſeſſed of Boxley Abbey. George, another ſon of Ni.
altered the antient ſpelling of their name from Wyatt to cbolas, of Weſt Barming, left iſſue a ſon, George, who was
Wiat, I am not certain, though I believe Mr. Sergeant Wiat father of John Amherf, of Rochefier, ela; Two daughters
was the firſt who did ſo.
of the ſaid Nicholas married, the one Edrvard Walfingham,
(o) He reſided at Quehes in Birchington in Thanet. He
of Ryarſ), who had iſſue two daughters, one of whom mar-
married the daughter of Mead, a Turkey Merchant of Lon ried fir Edward Auften, bart, and the other John Miller ;
don, and widow of William Buller, eſq; of the co. of Corne
the other daughter married James Ailen, who had iſſue two
wall, and lies buried in the chancel of this church of Boxley.
fons, the deviſees in remainder of fir Edward Auflen, and a
The Wyatts bore for their arms--Per fejs azure and gules,
daughter, married to Nicholas Amhurst, father of John, now
barnacle argent, the ring or.
of Berfied, the preſent poffeffor of Boxley Abbey, who is mar-
() He married in 1723 the daughter of Dr. Horden, and
ried, but has as yet no iilue.
life,

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NEWNHAM-COURT
viſee and executor, defendant; when a verdict was found for //
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
life, and a power to her of deviſing the fame. part of the poſſeſſions of the family of Hougham,
Lady Auſten, by her will confirmed fir Ed.
of Hougham near Dover in this county, though
ward's diſpoſition of his eſtate (w), and died at that time, as appears by the let. pat. of K.
about five years ago, upon which John Amhurſt, Richard I, in his ift year (b), whereby he granted
eſq; above-mentioned, now of Berſted, ſucceeded the manor of Boxley to the abbey here, that Abbat
to Boxley Abbey, with the reſt of fir Edward Auf and Convent then poſſeſſed fome lands at Wevering,
ten’s eſtates in this county, and is the preſent for the King confirmed in them certain agree-
owner of it (x).
ments made between them and John de Horſpole,
and his ſons, for the land at Wavering, and K.
Henry III, in his 37th year, granted to the Ab-
bat and Convent certain liberties within their de:
is a manor, which, as already has been men-
tioned, belonged to the tbbey of Boxley, and
meſne lands at Wavering, &c. (c) what became of
being after the ſuppreſſion of it granted by K.
this part afterwards, I do not finds but moſt
Henry VIII. to fir Thomas Wyatt, became for probable, it became eſteemed as part of their
feited to the Crown by the attaint of fir Thomas manor of Boxley, and continues fo at this time.
Wyatt, his fon, in the iſt year of Q. Mary, and
Anotber part of Wavering ſeems about the ſame
remained there till Q. Elizabeth, Aug. 10, in
time to have been veſted in the family of Bourne,
her 11th year, granted it for 30 years to John
of Bourne near Barham in this county; John de
Aſtley, eſq; Maſter of her Jewels, and afterwards
Bourne held lands in Wavering in the reign of K.
by her let. pat. Jan. 15, in her 26th year, the
Henry III, and in the next reign had a charter
of free warren for his lands here, and elſewhere
granted the fee of it to his ſon, fir John Aſtley,
in this county (d).
knt. (y) who alienated it to his nephew, fir Nor-
NO
ton Knatchbull(z), who was afterwards on Aug.
But the greateſt part of Wavering, as well as
4, anno 1641, created a Baronet,
the manor itſelf appears to have continued veſted
in the family of Hougham.
He alienated this manor, in the reign of K.
Charles II, to fir John Banks, bart. who died
Robert de Hougham died ſeiſed of it in the ad
ſeiſed of it on Oct, 18, 1699, leaving iſſue two
year
of K. Edward I, when it was found, that
he held of the King in capite in Wewringe 40S.
daughters his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, married
to Heneage Finch, ſecond ſon of Heneage, Earl
rent, rendering this ſervice from it, that when-
of Nottingham, eldeſt ſon of John Savile, of Meth-
ever the King ſhould march with his army to-
wards Wales, he ſhould find a horſe of the price
ley in the co. of York, eſq; and on the diviſion
of 5s. with a wallet, and a broche, for 40 days,
of their inheritance this manor was allotted to
at the King's coſt (e).
Elizabeth, whoſe huſband, Heneage Finch, became
His fon of the ſame name, died ſeiſed of it in
in her right entitled to it.
the 29th year of that reign, holding it in capite
On March 15, 1703, he was created Baron of
by the like ſervice (ee). His daughter, Benedieta
Guernſey in the co. of Southampton, and on Oct.
de Hougham, carried her intereſt in this place in
19, 1714, Earl of Aylesford in this county, and
marriage to John de Shelving, of Shelvingbourne,
his great-grandfon, the Right Hon. Heneage Finch,
ſon of W'aretius, whoſe father, John, by marriage
Earl of Aylesford, is the preſent poffeffor of this
with Helen, daughter and heir of John de Bourne,
manor (a.
about the end of K. Edward I, poſſeſſed like-
There is no Court held for this manor, which
wiſe his property in Wavering.
is fubordinate to the manor of Boxley.
John de Shelving, the grandſon, died ſeiſed of
this manor in the 4th year of K. Edward III,
WAVERING,
holding it in capite by the ſervice above-men-
in this pariſh, was once accounted a manor, and tioned (f), and his wife, Benedikta, died poſſeſſed
ſeems in the reign of K. Richard I. to have been of it in the 22d year of that reign (8), upon
(ru) After which one of the Allens above-mentioned dying, ſon of Thomas Knatchbull, of Maidſtone, by Eleanor, daugh
Lady Auften, by a codicil, deviſed his contingent intereſt in ter of John Affley, and ſiſter of fir John Affley, knt, which
that third part, which he would have been intitled to in re Thomas was ſon of Richard, and younger brother of fir Nor-
mainder, after the death of Mr. John Amhurſt without heirs, ton Knatchbull, of Merſham, knt. who married Bridget, eldeſt
to the ſaid Allen's children, to prevent that part of the de fifter of the above Eleanor Alley.
viſe lapſing. John Amhurſ, her executor, proved the will, (a) The manor houſe, now uſed as a farm-houſe, is fitu-
but not the codicil; on which an iſſue was tried at the Lent ated at the ſouth-eaſt corner of this pariſh, on the north
alizes in 1774, whether the codicil was good and legally ſide of the road leading from Pinnenden-bearb to Berſted-greitis
executed by Lady Auften, the heirs of the ſaid Allen de See more of this family, under Aylesford.
ceaſed being plaintiffs, and the above John Amhurſt, the de (6) See above, p. 123.
(c) Tan. Mon. p. 214.
the plaintiffs.
(d) Viſtn, 1619, pedigr. Bourne.
(x) See more of the Amhurſts, under both the Farleighs (e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 14. A broche is a large vefiel
and Barmings.
of leather to carry wine in.
(1) See Allington.
(ee) Rot. Eſch. N 48.
(z) Philipott, addenda to p. 9o. He was eldeſt ſurviving ( Rot, Eſch. (8) Ibid.
which
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128
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The HISTORY of
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED,
the Lady Selyard's title to it, recovered it, with
the manor of Boxley, and other eſtates here
and elſewhere, and died poffeſſed of Wovering
on Dec. 7, 1714; after which it was poſſeſſed in
like manner as Boxley manor above-mentioned,
ſucceſſively by his two ſurviving ſons, Francis, and
Richard (n); the latter of whom likewiſe deceaf.
ing without iſſue in Dec. 1753, it came by his
laſt will to the Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney,
the preſent proprietor of it.
The fee-farm of this manor was purchaſed of
the Crown by fir Robert Marſham, knt, in the
reign of K, Charles II, by virtue of the act
paſſed for the ſale of the ſame,
There is no Court held for this manor, which
is now included in the paramount manor of
Boxley.
erotis
V IN TERS,
which it came to their daughter and heir Bene-
dieta, the wife of ſir Edmund de Haute, of Hauts-
court in Petham, knt. (b) ſon of fir Henry de Haute,
knt, of Wadenhall, in this county, who died be-
fore his father, leaving iſſue two ſons; of whom
Nicholas Haut, the eldeſt ſon, fucceeded him
here, being 19 years of age, at the death of his
grand-facher, in anno 44 Edward III. (i)
He left iſſue by Alice his wife two ſons, Ni-
cholas, who was of Petham, and William Haut,
of Biſhopſbourne, efq; who poſſeſſed this manor
of Wavering. His fon fir Richard Haus, knt. fuc-
ceeded to it on his death, and was beheaded at
Pontefract-caſtle, by order of K. Richard III.
From him it deſcended down to his great-grand-
fon, fir William Haute, of Biſhopſbourne, knt. who
lived in the time of K. Henry VIII. He was
thrice married, but left iſſue only by his ſecond
wife, Mary, relict of Chriſtopher Kempe, daugh-||
ter of fir Richard Guldeford, knt. two daughters
and coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, the eldeſt, married
to Thomas Colepeper, eſq; eldeſt ſon of fir Alexan-
der Colepeper, of Bedgbury, knt. and Jane, to fir
Thomas Wyatt, of Allington in this county, knt.(k)
On the partition of their inheritance, the ma-
nor of Wavering was allotted to fir Thomas Wyatt,
in right of his wife (1); but he being convicted
of high treaſon, and attainted in the iſt year of
Q. Mary, it was, among the reſt of his eſtates,
forfeited to the Crown, where it remained till
Q. Elizabeth, in her 24th year, reſtored it to
Lady Jane Wyatt, widow of fir Thomas, and her
fon, George Wyatt, efq; for three lives ; but the
reverſion remained in the Crown till K. Charles
1. granted the fee of it to Stephen Alcock, of Ro-
cheſter, eſq; who alienated the ſame to fir Francis
Wyatt, kni, ſon of George Wyatt above-mention-
ed (m), who then poſſeſſed the before-mentioned
term in this manor, and he died poffeffed of it
on Aug. 24, 1644. He left iſſue two ſons,
Henry and Edwyn, and a daughter Elizabeth,
married to Thomas Boſvile, of Eynsford, eſq; whoſe
daughter and heir Margaret, married fir Robert
Marſham, bart. grandfather of the preſent Lord
Romney. Henry Wyatt, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, pof-
feſſed this manor, and left an only daughter and
heir Frances, who carried it in marriage to fir
Thomas Selyard, bart. but Edwyn Wiat, eſq; Ser-
geant at Law, the ſecond ſon, diſputing at law
uſually called Vintners, is a manſion fituated in
the ſouthern part of this pariſh, which antiently
afforded both ſeat and ſurname to the poſſeſſors
of it.
Roger Vinter reſided here, and was one of the
Conſervators of the Peace for this county in the
18th year of K. Edw. III, anno 1343 in the 40th
year of which, he founded a chantry in Maidſtone
church, called Goulds chantry, from the eſtate
with which he endowed it (o). He died ſeiſed
of this ſeat in the 47th year of that reign, leav-
ing john Vinter his heir, who in the roth year
of K. Henry IV, ſold it to John, ſon of fir Ralph
de Fremingham, of Looſe, knt. (p) who died ſeiſed
of it two years afterwards, without iſſue, on
which it came to Roger Iſey, of Sundriſh, as
neareſt of blood (q), and in his deſcendants Vin-
ters continued down to fir Henry Tey, knt. who
by the act of the ad and 3d of K. Edward VI,
procured his lands in this county to be diſga-
velled.
Being concerned in the rebellion raiſed by fir
Thomas Wyatt in the 1ſt year of Q. Mary, he was
then attainted, and executed at Sevenoke, and his
lands were confiſcated to the Crown (r). Soon
after which Q. Mary granted this feat to Cutts,
who in the next reign of Q. Elizabeth alienated
it to fir Cavaliero Maycott, alias Mackworth (s),
knt. who about the middle of K. James I.'s
reign conveyed it by ſale to William Covert,
(b) Philipott, p. 89. She was, ſecondly, married to fir
Thomas Wendall, knt. and laſtly to John Fitzwilliams, her
Steward. She was buried in the Black Friars, Canterbury.
MX. pedigr. Haute.
(i) See more of the Hautes under Biſhopſbourne and Petham.
(k) Mfr. pedigree of Haute, Colepeper, and Wyatt. Phili-
pott, p. 89.
(2) Anno
31 K. Henry VIII. an act paſſed for the aſſu-
rance of certain lands to Thomas Wyatt and Jans his wife,
and Thomas Culpepper and Elizabeth his wife,
(m) Philipott, p. 90.
() See above, p. 126.
(0) He endowed it with the manor of Goulds and Sheproy
Court adjoining to it, in that pariſh.
(P) Philipott, p. 90.
(2) Viz. ſon of John Iſiey, ſon of Joane, fiſter of John
Fremingham, father of Ralph, the father of John, then de-
ceaſed without iſſue. Mff, Dering.
(r) See more of this family, under Sundriſh, vol. i. of this
hiſtory, p. 368.
(s) His name is thus (pelt in the regiſter of this pariſh.
Mary, wife of fir Cav. Maycott, died Dec. 30, and was bu-
ried in this church. George, ſon of fir Cav. Maycott, was
baptiſed here, March 16, 1615. Sir Cavaliero himſelf lies
buried in Reculver church, where ſee more of him.
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HISTORY of K E N T.
129
BOXLEY.
Exoten
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
eſq; (t) whoſe ſon, Walter Covert, about the be ter of Rocheſter, then newly founded, this portion
ginning of K. Charles I.'s reign, alienated it to of tythes, by the deſcription of all and all man-
fir Willian Tufton, kni.(u) who reſided at this ſeat ner of tythes of corn, wool, and hay, and other
of Vinters, or Vintners as it came now to be com tythes whatſoever of all thoſe lands and tene-
monly called, and was created a Baronet of the ments called Vintners, in the co. of Kent. On
kingdom of Ireland by K. Charles I. He left inue the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after the
by Anne his wife, daughter of Cecil Cave, of the
death of K. Charles I, this portion of tythes in
co. of Leiceſter, three fons, Bennet, Charles, and the pariſhes of Boxley and Berfted, was ſurveyed
William, and two daughters (V). don't
in 1649, and it then conſiſted of all manner of
On his death his eldeſt ſon, fir Benedikt Tufton,
tythes of corn, wool, and hay, and all other
bart. ſucceeded to this eſtate, who dying with-
tythes and profits whatſoever in the ſaid pariſhes
out iſſue, his next brother, fir Charles Tufton,
to the ſame belonging, of the yearly value of 61.
bart. became poſſeſſed of it, and in the reign of
which premiſes were let by the late Dean and
K. Charles II, alienated it to Daniel Whyte, eſq;
Chapter, May 26, anno 15 Charles I, at the yearly
who reſided here, and died ſeiſed of it on May
rent of 12s. (a).
13, 1689 (2); his ſon, Daniel Wbyte, eſq; in the
This portion belongs at this time to the Dean
reign of Q. Anne, paſſed it away bv fale to for
and Chapter of Rocheſter. The preſent leffee is
Mr. Edward Fowle.
Samuel Ongley, knt. (x), one of the South Sea Di-
soud pois
rectors, who deviſed it to his nephew, Samuel
O V E N H E L L E, boon to 32
Ongley, of Old Warden in the co. of Bedford,
eſq; in tail, and he died poffeffed of it, June 15, now commonly called Overhill-farm, from its fi-
1747, without iſſue; on which this ſeat came, tuation on the chalk-hills in this pariſh, was
by virtue of the will of fir Samuel Ongley above once accounted a manor, and in the reign of K.
mentioned, to Robert Henley, efq; Barriſter at Edward I, was held in ſergeantry by for Oſbert de
Law, who took upon himſelf the ſurname of Longo-campo or Longchamp, knt. by the ſervice
Ongley, and is now of Old Warden (y). On July of attending the King in his army into Wales, 40
2, 1776, he was created a Baron of the king. days at his own expence, with one horſe of the
dom of Ireland, by the title of Baron Ongley, price of 5s. and with one wallet of the price of
and he is the preſent owner of this ſeat, with 6d. and with a broche (b) to the ſame wallet c).
the eſtate belonging to it(z). 01 baba Soon after which it became the property of Ste-
wat teori
S 9021
phen de Pencefire, by one of whole daughters and
bo PORTION OF TY THE S.
coheirs, Joan, it went in marriage (d) to Stephen
byto
ae Cobham, of Rundell in Shorne te', who poſſeſſed
The tythes of this eſtate of Vintners were part it in the reign of K. Edward II, and was a Baron
of the poſſeſſions of the priory of Ledes in this of this realm He died ſeiſed of this manor, in
county, and coming into the hands of the Crown
the 6th year of K. Edward III, holding it by
at the ſuppreſſion of that monaſtery in the reign the ſervice above mentioned (f), as did Avicia,
of K. Henry VIII, were confirmed to him and
his widow, at the time of her death in the 14th
his heirs, by the general words of the act of
year of that reign (8); upon which it came into
Parliament paſſed in the 31ſt year of it for that the poſſeſſion of their ſon John de Cobham, of
purpoſe.
Rundell, who died ſeiſed of it on Sept. 14, in
After which the King, in his 33d year, by his the 36th year of the ſame reign, holding it by
dotation charter, granted to the Dean and Chap the like ſervice (h).
u nahe
(t) He was great-grandſon of Richard Covert, of Slaugham
in the co. of Suſſex, eſq; by his third wife foane, daughter of
William Aſhburnham, and married Elizabeth, daughter of
William Stede, who died in 1614, and was buried in Boxley
church, in the regiſter of which pariſh are ſeveral entries of
the births and burials of this family. They bore for their
arms-Gules, a feſs ermine, between 3 martlets or.
Viltn. co.
Kent, 1619, pedigr. Covert.
(u) Philipott, ? go. He was the fourth ſon of fir John
Tufton, of 4thfield in this co. knt, and bart, a younger
bro-
ther of Nicholas, created Baron Tufton and Earl of Thanet.
(v) Viz. Margaret, who died unmarried on April 22,
1625, and was buried at Boxley, and Vere, married to fir
Thomas Beaumont, of Grace Dieu in the co. of Leiceſter, bart.
w) He died, æt. 64, and lies buried in this church. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Edward Tokins, Citizen
of London, who died in 1678, and lies buried here.
(x) He was knighted June 23, 1714.
(y) In 1761 he was choſen Member of Parliament for the
county of Bedford, as he was again in 1768.
VOL. II.
2 L
(z) This houſe has been for many years inhabited, as
tenants by the family of Champneis, many of whom are from
time to time mentioned in the pariſh regiſter of Boxley; the firſt
of them, Waiter Champneis, being mentioned in 1582. The
preſent occupier is Henry Champneis, ela; See more of this
family, under Weſenhanger in Stanford.
(a) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off. vol. xiv.
(6) See above, p. 127, note (e).
(c) In Rot. Hund. anno 3 Edw. 1, Rot. 7 Kanc. See
Blount's Ten. P.
61.
(d) Rot. Eſch. 18 Edw. II.
(e) He was ſon of Henry Cobham, commonly called le Un-
cle, by his wife Joane de Pencefire, which Henry was the ſecond
ſon, John de Cobham, Lord of Cobham, being the eldeſt,
of John de Cobham, of Cobham, by his wife, daughter of
Warine Fitzbenedi&t. Temp. Hen. III. See more of him,
under Randall in Shorne, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 509.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 45. () Rot. Eſch.
(5) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
alloggans as the
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130
The HISTORY of a K E N T.
here
Wickham in this county, by whom
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
He left iffure two ſons, Thomas and Reginald; ated to Robert Bruer, gent. and his heirs, the Ne.
of whom the eldeſt, fir Thomas Cobham, knt. ſuc ther Grange in Boxley, and ſeveral parcels of land
ceeded him here. He died in the 17th year of K. belonging to the late monaſtery there (0). He
Richard II, being then ſeiſed in his demeſne, as died ſeiſed of them, June 15, 1611 (P), leaving
of fee, of one toft, 12 acres of land, 7 acres of a fon and heir, John Brewer, eſq; (q) for ſo the
meadow, 22 acres of paſture, 13s. and 4d. rent, name was now ſpelt, who ſucceeded him in theſe
and of the rent of two hens in Ovenhell in Boxley, premiſes, of which he appears to have been poſ-
held of the King in capite by the above-men- feffed in the reign of K. Charles I. It was af-
tioned ſervice(i).
terwards purchaſed by James Calder, eſq; after-
This manor continued in his deſcendants till
wards fir James Calder, bart. whoſe ſon, Brigadier
it was alienated to Wyatt. Sir Thomas Wyatt, General fir Henry Calder, bart. is the preſent por-
of Allington, knt. died ſeiſed of the manor of effor of it (r).
Ovenhill in the 34th year of K. Henry VIII, There is a large farm here, called the Court-
holding it in capite by knights ſervice, leaving lodge, which was poffefſed by the family of Bar-
fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. his fon and heir, who in tholomew; one of whom, Leonard Bartholomero,
the rſt year of Q. Mary forfeited this, among of Oxenboath, eſq; dying without iſſue in 1757,
Crown for
fon
eſtates of Francis Geary, of Polſden in the co. of Surry,
in this pariſh, regranted to his family, in whom eſq; by Mary his half-fiſter; which fecond ſon,
it continued till Richard Wiat, eſq; dying in 1753 William Geary, of Oxenboath, eſq; is the preſent
without iſſue, bequeathed it by
y his laft will to owner of it (s).
the Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney, the preſent The Grove is an eſtate in this pariſh, which in
poffeffor of it,
the reign of K. Henry IV. was conveyed by
This manor, with others in this neighbour Iſabel de Wavering to Tbomas Burbige, whoſe de-
hood, was antiently bound to contribute to the fcendant of the ſame name poſſeſſed The Grove,
repair of the 4th pier of Rocheſter Bridge (k). with a dove houſe, and other lands adjoining to
it, in the reign of K. Henry VII. After which
od on
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE. | great part of the land was from time to time ſold
off from it, but what remained with the houſe
Q. Mary, in her iſt year, granted to George deſcended to Mr. Thomas Burbige, who dying
Clarke ſeveral parcels of land in Boxley, late be without iſſue, and being the laſt heir male, be-
longing to the Abbey of Boxley, and parcel of the queathed it by his laſt will to his ſiſter, and ſhe,
eſtate of fir Thomas Wyatt, attainted of high trea in the year 1702, conveyed it by fale to Mr.
fon, and the grange, called the Nether Grange, in John Watts, who afterwards became famous for
Boxley (1), and many other lands and tenements working a remarkable fine vein of fullers-earth
there, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (m). here. He died ſeiſed of it, and his heirs about
He died poffeffed of theſe premiſes in the iſt year 25 years ago paſſed it away by fale to General
of Q. Eliz. and his ſon, George Clarke, had that William Belford, Colonel Commandant of the firſt
year livery of them, by the deſcription of one battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery,
meſfuage, 300 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow who is the preſent poffeffor of it (t).
and paſture, in Boxley, to hold of the Queen This vein lies about 30 feet deep, and is about
in capite by knights ſervice (n). In the 22d year, feven feet thick. There are two ſorts of it, the
of that reign he, with the Queen's licence, alien blue and the dark grey , the latter of which ly-
(i) Rot. Eſch. (k) Lamb. Peramb. p. 421.
and other meſſuages and parcels of lands in Boxley, to hold, &c.
(l) This was ſo called to diſtinguiſh it from a farm on the (n) Rot. Eſch. (0) Ibid. ejus an. pt. 1.
hills, called Upper Grange, which likewiſe belonged to Bore (p) In the pariſh regiſter are entries of the births and
ley Abbey, and after the ſuppreſſion of it was granted to for deaths of many of his children, from 1572 to 1591; of his
Thomas Wyatt, knt. whoſe ſon, fir Thomas Wyatt, forfeited three wives, Mary, Elizabeth, and Frances which laft ſurvived
it for high treaſon, and it was afterwards regranted by Q. him, and died in 1662.
Elizabeth to his family, in which it deſcended to Richard (7) Several of his childrens births and deaths are entered
Wiat, efq; who in 1753 deviſed it by his laſt will, with other in the pariſh regiſter, from 1614 to 1628, in which year
premiſes in this pariſh, as has been already mentioned, to Elizabeth his wife died, and was buried in Boxley church.
the Right Hon. Lord Romney, the preſent poffeffor of it.
(r) See more of him above, p. 104.
above, p. 126. 10
(s) See Oxenboath in Peckham.
(m) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 6. Viz. 10 pieces of land, (+) He married in 1744, the daughter of Mr. Schalch, of
called Boxley-field, Squyers-croft, Great and Little Harepole, Woolwich, who died in 1766, by whom he had iſſue two ſons
Carters-croft, le Wheat-park, Blackland, the Hale, the Rulett, and one daughter. The ſons, Guſiavus and William, are both
and Haytownes-mead, with their appurts. containing 100 at preſent officers in the army; the latter of whom married one
acres of land together in Boxley; and four pieces of land, of the daughters of Thomas Jones, ejq; deceaſed, late of Eaſt
called Churchcroft, containing three acres; and divers par-
cels of land in Boxley, late belonging to the monaſtery, and dren. He bears for his arms- Argent; a chevron, a roſe in
which were parcel of the poſſeſſions of fir Tbomas Wyatt, knt. baſe, gules.
• attainted; and all thoſe two gardens in Boxley; and all thoſe (u) This vein was in working in the year 1630, at which
40 acres of land in Boxley, in the occupation of Nicholus time John Ray, of London, Merchant, was ſentenced to a
Goverey; and all chat grange called le Nether Grange in Bexley, ſevere fine and puniſhment in the Star Chamber, for tranſ-
porting
See

30
1720 to
has
fon, John. Hends
The HISTORY of 2 K E N T. 131
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
ing under the former, is the moft valuable (u), Juſt below the above-mentioned houſe is an-
A great quantity of this earth is ſent from hence other aptient one, called Park-houſe, which was
by ſea for the ule of the clothiers in the diſtant once part of the poffeffions of Boxley Abbey, and
counties.
became after the ſuppreſſion of it, in like man-
In the year 1711 a Roman Urn was dug up ner as the abbey, part of the eſtate of fir Thomas
here by the workmen, near the above vein of Wyatt, knt. whole fon forfeited it to the Crown
earth, as ſeveral others have been ſince, with other for rebellion in the 1ſt year of Q. Mary. How
relies of antiquity and coins, both here and at it paſſed afterwards, I do not find, tho' it feems
Vintners, moft of the coins having the inſcription never to have been reſtored to his deſcendants.
of the Emperor Adrian (v). i zid soinskog
In the beginning of the preſent century it was
mon
in the poffeffion of the family of St. John, in
PRESENT STATE OF BOXLEY.
bas
which it remained till Mrs. St. John joining with
The pariſh of Boxley is ſituated exceedingly her ſon, Paulet St. John, eſq; fold it in
healthy and pleaſant; part of it extends above Mawdiftly Beft, efq; (b) who reſided and kept
the chalk hill to the northward; below it, cloſe his ſhrievalty here in 1730. He died in 1744,
to the foot of the hill, lies the village, and a little leaving iſſue two ſons (c), Thomas, now of Chil-
beyond it Pinnenden-beath, about one half of which fton in this county, efq; and James, to whom he
is in this pariſh, which extends itſelf ftill farther by his laſt will bequeathed this feat, and alſo a
ſouthward almoſt to the town of Maidſtone and daughter, married to the Hon. Robert Fairfax,
the Mote-park. The village is watered by a of Leeds Caſtle, who died without iſſue.
clear Spring, which riſes juſt below the church, James Beſt, of Chatham and of this place, eſa;
and directs its courſe through the ſtreet of it (w), ferved the office of High Sheriff of this county
which has ſeveral gentlemen's houſes in it. At in 1751. He married Frances, one of the daugh-
the upper or northern part of it is the Manor-houſe, ters of Richard Shelley
, eſq; by whom hę
iſſue
and ſomewhat lower down a houſe, which was for four fons and four daughters
, and he continues
many years the property and reſidence of the owner of this feat, at which he at times rę.
os
family of Charlton, which had been refident here
fides (d).
from the beginning of the laſt century (x). The
There has been from time immemorial a war.
laft of this name, John Charlton, eſq; reſided ren for rabbits in this pariſh, the lands for which
here, and dying on July 28, 1770, unmarried (y),
lay clofe under the chalk hill. It was formerly
this houſe, with the chief of his other eſtates, part of the poffeffions of the Abbey of Boxley, and
came by his laſt will to his nephew, the Rev. after the ſuppreſſion of it was granted to the
Mr. George Burvill, Rector of Leyborne in this Wyatts, and was left by Richard Wiat, eſq; in
county, eldeſt ſon of his fifter Anne (z), who is 1753 to the Right Hon. Lord Romney, the preſent
the preſent poffeffor of it(a).
owner of it; and there was likewiſe a ſecond
bonos
porting a quantity of this earth clandeſtinely to Holland; the late Mr. Charlton's other eſtates in this pariſh and elſe-
which earth was purchaſed of Richard Rods, of Maidfone,
where, on a trial in eje&ment had at the ſummer aflizes held
at 6s. per load. He was ſentenced to priſon during the King's at Maidſtone in 1772, it was found, that all the fons of Mr.
pleaſure, to pay 20pol. fine, and to be ſet in the pillory with
George Charlton having died without iffue, or having done
a paper on his forehead, declaring the nature of his offence. any act to bar the intail, the daughters became intitled tº
Ruſhworth, vol. ii, p. 348. son
an eſtate in tail general, with croſs remainders, in this houſe
(v) The like have been from time to time diſcovered at and his other eltates in Boxley; whereby Mr. Burden, the
Goddard's Hill in this pariſh, where there are ſeveral ftones plaintiff, recovered a verdi& in his favor. Prefently after
fet fimilar to thoſe about Horſted,
which he fold the whole of his intereſt in them to the Rev.
(w) There is another ſpring of water, which riſes likewiſe Mr. Burvill above-mentioned.
at the foot of the chalk hill juſt above Boxley Abbey. They (a) The Rev. Mr. Henry Burvill, Vicar of Little or Welt
are both very inviting to the fight, but the water is very
hard
Peckham, died April 20, 1749, and was buried there. He
and unfit for culinary uſes, eſpecially the latter, which in left iffue by Anne Charlton his wife, above-mentioned, two
two months time will petrify wood, the incruſtation reſem,
ſons, George and Henry; of whom the former is now of Box-
bling brown and unpoliſhed marble.
ley, Clerk, and Rector of Leybourue, who married Juliana,
(*) In the pariſh regiſter are numbers of entries of their
daughter of William Bowyer, of Denham in the co. of Bucks,
births and burials, from the year 1626 to the year 1770. eſq; by whom he has iſſue living a daughter, Frances, and a
They bore for their arms-Or, a lion rampant gules. Souls
(y) His father, Mr. George Charlton, of this place, left Bucks, efq; and married a daughter of fir Jacob Wheat, of
iffue by Elizabeth his ſecond wife, daughter of Mr. Robert
Glympion in the co. of Oxon, bart, by whom he has no iſſue.
Andreous, three fons, James, John, and George, and five
The Burvills bear for their arms, Argent, a chevron between
daughters; of whom only two left iſſue, Anne, married to
3 oak leaves erect, vert.
the Rev. Mr. Henry Burvill, by whom ſhe had two ſons,
(6) He was the ſon of Mr. Thomas Beft, of Chatham,
George and Henry; and Charlotte, married to Mr. John Bur-
Brewer, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Mawdiftly,
den, by whom ſhe had iſſue a ſon, John. Mr. George Charlton
of Chatham.
died in Aug. 1707, and by his laſt will, proved in Dec.
(c) He had three fons, of whom Mawdiftly, the ſecond,
following, deviſed his eftates in this pariſh in tail general to
died before him in 1740.
all his children ſucceſſively, one after the other.
(2) But Mr. John Burden, only ſon of Charlotte, another
(d) He bears for his arms-Sable, 2 croſs-croſets in chief,
of Mr. Charlton's ſiſters, claiming a moiety of this houſe, and
and a cinquefoil in baſe, or,
up,
tarren

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9
MANUFACTURE.
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
warren near Pinnenden-beath, which was part of in the laws of the realm (f); Richard de Tune-
the Park-houſe eltate, and is as fuch now pof brige; Hugh de Montfort ; William de Arfic; Hamo
feſted by Mr. Bejt ; but the rabbits have been Vicecomes or Sheriff, and many others, Barons of
for ſome time deſtroyed, and the land made the King and of the Archbiſhop, many tenants of
arable.
odd
thoſe Biſhops, and many others of good and great
In the Heraldic Viſitation of this county, anno account, as well of this as of other counties,
1619, is an entry of the deſcent of Nicholas Stone. both French and Engliſh. osokov
houſe, of Boxley, ſecond ſon of George Stonehouſe, This trial laſted three days, at the end of which
of Little Peckham, eſq; by his ſecond wife, Eliza. the Archbiſhop recovered ſeveral of the antient
beth Woodcroft. He married Joane, daughter of poſſeſſions of his church, as well from Odo as
Duke Otterton, of the co. of Devon, by whom he from Hugh Montfort and Ralph de Curva Spina or
had one fon, Duke, born in 1599, and four Crookthorne, and eſtabliſhed the liberties of it,
daughters (e).
in matters between the King and himſelf (g).
At a ſmall diſtance fouthward from the vil. The County Houſe is ſituated at this time on
lage of Boxley is
the north ſide of the heath, where the Sheriff con-
MOTOn sultivo
tinues to hold his County Court monthly, and where
son
PINNENDEN - HEATH, i ni
he takes the poll for the Members of the
county,
now vulgarly called Pickenden-heath, which was a
till it is adjourned to Maidſtone. On the oppo-
place of ſome note in the earlieſt times. The north-
ſite ſide of the heath is the Gallows for the pub-
ern part of it is in this pariſh, and the remainder,
lic execution of criminals, condemned at the
Aflizes.
about one half of it, in that of Maidſtone. From
sth dg royota
its ſituation almoſt in the middle of the county
or fire of Kent, this heath has been always made
uſe of for all public meetings, and for the gene-
10 The only manufacture carried on in this pa.
ral buſineſs of the county.
(1.0 riſh is that of making paper, for which there are
At the time of the conqueſt it was the noted four ſets of mills; two of which are ſituated 'ac
place for this purpoſe; for in the book of
the ſouth-eaſt extremity of it, on the ſtream called
Domeſday, there is mention made, that when the The Little River, which riſes near Lenbam, and
inhabitants of Kent were ſummoned to meet ad runs by Leeds Caſtle hither (h). The other two
ſciram, that is, in public aſſembly at the pyre mills are ſituated on the weſtern ſide of the pa-
gemot or Sheriff's-tourn, for the
e trial of certain
riſh near Aylesford, on the rivulet which takes its
cuſtoms therein mentioned, they ſhould go for riſe under the chalk hills, and are made uſe of
that purpoſe as far as Pinnedenna, but no further. for the making an inferior kind of merchan-
In the year 1076, being the 17th of the Con dize(i). The lower mills of thoſe above-men-
queror's reign, a famous aſſembly was held at this tioned, on the Little River, and which ſtand on
place on the following occaſion.
the north ſide of the road leading from Maidſtone
Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent, had by to The Mote, are called
means of his great power, defrauded the church
to molto THE OLD TURKEY MILLS,
of Canterbury of many manors and lands, and of
ſeveral liberties, and had kept poffeffion of them; and deſerve a more particular notice in this
but upon Lanfranc's being made Archbiſhop in the place for their ſuperiority, as well in the many
year 1090, he repreſented the whole of the in extenſive buildings, machines, and conveniences
jury done to his church to the King, who forth erected for the carrying on this large and curi-
with commanded that it ſhould be enquired into ous manufacture, and the number of people con-
and determined by the nobles, and other coinpe-
tinually employed in the different branches of it,
tent men, not only of this county, but of the as the eaſy and regular method, and the neatneſs
other counties of England, aſſembled for this with which the whole of it is conducted.
purpoſe at this heath.
They were formerly uſed as fulling mills,
There were preſent at this meeting Goisfrid, Bp. but on the decay of the cloathing trade in
of Conſtance, who ſat as the King's Repreſentative theſe parts, were, by Mr. Gill, the proprietor
on this occaſion, Archbp. Lanfranc, who pleaded of them, converted into paper-mills, and uſed
his church's cauſe; Odo, Earl of Kent, who de by him as ſuch for a few years. He ſold them
fended himſelf againſt his accuſers in what he to Mr. James Whatman, who in 1739 pulled the
had done ; Erneſt, Biſhop of Rocheſter ; Agelric, whole of them down, and began to erect them
Biſhop of Cheſter, an antient man, and well verſed on a much more curious and extenſive plan,
119701
(e) He bore for his arms-Argent, on a feſs fable, between
3 hawks volant azure, a leopard's face between 2 mullets or.
(f) On account of his great age he was, by the King's
order, brought hither in a waggon, in una quadriga.
(8) See Eadmer, p. 9, 107.
(5) The upper mills belong to the Right Hon. the Earl of
Aylesford, the lower ones to Mr. Whatman, as will be men-
tioned below,
(i) One of theſe ſets of mills belongs to the Right Hon.
Lord Romney.
which

The HISTÖ RY of KENT
133
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ. .
them yearly at the uſual church-porch on St.lt
BOXLEY.
which has ſince his death been much further In this church, before the reformalion, was
improved by his ſon, James Whatman, eſq; (k) who a famous rood, called the Rood of Grace, which
with infinite pains and expence has now brought was held in great eſteem for the ſeveral miracles
his manufactory of writing paper, for no other it was ſuppoſed to work. It was broke to pieces
ſort is made hiere, to a degree of perfection ſu by the King's command at St. Paul's Croſs in
perior to moſt in this kingdom.
London, on Sunday, Feb. 24, 1538, in the pre-
In 1767 he ſerved the office of High Sheriff fence of John Hilfey, Biſhop of Rocheſter, and á
of this county, and now reſides here (2).
vaſt concourſe of the populace (9).
The church of Boxley was given by K. Henry
I, in the year 1130, at the time he was preſent
Our Botaniſts have obſerved the following
at the dedication of the church of Rocheſter, to
ſcarce plants in this pariſh :
that church, together with all belonging to it,
Borago minor ſylveſtris, ſmall white buglofs or in lands, in tythes, and in oblations, with all
German madwort (m).
cuſtoms, liberties, and rights, in like manner as
Serpyllum anguſtifolium glabrum, ſmooth narrow
his Chaplain, Jeffry or Ansfrid, the Clerk, had
leafed thyme (n).
ever more amply held the ſame (r).
Buxus, the box tree, which grows plentifully
But within a few days after, before the King
in the woods here (0).
had left that city, the church there took fire,
Stellaria ſanicula major, ladies mantle.
and was, with the monaſtery, ſo much deſtroyed,
that moſt of the Monks were forced to diſperſe
CHARITI E S.
themſelves into other monaſteries; and John,
William Kember, once a poor boy of this pa-
Biſhop of Rocheſter, having deceaſed in the year
riſh, afterwards Tanner of the town of Faver.
1137, K. Stephen committed the care of the
ſham, by his laſt will, proved Oct. 15, 1611,
bifhopric to John, Biſhop of Seez in Normandy,
who
gave to the Vicar of Boxley and his ſucceſſors for
gave the church of Boxley, with others be.
ever, the yearly ſum of 3os. to be paid out of
longing to the Monks, notwithſtanding the op-
his houſe and garden in Court-ftreet in Faver-
poſition the remnant of them left there made to
foam, for the uſe of the poor inhabiting and
it, together with the archdeaconry; to Robert
dwelling in the pariſh of Boxley; to be paid to
On this Biſhop's retiring to his own fee, and
Thomas's Day, with power of diſtreſs, &c. in
Aſcelin being conſecrated Biſhop of Rocheſter, the
caſe of non-payment.
Monks having repaired their monaſtery, returned
thither, and carried their claim againſt the Arch.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
deacon for this church, among others, to the
court of Rome ; upon which Pope Celeſtine II, by
Boxlex is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction his bull reſtored it, and Biſhop Aſcelin confirmed
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sutton. it to them afterwards (s), as did his ſucceſſor,
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, Biſhop Walter, who likewiſe granted and con-
ftands on the eaſt ſide of the village; it is not firmed to them the appropriation of it, together
large, but neat, and contains three iſles and a with the free diſpoſal and preſentation of the
chancel, with a handſome ſquare tower at the vicarage, ſaving the right of the Biſhop of the
weſt end, in which hang four ſmall bells (p): dioceſe (t).
ng four small bello (
p. 506.
(k) Under the buildings of this manufactory, erected by
Mr. Wbatman, is a frong chalybeat Spring, which however
does not produce any great quantity of water.
(1) Mr. Whatman has been twice married, firſt to Sarah,
eldeſt daughter of Edward Stanley, eſq; Secretary to the
Commiſſioners of his Majeſty's Cuſtoms, by whom he has
iffue two daughters, Camilla and Letitia ; fecondly to Su-
ſanna, eldeſt daughter of Jacob Boſanquet, of the co. of Eſex,
eſq; by whom he has iſſue one ſon James, born in 1777. He
bears for his arms-Party per pale, or and fable; a pheon coun-
terchanged.
(m) Raii Synopſis, p. 228. (n) Ibid. p. 231.
And by ſeveral of the Archbiſhops of Canterbury; viz. by
Archbp. William. Ibid. p. 443. Archbp. Richard. Ibid. P.
44, 410: Archbp. Baldwin. Ibid. p.46. And Archhp. Huch
bert. Ibid.
In the year 1180 there was an agreement made between
the Monks of Boxley and thoſe of Roch-fler, concerning the
parochial tythes of this church ; by which the latter granted
to the former a certain field belonging to the pariſh church
of Boxley, above the hills, of which the latter had annually
12d. but by the conſent of the former they retained out of it
for ever, half an acre of wood for fencing. And the Monks
of Rocheſter granted to thoſe of Boxley, all the tythes above
the hills, of all lands, as well of thoſe free lands which the
latter had of the King's gift, as of thoſe which they had ac
quired, to be held finally in villenage, or might acquire in
future at any time for their own uſe; and they likewiſe
granted to them certain land belonging to this pariſh church,
under the hill, with the meadow adjoining, between the
abbey and the village of Bowley. On the other hand, the
Monks of Boxley granted to thoſe of Rocheffer, all their tythes
under the hills, without the bounds of the Abbey and Grange,
that is to ſay, of all corn only and pulſe, of all their lande
under
(6) Ibid. p. 445
(p) They were caſt in 1652 by Michael Darby.
(9) See Lamb. Peramb. p. 238. Kilb. Surv. p. 36. The
fieps which went up to the rood-loft are ſtill remaining.
(r) This gift was confirmed to the Monks there by John,
then Biſhop of Rochefer, and by William, Archbiſhop of Can.
terbury. Reg. Roff. p. 177. Text. Roff. p. 156.
(s) Reg. Roff. p. 8.
(1) This was confirmed by K. Henry II, and by Pope Ce.
leftine III, in his ift year. Reg. Roff. p. 10, 43, 45, 49.
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134
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)
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
The confirmations of this church to the pro It appears that the Biſhop and the Prior had
per
uſes of the monaſtery of Boxley ſeem to have jointly preſented to this church from the time of
been but little regarded; for it appears that ſoon Archbp. Theobald to the reign of K. Richard II,
after the gift of it by K. Henry I, Archhp. Theo who in conſequence of an agreement entered into
bald, in the next reign of K. Stephen, found between them, granted his let. pat. dated April
means to extort the conſent of the Monks to 30, in his 14th year; in which he recites, that
preſent his Chaplain Jeffry to it, and decreed, in conſideration of the grant made to the Prior
that he, as well as his ſucceſſors, ſhould pay and Convent by K. Henry I, of the whole of this
them yearly an annual penſion of bos. until che church before the appropriation of it to them,
Monks ſhould by his authority, or by that of and of the ſmall right which the Biſhop had ob-
his ſucceſſors, repoſteſs it, and gain it to their tained in the moiety of the advowſon of it, by
own uſes, as they had before (u). In which ſtate the uſurpation of a joint preſentation; he granted
it remained till the time of Arcbbp. Iflip, in the his licence to the then Biſhop of Rocheſter, to grant
reign of K. Edward III, as will be mentioned the ſaid moiety to the Prior and Convent to hold
below,
to them and their ſucceffors for ever, ſo that
Biſhop Gilbert de Glanvill, who came to the fee they, poſſeſſing the entire advowfon, viz. one
of Rocheſter in the year 1185, had great diſputes moiety of their own proper right, and the other
with his Monks, on account of the grants which by their purchaſe of it, as above-mentioned, the
his predeceſſors had made to them ; in which, ſaid church being held of him in capite, might
after much altercation, they were at laſt forced appropriate it, and hold the fame ſo appropri-
to ſubmit themſelves entirely to him. Among ated to their own proper uſes, to them and their
other decrees, which he then made, ke ordained,
fucceffors for ever. And he granted to them
that the Monks ſhould receive a penſion of eight
his licence, that they, in recompence and ex-
marcs and a half yearly from this church (v). change for the ſaid moiety of the advowſon
Notwithſtanding which, the Monks do not ſeem of it, might grant to the Biſhop and his ſuccef-
afterwards to have received beyond the former ſors a moiety of the church of Sturmouth, which
annual penſion of bos. from this church, though was held of him in capite, to hold to 'him and
the Biſhop of Rocheſter, together with the Prior his ſucceſſors for ever, which they accordingly
and Convent, uſed to preſent to it on a vacancy, did a few days afterwards (x).
till the time of Archbp. Simon Iſlip, who at the After this appropriation took place, a com-
petition of the Monks, with the conſent of Wil. poſition was entered into, July 12, anno 20 K.
liam, Biſhop of Rochefter, by his decree dated at Richard II, between the Prior and Convent and
Cherryngge, 11 Kal. Nov. 1363, reſtored this Adam Moetrum, Archdeacon of Canterbury, by
church to them, in as ample a manner as they which they agreed for themſelves and their ſuc-
had before held it. And he granted them free ceffors, to pay the latter and his ſucceſſors, on
and full liberty to recover and re-enter into the account of the union and appropriation of this
corporal poſſeſſion of it, with all its rights and church to them, by which the Archdeacon and
appurts. on the reſignation, deceaſe, or any other his archdeaconry, was detrimented in the yearly
vacancy of the Rector then incumbent on it; re fum of 6s. 8d. the like ſum yearly, by two equal
ferving nevertheleſs, in the firſt place, a proper portions, at Michaelnas and Eaſter, out of the
portion out of the fruits and profits of it, for the profits of it ſo long as they poſſeſſed it (y).
maintenance of a perpetual Vicar, at the preſen The appropriation and the advowſon of the
tation of the Bifbop of Rocheſter for the time be. vicarage of this church, ſeems to have paſied
ing, to be made and inſtituted therein by him into the hands of the Prior and Convent of Boxley,
and his fucceffors, and for the due ſupport of though by what means I do not find, before its
the epiſcopal and archidiaconal burthens, and diffolution, which happened in the 20th year of
others thereto belonging ().
K. Henry VIII; for that King, by his dotation
under the hills, as well of thoſe antiently as newly cultivated,
viz, which they had from the foundation of the abbey, or
might bring into culture at any time in future; and that the
Monks of Rocheſter ſhould have all the tythes on the ſides of
the hills of all lands which at that time, or before were re-
duced to culture, excepting the field which the Monks of
Boxley bought of Johx de Horepole; which compoſition was
confirmed by Richard; Arcbbp. of Canterbury. Reg. Roff.
p. 178, 179.
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 180.
(v) And two marcs from that of Aylesford; and he after-
wards ordained, with their confent, that with four marcs
of the above ſum paid from the former, and with two
mares paid from the latter, there ſhould be bought yearly
eight coverlets, each of 10s value, for the uſe of the Monks
of Rocbefter ; and yearly on Chriſtmas-eve, when each Monk
ſhould receive his new coverlet, he ſhould give to the Mafter
of the hoſpital of Strood the old one, which he had before, as
a covering for the poor there. Reg. Roff. p. 147.
(w) Reg. Roff. p. 180.
(x) Archbiſhop William Courtney likewiſe granted his li-
cence, May 1, 1391, for the fame purpoſe; which grant of
the Prior and Convent to the Archbiſhop, in conſequence of
the above agreement, of the moiety of the church of Stepia
mouth, in exchange, bears date in the Chapter-houſe at Ro-
cheſter, May 6, 1391, anno 14 Richard 11. Reg. Roff.
182, 183
(y) Reg. Roff. p. 184. The appropriation of this church
was confirmed to the Prior and Convent of Rocheſter, July 9.
1485, by the decree of Archbiſhop Thomas Bourchier, Cardi-
nal and Legate of the Apoftolic See. Ibid. p. 185.
charter,

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135
were satriy
, tentes at
BOXLEY.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
charter, June 20, in his 32d year, ſettled, among The preſent leſfee of the parſonage is Mr. Ed.
other premiſes, all that his retory and church of ward Fowle (e). The vicarage is reſerved out of
Boxley, late belonging to the diſſolved monaſtery the leaſe of it, and is in the diſpoſal of the Dean
of Boxley, and alſo the vicarage of the ſaid church, and Chapter.
on his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, The Vicar of Boxley has belonging to him all
part of whoſe poſſeſſions they now remain.
tythes of wood, hops, hay, clover, cinquefoil,
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church fax, wold, wool, lanibs, milk, eggs, apples,
was valued at 321.(z)
cherries, and other fruit, and of paſture (f).
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books
He has a penſion of 81. per annum payable
at 12l. 198. 2d. and the yearly tenths at il. 5s.
.
every Michaelmas-day, out of the Exchequer, as
11d. (a)
an augmentation (g).
K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, in his 2gth
The land the vicarage houſe, with its appurts.
year, let to Thomas. Vicary, one of his Surgeons,
ſtands on,
with the garden and court-yard, is
all and every the tythes of corn, and the glebe
not above the third part of an acre; which, with
lands of the rectory of Boxley, belonging to the
the herbage of the church-yard, is all the glebe
late monaſtery of Boxley, lately diffolved, and
the Vicar has (b). The houſe, which is built
the capital meſſuage, houſes, and buildings be-
longing to it, and thoſe his 10 pieces of land
of brick and faſhed, is handſome and commo-
therein named, in Boxley, late belonging to the
dious, and has proper offices adjoining to it. It
was erected by Mr. Archdeacon Spratt, who was
ſaid monaſtery; excepting all trees and woods,
and the advowſon of the vicarage, to hold for
Vicar of this pariſh. Since which it has been
conſiderably improved by Dr. Markham, late
21 years, at the yearly rent of 401. viz. for the
Dean of Rocheſter and Vicar of this pariſh, and
tythes and glebe lands of the rectory 261. 135. 4d.
now Archbp. of York, who ſometimes reſided in
per annum, and for the ſaid meſſuage and its
it, as did his ſucceſſor, Dr. North, now Biſhop
appurts. and the ſaid 10 pieces of land 131. 6s.
8d. (b)
of Worceſter.
In the exchange of lands made between K. In 1733 the vicarage was valued at 2ool. per
Henry VIII. and fir Thomas Wyatt, in the 320
annum, and it is now increaſed to zool. per ann.
"S
year of his reign, the parſonage of Boxley, and Biſhop Henry de Sandford, by his decree temp.
the advowſon of the vicarage, and all glebe Henry III, at the petition of the Vicar and pa-
lands, tythes, oblations, portions, &c. belong riſhioners, changed the feaſt of the dedication of
ing to them, were particularly excepted, to re this church, from the 10th day of Feb, to the
main to the King, his heirs, and ſucceſſors (c). Monday next after the feaſt of St. Peter and St.
On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after Paul(i).
the death of K. Charles I, this parſonage was ſur-
veyed in Sept. 1649, by order of the ſtate, when
it was returned, that the parſonage-houſe, a fair
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
and goodly houſe, with its appurts. tythes, &c. ór by whom preſented.
late belonging to the late monaſtery there ; and
Prior and Convent (ii) Galfridus, in the time K.
48 acres, 3 roods, and 2 perches of land, the
of Rochejter. Stephen.
whole of which in the improved rents was 140l.
(k) Gregóry de Romanio, pre-
3s. 6d. per annum ; which premiſes were let by
eſented Feb. 15, 1240.
the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, May 26, anno
VICARS.
15 Charles I, to Robert Parker for 21 years, at
the yearly rent of 261. 135. 4d. and 12 couple
(1) Robert Marre, in 1385.
of coneys, or 16s. in money. That the leffee
(m) William Snelle, obt. March
was bound to repair the chancel, and that the
10, 1451.
vicarage, which was excepted out of the leaſe,
(n) John Munden, 1481.
was worth 6ol. per annum (d).
(0) John Quene, 1557.
CHURCH OF BOXLEY.
p. 108.
p. 182.
(z) Reg. Roff.
(a) E&. Theſ. p. 15.
(6) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(c) Ibid. See above, p.
(d) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(e) There is a houſe and garden, heretofore part of the
parſoriage of Boxley, now let on leaſe from the Dean and
Chapter of Rocheffer to Mrs. Mary Young, widow, of the co.
of York.
(f) His dues are : for burials zs. for marriages 5s. for
Chriſtenings in houfes 2s. 6d. and for churchings at church
6d. at home is. For Eafter offerings he can demand of
every perſon above 16 years old 6d. fo of a man and his
wife is.
(8) The fees for receiving of which are: if he receives it
himſelf 125. if by another 20s.
(b) This account is entered in the pariſh regiſter, with the
inſcription of yo. Wyvell, Vicar of Boxley, March 6, 1694,
having been Vicar four years and upwards.
(i) Reg. Roff. p. 184. (ii) Ibid.
(k) Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 349.
(1) Reg. Roff.
(m) Of All Souls College, Oxon. He lies buried in this
church.
(2) Hift. of Maidſtone, p. 39.
(c) Reg. Roff, p. 588.
David
P. 181.

136
The HISTORY of K E N T.
DETLING.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
0) David Jeffrie, obt. March It appears by the inquiſitions taken through-
1558.
out England in the 12th and 13th years of K.
Roger Jones, obt. Aug. 1566. John, and delivered in by the ſeveral Sheriffs to
Phillip Hilles, obt. June 1589. the King's Treaſurer, that Detling was then in
George Cage, A. M. 1589, the poffeffion of a family, who took their fur-
obt. June 1632.
name from it; and that Willian de Detling then
Haute Wyatt, obt. Augt. 1638. held it of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury by knights
John Quebarie, 1640.
ſervice, as half a knight's fee.
(9) Walter Balcanquall
, 1646. In the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the
(r) Humphry Lynde, 1677, obt. making the Black Prince a Knight, John de Det.
1686.
ling and Thomas de Buckwell paid reſpective aid
(s) John Wyvall, A. M. ind.
for half a knight's fee, which William de Delling
Jan. 11, 1690, obt. 1704. before held in Detling of the Archbiſhop (Y).
(t) Thomas Spratt, A. M. obt,
The family of Detling afterwards aſſumed the
June 12, 1720.
ſurname likewiſe of Brampton, being written in
(u) Edmund Barrell, A.M. obt.
old deeds, Brampton alias Detling, of Detling-court;
1765.
where they reſided till the beginning of K. Henry
(V) Wn. Markham, LL. D.
IV.'s reign, when John Brampton, alias Detling,
1765, reſig. 1770. leaving an only daughter and heir, Benedikta, the
(w) Brownlow North, D.D.
carried this manor in marriage to Thomas at
Feb. 1771, "reſig. Dec.
Towne, of r'owne’s-place in Throwley, who died
1774.
likewiſe without male iſſue, leaving three daugh-
William Nance, A. M. May ters his coheirs, viz. Eleanor, married to Richard
1775. Preſent Vicar.
Lewknor, of Challock ; Benedikta, to William Wat-
ton, of Addington; and Elizabeth, to Wm. Sondes,
D E T L I N G.
of Lingfield in the co. of Surry (2). On the par-
tition of their inheritance, which was about the
THE
HE next pariſh eaſtward from Boxley is 24th year of K. Henry VI, this manor was al-
Detling, written in antient records, Det lotted to Elizabeth, wife of Richard Lewknor,
linges.
who in her right enjoyed it.
He alienated it not long after to fir Richard de
Wydevill, knt. or Woodvill, as he was commonly
This place is ſaid to have been part of the an-
called, who was created by K. Henry VI, in his
tient poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhopric of Canterbury,
26th year, Lord Rivers, &c. and two years after
and to have continued ſo till the time of the con made Knight of the Garter (a).
queſt, when Odo, Biſbop of Baieux and Earl of After K. Edw. IV. had obtained the crown,
Kent, the King's half-brother, by his great power,
and had married Elizabeth, Lord Rivers's eldeſt
wreſted it from the church, and cook poffeſfion daughter, widow of ſir John Grey, of Groby, knt.
of it; but he did not keep it long, for Archbp. he had great favors and offices conferred on him,
Lanfranc, ſoon after his coming to the ſee, re and was in the 6th year of that reign created
covered this manor, among others, in that noted Earl Rivers; four years after which, whilſt at
aſſembly of the whole county, held on this oc his feat at Grafton in the co. of Northampton, hệ
caſion by the King's command, at Pinnenden was ſeized by a tumultuous crowd of people,
heath, in 1076, being the 11th of the Conquer who had aſſembled themſelves in favor of K.
or's reign (x).
Henry, and being carried to Northampton, was
Τ Η Ε
M A NOR.
(p) He lies buried in this church, as do his four next fuc,
ceffors.
(9) Dean of Rocheffer, and afterwards of Durham.
(r) And Curate of Maidſtone. Hift. Maidſtone, p. 68.
(s) Alſo Prebendary of Rocheſter.
(1) He was Rector of Stone by Dartford, Prebendary of
Rocheſter and Wincheſter, and Archdeacon of the former. He
was ſon of Thomas Spratt, Biſhop of Rocheſter.
(u) Firk Prebendary of Norwich, and then of Rocheſter.
See Sutton at Hone, vol. I. of this Hiftory, p. 245.
(v) And Prebendary of Durham and Dean of Rocheſter,
which laſt he quitted for the deanry of Chriſt Church, and
was afterwards advanced to the biſhopric of Chefier, and arch-
biſhopric of York.
(w) Dean of Canterbury, which he reſigned that year on
being made Biſhop of Litchfield. He held this vicarage in
commendam, till 1774, when he was 'advanced to the fee of
Worceſter. He is younger fon of the Earl of Guildford.
(*) Reg. Roff. p. 27.
(y) In memory of this family Philipott ſays, p. 130, there
was once, for there is not now even a report of its having
been there, a maſſy lance, wreathed about all over with a
thin iron plate, preſerved in this church, like that of Wil-
liam the Conqueror at Batıle in Sulex, of the Peches at Lul-
lingstone in this county, the Carews at Bedington in the co.
of Surry, and ſeveral others, as the very ſpear by them uſed,
and depoſited here as a memorial of their atchievements in
arms, and an emblem of their extraordinary ſtrength and
abilities; and there is now in it the buſt of a man on a piece
of antient grave-flone, which is reported to have belonged
to the monument of jîr John Deriirg.
(=) Philipott, p. 131, 340.
(a) See more of him, under the Mose in Maidſtone, p. 98.
there

The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
137
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
court, 20
DETLING.
there put to death by them, without any form daughters his coheirs, viz. Jane, married to fit
of law ib).
George Hanger, of Driffield in the co. of Glouceſ-
He was facceeded in titles and eſtate by An. ter, knt, and Elizabeth, to William Emmerton, of
thony, Lord Scales, his eldeſt ſon, who after the
Chipſted, eſg; and on the partition of their inhe.
cleath of K. Edward IV, in 1483, was ſeiſed on ritance, this manor fell to the ſhare of the latter,
by the Dukes of Glouceſter and Buckingham, as he who fold it to Francis Foote, of Verzan in the co.
was attending the young King towards London, of Cornwall, efq; where his family had poffefied
and being hurried away to Pontefraft, was there lands for ſome generations. He left iſſue by
beheaded.
Mary, daughter of Benjamin Hatley, eſq; (i) two
Anthony, Earl Rivers, leaving no legitimate iffue, ſons, Benjamin-Hatley and Francis- Hender (k), and
Richard, his brother, fucceeded him in honors and a daughter, ſince married to Mr. Pearſon, and was
eftates, which K. Richard, however, did not ſuf ſucceeded in this manor by his eldeſt ſon, Ben-
fer him to enjoy, but made a grant of this manor,
jamin Hatley Foote, eſq; who is the preſent pro-
among the reſt of this Earl's lands in this county,
prietor of it.
in his ift year to Robert Brakenbury, eſq; on whom
todas The MÀNOR OF WEST-court,
he at the ſame time conferred the office of Con-
ftable of the Tower
, and other favors, for his in the poffeffion of Vincent, was alienated to Mr.
good fervices to him(c). On the acceſſion of William Moreton, of White-horſe in Croydon, who
K. Henry VII, in the year 1485, he was attainted was poſſeſſed of it in the reign of Philip and
of high treaſon, and his eſtates became confiſcared Mary (1), in whoſe family it continued at the
to the Crown (d), whence this manor was quickly
reſtoration in 1660 (m2); after which the manor
afterwards granted to Richard Lewknor, eſq; (e) and great part of this eſtate (for there was a ſhare
whoſe only daughter and heir carried it in mar of it which canie to and continued ſome time in
riage to George Hilles, on whoſe death without the name of Price) paſied through ſome inter-
male iſſue, his two daughters became his co mediate owners till it came into the poſſeſſion of
heirs ; one of whom married Martin, and the
Thomas Borrett, of Shoreham in this county, eſq;
other Vincent. They divided this manor into fe formerly one of the Prothonotaries of the Court
parate moieties, each of which from that time of Common Pleas, who died ſeiſed of it in 1751,
became a diſtinct manor; one of which, called
and his heirs about the year 1766 paſſed it away
Eaſt-court, was allotted to Martin, and the other, by fale to Benjamin Harley Foote, eſq; owner like-
called Weſt-court (f), to Vincent, in right of their
reſpective wives (3).
theſe two divided manors (n) are now united in
him, the preſent poffeffor of them both (0).
35 A Court Baron is regularly held for the manor
of Detling.
was alienated in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's
ni buty stond
reign to John Webbe, gent. who reſided here (b).
PRESENT STATE OF DETLING,
From which name it paffed by ſale in the reign
of K. James I. to Smith, who in the next reign The village of Detling is ſituated cloſe under
of K. Charles I. conveyed it to fir Edward Hen the chalk hill, which here takes its name from it.
den, knt. one of the Barons of the Court of Ex The turnpike road from Maidſtone, over this hill
chequer, who deviſed it by his will to his ne to Key-ftreet and Sittingborne, leads through it.
phew, fir fohn Henden, of Biddenden, knt, and he There is nothing worth notice in it. The lands
in the reign of K. Charles II, paffed it away by of this pariſh lying ſo near the chalk are in ge-
fale to fir John Beale, of Farningham, bart. who neral very poor ; the ſouth-weſt part of it has
died ſeiſed of it on Oct. 3, 1684, leaving two
much wood on it.
THE MANOR OF EAST-COURT
TSO
(6) Dug. Bar. vol. ii, p. 231.
(c) Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, p. 70. Harl. Mfr.
N. 433–625.
(d) His pedigree, drawn from antient evidences in his
cuſtody, July 1, 1594, is among the Harl. Mf. No. 1196-
109. This family bore for their arms-Argent, 3 bends and
a chief fable, on the chief a lion pafant-guardant or.
(e) A manuſcript note in the margin of a copy of Phili-
pott's Villare, ſays, Brakenbury ſold it next year to Richard
Lerknor, who had before fome eſtate here.
(f) The manſion of this manor is now a good farm-houſe,
and is ſituated in the village of Detling, cloſe at the foot of
the chalk hill; and that of Wefi-court a little further weſt-
ward, adjoining to the church-yard.
(8) Philipótt, p. 131.
(h) In the 4th year of K. Henry VII. an act paſied for
Ann and Elizabeth Brakenbury.
VOL. II.
(i) The arms of Hatley were-Azure, a ſword in bend, be-
tween 2 mullets or.
(k) See more of him and his deſcendants, under Charlton
in Biſhopforne.
(1) Philipott, p. 131. Coke’s Entries, p. 589.
(m) Philipott ibid. and Mff. Dering.
(n) The manors of Eaf-court and Weſ-court had each a
Court Baron; the latter in 1709 had 24 tenants, who held
of it, whoſe yearly quit-rents amounted together to 41. 165.
4d. per annum. Its juriſdiction extends over the manor of
Henhurſ in Staplehur,4.
() He married Mary, one of the daughters of Robert
Mann, of Linton, eſq; by whom he has iffue two ſons, George
Talbot Hatley; and John Footé, now a Banker in London, who
married the daughter of Mr. Joſeph Martin, of London, Ban-
ker, deceaſed. He beats for his arms-Vert; a chevron ar-
gent, between 3 doves or.
The
2 N

238
Tbe HISTORY O Of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
the
DETLING,
The ſtreet of this village ſeems antiently to tinued part of the poſſeſſions of the fee of Can-
have been called Polley-Street, from a family of terbury to the preſent time.
that name, which had its original here, where The Reader will obſerve, the church of Det-
they reſided, and were afterwards written Polley,
ling was in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign
alias Polbill (P), the direct deſcendant of it being
eſteemed as a curacy only; when it was firſt ac-
Charles Polbill, now of Chipſted in this county, counted a vicarage, as it is at this time, I do
eq;
not find; but it was before the year 1643, when
the ſequeſtrators of Archbiſhop Laud's revenue
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. craved the allowance of 21. 135. 4d. being the
yearly penſion paid by the Archbiſhop to the Vi-
Detling is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
car of Detling (u).
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sutton.
Archbiſhop Juxon, in obedience to the King's
The church, which is dedicated to St. Martin,
directions for augmenting the maintenance of
is a ſmall building with a low pointed ſteeple,
ſuch Vicars and Curates, whoſe antient niainte-
and is ſituated at the ſouth weſt end of the vil-
nance was not ſufficient for them, made an ad-
lage. It was antiently eſteemed but as a chapel
dition of 71. 6s. 8d. to the Vicar's former ſa-
of eaſe to the church of Maidſtone, which was of
lary (v). Since which, by the laſt will of Arch-
the
patronage of the fee of Canterbury.
biſhop Teniſon, dated April 11, 1715, it has been
The rectory of the church of Maidſtone, with
augmented with the ſum of 200l. and by Q.
the chapels of Looſe and Detling annexed, was ap-
Anne's bounty again with the yearly ſum of 161.
propriated by Archbp. Courtney, with the King's
This church is exempted from the juriſdiction
licence, in the 19th year of K. Richard II, io
of the Archdeacon of Canterbury. The vicarage
his new-founded College of All Saints in Maidſtone;
is a diſcharged living in the King's Books, of
but the patronage of the advowſon of them, the
the clear yearly certified value of 30l. (w)
Archbiſhop reſerved to himſelf and ſucceſſors. In
which ſtate they remained till Archbiſhop Cranmer,
by his indenture Nov. 30, in the 29th year
of
K. Henry VIII, exchanged the advowſon and
PATRONS,
VICARS.
patronage of the church of Maidſtone, and cha-
or by whom preſented.
pels annexed, with the King, among other pre-
Archbiſhops of Can. (x) William Sutton, in 1643.
miſes therein mentioned, to hold to him and his terbury.
Rayney.
fucceffors for ever (9).
Friday.
Upon the diffolution of the above college, in
Charles German, obt. Aug.
the iſt
year
of K. Edward VI, the rectory, as
1704.
well as the advowſon of the ſaid church and
Joel
(y) John Martin, reſig. 1718.
chapels becoming veſted in the Crown, the
(2) Francis Muriell, A. M.
church of Maidſtone was left, through the King's
Cor 1718, obt. July 1750.
favor, to the inhabitants of that town and pa-
(a)Thomas Baker, inſtit. Feb.
riſh, and that, as well as the chapels of Detling
20, 1764, obt. Feb. 1779.
and Loofe, were ſerved by Curate's nominated
by the King, whoſe ſtipends were paid by the
L 0 0 SE.
King's leſſee of the great tythes or rectories of
theſe pariſhes (r).
ADJOINING to the pariſh of Maidfone
At which time the barn, tenths, and glebe of
Southward lies that of Looſe, written in an-
the pariſh of Detling were valued at 71. 6s. 8d.
tient records, Hlife, and Loſe.
per annum, and the ſtipend paid to the Curate of It moſt probably takes its name from the
this church by the Archbiſhop's lefſee of the tythes
ſtream here loſing itſelf for ſome ſpace under
was 21. 135. 4d. (s)
ground, blofan in Saxon ſignifying to loſe or be
Q. Elizabeth, Nov. 5, in her 6th year, granted
loft.
the reverſion of the rectory of the ſeveral pariſhes
of Maidſtone, Detling, and Looſe, then in leaſe to
Chriſtopher Roper, eſq; to Mathew, Archbiſhop of Loſe was given by K. Ethelwulf, ſon of K. Ega
Canterbury, and his ſucceſſors, in exchange, a bert, about the year 832, to a widow woman,
mong other premiſes (s); ſince which it has con named Suete, and her daughter, and they made
CHURCH OF DET LING,
Τ Η Ε
M A N O.R.
(p) There are ſtill lands in this pariſh called Polley-fields.
(9) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 132. Augtn. off. box A. 21.
(r) See above, p.
(s) Folio Chriſt Church Mi.
(u) MR.
papers
E. H.
(v) E&. Theſ. p. 17. (rv) Ibid. p. 15.
(x) Mr. E.H.
(y) He reſigned this on being made Vicar of St. Clement's
in Sandwich.
(z) And Rector of Rucking.
(a) And Rector of Frinfted,
a donation

Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
139
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
this country
LOOSE
a donation of it to the Monks of the priory of ham Campion, D. D. was the leſſee, as was his
Chriſt Church in Canterbury; who allotted it to widow, Mary Campion, afterwards ; but in 1724
wards the expence of their cloathing (b).
William Barrowby, M. D. held it, and ſoon after-
This place is not mentioned in the record of wards parted with his intereſt in it to John Hayes,
Domeſday ; as it adjoined to Eaſt Farleigh, and as he did to Thomas Criſpe, to whom the leaſe of
was, as well as that, part of the poſſeſſions of the it was granted in 1734 ; in which name it ſtill
priory of Chriſt Church, it is moſt probably continues, the preſent leſee being Mr. Thomas
included in the deſcription of that manor, and is Criſpe, gent. (g) who reſides here, and by the con-
part of the fix ſulings which that eſtate is there tinual improvements he has made in the grounds
ſaid to conſiſt of (c). In the 6th year of K. and waters of it, has rendered this place as de-
John, the vill of Loſe ſeems to have been veſted lightful and pleaſant a ſpot, as a farm, as any
in William de Loſe, who then levied a fine thereof this part of Kent can boaſt of.
in the King's court at Weſtminſter, to the priory(d) Edward, Cuftos of the houſe of the hoſpital of
and church of the Holy Trinity in Canterbury. In Swynesfeld, in 1249 granted to the priory of Chriſt
the reign of K. Edward I, the manor of Loſe, Church, &c. 12d. rent in Loſne, which Dioniſiuś
with its appurts. was valued at 181. (e) K. Ed de la Snade gave to the brothers of the hoſpital
ward II, by his charter, July 14, in his roth of St. John of Jerufalem, &c. (b)
year, granted and confirmed to the Prior and his
MANOR OF LOOSE, alias PIMPE'S COURT,
fucceffors, free warren in all the demeſne lands,
which he, or any of his predeceſſors had acquired
There ſeems to have been another manor in
this pariſh, ſtyled likewiſe the manor of Loole,
ſince the time of his grandfather ; ſo that the
alias Pimpe's Court, which was once the inheri-
ſame were not within the bounds of his foreſt,
tance of the noted family of Fremingham ; John,
&c. (f) This manor continued part of the pop-
feſſions of the priory till its diſſolution in the gift
ſon of fir Ralph de Fremingham, of Lofe, died
in the 12th year of King Henry IV, feiſed of
year of K. Henry VIII, when it was ſurrendered
the manor of Loſe, and leaving no iſſue by Alice
into the King's hands, and was given, together
his wife, he by his laſt will deviſed it to certain
with all the lands and poſſeſſions belonging to it,
feoffees, who by their deed, dated Dec. 4, next
by the general words of the act paſſed that year
year, aſſigned it over, according to the directions
for this purpoſe, to the King and his heirs for
of his laſt will, to John, ſon of Reginald de Pimpe,
and his heirs male, with remainder to Roger Iſle,
The manor of Looſe did not remain long in
as being the neareſt of blood to him (i).
the Crown, for K. Henry ſettled it, among other
John Pimpe died ſeiſed of this manor in the
premiſes, by his dotation charter, dated May
9th year of K. Henry V, and his deſcendant,
23, in the 33d year of his reign, on his new-
John Pimpe, eſq; in the reign of K. Henry VII,
erected Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, part of alienated it to Edward Stafford, Duke of Bucking-
whoſe inheritance it now continues.
ham, on whoſe attainder in the 13th year of K.
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held for
Henry VIII, this manor came to the Crown,
this manor, at which are choſen a Borſholder for
and was preſently after granted to fir John Rains-
the boroughs of Wanfburſt, Falkſheath, and Pat-
ford, knt.(k) and he ſhortly afterwards paſſed it
tenden, in the Weald of Kent.
away to fir Henry Iſley, knt. who by the act of the
In the 33d year of K. Henry VIII, the leſſee 2d and 3d of K. Edw. VI, procured his lands in
of this manor was Stephen Aſtyn, who was ſuc-
ceeded in the 30th year of Q. Elizabeth by John his ſon, Wm. Iſley, efq; being. both attainted of
Smythe. In the year 1630 Robert Swinock was te high treaſon, for being concerned in the rebellion
nant of it, who held it till after the death of K.
raiſed by ſir Thomas Wyatt, knt, in the iſt year
Charles. In 1661 the leaſe of it was granted to of Q. Mary, their lands became forfeited to the
Alabaſter Fludd, eſq; who in 1675 was ſucceeded
Crown, and fir Henry was executed at Sevenoke (1).
by Benjamin Calamy, D. D. on whoſe deceaſe his
This manor thus coming to the Crown, as well
widow, Mary Calamy, enjoyed it. In 1669 Abra as the adjoining one of Pimpe’s Court in Eaſt Far-
ever. pas anns and his hearts
(6) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 20.
(c) Pope Urban III, in the year 1185, confirmed this ma-
nor to the priory. Regiſt. Chriſt Church.
(d) Madox's Firm. Burg. p. 17.
(e) Battely’s Somn. part ii, appendix, p. 50.
(f) Regiſt. Eccl. Chriſti, Cant. Cart. 134.
(g) He married Martha Frank, fifter to the Rev. Mr.
Thomas Frank, Curate of this pariſh, by whom he had one
fon, John, who married Elizabeth Elmfion, of Egerton, and
died in 1770, leaving two ſons, Thomas, who died in 1778,
and John, and one daughter Elizabeth.
(5) Regift. of Chriſt Church, Cart. 1533.
(i) Viz. ſon of John Iſle, ſon of Joane, fiſter of John Fre-
mingham, father of Ralph, who was father of John the teſta-
tor. The above-mentioned deviſe was to Roger Iſe, and to
the heirs male of his body, with divers remainders over.
Mf. Dering.
(k) Rot.Eſch. an 23 Hen. VIII, Rot. 7, where the premiſes
granted to Rainsford are thus deſcribed : 140 acres of arable,
one fulling-mill, &c. in Lcoſe; two meſfuages, two barns,
500 acres of arable, 300 acres of paſture, 400 acres of woods
four marcs and 155. rent, in the pariſhes of Loose, Lynton,
Bockion, Maidſtone, Goldinge, Mereden, and Staplehurſt, late
parcels of the manors of Loſe, Orham, Rede, and Wef Bare
melinge, held of the King in capite by knights ſervice.
(1) See Philipott, p. 225.
leigh,

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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The H I S Τ Ο R Y
of
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
LOOSE.
leigh, by the above attaint of fir Henry and his
ſon ( 1), fcem both to have been granted together,
under the title of the manor of Loſé, alias Pimpe's
Court, in Loſe, Eaſt Farleigh, Linton, &c. by Q.
Mary that year to for John Baker, knt, her At-
torney General, and his heirs, to hold in capite
by knight's ſervice (12), in whoſe deſcendants this
manor continued till fir John Baker, bart. about
the end of K. Charles I.'s reign, alienated it to
Thomas Ffloyd, of Gore court in Otham, efq; one
of whoſe deſcendants paſſed it away to Browne,
in which name it remained till it went by a fe-
male heir to Holden, whoſe fon Richard Holden,
of Coptford-hall in Elex, died feiſed of this manor
of Pimpe's Court, alias Looſe, in 1772, and his
widow is the preſent poffeffor of it (o).
LUDO
H A L E-PLACE
it.
is a good ſeát, pleaſantly ſituated on the ſide of a
hill at the north-weſt extremity of this pariſh, at a
place called le Hayle, and by the antient gateway
to it ſeems to have been an habitation of account
for ſome time paſt. It belonged to the family of
Beale for feyeral deſcents, and continued ſo till
it was by a female heir of that name carried in
marriage to Mr. William Poſt, of London, gent.
who in 1763 new fronted and greatly improved
the houſe, and lands adjoining. He reſides here,
and has one ſon, William Post, eſq; late one of
the four Common Pleaders of the city of London.
in the midſt of the village at the foot of it. The
lands of it, although they lie moſt of them upon
the quarry of Kentiſh rag-ſtone, with which this
part of the county abounds, yet they are remark-
ably kindly for hops and fruit trees, of the for-
mer of which there are large plantations in this
pariſh.
The Itream'which riſes at Langley, about a mile
from thence at Briſhing loſes itſelf under ground,
running through a ſubterraneous paſſage for near
half a mile (r); from which circumſtance this
pariſh is ſuppoſed to take its name. After which
it riſes again at the quarries at the weſtern bounds
of this pariſh, and running above ground directs
its courſe north-westward to this village, where
it receives a ſtream which riſes on the hill above
the church, from whence it flows directly norib,
and joins the river Medway on the ſouth ſide of
it, about half a mile above Maidſtone ; and tho'
from its riſe it does not run above two miles,
yet there are ſo many mills on it for different
manufactures, within ſight of each other, that
it may be ſaid to form a chain of them along the
whole of i
no IITY
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Podnino ba to IS
Loofe is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of
the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sutton.
The church is dedicated to All Saints, and is
a ſmall building with a ſpire ſteeple. It was an-
tiently eſteemed but a chapel of eaſe to the church
of Maidſtone, which was of the patronage of the
ſee of Canterbury.
The rectory of the church of Maidſtone, with
the chapels of Looſe and Detling annexed, was
appropriated by Archbiſhop Courtney, with the
King's licence, in the 19th year of K. Richard
II. to his new founded college of All Saints in
Maidſtone; but the patronage of the advowſon
of the church and chapels annexed, the Abp. reſer-
ved to himſelf and ſucceſſors. In which ſtate they
remained till Abp.Cranmer, by his indenture, Nov.
30, in the 29th year of K. Henry VIII, exchan
ged the advowſon and patronage of that church
and the chapels annexed to it, with the King,
among other premiſes, to hold to him and his ſuc-
ceffors for ever(s). Upon the diffolution of the a-
bove college, in the 1ſt year of K. Edw. VI, the
rectory, as well as the advowſon of the ſaid church
and chapels, became veſted in the Crown ;
which the church of Maidſtone was left, through
the King's favor, to the inhabitants of that town
and pariſh, and that, as well as the chapels of
.
(r) There are many inſtances in this kingdom of rivers
loſing themſelves in this manner; as Lid in the co. of Devon,
Mole in Surry, Deverill in Wilts, Recall in Yorkſhire, Hamps
and Manifold in Stafford, and Aien in Denbighſhire. See
Brit. Bacon's and Merrett's Pinax.
() Dugd. Mon, vol. iii, p. 132. Augtn. off. box A. 21.
CESA L TS - PLACE
is another ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated about a
quarter of a mile fouth-eaſtward from the village.
It was antiently poſſeſſed by the family of Buf-
kin, who owned conſiderable eſtates in this county,
and from them it came, as their heir, to John Mar-
tin, of Stanmer in Suſſex, efq; who left iſſue a ſon,
Denny Martin, efq; who reſided here. He mar-
ried Frances, one of the daughters of Thomas,
Lord Fairfax (p), by whom he had five ſons and
three daughters; and his widow, the Hon. Mrs.
Martin, above-mentioned is the preſent poſſeſſor
of this ſeat, and reſides here (q. v bolso
1515
bo
PRESENT STATE OF LOOSE.
after
This pariſh extends itſelf to Cocksheath towards
the ſouth; the high road from Maidſtone over that
heath to the Weald of Kent croſſes the eaſtern ſide
of it, from north to ſouth, paſſing through the
village of Looſe, which is romantically ſituated
on the ſteep aſcent of an hill, with the church
(mr) See Pimpe's Court in Eaſ Farleigh.
៤. )
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
() See Pimpe's Court in Eaſt Farleigh.
(p) In her right their deſcendants are of confanguinity to
Archbiſhop Chichele. Stem. Chich. No.91.
(2) They bear for their arms-Gules, a lion rampant, and
8 croſs-croflets or.
Looſe

The HISTORY of K E N T.
141
S
do
ab. DAS
of Canterbury.
2011 AO
annum,
being at Capell’s Court in Ivechurch in Romney
LOOSE.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
Looſe and Detling, were ſerved by Curates no Engliſh word lytlan, ſignifying little or ſmall
, and
minated by the King, whoſe ſtipends were paid Atane a ſtone, part of this pariſh abounding withi
by the King's leſfee of the great tythes or rec the quarry ſtone called the Kentiſh rag ſtone.
tories of theſe pariſhes. At which time the barn, The greateſt part of this pariſh is within the
tènths, and glebe of the pariſh of Looſe were va bounds of the manor of Eaſt Farleigh, though
lued at 51. 139. 40. per annum ; and the ſtipend the manor of Loofe extends over fome ſmall par
paid to the Curate of this church by the Arch of it.
biſhop's leffee of the tythes was 21. 13s. 4d.(t)
The quitrents of the former from the free.
Q. Elizabeth, Nov. 5, in her 6th year, granted holders in free focage tenure amount to about it
the reverſion of the rectory of the ſeveral pariſhes
to DONIS
guineas per ann. (b).
of Maidſtone, Looſe, and Detling, then in leaſe to
bobiler bir
Chriſtopher Roper, efq; to Mathew, Archbiſhop of ing moſt probably included in the deſcription
This place is not mentioned in Domeſday
, be-
Canterbury, and his fucceffors, in exchange, a-
there given of the manor of Eaſt Farleigh.
mong other premiſes; ſince which it has con-
tinued part of the poſſeſſions of the fee of Canter-
γονα,
ods to argih
LIN TON PL A CI,
9.0991
bury to the preſent time (u).
to 90
OSTY
This church ſtill continues under the denomi antiently called Capell's Court, is the only place
vode
nation of a perpetual curacy, preſented to by the
of conſequence in this pariſh. It took its name
Archbiſhop, and is exeinpt from the Archdeacon originally from the family of Capell, who were
goods gaismasin proprietaries of it. They were uſually called ac-
150 tom approprio di bus
cording to the cuſtom of the time at-Capell
, and
In 1640 the curacy was valued at 361. per
in Latin, De Capella, their principal reſidence
Pilson
Mr. Richard Beale, a Hamburgh Merchant, for-
Marſh, though they had large eſtates in ſeveral
merly of this pariſh, of which he was a native,
other pariſhes in this county (c). One of them,
at his death in 1702 left 500l. for an augmenta-
John de Capella, in the reign of K. Henry HII,
tion to this curacy; with which ſum a farm in
held lands in the pariſh of Boxley, as appears by
Smarden, of 20l. per annum, was purchaſed and the charter of Inſpeximus granted by that King
appropriated to that uſe (v).
to the abbey there (d). w se
It is not in charge in the King's Books (70). Richard de Capell, his ſucceſſor, died in the
I ģth year of K. Richard II. (e), in whoſe def-
litest Stilo ono
cendants this place remained till the reign of K.
Henry VI. when it was alienated by one of them
PATRONS,
CURATES.
or by whom preſented.
to Richard Bayſden, from which hame in the
2009
Archbiſhop of Can- (x) John Aymes, fequeſtered
reign of Q. Eliz. it was ſold to fir Anthony Ma-
terbury. - 2 April 18, 1643. bats.
ney, of Biddenden, in this county, knt. whoſe an-
ceſtors had reſided there many generations (f).
(3) -- Lock, ejected 1662.
He removed his ſeat hither, and at his death was
buried in this church, as was his ſon Walter
(z) Henry Briggs, D.D. 1712.
Jo noi bhi booth
Maney, eſq; whoſe fon, John Mahey, was a
saties to vis (a) Thomas Frank, A.M.
ſon of great loyalty to K. Charles I. in his trou:
in 2 ohibo.1722. Preſent Curate.
bles; in confideration of which he was firſt
- ogled
krighted, and afterwards, on June 29, 1641,
L I N T O N. 1 alola bors created a Baronet (8).
da ogono
He paſſed away this feat and eſtate in the
SOUTHWARD from Looſe, on the oppoſite fide reign of K. Charles II. to fir Francis Witbens,
of Cocks Heath, lies the pariſh of Linton, an knt. one of the Juſtices of the Court of King's
tiently written Lyllyngton, and in Latin, Lilintuna, Bench, whoſe only daughter and heir Catherine,
which probably took its name from the old in 1710 carried it in marriage to fir Tho: Twyf-
bium
(t) Folio Chriſt Church Mfr.
() See Ivechurch and Warehorne for a further account of
(u) In 1643 the ſequeſtrators of Archbiſhop Laud's reve them.
nue craved the allowance of 21. 135. 4d. being the yearly (d) In which, K.Henry confirmed the agreement made by
penfion paid by the Archbiſhop to the Vicar of Looſe, and in the Abbat and Convent with the fons of John de Capella, on
Biſhop Williams's map it is likewiſe noted as a vicarage. account of Tattelmele in fee farm for five marks of ſilver,
(v) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 187. ione
yearly paid to him and his heirs. Dugd. Mon. vol. p. i, 8273
(2) EA. Theſ. p. 16. See above, p. 114, 120.
(e) Philipott, p. 199.
(x) White's Centuries, p. 2.
(f) Ibid. p. 224. See more of them under Biddenden.
E
(y) Calamy's Life of Baxtér, p. 2.
(8) After which he fuffered much for his attachment to
(7) Blomfield's Hift. Norf. part ii, p. 643.
the King, having his eſtate plundered and fequeftred, thos
(a) He was in 1731 preſented to the church of Cranfield in
at laft he had the favour of compounding for å fum of money.
the co. of Bedford, 10
10/09
He bore for his arms-Party per pale, argent and fable ; ibres
(6) See Eaft Farleigh.
chevronels between as many cinquefoils counterchanged.
Induh
and
VOL. II.
dens
CHURCH OF LOOSE.
Northern Henry Walter, 1666.
was a per-

142
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
fy's
PRESENT STATE OF LINTON.
Horace Mann, knt. k) and Robert and fames, both
LINTON.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
den, of Eaſt Peckham, bart. and he died poffeffed pariſh, in the reign of King Charles II. to fir
of it on October 10, 1712, leaving iſſue by her Francis Withins, knt, fince which it has paſſed
two daughters his coheirs (b).
in like manner as Linton Place, abovementioned,
On his death his widow became intitled to to the Mann's, and is now in the poſſeſſion of
this eſtate, and ſoon afterwards again carried fir Horatio Mann, Knight of the Bath, and Bart.
it in marriage to Brigadier General George Joces his Majeſty's Envoy Extraordinary at Florence.
lyn (i), whom ſhe intitled to the fee of it. He
Dod o bisa
alienated it to Robert Mann, eſq; who built a (3.61
swediya
ſmall but elegant ſeat here, partly on the ſcite of The high road from Maidſtone over Cocks beath
the old manſion of Capell's Court, which he pulled through the Weald of Kent, croſſes this pariſh
down(ii), and reſided in it till his death, which from north to fouth; the village of Linton is tu-
happened on Sept. 9, 1751. He left iſſue five ated on it about half a mile from the heath, near
fons, Edward Louiſa, afterwards of Linton-place, the foot of the great ridge of hills, which bound
eſq; Horatio, fince created a Baronet and made a the Weald northward, and ſo much of this pariſh
Knight of the Bath, now his Majeſty's Envoy as is below the top of the hill here, called Lin-
Extraordinary at Florence, Galfridus, father of fir ton-hill, is reputed to be in the Weald of Kent.
Part of
f this pariſh extends over the ſouthern part
of London, and alfo three daughters (l), polnoo to of the above-mentioned heath, which is a beauti-
By his laſt will dated Sept. 2, 1751, he de ful, and for this encloſed part of the county, an
viſed this his capital meſſuage, called Linton extenſive plain, being about three miles in length,
Place, with the parſonage and the advowſon of and in ſome places more than a mile in width. It
the vicaraye of Linton, and all other his eſtates is eſteemed a moſt healthy ſpot, and being like-
in this county, to his eldeſt ſon Edward Louiſa, wiſe well watered is generally preferred as a ſitu-
in tail male, with divers remainders over to his
ation for large encampments (P), it being equally
other ſons, and then to his two daughters, above commodious for the troops to march from it on
mentioned, in ſucceſſion in like tail.
an emergency either into the co. of Suſſex or Elex.
13 2idi ol s101
Edward Louiſa Mann, abovementioned, was of
ni mst sk Holdw
BOTAN Y. los 'to
Linton Place, efq; and died ſeifed of it unmarried
bus böladonga BOTA N Y.
on Dec. 16, 1775; on which, by the above en-
On Cocks-beath there grows the plant called
tail, it came to his next brother, fir Horatio
Lunaria, or ſmall moonwort (PP).
Mann, Knight of the Bath, and Baronet (m), his
Majeſty's Envoy Extraordinary at Florence, who
One of the family of Maney, owners of Capellºs
is the preſent proprietor of this feat, together with
Court in this pariſh, built and endowed an alms-
the parſonage and advowſon of the vicarage of
houſe here for four poor families. Robert Mann,
Linton, and other eſtates adjoining in this pariſh.
of Linton-piace, eſq; in 1749, rebuilt it, and en-
There were formerly fome lands in this pariſh
creaſed the original ftipends of 135. 4d. to each
which belonged to a family named Welldiſl, who
family to 20s, 361
had a chapel in this church called Welldiſh's
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
chapel... er istutbils un rad
Their arms were, as appears by their ſeals to
Linton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of
fòme antient deeds --Threa talbots ; on a chief a
the dioceſe of Canterbury, and deanry of Sutton.
fox (n) paſſant, which coat they bore, as is re. The church, which is dedicated to St. Nicho-
ported by tradition, to perpetuate the memory
las, is a ſinall building with a ſpire ſteeple, ſitu-
of one of their anceſtors having been huntſman
ated cloſe to the high road on the eaſt ſide of the
to William the Conqueror. After this eſtate village. The patronage of this church was part
had been many generations in this family, the
of the antient poffeffions of the Crown, and re-
greateſt part of it was alienated to Walter Ma. mained fo till it was given to the college or hoſ-
ney, efqz (O), whoſe fon, fir John Maney, of Lin pital for poor travellers, in the West Borcugh at
ton, bart. fold it, with the reſt of his eſtate in this Maidſtone, founded by Archbiſhop Boniface in the
(b) of whom Frances was married to George Ogle, eſi;
(1) Of whom Mary the ſecond married Benjamin Hatley
and Catherine to George Cooke, eſq. See Koydon Hall in Eaſt
Foote, eſq; now of Malling Abbey, and Catherine, the third,
afterwards married the Rev. Francis Hender Foote, of Charl-
(i) He was a younger fon of fir Robert Jocelyn, of Hide ton in Biſhopſborne, brother of the former.
kall in the co. of Hertford, bart. and died Nov. 1, 1727,
(m) He was created a Baronet March 3, 1755, with limita-
leaving iſſue by Lady Twyfden, who died in
tion, in failure of iffue male, to his brother Galfridus and
LY
fons. The family of Jocelyn bore for their arms-Azure, a
his heirs male ; fir Horatio is at preſent unmarried.
wreath, argent and ſable, with four hawks bells towards the
Thus Blazoned according to a Mil. of Southouſe-
Corners of the efcutcheon, or. 10
Argent, 3 talbots paſant, azure ; on a chief, or, a fox pajant,
(ii) It ſtands on the ſide of the hill, having a moft exten-
gules.
() Phillipott p. 224. mola
five proſpect over the Weald of Kent, &c. and two hand (p) In the year 1778 there were 15000 men encamped on
ſome avenues of trees, one leading from the houſe to Cocks this heath, which did not occupy more than two-thirds of the
Heath, and the other to the village of Linton.
wholeextent of it.
(k) See more of him under Boughton Malherbe.
(pp) Johnſon's Gerard's Herbal, p. 406.
CHARITI E S.
CHARME
Peckham.
1730,
three
reign

no
CHURCH OF 'LINTON.
-350
1773 renau
year 108
2. mold
The HISTORY of K E N T. 143
LINTON.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED. .
reign of K. Henry III. (9). Archbiſhop Walter
Reynolds, about the year 1314, appropriated it
PATRONS,
to the uſe and ſupport of the above hofpital (r).
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
In the 19th year of K. Richard II. anno 1395,
(2) 2- Nicholls, ejected in
Archbiſhop Courtney, on his making the pariſh
1662.
church of Maidſtone collegiate, obtained the
Phineas Cofbey, obt. Dec. 1676.
King's licence, Aug. 2, that year for this pur-
Bank for
James Iden, obt. Jan. 1680.
poſe, and the King further granted to him, that
Bazil Richards, 1680, obt.
he might give and aflign the above mentioned
May 15, 1729.
hoſpital and all the lands and revenues belong-
(a) Fohn Fuller, A. M. 1729,
ing to it, and alſo the advowſon and patronage
w obt. 1751
of the church of Lillyngton, among others, to Robt. Mann, efq; (b) Francis Hender Foote, B L.
that hoſpital appropriated, and of the King's
1751, ob. Jan 27, 1773.
patronage, all which were held of the King in
(c) William Polbill, A. M.
capite, to the Maſter and Chaplains of the above-
1773. Preſent Vicar.
mentioned new collegiate church of Maidſtone, os 90%
AUTO 8 3419
to hold to them and their ſucceffors of the Arch.
EAST FARLEIGH.P.
biſhop and his ſucceſſors in free, pure, and per-
NORTH-weſtward from Linton, on the oppo-
petual alms for ever, for the better maintenance
ſite ſide of Cocks-heath, and on the ſouthern
azoblong
bank of the river Medway lies the pariſh of Eaſt
To this appropriation of the church of Lil-
Farleigh, ſo called to diſtinguiſh it from the ad-
lyngton, Adam Mottrum, Archdeacon of Canter-
joining pariſh of West Farleigh in Twyford Hundred.
bury, gave his affent March 6th following (t).
It is called by Leland, in his Itinerary, Great
The collegiate church of Maidſtone was diſſol-
ved by the act of the iſt year of K. Edward VI,
Farleigh. thotto ai
anno 1546, and was ſurrendered into the King's
In the record of Domeſday it is written Fer-
hands accordingly, with all the lands, poffef-
laga, and in the Textus Roffenfis, Fearnlega, and
fions, &c. belonging to it (u).
moſt probably took its name, as well as the
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this church pariſh of Weſt Farleigh, from the paſſage over
was valued at 106s. 8d. per ann. (0) In the year
the river Medway at one or both of theſe places,
1640, the vicarage of it was valued at 301. per fare in Saxon fignifying a journey or paſagé, and
ann.(w) In the year 1751, the clear yearly certi lega, a place, i, e. the place of the wey or paf-
fied value of it was 611. ys 8d. yearly income (x). fage (d). VIA 191191 zid you browba
This vicarage is valued in the King's Books at
M A NOR.. SO
71. 139. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 155. 4d. (y)
The parſonage, as well as the advowſon of the
This place was given by Queen Ediva, or as
ma
vicarage, were held by grant from the Crown in
ſhe is called by ſome Ediva(e), the mother of K.
Edmund and Eadred, in the year 961, to Chrift
the reign of Q. Eliz. by Alexander Grygſby, gent. in
which name they continued in 1640. In 1681,
church, in Canterbury, free from all fecular fer-
Francis Marten, gent. held them. About the year
vice, excepting the repairing of bridges, and
the building of caſtles (f); and it continued in
1710 they were held by Wallace, and afterwards
by Oliver, who died ſeiſed of them in 1728; foon
the poffeffion of that church at the time of the
taking the general ſurvey of Domeſday, in the
after which they were purchaſed by Robert Mann,
of Linton Place, esgs who in 1751 died ſeifed of
them, and deviſed them by his laſt will, in like
reign, in which it is thus deſcribed, under the
general title of Terra Monachorum Archiepi, or
manner as Linton Place, to his eldeſt ſon, Edw.
Louiſa Mann, eſq; who dying unmarried in 1775,
lands of Chriſt church in Canterbury. dw 1951A
DNE 24. sing
his next brother fir Horatio Mann, Knight of the
Bath and Baronet, by the like entail of his fa Ipfe Archieps' ten' Ferlaga. p. 6 ſolins ſe defd.
ther, became intitled to them, and is the pre-
Tra' e. 26. car.
4.
et. 35 villi
fent proprietor of this parſonage impropriate, cu. 56. bord. hnt. 30. car.' Ibi eccla &
and is patron of the vicarage of this church. de 27. folid & 8. den.” Ibi 8. Serdi. & 6. pifcarie
1000 trods
(9) See Maidſtone, p. 114, 120.
GM Od STS (6) He took this degree from the Archbiſhop. He was
(r) Tan. Mon. p. 224.
SM
alſo Rector of Boughton Malherbe.
(s) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, part 2d, p. 132.
(c) Late Maſter of the Grammar ſchool in Maidſtone.
(t) Battely's Somner, part 2d, p. 156.
(d) The pariſh of E. Farleigh reaches within a quarter of
(u) Cokes Ent. p. 456.
a mile of Boughton Cock, Loose pariſh intervening and ſe-
(v) Stev. Mon. vol. i. p. 41.
parating the eaſternmoſt part entirely from the other.
(e) She was the third wife of K. Edward the elder, the
(w) Mfr. Coll. Lewis.
(x) E&. Thef. p. 15.
eldeſt ſon of K. Alfred.
(2) He was ejected by the Bartholemew act. Cal. life of (f) Dec. Script. col. 2221. Somn. Cant. Appendix p. 36.
Baxter, p. 286.
In Dudg. Mon. vol. i, p. 21. This gift is ſaid to have been
(a) And Vicar of Yalding, by diſpenſation Jan. 1738.
made in the year 960.
de
THE
In Medeftan Hund one
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144
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1
and
7
and
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998 eins o 1
2d 9V
78. 103d. iot no SIM
EAST FARLEIGH. Mi
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED:
de mille 200 anguill. Ibi. 12. ác' pti. ſilva 115. his eſtates became forfeited to the Crown, and
porc.'
were together with the reverſion of them, aſſured
De tra’ huj. m ten' Godefrid in feudo dimid. fo to the Queen and her heirs, by an act paſſed for
lin, & ibi bt. 2. car'. & 7. villos cu 10. bord. that purpofe (1). ed if I 10.1007, det bra f
bntes. 3. car'. & 4. Servos. & 1. mold. de 20. den' After which, though the Queen made a grant
& 4 acs' pti & ſilva 3° porc'.
of the fcite and capital meſſuage of this manor,
Totu' m'. T. R. E. valeb. 16. lib. & poſt tntd'.
to fir John Baker, as will be further mentioned
& mo'. 22. lib. qd'. Abel mo' ten’: 6. lib. qd Gode below, yet the manor litſelf continued in the
frid'. 9. lib. q'. Ricard' in ſua leuga. 4. lib.
Crown, and remained ſo at the death of King
Which is,
Charles I, in 1648. After which the powers
The Archbiſhop himſelf holds Ferlaga. It was then in being, having feiſed on the royal eſtates,
taxed at 6 ſulings. The arable land is
nd is 26 caricates. paſſed an ordinance on July 16 following, to
In demeſne there are four, and 35 villeins, with 56 veft them in truſtees, in order to their being
borderers, having 30 carucates. There is a church
forthwith ſold to ſupply the neceſſities of the
and three mills of 27 ſhillings and 8 pence. There ftate, ar to arisigor bad. Mode3
Medies tina
are 8 ſervants, and 6 fiſheries, of one thouſand 200 In purſuance of which there was ſoon after:
Eels. There are 12 acres of paſture. Wood for the wards a ſurvey taken of this manor of Eaſt
pannage of 15 bogs.
Farleigh, by which it appeared
aint bus go
Of the land of this manor Godefrid keld in fee * That the quitrents due to the Lord from the
half a ſuling, and has there two carucates, ånd
freeholders in free focage tenure amounted to 151.
villeins with 10 borderers having 3 carucates, 85. 11d.
4 ſervants, and one mill of 20 pence, and 4 acres of
* The like within the townſhip of Linton,
meadow, and wood for the pannage of 30 bogs.
In The whole manor, in the time of K. Edward the
The like within the townſhip of Eaſt Peck-
Confeffor was worth 16 pounds, and afterwards as ham, 161. 55. old.
li ono s orlo vd bov
much, and now 22 pounds. What Abel now holds
from the ſeveral dens in the Weald
is worth 6 pounds, what Godefrid 9 pounds, what
GO
AD10305 CMCHE
of Kent, 61. 175. 7 d (m).
Richard in his lowy 4 pounds. oo plasdong
гло.
The common fines from the borſholders of
In the time of King Edward I. the manor of
Stokenburie in Eaſt Peckham, and of Badmonden,
Eaſt Farleigh, together with the eſtate belonging
Stoberfield and Rocden, amounted to 225. yearly.
to Chriſt Church, in the neighbouring pariſh of
The fines, profits, &c. of courts were 61.
Hunton, was valued at 42l. per annum (8).
coibus annis. Sum total 561. 75. 7 d.
K, Edward II. by his charter July 14, in his
That there was a Court Baron and Court Leet.
joth year, granted and confirmed to the Prior of
nors
That the freeholders paid a heriot on demiſe,
Chriſt Church free warren, to him and his ſucceſ-
all the demeſne lands which he poffeffed
or death of the beſt living thing of any ſuch
here in the time of his grandfather, or at any
tenant, or in want of it, 35. 4d.(n): 991.it
time ſince(b). This manor continued part of
ni Soon after which this manor was ſold by the
ftate to Col. Robert Gibbon, with whom it conti-
the poſſeſſions of the Priory, till its diffolution
nued till the reſtoration of K. Charles II, when
in the żiſt year of K. Henry VIII. when it was
ſurrendered into the King's hands, and was
it again became part of the revenues of the
given, together with all the lands and poffef-
Crown (0). fi refer to
fions belonging to it, by the general words of
The grant of it has been many years in the
the act paſſed that year for this purpoſe, to the
family of his Grace the Duke of Leeds, who now
King and his heirs for ever.
holds it at the yearly fee farm rent of ten fhil.
le sluit into
After which, the King Nov. 20, that year,
lings.
granted this manor, among other premiſes, to
fir. Thomas Wyatt knt. and his heirs male, law-
fully begotten to hold in capite by knight's ſer But the ſcite and capital meſſuage of the manor
vice (i), and he died ſeized of it in the 34th of Eaſt Farleigh, now called The Courtlodge, with
year
of that reign, as appears by the inquiſition all the demeſne lands of the manor, containing
taken the next yeår after his death. (k). His ſon about 200 acres in Eaſt Farleigh and Linton, was
fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. having raiſed a rebellion granted by Q. Mary, anno iſt and 2d Philip
in the itt year of Q. Mary, was attainted, and and Mary, to fir Fohn Baker, knt. one of her
The like to
anbandled
fors in al
THE COURT
LODGE. 3
(g) Battely's Somn. Appendix part 2d, p. 50.
(h) Regift. of Chrift Church Cant. charter 134.
(7) Röt Eſch. ejus. an. part 1. Coke's Ent. p. 78.
(*) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
() Intituled an act for confirming the attainder of Henry,
Duke of Suffolk, Thomas Wyatt, knr, and others.
OOO TROV apa
(m) Viz. In Ellerſden in Chart, in Chillenden in Mar-
den, in Knockeden, Highanden, Peckenden, and Hilden in
Goutherft, in Badmonden in Horſmonden, in Stoberfield and
Recden in Brenchley.
(2) Parl. Surveys Augment. Of.
(o) Augment Off. ibid. Roll H. 8.
vero
Prive

MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
in 1616 (u), and dyin ,
Allen, by whom ſhe had two for Jane, married to James
de ;
The HISTORY of K E N T. 145
EAST FARLEIGH.
Privy Council (p), to hold in capite by knight's and was buried here, leaving iffue one fon Foku
ſervice (9). He died feiſed of this eſtate in the Amburſt, now of Berſted, efq; and three daugh-
5th and 6th years of that reign, and by his laſt ters. George, the ſecond fon was twice married,
will deviſed it to his ſecond son, Mr. John Ba but left iſſue only by his fecond wife Susan, two
ker, of London (r), who by Catherine his wife, ſons and three daughters, the eldeſt of the for-
daughter of Reginald Scott, eſq; had iſſue fir Ri. mer being John Amherſt, now of Rocheſter, eſa;
thard Baker, knt. the Chronicler (s), and he, Nicholas, the next ſon of Nicholas, died in 1736,
about the latter end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, æt. 36, unmarried, and was buried in this
alienated it to fir Thomas Fane, of Burfion in church ist
dort ni ab
noo
Hunton, knt.(t). He died ſeiſed of it in 1606, Stephen, another of the ſons, was of Weſt Far.
without iſſue, and bequeathed this, among the leigh, and dying in 1760, was buried at-Weſt Far-
reſt of his eftates, to fir George Fane, knt. ſecond leigh, leaving iſſue three fons; John Amburſ, now
ſon of fir Thomas Fane, of Badfell, knt. by Mary of Barnjet, gent
. Edward, who was of Barnjet
,
his wife, Baroneſs le Deſpenſer. He died June and died in 1762, æt. 20, and was buried in Welt
26, 1640, and was ſucceeded in this eftare by Farleigh church, and Stephen Amburſ, gent. now
his eldeſt fon Colonel Thomas Fane, of Burſton, of Weſt Farleigh, and four daughters. Edward,
who in the reign of K. Charles II, alienated it
another ſon, was of Barnjet, and died in 1756,
to Mr. John Amhurſt, who then reſided at the
without ifiue, and was buried at Barming. The
Court Lodge as tenant under him.
trawbs
other four fons of Captain Nicholas Amburft
died
infants (+).
toleow I soon 03
310T1913
He was the grandſon of Nicholas Amerſt, for
ſo he ſpelt his name, who was of Eaſt Furleigh,
George Amhurſt, goizt. the eldeſt ſurviving fon
)in 1662, was buried in
of Nicholas, had the Court Lodge bequeathed to
him, by his father's laſt will, who having neg.
this church having had iſſue by Elizabeth his
lected to cut off an entail of it, his three other
wife, four ſons and four daughters, of the for-
fons, Nicholas, Stephen, arid Edward, claimed
mer Nicholas Airberſt, for ſo he wrote his name,
their reſpective ſhares in it.
ni enotto
became his heir and reſided as tenant at the
Court Lodge. He died in 1679, and was bu-
After much diſpute the entire fee of this eſtate,
ried in this church, leaving iſſue by Jane
Flet-
partly by purchaſe and partly by agreement, be-
canie vefted in Edw. Amhurſt, gent. the youngeſt
cher his wife, two ſons, John and Nicholas, and
fon, who died without iſſue feiſed of it in 1756,
fix daughters.
and deviſed it by his laſt will to his next elder
John Amhurſt, gent, reſided at the Court
brother, Stephen Amhurſt, of test Farleigh, gent.
Lodge, which he afterwards purchaſed of Col.
who at his death in 1960, bequeathed it to his
Fane, as abovementioned; he ferved the office
eldeſt ſon, Mr. John Amhurſt, now of Barnjet,
of High Sheriff for this county in the year 1699,
the preſent poffeffor of the Court Lodge, and the
and kept his ſhrievalty here. He died June 8,
eſtate belonging to it
..
1711, and was buried in this church; though
The manfioți of the Court Lodge is ſituated
he was married he died without iſſue, and by
adjoining to the weſt ſide of the church-yard ; it
his laſt will bequeathed this eſtate to his bro-
has not been inhabited but by cottagers for ma-
ther Capt. Nicholas Amhurſt, of Barnjet, who
niy years, great part of it ſeems to have been
died ſeiled of it in 17155 and was buried in this
pulled down, and the remains make but a very
church.
$1.00 500
mean appearance.
He married Suſannah Evering, by whom he
had iſſue fifteen children, viz. John, who reſi-
G Å L L A N T S pupil
ded at the Court Lodge, and died in his life is a manor in this pariſh which for many years
time, in 1714, æt. 26, and was buried here, was part of the poſſeſſions of the family of Ro-
leaving one fon Nicholas, who died in 1750,
&
() Q Mary Nov. 14, anno ift and ad of Philip and
(v) Of the daughters, Suſan married Edward Wallingham,
Mary, granted a leaſe of theſe premiſes to Sir John Baker
for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 131. 6s. 8d. Coke's Ent. married to fir Edward Auften, of Boxley Abbey, bart.
(9) Philipott p. 150.
, James, now deceaſed,
(s) Vif. Co. Kent 1619.
and William, deviſees in the will offer Edward Auften, and
(1) Philipott p. 150. June 12, anno 9 Q. Eliz. Robert
a daughter, married to Nicholas Amhurſt, father of Jobn,
IViſeman had a grant of the ſcite of this manor. Augtn. off.
of Berfied. Elizabeth, married the Rev. Mr. Taylor ; the
How's
Rolls, No. 54. Therefore Baker moſt probably paſſed his in.
three other daughters died unmarried.
tereft in it to Wiſeman, who procuted a more ample grant of
(2) By inquiſition, taken after the death of Walter Cole-
it, and then paffed it away to Fane, about which time Tho.
peper at Tunbridge, Feb. 25, anno i Edw. III, it was found
Wardegar obtained a grant of ſome of the manor lands, Aug.
that he held in gavelkind in his demeſne, as of fee, at the
Off. Roll 1, No. 7.
time of his death, certain tenements in Eaſt Farlegh of the
(u) To whom William Camden, Clar. in 160y aſſigned
Prior of Chriſt Church, by the fervice of 20s. per annum, and
this coat of arms-Gules, 3 tilling ſpears, 2 and 1, erected in
making ſuit at the Court of the Prior of Eaſt Farlegh, from
three weeks to chree weeks; and it was found that there were
pale or, beaded argent.
VOL. 11.
2 P
shere,
per (w). W
caring one bon Michala, who died in 1750
p. 78.
(r) Ibid.
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146
HISTORY of K E N T.
Tbe
Which is : Of
manfion Jouthern ex-
da oy his
EAST FARLEIGH.M
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
Jahn Roper, the third Lord Tenban, died ſeiſed pti. Silva'. 4. porc'. T. R. E. & poft valeb. 20.
of this manor Feb. 27, 1627, as appears by the
Cilt
inquiſition taken after his deceaſe (x). His fol. modo. 40. ſolid Ainod tenuit de rege. E.
grandſon Chriſtopher, Lord Tenham, gave it in
marriage with his daughter Catherine to William
bolds one yoke of the Biſhop in the manor of Pinpe,
Sheldon, eſq; whoſe deſcendant Richard Sheldon, and he has there one carucate, with nine ſervants, and
of Aldington in Thurnham, eſq; at his death be-
three acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
queathed it by his laſt will to his widow, who four hogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor,
ſoon afterwards, in the year 1736, remarrying
and afterwards it was worth 20 ſhillings, now 40
with Wm. Jones, eſq; M.D. intitled him to this ſhillings. Alnod Cilt beld it of K. Edward,
manor, and he is the preſent poffeffor of it. si On the
the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, in the
The manor houſe has an antient appearance, year 1084, this manor, among the reſt of his
both within and without, the doors being arched, eſtates, became confiſcated to the Crown. It
and as well as the windows, caſed with aſhlar was afterwards granted to the family of Clare,
ftone, and much of the walls built with fint (y). Earls of Gloucejier (x), of whom, as chief Lords
of the fee, it was held by the eminent family of
PIMPE'S-COURT
o to arw Tot modton it Pimpe, who took their name from it.
m it. de nic
is a manor and antient feat in this paribh, the oris Richard de Pimpe held it in the reigns of K.
which is ſituated at the
Edward I. and II, as did his deſcendant, for
tremity of it next to Looſe. It was formerly part of
Philip de Pimpe, in the beginning of that of K.
thoſe poffeffions, which as well as the adjoining Edward III, being at that time a man of great
manor of Looſe, alias Pimpe’s-court, enriched the
repute. His widow, Joane, married John de Co-
family of Pimpe, who from their reſidence here,
loigne, who together with her ſon, Thomas de
acquired in proceſs of time their ſurname from
Pimpe; paid reſpective aid for this manor in the
it, and again implanted it on many other of their
20th year of K. Edward III, at the making the
poffeffions in this neighbourhood and elſewhere Black Prince a Knight. His deſcendant, Regi-
in this county.
nald "de Pimpe, of Pimpe's Court, reſided and kept
This manor at the time of the taking the
his ſhrievalty here in the 10th year of K. Henry
neral ſurvey of Domeſday in the year 1980, was IV, and
part of the poſſeſſions of Odo the great Biſhop of John de Pimpe, whoſe fon Reginald died ſeiſed of
Baieux, the Conqueror's half brother, under the it in the 16th year of K. Henry VI, anno 1437(a).
general title of whoſe lands it is thus deſcribed. His defcendant, John Pimpe, eſq; died ſeiſed of
Ada' tende epo i jugu' in pinpa. Tra’: e' the manor of Pimpe in the 11th year of K. Henry
bi bt dim Car': cu. 2. S
Servis. G 4 acs' pti. & VII, the fame having before been held of the
dimid' piſcaria? fine Cenfu. Silva'. 6 porc'. T.R. E. late Duke of Buckingham, and then of the King,
valeb'. 6. fol. & poft. 5. fol. modo'. 10. fol. & tam' as of the Honor of Gloucester (b); and his ſon
redd. 15. fol
. Godricº tenuit de Rege E... Reginald died likewiſe poffeffed of it in the 23d
ich is : Adam bolds of the Biſhop (of Baieux) year of the next reign of K. Henry VIII. His
one yoke in Pinpa. The arable land is ·
He heirs alienated it, with its appurts. to ſir Henry
a carucate, with two ſervants and They, knt. who by the act of the ad and 3d of
four acres of meadow and half a fiſhery, untaxed. K. Edward VI. procured his lands in this county
Wood for the pannage of ſix bogs. In tie time of to be diſgavelled.
K. Edward the Confeſor it was worth ſix ſhillings, Soon after which he ſeems to have ſettled this
and afterwards five ſhillings, now 10 ſhillings, and
manor on his ſon, William Iſley, eſq; but being
yet it pays 15 ſpillings. Godric held it of K. Edward.
both concerned in the rebellion raiſed by fir Tho-
By another entry in the fame book it appears,
mas Wyatt, in the iit year of Q. Mary, they were
that Rayner or Rannulf de Columbels, who held the then attainted, and fir Henry was executed at Se-
manor of Weſt Farleigh, under the Biſhop of Bai-
venoke, and the lands of both became forfeited to
eux, as one ſuling, held likewiſe another
part
of
the crown. After which Q. Mary that year grant-
this manor ; for after the deſcription of his
ed this manor, as well as that of Loſe, alias Pimpe's
holding that manor it thus continues :
Court, with its appurts. late parcel of the poſ-
De iſto folin ten' Rayner'. 1. jugu' de epo' in mº ſeſſions of William Iſey, attainted of high trea-
pinpe & ibi ht. I. Car'. cu.' 9. Servis. &
3.
acs?
ſon, to fir John Baker, knt. her Attorney Gene-
jogili
there, one capital meſſuage, yo acres of arable land, which
(x) At Sittingborne, Aug. 4th following.
were worth per annum altogether 35s. that there were there,
rents per annum 3os. payable quarterly, and of the ſaid rent
(y). This houſe ſtands about half a mile ſouthward from
at the term aforeſaid 12 hens, which were worth per annum the village of Eaſt Furleigh, in the road leading from thence
18d. and that his fons, Thomas, Jeffry, and Jobn, were the
имереке
next heirs to the fame. Lamb. Peramb. p. 598. The above (z) Rot. Eſch. anno 21 Edward III.
premiſes ſeem very probably to have been whatis now called,
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
the manor of Gallants, but as this is only conjecture, I dare
(6) Rot. Eſch. and Mr. Petytt Fædary his Book.
not affert it as ſuch. w sites or 0721
ral,
o the ge-
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Thе и
147
H IS TO RY of K E N T.
the
EAST FARLEIGH.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
ral, and his heirs, to hold in capite by knights came poſſeſſed of it in her own right, and now
ſervice (c). After which they ſeem to have been reſides here.
to to
accounted but as one manor, the name of the A younger branch of the Clerkes, of Ford in
latter having been long ſince forgotten. In his Wrotham, reſided in this pariſh during the reigns
deſcendants the manor of Pimpe's Court continued of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I, as appears by
till for John Baker, bart. about the end of K. the Pariſh Regiſter here. duob on drios el.
Charles I.'s reign, alienated it to Thomas Floyd, Dr. Plot mentions, in his Natural Hiſtory of
of Gore-court in Otham, eſq; one of whoſe deſcen Oxfordſhire (.5), fome large teeth having been
dants alienated it to Browne, in which name it dug up in this parish, one of which had been
remained till by the daughter and heir of Thomas given to him by Jacob, Lord Aſtley, which was
Browne, eſq; it went in marriage to Holden, and near feven inches round, and five ounces and an
their ſon, Richard Holden, of Coptford-ball near eighth in weight. But I can gain.no informa-
Ingateſtone in the co. of Eſſex, died without iſſue, tion further of them. od to gonorin
Nov. 17, 1772, and by his laſt will bequeathed worsrh je toitslog regels to 31962
it to his widow, who is the preſent poffeffor of Od 0 nC HA RITI E $. timorbo
it. (d).won songs
ft to load
John Franckelden, Citizen of London, in 1610,
There is a Court Baron held for this manor(e). left 100l. to build ſix cottages for poor people
A ſmall chancel on the ſouth ſide of Eaſt Far-
to live in, rent free.
leigh church belongs to Pimpe's Court (f). an
The Rev. Mr. Arthur Harris gave by his laſt
Sordo
adhout bris 1913st aid
will
, in 1727, 21. 108. od. per annum for ever,
to be paid out of Half Yoke farm, to be diſtri-
bris
bus bielos
buted in linen,
The pariſh of Eaſt Farleigh is pleaſantly fitu-
ated on a hill, on the ſouth ſide of the river Med Thomas Harris, eſq; who died in 1769, left 51.
way, over which here is an antient ſtone bridge of per annum for 50 years, to be given to the poor
five arches, repaired at the county charge.
in bread, 2s. every Sunday, excepting Eaſter and
Whitſunday.
The tide, in the memory of ſome now living, Mr. Thomas Foſter, in 1776, gave 1301, the
flowed up as high as this bridge ; but ſince the
locks have been erected on this river, to promote
intereſt of it to be laid out in linen and woollen,
the navigation of it, it is ſtopped from flowing
higher than the lock above Maidſtone bridge.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
This pariſh extends over part of Cocks-beath,
bro. 2002
and beyond the village of Looſe in a conſiderable Eaſt Farleigh is within the ecclefiaftical juriſ-
breadth of ground, almoſt as far as the Cock in
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and being a
Boughton Monchenſie, at the eaſtern extremity of peculiar of the Archbiſhop is as fuch within the
the heath. In this part of the pariſh are ſome deanry of Shoreham.
of the quarries of Kentiſh rag-ſtone, commonly cal The church, which is a handſome building,
led Boughton Quarries, from the greateſt part of with a ſpire ſteeple at the weſt end, ſtands at the
them lying in that pariſh.
eaſt end of the village, and conſiſts of two iſles
At the weſt end of the village is a gentleman's and two chancels, and has been lately, through
houſe, formerly poffefſed by a family of the name the laudable care of the Vicar, new pewed and
of Darby, ſome of whom are mentioned in the ornamented.
Pariſh Regiſter as inhabiting in this pariſh, as In the Rector's chancel are ſeveral memorials
far back as the year 1653. Mr. John Darby (8) of the family of Amburſt, and within the altar
died ſeiſed of it in Dec. 1755, and was buried rails two of Goldſmith. On the north lide of this
here, leaving this houſe by his laſt will to his chancel is a very antient altar tomb for one of
widow, Mrs. Mary Darby, who remarrying with the family of Colepeper, having their ſhield, a
Mr. James Drury, of Maidſtone, intitled him to bend engrailed, at one corner of it, moſt probably
it. He died Aug. 25, 1764, leaving iſſue by for fir T. Colepeper, who lived in the reign of K.
her one daughter, Mary, on which ſhe again be Edward III, and is reputed to have been the
PRESENT STATE OF EAST FARLEIGH,
107
350
) In
(c) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
See Looſe, p. 139.
(d) Her maiden name was Anne Blackenbury; after her
deceaſe this eſtate comes by Mr. Holden's will to his ſiſter's
daughter's ſon, a minor, ſon of William Vechell, of Cam-
bridgeſhire.
(e) The preſent houſe of this manor is a modern build-
ing; the ruins of the antient manfion are ſtill to be ſeen
about the preſent houſe; the ſouth-weſt end is ſtill remain-
ing, and by tradition was called The Old Chapel. Fur-
ther towards the north is a room with a very large chimney
and an oven in it, no doubt, the old kitchen. The gateway,
with a room over it, was taken down within memory ; by
the remains it feems as if the houſe and offices belonging to
it, when intire, formed a quadrangle.
1704 this chancel was repaired by Dr. Griffith Hat-
ley, of Maidſtone, who then poſſeſſed this eſtate for his wife
Margaret's life, the reliet of Captain Browne, and on her
death it deſcended to her ſon, by her former huſband, Tho-
mas Browne, ela;
(8) His mother was Anne, fifter of Thomas Criſpe, of Looja
court, gent. She died in 1754.
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148
Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
the King's patronage, which hoſpital, advow.
EAST FARLEIGH.
MaidstonE HUNDRED.
founder of this church. His arms, quartered now Lord Le Deſpencer, who is the preſent pof-
with thoſe of Joane Hardreſbull, his mother, viz. feffor of it. mas vonis didi
Argent, a chevron gules between 9 martlets, are ſtill In the 15th year of K. Edward I. the vicarage
remaining in the caſt window of the ſouth chancel, was valued at 10 marcs (9); in the year 1589 it
called Pimpe's chancel, in which is an ancient plain was eſtimated at 161. 8s. yearly income.
altar tomb, no doubt, for one of the Pimpe fa In the reign of K. Richard II. the church of
mily.
Ferleghe, was valued at 131. 6s. 8d. (r).
This church antiently paid gd. chiiſm rent to This vicarage is valued in the King's Books
the mother church of the dioceſe (i), and there at 61. 16s. 8d. and the yearly tenths át ol. 138.
ſeems once to have been a chapel dependant on 8d/s).
Tsirgusb. sits Sonicmot
it, called in the Textus Roffenfis Liluituna capella John, ſon of ſir Ralph de Fremingham, of Loſe,
Anfridi (k).
who died anno 12, Henry IV, by his lafe will
The patronage of the church of Eaſt Farleigh bequeathed certain lands therein mentioned, to
was part of the antient poffeſſions of the Crown, John Pympe, and his heirs male, for the finding
and remained ſo till it was given to the col of a chaplain in the church of Eaſt Farleigh, in
lege or hoſpital for poor travellers, in the the chapel of the Bleſſed Mary there newly built,
Archbp||
,
Boniface in the reign of K. Henry III. (1). Abp. for the ſouls of John de Fremingham, and Alice
Walter Reynolds about the year 1314, appro his wife, and of Ralph de Fremingham, and the
priated this church, to the uſe and ſupport of Lady Catherine, his father and niother, and of
the above hoſpital (m). In the 19th year of K. John, father of fir Ralph de Fremingham, knt.
Richard II, anno 1395, Archbiſhop Courtney, on aforeſaid, and Agnes, his wife, and for the ſouls
,
legiate, obtained the King's licence, Aug. 2d ther of the fame, Thomas, the Earl
, and the fouls
that year for this purpoſe, and the King further of all of whom the ſaid John Fremingham then
granted to him that he might give and aflign the held, the ſaid John Pympe, paying to the above
abovementioned hoſpital, and all the lands and Chaplain, the ſalary of 10 marks yearly, &c (t)
revenues belonging to it, and alſo the advowſon The Vicar of Eaſt Farleigh is endowed with
and patronage of the church of Ferleigh, among the tythes of corn growing on the lands belong.
others to the hoſpital appropriated, and then of || ing to the parſonage of Eaſt Farleigh, and of cer-
tain pieces of land called garden ſpots, which lie
ſons and patronages, were held of the King in diſperſed in this pariſh. abivals
capite, to the Mafter and Chaplains of the ſaid
cuorodos
new collegiate church of Maidſtone, to hold to
Hubrord
PATRONS,
them and their ſucceſſors, of the Archhiſhop and
or by whom preſented.
Rectors, Stogo &
his fucceffors, in free, pure and perpetual alms for com que ha (u) Alexander de Muneſtock,
ever, for the better maintenance of them (n). To fao yinomos of Parſon of Farleigh, anno
the above appropriation of the church of Far 3164 sergant mo 25 Edward I. digan is ,
leigh, Adam Mottrum, Archdeacon of Canterbury,
tieg 3 Vicars.
gave his conſent March 6th following (0). bus
The Crown. ga (v) John Holmes, ob. June,
The collegiate church of Maidſtone was dif riend to ris
1580. hermot stor
folved by the act of the iſt year of K. Edward | ni bonor (w) William Holland, pre-
VI, anno 1546, and was ſurrendered into the
Mina sido sin ſented 1580, reſig.
King's hands accordingly with all its lands, pof- ||) dienai veto (*)
Thomas Baſden, preſented
ſeſſions, &c. (p) Since which the patronage
Nov. 6, 1589, ob. Aug.
and advowſon of the Vicarage of Eaſt Farleigh,
1638. tool-9791
has remained in the hands of the Crown ; but
(y) Robt. Boteler, A.B. Aug.
the parſonage or great tythes of this church was
21, 1638, ob. May 26,
granted to one of the family of Vane, or Fane,
1659. beib H
in whom it continued down to John Fane, Earl
sigt och vad (2) Francis Greene, in 1661,
of Weſtmoreland, who at his death in 1762, de-
ob. May, 1685.
viſed it by will, among the reſt of his Kentiſh
(a) Arthur Harris, ind. May
eſtates, to his nephew fir Francis Daſhwood, bart.
Sal 1685, ob. Sept. 24, 1727.
homo
etti otti
thread
(i) Text. Roff. p. 229. (k) Ibid.
(c) Mr. Dering.
to colonias erota.
SUR () See Maidſtone, p. 114, 120.
(u) Prynne's Records, vol. iii, p.914.
(v) He lies buried in this church,
29. (m) Tan. Mon. p. 224.
(w) Pariſh Regiſter.
(1) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, part ii, p. 132.
(x) He lies buried in this church.
(o) Battely's Somner, part ii, p. 156.
(y) Rym. Fød. vol. xx, p. 314. He lies buried here.
(p) Coke's Ent. p. 456.
(2) He lies buried here.
(9) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456. (r) Ibid. p. 41.
(a) He was a man of exemplary life and converſation, and
(s) E&. Thel. p. 386.
of extenſive charity. He lies buried here.
to buvo
Jobs
3)
CHURCH OF EAST FARLEIGH.
282
انا وانام
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The H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
149
CALLE
M A N O R.
his ſon, Reginald Pimpe, efq; died likewiſe ſeiſed
EAST BARMING.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
(c) Fohn Hedges, preſented town and caſtle, as from his reſidence there ; and
1727, relig. 1752.
his deſcendants took the name of Clare, from the
(d) Paul Ezekiel De la Doueſpe;
like reaſon of their poffering that honor, and
A. M. Feb. 1752. Pre-
were afterwards Earls of Clare, and of Glouceſter,
fent Vicar.
and Hertford. Of this family, as chief Lords of
the fee, Barming was afterwards held in moieties
EAST BARMIN G;
by Fulk Peyforer and Roger de Kent, each of whom
held their part, as half a knight's fee, of the
ALLED in antient records, Bermelinge,
honor of Clare.
lies the next pariſh to Eaſt Farleigh, on the In the reign of K. Edward II, the heirs of
oppoſite or northern ſide of the river Medway. It Lora Peyforer and thoſe of Roger de Kent, viz.
was given by K. William the Conqueror to Thomas de Barmeling and William de Kent, held
Richard de Tonebrege (e), who was one of the theſe moieties as above-mentioned ; and in the 20th
principal perſons who came into England with year of the next reign of K. Edward III, John
Duke William, to whom he gave great aſſiſtance in Fitz Jacob, Thomas and John de Kent paid reſpec-
that memorable battle, in which he obtained the tive aid for this place, as one knight's fee, which
crown of this realm. He had for that ſervice, William de Kent and Thomas de Barmeling before
and in reſpect of his near alliance to him in held in Eaſt Barmeling of the Earl of Glouceſter.
blood, great advancements in honor, and large
The family of Fremingham came next into the
poffeffions, both in Normandy and England, be poffeffion of this eítate. John, ſon of fir Ralph
ftowed upon him (f), and among the latter this de Fremingham, of Loſe in this neighbourhood,
of Barming.
died feiſed of the manor of Eft Barmeling about
the 12th year of K. Henry IV, and leaving no
upsd TнE
iſſue by Alice his wife, he by his laſt will deviſed
this manor to certain feoffees, who by their deed,
In the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about the dated Dec. 4th next year, aſſigned it to John
year 1080, being the 15th of the Conqueror's Pimpe, and his heirs male, for the finding and
reign, this eſtate is thus entered, under the title maintaining two fit Chaplains; one in the mo-
of Terra Ricardi F. Gifeb'ti :
naſtery of Boxley, at the altar of St. Stephen, and
In Medefian. Hund'.
the other in the church of Eſ Farleigh, in the
Ifde' Ricard' (de Tonebrige) ten' Bermelinge. Alret chapel of St. Mary there lately built, to celebrate
tenuit de rege. E. & tr' & mo p uno Solin fe defd’. therein for the ſouls of the ſaid John, and Alice
Tra’.e'. 4. car. In dnio 2. car' & 5. villi cu'. 8. his wife, and others their anceſtors and relations
bord bnt. 5. car.' lbi. 13, ſervi. &
lbi. 13, ſervi. & un' molinº de. therein mentioned, for the ſpace of 24 years ;
5. folid. & 4. ac pti. Silva 10. pore'. T. R. E. the ſaid John Pimpe paying yearly to each of
Valeb. 4. lib. & poft. 100. Solid. modo'. 4. lib. them the ſum of 10 marcs for a ſalary. And if
Which is : In Medeſt an Hundred, the ſame Ri the ſaid John Pimpe ſhould die without heirs male
chard (de Tonebrige) holds Bermelinge. Alret held of his body, then the ſaid manor, and others
it of K. Edward (the Confeffor,) and then, and now, therein mentioned, were to remain, with divers
it was and is taxed at one ſuling. The arable land remainders over, for the like uſe (g):
is four carucates. In demejne there are two caru John Pimpe died ſeiſed of this manor in the gth
cates, and five villeins, with eight borderers having
year of K. Henry V, anno 1420 (i), as did his
five carucates. There are 13 ſervants, and one mill ſon, Reginald, in the 16th year of K. Henry VI.
of five ſhillings, and four acres of meadow. Wood
anno 1437 (k). His deſcendant, John Pimpe,
for the pannage of 10 hogs. In the time of K. Ed-
died poſſeſſed of it in the 11th year of K. Henry
ward it was worth four pounds, and afterwards 100 VII, holding it of the Duke of Buckingham, and
Shillings, now four pounds.
This Richard Fitz Gilbert, at the latter end of of it in the 2 3d year of K. Henry VIII, (1) and
the Conqueror's reign, was uſually called Richard his heirs ſold this manor to fir Henry Iſey, knt.
de Tonebrige, as well from his poffefling that who by the act of the ad and 3d of K. Edward
cogit ()
(c) Afterwards Vicar of Tudeley,
in Wiltſhire, one in Devonſhire, 95 in Suffolk, and 13 bur-
(d) Commonly pronounced Duep. He has been a good
gages in Ipſwich, of which Clare was one, beſides others in
benefactor to the vicarage, having almoſt rebuilt the vicar-
other counties. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 207.
áge-houſe.
(g) To Roger Iſe, and the heirs male of his body, he be-
(e) He was the eldeſt ſon of Giſlebert, Earl of Brion in
ing neareſt of blood to the ſaid John Fremyng ham, viz. fon
Normandy, the ſon of Geffry, natural ſon of Richard, the firſt
of John Iſle, ſòn of Joane, fifter of John Fremyngham, father
of that name, Duke of Normandy, whence he bore the name
of Ralph, who was father of the ſaid John firſt mentioned.
Mf. Dering
of Richard Fitz-Gilbert at his coming hither. Dugd. Bar.
vol. i, p. 206.
(i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 35. Philipott, p. 67.
(k) Ibid.
(f) He poffeffed 38 lordſhips in Surry; 35 in Flix, three
(1) Mr. Petit Fædary of Kent his Book,
in the co. of Cambridge, three in Keni, one in Middiefex, one
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2 Q
VI,
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150
The H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
EAST BARMING.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
VI, procured his lands in this county to be dif reſidence and ſurname to a family, written in
gavelled (m).
antient deeds, At-Hall, who before the end of
Being concerned in the rebellion raiſed by fir the reign of K. Edward III, had alienated their
Thomas Wyatt, in the iſt year of Q. Mary, he intereſt in the greateſt part of it to one of the
was then attainted, and executed at Sevenoke, Colepepers, of Preſton in Aylesford, and the reſt of
and his lands were confiſcated to the Crown, it to Clive ; and this part was by John Clive about
whence this manor was granted that year to fir the 7th year of K. Henry IV, likewiſe conveyed
John Baker, knt. the Queen's Attorney General, to Colepeper, who in the roth year of that reign
and his heirs, to hold in capite by knight's ſer paſſed away the entire fee of it to Sampſon Maſ-
vice (1). He died ſeiſed of it in the 5th and 6th call, whoſe family was originally of Maſcalls in
year of that reign, and was ſucceeded by his ſon, Brenchley, and in his deſcendants Hall-place con-
fir Richard Baker, knt. who had livery of it in tinued till the latter end of Q. Elizabeth's reign,
the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth (0); and in his de when it was conveyed to Alchorne (V), in which
ſcendants it continued down to fir John Baker, name the fee of this eſtate remained at the time
of Siſinghurſt, bart. (p) of whom it ſeems to have of K. Charles II.'s reſtoration; but the uſe and
been purchaſed in the reign of K. Charles II, by profits of it were made over, for a long ſeries of
Golding, who died poffeffed of it on March 16, years, to Mr. Cook, of Stepney, and his heirs (W),
1674, and was buried in this church. His ſon, and he in 1656, alienated his intereſt in it to
Mr. Henry Golding, gent. about the year 1700(9) Mr. Richard Webb, Clerk, who died ſeiſed of it
alienated this eſtate, for it had now loſt all repu- in the year 1667(a), and by his laſt will (y)
tation of having been a manor, to Nicholas Am gave it to his ſon, John Webb, gent. who dying
hurſt, of Weſt Barming, gent. who at his deceaſe Jan. 31, 1690, was buried in the chancel of this
in the year 1715 left it in the joint poffeflion of church,
three of his ſons, Nicholas, Stephen, and Edward, By his laſt will, dated in 1682, he bequeathed
the latter of whom, by the death of his elder this ſeat and eſtate to his ſecond ſon (2), Richard
brother Nicholas, became poſſeſſed of a moiety of Webb, gent. who in the year 1726 conveyed the
his fisare of it, and by his will(r) deviſed the whole fame by fale to Mr. Peter Smart (a); his widow
of his intereſt in it to his younger brother, Mr. and their children, in 1746(6), paſſed away their
Stephen Amhurſt, of Weſt Farleigh, gent. who be. intereſt in it to John Cale, efq; who reſided
queathed it by his laſt will to his ſecond ſon Ed. here (c), and died pofſeffed of it on Sept. 5,
ward(s), and he dying a minor, his eldeſt brother, 1777 (d), and by his laſt will deviſed this, among
Mr. John Amhurſt, of Barnjet, became intitled to the reſt of his eſtates in this county, to the heirs
it, and he is the preſent poffeffor of this eſtate (t). of Thomas Prowſe, of Axbridge in the co. of So-
merſet, eſq; (e) in conſequence of which his two
HA IL-PL A C E
daughters and coheirs became intitled to it; the
is a reputed manor in this pariſh, the manſion of eldeſt of whom is ſingle, but the youngeſt mar-
which is ſituated about a quarter of a mile north ried fir John Mordaunt, of Walton in War.
ward from the church, (u) It formerly gave both wickſkire, bart. (f) and they are at this time
ON
(m) Robinſon's Gaveikind, p. 300.
diſtance weſt ward of the preſent ſeat, and is little more than
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1. (c) Ibid.
an ordinary cottage, ſerving as a farm-houſe to a ſmall par-
(P) Philipott, p. 67.
(
9) He died April 17, 1713, et. 87, and lies buried in (d) He lies buried, with Sarah his wife, who died April
the chancel of this church. They bore for their arms-A 20, 1776, in this church-yard. See his charitable legacy
croſs voided, between 4 lions pafant-guardant.
to this pariſh, p. 152.
(r) He died Oct. 27, 1756, æt. 51, and lies buried in (e) He was Member of Parliament for that county. His
this church.
eldeſt ſon died without iſſue, ſo that his two fifters became
(s) He died Sept. 3, 1762, æt. 20, and was buried in his coheirs.
Weft Farleigh church.
(f) He is, in right of his mother, of confanguinity to
(1) See more of the Amhurſts, under Eaſt Farleigh, p.145. Archbp. Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No. 2–71. This fa-
(u) Philipott, p. 67.
mily is ſaid to be deſcended from Oſbert de Mordaunt, a Nor-
(v) Whoſe anceſtors were poſſeſſed of Alchorne in Rother man Knight, who came over with the Conqueror, and was
field, in the co. of Sufex.
anceſtor of William Mordaunt, who lived in the time of Edw.
(w) Philipott, p. 67
IV, and married Margaret, daughter of John Pecke, of
(2) He died Oct. 20, 1667, æt. 67, being Rector of this Cople in the co. of Bedford, by whom he had, among other
pariſh, and was buried in the chancel of this church. children, John, Sergeant at Law, Chancellor of the Dutchy
() Dated 1664.
of Lancafier, and Privy Counſellor in the reign of K. Henry
(z) By Ciceley his wife, who ſurviving him, died July 8, VII, who was anceſtor to the Mordaunts, Earls of Peterbo-
1696, æt.73, and was buried in the chancel of this church, rough; and William, anceſtor of the preſent Baronet, his
having had three ſons and five daughters.
defcendant, L'Eſtrange Mordaunt, being so created by K.
(a) He died Feb. 3, 1732, æt. 44, and was buried in this James I, on June 19, 1611.
church-yard. He bore for his arms-Argent, a chevron be His direct deſcendant was fir Charles Mordaunt, of Walton
tween 3 pheons fable.
in Warwickſhire, bart, and Member of Parl, for that county,
(6) Chriſtopher Smart, the Poet, is ſaid to have been born who married in 1720 one of the daughters of John Conyers,
in this pariſh about the year,1726.
of the co. of Elex, efq; who died in 1726, leaving iſſue one
(c) The antient ſeat of Hall-place is ſituated at a ſmall daughter. He married, zdly, in 1730, Sophia, only daugh-
to abbia
cel of land.
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Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
151
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
ST.
H E LENS
THE
HOME S T A L L.
EAST BARMING.
poffeffed of this ſeat and eſtate in undivided Bouverie, Earl of Radnor, ſince deceaſed, and
moieties (8).
on a partition of his eſtates, this manor or farm
of St. Helens was, among others, allotted to the
Right Hon. Elizabeth, Viſcounteſs - Dowager Folk-
fone, who is the preſent poſſeſſor of it (r).
is a reputed manor in Barming, ſituated about a
quarter of a mile eaſi ward from the church, in
the road leading to the bridge here over the Med-
way. It formerly belonged to the Benedictine nun A very ſmall diſtance eaſtward from Hall-plaçe
nery of St. Helen's, in Biſhopſgate-ſtreet, London, || ftands a pleaſant ſeat, formerly called The Home-
whence it acquired its name, and with which it Jiall
, which was built about the year 1720 by
remained till the diffolution of the priory in the Mr. James Allen, gent. (s) whoſe heirs are now
reign of K. Henry VIII,(b) when it was, together
intitled to the fee ſimple of it; but the poffef-
with all its poſſeſſions, ſurrendered into the King's
ſion of it, among other premiſes, in Oct. 1737,
hands, and was confirmed to him and his heirs
became veſted in Arthur Harris, eſq; by the fore-
by the general words of the act, paffed in the
cloſure of a mortgage term for 999 years (t).
31ſt year of that reign, for this purpoſe.
He reſided here, and in the year 1746 ſerved
K. Henry VIII, in his 35th year, granted
the office of High Sheriff for this county (u).
this manor or farm, called St. Elens, in Eſt
He died feiſed of this term in 1749, unmarried,
Barmeliag, among other premiſes, to Richard and by his laſt will bequeathed his intereſt in it
Callohill, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (i);
to his ſiſter, Mrs. Alicia Harris, who died like-
who that year alienated it, with the King's
wiſe unmarried in the year 1754 (V); on which
licence, to Gabriel Caldham, of London, Free-
this feat and eſtate came to her brother and heir-
maſon (k), and he next year ſold it to Thomas
at-law, Mr. Thomas Harris, of Sutton at Hone,
Revell) and his þeirs (m). His ſon, William Reve,
gent. who afterwards reſided here, and dying un-
died ſeiſed of it in the 4th and 5th, year of K.
married, April 24, 1769(w), by his laſt will he
Philip and Q. Mary, holding it as above-men-
bequeathed his intereſt in this ſeat, and fundry
tioned, and was ſucceeded in it by Thomas Reve,
premiſes in this pariſh, Muidfone, and Linton,
his fon and heir (n), who in Trinity Term anno
to Mrs. Mary Dorman, for her life, remainder to
4 Elizabeth levied a fine of it, and then paſſed
Mr. John Mumford, of Sutton at Hone, whom he
it away by fale to Mr. Stephen Pearſe, who ſome
made heir to the bulk of his fortune; and ſhe
years afterwards alienated it to fir Robert Brett
, || now reſides in it, and is the preſent poffeffor
of it.
kent. and he dying without ſurviving iſſue on
Sept. 1, 1620 (o), by his laſt will bequeathed
this manor to Robert Lynd, eſq; (p) who ſold it
to fir Oliver Boteler, of Teſton, knt. (9) in whoſe Alexander Mayle, in the reign of K. Henry III,
deſcendants it continued down to fir Philip Bote held an eſtate in this pariſh, of Mileſent, late wife
ler, bast, who died poſſeſſed of it in 1772
with of John de Langeden, by a certain ſervice, which
out iſſue, and by his laſt will bequeathed one being in arrear, ſhe entered on the premiſes, and
moiety of his eſtates to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, the former, in the iter of the 55th of that reign,
of Chart Sutton, and the other moiety to Elizabeth, recovered the ſame, the ſaid diffeiſure having
Viſcounteſs Dowager. Folkſtone, and her ſon, Wm. been made contrary to the cuſtom of Kent, by
PREMISES OF LESS ER NOTE.
2008 Srl
(p)
ter of fir John Woodhouſe, of the co. of Norfolk, bart. who
died in 1738, leaving iſſue two ſons, John and Charles, and
a daughter, Mary; John, the eldeſt ſon, is the preſent Ba-
ronet. He ſucceeded his father, who died March 11, 1778,
and married Miſs Prowſe as above-mentioned, by whom he
has ſeveral children. He bears for his arms-Argent, a chevron
between 3 eftoiles ſable.
(8) This eſtate conſiſts of go acres of lands and woods,
and with the feat, &c. is eſtimated at about 1401. annual
value.
(1) Philipott, p. 67. This priory was dedicated to the
Holy Croſs and St. Helen, and was founded by William Firz-
ewilliam, Goldſmith, about the year 1210. It was valued
at the diffolution at 3141. 25. 6d. per annum-Dugdale, and
2671. 6s. od. per annum-Speed. Tan. Mon. p. 313.
(i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 14. (k) Ibid. ejus an. pt. 5.
(2) In the book for collecting the aid for making the Black
Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward III, this
eſtate is thus entered, viz. Certain lands and tenements,
called Seyne-helyns-Of Lora Savage, and her parceners,
with
the Prioreſs of St. Helens, for half a knight's fee, which
William Payſerer, Thomas de Hardres, and the ſaid Prioreſs
held in Eaſt Barmelyng of the Earl of Glouceſter. In Mr.
Petyt Fædary of Kent's Book, it is thus noted :-Formerly
divided into three parts, of which one part lately belonged
to the faid Prioreſs, another part was eſcheated, and then
(temp. Hen. VIII.) thoſe two parts were in the hands of
Thomas Reve, and the third part belonged, as was ſaid, to
the Rectory of Barming.
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5. (12) Rot. Eſch.
(0) See more of him, under Town Malling.
He bore for his arms-Argent, a croſs engrailed gules.
(7) Philipott, p. 67.
(-) See more of them, under Teflon. 'notaidot
(s) He died Jan. 30, 1766, æt. 72, and was buried in
Eaſt Farleigh church.
(t) The whole of this eſtate, then forecloſed for the above
term, was 5301. per annum, and Mr. Harris's demand on it
was 132701.
(u) He was ſon of Mr. Arthur Harris, Vicar of Eaſt Far.
leigh, and bore for his arms-Sable, 3 creſcents argent. 129
(V) She as well as her brother were buried in Eaſt Far-
leigh church.
(-) He died, æt. 77, and was buried in Barming church-
yard, under a handſome tomb of marble.
which
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152
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
PRESENT STATE OF BARMING,
EAST BARMING.
Maidstone hundred.
which the ſaid tenement was held in gavely and a chancel, with an elegant ſpire ſteeple. It
kynde (x).
antiently paid 9d. chriſm rent to the mother
church of the dioceſe (2).
Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the reign of K.
The high road from Maidſtone through Mere. Stephen, confirmed to the Prior and Canons of
worth to Tunbridge croſſes this pariſh from eaſt Ledes the patronage of the church of Barmyng,
to weſt ; the northern ſide of it is very woody. as it was granted to them by the lords of the
A ſmall diſtance ſouth of Barming-heath is a hand ſoil, and confirmed to them by their charters(a).
Some feat, built a few years ago by Mr. John Gilbert, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the reign of K.
Whitaker, gent. fecond ſon of Thomas Whitaker, Henry II, granted to the Prior and Canons 28.
late of Trotteſclive, decealed, who now reſides in to be received by them yearly as a penſion from
it (y). farbe
this church, faving the epiſcopal right of the.
The river Medway bounds the ſouthern ſide of Biſhop of Rocheſter, &c. (b). The patronage of
this pariſh ; at St. Helens there is a bridge of the church of Barming, together with this
timber over it, built at the expence of the Com. penſion, remained part of the poſſeſſions of the
miſſioners for the navigation of this river, at a above-mentioned priory till the diffolution of it
place where there had been a ford time out of in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it was con-
mind. The pariſh of Barming is delightfully
firmed to that King and his heirs, among the
fituated both for pleaſure and profit, yielding
other eſtates of the priory, by the general words
great plenty of fruit, hops, corn, and wood. The of the act, paffed in the 31ſt year of that reign.
foil is like the reſt of theſe parts, compoſed Since which the patronage of the rectory of
moſtly of the Kentiſh rag-ſtone. It is well watered, Barming has continued veſted in the Crown, but
ſeveral ſmall ſprings guſhing from under the the above-mentioned yearly penſion of 2s, was
rock, and running through the meadows into by the King's dotation charter, under the great
the Medway.
ſeal, in his 33 year, ſettled on his new-erected
Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, who are now in-
கப்பம்
titled to it.
Chamamelum odoratiſimum repens flore fimplici,
In the 15th year of K. Edward I. the church
common camomile, and verbaſcum album vulgare five
of Barmelyng was valued at 12 marcs (c).
thapſus barbatus communis, great mullein or high-
It is valued in the King's Books at 12l. 175. id.
taper, grow on Barming heath more plentifully,
and the yearly tenths at il. 55. 8 d. (d)
and the latter to a much larger ſize, than I have
ſeen elſewhere.
The glebe land belonging to this rectory con-
tains 83 acres.
113 ottw
Thomas Harri, of this pariſh, eſq; who died
ir 1769, bequeathed 51. per annum for 50 years; PATRONS,
25. of it to be given to the poor of this pariſh
or by whom preſented.
Chlog
in bread, on each Sunday in the year, except-
Prior and Canons of (e) Richard de St. Quintin,
ing Eaſter and Whitſunday.
Strona
Leeds,
John Cale, of this pariſh, eſq; who died in 1777,
(f) Bartholomew,
The Crown.
bequeathed the ſum of 2001. in Eaſt India An-
(8) John Sympſon, obt. April
nuities, the intereſt of it to be given to the poor
1563
yearly at Chriſtmas, in linen and bread.
(b) John Mapliſden, preſented
obivit
1575, obt. 1613.ga
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
is deus hot (i) Richard Webb, 1624, obt.
This pariſh is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
om Oct. 20, 1667.boba
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
(k) Benjamin Denham, 1667,
Malling
'The church, which is dedicated to St. Mar-
(k) John Styleman, 1670, obt.
1682.
garet, is a ſmall building, conſiſting of one iſle
On
those
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ.
2+
CHARITIES.
CHURCH OF BARMIN G.
RECTORS,
reſig. -
obt. 1670.
looy bnem
Is Honda
161. oslo
(*) Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 246.
(y) See Trotteſclive.
(z) Text. Roff. p. 230,
(a) Reg. Roff.
P.
(6) Ibid. Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, Simon, Prior, and
the Convent of Rocheſter, and Hamo, Prior, and the Convent
of the ſame afterwards confirmed the above
grants. Ibid.
p. 211, 214, 217.
(c) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(d) E&. Theſ. p. 383.
(e) Before the year 1354 he reſigned this, on an exchange
with Bartholomer for the rectory of Ofbam. Reg. Roff.
los
Otuott
p. 512.
(f) Reg. Roff. ibid.
(8) He was buried in this church April 26th that year.
Pariſh Regiſter. bele
(b) Rym. Fød. vol. xiv, p.743. He was alſo collated
to the archdeaconry of Suffolk on Nov. 10, 1575. Vide Le
Neve's Faſti, p. 222.
(i) He ſeems to have been diſplaced by the Fanatics, for
one Nicholis held it at the reſtoration, and was ejected by the
Bartholomew act. Mr. Webb lies buried in this church.
(k) Pariſh Regiſter.
Theophilus

The
HISTORY of K EN T.
153
WEST BARMING.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
(m) Theophilus Beck, obt. Oet. about the latter end of K. Richard I.'s reign by
17!5.
a family who took their ſurname from their pof-
(n) John Harris, A. M. obt. feffions here.
Sept. 7, 1719.
Accordingly in the two ſcutages raiſed in the
(0) James Maſhbourne, A. M. 2d and 3d years of K. John's reign, William de
obt. Dec. 11, 1739.
Barmelinges is charged two marcs for one knight's
(p) Thomas Pickering, A. M. fee, late of the fee of Robert de Crevequer, and
Dec. 18, 1739, obt. Oct, then in the King's hands.
30, 1758.
William de Barmelinges died in the 22d of K.
(4) Thomas Marſhall Jordan,
Edward I. ſeiſed of the manor of Wef Barmelinges;
A. M. 1758. Preſent
with the hamlet of Pimpe and Ledhoc, holding
Rector.
the ſame of the King in capite by the ſervice of
one knight's fee '20). He was ſucceeded in this
WEST BAR MIN G.
manor by Robert de Barmeling his ſon, who died
ſeiſed of it in the zift of that reign(x). In the
6th
ADJOINING to Eaſt Barming weſtward year
of K. Edward III. John de Fremingham
lies Weſt Barming, commonly called Barnjet. died poffeffed of two parts of this manor, for which
It is written variouſly in antient deeds; in he paid reſpective aid at the making the Black
ſome, Weſt Barming and Barmelinges, in others,
Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of that reign,
Baringjet, alias Paringent (r), which ſeems to be anno 1345; the other part of it before poſſeſſed,
a corruption from Barmingjet, as it is ſpelt in the by the Barmelings being alienated elſewhere, as
Regiſtrum Roffenſe (s). In the Textus Roffenfis it appears by the book for collecting the above aid,
is called Bearmlingetes (t).
wherein John de Fremingham and John de Hunt-
ingdon, alias Hunton, are charged for one knight's
Τ Η Ε Μ Α Ν Ο R.
fee, which Robert de Barmelyng held in Weſt Bara
melyng of the King.
At the time of taking the general ſurvey of John de Fremingham died in the 23d year of
Domeſday, this place was part of the poſſeſſions the above reign ſeiſed of theſe two parts of this
of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, of whom it was held by
manor, together with the advowſon of the church
Ralph de Columbels, as appears by the following of Weſt Barmeling, holding the ſame of the King
entry in it, under the general title of that pre in capite by the ſervice of two parts of one
late's lands :
knight's fee (9).
In Medeſtan hd.
His deſcendant John, ſon of ſir Ralph de Fré-
Rannulf de Colabels ten' de epo' Bermelie puno jugo
mingham, of Loſe, died in the 12th year of K.
ſe defd. Irai In dnio' e' una car'. cu'.
Henry IV, ſeiſed, among other premiſes, of this
5. ſervis. & 4. ac' pti. filva. 3. porc T. R. E.
manor (z), with the advowſon of the church,
Valeb. 15. fol. Qdo. recep'. 20. fol modo'. 40. fol. and one piece of land, called Blackfennys, in the
Which is: Ranulf de Columbels holds of the Biſhop pariſh of. Teſton, and certain paſture in Teftanes-
(of Baieux) Bermelie. It was tuxed at one yoke. korth (a); and leaving no iſſue by Alice his wife,
The arable land is In demeſne there is one he by his laſt will deviſed this manor and ad-
carucate, with five ſervants and four acres of mea vowſon to certain feoffees, who by their deed,
dow. Wood for the pannage of three bogs. In the dated Dec. 4th next year, afligned it over, ac-
time of K. Edward the Confélor it was worth 15 cording to the directions of his laſt will, to John,
Shillings, when he received it 20 ſhillings, now 40 ſon of Reginald de Pimpe, and his heirs male,
Millings.
with remainder to Roger Iſlé, as being the neareſt
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux about of blood to him, and the heirs male of his body,
four years afterwards, this, among the reſt of his with divers remainders over (b).
poffeffions, became confiſcated to the Crown, John Pimpe died ſeiſed of this manor and ad-
and ſeems ſoon afterwards to have been granted vowſon in the gth year of K. Henry V, anno
to the family of Crevequer, of which it was held 1420 (c), as did his fon Reginald in the 16th year
(m) Alſo Vicar of Birlinſ, where he was buried.
(9) Afterwards D.D. . He was Miniſter of St. Mildred's,
Milk-ftreet, London, Perpetual Curate of Stroud, and Preben-
dary of Rocheſter. He wrote the Hiſtory of this County, &c.
(0) He was alſo Vicar of Lyghe, and lies buried in this
church.
(p) He lies buried in this church.
() And Rector of Iden in Suljex, by diſpenſation.
(-) From deeds in the archives of Brazen Nage College in
Oxford.
(s) Page 162. (t) Page 231.
(v) Lib. Rubr. Scace.
(7) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 27. (x) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
() Ibid. ejus an. John de Fremingham died feiſed of it
anno 25 Edward III, as did Ralph de Fremingham in the 38th
year of that reign, holding it as above-mentioned, as ap-
pears by the ſeveral Eſcheat-rolls of thoſe years.
(Z) i.e. The two parts above-inentioned.
(a) Rut. Efch. ejus an.
(6) Viz. ſon of John Iſe, fun of foane, fiſter of John
Fremingham, father of Ralph, who was father of John the
teftator. Mf. Dering.
(c) Rot. Eſch.
of
Vou. II.
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154
The W HISTORY of a K E N T.
WEST BARMING.
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED?
of K. Henry VI, anno 1437 (d). His deſcen to the Freminghams, was firſt called West Barme-
dant, Fobn Pimpe, eſq; died in the lith year of ling, alias Pimpe, and afterwards Genning's-court,
K. Henry VII. feiſed of theſe premiſes, then held and was ſituated in this pariſh, Nettlested, and
of the King in capite by the ſervice of two third Yalding ; in the latter of which ſome further ac-
parts of one knight's fee (e); and his ſon Regi count will be given of the lefſees of it, under
nald died likewiſe poffefied of them in the 23d Braxen Noſe College in Oxford.
year of K. Henry VIII. His heirs alienated this This part of the manor of West Barming ſeems
manor, with its appurts. to ſir Henry Iſley, knt. to have been that which John de Huntington paid
who by the act of the 2d and 3d of the reign of aid for in the 20th year of K. Edward III, at
K. Edward VI, procured his lands in this county the making the Black Prince a Knight, as has
to be diſgavelled (f). Being concerned in the re been already mentioned. Nicholas Huntington
bellion raiſed by fir Thomas Wyatt in the iſt year died ſeiſed of it in the 28th year of the above
of Q. Mary, he was then attainted, and executed reign ; how long this eſtate continued in this
at Sevenoke, and his lands were confiſcated to the
name, I do not find, but in the roth year
Crown, whence this manor was granted that year
of K. Henry VI, Thomas Knot, of Yalding, died
to fir John Baker, knt, the Queen's Attorney Ge-
poffefled of this part of West Barmiling, other-
neral, and his heirs, to hold in capite by knight's
wiſe called Pimpe, and 112 acres of land in Yald-
ſervice. He died ſeiſed of it in the 5th and 6th
ing, &c. (n) He ſeems to have alienated it to
years of that reign, and was ſucceeded in it by
Thomas Attewode, who in the 2 iſt year of that
his ſon, fir Richard Baker, knt, who had livery of
reign held the third part of the manor of West
it in the 1ſt year of Q. Elizabeth (8). His de-
Barmeling, alias Pimpe, and was ſucceeded in
fcendant, fir John Baker, of Siſinghurſt, bart, after
it by Hugh Atwood, his ſon and heir, then 29
the death of K. Charles I. ſeems to have alienated
years
of
age (0), who died feiſed of it in the 8th
it, together with Eaſt Barming, to Golding, who
year of K. Henry VII. His deſcendant, John
died March 16, 1674, poffeffed of this manor (b).
Atwood, died in the 3d year of K. Henry VIII,
ſeiſed of a certain part of the manor of West
His ſon, Mr. Henry Golding, gent. reſided at
Barming, alias Gennyngs, with its appurts. in
the manor-houſe of West Barning, called Barnjet,
West Barming, and 55 acres of land in Palding ;
and about the year 1700 alienated this ſeat, with
the manor being held of the King in capite, and
the eſtate in this pariſh belonging to it, for it
the premiſes in Yalding of the Duke of Bucking-
had now loſt all the reputation of a manor, to
ham (P). After which it ſeems to have been
Capt. Nicholas Amhurſt, who was afterwards of
given, by the name of the manor of Jennings-
Barnjet, and died poffefſed of it on April 3, 1715, court, to Brazen Noſe College in Oxford, with
and was buried in Eaſt Farleigh church. He left
whom the inheritance of it now remains ; buc
this eſtate in the joint poffeffion of three of his
the poſſeſſion of it is granted by leaſe from the
ſons (i), Nicholas, Stephen, and Edward; the lat-
College to fir John Shaw, of Eltham, bart. (9)
ter of whom, by agreement with his two bro-
Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Teſton, pays an an-
thers, became ſole poffeffor of Barnjet, and re nual fee farm rent of 8s. per annum for lands in
fided here. He died in Oct. 1756, æt. 51, and this pariſh, parcel of the manor of West Barm-
was buried in Eat Barming church, and by his ing, late belonging to fir Philip Boteler, bart.
will deviſed this ſeat and eſtate to his elder bro whoſe father, fir Philip Boteler, bart. purchaſed
ther, Mr. Stephen Amhurſt, of Weſt Farleigh, gent. them of George Scott, efq;
who died April 30, 1760 (k), and by his laſt
will deviſed Barnjet to his ſecond ſon, Edward,
PRESENT STATE OF WEST BARMING.
and he dying a minor on April 3, 1762 (1), his
eldeſt brother, Mr. John Amhurſt, became in-
The high road from Maidstone to Tunbridge
titled to it, and he is the preſent poffeffor of
croſſes this pariſh from east to west. The river
Barnjet, and has lately rebuilt the manſion houſe Medway bounds the ſouthern part of it, almoſt
belonging to it (m).
cloſe to which is the manſion of Barnjet, and
near it a bridge acroſs the Medway built within
JENNINGS-COURT,
theſe few years at the expence of Mr. John Am-
hurst, at a ſmall diſtance below the antient ford
The other third part of the manor of West over this river. The upper or northern part of
Barming, which was not ſold by the Barmelings
this pariſh is moſtly woods.
(d) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
(e) Inquiſ. poft mort.
(f) Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 300.
(g) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(5) He lies buried in Eaſt Barming church.
(i) By Suſanna Evering his wife, who died in 1715, and
was buried in Eap Farleigh church.
(k) Æt. 58, and lies buried in Wen Farleigh church,
(1) Æt. 20. He was buried at Weſt Farleigh.
(m) See more of the Amhurſts, under Eaſt Farleigh, p.145.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (0) Ibid. (p) Ibid.
(7) See a further account of the lefſees of this eſtate,
under the pariſh of Yalding. It conſiſts of two farms, one
of gol. per annum in Palding, and the other of 6ol. per annum
in Wifi Barming:
THE

The W HISTORY of K EN T.
155
WEST BARMING,
MAIDSTONE HUNDRED.
emoluments, &c. belonging to this church of
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Barmingjett, and convert and freely diſpoſe of
the ſame to his and their own proper uſes for
Weft Barming is within the ecclefiaftical jurif-
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
ever, as to him and them ſhould ſeem beſt: pro-
Malling
vided, nevertheleſs, that the cure of fouls of the
The church of Weſt Barming or Barmynget,
pariſhioners of the ſaid church ſhould be ſup
ſeems antiently to have been reputed but as a
t as a plied with a fufficient and fit Prieſt; and he de-
creed, that the Rector of Nettleſted, and his fuc-
chapel; for in the Textus Roffenſis it is reckoned
ceſſors, ſhould in future pay yearly to the Biſhop
among thoſe chapels which then paid 6d. chriſm
rent to the mother church of the dioceſe (r);
of Rocheſter, and his ſucceſſors, on St. Andrew's
notwithſtanding which it was afterwards eſteem-
Day the ſum of 2od. and to the Archdeacon of
ed as a pariſh church. think itu dilarada
the place 12d. yearly on St. Michael's Day, in
lieu of ſuch payments as belonged to them, as of
It was always accounted as an appendage to
antient cuſtom, from this church, before the an-
the manor, and was united to the church of
nexing and conſolidating the ſame(s). From
Nettleſted in the 2d year of K. Henry VII, on
which time the Rector of Nettleſted has been pre-
the petition of Fohn Pimpe, efq; Lord of this
fented, inſtituted and inducted to the rectory of
manor and church of Barmingjett, by Edmund,
Nettlefied, with the chapel of Barmingjett an-
Biſhop of Rochefier, by his inſtrument, dated at
nexed
(t).
his manor of Halling on April 2d that year ; in
Soon after the above union, this chapel feems
which, having ſet forth, that the fruits, tythes,
to have fallen into ruin ; part of the wall of
oblations, obventions, profits, and other emo-
it remained in the next field weſtward of Barn-
luments of this church were become ſo ſmall and
jet, and a ſmall diſtance Southward from the
ſlender, on account of the ſmall number of
pa.
high road till within theſe few years, when
riſhioners, the ſterility of the land, the want of
Mr. Amhurſt removed every ſtone that was left
culture, the ſcarcity of huſbandmen, and other
of it.
matters happening more than common, that there
was not at that time, nor was there like to be in
CHURCH OF WEST BARMING.
future, a ſufficient maintenance for the Rector
PATRONS, ,
RECTORS.
of it; therefore he, for the above and other juſt or by whom preſented.
and reaſonable cauſes, decreed the ſaid union, Lords of the Manor Hugh, Abbat of the monaſtery
and that after the ſame, this church ſhould not of Wef Barming. of Stratford Longthorne, in
be eſteemed as a church, but as a chapel, depen-
1486, who then reſigned
dent, united, and annexed to that of Nettlejted;
it, and it was that year
the Rector of which, and his ſucceſſors, ſhould
united to the church of
for the future have and enjoy all profits, tythes,
Nettlested (u).
NG
(r) Text. Roff.
p. 231.
(s) Reg. Roff. p. 162.
(t) The Rectors of Nettlefted have not received any tythes
of this pariſh for many years ; the whole of them are now en-
joyed by Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Teffon, as part of the
eſtate of the late fir Philip Boteler, bart, and the receives the
fum of 141. and fix loads of ſtraw annually, by compoſition,
of Mr. John Amhurſt, for his eſtate of Barnjet in this pariſh.
(u) Reg. Roff.
P
162.
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156
e K E N T.
Tbe
of HISTORY of
The
H U N D RE D of
L A R K F I EL D
L')
IE S the next northward from that of Maid.
Lione, adjoining on the oppoſite ſide to The
Liberty of Rocheſter.
It is called in the ſurvey of Domeſday, Lauro-
chesfel, and in ſome later records, Laverkefeld.
In the 7th year of K. Edward I. the King and
the Archbiſhop of Canterbury were Lords of this
Hundred; and in the 20th year of K. Edward III.
on the aid levied for making the Black Prince a
Knight, this Hundred anſwered for nine knights
fees, and the both part of a knight's fee.
It contains the pariſhes of me
1, WOLDHAM.
9, RYARSH
2, BURHAM.
10, LEYBORNE.
3, AYLESFORD. 11, EAST MALLING.
4, ALLINGTON.
12, West MALLING.
5, Ditton.
13, OFHAM,
6, SNODLAND.
14, ADDINGTON.
7, PADLESWORTH.
And
8, BIRLING,
15, Trottesclive.
But part of Aylesford and Weſt Malling are exempt
from the Conſtables of this Hundred; the former
as being antient demeſne, and the latter as having
a Conſtable and ſeparate liberty of its own. A
ſmall part of Aylesford is likewiſe within The
Hundred and Liberty of Maidſtone. Part of the
pariſhes of Hunton and Horſmonden are likewiſe
within this Hundred.
Rochester, and to Biſhop Eardulf, and his ſucceſ.
fors; but ſometime after his death it was taken
from the church, and ſeveral Kings poſſeſſed it,
one after the other, till the time of K. Edmund,
who began his reign in 941, of whom one
Ælfstan Heahstanine bought it, at the price of
112 marcs of gold, and 30 pounds in money,
and after the King's death, K. Edred, his fuc-
ceſſor, made it over to him and his heirs
for ever ; on whoſe deceaſe Ælfege, his ſon,
fucceeded to the inheritance of this as well as
the reſt of his father's eſtates, and out of af-
fection to his brother Ælfrii, granted Vuldeham
to him in fern, for the term of his life; and on
Ælfric's death he granted it to Ælfege his ſon,
who died without iſſue and inteſtate, leaving his
widow ſurviving, whoſe dower, as granted to
her by her huſband when he firſt married her,
Ælfege confirmed; but he retook poffeffion of
Vuldebam again, which he kept in his own hands.
Afterwards being taken ill he ſent immediately to
Archbp. Dunstan, who came to him at Selfa, now
Chalk, where Ælfege, in the Archbiſbop's preſence,
made a diſtribution of all his effects, and deviſed
one part to Christ Church in Canterbury, one part
to the church of St. Andrew in Rochester, and the
remaining third part to his own wife.
Afterwards one Leofsunu, who had married the
widow of Eadric, Ælfege’s nephew before-men-
tioned, at her inſtigation, endeavoured to ſet
aſide this diſpoſition which Ælfege had made of
his effects, as well as the Archbiſhop's teſtimony in
relation to it. At laſt, ſtimulated by avarice, and
truſting to his wife's claim, he entered into theſe
lands without the council and judgment of the
Witena or Wiſe Men.
As ſoon as the Archbiſhop was informed of this,
he immediately brought on a trial at Erbede con-
cerning it ; in which the juftneſs of the whole
of Ælfege's diſtribution of his effects was fully
proved, in the preſence of Ælfstane, Biſhop of
London; Ælfstane, Biſhop of Rochester, the whole
Convent of the Canons of London, and of Christ
Church in Canterbury, and of all Eaſt and West
Kent, and of Uulffi the Prieſt, who was then the
Scirman, i. e. Judge of the County, and of Briht-
wald of Mereworth. After which it was made
known in the neighbouring parts of the king.
dom, that Archbiſhop Dunstan, with the books of
W O L D H A M.
NEXT to the pariſh of St. Margaret and
Liberty of Rocheſter, ſouthward, lies the
pariſh of Woldham, written in the Saxon char-
ters, Wuldaham (v), in the ſucceeding Latin
ones, Vuldeham (v), and in the record of Domes:
day, Oldebam.
This place is ſuppoſed to take its name from
the Saxon words wolde, a plain open down or hill,
free from trees and wood, and ham, a village or
dwelling ; in the like manner as thoſe large open
downs in the North are ſtill called 'wolds, in op-
poſition to weald, a lowo woody region' w).
It is likewiſe deſcribed in ſeveral later grants
by the name of Woldebam Monachorum, from its
belonging to the Monks of Rochester (*).
Ethelbert, K. of Kent, in the year 751, firſt
gave Vuldebam to the church of St. Andrew in
(*) See Reg. Roff. p. 261.
(~) Text. Roff. pallim.
(w) Lamb. Peramb. p. 445.
Camd. p.405; 895
of

Tbe
157
H I S T O R Y
of K E N T.
og har
WOLDHAM.
the eccleſiaſtical law, and the figure of the croſs
of Chriſt, which he held in his hands, had obtain-
ed by his ſingle oath to God and St. Andrew the
Apoſtle for ever all thoſe lands, which Leofsunu
had uſurped to himſelf. Uulſi, the Scirman,
took the oath of the Archbiſhop, as Leofsune re-
fufed ſo to do; and as a further confirmation
of this to future times, 1000 of the principal
men out of Suthſex, Weſſex, Middleſex, and Eaſt,
ſex, ſwore after the Archbiſhop, on the very croſs
of Chriſt, that the oath which the Archbiſhop had
ſworn ſhould remain firm and eſtabliſhed to all
pofterity Cy).
K. Ethelbert, in the year 995, confirmed Wul-
daham, which then contained ſix manfa, which
the Kentiſh-men called ſulings, to St. Andrew's
and Biſhop Godwin (z).
THE
M A N O R..
In the book of Domeſday, Woldham is thus de-
ſcribed, under the general title of the Biſhop of
Rocheſter's lands: Sol
Iſde Eps' ten’ Oldeham. p. 6. folins ſe defd. T.
R. E. & mo. p tribz. Tra. é 5. car'. In dnio
ſunt. 2’. & 18. villi cu 16. bord bnt. 6. Car'. Ibi.
6. Servi. & 1. piſcaria & 60. ac' pti. Silva 20.
pore'. Ibi eccla. T. R. E. & poft. valuit 8. lib.
modo. 12. lib.
Which is : The ſame Biſhop (of Rocheſter) holds
Oldebam. It was taxed for fix ſulings in the time
of K. Edward the Confeſſor, and now for three.
The arable land is five carucates. In demeſne there
are two, and 18 villeins, with 16 borderers having
fix carucates. There are fix ſervants, and one fiſhery,
and 60 acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
20 hogs. There is a church. In the time of K.
Edward the Confeſor, and afterwards, it was worth
eight pounds, now 12 pounds.
Biſhop Gundulph, who was elected to the fee of
Rocheſter in the time of the Conqueror, having,
after the example of Archbp. Lanfranc, divided
the revenues of his church between himſelf and
his convent, for before they lived in common,
as one family, allotted this manor of Woldham,
with its appendages, to the Monks, to the uſe
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
of their refectory, in lieu of Freckenham in the
co. of Suffolk, which he took in exchange for it,
chuſing rather, as the latter lay at fo remote a
diſtance from Rocheſter, that he and his ſucceſſors
ſhould be put to the inconvenience of going there,
than that the Monks, or the poor of that pariſh,
ſhould be yearly harraſſed in carrying their corn
ſo far (a).
On Biſhop Gilbert de Glanvill's coming to the
fee of Rocheſter in 1185, anno 31 Henry II, there
aroſe a diſpute between him and the Monks,
which was carried on with great heat and vio-
lence; the Biſhop claiming this manor with its
appendages, among others, which had been al-
lotted to them by Biſhop Gundulph, as belonging
to the maintenance of his table. In which diſ-
pute the Monks were at laſt forced entirely to
ſubmit themſelves to him (b). In conſequence
of which, though he took the church of Wold-
han from them, yet they continued in poffeffion
of the manor till the diffolution of the priory, in
the 32d year of K. Henry VIII.
In the 7th year of K. Edward I. the Biſhop of
Rocheſter claimed certain liberties, by the grant of
K. Henry I, ia all his lands, and fees (c), and
others likewiſe by antient cuſtom(d). All which
were then allowed him by the jury, as they were
likewife in the 21ſt year of that reign, upon
a quo warranto brought againſt Biſhop Thomas
de Woldham, and again in the 7th year of K.
Edward II. (e) and they were confirmed by let-
ters of inſpeximus granted by K. Edward III, July
13, in his zoth year (f).
In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I. the Prior of
Rocheſter claimed, that he and his predeceſſors
had
d in the manor of Woldham, &c. view of frank-
pledge, and all things belonging to it, from be-
yond memory, and that theſe liberties had been
uſed without interruption; all which were al.
lowed by the jury (8).
K. Edward I, by his charter, dated at Ren-
ham Sept. 7, in his 23d year, granted to the
Prior and Convent of Rocheſter, and their ſucceſ-
ſors for ever, free warren in all their demeſne
lands of this manor ; ſo that no one ſhould enter
on them, either to hunt or take any thing, which
(y) Text. Roff. p. 117. See Crayford, vol. i. of this
hiſtory, p. 204.
(z) Text. Roff. p. 124.
-0% DOVO
(a) Ibid. p. 143
p. 143. The manor of Woldham, with its
ap-
pendages, was confirmed to the Monks of Rocheſter by K.
Henry I, K. Stephen, and K. Henry II, and by ſeveral
Archbiſhops of Canterbury, and Bifhops of Rocheſter. Dugd.
Mor, vol. i, p. 29, and vol. iii, p.4. Reg. Roff, p. 33,
38, 44, 46.
(6) Reg. Roff. p. 53.
(c) See Frindſbury, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p: 543.
(d) Infangthef, outfangthef, and all attachments of the
crown, in the lands of the priory, viz. in Woldbam, &c. and
in all other lands belonging to the church of Rocheſter. He
alſo claimed to have gallows, allife of bread and ale, tumbrel,
pillory, chattels of fugitives, and condemned perſons, with year
and waſte of the ſaid lands, and all amerciaments of the te-
VOL. II.
2 S
nants of his church, when and wherefoever any ſuch ſhould
happen to be amerced, as well of the priory as the biſhopric
of Rocheſter. He alſo claimed to have the return of all the
King's writs, by the hands of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
and of his Bailiffs for the time being, and this by the annual
rent of twelve marcs, which the Archbiſhop received yearly
from him, as the King did in the time of the vacancy of
OY
the fee.
(e) Reg. Roff.
p. 112. (f) Ibid. p. 86, 111, 663
(8) And as to pleas of the crown, a market, fair, gallows,
and other liberties in this pariſh, he neither had nor did he
claim them; and as to free warren, he claimed it by grant
of K. Henry I, and faid, that he and his predeceſſors had it
in this and other pariſhes from the time of the ſaid grant;
but the jury found that neither he nor they had ufed the ſaid
warren in theſe pariſhes. Therefore it was determined, that
they ſhould remain without the liberty of free warren. De-
warrenata. Reg. Roff. p. 110.
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The H I STORY of K E N T.
to meet
.
WOLDHAM
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
belonged to warren, without the licence of thein, cured his eſtates to be diſgavelled by act of Par-
and their ſucceſſors, on the forfeiture of iol.() liament. From Roydon this manor paſſed to
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this manor Brockbull, of Aldington Septvans in Thurnhan,
with its appendages was taxed at 81. 145. 8d. whofe defcendant, Henry Brockbull, alienated it
yearly value (i).
to fir John Levefon, alias Lewfon, knt. of Whorne's
The manor of Woldham, on the diffolution of Place in Cookſtone (1), who dying without male
the Priory of Rocheſter in the 32d year of K. iſſue, was ſucceeded in his eſtates by his brother,
Henry VIII, was ſurrendered, with the other fir Richard Leveſon, Knight of the Bath (m), who
poffeßions of it, into the King's hands, who, on was of Trentham in the co. of Stafford; he in the
June 20, in his 33d year, ſettled it on his new reign of K. Charles I. (n) paſſed away this ma-
founded Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, with nor by fale, as he did all his other lands in this
whom the inheritance of it continues at this
county to different perſons, to John Marſham,
time.
eſq; deſcended from the family of that name in
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held the co. of Norfolk, who was of Whorne's Place
for this manor.
above-mentioned, and was afterwards, in 1663,
The leſſee of it, under the Dean and Chapter created a Baronet. He died in 1685, leaving
of Rocheſter, is Mr. Iden Henham.
iſſue two ſons, John and Robert.
There were ſeveral ſmall parcels of land Sir John Marſham, bart. the eldeſt ſon, pof-
granted at ſeveral times to different perſons by feſſed this manor, and died in 1692, and his only
the Prior and Convent of Rocheſter, lying in Magna ſon and heir of the ſame name died likewiſe ſeiſed
and Parva Woldham, being two diviſions in this of it a few years after his father, without iſſue.
pariſh, a more particular account of which may On which his title, and eſtates in this county came
be ſeen in the Regiſtrum Roffenſe (k).
to his uncle, fir Robert Marſham, of Buſhey-hall
In the zoth year of K. Edward III, the Prior in the co. of Hertford, knt. who died poffeffed
of Rocheſter paid reſpective aid, at the making of this manor in 1703. His only fon, fir Robert
the Black Prince a Knight, for one quarter of
Marſham, bart. was in 1716 created a Peer of
a knight's fee, which he then held of the Biſhop this realm, by the title of Lord Romney, and re-
of Rocheſter in Woldham.
moving his reſidence from Whorne's Place to the
feguono
Mote near Maidſtone, died there in 1724.
N 6
was ſucceeded in title and eſtates by his
is a manor here, a ſmall part of which extends
ſun, The preſent Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney,
itſelf into the adjoining pariſh of St. Margaret in
the inſtant poſſeſſor of this manor ().
Rocheſter.
It was formerly in the poſſeſſion of Robert de
Woldham, after which it became ſeparated into
is a manor here, lying in that diſtrict of this
moieties, one of which became part 'of the eſtate
pariſh called Little Woldbam, which was forinerly
of the eminent family of Cofington, of Cofington known by the name of the manor of Lytiylhall
in Aylesford, and the other became the property
and Woldham.
of Carter.
In the reign of K. Edward III. it ſeems to
From the family of Cofington that moiety paſſed
have been in the poſſeſſion of Richard Byfet, who
by ſale in the reign of K. Henry VI. to William
held it as one quarter of a knight's fee, in Parva
Wborne, afterwards knighted, and Lord Mayor
Woldham (P), and afterwards paſſed it away to
of London, who built Whorne's Place in Cookſtone,
Henry de Bokeland, who alienated it to Henry
where he reſided ; and the other moiety paſſed
Newman, and he paid aid for it at the making
about the ſame time to Laurence : they, by a
the Black Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of
mutual deed of conveyance, alienated their joint
K. Edward III, as one quarter of a knight's fee,
intereſt in this manor to William Hadde, of Me-
which he held of the Biſhop of Rocheſter in Parva
riam-court in Frinſted, who died ſeiſed of it in the
Woldham. His deſcendant, Henry Newman, con-
36th year of that reign, and by his laſt will be-
veyed it to Humphry Starkey, who in the 12th
queathed it to his fecond ſon, Mr. John Hadde,
year of K. Edward IV, was made Recorder of
whoſe deſcendane fold it to Thomas Roydon, of
London, and in the 2d year of K. Richard III.
Roydon-ball in Eaſt Peckham, eſq; who, among
Chief Baron of the Exchequer, having been
others, in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, pro-
knighted before (q). Jo
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S T A R KEY S
wbe
p. 695.
(5) Reg. Roff. p. 388. Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 7. ()
(i) Reg. Roff. p. 108. The Prior and Chapter of Rochef-
ter, Feb. 22, anno 19 Edward IV, granted a yearly rent-
charge of 40s. out of this manor to the Abbeſs of Malling, un-
til the fum of 131. 155. 8d. was paid to her. Ibid.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 261, 244, 690, 691,693.
(1) Philipott, p. 375.
(122) See more of this family, under Cookfione, vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 482.
bagnolo
(n) Inquiſ. poft mort, in which this manor is ſaid to be
held in capite.
You
(o) See more of this family, under Whornes Place in Cook-
fone, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 482.
(P) Book of Knight's Fees, in the Exchequer. 60
(9) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 160. He was de-
ſcended from the Starkeys of Wrenbury and Oulton in Cheſhire,
and bore for his arms-Sable, a ſtork proper.
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The VH İ S T OR Y of K E N T. 159
WOLDHAM,
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
He built a good houſe, together with a hand paid aid for it, at the making the Black Prince
ſome chapel of ſtone, on this manor (r), which, a Knight, in the zoth year of K. Edward III,
from that and his reſidence here, acquired the as one quarter of a knight's fee, which the heirs.
name of Starkeys (s). He died feiſed of this ma- of Robert Le Neve before held in Magna Woldham
nor, and lies buried in St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, of the Biſhop of Rochefier.
in London (t), leaving iſſue by Iſabel his wife, Warine Atte Celar, or De Celario, held this ma-
daughter and coheir of - Weldon (u), four nor in the zoth year of that reign, and con-
daughters his coheirs ; Catherine; Elizabeth, wife tinuing in his deſcendants it at length acquired
of Thomas Blodlowe ; Emma married to Humphry the name of Sellers, as they now began to ſpell
Torel; and Anne, who was wife to fir John Rainj themſelves (y).
ford, knt. (v) and on the diviſon of their inheri. The manor of Sellers remained in this family,
tance, this manor fell to the ſhare of fir John till a female heir, about the reign of K. Henry
Rainsford, knt. His fon, of the ſame name, was VII, carried it in marriage to John Beuly, gent.
a perſon much in favor with K. Henry VIII, and continuing in his deſcendants (2) it gained
who made him a Privy Counſellor (w). He ali the name of Beuly's Court, though the manſion-
enated this eſtate to Lambe, who paſſed it away
houſe itſelf retained that of Hall-place (a), alias
to fir John Leveſon, alias Lewfon, knt, from which Woldham. ball. In this name of Beuly it con-
name it was fold, together with the manor of tinued till the year 1693, when it was alienated
Rings above-mentioned in the reign of K. Charles to Manley, in which name it remains at this
I, to John Marſham, eſq; whoſe deſcendant, The time (b), being the property of Mr. William
Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney, is the preſent
Manley, who now reſides in it (c).
poffeffor of this manor and eſtate.
There is a Court Baron held for this ma-
nor (d). onem
be
WOLDHAM-HALL, alias BEULY'S COURT,
PRESENT STATE OF WOLDHAM.
is a manor, which lies partly in this pariſh and The village of Woldham lies adjoining to the
partly in Burham, and was held in the reign of marſhes on the eaſtern banks of the Medway.
K. John, as appears by the inquiſitions returned Robert Trevor, eſq; a Captain in his Majeſty's
into the Treaſury in the 12th and 13th years of Navy, fome years ago erected, on the ruins of
that reign, by Robert de Woldham Magna (x), as an antient ſtone houſe in this village, a handfome
one quarter of a knight's fee, of the Biſhop of ſaſhed brick houſe, and named it Woldham-houſe.
Rocheſter. Soon after which the poffeffors of this 10 This pariſh ought antiently to have contri-
manor were called, from it, At-Hall, and in Latin buted to the repair of the 4th pier of Rocheſter
deeds, De Aula. Robert Le Neve was owner of Bridge (e).
5 Slootman
,
11" About 30 years ago, in digging a trench from
by the above tenure. His heirs ſold it to John Woldham-hall houſe up to the open downs, there
Atte Celar, written alſo At Selere, whoſe heirs were found ſeveral warlike inſtruments, of an
Sd bris!
op 27607 von pri
(r) At Bourn-farm in this pariſh, is an antient ſtone ſtruc (d) K. Edward III, in his 38th year, granted to the
ture, which had a chapel, conſecrated and licenced for fa Prior and Convent of
nt of Rocheſter, in confideration of 100s.
mily uſe. This Dr. Thorpe was of opinion was the dwelling paid to him, licence for them to give and aflign the yearly
of Judge Starkey.
rent-charge of 10 marcs for ever, iſſuing out of their manor
(s) Philipott, p. 374.
of Weldham, to a Chaplain to celebrate divine rites, for the
(1) Strype's Stow's Survey, book iv, p. 51.
health of him during his life, and afterwards for his ſoul,
(u) MA. pedigr. of Rainsford.
and thoſe of his progenitors, and alſo for the ſoul of Walter
(v) Morant's Effex, vol. i, p. 461.
Colpeper, and his anceſtors, and thoſe of all faithful people
(w) He was twice married; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter deceaſed, in the chapel of St. Mary, in the cemetery of the
and heir of Edward Knivet; and ſecondly to Winifred, daugh church of Pepymbery, daily, according to the ordinance of
ter and heir of John Pyme, by neither of whom he left iſſue. the Archbiſhop of Canterbury for the time being. Reg. Roff.
He died anno 2 Elizabeth, and lies buried in St. Catherine
ch
Creechurch in London. Morant's Effex, vol. i, p. 461. In the Cuſtumale Roffenſe there is frequent mention made
Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 63.
of a zvater-mill in Woldham; and the cuſtom was, that once
(*) Lib. Rubr. Scacc.
a year every houſe was obliged to fend one man for a day, to
(y) They bore for their arms, Argent, a ſaltier between clear the paſſage, dirch, and mill-pond, that the water might
4 mullets gules; which arms were painted in a window of this come well to turn the mill; and there were two particular
church, and remained very lately in a window of the man acres of land, which paid 12d. each yearly, the occupiers of
fion-houſe of this manor.
which were to clean the ditch, which led from the river to
(z) They bore for their arms-Argent, a chevron between the mill-pond. Of the whole land of this manor, which was
3 griffins heads eraſed, ſable.
eſtimated at 10 yokes, fix and an half were of one ſervice,
(a) Philipott, p. 374. Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, and the remainder ef another, which was leſs ſervile; for the
p. 159. Several of this family lie buried in Alhallows Stain. || tenants of the latter only paid a rent in money, and made
ing church, London. Ibid.
ſo much malt, which they delivered at the priory of Rocheſiler;
(6) This eſtate confifts of 250 acres of arable, paſture, whereas the former were bound to perform all kind of labour
freſh and ſalt marſh.
by their tenure.
Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 337.5
(c) They bear for their arms-Argent, afinifter hand couped. (e) Lamb. Peramb. p. 421.
antique
itten alco di Saleres whole
1
p. 694.

160
K E IN T.
The
HISTORY of
WOLDHAM.
antique form like a wedge or axe, which were
chiefly of braſs.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Biſhop of Rocheſter, who by his inſtrument, dated
at his chapel of his manor of Trotteſclyve, Sept.
24, anno 1402, decreed and ordained, that for
the future the pariſhioners of Snodland, being in-
habitants thereof, at any time going out from
thence to fiſh, with their boats, nets, and other
inſtruments neceſſary for that purpoſe, might,
either by themſelves or by others, draw their
nets, and take fish beyond the ſtream of the
main river to the ſhore of the water fituated
within the bounds and limits of the pariſh of
Woldham ; that one moiety of the cythe of the fiſh
ſo caught ſhould belong to the Rector of Snod-
land for the time being, and the other moiety to
to the Rector of Woldbam for the time being, to
be paid to them by the fiſhers faithfully and
without any diminution whatſoever; and further,
that the ſaid Rectors might appoint one common
Gatherer to collect and receive both their faid
tythes, or one of them might appoint the other to
receive them from the ſaid fiſhermen, even againſt
their will, and without any moleſtation or claim
from them, by reaſon of the ſame. In witneſs
whereof the Biſkop cauſed his ſeal to be affixed,
&c. (k).
The church of Woldham is a diſcharged living
in the King's Books, of the clear yearly certified
value of 30l. the yearly tenths of which are
seropterea
11. 8. 7ad. (1)
107
Woldham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe and deanry of Rocheſter.
The church, which is a ſmall building, with
a low tower, is ſituated at the northern extremity
of the village, and is dedicated to All Saints, and
antiently paid 9d. chriſm rent to the mother
church of the dioceſe (f). It was formerly an
appendage to the manor, and as ſuch allotted
by Biſhop Guldulph, in the diviſion which he made
of the poſſeſſions of his church, to the ſhare of
the Monks of St. Andrew's; but Biſhop Gilbert
de Glanvill, though he ſuffered them to retain
the manor, yet he wreſted this church out of
their hands, and it has ever ſince remained in
the poſſeſſion of the Biſhops of Rocheſter, his ſuc-
ceffors,
Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the 9th year
of K. Edward I, at the inſtance of the Prior and
Convent of Rocheſter, made enquiry by inquiſi-
tion as to the nethod which the Monks uſed in
taking their portions of tythes within their ma-
nors, and what part of them was allowed to the
pariſh churches of them; by which it appeared,
that in their manor of Woldham, the pariſh
church of the place, and the Albefs of Malling
took the whole of the tythes of ſheaves only,
but of other ſmall tythes, it did not nor ever
uſed to take any thing; and he decreed, that
the ſaid pariſh church ſhould be content with
the tythes of the heaves of every kind of corn
only (8). All which was confirmed by Jobn,
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, by his letters of infpexi-
mus, dated at Northfleet the next year, anno
1281 (b).
.
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church
was valued at 10 marcs (i).
TO
In the 26th year of K. Edward III, an inqui-
ſition was taken concerning the tythes which
belonged to the Rector of Woldham and the Ab-
beſs of Malling, in this pariſh, an account of
which will be given below.
Much diſpute having ariſen between the Rec-
tor of this pariſh and the Rector of Snodland, the
oppoſite pariſh on the other fide of the Medway,
concerning the tythe of fiſh, caught within the
bounds of the pariſh of Woldham by the pariſhi-
oners of 'Snodland, it was, by the conſent of both
parties, ſubmitted to the final decree of John,
Polokwadi bhoc illis
(fy Text. Roff. p. 229.
(g) Ibid. p.92.
(5) Ibid.
(i) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 455.
(k) Reg. Roff.
605.
Merciet tona
(1) Ed. Theſ. p. 386,
19 din
(m) Ibid.
xxii.
This rectory in 1716 was augmented by Q.
Anne's Bounty, the ſum of 200l. having been
contributed to it by different perſons (m).
The Biſhop of Rocheſter is patron of this rectory.
The ſteeple of this church, and much of the
fabric owe their original to the beneficence of
Stephen Slegge, of this pariſh, who was Sheriff of
Kent in the 20th year of K. Henry VI, and be-
queathed by his will, in the 36th year of it,
100 marcs to be expended on this church and
ſteeple (n).
GDL
PORTION OF TY THES.
Ralf de Woldham gave the third part of his
tythe of corn, and two parts of the tythe of his
demeſne in this pariſh, and Robert de Woldhan
gave the whole of his tythe of Parva Woldham,
to the Benedi&tine Nunnery of Malling in this coun-
ty, founded by Biſhop Gundulph (0). ni cha
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this portion
of tythes was valued at eight marcs (p).
An inquiſition wa
was made by Thomas de Alk-
ham, and the tenants of Woldham, concerning
the tythes in this pariſh, belonging to the Abbefs
CST YOU
COLOLO YOL
(») Philipott, p. 375.
joging
() This gift was confirmed to that abbey by Gualeran,
Biſhop of Rocheſter, temp. Henry II; by Thomas, Archbiſfoop.
of Canterbury ; by Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in 1249 ;
by Simon, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in 1351, and by others.
Reg. Roff. p. 480, 481, 486.
0) Stev. Mon. vol i, p. 455.
of
p.
p

Κ E N
161
Ν Τ.
WOLDHAM,
CHURCH OF
og on
i griblot nudo Anthony Dennes, B. A. inftit.
høgs. • :::
Datin,
The HISTORY of K Ε LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
BURHAM.
brother K. Harold, loſt their lives at the fatal
of Malling, in the 26th year of K. Edward
III. (9)
din me pi 2 bar battle of Haſtings. After which William the
pib ona Conqueror gave it to Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, bis
A Matur 1911
half-brother; under the general title of whoſe
no bassob bo
lands it is thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſ-
PATRONS,
ReCTORS.
or by whom preſented. bis
DOC 25
YI
day, taken about the year 1080.
(r) Walter, in the time of K. Ifde' Radulf (de Curbeſpine) ten de epo Boreban
p. 6. Solins fe defd. Tre' e' 8. car. In dnio funt.
on suht to rot Edward I.
2. & 15. villi cu 20. bord' hnt. 6. car'.
Ibi ecclà
oui scoli bar (s) Robert Eſtre, inſtit. anno
20 Edward I.
& 7. Servi. & 1. molinº de. 6. Sol. & 10. ac pti.
Biſhop of Rocheſter. (t) John Brokholls, in 1402. Silva 20. porc. .... T. R. E. Veleb 10 libºg
bai. Francis Cacot, A. M. 1630. qdo recep tntd. modo. 12. lib. Eps' de Rouecejt ht
domos de b' m' & val. 7. folid. Hoc m' tenuit
binisoria ramo (u) Ifaac Goſlin, reſig, 1689.
Com
> 10
(v) Thomas Stapeley, obt. Oct.
Leuuin'. be
30, 1689.
Which is: The fame Ralf (de Curbeſpine) holds
Alne, reſig. 1690.
of the Biſhop (of Baieux) Boreham. It was taxed
ons to
bili to bWm. Ward, obt. June 1722.
Abraham Birch, 1728.
at fix ſuling's. The arable land is eight carucates.
Srikrit stil aida
In demeſne there are two, and 15 villeins, with 20
borderers, having fix carucates. There is a church
ova Hut 90
Feb. 14, 1728, obt. June
and ſeven ſervants, and one mill of fix ſhillings, and
Tormo't ad do 24, 1775:
10 acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 20
ideart'has been
Peter Rafhleigh, A. M. 1775.
In the time of K. Edward the Con-
Preſent Rector.
felfor it was worth 10 pounds, and when he received
it as
.
BU RH A Mots
Jever Millings. Earl Leuuin beld this manor.
LI
IES the next pariſh ſouthward from Wold-
Ralph de Curva Spina(w), or Crookthorne, as his
ham, on the eaſtern bank of the Medway.
name was engliſhed, reſided at Comford-park in
It is written in Domeſday, Boreham, and in antient
the neighbouring pariſh of Birling, which ma-
nor (x) he likewiſe poffeſſed, and his deſcen-
dants continued owners of Burham till the reign
of K. Henry II, when they were ſucceeded by
This place, before the conqueft, was in the the family of Magminot; one of whom, Walke-
poſſeſſion of Earl Leofwine, who, as well as his
line Magminot, dying without iſſue, his filter
He sais the
(9) Viz. that of the free land in Woldham, which John bert Sadelere ; of one yard held by Richard Benekin, of five
at Selere held, the Abbeſs took two fheaves, and the Rector
acres and an half and one yard and an haif, lying in different
Of the land of the Prior of Rocheſter, belonging to the parcels in the fame frotto at Gwodelade, held by the heirs of
manor of Woldham, the Abbeſs had one ſheaf, and the Rector John Symon ; of half an acre held by John Benekin ; of one
two ; excepting of eleven acres of land, called Newynhame acre held by the heirs of May ; of half an acre held by John
shott, of which ſhe had nothing. Item, at Heghefeld on the Bette ; of one acre and two yards held by Henry Newman,
hill, ſhe had the ioth ſheaf with the Rector. Item, in Parva of three acres held by Richard Benekin ; of one acre held by
Woldham, of the land lying towards South-garden, of which Letitia Hoiwis ; of three acres held by John Gernayss of two
Robert Beffet held fix acres, then held by John de Beklande, acres and an half held by the heirs of Roger Grainvile ; of
the Abbeſs had all the tythes of fheaves. Item, in the three yards held by John Cowpere. Item, of one acre at la
called Northfield, were eight acres and an half belonging to the Gore, which John atte Gele held; and of one yard at Uplonge,
fame tenement, in the hands of John atte Beklande, whence which John Richards and John Taylor held. Reg. Roff. p.
the Abbeſs had all the tythes of fheaves. Item, at Litiel
Gwodelade, of two acres and an half of the ſame tenement, (r) He afterwards became a Monk, and the Biſhop infi-
ſhe had allthe tythes of ſheaves. Item, at Great Grvodelade, of tuted Robert Efire in his room; but Walter throwing off his
1 2 acres of the ſame tenement, ſhe had all tythes of fheaves. habit, again claimed this rectory, and kept pofleflion of the
Item, ſhe had all the tythes of fheaves of the following pre-
church ; on which the Biſhop excommunicated lrin, and then
mifes, lying likewiſe in Parva Woldham, viz. of two acres, Walter appealed to the Archbiſhip. See Prynne's Records,
which John de Southtowne held ; of half an acre and half a p. 481. But how it ended, I do not find.1901
yard, which Henry Newman held; of two acres and three (s) He was the King's Chaplain, and was before Rocor
yards, whieh Richard Benkin held ; of half an acre held by of Henley upon Thames, which he reſigned. See Prynne ibid.
Parannt; of one acre held by John Richardes ; of two acres (1) Reg. Roff. p. 695.
and an half and three yards, held by the heirs of John Symon ; bu fie) He refuſed taking the daths to K. William and
of half an acre held by John Bette; of one yard held by the Mary.
ovidiendo
heirs of John Baker ; of one yard held by Olive Symonys ; of (v) He was alſo Vicar of Burham, and lies buried in this
three yards held by John' de Woljane ; of one acre held by
church.
John at Selere ; of half an acre held by John Taylour; of one (w) He bore for his arms, in imitation of Simon de Abrin-
yard held by Alice Baſely; of one acre and an half held by ces, or Averenches ----Azure, 5 chevrins or, a label of 5 printa
John Wilcoke ; and there is no more land in that frotto. Item, gules. Camden’s Remains, p. 212.
towards the north, at Whitelande, of two yards held by Ro (*) Philipott, p. 80.
best to
VOL. II.
2 T
grants, Burgham.
olar. 397 A
THE
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one.
the field
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162
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
of
H IS TO RY
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
BURHAM.
Alice carried this and other large poffeffions in
this county to her huſband, Geoffry de Say, and
his deſcendant, William de Say, died in the 56th
year of that reign, poſſeſſed of the manor of
Burgham, which he held in capite by barony, and
he was bound to repair a part of Rocheſter Bridge,
and a certain houſe in Dover Caſtle (y). He left
iſſue by Mary his wife (2), Willian his ſon and
heir, who likewiſe died ſeiſed of this manor in
the 2 3d year of K. Edward I, holding it by the
like tenure (a). Geoffry his ſon, married Idonea,
daughter of William de Leyborne, and was ſun-
moned to Parliament among the Barons of this
realm in the 7th year of K. Edward II, in the
15th year of which reign he departed this life,
ſeiſed of this manor, which he held as above-
mentioned (b). His ſon, Geoffry de Say, in the
8th year of K. Edward III, obtained view of
frank-pledge, and other liberties, within all his
demeſne lands of this manor (c), and having
been frequently ſummoned to Parliament among the
Peers of this realm, he died in the 33d year of
K. Edward III, holding this manor in capite by
knights ſervice (d).
He left iſſue by Maud, his wife, William de
Say, his ſon and heir, and three daughters; Ido-
nea, married to fir John de Clinton, of Maxſtoke in
the co. of Warwick, knt. Elizabeth, to Thomas de
Aldone; and Joane, married firſt to William Fienes,
and afterwards to Stephen de Valoines. Maud, the
widow of Geoffry de Say, ſurviving her huſband,
poffefſed this manor in dower, of which ſhe died
feiſed in the 43d year of K. Edward III, (e) the
inheritance then belonging to her ſon, William
de Say (f), who, having been ſummoned to Parlia-
ment from the 37th to the 47th year of that reign,
died in the 49th year of it, anno 1374, being
then ſeiſed of this manor, and leaving iſſue a ſon,
John, and a daughter, Elizabeth.
John de Say died in his minority, and in ward
to the King, in the 6th year of K. Richard II;
upon which Elizabeth, his ſiſter, became his
heir (g), and was afterwards ſeiſed of this manor.
She married, firſt, John de Falleſey, afterwards
knighted, who had livery of the lands of her
inheritance; but he died without iſſue by her,
and the remarried with fir William Heron, knt. (b)
who poſſeſſed this manor of Burgham, and was
Lord Say in her right (i).
She died July 8, anno 23 Richard II, leaving
her huſband ſurviving, who poſſeſſed this manor,
and deceaſed on Oct. 30, in the 6th year of K.
Henry IV, anno 1404, and it was found by in-
quiſition, that ſhe died ſeiſed of it, and that
fir William de Clinton, knt. ſon of Idonea, ſiſter
of William de Say laſt-mentioned, Mary, wife of
Otho de Worthington, and Maud her ſiſter, daugh-
ters of Thomas de Aldone, by Elizabeth, another
ſiſter of the ſaid William, and Roger de Fienes,
ſon of William de Fienes, ſon of Joane, the third
fifter of the ſaid William de Say, were her heirs
and next of kin (k).
On the diviſion of their inheritance, fir Roger
de Fienes, knt. became poffeffed of the manor
of Burgham (1), and departed this life in the
8th year of K. Henry VI, then holding it
in capite by knights ſervice (m), He left two
ſons, Richard Fienes and Robert; the former of
whom was afterwards knighted, and Chamber-
lain to K.Edward IV. He married Joane, daugh,
ter and at length ſole heir (n) of fir Thomas Dacre,
eldeſt ſon and heir of Thomas, Lord Dacre, by
reaſon of which he was by let. pat. Nov. 7, in
the 37th year of K. Henry VI, declared Lord
Dacre, and to enjoy all pre-eminence as a Baron
of this realm, and next year he had ſummons to
Parliament accordingly (6).
After which, great diſputes ariſing between
them and fir Humphry Dacre, the uncle and heir
male of the Dacre family, concerning the eſtates
belonging to it; it was mutually agreed to ſub-
mit their claims to the deciſion of K. Edward
IV, who, in the 13th year of his reign, having
heard the ſame before himſelf, and his Lords af-
ſembled in Parliament, comfirmed by his writ
of Privy Seal, dated April 8th that year, to fir
Richard Fienes, and the Lady Joane his wife, and
the heirs of her body, ſeveral of the caſtles and
manors in diſpute, and the ſame place and pre-
cedence in Parliament, that her grandfather had
enjoyed ; and to fir Humphry Dacre, who at the
fame time was created a Baron, with place next
below for Richard Fienes, the lordſhip of Gilleſ-
land, the antient and capital ſeat of the Vaux's,
(y) Rot. Eſch. N. 37.
(z) She afterwards married Robert de Ufford.
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 49. 16). Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(c) Rot. Cart, ejus an. N. 8.
(d) 'Rot. Eſch. ejus an, (e) Ibid.
(f) He obtained the King's licence, May 3d that year,
to enfeoffe R. de Belknap and others of this manor, that they
might be enabled to regrant it to the ſaid William de Say, and
Beatrix his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies, remainder
to his own right heirs. From Lord Dacre's papers.
(8) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(h) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 512.
(i) He was afterwards Lord Steward of the King's Houſ-
hold, and was in her right ſummoned to Parliament anno 17
K. Richard II, and afterwards, as long as he lived ; as was
her firſt huſband, for John de Falleſley, in the 7th year of that
reign, and during his life-time afterwards, Collins's Pre-
cedents of Baronies, p. 31.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(2) He was deſcended from John de Fienes, to whom Wil-
liam the Conqueror committed the important truſt of Dover
Cafile, making him Conſtable of it, and alligning him lands
for the ſupport of himſelf and other Knights in the defence
of it. His deſcendant, fir William Fienes, knt, married
Joane, third daughter of Jeffry de Say, by whom he had
iſſue Roger Fienes above-mentioned, and James, anceſtor of
the preſent Viſcount Say and Seale.
(m) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
(n) Rot. Eſch. She died March 8, anno a Henry VII.
(6) Cotton's Records, p. 691.
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of K. James I, leaving iſſue by Gry-
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 163
BURHAM
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
and of all the Barons their deſcendants, with married to Sampſon Lennard, of Chevening, efq;
other conſiderable eſtates; the latter being for and the heirs of her body, with remainder over
diſtinction ſtyled, Lord Dacre of Gilleſand (P), to others; and after his death, on June 20, in
or more commonly, of the North, as the other the 39th year of Q. Elizabeth, ſhe had ſpecial
was, of the South.
livery of this manor, among the reſt of his
eſtates.
Sir Richard Fienes, Lord Dacre, died Nov. 25,
in the iſt year of K. Richard III, anno 1483,
Which Margaret making claim to the Barony
and was buried, as was his wife afterwards, in
of Dacre (x), it was, in the 2d year of K. James
I, adjudged to her and the heirs of her body,
the pariſh church of Hurſtmonceaux (9), in the
caſtle of which he reſided, being then feiſed of
with precedency, as her anceſtors had enjoyed it.
this manor, which he held, as above-mention-
She died in the 9th year of that reign, anno 1610,
ed (r). He left Thomas, his grandſon, his next
ſeiſed of this manor, as was found by inquiſi.
heir, viz. the eldeſt ſon of fir John Fenys, knt.
tion(y), and that Henry Lennard, Lord Dacre, was
her ſon and heir, who having ſuffered a common
his eldeſt ſon, who died in his life-time; and he
alſo
recovery (%) of this manor to the uſe of him and
his heirs, 10,
.
14th
year
Dacre of the South, as he was then called, died
fogon his wife, daughter of fir Richard Baker, of
Sept. 9, in the 25th year of K. Henry VIII,
Sifinghurſt, knt. three ſons and four daughters.
feiſed of this manor, held in capite by knights
Of the former, Richard, the eldeſt, ſucceeded
ſervice (s), and was buried at Hurſtmonceaux. He
him as Lord Dacre; Edward died young; and
left Thomas, his grandſon and heir apparent, to
Fynes, the third ſon, had this manor bequeathed
fucceed him, viz. ſon of fir Tho. Fynes, knt. who
to him by his father (a). He left iſſue a ſon,
died in his life-time. This fir Thomas Fynes, Lord
Robert, who in the reign of K. Charles I. alien-
Dacre, the grandſon, came to an untimely end;
ated this manor of Burham to Francis Barnham,
for going, with ſeveral other perſons, to chaſe
of Holling borne, eſq; (6) and Mr. John Maplefden,
deer in fir Nicholas Pelham's park, at Laughton
gent. (c) and they in the next reign of K. Charles
in the co. of Suſſex, a fray enſued between fome,
II. alienated it to fir Fohn Banks, bart. on whoſe
who went out with him, and the Park-keepers ;
death in 1699, without male iſſue, Elizabeth,
in which one of the latter was killed, and tho'
his daughter and coheir, then married to the
he was not preſent, but in another part of the
Hon. Heneage Finch, ſecond fon of Heneage,
park, for they had ſeparated themſelves at their
Earl of Nottingham, entitled her huſband to
firſt coming there, yet he was found guilty of the
it.
murther, and ſuffered death for it accordingly, in
In the 2d year of Q. Anne he was created
the 33d year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1541. He
Baron of Guernſey, and on the acceſſion of K.
left iſſue two ſons, Thomas, who died young, and
George I. Earl of Aylesford. He died poffeffed
Gregory, and one daughter, Margaret, who were
of this manor in 1719, in which he was ſucceeded
by Parliament reſtored, both in blood and ho-
by his eldeſt ſon, Heneage, Earl of Aylesford,
nors, in the 1ſt year of Q. Elizabeth (t).
whoſe grandſon, The Right Hon. Heneage, Earl
Gregory, Lord Dacre, died without iſſue, Sept. of Aylesford (d), is the preſent proprietor of
26, 1593, anno 36 Elizabeth ; on which Mar it (e).
garet, his fifter, became his ſole heir (u). He There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held for
had by deed (v) and fine (w) in the 13th year of
this manor.
Q. Elizabeth, ſettled, among other premiſes, this The pariſh of Burham was anciently bound to
manor, after his own death and failure of iſſue contribute towards the repair of the 4th pier of
of his body, on his ſaid lifter, Margaret, then Rocheſter Bridge (f).
her hulbar
am
(p) Gilleſland is in the co. of Cumberland. This title be-
coming extinct in the Lords Dacre, was granted by K. Cha.
II. to Charles Howard, Earl of Carliſle, deſcended by a fe-
male from them.
(9) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 23, 244. Inquif. poſt mort.
(r) Several inquiſitions taken temp. Richard III, and
Henry VII.
(5) Inquiſ. poſt mort. taken at Canterbury on January 9th
that year.
(y) See a further account of the family of Fienes or Fynes,
under Cowdham, in the firſt vol, of this hiſtory, p. 119.
(z) Trin. Term, anno 13 James I, Oct. 16th. Ibid.
Deed of Uſes.
(a) See a further account of the Lennards, under Cheve.
ning, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 359.
(6) He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sampſon Lennard,
and fifter of Henry, Lord Dacre, and aunt to Robert Lennard
above-mentioned.
(c) I ſhould ſuppoſe, this manor was only conveyed to
them in truft, for particular uſes.
(d) See a further account of the Earls of Aylesford below,
under Aylesford.
(e) The Manor-houſe, or Court-lodge, is ſituated near the
church, at no great diſtance from the river Medway.
(f) Lamb. Peramb. p. 421.
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 244.' (u) Ibid.
(v) Ind. 4ptite, dated 16th June, anno 13 Elizabeth.
(w) Fine, Trin. Term, 13 Elizabeth.
(x) Her firſt petition for this honor was anno 39 Q. Eliz.
when it was referred by the Queen to William, Lord Bur-
leigh, Lord Treaſurer, and Charles, Lord Howard of Efing-
ham, Lord High Admiral; who, on the laſt of Feb, that
year, made their report to the Queen in her favor.
PRESENT

challe?
164
The l' H I S T O R Y of Κ N
Τ.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
193
nea
of
E
BURHAM.
O sorriso in 1302, made and ordained a perpetual vicar age
PRESENT STATE OF BURHAM.
in this church; decreeing, that it ſhould conliſt
The houſes of this pariſh are diſperſed through in the portions and profits therein mentioned.
out it, nor is there any village in particular in Accordingly, he aſſigned to this vicárnge, and
it; the river Medway bounds it towards the weſt, the Vicar ſerving in it, all ſmall tythes, viz. of
as the great ridge of chalk hills does towards the lambs, calves, pigs, geeſe, wool, milk, cheeſe,
eggs, hay, flax, hemp, gardens, apples, and
barren, and much covered with low coppice other fruit growing in gardens, and of land dug
wood, heath, and furze, whence this part of it with the foot, and alſo all oblations and obven-
has gained the name of Burham-downs.919 diw tions of the altarage, whatſoever, howſoever,
The chapel of St. Mary in the cemetery of the whenceſoever, and howoftenſoever ariſing, toge-
church of Pepyng bury, was poffeffed of lands in ther with 18 acres of arable land, called Fog-
this pariſh, as appears by the licence of Mort. hereleſland, and 11 acres of arable land, called
main granted by K.Edward III. in his 28th year, Benecroft and Stonhelle, two acres of meadow, of
to John Colpeper, the founder of it (g). v7033 which one lay between Hakewode and Burham-
aid
There was formerly in this pariſh, at a place
court, called Ocacre, and the other in a place,
called Haly.garden, a ſpring, highly reverenced
called Lendmedediche; and he decreed, that the
by the common people, for the virtues and Vicars ſhould have thoſe lands and meadows free
fanctity which they attributed to it; to which from all tenths and every other ſervice, in like
they made pilgrimages from all the neighbour-
manner as the Rectors of this church held them
ing parts (b). In the 17th year of K. Richard
free, before the ſaid appropriation. And he
II, the Friars Carmelites, of the adjoining pariſh
likewiſe afligned to the vicarage and Vicars, the
of Aylesford, obtained the King's let. pat. grant-
tythes of ſheaves ariſing from a certain tenement,
ing this ſpring, and the land in which it was,
called Toryntonesyok, of the fee of Burgham, and
to them, for the making of an aqueduct for the two quarters of wheat, to be paid yearly to the
uſe of their houſe (i).
faid Vicars on the feaſt of St. Michael, from the
Yoria ons
The Liberty of the Corporation of Maidſtone ex-
barns of this rectory; and alſo land and a houſe
fufficient and decent, which ſhould be built on
tends itſelf
, on the river Medway, from that
the foil of this church, at the expence of the
as a piece of land, called Hawke-
wood, in this pariſh (k).
ſaid Prior and Brethren. And he ordained and
decreed, that the Vicars for the time being
03 Бусад
THE ÉCCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
ſhould, at their peril, keep and preſerve all the
veſtments and ornaments of the altar of the
6 Burhan is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiétion church, and all the books, which, if they ſhould
of the dioceſe and deanry of Rocheſter.
be at any time loft, burnt, or ſpoiled caſually
6 ,
The church, which is ſmall, having a large or negligently, ſhould be made good at the Vi-
tower at the weſt end of it, is dedicated to the car's expence, and the lights round the great
bleſſed Virgin Mary, and ſtands near the banks of altar, ſo far as belonged to the Rector ; and that
the Medway. It antiently paid 9d. chriſm rent
they ſhould find and provide bread, wine, and
to the mother church of the dioceſe (I).
other neceffaries for the celebration of divine
rites, and ſhould pay the procurations to the
the benchurch of Burham was antiently part of
the poffeffions of the Knights Hofpitellers of St.
Archdeacon, when he viſited, and ſuſtain all other
burthens, ordinary and extraordinary. But the
John of Jeruſalem in England (m).
defects of the body of the chancel, as in the pave-
In
the 15th year of K. Edward I. it was va-
lued at 12 marcs (n).
ment, walls, windows, in glaſs and iron, and the
roof of it, ſhould be repaired as often as occa-
Pope Boniface VIII, who became Pope in the
fion ſhould require, at the expence of the ſaid
year 1295, anno 24 Edward I, appropriated this
Hoſpitallers; and if any part of it ſhould fall
church, the patronage of which belonged to the down, that they the ſaid Brethren ſhould rebuild
Knights Hospitallers, to that order ; at the ſame
it, and ſupport the ſame for ever. And that no
time reſerving a competent portion for a perpe doubt might ariſe concerning this endowment,
tual Vicar in it. In conſequence of which, Tho nor, any ſuit be brought in future relating to it,
mas de Wuldham, Biſhop of Rocheſter, with the the Biſhop cauſed a duplicate to be made of it,
conſent of William de Tothole, Prior, and the and one to be ſealed with the common ſeal of the
Brethren of that Hoſpital, by his inſtrument, dated aforeſaid hoſpital, to be left with him, and the
2009 di Bogga blot)
(8) Reg. Roff. p. 519.
iskupisha otro (m) Ralph the Clerk releaſed to 'Ernulf, Biſhop of Rocheſter,
(5) Philipott, p. 92. 10 OGA 1
292 (5 in the reign of K. Henry I, the rent of 7s. 4d. payable
(i) Ibid. and Tan. Mon. p. 223.
Tabs to him for the church-yard of Burham. Text. Roff. p.
196.
(k) Kilb. Surv. p. 361.
១៨។
(22) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p. 455:
(1) Text. Roff. p. 229.
other
of an
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town as far as

The HISTORY
165
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
BURHAM.
Larkfield HUNDRED
other ſealed with his feal, to be left with the ſaid wool, hay, lambs, cows, calves, geeſe, pigs,
Prior and Brethren(o).
eggs, fruits, wood, and in other ſinall tythes,
John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the 7th year of alſo in oblations, and altarages, which amounted
K. Edward II, certified to the King's Treaſurer,
to the value of 12 marcs; and that the Vicar
and the Barons of the Exchequer, in obedience
was bound from thence to ſupport the burthers
to the King's writ directed to him for that pur-
of bread and wine, and lights, viz. two procef-
poſe, that the Prior of the Hoſpital of St. John of ſional tapers, tenths to the King, when any
Jeruſalem had within his dioceſe, the appropria ſhould happen, epiſcopal procurations, when he
tion of the church of Burgham, which was worth
ſhould viſit, and archidiaconal viſitations yearly,
yearly 22 marcs, being part of the antient pof the expences of the Proctors of the Clergy, and
ſeſſions of it (p); and upon a like writ in the 20th other contributions, according to the taxation
year of K. Edward III, Hamo, Biſhop of Rochef-
of 20 marcs made of the ſaid church, and that
ter, certified to the King's Treaſurer, &c. that
he ihould take on him the office of Dean, when
the ſaid hoſpital poffeffed the appropriation of ever it ſhould happen to him; and that thus the
this church, which was taxed at 20 marcs, and
portion of the Vicar, thefe burthens being borne
alſo a certain portion in this pariſh, which they
by him, would be worth, coibs annis, by eſtima-
had before this church was appropriated to them,
tion, eight marcs yearly; and further, that iol.
which portion was taxed at 100s. ſterling (9).
would not be enough for the ſufficient repair of
Leonard de Tibert, Prior General of the Hoſpital
the buildings of the vicarage, which were every
of St. John of Jeruſalem in England, in the 7th
where ruinous, excepting one chamber; and
that the vicarage was ſituated in a lonely place, and
year of K. Edward III, with the conſent of his
remote from reighbours, by reaſon of which no
Chapter, granted the appropriation of this
Vicar without a family could inhabit it alone
church, with all its appurts. excepting the ad-
vowſon and preſentation of the vicarage, and all
with ſafety; and that the Vicar then preſented
and ſingular the lands and tenements belonging
was a prieſt of good fame, of ſufficient age, and
honeſt converſation, as more fully appeared in
to the ſaid hoſpital in this pariſh, to the Prior of
the ſaid inquiſition, which was taken on Dec. 2,
the church of Clerkenwell in London, and his ſuc-
in the year above-mentioned (s).
ceffors, to hold to him and them freely and
quietly for ever (r). 1.03
eider ,
Thomas Dowcra, Prior of the Hoſpital of St. John
of Jeruſalem in England, and the Brethren of the
There was an inquiſition taken in the year
ſame, with the conſent of their whole Chapter,
1445, in conſequence of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's
on the 13th of Oct. in the 1ſt year of K. Henry
letters to his Official for that purpoſe, concern-
VIII, let to ferm to Richard Ware, of Burgham,
ing the right of preſentation to this vičarage,
Yeoman, their rectory of Burghum, with the
the Biſhop having received the letters of preſen-
manſion and glebe lands of it, together with all
tation, of fir Robert de Frodeſham, to it. By this
tythes, profits, and commodities belonging to it,
inquiſition it appears, that fir Richard Lynſtere,
excepting the advowſon of the vicarage of the
the laſt Vicar, had the year before deſerted and
church, to hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent
left it unprovided for ; in conſequence of which
of 131. 6s. 8d. payable at their treaſury of Cler-
he was deprived, and removed from it by the
kenwell in London, he and his afligns paying and
Ordinary, in the cathedral church of Rocheſter :
delivering to the Vicar of Burgham, two
which ſentence being judicially pronounced, the
ters of wheat yearly, and ſupporting
bur-
vicarage became vacant, and continued ſo at
thens, ordinary and extraordinary, and all repa-
that time, and that the Prior of St. John of Je-
rations whatſoever of the rectory with its appurts.
rufalem, of England, was the right Patron of it;
excepting thoſe of the chancel; and all the ſame,
that brother Robert Botyll preſented laſt to it,
except as aforeſaid, ſhould yield up well and ſuf-
and that he, or, at leaſt, he and his brethren,
ficiently repaired at the end of the ſaid term,
to whom the church was ſaid to be appropriated,
&c. (t)eustadt
bas broe
ought then to preſent to it ; that it was neither in
This rectory and advowſon remained part
of
litigation, nor penſionary, and that the Vicar was
the poſſeſſions of the above Hoſpital of St. John
endowed as follows, viz. In certain arable lands,
of Jeruſalem, at the time of its diffolution, in
meadows, and paſtures, in the tythes of the yoke
the 32d year of K. Henry VIII, this order being
of Totyngton, in two quarters of wheat from the
then fuppreffed by an act paffed ſpecially for
rectory of this church, and alſo in the tythes of
that purpoſe, by which all their lands, revenues,
() This decree was made in the church of Burgham, the
year above-mentioned, being the 31ſt of K. Edward'], and,
was exhibited as the endowment of the vicarage of Burgham,
by John Bryddeſdale, Vicar of the ſame, at the viſitation of
William, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the cathedral church of Ro-
cheſter, in the 22d year of K. Richard II, anno 1398. Reg.
Roff. p. 196, 197
or
() Reg. Roff. p. 125. (9) Ibid. p. 128.4.2011
(r) This grant was confirmed by Philip de Thame, Prior
General of the hoſpital, and his Chapter, to Nicholas de
Hales, Prior of the church of Clerkenwell, and his fucceffors,
in the 10th year of K. Edward III, anno 1335. Reg. Roff.
P. 197, 198.
(s) Reg. Roff. p. 199. () Ibid.
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166
HISTORY of K£ N T.
The
THE
M A N O R.
o not
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
&c. were given to the King, his heirs and ſuc. Ægelejthrep{k), as does the Saxon hiſtorian Æthel-
ceffors, for ever (u). bale
werd (1). In the record of Domeſday it is written,
The vicarage is a diſcharged living in the
Elesford, by later writers, Aillesford, and now,
King's Books, of the clear yearly certified value
moſt commonly, Aylesford.
62
of 461. the yearly tenths being ol. 165. od. (v)
In 1606, the patronage of this vicarage was
in the King and Lord Buckburſt by turns; and
The manor of Aylesford was part of the antient
about 1630, it was in the King and Lord Aber-
demeſnes of the Crown of England. Theſe de-
gavenny by turns (w).
they are
meſnes were afterwards granted out to different
In 1760, it was the property of Mr. Frank perſons, from time to time, who were ſaid to
lyn (x); ſoon after which it was purchaſed by hold their lands in antient demeſne, and thoſe only
Mr. George Gordon, of Rocheſter, Wine-merchant, are accounted ſo, which were actually in the
whoſe heirs ſold it to the Rev. Mr. Joſeph Milner, hands of the Crown, in the time of K. Edward
of Preſton-ball in Aylesford, and he is the preſent the Confeffor, or William the Conqueror, and
poffeffor of it.
nou are mentioned as ſuch in the ſurvey of Domeſday.
cow od bluve you
This tenure in antient denieſne was a tenure in
CHURCH OF B U RH A M. dois
focage, the tenants of which, being in great mea-
PATRONS,
n binow
VICARS.
fure enfranchiſed by the royal favor, were only
or by whom preſented.
ARS:
* * 11:3 ਤੇ 94
Prior and Brethren (y) William Bryddefale, 1398.
bound, in reſpect to their lands, to perform fome
of the better fort of villein ſervices, but thoſe
Et of St. John's (2) Richard Lynſtere, remov determinate and certain ; as to plow the King's
Hoſpital.
ed in 1444. thorns
lands, to ſupply his court with particular pro-
(a) Robert Frodeſbam, 1445.
viſions, and the like, all which are now changed
(b) Martin Haggard, Clerk,
into pecuniary rents; and in conſideration of
to 1553.
April 27, 1553.82
this, they had many immunities and privileges
sa bel (c) Tbo. Harry, about 1630.
granted to them ; as to try the right of their
ale ne fushag Thomas Fidge, about 1644.
property in a peculiar court of their own,
(d) Thomas Stapeley, A. M.
to pay toll, or contribute to the expences of
13 to this 1685, obt. Oct. 30, 1689.
Knights of the Shire, to be put on juries, and
only nois (e) Thomas Fidge, obt. Sept.
the like (n).
moitop
to sfod od 20, 1700 y diw,95
That part of the pariſh which lies on the north-
10 1897
- Pickering, 1715, 1724.
eaſt ſide of the river Medway, in which is the
mady to (f) Richard Collins, A.B. obt.
town and church of Aylesford, is in the manor
of Aylesford, and is antient demeſne, the juriſdic-
Its diw Togo
(5) Peter Innis, A. M. 1740,
tion of which extends likewiſe over the borough
2. J gagnolsd 29 obt. 1769. for 2012
of Rugmerbill, in the pariſhes of Yalding, Hunton,
edo OSTAL
(b) 7ofeph Boteler Milner, Ap.
Horſmonden, and Brenchley. burl
riter 91769. Preſent Vicar.
w In the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about the
joyda tish oldsysa b8 2019 i lo
15th year of the Conqueror's reign, this place
-ban gays A YL ESFOR D. i llocs
is chus entered, under the title of Terra Regis,
ou gaitvitab
under which the King's antient demeſne 'is de-
SOUTHWAR D from Burbam lies Aylesford,
ſcribed throughout the whole of it.
a name variouſly written by our antient bil-
torians. The Saxon Chronicle, ſuppoſed to be
In Left de Elesford. In Laurochesfel Hund.
written about the time of Bede, names it Ægeles-
Rex W. ten' Elesford p uno Solin ſe defd. Tra'e'.
15. car'. In dnio funt 3. Car?. & 40 Villi cu' 5.
ford; Nennius, the Britiſh hiſtorian, who fou,
bord”. Int 15. Car'. Ibi 8. fervi & 1. mold
riſhed about the year 620, ſays, the Saxons called
den' & 43. ac pti. Silva 70. porc Int tot' Valeb'
it Episford, and the Britons, Sathenegabail (i),
Vicec'
from the overthrow of the Saxons here ; Afferius, 1. R. E. 15. lib. & tntd' qdo baimo recep'. mo val'
who lived in the time of K. Alfred, calls it
ons did
obot as bakobs
Lotib
mais de
(u) Q. Elizabeth granted this restory, and the tythes be (6) He lies buried in the church-yard of Rocheſter cathe-
longing to it, to Dr. Cæfar. Augtn. off. Roll 5, N. 22. drai, of which church he was Minor Canon. He was aged 80.
(v) E&. Theſ. p. 385.
(1) Allo Rector of Crayford.
(w) Mſ. Twyfden.
(8) Allo Rector of Kingfion in this county.
(x) Ed. Thef. p. 385.
(b) Patron of this church, and Rector of Ditton. On the
(y) Reg. Roff. p. 197. (z) Ibid. p. 199. (a) Ibid. death of his uncle, Dr. Milner, of Preſton-hall in Aylesford,
(6) He had the Queen's letters of preſentation to it. Rym. he fucceeded by his will to that feat, and has ſince changed
Fæd. vol. xv, p. 344.
his name to Milner.
(c) Mf. Twyfden.
(i) Cap. 46. (k) P. 143. (I) P. 834.
(d) Alſo Rector of the adjoining pariſh of Woldbam, where (m) Ad. an. 455
For
he lies buried.
(n) Blackſtone's Comm, vol. ii, p. 99.
I JO Tam
to go
Dec. 1737
lo 11
40
20. lib.

The HI 8 TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ,
167
& 4. den Vol.
value of the land he held, on
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Tam' reddº 31. lib & Vicec inde ht 3. lib. De admitted to his fine, and had his lands reſtored
boc m' ten’ Anjgoť juxta Roueceftre tantu' tre qd' to him(s).
lib.
He died feiſed of this manor in the 56th year
Eps' etiam de Roueceſtre p excabio tre in qua of that reign, holding it of the King in capite,
Caftellu ſedet tantu' de hac tra’ ten qd 17. Jal' as one knight's fee, and performing his eſcuage
for it accordingly (t? He left iffue Henry, his
Which is: In the lath of Elesford, in Lauro fon and heir, who being in the King's army in
chesfel hundred, K. William holds Elesford. It was | Weles, in the 10th year of K. Edward I, had
taxed at one ſuling. The arable land is 15 carucates. ſcutage from all his tenants in this and other
In demeſne there are three carucates, and 40 villeins, counties, that held of him by military ſervice (u).
with five borderers, having 15 carucates. There are K. Edward I, in his 21ſt year, brought a writ
eight ſervants, and one mill of 40 pence, and 43 of right againſt him, for this manor; but the
acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 70 bogs. jury gave their verdict in his favor, on its having
In the whole it was worth, in the time of K. Edward been granted to his grandfather, Richard De Grey,
the Confeſſor, 15 pounds, and as much when Hamo and his heirs, for ever, by K. Henry III, as
the Sheriff received it; it is now worth 20 pounds. above-mentioned (v). In the ſame year, on a
Vet it pays 31 pounds, and the Sheriff has from quo warranto, by reaſon of his claim of pleas of
thence three pounds. Of this manor, Anfgotus, near
withernom, afize of bread and ale, and gallows,
Rocheſter, holds as much land as is valued at ſeven within this manor; the jury found, that theſe
pounds.
were liberties appercaining to this manor in the
The Biſhop of Rocheſter alſo has, in exchange for
time of K. Henry III, and that they had been
the ground on which the caſtle is ſituated, as much
made uſe of by the ſaid Henry De Grey, and his
of this land as is worth 17 ſhillings and four pence.
anceſtors, from the time of the above grant (70).
He departed this life in the 2d year of K. Ed-
In the gth year of K. John, Oſbert Gipford
ward II, being then feiſed of this manor, held
held this manor (0), after whoſe death it ſeems
as above-mentioned (x), and leaving iſſue two
to have reverted to the Crown ; for his ſucceſſor,
ſons, Richard and Nicholas.
K. Henry III, in his 14th year, granted it to fir
Richard De Grey, of Codnor, the eldeſt ſon,
Richard De Grey, of Codnor, knt. () who at the had livery of his father's lands the year he
latter end of K. John's reign, and afterwards, died, and was afterwards much employed by
when the rebellious Barons had taken arms, had the King in his wars. In the 4th year of K.
kept firm to the King's intereft, for which he had
Edward III, he obtained a charter for a market
many grants and favors conferred on him, and
upon the Tueſday weekly, and a fair yearly on
was made Conſtable of Dover Caſtle, and War the eve and day of the Afcenfion, with free war-
den of the Cinque Ports. In the middle of the
ren throughout all his demeſne lands within his
reign of K. Henry III, he went to the Holy manor of Aylesford (y). In the 9th year of which
Land, and returning from thence brought with reign he died, holding this manor in his demeſne
,
, ,
anno 1240, he founded a priory of that order in one knight's fee (2). He left iſſue two ſons,
his manor here, and next year another in L.on John, his heir, then 30 years of age, and Ro-
don (9). When he died, I do not find; but his bert, who was of Cherleton Grey in the county of
on 2
ſon, John de Grey, by Lucid his wife, daughter Somerſet.
and heir of John de Humez, at the latter end of John, the eldeſt ſon, was of Godnor, and in-
the reign of K. Henry III, deſerted the King, herited this manor.
He behaved himſelf fo
and attached himſelf to the Barons, but in the bravely as a ſoldier, and by his activity to
49th year of it, he was ſurpriſed in the night-
greatly gained the King's eſteem, that in the
time at Kenilworth, by a party of Prince Ed-
14th year of his reign, he received at the royal
ward's army, and made priſoner, whereupon his hands, a hood of white cloth, embroidered with
lands were extended (r); though he was after blue men dancing, buttoned before with great
wards, by the decree called Diftum de Kenilworth, pearls, and being to perform certain military
ir i yd also one stari si
(o) Kilb. Surv. p. 17. Lamb. Peramb. p.451.
(+) Faciendo inde ficut pertinet ad ſcutum. Rot. Efch. ejus
(p) Rot. Pat. Turr. ejus an. He was the youngeſt of the an. N. 34. This ſervice of the ſhield, commonly called
three fons of fer John de Grey, whoſe anceſtors have been al Eſcutage, is a tenure by knights ſervice; the tenant being
ready fully treated of, as well as the other branches of this obliged, either himſelf ot by another, to attend the King,
family feated at Rotherfield, Wilton, Ruthin, &c. under the when he went in perfon to his wars in Scotland or Wales, for
deſcription of Greys, Earls of Kent, in the General Hiſtory
of this county. Sir Robert Grey, the eldeſt ſon, was of Ro to pay ſcutage in lieu of it.
therfield, and Walter, the ſecond, was Archbiſhop of York. (u) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.711.
(9) Newc. Rep. p. 568.
(v) Reg. Roff. p. 154. (w) Ibid. bevist
() This manor was then found to be held in antient de-
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N.47. rgs sds 10 2 8,50
meſne. Rot. Pat. N. 100, in Turri ejus an.
(y) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 710.
(6) Dagd. Bar. vol. i, p.710.
(x) Dugd. ibid. Rot, Eſch. ejus an.
wards
, by
to try to
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168
Κ The
HISTORY
ORY of E
daughter, Alice (e).
her life, and ſhe died ud on
er enor, had livery of his
(o) Much affecting the , he obtained
K Ε Ν Τ.
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRET.
exerciſes in a tournament at Canterbury, had his reſpited ; but he died without iſſue in the 9th
accoutrements of Indian ſilk, on which the arms of year of K. Henry VI. (k) leaving Henry, his
fir Stephen de Coſyngten, of Aylesford, knt. were brother, his heir, then 25 years of age, who had
painted, beſtowed on him by the King (a). In the livery of his lands that year; and having mar-
20th year of that reign, he paid reſpective aid for ried Margaret, one of the daughters and coheirs
this manor, as one knight's fee, at the making the of Henry, Lord Percy, of Athol (1), he departed
Black Prince a Knight, and being grown infirm, this life July 17, in the 22d year of K. Henry
he obtained, in recompence of his valour and fide VI, (m) being at the time of his death feiſed of
Jity, a diſpenſation in the 45th year of K. Edward this manor, in which he was ſucceeded by his
III. to exempt him from coming to Parliament(b) ſon, Henry, then nine years of age (n.). Which
and Councils, and from being charged with ſetting Henry, Lord Grey, the fon(o), died in the uth
forth
any
foldiers whatſoever in the King's wars, year of K. Henry VII, (P) without lawful if-
or in thoſe of his heirs and ſucceſſors (c). ſue (q); upon which, though the manor and
He ſeems to have lived ſeveral years after this; caſtle of Codnor came to Elizabeth his aunt and
for the inquiſition after his death bears date in
heir, wife of fir John Zouche above-mentioned, yet
the 16th year of the next reign of K. Richard II, this manor of Aylesford continued in the poſſeſſion
wherein he is ſaid to have died feiſed of this ma of the Lady Katharine Grey, afterwards remarried
nor, which he held of the King by homage, and
to fir William De la Pole, knt. (r) for the term of
the ſervice of one knight's fee, as of his crown(d).
He had iſſue two ſons, Henry and John, and a
the inquiſition, Nov. 25, 1521, upon which it
devolved to fir John Zouche, who likewiſe died
Henry died in his father's life-time, and left
poſſeſſed of it in 1529, anno 21 Henry VIII,
iſſue Richard, who was his grandfather's heir,
and was ſucceeded in it by Thomas Cornewell,
who was feiſed of it at his death, which happened
and in the 16th year of K. Richard II, doing his
in the 30th year of that reign, as appears by
homage, had livery of his lands. Which Richard,
the inquiſition then taken,
Lord Grey of Codnor, was much in favor with K.
Sir Thomas Wyatt, of Allington, knt. was the
Henry IV. and K. Henry V, who conferred
next proprietor of this manor, who died ſeiſed
many great offices on him, and continually em-
of it in the 34th year of K. Henry VIII, hold.
ployed him, as well in their wars as in civil ne-
ing it in capite by knight's ſervice, as appears
gotiations, till the time of his death (f), which
by the inquiſition taken the next year.
His ſon,
happened on the iſt day of Aug. in the 6th year
ſir Thomas Wyatt, knt. (s) being attainted of high
of K. Henry V, at the caſtle of
treaſon in the iſt year of Q. Mary, forfeited this
Normandy, of which he was Governor (g), being
manor, as well as the reſt of his eſtates, to the
feiſed at the time of his death of this manor.
Crown; upon which the Queen, by her let pat.
He left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, one of the
April 5, anno 1 and 2d Philip and Mary, granted
daughters and coheirs of Ralph, Lord Baſſet, of
to fir Robert Southwell, of Meretvorth, knt. for
Sapcote, who ſurvived him (h), two ſons; John,
his good ſervices in the ſuppreſſion of Wyatt's
his heir, then 22 years of age, and Henry; and
inſurrection, he being at that time Sheriff of this
a daughter, Elizabeth (i).
county, this manor of Aylesford,
of Aylesford, with its appurts.
and all thoſe 100 acres of land in Aylesford, and
lands the year his father died, his homage being all thoſe demeſne lands belonging to this manor
to tied
(a) Dugd. ibid. p.711.
(1) She ſurvived her huſband, the Lord Grey, and after-
(6) He ſeems not to have been fummoned to Parliament till
wards married for Robert Vere, knt.
the 15th year of K. Richard II. Cotton's Records, from
. p. (m) He received ſummons to Parliament from the 10th to
SV the zoth year of K. Henry VI. Cott. Rec. from p. 597 to
(c) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.711.
12192
eink to iso 2, 627.
(d) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
eroting been but yetis abne
(12) Rot. Eſch.
(e) She married William, ſon of fir Adam de Everingham,
of the co. of Nottingham, kut.
orah aan
ſtudy o of chemiſtry,
(f) He received fummons to Parliament from the 17th
the King's licence in the 3d year of K. Edward IV, to prac-
of Richard II. to the 4th year of K. Henry V. incluſive. See
tiſe the tranſmutation of metals by his philoſophical ſkill.
Cott. Rec. from p. 350 to 549.
(p) He was never ſummoned to Parliament by the title of
(8) His body being brought over to England, was buried
Codnor, but always by the title of Henry Grey, Gherum. Cott.
in the priory at Aylesford. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 711.
Rec. 661, 708.
(5) She appointed her body to be buried at Aylesford, near
Bid (7) By his teftament, bearing date Sept. 10, anno 8 Hen.
her huſband ; and that a Prieſt ſhould ſing there for the ſouls
VII, he bequeathed his body to be buried in the chancel of
of her huſband, herſelf, and her children, for ſeven years.
Our Lady in the Freres at Ayles ford. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.
(i) She married Jobn, a younger fon of William, Lord
712. He left iſſue two natural fons, Richard and Henry';
Zouche, of Haringworth. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 711, 692.
from the latter, the Greys of Langley, in the co. of Leiceſier,
are deſcended.
(k) He received ſummons to Parliament from the 3d to
of ruotas 25W 70 T ()
the 8th years of that reign. See Cott. Rec. from p. 572 to
(--) Reg. Roft.
p. 427
at. pr.301
587.
(s) See more of the Wyatts, under Allington and Boxley.
antaa 10 abide bon)
26 to p. 340.
)
in

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
1bg
of a
of the
1
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
in the pariſh of Yalding, and fundry other pre-
010
THE PRIORY, now commonly called THE FRIARS,
miſes mentioned therein, late parcel of the pof-
ſeſſions of fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. attainted of high
is ſituated cloſe to the river Medway, on the
treaſon, to hold to him, and Margaret his wife,
north-eaſt ſide of it, and at a very ſmall diſtance
in tail fpecial, remainder to the heirs of his body,
weſtward from the village of Aylesford.
in capite by the ſervice of the 40th part
It was founded in the 25th year of K. Henry
knight's fee ; in which grant is a reſervation to III, anno 1240, by Richard, Lord Grey, of Cod-
the Queen and her heirs of the priory of Aylesfords
nor, for Friars Carmelites, being the firſt foun-
and other lands therein mentioned (u).
dation of this order in England (b). Soon after
which, the monaſteries of this order increaſing
Which grant fir Robert Southwell ſurrendered
throughout Europe, they held the firſt general Eu-
into the Queen's hands, in the 3d and 4th of
ropean chapter at this priory in the year 1245 (c).
Philip and Mary, and had thereupon, by the
9. In the 17th year of K. Edward II, Richard,
Queen's let. pat. dated Feb. 15th that year, an-
Lord Grey, of Codnor, great-grandſon
other grant of theſe premiſes, to hold to him
founder, granted to the Prior, &c. of this con-
and Margaret his wife, and their heirs, by the
vent, three acres of land to enlarge their man-
like fervice, as above-mentioned (v).
The 33
Polsban
ſion here(d), and in the 17th year of K. Richard
Sir Robert Southwell, knt. by his deed, dated II, the King granted to them a ſpring
o of w
water,
May 27, in the 40th year of Q. Elizabeth, anno at a place called Haly-garden, in the adjoining
1597, alienated this manor to Edward Randolph pariſh of Burham, and the land in which it was,
and Richard Argall, and their heirs (w), and they for the making of an aquedu&t for the uſe of their
both joined in the ſale of it, June 20, in the 2d
houſe (e).
asfynd os ulti on be
year of K. James I, to fir Thomas Colepepyr, of This priory was diſſolved Toon after the 27th
Preſton-hall in this pariſh, knt. (w) on whoſe year of K. Henry VIII, and the poffeffions of it
death it deſcended to his eldeſt ſon and heir, were confirmed to the King and his heirs, by
William Colepepyr, alias Culpeper, eſq; who was the general words of the act of the 31ſt of that
created a Baronet on May 17, 1627, and in his reign.
deſcendants it continued down to fir Thomas Cole After which K. Henry VIII, by his indenture,
pepyr, of Preſton-hall, bart. who died poſſeſſed dated Nov. 20, in his 33d year, granted, in ex-
of this manor in the year 1723, without iſſue (y), change, to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. among other
leaving Alicia his fifter, then the widow of fir premiſes, the ſcite or houſe of the late priory of
Thomas Taylor, of Maidſtone, bart. his heir (z),
the White Friars in Aylesford, then diffolved, and
and ſhe afterwards remarrying with John Mil-
all houſes, buildings, gardens, and lands within
of the county of York, M. D. ſettled this the ſcite and precinct of it, and ſeven pieces of
manor on him and his heirs, and he on his de land in Aylesford belonging to it; to hold to
ceaſe bequeathed it to his brother, Charles Mil him, his heirs and afligns for ever, by the fer-
ner, M. D. who dying without iſſue in 1771,
vice of the roth part of a knight's fee, at the
deviſed this manor, with Preſton-ball, and the
yearly' rent of 1os. 3d. (f) Sir Thomas Wyatt,
reſt of his eſtates, to his nephew, the Rev.
of Allyngton, knt. died ſeiſed of this priory, and
Mr. Jofeph Boteler, who has ſince, by the King's
the demeſne lands belonging to it, in the 34th
royal licence, in purſuance of his uncle's year
of that reign, as appears by the inquiſition
will, taken the name and arms of Milner, and
taken the next year after his death (8).
he is the preſent poffeffor of the manor of Ayles-
His ſon, fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. having raiſed
ford (a).
a rebellion againſt Q. Mary, was attainted in
the ift year of her reign, by which all his eſtates
th
boina
(x) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 4. (v) Rot. Efch, pt. 12. (e) Ibid. John de Rynger, of Aylesford, in the reign of
(w) For the ſum of 1910l.
K. Edward III, deſigning to found a chantry in the conven-
(x) For the ſum of 1600l. 10 bitcoitos por
tual church of this priory, for one brother of this convent to
(y) See more of the Colepepyrs, under Preflon-hall in this celebrate for ever for his ſoul, and that of Alice his wife, and
pariſh. p. 174.
dabeib
thoſe of his children and friends, died before he had
(z) See more of fir Thomas T'aylor, above, p. 103.
fected his intention, and directed his executors, Robert Rowe
(a) See Preſton-hall, in this pariſh. He bears for his and John Fletchere, of Aylesford, to perfect the ſame; which
arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th, ſable, 3 bridle bits ; 2d and 3d, being done, the Prior General of the order of Carmelites in
azure, a chevron between 3 covered cups, or.
England, and the Prior and Convent of Aylesford, in 1369,
(6) John Veſcy and Richard Grey, being in Paleſtine, fight-
Edward III, petitioned William, Archbiſhop of Can-
ing againſt the Turks, and viſiting Mount Carmel, found ſome terbury, to confirm the ſame. Reg. Roff. p.154. Richard
religious leading a hermit's life there; two of whom they
Maidſlone, ſo called from his birth in that town, was a
brought back with them to England, to eſtabliſh that order Carmelite Friar, and S. T. P. and wrote ſeveral books. He
in this kingdom, in their two lordſhips of Ainewick in the died in this priory in 1396, and was buried in the cloylter
co. of Northumberland, and Aylesford in Kent. Bale’s Cen of it. Stev. Mon. vol. ii, p. 167.
tud
turies 4th.
() This grant was inrolled in the Augmentation-office.
() Pitſeus, p. 345.
the ſame day. Inrolments, Augtn, off. box C. 20. lumbas
(d) Tan. Mon. p. 223.
(8) Rot. Eſch, ejus an,
VOL. II.
hecame
ner, of
,
per-
an
anno
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170
The HISTORY of K E N T.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
e him.
AYLESFORD.
became forfeited to the Crown, where this priory, Savile, eldeſt ſon of John Savile, of Methley in the
and the lands belonging to it, remained till Q. co. of York, efq; and a ſon, John, who likewife
Elizabeth granted them to John Sedley (b), ſon died before
of John Sedley, of Southfleet, efq; (i) who reſided
On the diviſion of his eſtates between his two
at the priory, and dying without iſſue (k), be-
daughters and coheirs, Elizabeth and Mary above-
queathed it to his brother William, afterwards
mentioned; the former entitled her huſband, He-
knighted, and on May 22, 1611, anno 9 James neage Finch, eſq; to the poſſeſſion of the priory,
I, created a Baronet. He reſided at the priory, with the eſtate belonging to it, in Aylesford.
then called The Fryars, and left by Elizabeth his
He was, as has been already mentioned, the
wife, daughter and coheir of Stephen Darell, of
ſecond ſon of Heneage, Earl of Nottingham, ſome-
Spelmonden, eſq; (?) and widow of Henry, Lord
time Lord Chancellor of England, and being bred
Abergavenny, one ſon and heir, fir John Sedley, of
likewiſe to the law, acquired great reputation in
Aylesford, bart. who was Sheriff of this county in that profeſſion, inſomuch, that Q. Anne, in con
the 19th year of K. James I. He married Eli ſideration of his merits and great abilities, created
zabeth, only daughter and at length heir of fir
him, by her let. pat. March 15, 1703, Baron of
Henry Savile, knt. Provoſt of Eaton College, by
the iſland of Guernſey in the co. of Southampton,
whom he had three ſons, fucceffors to each other
and made him of her Privy Council on the 20th
in title and eſtate, viz. fir Henry, who died un of that month. On the acceſſion of K. George
married ; fir William Sedley, who married Jane,
I, he was by let. pat. dated Oct. 19, ,
eldeſt daughter of John Savage, Earl Rivers, and
created Earl of Aylesford, and conſtituted Chan-
widow of George, Lord Chandois (m), by whom cellor of the Dutchy of Lancaſter, and ſworn of
he had no iſſue ; and fir Charles Sedley, a pofthu-
the Privy Council. He departed this life on
mous ſon, who became noted for his wit and
July 22, 1719, and was buried at Aylesford, hav.
gallantry in the reign of K. Charles II. (n),
ing had iffue by his wife above-mentioned, nine
Sir William Sedley, of the Fryars, bart (Q) above children (t); of whom Heneage, Earl of Ayleſ-
mentioned, conveyed this eſtate by fale in the ford, the eldeſt ſon, was in his father's life-time
reign of K. Charles I, to fir Peter Ricaut, knt.(P) feveral times one of the Knights of the Shire for
whoſe heir, in 165719), alienated it to Caleb the co. of Surry, and having married Mary, daugh-
Banks, of Maidſtone, eſq; and his ſon, John, re, ter and heir of fir Clement Fiſher, of Packington
fided here, and was created a Baronet on Aug. in the co. of Warwick, knt. had iffue by her one
22, 1661. He died Oct. 18, 1699 (ri, having ſon, Heneage, Lord Guernſey, and four daugh-
married Elizabeth, daughter of fir John Dethick, ters (u). He died June 29, 1757, and was ſuc-
of Norfolk, knt, by whom he had iſſue Caleb, ceeded in titles and eſtates by his only ſon, He-
who died without iſſue, Sept. 13, 1696, at 37 ; neage above-mentioned, who became the third
Martha, who died in his life-time (s); Elizabeth, Earl of Aylesford.
married to Heneage Finch, fecond ſon of Heneage, In his father's life-time. he had been elected
Earl of Nottingham ; Mary, who married John Knight of the Shire for the co. of Leiceſter, and
for the co. of Leicefter,
anterior dhe Shire for
(b) Philipott, p. 47
(i) See more of this family, and the ſeveral branches of
it, under Southfleet, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 267.
1(k) He ordered in his will, fix alms-houſes to be founded
in this pariſh, of which fee an account below.
(1) Her deſcendants are of confanguinity to Archbiſhop
Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No. 110.
Filodsto
(m) She was married, thirdly, to George Pitt, of Streat-
field Sea in Hants. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 446.
(n) He married Catharine, third daughter of John, Earl
Rivers, who was of conſanguinity to Archbp. Chichele. See
Stem. Chich. No. 81. By whom he had an only daughter,
Catharine, created by K. James II, in his ift year, Counteſs
of Dorcheſter, and Baroneſs of Darlington, for life. She af-
terwards married for David Colyar, anceſtor of the preſent
Earl of Portmore.
(c) This branch of the Sedleys bore for their arms- Azure,
a fefs wavy argent, bet ween 3 goats heads eraſed of the 2d,
and quartered with it the coats of Jenkes, Grove, and Darell.
Viftn. co. of Kent, 1619.
(p) Philipott, p. 47.
(2) Sir Peter Rycaut, and Mary his wife, lie buried in
this church. They had 10 fons, the youngeſt of which, fir
Puul Rycaut, knt. was a great traveller, not only in Europe,
but in Afia and Africa, and publiſhed the State of the Otto-
man Empire, and other books, and was greatly employed
and truſted, both in Ireland and abroad, in the reigns of K.
.
Charles II, James II, and William III. He died Nov. 16,
1700, æt. 72, and was buried near his father and mother, in
the ſouth chancel of the church of Ayles ford. They bore for
their arms- Argent, a feſs counter-embariled, gules ; in baſe,
the bend of a limb of a tree, raguled and trunked, couped at
both ends, proper.
OROC
(r) Æt. 72, and was buried in the north chancel of Aylef-
ford church, where a magnificent monument was erected,
with his and his wife's effigies in marble. He bore for his
arms-Sable, on a croſs, between 4 fleurs de lis argent, 5 pheons
heads azure.
(s) They all lie buried near their father in this chancel.
(1) Viz. Elizabeth, married to Robert Benſon, Lord Bing-
ley, who died Feb. 26, 1757, æt. 80; Mary, who died un-
married; and Anne, married to William, Earl of Dartmouth;
Heneage, who was his eldeſt fon and heir, ſucceeded him in
titles and eſtates; John Finch, who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and heir of John Savile, of Methley-ball in the co. of
York, eſq; who dying Jan. 1, 1740, left iſſue one ſon, John
Savile Finch, ejq; and a daughter, Mary; Martha ; Fran.
ces, married to fir John Bland, of Kippax-park, bart. Henry,
who died July 15, 1757, unmarried ; and Elex, a daughter,
who died unmarried.
(u) Viz. Aune; Mary, married to William, Lord Viſcount
Andover ; Elizabeth; and Frances, married to fir William
Courtenay, of Powderham-caſtle, bart. afterwards created
Lord Viſcount Courtenay.
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The HISTORY of K E N T. 171
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
on Oct. 6, 1750, married Charlotte, youngeſt was worth 30 Millings, when he received it 20 shil-
daughter of Charles, Duke of Somerſet, by his fe lings, now 40 ſhillings. Ulnod held it of K. Edward.
cond wife Charlotte, daughter of Daniel, Earl of The fame Robert holds in Torintune to ferm of the
Winchelſea and Nottingham (v).
King one yoke, and that is of the new gift of the
He died May 8, 1777, leaving his lady ſur Biſhop of Baieux, and there is nothing except two
viving, and 13 children (w) by her; of whon, acres of meadow. It is and was worth ſeparately
Heneage, Lord Guernſey, his eldeſt ſon and heir,
10 ſhillings. Goduin held it of K. Edward.
born July 15, 1751, now The Right Hon. Heneage,
Soon after this, the manor of Tottington was
Earl of Aylesford, ſucceeded him in the poffeffion
become the property of Malgerius de Rokeſle, ſo
of this ſeat, commonly called The Friars, of
called from his poffeſfions at Rokeſle (y) in this
which he continues owner at this time, and
county, and his ſon, Richard, gave the whole
makes it one of the ſeats of his reſidence.
tythe of his land in Totintune, in all things, to
He bears for his arms-- Argent, a chevron be the monks of St. Andrew's in Rocheſter for ever,
tween 3 griffins paſant, ſable. For his creſt-On
on condition, that he and his wife and ſon ſhould
a wreath, a griffin paſſant, ſable. And for his
receive the benefit of that fociety (2). His de-
ſupporters--On the the dexter fide, a grifin fable,
ſcendant, Richard de Rokeſle, in the reign of K.
gorged with a ducal coller, or ; and on the finifter, Edward I, held this manor, as one quarter of a
a lion of the ad, ducally gorged, azure (x).
knight's fee, of Hamo de Crevequer (a); and in
There are many parts of this priory ſtill remain-
the next reign of K. Edward II, it was held by fir
ing entire, which are converted into different
Richard de Rokeſle, Seneſchal, and Governor of
apartments of the manſion, and the offices be.
Poistou and Montreul in Picardy, who died with-
longing to it. The adjoining grounds were for-
out iſſue male, leaving by his wife Joane, fifter
merly imparked, and much of the paling is ſtill
and heir of John de Criol, two daughters his co-
viſible, though they have been diſparked many
heirs, viz. Agnes, who was married to Thomas de
years.
SIO
Sortista Poynings; and Joan, married, firſt, to Hugh de Pa-
teſbull, and ſecondly, to hrWm.le Baud, knt.(b) the
ABOUT half a mile north-eaſtward from The
latter of whom, in right of his wife, became pof-
Priory of Aylesford lies the manor of Tottington,
ſeſſed of this manor, of which he died ſeiſed in
which, in the reign of William the Conqueror,
the 4th year of K. Edward III, anno 1329 (c).
His widow ſurvived him, and in the 20th year
was part of the poſſeſſions of Odo, the great
Biſhop of Baieux, and half brother to the King ;
of that reign, paid reſpective aid for it, at the
and accordingly it is thus entered, under the
making the Black Prince a Knight, as one quar-
general title of that prelate's lands, in the ſur-
ter of a knight's fee, which Richard de Rokeſle
vey of Domeſday, taken about the year 1080:
before held in Totington of Hamon de Crevequer.
Rotbť Latin' ten' ad firma' de rege Totintune de Her ſon, Sir William Baude, held this manor
novo dono epi' baioc' p dim” ſolin ſe defd'. Tra’, e' of the King, as of his caſtle of Leeds, which was
uni. car' & dim'. In dnio. e' una. & 3.es villi cu'. of the barony of Crevequer, by knight's ſervice at
9. bord' but dim' car?.
'. Ibi. 4. Servi. & 5. ac pti.
the time of his death, in the 50th year of K.
Silva. 2. pore'. T. R E. valeb. 30. fol. Qdo re-
Edward III, when it was found by inquiſition,
cep 20. fol. modo. 40. ſol. Ulnod tenuit de rege E. that Richard de Poynings was his kinſman and
Iſde' Rotbť ten' in Totintune ad firma' de rege.
next heir (d), who died in the 11th year of K.
1. jugu' & iftud e' de novo dono - epi baroc' & ibi Richard II, ſeiſed of this manor, and the advow-
nil e niſi 2. ac' pti. val & valuit Sep. 10. Sol'.
ſon of the free chapel of St. Stephen (e) in it,
Goduinº tenuit de
held of the King as above-mentioned (f). On
E.
rege.
Which is : Robert Latin bolds to ferm of the his death, Iſabel his widow, daughter and heir
King, Totintune, of the new gift of the Biſhop of of Robert, Lord Fitzpain, held the third part of
Baieux. It was taxed at half a ſuling. The arable this manor in dower till her deceaſe, which hap-
land is one carucate and an balf. In demeſne there pened in the 17th year of that reign (8), when
is one, and three villeins, with nine borderers, hav Robert de Poynings, their ſon and heir, ſucceeded
ing half a carucate. There are four ſervants and
to the poſſeſſion of the whole of it, of which he
five acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of two
died ſeiſed in the 25th year of K. Henry VI,
hog's. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, it
anno 1446 (5). He gave it to Thomas Palmer,
Τ Ο Τ Τ Ι Ν Ο Τ Ο Ν.
191
(v) She was of corfanguinity to Archbp. Chichele. See
Stem. Chich. No. 3.
(w) Lady Charlotte, one of the daughters, on Aug. 14,
1777, married Henry, Earl of Suffolk and Berks, fince
deceaſed.
(z) Coll. Peer. vol. iv, edit. 1768, p. 340 et ſeq.
Cy) See more of this family, under Rokeſley, vol. i. of this
hiſtory, p. 154.
() Text. Roff. p. 182.
(a) Roll of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
(%) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 771. me en
10 L
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
bory and see
(d) Ibid. He was younger brother of Thomas, grand-
ſon of Thomas de Poynings, who married Agnes, eldeſt daugh.
ter and coheir of fir Richard de Rokeſle, and fifter of Joane,
mother of fir William le Baude laft-mentioned.
(e) Philipott ſays, Richard de Poynings founded this chapel.
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (8) Ibid.
(h) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
of

172
The V H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Rivers, as y
AYLESFORD. 9417
LARKFIELD HUNDRED:
of the Court-lodge in Snodland, eſq; (i) who had having one carucate. There is one ſervant, and 11
married his only daughter, and he died ſeiſed of acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 10 hogs.
it in the 31ſt year of K. Heriry VI.'s reign (k). In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, and after-
His ſon, John Palmer, was of Tottington, and wards, it was worth three pounds, now four pounds.
by Elizabeth his wife left iſſue one ſon, Thomas,
Richard (de Tunbridge receives for) what is in
and a daughter, Catharine, married to John Rowe.
his lowy 15 pence. The King eight fsillings and five
Thomas Palmer died ſeiſed of it in the 2 3d year of
pence, for the new gift of the Biſhop, and in Rochef-
K. Henry VII, anno 1507, holding it of the
ter the Biſhop has three houſes of three pence, which
King, as of his honor of Liſe, by knight's ſer-
he took from this manor into his own hands. Alnod
vice (1), and his deſcendant of the ſame name
Cilt beld this manor. ing Inom
alienated it, in the reign of K. Henry VIII, to
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, ſoon
Richard Warcup (ll), deſcended from thoſe of
after the taking of this ſurvey, all his poffeſſions
Cumberland (m), whoſe deſcendant, John Warcup,
were confiſcated to the Crown, and this manor
died feiſed of it in the roch year of that reign,
was given to Malgerius de Rokejle, whoſe deſcen-
holding it as one quarter of a knight's fee, as
dant, Richard de Rokeſle, held it in the reign of
above-mentioned (n). His ſon, Henry, ſucceeded
K. Edward I, as half a knight's fee, of Margery
to it, and in Eaſter Terin, anno 17 Elizabeth,
as ſhe did of Warine de Montchenſie (P).
levied a fine of it. Soon after which, it was
From him this manor paffed, in like manner as
alienated to Madox, and thence, after ſome in the above deſcribed manor of Tottington (q), to
termediate poſſeſſors, it was conveyed to Golding, ,
the Baudes, and from thence to the family of
and Mr. Tho. Golding, of Ryarſh, dying in 1769,
Poynings (r), and from which it paſſed in like
left it to his daughter Miſs Frances Golding, who
manner, after the death of Robert de Poynings,
is the preſent owner of it.
in the 25th year of K. Henry VI, to Thomas
It is held of the Crown, by the yearly fee farm
Palmer, of the Court-lodge in Snodland, who had
rent of 31. 16s. 4d. (0)
married his daughter, and he died feiſed of it in
LES
the 31ſt year of that reign (s). His ſon, John
was a manor in this pariſh, which was of ſome Palmer, of Tottington, died pofſeffed of it in the
note in the time of the Conqueror, being then
of Richard III, anno 1484(t), as did
part of the poffeffions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, his ſon, Thomas Palmer, in the 2 3d year of K.
the King's half-brother, under the general title
Henry VII, (u) and his deſcendant of the ſame
of whoſe lands, it is thus entered in the book of name alienated it, in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
Domeſday.es
donita
to Warcup; and John Warcup, in Hilary Term,
Radulf” fili' Tureldi ten’ de epo? Aigleſa. p. 3.
anno 4 Elizabeth, levied a fine of it, and died
jugis ſe defd'. Tre'. e. ... In dnio e. 1. car. Es
ſeiſed of it in the roth year of that reign (v).
• villi cu'. 14. bord' bnt. 1. car'. Ibi. 1. Sero' His ſon, Henry, alienated this manor to John
&ji, ac'. pti. Silva. 10. porc'. T. R. E. Es Sedley, eſq; from one of whoſe deſcendants part
poft', valeb. 3. lib. modo. 4. lib.
of it paſſed, in like manner as Aylesford priory,
Ricard' qd' ten' in ſua Leuua'. 15. den'. Rex. 8. to The Right Hon. the Earl of Aylesford, who
ſolid & 5. den' P. novo dono epi'. & in Roueceſtº now owns it. Another part of this manor became
habuit eps 3. Domos de 31. denar'. qs cepit de iſto
veſted in the ſame owners as the manor of
m' in ſua manu. Hoc mº tenuit Alnod Ciltod
Tottington had, and as ſuch is now owned by
Which is: Ralf I'itz Turold holds Aigleſa of the
Mr. Thomas Golding, of Ryarſh; and another con-
Biſkop (of Baieux). It was taxed at three yokes.
fiderable part of it, which ſeems to have been
The arable land is ... In demeſne there is one
made liable to the payment of caſtle guard rent,
carucate, and ſeven villeins, with 14 borderers,
for the whole of it, to Rocheſter Caſtle, was
Е с
с
2d year
7.
"
athew
(1) His grandfather, who married a daughter of Fitzſimon,
lies buried in the chancel of Snodland church. Theſe Pal-
mers borc for their arms- Argent, a chevron, between 3 palmers
Sorips fable, the tallels and buckles or..?
(k) Rot. Efch. ejus anto (1) Ibid.
(1/) Chriſtian, his daughter, married Roger North, ela; an
anceſtor of the Earl of Guildford.
(m) Philipott, p. 47. They bore for their arms-- Argent,
on a feſs gules, 3 cuſhions ermine.
(2) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. In Hilary Term, anno 4
Eliza-
29
beth, he levied a fine of this manor.
(0) By the deſcription of the manor-houſe and part of the
manor of Tottington. I find part of this manor confiſting of
a farm, called Church-field, containing 57 acres, held of the
King by the rent of 3s. 6d. per annum ; and that ſundry par-
cels of wood in Aylesford, part of it, were in the poſſeſſion of
the Sedleys, at the latter end of K. Charles II.'s reign, who
then alienated them. The manor-houſe is moated round,
(D) Roll of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
(2) In the zoth year of K. Edward III, Joane, widow of
for William le Baude, knt. in like manner, paid reſpective
aid for this manor, at the making the Black Prince a Knight,
as half a knight's fee.
(-) At the death of Richard Poynings, anno 11 Richard
II, it was found to be held of the Dutchy of Lancaſter, as it
was in all the inquifitions after that time.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (t) Ibid.
(u) By which, and by the inquiſition taken after the death
of fir Edward Poyrings, knt. in the 14th year of K. Henry
VIII, it appears, that the whole of the lands of this manor
did not paſs to Palmer, but that part of them went from
Robert de Poynings to his ſon Robert, and thence to his ſon
for Robert Poynings above-mentioned, at whoſe death, for
want of heirs, it eſcheated to the Crown. Mr. John Carrol
lately held this as parcel of the manor of Eccles.
(0) Rot. Efch.
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AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
purchaſed by Mr. Thomas Beſt, of Chatham, whoſe ton was owner of it at the latter end of that
fon, Mawdiftly Beft, efq; died poſſeſſed of it in reign. At length his deſcendant, Thomës Cosen-
1744, and by his will deviſed this part of it to ton, eſq; dying in the beginning of the reign of
his eldeſt ſon, Thomas Beſt, of Chilfton, eſq; the K. Henry VIII. without male iſſue, his three
preſent owner of it (w). 19
daughters, married to Duke, Wood, and Ha-
The manor of Eccles ought anciently to have mon (f), became his coheirs, the eldeſt of whom,
contributed to the repair of the fourth pier of on the partition of their inheritance, entitled her
Rocheſter bridge (*):
huſband, Duke, to the poſſeſſion of this manor
COS E N TON,
and ſeat (8). His deſcendant, Thomás Duke, eſq;
reſided here in the latter end of the reign of Q.
or Cofington, as it is uſually ſpelt, is a manor in
Elizabeth, as did his ſon, fir Edwärd Duke, knt.
this pariſh ſituated on the eaſtern ſide of it ad-
in the next reign of K. James. In the reign of
joining to that of Boxley, near the high road from
K. Charles I. it was in the poſſeſſion of George
Rocheſter to Maidſtone, the juriſdiction of the hun.
Duke, éſq. At length about the year 1696, it
dred of Maidſtone claiming over it.
devolved for want of male iſſue, to Mary Duke;
It was antiently a place of much note; as
ſpinſter, who died unmarried about the year
giving both reſidence and ſurname to the emi-
1750, and by her laſt will bequeathed this ma-
nent family of Coſenton, or Cofington, who were
nor to her nephew, Mr. Samuel Whitė, of Lon-
feated here in the reign of K. John, for that don
, merchant
, since whoſe death in 1970 it is
King in his 18th year, abſolved William de Co-
Fenton by pardon, for having taken an oath to
Lewis the French Dauphin (y). Sir Stephen de Co-
ſenton, knt. was with K. Edward I. at the noted
ſiege of Carlaverock in Scotland, and was there
made a Banneret by the King for his good fer-
vices (2), at which time it appears there was a
chapel at this ſeat dedicated to St. Michael, with
a chantry in it founded by fir Stephen de Co-
ſenton (b). His ſon, fir William de Coſentor, knt.
was Sheriff of this co. in the 35th year of King
Edward I. and was living here in the 8th year
of King Edward II.(c)
His ſucceſſor, fir Stephen de Coſenton, knt. in
the 7th year of King Edward III. anno 1332,
obtained a charter of free warren to himſelf and
his heirs for his lands in Coſyngtone, Acriſe, and
Suthbertone in this county (d).
In the 20th year of that reign, he paid aid
for it at the making the Black Prince a Knight,
as half a knight's fee, which William de Coſenton
before held in Coſenton of the barony of Ros, as
of the manor of Horton Kirkby (e).
John Cofyngton, ela; poſſeſſed this manor, and
reſided here in the reigns of K. Henry V, and
VI; in the 5th year of which laſt reign he died,
and was buried, with Sarah his wife, in the
church of Aylesford ; his ſon, Stephen de Coſyng-
become by his will the inheritance of four mi.
nors, of the name of Stacey (b).
There is no Court held for this manor. It
ought anciently to have contributed to the re-
pair of the fourth pier of Rocheſter bridge (i).
In the grounds belonging to this eftate, about
two fields north-weſt from the houſe, in a deep
hollow of chalky looſe foil, which is covered
with wood, there iſſue ſeveral Springs of clear
water, which change the fint, pebbles, and other
ſtones, and the ſeveral pieces of wood which lie
in it to the moſt beautiful carmine hue, which
grows ſtronger after they are taken out and be-
come dry; the water is very cold, taſtes rough,
but has no chalybeat qualities in it, 303
id
R O W E S
PLACE
is an eſtate in the eaſtern part of this pariſh,
which was once the ſeat of the antient family of
Rowe, who had their original here and after-
wards branched off into the ſeveral families of
this name at Dartford, Penhurſt and Pluckley, in
this county (k). Robert Roe poſſeſſed this ſeat
in the reign of K. Edward III. from whom it
deſcended down to Robert a Rowe, eſq; who by
his indenture March 15, in the 21ſt year of K.
Henry VII, anno 1495, ſettled it on the mar-
riage of Chriſtian, his daughter and heir, with
(w) The ſcite of the manor of Eccles is at preſent un-
known, but is ſuppoſed to be ſomewhere at the eaſtern ex-
tremity of this pariſh, near Boxley-hill. This part, in the
poffeffion of Mr. Beft, pays a yearly caſtle-guard rent to Ro-
cheſter Caſtle, as being held of Swanſcombe Manor, the capital
manor of the antient barony of Montchenfe, and is called
the moiety of the manor of Eccles, in the rolls of it.
(x) Lamb. Peramb. p. 422. .
(y) Philipott, p. 40. (z) Ibid. p. 41.
(6) Reg. Roff. p. 150. Philipott, p. 47. See a further
account of this chapel below, under that of the church of
Aylesford.
(c) Reg. Roff. p. 545.
(d) Rot. Cart, ejus an. N.9.
(e) The family of Cofenton received this manor by antient
feoffment from the Ros's, the former Lords of its in imi-
tation of whoſe arms-Or, 3 roſes gules, the Coſentons bore
for theirs-Azure, 3 roſes or. Philipott, p. 47. This coat,
though the colours are now defaced, is carved on the roof
of Canterbury cloyſters.
(f) See Acris,
(8) Philipott, p. 47. This family bore for their arms
Per fefs argent and azure, 3 chaplets counterchanged.
(5) The houſe, which is large, has many curious remains
of its former ſtate about it; it is now uſed only as a
farm-houſe.
(i) Lamb. Peramb. p. 422.
(k) See more of the different branches of this family, and
the coats of arms they bore, in vol. i. of this hiftory, p.
227, 417
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The HISTORY K E N T.
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
san
Robert Nayler, eſq; (1), to the uſe of them and taken that year after his death, of eſtates in Lang-
their heirs in tail general. Which deed is ſealed ley, Boughton, Eaſt and West Farleigh, Yalding,
with his arms being a quaterfoil (m).
Malling, Brenchley, Tunbridge, and Shipborne (p).
From the name of Nayler, it paſſed by ano. He ſealed with his coat of arms--Abend engrailed,
ther feniale heir to Warcup, one of whoſe def the field of which appears to have been argent,
cendants alienated it to Sedley, from whence it || and
and the bend gules (9).
onor sit
paſſed in like manner as Aylesford priory to Banks, |. By Joane his wife he left iſſue three fons, of
by whoſe female coheir it went in marriage to whom Thomas, the eldeſt, was of Preſton-hall in
Heneage Finch, efq; afterwards created Earl of Aylesford, and died without iſſue. Sir Jeffry, the
Aylesford, whoſe deſcendant, The Right Honorable ſecond, ſucceeded his brother in that eſtate, be-
Heneage, Earl of Aylesford, is the preſent pof- | ing the anceſtor of the Colepepers, Baronets, of
feffor of this eftate.
Foreign men's
Preſton-ball, and of the Colepepers of Oxenhoath,
both now extinct, and John was the third ſon.
MANORS of PRESTON and ALLINGTON,
Sir Feffer Colossian
1 169
Feffry Colepeper reſided at Preſton-ball, and
with the seat
T of PRESTON-HALL. 10-3b was Sheriff of this county in the 39th and 47th
The manors of Preſton and Allington in Ayles-
of K. Edward III. He left iſſue a ſon,
ford, with the ſeat called Preſton-hall, which lies
William, who was likewiſe of Aylesford. His fon,
at a ſmall diſtance from the river Medway, on
fir John Colepeper, knt. was a Juſtice of the Com-
the ſouth-weſt ſide of it, oppoſite the village of
mon Pleas in the reign of K. Henry IV, and
Aylesford, were poffeſed in very antient times
was of Oxenboath in this county. He left iſſue
by the eminent family of Colepeper, commonly
by Katherine his wife fir William Culpeper, of the
called and frequently written Culpeper, who ſpread
ſame place, knt. Sheriff of this county in the 5th
themſelves in different branches over the whole year of K. Henry VI, the year after which he
face of this county ; each of which produced
died (r), leaving iſſue a ſon, fir John Colepeper,
men, who became eminent as warriors and ſtateſ-
who lived in the reign of K. Henry V. and VI.
men in the different ages in which they flou His ſon, fir William Colepeper, was of Aylesford,
riſhed. à donwlol look will
knt. and by a daughter of Ferrers, of Groby, had
The firſt of this family noted in record is iſſue three ſons, fir Richard Colepeper, who was
Thomas de Colepeper, who was one of the Recog-
nitores Magne Alija, or Judges of the Great Alife,
and coheirs; William, who was of Hylesford;
in the reign of K. John, an office of no ſmall and Jeffry. William Culpepyr, eſq; the ſecond
account in thoſe times; whoſe deſcendant, for
John de Colepeper, was of Bayhall in Pembury,
Pedwarden, by whom he had iſſue
in this county, as was his fon, fir Thomas Cole Edward Colepepyr, eſq; who ſucceeded him in this
peper, afterwards.
eſtate, and by Joane his wife, daughter of
Soon after which they ſeparated into different Sheldon, of the co. of Bedford, had John Cole-
branches, one of which remained at Bayhall above pepyr, of Preſton-hall, eſq; (s) He married Zane,
mentioned, from which deſcended the ſeveral daughter of Whetenhall, by whom he had one
branches of this family ſettled there, and at
fon and heir Thomas, and two daughters (t).
Bedgbury, Lofenham, Wakehurſt, Leeds Caſtle, Hol Thomas Colepepyr, efq; fucceeded his father in
lingborne, St. Stephen's, and The Charter-houſe, all his eſtates at Aylesford, and having married Mar-
which are now extinct, excepting the latter. garet, daughter of Thomas Colepeper, of Bedgbury,
The other branch ſeated themſelves at Preſton eſq; died in 1587, æt. 70. By her he left iſſue
ball in Aylesford, and at Oxenhoath in Weſt Peck one fon, Thomas, and two daughters (ul).
ham; both which I ſhall proceed to give ſome Thomas Colepeper, efq; the ſon, was after-
account of here (n).
wards knighted, and reſided at Preſton-ball. He
Walter Colepeper died in the laſt year of K. married Mary, only daughter of Thomas Pyn-
Edward II, ſeiſed, as appears by the inquiſition ner, of Mitcham in the co. of Surry, Chief Clerk
ter of Frejte
360
(1) He was ſon of Richard Nayler, Citizen of London, by
the Lady Elizabeth his wife, widow of George Nevil, Lord
Abergavenny.
(m) Mff. Deriug. He bore-Gules, a quaterfoil, or.
(n) The following deſcent of the family of Colepeper, or
Calpepper, is taken from a large Mff. pedigree of the ſeveral
branches of it, from the Viſitation of the co. of Kent anno
1619, and from other authentic evidences and Mf. in
my
poffeffion. A further account of the early part of the pedi
gree of Colepeper, and the ſeveral branches of it, will be
given under Bayhall in Pembury.
(p) See Lamb. Peramb.
10
(9) Theſe arms are carved more than once on the roof of
Canterbury cloyſters, and are once there impaled with a coat
bearing a bend.
(r) He lies buried in Wej Peckham church, as does Eliza-
beth his wife, who died anno 1460.
(s) The lands of John Colepepper, of Aylesford, and of
Thomas Colepepper his fon, were diſgavelled by the act of the
2d and 3d of K. Edward VI. See Robinſon's Gavelkind,
p. 300.
(t) The eldeſt of whom, Anne, married John Sedley, eſq;
of Southfleet, and the youngeſt married Charles Blotuar, of
Silham in Rainham, efq;
(u) Viz. Anne, wife of Henry, younger ſon of fir Henry
Criſpe, knt. and Mary, married to Henry Criſpe, of St. John's
in Thanet.
Comptroller
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AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Comptroller to Q. Elizabeth, and dying O&t. 12, him and his heirs, and he on his deceaſe in Feb.
164 (v), left iſſue by her ſeveral children, of 1724, bequeathed them to his brother Charles
whom William Colepepyr, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded Milner, M. D. who reſided here, and dying un-
his father here, and on May 17, 1627, being married in Nov. 1771, bequeathed them, toge-
the 3d year of K. Charles I, was raiſed to the ther with the reſt of his eſtates, by his laſt will to
degree of a Baronet. He married the eldeſt his nephew, the Rev. Mr. Joſeph Butler, who has
daughter of fir Richard Spencer, knt. by whom ſince, in purſuance of his uncle's will, by his
he had iſſue an only ſon and heir, fir Richard Majeſty's royal licence, dated Dec. 29, 1771,
Colpepyr, bart. who was reſident at Preſton-hall taken the ſurname and arms of Milner. He re-
in 1657 (79)), as was his ſon, fir Thomas Cole fides at Preſton-hall, which he may be ſaid to
pepyr, bart. in the latter end of K. Charles II.'s have rebuilt, having greatly improved and al-
reign.
tered it, as well as the adjoining grounds, which
He, by Margaret Reynolds his wife, left iſſue he has laid out with much taſte, at a very cons
fir Thomas Colepepyr, knt. who was Sheriff of this ſiderable expence(y).
county in the 2d year of Q. Anne, anno 1704, On the window-frame of a large antient barn,
and kept his ſhrievalty at Preſton-hall. He died built of ſtone, belonging to Preſton-ball, as well
without iſſue, on May 18, 1723, leaving his ſiſter as on an outhouſe near it, and on a chimney-
Alicia, then the widow of Thomas Culpeper, efq; piece, both likewiſe of ſtone, is carved the date
his fole heir, who afterwards remarrying in Oct. 1102, with the letters T.C. on each of them.
that year with John Milner, of the co. of York, Underneath is a repreſentation of the windows
M.D.(*) ſettled theſe manors and this feat on frame.
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The date on the above window, as well as
the others, has been the occaſion of much al-
tercation among the learned. Voſius, in his trea-
tiſe De Scientiis Mathematicis, ſays, that nume-
ral figures came not into uſe in Europe till
about the year 1300, or, at leaſt not earlier
than the year 1250; and P. Mabillon, in his trea-
tiſe De Re Diplomatica, tells us, he had not found
them any where ſooner than the 14th century,
which is ſomewhat later than the time mentioned
by Voffius. Several dates have been produced
from different parts of England, to prove the
much earlier uſe of numeral figures in this
kingdom(z); but all of them have been ſupa
poſed by moſt to have been either miſunderſtood
or altered, to ſerve this particular purpoſe.
David Caſley, in his Catalogue of Mf. in the
King's Library, has given a ſpecimen of a Mf.
from the Cottonian Library, called Callendarium
Rogeri Bacon, dated 1292; the figures in which
book are Arabian, and the oldeſt he remembered
to have met with in either of thoſe libraries.
(v) Hewas buried in the ſouth chancel of Aylesford church,
where a monument was erected for him by Mary his wife,
who ſurvived him.
(z) He left iſſue one fon and heir Thomas, and a daugh-
ter Alicia, who was married, firſt, to Robert Stapley, e/9;
of the co. of Suflex; ſecondly, to für Thomas Taylor, of Maid-
fione, bart. thirdly, to Thomas Culpeper, Counſellor-at-law,
ſecond ſon of fir Thomas Culpeper, knt. third ſon of fir Tho-
mas Colepeper, of Holling borne, knt. and fourthly, to John,
Milner, M.D. by neither of whom ſhe left iſſue. She died
(1) The Rev. Mr. Milner married in Feb. 1772, Sarah,
daughter of the Rev. Mr. Stringer Belcher, Rector of Ul.
comb, by Sarah his wife, daughter of Juſtinian Champneys,
of Boxley in this county, eſq; by whom he has as yet no
iſſue.
(z) Viz. an inſcription over a gateway at Worceſter, anno
975; the date on a window-cell at Colcheſter, anno 1090;
another on a window at Rumſey in Hampſhire, anno 1016;
one on a chimney-piece at Widgel-hall in Hertfordſhire, of
the like date; and another on a chimney-piece at the
parſonage-houſe at Helmdon in the co. of Northampton, anno
1133. See Philoſophical Tranſactions, No. 154266, 439,
459, 474
Beſides
in March 1734.
(x) He was deſcended of a good gentleman's family ſeated
at Pudſey in the county of York, who bore for their arms
Sable, 3 bridle-bitts, or.
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The VH I STORY of K E N T.
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Beſides the above-mentioned opinions, that three-pence, for all ſervice and demand what-
theſe Arabian figures did not come into uſe till foever to her, or them (2),
long after the year 1102, there is another objec. Galfridus, the ſon of Godileu, confirmed the
tion to the date above-mentioned having been above gift, which Cecilia, the mother of Godeleu,
put up ſo early as that year; which is, that the his mother, had made to it. He alſo gave to it
quarterings of coats armour did not come into his meſſuage in Aylesford, with the buildings on
uſe till the time of K. Edward III, who began it, late belonging to Cecilia his grandmother(a).
his reign in 1326; which, if a fact, will prove And Mabilia, the daughter of Godithe, gave to
this date to have been put up at leaſt ſubſequent the above hoſpital, in pure and perpetual alms, all
to the year 1300; and a ſtill more convincing that her part of the meſſuage in Aylesford, which
proof of it is, that the arms quartered are thoſe was Godithe her mother's, to hold to the ſame,
of Colepeper and Hardrebull. Join Colepeper, free from all fecular demand, &c. (6)
about the middle of the above mentioned reign, It appears by the patent of K. Edward II, in
married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of fir || his 18th year, that the priory of Mottinden, at
John Hardreſhull ; ſo that his iſſue by her were the Hedcorne in this county, was poſſeſſed of lands
firſt who could uſe the arms of Hardrebull quar-
in Aylesford (c).
tered with their own: their fon was Thomas Cole In the 11th year of K. Edward III, anno 1336,
peper. The T.C. on this ſtone, muft, no doubt,
the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church, in Canter-
mean a Thomas Colepeper, owner of this eſtate;
bury, confirmed to the Abbat and Convent of Box-
and none other of thoſe names was ſo afterwards ley, the gift of John Coppinger, of Maidſtone, to
till the 16th century, when another Thomas Cole the latter, of a meadow, called Bregge-mead, in
peper owned it, and died ſeiſed of it in 1587.
Aylesford, which was held of the manor of Hol-
Many have ſuppoſed, that the o being ſo much lingborne, belonging to Chriſt Church, by fealty
higher in proportion to the other figures, there
and ſervice, and the yearly rent of 2s. 94d.(d)
was ſome part adjoining to the bottom of it, now In the 33d year of K. Edward III, the Abbat,
obliterated, and that the ſecond figure was meant
&c. of Boxley had a grant of free-warren for their
to expreſs the figure 5; but on a cloſe inſpection
länds in Aylesford, &c. (e) By the patent of the
of the ſeveral figures, I do not ſee the leaſt pro-
46th of the above reign, it appears that the
bability for this ſuppoſition, the figures being
Knights Hoſpitallers were poſſeſſed of tenements
plainly meant for what they now appear to be.
in this pariſh (f).
The moſt probable conjecture therefore is, that K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, dated June
a Thomas Colepeper, a deſcendant of John Cole 14, in his 32d year, granted, among other pre-
peper and Elizabeth Hardreſull; put up this date miſes in exchange, to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. his
with his own name and arms, and added the date meſſuage, called Thorne, alias Thorneland, in the
of 1102, which was either the æra when his an pariſh of Aylesford, late belonging to the abbey
ceſtors firſt came into this county, or perhaps
of Malling, and let by the Abbeſs, &c. to fir Tho.
to this ſeat of Preſton.
mas Wyatt, together with all lands, woods, and
appurts. belonging to it, to hold by knights ſer-
vice, by the yearly rent of gs. which indenture
King Richard I, April 20, in his 5th year, was inrolled in the Court of Augmentation the
granted to the hospital of St. Mary of Stroud, in 20th of July following (g).
free, pure, and perpetual alms, two parts of his
wood near Malling, which belonged to the manor
of Aylesford, ſo that the the part of the wood, The town or village of Aylesford ſtands on
when divided, and the cuſtom of the carriage the north-eaſt bank of the river Medway, over
of foreigners paſſing along, as had been uſed, which there is a handſome ſtone bridge of fix
ſhould remain to the ſaid manor (xx); which arches, built many years ago, and now ſup-
gift was confirmed by Hubert, Archbiſhop of Can ported at the public charge of the county (b).
terbury, and by K. Edward III, in his 6th year,
Cloſe at the back of the houſes, on the eaſtern
by letters of Inſpeximus (y). Cecilia, daughter ſide of the ſtreet, the ground ſuddenly riſes to the
of Herbert de Ponte, of Aylesford, granted to the height of 80 or 100 feet; on this hill ſtands the
ſame hoſpital, and the brothers of it, her moiety church, and adjoining to the church-yard, thevi-
of the mill of Aylesford, to hold of her and her carage-houſe. At the ſouth-eaſt end of the town
heirs, freely and quietly, paying yearly to her, is a paper-mill, ſupplied by a ſmall rivulet, which
during her life-time, three ſeams and a quarter riſes about a quarter of a mile above it, and runs
of corn, viz. one ſeam of barley, one of wheat, to the Medway at Aylesford.
and one and a quarter of meſlin, and after her On the oppoſite or ſouth-weſt ſide of the Med-
death, paying yearly to her heirs the ſum of way, the high road from London through Wrot-
(xx) Dugd. Mon. vol.ii, p. 436. (y) Reg. Roff.
(8) Augtn. off. box A. 55. Rot. Eſch. anno 38 Henry
(z) Ibid. p. 148. (a) Ibid. p. 149. (6) Ibid. p. 148. VIII, pt 2.
(c) Tan. Mon. p. 221. (d) Mi. Dering.
(6) This bridge was repaired by the county in 1608, and
(e) Tan. Mon. p. 214. () Ibid. p. 302.
again in 1724.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
PRESENT STATE OF AYLESFORD.
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177
s ditance
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
bam to Maidſtone croſſes this pariſh from north tion to be taken in the church of Ditton, to al
wejt to ſouth-eaſt, at about half a mile's diſtance certain in which of thoſe pariſhes this chapel
from the river.
was ſituated, and to whom theſe oblacions of
The pariſh of Aylesford ſtretches itſelf from right belonged, and to certify the fame to him
this road inore than two miles ſouthward, thro' before the feaſt of St. Martin, &c: (n); linee
the woods, taking within its bounds a ſmall part which it has been eſteemed to be within the
of the northern ſide of Barming heath, on the
bounds of the pariſh of Aylesford.
fame ſide of the river, and about a quarter of The remains of this chapel, now called the
a mile northweſtward from Preſton hall, lies the hermitage, with the ſcite of it, is part of the pop-
hamlet of Milhale, on the bank of the Medway. feflions of The Right Hon. Robt. Lord Romney,
This place is within the civil juriſdiction of the having been purchaſed with the manor of Aling-
Mayor, &c. of the town and pariſh of Maid ton and other premiſes, in the year 1732, anno
fione (i).
6, George I, of fir Jacob Aſtley, of Melton Con-
ſtable, in the county of Norfolk, knt and bart.(0).
THE HERMITAGE, OR FREE CHAPEL OF LONGSOLE.
About a quarter of a mile before you come
ANTIQUITIES.
to Barming-heath, on an eminence near the east Aylesford is noted in antient hiſtory for the
ern ſide of the road, which leads through the battle fought at it between the Britons and the
woods from Aylesford thither, and ſurrounded Saxons in the year 455, which was about five years
by them, ſtand the ruins of The antient free cha after the firſt landing of the latter in Britain.
pel of Long ſole, now made uſe of as a barn, and Vortiger, the Britiſh King, having aſſembled
called The Hermitage from its lonely ſituation, his forces, in order to give battle to the Saxons,
King Edward III. in his 24th year, granted firſt encountered with them on the banks of the
licence to Stephen Fynamour, Chaplain, celebrat river Darent, in this county. In this conflict, it
ing divine ſervice daily in the chapel of St. Law is moſt probable, the Saxons were worſted, as
rence of Long ſole, to purchaſe and receive lands they retreated from their enemy, who followed
and rents of the yearly value of 100s. for the them to Aylesford, where they had paſſed the
maintenance of himſelf and his ſucceſſors cele river Medway, on the eaſtern ſide of which a
brating in this chapel far ever(k). And the next bloody battle was fought between them (P), the
year the King granted his further licence to Ro ſucceſs of which remained ſometime equal, tho'
bert de Parys, to grant to the ſaid Chaplain and at laſt it appears that victory fell to the ſide of
his ſucceſſors celebrating as aforeſaid in the ſaid
w1159
chapel for ever, a meſſuage and ten acres of In this ſharp conflict, Horſa, brother to Hen-
land ; Thomas Provere two acres of land; Wil gift, the Saxon general, and Catigern, brother to
liam Fifacre two acres and three roods of land ; King Vortimer, fighting hand to hand, were both
William Filepote, two acres and an half of land; killed on the ſpot. The former is ſuppoſed to
John Colyn three acres and an half; and fir John have been buried about three miles north-eaſt-
de Cobeham, of Alyntone, knt. two meſſuages and ward from Aylesford, at a place which, from this
five acres of land, all which premiſes lay in the circumſtance, acquired the name of Horſted, i.e.
pariſh of Aylesford, and were of the yearly va the place of Horſa; in the fields near which there
lue of 16 ſhillings, the ſame being in part of the are numbers of large ftones diſperſed over the
ſatisfaction of the lands and tenements of the lands, ſome ſtanding upright, and others thrown
value of 100 ſhillings abovementioned (1). down by time, which might perhaps have been
After which, great diſputes ariſing between placed at firſt as memorials of thoſe who were
the Vicar of Aylesford and the Rector of Alling ſlain on the ſide of the Saxons in this memorable
ton, concerning the oblations offered in this cha rencounter, and buried there. Catigern is ſup-
pel on the eve and feſtival of St. Lawrence, poſed to have been buried ftill nearer the field
each claiming the ſame as their right, as being of battle on an eminence about a mile north-eaſt-
within the bounds of their reſpective pariſhes, ward from the village of Aylesford (r), where that
John, Biſkop of Rocheſter, iſſued his mandate Aug. rude monuinent, ſomewhat in the manner of
9, 1422, being the laſt year of K. Henry V. for Stone Henge, though in miniature, ſtill remains,
the ſequeſtration of theſe oblations on thoſe days called Kits Coty. Houſe, and more vulgarly the
for the future, till the right to them was deter Kits Cot Houſe, which, as some interpret it, is
mined (m); and on the 22d of September follow Catigern's Houſe. se on's Blood and
ing, he iſſued another mandate to Thomas Barry, Kits Coty Houſe is compoſed of four large
L. L. B. Dean of Shorehum, to cauſe an inquiſi ſtones, which ſeem to be of the pebble kind(s),
(i) Kilb. Surv. p. 17.
This juriſdiction, as the charter (7) Math. Weſtm. eo an. Hen. Huntingdon. Camden,
expreſies it, extends only to the cognizance and determina p. 230. Lamb. Peramb. p. 446.
tion of actions and replevins, and to no other purpoſe what (r) About a quarter of a mile weſtward from the high
road leading from Rocheſter to Maidflone. The field in which
(4) Reg. Roff.p.155. (1) Ib. (m) Ib.p.156. (n) Ib.p.157. it ftands formerly belonged to the demeſnes of Tottington,
(.) See Allington and Maidſtone.
but lir. Beſt purchaſed it fome years ago of Mr. T. Golding
W) Chron. Sax. ad an.455. Nennius, cap. 46. Aflerii An. (Some have imagined theſe ſtones were brought from
Vol. II.
the Britons (q).
3 of
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ſoever.
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AYLESFORD.
two of them are ſet in the ground, partly upright
forming two ſides, and a third ſtands in the mid-
dle between them; the fourth, which is the lar-
geſt, is laid tranſverſly over, and ſerves as a co-
vering. It fronts the north-eaſt, or rather north-
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
eaſt by eaft. At about 70 yards diſtance towards
the north-weſt there lies another ſtone of the ſame
kind and form as thoſe now ſtanding. Under-
neath is a repreſentation of Kits Coty Houſe.
A Vien of Kits Coły House near Aylesford taken in 1757.
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Godfrey fcalp
At the diſtance of two fields ſouthward from Kits
Coty Houſe, in the bottom nearer to Aylesford, is
a heap of the like kind of ſtones, ſome of which
are partly upright, and others lying in a circle
round them, in all to the number of 9 or 10.
Thoſe that are partly upright with a farge one
lying acroſs over them, appear to have once
formed a like kind of ſtructure as that of Kits
Coty Houſe, and to have fronted towards the
ſame aſpect; the whole is now intergrown with
elms and other coppice ſhrubs. The following
is a repreſentation of them.
JEG
in my
Antient Monument, near Rits Coty House
the quarry on the other ſide the Medway, at fix miles dif-
tance; but there could be no occaſion for this trouble, when
there were quarries both at Sandling and Allington, within
two miles of this ſpot. Some have ſuppoſed them to be pro-
ductions of neither, but rather to be of thoſe large pebbles,
with which this part of this country abounds. The dimen-
fions of theſe ſtones are nearly as follow: that on the ſouth
fide is near eight feet high, and about ſeven and an half
broad, and two thick; its weight is conjectured to be about
eight tons. That on the north is near ſeven feet in height,
and rather more in breadth, and about two thick ; its weight
is conjectured to be about eight tons and an half. The mid-
dle ſtone between theſe is very irregular ; its medium is more
than five feet in length, as well as breadth, and in thickneſs
14 inches; weighing about two tons. The tranſverſe, or
impoſt, is a very irregular hexagon ; its greateſt breadth from
north to fouth is more than 11 feet, and from eaſt to weſt near
eight feet, and thickneſs two feet, and its weight about ten
tons and ſeven hundreds. None of theſe ſtones have the leaft
mark of the chiſel, or any workmanſhip on them. There is
a print of this monument, with a diſſertation on it, by Mr.
Colebrooke, publiſhed in the Archæologia of the Society of
Antiquaries, vol. ii, p. 107; and another by Mr. Große, in
his Antiquities, vol. ii.
Was

The H I S T O R Y of K E N T, 179
both
0
en-
in this en
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Was I not deterred by the fimilarity of the which were neither holden in capite, nor by
name, and were there not ſo many reſpectable knights ſervice, but in focage, and were of the
opinions that Horſted was the place where Horfa clear yearly value of 761. at the leaſt ; and fir
the Saxon general was buried, I ſhould be much William, by his deed of foundation, dated Oct.
inclined to think that Kits Coty Houſe, and this 2, 1617, which he cauſed to be inrolled accord
laſt mentioned were the monuments of the two ing to Act of Parliament in the Court of Chan-
chiefs who fell by each other's hand in
cery, added one poor perſon more to the former
gagement. They were undoubtedly built for the fix poor perſons, to be as Warden of the Hoſpital,
fame purpoſes, but like many others of the ſame and to have continuance for ever, and he there-
appearance in different parts of England, are of by incorporated, and made the fame a body po-
fuch high antiquity as to be ſpoken of by our litic, by the name of the Hoſpital of the Holy Tri-
earlieſt hiſtorians as of things beyond tradition, nity in the pariſ of Aylesford, and he appointed
the uſe of which could be even in their time but in the ſaid deed, the firſt Warden and fix poor
barely conjectured.
perſons (four men and two women) by name,
This monument of antiquity is reported to and appointed that they ſhould have a common
have been demoliſhed by ſome perſons digging feal engraved with a goat's head rache, and cir-
a trench underneath it, in expectation of finding cumfcribed—Sigillu. Hoſpital. Sce. Trinitatis in
either treaſure, or remains of antiquity, and the Aylesford in Co. Kanc.—and that the hoſpital and
trench being left open, an elm tree grew up in
poor therein ſhould from time to time be viſited,
it, and by degrees raiſed the ſtones, and threw ordered, and upon juſt cauſe diſplaced, and
them to the ground. Some years ago there was amoved, by ſuch perſons, bodies politic, or cor-
found in this field a fpur of a very antique form, porate, their heirs, aſſigns, or truſtees as ſhould
with a remakable long ſprig and large rowel, be nominated or aſſigned, according to ſuch
and the handle and ſmall part of the blade of a rules as ſhould be ſet forth by him, his heirs, or
very
antient ſword.
aſſigns, in writing, under his or their hands
and ſeals, &c. (V)
About the year 1016 K. Edmund Ironfide,
having gained a great victory over the Danes at Sir William Sedley, bart. gave to the poor
of
Otford in this county, purſued theni with great this pariſh 31. 6s. 8d. per annum, iſſuing out of
ſlaughter as far as Aylesford, and had he not de houſes and land in Yalding, now belonging to
ſiſted at this paſſage over the Medway, by the fir John Shaw, bart.
treacherous advice of his ſon-in-law Edric, he Patric Savage, of this pariſh, eſą; gave two
would in all likelihood that day have entirely meadows in Dition, called Great and Little Nico-
demoliſhed the whole Daniſh army (t).
Dr. Plot (u) was much inclined to think that
Sir Robert Faunce, of Maidſtone, knt. gave ios.
Aylesford was the Roman ſtation called Vagniacæ, per um to be diſtributed to the poor on St.
but in this he has not been followed by any one
Swithin’s Day, and 10s. more on that day to the
elſe that I have ſeen.
Clergyman for reading prayers ; to be paid out
of land in this pariſh.
CH A R ITI e s.
James Taylor, Yeoman, of this pariſh, gave
John Sedley, eſq; ordered by his laſt will, that 2os. per annum, to be paid from two tenements
a proper houſe ſhould be built for fix poor aged
in the pariſh of Woldham.
and impotent perſons in the ſtreet of Aylesford, if The Rev. Mr. Milner has, in purſuance of his
convenient, but if not, in ſuch place in this pa uncle Dr. Charles Milner's will, ſettled 20l. per
riſh, as his executor ſhould think fit; and that annum, payable out of part of his eftate, to-
there ſhould be bought in lands and tenements, wards the ſupport of a charity-School, for the be-
to be enjoyed by the ſaid poor perſons for their nefit of the poor children of this pariſh.
maintenance, 6ol. per ann, to be continued for
ever, and that his brother, William Sedley, and
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
his heirs, ſhould place the poor therein from
time to time. Sir William Sedley, knt, and bart. Aylesford is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
was fole executor to his brother, in purſuance of
tion of the dioceſe and deanry of Rocheſter. The
whoſe will he purchaſed an acre and an half of
church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, is a
land in Aylesford, and built thereon a houſe of handſome building with a ſquare tower at the
ftone, and other buildings for this hoſpital, or
weſt end of it. It antiently paid gd. chriſm rent
Maiſon de dieu ; and he purchaſed likewiſe of
to the mother church of the diocele (w).
Tho. Taylor, gent, a farm containing 134 acres King Henry I. gave the church of Aylesford,
of land in Frittenden, and one other farm con with the land and tythe, and all other things
taining 50 acres of land in Frittenden aforeſaid, belonging to it, to St. Andrew and Gundulph, Biſhop
pitts.
(1) Lamb. Peramb. p. 449. Lamb, Dict. p. 108.
(u) Plot's MI. Papers,
(v) Reg. Roff. p. 157.
(w) Text. Roff. p. 229.
of

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The HISTORY of 2 K E N T.
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
of Rocheſter (x); and he afterwards, by another with its appurts, remaining peaceably and qui-
charter, confirmed it to them. Biſhop Gundulph, etly to the Prior and Convent there, the Maſter
when he had ſeparated his own maintenance from and Brethren of Stroud hoſpital ſhould poſſeſs
that of the monks of his Prigry, aſſigned this this church free from the faid penſions of 18
church to them among others, for their mainte-
marcs, and two marcs as above-mentioned (c).
nance, according to their own regulations, in Biſhop Thomas de Inglethorpe, having admitted
like manner as Archbiſhop Lanfranc had appoint Gregory de Elmham to the vicarage of Aylesford,
ed in his own church, and he afterwards granted on the preſentation of the Maſter of Stroud hof-
them the free diſpoſition of the vicarage of it (y). pital, and diſputes having ariſen between them
This grant was ſet aſide by Biſhop Gilbert de concerning ſome claims made by the Vicar in
Glanvill, in the beginning of the reign of King right of his vicarage, he called all the parties
Richard I, who not only diveſted the monks of before him in the church of Cookſtone, on the
all right and title to it, but on the foundation of morrow of the nativity of the Bleſſed Virgin Mary,
his hospital at Stroud about that time, he with anno 1287, 16th Edward I, and examined into
their unanimous conſent, which was however, it, with the conſent of all parties, and on the
without doubt, extorted from them, and that of 8th of January following he ordained and de-
his Archdeacon,gave this church in pure and perpe creed, that the Vicar for the time being ſhould
tual alms, to the Maſter and Brethren of it, to be take all ſmall tythes, obventions and oblations
held by them with all its appurts. to their own of the whole pariſh, together with the tythe of
proper uſe, reſerving only the penſion of two the hay of Luggenemedwe, and Breggenemedwe,
marcs yearly from it to be paid by the Maſter Suffletontemedwe, and all the tythe of hay on the
to the monks(z). And he likewiſe ordained, eaſtern ſide of the bridge, and alſo of all mills,
that the Maſter ſhould provide one of his bre except the mill of the Maſter and Brethren afore-
thren being a Prieſt, or other fit Chaplain, to ſaid, and that he ſhould likewiſe take the tythes
celebrate divine ſervice at Aylesford, whom he of ſheaves of the demeſnes of the church, viz.
ſhould preſent to the Biſhop his dioceſan, and of thoſe lands, which the Rectors poſſeſſed at
further that this church, and the Prieſts and the time of this endowment, and the tythes of
Clerks ſhould be free, and exempted from all beans and peas of gardens, dug with the foot,
pecuniary exactions, excepting fynodals, as well but for other corn growing within the curtalage,
to the Biſhop, Archdeacon and Dean of the place, he ſhould take yearly from the Rectors one ſeam
as all others. All which was again confirmed by of wheat at Michaelmas, and further, that the
the Prior and Convent of Rocheſter, who granted, Vicar and his fucceffors ſhould be free and ex-
that the Maſter of the hoſpital ſhould, as Parſon, empt from all due and accuſtomed burthens or-
preſent the Vicar of the ſaid church to the dinary and extraordinary, of the ſupplying and
Bijhope.
procuring books and ornaments, and alſo the
The monks by no means acquieſced in this repairing of the chancel (d).
gift, but ſeized every opportunity of aſſerting On the Tueſday next before the feaſt of $4.
their right to this church, and after ſeveral ap George the Martyr, in the year 1288, an agree-
peals to the Pope from time to time, and con ment was entered into before the abovementioned
firmacions and decrees made in favor of each Biſhop, between the Maſter and Brethren of the
party, the diſpute ſeems to have been finally ſet hoſpital, and the Vicar of this church, that the
tled by Pope Alexander IV. (b), who by his bull latter ſhould provide daily one Chaplain in the
dated March 11, in the 2d year of his pontifi name of the former, who ſhould celebrate maſs,
cate, anno 1255, adjudged that, in conſidera and ſay the canonical hours in the chapel of fir
tion of the church of St. Margaret in Rocheſter, Stephen de Cofington, knt. for which the Maſter
Tidlige
(x) Ibid. p. 169, 170.
to arbitration, after a folemn hearing of both parties, a de-
(y) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 1. Reg. Roff. p. 6. This cree was given in their favor; by which, the compoſition,
gift was confirmed to the Monks of Rochefter afterwards by made between Biſhop Gilbert and the Prior und Convent, in
K. Henry II. Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 4.
relation to this church, was in ſome meaſure ſet aſide, as
(z) Reg. Roff. p. 53, 631.
having been obtained by force; and the ſum of 18 marcs
(a) Ibid. p. 152, 153.
K. Richard I, Hubert, Archbi was decreed to be paid yearly by the Maſter of the Hoſpital
flop of Canterbury, and K. Edward III, in his 6th year, by to the Prior and Convent, beſides the 2 marcs already reſerved
his letters of infpeximus, confirmed the ſame, as did Pope from this church. The Maller and Brethren of the Hoſpital,
Cæleftine III, and Pope Innocent III, in the year 1197. Ibid. being diffatisfied with this determination, appealed in their
p. 153, 631, 642, 643. Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 434.
turn to Pope Innocent IP, who appointed Richard, Cardinal
(6) Notwithſtanding the Monks were inwardly much dif Deacon Sancti Angeli, with the Bishop of Prænefle, to enquire
fatisfied, at having this church taken from them in this man further into the merits of this conteſt, who by their inſtrument
ner, yet they made no further fir about it during the re dated in 1250, confirmed the firſt agreement made by Biſhop
mainder of Biſhop Glanvill's time, nor in that of his two Glanzill with the Monks. Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i,
ſucceſſors, Biſhop B. nediel, and Biſhop Henry de Sandford,
p. 349. Reg. Roff. p. 69. This again brought
the latter of whom confirmed to the Monks the penſion of pute, which ſeems to have been finally ſettled by Pope Alex-
two marcfrom it; but ſoon after his deceaſe, they began
ander IV, the fucceffor of Innocent, as above related.
to diſpute the hoſpital's right to it, and having in 12 39, (s) Reg. Roll. p. 561. (d) Ibid. p. 149,
procured Pope Gregory IX.'s 'letters for referring the matter
Vicar of the bara en
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The
HISTORI
181
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
te
King's a
AYLESFORD.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
and brethren ſhould give him yearly 30 ſhil &c. (h) and the Maſter and brethren releaſed
lings in ſilver, and four ſeams of corn, one half and quit claimed to fir Stephen all their right of
of wheat, and the other half of barley, and of providing the ſaid Chaplain, and all claim, ti-
the ſmall tythes ariſing from the manor of Co tle, poſſeſſion, and right, ſuit, claim, demand,
fington, within 15 days after Michaelmas 155. agreement, &c. accruing to him and them by
and one feam of wheat, and one ſeam of barley, reaſon, and on account of the ſame for ever, by
and the like within 15 days after Eafter, and of their inſtrument dated at Stroud Oct, 10, in the
the ſmall tythes at the accuſtomed time, ſo that 34th year of K. Henry VI. (i).
the Vicar ſhould not demand any thing of the The church of Aylesford remained in this ſitu.
ſaid Sir Stephen; and alſo of three roods of free ation till the reign of K. Henry VIII, when the
land, and both parties ſwore to the true obferv. Maſter of Stroud hoſpital and the brethren of
ance of this agreement, of which the Biſhop it on July 8, in the 31ſt year of that reign, with
granted his letters of teſtimonial under his ſeal, the King's licence ſurrendered their hoſpital,
dated at Trotteſclyve April 24, anno 1290 (e). 10 with all their lands and poffeffions in Aylesford
Which endowment and agreement were both and elſewhere, and this church among them, to
confirmed by Biſhop Thomas de Woldham at Trot the Prior and Convent of Rocheſter and their ſuc-
teſclive, July 16, 1293, in which confirmation ceſſors, to hold of the King by fealty in lieu of
he declared, that the three roods of free land, of all ſervices (k).
which mention is made above, were within that A few months after which ſurrender, the Pris
area of ground, where the Vicar Gregory de Elm ory of Rocheſter itſelf was likewiſe, together with
han had built houſes, and erected other build all its eſtates and poſſeſſions, ſurrendered into the
ings for himſelf and ſucceſſors, and in which he King's hands, who by his dotation charter, dated
then dwelt, near the court of the rectory, and June 20, in his 33d year, ſettled the parſonage
had incloſed the ſame with hedges and ditches, of this church, with the advowſon of the Vica-
all which, after his deceaſe or reſignation, ſhould rage, as well as all other the poſſeſſions of the
remain to the Vicars his ſucceſſors, canonically late Priory of Rocheſter in this pariſh, among
placed there for ever (f).
bu other premiſes, on his new erected Dean and
Some time after which, ſome diſputes ariſing Chapier of Rocheſter, where the inheritance of
between the Vicar of Aylesford, and the Maſter them now remains.
and brethren of Stroud hoſpital on the one part, In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the vicar-
and fir Stephen de Cofingtone, knt. on the other,
age of Aylesford was valued at 100 ſhillings (I).
all parties appearing, and the above inftruments
being read, it was decreed that fir Stephen and
at iol. and the yearly tenths at il. (m)
zi
his heirs ought to pay
the
great and ſmall tythes
The Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter continue
of his manor to the Maſter and brethren, toge-
patrons of this vicarage.
ther with 30 ſhillings of ſilver ; and that accord.
The parſonage of Aylesford has a manor be-
ing to the ordination of Thomas, Biſhop of Rochef-
longing to it, called The Manor of the Parſonagé
ter, abovementioned, the ſaid Maſter and bre-
of Aylesford.
thren ought to ſatisfy the Vicar in 30 ſhillings,
On the intended abolition of Deans and Chap-
and four ſeams of corn, one half of wheat, and
ters, after the death of K. Charles I, this manor
the other of barley, yearly, and that the Vicar
and parſonage, with its rights, members, and
Thould provide for a chantry in the ſaid chapel,
appurts, and a certain wood, called Blaze-wood,
but that the profits ariſing from the oblations and
late belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Roches.
confeſſions of fir Stephen and his family, ſhould
ter, were ſurveyed in the year 1649, and re-
belong to him who ſerved the cure of the pariſh
turned as follows: That the two barns, yards,
of Aylesford. The decree of Thomas, Biſhop of
and other neceſſary buildings, and two acres of
Rocheſter, ſo far as related to the ſmall tythes of
glebe land, were worth 31. per annum, and the
the manor of Cofington, nevertheleſs to remain in
tythes 771. per annum ; all which premiſes were
full force (g).
let by the Dean and Chapter June 6, anno 15
Sir Stephen de Coſyngtone, Lord of the manor Charles I, to fir George Fane, knt. for 21 years,
of Coſyngtone, by his inftrument dated Sept. 12, at the yearly rent of 221. and two weather ſheep,
in the 23d year of K. Henry VI, anno 1444, or 26s, and 8d. in money; out of which leaſe
remitted and releaſed, and wholly for himſelf
the vicarage was excepted, which was then va-
and his heirs, quit-claimed to the Maſter and lued at 6ol. per annum (n).
brethren of the hoſpital of Newerk in Strood, The preſent leſſee, under the Dean and Chap.
and their ſucceſſors, their finding and providing ter, of Rocheſter, of this manor and parſonage,
a Chaplain to celebrate yearly in the chapel or with Blazewood, is The Right Hon. Francis, Lord
chantry of St. Michael within his manor aforeſaid,
Deſpencer.
2DTS
SO
OUT
ich was then
Hollande om
(e) Reg. Roff. p. igo. (f) Ibid. (g) Ibid.
(5) Ibid. p. 151. (i) Ibid. p. 152.
(k) Ibid. p. 651.
VOL. II.
(1) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 455.
(m) E&. Theſ. p. 384.
(2) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
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182
The HISTORY of K E NT:
ALLINGTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
D HUNDRED.
1970
TWO
it w
CHURCH OF AYLESFORD.
Which is, Anſchitil holds Elentun of the Biſhop
digi
on
(of Baieux) it was taxed at one fuling. The arable
PATRONS, nislas Rectors. gibive
land is three carucates. In demeſne there are two,
or by whom preſented.
SCD
and 15 villeins, with two borderers, having one
yo atgria bhai
() — Jordan, about the
carucate and a half. There is a church, and
Yd 1979 tot so year 1145. to bna sob ſervants, and half a mill, and one den of 15 faillings.
VICARS.
Wood for the pannage of eight hogs, and one-acre of
Maſter and Brethren (0) Gregory de Elmham, 1287. meadow. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor,
of Stroud Hoſpital. (a) John Stubbecroft, 1422. was worth 100 ſhillings, when he received it 60
oli nodi HIV y (r) John Roche, 1501.
(r) John Roche, 1501. nois | Millings, now 100 hillings.
fillings, now 100 Jillings. Uluric held it of Al-
Dean and Chapter (s) George Smith, S. T. P. M || nod Cilt (2),
01 giovil asitug dood bus bra
of Rocbefter. 10 18 1626. sds
On the Biſhop's diſgrace, which happened
efniqlo niods b (t) Thomas Tilſon, 1691. osa about four years aferwards, this, among the reſt
oli ni zao (u) Thomas Tilfon, inftit. Aug. of his poffeflions, was confiſcated to the Crown,
Od nodi anume do 26, 1702. saivis
VO from whence it was ſoon afterwards granted by
- chodit bus(v) John Lewry, A. M. obt. the Conqueror to his kinſman, William, Earl of
to woi ai ples v Aug. 1773. loc o mons Warren in Normandy (a), who had greatly aſſiſted
(w) Charles Colcall, A. M. II. him againſt the Biſhop in the rebellion the latter
usdiebroni i preſented Nov. 1773. had raiſed againſt him... дігі позпоtа lady
do 1919gom. Preſent Vicar.be Earl Warren rebuilt the caſtle here, and then
of ori barbatiloilo No i tranſmitted his intereſt in this place to the Lord
Lab A LLINGTON. asdfg Fitz Hughe, whoſe daughter and heir carried it
in marriage to fir Giles Allington, knt, one of whoſe
the oppoſite ſide of the river Medway
deſcendants paffed it away in the latter end of
from the town of Aylesford, and adjoining
K. Henry III.'s reign to fer Stephen de Pencheſter,
to the ſouthern part of that pariſh, lies Allington,
knt. who was Conſtable of Dover Caftle, and
called in Domeſday, Elentun (*), in many records
Warden of the Cinque Ports(b). In the 8th year
Alynton, and now moſt commonly both called
of K. Edward I, he obtained a grant to himſelf,
and written, Allington.
and Margaret his wife, and their heirs, of a
. market weekly on the Tueſday at this his manor,
boulev
and alſo a fair for three days yearly, on the vigil,
There is ſaid to have been a caſtle erected at
the feaſt of St. Laurence, and the day after (c);
this place in the time of the Saxons, which was
and afterwards, that year, free warren in all his
afterwards demoliſhed by the Danes (y). It af demeſne lands within it (d); and next year, he
terwards came into the poſſeſſion of Ulnoth,
obtained the King's licence to erect a caſtle here,
fourth ſon of Earl Godwin, and after the con-
and to fortify and embattle it ; by which it ſhould
queſt was part of thoſe vaſt poſſeſſions with
ſeem, that he either rebuilt the caſtle here, or
which William the Conqueror enriched his half-
that it was before only fome ſmall building or
brother, Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux, under
fort, not eſteemed of ſufficient ſize to be called
the general title of whoſe lands, it is thus de-
a caſtle ; by which means, this place came to be
fcribed in the ſurvey of Domeſday :
called, in ſeveral records of that time, Alling-
Anſchitil ten de epo' Elentun p uno folin ſe defd. ton Pencheſter (e). He died without iſſue male,
Tra'. e. 3. car'. In dnio Sunt. 2.&. 15. Villi cu'. and was buried at Penſhurſt in this county, leav-
2. bord hnt. 1. car'. & dimid. Thi accla & 2. ing Margery his wife ſurviving, who held this
Servi. & dimid molin', & una dena de 15. Sol. manor and caſtle at her death in the 2d
year
of
Silva.. 8. porc. & una ac' pti. T. R. E. Valeb. K. Edward II, (f) and alſo two daughters and
100. Sol. Qdo recep'. 60. ſol. modo, 100. Solid. coheirs ; Foane, married to Henry de Cobbam, of
Uluric tenuit de Alnod Cilt.
Rundale in Shorne, fecond ſon of John de Cobham,
THE MANOR AND CASTLE.
() Reg. Roff. p. 9, 10.
(0) Reg. Roff. p. 149. (9) Ibid. p. 156.
(r) Ibid. p. 426.
(5) May 22, 1626, a diſpenſation paffed for his holding
this vicarage with Farnborough.
(t) And Rector of Ditton.
(u) Alſo Rector of Ditton, and ſon of the former Vicar.
(v) He was alſo Rector of Lee, and Prebendary of Rom
chefter.
(w) Dec. 9, 1773, a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding
this vicarage with Aſhburnham in Suſſex. He was likewiſe
Prebendary of Rocheſter, and had been before Vicar of Aſhford.
(x) Leland, in his poem, Nenice in Mortem 7ho. Viati
Equitis (Senioris), calls this place Alaunodunum, and Alaunia.
(y) Kilb. Surv. p. u.
costa 2
(z) This Alnod Cilt, I imagine, was Ulnoth, fourth fon
of Earl Godwin, and younger brother to K. Harold, who
from the royalty of his kindred, had the addition of Cilt, a
ſimilar denomination to the Latin word Clito, with which
thoſe of royal blood were always honored in thoſe times.
(a) He was nephew to the Counteſs Gunnora, the King's
great-grandmother, and was afterwards created by K. Wil-
liam Rufus, Earl of Surry, Dugd. Bar. vcl. i, p. 73. He
bore for his arms-Chequy, or and azure.
(6) Kilb. Sury. p. 11.
(c) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 13. (d) Ibid. N. 19.
(e) Philipott, p. 41.
W Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
bida
Alauudunum,
of

The HISTORY of a K E N T.
183
gelt, ka
ALLINGTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
of Cobham in this county, by his firſt wife, daugh vice, as of the manor of Horton, at his death in
ter of Warine Fitz Benedikt (g); and Alice, mar the 8th year of K. Henry VII. (P), and his ſon,
ried to John de Columbers.
os no William Brent, ſoon after this alienated them to
On the partition of their inheritance, this fir Henry Wyatt, knt, Privy Counſellor to that
eſtate of Allington was allotted to Henry de Cob-
Prince (9).
bam, in his wife's right(b). He died in the be He had been impriſoned in the Tower in the
ginning of the reign of K. Edward II, and was reign of K. Richard III,(r) but on the acceſſion
buried in Shorne church, leaving iſſue a ſon, of K. Henry VII, he had great marks of favor
Stephen de Cobham, of Rundale in Shorne, who on ſhewn him, being knighted and made one of that
the death of Foane his mother, in the 18th year King's Privy Council. In the 15th year of K.
of the above reign, performing his fealty, ſhared Henry VIII, he procured his lands to be diſga-
the lands of her inheritance, and among them velled, by an act paffed particularly for that pur-
this manor and caſtle of Allington (i), Having poſe (s); and in the 24th year of that reign, he
been Jummoned to Parliament from the 20th year died feiſed of this caſtle and manor, then held
of K. Edward II. to the 6th year of K, Edward
f fir William Stoner, kut, as of his manor of
III, he died that year, being then ſeifed of this
Horton Kirkby (t). He left iſſue by Anne his wife,
manor and caſtle (k), leaving John, his fon and daughter of Thomas Skinner, of the co. of Surry,
heir, 13 years of age, and Avice his wife furviv. eſq; an only ſon and heir, Thomas, born in this
ing, who held this manor for her life, and died caftle, who was accounted a moſt accompliſhed
in the 14th year of K. Edward III. (1)
gentleman, and well efteemed both for his learn-
baWhich fir John de Cobham, of Rundale, knt.
ing and poetry. Soon after his father's death,
in the 20th year of K. Edward, paid aid for this
he was knighted, made of the Privy Council,
caſtle or manor of Alynton, at the making the and ſent Ambaſſador to the Emperor, where he
Black Prince a Knight, as half a knight's fee, acquitted himſelf greatly to the King's ſatisfac-
which Margery de Penceftre held in Alynton of
tion (u). In the 28th year of K. Henry VIII.'s
John de Roós, as of his manor of Horton Kirkby,
reign, he ſerved the office of Sheriff of this county,
and he of the Archbiſhop (m). He died Sept. 14,
and afterwards built a fair ſeat, as writers of that
anno 36 Edward III, feiſed of this manor and
time term it, at this place adjoining the caſtle,
caſtle, in which he was ſucceeded by Thomas de
of which, as well as the manor, he died poſſeſſed
Cobbem, his ſort and heir, then 19 years of age(n).
in the 34th year of that reign, as appears by the
One of his deſcendants, in the beginning of K.
inquiſition taken the year after his death (v).
Edward IV.'s reign, alienated this manor and
By Elizabeth his wife, third daughter of fir
caſtle, which had been for ſome time, from them, Thomas Brooke, knt. Lord Cobham, afterwards mar-
called Alyngton Cobham, to Robert Brent (o), ried 10 fir Edward Warner, knt, he left an only
whoſe fon John Brent held them by knight's ſer ſon and heir, Thomas, afterwards knighted, who
to term
id - 3500 31 ,
to guide only
(g) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 65. See more of the family of
this manor and caſtle, as above-mentioned. William Wyatt
Pencheſter under Penſhurſt, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 408. In
left iſſue a ſon, William, and a daughter, Anne, married to
the 21ſt of K. Edw. I. an aflife was brought by Adam de Wan-
Savile, of the co. of York; which William, the ſon,
leſworth, and Joane his wife, againſt Steph. de Pencheſter, who
married Jane Herne, of the co. of Surry, by whom he had a
had ſeized, according to the cuſtom of Kent, certain lands held
ſon, Edward, to whom Q. Elizabeth, June 10, in her noth
by the former of the manor of Alynton in Gavelykend; but year, granted a tenement, called Coptree, with all the meå-
this was afterwards withdrawn. Robinſ. Gavelkind, p. 247. dows and paſtures belonging to it, in Allington and Boxley.
() Philipott, p. 41. See more of this branch of Cobham, He died in 1590, leaving iſſue by Cicele, daughter of H.
under Randall in Shorne, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 509.
Dingley, of Charlton in the co, of Worceſter, four fons, Tho-
(i) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii,
mas, Roger, Charles, and George. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619,
odb
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 69.
pedigree of Wyatt.
(1) Ibid. and ibid.
(r) He was preſerved in the Tower by a cat, who fed him
(m) In the 18th year of K. Edward III, fir John de Pul-
whilft he lay priſoner there; for which reaſon he is always
teney, knt. releaſed to John, ſon of Stephen de Cobham, and
pictured with a cat in his arms, or beſide him.
to his heirs, 2ol. rent-charge, iſſuing yearly out of the ma-
(s) See Robinſon’s Gavelkind, p. 75.
nors of Alyngton, Tunfal, and Emele, in this county.
(1). Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 69.
(u) See his inſtructions, and letters to and from him, whilft
() Philipott, p. 41.
ambaſſador, in the Britiſh Muſeum, Harl. Mf. No. 282.
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Mr. Petit Fodary of Kent his
(v) Anthony Wood calls him the delight of the muſes and of
book.
mankind, and ſays, that being ſent by the King towards Fal-
(2) Philipott, p. 41. He was deſcended of a good family
mouth in Cornwall, in the heat of ſummer, he was ſeized
in the co. of York, of whom William Wyatt married Agnes,
with a violent fever, and ſtopping at Shirborne in the co. of
daughter of Wigan de Norwood, by whom he had Robert
Dorſet, He died and was buried there, being 38 years old.
Wyatt, of that county, who by his wife Jane, daughter of
Ath. Ox. vol. i, p. 56. Leland, in his poem on his death,
Richard Skipzvith, of that county, had iſſue Godfrey Wyatt,
ſtyles him incomparabilis, and highly celebrates his praiſes.
and he left by Anne his wife a ſon, Richard Wyatt, who mar-
He was a great favorite with K. Henry VIII, and by a bon
ried Margaret, daughter and heir of William Baylif, alias
mor raiſed the King's courage to go forwards with the refor-
Clerk, of that county, by whom he had two ſons, Henry and
mation, by telling him, it was a hard thing a man could not
William; the eldeſt of whom, Henry, was the purchaſer of
repent without the Pope's leave.
having
P:
66.

184 The HISTORY of a K E N T.
that year.
ALLINGTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED:
having in the iſt year of Q. Mary (w), with the ſame time a grant of the palace at Maidſtone,
other gentlemen of note in this county (x), raiſed reſided there. He was of the Band of Pen.
a rebellion, on their diſguſt to the Queen's mar ſioners to Q. Elizabeth, and Maſter of the Revels
riage with K. Philip of Spain, was taken pri to K. James and K. Charles I, and of the Privy
ſoner (y), and committed to the Tower, and be Chamber to the latter, and dying Jan. 26, 1639,
ing found guilty on his trial, was executed on was buried at Maidſtone, having had iſſue by
April 11th that year (Z).
Katherine his wife, daughter of Anthony Bridges,
On his death, this caſtle and manor, with the brother of Edmund, Lord Chandois, ſeveral chil.
advowſon, became confiſcated to the Crown, dren, all of whom deceaſed before him(b); ſo that
where they continued till Q. Eliz, Aug. 10, in his three ſiſters became his coheirs, but this ma-
her with year, granted a leaſe of the houſe and
nor, caſtle, and advowſon, with his other eftates in
manor of Allington, for 30 years, to John Affley, this neighbourhood, he bequeathed by his laſt will
eſq; ,
Aſtley, c,
her let. pat. dated Jan. 15, in her 26th year, a man of great reputation for his bravery and con-
ſhe granted the caſtle, manor, and advowſon of duct, acquired in the military ſervice of foreign
the church of Allington, late parcel of the poſ princes, and ſtill more ſo for his eminent and
ſeſſions of fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. attainted, to his faithful ſervices to K. Charles I, to whom he
ſon, fir Fohn Aſtley, knt, and his heirs male, in reſorted in the beginning of the grand rebellion,
tail general, to hold them by the ſervice of the and behaved with diſtinguiſhed courage in the
50th part of one knight's fee, at the yearly rent ſeveral battles and ſharp encounters then fought,
of 100l. 25.7d. per ann.(a); and he having about being Major General of the King's forces, and
Sisu
TO 18V
(20) They declared themſelves at Maidſone on Jan. 25th of Warwick, and died in the beginning of the reign of K.
Edward I, leaving his brother Ralph his heir. His direct
(x) Viz. fir George Harpur, knt. who ſubmitted himſelf
deſcendant, Thomas Affley, of Hill Morton and Melton Con-
to the Duke of Norfolk at Rocheſter ; fir Henry iſe, knt. Tho-
ftable in the co. of Norfolk, eſq; had three wives ; firſt, Anne,
mas Iſle, his brother, executed at Maidſone ; Anthony, and
daughter of - Boughton, of Lawford in the co. of War-
William Knevet, his brother, executed at York; Thomas,
wick, eſq; by whom he had one ſon, John, who was his heir,
who by Frances, daughter and heir of John Cheney, of Sit-
younger ſon of Lord Cobham ; Walter and Thomas Mantel,
brothers, the former executed at Maidſtone, the latter at
ting borne, efq; had iſſue Iſaac, his ſon and heir, and four
Sevenoke ; Alexander Brett, executed at Rocheſter ; George and
daughters, of whom Bridget married Walter Herlakenden, of
fir William, ſons of the Lord Cobham, Hugh Booth, Thomas
Woodchurch, eſq; Anne married, firſt, Richard L'Eſtrange,
Vane, Robert Rudſtone, Edward Wyatı, Edward Fogge, two
of the co. of Norfolk, eſ93 and ſecondly, Vocell, of
of the Culpepers, Cromer, and a few others. A ſmall
Eriſham-park, eſq; and the other two died unmarried. Which
hiſtory of this rebellion was compiled and publiſhed in Jan.
Ifaac married Mary, daughter of Edward Waldgrave, of the
1555, by John Proclor, in black letter.
co. of Eſex, ela; by whom he had three fons and four daugh-
ters; of the former, Thomas, his heir, was anceſtor of the
(y) Having marched with his followers to London, on
Aftleys, of Melton in the co. of Norfolk, Baronets, who bear
Feb. 7, he was there deſerted by them; upon which he ſur-
for their arms the ſame coat as the elder branch of this family
rendered himſelf to fir Maurice Berkeley, who being on
of Pateſhull, with the addition of a bordure engrailed, or.
horſeback took fir Thomas up behind him, and carried him
Jacob, the ſecond ſon, was created Lord Apley, as will be
to Whitehall, where he was made priſoner.
mentioned below, and Richard was the third ſon. The fe-
(2) He was beheaded on Tower-bill, his body quartered, cond wife of Thomas above-mentioned was Anne, daughter of
and his head ſet up on a pole, which was afterwards ſtolen Wood, by whom he had John, who will be mentioned
away. See Rapin, vol. ii, p. 38. Fox's Martyrs, vol. iii, below, Richard, and Thomas. The third wife was Anne,
p. 24, 25, 79, 81, 855. See more of the Wyatts above,
daughter of
Cruſe
, of the co. of Warwick, by whom
under Boxley, p. 125.
he had no iſſue. John Afley, the eldeſt ſon by the ſecond
(a) Rot. 13, N. 26. This rent, payable to the Crown, marriage, was Maſter of the Jewel-office to Q. Elizabeth,
was afterwards ſettled by K. Charles I, March 2, 1626, in and had a grant of the caſtle and manor of Allington for 30
jointure on his Queen Henrietta Maria, for her life. Rym. years, and died about the middle of that reign. He was
Fod. vol. xviii, p. 685. Sir John Aſtley bore for his arms twice married, firſt, to Catherine, daughter of fir Philip
Azure, a cinquefoil ermine. He was deſcended from Thomas Champernoon, of the co. of Devon, knt. by whom he had no
de Aſtley, fon and heir of Walter de Epley, who lived in the iſſue ; ſecondly, to Margaret, daughter of Thomas, Lord
reign of K. Henry III, and was Baron of Arley Caſtle in the Grey, by whom he had fir John Afley, knt, and three daugh-
co. of Warwick. He fided with the rebellious Barons of ters, of whom Margaret was married to Anthony Nevile, of
that time, being a perſon of ſuch conſequence, that upon the co. of Nottingham, eſq; Bridget to fir Norton Knatchbull,
the agreement made between the King and them, in the 48th of Merſham, knt. and Eleanor to Thomas Knatchbull, brother
year
of that reign, he was the only man deputed by them, of for Norton. Which fir John Afley, kut. had in the 26th
as a perſon whom they could moſt truſt, to ſecure what they year of Q. Elizabteh a grant in fee of this caſtle and manor,
had got in the co. of Warwick, having thereupon the title with the advowſon of the church of Allington, as above-men-
of Cuftos Pacis, in that county. He married two wives ; tioned. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 668. Coll. Bar. vol. iii, p.
firſt, Joane, daughter of Ernald de Bois, a great man of that 63, vol. iv, p. 369.
time in the co. of Leiceſter, by whom he had a ſon, Andrew, (6) Two of his ſons, John and Francis, lie buried in St.
anceſtor of the Afleys, of Pateſbull in the co. of Stafford,
Faith's church, under St. Paul's, London. Dugd. Hift. of
Baronsts. His ſecond wife was Edith, daughter of Peter, St. Paul's Cath. p. 123.
and fifter and coheir of fir Robert Conſtable, knt. of Melton
(c) Viz. the ſecond ſon of Ifaac, who was grandſon of
Conſtable in the co. of Norfolk, by whom he had iſſue three
Thomas Afley, efq; the grandfather likewiſe of the ſaid for
ſons, Thomas, Ralph, and Stephen, and a daughter Iſabel;
John.
of whom Thomas, the eldeft, was of Hill Marton in the co.
- Gro
Governor

PRESENT STATE OF ALLINGTON.
300
bam to
160
rent to
SWT
nd
, .
The E HISTORY of a K E N T. 185
ALLINGTON. MAN
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Governor of his garriſons of Oxford and Reading. It is ſituated cloſe to the river Medway on the
In conſideration of which ſervices and of his own
ſouthern ſide of it. so
merits, he was, by let. pat. dated Nov. 4, in the There was formerly a park adjoining to this
20th year of K. Charles I. advanced to the dig caſtle, which was diſparked ſoon after the for-
nity of Baron Afley, of Reading in the county of feiture of it by fir Thomas Wyatt.boruto bal
Berks, and was afterwards conſtituted Lieuten-
- 199 200 Hom samtido sobra.
ant General of the King's forces throughout the
UNOH98:9 bas not
counties of Worceſter, Stafford, Hereford and Salop.
There is no particular village in this pariſh,
He married a German lady, Agnes Imple, by whom
nor has it any thing worth nientioning in it.
he had iſſue five ſons, Iſaac, who ſucceeded him
The high road from Maidfone through Wrot-
in title and eſtate, and four others, who died m to London directs its courſe from eaſt to weſt
without iſſue, and alſo one daughter Elizabeth, through it, about a quarter of a mile ſouthward.
who married her kinſman, fir Edward Aſtley, of
3020093 01 SMS JIS
of the caſtle,
Melton, knt. as will be m mentioned hereafter, and Set drobinud agallis saytingi daire
dying at Maidſtone in Feb. 1651, was buried THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
with his lady in that church. Ifaac, Lord Aſtley,
his ſon and heir, married, Anne, fourth daughter
Allington is ſituated within the ecclefiaftical
of fir Francis Stydolfe, of Norbury in the co. of
juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and dean-
Surry, knt, and dying in 1662, was buried at
ry
St.
of Malling, The church is dedicated to
Maidſtone, leaving iffue two fons, Jacob, who fuc Lawrence, and antiently paid gd criſm rent
ceeded him as his heir, and Francis, who died
the mother church of the diocele. Rocroda lo tesa
without iſſue (d). buwb3 20.0gisi ad al The church of Allington has always been ac-
Jacob, Lord Afley, married Frances, daughter
counted an appendage to the manor, and as ſuch
and coheir of fir Richard Stydolfe, of Norbury,
is now in the patronage of The Right Hon. Ro-
bart. by whom he left no iſſue, and dying in
bert, Lord Romney. It is a Rectory, and is a
1688 was buried at Maidſtone, and the Barony
diſcharged living in the King's Books of the
became extinet, but this caſtle, manor and advow-
clear yearly certified value of 351. the yearly
ſon of Allington came, among the reſt of his en tenths of which are 135. 8d. (g).
Door s trilon
tailed lands, to fir Jacob Atley, of Melton Co
Con plant annet
CHURCH OF ALLINGTON. dois
fiable, in the co. of Norfolk, knt, and bart. (e).
2100sm Shed
who in the 6th
de 8
the 6th year of K. George I, anno 1720,
PATRONS,
phone boor
or by whom preſented. ?
alienated them, with other eſtates in this neigh-
Lords of the Manor (b) Robert de Donam, anno
Romney (f), whoſe fon, The Right Hon. Robert of Allington.
2st 25, Edward I. sidots ud
Lord Romney, is the preſent poffeffor of them. yet Tod
detyrohrad srit (i) Odo. Los bin, ibid.
so 900
a bio samo > (k) William Sprotė, in 1422.
The caſtle of Allington has been long in ruins,
nadgit hus 29 (2) Wn. Carr, A. M. about
a very
ſmall
part of it being left, what is ſtand-
odontot boy ore 1630.
ing is uſed as part of the adjoining farm houſe,
fotointi ar Edw. Darby, in 1685.
· which ſeems to have been built out of the ruins
1969
John Richards, reſigned in
of the houſe erected here by fir Thomas Wyatt.
the dyes 1714.
coorwelyd boy
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 473. Coll. Bar. vol. iii, p. of Jacob the firſt Lord Arley, one fon, Jacob, who was
65, &c.
to animais knighted, and the death of his uncle, fir Jacob Afley,
(e) Viz. ſon of fir Edward Aſhley, knt. and grandſon of bart. in 1659, became his heir, and poſſeſled Hill Morton
Themas Affley, efq; eldeſt ſon and heir of Iſaac, and elder Melton, &c. On June 25, 1660, he was created a Baronet,
brother of Jacob, created Lord Afley of Reading, as above and on the death of the laſt Jacob, Lord Afley, without iſſue
mentioned. Which Thomas Afley, eſq; married Frances, in 1688, ſucceeded to this caſtle, manor, and advowſon of
daughter and coheir of George Deane, of Tilney in the co. of Allington. In 1664, he had been High Sheriff of the co. of
Norfolk, esq; by whom he had iſſue three fons, of whom für Norfolk, and ſerved in Parliament for that county 40 years,
Francis, the eldeſt, was of Hill Morton and Melion, knt, and and till his death, which happened in Aug. 1729, æt. 90.
married Elizabeth, daughter of for James Alibam, He was great-grandfather to the preſent for Edward Aples,
of Hertford, kni, who married, ſecondly, 'Lord Digby, and of Hill Morton and Melton Confiable, bart. Coll. Bar. vol.
thirdly, fir John Barnard, knt. Sergeant at Law, and dying iii, p. 65, &c.
without iſſue, was buried in the Savoy church. Sir Iſaac
(f) In 6 Geo, I, an act paſſed for ſale of part of the eſtate
Afley, the ſecond ſon, was heir to his brother, and was of Robt. Lord Romney in Norfolk, and fettling lands of greater
created a Baronet Jan. 21, 1641; he was twice married, value in the co. of Kent to the fame uſes; among which latter
firſt to Rachael, daughter of Auguſtine Meſſenger, of Hackford was this eſtate at Allington, the farther account of which, as
in the co. of Norfolk, gent. and ſecondly to Bridget, daugh deſcribed in the
the act, may
be ſeen above under the account
ter of John Coke, of Holkham in the co. of Norfolk, efq; but of the manor of Maidſtone; p. 96.
died without iſſue, Dec. 7, 1659, and was buried in Melton (8) Eet. Thef. p. 384.
Confiable church. Sir Edward Anley, knt. the third ſon, (b) Prynne's Records, vol. iii, p. 712: (i) Ibid. p.715.
died March 15, 1653, and was buried in the above-menti (k) Reg. Roff. p. 156.
Floog
oned church, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter (1) MX. Twyfden. He was preſented by the Crown.
en-
RECTORS.
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The H I S T 07 R Y 2 KE N T.
ALLINGTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Richard Spencer, A. M. inſt. arable land is one carucate. In demeſne there is
Oct. 27, 1714.
one carucate and an half, and fix villeins, with one
ni mtojba Edward Weller, 1757. Pre borderer, having half a carucate. d. cow or There
oth Is TOO
fent Rector.
are fix ſervants, and one mill of ten Millings. There
In the church-yard of this pariſh lies buried
are ten acres of meadow, and thirty acres of paſture
Mr. Drayton, of Maidſtone, a moſt ingenious per-
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor it was worth
fon and excellent botanift.
40 ſhillings, when he received it four pounds, now
100 Millings. In the time of K. Edward the Con-
184 adtai gali tiroirse on ei ad
DI TT o N. hand on || feffor, two men, Leuuin and Uluuin held this land
in coparcenary, and could turn themſelves over with
WESTWARD from Allington lies the pariſh this land to whomever they would. stio bora olana
of Ditton called in antient records Diltune.
The eſtate firſt deſcribed appears to have been
It takes its name from the Saxon words dic and
what has fince been known by the name of the
tune, which ſignify the village ſituated on the dike,
manor of Ditton, with the appendant manor of
or trench of water, TBATT1003 IHT
Brampton.
bodorda
THE MANOR of DITTON, with BRAMPTON
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, Dit-
-1895 bra and SIFLE STON. do motoribimill ton became confiſcated to the Crown; after
which it appears to have been held of the Clares,
This place, at the time of taking the ſurvey
Earls of Glouceſter, by a family who aſſumed their
of Domeſday, in the reign
an of the Conqueror, was
part of the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux,
bus od siri za mid baby
and Earl of Kent, the King's half brother, un In the reign of K. Edward I. William de Dit-
der the general title of whoſe lands it is thus
ton held the manor of Ditton of the Earl of Glou-
deſcribed in it.
ខ្លួនរC'17,
ceſter, as half a knight's fee, at which time the
b. Vicec'
manor of Brampton, once part of it, was held
Haimo ten' de epo' Diētune. p. uno folin ſe defd. by William de Brampton, as one quarter of a
Tra. e'. 4. cari In dnio Junt. 2. & 20. villi -cu’. | knight's fee, of the above William de Dition, and
5. bord bnt. 3. car. Ibi æccla & 6. ſervi. & un' by him of the Earl of Glouceſter (m). In the be-
molin' de 10. ſolid. & 8. ac' pti. & 35. ac paſtura. ginning of the next reign of K. Edward II, Ralph
filva. 6. poro. T.R. E. valeb. 8. lib. qdo recep'. de Dilton and Joan de Lezkenore were owners of
100. fol. modo 8. lib. Sbern tenuit de
theſe manors (n). After which, they both paſſed
be
Which is : Haimo the Sheriff holds of the Biskop
into the name of Aldon, and Thomas de Aldon,
(of Baieux) Distune. It was taxed at one fuling. in the 20th year of K. Edward III, paid aid at
The arable land is four carucates. In demeſne there
the making the Black Prince a knight, for this
are two, and 20 villeins, with five borderers, hav. manor of Ditton, with its appendage of Bramp-
ing three carucates. There is a church and 6 ſer-
ton, as one half and one quarter of a knights
vants, and one mill of 10 ſhillings, and eight acres
fee, which Ralph de Ditton, and Rich. de Bramp-
of meadow, and 35 acres of paſture. Wood for the
ton had before held in Dition, of the Earl of
pannage of ſix bogs. In the time of King Edward
Glouceſter.
the Confeſor it was worth 8 pounds, when he re The manor of Sifletone came to the Crown like-
ceived it 100 ſhillings, now eight pounds. Sbern wife on the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, and
beld it of K. Edward.
was afterwards held by a family who took their
There was at the above time in this pariſh name from it. In the reign of K. Henry III.
likewiſe, another eſtate, called Sifletone, part of and beginning of that of K. Edward I. William
the poffeffions alſo of the Biſhop of Baieux, which de Sifeſton held it, as half a knight's fee, of Wm.
is thus entered in the ſame book immediately de Ditton, abovementioned, as he again did of
after that above deſcribed.
the Earl of Glouceſter. From which name it paſſed
Uitalis ten de epo' Sifletone p. 3. jugis ſe defd. into that of Burgherſh, and Robert de Burgherſh,
Tra'. e'. I. car. In dnio'. 1. car. & dimid &. 6. Conſtable of Dover Caſtle, and Warden of the
villi cu' uno bord bnt dim." caro
Ibi. 6.
Five ports, and a Baron of this realm died ſeiſed
Servi. & 1. molin de 10. ſolid. Ibi. 10. ac' pti & of this manor in the 34th year of King Edward
30. ac' paſture.
T. R. E. valeb. 40. I, anno 1305, leaving Stephen his ſon and heir,
fol. qdo recep'. 4. lib. modo. 100. folid. Hanc tra’ then 23 years of age (0), who doing his homage,
tenuer. T. R. E. duo ko’es in paragio, Leuuin'. had livery of the lands of his inheritance, and in
& Uluuin'. & potuer' cu tra’, ſua ſe vertere quo
the iſt
year
of K. Edward II, obtained a charter
voluer,
of free warren for all his demeſne lands within
Which is : Vitalis holds of the Biſhop (of Bai this manor (P), and died ſeiſed of it in the 3d
eux) Sifletone. ' It was taxed at three yokes. The year of K. Edward II (9). He was ſucceeded
'
rege. E.
Samo
361
(m) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
(n) Rolls of Knight's Fees.
(0) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 34. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(p) Rot. Cart, ejus an. No. 22.(9) Ibid. N. 4.
10 by

The H I STOŘ Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
187
DITTON.
e 35th year
vear of K. Edward
a Baron of
their appurts, in Dyſton, Syflyngton, Ejt Malling,
Hereford, whoſe ſon, William Clifford, of Bobel
lated Earl of S
VOIT
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
by Bartholomew, Lord Burgherſ) (r), from whom
flascid
5000
nors of Dyrton,
this manor ſeems to have paſſed to Thoinas de
Suffington and Brampton, with all
Aldon, who in the 20th year of K. Edw. IH, was Maidſtone and Brampton, late belonging to John
likewiſe poffeffed of the manor of Ditton, with Leigh, eſq; to hold during the term of his natu-
that of Brampton, as has been already mentioned. ral life, without any rent or account whatſo-
In which year he alfo paid aid at the making ever (a), and in the next year the King granted
the Black Prince a Knight for this manor, a to the laid Thomas, Lord Wriotheſley, or as the
half a knights fee, which Robert de Burgherſh name was then pronounced, Wreſeley, the fee of
formerly held in Syfleton of the Earl of Glouceſ theſe manors and their appurts. to hold in capite
ter. He died in the 2
by knight's ſervice (b), and the next year he had
III. anno 360, feiſed of Ditton manor, with that a grant of the tenths reſerved by it (c).
of Brampton, and the manor of Sifleſton (s), after He was on the iſt of Jan, in the 35th year
which they came into the family of Paveley, from of K. Henry VIII. advanced to the dignity of
which they paſſed to that of Windleſor, or Wind ron of this realm, by the title of Lord
for, in the firſt year of K. Richard II, in which Wriotbeſley, of Titchfield in the co. of Southamp-
name they continued till the 15th year of that ton, and the next year was made Lord Chan-
reign, when they were conveyed by fale to fir cellor in the room of the Lord Audley, deceaſed,
Lewis Clifford, Knight of the Garter, deſcended and ſhortly afterwards Knight of the Garter ;
from the Cäffords, of Clifford cafle, in the co. of and on Feb. 16, anno 1 Edward VI, being
three days before the coronation, he was cre-
bing (t), in this co. eſq
; fold them, in the reign
of K. Henry V. to fir Wm. Co
Colepeper, knt. (u), that ſame year, he alienated theſe manors with
fir Richard Colepeper, of Oxenhoath,
their
appurts
. to fir. Robert Southwell
, of Mere-
knt. was Sheriff of this county in the rith worth, knt, and his heirs (e), who in the iſt and
of K. Edward IV, and died poſſeſſed of theſe
2d
year
of K. Philip and Q. Mary anno 1554
manors in the 2d year of K. Richard III, anno conveyed them to Sir Thomas Pope, knt. in which
1484 (V). He left no iſſue male, ſo that his name they remained till the next reign of Queen
three daughters, Margaret, married to William Elizabeth, when they were alienated to Wife-
Cotton, of Oxenboath, Joyce, wife of Edmund, man (f), and in the 24th year of it, theſe ma-
Lord Howard, and Elizabeth, married to Henry nors were the joint property of William, George,
Barham, eſq; became his coheirs (w).id Philip, and John Wiſeman, brothers, as I conjec-
They in the next reign, of K. Henry VII, ture, which Philip, having purchaſed the ſhares
joined in the ſale of theſe manors to Tho. Leigh, of the others, appears the next year to have
of Sibton in Liminge, in this county (x). He left been in the poffeffion of the whole fee of
son
iſſue a fon and heir, John Leigh, alias a Legh, who
18,1oast at bobsh
was of Addington in the co. of Surry, ejq; (y), and From the name of Wiſeman theſe manors were
by his indenture, dated July 13, in 35th year conveyed, in the reign
of K. Henry VIII, exchanged theſe manors Oliver Boteler of Teſton in this county, knt. (b)
with that King for other lands and premi- who died feiſed
fed of them Nov. 22, 1632. His
ſes (%).
gol din intre
eldeſt ſon, fir John Boteler, of Teflon, knt. died
After which, the King, July 12, in the 36th without iſſue, upon which his next brother, fir
year of his reign, granted to his well beloved Wm. Boteler, knt. became his heir, and was cre-
and faithful Councellor, fir Thomas Wriotheſley, ated a Beronet by K. Charles I. July 3, anno
knt. Lord Wriotheſley, and Lord Chancellor of Eng 1640. His great grandſon, fir Philip Boteler, of
land, among other premiſes, his lordſhips or ma Teſton, bart. died Jan. 20, 1772 without ſurvi-
100
whoſe fon,
En year
02
them (g).
2011
of K. James I. to fir
ΤΟ
IV. ,
(-) See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 34.
3101 on
(s) See more of this family, under Chidingſtone, vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 404
03 nice
(+) See more of this family, under Bobbing.
KO
(u) Philipott, p. 132, and pedigree of Colepeper.
(v) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 28. The Cliffords, in the reign
of K. Henry V, had alienated ſome part of their eſtate in
this pariſh to Roper; which Edmund, ſon of Ralph Roper died
feiſed of in the 3d year of K. Henry VI, as appears Rot. Eſch.
N.
33, and his fucceffor alienated the ſame to for Willian
Colejeper, whoſe ſon, fir Richard died ſeiſed of it as above-
mentioned. Philipott, p. 132.
(w) Mf. pedigree of Colepeper.
(2) Philipott, p. 132.
(9) Mfr. pedigree of Leigh. See more of this family, under
Eaft Wickham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 173.
(2) Deeds of Purchaſe and Exchange, Augtn. off. box
D. 8.
(a) Inrolments, Augtn, off.
. .
. and
4:
(c) Augtn. off. bundle W. 2, roll 80, 81. This noble-
man was deſcended from John Wryotheſley, commonly called
Wrythe, Garter King at Arms in the reigns of K. Edward
left
t illue two fona:
two ſons, Thomas,
likewiſe Garter on his father's death, and William, York
Herald, whoſe fon was Thomas, Lord
ord Wriotheſley, above-
mentioned.
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 383, 384. He bore for his
arnıs-Azure, a plain croſs or, between 4. falcons clofed,
argent. Dugd. ibid.
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 4. See more of him, under
Mereworth.
(f) Philipott, p. 132.
(8) Rot. Eſch. anno 24 Eliz. pt. 2, and ibid. anno 25
Eliz.
pt. 9.
(5) Philipott, p. 132.
ving

188
DIS
wear of
by Jane?
7, 1772, and his
moietva
ſon,
The HISTORY of K & N T.
DITTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
ving iſſue (ë), and by his laſt will bequeathed one a daughter Mary, who was married to Mr. Peter
Bewley (P), and ſhe, on her brother's death with-
of Chart Sutton, and the other moiety to Elizabeth, out iſſue, entitled her huſband to this manor.
Viſcounteſs Dowager Folkſtone, and her ſon, Wm. They had iſſue two daughters, Eliz. who died
Bouverie, Earl of Radnor, ſince deceaſed, and unmarried on O&t. 14, 1638, and Mary, who
on a partition of theſe eſtates, the manor of Dit became her father's heir, and carried this manor
ton, with · Brampton and Syfleſton, and the appurts. in marriage to Mr. Balje, of the co. of Suffolk (9),
belonging to them, was allotted to the Right who, in the beginning of the reign of K. Charles
Hon. Lady Dowager, Viſcounteſs Folkſtone (k), the II. alienated it to hr Thomas Twijden, knt, one of
preſent poſſeſſor of them.
pivota sriginsi yd
the Judges of the Court of King's Bench.
BOROUGH-COURT. 20 days
He was ſecond ſon of fir William Twyſden, of
Eaſt Peckham, in this county, bart. by Anne, his
Borough Court, alias Brooke Court, is a manor
ſecond wife, daughter of the firſt Counteſs of
which lies at the northern extremity of this
pa Winchelſea, and was created a Baronet on June
riſh, at no great diſtance from Newhyth, and the
13, in the 19th year of K. Charles II. anno 1666.
river Medway. It was part of the poſſeſſions of He afterwards feated himſelf at Bradborne in the
the eminent family of Colepeper, ſo early as the adjoining pariſh of Eaſt Malling, and left iffue,
reign of K. Edward III. in the firſt year
Tomlinſon, his wife, feveral children, of
which, Walter Colepeper, eſq; was found to die
whom, fir Roger Twiſden, bart, was his eldeſt
ſeiſed of it (1). He had three ſons, Thomas, the and ſucceeded to this manor ; his grand-
eldeſt died without iſſue fir Jeffry Colepeper, knt. ſon of the ſame name a
ſame name died poſſeſſed of it March
the ſecond was of Aylesford, and John Colepeper,
and his eldeſt ſon and heir, fir Roger
DBL 810
was the third ſon.
Twiſden, of Bredborne, bart. is the preſent owner
Sir Jefry Colepeper, knt, ſeems to have poffel of this manor.
ſed this maror, in which he was ſucceeded by There is a Court Baron held for this manor.
OM 10 170g
his ſon, William Colepeper, who was of Aylesford
onnis
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE. areas
and Oxenboath, efq; and he left iſſue a ſon fir
The monaſtery of Boxley in this county, had
John Colepeper, who lived in the reign of King
at the time of the diffolution of it, lands in this
Henry V. His ſon, fir William Colepeper, of
pariſh. K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Feb. 8,
Aylesford, knt, left iſſue, by a daughter of
in his 29th year, demiſed to John Morce, of Ej
Ferrers, of Groby, three ſons, Richard, William,
who was
Malling, his marſh, with its appurts. in Ditton,
s of Aylesford, and anceſtor of thoſe of
Preſton in that pariſh, and Jeffry (m),
and Ejt Malling, late in the tenure of John Hal-
lywell, and thoſe his two parcels of meadow in
Richard Colepeper, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, was af- || chofe pariſhes, late in the tenure of John Tomlyn,
terwards knighted, and was of Oxenboath in this
all which premiſes belonged to the late Abbey of
county. He died feiſed of this manor in the 2d
Boxley, to hold for 21 yeass at the yearly rent of
year of K. Richard III, anro 1484, leaving his
18 ſhillings (r).
( simbol yd.
three daughters his coheirs, viz. Margaret, mar There was in the middle of the laſt century a
ried to Wm. Cotton, of Oxenhoath, and Joice, to
gentleman's family of the name of Brewer, who
Edmund, Lord Howard, and Elizabeth, to Henry
reſided in this pariſh for ſeveral generacions, as
Barham, of Teſton.
appears by their memorials in this church, where
After which it was alienated to Francis Sha ſeveral of theni lie buried.
kerly, of the co. of Lancaſter (n), who upon this Thomas Golding, of Leyborne, efq; who was She-
removed into Kent, and reſided at Brooke Court. riff of this county in 1703, had a good eſtate in
He had iſſue by Eraſma his wife, daughter of this pariſh, which he bequeathed at his death
John Palmer, of Kentiſh Town, eſq; fix ſons and to his nephew, Mr. Thomas Golding, of Ryarſh,
two daughters (0).
who fold it to John Brewer, eſq; Counſellor at
Richard Shakerly, the eldeſt ſon, was of Brooke Law, and he foon afterwards reconveyed it back
Court, eſq; and had iſſue by Elizabeth Lilley, his again to Mr. Thomas Golding (s), whoſe fon,
wife, a ſon John, born about the year 1600, and Mr. John Golding, is now in the poffeſion of it.
3309
(i) Mf. Ped. of Boteler. See more of this family under daughter of Godden, left iſſue George ; the third ſon, was of
Teflon.
Otham, and by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Darel, of
(é) See more of the family of Bouverie under Folkftone. Scotney, left iflue a fon Francis, who was elected Fellow of
(!) Philipott, p. 232.
Allfouls College in 1620, and a daughter Mary; the other
(12) See more of this family above, under Preſton in Ayles thice fons Robert, Rowland, and Peter died unmarried.
ford, p. 174.
Vifto. Co, Kent, 1619. Ped. Shakerley.
(n) He was the ſecond ſon of Pèter Shakerly, of Shakerly () Deſcended from thoſe of Bewley. Court in Woldham.
in the co. of Lancaſier, eſq; who bore for his arms- Argent, (7) Philipott p. 232.
boy
a chevron, vert bettveen three tufis, or mounts of graſs of the (») Iurollments Augmt. Off.
ſecond.
(5) Mr. Brewer gave socol. for it, but fold it again for
() Of the former, Richard, the eldeſt, was his heir, Tho-
a confiderable ſum leſs. The Brewers bore for their arms
más, the fecond ſon, was of Wrotham, and by his wife, Gules, 2 bends .wavy, a cunten vaire, a mullet charged with
a creſcent for difference.
PRESENT

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ, 189
PRESENT STATE OF DITTON.
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ. .
DITTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
gious ſhould poſſeſs the Parſonage and two fhil-
lings per ann. as a penſion to be paid by the
The high road from London, through Wrot-
hand of the Vicar, who being by them preſented
ham to Maidſtone, croſſes this pariſh from weſt
to the Biſhop, ſhould poſſeſs the reſidue of this
to eaſt, as does the brooke or rivilet, which riſes
church, in the name of the Vicarage of it, ſav-
above ſir Roger Twiſden's Park, in Eaſt Malling,
ing all epiſcopal right, &c. (z).
from ſouth to north, and having turned a mill
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
runs into the Medway.
of Ditton was valued at 12 marcs (a).
This pariſh among others was antiently bound It is valued in the King's Books at ul. 155.
to contribute to the repair of the fifth pier of od. and the yearly tenths at il 35. 60. (b).
Rocheſter bridge (t).
The patronage of this Rectory, (for ſuch it
ſeems to have been accounted at the diffolution
of the Priory of Leeds, in the reign of K. Henry
In the woods at the ſouthern part of this pariſh VIII.) was, together with the penſion of 25.
are many trees of the mountain aſh, with berries,
yearly from it, and the reſt of the poſſeſſions of
called in Gerard, forbus ſilveſtris, five fraxinus bubula, that houſe, ſurrendered into the King's hands,
the quicken tree, wild aſh, or ſervice tree (u), and and was confirmed to him and his heirs, by the
by Miller, forbus aucuparea, the wild ſervice, or general words of the act of the 31ſt of that reign
quicken tree.
paſſed for this purpoſe.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In the reign of K. James I. Richard Shakerley,
eſq; was patron of this church. The preſent pas
Ditton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of
tron is The Right Hon. Heneage, Earl of Aylesford,
the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and deanry of Malling.
in whoſe family it has been ſome time.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter,
The penſion of 2s. yearly, payable from this
is a ſmall building, with a ſquare tower at the
church to the Priory of Leeds, being ſurrendered
weſt end. It ſtands in the ſouthern part of the
and confirmed to the King and his heirs, as
pariſh, and antiently paid gd. chriſm rent to the
abovementioned, was ſettled by him in his 33d
mother church of the dioceſe (v).
year, by his dotation charter, on his new founded
The church of Ditton was given, in the reign Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, who now enjoy it.
of K. Henry II. by William, whoſe ſurname is
not mentioned, though it appears that he was Lord
of this pariſh, in free and perpetual alms, to the
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
canons of the Priory of Ledes in this county, or by whom preſented.
niz adi o su: 10
which gift was confirmed by Hamo his ſon, like-
Priory of Leeds.
(c) Laurence Skoye, in 1501.
wiſe Lord of Ditton, and by Gualeran, at that
The Queen.
Sot od (d) William Clough, Oct. 10,
time Biſhop of Rocheſter (w).
1s
pod obrt: 1553.
Gilbert de Glanvill, the ſucceſſor of Biſhop Gua Richard Shakerley, (e) William Prew, A. M. obt.
leran, confirmed the ſame, and further granted eſq;
Sept. 28, 1638.
to the Prior and Canons, the Parſonage of this
(f) William Fole, A. M. obt.
church, in perpetual alms, and aſſigned to them,
Sept. 19, 1678.
in the name of the ſaid Parſonage, one bezant (x)
(8) Thomas Tilſon.
to be received yearly from this church for ever,
(h. Thomas Tilſon, inft. Oct.
by the hand of the perpetual Vicar of it, to be
29, 1702.
preſented by them, and inſtituted by the Biſhop, Earl of Aylesford. John Oare, 1750, 06. 1773.
faving all epiſcopal rights, &c. (y) Biſhop Ri-
(i) Joſeph Butler Milner,
chard de Wendover, in the reign of K. Henry III.
Preſent
confirmed the ſame, and granted that the reli-
Rector.
CHURCH OF DITTON.
A. M. 1773
(t) Johnſ. Gerards Herbal, p. 1473.
(u) Lamb. Per. p. 422.
(v) Text. Roff. p. 229.25
(w) Reg. Roff. p. 318, It was alſo confirmed by Simon,
Prior, and the Convent of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, with the
licence of receiving two ſhillings annual penſion from it.
Ibid. p. 211.
(x) In Latin Bezantus. This was a piece of money coined
by the Weſtern Emperors at Conſtantinople, or Byzantium ;
of this there were two ſorts, gold and ſilver, both which
paſſed in England; the latter was worth 25. of which kind
was that above mentioned.
bow Snøreboot sotul sa
(1) Reg. Roff. p. 318. Try of bood
(x) Reg. Roff. p. 217. Walter, Biſhop of Rochefler, in
VOL. II.
the reign of K. Edward I, Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, and
others confirmed this church to the Prior of Ledes. Reg.
Roff. p. 212.
(a) Stev. Mon. vol. I. p. 456.
Si pol bocour
(6) E&. Theſ. p. 383.
(c) Reg. Roff. p. 426.
(d) Rym. Feed. vol. xv, p. 348.
(e) He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
(1) He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
.
(8) Alſo Vicar of Aylesford.
(5) Son of the former, and alſo Vicar of Aylesford.
(i) Alfo Vicar of Burham. dine or more
"Ноя 2ъЯ
SNODLAND.
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190
Tbe HISTORY; of
of 2K EN T.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
kuin
SNODLAND.
Allan
time of K. Edward and afterwards, it was worth
S N O D L A N D.
fix pounds, and now nine pounds.
When Biſhop Gundulph, foon after this, fol-
NORTHWARD from Ditton and that part
lowing Archbiſhop Lanfranc's example, ſeparated
of Aylesford which lies on the weſtern ſide of his revenue from that of his Priory, this manor,
the Medway, is Snodland, called in Domeſday, El together with Holborough, continued part of the
noiland, and in the Textus Roffenfis Snoddingland,
Biſhop's poffeffions, and the ſame was confirmed
and Snodiland.
to the church of Rocheſter by Archbiſhop Anſelm,
In the year 838, K. Egbert, with the conſent
and by Archbiſhop Boniface, in the 39th year of
of his ſon K. Æthelwulf, gave to Beormod, Biſhop K. Henry III, anno 1254 (n).
of Rocheſter, four plow lands at Snoddinglond and On a taxation of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's ma-
Holanbeorge, with the privilege of leaving them nors next year, the jury returned, that Holeberge
to whomever he pleaſed ; and he granted that was a member of the manor of Halling, and had
the lands ſhould be free from all ſervice, to in it 197 acres of arable land, which they valued
which he added one mill on the ſtream, named at 4.d. per acre at the moſt, as there was no
Holanbeorges bourne, and on the hill belonging marle there. That there were here 14 acres of
to the King 50 loads of wood, and likewiſe the meadow, fix acres of paſture, which were falt,
four denberies of Hwetonftede, Healden, Hefe and and three lately made freſh, and they valued each
Helmanburit (k).
acre at 8d. and the mill at 20s. per ann. (0).
And in the year 841, Etheluulf, King of the At the latter end of the ſame reign, on an ex-
West Saxons, with the advice of his Biſhops and amination upon oath, concerning the revenues
great men, gave to the Biſhop two plowlands at of the Biſhop's table, Holeberge, as an appendage
Holanbeorges, in perpetual inheritance, with the
to the Biſhop's manor of Halling, was valued in
privilege of leaving them to whomever he would,
groſs with it (P), as it was again in the 20th
and that they ſhould be free from all regal fer year of K. Edward I. (9)
vice in all things whatſoever (1).
There is an account in a Mâ. in the Cotton
Whilft Ælfftane was Biſhop of Rocheſter, who library of the ſtock, which ſhould remain on the
came to the fee in 945, and died in 984, one ſeveral manors of this biſhopric, on the deceaſe
Birtrick, a rich man, who lived at Meopham, of each Biſhop, which ſays that at Holeberghe,
with the conſent of Elfswithe, his wife, made his there ſhould be fixteen oxen, four ſtallions, each
teſtament, and gave, after their deaths, his lands of the price of 1os. one mare of the price of 20s.
at Snodland to St. Andrew's church at Rocheſter(m). and two ſwans ; that ſeed ought to be provided
The Biſhop of Rocheſter continued in the poſ out of the aſſets of the deceaſed, and that four
ſeſlion of this place at the time of taking the plowmen and one carter ought to be maintained
general ſurvey of Domeſday, about the 15th year out of the fame, until the feaſt of St. Peter ad
of the Conqueror's reign, anno 1080, in which Vincula, and that iron cools, and implements of
record it is thus entered, under the general title huſbandry ought to be provided in like manner
of that Biſhop's lands:
for the above purpoſe (r).
Iſde' epsº tenº Ejnoiland. T. R. E. Se defd p. 6. Hamo, Biſloop of Rocheſter, in the year 1323,
Solins. & mo. p. 3bs. Tra. e'. 6. car. In dnio' anno 16th Edw. II, new built the mill at Hol-
funt. 2. car'. & 10 villi cu'. 6. bord. hnt. 6. car'. bergh, with timber from Porſtede, at the expence
Ibi accla & 5. fervi. & zes, mold. de. 40. Solid. & of 10 pounds (s).
30. ac. pti. ſilva 4. porc. T. R. É. & poft valeb.
The Biſhop of Rocheſter ſeems about this time
6 lib. & mo. 9. lib.
to have had a park here (1)
.mpft yd
Which is: The ſame Biſhop (of Rocheſter) bolds The eſtate of Snodland with Holborew, ftill
Efnoiland. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor continue part of the poffeßions of the Right Rev.
it was taxed at 6 ſulings, and now at 3. The ara the Lord Biſhop of Rocheſter (u).
ble land is 6 carucates. In demeſne there are two The family of Palmer, who bore for their
carucates & 10 villeins, with 6 borderers, having -- Argent, a chevron between 3 palmers fcrips,
6 carucates. There is a church and five ſervants, | ſable, taſſelled and buckled, or, reſided for ſome
and three mills of 40 ſhillings, and 30 acres of mea. time in this pariſh (v), as I conjecture, tenants
dow, wood for the pannage of four hogs. In the to the Biſhops of Rocheſter, of their poffeflions
take to the Biops of
(k) Text. Roff. p. 99.
(1) Ibid. p. 100.
(m) See Meophan, vol. i. of this Hift. p. 464.
(n) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 2.
vid with
(o) Reg. Roff. p. 63.
(P) See Halling, vol. i. of this Hift. p. 476, and Reg.
Roff.
(?) See Halling and Reg. Roff. p. 89. siis ka no )
(r.) Reg. Roff. p. 133.
(s) Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 363.
(t) Reg. Roff. p. 604.
p. 64.
(u) About the reign of K. Edward I. John and William,
ſons of Richard de Snodland releaſed to Thomas, Biſhop of
Rocheſter, and his fucceffors, one rood and four days works
of land in Snodland, for which the Bishop gave them
7s.
8d.
perling. Reg. Roff. p. 601. John le Ujher, of Snodland,
granted to the ſame Biſhop a tenement in Snodland, contain-
ing three roods and two days works, which he held of the
Biſhop, who covenanted to grant him another like tenement.
Ibid. p. 602.
(v) Philipott, p. 322.
here,

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
191
ไป
4.900
lons and
SNODLAND.
LARKFIELD HUNDREB.
Wow
here. Several of them lie buried in the church of
Snodland, particularly Thomas Palmer, who már-
HOLOWA
W A Y COURT en 19
ried the daughter of Fitzſimond, and died on al-
bag()
cenlion day, anno 1407(2). From him deſcended
is a ſeat in this pariſh, which gave name to a
family that reſided at it. Henry de Holeweye paid
the Palmers, of Tottington in Aylesford, and of
aid for it in the beginning of the reign of King
Homelets in Bekeſornë, now extinct.
Henry III. (b). His deſcendant, William de Ho-
The Palmers were ſucceeded here by the
leweye poſſeſſed it in the goth year of K. Edw.
Leedsºs(x), to whom, in the reign of K. Charles
I.(c); from which name it paſſed into that of
1. fucceeded the Whitfields of Canterbury(). Wm.
Tilghman, who were owners of it in the reign of
Dalyſon, of Weft Peckham, efq; is the preſent leffee
K. Edward III. (d). bms.
of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's eſtate in this pariſh.
Richard Tilghman poffeffed it in the reigni
VELES alias SNOD LAND
of K. Henry IV (f), and in his deſcendants
is a manor in this pariſh, which in the reign of
it continued down to Edward Tilghman, who was
K. Edward I. was held as half a knight's fee, of
of Snodland, eſq; and was twice married; firſt,
the Biſhop of Rocheſter, by John de Pevenafke,
to Margaret, daughter of Brewer, of Ditton, by
whom he had a fon Francis, and ſecondly, to
John Harange, and Walter Lad, as copar ceners, unt
and in the 20th year of K. Edward III. Richard
Pevenaſhe, Jobn de Melford, John Lade, and Ri-
one daughter(b). The eldeſt of whom, i betenball
chard le Veel, paid aid for it at the making the
Tilghman, who had part of his father's lands in
this pariſh, which continued in his deſcendants
Black Prince a knight, holding it in like man-
ner, as half a knight's fee, of which the ſaid
till about the year 1680, when they were alien-
John de Melford poffeffed an eighth part.
ated to Sir John Marſham, bart. (i) whoſe deſcen-
dant, The Right Hon. Robert, Lord Romney, is the
This manor ſeems afterwards to have been
wholly veſted in the family of Veel, called in
preſent poffeffor of them.
Er iondo9052
deeds likewife Le Vitele, and in Latin Vitulus (z).
Francis Tilghman, only ſon of Edward, by his
After they were extinct here, it paſſed into the
firſt wife, was of Snodland, and reſided at Holo-
name of Blunt, and from that to Turvye, for way Court in the reign of K. James I. He mar-
whoſe heirs it was held in the latter end of the
ried Margery, daughter of fir Adam Spracklyn, of
reign of K. Henry VIII. by Ricb. Harvey (a). It
Ellington in Thanet, knt. by whom he had a ſon,
paſſed, after ſome intermediate owners, by ſale
Francis, and a daughter, Catherine, who both
to Crow, and from thence in like manner to Mr.
died infants. He paſſed away this eſtate by ſale
John May, whoſe two ſons, Mr. John and Wil-
to Elotworthy, deſcended from thoſe of that name
liam May, of this pariſh, afterwards pofſeffed it.
in Devonſhire, and he by will bequeathed it to
The latter died in 1777 on which the entire fee
his fifter's fon, Mr. Thomas Williams (k), who
of it became veſted in his brother Mr. John May,
alienated it to Richard Manley, eſq; who refided
the preſent poſſeſſor of it.
here (1). He married Martha, the eldeſt daugh-
they were painted in very old glaſs in the windows
or, as they
(w) Weaver, p. 331. Who recites his epitaph, now
of this houfe.
obliterated :
3000 ov Palmers al our faders were
Richard Tilghman left iſſue two ſons, Thomas, who fuc-
I, a Palmer, livyd here
ceeded him here, and William, whoſe deſcendants were of
or os band
And travylled till worne wythe age
Faverſham in this county. Thomas Tilghman, the eldeſt ſon,
I endyd this worlds pylgramage
was of Snodland, and left a fon and heir, Wetium, who by
On the bly1x A fention day
Sufánriab, daughter of Thomas Avery, left ifiue Richard, his
In the cherful month of Maybed
ſon and heir. Which Richard Tilghman married; firſt, the
A thowfand wyth fowre hundryd ſeven
daughter of Pordage, and ſecondly the daughter of Newman,
And took my jorney benſe to Heuen. .
by the former of
y he had iſſue a fon Williamwho
(x) One of whom, William Leeds, lay interred in this
was likewiſe of Snodland, and married four wives ; Joan,
church, whoſe arms-a feſs between three eagles, were engra-
daughter of Andrew Amherſt, Mary, daughter of John Bere,
ved in braſs on his tomb, but they are now torn away.
of Rochefter, Ifabel,
, daughter of Whetenhalt, of
He died Aug. 27, anno
(y) Philipott, p. 322.
Mary, daughter of 2
1541, and lies buried in this church with two of his wives,
(z) Reg. Roff. p. 601 to 604. Robert l'itulus, in the
Ifabel and Joane. He had iffue by his fecond wife, only
reign of K. Edward I. with the affent of Walter, Biſhop of Edward, his ſon and heir, who was of Snodland, as above-
Rocheſter, and with the leave of Seunfrid, his brother, and mentioned. Viſtn. co. Kent. 1619
his wife Emma, and of his heirs, gave” to the monks of St. (5) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 287.
Andrew's, Rocheſter, two acres of land of his lordſhip of (i) The ſecond fon was Oſwald Tilghman, who was of
Snodland, of the yearly rent of 12 pence, and in the tenure
London ; Dorothy, the daughter, was married to Thomas St.
of William Enif's fons, and this he did for the good of his
Nicholas, of Aſh. She lies buried in Aſh church near Sand-
foul, &c.
wich, where the arms of St. Nicholas impaling Tilghman
(a) Mr. Petitt Fodary of Kent his book.
máy be ſeen on her monument. See Viſtn. co. of Kent,
(6) Philipott, p. 322.
1619.
(c) Reg. Roff.
কg
Povodo in
(k) Philipott, p. 3226 velo subta laat bubu
(d) Philipott, p. ibid. c'mke
sisipaa (1) He bore for his arms-Argent, a right hand corped, fa-
(f) He bore for his arms-Per feſó fáble and argent, a lion ble. He died April 29, 1684, and was buried in Snodland
rempant regardant, doubled queved counterchanged, crowned,
church, as was Martha his wife, who died March 29, 1682.
bas
ikewife of whom-only he
Beckbam, and
123
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P.
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192
H I STORY of K E N T.
The
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
PRESENT STATE OF SNODLAND.
70 acres of
SNODLAND.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
ter of John Baynard, of Shorne, gent. and widow Biſhop's park, in the pariſh of Snodland lying be-
of Bonham Faunce, of St. Margaret's, Rocheſter, tween the park and the land of John de Holeweye,
gent. (m) and had iſſue by her one ſon, Charles, one end of it to the wood of John le Lad, of
and a daughter, Frances (12). He fold Holoway Snodeland, and the other to the way called le
Court to Mr. John Conny, of Rocheſter, ſurgeon(o), Holeweye, to hold of him and his heirs and af-
on whoſe deceaſe his eldeſt ſon (P), Robert Con ſigns, to the Biſhop and his ſucceſſors, freely,
ny, of Rocheſter, M. D.(9) ſucceeded to it, and and quietly, for ever, for which the Biſhop had
he ſold it to Thomas Pearce, efq; a Commiſſioner paid him in hand 10 ſhillings of ſilver (u).
of the navy, whoſe three ſons and coheirs, Tho Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, June 25, anno 3,
was, Beſt, and Vincent Pearce, conveyed it by Edward III, gave and granted to John de Mele-
ſale to Mr. John May, and his eldeſt ſon, Mr. forde, all the meſſuages, lands and tenements,
John May, of Holborough in this pariſh, now pof with their appurts. whatſoever, which were John
ſeffes it.
Herynge's, late his tenant in the pariſhes of Snod.
land and Halling; which came to him, the Biſhop,
There is in the weſtern part of this pariſh an
in eſcheat by forfeiture, to hold to him and his
eſtate corruptly called Puniſh, which takes its
only heir, of him and his fucceffors, by the ſer-
name from the antient owners of it, the family
vices due and accuſtomed from it (v).
of Poueneſſe or Pevenaſhe, afterwards written by
contraction Poneſhe.
John de Poveneſſe held this eſtate, which lies
Snodland lies on the weſtern bank of the river
partly in Srodland and partly in Birling, in the
Medway. The village is lituated on the eaſtern
time of K. Henry III, and it ſeems to have been
ſide of the pariſh, about half a mile from the
part
of that land, which his deſcendant, Richard river, and the church about a quarter of a mile
de Poveneſe, or Poneſhe, held in the 20th year ſouth eaſtward from that. In the ſouthern part of
of K. Edward III, as coparcenor with Richard the pariſh, the ſtream, which flows from Wrot-
le Veel, and others, as has been already men ham to Birling, and thence hither turns a paper-mill,
tioned.
and then flows into the Medway. At the extre-
Matthew Brown died in the 4th and 5th year
mity of the pariſh ſouthward is Snodland common.
of K. Philip and Q. Mary, feiſed of
In the northern part of the pariſh next Halling
arable, 40 acres of paſture, and go acres of is The hamlet of Holborough commonly called Ho-
wood, with their appurts, in Snodland and Bir borow (w), in which Mr. John May reſides, in
ling, called Poynyſhe, held of the Biſhop of Ro-
a handfome new built houſe. In this hamlet
cheſter, as of his manor of Halling, in which he there riſes a brook, which flows from thence into
was ſucceeded by Thomas Brown, his ſon and the Medway, at about half a mile's diſtance.
heir (r).
The high road from Larkfield to Halling, and
About a mile eaſtward from the above, is a
thence to Stroud lies through this pariſh. The
farm called Lad's, which in the reign of King weſtern part of this pariſh lies upon the chalk
Edward I. and ſome generations afterwards, was hills, on which the land is very poor, and much
in the poſſeſſion of a family of that name, writ-
covered with fints.
obs
ten in deeds of thoſe times both Lad, and Le This pariſh ought antiently to have contri-
buted to the repair of the 9th pier of Rocheſter
Walter, ſon of John de Bogeherf (t), in the bridge (x).
reign of K. Edw. I. granted to Thomas, Biſhop of Sir John Marſham, bart, and fir Charles Bicker-
Rocheſter, and his ſucceffors, in free, pure, and ſteff, knt, had a deſign of ſupplying the towns of
perpetual alms, all his wood, which he had from Stroud, Rocheſter, and Chatham with freſh water,
John, fon of Gilbert Baker, of Snodland near the by bringing it from the ſpring riſing at the foot
Tatiguab
(m) She had iſſue by him, who ſurvived her, two daugh-
s slorfyr tipo
(5) See Reg. Roff. p. 602, to 604.
ters, Mary, married to Wm. Man, of Canterbury, and Mar (c) He reſided at a place which ſtill bears the name of
tha, to John Cropley, efq; of St. Margaret's Rocheſter. Bogherſt, which lies about half a mile weſtward from P4-
(n) She married Dr. Robert Conny, who afterwards pof niſh, and no doubt was the place from whence thoſe of this
ſeffed this eſtate, and dying May 5, 1723, was buried in name now at Stroud and Frindſoury, were firſt derived.
St. Nicholas church, Rocheſter.
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 604. 109 () Ibid. p. 603.
(c) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 287. He was fon of Robert (w) The name of Holborow, or Old Borough, implies no
Conny, of Godmancheſter, in the co. of Huntingdon, gent. and doubt the great antiquity of this place. Many are inclined
bore for his arms-Sable, a feſs argent, cotized or, between three. to believe, that the uſual paſſage acrofs the river in the
conies of the ſecond.
time of the Romans, was from hence to Scadborough, on the
(p) He had likewiſe a fon Samuel, who left two daughters,
oppoſite ſhore. However that may be, Holborozu was cer-
of whom Sarah, married Capt. Beaumont Walrond, and the
tainly known to them, for in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, an
other, Elizabeth, died ſingle.
urn filled with aſhes was diſcovered in digging of chalk on
(2) He died without iſſue May 25, 1723, and was buried
the hill, above this place, a fure token of the Romans hav-
near his wife in St. Nicholas church, Rocheſter.sh
ing frequented this place. Lamb. Peramb. p. 445.
(n) Rot. ſch. ejus ann.
fx) Lamb. Peramb. p. 424. asta
col 10d
1 మీ వాకం పం o nags, of
.
Lad (). *** of tholetim
She was in the
bogor
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The
193
HISTORY
É
of
Ε Ν Τ.
Κ (i)
bowo.
SNODLAND.
of Holborough hill, and others thereabouts, by
a cut or channel eight feet wide, through Hal-
ling, Cuxton, and Strood to thoſe towns, four
miles of which way was through fir John Mar-
Jham's own lands. in purſuance of which ſcheme,
they perfected the channel for the ſpace of two
miles, when finding ſome obſtructions, and that
they could not proceed without an act of Parlia-
ment for that purpoſe, they procured one in the
iſt
year of K. James II. for that purpoſe ; after
which nothing further was done in it, but for
what reaſon I know not.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Medherſt, S. T. P.
ca
about 1630.
Thomas.
(k) John Walyn, admitted in
1681, obt. Jan. 8, 1712.
Thomas Waſher, 1723, obt:
1748.
Lewis Hughes, A. M. 1748.
Preſent Rector.
to sto
PADLESWORTH near SNODLAND.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
PADLESWORTH commonly called Pauls-
ford, lies the next pariſh weſtward from Snod-
land. It is called in Domeſday Pelleforde, and in
the Textus Roffenfis Pædleſwrtha(1). I ongle
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R.
of
Snodland is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
of the dioceſe and deanry of Rocheſter.
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints,
antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother
church of the dioceſe (y).
The church of Snodland has ever been appen-
dant to the manor.
It has never been appro-
priated, but continues a rectory in the patronage
of The Right Rev. the Lord Biſhop of Rocheſter.
Much diſpute having ariſen between the Rec-
tor of this pariſh, and the Rector of Woldham,
on the oppoſite ſide of the river Med way, con-
cerning the tythe of fiſh caught within the bounds
of the pariſh of Woldham by the pariſhioners of
Snodland, the ſame was ſettled, with the conſent
of both parties, by the Biſhop of Rocheſter, in
1402, as may be ſeen more at large in the ac-
count of the rectory of Woldham (z).
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
of Snodland was valued at 15 marcs (a).
This rectory is valued in the King's Books at
2ol. and the yearly tenths at 21. (b)
William Aliſander, who died in 1469, and lies
buried in the porch of this church, gave a
weekly ſtipend to be laid out in bread for the
poor of this pariſh for ever (c).
At the time of the taking the ſurvey of Domel-
day, about the year 1080, this place was part
the vaſt poffefſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, the
Conqueror's half brother, under the general ti-
tle of whole lands it is thus entered in that re-
cord.
Hugo de port ten' de epo' Pelleforde. p. dimid folin
ſe defd. Tra. e. . In dnio' e'. I. car. &
un vills. cum' 4. bord hnt: 3. boves. Ibi eccla &
2. Servi. & 5. ac. pti. & una ac' paſturæ. 'T. R.E.
valeb. 20. fol. Qdo recep' 30. fol. modi. 40. fol.
Godric tenuit de
rege
E.
Which is : Hugo de Port holds of the Biſhop (of
Baieux) Pelle forde. 'It was taxed at half a ſuling.
The arable land is . ...
In demeſne there is one
carucate, and one villein, with four borderers, hav.
ing 3 oxen. There is a church, and two ſervants,
& acres of meadow, and one acre of paſture. In
the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, it was worth
20 ſhillings, when he received it 30 Millings, now
40 ſhillings. Godric held it of K. Edward.
The property of this place ſeems antiently to
have been divided and in the poffeflion of diffe-
5
a cor ever ca.
rent owners.
posicion of difte
CHURCH OF SNODLAND.
RECTORS.
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
Biſhop of Rocheſter. (d) Wynand de Dryland, in
1295.
(e) Fohn de Denyngtone, in
1338.
(f) William de Meddeltone, in
1346.
(8) Roger at Cherche, in 1402.
(b) Thomas Dalby, obt. Oct.
The greateſt part of this manor in the reign
of K. Henry III. ſeems to have been in the poſ-
ſeſſion of the family of Chetwind, who after-
wards exchanged it with Hamo de Gatton, of
Throwley, and he paſſed it away in the ſame reign
to fir Walter de Huntingfield, knt. (m) who was
poffeſſed of it in the 7th year of K. Edward I (n).
In the 11th year of King Edward II, anno
1317, he had a demiſe in ferme from the Prior
and Convent of Bermunde ſey in Southwark, of their
land of Padleſworth, which Roger de Leyborne had
formerly given them, in conſideration of 80
6, 1472.
() Text. Roff. p. 229.
(z) See above, p. 160, and Reg. Roff. p. 605.
(a) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(6) E&. Theſ. p. 385.
(c) Kilb. p. 252.
(d) Reg. Roff. p. 260.
() Ibid
P.
I 28.
p.
606.
(5) He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
VOL. II.
(i) Mf. Twyfden.
(k) He lies buried in the chancel of this church ; his ſon
was miniſter of Cowdham.
(1) Now called Padle ſworth, near Snodland, to diſtinguiſh
it from another of the name of Padleſworth, vulgarly called
Palford, near Eleham in this county.
(m) Philipott, p. 266.
(n) Roll of Knights fees in the Remembrancer's office.
marcs
(e) Ibid
P. 430.
(8) Ibid
3D

194
The H IS TO RY of K E N T
quer, was
held att
de Say. bigla
,
PADLESWORTH.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
marcs paid in hand in the church of St. Mary eldeſt daughter and coheir of fir Arthur Throck.
Overie in Southwark (0).
morton, of the co. of Northampton, knt. four daugh-
His ſon, fir John de Huntingfield, knt. owned ters his coheirs, ſurviving, viz. Catherine, mar-
it in the next reign of K. Edward III. In the
20th
year of which, he likewiſe paid aid at the Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, Hefter, to Baptiſt Vif-
making the Black Prince a knight for one quar-
count Campden, Margaret to fir John Tufton, knt.
ter of a knight's fee, which John de Rameſey be and Anne to fir Edward Hales, of Tunſtal, knt. (t)
TODAS
ford held in Padleſworth of Jeffry de Say, lord of Catherine, the eldeſt daughter entitled her huſ-
Birling, which quarter of a knight's fee, as ap band, Henry, Lord Stanhope, to the poffeflion of
pears by the Roll of Knights fees in the Exche-
this manor. He died in his father's life-time, in
was
at the latter end of the reign of the 10th year of K. Charles I, anno 1634, upon
K. Henry III, by Ralph de Padleſworth of Wm. which ſhe became again feiſed of it in her
wa own right, and afterwards paſſed it away by
There was a remaining part of this manor, be-
ſale to John Marſham, of Whornes Place in Cook.
ing eſteemed as one third part of it, held in the
Stone, eſq; (tt) afterwards in 1663 created a baronet,
reign of King Edward III, by the family of
and his deſcendant, The Right Hon. Robert, Lord
Baſing, one of whom held it in the 11th year of
Romney, is the preſent proprietor of this manor.
that reign, from which name it went quickly
It is now held of the manor of Swanſcombe,
after into that of Charles.
by caſtle guard rent to the caſtle of Rocheſter.
Richard Charles died feiſed of this third part This pariſh was antiently bound to contribute
in the firſt year of K. Richard II, leaving Ri towards the repair of the oth pier of Rocheſter
chard and John, the two ſons of his brother Ro bridge (u).
ger Charles his next heirs (p). Alice, wife of Ri-
chard Charles, the elder firſt above-mentioned,
at the time of her death, in the 9th year of
This pariſh lies cloſe under the chalk hills of
that reign, held of the inheritance of Richard
the ſoil of which it partakes. The court lodge
Charles, his kinſman and heir, this third part
is ſituated on the weſtern ſide of it. There is no
of the manor of Padleſworth in dower, excepting
village belonging to it, nor any thing worth par-
certain lands which were of the tenure of gavel-
ticular notice.
kind, of which ſhe was not endowed, of the King
in capite by knights ſervice, and by homage and THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
fealty and by the annual caſtle guard rent of 245.
to Rocheſter caſtle (9).
Padleſworth is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
Soon after the above time, the whole of this
Malling
manor ſeems to have been veſted in the name of
Bele, from whence it paſſed to Bullock, and thence
This church was antiently eſteemed but as a
again by fale to Diggs, where after ſtaying a
chapel to the adjoining church of Birling (»). It
very ſhort time, it was alienated to Peckham, and
has been long in ruins; that part of it which is
he fold it to Vineley, who paffed it away to Wm.
left ſtanding, is built of fint, with aſhler quoins,
Clifford, of Bobbing court, efq; and he conveyed
&c. and has been many years made uſe of as a
barn. It ſtands cloſe to the north ſide of the
it to Fahn Bamberg (r), whoſe daughter and heir
Elizabeth, carried it in marriage to Nicholas Wot-
farm yard belonging to the manor houſe.
ton, efq; and his deſcendant, fir Edward Wotton, of
It is valued in the King's books at 31. 6s.
Boughton Malherb in this county, knt, was, by
8d. (w).
K. James I, May 13, in his firſt year, created a
This church ſeems always to have been ac-
peer of this realm by the title of Lord Wotton, of counted an appendage to the manor, as ſuch the
Marley.
fine cure is now in the patronage of The Right
He died ſeiſed of this manor, leaving iſſue,
Hon. Robert, Lord Romney.
by Heſter, his wife, daughter and fole heir of
BIR L IN G.
fir William Puckering, knt. one ſon and heir, Tho-
mas, Lord Wotton, who died April 2, in the 6th
SOUTH weſtward from Padleſwort) lies Birling,
vear of K. Charles I. anno 1630 (s), without ſo named from the plenty of paſture grounds
male iſſue, though he left, by Mary his wife, in it.
PRESENT STATE OF PADLESWORTH.
(c) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 641.
(1) Rot. Eſch.
Chinese (2) Ibid.
(r) Philipott, p. 266, who took this account from the
original deeds in the hands of Mr. Marſham, Bamberg, bore
for his arms-Argent, on a chief, fable, a lion paſſant of the
ift. He married Thomafine, daughter of Edward Guildford,
of Halden, efe.
down
(s) See more of this family under Boughton Malherb.
(t) See Dugd, Bar. vol. ii, p. 414.
(tt) Philipott, p. 266. See more of this family under
Cookſtone, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 482, and The Mote in
Maidſtone, in this vol. p. 100.
(u) Lamb. Peramb. p. 424.
(v) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(W) E&, Thef. p. 383,
THE

The H I S T
195
of K EN T.
BIRLING
THE
M A N O R.
de so, that is their
This place was part of the vaſt poffeſſions of
Odo the great Biſhop of Baieux, and half brother
to the Conqueror, accordingly it is thus entered
in the record of Domeſday under the general title
of that prelate's lands.
Radulf de Curbeſpine, ten' de epo' Berlinge p. 6.
ſolins ſe defd. Tra e.
In dnio' e' una car.
&. 10. villi cu' 14. bord. Int. 6. car. Ibi accla &
6. Servi. & 1. molinº de 10. fol. & 300 & 30. an-
guill. & piſcaria de 6o anguill. Ibi. 12. ac' pti.
& paſtura. 50 animalib. ſilva 40. porc. T. R. E.
valeb. 12 lib qdo recep. 6. lib. modo. 12. lib. Sbern
biga tenuit de rege E.
Which is : Ralph de Curbespine holds of the
Biſhop (of Baieux) Berlinge. It was taxed at fix
ſulings. The arable land is ... In demeſne
there is one carucate, and 10 villeins, with 14 bor-
derers, having fix carucates. There is a church and
fix ſervants, and one mill of 10 Shillings, and 300
and 30 eels, and a fiſhery of 60 eels. There are 12
acres of meadow, and paſture for 50 cattle, wood for
the pannage of 40 hops. In the time of K. Edward
the Confeſor it was worth 12 pounds, when he re-
ceived it 6 pounds, now 12 pounds. Sbern biga held
it of K. Edward.
Ralph de Curva Spina, or Crookthorne (x), as his
name was Engliſhed, reſided at Comport, or Com-
ford-park in the north-eaſt part of this pariſh,
where this family continued till the reign of K.
Henry II, when they were ſucceeded in their
poffeffions here by that of Magminot (y). Walke-
lin de Magminot died without iſſue in the third
year of King Richard I, anno 1191, whereby
Alice, his ſiſter became his heir, and carried this
manor in marriage to her huſband Geoffry, ſecond
ſon of William de Say, who in her right became
likewiſe poſſeſſed of large eſtates at Deptford,
Cowdhan and elſewhere in this county (z). His
deſcendant, William de Say, died feiſed of the
manor of Birling, in the 56th year of K. Henry
III, leaving iſſue by Mary his wife (a). Wil-
liam, his ſon and heir, who died feiſed of it in
the 23d year of King Edward I, holding it in
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
capite by barony, and in ſome old deeds Birling is
ſtiled caput baronia de Say, that is the capital ſeat
of his barony (b).
His ſon, Geoffry de Say, was fummoned to Par-
liament, among the barons of this realm in the
7th year of K. Edward II, and in the 15th year
of it, he departed this life, being then feiſed of
this manor, which he held of the King in capite,
as of the barony of Maminot (c). He married
Idonea, daughter of William de Leyborne, who
ſurviving him held this manor and certain lands
in Burgham in dower (d), by her he left iſſue a
ſon, Geoffry de Say, who on his mother's death
ſucceeded to this manor.
In the 8th year of King Edward III, he ob-
tained view of frank pledge, and other liberties
within his demeſne lands here (e), and having
been frequently ſummoned to Parliament among
the barons of this realm. He died in the 33d
year of that reign holding this manor of the King
in capite by the ſervice of one knight's fee (f).
He left iſſue by Maud, his wife, daughter of
Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, William, his
ſon and heir, and three daughters, viz. Idonea,
married to fir John de Clinton, knt. Elizabeth, to
Thomas de Aldone, and Joane, married firſt to
William de Fienes, and afterwards to Stephen de
Valoignes (8). Which Maud ſurviving her huſ-
band poſſeſſed this manor, with that of Burham,
in dower, and died in the 430 year of K. Edw.
III. anno 1368 (b).
William de Say, their ſon, ſucceeded to this ma-
nor on her death, and having been ſummoned to
Parliament from the 37th to the 49th year of
that reign (i), he died in the 49th of it, anno
1374, then holding this manor, as abovemen-
tioned (k), and leaving iſſue one ſon John, and
a daughter, Elizabeth (1).
John de Say died in his minority, and in ward
to the King in the 6th year of K. Richard II,
upon which Elizabeth his ſiſter, then 16 years of
age, became his heir, and afterwards feiſed of
this manor. She married firſt, John de Falleſley,
afterwards knighted, who had livery of the lands
of her inheritance, but he died without iſſue by
(*) See Burham, above
p.
161.
(y) Camd. p. 231. Rot. Eſch. anno 15, Edw. II. Reg.
Roff. p. 169, 170. Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 641.
(z) See a more ampie account of this family under Cowd-
ham and Deptford, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 2 and 118.
(a) She ſurvived him, and afterwards married Robert de
Ufford.
(6) Theſe baronies were of no determinate fize, being
more or leſs, according to the King's grant, each of which
being held in capite by barony, was accounted a compleat
barony, notwithſtanding the difference in the number of fees
contained in each. Thoſe who held them were ſtiled ba-
rons, and as ſuch were always fummoned to Parliament.
But in the reign of King John and K. Henry III. they
were fo greatly increaſed in numbers, and began to grow
ſo powerful and turbulent that K. Henry, about the soth
year of his reign, ſummoned only the beſt of them by writ
to Parliament, and K. Edward I, as well as his ſucceſſors,
continued the ſame courſe; from which time thoſe only
were accounted barons, who had writs of fummons to Par-
liament, and it has been obſerved that prudent King con-
ftantly ſummoned the wiſeft men of the moft ancient fami-
lies, but after their deaths omitted their fons, who equalled
not their parents in underſtanding. Madox's Exchequer,
p. 220. Chauncy's Hertfordſh. p. 55.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 511,
(e) Rot. Cart. No. 8.
(f) Rot. Eſc. ejus ann.
(8) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 512.
(b). Rot. Eſch. ejus ann.
(i) By the name of William de Clinton Chr.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus ann.
(!) Dugd. Bar. vol. 1, p. 730.
her

196
The HISTORY of K E N T.
BIRLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
her ſoon afterwards, and the remarried with fir the lands of William de Say, as heir to his grand-
William Heron, knt. who poſſeſſed this manor mother Idonea, and thereupon bore the title of
and bore the title of Lord Say in her right (m). Lord Clinton and Say (o). Having been ſummoned
Elizabeth, Lady Say, as ſhe was called, died in to Parliament till the gth year of K. Henry VI,
the 6th year of K. Henry IV, anno 1404, ſeiſed he died on the 30th of July next year, being then
of this manor, as was found that year by inqui. ſeiſed of this manor, and leaving iſſue by Anne his
fition, and that fir William de Clinton, grandſon wife, daughter of William, Lord Botreaux, and
of Idonea, ſiſter of William de Say laſt-mentioned, widow of fir Fulk Fitzwaren, knt. John, his ſon
Mary, wife of Otho de Worthington, and Maud and heir, aged 22 years (P).
her ſiſter,
by Soon after which this manor appears to have
Elizabeth, another ſiſter of the ſaid William and been veſted in Elizabeth, daughter and fole heir
Roger de Fienes, ſon of William de Fienes, ton of of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worceſter, and
Foane, the third ſiſter of the ſaid William de Say, Lord Bergavenny (9), then married to fir Edward
were her heirs and next of kin (n).
Nevill, knt, fourth ſon of Ralph, the firſt Earl
On the partition of their inheritance, the ma of Weſtmoreland, by Joane his ſecond wife, daugh-
nor of Birling was allotted to the ſhare of fir ter of John, Duke of Lancaſter (s). Sir
William de Clinton, knt. fon of fir William de Clin Nevill, knt. doing his homage for the lands
ton, who died in the life time of his father, by
of his wife's inheritance in the 14th year of
Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir John Dein-
K. Henry VI, anno 1435, had livery of them
court, knt. In the 6th year of K. Henry IV, accordingly, excepting the caſtle and lord-
doing his homage, he had livery of his ſhare of ſhip of Bergavenny, which by a ſpecial entail
Edward
(m) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.730.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(0) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 532. In the 27th of Henry VI.
John, Lord Clinton, his ſon and heir, releaſed and confirmed
to his kinſman, fir James Fienes, knt. then Lord Say and
Szal, his heirs and aſſigns for ever, the name and title of
Lord Say, to which the latter had a right from Idonea, his
great-grandmother, daughter and coheir to William, Lord
Say, and likewiſe to the arms, which by reaſon of that name,
title, and honor, he had by hereditary right, or otherwiſe.
Dugd. ibid,
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 582. Notwithſtanding he died
in poffeffion of this manor, it ſhould ſeem, that it had been
fome years before vefted in feoffees for particular uſes : but
what thoſe uſes were, I have not found, perhaps it might be to
the uſe of Richard, Earl of Worcefler, and his heirs, after the
death of this John de Clinton. John Burgh, ejq; in the 8th
year
of K. Henry V. alligned this manor over to John Hals,
and ſeveral others, witneſs William, Lord Clinton, &c. Wm.
Lord Clinton and Say, May 4th, in the gth year of K. Henry
VI, granted to Robert Andrews, and others, to ſearch his
treaſury for deeds, writings, and muniments belonging to
this manor, and to deliver the ſame to Roger Kentwode,
Clerk, &c. and the 17th of that month John, Biſhop of
Bath and Wells, aſſigned this manor over to Reginald Kent-
wode, Clerk, &c. Mff. Dering, Autograph.
(9) He was ſon of fir William de Beauchamp, fourth ſon
of Thomas, Earl of Warwick, and Catherine Mortimer, who
by an entail made in the 48th year of K. Edward III, with
the King's licence, by John Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke and
Baron Bergavenny, on failure of his own heirs male, had
fucceeded to the caſtle and lordſhip of Bergavenny, on the
death of John Haſtings, ſon of the faid Earl of Pembroke,
without iſſue, in 1390. After which, anno 16 Richard II,
Sir William Beauchamp was ſummoned to Parliament, as Baron
Bergavenny. He died in 1410, leaving by Joane his wife,
filter and coheir of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and widow of
Humphry, Earl of Hereford, Richard his ſon and heir, who
ſucceeded him as Lord Bergavenny, and was in the 8th year
of K. Henry V. created Earl of Worceſter, and died in the
laſt year of that reign, leaving by Iſabel his wife, daughter
of Thomas, Lord le Deſpencer, an only daughter and heir
Elizabeth, above-mentioned, married to fir Edward Nevill.
(s) The anceſtor of this family, Gilbert de Nevill, was a
Norman, who came into England with the Conqueror. His
grandſon Geoffry de Nevill left an only daughter and heir,
who in the reign of K. Henry III. married Robert Fitzmal-
dred, of Raby in the biſhopric of Durham, whoſe fon Geffry,
in regard to his mother's great inheritance, aſſumed the ſur-
name of Nevill, and his deſcendants, from this principal
ſeat of the family, were called Nevills of Raby, of whom
Ralph de Nevill, of Raby, was fummoned to Parliament by
that title in the 7th year of the reign of K. Edward II. His
ſon John, Lord Nevill, was twice married, firſt, to Maud,
daughter of Lord Percy, by whom he had iſſue Ralph, who
will be mentioned below, and Thomas, in his wife's right
Lord Furnival, who died leaving two daughters his coheirs ;
and ſecondly, to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Wm. Lord
Latimer, by whom he had a ſon John, who was ſummoned to
Parliament as Lord Latimer, but dying without iffue, the
honor by entail went to the elder brother Ralph, who was
commonly called Daw Raby, by which name he is even
mentioned in ſeveral writings of that time, and was created
Earl of Weſtmoreland, in the 21ſt year of K. Richard II, and
by his two wives left a numerous iſſue, many of whom fuc-
ceeded to great titles and honors.
By his first wife, daughter of Hugh, Earl Stafford, were
deſcended the Earls of Wefimoreland; the laſt of whom, Charles,
was attainted in the 13th year of Q. Elizabeth, leaving iſſue
only four daughters. By his ſecond wife, Joane, daughter
of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaſier, and widow of fir Roo
bert Ferrers, knt. he had iffue five daughters and eight ſons,
moſt of whom became men of great eminence and renown.
Richard, the eldeſt, became Eari of Warwick and Sali.
bury, and had a numerous iſſue ; of whom Richard, the great
Earl of Warwick, ended in two daughters; Iſabel, married
to the Duke of Clarence ; and Anne, firſt to Edward, Prince
of Wales, and ſecondly, to Richard, Duke of Glouceſter, af-
terwards K. Richard III; John, the third ſon, was created
Marquis Montacute; and George was Archbiſhop of York. Wila
liam, the ſecond ſon of Ralph, Earl of Weſtmoreland, was in
his wife's right Lord Fauconbridge, and was afterwards ad.
vanced to the title of Earl of Kent, and left iſſue three daugh-
ters his coheirs ; Gtorge, the third ſon, was by feoffment
from his father, Lord Latimer, and was ſummoned to Parlia.
ment accordingly; and his deſcendants enjoyed that title till
the reign of Q. Elizabeth, when they ended in four daugh-
ters and coheirs.
Edward Nevill, the fourth ſon, was Baron of Bergavenny
as above-mentioned, and Robert was Biſcop of Durham. Dugd.
Bar, vol. i, from p. 287 to 313.
made

The HISTORY O of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
197
.
297 Hair
biſhop-
his father in an
2. Warren; 3d, Clare
BIRLING stesi
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
made by her grandfather William, Lord Bergaven. 20, in the 7th year of K. Henry VII, anno
ny, was on failure of iſſue male of his body, to 1492, having bequeathed his body to be buried
reſort unto the heirs male of Thomas Beauchamp, in the priory of Lewes in the co. of Suſſex(7).
Earl of Warwick, his elder brother (t).
He appears to have been twice married ; firſt
Notwithſtanding the want of poffeffion of the
to Margaret, daughter and heir of fir Hugh Fenne,
caſtle and manor of Bergavenny, he had, on the
knt. Sub-Treaſurer of England, who died Sept.
birth of his fon George
, anno 19 Henry VI, the 28, 1485. His ſecond wife's name was Elizabeth,
title and rank of Lord and Baron of Bergavenny,
who ſurviving him married afterwards Richard
in his wife's right, according to the antient
Nayler, Citizen of London (x). He left iſſue only
cuſtom of the realm, though he was not ſum-
by his firſt wife, five ſons and two daugh-
moned to Parliament till 10 years afterwards (u).
ters (y); viz. George, his heir ; William ; Ed.
After the death of Elizabeth his wife, he mar-
ward, whoſe deſcendants ſucceeded in proceſs of
ried Catherine, daughter of fir Robert Howard,
time to the title of Bergavenny ; Thomas, who
knt. and departed this life Oc. 18, anno 19
was of the Privy Council, and Secretary of State
Edward IV, being then ſeiſed, as tenant by
to K. Henry VIII, and left iſſue an only daugh-
the courteſy of England, of the inheritance of
ter and heir Margaret, married to fir Robert
Elizabeth his wife, of this manor, with Mere-
Southwell, of Mereworth, knt. and Richard, the
fifth fon.
worth in this county, among others. By his firſt
wife he had ifue two ſons, and two daugh- Sir George Nevill, knt. Lord Bergavenny, fuc-
ceeded his father in this manor, of which he had
ters (V); of the former, Richard, the eldeſt, died
in his life-time without iſſue, and was buried in
livery, as well as of the reſt of his lands, foon
after his death (2),
tors
ric of Durham, and fir George Nevill, knt. was
9. Having married Mary, daughter of Edward,
his heir, and then 26 years of age.
Duke of Buckingham, he was ſuſpected of being
privy to thoſe creaſonable attempts, with which
Sir George Nevill, Lord Bergavenny, ſucceeded
the Duke was then charged, for which he was
F
before done, attached himſelf ſtrongly to the
impriſoned, though he was, not long afterwards,
received into favor. He died ſeiſed of the manor
intereſt of the Houſe of York. He died on Sept.
of Birling (a), in the 27th year of K. Henry
to resenti 8.d.
(1) Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, ſon of Thomas
wife Catherine he had three daughters ; Margaret, married.
above-mentioned, took poffeffion of the manor and caſtle of to John Brooke, Lord Cobham; Catherine, to Robert
Abergavenny, which on his death deſcended by force of the
and Anne, to Lord Strange; and three fons, who died young.
entail to his ſon Henry, afterwards Duke of Warwick, and Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. goo.
bliupai od
on his deceaſe, expreſsly againſt the form of the entail, to
br (w) Dug. Bar. vol. I, p. 309.
LA THỌ
Anne, his fole daughter and heir, who died without iſſue.
Upon which Richard Nevill, the great Earl of Warwick and
(x) Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 501. She died in 1500, and
Saliſbury, who had married Anne, filter of the ſaid Duke, of
lies buried by her ſecond huſband, by whom the left iſſue,
the whole blood, poſſeſſed them, and after his death George,
in the church of St. Mary Cutwich, London. wovbs och
Duke of Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Glouceſter, brethren (y) Jane, the eldeſt daughter, was married to fir Henry
and his ſons-in-law, had the like poffeffion ſucceſſively, in Pole, Lord Montacute, and Elizabeth was wife of fir Edward
right of their wives, the ſaid Earl's daughters and heirs. On Berkeley, knt.
K. Henry VII.'s obtaining the crown, he took poſſeſſion of
In the 13th year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1497, when
them, and beſtowed this calle and manor on his uncle Jaf the Corniſh rebels encamped on Blackheath, he, with divers
per, Duke of Bedford, on whoſe death without iſſue they
other Lords, by their great credit and power, prevented this
returned to the crown; whence they were granted by K, county from joining with them; and he had a hare in the
Henry VIII. to George Nevill, Baron of Bergavenny, as unto victory obtained over them ſoon afterwards. In the 2d year
the true and rightful heir, upon a petition of right exhibited of K. Henry VIII, he was made Conſtable of Dover Caſtle,
by him to the King. Collins's Bar. p. 62, 72.
and Warden of the Cinque Ports. In the 5th year of that
(u) See Cotton's Records, p. 645. This cuſtom of being reign, he was elected Knight of the Garter, and was after-
tenant by courteſy was never gainſaid till the reign of K. wards with the King at the fieges of Terouenne and Tournay,
Henry VIII, when Mr.Wimbiſhe took upon him the ſtyle of and in the 12th year of it was preſent at the memorable in-
Lord Talbo:s, in right of his wife, having had no iſſue by terview between K. Henry and Francis I, in the plain be-
her ; when, for avoiding great inconveniences which might tween Guiſnes and Ardres. His arms, within the garter, are
ariſe from it, the King, aſlifted both by the civil and tem ſtill remaining in the Eaſt window of Birling church, contain-
poral lawyers, gave ſentence, That no man, huſband of a
Baroneſs, hould in her right uſe the title of her dignity, and Deſpencer quartered ; 4th, Beauchamp.
until he had a child by her, by which he ſhould become te (a) In the z3d year of K. Henry VIII, he obtained the
nant by courteſy of her barony, for then by the law of Eng King's licence to aſſign this eſtate, by the name of the manor
land, which him title to the barony, he had alſo title of Byrlyng, with its appurts. and ſeven meſſuages, and 2000
to the dignity, as parcel of the ſame inheritance. Coll. Bar. acres of land, in Byrlyng, Ryarſh, and Addington, and the
ibid. The arms of Beauchamp are carved in ſeveral places advowſon of Byrlyng, and the rectory of the church of All
on the roof of Canterbury cloyſters, as are thoſe of the fa Saints in the ſame, and alſo one toft
, one pidgeon-houſe,
mily of Nevill, with ſeveral impalements, as they are in the 200 acres of arable, 40 acres of meadow, 200 acres of paf-
church itſelf there, and on the ſtone gateway leading to it, ture, and 60 acres of wood, in the ſaid pariſhes, which were
built about the reign of K. Henry VII.
late belonging to Reginald Peckham, to Henry, Lord Courtney',
(v) Alice, the eldeſt daughter, married fir Thomas Grey, and others, to the uſe of the ſaid Lord Bergavenny, and
knt, and Catherine married
I warby. By his ſecond
his heirs for ever. Rot, Eſch, ejus an, pt. 1,
You. II.
3 E
VIII,
Tanfield;
gave

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The HISTORY of
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
BIRLING
VIII, having by his laſt teſtament entailed his 17th year Q. Elizabeth, to fir Thomas F'ane, knt.
lands (for the moſt part) in failure of heirs male She challenged the title of Baroneſs of Bergavenny,
of his own body, to the heirs male of his bro- againſt Edward Nevill, ſon of hr Edward Nevill,
ther, fir Edward Nevill, knt. the remainder in knt:(i) a younger brother of George, Lord Ber-
fee to his own right heirs; and bequeathed his gavenny, father of this laſt mentioned, Henry,
body to be buried in the church of Birling (b). Lord Bergavenny, 0:1 which fir Edward Nevill the
He was three times married ; firſt to Joane, caſtle of Bergavenny had been ſettled both by
daughter of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, by whom teſtament and act of Parliament (k).
IST DAS DE
he had one daughter Elizabeth (c); fecondly, to This diſpute was not determined till May 25,
Mary, daughter of Edward Stafford, Duke of in the 1ſt year of K. James I, anno 1602 ; when
Buckingham (d), by whom he had Henry, his ſon
after great arguments on each ſide, the title of
and heir, and five daughters (e). His third wife Baron of Bergavenny was, both by judgment of
was Mary Brooke alias Cobham, who was big with the Houſe of Peers, and order of the Lords
child at the time of his death.
Commiſſioners for the office of Earl Marſhal,
Henry Nevill, Lord Bergavenny, his ſon and decreed for the heirs male; and to give ſome fa-
ſucceſſor, was fummoned to Parliament in the 3d tisfaction to the heir female, the King by his let.
and 4th year of K. Edward VI, in the former
pat. granted the dignity of Baroneſs Le Deſpencer
of which years, he had livery of all the lands to her and her heirs, from whom the preſent
and tenements held by his late father, deceaſed, Earl of Weſtmoreland is deſcended(). Which
of the King in capite (f).
Edward Nevill thus claiming the barony and honor
On fir Thomas Wyatt's inſurrection in this of Bergavenny, died Feb. 1o, in the 31ſt year of
county, in the iſt year of Q. Mary, he raiſed
Q. Elizabeth (m). nnt to thang
osigallog sila
a body of forces to oppoſe him, and overtaking
He was twice married ;firſt to Catherine,
a body of his adherents at Blackſoil-field in the
daughter of fir John Browne, knt. by whom he
, , ,
fir
he purſued them near four miles, and took 60
Grifold, daughter of Thomas Hughes, of Uxbridge
of them priſoners.
in the co. of Middleſex, efq; by whom he had no
He departed this life at his feat of Comford on iſſue. She afterwards married Francis Clifford,
Feb. 8, in the 25th year of Q. Elizabeth's reign, Earl of Cumberland.
anno 1586, and was buried at Birling with great By the inquiſition, taken after his deceaſe at
folemnity (8).
Maidſtone, July 7th that year, he was found to
By the inquiſition, taken at Maidſtone after his die poffefſed of this manor and rectory of Birling,
deceaſe, on Aug. 22d that year, he was found and the manors of Ryarſh, Valding, and Luddef-
to die feiſed of the manor of Birling, and the don, in this county; and that Edward his ſon
manor and rectory of All Saints of Birling, and
and heir was 38 years
of
age.
the advowſon of the vicarage of the fame (h); Edward Nevill, the eldeſt ſon, in the iſt year
and that his daughter, by Frances his wife, daugh of K. James !, had the title of Baron of Berga-
ter of Thomas Manners, Earl of Rutland, then venny or Abergavenny, as it became now to be gene-
aged 32, was his ſole heir, and was married in the
rally called, confirmed to him, as above-menti-
there
, great numbers being killed ; after which and for Henry Nevill
, knt. His ſecond wife was
009
(6) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 310. Coll. Peer, vol. vi, p.
502. Coll. Bar. p. 63:
(c) She married George, Lord Daubeny.
(d) The arms of George, Lord Bergavenny, impaling thoſe
of Mary his wife, daughter of Edward, Duke of Buckingham,
are in the windows of Lincoln's Inn Hall; alſo of Henry,
Lord Bergavenny, impaling thoſe of Frances his wife,
daughter of Thomas, Earl of Rutland, in 1623.
(e) Catherine, wife of fir John St. Leger, knt. Margaret,
of John, ſon of fir Thomas Cheney, knt. Dorothy, of William
Brooke, ſon of George, Lord Cobham; Jane, of für Henry
Poole, knt. and Urſula, of fir Warham St. Leger, knt.
w Rot. Eſch. anno 3 Edward VI.
(8) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 311. Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p.
504. Coll. Bar.
P.
62.
(6) In Michaelmas term anno 3 Elizabeth, Henry, Lord
Bergavenny, levied a fine of all his lands, as he again did in
Eaſter term anno 17 Elizabeth.
(i) He had been a great favorite of K. Henry VIII, and
was ſaid to reſemble the King much in perſon; but in the
29th year of that reign he was accuſed, and found guilty,
with others, of maintaining a correſpondence with Cardinal
Poole, and was thereupon attainted and beheaded; by which
he forfeited all his remainder in his brother's lands, entailed
on him, to K. Henry VIII, who died ſeiſed of that remain-
der, as did alſo K. Edward VI. But Q. Mary, anno 2 and
3 Philip and Mary, reſtored his fon Edward Nevill, by act of
Parliament, to the remainder forfeited, ſo long as there
ſhould be any heir male ; but the remainder to the heirs
general, was reſerved to the Queen. He left iffue :wo ſons,
Edward, who was reſtored to the title of Lord Bergavenny ;
and Henry of Billingbear, in the co. of Berks, from whom
the Nevills of that county are deſcended; and alſo three
daughters.
(k) Gcorge Nevill, Lord of Bergavenny, grandſon of fir
Edward Nevill, by Elizabeth Beauchamp, entailed the
greateſt part of his lands, in failure of heirs male of his
own body, to the heirs male of this brother fir Edward Ne-
vill, the remainder to his own right heirs. Coll. Barony,
p. 63. Coll. Peerage, vol. vi, p. 505.
(1) See the whole proceedings on this claim, in Collins
on Baronies, p. 61 to 140.
(m) Anno 35 Eliz. an act paſſed concerning the lands of
Henry late Lord Abergavenny, deceaſed.
oned;

The HISTORY T of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
199
de(") = buc
1101
at Birling. mot
Birling, and was our main bulan
heir, Richard Nevill, efq; who by his wife So.
1; ;
BIRLING,
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
oned ; and the year after he claimed the title of to fir John Shelley, bart. He died June 2, 1666,
Earl of Weſtmoreland as heir male (n): but it and was buried at Birling (w).
was determined againſt hini.
George, his ſon and heir, Lord Abergavenny,
He married Rachel, daughter of John Lennard, married Honora, daughter of John, Lord Bellaſis
of Knoll in Sevenoke, eſq; (0) by whom he had fix of Worlaby, and departed this life without iſſue,
ſons and five daughters (P); of the former, for on March 26, 1695, and was buried in the
Henry Nevill, knt. the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him
church of St. Giles in the Fields in London. Upon
in title and eſtates (9).
bsor
which the title of Lord Abergavenny, as well as
He died Dec. 1, in the 20th year of K. James this manor and eſtate of Birling, deſcended to
I, anno 1622, and was buried with his anceſtors the heirs male of fir Chriſtopher Nevill, fecond
it anciabanot vism ſurviving ſon of Edward, Lord Abergavenny, and
He was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, fir Henry
Rachel his wife, daughter of John Lennard, of
Nevill, knt. Lord Abergavenny, who was twice
Knoll, eſq;
od
married ; firſt to Mary, daughter of Thomas Sack Sir Chriſtopher Nevill, knt. was feated at New-
ville, Earl of Dorſet, Lord Treaſurer, by w
whom ton St. Low in the county of Somerſet, and was
he had iſſue two ſons, viz. fir Thomas Nevill, made one of the Knights of the Bath at the co-
Knight of the Bath, who married Frances, daugh ronation of K. Charles I, and having married
ter of Henry
, Lord Mordaunt, and died in his Mary, daughter and coheir of Thomas Darcy, of
father's life-time, in 1628, and was buried at the co. of Elex, efq; died in June 1649, and
Birling, leaving iſſue a ſon Henry, who died in was buried at Birling, leaving iſſue one fon and
his infancy, in 1639. Charles, the ſecond ſon,
died without iſſue, in 1637. And alſo five. phia left iffue George Nevill, ſeated at Sheffield in
daughters (). His ſecond wife was Catherine, the co. of Suſſex, who married Mary, daughter
fifter of Edward, Lord Vaux of Harrowden (t), of fir Bulſtrode Whitlock, knt. by whom he had
by whom he had iſſue two ſons, John and two ſons, George, who ſucceeded as Lord Abera
George, ſucceſiively Lords Abergavenny, and three gavenny in 1695, as above-mentioned, and Ed-
daughters (u).
ward, who by Hannah his wife, daughter of Mr.
He died in Dec. 1641, and was buried at
Fervois Thorpe, was father of William, Lord
Birling, as was his lady, who ſurvived him, and
Abergavenny, and of a daughter Mary, married
died in 1649.
to Charles Chamberlain, of the co. of Surry, eſq;
and died in 1701. - Which George, Lord Aber.
John, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his father, as
Lord Abergavenny, and in this eftate of Birling,
gavenny, with the title, became poffeffed likewiſe
of this manor of Birling, and married Anne,
and having married Elizabeth, daughter and co-
daughter of Nehemiah Walker, of the co. of Mid.
heir of fir John Chamberlain, of Sherburne Caſtle in
dleſex, eſq; by whom he had iſſue three ſons and
the co. of Oxford, knt. died Dec. 12, 1660,
two daughters (x); of the former, Henry died
without iſue, and was ſucceeded by his brother
young, and George and Edward ſucceeded each
George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, who married
other in the title.
Mary, daughter of Thomas Giffard, M.D. by
He died on March 11, 1721, æt. 62, and
whom he had iſſue one ſon, George, who ſuc-
was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, George, Lord
ceeded him, and a daughter, Bridget, married
Abergavenny, who married Elizabeth, daughter
(n) Ralph Nevill, Lord Raby, was by let. pat. anno 21
(9) Edward, the ſecond ſon, died unmarried in 1610;
Richard II, created Earl of Weſtmoreland to him and the
Chriſtopher, the third ſon, married Mary, daughter and co-
heirs male of his body. He had iſſue by Margaret Stafford
heir of Thomas Darcy, of the co. of Efex, efq; from whom
his firſt wife, Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland, to whom Charles
the preſent Lord Abergavenny is deſcended; fourth, John;
laſt Earl of Wéfimoreland was lineal heir male; and the
fifth, Thomas; and fixth, Charles, who all three died young.
ſaid Ralph firit Earl of Weſimorsland, by Joane his ſecond
Coll. Bar. vol. vi, p. 507, and Dugd. Bar. yol. i, p.311.
wife, daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaſter, had
(s) Viz. Margaret, wife of Thomas Brooke, of the co. of
iſſue George Nevill, Lord Latimer (for all his elder brothers
Salop, efq; Cicely, of Fitzwilliam Coningſby, of the co. of
were dead without iſſue male) from whom was lineally de-
ſcended Edward Nevill, Lord Abergavenny above-menti-
zabeth, and Mary, who died unmarried.
and afterwards the faid Charles, Earl of Wefimore-
(t) She was of conſanguinity to Archbp. Chichele. See
land, was attainted by outlawry, and by Parliament of high
Stem. Chich. No. 25.
treaſon, and died without iffue, and then the ſaid Edvard
(u) Viz. Catherine, firſt married to fir Robert Howard, knt.
claimed to be Earl of Weſtmoreland, being the next iſſue
a younger ſon of Theophilus, Earl of Suffolk, and afterwards
male of the firſt Ralph, Earl of Weſtmoreland. See the caſe
in Coke's Reports, pt. 7 (33). botu
to Robert Berry, of Ludlow in the co. of Salop, eſq; Frances,
who died unmarried ; and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Stonor,
(o) She died Oct. 15, 1616, and was buried at Birling. of the co. of Oxford, efq;
(1) Viz. Elizabeth, wife of fir John Grey, eldeſt ſon of (2) Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 508. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.
Henry, Lord Grey of Groby, and afterwards of fir John Bing 311.
ley, knt. Mary, of Sir George Goring, knt, afterwards Lord (x) Jane was the wife of Abel Walter, of Buſbridge in the
Goring and Earl of Norwich ; Catherine, of fir Stephen Lef co. of Surry, eſg; and Anne died unmarried, og
fieur, knt. and Frances, and Margaret, who died young.
oned;
See
ef

200
Тbe ** H I S T o R Y T of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
This
dup by
BIRLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
of Edward Thornicroft, of Weſtminſter, efq; and This pariſh ought antiently to have contri.
dying without iſſue Nov. 15, 1723, was fuc buted with others to the repair of the gth pier
ceeded in title and this manor by his brother Rocheſter bridge (c).
Edward, Lord Abergavenny, who married Catha-
rina, daughter of Lieutenant General Tatton, and
PRESENT STATE OF BIRLING.
dying without iſſue, Oct. 9, 1724, in the 19th
year of his age, was ſucceeded in title and this
pariſh extends from the foot of the
manor by William Nevill, ſon and heir of Edward
chalk hills to within about a mile of the Lark-
Nevill, only brother of George, Lord Abergavenny,
field road to Maidſtone. Near the village the ſoil
father of George and Edward, the laſt Lords
is very fandy. The church ſtands in the middle
Abergavenny, above-mentioned.
of it. In Oxfield, adjoining the church-yard,
many foundations have been from time to time
William, Lord Abergavenny, married in May
turned up by the plow.
1725 Catharina, Lady Abergavenny, widow of
Edward, the late Lord, and by her, who died
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Dec. 4, 1729, had iſſue a ſon named George,
born June 24, 1727, and a daughter Catharina.
Birling is within the the ecclefiaftical juriſ-
He married ſecondly, May 20, 1732, Rebecca,
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
Malling
daughter of Thomas, Earl of Pembroke, and by
her, who died Oct. 20, 1758, had three daugh-
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints,
ters; Harriot, born Nov. 17, 1634 (y), and
is a handſome building, conſiſting of a nave,
Mary, and Sophia deceaſed; and one ſon, Wil-
ſouth ile, and chancel. It has a good tower
liam, born in Oct. 1741.
at the weſt end of it, and antiently paid gd.
He died at Bath, Sept. 21, 1744, and was
chriſm-rent to the mother church of the dioceſe.
buried at Eaſt Grinſted in the co. Suſſex, and was
The church of Birling, with certain land in
ſucceeded in title and this eſtate by his only fon
this pariſh, was given by Walkelin de Maminot,
by his firſt wife, The preſent Right Hon. George,
Lord of this place, in the 15th year of K. Henry
Lord Abergavenny, and poſſeſſor of this manor of
II, an. 1168, to the priory of Bermondſey in South-
Birling, and the eſtate belonging to it.
wark (d), in perpetual alms ; which gift was con-
His Lordſhip married Feb. 5, 1753, Henrietta,
firmed by that King. (e) Soon after which,
it ſeems to have been confirmed and
daughter of Thomas. Pelham, of Stanmere in Suſſex,
ated to it by Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, at the
efq; and ſiſter of the preſent Thomas, Lord Pel-
ham, by whom he has iſſue Henry his heir ap-
King's requeſt (f); and again more amply by
Biſhop Gualeran, in the ſame reign (g); and
parent, born in 1755, and other children (Z).
by Biſhop Gilbert, his ſucceſſor. Geoffry de
He bears for his armsGules, on a ſaltire ar-
Say, who married Alice, ſiſter and coheir of
gent, a roſe of the iſ, barbed and feeded proper.
Wakelin Maminot, and became poſſeſſed by that
For his creſt-In a ducal coronet or, a bull's head
means of this manor, confirmed this gift to the
argent, pied ſable, armed of the iſt, and charged on
priory, as did his ſon Geoffry, and his ſon William
the neck with a roſe gules. And for his ſup-
de Say. The Prior and Convent of Rocheſter
porters-Two bulls argent, pied ſable, armed, un-
likewiſe confirmed the ſame in the years 1246
guled, collared and chained or (a).
and 1270 (k). In which laſt year John, Prior of,
The old ſeat of the Lords Abergavenny in this and the Convent of St. Saviour, Bermondſey, ac-
pariſh has been long ſince neglected (b), and the knowledged an annual penſion of 20s. due from
park diſparked ; nor have this family reſided this church to the Biſhop of Rocheſter, and his
here for many generations, their preſent feat ſucceſſors for ever (2); which penſion continues
being at Kidbrooke near Eaf Grinſted in Suſſex. to be paid at this time to the Biſhops of that fee.
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, John, ſon Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the 17th year of
of John de la Doune, paid aid, at the making the K. Edward III, certified into the King's Chan-
Black Prince a Knight, for the tenth part of
cery, under his ſeal, in obedience to the King's
one knight's fee, which the ſaid John held in writ directed to him for that purpoſe, that the
Byerlynges of Jeffry de Say.
Prior and Convent of Bermondſey poſſeſſed the
bed appropri.
bais
(y) She was of conſanguinity to Archbp. Chichele. See
Stem. Chich. No. 174.
(z) Coll. Peer, vol. vi, p. 509, 510.
(a) The original arms of Nevill were-Or, fretty gules,
on a canton per pale, ermine and or, a ſhip with 3 tops fable ;
but in the reign of K. Henry III. the heirefs of this name
marrying Robert Fitzmaldred, of Raby, though he aſſumed
the name of Nevill, yet he retained his own arms-Gules, a
falrier argent, as did all the Nevills his poſterity, with diffe-
rences on the faltier, for diſtinction fake, except the eldeſt
branch, Earls of Weſtmoreland, who bore the faltier plain.
(6) Birling-place, in this pariſh, which belongs to Lord
Abergavenny, ſeems to have been the antient reſidence of
the Nevills. There are ſome remains yet left, particularly a
gateway of ſtone, which remind us of its former condition.
It is now made uſe of as a farm-houſe, and lies near the
foot of the chalk hill.
(c) Lamb. Peramb. p. 424.
(d) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 641. (e) Ibid. p. 643.
(1) Reg. Roff. p. 169. (g) Ibid.
(k) Ibid. p. 170. (1) Ibid. p. 171. The
church

The HISTORY of K. £ N T.
2011
10 na
BIRLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED..
church of Birling, appropriated to their uſe with the Vicar might well be augmented out of it to
in his dioceſe; and upon a like writ in the 20th the value of 20 marcs ſterling, or thereabout ;
year of K. Edward III, the Biſhop certified, that and that the Abbat and Convent, and although
the Prior and Convent poffefſed the appropriation they had been often requeſted, to augment the
of this church, which was taxed at iol, and portion of the vicarage, out of the revenues of
that the religious were not reſident upon it (m). the church, in a competent manner, had, with-
Richard Mann, perpetual Vicar of this church, out alledging any reaſon, always refuſed, and
about the year 1447, anno 26 Henry VI, made did then refuſe ſo to do, or at leaſt deferred it
complaint to John, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, of beyond reaſon, to the great damage, &c. Upon
the inſufficiency of the revenue of the vicarage which it was decreed, that the Prior and Convent
for his maintenance, and that the Prior and Con Should augment the portion of the vicarage out
vent of Bermondſey, proprietaries of the pariſh of the fruits and profits of this church, or in
church of Birling, refuſed to augment the por.
money, to the amount of eight marcs ſterling,
tion of it; and he ſet forth to the Archbiſhop,
beyond the antient portion of it, within the ſpace
that the produce and income belonging to the
of one month; and the Abbat and Convent were
condemned in all coſts, &c.
Vicar and vicarage, did not exceed the annual
value or ſum of 41. 155. 8d. viz. in the tythes
They neglecting to obey this decree, a further
of calves, milk, and foals 8s. gd. yearly ; in the
one was made, that in ſatisfaction of the pay-
tythes of lambs, wool, pigs, geeſe, apples, hemp,
ment of the ſaid eight marcs, there ſhould be
and alſo in the tythes of the oblations of the
ſet apart and aſſigned to the Vicar, and his
four days yearly; and for ſheep and cows 41S.
ſucceſſors, (at his requeſt) the tythes, as well
and 12d. in the penſion paid to the Vicar by the
great as ſmall, yearly accruing and ariſing from
Abbat and Convent 44s. and 10d. And further,
the lands, fields, and places below the lane,
that the portion of the Vicar and vicarage of the
vulgarly called Benetis-lane, weſtward, and from
pariſh church had been for ſome time, and was
the north ſide of the ſaid lane, according to the
then inſufficient, incompetent, and too Nender ;
bounds and limits of the pariſh of Birling, to
and that he could not, out of it, be ſupported
thoſe of the pariſh of Snodland on the north fide,
and from thence to the bounds and limits of the
in a proper manner, nor undergo the rights and
burthens incumbent on him, or his vicarage,
pariſh of Eaſt Malling on the eaſt ſide, to the
nor uſe that hoſpitality which he ought and was
common paſture of Hordo, and from thence to
bound to do. That the pariſh church of Birling
the ſouth end of Benetis-lane aforeſaid, &c. (n)
had a large and extended pariſh, containing fix When the church of Birling, and the advow-
miles in circuit, having ſome of the pariſhioners ſon of the vicarage paſſed from the above-men-
of both fexes two miles or thereabout diſtant tioned monaſtery, I have not found, but it ap-
from the church, which, when there was occaſion, pears by an inrolment made in Chancery, and
he was bound to viſit, and to adminiſter to them now in the Augmentation office, that in the 13th
the church offices and facraments. That the year
of K. Henry VIII, George Nevill, Lord Aber-
manſion of the Vicar there, and the buildings gavenny, was poſſeffed of a barn, and 150 acres
belonging to it, were, through the negligence, of land late belonging to that monaſtery, and
fault, and want of care of the Abbat and Convent, then incloſed in the park of Birling, and alſo
in a ruinous ſtate, and would very ſoon, as was of the rectory of Birling, and all tythes, tenths,
thought, fall to the ground; which if they ſhould &c. belonging to it, and the advowſon of the
do, they could not be rebuilt again for 201. vicarage late belonging to the ſaid Abbat and
That he the Vicar had exerciſed the no ſmall Convent (o).
His deſcendant Henry, Lord Abergavenny (P),
riſhioners, or thereabout, although with great died Feb. 20, in the 25th year of Q. Elizabeth,
inconvenience, and in great miſery and want du and by the inquiſition taken after his death
ring the whole time of his having been Vicar, and that year, he was found to die feiſed of the
had employed himſelf in every religious duty to manor of Birling, and the manor and rectory of
the beſt of his abilities, and ſtill continued ſo the church of All Saints of Birling, and the ad.
to do. That the portion of the fruits and pro vowſon of the vicarage of it; ſince which, they
fits of the pariſh church of Birling, belonging to have deſcended, with the title of Baron of Aber.
the Abbat and Convent, proprietaries of it, had gavenny, to The Right Hon. George, Lord Aberga.
been from the time of the appropriation of it, venny, the preſent owner of them.
and was then ſo rich and abundant, that, ac. In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
cording to common eſtimation, the portion of of Birling was valued at 15 marcs (9).
(7) Reg. Roff. p. 126, 127 (0) Ibid. p. 171 et ſeq.
(6) In the 23d year of that reign, the ſame Lord obtained
the King's licence to align, among other premiſes, this ad-
vowſon and rectory to Henry, Lord Courtney, and others, to
the uſe of the ſaid Lord Bergavenny, and his heirs for ever.
VOL. II.
(p) In Michaelmas term anno 3 Eliz. he levied a fine of all
his lands and tenements, as he did in Eaſter term in the 19th
year
of that reign.
(2) Stev, Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
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RYARSH.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books Which is: The ſame Hugh (de Port) holds of
at 61. gs. 4 d. and the yearly tenths at 12s. the Biſhop (of Baieux) Rieſce. It was taxed at
rid.(r)
two ſulings and an half. The arable land is five
carucates. In demeſne there are two, and ten vil-
CHURCH OF BIRLING. PO
leins, with two borderers, having three carucates.
PATRONS,
There is a church and 10 ſervants, and a mill of
Vicars.
or by whom preſented.
ten ſhillings, and nine acres of meadow. Wood for
Abbat and Convent (s) Richard Mann, in 1487. the pannage of five hogs. In the time of K. Edz.
of Bermondſey.
the Confeffor it was worth eight pounds, whin be
Nevill's Lords. (1) Philip Shatterthwaite, D. received it 100 ſhillings, now fix pounds. Alured
D. fequeftred in 1642. beld it of K. Edward.br
Abergavenny. (u) Thomas Guns, ejected in On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, about
1662.
the year 1084, his lands and poffeffions were
3299 Sri
(0) Michael Rabbett, infti ſeized on by the King, and confiſcated to his
tuted 1659, ob. March 25, uſe. Soon after which this manor ſeems to have
1692.
been granted to the family of Creſcie, one of
is :9100b (70) Theophilus Beck, A.M. whom is mentioned in the Battle Abbey Roll, as
ob. Oct. 1715.
furviving after the battle of Haſtings.
od blood mood (x) Tho.Winterbottom, 1715, William de Creſcie poffefſed this manor in the
ob. 1717.
reign of King John, in the 5th year of which
Itow as poder (y) Hugh Pugh, ob. May 19, reign, he obtained a charter of liberties in Ryerſ
T2011
1718.
and Birling ; his deſcendant, Hugh de Creſcie, died
Edward Holme, 1757. Pre-
ſeized of it in the 47th year of K. Henry III,
nasta
ſent Vicar.
without iſſue, whereupon Stephen de Creſcie, his
brother, became as his heir entitled to this
4
RY A
S H.
မူလ
At the latter end of the next reign of King
SOUTHWARD from Birling lies Ryarſ), com Edward I, John de Mowbray held it, as appears
monly called Rajh. In Domeſday it is called
by antient Court Rolls of the reign of K. Edw.
Rieſce, and in the Textus Roffenſis, Reierſce.
II, as parcel of the barony of Bedford (2).
He was appointed by K. Edward II, Sheriff
of Yorkſhire, and Governor of the city of York,
This manor in the time of the Conqueror was in which offices he performed the King good fer-
part of the poffeffions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, vices, and was further made Governor of Mal.
the King's half brother, under the general title ton, and Scarborough caſtles in that county.mont
of whoſe lands it is thus entered in the book of Being afterwards diſcontented concerning fome
Domeſday.
part of his wife's (a) inheritance being kept from
Ifde' Hugo ten' de epo' Riefce. p. 2. ſolins & dimº him, he, with other great men, took up arms,
ſe defd. Tra' e'. 5. car. In dnio ſunt. 2. & 10. but being defeated at the battle of Boroughbridge,
villi cu' 2. bord bnt. 3. car'. Ibi accla& 10. fer in Yorkſhire, in the 15th year of K. Edward II.
vi. & 1. molin de. 10. fol. & 9. ac pti.
he was there taken priſoner, and carried to York,
porc. T. R. E. valeb 8. lib. Qdo: recep. 100. fol. where he was hanged, and his eſtates confiſcated
modo 6. lib. Aluric tenuit de rege. E.
to the Crown. slidstoe ons biuos: yorda
bibərox9 Dan scivoli
(r) E&t. Theſ. p. 383.
fi ທີ່ວາງນອນ :3 increaſed by other grants to him afterwards. Nigel de Al-
() Reg. Roff. p. 172.
beni married Maud, daughter of Richard de Aquila, by per-
(1) Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, pt. ii, p. 366. miſion from the Pope, in the life-time of her huſband, Ro-
(1). Eje&ted by the Bartholomew act. See Calamy's Life bert de Molbray, Earl of Northumberland, before-mentioned,
of Baxter, p. 286. bool
whilſt the ſaid Robert was in priſon ; from whom he was di-
He lies buried in this church.
vorced afterwards, becauſe ſhe was his kinſman's wife. He
(w) He lies buried in the chancel of this church. He
married, ſecondly, Gundred, daughter of Geralde de Gornay,
was alſo Rector of Barming, and formerly Vicar of Reculver
by whom only he left iſſue Roger, his heir, who poſſeſſing
yo
and Rector of Aſhurft.
the lands of Molbray, as above-mentioned, did by the King's
(*) He was likewiſe Rector of Aſhurſt.
fpecial command affume the ſurname of Molbray or Mou-
(y) Alſo Curate of Oxford.
bray, as it was afterwards written, and alſo the coat armour
(z) Philipott, p. 280. He was deſcended from Nigel de of Molbray, Earl of Northumberland, viz.-Gules, a lion ram-
Albini, a younger brother of William de Albini, from whom
pant, argent; which coat was borne by all his deſcendants,
the antient Earls of Arundel deſcended, who was a perſon of and are now to be ſeen on the ſtone roof of the cloyſters of
noble extraction, and came into England with the Conqueror, Canterbury. His deſcendant. Roger de Moubray, by Roſe
for whoſe family he afterwards performed many ſignal and his wife, fiſter of Gilbert de Clare, left iſſue John de Mou-
valiant ſervices, for which K. Henry beſtowed on him all bray, who posſeſſed this manor as above-mentioned. Dugd.
the lands of Robert de Molbray, Earl of Northumberland, Mon. vol. i, p. 121 et ſeq.
bas
both in Normandy and England, then forfeited on account of (a) She was Aliva, daughter and coheir of William de
his conſpiracies; ſo that he had no leſs than 20 knight's fees
your bus
in Normandy, and as many in England, which were greatly 12
He
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R..
than
Silva 5.
(v)
10m, celke in os Alive, fighter and cobeir of William de
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HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ,
203
RYARSH.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
He left iffue Fohn his ſon and heir, who found of Nottingham, per cinEturam gladii, to him and
ſuch favour with K. Edward III, that in the 1ſt the heirs male of his body, &c. and likewiſe by
year of that reign he had in conſideration of the pat. dated Feb. 12, in thegth year of K. Richard
eminent ſervices performed to the King's proge II, anno 1385. He had granted to him the ti-
nitors, livery of his father's lands doing his ho-
tle and office of Earl Marſhal of England, being
mage. In the 4th year of that reign, he received the firſt Earl Marſhal of England, for before they
fummons to Parliament (5), after which he con-
were only Marſhals (f). Of which office he had
ſtantly ſerved the King in his wars, both in
a confirmation in the 20th year of K. Richard
France and Scotland, with much reputation and
II. with a union of the office of Marſhal in
valour, till the time of his death, which hap-
the Courts of King's Bench and Exchequer,
pened at York, of the peftilence, Oct. 4, in the with other privileges annexed to them, and
35th year of K. Edward III. his body being bu-
that he and his heirs male, by reaſon of their
ried in the Grey friars at Bedford.
office of Earl Marſhal, ſhould bear a golden
He left iſſue by Joan, his wife, one of the
truncheon enamelled with black åt each end,
daughters of Henry, Earl of Lancaſter, John
having at the upper end of it the King's arms,
Lord Moubray, his ſon and heir, who being of
and at the lower end their own arms (g). And
full age, had, ſoon after, doing his homage, li further, on Sept. 29, in his 21ſt year, the King
very of his father's lands(c), and received ſummons
advanced him to the title of Duke of Norfolk, to
to Parliament accordingly (d). He married Eliz him, and the heirs male of his body, &c. his
abeth, daughter and heir of John, Lord Segrave, grandmother Margaret, daughter and heir of
by Margaret (e), his wife, daughter and coheir Thomas of Brotherton, being the ſame day crea-
of Thomas of Brotherton, eldeſt fon of K. Edward ted Dutcheſs of Norfolk for life (b).
I. by his ſecond wife, Earl of Norfolk, and Earl Notwithſtanding theſe favors, he was baniſhed
Marſhal of England, by which marriage a great the realm next year, for having accuſed Henry,
inheritance of lands, and much addition of ho Duke of Hereford, of certain matters (i), which
nour accrued to this family. He died in the the latter as firmly denied ; and it being deter-
Holy Land, being flain by the Turks near Con. mined to try this accuſation by the laws of chi-
ftantinople, in the 420 year of K. Edward III, valry, a day was aſſigned for the trial by combat,
leaving iſſue by his wife above-mentioned two every thing being prepared with great folemnity
ſons, John and Thomas, and a daughter Anne, by the King's command, who, after they had
Abbeſs of Barking Abbey, in the co. of Eſſex. entered the lifts, forbad the combat by the ad-
John, his eldeſt ſon and heir, was but four vice of his council, and baniſhed the Duke of
years old at the time of his father's death. He Hereford for 10 years, and the Duke of Norfolk
was created Earl of Nottingham on the day of for life (k); who never returned to England, but
K. Richard the Ild's. coronation, with this fpe. died at Venice in his way back from Jerufalem, in
cial clauſe in the charter of his creation, That Sept. anno 1 K. Henry IV, as it is ſaid by fome,
all his lands and tenements, of which he was then of the plague, but by others of grief, and was
poſſeſſed, or ſhould afterwards purchaſe, ſhould buried in the abbey of St. George in that city;
be held ſub honore comitali, and as parcel of his being at the time of his death ſeiſed of vaſt pof-
Earldom. He enjoyed this honor only till the 18th ſeſſions in different counties, and among them
year of his age, and then died on Feb. 10, in the of this manor of Ryerſh. He was twice married,
6th of that reign, and was buried in the firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of John le
on le Strange,
church of the Carmelites near Fleet-ſtreet, London. of Blackmere, by whom he had no iſſue ; and ſe.
He was ſucceeded by Thomas, his brother and condly, to Elizabeth Fitz-Alan, fiſter and coheir
heir, then 17 years of age, who two days after of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, by whom he had if-
wards was advanced to the dignity of Earl fue two ions and two daughters (1); of the for-
၀န်း o bodo
(6) By the title of John de Mowbray, Chr. though he was and Governor of Calais and the parts adjacent, and ſtood
commonly deſcribed by the title of John, Lord Mowbray of then in ſuch favor with the King, that, acknowledging his
Axholme. See Cott. Rec. p. 6, &c.
juſt and hereditary title to bear for his creſt- A golden leopard,
(c) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 127.
with a white label, which of right belonged to the King's
(d) By the title of John de Mowbray de Axholme. Cott. eldeſt ſon, he by his let. pat. granted to him and his heirs
Rec. p. 95, 96.
authority to bear-The golden leopard for his creft, avith a 60-
(e) She ſurvived her firſt huſband, and afterwards mar ronet of ſilver about his neck, inſtead of the label; and in
ried fir, Walter Manny, by whom ſhe had iſſue a ſon, who the ſame year he was conſtituted Juſtice of Cheſter, Flintſhire,
died without iſſue, and a daughter Anne, married to John, and of North Wales. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 128. Sandf.
Earl of Pembroke. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 208.
Gen. Hift. p. 210.
,
(f) This Thomas did not make proof of his age until the (g) Cotton's Records, p. 363. (5) Ibid. p. 370,576.
year of that reign, but then doing ſo, and performing (i) Ibid. p. 372. (k) Ibid. p. 379, 380.
his homage, he had livery of all his lands, and was there (1) Viz. Margaret, married to for Robert Howard, knt.
upon conftituted Governor of Berwick upon Tweed, and af-
anceſtor of the ſeveral illuſtrious branches of that name; and
terwards in the 14th year of it, Governor of the caſtle of Iſabel, married firſt to fir Henry Ferrers, knt. and ſecondly
Merke in France, and alſo Captain of Calais. In the 16th to James, Lord Berkeley, anceſtor of thoſe of Berkeley Cafile in
fear of that reign, he was conſtituted the King's Lieutenant the co, of Glouceſter.
mer,
year
.
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204
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
3600
CAR EWS
RYARSH.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
mer, the eldeſt, Thomas, commonly called Earl
John, Duke of Norfolk, departed this life at
Marſhal, was beheaded at York, with Archbiſhop his caſtle of Framingham in Norfolk, in Jan. anno
Scroop, in the 6th year of King Henry IV, anno 15 K. Edward IV, and was buried in the abbey
1404, for a conſpiracy againſt the King, and
of Thetford, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife,
was interred in the cathedral of that city, and
daughter of John Talbot, firſt Earl of Shrewſbury,
died without iſſue; and John, the youngeſt, will Anne, his ſole daughter and heir, then an infant,
be mentioned hereafter.
afterwards married to Richard, Duke of York, ſe-
Eliz. Dutchefs of Norfolk, ſurvived the Duke,
cond ſon of K. Edward IV; but ſhe died with-
her huſband, and held this manor in dowry; ſhe out iſſue, by which means the inheritance of
afterwards married fir Robert Gowfel, knt, and this family was divided between the Howards and
again Gerard Ufete (m). She died ſeiſed of the Berkeleys, deſcended from Margaret and Iſabel,
manor of Ryarſh, on July 8, in the 3d year of daughters of Thowas Mowbray, the firſt Duke of
K. Henry VI, and was ſucceeded in it by her Norfolk, who have been mentioned above (2);
only ſurviving ſon, John (n), who was reſtored and a partition of their great eſtate was made be-
to the Earldom of Nottingham, with the office of tween their heirs in the 14th year of K. Henry
Earl Marſhal (o), in the firſt year of K. Henry VII. After which the manor of Ryarſh came
V. and in conſideration of his repeated ſervices into the poſſeſſion of the Nevills, Lords Aberga-
in the King's wars in France, during the reigns venny; Henry, Lord Abergavenny, was found to
of K. Henry V, and VI, was in the 3d year of die feiſed of it in the 29th year of Q. Elizabeth.
the latter, in the Parliament then held at Weſt Since which it has, in like manner as the adjoin-
minſter, reſtored to the title and dignity of Duke ing manor of Birling, continued in the ſame fa-
of Norfolk, for tho' his father was not attainted, mily, the preſent proprietor of it being The
yet neither he, nor his brother bore that title.
Right Hon. George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny (70).
In the third year of that reign, he ſucceeded The manor of Ryarſ is held of the manor of
to this manor on the death of Elizabeth his mo-
Swanſcombe by caſtle-guard to the caſtle of Ro.
ther (P), and having by his will bequeathed his
cheſter. bobo vietails of
body to be buried in the charter houſe, within the
yd nicht and help
iſle of Axholme, and ordered that the bones of his brytb
WS COURT,
COURT, Sioritet
father, which lay buried at Venice, ſhould be
now commonly called Callis Court, is a manor in
tranſlated thither, he died at his manor of Eppe-
this pariſh, which was for many deſcents the
worthe in that iſland, Oct. 19, in the 11th year inheritance of the family of that ſurname, who
of King Henry VI, anno 1432 (q), being then were ſeated at Beddington in Surry; with whom
ſeiſed of the manor of Ryarſla(r). By Katherine, it remained till the 12th year of K. Henry VI,
his wife, daughter of Ralph Nevill, Earl of Weſt-
anno 1433, when Nicholas Carew, of Bedding-
moreland (s), he left iſſue John, his ſon and heir, ton (x), alienated it to Thomas Watton, who ſet-
then 17 years old, who in the 23d of K.
tled it on his nephew, William Watton, of Ad-
Henry VI, had a confirmation of the title of
dington, eſq;(y) and his deſcendant of the ſame
Duke of Norfolk, and place and ſeat in Par-
name (Z), in the reign of K. Charles II, fold it
liament and elſewhere, next to the Duke of Ex to Edward Walſingham, gent. (a) whofe defcen-
eter. He died in the firſt year of King Edward dant, Mr. Edward Walfingham, of this place,
IV, being then ſeiſed of this manor (t), and was dying without male iſſue, his daughter Elizabeth
buried in the abbey of Thetford in Norfolk (u). carried it in marriage to fir Edward Auften, of
He left iſſue by Eleanor, only daughter of Boxley Abbey, bart. who died poſſeſſed of this
William, Lord Bourebier, John his ſon and heir, manor Dec. 16, 1760(6), and by his will de-
who in his father's life time, viz. March 24, viſed it to his wife's couſin, John, ſon of Nicho-
anno 29 Henry VI, had been created Earl War las Amhurſt, in tail general, with ſeveral remain.
ren and Earl of Surry.
ders, ſubject to the life and future deviſe of his
Basso 9001
song
(mn) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 129, 130. Sandf. Gen. Hift. (v) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 131.
padiples on
(w) See a further account of this family above, under
(n) Rot. Eſch. N. 25. Philipott, p. 280.
Birling, p.197
() He was ſummoned to Parliament by the title of Earl (x) This branch of the Carew's is deſcended from Nicho-
Marſhal, in the ift, 2d, and 30 years of K. Henry V. las Carew, third ſon of Nicholas Carer, of Haccombe in the
.
co. cf Devon; by Amicia, the fifter and heir of John Peve-
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
rell, of Ermington in that county. They bore for their arms
(9) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 130. Sandf. Gen. Hiſt. p. 211. -Or, 3 lioncells paſſant in pale, fable. Coll. Baronetage,
(r) Rot. Eſch. p. 129, Philipott, p. 280.
(s) She afterwards married Thomas Strangways, eſq; and (y) Philipott, p. 280.
then John, Viſcount Beaumont; and laſtly, for John Wid.vile, knt. (2) See more of this family, under Addington.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(a) They bore for their arms- A chevron between 3 cinque-
(u) Cott. Rec. p. 576 and 578. See the diſputes between foils. Several of them lie buried in Ryarſh church.
this John, Earl Mareſchal, and the Earl of Warwick, con (6) See more of this family, under Bexley, vol. i. of this
cerning their precedency in Parliament, in the ſame book, hiſtory, p. 160, and under Boxley, in this vol. p. 126.
p. 575, 578.
p. 211.
Cot:. Records.
vol. v, p. 159
wife

Tive H İ STORY of K E N T
20$
PRESENT STATE OF RYARSH.
RYARSH.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
wife Lady Auften (c), who at her deceaſe con. buildings; and he decreed, that the canons
firmed her huſband's difpofition of this manor ; ſhould have to their own proper uſes all tythes
whereupon Fobn Amburyt, efq; above mentioned, of ſheaves, and the moiety of the tythe of hay,
of Little Milgate in Berfted, became entitled to and the chief meſfuage of the church, together
it, and he is the prefent poffeffor of it (d). with the buildings, and the grove, the alder-bed;
The priory of Merton ſeems once to have had and the meadow, and the rents of affiſe, except
ſome poffefſions in this pariſh (e).
the annual rent of 4d. from Hugh de Cateby, and
Part of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's manor of Hal his heirs, which the Biſhop aſſigned to the Vicar.
ling appears to have extended into Rerſbe, and And he decreed, that the Vicar, who ſhould
that he had a grange here (f).
at any time be poffeſſed of it, at the preſentation
of the canons, being canonically inſtituted by
the Biſhop, ſhould have the houſe uſually aſſigned
The ſoil of this pariſh is a deep ſand. The
to the Prieſt, with its territory, and the altarage,
village has nothing remarkable in it. The and all the arabie land belonging to the church;
church ſtands at ſome diſtance from it, at the
ſo that the canons ſhould not rake, in the name
ſouth-eaſt corner of the pariſh.
of tythe, any thing ariſing from the produce of
the ſaid land, or meſſuage aforeſaid; and fur-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. ther, that the Vicar ſhould receive yearly of the
canons the ſum of 48s. by equal half-yearly pay-
RyArsh is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
ments; and laſtly, that he ſhould ſuſtain all or-
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Malling.
dinary burthens; and the Biſhop made this grant
The church, which is dedicated to St. Martin,
in the church of Ryerſſe, vacant by the reſigna-
is a ſmall building, with a tower ſteeple. It
tion of Andrew de Winton, Rector of it, into his
antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother
hands, &c. In teſtimony of which he had cauſed
church of the dioceſe (8).
his ſeal to be put to this inſtrument on the mor-
This church was part of the poſſeſſions of
row of St. Andrew, in the year above written (2).
the priory of Merton in Surry (b), as early as the
The Rector and Vicar of this pariſh, in the
beginning of the reign of K. Henry III ; in the
year 1448, made their petition to John, Biſhop
22d year of which reign, anno 1237, an affiſe
of Rocheſter, ſetting forth, that the feaſt of the
was taken before the King's Juſtices, concern-
dedication of the pariſh church of St. Martin of
ing the laſt preſentation to this church of Reyers,
Ryerſch, on the feaſt of St. Lambert, frequently
at the inſtance of Henry, Prior of Merton, againſt
happening in the Ember Days (m), and in the
John de Curtenay, and Matilda his wife ; when it time of harveſt, hindered it from being kept
appeared to the jurors, that, at the requeſt of
with that ſolemnity and due reverence with which
Benedi&t, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who died in the 11th it ought to be celebrated; therefore, in compli-
year of that reign, Thomas, Prior, and the Con.
ance with their requeſt, he changed it to the feaſt
vent aforeſaid, had preſented in the time of peace(i), of the Tranſiation of St. Martin, in ſummer, viz.
Maſter Peter de Saufintone to this church, whom on the 4th day of June; on which he decreed it
the Biſhop accordingly admitted and inſtituted.
to be celebrated yearly for the future (n).
Upon which the Prior recovered his ſeiſin of it,
The church of Ryarſh, and the advowſon of
&c. and he had his writ to the Archdeacon of Roche-
the vicarage, remained part of the poffeffions of
ſter, the ſee being then vacant, for him to admit
the priory of Merton till the diffolution of it in
a fit parſon, &c. (k)
the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it was ſur-
Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the year 1242, rendered into the King's hands, and was, with
appropriated this church to the church of St.
all its poffeffions, confirmed to him and his heirs
Mary of Merton, and the canons there, to the
by the general words of the act of the gift of
building and maintaining of their church and
that reign, paſſed for this purpoſe.
cabrio dondad
(-) See a further account of Lady Auften's deviſe above, (i) There is frequent expreſſion made in antient records
under Boxley, p. 126, and 127, note (w).
of Tempore Pacis, and Tempore Belli aut Guerre, which
(d) He bears for his arms-Gules, 3 tilting Spears, 2 and 1,
odio
means thus: Tempore Pacis is when the courts of juſtice are
erected in pale or, headed argent.
open, and the judges and miniſters of juſtice free to protect
(e) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p. 455.
sowo men from wrong and violence, and diſtribute juſtice. Tem-
(f) Reg. Roff. p. 89.
pore Belli is when by invaſion, inſurrection, or rebellion,
(g) Text. Roff. p. 229.
bat
&c. the peaceable courſe of juſtice is diſturbed, and the
(b) The priory of Merton was founded for canons regular,
courts of juſtice are, as it were, ſhut up. Coke's Inftit. pt.
of the order of St. Auſtin, and was at firſt begun in 1117, by
i, p. 249
Gilbert Norman, Sheriff of Surry, at whoſe requeſt K. Henry
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 596.
I, anno 1121, beſtowed the whole town of Merton on the re-
ligious; who erected here a fine church and priory, the
(1) This grant was confirmed by the Prior and Convent
yearly revenue of which was rated, anno 26 Henry VIII, at of Rocheſter ſome few days afterwards. Reg. Roff, p. 597.
9571. 195. 5 d. per annum, Dugdale, and 10391. 55. 3d. (m) In Diebus 111 Temporum. 49
Speed; the firſt being ſuppoſed to be the clear produce, and
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 598. - siodsot srod yd?
the laſt the whole rents of it. Tan. Mon. p. 538.
Banismu
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206
K E N T.
The
of
HISTORY
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
LEYBORNE.
In the year 1608, the advowſon of the vicar-
age belonged to Thomas Watton, of Addington,
efq; whoſe deſcendant Edmund Watton, of Ad-
dington, eſq; leaving an only daughter and heir,
ſhe carried it in marriage, firſt to Leonard Bar-
tholemew, eſq; and ſecondly to fir Roger Twiſden,
bart. both of whom ſhe ſurvived; and dying in
1775, her ſon by her firſt huſband, Leonard Bar-
tholemew, of Addington, eſq; is at preſent entitled
to it.
• In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church
was valued at 18 marcs (o).
The vicarage is a diſcharged living, the
clear yearly certified value of 401. os. od. the
yearly tenths of which are 19s. (p)
CHURCH OF
RY ARS H.
PATRONS,
Rectors.
or by whom preſented.
Prior and Canons of (9) Peter de Saufintone in the
Merton. beginning of the reign of
K. Henry III.
(r) Andrew de Wintone, reſig.
1442.
VICARS,
(s) Richard Whyte, 1524.
Family of Watton. (1) Henry Levet, A.M. about
1630.
Henry Burville, A. M. inft.
June 5, 1730.
Sir Roger Twiſden, (u) Thomas Buttonſhaw, A.M.
hart, and his Dec. 1742, obt. 1768.
Lady. James Thurſton, A. M. Dec.
1768. Preſent Vicar.
villicu'. 2. bord bnt. 5. car'. Ibi eccla & 10.
fervi. & un molinº de 7. Solid. & 12 ac' pti. Silva
50. pore'. I. R. E. Valeb. 8. lib. Qdo. recep'. 7.
lib'. modo. 8. lib. Ricard de Tonebrige ten' in ſua
Leuua. qd val. 24. fol. Rex ten' p novo dono epi
qd' val. 24. folid. & 2. den'. Hoc m' tenuit Tur-
gis de Goduino Comite.
citation
Which is : Adam holds of the Biſhop (of Baieux)
Leleburne. It was taxed at two ſulings. The ara.
ble land is . ... In demeſne there are three caru-
cates, and 16 villeins, with two borderers having
ſeven carucates. There is a church and 10 ſer-
vants, and a mill of ſeven Millings, and 12 acres of
meadow. Wood for the pannage of 50 hogs. In
the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, it was worth
eight pounds, when he received it ſeven pounds, now
eight pounds. Richard de Tonebrige holds in his
lowy what is worth 24 ſhillings. The King holds
of the new gift of the Biſhop, what is worth 24
Shillings and two pence. Turgis beld this manor of
Earl Goduin.
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, and
the confiſcation of all his eſtates, this of Ley-
bourne came into the hands of the crown, and
was probably ſoon afterwards granted to fir Wil-
liam de Arfick, knt. (w)
How long it ſtaid in this name, I do not find;
but in the reign of K. Richard I, it was in the
poffeffion of the family of Leyborne (w), who
about this time erected a caſtellated manſion here,
the ruins of which are ſtill remaining.
Sir Roger de Leyborne, with many other Kentiſh
Knights, accompanied K. Richard I. to the fiege
in Paleſtine, in the 3d year of his reign,
anno 1191(y). He deceaſed before the 10th
year of it, leaving Margaret his wife ſurviving,
by whom he had iſſue Roger de Leyborne, who in
the 17th of K. John adhered to the rebellious
Barons, then in arms, and was taken priſoner,
among others of them, at Rocheſter Caſtle. Soon
after which, having made his peace with the
King, he was diſcharged (z).
In the 36th year of the next reign of K. Henry
III, he new Ernulf de Mounteney, at a meeting
of the Round Table held at Walden in the co. of
Elex (a), and the next enſuing year, he attended
the King in his expedition into Gaſcony, and af-
terwards ſhewed his fidelity to the King by his
eminent actions in the war againſt his former
party, particularly that year at Northampton,
where he received ſeveral dangerous wounds.
For which and other ſignal ſervices, after the
of Aconi
L E Y B O R N E.
EASTWARD from Ryarsh lies Leyborne,
frequently, though corruptly written La-
borne. It is called in old records, Leleburne, and
Lilleborne (v), and ſeems to have taken its name
from the little brook or bourne which runs through
this pariſh ; lytlan fignifying in old Engliſh, little
or ſmall, quafi Lytlanbourne.
otorga
MANOR and CASIL E.
This place in the reign of the Conqueror was
part of the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux,
and Earl of Kent, the King's half-brother, under
the general title of whoſe lands it is thus de-
fcribed in the record of Domeſday.
Ada' ten' de epo' Leleburne. p. 2. ſolins ſe defď.
Tra è .... In dnio' ſunt. 3. Car’. & 16.
THE
() Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456. (p) E&. Theſ. p. 384,
(9) Reg. Roff. p. 596. (r) Ibid. p. 597.
(s) In the archives of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's Conſiſtory
Court.
(1) Mr. Twyſden.
(u) Alſo Rector of Addington by diſpenſation.
(v) Text. Roff. p. 229. Reg. Roff. p. 479.
ໃນ ໃນ
(w) Kilb. Surv.
p.
160.
(x) They bore for their arms- Azure, 6 lions rampant, ar.
gent, ſometimes 3, 2 and 1, and at others 3 and
3, as they
were painted in the windows of Newington church near Sit-
tingborne.
() Philipott, p. 218.
(2) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 13.
(a) Rot. Pat. ejus an. pt. 1. He was ſlain by the lance of
Roger de Leyborne, which ran into his throat under his hel-
met, which wanted a collar; and as the lance had no focket
on the point, it was ſuppoſed to be done purpoſely, in re-
venge of a broken leg Robert de Leyborne had received from
Mounteney in a former tournament, Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 13.
King

The
207
H 1 STORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
LEYBORNE.
King’s recovery of his royal power by his vic-
tory at Eveſham, in the 49th year of his reign, he
had ſeveral important offices and lucrative grants
conferred on him from time to time (b).
av
In the 54th year of K. Henry III. he was
ſigned with the croſs, in order to his going to
the Holy Land with Prince Edward, and departed
this life in the 56th year of it, anno 1271.
He was twice married ; firſt to Idonea, the
younger daughter of fir Robert deVipont, Lord and
Baron of Weſtmoreland (c); and ſecondly to Elea-
nor, daughter of William de Ferrers, widow of
Roger de Quinci, Earl of Wincheſter (d), who ſur-
vived him.
tona
He left iſſue William de Leyborne his ſon and
heir, who then doing his homage, had livery of
the manor of Leyborne, with its appurts, in the
2d year of K. Edward I, as well as of the reſt of
his inheritance, of which Eleanor, Counteſs of Win-
cheſter, his father's widow, was not endowed (e).
In the 56th year of K. Henry III, being the year
his father died, he had a grant in fee of the fo-
reſt of Englewood (f); and in the 14th year of
the next reign he had the honor of entertaining
K. Edward I. at his manſion here, on Oct. 25,
as appears by the Patent-rolls in the Tower of
that year.
notioned, who furvived him, and afterwards mar-
After which he received continual marks of
the King's confidence and favor (g), and having
been ſummoned to Parliament from the 27th of
K. Edward I, till the 3d year of K. Edward II.
He died that year, leaving Juliana his grand-
daughter, his heir, then ſix years of age (b), and
Juliana his own wife, ſurviving. But it appears
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
by the Eſcheat-rolls, that he had enfeoffed his
fon, Thomas de Leyberne, in this manor ſome-
time before his death. He died in his father's
life-time, anno 35 Edward I, being feiſed at
the time of his death of the caſtle and manor of
Leyborne, held of the King as of the honor of
Albermarle, then in the King's hands, by the ſer-
vice of half a knight's fee, and making ſuit to
the court of Walbroke, from three weeks to three
weeks. He left iſſue an only daughter Juliana,
above-mentioned, his heir, and Alice his wife,
ſurviving (2), who held this manor after his
death, ſhe having been jointly enfeoffed with
him in it by William de Leyborne his father (k).
Juliana de Leyborne, their daughter and heir,
as alſo heir to her grandfather as above-men-
tioned, became entitled to a large inheritance
in this and other counties, among which was the
manor and caſtle of Leyborne, which ſhe carried
in marriage, firſt to John de Haſtings, eldeſt ſon
of John de Haſtings, by Iſabel his wife, fifter and
at length coheir to Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pem-
broke (l). Which John de Haſtings, Lord Bergan
venny, was father of Laurence de Haſtings, Earl
of Pembroke, as it ſhould ſeem by a former wife;
for he died in the 18th year of K. Edward II,
leaving no iſſue by his wife Juliana above men-
tioned, who ſurvived him, and afterwards mar-
ried Thomas le Blount, who likewiſe died without
iffue by her; and ſhe again remarried in the 3d
year of K. Edward III, with fir William de Clin-
ton, knt, a younger brother of John de Clinton,
of Maxtoke, anceſtor to the Lords Clinton and Say,
the Earls of Lincoln, and the preſent Duke of
Newcaſtle. nowy
Pornodinis
(1) Rot. Pat. pt. 53.3 oferi
(8) In the 15th year of that reign he was ſtiled the King's
Admiral, and in the 22d
thę 22d had a commiſion of Admiral of
the ſouthern ſeas, viz. Portſmouth and the adjoining parts,
and was made Conſtable of the caſtle of Pevenſey. In the
24th year of K. Edward I, he obtained a grant of the ward-
hip and marriage of Geofry the
fon and heir of William de
Say, deceaſed, who afterwards married Idonea his daughter.
Spelman's Gloſſary, p. 14. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 14.
the 28th year of this reign Henry and Simon de Leyborne,
two cadets of this family, attended the King into Scotland,
and aſſiſted at the famous fiege of Carlaverock in that king-
dom ; for which ſervice they, with many other of the gen-
county, received the honor of knighthood. Phi.
lipott, p. 218.
(5) It appears by Cotton's Records, p. 26, 36, and 42,
that there was an heir male left of this family; for John de
Leyborne, received ſummons to Parliament in the 14th, 17th,
and 18th years of K. Edward III, and he ſeems to have
been the fame John de Leyborne, who was appointed Ad-
.
miral of the northern ſeas in the 20th year of K. Edward II.
Spelman's Gloff.
p. 14.
(i) She was the daughter of Ralph de Tony, of Flamited
in the co. of Herts, and afterwards married Guy de Beauchamp,
Earl of Warwick, whom ſhe likewiſe ſurvived. The next
year after the Earl of Warwick's death the married William
la Zouch, of Aſhby in the co. of Leiceſter, and died in the
18th of Edward II. Dugd. Warwickín. p. 315,
(k) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 14.
(1) Philipott, p. 218. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, P. 576.
In
try of this
(6) He was made Conſtable of the caſtle of Brifol in the
44th year of K. Henry III; ſoon after which he appeared
openly in favor of the diſcontented Barons, whom he after-
wards forfook in confideration of the great rewards and pro-
miſes on the King's part. He was made Warden of all the
King's foreſts beyond Trent, and Steward of the King's
houſhold, and Warden of the Five Ports, as alſo Sheriff of
Cumberland, and of this county ; beſides which he had the
grant of a profitable wardſhip, and divers lands forfeited by
the King's enemies. In the goth year he was again confti-
tuted Sheriff of Cumberland, and Governor of the caſtle of
Carliſle ; about which time, having the guard of the ſea-
coafts in Kent againſt the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports, who
then ſtood out againſt the King, he laid out large ſums of
his own money in that ſervice; and the Sheriff of this
county
was commanded to reimburſe him out of the profits of
it. In the 51ſt year of the ſame reign he was again made
Sheriff of Cumberland, and in the 52d year once more
Sheriff of Kent for the firſt part of the year; and the 10th of
March that year he had a full pardon from the King for all
matters whatſoever to that time. Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 14.
Rot. Pat. anno 49, pt. 5. Ibid. 39. Ibid. anno 52 a terg. 4.
(c) The eldeſt fifter Iſabell, married for Roger de Clifford,
who in her right was Baron of Weſtmoreland, and had iſſue.
Coll. Bar. p. 321, 387. Dugdale, in his Barony, vol. ii,
p. 13, ſays, this Roger de Leyborne married Eleanor, daugh-
ter of Stephen de Thurnham.
(d) He was her ſecond huſband, ſhe having been Arſt mar-
ried to William de Vaux. Chauncy's Hertfordſhire, p. 203.
(e) De Dote Eleanor Comitiſſa Winton, nup: ux. Roger de
Leyborne. Rot. Pat. de anno 56 Henry III, pt. 54.
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208
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LEYBORNE
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
This marriage, in all probability, was the means Theſe feoffees, after K. Edward's death, in com-
of all his future honors and advancement: for in pliance with his laſt will, conveyed them to the
the courſe of the next year, he was made Juſtice Abbat and Monks there, and their fucceffors, for
and Governor of Cheſter, Governor of Dover Caſtle, the term of 40 years, to the intent, that it might
and Warden of the Cinque Ports, and in the 5th be given by the King in mortmain to them and
year of that reign, he had ſummons to Parliament their ſucceſſors for ever. After which the Abbat
among the Barons of this realm (m), two years and Convent granted their intereſt in this term at
after which he was conſtituted Admiral of the feas a certain yearly rent to fr Simon de Burly, Knight
from the mouth of the Thames weſtward (n); and of the Garter, and Warden of the Five Ports,
advancing ſtill further in the King's favor, he who having forfeited it, with his life, for high
was, by patent, dated March 16, in the 11th treaſon, in the 10th year of K. Richard II, that
year of K. Edward III, raiſed to the title and Prince, by his let. pat. Aug. 3, in his 12th
dignity of Earl of Huntingdon, with the creation year, at the petition of the abbat and Convent,
fee of 20l. per annum, payable out of the iſſues granted to them and their ſucceſſors, the rents
of that county at the hands of the Sheriff, in and profits of theſe premiſes among others, to
lieu of the third penny of the fame; and he had hold to them, as a ſufficient endowment, until
at that time the further grant of 1000 marcs
he ſhould otherwiſe alter or provide for the ſame,
per annum land, in conſideration of his accepta-
and afterwards, by his let. pat. July 3, in his
ble ſervices. In the 12th year of the ſame reign, 22d year, he granted the ſame to them in pure
he had another patent conſtituting him Conſtable and perpetual alms for ever, for the performance
of Dover Caſtle (0), and in the 15th was again of certain religious purpoſes therein mentioned,
made the King's Admiral from the Thames weſt and he gave licence to the ſurviving feoffees of
ward (p). In the 20th year of K. Edward III, K. Edward III, to releaſe and quitclaim theſe
he paid aid, at the making the Black Prince a premiſes to them and their ſucceſſors for ever(u).
Knight, for the caſtle of Leyborne, as one quar-
The manor and caſtle of Leyborne, together
ter of a knight's fee, which Thomas de Leyborne
with the advowſon of the church, remained part
before held of Margaret de Rivers, and ſhe of of the poſſeſſions of the above-mentioned monaf-
the King. And, having ſerved the King faith tery till the diffolution of it, in the 30th year
of
fully, as well in ſeveral embaſlies and negotia-
K. Henry VIII, when it was, together with the
tions, as in his wars, he departed this life feiſed lands and revenues of it, ſurrendered into the
of this manor and caſtle (9), and was buried in King's hands; all which were confirmed to him
the church of the priory of Maxtoke, which he and his heirs, by the general words of the act,
had founded (r), leaving fir John de Clinton, knt.
paſſed in the 31ſt year of that reign for this
his elder brother's ſon, his next heir, and alſo purpoſe.
Juliana his wife, ſurviving, by whom he had no K. Henry VIII, by his let. pat. March 2, in
iſſue (s). She upon his deceaſe again became his 31ſt year, under his great feal, granted and
poſſeſſed of this manor and caſtle in her own ſold in exchange, among other premiſes, to
right, of which ſhe died ſeiſed in the 41ſt year
mas Cranmer, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and his
of K. Edward III, and was buried, according to
ſucceſſors for ever, the manor of Leyborne, and
her laſt will, on the ſouth ſide of the church of all lands, tenements, royalties, &c. belonging
St. Auguſtine's Monaſtery (t) near Canterbury. to it, late parcel of the poſſeſſions of the late
On her death this eſtate eſcheated to the crown
abbey of St. Mary Grace, excepting to the King
for want of heirs ; for it appears by inquiſition ta-
all advowſons, preſentations, &c. to the abbey
belonging, and at any time paſt not appropriate,
ken after it, in the 43d year of K. Edw. III, that
to hold by knight's ſervice, and the yearly rent
there was then no one, who could make claim
therein mentioned; and whereas the King was en-
to her eſtates, either by direct or even collateral
titled by an act of Parl. made in the 26th year
of
alliance.
ow old to his reign, to the tenths of the ſaid manor, lands, te-
After which the King, by his charter, dated nements, &c. he diſcharged the Archbp. and his
Oct. 5, in the 50th year of his reign, granted fucceffors of thoſe tenths, and all other outgoings
this manor and caſtle, with their appurts, and whatſoever, ſaving, and except the rent therein
the advowſon of the church of Leyborne, among mentioned. Which grant was in conſequence of
other premiſes, to certain feoffees for the endow an indenture made before, between the King and
ment of his newly founded Giftertian abbey, called the Archbiſhop, which was inrolled in the Aug-
St. Mary Graces near the Tower of London. mentation office Feb. nith (v).
do
(m) Dugd. Bar. vol.i, p. 530.
ble, upon a chief azure 2 mullets cr, pierced gules. Which
(n) July 16th. Spelman's Gloff. p. 15.
coat differed from that of his elder brother only in the croſs-
(0) Dugd. Bar, vol. i, p. 330, 531.
croflers. Dugd. Warwickſh. p. 727.
(?) Spelman's Gloſſary, p. 15.
(s) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 531. (t) Ibid. p. 532.
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(u) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 944.
(7) This Earl bore for his arms- Argent, crufuice fitchee fa (v) Augtn, off, Inrolments.
Thele
To Thor
* either by direct or even colate
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to hold in capite
e), as he did
The H IS TO RY of Κ LEYBORNE.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Theſe premiſes did not remain long with the knt. (f) who deviſed thein by his laſt will to
Archbiſhop, who within a few years afterwards his kinſman, Gilbert Clerke, of the co. of Derby,
was obliged to comply with the King's avaritious eſq; and he ſold them to Capt. William Saxby, of
humour, and to paſs them back again; accord The Grange in this pariſh, whence they paſſed by
ingly, by bis indenture, dated Nov. 12, in the ſale in Sept. 1724, to Francis Whitworth, eſq; (8)
37th year of that reign (w), he conveyed this
He reſided at The Grange in this pariſh, and dy-
manor and caſtle, with their appurts, to the King
ing in March 1742, was ſucceeded in this eſtate
and his heirs for ever (x), who immediately af-
by his ſon and heir, Charles, afterwards fir Charles,
terwards granted them, together with the ad-
Whitworth, knt. (b) who in 1776 conveyed it (i)
vowſon of the rectory, to fir Edward North, knt.
by ſale to James Hawley, M. D. and F. R. S.
Chancellor of his Court of Augmentation, and who died poſſeſſed of it, Dec. 22, 1777(k), and
of his Privy Council (y), to hold in capite by his fon, Henry Hawley, of The Grange in this pa-
knight's ſervice (z).
riſh, eſq; is the preſent owner of the manor,
In the 6th year of K. Edward VI.'s reign, he
caſtle, and advowſon of the rectory of Leyborne.
obtained the King's licence to alienate this ma-
The manor of Leyborne pays a fee-farm to the
nor, with its appürts. to Robert and John Gos-
Crown of il. 193. 8d. per annum.
nold (a), to the uſe of the former. Robert Goſnold,
in the 2d year of Q. Elizabeth, paffed away this
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held for
this manor.
manor and caſtle, with its appurts, and the ad-
vowſon and preſentation of the rectory, to Robert
There are ſome remains of the antient build-
Godden(b), to hold in capite by knight's ſervice(c),
ings of Leyborne Caſtle exiſting at this time. The
and he by a fine levied in Eaſter Term, in the
ſtone-work of the chief entrance, with great part
17th year of Q. Elizabeth, ſettled them that of the circular towers on each ſide, and ſome
year on Thomas Godden, his ſon and heir (d), who other fragments of arches and walls are ſtill in
had livery of them accordingly, and a few years
being ; by the foundations remaining, and the
afterwards paſſed them away by fale to fir John
traces of the ditch, this caſtle does not appear
Leveſon, alias Lewfon, of Wbornes-place in Cook to have been very extenſive. On the remains of
ſtone, knt. whoſe eldeſt ſon dying without male it, many years ago, there has been built a dwel-
iſſue was ſucceeded in this eſtate by his brother, ling-houſe, which ſeems to have been for ſome
fir Richard Leveſon, Knight of the Bath, of
generations the habitation of a gentlemen's fa-
Trentham in the co. of Stafford (e), and he in the mily; one of whom, Thomas Golding, eſa; kept
his fhrievalty for this county here in the year
all his other lands in this county to different per 1703 ; but it has been for many years paſt con-
ſons, to Henry Clerke, Sergeant at Law, and Re-
verted into a farm-houſe.(*)
Em
corder of Rocheſter, who died poſſeſſed of them This pariſh, with others, was bound antiently
about the time of K. Charles I.'s death, and was to contribute to the repair of the 5th pier of
ſucceeded by his ſon and heir, fir Francis Clerke, Rocheſter Bridge (1). Delo
ons or
CJ
bosh bodysore
(w) This deed was confirmed by the Chapter of Chriſt ſeveral courts of Europe, from the reign of K. William to
Church, on the 22d of that month following.
the time of his death, which happened on O&t. 23, 1725.
(x) Deeds of Purchaſe and Exchange, box D. 78.
In confideration of his merits and ſervices, he had O&t. 10,
(y) He was ſon of Roger, ſecond ſon of Thomas North, of
1720, been created Lord Whitworth, Baron of Galway in
Walkring bam in Nottinghampire, and being bred to the law,
Ireland; but dying without male iſſue, the title became ex-
made ſuch proficiency in his profeffion, as raiſed him to great tinct. In the year 1732, he was appointed Surveyor of the
riches and honors, inſomuch, that he was by Q. Mary Feb.
King's woods, &c.
117, in the ift year of her reign, in conſideration of his great .
(5) In June 1749, he married Miſs Shelley, by whom he
merits and abilities, created a Peer of this realm, by the title
had iſſue ſeveral children. He was Lieutenant Governor of
of Lord North of Kirtling (now called Carthlage) in the co. Graveſend and Tilbury Fort, and one of the Vice Preſidents
of Cambridge. He was anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Guild. of the Society of Arts, and died in Aug. 1778.
ford, and bore for his arms-Azure, a lion paſſant or, between (i) The eſtate excluſive of the Grange manfion-houſe, with
3. fleurs de lis argent.
20 acres of land uſed with it, was then let for about sool.
(z) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 14. (a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
per annum.
htudom od
(6) In the Augmentation-office there is a leaſe dated 9th
(k) He was deſcended of a family which was originally of
Dec. anno 30 Henry VIII, to Robert Godden, from the Ab.
the co. of Somerſet, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Jo-
bat and Convent of St. Mary Grace, of the manor, &c. of
Seph Banks, of Reveſby in the co. of Lincoln, eſq; by whoin
Leyborne, parcel of their poſſeſſions. Bundle London, 328.
he left iſſue one fon Henry, now of Leyborne, and Elizabeth,
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (d) Rot. Eſch.
who married John Crawley, of Stockwood in the co. of Bed-
(e) See more of this family, under Cookſtone, vol. i. of
ford, efq; Henry Hawley, efq; the ſon, married in 1770,
this hiſtory, p. 482.
Dorothy, the only daughter and heir of John Aſhwood, of
(f) Philipott, p. 219. See more of this family, under
Madeley, in the co. of Salop, efq; by whom he has iſſue one
Ulcombe,
ſon Henry, and a daughter Dorothy Elizabeth.
(8) He was the youngeit brother of Charles, Lord Whit-
Dr. Hawley lies buried in a vault in Leyborne church.
worth, and ſon of Richard Whitworth, efq; of the co. of
They bear for their arms-Vert, a ſaltier engrailed, argent.
Stafford, by Anne his wife, niece of fir Oſwald Moſeley, of
(*) Mr. Große, in his Engliſh Antiquities, has given two
Chefwire, knt. Lord Whitworth was the eldeſt of fix fons.
views of this caſtle.
He was a very able ſtateſman and negotiator, having been
(1) Lamb. Peramb. p. 442.
Toda ni bibote
employed as Ambaſſador, Plenipotentiary and Miniſter to the
Vol. II.
is only as the
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210
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
THE
GRANGE
III. (m)
, who lived in the reign of K. Edware
of it (w).
Wed (w)
PRESENT STATE OF LEY BORNE.
CHARITIE S.
THE
FREE
SCHOOL.
LEYBORNE.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
he died poffeffed in the year 1742, and his only
ſon and heir, fır Charles Whitworth, knt. (u) in
is a ſeat in this pariſh, which in the beginning || 1776, paſſed away this ſeat, with the whole of his
of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, was the eſtate and
property in this pariſh (»), by a conveyance, in
reſidence of Robert Quintin, alias Oliver, who
which his eldeſt ſon joined, he being the next
was deſcended from Anſelinus, or Anfelmus de
in the entail of it, to James Hawley, M. D. and
Quintin, who lived in the reign of K. Edward
F. R. S. He died Dec. 24, 1777, and was bu-
ried in a vault he had built in this church for
himſelf and family, and was ſucceeded in this
His deſcendant, William Quintin, was of Seale
ſeat and his eſtates here by his ſon Henry Hawley,
in this county, where he purchaſed lands called
of Leyborne Grange, eſq; the preſent proprietor
Hilks. In the beginning of K. Henry VI.'s
reign he had, by Alicia his wife, two ſons, Tho-
Robert Bing, of Wrotham in this county, eſq;
mas and William; the former of whom was fre-
died in the 37th year of Q. Elizabeth, ſeifed of
quently ſtyled Thomas Quintin Son of Oliver, by
à certain wood in this pariſh, called Leyborne-
which means his ſon yohn acquired the name of
Wood(x).
Quintin alias Oliver (n). His fon William Quin-
tin alias Oliver, by Mariana his wife, daughter
of Theobald, of Seale, left iſſue one fon,
This pariſh has nothing worth particular men-
Robert, and three daughters (0). Robert Quintin |tion in it. There is no village. The foil of it
alias Oliver reſided at this feat of The Grange, is in general fandy, datang biori
and by Margaret his wife, daughter of Nicholas
The ſtream or bourne, which riſes at Nepecker
Selyard, of Brafted, left iſſue a fon Robert, and
in the pariſh of Wrotham, and runs along the
three daughters (p).
Southern and eaſtern ſides of this pariſh, greatly
Robert, the fon, tranſpoſed his name, calling | fertilizes the lands adjoining to it. During this
himſelf Robert Oliver alias Quintin, and ſuc courſe it turns a mill, and ſo flows on to Birling,
ceeded his father in this feat, where he re-
in its way to the river Medway.
fided. He married Mary, daughter of Walter
Bubble, of the co, of Suſſex, by whom he had
todoro
a fon, Robert, born in 1603, and two daugh-
ters, Mary and Judith.
The Rev. Edward Holme, Vicar of the adjoin-
Which Robert Oliver alias Quintin was of The
ing pariſh of Birling, on Sept. 28, 1775, co
Grange, and by Juliana his wife, the only daugh-
veyed to certain truſtees a piece of land in this
ter and heir of Nicholas Mafon, of Egmanton in
pariſh of Leyborne, with the dwelling - houſe,
the co. of Nottingham (q), left iſſue one fon, Ro-
ſchool-room, and cther buildings erected on it;
bert, and two daughters, Mary and Juliana (r).
and on Oct. 30 following, he transferred 1000l. of
Robert, the ſon, uſed the name of Oliver only,
4 per cent, conſolidated Bank Annuities to them for
though in deeds and writings, he wrote the name the endowment of a ſchool, for 10 poor boys and
of Quintin likewiſe (s). He reſided at The Grange,
as many girls of the pariſhes of Leyborne and Ryarſh,
and died in the reign of K. Charles II, without
and five from each of the pariſhes of Weſt and
male iſſue, leaving Juliana his ſole daughter and
Eaſt Malling, to be recommended by the Church-
heir, who carried this ſeat in marriage to Ed wardens of the reſpective pariſhes, and approved
ward Covert, of the co. of Suſſex (t), by whoſe of by the ſaid Truſtees. The children to be in-
only daughter and heir it went, in like manner, ſtructed by the Maſter of the ſchool, in reading,
to Mr. Henry Saxby, whoſe fon Capt. William
writing, Latin, accounts, and other uſeful learn-
Saxby reſided in it, and was poffeffed likewiſe of ing, and religious ducies, according to the prin-
the manor and caſtle of Leyborne, as has been
ciples of the Church of England, until they re-
already mentioned, which were, together with
ſpectively attained the
age
of
14 years.
this feat, alienated in Sept. 1724, to Francis
Mr. John Price is by the above-mentioned
Whitworth, eſq; who rebuilt The Grange, and deed appointed Maſter of the School, who by it
greatly improved the adjoining grounds, of which is to be allowed-301. per annum at the leaſt; but
co si nie
(m) Philipott, p. 219. to work
(r) Viftn. of Kent, 1619, pedigree of Oliver, taken from
(n) By which náme he called himſelf in his will, which is the evidences of Robert Oliver, and other proofs. 2
dated Nov. 26, in the 32d year of K. Henry VIII.
(s) They bore for their arms-Ermine, on a feſs, gules, 3
(6) Viz. Margaret, wife of John Porter, of The Chart in
lions rampant, or,
Seale; Joane, of Edmund Porter; and Silveſter, of George
(1) He bore for his arms-Gules, a feſs ermine between 3
ore for his ar
Tichborne.
mullets, or.
(1) He bore for his arms- Argent, a bend ſable, in the fi-
Viz. Elizabeth, married to Thomas Barton, of Peck-
nifter chief a garb, gules.
ham; Joane, to another Thomas Barton; and Judith, to
(v) For 23,000l.
John Taylor, of Meopham.
(w) See above, p. 209, note (k).
(?) She died in Feb. 1643.
(*) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
boro
10
if
con
the a
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Tbe HISTORY
of OR Y of
.
Bab 1.8 km Nad 1285, ob. 6 March 1686.
K E N T.
LEYBORNE.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED,
if the revenue will allow of it, it is to be in worth, knt. who in 1776 conveyed it, with the
creaſed to a larger ſum (y).
reſt of his property in this pariſh, to Janes Haw-
As often as one or more of the Truſtees die, ley, M. D. and F. R. S. whoſe ſon, Henry Haw-
the ſurvivors at their next general meeting are ley, of The Grange in this pariſh, eſq; is the pre-
to appoint new ones in their room, The Truf fent proprietor of it.
tees are enjoined to meet in Birling on July the In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
iſt yearly, to examine into the ſtate of the ſchool, of Leyborne was valued at ten marcs (c).
and to make ſuch rules and orders for the better
This rectory is valued in the King's Books
government of it, as they think proper. to at 171. 135. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 11. 155.
4d.(d)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION,
GEOT 210
The Rector is entitled to the great and ſmall
LEYBORNE is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
tythe of this little pariſh without exception, the
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
glebe belonging to the church is about 200
Malling
2cres, which together make the rectory of the
The church, which is a ſmall building, ſtands
value of about 300l. per annum.
in the ſouth-eaſt part of the pariſh. It is dedi-
William, fon and heir of fir Roger de Leyborne,
Cated to St. Peter and St. Paul, and antiently
granted in perpetual alms for the health of his
foul, of thoſe of his father and mother, &c.
paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother church of the
dioceſe (z).
and in honour of God, St. Mary and All Saints,
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the
to Peter, Rector of this church and his ſucceſ
making the Black Prince a Knight, the Parſon
fors, for the maintenance of one Chaplain cele-
of Leyborne paid aid for a certain parcel of land,
brating there for ever, all that land, which Ro-
containing 100 acres, belonging to his rectory,
ger his father had of the gift of Ralph Ruffin, in
Leyborne and Caumpes, with its appurts. except-
as one quarter and one-ſixth part of a quarter of
ing to him, and his heirs, the meadow called
one knight's fee, which Walter, Parfon of Ley-
borne, held in Leyborne of the Earl of Hunting-
Ruffines Mede, and he granted to the faid church,
for the maintenance of the above-mentioned
don, and he of Margery Rivers, and ſhe of the
Chaplain, five marcs annual rent, to be received
King.
The advowſon of the church was antiently
out of his manor of Ridlehe, by the hands of
Bartholomew de Watton, his heirs, or aſſigns,
eſteemed as an appendage to the manor of Ley-
holding the ſaid manor, by equal half yearly
borne, and as ſuch was pofſeffed by the abbey of
payments, to hold to him and his ſucceſſors for
St. Mary Grace, near the Tower, and was furren-
dered at the diffolution of that monaſtery, among
that purpoſe for ever. And he further granted
for himſelf and his heirs, that the ſaid Peter and
the reſt of the poffeffions of it, to K. Henry VIII,
his ſucceſſors ſhould be diſcharged from all exac.
in his 30th year, and was confirmed to him and
tion, ſecular demand, and ſuit of court. (e).
his heirs, by the general words of the act of the
31ſt of his reign.
After which the King, in the laſt-mentioned
PATRONS,
1 Rectors.
year of his reign, granted the manor of Leyborne or by whom preſented.
to the Archbiſhop of Canterbury and his fucceffors; Family of Leyborne. (f) Peter, Temp. Edward I.
but excepted the advowſon of this church out
(8) Walter, in the 20th of
of it: by which means it became ſeparated from
K. Edward III.
the manor, and became an advow fon in groſs,
(b) William Milles, in 1493.
and though it-afterwards was granted, with the Sir John Leveſon, (i) William Drury, S. T. P.
Pod
manor, and poffeffed by the ſame owners from
1624.
time to time, yet having been once ſeparated,
Sir Francis Clerke, (k) Nathaniel Hardy, S.T.P.
it could never afterwards be appendant to it
obt. 28 May 1670.
again(a). Through the fame chain of ownerſhip,
(1) Meric Head, eſq; S.T.P.
in like manner as the manor and caſtle of Ley-
borne, this advowfon came to fir Charles Whit-
William Gotier. adil basso
birds
podtoid bas
16. aasta
(y) In caſe the ſcholars ſhould be reduced to 15, the Maſ () Reg. Roff. p. 474.
ter is to be diſmiſſed unleſs it fhall appear to the truſtees, that (8) Book of Aid of that
ſuch deficiency is not occaſioned by his neglect or bad be (b) Reg. Roff. p. 490. He died in 1497, and lies buried
haviour.
in the church of Town Malling.
(z) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(i) A diſpenſation paſſed March 24, 1624, for him to
(a) There was a trial on this account, in Hilary Term, hold this rectory, with that of Meftham in the co. of Surry.
anno 26, 27 Car. II, in the Common Pleas, The King verſus Rym. Fod. vol. xviii, 660.
Biſhop of Rocheſter, and fir Francis Clerke, related in Mod. (k) Alſo Dean of Rochefter.
Reports, vol. ii, p. 1.
(1) Likewiſe Rector of Ulcombe in this county. He was
(c) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
eldeſt ſon of fir Richard Head, bart, and dying, æt. 42, was
(d) E&. Thef. p. 383.
bs tud silang dudas
buried in the chancel of this church.
(6) Reg. Roff. p. 474.
Henry
CHURCH OF LEY BORN E.
quu knt.
1894 Horas
year.
P.

2 I 2
The HISTORY of K E N T.
March 1727
THE
M A N O R.
9.
EAST MALLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
(m) Henry Ullock, S. T. P. of K. Edward I, the Abbefs of Malling claimed
ob. 20 June 1706.
ſeveral liberties within this manor (r); and in
Samuel Spateman.
the 21ſt year of that reign, ſhe claimed to have
Robert Hall.
in it view of frank pledge, affife of bread and ale,
Francis Whitworth, (n) Gerard Whitworth, ob. and gallows, which ſhe found her church ſeiſed
eſa;
of at the time of her coming to it; and the fame
Francis Hooper, S.T. P. inft. were allowed her by the jury (s).
July 6, 1727
In the time of K. Richard II, the temporali-
Charles Whitworth, George Burvill, A. M. 1758.
ties of the Abbeſs of Malling in this pariſh and
ela;
Prefent Rector.
Town Malling were valued at 451. (1)
E AST MALLIN G.
This monaſtery being diſolved on Oct. 29,
in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1538,
EASTWARD from Leyborne lies Eaſt Mal this manor was, with the reſt of its poſſeſſions,
ling, called in the Textus Roffenfis, Meallin-
ſurrendered into the King's hands, and was con-
gis, and in Domeſday, Metlinges.
firmed to him and his heirs by the general words
of the act, paffed next year for that purpoſe.
After which K. Henry VIII, by his let. pat.
At the time of taking the general ſurvey of
March 2, in his zıſt year, under his great ſeal,
Domeſday in the year 1080, being the 15th of granted in exchange, among other premiſes, to
the Conqueror's reign, this place was part of the Thomas Cranmer, Archbiſhop of Canterbury and his
poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, under ſucceſſors for ever, the manor and parſonage
the title of whoſe lands it is thus entered in that of Eſmalling, with their appurts. late belonging
record.
to the late abbey or monaſtery of Mulling, then
In Left de Elesfort. In Laurochesfel Hund'. diſſolved, excepting to the King all advowſons,
Ipſe Archieps' ten' in dnio Metlinges. p. 2. Solins preſentations, &c. of all churches, chapels, &c.
Se defd. Tra’e. 7. Car. In dnio' ſunt. 3. Car.' to the ſaid abbey and monaſtery belonging, at
& 38. Villi. cu'. 12. bord bnt 5. Car'. Ibi eccla any time paſt not appropriate, to hold the ſame
& 5. Servi. & 2 mold' de 10. Sol. & 21. ac' pti. by knight's ſervice at the yearly rent therein
Silva 60. porc'. In totis valent T. R. E. val. mentioned; and whereas the King was entitled
lib. Similiť qdo recep'. & mo intd & tam redd. 15. by an act of Parliament, made in his 26th year,
lib.
to the tenths of the ſaid manor, lands, tenements,
Which is : In the Lath of Elesfort, in Lauro &c. he diſcharged the Archbiſhop and his ſucceſ-
chesfel Hundred, the Archbiſhop (of Canterbury) ſors of thoſe tenths, and all other outgoings
bimſelf holds Metlinges in demeſne. It was taxed whatſoever, ſaving and except the rent therein
at two ſulings. The arable land is ſeven carucates. mentioned. Which grant was in conſequence
In demeſne there are three carucates and 38 villeins, of an indenture made before, between the King
with 12 borderers having five carucates. There is and the Archbiſhop, which was inrolled in the
a church and five ſervants, and two mills of 10 Augmentation-office Feb. rith (u). 19
fhillings, and 21 acres of meadow. Wood for the The manor of Eaſt Malling, and the premiſes
pannage of 60 hogs. In the whole value, in the
above-mentioned, were again exchanged with the
time of K. Edward the Confeſſor it was worth nine Crown in the beginning of the reign of Q. Eliz.
pounds, the like when he received it, and now as in the 12th year of which the Queen granted
much, and yet it pays 15 pounds.
this manor in leaſe to fir Henry Brooke alias Cob-
The manor of Eaſt Malling (0) was given not ham, knt. (v) fifth ſon of George, Lord Cobham ;
many years afterwards by Anſelm, Archbiſhop of after which it was in like manner poſſeſſed by
Canterbury to the nunnery of the adjoining pariſh Pierpoint(w), and afterwards by Hugh Cartwright,
of West Malling (p), founded by Gundulph, Biſhop of ll eſq; (x) on whoſe deceaſe his widow, Mrs. Jane
Rocheſter, his cotemporary (9). In the 7th year Cartwright(y), became entitled to it, and carried-
TOCOOL da yonasi 93!!
(nn) He was inſtalled Dean of Rocheſter in 1689. He died, Bailiff, and in like manner trial by battle, in her whole ma-
æt. 67, and lies buried in the chancel of this church.
nor of Eaſt Malling, and that ſhe had amply uſed all the ſaid
(n) Fourth ſon of Richard Whitworth, eſq; and brother to liberties. Reg. Roff. p. 483.
os
Charles, Lord Whitworth, and Francis Whitworth, ejq; the (s) Reg. Roff. p. 154.
dobitimlib
120 ploca
patron of this rectory.
(t) Regift. of Horton priory.
(.) In this gift it is called Parvas Meallingas. Dugd. (u) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
Mon. vol. i, p. 353. As it ſeems to have been likewiſe in (v). Tan. Mon. p. 211.
a charter of K. Henry, recited in an Inſpeximus of the 21ſt (w) He lies buried in Town Malling church.
year of K. Edward III. Reg. Roff. p. 486.
(*) He bore for his arms-Argent, on a feſs engrailed, ſa-
(D) Reg. Roff. p. 482.
ble, 3 cinquefoils of the in.
DON
(9) Tan. Mon. p. 211. See an account of it, under (y) She was one of the 17 daughters of fir John Newton,
Town Malling.
knt. and Dame Margaret his wife. She died Feb. 20, 1594,
(r) Viz, gallows, pillory, tumbrell, alliſe of bread and
in her 67th year, and lies buried in Town Malling church.
ale, and the judgment of thieves, by view of the King's
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LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
.
her intereſt in it to her ſecond huſband, fir James firmed by let. pat. under the great ſeal, June
Fitzjames, knt. and he paſſed it away to Humphry
2zd the next year (d).
Delind, who ſoon afterwards alienated it to fir In the reign of Q. Elizabeth, it was in the
Robert Brett, knt. (z) deſcended of the antient poffeffion of the family of Manningham, deſcended
family of the Bretts, in the co. of Somerſet(a). He out of Bedfordſhire (e). The laſt of this name
died Sept. 1, 1626, and was buried in Town here was Richard Manningham, eſq; who' about
Mulling church, having had iſſue by Frances his the year 1656 alienated Bradbourn to Thomas
wife, the only daughter of fir Thomas Fane, knt.
Twiſden, eſq; Sergeant at Law.
by Mary, Baroneſs Le Deſpencer his wife, who He was the ſecond ſon of fir William Twyſden,
died Aug. 27, 1617, an only ſon Henry, who
of Roydon-ball in Eaſt Peckham, bart. and of the
died Oct. 12, 1609, and both lie interred with Lady Anne Finch, his wife, daughter of the firſt
him in that church. The next year after the
Counteſs of Winchelſea.
death of fir Robert Brett, K. James granted this
On the year of K. Charles's reſtoration, he
manor in fee to John Rayney, eſq; and his heirs was knighted by him, and made one of the
for ever; which grant was farther confirmed to Judges of the Court of King's Bench, which
fir John Rayney, knt. his eldeſt ſon, in the 2d office he diſcharged during the ſpace of 18 years,
of K. Charles I. (b) Sir John Rayney was of
year
when he obtained his Quietus, on account of his
Wrotham place, and was created a Baronet of
great age and infirmities. He reſided at this
Nova Scotia on Jan. 22, 1641; and his ſon of
ſeat, the grounds of which he imparked round
the ſame name, about the year 1657, paſſed it
it in the year 1666, and dying Jan. 2, 1683,
away by ſale to Thomas Twiſden, Sergeant at Law,
aged 81, was buried in Eaſt Malling church (f).
afterwards knighted, and made one of the Judges
He married Jane, daughter of John Tomlinſon,
of the Court of King's Bench, and on June 13,
of Whitby in the co. of York, efq; who ſurviving
in the 19th year of K, Charles II, anno 1666,
him, died in 1702, by whom he had five ſons (8)
created a Baronet (c).
and fix daughters(h). Of the former, ſir Roger
He afterwards ſeated himſelf at Bradbourn in
Twiſden, knt, and bart. the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded
this pariſh,, and left ilue ſeveral children ; of
him in title and eſtate, and reſided at Bradbourn,
whom fir Roger Twiſden, bart, was his eldeſt ſon,
He married Margaret, daughter of fir John
and ſucceeded to this manor ; whoſe grandſon
Marſham, of Whornes-placé, knt. and bart. and
of the ſame name died poſſeſſed of ic March
died Feb. 28, 1703, leaving iſſue three ſons and
72
1772, and his eldeſt ſon and heir, fir Roger Twil-
two daughters.
den, of Bradbourn, bart. is the preſent owner of
He was ſucceeded in title and this eſtate by
this manor of Eaſt Malling,
his eldeſt ſon, fir Thomas Twiſden, bart, who was
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held for
likewiſe of Bradbourn, and ſerved in Parliament
this manor.
for this county in the ſecond Parliament of K.
George I. He married Anne, the daughter of
John Muſters, of Nottinghamſhire, eſq; (i) by whom
he had four fons; fir Thomas, his ſucceeſfor;
is a ſeat in this pariſh, which has long been the fir Roger, ſucceſſor to his brother ; and William,
reſidence of a gentleman's family. It was for and John deceaſed.
merly accounted a manor, and in the reign of He died Sept. 12, 1728, in the both year
of
K. Henry VIII, was in the poffeffion of the fa-
his age, and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, fir
mily of Iſey, of Sundriſh in this county, in which Thomas Twiſden, above - mentioned, who going
it continued till fir Henry Iſley, knt. in the 31ſt abroad in 1730, died at Grenada in Spain in Aug.
year of that reign, exchanged it with the King 1737, unmarried, and was ſucceeded in dignity
for other premiſes'; which exchange was con and this eſtate by his brother, fir Roger Twiſden,
B RADBOU R N
(2) Philipott, p. 232.
(a) Philipote ibid. He bore for his arms-Or, a lion ram-
pant, gules, within an orle of croſs-croflets fitchee of the 2d.
(b) Philipote ibid.
(c) See a further account of him below, under Bradbourn.
(d) See more of the family of Iſley, under Sundriſh,
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 368.
(e) They bore for their arms--Sable, a feſs ermine, in chief
3 griffins heads eraſed or, langued gules.
(f) He altered the ſpelling of his name from Twyſden, as
it was ſpelt by his anceſtors, and is ſtill by the Twyfdens of
Eaſt Peckham, Baronets, to Twiſden, to diſtinguiſh his de-
fcendants from them; and this alteration was followed by
his deſcendants, and is ſtill by fir Roger Twiſden, now of
Bradbourn, bart.
(g) Viz. ſir Roger his ſucceſſor; Thomas, who had iſſue;
William, and Heneage, who died without iſſue in their fa-
ther's life-time; and Francis, who married Rebecca, daugh.
ter of Philip Lemon, ejq; widow of Hale, ſon of fir
Matthew Hale, knt. Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench. He
died Nov. 20, 1721, æt. 73, and was buried in Eaſt Peck-
ham church, having had iſſue by his wife Rebecca five chil-
dren, of which only two daughters ſurvived him; Jane,
who married fir William Twy/den, of Eaſt Peckham, bart.
and Iſabella, who died unmarried.
(5) Jane married fir John Sympſon, knt. Sergeant at Law,
and died Dec. 7, 1690, and lies buried in Eaſt Malling
church ; Anne died without iſſue; Margaret was fecond wiſe
of fir Thoinas Style, of Warringbury, bart. Elizabeth was ſe-
cond wife of Thomas Dalyſon, of Hamptons, efq; Eleanor
married fir Felix Wylde, of Town Malling, bart, and Iſabel
died without iſſue.
(i) She ſurvived her huſband, and died in O&. 1729.
bart.
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EAST MALLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
bart. who reſided at Bradbourn, which he ſo The high road from London through Wrotham
much improved, that there are few ſeats of to Maidſtone, croſſes this pariſh from weſt to eaft.
private gentlemen, that exceed it, either in con The little hamlet of Larkfield, which gives name
venience, beauty, or pleaſantneſs.
to this Hundred, is ſituated on it, where there
He ſerved in Parliament for this county in the
is a fair held yearly on St. James's Day, July 25.
5th and 6th Parliament of K. George II, and
About a quarter of a mile further northward,
having refided here with the worthieſt of cha cloſe to the river Medway, is the hamlet of New
racters, he died March 7, 1772, and was buried Hithe, ſo called from the ſhipping and relanding
with his anceſtors in Eaſt Malling church.
of goods there: this hamlet is within the civil
By Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of
liberty of the Corporation of Maidſtone, though
in this pariſh (P).
Edmund Watton, of Addington, eſq; (k) and widow
of Leonard Bartholomew, eſq; who ſurvived him,
To this diſtrict there once belonged a chapel
and died in 1775. He left iſſue three ſons, Ro-
in this pariſh, called New Hythe Chapel, which
ger, William, and John; of whom the eldeſt, was ſuppreſſed in the 2d year of K. Edward VI,
at which time it was valued at us. clear yearly
now fir Roger Twiſden, bart. is the preſent pof-
ſeſſor of this feat, and reſides in it (1).
value, being then held of the Archbiſhop, as of
He bears for his arms—Gyronny of 4 argent
his manor of Eft Malling, the firſt founder of
it not being known; daily maſs was ſaid in it;
and gules, a ſaltier and 4 croſs croflets, all counter-
and it was in length 30 feet, and in breadth 18
changed, with due difference; and for his creſt-
feet. It was ſoon afterwards ſold by the Com-
On a wreath, a cockatrice azure, with wings diſ-
miſſioners appointed by the Crown, to Hugh Gart-
played or.
wright, of Eaſt Malling, gent. (?)
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
CHARIT I E S.
poor of
K. Richard I, in the beginning of his reign,
gave in pure, free and perpetual alms to the hoſpital
of St. Mary of Stroud, two parts of his wood near
Malling, which belonged to the manor of Ayleſ-
ford, to be divided by the Brethren of it, to
hold the fame free from all ſecular demand ;
which gift Hubert, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, con-
firmed (2)
Thomas Wyatt, knt. was poſſeſſed of lands
in this pariſh, which he forfeited for treaſon in
the iſt year of Q. Mary, and they were fold by
the Crown May 11, 1557, to Francis Shakeriey (n).
Mr. Richard Burnet, in 1578, gave four buſhels
of wheat, to be diſtributed yearly to the
this pariſh for ever.
Mrs. Mary Turner, in 1679, gave 20s. to be
diſtributed to 20 widows of this pariſh on Lady
Day for ever.
The Lady Jane Twiſden, relict of Judge Twiſden,
gave 5l. per annum for ever, toward putting our
poor children, born in this pariſh, apprentices.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
PRESENT STATE OF EAST MALLING.TH
Eaſt Malling is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and being a
peculiar of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, is as ſuch
within the deanry of Shoreham.
This pariſh is delightfully ſituated both for
;
it is Eaſt Malling Heath (o). The church ſtands
at the north end of the village, and near it the
vicarage-houſe, and another handſome houſe be-
longing to fir Roger Twiſden, bart. whoſe park
is adjoining to it on the north ſide. The ſtream
of water, which ſo amply ſupplies Bradbourn-
park, riſes about a quarter of a mile ſouthward,
above the ſtreet, and afterwards directs its courſe
almoſt north-eaſt by eaſt towards the Medway.
James. It is a handſome building, with a ſquare
tower at the weſt end of it. It antiently paid 9d.
chriſm-rent to the mother church of the dioceſe(r).
Archbiſhop Anſelm, who lived in the time of K.
William Rufus, gave the church of Eft Malling
to the nunnery of the adjoining pariſh of Weſt
Malling, and granted, that the Abbeſs and Nuns
there ſhould hold it to their own proper uſe and
benefit(s).
(k) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele, by
the marriage of her anceſtor, Thomas Watton, eſq; with Mar-
tha, daughter of Thomas Roper, of Eltham, ejai See Stem.
Chich. No. 363 •
(1) Sir Roger Triſden in Feb. 1779, married Miſs Wil-
daſh, daughter of Ifaac Wildaſh, of Chatham, efq;
(m) Reg. Roff. p. 147. See Aylesford, p. 176.
(n) Harl. Mfr. No. 606-49.
(6) At the place where the Direction-poft ſtands, near the
road which leads from the heath down to Eaſt Malling, there
appears to be a Roman tumulus.
(p) This juriſdiction, as the charter expreſſes it, extends
only as to the cognizance and determination of actions and
replevins, and to no other intent and purpoſe whatſoever.
(9) Augtn. off. Survey of Chantries, vol. ii.
(r) Text. Roff. p. 229,
(s) Archbiſhop Hubert confirmed this gift, as did K. Hen.
and K. John in his 7th year; Simon, Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
in the 26th year of K. Edward III; and the Priors and Chap-
ters of Canterbury and Rocheſter reſpectively. Dugd. Mon.
vol, i, p. 354. Reg. Roff. p. 480, 486.
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EAST MALLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Simon, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, by his inſtru he decreed, that only the tythes of the two mills
ment, dated at Charing 5 cal. of March, in the in the ſaid pariſh belonging to the religious, and
year 1363, on the complaint of fir John Lorkyn, alſo the great tythes of fheaves, and of hay
perpetual Vicar of this church, that the portion whereſoever ariſing within the pariſh, ſhould in
of his vicarage, the church of which was held future belong to the ſaid Abbeſs and Convent.
appropriated by the Abbeſs and Convent of Mal And he taxed the ſaid portion of the Vicar at
ling, was inſufficient for his decent ſupport, and 10 marcs ſterling yearly value; according to
for the payment of epiſcopal dues, and the ſup which he decreed, that the Vicar ſhould pay the
port of other burthens incumbent on him; and tenth, whenever the ſame ought to be paid in
the Abbeſs and Convent being deſirous of provid. future; and that the Vicar of this church for the
ing a proper ſupport for the Vicar and his fuc time being ſhould undergo the burthen of offici-
ceffors, as far as was neceſſary, and agreeing, ating in the ſaid church, either by himſelf, or
under their common ſeal, to aſſign to him and ſome other fit prieſt, in divine ſervices, and in
them the portions under-mentioned, which the finding of bread and wine, for the celebration
Archbiſhop approved of as ſufficient, and the of the ſacraments, and of the two proceſſional
Vicar likewiſe agreed to; decreed, and ordained, tapers, as heretofore ; and that all other profits
that the Vicar and his fucceffors, Vicars of this and burthens, otherwiſe than as abovementioned,
church, ſhould have the manſion belonging to the Vicar of the ſaid church for the time being
the vicarage, with the garden of the ſame, and fix ſhould receive and undergo (t).
acres and three roods of arable land, and two This church, in the 15th year of K. Edward
acres of meadow, which the Vicars of this church I, was valued at 25 marcs, and the vicarage at
uied to have in paſt times, free and diſcharged 1 2 marcs (u).
from the payment of tythes, together with the
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books at
herbage of the cemetery of the church, and the
101.85.4d. and the yearly tenths at il. os. 1od.(v)
trees growing on it, and the tythes of ſilva cedua,
Sir Roger Twiſden is the preſent patron of this
lambs, wool, pigs, geeſe, ducks, eggs, chicken,
vicarage.
calves, cheeſe, and the produce of the dairy,
pidgeons, hemp, and flax, apples, pears, paſture,
The Vicar of Eaſt Malling is always intitled to
honey, wax, beans planted in gardens, and of
be one of the Miniſters, who preach at the Lec-
all other feeds whatſoever ſown in them, and
ture founded in Town Malling church, viz. one
alſo the tythes of fheaves ariſing from orchards
ſermon every fortnight, on a Saturday, being the
or gardens, dug with the foot, together with market-day; and he receives 1os. for each ſer-
the tythes as well of the cattle of the ſaid reli mon he preaches.
gious in their manors and lands whereſoever fi-
CHURCH OF EAST MALLING.
tuated within the ſaid pariſh, either bred up,
feeding, or lying there, and of all other matters
PATRONS,
VICARS.
above-mentioned, being within the ſaid manors
or by whom preſented.
and lands, as of the cattle and matters of this Abbeſs and Convent (2) Richard Adams, obt. May
ſort of all others whatſoever, ariſing within the of Malling 6, 1522.
ſaid pariſh ; and further, that the Vicar and his
(x) - Throgmorton, 1633.
ſucceſſors, miniſtering in the ſaid church, ſhould
The King.
(y) Robert Whittle, A. M.
take at all future times all and all manner of ob-
March 1, 1627, obt. July
lations, as well in the pariſh church, as in the
1:01:53
13, 1679.
chapel of St. John at Newhethe 'in the ſaid pariſh,
Barrow.
and all other places within the pariſh, then or
Thomas Hill, 1716.
in future to be made, and alſo the tythes of bu-
(2) Thomas Cockman, 1723.
ſineſs of profit, of butchers, carpenters, brew-
William Perfect, preſented in
ers, and other artificers and tradeſmen what-
March 1745, obt. June 2,
ſoever, to the ſaid church in any wife belonging,
1757.
and likewiſe the reſidue of the paſchal wax, after
(a) Richard Jacob, A. M.
the breaking of the ſame, and legacies then, or
of nim 1757.
which might afterwards be left to the high
(6) Daniel Hill, A. M. 1764.
altar, and the reſt of the altars, or images; and
Preſent Vicar.
Solo be
(1) Reg. Roff. p. 488.
(z) And Rector of Trotteſclive.
(u) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 457
(v) E&. Theſ. p. 387.
(a) Alſo Vicar of Netu Romney by diſpenſation, paſſed in
1757
(w) He was Prebendary of the great maſs in the conven-
tual church of Town Malling, and lies buried in this church.
(6) He was before Maſter of the Grammar-ſchool at Fa-
verſham, and had been Vicar of Yalding before that, which
(x) See Troubles of Archbiſhop Laud, p. 526.
he reſigned. He holds the rectory of Addington with this
() Rym. Fod. vol. xviii, p. 1001. He lies buried in
vicarage of Eaſt Malling by diſpenſation, paſſed in 1768.
this church.
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TOWN MALLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
the silnopol
4 lib.
yearly, no li
Τ Η Ε
(d).
In the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about four
WEST OF TOWN MALLING.
under the general title of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's
lands: 1971)
Ifde' Eps' ter' Mellingetes. p. 3. Solins ſe defd. T.
WESTWARD from Eaſt Malling lies the
Town and pariſh of West Malling, now moſt R. E. & mo p uno & dimid. Tra e'. 3. Car'. In
commonly called Town Malling.
dnio e' una. & 5. villi cu 6. bord’. hnt 2. car. Ibi
2. It is written in Domeſday, Mallengetis, and in
eccla'. & un' mold de 2. Solid. Silva. 20.
the-Textus Roffenfis, Mellinges. In many deeds
port'. T. R. E. & poft. valuit. 40. fol. & mo.
after the conqueft, it is ſtyled Mallinges Parva,
Indoorige
to diſtinguiſh it from Eaſt Malling, then the lar-
Which is : The ſame Biſhop (of Rocheſter) holds
ger and more noted village of the two.
Mellingetes, it was taxed, in the time of K. Edward
The town and pariſh of Weſt Malling, except-
the Confeffor, at three ſulings, and now at one and
ing the borough of St. Leonard, which is under an half. The arable land is three carucates. In
the juriſdiction of the Conſtables of the Hun demeſne there is one, and five villeins, coith fix bor-
dred of Larkfield, is under the juriſdiction of its
derers, having two carucates. There is a church,
own Conſtables, of which there are two choſen and one mill of two ſhillings, wood for the pannage
26. 21998 of 20 hogs. In the time of K. Edward the Con-
Otoko nadwud bna fefjor, and afterwards it was worth 40 Shillings,
piled dails
MANOR. 2017 and now four pounds." oila
This place was given, about the year
Gundulph, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the 4th year
by Edmund, King of the Angles and of Mer-
1090
Burhric
deſcription of a ſmall portion of his land, called this pariſh, to the honor of the Virgin Mary (f),
Meallingas, containing three plow lands; and he gave this manor and church to it, with other
granted it to him, for the good of his ſoul, in per poffeffions for the endowment of it (g).
petual inheritance, in augmentation of the reve In the 7th year of K. Edward I, anno 1278,
nues of his monaſtery of St. Andrew, with all its the Abbeſs of Malling claimed ſundry liberties in
rights, liberties, members, and appurts. and this this pariſh (b), by grant from K. Henry III,
he did with the conſent of his nobles and princes, and a market weekly throughout the year on a
Saturday and Wedneſday; and ſhe claimed by
This land did not continue long in the poſſeſ grant from K. John to have utfangenthef, and
ſion of the church of Rocheſter, being wreſted
warren in all her lands at Malling by grant from
from it in the time of the Daniſh wars; and
K. Henry, from time beyond memory; and to
when William the Conqueror had attained the have fairs in the ſaid pariſh on the eve, day, and
crown, he gave i
he gave it to Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, his morrow of St. Matthew the Apoſile(i), and the
half-brother, from whom it was recovered, to like on the eve, and day of St. Leonard, and
gether with the church of Mallinges, in the fo-
the like on the eve, and day of St. Peter ad
lemn aſſembly of the whole county held on this
vincula k).
occafion, by the King's command, at Pinenden By which, and ſuch like favors granted to it,
Heath in 1076, by Archbiſhop Lanfranc, who af this place, which at the firſt foundation of the
terwards reſtored it to Biſhop Gundulph, and the monaſtery was plain fields, and almoſt without
church of St. Andrew; which gift was confirmed an inhabitant, became exceedingly populous from
by Archbiſhops Anſelm and Boniface (e).
the numbers who flocked to it from all parts, who
building themſelves houſes here, formed a large
years afterwards, this manor is thus deſcribed, village (?), well ſuited for trade, to the no ſmall
rear 945)
(c) He was ſon of Edward the Elder, by Edgiva his third
wife. He ſucceeded Athelſtan in the year 941, and died
in 948.
(d) After the names of K. Edmund, Edred his brother,
and Eadgife his mother, are thoſe of the Archbiſhops and
Biſhops, and then that of Ælfgifu the King's concubine, Ego
Ælfgifu Concubina Regis affui, and after her the Dukes, &c.
The bounds of this land are thus deſcribed in Saxon, viz. ,
From the ſouth part of it to the King's Plaine, and from thence
to the bounds of the pariſh of Offaham, and thence to the
Military Way, and ſo along the ſaid way over Lilleburne to
the bounds of the pariſh of E, Meallinges, and ſo directly
fout b ward from the Eaſt of the croſs or gallows to the broad
way towards the fouth, in a direct line along the ſaid way to
the King's Plaine. To which the King added certain Den-
beries for the pannage of hogs.
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 442. Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 2.
(H) He made Alicia the firſt Abbeſs of it.
(8) Tan. Mon. p. 211. This donation was confirmed
by that King, and ſeveral of his ſucceſſors, viz. K. Henry
I, K. Stephen, and K. Henry II, and by K. Edward III.
in his 21ſt year, by the Archbiſhops Anſelm, Ralph, William,
and Thomas Becket, and by Biſhop Gundulph, and ſeveral
of the ſucceeding Biſhops of Rocheſter, viz. Ralph, Arnulf,
John, Ajcelin, Walter, Gualeran, Benedict, and Richard,
who confirmed likewiſe to this monaftery, and the nuns there,
Mellinges Parva, with the Market of the ſaid village, the
church of St. Leonard, with its apports. and the church of
St. Mary in Mallinges, and all other poffeffions belonging to
this monaſtery. Reg. Roff. p. 480 to 486.
(6) Viz. Sok and fak, soll and theam, infangenthef, and
flemenesfrinth.
(i) St. Mathew is Sept. 2ift, St. Leonard Nov. 6th, and
St. Peter Aug. ift.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 483.
(1) In 1190 this abbey, together with the adjoining vil-
lage, was deſtroyed by fire,
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217
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
4. clear value, acc
TOWN MALLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
emolument of the nuns (m); whence it foon loft This abbey was ſurrendered into the King's
its name of Malling Parva, which was for ſome hands, with all its poſſeſſions (u), among which
time transferred to the neighbouring pariſh of were the manors of Eaſt and Weſt Malling, with
Eaſt Malling, as appears by ſome grants, &c. the precincts of Ewell and Parrock (v) annexed
of this time, and K. Edward III. (n)
to the latter, by Margaret Vernon, Abbeſs, and the
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the tempo-
Convent of it, on Oct. 29th in the 30th year of
ralities of the Abbeſs of Malling in this pariſh and K. Henry VIII, anno 1538 ; at which time it was
Eaft Malling, were valued at 451. (0)
valued at 2451. 1os. 2 d. annual rent, according
There was an annual penſion of 10 pounds of
to Speed, and 2181. 45. 2 Id. clear value, accord.
wax, and one boar, paid by the Abbeſs to the ing to Dugdale (w).
Biſhop of Rocheſter, as an acknowledgment of her The monaſtery of Malling and its poffeffions
ſubjection to that fee (). is
were confirmed to the King and his heirs by the
In the year 1321, anno 15 Edward II, the general words of the act of the 31ſt of K. Henry
Biſhop of Rocheſter, at the King's requeſt, to VIII. After which that King, by his let. pat.
whom the nuns had made a complaint, that their dated March 2d that year, under his great ſeal,
monaſtery was ruined by the bad management granted and ſold, in exchange, among other pre.
of their Abbeſs, ſiſter of Bartholomew de Badeleſ miſes, to Thomas Cranmer, Archbiſhop of Canter-
mere, viſited it, and heard the complaints againſt bury, and his ſucceſſors for ever, the ſcite of the
her ; on which ſhe reſigned, and the Biſhop pro late abbey or monaſtery of Malling, with the pre-
ceeded to an election, or rather nomination, of cinct and circuit of it, and the manors of Weſt
a new Abbeſs ; in compliance of which, the Con Malling, Ewell, and Perocke, and the parſonage
vent choſe the Lady Agnes de Leyborne ; the form of Wejt Malling, late appropriate to the ſaid mo-
of election not being obſerved according to cuf naſtery, and all appurts. belonging to them, late
tom (q).
parcel of the poſſeſions of the ſaid late abbey ,
In the year 1324; the Abbeſs, Agnes de Ley excepting to the King all advowſons, preſenta-
borne, died, and the Biſhop travelling to Malling tions, &c. of all churches, chapels, &c. to the
ſoon afterwards, at the unanimous requeſt of monaſtery and abbey belonging, at any time paſt
the nuns, appointed Lora de Retling Abbeſs here, not appropriate, to hold the ſame by knight's
and the next day gave her his benediction, though ſervice, at the yearly rent therein mentioned :
he did it much againſt his will, knowing her to and whereas the King was entitled, by an act of
be very ignorant, and unfit for the office. How Parliament made in his 26th year, to the tenths
ever, he inhibited her giving a corredy to her of theſe premiſes, he diſcharged the Archbiſhop
maid ſervant, as had been the cuſtorr., and ſe-
and his fucceffors of them, and all other outgo-
queſtered their common ſeal, inhibiting her from ings whatſoever, except the rent therein men-
uaing it without the Biſhop's licence firſt ob tioned. Which grant was in conſequence of
tained for that purpoſe (r).
an indenture made between the King and the
A great peſtilence raging in the year 1348, Archbiſhop, which was inrolled in the Augmen-
the Biſhop of Rocheſter made two Abbeſſes here, tation-office Feb. 11th (x).
who preſently died ; nor were there more than Theſe manors and premiſes were again ex-
four nuns profeſſed, and four not profeſſed, re changed with the Crown in the beginning of the
maining in this monaſtery ; and the Biſhop com reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the 12th year of
mitted the cuſtody of the ſpirituals and tempo which, ſhe granted them in leaſe to Sir Henry
rals to two of them, as there was not a proper Brooke, alias Cobham, knt. fifth ſon of Sir George
perſon for the office of Abbeſs (s).
Brooke, Knight of the Garter and Lord Coba
In the year 1493, anno 9 Henry VII, Joane hamly); after which they were in like manner poſ-
Moone was Abbeſs of this monaſtery (t). ſeſſed by Pierpoint (Z), and afterwards by Hugh
3 6 8
3 6 8
(m) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. ii, p. 288.
*****
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 486. Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 353.
(6) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 455.
(p) Reg. Roff. p. 62.
(9) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 362.
() Ibid. p. 364. (s) Ibid. p. 375.
RO
(t) Reg. Roff. p. 489.
(2) This ſurrendry is ſtill remaining in the Augmentajion-
office.
(v) This appendage to the manor of Weſt Malling lay in
the pariſh of Brenchley, where a further account of it may be
£ d.
To Margaret Vernon, Abbeſs, per annum 47 0
To Felix Cocks, Nun
To Arminal Bere, Nun
To Margaret Gyles, Nun
3 6 8
To Joane Randall, Nun
3
6
To Letitia Duke, Nun
2 13 4
To Betrice Williams, Nun
3. 6. 8
To Juliana Whetnall, Nun
4
To Joane Hull, Nun 75
4
To Elizabeth Pympe, Nun
4
To Agnes Wej, Nun
4
To Roſa Morton, Nun
3 6 8
Augin. off. Inrolments.
(a) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(y) Tan Mon. p. 211,
(2) Philipott, P. 232.
Cartwright,
2 13
2 13
2 13
2 13
ſeen.
(w) Tan. Mon. p. 211. Soon after which, viz. on Dec.
7th following, the King alligned the following penſions to
the Abbeſs and Nuns here, for their natural lives :
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Tbe HISTORY of K EN T.
. ,
TOWN MALLING.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
Cartworight, eſq; on whoſe deceaſe, his widow, Honywood, of Hampſted and London, eſq; his only
Mrs. Jane Cartwright (a), became entitled to ſon and heir (e). He rebuilt the abbey houſe of
his intereſt in them, which ſhe carried in mar Malling in the antient Gothic taſte, at a very great
riage to her ſecond huſband, Sir James Fitzjames, expence, making it one of the feats of his relia
knt. and he paſſed it away to Humphry Delind, dence, and having thus greatly improved it, he
who ſoon afterwards alienated his term in them died poffeffed of this ſeat and manor, with the
to fir Robert Brett, knt. deſcended from the an eſtate belonging to it, on Jan. 27, 1764, leaving
tient family of Bretts in the co. of Somerſet (6), no iſſue by his wife, the daughter of Abraham
He died Sept. 1, 1620, and was buried in this Atkins, of Clapham. He bequeathed them, as well
church, having had iſſue by Frances, his wife, as the reſt of his eſtates here and elſewhere, to his
who died Auguſt 27, 1617, an only ſon, Henry, kinſman, fir John Honywood, of Elmſted in this co.
who died Oct. 12, 1609, and both lie buried bart, and the heirs male of his body, with divers
beſide him here.
remainders over to the family of Honywood (f),
The next year after the death of fir Robert
fir John Honywood, bart. is the preſent poffeffor
Breit, King James granted the manor of West,
of this manor of Town Malling, with the precinct
alias Town Malling, with the precinct of Ewell
of Ewell annexed, and the ſeat of Malling abbey,
annexed, the ſcite of the late monaſtery of Mal-
with the lands and appurts. in this pariſh belong-
ling, with the houſe, buildings, lands and ground
ing to it (g).
within the precinct and circuit of it, together
with all appurts. thereto belonging, late parcel
The family of Say antiently poffeffed the ma-
of the poſſeſſions of the ſaid late monaſtery, in
nor of Clements in Ewell, in this pariſh. Geoffry
fee, to foln Rayney, eſq; and his heirs for ever,
de Say, held it in the 7th year of K. Edward II,
which grant was further confirmed to fr John
as half a knight's fee. His ſon, Geoffry de Say,
Rayney, knt, his eldeſt ſon, in the ſecond year
paid aid for it at the making the Black Prince
of K. Charles I. (c)
a knight in the 20th year of K. Edward III, as
Sir John Rayney, knt. was of Wrotham-place, half a knight's fee(b), which John at Forde held
in this neighbourhood, and was created a Baro before in Ewell in Malling, of the Biſhop of Ro-
net of Nova Scotia Jan. 22, 1641, and his ſon of chejter. This manor was afterwards in the name
the ſame name, about the time of the reſtoration,
of Coveney (i), and in the latter end of K. Henry
conveyed theſe premiſes to Iſaac Honywood, of VIII, it was in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Wm. Fowle.
Hampſted in the co. of Middleſex, gent. (d), who Since which it has ſunk into ſuch obſcurity, that
by Rebecca his wife, daughter of Willian Pitch neither the ſcite nor the owners of it can be
ford, of the co. of Sclop, gent. had iſſue ſeveral
traced out even by the moſt diligent enquiries.
children, of whom Iſaac Horywood, of Hampſted,
eſq; his ſecond ſon, ſucceeded him in this manor
and eſtate. He died Nov. 8, 1740, aged 71, It appears by a valuation of the temporalities
leaving iſſue by Mary Frazer, his wife, Frazer of the Abbey of Begeham, in the 15th of K. Ed.
THE MANOR OF CLEMENTS,
15!
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
(a) She was one of the 17 daughters of fir John Newton,
knt. She died Feb. 20, 1594, in her 67th year, and lies
buried in this church.
DI
(6) Philipott, p. 232. (c) Ibid.
(d) He was the only ſon of Edward Honywood, by Mary
his wife, daughter of John Baker, of Willybam in the co. of
Sufex, gint. third ſon of fir Thomas Honywood, of Elmſted
in this county, knt. who was anceſtor likewiſe of the preſent
fir John Hony wood, of Elmfied, bart.
(e) He bore the ſame arms as the Honywoods of Elmſted,
viz.-
Argent, a chevron, between 3 hawks heads eraſed,
axure.
(f) See more of this family, under Evington in Elmfied.
(8) Although the houſe itſelf was almoſt all of it pulled
down and rebuilt by Mr. Honywood, yet many of the antient
buildings and offices belonging to it are still remaining, and
are made uſe of as ſuch at preſent.
A handfome tower of the church, the front of which is
decorated with interfecting arches and zig-zag ornaments, fi-
milar to thoſe on the queſt front of Rochefier cathedral, built
by the ſame founder, Biſhop Gundulph, is ſtill remaining, as
is an antient chapel or oratory, now made uſe of as a dwel-
ling-houſe.
From the foundations diſcovered in levelling the ground by
Mr. Honywood, it appears, that this abbey conmied of two
quadrangles or courts, with cloyſters, and a ſpacious hall;
and that the church had another tower, of the like fize to
that now ſtanding.
The burying-place ſeems to have been on the ſouth fide of
the church, as in digging there, great quantities of human
bones have been thrown up, and two ftone coffins with ſke-
letons in them, the lids of them had no inſcriptions on them,
but were ornamented with a croſs, having a quaterfoil pierced
at the upper end, the item of which was croſſed more than
once with foliage, ſeveral rings and trinkets, and ſome old
coins have likewiſe been found at different times in cleaning
away the rubbiſh.
Over the west end of the grand gateway, which ſtands at
the entrance into the precinct of the abbey from the town,
at the weſt end of the building, there is carved in ftone, a
heart diſtilling drops of blood, and on the other ſide, in a
fhield-Ermine, a crozier in bend finifter, on a chief 3 annulets.
In the meadows above the gardens, are large ſquare
excavations ſtill viſible, where the fiſh ponds of the nunnery
formerly were.
The precinct of this monaſtery is waſhed by a rivulet
of excellent clear water, which riſing in the hamlet of St.
Leonard runs by the houſe, and through the gardens of it.
There is a view of this abbey in its preſent ſtate publiſhed
by Mr. Große, in his Antiquities of England.
(b) Books of Knights Fees.
(i) Mr. Petyt Fædary his Book of Kent.
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TOWN MALLING
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
ward I, that there were ſome lands in this
pa it belonging to the monaſtery of Malling, with
riſh belonging to it (k).
bar
a chapel. It was given at the time the manor
At which time the temporalities of the Biſhop and church of Malling was to that abbey, as has
of Rocheſter in Malling, with the rents of aflize been already mentioned. The whole of it has
here, were valued at 61. 155. 8d. (1) as they were been long deſecrated and in ruins ; the ſquare
again in the 330 year of K. Edward III. (m) tower of the chapel, which ſtands in the next
In the 49th year of K. Edward III, the Prio field, fouth-weſt from Mr. Stewart's houſe, is all
reſs and Convent of Dartford, among other pre-
that remains of it. He purchaſed it a few years
miſes, conveyed to the King and his heirs, cer ago of fir John Honywood, bart. in exchange for
tain tenements in Malling (n).
other premiſes near the abbey, and now makes
The pariſh of Malling, with others, was an uſe of it as a place of ſtowage for hops.
911
tiently bound to contribute to the repair of the The whole is excellently, watered with fine
third pier of Rocheſter bridge (o). qishn|| ſprings, which having ſupplied the town and
bns VIII the abbey (q), and the feveral gardens, collect
PRESENT STATE OF TOWN MALLING.
themſelves in one ſtream, and paſſing northward
This pariſh is equally healthy and pleaſant as through Mr. Brooke's gardens acroſs the Maid-
that of Eaſt Malling laft deſcribed. The high- | ſtone road, run into the Leyborne rivulet. w gnivia
way from London through Wrotham to Maidſtone, There are three fairs, which are held, by the
called in King Edmund's grant of this place to
alteration of the ſtyle
, on Aug. 12, Oct. 2, and
the Bp. of Rocheſter, the Military Way, no doubt Nov. 17, yearly, for horſes, cattle, toys, &c.
from its having been uſed as ſuch by the Ro Dr. William Briggs, an eminent Phyſician, re.
mans, croſſes the northern part of this pariſh from
fided at the latter end of the laſt century at Town
weſt'to eaſt, almoſt adjoining the town of Malling, Malling, where he died, Sept. 1704, æt. 64,
which is well built, and the ftreets of a hand and was buried in this church. He was a great
fome width, and well paved. At the eaſt part
of it is the Abbey, to which the approach is eſteemed for his ſkill in his profeffion, as well
by the antient gateway, built of alhler ſtone ; as for his learning, of which the ſeveral writings
near it there is a good houſe with large and he publiſhed are ſufficient teftimonies. He was
well planted pleaſure grounds adjoining to it, Phyſician in Ordinary to K. William, and to
the property and reſidence of Mr. Francis Brooke, St. Thomas's Hoſpital (r).
an eminent Attorney at Law.
A little further weſtward there is a very an.
tient ſtone building called the Old Goal, having
There is a Letture founded in this church of
narrow Gothic windows, and the walls of great a ſermon every fortnight, on the Saturday ; two
thickneſs. It is reported to have been the priſon of the preachers to be the Miniſters of Eaſt and
belonging to the Abbey. It is now uſed as an oaſt Weſt Malling, who are to be paid ios. for every
for drying of hops.
fermon they preach; the other preachers are ap-
In the principal or high ſtreet the market is pointed at the will of the truſtees.
visitanom
held every Saturday, which is plentiful and well
THE FREE SCHOOL. To
frequented. About the middle of this ſtreet, on
the weſt fide, ftands the church, and a little fur-
Francis Treſe, gent. of this town, who died in
ther ſouthward a good houſe, the property and
1632, by his will gave a piece of land, and 401.
reſidence of Benjamin Hubble, efq; whoſe family
towards the building of a free ſchool in this par
have been inhabitants of this pariſh for ſome
and he charged one of his houſes in Town
generations (p).
Malling with the ſum of 13s. 4d. per annum, for
Still further ſouthward is The hamlet of St. Leo-
the keeping of it in repair; and appointed that
Nyird, now making a part of this town, and
four principal freeholders of this pariſh ſhould be
called St. Leonard's ſtreet; in it is an antient ſeat,
truſtees for the execution of this part of his will
the reſidence and eſtate of Charles Stewart, efq;
for ever. This ſchool was accordingly erected,
whoſe father, Admiral Stewart, purchaſed it of
and is now made uſe of for the teaching of boys
Judge Twiſden. This diſtrict had once a cell in
writing and arithmetic. He alſo gave two filver
Samsung
(k) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p. 455. (1) Ibid.
her abbey. There was alſo a complaint made againſt ſome
(m) Reg. Roff. p. !29.
perſons for ſtopping up a common way here, at a place called
(n) Tan. Mon. 226.
Broad-water; for which they were caſt, and fined. Harris's
Hift. of Kent, p. 195.
() Lamb. Peramb. p. 420.
(P) In this church lie interred Benjamin Hubble, of this
(-) By his wife Hannah, fole daughter of Mr. Edmund
pariſh, gent. who died March 15, 1735, æt. 75 years ;
Hobart, gent. of Holt in Norfolk, and grandſon of the Chief
Hannah his wife, who died O&. 4, 1734, and Benjamin
Juſtice, he left three children ; Mary, wife of Thomas
Hubble, gent, ſon of the above, who died Sept. 24, 1728,
Bromfield, of London, M.D. Henry, Rector of Holt; and
et. 47 years, and Elizabeth his infant daughter.
Hannah, married to Dennis Martin, gent. of Looſe in Kent,
(9) In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, the Abbeſs was ſum-
He bore for his arms-Gules, 3 bars gemelles or, a cantor,
moned before the Juſtices Itinerant, for incloſing with a wall
Sable. Gen. Diet. vol. iii, p. 592.
Obcw budgig sa ila
a common watering-place; but the proved it belonged to
cups
CHARITIES.
loan
P.
ORE

220
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED:
19 w
TOWN MALLING.
cups for the uſe of the holy comniunion, and of corn within the pariſh of this church, and all
6s. 8d. payable yearly out of a piece of land, oblations and obventions belonging to their con-
called Couſin's Plat, in the occupation of Mr. ventual church, and the cell of St. Leonard;
William Chapman, gent.
and that they ſhould not be bound to pay to the
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Vicar the tythes of their hay, woods, or mills.
And whereas the Biſhop was informed, and it
Town Malling is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
was allowed, that the above-mentioned Preben-
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and gives
dary, and other domeftics, ſerving in the mo.
name to the deanry of Malling, in which it is
naſtery, or in the houſes of the Prebendary, or
ſituated on bydda
perpetual Chaplain, celebrating for the dead, as
The church, which is a handſome building,
alſo the brothers and ſiſters, and other perſons
with an elegant ſpire ſteeple, is dedicated to St.
dwelling in the monaſtery, or houſe of the Pre-
Mary. It antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the
bendary, who, when they were without the mo-
mother church of the dioceſe (s).
add naſtery and houſes, were not houſekeepers in
At the latter end of the year 1778, ſome
the pariſh, were wont to receive the ſacraments
of the main pillars of the body of the church
and ſacramentals, in life and in death, and to
giving way, the whole roof of it fell in, leaving
be buried there, if they happened to die within
only the ſteeple and chancel at the two extremi-
the monaſtery or houſes, unleſs by chance they
ties of it ſtanding. It has not ſince been repaired, choſe to be buried elſewhere; in which caſe, the
but a brief has been obtained towards the re-
religious had the firſt maſs for the body be-
building of it.
fore them, in their monaſtery, and received all
The church of Weſt Malling was given, with the oblations then and there made, ſo that no
the manor, to the church of Rocheſter by K.
portion was left for the Vicar of the pariſh
Edmund, in the year 945; and having after--
church. And further, that the Prebendary for
wards been taken from it, was again reſtored by the time being had been uſed to receive antiently,
Archbiſhop Lanfranc to Bishop Gundulpb, in the and to that time, in part of the portion due to
time of the Conqueror, who gave it to the mo him, all the great and ſmall tythes of the de-
naſtery here, at his foundation of it, and this
meſne lands of the religious, and of the food of
gift was confirmed by ſeveral ſucceeding Kings, their cattle, and alſo the great tythes ariſing
Archbiſhops of Canterbury, Biſhops of Rocheſter, &c.
from many of the crofts of their tenants ſituated
as has been already mentioned at large (t).
in the ſaid pariſh, and alſo the ſmall tythes of
It was appropriated to the Abbeſs and Convent
his houſe, and of the houſe and land of the per-
by Biſhop Gundulph, at the time it was given to
petual Chaplain aforeſaid, and all the predial
them; which appropriation was ſpecially con tythes ariſing from the houſes or meſſuages, cur-
firmed by Simon, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the tilages and gardens, late of Thomas atte Shoppe
year 1351 (u).
and William Cake, in the ſtreet, called Holirode-
In the reign of K. Edward III, great diſputes ftrete, of the ſaid pariſh of Malling, ſituated
ariſing between the Abbeſs and Nuns of this
above the houſe of the ſaid Prebendary; and of
monaſtery, and Robert de Beulton, perpetual Vi all the houſes, meſſuages, curtilages, and gar-
car of this church, eſpecially concerning the re dens whatſoever, from thence towards the eaſt
ceiving of the tythes of Alax and hemp, and the and north in Holirodeſtreet aforeſaid, and in the
payment of archidiaconal procurations, they
ſtreet, called Tan-ſtreet, as far as the end of the
laſt ſettled by Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, pariſh of Malling on that ſide; and that the ſaid
who by his inſtrument, dated at Halling, the 8th Religious and Prebendary had poſſeſſed all and
of the calends of July, in the year 1339, anno ſingular the premiſes aforeſaid in certain diſtinct
14 Edward III, decreed, that, ſaving the due portions, peaceably and without contradiction,
and accuſtomed portion of the Prebend of the from the time beyond memory (v).
great maſs in the conventual church of Mal-
The Biſhop, therefore, that none of the pre-
ling, and the portion of the Vicar, as under miſes ſhould be altered, decreed and ordained,
mentioned, the religious ſhould take all tythes ſaving all and every matter as aforeſaid, that the
were at
(s) Text. Roff. p. 230. (t) See above, p. 216 (g).
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 486.
(v) This prebendary was founded in the conventual church
of the abbey of Mailing, and being vacant April 7, 1493,
by the death of Maſter Thoma. Cooke, LL.D. the laſt pre-
bendary of it, the Abbeſs and Convent, the patrons of it, by
their inſtrument, ſealed with their common feal, April 10th
following, preſented John Whitmore, Chaplain to the Biſhop
of Rocheſter, to be admitted and inſtituted by him to it, with
all its rights and appurts. Upon which the Biſhop directed
his letters mandatory to Maſter Thomas Perrot, his. Official,
to inquire into the premiſes by inquiſition, who returned,
that the prebend was vacant, as above-mentioned; that the
Abbeſs and Convent were the true patrons of it, and that they
had prefented J. Whitmore, as aforeſaid ; that it was en-
dowed with certain tythes, (as recited in the above endow-
ment) but of what value they did not know; that the houſe
or manſion of the Prebendary was greatly out of repair, in-
ſomuch, that fix marcs would ſcarce be fufficient to repair it
properly; that the perſon preſented was a man of honeft con-
verſation, of good fame and life, of a legal age and
learning, and a prieſt; but whether he was beneficed elſe-
where they knew not, and that the Prebendary was preſen-
tative, and not collative, &c. Upon which the Oficial ad-
mitted and inſtituted the faid Fohn Whitmore, to this
pre-
bend on the above prefentation, &c. Reg. Rotf. p. 489, 490.
Vicar

The
221
H IS TO Ry of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
year,
TOWN MALLING.
Vicar of the pariſh church for the time being,
ſhould receive for his portion all other finall
tythes, oblations, obventions and profits belong.
ing to the pariſh church more eſpecially, viz.
the tythe of herbage, filva cedua, apples, pears,
fax, hemp, wool, milk, cheeſe, calves, lambs,
pigs, pidgeons, geefe, ducks, bees, eggs, merch-
andizings, fowlings, fiſhings, fwans, pulfe, and
other fruits, and alſo of corn growing in orch-
ards or gardens, as he had been accuſtomed to
receive them.
And that the Vicar ſhould alſo receive the
perſonal tythes of the inhabitants of the houſes
or meſſuages of Thomas atte Shoppe and William
Cake, and of others, inhabiting in the houſes or
meſſuages ſituated in the ſtreets, called Holirode-
ftrete and Tanftrete, and the oblations due and
accuſtomed to the pariſh church, and ſhould
adminiſter ecclefiaftical rights to them, and
ſhould have the burial of them in the pariſh
church; and that the Vicar ſhould have for his
habitation, as aſſigned to him by the religious,
the dwelling with its precinct, which the
Vicar then inhabited, and his predeceſſors uſed
to inhabit, which he ſhould repair at his own
expence, and preſerve in a decent ſtate, and
ſhould pay the yearly rents and ſervices, due and
accuſtomed from thence; all which the Biſhop
adjudged to be a ſufficient portion for the Vicar
for the time being. And he further decreed, that
the Vicar ſhould cauſe the books to be bound,
the veſtments to be waſhed; and the ſame, and the
reſt of the ornaments of the pariſh church, which
belonged to the religious to find, as often as need
ſhould require, to be repaired, and ſhould cauſe
them to be ſafely and honeſtly kept; and that he
ſhould provide and find bread, wine, proceſſional
tapers, and other lights neceſſary and accuſtom-
ed in the chancel, the neceſſary and accuſtomed
miniſters, rochets, ſurplices, napkins unconfe-
crated, veſſels, baſons, and alſo green ruſhes
to 'ſtrow the church, if they had been ſo ac-
cuſtomed, and did not belong to the pariſhioners
to find; and that he ſhould pay the dues to the
Biſhop, and the archidiaconal procurations, and
that the Vicar ſhould acknowledge and under-
go, according to the rate of the taxation of his
portion as under-mentioned, all ordinaries and
extraordinaries, which, although it might amount
to five marcs, being near the moiety of the value
of the whole church, according to the eſtimation
then had, he decreed ſhould remain according
to the antient taxation of it, as often as burthens
of this kind were to be borne, and paid from
ſmall benefices. And he decreed, that the re-
ligious ſhould acknowledge and undergo all and
ſingular other burthens happening to the pariſh
church, by reaſon of their portion, which he
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
eſtimated at 12 marcs, according to the antient
taxation of it, notwithſtanding this aſſignation,
which was made with the conſent of both parties,
and which by his epiſcopal authority, he corro-
borated, authoriſed and confirmed, &c and that
it might not be called in doubt in future times,
or be litigated, he had cauſed it to be entered in
his regiſter, and to be reduced into three diffe-
rent writings, of which he decreed one to remain
in the hands of the Religious, another in the
hands of the Vicar, and the third in the hands
of the Prebendary aforeſaid, to perpetuate the
memory of it, and had cauſed it to be authenti-
cated with his ſeal, &c. (r)
This parlonage, prebendary, and the advow-
ſon of the vicarage, were, on the diſolution of
the abbey of Malling, Oct. 29, in the 30th year
of K. Henry VIII, ſurrendered into the King's
hands, and were confirmed to him and his heirs,
by the general words of the act paſſed the next
year for that purpoſe.
After which the King, March 2d that year,
granted this parfonage, with the manor of Weſt
Malling, and other premiſes to Thomas Cranmer,
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, to hold by knight's ſer-
vice at the yearly rent therein mentioned ; and
whereas the King was entitled, by an act of Par-
liament made in his 26th year, to the tenths of
thoſe premiſes, he diſcharged the Arcbliſhop and
his ſucceſſors of them, and all other outgoings
whatſoever, except the rent therein mentioned(x).
This parſonage, with the other premiſes grant-
ed as above, was again exchanged with the
Crown in the beginning of the reign of Q. Eliz.
in the 12th year of which, the Queen ſeems to
have granted both parſonage and advowſon, with
the manor, to fir Henry Brooke alias Cobham, knt.
after which they were in like manner poſſeſſed
by Pierpoint, and then by Hugh Cartwright, efq;
whoſe widow carried her intereſt in them to fir
James Fitzjames, knt. who paſſed the ſame a
away
to Humphry Delind, and he alienated his term in
them to fir Robert Brett, knt. who died in 1620 ;
the year after which K. James granted the fee
of them to John Rayney, efq; and his heirs for
ever; which grant was further confirmed to fir
John Rayney, knt. his ſon, in the 2d year of K,
Charles I.
He was afterwards created a Baronet, and fold
theſe premiſes, about the time of the reſtoration,
to Judge Twiſden, and his deſcendant, fir Roger
Twiſden, bart. is the preſent poſſeſſor of this par-
ſonage, and the advowſon of the vicarage of
West or Town Malling:
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church
was valued at 12 marcs (y).
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books at
vol. os. od. and the yearly tenths at il. os. od. (Z)
cos
(w) Reg. Roff. p. 484.
(x) Augtn. off. Inrolments.
VOL.II.
(y) Stev, Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(2) E&. Thef. p. 383.
3 L
CHURCH

222
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
CHURCH OF WEST or TOWN MALLING.
OFHAM,
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
vey, in the year 1080, part of the poſſeſſions of
Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of. Kent, the Con-
PATRONS,
queror's half-brother, under the general title of
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
whoſe lands it is thus entered there:
Abbeſs and Convent (a) Robert Beultone, in 1339. iſde Hugo ten' de epo' Ofeham. p uno Solin ſe
of Malling (b) John Roſe, S. T. B. obt, defd. Tra'. e'. 3. Car'. In dnio nibil. Ibi. 6.
Oct. 10, 1452.
villi cu'. I, bord' bnt. 2. Car'. Ibi. i. molin de
(c) Robert Throgmorton, about 50. den' & 3. ſervi. & 4. ac' pti'. Silva. 10.
1630.
porc'. T. R. E. valeb. 40. Sol. Qdo recep'. 20.
Family of Twiſden, (d) Samuel French, ejected Sol'. modo'. 30. Sol. Godric tenuit de rege. E.
of Bradbourn. 1662.
Which is : The Jame Hugh (de Port) holds of
Joſhua Allard.
the Biſhop (of Baieux) Ofeham. It was taxed at
Abraham Lord.
one ſuling. The arable lend is three carucates. In
Thomas Pyke, 1716.
demeſne there is nothing. There are fix villeins,
Robert Skudamore, obt. 1718. with one borderer having two carucates. There is
(e) Simon Babb, obt. Nov. one mill of 50 pence and three ſervants, and four
acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 10 hogs.
1730.
(f) Charles Brown, A. M.
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, it was worth
1730.
40 ſhillings, when he received it 20 ſhillings, now
(8) James Webb, A.M. 1748,
30 ſhillings. Godric held it of K. Edward.
obt. 1768.
And a little lower thus :
(b) Robert Style, A. M. relig.
Anſchitiſ ten' de epo Ofeha' p uno Solin ſe defd'.
Tra'. e'...
In dnio' '. I. Car. & 6. villi cu'.
1770.
(i) Richard Huſbands, 1770.
2. bord'hnt. 1. Car'. Ibi. 4. Servi. &. 1. molin'
Preſent Vicar.
de. 10. fol. & 7. ac' pti. Silva 10. porc & in
civitate Rovec'. I. dom reddens. 30. den'. I. R. E.
O F H A M.
valeb' m' 100. Sol. Qdo recep'. 4. lib. modo.
lib. & 9. Solid. Ricard' de Tonebrige qd. ten'. 11,
Cilt
Ofham, called by the Saxons, Offaham; Which is : Anſchitil holds of the Biſhop (of
which name it is ſuppoſed to have taken from Baieux) Ofeham. It was taxed at one ſuling. The
its having been once part of the poſſeſſions of
arable land is
In demeſne there is one ca-
Offa, King of Mercia (k), the moſt famous mo rucate, and fix villeins, with two borderers having
narch of the Saxon heptarchy; ham in Saxon ſig-
one carucate. There are four ſervants, and one mill
nifying a village or dwelling. Probably from this, of 10 ſhillings, and ſeven acres of meadow. Wood
and the Roman military way having gone through, for the pannage of 10 bogs, and in the city of Ro-
or at leaſt very near it, this place was then, and cheſter one houſe-paying 30 pence. In the time of
had been for ſome time, a village of ſome note.
K. Edward the Confeſſor, this manor was worth
100 Millings, when he received it four pounds, and
now four pounds and nine ſhillings. What Richard
de Tonebrige holds is worth 11 ſkillings, Uluric beld
Athulf, or Ethelwulph, K. of England, ſon of
it of Alnod Cilt.
K. Egbert, about the year 832, gave Ofnehamme, ,
Theſe eſtates, on the diſgrace of the Biſhop of
at the inſtance of Archbiſhop Ceolnotb, to the
Baieux, about four years afterwards, became con-
church of Canterbury (I).
fiſcated to the crown. After which they were
This place was wreſted from the church of
become the poſſeſſions of a family, which al-
Canterbury during the troubleſome times that ſumed its name of De Ofbam, from their pro-
followed, and ſeems afterwards to have been di perty here, who held them of the Archbijisop of
vided in the hands of two different owners. Canterbury. William de Ofham held the manor of
However, the whole appears, by the record of Ofham, with its appendages of Godwell, Snodbean,
Domeſday, to have been at the taking that ſur and Peping siraw, and the advowſon of the church
4.
WESTWARD from Town Malling lies Solval. Uluric tenuit de Alnod Cile
.
.
Τ T HE
M A N O R.
(a) Reg. Roff. p. 484. DC
(6) He lies buried in the veſtry of this church. .
(C) No graduate. Mf. Twyfden.
(d) Calamy's Life of Baxter. Kennet's Regiſter.
(e) He was ſufpended for three years, for incontinency.
(f) He was alſo Vicar of Cheſhunt in the co. of Herts, by
diſpenſation, Dec. 17, 1734.
(g) And Rector of Trotteſclive.
(b) Third ſon of the late for Thomas Style, of Warring-
bury, bart. He reſigned this with the preſent Vicar for
Watringbury.
(i) And Minor Canon of Rocheſter.
(k) He began his reign in 7.7, and died in 796.
(1) At the claſe of the grant were added the three letters,
L. S. A. that is, Libere Sicut Adiſham, meaning, that the
land given by this charter to the church ſhould be endowed
with the fame franchiſes and liberties, that Adiſham origi-
nally was; a clauſe which the Archbiflops procured to moit
of the Saxon grants made to their church, if the lands were
in this county. Somner's Cans. Appendix, p. 38.
of

Тbe HISTORY of K E N T. 223
.
OFHAM.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
of Ofham, in the latter end of the reign of K. Knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward III, in
Henry III. (m)
the book for the collecting of which it is thus
In the reign of K. Edward I, Stephen de Pen-
entered, under the title of the manor of Offebam,
ceſtre, who had married Chriſtiana, ſiſter of Wil and ſometime with Godwell annexed, as follows,
liam de Ofham above-mentioned, enfeoffed Richard viz.
de Courtone of 6d. annual rent of affiſe, and the Of Thomas de Ditton and John Melford, for one
third part of the advowſon of the church of Of knight's fee, which Ralph de Ditton and Richard
ham (1). Richard de Courtone ſeems at that time to
de Courtone held in Offebam of the Arcbbiſhop of
have been poſſeſed of the other parts of this ma Canterbury; of which John de Melford holds one
nor, a third part of which was claimed of him by quarter of a knight's fee.
Matilda, another ſiſter of W'm. de Ofham(o). Soon Thomas de Plumſted alias Ditton, called likewiſe
after which Robert, brother of Richard de Cour Thomas Guodchepe, furvived his ſaid wife Iſabella,
tone, paſſed away the ſaid 6d. annual rent, and by whom he had iſſue a ſon and heir, Theobald,
the third part of the advowſon, to Ralph de Dit and died in the 31ſt year of that reign, ſeiſed of
ton (p), who together with the ſaid Richard de this manor (s) and advowſon, and leaving his
Courtone, for he ſtill renained owner of Godwell, ſecond wife, Nicholaa, guardian to his ſon above-
were found to be poffeffed of Ofham manor, and mentioned, then under age (t).
its appendages in the 7th year of K. Edward
How long this eſtate remained in this family,
II. (9)
I have not ſeen; but it was not long before the
Ralph de Ditton, ſenior, appears ſoon after-
Colepepers, of Aylesford, were in poſſeſſion of it.
wards to have had the entire fee of this
manor,
Sir Richard Colepeper, of Oxenboath, knt. who
and its appendages, excepting Godwell, and to
was Sheriff of this county in the 11th year of K.
have been poffeffed likewiſe of the entire advow.
Edward IV, died poſſeſſed of this manor, with
ſon of Ofham; and in the 16th year of K. Edw.
its appendages, Snodbean and Peping straw, and
II, he granted to his daughter, Iſabella, his ma-
the advowſon of the church of Ofram, in the
nor of Ofham, as well in houſes, gardens, lands,
2d year of K. Richard III, anno 1484 (u). He
meadows, feedings, paſtures, haws, ſtews, ponds,
left no iſſue male; ſo that his three daughters,
fiſheries, eſcheats, tenants, with their ſuits to
Margaret, married to William Cotton, of Oxen-
the ſaid manors, reliefs, heriots, woods, rents,
boath; Joyce, the wife of Edmund, Lord Howard,
as well in money, as in cocks and hens, plow-
and Elizabeth, wife of Henry Barham, of Teſton,
fares, and eggs, together with the advowlon of
became his coheirs (v). They, in the next reign
the church of Offehan, and all other appurts.
of K. Henry VII, joined in the ſale of this ma-
belonging to the ſaid manor, to have and to hold
nor, and its appendages above-mentioned, and
to the ſaid Iſabel, and her heirs and aſſigns,
the advowſon of this church, to Thomas h,
wholly, freely, and quietly, &c. in perpetual of Sibton in Liminge, in this county. He left
inheritance for ever, doing and rendering yearly iſſue a ſon and heir, Jobn Leigh, alias a-Legh,
from thence the due and accuſtomed ſervices of
who was of Addington in the co. of Surry, efq;(w)
the chief lords of the fee. In conſideration of
He, by his indenture, dated July 13, in the 35th
which he had paid him in hand 100 marcs ſter-
year of K. Henry VIII, exchanged this manor
ling, as a fine (r). Iſabella de Offebam after-
and advowſon of the parſonage of Ofham, with
wards enfeoffed fir John Chidocke in this manor
the appendant marors of Peping straw and Snoda
and advowſon, with all their appurts. to him boane, with that King () for other lands and
pre-
and his heirs for ever, but this was in truſt, on
miſes (y). After which the King, in his 35th year,
her marriage with Thomas de Plumſted, called
granted to W7, Wilford, John Bennet, and George
Guodchepe; and accordingly he again aſſigned
Briggs, citizens of London, his manors of Ofham,
thiş manor and advowfon back again to the ſaid
Snodbeane, and Peping straw, with their appurts.
Thomas and Tabella his wife, and the heirs of
in Ofham, Ryarſh, Yalding, Brenchley, and elfe.
their bodies lawfully begotten.
where in the county of Kent, to hold in capite by
This Thomas de Plumſted ſeems alſo to have knight's ſervice (2).
been called Thomas de Ditton, in reſpect of his They had the King's licence the next year to
wife, and to be the ſame perſon, who paid aid alienate the above premiſes to John Tufton, of
for this manor at the making the Black Prince a Hothfield, in this county, eſq; who levied a fine
(m) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 224.
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 511.
(0) Harris's Hift.ibid.
(0) Reg. Roff. p. 512.
(2) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
(-) Reg. Roff. p. 511.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(4) Reg. Roff. p: 511.
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 28.
(v) Mfr. pedigree of Colepeper.
(w) See more of this family, under Eat Wickham, vol. i.
of this hiſtory, p. 173.
(x) Theſe premiſes are now held of the King, as chief
Lord of the fee, the Archbiſhop having by his deed, ult. Nov.
29 Henry VIII, conveyed to the King and his heirs, all his
eitates whatſoever in this pariſh of Ofham, among others.
Augtn. off. box A. 21.
(y) Deeds of Purch. and Exch. Augen. off. box D. 8.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. ps. 5.
of

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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
HISTORY of
OFHAM.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
PRESENT STATE OF OFHAM.
of them in Eaſter term anno 4 Elizabeth, and
died poffefſed of them Oct. 10, in the gth year
of that reign. He was ſucceeded by John Tuf-
ton, eſq; his only ſon and heir, who was knighted
by K. James I, in his iſt year, and afterwards
made a Baronet, on the firſt erection of the order,
June 19, 1611. His eldeſt ſon and heir, fir
Nicholas Tufton, knt. and þart. was by let. pat.
Nov. 1, in the 2d year of K. Charles I, anno
1626, advanced to the dignity of Lord Tufton,
Baron of Tufton in the co. of Suſſex, and on Aug.
5, in the 4th year of that reign, Earl of Thanet
in this county; and his deſcendant, The Right
Hon. Sackville Tufton, Earl of Thanet (a), is the
preſent owner of the manor of Ofham, with thoſe
of Snodbeane and Peping straw, its appendages.
The Court for this manor is ſtill held.
It pays a fee-farm of 21. 6s. 8d. yearly to the
The high road from the Weald of Kent, over
Eaſt Malling heath, and through Wrotham to
London, lies through the village of Ofham, which
is ſituated on high ground. Below it, towards
the north is the church and court-lodge. This
part of the pariſh conſiſts of a deep fand, and
abounds with quarries of the Kentiſh rag-ſtone.
The Hurſt-woods almoſt adjoin to the village to-
wards the fouth.
It is commonly ſaid, that Jack Straw, a prin-
cipal companion with Wat Tyler, in the rebel-
lion, which they headed in the 5th year of K.
Richard II, was born at a ſmall cottage at Pe-
ping ſtraw, in this pariſh, whence he aſſumed his
firname (f).
This pariſh, among others, ought antiently
to have contributed to the 5th pier of Rocheſter-
bridge (g).
crown.
GOD WE
L
L.
M IS CE L L A N I E S.
On Ofham green there ſtands a Quintin, a thing
now rarely to be met with, being a machine
much uſed in former times by youth, as well to
try their own activity as the ſwiftneſs of their
horſes in running at it. The following is the
figure of it.
The other appendage of the manor of Ofham,
called Godwell, which in the 7th year of K. Ed-
ward II, anno 1313, remained in the poſſeſſion
of Robert de Courtone, pafled from that name ſoon
afterwards to Melford, and John de Melford paid
aid for it in the 20th year of K. Edward III. at
the making the Black Prince a knight, as one
quarter of a knight's fee, which Richard de Cor-
tone before held of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury.
His deſcendants continued.owners of this ma-
nor of Godwell till the reign of King Henry VI,
when it was conveyed to Browne, whoſe deſcen-
dant, fir Matthew Browne, of Beechworth-caſtle,
in Surry, knt. alienated it about the latter end of
the reign of K. Henry VIII, to Richard Nortop,
alias Clerk, which name he acquired the addition
of from his office of Clerk of the foreſt of Sher-
wood, in the co. of Nottingham, and it before
long became the common name of this family,
who ſoon afterwards wrote themſelves Clerk, alias
Nortop; his deſcendant, George Clerk, alias Nor-
top, died poſſeſſed of this manor in the reign of
King James I, leaving ſeven daughters his co-
heirs, (b) one of whoin, Frances, married Mr.
Thomas Dowell, who purchaſed the other fix
parts of his wife's ſiſters (c), and ſo became en-
titled to the whole fee of this manor (d).
His ſon of the ſame name, paſſed it away by
ſale in the reign of King Charles II, to Henry
Streatfeild, of Chidingſtone, eſq; whoſe deſcendant,
Henry. Streatfeild, of Chidingſtone, efq; (e) is the
preſent poffeffor of the manor of Godwell.
There is a Court Baron held for this manor.
The croſs-piece of it is broad at one end, and
pierced full of holes; and a bag of ſand is hung
at the other and ſwings round, on being moved
with any blow.
The paſtime was for the youth on horſeback
to run at it as faſt as poſſible, and hit the broad
part in his career with much force. He that
by chance hit it not at all, was treated with loud
peals of deriſion; and he who did hit it, made
the beſt uſe of his ſwiftneſs, leaft he ſhould have
(a) See more of this family, under Hothfield.
(6) Philipott, p. 259.
(c) Mildred, one of the fifters, married George Curling, of
the iſle of Thanet. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619.
(d) Harris's Hift. p. 224. The Nortop's bore for their
-Argent, a croſs chequy, argent and azure.
(e) See more of this family under Chidingſtone, vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 403.
(f) Philipott, p. 259.
(8) Lamb, Peramb. p. 422.
a found

The H I S TO RY of
Κ Ε Ν Τ,
225
CHURCH OF OFHAM.
manor.
The King
OFHAM.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
a ſound blow on his neck from the bag of ſand, tinued in the hands of the crown, where it re-
which inſtantly ſwang round from the other end mains at this time.
of the quintin. The great deſign of this ſport The rectory of Ofham was valued at eight
was, to try the agility both of horſe and man,
marcs in the 15th year of K. Edward I. (1)
and to break the board, which whoever did,
It is now a diſcharged living, of the clear
he was accounted chief of the day's ſport.
yearly certified value of 401.' the annual tenths
When Q. Elizabeth was at the Earl of Leiceſ of wnich are 12s. (m)
ter's, at Kenelworth Caſtle, among other ſports for
her entertainment, the running at the quintin
was exhibited in the caſtle-yard by the country PATRONS,
Rectors.
lads and laſſes aſſembled on that day, to cele-
or by whom preſented.
brate a rural wedding.
Lords of Ofham (n) Maſter'Bartholemew, temp.
Dr. Plot, in his Natural Hiſtory of Oxford-
Edward II, reſig
fbire, ſays, this ſport was uſed in his time at Iſabella de Ditton. (c) Richard de St. Quintin.
.
Thomas de Plumſted. (P) Robert Joye.
Deddington in Oxfordſhire ; and Dr. Kennet, in
his Parochial Antiquities, ſays, it was at Black-
Henry de Grofberſt, (9) Robert de la Chambre, temp.
thorne. It is ſuppoſed to be a Roman exerciſe,
for this turn only. Edward III.
left in this iſland at their departure from it (b).
(r) William Spayne, in 1493.
(s) Richard Kydde, O&t. 10,
It ſtands oppoſite the dwelling-houſe of the
1553
eſtate, which is bound to keep it up. This
(t) John Baxter, Cl. Nov. 8,
eſtate has been for almoſt three centuries in the
1572.
name of Trefe; the laſt of which, Mr. Thomas
bin (u) John Cowper, A.B. 1630.
Treſſe, died poſſeſſed of it, unmarried, in 1737.
Robert Brownwell, A. M.
It is now the property of Mr. William Currant,
Aug. 3, 1632.
who reſides on it, and poſſeſſes it in right of his
Samuel Bickley, April 1714.
wife, a daughter of Mr. Thomas Coleman, de-
(V)Wm Miles, A.M. March
fcended from a fifter of the above-mentioned
7,1741, obt. OEt. 16, 1746.
Mr. Thomas Trefje (i).
- Boxworth Liptrott, 1746, re-
fig. 1777
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION:
John Liptrot, 1777, Prefent
Ofham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
Rector.
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Malling.
ADDING TO N.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael,
ſtands about a quarter of a mile northward from NORTH WARD from Ofham lies Adding-
the village. It is a ſtrong building of, one ile
ton, written in Domeſday and antient char-
and a chancel, having a tower ſteeple on the
ters, Eddingtune, ſignifying, as I imagine, the
middle of the north ſide of it.
town or territory of Adda, or Edda, its antient
Saxon owner ; tun in Saxon being a town or ter-
This church antiently paid gd. chriſm rent to
ritory inclosed with a hedge or fence.
the mother church of the dioceſe (k).
The patronage of the church of Ofham con-
tinued an appendage to the manor of Ofham Soon after the conqueſt, this place was be-
from time to time, as has been already ſhewn, come part of the poffeffions of Odo, Biſhop of
and John Leigh, of Addington, eſq; by his inden Baieux and Earl of Kent, the Conqueror's half-
ture, July 13, in the 35th year of K. Henry brother, under the general title of whoſe lands
VIII, exchanged both manor and advowſon with it is thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken
that King for other lands. Since which, though about the year 1080.
the manor was the next year alienated by the Radulf' ten' de epo' Eddintune p dimid folin.
King, yet the advowſon of this church con Tra'. e'. I. Car'. & ibi. e' cu'. 4. bord & 2. Ser-
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R.
(1) See Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, p. 249. Spel.
man's Gloff. p. 477.
:
(i) The name of Treſs or Trelé is ſuppoſed to be the ſame
as that of Tracy, and to have been altered by vulgar
corruption and the ſucceſſion of time; if ſo, the family of
Trefje, ſo long ſettled at Weſt Malling and this place, might
very probably be a branch of the family of Tracie, poffeſfors
of the manor which ſtill bears their name at Newington near
Sittingborne, in the reign of K. Henry III.
They bore for their arms-Or, 2 bends between 9 eſcallops,
gules.
(k) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(1) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(m) Ed. Theſ. p. 384.
(n) Reg. Roff.
P.512.
(6) Ibid. He was before Rector of Barming, which he
exchanged with Maſter Bartholemer for this church.
(P) Reg. Roff. ibid. (9) Ibid. (r) Ibid. p. 490.
(s) Rym. Foed. vol. xv, p. 348.
(t) Vacant by reſignation. Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p.715.
(u) Mff. Twyfden. Vacant by death. Rym. Fæd. vol.
xix, p. 438.
(v) He was alſo Vicar of Holy Croſs Weſtgate, in Canter-
bury. He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
Vol. II.
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vis,


226
The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Cilt
en he
year of that rejono
LARKFIELD HUNDRED:
ADDINGTON.
vis. & ibi. 1. molin de. 23. Sol. Totu'm Roger De Mandeville held this manor in the
appciať. 4. lib. I. R. E. paru' valeb. Leſtan reign of K. Henry III, as appears by the an.
tenuit de rege E. & poſt morte' ejus' Vertit ſe ad tient deeds of this eſtate, though without date (y),
and Arnold de Mandeville poffeffed it in the next
Alnod. Es eſt in Calupnia.
reign of K. Edward I ; but this family was ex-
Which is: Ralf (Son of Turald) holds Eddin. tinct here in the next reign of K. Edward Il;
tune of the Biſhop (of Baieux) for half a ſuling. for Roger del Eſcheker was owner of this manor
The arable land is one carucate, and there is . in the 7th year of it (x). John de la Chekere pol-
with four borderers, and two ſervants, and there is ſeſſed it in the firſt year of K. Edward III, in
one mill of 23 ſhillings. The whole manor was which he was ſucceeded by Nicholas de Dagge-
valued at four pounds. In the time of K. Edward worth (a), whoſe anceſtor, John de Daggeworth,
the Confesſor, it was worth but little. Leſtan held had married Maud, one of the ſiſters and coheirs
it of K. Edward, and after his death turned himſelf of Simon del Exchequer.
over to Alnod Cilt, and now it is in diſpute.
And a little further thus:
aid for this manor, as one knight's fee, which
Radulf' fili' Turaldi ten' de epo' Eddintune. p 2.
Robert de Scaccario before held in Addingion of
ſolins ſe defd & dimid. Tra. e'. 5. car'. In dnio
Warine de Montchenſie, as of his manor of Swanſ-
combe. He alienated it, before the end of that
funt. 2. & 6. villi cu'. 9 bord brt. 1. car'. Ibi
accla & 10. fervi. & 2. molini de. 11. Solid & 2
reign, to fir Hugh de Segrave Knight Batche-
den'. & 12. ac' pti. Silva 10. porc'. T. R. E.
lor (d), and he conveyed it to Richard Charles, who
Valeb' 8. lib. Qdo recep 100 fol. modo. 6. lib’ Agel-
died in the 2d year of K. Richard II, anno
red tenuit de rege. E.
1378, and lies buried in this church, leaving
Which is : Ralf ſon of Turald, holds Eddine
his brother’s fons, Richard and John, his next
heirs (e).
tune of the Biſhop of Baieux). It was taxed at
Richard Charles, the eldeſt brother, poffeffed
two ſulings and an half. The erable land is five
this manor, of which he died ſeiſed in the nith
carucates, in demeſne there are two, and fix villeins,
with nine borders, having one carucate. There is
deceaſing without iſſue, his two fiſters became
a church and 10 ſervants, and two mills of 11 fbil-
his coheirs, viz. Alice, married to William Snayth,
lings, and two pence, and 12 acres of meadow, wood
and Joane to Richard Ormefkirke ; and upon the
for the pannage of 10 hogs. In the time of K. Ed-
diviſion of their inheritance, this manor fell to
ward the Confeffor it was worth eight pounds, when he
received it 100 ſhillings, now fix pourds. Agelred
the ſhare of William Snaythe (g), commonly called
Sneite, who was Sheriff of this county in the oth
held it of K. Edward.
year of K. Henry IV, anno 1407, and kept his
Theſe were plainly, by the deſcriptions, two
fhrievalty at his manor houſe of Addington ; two
feparate eſtates, and both certainly, by the
years after which he died, and was buried, with
names, in this pariſh, and held by the ſame per-
Alice his wife, in this church (b). He left an only
fon. On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux,
daughter and heir Alice, who carried this manor,
about foar years afterwards, they became, among
with the reſt of his eſtates, in marriage to Robert
the reſt of his poffeffions, confiſcated to the crown.
Watton,whothenceforward reſided at Addington(i),
Soon after which they ſeem to have been held,
He died poſſeſſed of the manor, and patronage of
as one manor, by William de Gurnay, and after-
the church of Addington in the year 1444, anno 23
wards by Galiena de Gurnay, his grand child ;
K. Henry VI, and was buried in this church (k),
they were ſucceeded in the poſſeſſion of this place
leaving iſſue by Alice, above-mentioned, a ſon
by the family of Mandeville, or De Magna Villa,
William Watton, of Addington, eſq; who ſucceeded
as the name was written in Latin, who held it
his father in this eſtate. He had iſſue by his
of the family of Montchenfie, as capital Lords
firſt wife, Bennetta, daughter and coheir of Tho-
of the fee.
mas Towne, of Towne-place in Throwley, a ſon
O) Philipott, p. 41.
end
Fod. vol. vii, p. 161, 310, 362. He, bore for his arms-
(2) Book of Knight's fees in the Exchequer. He aſſumed
Sable, a lion rampant, argent, crowned or, with proper
his name from his hereditary office of Uſher of the Exche-
difference.
quer, whence he was called del Eſchequer, de la Chekere, and
(8) Philipott, p. 41. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
de Scaccario. Madox's Exchequer, p: 718 et ſeq.
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(a) Lamb. Peramb. p. 600. He was ſo called from the
(8) Philipott, p. 41.
manor of that name, which he poſſeſſed in the co. of Suffolk,
(b) He bore for his arms- Argent, a chevron between 3
and was a man famous for his military valour. The other
birds heads eraſed, ſable.
fiſter, of Simon del Exchequer, Lora, married William Peyforer.
Madox Excheq. p.721.
(i) Hewas deſcended from anceſtors, who held lands in the
(d) Philipott, p. 41. He was much employed by K.
pariſh of Ridley in the zoth year of K, Edward III. Phili-
Edward III. and K. Richard II. in the moſt weighty matters
pott, p. 153. He bore for his arms-Argent, a lion rampant,
gules, debruiſed with a bend, Jable, charged with 3 croſs-croſ-
of ſtate ; at the acceſſion of the latter he was made of his
lets fitchee, argent.
Privy Council, and afterwards Steward of his Houſhold,
Keeper of the Great Seal, and Treaſurer of England. Rym,
(k) Weever, p. 317,
Robert,


Тbe H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
227
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
died without male iffue ;
ADDINGTON.
.
Robert, and departing this life, Dec. 29, 1464, her only ſurviving fon by her firſt huſband, Leon
lies buried in this church.
nard Bartholemew, eſq; who reſides at Addington-
Robert Watton, eſq; reſided at Addington, and de place (r), and is the preſent owner of this manor,
ceaſing Nov.19, 1470, was buried in this church, and the patronage of the church of Addington.
with Alice his wife, daughter of John Clerke, one
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held for
of the Barons of the Exchequer, by whom he
this manor.
had a ſon John, and a daughter Catherine, who It is now held of the manor of Swanſcombe by
both died in his life-time, and another fon Ed caſtle-guard to the caſtle of Rocheſter,
mund, who became his heir, and was of Adding-
ton, efq; and married Elizabeth, daughter and
coheir of Robert Arnold, of Gillingham, efq; by At a ſmall diſtance north-weſtward from Ad.
whom he had iſſue two ſons, Thomas his heir, dington place, ſtands a ſmall but neat houſe, called
and George, and three daughters (1). He died St. Vincent's, built a few years ago by William
in Sept. i 527, and lies buried in this church. Parry, eſq; Admiral of the Blue Squadron of
Thomas Watton, efq; ſucceeded his father in his Majeſty's Navy, who reſided in it till his
the poſſeſſion of this manor and patronage of the
death, which happened on May 6, 1779. He
church of Addington, and procured his lands in married Lucy, one of the daughters of Charles
this county to be diſgavelled, by the act of the Brown, eſq; Commiſſioner of his Majeſty's Navy
2d and 3d of K. Edward VI.(m) He departed
at Chatham, by whom he had one ſon, who died
this life in the year 1580, and lies buried in this at Margate in 1777, unmarried, and a daughter
church, leaving iſſue by Eleanor his wife, daugh Lucy, 'married to Capt. William Locker, who in
ter of Eamund, Lord Sheffield, an only ſon and her right ſucceeded him in the poſſeſſion of this
heir Thomas, who was of Addington, eſq; and was ſeat, and he is now the owner of it.
twice married ; firſt to Mary Rutland, and ſe-
condly to Martha, daughter of Thomas Roper,
of Eltham (n), and dying Sept. 16, 1622, was
The high road from London through Wrot-
buried in this church.
ham to Maidſtone directs its courſe through the
He left iſſue by his laſt wife only one ſon
ſouthern part of this pariſh from weſt to eaſt ; a
ſmall diſtance to the northward of which, the
William, and a daughter Anne. Which William
ſmall rivulet, which riſes at Nepecker in the pa-
fucceeded his father in this eſtate, and reſided
at Addington. He married Elizabeth, daughter
riſh of Wrotham, Aows towards Leyborne in the
of John Symonds, of the co. of Eſex, gent. by
like direction, and a ſmall diſtance above it is
whom he had iſſue one ſon and three daugh-
Addington-place, a modern built houſe, pleaſantly
ters(0). He died Oct. 28, 1651, and was buried
ſituated on a riſing ground ; a ſmall diſtance
in this church, being ſucceeded in this eſtate by
behind which, though ſtill on higher ground,
William his only fon, who was of Addington, eſq;
ſtands the church, from which, about a quar-
and by Margaret, daughter of Auguſtine More-
ter of a mile northward, is the village of Adding-
land, of Stroud, gent. left iſſue a ſon and heir,
The ſoil of this pariſh is a deep ſand.
Edmund Watton, who was of Addington, efq; and
Here is an Eelbourn, or Nailbourn as they are
08
commonly called, the ſtream of which breaks
ter and heir (00) Elizabeth, who marrying Leonard
out with great impetuofity once in ſeven or eight
Bartholemew, ſecond ſon of Leonard Bertholemew,
years, which then directs its ſtream along a
of Oxenhoath in this county, eſq; entitled him to
trench, dug for this purpoſe, till it flows into
this manor, and the patronage of this church.
the Leyborne rivulet, the trout of which it makes
He had iſſue by her two ſons; Edmund, who
of a red colour, which otherwiſe are white.
Theſe Nailbourns, or eruptions of water, are
died unmarried (P); and Leonard, who will be
mentioned hereafter.
very common in the eaſtern part of Kent, where
the reaſon of their breaking forth will be parti-
On his death ſhe again became poffeffed of
cularly mentioned.
this eſtate, which ſhe carried in marriage to her
Bongo
ſecond huſband, fir Roger Twiſden, of Bradbourn,
ANTIQUITI E S.
Cho
bart. (q) whom the likewiſe ſurvived, and dying
In a place here, called The Warren, about 500
poffefſed of it in 1775, was ſucceeded in it by
paces north-eaſtward from the church, on a little
PRESENT STATE OF ADDINGTON.
ton.
dom
(1) Elizabeth, who married Thomas Dedicott; Anne, mar-
ried to Edmund Hinde, and another, who died unmarried.
(m) Robinſon’s Gavelkind, p. 300.
(n) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See
Stem. Chich. No. 363.
(co) Viftn. co. Kent, 1619. Mf. pedigrees of Watton,
and inſcriptions in this church.
() Viz, Elizaleth, wife of Chriſtopher Moreland, of
Stroud; Margaret, of Auguſtine Moreland, brother of Chri-
popher ; and Anre, wife of William Brezver, of Grays Inn,
20
gent.
(p) He was drowned, whilſt he was bathing in the river
Medway, near Rocheſter, where he was then at ſchool.
(9) She had by far Roger, the preſent for Roger Twiſden,
bart. See Bradbourn in Eaſt Malling, p. 214.
(r) He bears for his arms-Or, 3 goats heads eraſed, ſable.
eminence

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The V HISTORY TORY of
The thic
of K E N T.
ADDINGTON.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
eminence, there are the remains of ſeveral large William de Guirnay gave to the church and
ftones, placed in an oval form; 17 of them may priory of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, in pure and per-
be eaſily traced, though from the diſtances be petual alms, certain tythes of the demeſnes of his
tween the ſtones, which are nearly equal, there pariſh of Edintune ; but they lying ſo diſperſed,
muſt have been at leaſt 20 to complete the oval, that they could not be conveniently gathered by
which conſiſted of only one row of ſtones. The the Monks, though they could be eaſily collected
ſandineſs of the ſoil has covered many of them, by the Parſon of the church of Edintune : there-
which can, only by gueſſing their diſtances, be fore it was agreed, that the Parſon of this church
found by thruſting of a ſtick into the ground. ſhould
pay the yearly ſum of 5s. to the Monks
Such of the ſtones as have fallen down, have of Rocheſter, on St. Andrew's day, for them (z).
been carried away by the inhabitants for diffe This penſion remained part of the poſſeſſions
rent uſes. The ſtones are of the ſame kind as
of the priory till the diſſolution of it, on April
thoſe of Stonehenge, and being placed in the ſame 8th in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, when it
form, ſeem as if they were intended for the ſame
was ſurrendered into the King's hands, who
uſe (s).
granted this penſion, two years afterwards by
About 1žo paces to the north-weſt of the his charter of dotation, among other poffeffions,
above is another heap of large ſtones, tumbled to his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter,
inwards one upon another. They originally con to which it continues to be paid at this time.
ſiſted of ſix in number, and in circuit meaſure
It appears by the endowment of the vicarage
about 33 paces (t).
of Hadlow in this county, in the year 1287, that
the Rector of that pariſh had been uſed, beyond
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
memory, to pay yearly the ſum of 18. to the
Addington is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
Rector of the church of Adingtone ; which pay-
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
ment the Vicar of Hadlow was enjoined to pay
in future (a).
The church has a handſome tower ſteeple at
the weſt end. It is dedicated to St. Margaret, CHURCH OF ADDING
and antiently paid gd. chriſm rent to the mother
PATRONS,
church of the dioceſe (u). The preſent build or by whom preſented.
ing was erected in 1403 (v).
Lords of the manor (6) Mr. Edward Drayner,
The church of Addington has always been an of Addington. A. B. about 1630.
appendage to the manor, and as ſuch this rec-
(c) John Boraſton, A.M. inſt.
tory is now in the
patronage
of Leonard Bartho Maplewo Aug. 6, 1702, obt. June
lemew, eſq; (2)
9, 1741.
It is endowed with all tythes whatſoever.
Color
(d)Thomas Buttonſhaw, A.M.
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church
ააშავა. 19
preſented July 1741, obt.
vas valued at 100s.(x),
Dakota
1768.
It is valued in the King's Books at 61. 6s. 8d.
(e) Daniel Hill, A. M. 1768.
and the yearly tenths at 12s. 8d. (y)
Preſent Rector.
13
Malling.no
GTON.
RECTORS.
Dino
p. 383.
(s) The inſide of the area, from eaſ to weſt, is 50 paces;
the breadth, from north to ſouth, 42 paces. At the eaſt end
is a flat ſtone placed ſomewhat like that which is called the
Altar, at Stonehenge, and is in the longeſt part nine feet,
and in the broadeſt ſeven feet; it is near two feet thick.
Behind this northward is another flat ſtone, which ſeems to
have ſtood upright, but it is now by ſome accident thrown
down ; this is fifteen feet long, ſeven feet wide, and two
thick. The top ſeems to have been broken off. There are
but two others which appear above the ſurface of the ground,
and theſe are not more than two feet high.
(t) Each of theſe ſtones is ſeven feet broad and two thick,
and by meaſuring the longeſt piece with the baſe from which
it has been broken off, it muſt have been 19 feet in height.
The baſes of theſe are at equal diſtances, about three feet
aſunder, and in the circuit meaſure 33 paces ; ſo that the
area muſt have been near 11 paces in diameter. The form
is circular, not oval, and the openings due eaſt and weft.
They are of the ſame kind of ſtone as the former.
See Mr. Colebrooke's obſervations on theſe ſtones, pub-
liſhed in Archäologia, vol. ii, p. 107, where there is an en-
graved view of theſe ſtones and their fituation.
(u) Text. Roff, p. 229.
(v) This appears by the following inſcription on the wall
of it :
In fourteen hundred and none, this bar
bers
Here was neither ſtick nor flone ; connes bar
In fourteen hundred and three,
bonsoi.
The goodly building which you fee.
(w) See the account of Addington manor, above,
(x) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(y) Ect. Thef.
brudar basit
(z) Both the gift and the compoſition were afterwards
confirmed by Galiena, grand-child of the donor; as it was
by Gilbert, Henry, John, and Walter, Bifhops of Rocheſter;
and by Thomas, Prior, and the Convent of Canterbury. Reg.
Roff. p. 145, 47, 59, 138, 528, 87.
(a) Reg. Roff. p. 382.
(6) Mr. Twyſden.
ta
(c) He died æt. 78, and was buried in this church.
(d) He held the vicarage of Ryarſh by diſpenſation with
this.
lotudo
(e) And Vicar of Eaſt Malling by diſpenſation.
TROTTES

The
229
H I S T o R Y of K E N T.
TROTTESCLIVE.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
TROTTEŚ C LIVE.
NORTH WESTWARD from Addington
lies Trotteſclive, vulgarly called Troſley; ſo
named, as I imagine, from its fituation, quaſi
Trodes-clif, i.e. the hilly tract, this place being
cloſe at the foot of the great chalk hills, which
extend themſelves acroſs the county.
THE MANOR and P A LA C E.
In the year 788, Offa, King of the Mercians,
gave a part of his land, containing fix plow-
lands, called Trotteſclib, to the church of St.
Andrew the Apoſtle, and the biſhopric of the
caſtle, which was called Hrofeſceſter, to hold for
ever, together with all rights and appurts. be-
longing to it (f).
The church of Rocheſter did not continue long
in the poſſeſſion of this eſtate; for it was wreſted
from it in the time of the Daniſh wars, which
quickly followed, and continued ſo till Archbp.
Lanfranc recovered it, in the folemn aſſembly of
the whole county held on this occaſion, by the
King's command, at Pinenden-beath in 1076;
and he immediately reſtored it to Biſhop Gundulph
and the church of St. Andrew (8).
In the general ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about
the year 1080, this place is thus deſcribed, under
the title of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's lands :
Tſde' Eps' ten! Toteſclive. T. R. E. P. 3. Solins ſe
defd.& mo p uno Solin. Tra e’.
3.
In dnio
è un'. Solin & una Card Ibi. & 10. Villi cu. 2.
car'. Ibi æccla. & 1. ſervus. & 2'. ac'. pti. &
Silva. 10. pore'. T. R. E. & poſt. valuit. 60. fol.
7
lib.
Which is: The ſame Biſhop (of Rocheſter) holds
Toteſclive. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor,
it was taxed at three ſulings, and now at one ſuling.
The arable land is three carucates. In demeſne there
is one ſuling, and one carucate there, and 10 villeins
with two carucates. There is a church, and one fer-
vant, and two acres of meadow, and wood for the
pannage of 10 hogs. In the time of K. Edward the
Confefjor, and afterwards, it was worth 60 ſhillings,
and now ſeven pounds.
Gundu.lph, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who was elected
to this ſee in the year 1077, divided the revenues
of his church between himſelf and his Monks,
as Archbiſhop Lanfranc had done before at Canter-
bury; and in that diviſion, the manor of Trottes-
clive was allotted to the Biſhop, and was by him
appropriated to the ſupport of his table, or ad
vi&tum Epiſcopi, as it was then ſtyled.
Soon after which, there was an epiſcopal palace
erected at this place for the reſidence of the
Biſhop and his ſucceſſors; the buildings of which
were grown fo ruinous when Biſhop Gilbert de
Glanvill came to the fee in the year 1185, that
he was forced to rebuild them, which he did in
a much more convenient manner (b).
On a taxation of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's ma-
nors in the year 1255, anno 40 Henry III, it
was returned on oath, by a jury, that the manor
of Trotteſclyve had within it 200 acres of arable
land, each of which they eſtimated at 4d. and
they eſtimated the paſture of the meadows and
the out-woods at 205. that the annual rent
amounted to the ſum of 735. and gd. farthing;
the ſum total of the whole manor being 81.os: 54d.
and that the buildings required for the neceffary
repair of them 30s. yearly(i).
And again at the latter end of that reign, Tho-
mas de Mepeham, Sacriſt of the church of Rochefa
ter, and others, being examined before the Maiter
of Stroud hoſpital, commiſſioned for that purpoſe
by the Pope's legate, concerning the value of
the manors appropriated to the Biſhop's table, on
their oaths affirmed, that the rents of this manor,
as well in money, as in hens, eggs, and plow-
ſhares, were yearly 41. os. 7d. that there were
in it two plows, and yet there were not in reality
two plow-lands, each of which, according to the
cuſtom of the country, ought to contain 180
acres of arable land, which there were not with-
in the manor ; that the yearly value of the fame,
together with the paſture, was 76s. and 8d. and
that there was one mill only here, which paid
von The fum total of the value
Ios. per annum.
81. 75. 31. per annum (k).
In a taxation made of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's
manors in the 2oth year of K. Edward I, it ap-
peared, that the Biſhop had in Trotteſclive and
Malling, in rents of aſſiſe 41. 128. od. and in the
former three plow-lands, which were worth
61. 135. 4d. yearly, and the profits of beaſts and
herds 255. in herbages 20s. and 55. in hens (1).
In the 33d year of K. Edward III, it was taxed
at 15l. 35. rod. with the hamlet annexed (m),
and by a ſubſequent valuation at 20l.(n)
In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, anno 1292,
the Biſhop of Rocheſter was ſummoned to anſwer
Car'.
& mo.
P:
(f) The bounds of it were on the eaſt and ſouth, Boerlin-
gas; on the weſi, Wroteham; and on the north, Meapaham,
and there belonged to it in different places, pannage of hogs,
viz. Wealdberies, as in the grant are particularly mentioned.
Text. Roff. 86.
(g) This gift was confirmed by Archbiſhops Anſelm and
Boniface. Reg. Roff. p. 442. Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 2.
(5) Reg. Roff. p. 11. (i) Ibid. p. 63. (k) Ibid. p. 64.
(2) Ibid. p. 89. (m) Ibid. p. 129.
(n) Ibid.
P.
61. There is an account in a manuſcript in
the Cotton Library of the ſtock, which ought to remain on
Vol. II.
the ſeveral manors of this bifhopric, after the deceaſe of each
Biſhop, which ſays, that at Trotteſclive there ought to remain
fix ſtallions, 14 oxen to two plows, alſo one cart-horſe of
the value of 138. 4d. five cows, one bull, 25 hogs, one boar, ,
40 ewe heep, two rams, together with ſeveral utenſils and
articles of furniture ; that ſeed ought to be provided, and one
fervant, four keepers of the oxen, one carter, one ſwineherd,
one ſhepherd, one maid-fervant, and likewiſe that the iron-
work of the plows ought to be ſuſtained out of the aſſets of
the deceaſed. Reg. Roff. p. 132.
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230
The HISTORY of K E N T.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
TROTTESCLIVE.
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
the King, before John de Berewyke and others, his eldeſt ſon Thomas Whitaker, eſq; in 1748, and
Juſtices Itinerants, at Canterbury, in a plea of both kept their ſbrievalties at this place.
Quo Warranto, by what right he claimed to hold Mr. John Whitaker, ſon of Tbomas Whitaker,
pleas of withernam, and to have return of the eſq; is the preſent leſſee of this eftate (r).
King's writs, and afife of bread and ale, in his
manor of Trotteſclive: and the Biſhop appeared, There was an eſtate in this pariſh, which was
and claimed the above liberties in this manor, antiently accounted a manor, and was like-
and alſo view of frank-pledge within it; and as wife called the manor of Trottesclive. It was
to the return of writs, &c. he ſaid, that this held of the Biſhop of Rocbeſter in the 12th and 13th
manor was within the precinct of the liberty of years of K. John, as appears by the inquiſitions
the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and that the Bailiffs then taken by the ſheriffs of the ſeveral knight's
of the Biſhop received ſuch returns by the hands fees throughout England, and by them delivered
of the Archbiſhop's Bailiffs ; therefore he prayed into the treaſury, by Roger de Credi, as half a
judgment, &c. And as to the other liberties, the knight's fee (s). He fided with the rebellious
Biſhop ſaid, that he and his predeceſſors, þeyond barons in the reign of K. John, and in the firſt
the memory of man, had them in this manor, , year of the ſucceeding reign of K. Henry III,
and had uſed them without interruption ; on was taken priſoner at the battle of Lincoln, after
which the jurors found for the Biſhop as afore which, he appears to have been received into the
ſaid; and the record of theſe pleas was, at the King's favor, and to have died poffeffed of this
requeſt of John de Shepey, Biſhop of Rocheſter, ex manor in the 30th year of that reign, whereupon
emplified by inſpeximus under the great feal, Hugh his fon and heir doing his homage, and
July 10, in the 30th year of K. Edward III paying 100l. for his relief, had livery of his
anno 1355(0).
lands. He departed his life in the 47th year of
Hamo de Heth, Biſhop of Rocheſter, having re-
that reign, leaving Stephen de Creſi his ſon and
fided during the Lent of the year 1322, anno
heir, who doing his homage, and paying the
like fum for his relief, had livery of the lands
16 Edward II, at Halling, journeyed from thence
of his inheritance. (t) He poffeffed this manor,
tº Trotteſclive, where he celebrated the feaſt of
and likewiſe a park here called Crely Park, and
Eaſter; after which he cauſed a new bake-houſe
and cow-houſe to be built here, the expence of
le weſt Park, and was ſoon afterwards ſucceeded
which amounted to 251. excluſive of his own
in it by Roger de Leyborne (u), who having ſome
claim to the manor of Ledes againſt Robert de
10.
Crevequer, the fame was ſettled by the interpo-
The fame Biſbóp, in the 2d year of K. Edward
ſition of friends, in conſequence of which,
III, anno 1328, coming hither a few days after
Roger de Leyborne, in the 52d year of that reign,
the feaſt of the Purification, reſided here the
anno 1267, granted his manors of Trottesclive
whole year, during which he ſurrounded his
and Flete wholly with all their appurts. to Robert
court with high walls, and made a new cham-
de Crevequer and Y ſeude his wife, to hold of him
ber for the Biſhop, and another for his clerks,
and his heirs freely, quietly, &c. in perpetual in-
and a new kitchen; the whole of which expence
beritance for ever, performing to him, and his
amounted to 100 marcs (9).
heirs the free ſervice of one knight's fee, and to
The Biſhops of Rocheſter continued to reſide oc the Biſhop of Rocheſter all other ſervices due, and
caſionally at this palace, till fome years after the accuſtomed from this manor, fór all ſervice,
reformation ; about which time this, as well as cuſtom, exaction and fecular demand, with a ge-
the reſt of their antient manors and manſion neral warrantry for the ſame, in conſideration of
houſes in this county, excepting Bromley, were which, Robert had granted to him, by way of
leaſed out by them for lives or years to different exchange, his manor of Ledes, with all its appurts.
tenants; in which ſtate the manor and manſion together with a moiety of all his fees (v), and as
houſe of Trotteſclive continue at this time. The the above manors of Trottesclive and Flete were
family of Whitaker have for ſome generations not of equal value to the manor of Ledes, he
been leſſees of it, under the Biſhop of Rocheſter, and granted to them and their heirs 100 ſhillings
have reſided in the manor houſe, during which rent in Redleghe (w).
time they have acquired the rank of gentlemen. K. Edward the Ift, July 21ſt, in his 4th
Thomas Whitaker, of this place, eſq; was High year, directed his writ to William fon of
Sheriff of this county in the year 1743, as was Roger de Leyborne to do full right to Robert de
timber (p).
() Reg. Roff.
p.
662.
(p) Wharton's Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 363. (9) Ibid. p. 368.
(r) The Whitakers bear for their arms-Sable, a fefs be-
tween 3 maſcles, argent.
(s) Lib. Rubr. Scacc.
(t) Dugd. Bar. vol. i. p. 708.
(u) This eſtate ſeems about this time to have been veſted
in the crown; for K. Henry III, in his 48th year, granted,
the manor of Troteſclive to his niece Iſabel, the illegitimate
daughter of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, a younger ſon of
K. John, who afterwards married Maurice, Lord Berkeley.
Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 765. If ſo, it could remain in the
crown, or in Iſabel above-mentioned, but a very few years
before it paſſed to Roger de Leyborne.
(v) Reg. Roff. p. 660. (w). Ibid.
Creuker,

The H I STORY of K E N T.
231
LARKFIELD HUNDRED.
rer to
the manor houſe and church.
which
TROTTESCLIVE.
Creuker, and Iſolde his wife in one meſſage, 32 houſes and cottages." The great chalk hills
164 acres of arable land, ... acres, and an croſs it from weſt to eaſt, as does the high
half of meadow, 178 acres of wood, 26 ſhillings road from Dartford to Oſham and Malling, from
rent, and the rent of 20 hens, fix cocks and 9 Jouth to north. At the foot of the hills on
ploughſhares in Trottesclive, Wrotehcm, Adyng the above road, is ſituated the village of Trottes-
tone, and Ryarſh, which they claimed to hold of clive, and about half a mile ſouthwerd from it
him by the ſervice of three parts of one knight's
fee, for all ſervice, which Walter Biſhop of Ro This pariſh, with others, ought antiently to
cheſter had deforced them of, and unleſs he have contributed to the repair of the 3d pier of
ſhould ſo do, &c. (x)
Rocheſter bridge (a).
Which Robert de Crevequer, ſon of Hamon de
Crevequer, junior, by his deed dated at Brokele THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. 'i'
June 2d, anno 6th, Edward I, releaſed and
Trottesclive is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
quit claimed for him, and his heirs for ever to diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
John Biſhop of Rocheſter, and his ſucceſſors, all
Malling.
his right and claim in this manor of Trottesclive
The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St.
with its appurts. which formerly belonged to
cerent
Paul and antiently paid gd. chriſm rent to the
Stephen de Crelly, with the tenements, rents, and
mother church of the dioceſe (b). T. 2
all other appurts. in Malling, Wroteham, and
elſewhere which he ſometime had with that ma-
The church of Trottesclipe has always been ac-
nor, by the demiſe of Roger de Leyborne, and
counted an.appendage to the manor,
and as ſuch
is at this time in the patronage of the Right
the ſaid Biſhop, had recovered againſt him in the
Rev. the Lord Biſhop of Rocheſter. niylingil
king's court by default, as abovementioned, to
In the 15th year of K. Edward the Ift, this
hold the ſaid mancr, premiſes, and their appurts.
church was valued at 9 marcs (c).
freely, quietly, &c. as in right of his church for It is valued in the King's books at iol. 28. sid.
ever. In conſideration of which, the Biſhop had and the yearly tenths at il. os. 3 }(d).
3}(d).
given him 50 marcs, and one palfrey, as a fine,
which deed he again confirmed the next year, as
he did his former agreement, and exchange with Patrons, ni sobi RRCTOR'S.
Roger de Leyborne, in the 21ſt year of that reign. or by whom preſented.
Stephen de Creſſy left Ermentrude his wife ſur Bps. of Rocheſter (e) John, in the reign of Hen.
viving, who held part of this manor in dowry. Lords of the manor. IId.
She married again with Sir William de Stoutevile,
(f) James, in the reign of
knt. who in her right became entitled to it.
Hen. III.
In the 10th and 17th years of King Edward
(8) Nicholas de Rokelunde, in
the I, John Biſhop of Rocheſter held the above in
the ſame reign.
ferme of Sir William de Stoutevile at the yearly
(b) John de Denyngtone, an.
rent of 8 pounds ſterling (y).
.
The reverſion of this dowry was ſpecially
(i) Thomas Rither, Cl. in 1589.
conveyed with the manor to Robert de Crevequer,
door 1 TONS
(m) Edmund Jackſon, S. T.
and by him to the Biſhop of Rocheſter (2). This
P. in 1630.
arwal I bris,
eſtate which is now called Weſt Court, alias Wro-
(0) John Warren, about 1692.
tham Water, and lies in the pariſhes of Trottesclive
Wooldridge.
and Wrotham, ſtill continues part of the poffef-
Ja robib
(n) Thomas Cockman, A. M.
fions of the Biſhop of Rocheſter, the preſent leſſee
Inft. July 28, 1704.
of it under the Biſhop, being Mr. John Whitaker
Charles Lambe, in 1723.
abovementioned.
Hugh Pugh, in 1724.
(P) James Webb, A. M. obt.
Sebaran
The pariſh of Trottesclive is of no great ex-
acadut, T 1759.
Francis Lloyd, A. M. in
tent, containing about 1000 acres of land and
1759, Preſent Rector.
CHURCH - OF TROTTES CLIVE.
ookaite, 12th, Edward III.
Domov O W ban
PRESENT STATE OF TROTTESCLIVE.
(b) Ibid.
(*) Reg. Roff.
p.
661.
(y) Ibid. p. 659, 660, 661.
(2) There were about this time, and ſoon afterwards, fe-
veral ſmall parcels of lands and rents, parcel of the above
eſtate, conveyed to the Biſhops of Rocheſter ; the particulars
of which may be ſeen in the Regiſtrum Roffenſe, where the
ſeveral grants and deeds are printed at length. Reg. Roff.
p. 657, 638, 659
(a) Lamb. Peramb. p. 420. (B) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(s) Stev. Mon; vol. i, p. 456.
11
(d) EA. Theſ. p. 383.
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 161. (f) Ibid. p.664. (8) Ibid. p. 32 1
P.
682.
(i) Preſented to by the Chancellor, as being vacant by
lapſe.
(m) Mf. Twyfden.
(n) Alſo Vicar of Eaſt Malling,
() And Vicar of St. John's, Margate.
(p) In 1748, a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding this
with she vicarage of Weſt Malling.
THE

232
Tbe
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HISTORY of
The
H U N D RE D
of WR O T H A M.
W in
ESTWARD from the Hundred of Lark-
field lies that of Wrotham, called in
Domeſday, Broteham, and in the Textus Roffenfis
Wroteham (9).
This HUNDRED contains within its bounds
the following pariſhes, viz.
1. STANSTED,
4. SHIPBORNE.
01 Ls 3. Ichtham, and
2 WROTHAM,
S T A N S T E D
IES the next pariſh north we;tward from
Trottesclive, on the ſummit of the chalk
hill, in a ftony country, as its name implies,
Stane fignifying a ſtone, and ſtede a place in the
Saxon language.
Τ Η Ε
M A NOR.
The manor of Stanſted in the reign of K.
Henry the III, was in the poſſeſſion of a family
of the name of Grapinell, by a female coheir of
which it went in marriage to William de Inge,
who was one of the Judges in the reign of K.
Edward II. (r)
In the 1ſt year of which he procured to him-
ſelf and his heirs free warren for his manor of
Stanſted (s), and in the 9th year of it a fair to be
held there yearly on the feaſt of the Aſſumption of
the B.V. Mary(t). He died ſeiſed of this manor,
in the 15th year of that reign, anno 1286, upon
which Joan his daughter married to Eudo, or
Ivo, la Zouch (u), became entitled to it.
He died in his father's life time leaving her
ſurviving, who poſſeſſed this manor at her death
in the'19th year of K. Edward II, leaving Wm.
la Zouch, her ſon and heir, who at his grand-
father's death in the 26th year of K. Edward
the III, was 30 years of age. He died on St.
George's day in the 5th year of K. Richard II,
leaving fir William la Zouch of Braunfield, knt. his
ſon and heir, 40 years of age, and two younger
ſons, Edmund, and Thomas (70). . Thomas Zouch
the youngeſt fon ſeems to have ſucceeded to this
manor, of which he died ſeized in the 6th year
of K. Henry IV.(x) anno 1404, as did his ſon
Henry la Zouch in the 26th year of K. Henry the
VI (y). Soon after which it appears to have
paſſed to fir William Colepeper of Aylesford, knt.
who left iſſue 3 fons, Richard, who ſucceeded
to this manor, William, who was of Aylesford,
and anceſtor to thoſe of Preſton in that pariſh,
and Jeffry (z).
Richard the eldeſt ſon was of Oxenboath in this
county, and was afterwards knighted. He
died feiſed of this manor in the 2d year of K.
Richard III, anno 1484 (a), leaving his three
daughters his coheirs, viz. Margaret married to
Wm. Cotton of Oxenhoath, Joice to Edinund Lord
Howard, and Elizabeth to Henry Barham of
Teſton (b).
They, in the next reign of K. Henry VII,
joined in the ſale of this manor to Thomas Leigh
of Sibton in Liminge in this county. He left if-
fue John Leigh, of Addington in the county of
Surry, eſq; who died poſſeſſed of it, April 24,
1544, anno 36, Henry VIII. His grandſon of
the ſame name, in the 5th year of Q. Elizabeth,
deviſed this manor to Richard Blunt, alias Léigk,
his natural ſon, for a long term of years, and
died March 31, 1576; the fee of it was after-
wards alienated to Robert Byng, of the adjoining
pariſh of Wrotham, eſq; who was sherif of Kent
in the 34th year of Q. Elizabeth, and died ſei-
zed of this manor on September 2, in the 38th
year of that reign, anno 1595 (c), leaving George
his eldeſt ſon, by his firſt wife Frances, daughter
and heir of Richard Hill, eſq; his heir, then 39
years
old.
Which George Byng was likewiſe of Wrotham,
eſq; and ſucceeded his father in this manor(cc), and
102
(2) This hundred as well as the pariſh, of Wrotham is
uſually pronounced Ruteham.
(r) Philipott, p. 304.
(s) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 30.
(t) Ibid. N. 40.
(n) Philipott, p. 304. He was the ſon of William Lord
Zouch of Haringworth in co. of Northampton, by Maud the
daughter of John de Lovel of Tichmarſh. Dugd. Bar.vol. i,
p. 690.
(«w) Ibid. p. 691.
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 17.
(y) Philipott, p. 304.
(2) See more of this family above under Preſton in
Aylesford, p. 174.
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(6) MSS. Ped. of Colepeper.
no
(c) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
(cc) There is a caſe concerning this manor reported in
Croke Term Mich. gth, Car. imi. Rot. Coz, in which, it is
recited, that Geo. Byng being ſeized of the ſaid manor in de
meſne, as of fee, granted a rent charge of 3ol. out of it to fir
Robt. Heath, and others in fee, and that they, by ind. in-
rolled in chancery within 6 months, fold the ſame for 300l.
to John Cotton, who then poſſeſſed it. That one John Leigh
was formerly ſeized of the ſaid manor in fee, and in 5th Eliz.
deviſed it to Richard Blunt, for i 20 years, by virtue of which
he entered into poſfellions, and in 17th Elizabeth, granted
the fame to Thomas Blurt, who entered, and in 3111 Eliz..
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WROTHAM HUNDRED:
his grandſon John Byng, of Wrotham, eſq; (d)
He died poffeffed both of this manor and ſeat
in the reign of K. Charles, the II, paſſed it
on Nov. 4, 1736, leaving iſſue, by Hannah his
away, as well as the reſt of his poffeffions at
wife, who ſurvived him, John Cox, who was of
Wrotham, and elſewhere in this neighbourhood,
Fairfeat, eſq; of which, as well as the manor of
to William James, of Ightham, efq; (e), whoſe Soranks, he died poſſeſſed on Dec. 22d, 1757 (m).
great grandſon William James, of Ightham, efq; He left no iſſue, and was ſucceeded in this
is the preſent proprietor of this manor (f). 10
manor and feat by his only fifter
. Elizabeth, mar-
sito abelard suudt bon gril | ried to George Wilſon, eſq; who in her right is
the preſent poffeffor of both
There is a manor in this pariſh called So-
Storitzi di piaod rah
PRESENT STATE OF ŠTANSTED:
ranks, which in the reign of King Henry
III, was held by Ralph de Sandwich, of the The ſoil of the parih is very ſtony, and the
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, as one quarter of a greateſt part of it very poor, conſiſting for the
knight's fce, but in the next reign of K. Edward moſt part of a looſe red earth, mixed with many.
the Ift, it was got into the poffeffion of a family, fint ſtones. The village, in which the church
who implanted their name on it, one of whom, ſtands, lies on the weſtern
ſtands, lies on the weſtern fide of this pariſh and
Edmund Sorank held it in the reign of K. Edward has nothing worth notice in it. The high road
II, (g) as did Roger Sorank in the 20th year of from Ofham, and Malling to Dartford, croſſes the
K. Edward III, at which time he paid aid for eaſtern part of it from ſouth to north, going thro
it at the making the black prince a knight, as Fairſee-ſtreet, and cloſe by Fairfeat Houſe.
one quarter of a knight's fee. This manor did 25 godio
osvobain
som hoved
not remain long in this name, for in the begin-
bars 2009
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES. brolio
ning of the reign of K. Richard the II, it was On the Wedneſday before Eaſter, in the year
become the property of Thomas Mortimer of 1666, a paſture field in this pariſh, which is a
Mortimer's in the pariſh of Cliff near Rocheſter,
conſiderable diſtance from the ſea,
and he in the 20th year of that reign paſſed it of it, and a place, where there are no fiſh ponds,
away by ſale to Willian Skrene, from which name but a ſcarcity of water, was ſcattered all over
it was alienated to Wood, in whoſe deſcendants with ſmall filh, in quantity about a buſhel,
it remained until the latter end of the reign of
ſuppoſed to have been rained down from a cloud,
K. Henry VII, when Thomas Wood paſſed it there having been at that time a great tempeſt of
away to Robert Barefoot (b). 1. to tor bos oris ni
thunder, hail, wind, &c. Theſe fiſh were about
He died in the iſt year of K. Edward the
the ſize of a man's little finger, ſome were like
Vlth, being then ſeized of this manor of Soranks
, ſmall whitings, others like ſprats, and ſome
100 acres of arable, and 40 acres of wood in ſmaller like ſmelts.
Stanſted, held of the King, as of the manor of
Several of theſe fiſh were ſhewn publicly at
Otford, by knight's ſervice (i). Thomas Barefoot
Maidſtone and Dartford (n).
was his ſon and heir, and he, with Catherine his
-THE ECCLESIASTICAL
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
wife, in the 2d and 3d year of K. Philip and Q.
29ud 10
Stanſted is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdictioni
Mary, fold this manor to Henry Fanſhaw, and
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and being a peculiar
Dorothy his wife (k), who in the beginning of
of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury is in the deanry of
Q. Elizabeth's reign alienated it to Geo. Wiſeman, Shoreham. The church, which is dedicated to
and he paſſed it away to Launce (1), in whoſe
the B. V. Mary, is only a chapel to the church
deſcendants it continued till it was conveyed by
of Wrotham, from which it was ſeparated by or-
ſale to Mr. John Cox, who having purchaſed of
dinance of parliament, paſſed January 31, 1647,
fir. Roger Twiſden, bart. an eſtate on the fummit
and made a diſtinct church of itſelf, but at the
of the hill, on the eaſtern ſide of this pariſh,
reſtoration in 1660, it returned to its former
built a ſeat for his reſidence on it, naming it
ſtate, in which it continues at preſent. It anti-
bloot 2,3
19 de
ently paid 6d. chriſm rent to the mother church
air
of the dioceſe.
From the pleaſantneſs of its proſpect, the ex-
tenſiveneſs of which has cauſed it commonly to This chapel is not valued ſeparate from
be called Fairſee. id boso
Wrotham in the King's books. The whole emo:
022. Listados
afligned that leaſe to the ſaid Geo. Byng, who likewiſe entered,
(8) Book of Aid, anno 20th, Edward IIId. bol
and in 37th Elizabeth, aligned it to Henry Byng, who in 22d (5) Philipott, p. 304. Vadovallo
James I, aſſigned it to Hammond Claxton, who entered, and (1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
an.nl'
was then poſſeſſed of it, anno
Coke's
Forget to do
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N.52.
Rep. p. 235.
(1) Rot. Eſch. Philipott, p: 304,
(d) His fon George was created Viſcount Torrington. See
(m) There are ſeveral memorials of this family in Stanſted
more of this family under Wrotham.
church. They bore for their arms, ſablé, a chevron argent,
(e) Philipott, P. 304.
between 3 attires of a flag fixed to the ſcalp, of the 2d.
(f) See more of this family under Ightham.
(n) See Philof, Tranſactions, vol. 2oth, No: 243.
Vol. II.
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234
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The
HISTORY of
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
luments of it are received by the rector and vicar church and 10 fervants, and 3 mills of 15 ſhillings,
of Wrotham, as an appendage to his church of and 9 acres of meadow, wood, when fruitful (in
Wrotham, and he appoints a curate from time to acorns) fufficient for the pannage of 500 bogs.
time to officiate here. si no
Of this manor, William Diſpenſator bolds one
bosno bon sebar che || Suling, and there he bas one carucate in demeſme, and
W R O T H A M. H two villeins with half a carucate. nolbusig
min
hos
Of the fame manor Goisfrid holds of the Abp. one
SOUTHWARD from Stanſted lies Wrotham Juling
, and there be has one carucate, and 6 villeins,
commonly pronounced Rutebam. In domeſ with one borderer, having two carucates.
day book it is written Broteham, and in the Tex-
Of the manor itſelf, Farman holds one yoke and an
tus Roffenfis, Wroteham.ITATE TUSS
half of the Abp. and there he has three carucates,
ora bn
.
THE MANOR AND PALACE.
and 6 villeins with 12 cottagers having 2 carucates,
Baca 2009 voto eing there are 10 ſervants.es
god
Wrotham was given to Chriſt Church in Canter-
In the whole value, in the time of K. Edward the
bury, by Edelſtan in the year 964, and continued
Confeſor, this manor was worth 15 pounds, and af-
part of the poffeffions of that church, when Lan terwards 16 pounds. Now the demeſne of the Arch-
franc came to the ſee in the year 1070, being the biſhop is valued at 24 pounds, and yet it pays 35
5th year of the Conqueror's reign. mon pounds. Of the knights 11 pounds. bibes
On the diviſion, which the Archbiſhop ſoon af What Richard of Tonebrige holds in his lowy is
terwards made of the revenues of his church, valued at 15 pounds. q bosd arlo gnizion
between himſelf and his convent, Wrotham was Walter Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the 8th year
allotted to the Archbiſhop and his ſucceffors, and of K. Edward H. had a grant to him and his
as ſuch it is entered under the general title of his ſucceffors, of a market' weekly on a Thurſday at
lands in the ſurvey of domeſday, taken about the his manor of Wrotham, and one fair on the feaft
year 1080, as follows: o 2005 din sidstebino of St. George yearly (o). shing
In Brotehan Hund.' is pretty coolqis basei to In an antient taxation of the Archbiſhop's reve-
Ipſe archieps? ten? Broteham p. 8. folins fe defd. || nues, this manor was valued at 850(p).
Tra'. e. 20. Car'. in dnio Junt 3 Car.' &76 villi, The Archbiſhops had very antiently a palace
cu'. 18. bord, bnt. 14. Car'. Ibi æccla & 10. || here, in which they frequently reſided till the
ſervi. & 3. mold. de 15. folid. & 9.ac' pti. ſilva qdo. time of Abp. Simon Islip, who came to the ſee
frutific' qugent porc.' 538 barys 1957 in the 23d year of K. Edward III, anno 1348,
De hoc m ten' wills diſpenſať 1 folin. & ibe ht. I. who having a deſire to finiſh the palace at
Car”. in dnio, & 2. villos cu'. dim' Car', irlw. Ilser Maidſtone, which John Ufford his predeceſſor had
De eod. m. ten' Goisfrid' de Archiepo'. I. folin. begun, and wanting materials for that purpoſe,
& ibi ht. 1. Car. & 6 villos, cu 1. bord. Intes 2. pulled down the greateſt part of this houſe, and
Car.'
tranſported the materials thither (9), in which
De ipfo m. ten'. Farman 1.
1.jug. & dim” de Archi-
ſituation, the manor, with the remains of it, con-
epo?. & ibi ht. 3. car'. & 6. villos, cu”. 12. coť hntes tinued till the reign of K. Henry the VIII,
2 Car'. ¡bi 10. fervi.
Int3
when Thomas Cranmer Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
In totis valent' I. R. E. val. hoc m. 157
15 lib.
& by his ind. dated Nov. 30, in the 20th year of it,
poſt. 16. lib. modo appciat dniu arch' 24. lib. & conveyed it, as well as all his eſtates whatſoever
tam redd. 35.
lib. militu 11. lib.
in this pariſh, except the church of Wrotham,
odo
Ricard de Tonebridge qd ten.' in ſua leuga and its appendages, to that king, and his heirs
appciat. 15. lib.
io
and ſucceſſors for ever, in exchange for other
to ensaio
10
Which is : In Broteham Hundred.
premiſes (r).
bos
The Archbiſhop himſelf holds Broteham. It was King Edward VI, in his 4th year, granted
taxed at 8 ſulings. The arable land is 20 carucates. to fir John Maſon, knt. the ſcite of this manor,
In demeſne there are 3 carucates, and 76 villeins, and the park of Wrotham (s), to hold in capite by
with 18 borderers, having 14 carucates. There is a knight's ſervice (1). And on May 3d, in his 6th
2.990 Betong and
ai lo aluno
6) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 15.00 zi lageda
&c. and other matters of royalties appertaining to the liberties
W Battely Somn. pt. 2d. Appendix, p. 30.
and franchiſes of the Alp. and his ſucceſſors only excepted,
(9) Lamb. Peramb. p. 559.
and reſerved ; which leaſe was confirmed by Thomas Prior,
(r) Deeds of Purchaſe, and Exch. Augtn. off. Box A. 21. of Chriſt Church, and the Chapter of the ſame, on the 10th
In the 33d year of K. Henry the VIIIth, Hugh, ſon of Rich. of Dec. following: upon which ſurrendry the King, Mar. 12,
Comford, of Otford, yeoman, ſurrendered into the King's in that year, granted to him a like leaſe of theſe premiſes,
Court of Augmentation, the remaining term, in a leaſe
to hold for 21 years, with the ſame rents, covenants and ex-
granted by William Warham, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, Nov. ceptions as abovementioned. Inrolments, Augtn. Off.
13th, in the 18th year of that reign, to his father, for 20 (s) This park was diſparked, when Lambard wrote his
years, at the yearly rent sl. 6s. 8d. of this manor and the Perambulation in 1570, it lay about half a mile ſouth eaſt
feite of it, with all houſes builded on it, and the demefne from Wrotham church, the lodge is ſtill remaining.
lands, meadows, feedings, and paſtures belonging to it; (t) Rot. Eſch, pt. 2.
all manner of rents, pleas, perquiſites of courts, leets, wards,
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year. He granted to him, and dame Elizabeth belonging to the palace, and in which I imagine
his wife, by letters patent, the nianor itſelf in the Byngs dwelt, whilſt in poffeffion of this manor
fee, at the yearly rent of 461. 1os. 6d. of fee and eſtate. In the field behind the ruins are
farm (u). Sir John Mafon alienated it, with all marks of the garden, a bowling green and terras
its appurts, in the 3d and 4th year of K. Philip | round it, ftill plainly viſible.
and Q. Mary, to Robt. Byng (), who reſided at
Wrotham, moſt probably at the palace (x), and
WROTHAM
died poffeffed of it, Sept. 2d, in the 38th year Is a diſtrict in the north eaſt part of this pariſh
of Q. Eliz. (y). George Byng, his eldeſt fon, by next to Trotteſclive, which in the reign of the
his firſt wife, then 39 years of age, ſucceeded Conqueror, was part of the poffeffions of Odo Bp.
hiin in this manor, and was of Wrotham, efq. of Baieux, and Earl of Kent, the Conqueror's half
He demiſed it in leaſe, for the term of 99 years, brother, under the general title of whofe lands,
to fir Robert Darell, of Calehill
, knt, (z) in truſt it is thus entered in the book of domeſday.
for particular uſes, and died pofſeffed of the fee
* Radulf” fili? Turaldi ten' de epo' Litelbroteha' p
of it, in 1616, anno 15th, James iſt (a). uno folin & dim. ſe defd!, Tre'. e.
112
He left iſſue, by Jane his wife, daughter of dnio' e'. 1. Car. & 4 villi cu'. 4 bord' bnt. 2 Cari.
William Cromer, of Tunſtal, eſq; 3 fons and Ibi. 2. ſervi. & 2 molini'de. 4. folid. & 2. ac pti.
daughters (b). Of the fons, George, the eldeſt, Silva, 5. pore'. T. R. E. & pofi valuit. 40. fol.
was born at Wrotham, and ſucceeded his father modo. 60. Sol. & 54. den.
in this eſtate. He reſided at Wrotham, and mar Ricardº de Tonebrige bť in ſua Leuua qd. val.
ried Catherine, daughter of John Hewet, of
Headly Hall, in the co. of York, eſq; by whom val. 16. den.
he had iſſue a ſon, John, and a daughter Eliz.(c)
Hanc Tra'. T. R. E. tenuer Goduin & Eduuin'
On his death, John Byng, eſq; abovementioned,
p. 2. maner.
10 Foods
his fon and heir (d), ſucceeded him in his pof-
Which is : Relf. Fitz Turald holds of the Bp.
feſſions here, which he, foon after the death of
(of Baieulx) Litel Brotekam. It was taxed at one
K. Charles It, alienated to William James, of ſuling and an half. The arable land is In
Ightham Court, eſq; (e), and his great grandſon,
demeſne there is one carucate and 4 villeins, with 4
William James, of Ightham Court, eſq; is the pre-
borderers, having 2 carucates. There are 2 ſervants
fent poſſeſſor of this manor, the remains of the
and two mills of 4 ſulings, and two acres of meadow.
palace and the eſtate belonging to them.
Wood for the pannage of 5 hogs. In the time of K.
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held for Edzard the Confeſſor, and afterwards it was worth
this manor, which is paramount over the whole
40 ſhillings, now 60 ſhillings, and 54 pence.
hundred, at which, beſides the conſtables of the
Richard de Tonebrige holds in his lowy what is
19pper, and lower half bundred of Wrotham, there
worth 13 Mwillings, and wood for the pannage of 50
are choſen 6 borſholders, for the 6 villes or bo-
hogs, and the King has in the ſame manor what is
roughs of Wrotham Town, Stanſted, Neupicar, worth 16 pence.
Wingfield, Roughway and Haleborough.
Goduin and Edwin held this land in the time of
The palace ſtood adjoining the eaſt ſide of the K. Edward the Confeſor, for 2 manors.
church-yard, there are hardly any remains left
On the diſgrace of the Bp. of Baieux, about the
of the houſe itſelf, though there is a large ſub-
year 1084, this, among the reſt of his poffeffions,
ftantial ſtone building, once part of the offices became confiſcated to the crown.
100
bound to pay,
(u) Rot. 63, No. 181. This rent was ſettled, among
others, on Q. Henrietta Maria wife of K. Charles Ift, in part
of her dower for her life, by let. pat. March 14th, 1626,
anno 2d, Charles Ift. Rym. Fød. vol. 18th, p. 685.
King Edward the VIth, December 2d, in his fifth
year
let
to ferme to Thomas Sackvyle, gent. all thoſe his 264 hens,
1159 eggs, and 2 geefe, which the fermors and tenants of
this manor, late the Archbiſhop's, of antient cuſtom were
and deliver to him, and his ſucceſſors yearly.
To hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 66s. for the hens,
and of 5s. and 9d. for the eggs, and of jod. for the geeſe.
Inrollments, Augtn. Of.
(v) Rot. Efch. pt. 4.
(x) In the 18th year of Q. Elizabeth, he levied a fine of
this manor.
(y) Robert Byng, elę; was the eldeſt ſon of John Byng,
by Agnes Spencer, his wife.
The ſecond ſon was Thomas,
who was of Grancheſter in co. of Cambridge, and was father
of Henry Byng, Serjeant at Law. They bore for their arms-
quarterly, jable and argent, in the 1ſt quarter a lion rampant,
of the ad, armed and langued gules. Rob. Byng, eſq; was twice
married, ift to Frances, da. and heir of Rich. Hill, by whom
he had iſſue, George his heir, and John and Francis, who
both died without iſſue ; his 2d wife was
wife was Mary, daughter of
William Maynard, by whom he had two ſons and a daughter,
viz. George, William Governor of Deal Caſtle, and Anne
married to David Polbill, of Otford, efa. Viſn. Co. Kent,
1619, Ped. Byng.
(2) Philipott, p. 374. (a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(6) Elizabeth the eldeſt married fir Thomas Polhill, of
Wrotham, knt. Viſn. Co. Kent, 1619, Ped. Byng.
(c) She married Mann, of this county, eſq;
(d) His eldeſt ſon, George, was created Lord Viſcount
Torrington, and was direct anceſtor of the preſent Lord Vis
count Torrington.
(e) At which time he had likewiſe an aſſignment from
Katherine, widow and executrix of Henry Byng, Sergeant at
Law, of the remainder of the term of 99 years, granted to
fir Robert Darell, as abovementioned, who had made over
his intereſt in it to her huſband,
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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
W R O T HAM
PLACE
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
In the reign of K. Henry the Ift, Geoffry Tal ſelf at Wrotham Plate, and by his wife, Suſan
bot poſſeſſed the manor of Little Wrotham, the Mann, of Kingſton upon Thames, had iſſue one fon
greateſt part of which he gave to Bp. Gundulph, John, and 4 daughters (k):
and the church of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, which John Rayney the ſon fucceeded his father
gift was then confirmed by the King (f). be in this eſtate, where he reſided, and was
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the made a knight at the coronation of K. Charles
making the Black Prince a knight, the Biſhop of Ift, and on January 22d, 1641, was created a
Rocheſter paid reſpective aid for half a knight's Baronet of Nova Scotia, and in 1615 ſerved the
ſee, which he held in Little Wrotham.
office of Sheriff of this county. By Catherine his
The abovementioned part of Little Wrotham, iſt wife, daughter of Thomas Style, of London,
containing about 130 acres of land, continues at he had iſſue 4 fons and 3 daughters (1)
this time part of the poſſeſſions of the Lord Bi John the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in title and
mop of Rocheſter, and is now in the tenure of Mr. in this ſeat, and left iffue, by Mary his wife,
John Whitaker, of Barming, gent, by leaſe from daughter of Jeremy Blackman, of Southwark, efq;
the Biſhop (8). The other part of it containing a ſon John, who ſucceeded him likewiſe in title
about 20 acres of land is at preſent the property and eſtate. Which fir John Rayney, bart. was
of Mr. Iſaac Tomlyn, of Neupiker, in this pariſh, born at Wrotham Place in 1660, and dying in
gent. the tythes of both parts are claimed and 1705, was buried in this church (m).
taken by Mrs. Bettenſon, liſter of fir Richard Bet His heirs ſome few years after his death, con-
tenfon, bart. who pays from thence, 40 ſheaves veyed this ſeat to Stephenſon, who ſhortly after,
of corn (89) yearly to the rector of Wrotham. about the year 1723, conveyed it to Nicholas
Haddock, efq; (n) ſon of fir Richard Haddock, knt.
Is an antient manſion ſituated on the ſouth ſide
Comptroller of the Navy (o).
of the High Street of Wrotham Town, which has
He reſided at Wrotham Place occaſionally, till
been for many years the habitation of gentlemen.
the time of his death, which happened on Sept.
It was formerly called Nyfel's, from a family of
26, 1746 (P).
that name, proprietors of it, one of whom, He left iſſue by his wife, who died in Nov.
Thomas Nyfell(), died poffered of it, June 6th, 1735, 3 ſons, Nicholas, who became his heir,
1498, and lies buried, with Alice his wife, in Richard, who was Comptroller of the Navy (9),
this church.
and Charles, late of Canterbury, eſq; and a daughter
When this name became extinct here, or who
who died unmarried.
ſucceeded them, I have not found, but in the
Nicholas Haddock, eſq; the eldeſt fon, ſucceed-
reign of K. James the Ift, it was purchaſed by
ed his father in this feat, in which he reſides ac
Fohn Rayney, of London, eſq; (i) who ſeated him this time, and is as yet unmarried (r).
(f) Text. Roff. p. 171. (8) See above, p. 231.
died Dec. 7th, 1997, and was buried in Wrotham church,
(88) The Rectors leaſe of this portion of corn deſcribes it leaving iſſue, John Beaumont, Thomas and Vere, (who all
as 40 ſhocks of wheat.
died without male iſſue, and the title became extinct,) and
() They bore for their arms- Argent, an hog erect.
Mary; zdly to Jane, eldeſt daughter and coheir of Thomas
(i) He was lineally deſcended from John Reignie, for ſo Manley, of Rocheſter, efq; who died February 14th, 1700,
the name was written in old deeds, who held the manors and was buried at Wrotham ; and zdly Jane, daughter of fir
of Edgeford, in co. of Devon, and of Smithely Hall, in co. Demetrius James, knt. who died February 27th, 1714,
and
of York, in the reign of K. Edward III, which John, was was buried in this church, by whom he had 2 more daugh-
a deſcendant of fir John de Reignie, who appeared by the ters, Catherine, wife of Edw. Bettenfon, eſq; who died Dec.
muniments of this family, to have been poſſeſſed of lands in 31ſt, 1713, and Hellena, who died September 8, 1736,
Cumberland in the reign of K. Henry III. Philipott, p. unmarried, and were both buried here. Viſn. Co. Kent,
232. His deſcendant, William Reyney, was of the co. of Mís. Pedigr. of Rayney. This family bore for their arms-
York, and died in the 21ſt year of K. Henry VIIth, leaving Gules, 2 wings in lure ermine.
iffue, by the daughter and heir of Hall, of that county, a (n) He was a Captain of the Navy, and in February 1734,
ſon John, who by the daughter and co-heir of Sir Roger was made a Rear-Admiral of the Blue, after which he roſe
Hoxton, of that co. knt. left a fon, Roger Reyney. He married in rank, till June 1744, when he was made Admiral of the
Elizabeth, daughter of John Thornhill, of that co. by whom Blue.
he had, John Rayney, of 'London, eſq; abovementioned, the (6) Sir Richard died January 29th, 1715, and was buried
purchaſer of this ſeat, and a daughter Ellen, wife of Thomas at Leigh in Efex, he left two daughters, married to Lydell
Cutler, of Stanburgh Hall in the ſame co.
and Clark.
.
(k) Viz. Elizabeth, wife of John Afton, of Ipſwich; Suſan, (0) He was buried in a vault, which he had built a few
who died S. P. Anne, wife of John Smith; and Sarah, of years before his death, in the church-yard of Leigh in Efex,
Henry North.
in which pariſh he was born.
(1) Viz. John, Thomas, Richard, and William ; Suſannah (9) He and his ſiſter lie buried at Leigh in Eſſex, in a ſe-
married to William Selby, of Ightham, eſq; Elizabeth to fir parate vault from their father, built in the church-yard, by
John Chicheſter, bart. and Martha to Nathaniel Bonnel, of fir Richard Haddock. On the death of Richard Haddock the
London, Merchant. His ſecond wife was Frances, daughter ſon, his widow Mary, one of the 4 daughters of Charles
of Edward Gibbes, of the co. of Warwick, eſq; by whom he Compton, 4th ſon of George Earl of Northampton, in 1751,
had a ſon Edward, who left iſſue. She died in 1690, and married Arthur Scott, elg; See Blendon in Bexley, vol. i,
was buried in St. Benet, Gracechurch, London, as were ſe of this hiſtory, p. 162.
veral of the children of her ſon Edward.
(r) He bears for his Arms-Argent a croſs ſable, in the 117
(9) He was thrice married, ift to Vere, daughter and co.
quarter a fleur de lis of the 2d.
heir of fir Thomas Beaumont, of the co. of Leiceſter, bart. who
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cended John Peckham, who held the manor of
WROTHAM. TosW
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
ots 719105nY
LD HA Mb Si no widow of fir Thomas Cawne (v), with whom he
1. Is a diftri&t in this pariſh, ſituated ſomewhat
had, among other eſtates, the manor of Barſted
leſs than a mile and an half weſtward from Wro-
in this pariſh (w), od morwyd
tham church. Điới sở dĩ bi1o ni Tời đi bay b By her !
he had iſſue Reginald Peckham, who
sort to was of Yaldham, eſq; and his deſcendant James
E AST, alias GREAT YALDHAM MANOR, Peckham, of Yaldham, eſq; was ſheriff in the 12th
Is the principal manor in it, and was for year of K. Edward the 4th, anno 1471. He
merly ſo called to diſtinguiſh it from the adjoin died February 18th, 1500, as did his wife Mar-
ing
g manor of Wej, alias Little Yaldbam, and like garet, daughter of Thomas Burgoyne of the co. of
wiſe from the manor of Yaldham, alias
us St. Cleres, || Cambridge, eſq; that ſame year, and both lie bu-
in the pariſh of Ightham. The original name ried in this church. Their fon Reginald, or Rey-
of theſe manors was Ealdham, a name which de-
nold Peckham, efq; (as he is written on his grave-
notes the antiquity of them, Eald in Saxon ſigni. ftone) was ſheriff of Kent in the 24th year of K.
fying
ing old, and ham a dwelling, bis dresd : 200
Henry VII, and he kept his ſhrievalty at Harriet-
Theſe three manors were formerly owned by foam, and on his father's death ſucceeded to theſe
a family of the ſame name, one of whom, fir manors, and the manſion houſe of Haldham.
Thomas d
de Aldham, was with Richard the Iſt, at He was Eſquire of the body to K. Henry the
the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine. om de
VIIIth, and dying February 27th, in the 16th
do 31
His deſcendant, fir Thomas de Aldham, poſlef year of that King's reign, anno 1525 (x), lies
ſed them in the reign of K. Edw. II.
K. Edw. II. and dying buried in this church, with Ifolda his wife, daugh-
without male iſſue, his three daughters became
ter of fir John Colepeper, of Bayhall
, knt. who
his coheirs, the eldeſt of whom ma
whom married Newbo-
died March 20, 152 3.13
1523. He died ſeized of theſe
rough, of the co. of Dorſet; Margery married manors, held by knight's ſervice, and likewiſe
Martin Peckham; Iſolda
of the manor of Dountons alias Bountons-court,
St. Clere, and on the diviſion of their inheritance, which he held of the Archbiſhop hy knight's ſer-
Martin Peckham became entitled to that part of vice, and likewiſe of land called Goldſmiths near
the eſtate, which lay in Wrotham, as John St. Compen-wood in this pariſh, and
Clere did to that in Ightham, in right of their re. of the manor of St. John's, in Sutton-at-hone.
ſpective wives (s). odvai ci sico
He was ſucceeded here by James Peckhamă
5. The firſt of this name of Peckham, that I have who was of Yaldham, eſq; and died poffeffed
met with of any note, was John de Peckbam, who of the above manors, and eſtates on Auguſt
attended K. Richard the Ift to the fiege of Acon 5th, 1533, and lies buried with Agnes his wife
in Paleſtine in the year 1191 (t), from whom def. in this church. His ſon Reginald, or Reynold
Peckham, of Yaldnam, procured his lands to be
Peckham in Hadloze in the reign of K. Edward diſgavelled by the act of the 2d and 3d of K.
the Ift, his ſon was Martin Peckham, who married Edward the VIth, and died in the ift and ad
Margery daughter and coheir of fir Thomas de year of K. Philip and Q. Mary.
Aldham, and poffeffed the manors of Eaſt and He died, as appears by the eſcheat rolls of
West Paldham in this pariſh in her right (u), the that
year, ſeized of the manor of Aldham, alias
former of which he made his reſidence, where Eſ Yaldham, with its appurts. held of the ma-
his poſterity continued for many generations. nor of Lullingſtone Caſtle by knight's ſervice, and
His ſon Fohn Peckham poſſeſſed theſe manors in the manor of Parva, alias Weſt Aldham, and the
the next reign of King Edward III, in the 20th manor of Downton's Court, of the Duke of Nor-
year of which he paid aid at the making the Black thumberland, as of his manor of Otford, by knight's
Prince a knight for both of them. His fon Re ſervice, and he held at that time the lands called
ginald or Reynold Peckham, was of Yaldham, eſq; Goldſmith's, of the manor of St. John's in Sutton.
where he reſided in the latter end of the above He left James Peckham, his ſon and heir, who
reign, and then purchaſed the manor of Wingfield
appears to have been under age at the time of
in this pariſh. His ſon James Peckham, of Yald his father's death, for he had not livery of the
ham, eſq; was ſheriff of this county in the
ift and
above manors and lands till the 7th year of Q.
12th years of K. Richard the II. He married Elizabeth's reign, anno 1564 (y). His grandſon
Lord, the fole daughter and heir of fir Thomas Reginald Peckham, of Yaldban, efq; poffeffed
Morant, of Morants Court in Chevening, and them at the reſtoration of K. Charles Ild, as did
fangor
edwol
(s) Philipott, p. 141, and 374.
(x) On his graveſtone he is called Reynold Peckham, eſq;
the Elder. There was an inſcription in this church likewife
(u) Weever ſays, (From Francis Thinne, Lancaſter He-
for William Peckham, Cupbearer to Archbp. Bourchier, who
rald) that the two tombs near the church door of this pariſh,
died June 28th, 1491, as did Katherine his wife on Auguft
were thoſe of this Martin Peckham, and Margery his wife. 23d following.There remains one for Thomas Peckham,
Weever, p. 326.
eſq; and Dorothy his wife, the date of his death is obliterated.
(v) Philipott, p. 142.
His wife died Dec. 19th, 1512. They left four fons,
(w) This reputed manor lies about half a mile ſouthward and one daughter.
from Borough Green.
(7) Rot, Eſch, ejus ang
VOL, II,
" and Stanſted, held
101,
8
DAS
woch
ton
bretto
(t) Ibid.
P: 374
3 P
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The 1 H I S T OR Y of a K E N T.
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
his ſon of the ſame name, who married Margaret, On the diffolution of deans and chapters after
daughter of Marſh, and widow of fir Iſaac the death of K. Charles the Ift, this portion of
Sidley, bart. (z) by whom he had a ſon and heir tythes iſſuing out of Yaldham manor, was ſura
Reginald Peckham, who was of Yaldham, eſq; and veyed in 1619, in order to be ſold for the bene,
had iſſue two daughters his coheirs, Dorothy mar fit of the ſtate.
ried to Thomas Chiffinch late of Northfleet, eſq; By which ſurvey, it was returned, that it con-
deceaſed, by whom ſhe had no iſſue, and Anne lifted of the whole tythe of Stonefield
, Broadfield
,
married to Bartlet, efq; of Weſtminſter.
bail
Perryfield, Dunnfield and Perthfield, all bounding
Reginald Peckham, eſq; laſt mentioned (a) alie within the precincts of this manor, and contain-
nated the manors of Eaſt and West Yaldham, and ing by eſtimation 142 acres,
acres, and was ſet by the
the manſion houſe of the ſame, with other pre Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, by their ind. Nov.
miſes in Wrotham (b), about the year 1713, to
George St. Loe, eſq; a Captain in the Navy, and the yearly rent of 6s. and 8d. and two good ca-
Commiſſioner of Chatham yard (c). He married pons ; but the ſaid tythes were worth in improve-
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Chiffinch, of North ments, over and above the ſaid rent, 71. 135. 4d.
fleet, efq; who ſurvived him, and their ſon and
TO 910 9SI SISI
yearly (k).
970, the tenants of this portion of tythes
heir about the year 1733, alienated this eltare to In 1970, the te
Mr. Francis Auſten, of Sevenoke, who immedi were Nah Maſon, efq; and Mrs. Margaret Wiffin,
ately afterwards paſſed it away by fale to William
ſince married to Mr. Iſaac Tomlyn, of Neupiker ;
Evelyn Glanville, of St. Cleres, in Izhtham, eſq;
part,
but
whoſe ſon and heir, William Glanville Evelyn, of that of the former has been ſold to William Glan-
St. Cleres, eſq; is the preſent owner of it (d). ville Evelyn, eſa; the preſent tenant of it.
* ID 09 Ono to gros
The Peckhams were the laſt gentlemen who re-
ſided at Yaldham, ſince which it has been uſed as About a mile and a half eaſtward from Wrote
a farm houſe.
ham church, near Addington common, lies Ford,
The courts for the manors of Yaldhan, have ſo called from the Ford here over the brook,
not been held for many years.
10 TONN 91-10
which riſes at Neupiker in this pariſh, and runs
cloſe by this houſe to Leybourn, and thence to
the Medway. Ford was very antiently in the
Gosfrid de Ros gave his tythe of Ealdeham for
poffeffion of the family of Clerke, very frequent.
ever to the monks of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, for
ly written in old evidences le Clerke, who reſided
the good of his wife's ſoul, which land belonged
at this place. tt) 101119
to Wrotham, for which the monks were to cele-
John Clerke (1) was of Ford, eſq; in the reigns
brate his wife's anniverſary yearly (e).
of K. Henry V.and VI. His ſon and heir, John
Theſe tythes aroſe from Stonefelde, containing Clerke was made ſecond Baron of the Court of
22 acres, Brodefelde 42 acres, Pirye-field 20 Exchequer, Oct. 10, in the 39th year of King
acres, Downfelde 40 acres, and Frythe 18 acres,
Henry VI. (m) which dignicy he ſeems to have
total 140 acres (f). Which gift was after held till the 20th year of K. Edward IV, anno
wards confirmed by Baldwin (g), Hubert (h), and 1479 (n). He left iſſue, by the daughter and
Richard (i), Archbiſhops of Canterbury.
heir of Tateſham, one ſon, John, and three daugh-
This portion of tythes continued part of the ters; of the latter, Ifodia married to: Thomas Sel-
poſeſſions of the priory of Rocheſler till its diſſo by, of Eaſt Malling, and Alice to Robert Watton,
lution in the 31ſt year of K. Henry the VIIIth, of Addington.
is bin biago
dw to 090
two years after which the King ſettled it, by his John Clerke, eſq; the ſon, reſided at Ford, and
dotation charter, among other premiſes, on his by Lucia his wife, daughter of Moyle, left a fon
new-founded Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, with and heir, James Clerke, who was of Ford, eſq;
whom it now remains.
DE 1990, svado 21099s
and married Elizabeth, daughter of Ferres, by
got cititas air
(3) Baronetage, vol. 1, p. 448.
(c) He bore for his Arms Argent on a bend ſable, 3 annu-
(a) He died in 1714. This family bore for their Arms lets or, a martlet in chief as a difference.
Ermine a chief, quarterly or and gules--which coat remains in
(d) See more of this family under St. Cleres in Ightham.
one of the windows of Barham church, and underneath,
Mr. Evelyn is likewiſe poſſeſſed of a farm called Terry's
Jacobus Peccam.
Ποί
Lodge, lying in Wrotham and Aſh, containing upwards of
400 acres of land, which belonged formerly to the Peckhams.
(6) The rental of this eſtate was then as follows, viz. the
(e) Text. Roff. p. 1, 77.
manor, or manſion houſe called Yaldham, with the farm of
bus
qilinta
(f) Reg. Roff. p. 117.
Yaldham, containing a houſe, buildings, &c. and 220 acres
.bidi
3)
of land, let at 1061. 135. od. per annum.---New Yaldham
(8) Ibid. p. 46, 48.
farm, containing a houſe, buildings, &c. about 350 acres of
anti ed mbioworld sdt (bat
(i) Ibid. p.410.
land, let at 1341. '55. od. per annum.--Cowper Wood,
S: 70 Slon is
containing 49 acres, valued at 171. per annum, four acres
(k) Parl. Surveys. Lamb. Libr. vol. 14th.
(1) Viſn. Co. Kent, 1619. Ped. Clerke. soit 19 ).
and a half of hop-ground, and an oaſt-houſe valued at 61. per
annum.-Total, 2631. 185. od.
(m) Dugd. Orig. p. 66.
au soqot int (0)
(n) Ibid. p. 68, and 70.
.
to gusto mo
11.10 whom
PORTION OF TY THES,
COM
(3) Ibid.
p. 506.

WROTHAM
TIE 2
20W Admiral of
The HISTORY of KENT, 239
WROTHAM.
HUNDRED.
whom he had four fons, George, Henry, Walter ther, Leonard Bartholemew, of Oxenboath, eſq;
and Fohn. George, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his who likewiſe died without iſſue on April 26,
father in this eſtate, and was of Ford, eſa; he 1757, and by his will bequeathed Ford, among
left iffue by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Wil the reſt of his eſtates, to the ſecond ſon, then
ford, of Cranbrooke, eſq; fix ſons and one daugh-
ter (o). most soubor ylusy uv 100
the Blue, who in 1748 had married Mary, his
William Clerke, the eldeſt ſon, was of Ford, half fifter (V), which fon was born ſoon after the
efq; and died poſſeſſed of it March 23, 1611, in above deviſe of this eſtate, and named William,
his 76th year, and was buried in this church. and he at preſent owns Ford, now only uſed as a
He
had four wives (P), by the firſt of whom farmhouſe, and the eſtate belonging to it (w).
only, Anne, daughter of Hugh Cartwright, of
yals WEST PAR K, alias IGHTHAM PARK.
Offington in the co. of Nottingham, eſq; he had
There was formerly an eſtate in this pariſh
iſſue two ſons and ten daughters (9)., soni gnot
called Weſt Park, alias Ightham Park, which in the
Of the fons, James, the eldeſt, died in France
reign of King Henry the VIIIth, was in the
without iſſue in his father's life-time, and John | poffeffion of the family of Guildford. 19 In the
became his father's heir.
YALAM TL nissd 26
36th year of that reign John Guildford alienated,
John Clerke, the ſon, was of Ford, efq; and
with the king's licence, all that meſſuage called
left iſſue, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of
the Lodge, alias the Weft Park of Wrotham in this
fir William Steede, of Harrietſham, knt. two ſons,
pariſh, to Thomas Moyle and his heirs (x).
William and John, and one daughter, Cicely. 19 Thomas Moyle conveyed this eſtate by fale to
William Clerké, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his
Ralph Wilcocks, who died poffeffed of it in the
father in this eſtate, and was a brave and valiant 2d and 3d year of K. Philip and Q. Mary, anno
gentleman. di isbnu bhot stoward to 29051a
1555, when his ſon Wm.Wilcocks had livery of it,
On Auguſt 8, 1641, he received the honor
by the deſcription of the meſfuage called le Lodge
of knighthood, after which he manifeſted his
at Itam, alias the Weſt Park of Wrotham, alias Itam
loyalty to the King by raiſing and arming a re Park in Wrotham, and 70 acres of arable land,
giment at his own charge, at the head of which
40 acres of paſture, and 30 acres of meadow,
he was ſain, together with fir Wm. Boteler, knt.
within the pale of Itam, held of the King in ca-
in the fight between the King's forces, and thoſe pite by knight's ſervice (). He alienated theſe
, fir William Wailer
,
-1644 (). () Nicholas Chowne (Z). George Clowne pofleffed it
His widow held this eſtate afterwards, as part in 1570, anno 13 Elizabeth, being then a Juf-
of her jointure, of which ſhe continued poffeffed tice of the Peace (a). After whoſe death,
at the reſtoration in 1660 (s), and her heirs alien-
Elizabeth his widow, pofſeffed it, and in Eaſter
ated it to Mr. John Know, who reſided at Ford,
term, anno 17th of that reign, levied a fine of it.
and dying poffeffed of it Feb. 10, 1723, æt. 66, How it has paſſed ſince I have not been able to
was buried in this church (t). He married fane, find, nor can I meet with any information con-
daughter of Mr. Thomas Skudder, of Stanſted, by cerning the ſituation, or even the name of it
whom he left an only daughter and heir Mary, among the proprietors of eſtates in this pariſh
who, in
in 1711 had married Philip, eldeſt ſon of
and neighbourhood. tot bl Oft er 9200
Leonard Bartholemew, of Oxenhoath, eſq; and dy roner
TH to norden od beschise
THE HAMLET OF BOROUGH GREEN.
ing Feb. 26, 1722, in her 33d year (u), left
GREEN.
TIVOS
iſſue two ſons, Leonard Bartholemew, of Oxen Is ſituated about a mile ſouthward froin Wro-
boath, efq; and Jobn Know Bartholemez, who, tham church, on the high road leading from
by his grandfather's will, became his heir, and Weltram and Sevenoke to Maidſtone, which here
fucceeded to this eſtate of Ford. He died with croſſes, the pariſh from weſt to eaft. Near
out iſſue, and was ſucceeded in it by his bro-
this road is
to bude
gas
(0) William, who became his heir in this eſtate ; Fames, (m) Clarendon's Hift. of Rebellion, vol. 2, p. 385. Sir
who married the daughter and heir of Saxbye, one of the
William Clerke was then only 36 years of age.
Barons of the Exchequer, by whom he had Edward of Min-
a philimeter The cí
(s) Philipott, p. 374. The Clerkes bore for their Arms-
Ster in Shepey, and other children ; George, who married the
Or, on a bend engrailed, azure a cinquefoil, pierced or.
daughter of Peckham, Thomas, Reginald, and Robert. The
(-) He bore for his Arms-Argent on a bend ingrailed gules,
daughter Elizabeth, married Golding of Leyborne. do
3 trefoils, Nipt of the ift.
(9) His other wives were, Jane, daughter of Saneger ;
Elizabeth, daughter of Aubrey, L. L. D. and widow of
(u) She lies buried in the vault of the Millers in Wef Peck-
ham church.
Thomas Norton, of Northzuood, efq; and daughter of Elmſon
of Rainham.
(v) She died at Eaſt Malling, Auguſt 5th, 1775, æt. 86.
(2) Viz. Elizabeth, married to Peter Parrie, of Eaſt Mal.
(w) See Oxenhoath in Weſt Peckham.
ling; Anne, wife of Richard Lee, of Delce, efq; Anne, of
(x) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 19.
front
for John Howell, knt. of Compe in Wrotham ; Katherine, of
(y) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Geo. Chaucey of Hertford; Frances, Dorothy, Mary, and
(-) Rot. Eſch. pt. 10.
(a) Lamb. Per. p. 29.
. OF
rii
three others,

240
The HISTORY of E N T.
P
L A AX
of Oxenboath, knt. (3) who was of Crouch, gent.
Southwark in Surry; and firſt married in 1735, Henry Earl (1) Ruſhworth's Hift. Coll. vol. 8th, p. 979:
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
THE MANOR OF WINGFIELD,
GREAT AND LITTLE COMP.org
FA
Live sul
Which antiently belonged to the family of About half a mile southward from Wrotham
Quintin, in which it remained till Gilbert Quintin,
Heath, in the road from thence to Mereworth
and Joane his wife, in the 31ſt year of K. Edward walks, are two ſmall hamlets ſituated or the ſum.
the IIId, paſſed it away by fine to Reginald Peck-
mit of the hill, called Great and Little Comp, and
ham, of Yaldham, gent. in whoſe deſcendants it more vulgarly Camps, no doubt from their having
continued down to James Peckham, of Yaldham,
been once made uſe of as camps, and probably
eſq; who in the beginning of K. James the Iſt's by the Romans, their military way running at a
reign, alienated it to Nicholas Miller (b), of
ſmall diſtance only from theſe places.
Horſnells Crouch (c), in this pariſh, eſq; (d) who Their name denotes their origin, Comp in Sar-
reſided at Crouch, where he kept his thrievalty on ſignifying a camp or fortification. There was
in the 8th year of K. Charles the Ift. He died formerly a chapel belonging to theſe hamlets,
Auguſt 8th, 1640, æt. 74, and lies buried in long ſince demoliſhed. In the reign of Q. Eli-
this church, having had iffue, by Jane his wife,
zabeth and K. James I, Great Comp was the re-
daughter of John Polley, of Preſton, in this co. fidence of fir John Howell, knt. (k), ud sortir
ela; (e) three fons and four daughters (f). sidos
It has been many years the property of the
He at his death bequeathed both Wingfield and
family of Lambard; William Lambard, of Seven-
Crouch, to Nicholas Miller, his grandſon, fecond
oke, eſq; died poſſeſſed of it a few years ago, and
ſon of his eldeſt ſurviving fon, fir Nicholas Miller,
his ſon, Multon Lambard, of Sevenoke, eſq; is the
preſent owner of it. so bos
and died poffefſed of both Wingfield and Crouch,
ei In grubbing up a tree near this place, about
on February 7th, 1693, and was buried in this 60 years ago, great numbers of ſmall folid
church. He married Margaret, daughter of
pieces of braſs were found under the roots of it.
John Polbill, of Otford, gent. by whom he had lorol a
Nugu A no
Τ ο οι
iſſue twelve children, five ſons and ſeven
daughters.
is a diſtrict which is an appendage to the pariſh
Theſe eftates continued ſome years afterwards of Wrotham, lying at the ſouthern extremity of
in this family, till they were at length carried in it, about three miles diſtant from Wrotham
marriage, by a female heireſs, to Mr. Munday, church. It was made a diſtinct pariſh from Wro-
of Derbyſhire, and he fold them in 1756 to Sa-
tham, by ordinance of Parliament, January 31,
rah, Lady Viſcounteſs Falkland, who died poffef 1647 (l); in which ſtate it remained till the re-
ſed of both Wingfield and Crouch on May 27th,
ſtoration in 1660, when it was again united to
1776 (b), and by her laſt will deviſed theſe Wrotham, and continues fo at this time.
eſtates for life to her huſband the Right Hono
Gols etsi nos bas (2) coor ai nodos sus os
bois babies, SO
Mos
rable Lucius Carey Lord Viſcount Falkland, and
the remainder in fee to Francis Motley Auſten, is a manor in this hamlet, which antiently be-
of Wilmington, eſq; who has ſince purchaſed Lord longed to the family of Colepeper, of Preſton in
Falkland's intereſt in them, and is now the pre Aylesford.
Mio ringsb
to
Walter Colepeper died ſeized of it in the firſt
There is no court held for the manor of Wing year of K. Edward III, and his deſcendants con-
field, and the manſion of Horſnails Crouch, is now tinued owners of it till fir Thomas Colepeper, of
converted into a farm houſe.
Preſton, knt. alienated it about the end of the
ision be
sa tuoda bata
CHO OWO SUL
(6) He was ſon of Nicholas Miller, ſtyled the Elder, who of Suffolk, who died April 22d, 1745, by whom ſhe had no
of this pariſh, gent, and dying February 17th, 1621, iſſue; after which the married in October, 1752, Lucius
æt. 85, lies buried in Wrotham church.
onde adla10
; (c) This has been long called Crouch only, and is now a
Carey Viſcount Falkland, by whom ſhe had one ſon and fe-
veral daughters.
ſmall hamlet or ſtreet of houſes, lying on the road from Bo-
om
(i) Lord Falkland is deſcended from Thomas Carey, who
rough Green to Plaxſtool, and about a mile ſouthward from
lived in the reign of King Henry VIIth, and by Margaret,
the former.
od 10
DO
daughter and coheir of fir Robert Spencer, knt. left iſſue, two
(d) Philipott, p. 374. er
fons ; fir John Carey, of Plaſmey, knt, and William, anceſtor
(e) She died Jan. 6th, 1640, æt. 76, and lies buried in
to the Lords Hunſdon, which fir John Carey left iffue fir
this church.
Edward Carey, of Berkhamſted in co. of Hertford, knt. whoſe
(f) Of the former James died S. P. Nicholas was of Oxen fon fir Henry Carey, was created by K. James the Ift, on
hoath in Weſt Peckham, and afterwards knighted, and Mat-
Nov. Toth, 1620, Baron and Viſcount Falkland, in the co. .
thew, was of Buckland in co. of Surry, and by Anne,
of Fife in Scotland. See more of this family under Kemping,
eldeſt da. of David Polhill, of Orford, efq; left iflue a ſon
vol. i. of this Hiſtory, p. 330.
Nicholas. Mſs. Ped. of Miller. This Nicholas the fon, was
knighted by K. Chas. IId, at Windſor, in 1681, and married
(k) He was deſcended out of the co. of Sulex. He mar-
ried
Mary, ſole filter and heir of William Franklyn, of Grays Inn, a in
eſq; by whom he had iſſue two ſons, Franklyn and Nicholas.
and bore for his Arms-Argent, a lion with two bodies joined
(g) See more of this family under Oxenboath.
at the neck, ſable. Vifn. Co. Kent, anno 1619. Ped.
Howell.
(b) She was daughter and heir of Thomas Inwen, efq; of
R
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was of
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
241
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
buried in Plaxtool chapel. His eldeſt ſon, Wm.
Daliſon, of Hamptons, eſq; is the preſent owner
of this houſe and the eſtate belonging to it.
F AIR LAWN.
Lawx.
reign of Q. Elizabeth, to Nicholas Miller, of
this pariſh gent. on whoſe death in 1621, it came
to his ſon, Nicholas Miller, of Crouch, eſq; She-
riff of this county in the 8th year of K. Charles
I.; he died Aug. 8, 1640, leaving iſſue, by
Jane his wife, daughter of John Polley, of Preſ-
ton, eſq; three ſons and four daughters, of whom
Nicholas, his eldeſt ſurviving ſon, ſucceeded to
this eſtate.
He was afterwards knighted, and was of Ox-
enhoath, in West Peckham,
, and died pofleffed of
this manor, Feb. 20, 1658, leaving iſſue by
Anne, his wife, daughter of William Style, of
Langley, eſa; four ſons and four daughters, of
whom Humphrey, the eldeſt, ſucceeded to this
manor (m). Which fir Humphry. Miller, bart.
died Aug. 1709, leaving iſſue a ſon and heir
Borlace, and a daughter Elizabeth.
Sir Borlace Miller, bart. died without iſſue in
1714, and was ſucceeded in this manor by his
fifter Elizabeth abovementioned, then the wife of
Leonard Bartholemew, eſq; who in his wife's right
became intitled to it. He afterwards reſided
at Oxenhoath, and left iffue by her three ſons,
Philip, Leonard and Humphry.
vdab
Leonard, the ſecond ſon, afterwards poffeſſed
this manor, and married Elizabeth, only daugh-
ter and heir of Edmund Watton, of Addington in
this county, eſq; (n) by whom he left iſſue two
fons ; Edmund, who died unmarried, and Leo-
nard Bartholemew, now of Addington-place, eſq;
who at length ſucceeded to this manor, and is
the preſent poffeffor of it. There is an antient
and very remarkable chapel ſtill remaining in
the manor-houſe of Sore, which was probably
made uſe of by the inhabitants of this diſtrict in
general, before the preſent chapel of Plaxtool
was erected.
Plaxtool-Street lies about a mile weſtward from
the above-mentioned manor and almoſt adjoining
to Fairlawn. In it there is a good houſe, built
by Thomas Daliſon, eſq; who reſided here till his
father's death, when he removed to Hamptons,
in Weſt Peckham. He died in 1741, and was
In this borough, at a ſmall diſtance ſouth-
weſtward from Plaxtool ſtreet, lies Fairlawn, alias
Fairlane (0), formerly accounted a manor, tho'
now it has loſt all remembrance of having been
ſuch.
It was antiently the eſtate of the family of
Bavent, of whom it was afterwards held by
the family of Colepeper Walter Colepeper died
ſeiſed of it in the ift year of K. Edward III.
holding it in frank fee of Roger de Bavent, in
which name it continued till the latter end of
K. Henry IV, when it was alienated to Chowne(p),
whoſe deſcendant, Fohn Chowne, reſided at Fair-
lane, in the reign of K. Henry VIII, and left
iſſue John, his ſon and heir, who was twice
married ; firſt to the daughter of Scott of Comb-
well, by whom he had an only ſon Nicholas, who
ſucceeded him at Fairlane ; and ſecondly to
Joane, daughter and heir of Crondal, of Penſburſt,
by whom he had two ſons, Thomas, who was of
Tunbridge, and by Joane, daughter of Tho. Blon-
dell, left iſſue a ſon Thomas, who was of Plax-
tool; the other ſon was Richard (9). Nicholas
Chowne reſided at Fairlane in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, and on his deceaſe was ſucceeded in
it by his ſon, fir Geo. Chowne, knt.(r) who in
order to confine his poſſeſſions within the co. of
Suſſex, alienated this feat, and the lands belong-
ing to it, to fir Henry Vane the elder, knt. Comp-
troller of the Houſhold to K. Charles I.(s) ſince
which it has continued the reſidence and eſtate
of his deſcendants down to the preſent Right
Hon. William Lord Viſcount Vane, the inſtant pro-
prietor of it(t).
One wing of the manſion of Fairlawn was
burnt down in the year 1739, and a new wing
built in the room of it, which, before it was
quite finiſhed, was again deſtroyed by fire in
1742, and was again rebuilt by Lord Vane (u).
(m) Philipott, p. 375.
(u) She afterwards married fir Roger Twiſden, bart. by
whom ſhe had iſſue the preſent fir Roger Triſden, bart. and
other children. See above, under Addington, p. 227.
(6) The houſe is at the extremity of this pariſh, part of
the ſtables belonging to it being in the pariſh of Shipborne.
(P) Philipott, p. 314.
(1) Viſtn. of this co. anno 1619.
(r) He bore for his arm-Sable, 3 attires of a ſtag in
pale, argent.
(s) Philipott, ibid. See a further account of this family
under Shipborne.
(1) Lord Vane on his marriage with Frances, his preſent
wife, ſettled in truſtees, by leaſe and releaſe, dated May
15 and 16, 1735, among other premiſes in Shipborne and
elſewhere, all that manſion houſe, or manor houſe of Fair-
lawne, alias Fairlane, with its appurts, in Wrotham, and
all that park, or incloſed ground lying near the fame, and
all thoſe ſeveral pieces of land enjoyed therewith in Wrot-
VOL. II.
bam, Ightham and Shipborne, and the cloſe purchaſed of
John Miller in Wrotham, and the meſfuage in Plaxtool, pur-
chaſed by Chriſtopher Lord Barnard of fir Nicholas Pelham,
knt, and 17 acres of land in Plaxtool, purchaſed by the ſaid
Lord Barnard of the ſaid fir Nicholas, and the farm called
Wilderneſs, containing 34 acres in Plaxtool, for the purpoſe
of raiſing 16000l. for paying the faid Lord Vane's debts,
and then for raiſing 400l. per ann. for the ſaid Frances Lady
Vane's ſeparate uſe, after which the ſame were limited to
Lord Vane for his life, remainder to truftees to preſerve con-
tingent remainders, and after the deceaſe of Lord Vane, cer-
tain of the ſaid premiſes (in which theſe in Plaxtool and
Wrotham were not included) of the yearly value of 7311.
were ſettled as a jointure on his ſaid wife Frances, and after
her deceaſe to their iffue in tail male, &c. and by indenture,
May 24, 1735, Lord Vane conveyed the whole of the above
premiſes mentioned in the releaſe, as a further ſecurity of
the faid jointure during the life of the ſaid Frances, remain-
der to him and his heirs for ever,
3 Q
THE

242
The HISTORY
OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
manor.
to the means
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED:
curacy, it was withdrawn by Leonard Bartholea
THE CHAPEL OF PLAXTOOL
mew, of Oxenboath, eſq; and has been with-held
ſtands at the weſt end of the village. It was
ever ſince.
without any fixed eſtabliſhment for the mainte There is a ſpring which riſes between Ighthan
nance of a Miniſter, or for the repairs of the and Barſted, at the latter of which places it turns
building itſelf; and the Vicar of Wrotham not a mill, and flowing on from north to fouth, thro
being obliged to find a Curate, divine ſervice was Weſt Peckham, directs its courſe by Hadlow to-
very ſeldom, or at leaſt, very irregularly per-
wards the Medway at Brand bridge.dk
formed in it. To remedy which, Mr. Thomas
PRESENT STATE OF WROTHAM.
Stanley, of Hamptons, gent. by his deed in 1638,
conveyed to fir Henry Vane, knt. and four other
The town of Wrotham is ſituated cloſe at the
feoffees, a houſe and two acres of land, valued
bottom of the chalk hill; in the midſt of it
at upwards of 71. per annum, for the uſe and
ſtands.the market-place and the public well, both
ſupport of the Curate of this chapel, upon con which ought to be repaired by the Lord of the
dition that the inhabitants of it ſhould raiſe the
It has a fair annually on the 4th of
ſum of 81. annually for the like purpoſe ; in May for horſes, cattle, &c. and had formerly
default of which, or the ſervice of the chapel
a market on a Tueſday, which has been diſuſed
ceaſing, the bequeſt was to revert to the heirs
for many years.
of the donor.
The high road from London through Farning-
In the year 1647, an ordinance of Parliament
ham to Maidſtone goes through this town, upon
paſſed, to divide this diſtrict from the pariſh of
which, about a mile farther weſtward, is the bo-
Wrotham, and by it a collection was directed to
rough of Neupiker, where there is an handſome
be made throughout this county towards erect houſe belonging to Mr. Tomlyn, and a ſpring,
ing a parochial church here, and eſtabliſhing a which ſupplies the rivulet which runs after-
congregation proportionable to it. In conſe-
wards by Ford to Addington and Leybourne, and
quence of which the preſent chapel was erected thence into the Medway.
in 1648, which by an inſcription at the eaſt end
About half a mile beyond Neupiker is Wrot-
of it, is ſaid to have been built at the charge of
ham heath, at the eaſt end of which the London-
the inhabitants of Hale and Roughway Boroughs;
road, and that from Sevenoke and Weftram, thro'
but this ordinance being rendered of no effect at
Ightham, join at the Royal-oak turnpike, in the
the reſtoration, Plaxtool became again united to
way to Maidſtone. On Wrotham beath there are
Wrotham, and remains ſo at this time. After
dug great quantities of peat.
which the inhabitants refuſing to comply with
This pariſh ought antiently to have contri-
Mr. Stanley's terms of contributing towards the
buted to the repair of the fifth pier of Rocheſter
ſupport of a Miniſter, the Vicar of Wrotham al-
bridge (v). That part of it which lies north-
lowed a falary of 2ol. towards it ; but Mr. Dali-
ward' below Comp Hill, and the hill above
fon (whoſe anceſtor had married Mr. Stanley's ſole
Fairlawn, is in the Weald, though there have
daughter and heir) inſiſting that as the addition
been ſeveral, who have contended, that all that
was not made by the inhabitants, the proviſo
part of Wrotham lying below the chalk hill is
in his bequeſt was not complied with, and that in the Weald of Kent, and as a proof of it, urge
it reverted to him as heir to the donor, a trial
the non-payment of tythe for the wood in thoſe
at law was had; when it being determined that parts of this pariſh. But the general received
the intent of the donor was fully anſwered, in opinion is, that the Weald begins at the next
the ſum being given by any perſon whatſoever, ll fand hill aboveFair Lawn; wood being exempted
a decree was made for the future payment of it. from tythe can be no proof of its being in the
This curacy has ſince been augmented with Weald, as there are ſuch large diſtricts in this
200l. from Q. Anne's Bounty. The Curate of county plainly out of it, which claim and en-
it enjoys Mr. Stanley's gift to it, beſides a very joy, as yet, a like privilege.
handſome and adequate ſalary from the Vicar of
Wrotham, who appoints the Curate from time to
time.
Beſides the gentlemen's families above-men-
The preſent Curate is Mr. Thomas Daliſon. tioned, who formerly reſided in this pariſh, John
There was a houſe and land, worth about 121.
Richers, a Juſtice of the Peace, reſided here in
per annun, given by one of the Miller family,
1570 (w), a period when that office was truly
which continued to be enjoyed by the Curate an honor to thoſe who were intruſted with it.
of Plaxtool, who reſided at it till about the year He was deſcended from an antient family of
1750 ; when, upon ſome diſpute with the Vicar
Swanington hall in the co. of Norfolk, and left
of Wrotham on the nominating a perſon to this iſſue a ſon Robert Richers, who was likewiſe of
MISCELLANEOUS MATTER.
(u) Thele buildings coſt 52501. to raiſe which ſum Lord
Vane in 1748 procured an act of Parliament to make the
whole of his eſtates compriſed in his marriage ſettlement,
before recited, ſubject to the debt of that further ſum.
(v) Lamb. Peramb. p. 422.
(w) Ibid. p. 29.
Wropham,

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
243
WROTHAM HUNDRED
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ. .
ac]down, tho',
WROTHAM.
Wrotham, eſq; whoſe daughter, Etheldreda, mar riſh by a mole's caſting up the earth, and by
ried George Multon, of Aldham St. Cleres, in Ight digging afterwards, which were all ſeized by the
bam, eſq;
Lord of the manor of Ightham.
William Bryan, of this pariſh, eſq; ſon of John
Bryan, of Kibworth in the co. of Leiceſter, by
Elianr, fiſter of Anthony Watſon, Biſhop of Pentaphyllum, or creeping cinquefoil, mentioned
Chicheſter, and at length heir to the Biſhop, refi by Dr. Plot in his hiſtory of Oxfordſhire as a
ded here in the beginning of the reign of King rare plant, is ſaid to grow plentifully on one ſide
James I. ()
of Wrotham town.
A branch of the family of Polley, alias Pol-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
bill, once reſided in this pariſh, of which was
fir Thomas Polley, knt. who was living here in the Wrotham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
reign of K. James I. Theſe were junior to thoſe tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, but being a pe-
of Preſton in Shoreham, but elder to thoſe of
culiar of the Archbiſhop, is as ſuch in the dean-
Chipſted and Otford in this county (y). John Tho. ry of Shoreham.
mas, gent. was of Wrotham in the reign of Q.
The eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of this pariſh ex-
Elizabeth, and by Margaret, daughter of John
tends over the diſtrict of the chapelry of. Wood-
Rayner, left iſſue Robert Thomas, his ſon and heir,
land, once a pariſh of itſelf, the civil juriſdiction
who by Maryan, daughter of John Godden, of
Trotteſclive, left iſſue ſeveral children, the eldeſt
on the decay of the chapel, it was, in the 15th
of whom, William Thomas, gent. removed to Sel-
year of Q. Eliz. united, as to the eccleſiaſtical
ling in this county (z).
juriſdiction, to this pariſh, the Rector and Vi.
Thomas Shakerley, third ſon of Francis Shaker-
car of which have a right to poſſeſs all emolu-
ley, of Ditton, in this county, reſided at Wrot-
ments ariſing from it till another chapel is
bam in the reign of K. James I, and by his wife,
built (e).
daughter of Godden, left iſſue two ſons, Francis The eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of this pariſh
and Richard (a).
extends likewiſe over the adjoining pariſh of
In the reign of K. John the knights hoſpi Stanſted, which is accounted as a chapel to the
tallers had land in this pariſh, late belonging to church of Wrotham. It was made a diſtinct
Giles Fourkamont, valued at that time at 41. (b) church of itſelf, by the ordinance of Parliament
In Blackfole field in this pariſh, fir Robt. South-
above-mentioned, paſſed Jan. 31, 1647, in which
weil, Sheriff of this county, and The Lord Aber ſtate it remained till the reſtoration, when it
gavenny, with about 500 gentlemen and yeo. became again united to the church of Wrotham,
men, routed the Iſleys and their party, who were and continues ſo at this time.
engaged in fir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion, in the
The church, which is dedicated to St. George,
firſt year of Q. Mary's reign; the rebels were
is ſituated on the north ſide of the town, adjoin-
purſued from hence near four miles to Hartley-
ing to the London road at the foot of the hill.
wood, many of them were killed, and about 60
It antiently paid gd chriſm rent to the mother
taken priſoners. Thoſe who were ſlain in this
church of the dioceſe (f).
rencounter were buried in the field of battle.
Sir Henry Iſley himſelf eſcaped and fed into
The church is a very handſome large build-
Hampſhire (c).
ing, conſiſting of three ines, a croſs iſle, and a
Some of our antiquarians, as Talbot, and after
large chancel, which laſt was new-paved and
him Lambard(d), have conjectured Wrotham to
otherwiſe much beautified fome years ago, by
have been the ſtation called in Antonine's Itine-
the bounty of the late Rector, Dr. John Pot-
rary Vagniack, but in this they have not been
followed by any one elſe that I have ſeen.
There ſeems to have been a Rectory and Vi-
There is great probability that the Roman mi carage belonging to this church very antiently,
litary way paſſed by Ofham through this pariſh for in the 15th year of K. Edward I, the for-
near Borough-green, weſtward, towards Oldbo, mer was valued at 80 marcs, and the latter at
rough and Stone-ſtreet.
20 mares (b).
About 70 years ago a conſiderable quantity However, the vicarage was not endowed till
of Britiſh ſilver coin was diſcovered in this
pa the middle of the reign of K. Edward III, when
ter. any of the late
(6) Book of Knights fees in the Exchequer.
(c) See above, p. 184.
(d) Leland's Itin, vol. iii, p. 173. Burton's Anton. p.
(x) He bore-Or, 3 piles azure, a chief ermine. See Vift.
co. Kent 1619. Ped. Bryan.
(y) See Preſton in Shoreham, vol. i, of this hiſtory, p. 316.
(z) Viln: co. Kent 1619, Ped. Thomas. They bore for
their arms-Argent, a feſs dancette, ſable, between 3 Corniſh
choughs, proper.
(a) Viftn. co. Kent 1619, Ped. Shakerley, ſee above
Ditton, p. 188.
178.
(e) See more of Woodland under Kingsdown, vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 292.
(f) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(b) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p. 456.
Simon

244
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
of
HISTORY
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
WROTHAM.
Simon Iſip, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, at the re ever beyond the above portion, or undergo any
queſt, and with the conſent of William de Iſleppe,
other burthens than thoſe above expreſſed.
then Rector of this church, with the chapel of And he decreed, that the vicar and his chap-
Stanfted annexed, decreed, that there ſhould be lains, and their ſucceſſors, ſhould take an oath
from that time in future one Vicar, the collation of obedience to the rector, that he would neither
of whom ſhould belong to the Archbp. and his by himſelf, or by any other, publicly or pri-
ſucceſſors, and he ſeparated the portion, which vately, bring any damage or burthen to the
the Vicar ſhould take in future from that of the rector or church, and that he ſhould not know-
Rector, and he decreed, that the Vicar's part ſo ingly ever uſurp to himſelf, any thing of the
divided, with the permiſſion of the Rector, rector's portion. And he further decreed, that
ſhould be as follows: Imprimis, that he ſhould as often as the vicarage ſhould become vacant,
have for the habitation of himſelf and his ſuc the rector ſhould take all and ſingular the tythes,
ceffors, a certain houſe lately aſſigned to the and obventions whatſoever aſſigned as aforeſaid,
Vicar, with the garden adjoining, as wholly and to the vicar of it, and ariſing during the time of
as freely as the Vicar formerly held the ſame, and ſuch vacation, and that during the ſame, he
all manner of oblations in whatſoever things the ſhould undergo and acknowledge all the before.
ſame ſhould in any manner ariſe and accrue, in mentioned burthens, and ſhould cauſe, as well
the ſaid church and chapel and elſewhere within the ſaid church, as the chapel of Stanſted, to be
the pariſh ; and alſo the tythes of lambs, wool, ſerved in divine ſervices, ſaving to him the Archa
chickens, pigs, geeſe, ducks, eggs, bees, honey, biſhop and his fucceffors full liberty of correcting,
wax, cheeſe, milk, the produce of the dairy, flax, amending and explaining his decree, and of ad-
hemp, apples, pears, ſwans, and alſo of pidgeons, ding to, or diminiſhing from the ſame, as often
merchandiſings, fiſheries, paſture without the as need ſhould require.
parks of the Abp.onions, garlic, and other ſmall Thomas Arundel, Archbiſhop of Canterbury by his
tythes and obventions whatſoever, in any ſhape
inſtrument dated at his manor of Otford, Jan.
ariſing within the bounds and limits of the pa 7, 1402, confirmed the above endowment, and
riſh of the ſaid church; and alſo of the filva ce being frequently and earneſtly requeſted by Jobs
dua, viz. of faggots and fardels. And that the Sondereſhe, rector of this church, to inſpect the
Vicar ſhould have the tythes of the four water ſaid letters, how far he might with juſtice ex-
mills ſituated within the pariſh of Wrotham, and pound the decree, or endowment of this vicarage,
alſo the tythe of hay growing at Hale, Roghey, which in ſeveral parts of it ſeemed doubtful and
and Wynfield within the ſaid pariſh, and the ſmall obſcure, on account of the differences and diſ-
tythes of a certain place called Pelleſholte, tyth putes ariſing from thence, and the preventing
able to the church of Wrotham from antient time, thoſe, which might probably ariſe in future; the
and all trentals left within the pariſh of the ſaid Archbiſhop therefore having examined carefully
church and chapel; and he taxed and eſtimated into the premiſes, and having ſummoned the
the above portion at the ſum of 20 marcs, and Rector, and Ralph Melchebone Vicar of the ſaid
decreed it ſhould pay accordingly to the tenth, church, and heard each in their reſpective be-
whenever the ſame ſhould be levied.
halfs, &c. decreed, that that part of the endow:
And he decreed that the vicar ſhould undergo | ment, where mention is made, that all ſmall
the following burthens, viz. that he ſhould find tythes, and obventions whatſoever, ſhould be-
one fit chaplain to celebrate in the chapel of
long to the Vicar, ought to extend to the tythes,
Stanſted, and to adminiſter to the pariſhioners
oblations and obventions therein expreſſed, and
there all facraments, and facramentals whatſo likewiſe to the tythes of trades and of calves, for
ever, and to exerciſe all cure of ſouls, and when the taking of which there had been no ſmall
he had leiſure, and the other part of the pariſh contention, and that all occaſion of diſpute
of Wrotham ſhould be in want of his miniſtry,
might be prevented between the Rector and
beyond the uſual ſervice, that he ſhould give Vicar, by reaſon of the ſaid endowment, he de.
his affiftance, as the ſame ſhould be enjoined tº
creed, that the Vicar ſhould yearly receive from
him and the vicar. Moreover, that the vicar
the Rector for the time being 13s. and 4d. in
ſhould provide for his chaplain's celebrating at money, at the four principal feaſts in the year,
both places, bread and wine and lights, and by equal portions, and four cart loads of wood
Should pay the procurations due to the Dean of of the tythes of ſilva cedua of this pariſh, yearly
Shoreham at his viſitations, and ſhould bind and to be taken, when it ſhould moſt ſuit the Vicar,
repair the books, and cauſe the veſtments to be nevertheleſs by the direction and delivery of the
waſhed as often as need ſhould require. But
Rector, or of his locum tenens.
that the ſacriſt aſſigned by the pariſhioners, ac And in recompence of the ſaid 138, and 4d.
cording to antient cuſtom, ſhould carefully keep of the tythes of calves and of trades, and of the
them, as he ſhould anſwer it at his peril. And fire wood. The Rector of the ſaid church' for
he decreed, that the vicar of this church for the the time being ſhould take entirely all, and all
time being, ſhould not take any thing whatſo manner of tythes of hay, and ſilva cedua of
whatever

The HISTORY of K E N T.
245
TOVO
de and the
D.
si
WROTHAM.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
whatever fort or quality, the ſame might be, The vicarage houſe is ſtill remaining. It is a
The decree or endowment of his predeceſſor in mean building fituated in that part of Wrothan
any wiſe notwithſtanding, which decree or en. leading to Yaldham...002
dowment, he nevertheleſs decreed to remain in all
The extent of the ecclefiaftical juriſdiction of
other parts firm and valid, ſaving to himſelf, and this pariſh, with the chapel of Stanſted, is very
his fucceffors as aforeſaid, full power to correct, great, containing a ſpace of fix miles and an
amend or explain the ſame, and either to add to, half long, of which Stanſted is two miles, and three
or diminiſh it, as often as need, or reaſon re-
miles in width, beſides the chapel of Woodland.
quired it, in witneſs whereof, &c. (i)
There is an exceeding fine glebe to it, and the
From this time the Rectory became a fine cure, firſt value of the rectory and vicarage is, as I am
and the Vicar performed the whole ſervice of informed, 1000l. per annum, of which the latter
the cure, though they both continued to receive
is computed at 300l. mont INWTZAT
inftitution and induction. bos
bolso uno op
The Rectory of Wrotham is valued in the
el 10 CHURCH OF WROTHAM.
King's Books at sol. 8s. Id. and the yearly
a to bruod, il sidin aty
tenths at 51. os. 91 (k).
bal
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented. 3-dlgason
The vicarage is valued at 221. gs. iod. and
the yearly tenths at ol. 195. 10 d.(1),
Abp. of Canterbury. (n) Wm. de Teppe, in 1350.
An indenture was executed March 26, anno
slot (0) Robert de Faryndon, in
6th Elizabeth, with the Queen's conſent, be-
1393
tween the parſon of Wrotham and George Bing, in
(P) Roger Stratton, S. T.P.
COM
which the latter paſſed a court lodge, and 24 14. Po odw
(9) John Sondereſhe, in 1402,
acres of land to the former, and his ſucceſſors
giorgia to obt. May 12, 1426.
tox
in free alms, in lieu of the parſonage houſe, and
de dinobr (r) William de Pyckenham,
24 acres of glebe land paſſed to the ſaid George
shi Suomeliyeit
L. L.D.
Bing and his heirs (m).
sigurib tuat al bu(s) Thomas Ward, in 1433.
The rectory of Wrotham continued a fine cure
wo 2 (t) Wm. Warham, Sept. II,
impropriate, under à leaſe from the Archbiſhop
to ay 1517, reſig. about 1533.
of Canterbury ſeparate from the vicarage till
W(u) Andreze Peerſon, about
year 1715, when the leafe expiring, Archbiſhop
13 in 1560, obt. 1570.
Teniſon having before refuſed to renew it, con que abril e Robert Grafton, in 1572.
ferred this preferment on the Vicar Mr. Thomas
of domaid (v) Charles Sonibanke, S.T.P.
Curteis, ſince which both theſe preferments have
2003sd volled stats obt. Oct. 12, 1638.
been conferred on the fame perſon who has a ſe-
ani) sild yd noch (20) Thomas Curteis, A. M.
parate inſtitution and induction and conforms
то os Dumo lyt a DTSW151715, obt. 1747. ggono
likewiſe in every particular to the act of uni-
mit of alond navig (x) John Potter, s. T. P.
formity for each. bns 2193 bilo to ono aid suhi stailing
The parfonage houſe is a handſome building on to get to naablid
1747, ob. Sept. 1770.
the oppoſite ſide of the road weſtward from the
bunla yad up () Hon. James Cornwallis
,
church. It has been conſiderably improved of
L. L. D. 1771. T Preſent
mahdollinen bor Rector and Vicar.
late years, ift, by Mr. Curteis, and next by Dr.
orai stort to reflivib srl 110 bm
Potter, who was the principal benefactor to it,
VICARS.
aist or 03 mplist svedot am
gori
and liberally expended near 4000l. upon this
Stiw eidyd Joros() John Yerdeley, Cl. June
houſe and the offices belonging to it during the
18919 ASIE
ន
14, 1553.19
time of his holding theſe preferments.
Hlins ont ai bas (a) John Williams, obt. 1687:
Ads byib
silnou en
(i) In Libro Arundelli, pt. ima. folio 357.
Ha (w) He was before Vicar of this church, and was in
(k) E&. Thef. p. 387.
(1) Ibid.
(m) Folio Chriſt Ch. Mfl. ob anti usloot,
1715 preſented to the Rectory of it.
x
(n) See the endowment above.
Abp. Potter, and had been Rector of Blackburn in Lanca-
(c) Reg. Roff. p. 468. I 1 groboc Joire; he was afterwards Archdeacon of Oxford, Vicar of
(p) He lies buried in this church.
Lyd, and Prebendary of Canterbury, which laſt he reſigned
(g) See the endowment above. He lies buried in this
on being made Dean of that church.
wilonuspro
church. In 1418 the Rector of Wrotham was impriſoned in
(y) And Vicar of this church. He is next brother to the
Newgate. Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, p. 19.
(-) Blomfield's Hift. of Norfolk, vol. ii, p. 471.
Right Hon. Charles, Earl Cornwallis. He had been Rector
() Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 441.
of Ickham, and Prebendary of Weſtminſter, and afterwards
(t) He was kinſman to Abp. Warham, and was Provoſt of
Rector of Boughton Malherbe, all which he reſigned, and is
Wingham college, Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Rector of now Dean of Canterbury.
(z) He had then the Queen's letters of preſentation, Abp.
Hayes in the co. of Middleſex, and Archdeacon of Canter-
bury. Batteley's Som. Cant. pt. 2d, p. 158.
Cranmer being then fufpended, to the perpetual Vicarage
of this church.
(u) Alſo Rector of Brafted and Chidingstone, and Pre-
bendary of Canterbury. Abp. Parker's life, p. 510.
(a) Rector of St. Peter's Pauls Wharf, Newcourts Rep.
"
LILOR
(v) Canon of Windſor and Rector of Hazely, in the co. vol, i, p. 528.
TO 2010
of Oxon. Wood's Ath. Fafti, p. 177.
olenje 11530576)
be VOL. II.
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246
I he V HISTORY O of KE N T.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
THE
M A N O R.
40 years of
of age,
IGHTHAM. ATOR
and Saining (6) Philip Sandford, ob. Oet. his wife, daughter and fole heir of William de
maganda 1715.
1715. liad csom Aubervill, he had iſſue Nicholas de Criol, who had
(c) Tho. Curteis, preſented in ſummons to Parliament among the barons of this
to noidbibliwi ingidh. 1715,
1715, ob. 1747
realm in the 25th year of K. Edward I. (1) and
ki a basket to 12 John Potter, S.T.P. 1747, died in the 31ſt year of it feiſed of the manor of
rts, buts aslin x to ob. Sept. 1770.
Ightham( m). His heirs alienated it to Wm. de Inge,
gamento eslim (d) Hon. James Cornwallis, who held it in the firſt year of K. Edw. II, in
Solojit L. L. D. 1771. Preſent which year he procured to himſelf and his heirs,
birls bons si o adsig Vicar and Rector. a charter of free warren for his lands in Eyght-
CONTOT bos yrobszar
ham (n), and in the 9th year of it, a market here,
I G H T H A M.
le
to be held on a Monday weekly, and one fair on
WESTWARD from Wrotham lies Igbtham,
the feaſt of the apoſtles, St. Peter and St. Paul,
ſo corruptly called for Eightham, which
to hold to him and Iſolda his wife, and their
name it had from the eight boroughs or hams
heirs (0). In which laſt year he was conſtitu-
lying within the bounds of it, viz. Eightham,
ted one of the Juſtices of the Common Pleas(p).
He died feiſed of this manor in the 15th year
Redwell, Ivyhatch, Borough-green, Si. Cleres, The
Moat, Beaulies, and Oldborough (e).
of that reign, anno 1286, upon which foane,
at In the Textus Reffenfis it is ſpelt Ehteham (f).
his daughter, married to Eudo, or Ivo la Zouch,
became entitled to it (9). auungbai
He died in his father's life time, leaving Foane
Ightham was held in the reign of K. Henry his wife furviving, and William la Zouch, his ſon
III. by Hamo de Crevequer (g), who died poffef and heir, who at his grandfather's death, in the
ſed of it in the 17th year of that reign, anno 26th year of K. Edward III, was 30 years of
1262, leaving Robert, his grandſon (b), then 24 age. He died on St. George's day in the sth
years
of
age, his heir. By his wife, Maud de year of K. Richard II (r), leaving fir Wm. la
Albrincis, or Averenches, he had alſo four daugh Zouch, of Braunfield, knt. his ſon and heir, then
ters, Agnes, wife of Nicholas de Sandwich, Iſolda,
se, and two younger fons Edmund
of Nicholas de Lenkam; Elene, of Bertran de and Thomas (s), the latter of whom ſucceeded
Criol; and Iſabel, of Henry de Gaunt(i).
his father in this manor, of which he died feiſed
Robert de Crevequer, the year that his grand in the 6th year of K. Henry 4, anno 1404 (t),
father died, had livery of his lands, excepting as did his ſon, Henry la Zouch, in the 26th year
thoſe held in dowry by Alice his mother. He of K. Henry VI. His deſcendants continued in
afterwards took part with the rebellious barons, the poſſeſſion of this manor till the reign of K.
and his eſtates were ſeized upon by the King, Henry VII, when it was alienated to fir Robert
though on his being afterwards reſtored to fa Read, Sergeant at Law, and in 1507 made Chief
vor, they were moſt of them given back to him Juſtice of the Common Pleas (u). By Marga-
again. His ſon William dying without iſſue, his ret, one of the daughters and coheirs of John
,
the daughters of Hamon de Crevequer, by Maud Edmund, who was one of the Juſtices of the
his wife, as above-mentioned, viz. Agnes, Iſolda, King's Bench, and died before him in 1501 (v),
and Elene (k); and on the diviſion of their inhe and alſo four daughters, who became his coheirs,
ritance, Ightham ſeems to have fallen to the ſhare viz. Bridget, wife of fir Thomas Willoughby, knt.
of Nicholas, fon of Bertram de Criol, by his wife Jane, of John Caryl, Sergeant at Law; Mary, of
Elene, abovementioned. He was a man greatly for Wm. Barrington, knt. and Dorothy, of fir Ed-
in favour with K. Henry III, and in the 47th ward Wotton, knt. o gaiblare
year of that reign was conſtituted Warden of the
Sir, Robert Read died about the roth year
of
Five Ports, and Sheriff of Kent, and in the 54th
the reign of K. Henry VIII, without iſſue male,
year of it
of it Governor of Rocheſter-caſtle. By Joane ſo that his four daughters became his coheirs,
overs deinwals
wobes la
(6) He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
(p) Dugd. Orig. p. 44. Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 691.
(c) He was preſented by the Archbiſhop to the Rectory of
John Inge was a Juſtice of the ſame court in the 14th year
dorola Jana sbs mod go
K. Edward III. Dug. Orig. p. 45. They bore for their
(d). See the above account of the R Rectors.
v bna (0
arms-Or, la chevron vert,
Bertio
(e) Lamb. Per. p. 263. Philipott, p. 140.
(9) Philipott, p. 140. He was the ſon of William, Lord
B (f) Page 229.
Zouch, of Harringworth, in the co. of Northampton, by
ei (8) Philipott, p. 140. See more of this family above,
Maud his wife, daughter of John, Lord Lovel, of Tich.
under Chatham. p. 66.
Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 690. nsnil as st
(b) viz. fon of Hamor his ſon, who died in his life time. (r) Rot. Eſch. No. 64.
(i) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, P. 592. (k) Ibid.
(1) Dagd. Bar. vol. i, p. 691. do os
dom zime to
(t) Rot. Efch. ejus ann. No. 17.
Bois
Rot. Eſch. ejus ann.
o zopo
(u) Philipott, p. 140. See more of him under Chiding-
(n) Rot. Cart. anno 1, Edward II, No,
30.
itone, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 405.
(0) Rot. Cart, ejus an.
(0) Weever, p. 327
of
this church.
marſh.
30
(1) Ibid. p. 770.
(m) Rot.
108 (5)
10 bed
No.
42.
boot
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The V HISTORY of K È N T. 247
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
20th
IGHTHAM. ANTOW
HUNDRED
and on the partition of their inheritance, this ing to Kemfing, which was formerly called by
manor was allotted to fir Thomas Willoughby (w), the latter name only, and was pofteffed by a fa-
and Bridget his wife.
bais
mily of the fame denomination (d).
He died ſeized of it on September 28, anno Sir Thomas de Aldham was owner of it in the
37 K. Henry VIII, and lies buried with Brid-
reign of K. Richard I, and was with that King
get his wife in Chidingſtone church (x).i. By her at the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine. His deſcend-
he left iſſue Robert his ſon and heir, who alien ant fir Thomas de Aldham, poffèffed this manor
ated this manor to William James, third ſon of of Alabam in the reign of K. Edw. II. and dy-
Roger James, of London (y), who reſided here, ing without male iffue, his three daughters be-
and by Jane, only daughter and heir of Henry came his coheirs, the eldeſt of whom married
Kule, had iſſue two ſons, William and Thomas, Newborough (e), of the co. of Dorſet ; Margery,
and a daughter Anne (z).sonora 2901933), add married Martin Peckham, and Iſolda was the wife
William James, the ſon, was of Ightham Court, of John St. Clere, and on the diviſion of their
eſq; (a) rand by Jane, daughter of Nicholas Mil inheritance this manor fell to the thare of
ler, of Crouch in Wrotham, efq; had iſſue an only John St. Clere, who poſſeſſed it in his wife's
fon, Demetrius, who was knighted, and poffef-
right (f)..
POM' bo'lib
ſed this manor in the reign of K. Charles II. John de St. Clere, written in Latin deeds De
Sir Demetrius James, knt, married Anne, only Sanito Claro, died poffeffed of it in the begin-
daughter of Dr. George Bate, by whom he had
ning of King Edward III, leaving Iſolda his
iſſue five ſons and four daughters (b), of whom
wife ſurviving, who paid reſpective aid for it
William, the eldeſt ſon, fucceeded his father in
at the making the Black Prince a knight, in the
this manor, and was of Ightham-court, eſq; 13 10
year of that reign (g). On her death John
By Anne, only daughter of fir Thomas Wind St. Clere, their fon, fucceeded to this manor,
bam, of Trent in the co. of Somerſet, bart. he left
which from this family now gained the name of
iſſue William, his heir, Demetrius, an officer in Aldham st. Cleres, and in proceſs of time came
the
army, and Richard, who was bred to the to be called by the latter name only. (i)
Law, and two daughters, married to Soley and
23 ore
Lloyd.
Sir Philip St., Clere, knt, died ſeized of it in
03.10 100
the reign of K. Henry V, as did Margaret his
He was ſucceeded by his, e
his eldeſt ſon, William
wife (k) in the firſt year of K. Henry VI (1),
James, now of Ightham-court, efq; High Sheriff
of
and their deſcendants continued in poffeſſion
of this county in the year i
year 1732, who is the pre-
this manor till the beginning of the reign of K.
ſent poſſeſſor of this manor, and has iſſue by his
wife, daughter of Demetrius James, of the co.
Henry VII, when it was alienated to Henry Lo-
of Efex, efq; two fons, Richard James, eſq; and
vel, who left two daughters his coheirs ; Agnes,
who married John Empſon, couſin to fir Richard
Demetrius James, now Rector of this pariſh, and
a daughter married a few years ago to Mr. Hind-
Empſon, the grand projector; and Elizabeth,
married to Anthony Windfor.
man (c). stiwa atd go boitzen
C LE R E S. steigenb. 900
John Empſon conveyed his moiety of it, in the
St. Cleres, alias Weſt Aldham, is a manor and 8th year of K. Henry VIII, to fir Thomas Bul.
feat in the north-weſt part of this pariſh, adjoin leyn, knt, afterwards created Earl of Wiltſhire
atsile basis mi-
ui-soogool in 20
HDD
(w) Philipott p. 140. See an account of this family under (z) Who married Henry Dixon, of Hilden in Tunbridge,
Chidingſtone. He was fifth ſon of fer Chriſtopher Willough-
eſq; and dying June 16, 1692, in her 5 iſt year, lies buried
by, knt. and being þred to the law, was in the 29th year of
at Tunbridge.
K. Henry VIII, promoted to the office of Chief Juſtice of
(a) He was a man much truſted in the ufurpation under
the Common Pleas, and in the 31ſt year of it, he, among
Oliver Cromwell, and was one of the Committee men ap-
others, procured his lands to be diſgavelled by the act then
pointed for the ſequeftration of delinquents eſtates, during
paſſed for that purpoſe. Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 299.
which time he was in five years time thrice choſen Knight
of the Shire for Kent. tudo I coi boitud sil duudlons
(x) Weever, p. 326. br.1 teasi olis sit ()
(6) Viz. William his heir ; Géorge, Henry, Haeftrecht and
() Roger James was of Dutch parentage, and coming
Roger, who all died without iſſue. Jane married to for
into England, in the latter end of the reign of K. Henry
John Rainey, of Wrotham, knt. and barte Anne married to
VIII, was firt, as being the deſcendant of Jacob Van Haf-
Thomas Puckley of the Inner Temple, ela; Elizabeth and Sa,
trecht, who was antiently feated at Cleve near Utrecht, cal-
rah, who died without iſſue. Il do Wha2 9320 softes
led after the Dutch faſhion Roger Jacobs, and afterwards
d 6). The original coat of arms of this family of Haeftrecht
Roger James, alias Hafirecht. This Roger James, alias
was- Argent, 2 bars crenelle, gules, in chief 3 pheons fable ;
Haftrecht had' by Sarah his wife, daughter and fole heir of
which arms without the pheons are borne by the ſeveral bran-
Henry Morſkin, of London, feven fons and one daughter.
ches of James, quartered with- Argent, a chevron between 3
of the former, Roger, the eldeſt, was of Upminſter in the
fer de molins tranfverſe, fable.
4h rd;
co. of Edex, whofe defcendants fettled at Ryegate in the co.
of Surry. Arnold, the ſecond fon, was of London ; William,
$$ (d) They bore for their arms-Azure, a pile, or.io
risi (e) Called in Latin De novo Burgo. I dalis 2 losy
the third ſon, was of Ightham, as abovementioned ; Tho-
(f) Philipott, p. 141,
and
374
mas was the fourth ſon, Richard was the 5th, whoſe fon was
Yo (8) Philipott, p. 141. so (i) Ibid.
of Crefhelt in the co. of Ellex ; John, the fixth, was of
60 (k) Widow of Richard Chamberlain, of the co. of Oxon,
Wodenſborough in this county, and George was of Mallendine
esq; and daughter of för Nicholas Lovayn, kat, of the co. of
in Clif near Rocheſter. The daughter Sarah was profeffed a
Surry. Col. Bar. vol. i, p. 503.
boladoras
nan in Flanders.
(1) Rot Eſch, ejus an, No. 30,
vim
and
*1813
ST.
s!
Sitisms.3
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this
TIVO
ger
O of K E N T.
IGHTHAM. .
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
and Ormond, and father of the Lady Anne Bul in this pariſh, to his uncle John, who ſucceeded
leyn, wife to K. Henry VIII (m); and Anthony him in the title of Baronet, for his life, with re-
Windſor, in the 10th year of that reign, paſſed mainder to George Sedley, his eldeſt ſon, for his
his moiety away by fale to Richard Farmer, who life, remainder to all the ſons of the ſaid George,
that year purchaſed of fir Thomas Bulleyn the ſucceſſively, in tale male, remainder to his own
other part, and ſo became poſſeſſed of the whole right heirs.) nuo gimo
of this manor of St. Cleres (n).
But fir Charles having been for ſome time be-
In the 28th year of that reign, Richard Far fore his death, and at the time of his making
mer conveyed it to George Multon, of Hadlow, the above will of weak underſtanding, and un-
eſa; who removed hither (0), and left iſſue by der undue in Auence, fir John Sedley conteſted the
Agnes his wife, daughter of Thomas Polhill, of validity of it, and it was declared null and void,
Shoreham, an only ſon and heir, George, and a by the ſentence pronounced in the Prerogative
daughter Jane (p). As nobis
Court of Canterbury. motorlu
George Multon, the fon, ſucceeded to this eſtate
Soon after which fir John, and his ſon George
on his father's deceaſe, and was of St. Cleres, eſq; Sedley, above-mentioned (v), entered into an 'a-
of which he died ſeiſed May 19, 1618, and was greement, by which fir John Sedley waved his
buried in this church. His only ſon and heir, Ro right as heir at law, and his further right to con-
bert
+ Multon, was of St. Cleres
, eſq. (9) He alien teſt the pretended will, and agreed that the
ated this manor and eſtate, in the reign of King money ariſing from the ſale of this eſtate ſhould
Charles I, to fir John Sidley, knt. and bart. a be applied to pay ſuch compoſitions as had been
younger branch of thoſe of Southfleet and Ayles entered into concerning the debts and legacies
ford, in county (r), who erected here a man of Sir Charles Sedley, ſo that a reaſonable portion
fion for his reſidence, which is now remaining, was allowed out of it for his (fir John's) daugh-
He
le left iffue two ſons, Iſaac and John, who ter Frances, and a reaſonable ſum for the youn-
both ſucceeded to the title of Baronet, and two children of the ſaid George Sedley.
daughters (s). The eldeſt ſon, fir Ifaac Sidley, In conſequence of which an act of Parliament
þart. ſucceeded his father in this eſtate, and was
was obtained for the ſettling in truſtees the ma-
of St. Cleres (t), as was his ſon, fir Charles Sid-
To 01 520
nor of Weſt Aldham, alias St. Cleres, with its
ley, bart, who dying without iſſue in 1702, was
w
rights, members and appurts, and the capital
buried in Ightham church (u).
urbas
meſfuage called St. Cleres, in Ightham, and fun-
By his laſt will, dated Oct. 18, 1701, he de-
dry other meſſuages, lands and premiſes, in Ight-
viſed this manor, with the ſeat and his eſtates
ham, Wrotham, Kemfing, Seal, &c. (w) that they
(m) See Hever, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 395. W laus
1619, Ped. Sidley. Kimber's Bar, vol. iii, p. 1. See more
(n) Philipott, p. 141.
of this family under Southfleet, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 268.
(0) In Eaſter Term, anno 4 Elizabeth, he levied a fine of
com a
One of whom, Elizabeth, married John Gilbourne,
this manor of Aldham St. Cleres, as he did again in the gent, and the other married Vane.
year of that réign. He bore for his arms_Or, three (t) He was twice married; by his firſt wife he had only
bars, vert ; being the ſame arms as thoſe borne by for John one daughter, married firft to for Charles
to Jar Charles Houghton, knt. and
Multon, knt. Lord Egremond, whoſe heir general married the ſecondly to fir George Prettyman, of co. of Leiceſter, bart.
Lord Fitzwalter, excepting in the difference of the colours, by his ſecond wife Cicely Marſh he left iffue one fon Charles,
the latter bearing it, argent, three bars, gules. Cooke's
his fucceffor in title and eſtate.
Bar. Mfi.
(u) Col. Bar. vol. i, p. 448.8.01 dogiline tund
Od 911 Sen 1914
(p) She married William Lambard, of Halling, efq; and
(v) On confideration that the latter was under
dying Sept. 21, 1573, lies buried in Igbtham church.
reaſon of which no purchaſer could be found for this eſtate,
nor the debts of fir Charles paid, and the great houſe
(9) He married Deborah, daughter of fir Henry Wheten-
upon it being too big for the ſame, and the ſaid George
hall, of Eaſt Peckham, knt. by whom he had an only child
Sedley, having fix children, and neither he or they having
Deborah. He died Aug. 22, 1644, as did his wife in 1619,
and both lie buried in Ightham church.
any ſubfiftance, but from fir John. Stoqug teda tok bolte
ste
(2) Viz. all thoſe pieces of land adjoining and uſed with
(r.) He was deſcended from Wm. Sedley, of Southfleet, efq; the fame, containing 220 acres in Ightham and Kemfing, and
who lived in the reign of K. Edw. VI, and by Anne, his wife, the meſfuage called Old St. Cleres in Ightham, and all the
daughter and heir of Roger Groves, of London, left iſſue lands, woods, &c. to the ſame belonging, containing 220
three ſons and two daughters ; of the former, John was an acres in Wrotham, Kemfing, and Seal, and the farm called
ceſtor of the Sedleys of Southfleet and Aylesford ; Robert was Drane-farm, with 190 acres of land in Ightham, Wrotham,
the ſecond ſon, and Nicholas was the third ſon, who by Kemfing, Woodland, and Kingſdown, a meſſuage in Seal,
Fane, daughter and coheir of Edward Iſaac, of Bekeſborne, and ſeveral pieces of land belonging to the ſame, containing
efq; afterwards married to fir Henry Palmer, knt. left iſſue 180 acres in Seal, Ighitham and Kemſing, a meſſuage in Seal,
one fon, Ifaac Sidley, who was of Great Chart, and having and
150 acres belonging to the fame, in Seal, Ightham and
been knighted, was by King James I, created a Baronet on Kemfing; a meſſuage and five acres lying at or near Seal
Sept. 24, 1621, and was Sheriff of this county in the ad Chart ; a meſſuage and two acres in Igheham; four acres
year
of K. Charles I. He left iſſue by his wife, daughter of land in Seal; a meſſuage at Everham in Kingſdown, ſe-
of Holditch, of the co. of Norfolk, one fon John, and veral pieces of land containing 70 acres in Seal and Kemping;
two daughters; one of whom married Robt. Houghion, of 60 acres of wood called Burchets, in Ightham ; 23 acres of
Shelton, and the other, fir Thomas Wiſeman, of Rivenball in wood called Patchgrove in Wrotham, and 21 acres of wood,
Eſex, knt. Which fir John Sidley, knt. and bart. the ſon, and two pieces of wood containing fix acres, in the pariſh of
purchaſed St. Cleres, as above-mentioned. Vift. co. Kent,
Shoreham.
118 [21101
might
03
25
17th
age, by

The
247
H I S T OR YO of 2 K E N T.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
5191
poffeſfion of fir Richard Clement, knt. who kept
IGHTHAM.
might be ſold for the purpoſes of the above liam, who was of Biſhopſborne ; and Richard
mentioned agreement, which the whole of them Haut (a), who ſucceeded him in this eſtate, and
were ſoon afterwards to William Evelyn, efq; (x), was Sheriff of this county in the 18th and 22d
who in 1723 was High Sheriff of this county. years of K. Edward IV, keeping both his ſhriev-
He married firſt the daughter and heir of
alties at this ſeat of the moat ; but having en-
Wm. Glanvill, eſq; and in the 5th year of King
gaged with ſeveral others of the gentry of this
George I. obtained an act of Parliament to uſe
county (b), with the Duke of Buckingham, in fa-
the furname of Glanvill only, purſuant to the
vor of the Earl of Richmond, he was attainted in
will of Wm. Glanvill, éſq; deceaſed, above-men-
the 3d year of K. Richard III, and his eſtates
cioned. By her he had iſſue an only daughter
confiſcated (c). Quickly after which, this ma-
Frances, married in 1742 to the Hon. Edward nor and ſeat were granted by that King to Ro-
gou
Bofcawen, eſq; next brother to Hugh, Diſcount
bert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the tower of Lon-
Falmouth, and Admiral of the Britiſh Aleet. His
don, and that year Sheriff of this county: 2
ſecond wife was daughter of Jones Raymond, eſq;
He kept poffeffion of the Moat but a ſmall
who died in 1961, by whom he had iſſue Wm.
time, for he loſt his life with K. Richard in the
Glanvill Evelyn, eſq; who on his father's deceaſe
fatal battle of Boſworth, fought that year on
in the year 1766, ſucceeded to St. Cleres and the
Aug. 22 (d), and the Earl of Richmond there-
reſt of his eſtates in this county.
upon attaining the Crown (e), the Moat was ſoon
afterwards reſtored to its former owner Richard
In 1757 he ſerved the office of Sheriff of this
Haut, whoſe attainder was likewiſe reverſed,
county, and kept his ſhrievalty at St. Cleres,
and in his deſcendants it remained till the latter
where he reſides at preſent, and is one of the
end of the reign of K. Henry VII, when it ap-
repreſentatives in Parliament for the port and
borough of Hyth in this county o').stabilnos
pears by an old Court Roll to have been in the
He married about the Ordensb
year 1760, Suſan, one
his fhrievalty for this county at the Moat, in the
of the two daughters and coheirs of Tho. Bor-
23d year of K. Henry VIII (f).
rett, of Shoreham, in this county, eſq; late Pro He died without any legitimate iſſue, and was
thonotary of the court of Common Pleas, by buried in the chancel of this church (g). Upon
whom he has iſſue a ſon and a daughter.
which his brother, John Clement, and his ſiſter,
110
231 cliw en
married to fir Edward Palmer, of Angmering in
- os ei lish to waid ad no int(2) 2915
MO AT
ៗ នគ
the co. of Suſſex, became his coheirs (b),
qui bolla gnol
soni sonata
but the
former ſucceeded to the entire fee of this eſtate (i).
is a manor and ſeat ſituated at the ſouthern ex-
John Clement died without male iſſue, leaving
tremity of this pariſh next Shipborne, which in
an only daughter and heir Anne, who carried the
the reign of K. Henry II. was in the poſſeſſion
Moat in marriage to Hugh Pekenham, and he, in
of Ivo de Haut, and his deſcendant, fir Henry de
the reign of K. Edw. VI. joining with fir Wm.'
Haut,
knt, died fejfed of it in the 44th year of
Sydney, knt. who had married Anne, his oaly
*K. Edward III, as appears by the Eſcheat Roll
daughter and heir, paſſed it away to fir John
of that year. His fon, ſir Edmund de Haut, died
knt. who had been of the Privy Council
in his life time, ſo that his grandſon, Nicholas
to K. Henry VIII, and Lord Mayor of London
Haut became his heir, and ſucceeded him in the
in the year 1526 and 1536 (k).
poſſeſſion of this eſtate (2).
He left a ſon and heir fir Chriſtopher Allen, knt.
...
He was Sheriff of this county in the 19th year whoſe ſon and heir, Charles Allen, eſq; ſucceeded
of K. Richard II, and kept his ſhrievalty at Wa his father in this eſtate, and reſided at the
denhall in this county. He left two ſons, Wil Moat (l), which he afterwards ſold at the lat.
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(x) He was 5th ſon of George Evelyn of Nutfield in the
co. of Surry, éſq; and having purchaſed St. Cleres, made it
the feat of his reſidence. pils
10 ORO
6) The arms of Glanville are-argent, a chief indented,
azure.
(z) Philipott, p. 142, and Mſ. Ped. of Haut.
(a) Mfr. Ped. of Haut.
(6) Viz. John Fogge, John Guldeford, John Darell, James
Horne, William Clifford, Reginald Pimpe, and Edward Poy-
nings. Philipot., p. 142.
(c) Rot. Par. ejus an. Memb. 6. Philipott, p. 142.
(d) He was attainted by act anno 1, K. Henry VII, he
left iffue two daughters, Anna and Elizabeth, who were re-
ftored by act anno 4, K. Henry VII.
(e) Rapin, vol. i, p. 646.
(H) He bore for his arms- A bend nebulee, in chief 3 fleurs
de lis within a border, gobinated.
(8) With Anne his firſt wife, daughter of fir Wm. Cateſby,
of Northamptonſhire, knt. who died Nov. 3, 1528.
(b) See Collins's Bar. vol. i, p. 437. ROSU
(i) Philipott, p. 142.
seg zidi
(k) He was of the company of Mercers, a man of liberal
charity. He gave to the city of London a rich collar of gold,
to be worn by the ſucceeding Lord Mayors : alſo
500 marcs
as a ſtock for ſea coal, and the rents of thoſe lands which
he had purchaſed of the King, to the poor of London for
ever ; and during his life he gave bountifully to the hoſpi-
tals, priſons, &c. of that city. He built the Mercers cha-
pel in Cheapfide, in which his body was buried, which was
afterwards moved into the body of the hoſpital church of St.
Thomas of Acon, and the chapel made into ſhops by the
Mercer's
company
He bore for his arms-In 3 round-
Yote bor
lets, as many talbots paſſant, on a chief a lion paſſant guar-
dunt, between two anchors, Strypes Stow's Survey, Book
III, p. 38.
(1) Ibid Book III, p. 117.
ter
301 300
Vol. II,
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250
The H I S T OR YT of KE N T.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
of on which premiſes he had
3
of King
Lin lib
IGHTHAM.
bridge (0), and the lands in the tenure of John tory of the chapel of Shipbórne, with its appurts.
Hart, and the lands and chapel of Shipborne,
livery
in capite by knights ſervice (8) ; foon after which Henry Fane, the fon, was of Hadloru, eſg; and
Anthony Tutſham releaſed all his right and inte was twice married ; firſt to Mary, only daugh-
reſt in them to fir Ralf Fane ().
ter and heir of Thomas Fane, of Burſton, eſq; by
He had been knighred at the ſiege of Bulleyn whom he had no iſſue; and ſecondly, in 1584,
in 1544, and afterwards for his valour at the to Margaret, daughter of Roger Twyfden,
of Eaſt
vora
battle of Muſſelborough, in the iſt
Peckham, efq; by whom he left iſſue two ſons,
year
Edward VI, made a Knight Banneret; but in
Henry and Ralf, and two daughters, Eleanor and
the 6th year of that reign, having warmly eſ-
Elizabeth.
pouſed the intereſt of the Duke of Somerſet, he
By the inquiſition taken at Greenwich, Nov.
anne
was accuſed of being an accomplice with him, 13, anno 38 Elizabeth, after his deceaſe, the
and being found guilty was hanged on tower Jury found that he died at Roan in France, Oct.
hill, on Feb. 26, that year (r). After his de that
year, being then
ſeifed of theſe manors,
ceaſe, without iſſue, theſe manors, together with and the chapel of Shipborne as abovementioned.
the lands and chapel of Shipborne, came into the Henry Fane, his eldeſt fon, fucceeded him, and
poſſeſſion of Henry Fane, ſon of John, by Joan
ſome time after allumed the name of Vane, the
his wife, daughter and coheir of Edward Haut, antient one of his anceſtors, which his pofterity
eſq; younger brother of Richard Fane, of Tudely, have continued to uſe ever ſince.
and grandſon of Henry, who was of Hilden in In the 17th year of King James I, he was
Tunbridge, as abovementioned, grandfather like knighted at Whitehall, from which time he
wiſe of ſir Ralph Fane, knt, abovementioned. acted a conſpicuous part in the public affairs of
Henry Fane was of Hadlow, efq; (s), and after this nation, and was choſen to fit in every ſuc-
the deceaſe of his father, was unwarily drawn in ceeding Parliament, both in that and the next
to that inſurrection raiſed by fir Thomas Wyatt, reign, for different boroughs. King Charles I.
knt. in the iſt
year of Q. Mary, and being ta entruſted him much in different negotiations
ken he was on Feb. 7, committed to the Tower with foreign Princes, made him cofferer of his
and attainted, but on confideration of his youth, houſhold, and of his Privy Council, and in
he had pardon, and was releaſed on the 24th of 1632 one of the Commiſſioners for executing
March following
als
the office of Lord High Admiral.
Next year being the 1ſt and 2d of Philip and afterwards much employed in commiſſions of
Mary anno 1554, he had a grant of theſe ma the greateſt weight, with others of the higheſt
nors, and chapel of Shipborne from the Queen, ,
office and quality, and was made Comptroller
to hold to him and his heirs, by the ſame ſer of the Houſhold, at which time he purchaſed of
vices, by which they were held before his at fir George Clowne, knt. the manſion of Fairlawn,
tainder (t). He died in 1582, the 25th year
of
with the lands belonging to it in Wrotham and
Q. Elizabeth, leaving iſſue by his wife, Eliz. this pariſh (v). In 1639 he was made Treaſu-
Godfalve, an only ſon and heir, Henry, being rer of the King's Houſhold, and principal Se-
ſeiſed at the time of his death, as appears hy the cretary of State for life, and empowered to hold
inquiſition then taken of the manor of Shipborne, thoſe two offices together.
late parcel of Dartford Priory, and three meſſu.
But not long after, on his appearing forward
ages with their appürts. in Shipborne and Wrot-
in the proſecution of the Earl of Stafford, who
ham, held of the Queen in capite by knight's had implacably offended him, by obtaining the
ſervice, and the manor of Shipborne, alias Put-
title of Baron Raby, which was fir Henry's houſe,
tenden (u), late parcel of the monaſtery of Tun and an honor which he had hopes of acquiring
bridge, held by the like ſervice; and the Rec-
himſelf, the King took ſuch umbrage at it, that
He was

rice; and the Rec
(6) Tunbridge was one of thoſe houſes which Cardinal
Wolſey procured the Pope's and the King's leave to diſſolve
in the 17th year of K. Henry VIII, towards the endow-
ment of his colleges.
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 23.
(9) Philipott, p. 314. He was grandſon of Henry Vane,
alias Fane, of Hilden in Tunbridge, eſq; who by Iſabel his
wife, daughter and coheir of fir Richard Pejhall, knt. left
iſſue three fons, viz. John, who was of Tudeley, eſq; and
had iſſue by Iſabel, his wife, four ſons and three daughters;
of whom Henry died without iflue, Richard was of Tudeley,
and was anceſtor to the Fanes of Tndeley and Burſton, and
of the Earls of Weſtmoreland ; Thomas; and John, who was
father of Henry Fane, of Hadlow, efq; anceſtor of the Earl
of Darlington and the Viſcounts Vane. Thomas Vane, the fe-
cond ſon of Henry, by Iſabel Peſhall, was father of Humphry;
and Ralph, poffeffor of Shipborne, as abovementioned, was
the third. Col. Peer. vol. iii, p. 173, and ſeq. See the
origin of this family under Mereworth.
(r) Ibid.
(s) He had two younger brothers, Richard and Thomas.
Col. Peer. vol. vi, p. 118.
(t) Rot Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3. In the third year of Queen
Elizabeth he fold a meſſuage in Shipborne to Nicholas Buck,
who alicnated it to Nicholas Chowne. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
pt. 8. Henry Vane in Eaſter Term anno 17 Elizabeth, le.
vied a fine of the manor of Shipborne.
(u) Puttenden lies on the eaft ſide of this pariſh cloſe to
Weft Peckham.
(v) Philipott, p. 315.
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253
The
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HISTORY
of
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
iffue to
fons, Gilbert a
SHIPBORNE.
he removed him from all his places, and fir
Henry from that time concurred in all the mali-
cious deſigns of the King's enemies, and forget-
ting all former obligations, ſacrificed every prin-
ciple of honor and loyalty to his implacable
thirſt of revenge ; but in the end, finding himſelf
of thoſe
who had made moſt uſe of him, as well as of
his own fon (w), he retired to his ſeat of Raby
caſtle in the biſhopric of Durham, where he died
in the latter end of the year 1654, and in his
69th year.
By Frances his wife; daughter of
Thomas Darcy, of the co. of Esſex; eſq; (4) he
had iſſue ſeveral fons and daughters, of whom
Henry became his heir, and George was of Long
Melford in the co. of Durham (,).
Henry Vane, eſq; fucceeded his father in his
eſtate in Shipborne. He had been knighted at
Whitehall, June 23, 1640, but from his educa-
tion at Geneva had imbibed ſuch a ſharp preju-
dice and bitterneſs, as well againſt regal go.
vernment as the hierarchy of the church, and
this being heightened by the King's giving away
the barony of Raby from his family, that follow-
ing his inclination, he
e aſſociated with the moſt
diſcontented perſons of that time, ſo that he
became one of the moſt inveterate of the inde-
pendant and republican faction. He had been
made by the King joint Treaſurer of the navy,
by the intereſt of the Earl of Northumberland,
during which he affected to be ſatisfied with go-
vernment, and afterwards, when his real incli-
nations came to be more openly known, he was
intruſted with the ſame office folely by the ap-
pointment of the Parliament. On the reſtora-
tion of K. Charles II, being excepted out of
the general pardon, he was committed to priſon,
where he was kept ſome time, and at length be-
ing brought to his trial, he was convicted of
high treaſon, and receiving ſentence of death,
was executed on Tower-hill, on the 14th of June
1662.
He married Frances, daughter of fir Chriſto-
pher Wray, of Aſhby in the co. of Lincoln, bart.
by whom he had iſſue ſeveral fons and daugh-
ters (x), of whom the eldeſt ſurviving ſon, Tho-
mas Vane, efq; ſucceeded his father in his eítates
20 inw saw
(w) Clarendon's Hift. vol. ii, p. 163.
(x) She refided at Fairlane in this parih after her huſ.
band's death, and dying Aug. 2, 1662, in her 720 year,
was buried in Shipborne church. John Fane, third ſon of
fir Henry Fane, knt. was buried in this church October 19,
1618, as was Charles, a younger ſon of fir Henry Vane,
the elder, knt. who died July 17, 1672.
(1) Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 135.
(z) Henry, the eldeſt ſon, died Nov. 2, 1660, aged 18;
Edward died Feb. 17, 1648; Cecil died March 9, 1646 ;
another ſon, Cecil, died March 30, 1647, all four of whom
lic buried in Shipborne church; Thomas and Chriſtopher
were two other of the ſons ; Katherine, the youngeſt daugh-
ter, died March 24, 1678, in her_22d year, and was buried
in this church.
in this pariſh. He married Frances, daughter of
fir Thomas Liddel, of Rdvenfworth in the co. of
Durbam, knt. and died without iſſue, on which
his eftates devolved to his brother Chriſtopher,
who was of Fairlawn, efq; and was afterwards
knighted by K. Charles II.(a)
1688, he was made by K. James of his Privy
Council, and in the roth
year
of K. William
III, was by let. pat. dated July 8, 1699, created
a Baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Bar-
nard, of Barnard caſtle, in the biſhopric of Durham.
He married Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of Gil-
bert Holles, Earl of Clare, and fiſter and coheir of
Föhn, Duke of Newcaſtle (b), by whom he had
two ſons and three daughters, who died
young, and two other fons, Gilbert and William,
and a daughter Grace.
He died at his feat of Fairlawn, O&tober 28,
1723; in his oth year, and was buried in the
new church of Shipborne, built by his own boun.
ty (c). On which Gilbert, his eldeſt ſon, fuc-
ceeded him in title, and in his eſtates in the
North, and Willian; his ſecond ſon, became pof-
ſeſſed of his father's eſtates in Shipborne, Plax-
tool, and elſewhere in this county.
William Vane was of Fairlawn, efq; and was
choſen to ſerve in Parliament for the co. of
Durham, in the
year 1708, and on October
13,
1720, was by let. pat. dated at Dublin, created
Viſcount Vane, and Baron of Duncannon, in the
co. of Tyrone in the kingdom of Ireland (d).
He died ſuddenly of an apoplexy at Fairlawn,
May 20, 1734, having on the Friday before,
the 17th, been declared duly elected to ſerve in
Parliament for this county, and was buried in
Shipborne church. He left iſſue by Lucy his
wife, daughter and coheir of Wm. Jolliffe, of
the co. of Stafford, efq; (e) three fons; Chriſto-
pher, who died July 19; 1721, in his 17th year;
Fohn, who died at Naples, Feb. 5, 1723, in his
17th year, and being brought to England, was
buried at Shipborne ; and William, the third ſon,
who became his father's heir, and ſucceeded him
in titles and eſtate.
He was born in 1714, and on May 19,
1735 (ce) married Frances, daughter of Francis
Hawes, efq; one of the South Sea directors in
(a) Col. Peer. vol. vi, p. 138.
(6) She was of confanguinity to Abp. Chicheley. Stem;
Chich. No. 205.
(c) Col. Peer. vol. vi, p. 139. (d) Ibid. p. 140.
(e) She ſurvived him, and dying March 27, 1742, was
buried in Shipborne church.
(ee) On his marriage Lord Vane fettled in truſtees, by leaſe
and releaſe, dated 15th and 16th May, 1735, the manor
of Sheepborne, alias Shipborne, in Wrotham, Ightham and
Shipborne, and 320-acres of land, 40 acres of wood, and
100 ſhillings rent, and the manor of Shipborne alias Putten-
den; and 140 acres of land; and 24 ſhillings rent in Ship-
borne, and the capital manfion or manor houſe of Fairlawn,
alias Fairlane in Wrotham, and all that park and encloſed
ground lying near the ſaid houſe, and ſeveral pieces of land,
meadow and paſture, uſed therewith in Wrotham, Ightham
and
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254
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
WROTHAM HUNDRED.
1720, and
died
o). de had
CHIPBORNE.
and widow w of Lord William Hamilton, three quarters of a mile weſtward from Shipborne
younger brother of James, Duke of Hamilton, by church, where a family of the name of Collins
whom he has no iſſue. Which William, Lord formerly dwelt. Henry Collins reſided here in
Viſcount Vane, is the preſent poſſeſſor of the ma the reigns of K. Henry VIII, K. Edward VI,
nor's of Shipborne, and of Shipborne, alias Put Queen Mary (g), and Queen Elizabeth, and
tenden ; the lands and Rectory of the chapel of on January 13, in the 35th year of the
Shipborne ; the manſion of Fairlawn, with the latter (b). He had iſſue feven fons and fix
park and grounds belonging to it in Wrot daughters (i). Of the former, the eldeſt ſon
ham (f ), and ſundry other premiſes in this and Richard Collins, was of Budds, gent, and by his
the adjoining pariſhes.
wife, daughter of Page, left iſſue Henry Collins,
The manor of Shipborne pays a yearly fee farm of Budds, gent. who married Jane, daughter of
rent of 1os. to the Crown, and the manor of Walter Kipping, of Tudeley, by whom he left if-
Puttenden pays a like rent of 175. 4žd.
ſue a ſon and heir Walter, born in 1600 (k).
The arms of the ſeveral branches of the Fanés, John Turner, gent. in the reign of K. James
or Vanes, are 3 gauntlets, tho' differently borne. Í. reſided at Budds, and married Elizabeth, da.
The Earl of Weſtmoreland bears— Azure, 3 dexter of George Holden, of this county (1). It is now
gauntlets, with their backs affroniee, or; as does the property of Geo. Children, of Tunbridge, ejq.
the Lord Viſcount Fane, a deſcendant of the ſame
The Priory of Stoke, juxta Clare, in the co. of
branch.
ch. The Earl of Darlington bears—Azure,
Suffolk, was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh,
3 Siniſter gauntlets, with their backs, affrontee, or.
which in the 15th year of K. Edward I. were
And the Right Hon. Lord Viſcount Vane, bears valued at il. per annum (m).
Azure, 3. finifter gauntlets, or, on a canton ermine,
The Priory of Pritelwell in the co. of Effex, at
a pile ſable, charged with a mullet of five points,
that time was poſſeſſed of lands here of the
argent ; for his ſupporters on the dexter ſide, a
yearly value of 25. (n)
bay horſe, and on the ſiniſter, a buck proper, both
It was found by inquiſition, anno 1 Edward
reguardant, and for his creſt, on a wreath a dex-
ter band couped above the wriſt, and ere et in a
III, that Walter Colepeper held jointly with Foane
gauntlet, or, brandiſhing a ſword, proper.
his wife, in frank fee in Sheybourne, an annual
rent of 26s. and one cock, price id. and three
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
hens, price 4 d. of Roger Bavent, without mak-
Budds is a hanılet in this pariſh, lying about ing any other ſervice for it, and that Tho. Cole-
gor
(8) Anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, Henry Vane had li-
cience to alienate 20 acres of meadow and 64 acres of paſ-
ture, and 8 acres of wood in Shipborne to Henry Collins and
Sylveſter Page. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(b) Æt, 81, having been married 53 years, and was bu-
ried in this church. He left Suſan his wife ſurviving, who
died O&t. 24, 1589, æt. 70, and was buried by her huſ-
band. on
and Shipborne, and the Rectory and Chapel of Shiplerne,
with 16 acres of land to the ſame belonging in Shipborne,
and is. 2d. rent belonging to it, and all manner of tythes
of corn, grain, hay, &c. to the faid Rectory and Chapel
belonging, in Shipborne, Puttenden, Seal, Leigh, Tunbridge,
Tudeley, Capel, Ightham and Wrotham, or any of them, and
all that capital meſſuage called Mannings, with ſeveral pieces
of land belonging to it, purchaſed by. Chriſtopher, Lord Bar-
nard in Shipborne, of fir Nicholas Pelham, knt. the farm called
Churchgate Farm, and 265 acres of land in Shipborne and
Wrotham, and the farm called Mannings, containing 124
acres of land, and the farm called Puttenden, with 115 acres
of land, and the farm called Lingvills, with 37 acres of
land, and the farm called Field-farm, and 60 acres of land,
with ſundry other ſmall pieces of land and cottages all in
Shipborne, and other manors and eſtates in different pariſhes
in this county for the purpoſe of raiſing 16,670l. for the
paying the ſaid Lord Vane's debts, and then for the raiſing
400l. per annum for the ſaid Frances, Lady Vane's ſeparate
ufe, after which the ſame were limited to Lord Vane for
his life, remainder to truſtees to preſerve contingent re-
mainders, and after the deceaſe of Lord Vane, certain of
the above premiſes in the pariſhes of Mereworth; Hollinga
borne; Molaſh, and Maidſtone, with other premiſes in other
counties, of the yearly value of 7311. as a jointure to the
ſaid Frances Hamilton, and after her deceaſe to their iſſue
in tail male, &c. and by indent. May 24, 1735, the ſaid
Lord Vane conveyed the whole of the above premiſes men-
tioned in the releaſe, as a further ſecurity for the ſaid join-
ture during the life of the ſaid Frances, remainder to him
and his heirs for ever.
(f) A further account of Fairlawn may be ſeen under
Plaxtool in Wrotham, in which borough it is ſituated, ſee
above, p. 241.
bolalarobiman ir
(i) Edward
ard was the ſecond ſon, and Thomas, the third,
who left iſſue a daughter Suſan, married to Thomas Clarke,
of Ofham.
(k) Viftn. co. Kent, anno 1619. They bore for their
arms—Veri, a grifin ſegreant, or, beaked argent, gorged
with a coronet of the third.
(1) His grandfather Wm. Turner was of London, and by
the fifter of Watton, of Addington, left iſſue ſeveral children,
of whom John Turner the third fon was of London, and by
Margaret his wife, daughter of Nicholas Wheler, of the co.
of Eſex, had three ſons, Benjamin, of the co. of Somerſet,
John, who was of Budds as abovementioned ; and bore for
his arms- Argent and ermine, 3. fer de molins, or, a pale
counterchanged in fefs, on a chief, or, a lion paſant guardant
between two rofes. And William who commenced M. D.
Viftn. co. Kent, 1619.
(m) This was an alien priory, founded by Richard de
Clare in the year 1124 ; it was afterwards made deniſon,
but in 1415 it was turned into a college for ſecular prieſts,
in which ſtate it remained till the general diffolution. Tan.
Mon. p. 514.
(n) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 455. This was a cell ſubor-
dinate to the cluniac monaftery of Lewes in co. Suffex, and
given to it by Robert Fitzſwain in the time of K. Henry IT,
and in the time of King Edward III. made deniſon. Tan.
Mon. p. 130.
TE Jeper,

The
255
HISTORY SE of K E N T.
WROTHAM HUNDRED
SHIPBORNE.
peper, his eldeſt ſon, was his next heir to the
fame (o).
PRESENT STATE OF SHIPBORNE.
The pariſh of Shipborne is but of ſmall extent,
the village is nearly in the center of it, and on
the west ſide of it ſtands the church. The whole
of it is within the Weald, the Northern bounds
of which are the hill above Fairlawn.
The fair continues to be held on the day of
St. Giles the Abbat, viz. Sept. 1.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Shipborne is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
Malling.
The church is dedicated to Sr. Giles, and is a
neat fabric. It was entirely rebuilt from the
ground by the bounty of Chriſopher, Lord Bar-
nard, in the beginning of this century.
It was antiently eſteemed as a chapel to the
church of Tunbridge, and paid 6d. chriſm rent
to the mother church of the dioceſe (P).
John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the 7th year of
K. Edward II, certified to the King's Treaſurer
and Barons of the Exchequer, in obedience to
the King's writ, directed to him for that
pur-
poſe, that the Prior of the hoſpital of St. John of
Ferufalem had within his dioceſe the appropria-
tion of the church of Tonebregge, with the cha-
pels of Schibourne and St. Thomas the Martyr,
which was worth yearly 34 marcs, being part
of the antient poſſeſſions of that hoſpital (9);
and upon a like writ in the 20th year of K. Ed.
ward III, Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, certified to
the King's Treaſurer, &c. a like return (r).
The chapel of Shipborne remained part of the
poffefſions of the above-mentioned hoſpital till
the time of its diſſolution in the 32d year of K.
Henry VIII, when this order of knights was
ſuppreſſed by an act then ſpecially paſſed for
that purpoſe, by which all their lands and re-
venues, &c. were given to the King and his
heirs for ever(s). After which the King, in his
36th year granted to ſir Ralph Tane, knt. and
Anthony Tutham, eſq; among other premiſes in
this pariſh, the lands and chapel of Shipborne,
with their appurts, in fee, to hold in capite by
knight's ſervice (t). Soon after which, Anthony
Tutſham releaſed all his intereſt in them to fir
Ralph Fane, in whoſe family they have conti-
nued, as has been already fully related in the
account of the manor of Shipborne, to the preſent
proprietor and patron, the Right Hon. Willian,
Lord Viſcount Vane.
This chapel is now eſteemed as a curacy, and
is not in charge in the King's Books. It pays
a fee farm rent of 8s. yearly to the Crown.
CHAPEL OF SHIPBOR N E.
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
Family of Fane,
Bowles, in 1627.
alias Vane.
Scott, in 1680.
Theophilus Beck, 1690.
(v) William Davis, in 1721,
obt. Jan. 29, 1747.
Henry Auften. Preſent Curate.
CURATES.
35
OR
) Lamb. Per. p. 601.
601.
(P) Text. Roff. p. 231.
(9) Reg. Roff. p. 125,
(r) Ibid. p. 128. See more of this chapel under Tun-
GO
bridge.
(s) After which K. Henry VIII, by his indenture Oa.
4, in his 32d year, demiſed to fir föhn Baker, knt. the cha-
pels of Shebourne and Capell, and each of them belonging
preceptory, or commandery of Peckham, otherwiſe
called the Chantry Magiſtrale in this county, together with
the manſion of the chapel, and all the ſeveral meſfuages,
tythes, lands, rents, &c. to them or either of them in any
wiſe belonging, except all timber, trees, woods, &c. to
hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 41. Inrollments
Aug. Off. Which rent the King, by his indenture, Jan.
15, following, let, among other premiſes, to Ralph Fane,
eſq; for the like term of 21 years. Ibid. Inroll. A precep-
tory or commandery was a convenient manſion, of which
fort they had ſeveral on their different eſtates, in which
there was a fociety of theſe knights placed, to take care of
their lands and rents in that reſpective neighbourhood.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus ann. pt. 23.
(u) Mr. Twyfden.
(v) He was alſo Vicar of Tunbridge, where he lies buried.
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H I STORY of K E N T.
The
Ich
The
HUNDRED of LITTLEFIEL D.
buitenggul
SOUTH
age
among other
YOUTHWARD from Wrotham Hundred lies Earl of Kent, her fon by her firſt huſband, and
the Hundred of Littlefield, called in Domeſday he died poſſeſſed of it in the 20th year of that
Litlefelle, and in ſome records, Leighfield.
reign (e).
This Hundred takes its name from the ſmall Thomas Holand, eldeſt ſon of the laſt men-
neſs of its extent, for it contains within its
tioned Earl, was 23 years of at his father's
bounds only the pariſh of it
death, and ſucceeded him in the poſſeſſion of
og this Hundred. He was afterwards created Duke
MIREWORTH, and part of the pariſh of
of Surry, and continuing loyal to the cauſe of
WEST PECKHAM (W),
K. Richard II, loſt his life in a tumult at
And the churches of thoſe pariſhes, and part of
Cirenceſter in the iſt year of K. Henry IV, and
the pariſhes of Hadlow and Eaſt Peckham, the
was next year attainted in Parliament. He died
churches of which are in another Hundred.
without iſſue, and was ſucceeded as Earl of Kent
by Edmund, his brother, who before the end of
This Hundred in the beginning of the reign of
that year obtained, by virtue of an old entail, a
King Edward II, was in the poffeffion of the
ſpecial livery of this Hundred,
Crown (w), where it ſtaid till that King, July
28, in his 15th year, granted it (y), by confent eſtates, of which his brother had died feiſed.
of Parliament, among other eſtates of greater
This Earl leaving no iſſue, his four fifters be-
value, to Edmund, of Woodſtock, his half bro-
came his heirs, and on the partition of his
ther, whom he at the ſame time made Earl of
eſtates, the Hundred of Littlefield was allotted to
Kent (%).
Joane, his fourth fifter, Dutcheſs of York, who
appears by the Eſcheat Rolls to have died with-
He died poffeſfed of it in the 4th year of K.
out iſſue, in the 12th year of K. Henry VI,
Edward III. (a) and his fon Edmund, dying in
ſeiſed of it (g).
his minority, it deſcended to his brother, John
Upon the partition of her inheritance among
Plantagenet, Earl of Kent, who likewiſe died
her filters, Margaret, firſt wife of John, Earl of
ſeiſed of it in the 26th year of that reign (b).
Somer ſet, and afterwards of Thomas, Duke of
Joane his ſiſter, wife of fir Thomas Holand, knt.
Clarence, became entitled to this Hundred, of
of the age of 24 years and upwards, being found
which ſhe died feiſed in the 18th year of that
to be his next heir (c).
reign, John, Earl of Somerſet, her ſon by her
Sir Thomas Holand poffeffed this Hundred in firſt huſband being her next heir (h).
right of his wife, who for her great beauty was How the Hundred of Littlefield paſſed after-
called the Fair Maid of Kent, in whoſe right he wards I have not found, but in the reign of K.
was alſo Earl of Kent. He died feiſed of it in
Henry VIII, it was part of the poffeffions of
the 35th year of K. Edward III (d), and ſhe af-
the Crown (i), where it remained till K. Ed.
terwards married Edward the Black Prince, and ward VI, by his let. pat. dated the laſt day of
died feiſed of it in the gth year of K. Richard Auguſt, in the 4th year of his reign, granted
II. She was ſucceeded in it by Thomas Holand, it in fee to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick (k),
(w) The Boroughs of Hampton and of Oxenboath, in the
latter, are eſteemed as part of the Hundred of Hoo.
(x) Roll of Knights fees.
(3) The Hundred of Wachlingstone paſſed with this Hun-
dred of Littlefield, throughout the whole of this account,
from the reign of K. Edward II. to that of K. James I.
(7) See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 92.
(a) Rot. Eſch.
(6) Dugd. Bar. vol.ii, p. 94.
(c) Ibid.
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus ann.
(e) Ibid.
(g) She was thrice married after the death of the Duke of
York; her ſecond huſband was William, Lord Willoughby,
of Ereſby; her third, Henry, Lord Scrope; her 4th, fir
Henry Bromflet, knt. Lord Vejcy, who ſurvived her. She died
without iſſue. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 360.
(5) Inquiſ, poft Mort.
(i) King Henry VIII, Nov. 8, in his 34th year, granted
to ſir George Broke, knt. Lord Cobham, the offices of Stewa
ard, and Underſteward of his Hundreds of Lyttlefeld, Wach-
elmyfone and Barnefelde, for the term of his natural life,
with all profits and advantages uſually had and taken with
them; which grant fir George Broke, June 23, in the 4th
year of K. Edward VI ſurrendered into the King's hands,
who then made a grant of them in like manner to the ſaid
fir George Broke, Lord Cobham, Thomas Cotton, of We?-
ham, eſq; and fir William Broke, knt. ſon of the ſaid fir
George, to hold during the term of their natural lives, or
the longeſt liver of them. Inrollments Aug. office, anno
4
Edward VI.
(k) Aug. Office Box G 18. He was the eldeſt ſon of
Edmund Dudley, who was attainted and beheaded in the ad
year

Tbe
H 1 STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
257
per created
Com'
WEST PECKHAM.
LittleFIELD HUNDRED.
who was the next year created Duke of North half brother, whom he likewiſe made Earl of
umberland.
Kent, under the general title of whoſe lands it
He, in the 7th year of that reign, by his is thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſday taken
indent. dated Feb. 18, fold it among other pre about the year 1080.
miſes to the King, his heirs and aſſigns for ever, Corbin' ten' do epo' Pecheha' p. 2. ſolins. Se defd.
in exchange for other manors and lands (1). Tro. eº 6. car'. In dnio. é una & 12. villi hnt. 5.
This Hundred ſeems to have remained in the car'. & 8. bord. & 5. ſervi. & 3 ac' pii. Silva 10.
Crown till the 32d year of Q. Elizabeth, who
port'. T. R. E. & poſt' valeb. 12. lib. modo 8.
then granted the hundreds of Littlefield, alias
lib. & tam redd. 12. lib. Rex hť de b. n tres
Leighfield, and of Wachelſton, alias Chadlington,
denas ubi manent 4. villi, et val. 40. ſol. Lenuin
to fir William Brooke, Lord Cobham, Knight of
tenuit.
the Garter, &c. at the yearly rent of 30s. He
Which is : Corbin hoids Pecheham of the Biſhop
died poffeffed of them in the 39th year of that
of Baieux). It was taxed at two ſuling's ; the’ara-
reign, and was ſucceeded in them by his eldeſt
ble land is 6 carucates. In demeſne there is one, and
ſon and heir, Henry, Lord Cobham, Lord War-
den of the Five Ports, Conſtable of Dover-caſtle,
12 villeins, having five carucates, and 8 borderers,
Knight of the Garter, &c. who in the firſt year
and 5 ſervants, and 3 acres of meadow, wood for
of K. James I, being accuſed with others of a
the pannage of 10 hogs. In the time of K. Edward
conſpiracy to kill the King, and ſubvert the
the Confeſor, and afterwards it was worth 12
pounds, now 8 pounds, and get it yields 12 pounds.
government, was brought to his trial at Win-
cheſter, and being found guilty, had judgment
The King has of this manor 3 dens, where 4 villeins
of death pronounced againſt him, which ſen-
dwell, and are worth 40 Shillings. Earl Leuuin
held it.
tence was afterwards, through the King's cle-
Tooner or to
mency, ſuperſeded (m).
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, about
Upon his attaint, this among the reſt of his
four years afterwards, this among the reſt of his
eſtates, became forfeited to the Crown, and was 1) eſtates was confiſcated to the Crown.
confirmed thereto by the act paſſed in the third In the reign of K. John, the manor of Weji
year of K. James for that purpoſe, fince which Peckham, then valued at 151. was held in fer-
this Hundred has continued among the poſſeſſions geantry, by a family of the name of Bendevillez
of the Crown, where it remains at preſent. by the ſervice of bearing one of the King's gof-
hawks, beyond fea, from the feaſt of St. Michael
WEST, alias LITTLE PECKHAM, to that of the Purification, when the King de-
manded it, in lieu of all other ſervices (o). Soon
EASTW ARD from Shipborne lies the pariſh of
after which it came into the poffeffion of a fa-
Weft, alias Little Peckham, called in Domeſ-
mily who took their firname from it.
day, Pecheham, and in the Textus Roffenfis, Pec-
John de Peckham held it in the reign of King
Henry III (P), and his deſcendant, John de Peck-
It has the appellation of Weſt Peckham, from
bam, died ſeiſed of it in the 21ſt year of K. Ed-
its ſituation weſtward of Great, or Eaſt Peckham,
ward I, holding it in capite by the ſervice of
and of Little, from its ſmallneſs in regard to that
mewing one golhawk yearly, in lieu of all other
parifh.
ſervices (q). Soon after which it paſſed into the
They both probably had their name from their
poffefſion of Robert Scarlet, who held it at his
ſituation, peac ſignifying in Saxon, the peke, or
death, in the 33d year of the fame reign, by
ſummit of an hill, and ham, a village, or dwelling homage, and the like ſervice as above men-
place.
tioned (r). In the next reign of K. Edward II,
Adam at Broke was poffeffed of it. He died in
the 17th year of it, holding it in capite by the
Little Peckham before the conqueſt was in the
ſervice abovementioned, whenever the King
poffeſfion of Earl Leofwine, who as well as his
ſhould demand the ſame, and by paying to Chriſ
brother, K. Harold, loſt their lives in the fatal
Church Canterbury 5s. yearly (s).
battle of Haſtings. After which William the
His widow, Dioniſia at Broke, died ſeiſed of
Conqueror gave it to Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, his
it in the 5th year of K. Edward III, after which
ham (n).
ang
THE
M A N O R.
year of K. Henry VIII; which attainder was repealed, and
his fons reſtored in name, blood and degree, by a ſpecial
act paſſed in the 3d year of that reign. See more of them
under Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 341.
(1) This deed was inrolled the ſame day in the Augm.
Office. Aug. Off. Box H 17.
(m) See more of him under Cobham, vol. i, of this hif,
tory, p. 493
- (n) p. 229
lo Teſta de Nevil.
VOL. II.
(P) Weever, p. 326.
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus ann. No. 35, p. ſervicium mutandi
unum Ofturcum per ann.
(r) Rot. Efch. ejus ann. No. 26.
(s) There were then here one capital meſſuage, one pid-
geon houſe, 62s. and sid. of rent of aſſize, and one pafture,
39 acres of arable land, one acre of meadow, 46 acres and
an half of paſture, 110 acres of wood and heath. Rot. Eſch.
ejus ann.
3 U
chis

258
The HISTORY of KENT.
WEST PECKHAM.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
this manor ſeems to have been ſeparated into 1646, as did his great grandſon, John, Eerl of
moieties.
Weſtmoreland, on Aug. 26, 1762, leaving no
John de Mereworth, of Mereworth, died in the iſſue. He bequeathed this manor, among his
39th year of K. Edward III. feiſed of a moiety other eſtates in this county, to his nephew fir
of the manor of West Peckham, which he held of Francis Daſhwood, bart, ſon of fir Francis Daſh-
the King in capite by the ſervice before-men wood, of Weſt Wickham, bart. by his ſecond wife,
tioned (t). Since which it has paſſed through the Lady Mary, eldeſt daughter of Vere, Earl of
the ſame tract of ownerſhip that the manor of Weſtmoreland, and ſiſter of the ſaid John, and to
Mereworth has (u); for on the death of John de the heirs of his body, with remainder to fir Tho-
Mereworth, his heir, Joba de Malmains, became mas Stapleton, bart. his great nephew (w).
entitled to it (V); who in the 46th year of the
Upon the deceaſe of John, Earl of Weſtmore-
above reign, paſſed it away by ſale to Nicholas,
land, the title of Baron Le Despencer, being a ba-
ſon of fir John de Brembre, on whoſe attaint, in
rony in fee limited to heirs general, was on April
the roth year of that reign, the King granted
19, 1763, confirmed to fir Francis Daſhwood,
it to Hermenſthorpe, who immediately afterwards
bart. the ſon, as only ſon and heir of the Lady
paſſed it away to Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arun-
Mary, the eldeſt daughter of Earl Vere, as above
del, Lord Treaſurer, and Lord Admiral of Eng mentioned. Which Francis, Lord Le Deſpencer,
land, whoſe ſon, Thomas, dying without iſſue,
is the preſent poffeffor of this manor of West-
Joan, one of his ſiſters and coheirs, marrying Peckham (y).
with William Beauchamp, who in the 16th year
of K. Richard II, was by writ created Lord MANOR OF WEST PE CKHAM, alias THE
Abergavenny, entitled him to the poſſeſſion of this
PRECEPTORY.
moiety of the manor of Weſt Peckham. His ſon
Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Worceſter, dying The other moiety of the manor of West
without male iſſue, in the 9th year of K. Henry Peckham, after the death of Dioniſia at Broke, in
V, bequeathed it to Elizabeth, his ſole daugh the 5th year of K, Edward III, came into the
ter and heir, who carried it in marriage to Ed pofſeflion of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third fon
ward Nevill, Lord Abergavenny; and his great
of that King, in right of his wife Elizabeth, fole
grandſon, Henry Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, de daughter and heir of William de Burgh, Earl of
parted this life in the 29th year of Q. Elizabeth, Ulſter in the kingdom of Ireland (2).
being then ſeiſed of this manor of Weſt Peckham, She died in the 38th year of that reign, leav-
for ſo it is ſtiled in the inquiſition taken after ing by him an only daughter, Philippa, furviving
his death that year (2).
her, who died in the 430 year of it, and the Duke
He left a ſole daughter and heir Mary, then eing then feiſed of the moiety of the manor of
married to fir Thomas Fane, of Badſel, in this Weſt Peckham, which he held by the law of Eng-
county, knt. who in her right became entitled land, as of the inheritance of Eliz, his late wife
to this manor. After her father's death, the deceaſed, of the King in capite by knight's fer-
challenged the title of Baroneſs Bergavenny, againſt vice, Pbilippa his daughter, abovementioned,
Edward Nevill, the heir male of that family. then Counteſs of March, being found to be his
This diſpute was not determined until May next heir (a). Upon which Edmund Mortimer,
25, in the 1ſt year of K. James I, when the Earl of March, her huſband making proof of
title of Baron of Bergavenny was decreed to the her age, had livery of the lands of her inheri-
heir male; and to give ſome ſatisfaction to the tance that year (b).
heir female, the King, by his let. pat. dated
Soon after which this moiety of Weſt Peckham
May 25, 1604, granted and reſtored the dig manor came into the poſſeſſion of that branch
nity of Baroneſs Le Deſpencer to her and the heirs
of the family of Colepeper fettled at Oxenboath,
of her body, with the antient ſeat and prece in this pariſh, in which it remained till fir John
dency of her anceſtors. Her eldeſt ſon, fir Colepeper, knt. one of the Judges of the Com-
Francis Fane, Knight of the Bath, was by let. mon Pleas, in the reign of K. Henry IV (c),
pat. Dec. 29, in the 22d year of K. James I, gave it to the Knight's Hoſpitallers of St. John
created Baron Burgherſh, and Earl of Weſtmore of Jeruſalem in the 10th year of that reign, an-
land, and died feiſed of this manor in the year no 1408 (d).
(t) Rot. Eſch.
u) 'See Philipott, under Mereworth, p. 236.
(v) See Pluckley.
(w) See more of this family under Birling, p. 196.
(x) Viz. ſon of fir William Stapleton, bart. by Catherine
his wife, danghter and heir of William Paul, of Bromwich,
in the co. of Oxford, by Catherine his wife, younger daugh-
ter of Vere, Earl of. Weftmoreland, and fifter of the ſaid Earl
John.
p. 168.
(y) See more of the Fanes and Dafəwoods under Mere-
worth.
(2) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 167.
(a) Rot. Eſch.
(6) Dugd. ibid.
(c) He was made fo June 17, anno 7, Henry IV, and
had a new patent May 2, anno 1, Henry V, which he
did not long ſurvive. Dugd. Orig. p. 56.
(d) Weever, p. 338.
They

The
259
H I STORY of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
WEST PECKHAM.
m
They eſtabliſhed a Preceptory within this ma-
nor, which continued part of their poſſeſſions
till the general diſſolution of their hoſpital in the
32d year of K. Henry VIII, when this order
was ſuppreſſed by an act then ſpecially paſſed
for that purpoſe, and all their lands and revenues
given by it to the King and his heirs for ever.
This manor of Weſt Peckham, for ſo it was
then ftiled, together with the preceptory (e),
was valued at the above diffolution at 631. 6s.
8d. annual revenue, and 6ol. clear income (f).
K. Henry VIII, in his 33d year, granted the
fee of this manor, with its appurts. to fir Ro-
bert Southwell, of Mereworth, knt, to hold of the
King in capite by knight's ſervice (g), and he in
the 35th year of that reign, alienated it to fir
Edmond Walfingham, and his heirs (b).
In which name and family this manor conti-
nued till the latter end of the reign of King
Charles I, when fir Thomas Walſingham, of Scod-
bury in this county knt.(i). alienated it, with
Yokes Place, and other eſtates in this neighbour-
hood, to his ſon in law (k), Mr. James Maſter,
of Yokes, whoſe youngeſt ſon, Richard Maſter,
of Yokes, eſq; dying in 1767 without iſſue, be-
queathed this, with the reſt of his eſtates, to
his nephew William Daniel, of the co. of Surry,
eſq; fon of Lionel Daniel, of that county eſq; by
Martha, his wife, fiſter of the ſaid Richard (2).
Which William Daniel has ſince, in purſu-
ance of his uncle's will, taken the firname and
arms of Maſter, and reſides at Yokes, in the ad-
joining pariſh of Mereworth, and he is the pre-
ſent owner of this manor of Weſt Peckham, with
the Preceptory, and other appurts. belonging to
it (m).
P T ONS
is a ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated at the weſtern ex-
tremity of it, which, as well as the borough of
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
that name, is accounted within the hundred and
manor of Great Hoo near Rocheſter. In the reign
of Q. Elizabeth it was in the poffeffion of John
Stanley, gent. who reſided here (n), and dying
poffeffed of this ſeat on March 3, 1616, was bu-
ried in this church, leaving iſſue by Dorothy his
wife, daughter of Thomas Totesham, of Toteſham
Hall (o), three ſons; of whom Thomas Stanley,
the eldeſt was of Hamptons, eſq; and departing
this life, Jan. 17, 1668, was buried in this
church.
He left iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter of .-
Northwood, of the Iſe of Thanet, an only daugh-
ter and heir Frances, married to Maximilian
Dalyfon, of Halling in this co. eſq; who in her
right became entitled to this ſeat, to which he
removed on her father's death.
This family of Dalyſon is of good account for
its antiquity in this kingdom. William D'Alan-,
zon, the firſt anceſtor recorded of it, is ſaid to
have landed in this kingdom with William the
Conqueror, whoſe direct deſcendant in the 8th
generation, was of Laughton in the co. of Lin-
coln, and firſt wrote himſelf Dalyfon. He left a
ſon William, his heir, whoſe grandſon, William
Dalyfon, was of Laughton, eſq; and was Sheriff
and Eſcheator of the co. of Lincoln. He died
Dec. 18, 1546, leaving iſſue two ſons and three
daughters ; of the former, George Dalyfon, the
eldeft, was of Laughton, and died in 1549, leav-
ing William, his ſon and heir ; whoſe fon, fir
Roger Dalyſon, knt. was Lieutenant General of the
ordnance, and was created a Baronet on June
29, 1611.
Η Α
M
William, the ſecond ſon, repreſented the co.
of Lincoln in Parliament in 1554, and was after-
wards one of the Judges of the King's Bench,
in the time of Q. Mary (P), and dying Jan. 18,
1558, was buried in Lincoln cathedral.
(e) It was at that time ftiled the Preceptory, or Comman-
dery of Weſt Peckham, otherwiſe called the Chantry Magif-
trale. A Preceptory or Commandery, was a convenient man-
fion belonging to theſe knights, of which fort they had ſe-
veral on their different eſtates, in each of which they had a
fociety of their brethren placed to take care of their lands
and rents in that reſpective neighbourhood.
(f) Tan. Mon. p. 227.
(8) Rot. Eſch. ejus ann. pt. 2. K. Henry VIII, by his
indenture, Jan. 15, in his 32d year, had demiſed to Ralph
Fane, efq; among other premiſes, this manor of Weſt Peck-
bam, with all meſſuages, lands, tenements, rents, ſervices,
&c. in Weſt Peckham to hold for 21 years. Inrollments,
Aug. office, pt. 4.
(h) Rot. Eſch. ejus ann. pt. 4.
(i) See more of this family under Chiſilhurſ, vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p. 99.
(k) Sir Thomas Wallingham married the widow of Mr.
Nathaniel Maſter, father of Mr. James Maſer.
(1) Philipott, p. 269.
(m) See rokes Place in Mereworth.
(n) He was ſon of William Stanley, of Wilmington in this
whoſe grandfather, John Stanley, of Wilmington,
geni, was a younger ſon of the Stanleys of the co. of Lan-
caſter. They bore for their arms-Argent, on a bend, azure,
3 bucks heads cabofhed, or, a chief gules.
(0) John, who was of London, and William, who was of
Maidſtone. Vift co. Kent, 1619, ped. Stanley. It appears
by an antient pedigree of the family of Stanley, well drawn
with the ſeveral bearings of arms, now in the hands of Wm.
Daliſon, eſq; that the Stanleys of this county were deſcended
of the eldeſt branch of that family, viz. from William de
Stanley, Lord of Stanley in Staffordſhire, and of Stourton, in
the 10th year of K. Richard II ; which William was elder
brother to John de Stanley, Lieutenant of Ireland, who mar-
ried the daughter and heir of Latham, of the co. of Lan-
cafter, and was anceſtor to the Stanleys, Earls of Derby, of
the Lords Montegle, and of thoſe of Holte and Wever. The
direct deſcendant of William de Stanley, Lord of Stanley, &c.
above-mentioned, was William Stanley, eſq; Lord of Stour-
ton and Hooton, who by Grace, his wife, daughter of fir Wm.
Griffith, knt. left three ſons ſurviving ; fir Rowland, Edo
ward, and John Stanley, who was of Wilmington, whoſe ſon
Tho. was grandfather of John Stanley, of Hamptons, whoſe
ſon Thomas left an only daughter, Frances, married to
Maximilian Dalyfon, eſq.
(p) His coat of arms-Gules, 3 creſcents, or, a canton er.
mine, are ſtill remaining in a window in Grays Inn chapel,
and in another window is a like coat belonging to Charles
Dalyfon, knt. anno 1660. Dugd. Orig. p. 303,
He
co. gent.
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HIS TO Ř Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
som
WEST PECKHAM.
LittLEFIELD HUNDRED.
He married Elizabeth, only daughter of Robt. Thomas Dalyfon was of Plaxtool, eſq; where
Dighton, of Little Stourton, eſq; (q) by whom he he reſided during his father's life-time, and
had iffue four ſons and five daughters (r). afterwards removed to Hamptons, where he died
William Dalyſon, the eldeſt ſon, on his mar Auguſt 4, 1741, æt. 56, and was buried in
riage with Silveſter, daughter of Robert Dene, of Plaxtool chapel,
Halling, in this county, gent. (s) on June 29, He was twice married : firſt to Jane, only
1573, ſettled in this county, and reſided at the daughter of Richard Etherington, of the co. of
Biſhop's Palace, in Halling, where he died Nov. Eſex, gent, by whom he had iſſue Thomas, who
9, 1585, and was buried in Clerkenwell church. died young ; Mary, who died unmarried, and
He left one ſon, Maximilian, and a daughter, was buried at Plaxtool, and Jane, who married
Silveſter Maximilian Dalyſon was of Hal fir Jeffery Amherſt, of Riverhead, in this county,
ling, and was knighted by K. James I. He was Knight of the Bath, ſince created Lord Amherſt
.
twice married; firſt to Paulina, daughter of fir She died without iſſue in 1765, and was buried
Michael Sonds, of Throwley, knt. by whom he
at Plaxtool. His ſecond wife was Iſabella, fe.
had no iſſue; and ſecondly, to Mary, third da.
cond daughter of Peter Burrell, of Beckenham,
of fir William Spencer, of Oxfordſhire, knt. (t) by eſq; who ſurviving him, died in Aug. 1762, and
whom he had iſſue one fon William, Sir Maxi was buried at Plaxtool, By her '
he had iſſue
milian died Nov. 9, 1631, and was buried in
Willian his heir, of whom hereafter. Frances
Clerkenwell church. William Dalyfon, his ſon, Iſabella married to William Daniel Maſter, of
was of Halling, eſq; and married Elizabeth, da. Mereworth, efq; Thomas Daliſon, Cl. A. M. and
of fir James Oxenden, of Dean, knt. by whom he three other ſons, who died young, Wm. Dali-
had a fon Maximilian, and two daughters, and ſon, efq; the eldeſt ſon, is the preſent poffeffor of
dying in May 1642, was buried in Clerkenwell Hamptons, where he now reſides, and is as yet
church,
unmarried.
Maximilian Dalyfon, the ſon, was likewiſe of The family of Dalyfon bear for their arms--
Halling, efq; but having married Frances, only Gules, 3 creſcents, or, a canton ermine ; and for his
daughter and heir of Tho. Stanley, of Hamptons creſt, on a wreath, argent and azure, a man hold-
in this pariſh of Weſt Peckham, gent, as has been ing in his band a pole-ax, argent, the armour and
before related, on the death of her father, he re ax purfled, or. And Dalyſon of Hamptons has a
moved thither, where he died June 22, 1671, right to quarter the arms of Stanley, and with
æt 38, and was buried in Weſt Peckham church,
them the coats of Hooton, Houghton, Groſvenor
as was Frances his wife, who ſurvived him, and and Harrington ; and with thoſe of Dalyſon, the
died in 1684. They had iſſue four ſons and two
coats of Elkinton, Greenfield, Dighton and Bleſby,
daughters (u). Of the fons, Stanley and Max as 'appears by the pedigree of this family now
imilian died young; Thomas was the eldeſt ſur in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Dalyſon, from which the
viving ſon, of whom hereafter; and Charles was
above account was drawn.
of Chatban in this county, gent.
Thomas Dalyfon the eldeſt ſon, was of Hamptons,
ejq; and was twice married ; ift, to Suſan, da, of
The borough of Oxenboath in this pariſh, is
fir Tlo. Style, of Watringbury, bart, by whom he
within the Hundred and manor of Hoo near Ro-
had iſſue; and ſecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of
chefter, at the court of which a borſholder is ap-
fir Thomas Twiſden, of Bradborne, bart, by whom
pointed for this borough yearly.
he had no iſſue. He died July 16, 1636, and
The manor of Oxenhoath, alias Toxenhoath, is
was buried in Weſt Peckham church, having had
held of the manor of Great Hoo, by the ſervice
iffue by his firſt wife abovementioned, two ſons
of the yearly payment of a pair of gilded ſpurs,
and one daughter ; viz Maximilian, who died an
but the payment of them has been forborne ma-
infant; Thomas, who was his heir, and Elizabeth,
ny years (V).
who married John Boys, of Hode Court in this
It was in antient times part of the poſſeſſions
county eſq.
of a branch of the family of Colepeper, or Cul-
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5
(9) She married ſecondly, fir Francis Ayſcough, knt. and
dying Dec. 6, 1570, was buried in Clerkenwell church.
(r) William, the eldeſt will be mentioned below, Robert
and Roger died without iſſue, and Thomas was of Greetwell
in the co. of Lincoln, and was afterwards knighted. Lloyd
in his memoirs ſays, fir Thomas Dalyfon, of Lancaſhire, knt.
loſt his life for his loyalty at Nazeby, and 12,000l. in his
eſtate, and that there were three colonels more of this name
in the King's army, viz. fir Charles Dalyfon, fir Robert Da-
lyfon, and fir Wm. Dalyſon, who ſpent 130,000l. therein,
being men of great command in their country, and bring-
ing the trength thereof to the King's affiſtance, p. 667.
(s) She afterwards married Wm. Lambard, of Greenwich,
gent. our Kentiſh Perambulator, and died Sept. i, 1587,
and was buried in Halling church, leaving iſſue by both her
huſbands.
(t) He was of Yarnton in that county, and was third ſon
of fir John Spencer, of Althorts and Wormleighton, knt. whoſe
eldeſt ſon was anceſtor to the Duke of Marlborough. Coll.
Peer. vol. i, p. 206.
(u) Margaret, married John Kirrill, of Hadlow, gent.
and died without iſſue, and Mary married Henry Smith, of
Leiceſter, efq.
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261
WEST PECKHAM.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
peper, as they were called, and ſometimes wrote Cotton, knt. (a) who alienated this manor to
themſelves, in which it continued till it became John Chowne, of Fairlane, gent. (b) and his great-
part of the poffeffions of fir John Colepeper, knt. grandſon, fir George Chowne, of Fairlane, knt.
who was made a Juſtice of the Court of Com-
intending to confine his poſſeſſions within the
mon Pleas, June 17, in the 7th year of K. co. of Suſſex, paſſed away this manor to Nicholas
Henry IV (w), in the 1oth year of which reign, Miller, eſq; (c) of Horſnells Crouch in Wrotham,
he gave his manor of Weſt Peckham to the
eſq; Sheriff of this county in the 8th year of K.
Knights Hoſpitallers, where they founded a Charles I. He died Aug. 8, 1640, æt, 74, and
Preceptory
was buried in Wrotham church ; having had iſſue
He reſided at Oxenboath, of which he died by Jane his wife, daughter of John Polley, of
poffeſfed in, or ſoon after, the 3d year of King Preſton in this county, eſq; who died Jan. 6th
Henry V, and was buried in this church with that year, and lies buried by him, three ſons
Katherine his wife, by whom he left iſſue fir Wm. and four daughters (d).
Culpeper, who was of Oxenboath, eſq. He ſerved His eldeſt ſurviving fon, fir Nicholas Miller,
the office of Sheriff of this county in the 5th knt, reſided at Oxenboath, which he greatly aug-
year of K. Henry VI, and died ſeiſed of this mented and beautified. He died Feb. 20, 1658,
eſtate on July 20, next year, and was buried in æt. 66, and was buried in this church ; having
this church with Elizabeth his wife.
had iſſue by Anne his wife, daughter of William
He was ſucceeded in this eſtate by his ſon, Style, of Langley in Beckenham, eſq; eight fons and
hr John Colepeper, knt. who likewiſe reſided here. eight daughters; of whom he left four ſons and
His ſon, fir William Colepeper, was of Aylesford, four daughters ſurviving (e). Of whom Humphry
knt. and was Sheriff of this county in the 5th
Miller, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his father
year of K. Henry VI, anno 1426. By his wife, in this manor and ſeat, where he reſided, and
daughter of Ferrers, of Groby, he had iſſue three on Feb. 13, 1660, was created a Baronet, and
ſons ; fir Richard Colepeper, who was of Oxenhoath,
in 1666, was Sheriff of this county, and kept
knt. William, who was of Preſton-hall in Aylesford ; his fhrievalty at Oxenboath. He died in Aug.
and Jeffry.
1709, leaving iſſue a ſon and heir (f), Borlace,
and a daughter, Elizabeth.
Sir Richard Colepeper married Iſabella, daugh-
Sir Borlace Miller was of Oxenhoath, bart. of
ter and coheir of Otwell Worceley, of Stamworth,
by whom he had three daughters ; Margaret,
which he died poffeffed in 1714, leaving his wife
Suſanna, daughter of Thomas Medley, of the co.
married to William Cotton, third ſon of fir Tbo-
of Suſſex, eſq; ſurviving (b), by whom he left
mas Cotton, of Landwade in Cambridgeſhire, knt.
no iſſue (i). On which this eſtate (k) came by
Joyce, married to the Lord Edmund Howard,
ſurvivorſhip to Elizabeth his ſiſter, above-men-
younger ſon of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk ; and
tioned, then the wife of Leonard Bartholemew,
Elizabeth, to Henry Barbam, of Tefton (x).
of Rocheſter, efq(l) who afterwards reſided at
He was Sheriff of this county in the 11th year
Oxenboath, and died Jan. 13, 1720 (m), leave
of K. Edward IV, and died feiſed of Oxenboath
ing iſſue three ſons, Philip, Leonard, and
in the 2d year of K. Richard III, (y) leaving his
Humphry; the eldeſt of whom, Philip Bartho-
three daughters above-mentioned his coheirs ;
and on the diviſion of their inheritance, this
lemezv, efq; poffeffed and reſided at Oxenboath.
He firſt married in 1911, the only daughter
eſtate was allotted to William Cotton, in right of
and heir of Mr. John Knowe, of Ford in Wrot-
his wife Margaret (2). He reſided here, and at bam, gent. who died Feb. 26, 1922, in her 33d
his deceaſe was ſucceeded by his ſon, fir Thomas
year, and was buried in this church. By her
10101
this ci
. 56.
James, of Ightham, eſq; and Mary, wife of Edmund Allen,
(x) Mf. pedigrees of Colepeper, Lee, Cotton, &c.
fon and heir of fir Edmund Allen, of the co. of Efex, bart.
(y) Rot. Efch.
(e) Viz-Humphry, his heir ; Nicholas, to whom his grand-
(z) Philipott, p. 269.
father, Nicholas Miller, bequeathed his family ſeat of Crouch
in Wrotham, and other eſtates; John, and Cherles. The
(a) They bore for their arms-Sable, a chevron between 3
daughters were Jane, Ann, Elizabeth, and Margaret.
grifins beads eraſed, argent. Sir Tho. Cotton left a fon Robert,
(f) He had a ſon John, who died unmarried in 1704.
who was of Hadlow, and by his wife, Eleanor Neve, left.a
(5) She died in 1753, el. 80.
ſon George, aged 15, in 1619. Viftn. co. Kent anno 1619,
(i) The Millers bore for their arms-Ermine, a feſs gales,
pedigree of Cotton.
between 3 griffins heads eraſed, azure.
(b) See Fairlane in Wrotham, p. 241, for a further ac (k) The whole eſtate which ſhe inherited, at that time let
count of this family,
for 15191. 7s. od. per annum.
. Beſides which, the manfion
(c) Philipott, p. 269.
dars, Idias
of Oxenboath, the park, gardens, fish-ponds, and 200 acres
(d) Viz. James, who died without iſſue; Nicholas, who
of land, of which 20 were planted with hops, were valued
fucceeded him at Oxenhouth; and Mathew, who was of
at zool. per annum.
Buckland in Surry ; Elizabeth, wife of fir Robert Kempe, of
(1) He ſerved the office of Sheriff for this county in 1713,
and bore for his arms-Or, 3 goats heads eraſed, jable.
Finchenfield in the co. of Elex; Margaret, wife of John Boys,
(m) He was buried in this church, as was Elizabeth his
ſon of ſir Edward Boys, of Nonington; Jane, wife of Wm.
wife, who died the ad of May following.
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The
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10th year of
262
WEST PECKHAM.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
he had iffue two ſons, Leonard, and John-Knowe The church, which is dedicated to St. Dunſtan,
Bartholenew, who died without iſſue.
is a ſmall building, with a low ſpire ſteeple.
He married ſecondly Mary, younger daughter
It antiently paid 9d. chriſm-rent to the mother
of Alexander Thomas, of Lamberhurſt, eſq; (n) by
church of the dioceſe (rr). 1
whom he had iſſue a daughter Mary, married in K. Edward I, in his 14th year, granted and
1748 to Francis Geary, efq;
confirmed to the Prior and Convent of Ledis in
Philip Bartholemew died feiſed of Oxenboath this county, the advowſon of the church of
on Jan. 9, 1730, in the 40th year of his age, Parva Pecham, to hold to them and their fuc-
and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, Leonard ceffors, with all the rights and liberties belong.
Bartholemero, who was of Oxenboath, eſqi He ing to it, in free, pure, and perpetual alms ; and
died without iſſue on April 26, 1757, and by he alſo granted that they ſhould hold it appro-
his will bequeathed Oxenboath, together with his priated to their own uſe, whenfoever they would,
other eſtates in this county, to the ſecond fon (0) without any hindrance of him, his heirs and ſuc-
of Francis Geary, of Poleſdon in the co. of Surry,
ceſſors whomſoever (s).
eſq; now Admiral of the Blue, by Mary his In the 21ſt of the above reign, a Quo War-
half-ſiſter, above-mentioned.
ranto was brought before the Juſtices Itinerant
Which ſecond ſon, William Geary, eſq; is the againſt the Prior and Convent above-mentioned,
preſent poffeffor of Oxenboath, in which he at to enquire by what right they poffeffed this
times reſides (p).
church, then valued at 401. per annum, and for-
PRESENT STATE OF WEST PECKHAM. dei merly in the King's gift ; and on their pleading
the above grant, the jury gave it for the Prior
This pariſh is within the Weald of Kent, the
and Convent (t), a side to Bixada en bue
bound of which is the hill northward of it; the
In the reign of K. Edward III, the valuation
northern part of this pariſh adjoining to the
of this church was, 40 acres of the endowment
above-mentioned hill, is covered with thoſe
of it, 2os, hay; 208. tythe of pannage and herb-
woods, commonly called The Herſt Woods, which
age; 10$. tythe of geeſe, calves, pigs, and mills;
extend southward almoſt as far as Yokes Place, with oblations and other ſmall tythes belonging
where there are ſeveral fine fprings of water,
to it (u).
which having ſupplied that ſeat extend them-
baitis vasg1030
ſelves over the eaſtern part of this pariſh.
Biſhop Thomas de Brinton, by his inftrument
under his ſeal, dated at Bromlegh Oct. 19, anno
The church, which is a ſmall building, is fi-
1387, the 11 th year of K. Richard II, granted
tuated adjoining to the village, on an eminence
and confirmed to the Prior and Convent of Ledes
almoſt in the middle of the pariſh. The lower
licence to appropriate this church, then vacant
or more ſoutherly part of it conſiſts of
rich
and of their own patronage, to their own uſes,
grazing land.
or not bonos
with all things belonging to it, ſaving a com-
It was antiently, with others in this neigh: | petent vicarage in it, the preſentation of which
bourhood, bound to contribute to the repair of
ſhould belong to them, which he ordained to
the 5th pier of Rocheſter bridge (9).
conſiſt of all ſmall tythes, oblations, obventions,
There were antiently two parks in this pariſh,
pannages, and all other things belonging to the
both of which were diſparked at the time Lam-
bard wrote his Perambulation, in 1570, anno
altarage, except the tythe of hay itſelf of the
pariſh whereſoever, excepting 20 acres of mea-
13 Elizabeth.
Hot boll dow, then belonging to the Earl of Glouceſter,
Wright held a meſſuage a and land in the pariſh
in the weſtern part of the pariſh; the tythe of
which 20 acres the Vicar of the church for the
of Weſt Peckham, of the Queen in capite by
time being ſhould take and have for ever. And
knights ſervice. John Wright was his ſon and
that the Vicars themſelves ſhould have the hall,
do rios bus ne
with the chambers adjoining to it, and the gar-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
1.
Teid body
den, together with four acres of land, with the
Weſt or Little Peckham is within the eccleſial- || tythe ariſing from them,
tythe ariſing from them, and two acres of wood
tical juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and of the demeſne of the church, as they were
deanry of Malling.
bounded off, and alſo 2$. annual rent, which
Rid onds 02.07
bage
(n) She ſurvived him, and died at Eaſt Malling, Aug. 5, chalk-hills north-eaſtward. The ground about it is finely
1775, æt. 86.
wooded, and is, the greateſt part of it, exceeding rich
(6) In tail male, remainder to the Admiral's eldeſt ſon, paſture,
remainder to the family of the name of Beaumont in York-
(2) Lamb, Peramb. p. 422.
qoqi di
foire.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.cnsiv beit oder
(1) He came of age in 1777, being unborn at the time (rr) Text. Roff. p. 22,9.
iş bid bobasa
of the above devife. The houſe at Oxenboath is an antient (s) Rot. Cart, ejus an. N. 1. Reg. RoM. p. 514.
brick building, ſituated on the ſide of the hill, having
(t) Reg. Roff
. p. 514.
a moſt extenſive proſpect over the Weald, and again to the
(u) Folio Chrift Church Mfr.
Fobu,
of Very
heir (r).
band
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CHARITIES.
2 years afterwards
The G H I S T o R YT of IK E N T. 263
WEST PECKHAM.
LittleFIELD HUNDRED.
John, called le Kinge, of this pariſh, and his The vicarage is now a diſcharged living, of
heirs, ſhould pay to the Vicars for ever, for cer the clear yearly certified value of 451. the yearly
tain land which he held of the fee of this church, tenths of which are 145, 7d. (y)
together with the tythes ariſing from it; and
In 1732 it was augmented by the Governors
that the Vicars ſhould take all tythes in the gar- of Q. Anne's Bounty,
of Q. Anne's Bounty, and by the benefactions
dens of the whole pariſh, whick were dug with of 100l. from the truſtees of fir Wm. Langborne,
the foot. But that the Prior and Convent ſhould, bart. deceaſed. being part of his legacy towards
for the portion accruing to them, ſuſtain all
the augmentation of ſmall livings, and of 100l.
burthens, as well ordinary and extraordinary, 175. 6d. by Mr. Henry Burville (z), Vicar of
happening to the church, faving the right, this pariſh, with which, and 50l. added by Mr.
dignity and cuſtom of his church of Rocheſter, George Richards, the preſent Vicar, a farm of
and of all others; in witneſs whereof, &c. (v). 151. a year was purchaſed in this neighbourhood.
The advowſon and parſonage of Weſt Peck-
ham continued with the Priory of Leeds till the
time of its diffolution in the reign of K. Henry
Mr. James and Mr. Nicholas Dunmoll, of this
VIII, when the ſame, together with all the lands
pariſh, the firſt of whom died March iſt, 1706,
and revenues of it, was ſurrendered into the
and the latter Jan. 15th preceding, gave to the
King's hands, and the whole was confirmed to
poor
of this pariſh 2os. each yearly, to be paid
him and his heirs by the general words of the
on Chriſtmas Day for ever, to be paid out of three
act, paſſed for this purpoſe in the 31ſt year of
his reign.; after which that King, by his dota- Buh; and their brother, Thomas Dunmoll, gave
pieces of land, called Lynces, Huberds, and Holey
tion-charter, under his great feal in his 33d year, after his deceaſe, the ſum of 20s. to be paid
ſettled this church of Peckham Parva, and the
yearly for ever to the poor of this pariſh on
advowſon of the vicarage, on his new-erected
Midſummer Day, out of the ſaid three pieces of
Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, with whom they
land lying in the manor of Oxenkoath.
now remain.
cu bas
Dame Mary Chowne gave fol. to the
On the intended diſſolution of Deans and Chap-
this pariſh, with which a houſe was purchaſed
ters, after the death of K. Charles I, the parſon in December 1619.
age of Little Peckham was ſurveyed in Nov.
Thomas Stanley, of Hamptons, eſa; gave a houſe
1649; when it was returned, that it conſiſted
and land for the uſe of the moſt antient married
of a barn, yard, &c. and 25 acres and an half of
couple in this pariſh.
glebe land, of the improved rent of 6ol. per
Mildmay, Earl of Weſtmoreland, gave a field
annum ; which premiſes were let 10th April,
containing two acres, to the inhabitants of this
Charles I, to James, Elizabeth, and Duke
pariſh, for a ſporting place, and for a more com-
Stonehouſe, for the term of their natural lives, or
modious way to the church,
the longeſt liver of them, by the Dean and Chap-
ongist
ter of Rocheſter, at the yearly rent of 61. In 9 CHURCH OF WEST PE C KH A M.
which leaſe the advowſon was excepted, and the
i cdott.gr
leſfees covenanted to repair the premiſes, and or by whom preſented. ugd to as
VICARS. I on to
the chancel of the pariſh church (w).
Prior and Convent (a)Wm. Alleyn, refig. 1372.
The preſent lefſee of this parſonage, under of Leeds.nd (a)William Huberd, 1372.
the Dean and Chapter, is Francis Geary, eſa; who
Dean and Chapter (b) Edward Drayner, A. B.
holds it in truſt for his ſon, Wm. Geary, eſq.
Rocheſter. imunin 1627, obt. 1630. nofwov
In the reign of Q. Anne, the ſmall tythes of
bloris gnoris bobo (c) Samuel Cooke, A. B. in
this vicarage amounted to about 121. per annum. arisan todos b1630, obt. Aug. 26, 1638.
It had then an augmentation of 141. per annum Oruopos doido 10 (d) Bartholomeru May, obt.
which had been given to it by the Dean and
June 21, 1709.
Chapter of Rocheſter about the year 1690. There busniagaa aw osw. (e) Henry Burvill, A. M. okt.
was likewiſe a ſmall augmentation to it from
gwriter an April 20, 1749.
Fohn Warner, Biſhop of Rocheſter, of about 10l.
11 49 id lobos George Richards, A. M. 1749.
per ann. but not fixed to it (x).
Preſent Vicar (ee).
sul sit e boce
soitin
(v) This inftrument was confirmed by the Prior and Chap (d) He lies buried in this church. 1654
ter of Rocheſter, in their Chapter-houſe, two days following. (ë) He was a good benefactor to this vicarage, and lies
Reg. Roff. p. 314, 315.04.
buried in this church.
(w) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(ee) The vicarage houſe, which is a handſome faſhed
(*) Lambeth Queries.
brick houſe, ſituated near the church, was built by Philip
(y) EA. Theſ. p. 384. (z) Ibid. p. xxii.
Bartholomew, of Oxenhoath, ejq; on a promiſe from the
(a) Willis's Buckingham, p. 354. William Alleyn ex Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter of their preſenting a Clerk of
changed this vicarage with Williahn Huberd, for that of his nomination, on the next vacancy, to this vicarage,
Weſtbury in the co. of Buckingham.
which not happening for ſome
(b) MÅ. Twyſden.
no ſmall difficulty, that his ſon, in 1749, obtained from
((c He was alſo Rector of Mereworth, where he lies buried. them the fulfilling of this promiſe.
MEREWORTH
poor of
anno 13
Patrons, ows is to
3
1991 od bidon
29,00
was

264
HISTORY of IK E N T,
T The
MEREWORTH,
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
it is probable the croſs croflets were added to the
MEREWORT H.
paternal arms of this family ().
Roger de Mereworth, in the 18th year of K.
EASTWARD from Weſt, or Little Peckham, Edward I, obtained the grant of a fair at his
lies Mereworth, uſually called Merrud. In manor of Mereworth, to be held there on the
Domeſday it is written Marourde, and in the Tex feaſt day of St. Laurence, and likewiſe for free.
tus Roffenfis, Meruurtha, and Meranwyrthe. warren in the ſame, and in Eldehaye, &c. to
This place, at the time of taking the ſurvey hold to him and his heirs for ever (i).
of Domeſday, was part of the poſſeſſions of Ha.
John de Mereworth held this manor in the be-
mo Vicecomes (F), under the general title of whoſe
ginning of the reign of K. Edward II, and in
lands it is thus entered in that book.
the 15th and 16th years of the next reign of K.
In Litefel Hund
Edward III, he was Sheriff of this county, and
Ipſe Haimo ten' Marourde. Norman tenuit de reſided at Mereworth caſtle, and in the 20th year
Rege E. & tc' & mo'p. 2 folins, ſe defd. Tra'e. of that reign, paid aid for it at the making the
9.
car' In d’nio ſunt 2. & 28, villi, cu 15. bord Black Prince a knight, then holding it of the
bnt. 1o. car. Ibi accla, & 10. ſervi, & 2 molini Earl of Glouceſter, as one knight's fee.
de 10 folid. & 2. piſcar. de 2 folid. Ibi 20 ac' pti. He died poſſeſſed of this manor in the 39th
& tant filvæ unde exeunt. 60. porc de pafrag'. year of that reign, as did his ſon, of the ſame
T. R. E. valeb. 12. lib. & poſt' 10. lib. modo 19.
. name, in the 44th year of it (k).
bas
lib.
He deceaſed without iſſue, on which John de
Which is,
Malmains, of Malmains in Pluckley, was found to
In Littlefield Hundred.
be his heir (1); and he, in the 46th year of the
Hamo holds Marourde. Norman held it of K. ſame reign, alienated his intereſt in it to Nicha-
Edward, and then, and now, it was and is taxed las, ſon of fir John de Brembre, knt. (m).
at two ſulings. The arable land is nine carucates. Nicholas de Brembre was a citizen and grocer
In demeſne there are two, and 28 villeins, with 15 of London, and was Lord Mayor in the iſt year
borderers, having 10 carucates. There is a church of K. Richard II (n); in the 5th year of which
and 10 ſervants, and two mills of 10 ſhillings, and reign he was knighted for his good ſervices
two fiſheries of two ſhillings. There are 20 acres of againſt that rebel Wat Tyler (0); in the 6th Par.
meadow, and as much wood as is ſufficient for the liament of it, he repreſented the city of London
pannage of 60 hogs. In the time of K. Edward the in it (P); but at length becoming obnoxious to
Confelor, it was worth 12 pounds, and afterwards the prevailing party of that time (9), he was at-
10 pounds, now 19 pounds.
tainted of high treaſon in the roth year of that
withi | reign, and was afterwards beheaded (r), and his
pawepoibor || body buried in the Grey Friars church, now
In the reign of K. Henry II, Mereworth was Chriſt Church, in London. (s). His eſtate being
in the poſſeſſion of a family, which took their thus forfeited to the Crown, K. Richard, in his
firname from it, and held it as two knights fees, 13th year, granted this manor to John Hermenſ-
of the Earls of Clare, as of their honour of Clare. thorpe, who ſhortly afterwards paſſed it away to
Roger, ſon of Euſtace de Mereworth, poffeffed Richard Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, Lord Trea.
it in the above reign, and then brought a quare
ſurer and Admiral of England, whoſe fon, Tho-
impedit againſt the Prior of Leeds, for the ad-
mas Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel (t), dying with-
vowſon of the church of Mereworth (8).
out iſſue, in the 4th year of K. Henry V, an-
William de Merewortis is recorded among thoſe
no 1415, his three ſiſters became his coheirs,
Kentiſh knights, who aſſiſted K. Richard at the viz. Elizabeth, Dutcheſs of Norfolk, then the
ſiege of Acon, in Paleſtine, upon which account wife of fir Gerard Uſeflete, knt. Joane, late wife
T H E
M A N O R..
cefter, and other Peers, having accuſed fir Robert T'reſilian, and
fir Nicholas de Brembre, knts. of divers treaſons, &c. before
the King, and his Great Council, it was neceſſary that they
ſhould be kept in ſafe cuſtody for ſome time. He therefore
commands the keeper of his caſtle of Glouceſler, to keep
them fafely therein, ſeparately, and without their having
any diſcourfe with each other. Rym. Fæd vol. vii, p.
568.
(f) This was Hamo de Crevequer, who was appointed
Vicecomes, or Sheriff of Kent, ſoon after his coming over hi-
ther with the Conqueror, which office he held till his death
in the reign of K. Henry I.
(8) Philipott, p. 236. Reg, Roff. p. 496.
(5) Philipott, p. 236.
(i) Rot. Cart. ejus ann. N. 21. fand it H
(k) Rot. Eſch.
(2) Philipott, p. 236.
(m) He bore for his arms-Argent, three anxulets fable, on
a canton of the ſecond, a mullet of the firf.
(n) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 1143
to) Ibid. p. 115.
() Ibid. appendix 2d. p. 8.
(9) King Richard II. iſſued his writ January 4, in his
with year, reciting, that, whereas. Thomas, Duke of Glou-
29
(r) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 115.
(s) Ibid. book iji, p. 133.
(1) His arms, quarterly,
• 14 and 4th a lion rampant, zd
and 3d chequey, are more than once carved on the roof of
the cloyſers at Canterbury. They are likewiſe in the win-
dows of the cathedral, and in Ickham church. Archbiſhop
Arundel, brother to this Earl, bore the ſame arms within a
bor der engrailed.
of

The HISTORY TOf K E N T.
265
after (e).
of Q. Elizabeth
MEREWORTH.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
of William Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny (u), and fon, was father of fir Ralph Vane, knt. who was
Margaret, wife of fir Rowland Lenthall, knt. (v). attainted in the 4th year of K. Edward VI.
On the diviſion of their inheritance, the ma-
John Vane, alias Fane, of Tunbridge, efq; the
nor of Mereworth became the property of Joane,
eldeſt ſon, had iſſue by Iſabel Darell, his wife,
Lady Abergavenny, who died feiſed of it in the four ſons and three daughters, Anne, Alice and
13th year of K. Henry VI (w). Isto
Mercy; of the former, Henry was of Hadlow,
and married Alice Fiſher, but died without iffue ;
After which (x) it appears to have been veſted
Richard was anceſtor of the Fanes of Badfell in
in Elizabeth, daughter and ſole heir of her ſon,
Rich. Beauchamp, Earl of Worceſter, and Lord Aber-
Tudeley, the Earls of Weſtmoreland, the Viſcounts
Fane of Ireland, and the Fanes of Mereworth and
gavenny(y), who afterwards married Edw. Nevill,
fourth ſon of Ralph, Earl of Weſtmoreland (2).
Burſton, all of whom will be mentioned here.
Which Edward Nevill
, doing his homage, had
Thomas, -the third ſon, was of London. John,
livery of the lands of his wife's inheritance, and
the fourth ſon, was of Hadlow, and was anceſ-
was afterwards, in the 29th year of K. Henry
tor of the two fir Henry Vanes, whoſe deſcen-
VI. Jummoned to Parliament by the title of
dants are the preſent Earl of Darlington, and the
Lord Bergavenny. He ſurvived her, and mar-
Lord Viſcount Vane, of the kingdom of Ireland,
ried ſecondly, Katherine, daughter of fir Robert
and alſo the Fanes, late of Winchelſea in Suſſex.
Howard, knt. (a) and departed this life Oft.
John Faxe, efq; the father, dying in 1488,
18, in the 16th year of K. Edward IV, being
then ſeiſed, as tenant by the curteſy of England,
anno 4, K. Henry VII, was buried in Tunbridge
church. Henry, his eldeſt ſon, died without iſſue
of the inheritance of Elizabeth his firſt wife, of
in the 25th of K. Henry VIII, anno 1533, and
the manor of Mereworph (b).
left Richard, his next brother, his heir, who
From him it deſcended to his great grandſon, was of Tudeley, eſq; and by Agnes, his wife,
Henry Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, who died ſeiſed
Com
daughter and heir of Thomas Stidolfe, of Badfell,
eſq; left iſſue one ſon George, and a daughter
the inquiſition taken after his death, at Maid-
Alice (f). He died in March 32, Henry VIII,
ſtone, on Aug. 22, that year, he was found to
anno 1540, and was buried in
and was buried in Tudeley church.
die ſeiſed, among other premiſes, of this manor George Fane, the ſon, was of Badfell in Tudeley,
with the advowſon of the church of Mereworth, eſq; and was Sheriff of this county in the 4th
and the manor and farm of Oldhaie, alias Hole-
and 5th year of K. Philip and Q. Mary, and
haie, in this pariſh, and that Mary, his daugh dying Feb. 4, 1571, was buried in Tudeley
ter, then aged 32 years, was his fole heir, who
church, beſide Joane his wife, who died Nov.
had been married in the 17th year of Q. Eliza-
6, 1545. She was daughter of Wm. Waller, of
beth, to fir Thomas Fane, knt.
Groombridge in this county, eſq; by whom he had
(c) The family of Fane, alias Vane, are of an iſſue two ſons of the name of Thomas, and three
tient Welſh extraction, and for many generations daughters (8).
bet 1958gorba tastal
wrote themſelves ſolely Vane.
Thomas
, the eldeſt ſon, will be mentioned be-
They were firſt feated in this county in the low, and Thomas, the youngeſt ſon, was ſeated
reign of K. Henry VI, when Henry Vene became at Burſton in Hunton. He was afterwards knight-
pofſeffed of Hilden in Tunbridge, and reſided ed, and was Lieutenant of Dover Caſitle, and dy-
there. He left iſſue, by Iſabel, his wife, daugh ing in the year 1606, was buried in Hunton
ter and coheir of fir Richard Pejhall, knt. three church, as was Helen his wife, daughter of fir
ſons and two daughters (d); of the ſons, John Walter Hendley, knt, and widow of fir George So-
was of Tunbridge, as will be mentioned below; merſet, ſecond ſon of Charles, Earl of Worceſter,
Thomas left a fon Humphry; and Henry, the third who died the ſame year. By her he had iſſue
has been
40s. to
(w) Her firſt huſband was Humphry Bohun, Earl of Here-
ford and Elex. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 240.
21
(v) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 421. Collins on Baronies by
Writ, p. 212, ſays he had a fourth fifter and coheir Alicia,
married to John Charlton, Lord Powis.
orod bilo
(w) Philipott, p. 236. Rot. Eſch. an. 14, Hen. VI.
(x) After her death this manor ſeems to have been veſted
in James Fienes, Lord Say, who died poffeffed of it in the
29th year of K. Henry VI. Rot. Efch. ejus an. But whe-
ther as a Feoffee, or for what truſt, I know not. !
(1) By Iſabel his wife, after and heir of Richard, ſon and
heir of Thomas Lord Deſpencer.
(z) By Joane his ſecond wife, daughter of John of Gaunt,
Duke of Lancaſier. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, f: 300, Philipott,
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. In the 38th year of K. Henry
VIII, certain premiſes in Frindſbury and Cliff at Hoo, par-
cel of the manor of Iſlingham, paid a yearly rent of
this manor of Mereworth. Augtn. off. Inrolments.
(66) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, Philipott, p. 236. See more
of the Nevills, under Birling, p. 196.
(c) Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 173. Memorials in Merea
worth, Hunton, and Tudeley churches. Mff. Pedigree of
Fane. Viftn. co. Kent anno 1574, pedig?. Vane,
(d) of the daughters, Doroshy married Thomas Wheten-
hall, efq; and Anne married John Abych, of the co. of Salop,
eſq;
от
(e) Coll. Peer, vol. vi, p. 505.
(f) She was married to John Brown, efq;
(g) Viz. Catharine, married to Walter Roberts, of Cran-
brooke, eſq; Mary, to John Afburnham, of the co. of Suffex,
efq; and Bridget, to Charles Bolles, of the co. of Lincoln, efq;
P: 236.
(a) Dugd. ibid. p. 309, 310.
VOL. II.
an
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266
The H I STÖ RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
IT
life Feb. 28, in the 31ſt year of Q. Elizabeth,
death, and who was made heir to his uncle, fir
Orjl de
MEREWORTH.
LittLEFIELD HUNDRED.
an only daughter, Mary, married to Henry Fane, This claim was not determined until after fir
of Hallow, eſq; by whom ſhe had iſſue a fon Thomas Fane's death, viz. May 25, in the firſt
Thomas, who died an infant.
year of K. James I, when after great argument
Thomas Fane, the eldeſt ſon and heir, having uſed on both ſides, the title of Baron of Bergen
engaged in the rebellion raiſed by fir Thomas Wy-
venny, was both by judgment of the Houſe of
att, knt. in the firſt year of Q. Mary, was com Peers, and order of the Lords Commiſſioners
mitted priſoner to the Tower, artainted, and a for the office of Earl Marſhal, decreed for the
warrant iſſued for his execution, but the Queen
heir male, and to give ſome fatisfaction to the
having compaſſion on his youth, pardoned him,
heir female, the King, by his let. pat. dated as
and he was ſoon afterwards reſtored to his li-
abovementioned, granted and reſtored to her
berty and eſtate. He was twice married, firſt
and her heirs, the dignity of Baroneſs Le De-
to Elizabeth, daughter of fir Thomas Colepeper, Spencer (b), with the antient ſeat, place, and pre-
of Bedgbury, knt. by whom he had no iſſue.
cedency of her anceſtors (i). basta
After her deceaſe, he was knighted on Auguſt The Lady Mary, Baroneſs Le Deſpencer, ſurvi-
26, 1573, by Robert, Earl of Leiceſter, in the ved her huſband, fir Thomas Fane, many years,
preſence of Queen Elizabeth, ſoon after which,
and departed this life at Mereworth caſtle, on
viz. Dec. 12, 1574, he married at Birling, the June 28, 1626, and was buried in Mereworth
Lady Mary, fole daughter and heir of Henry church, leaving her two ſons, Francis and George,
Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, by his wife Frances, ſurviving, Thomas and Edward, her younger
daughter to Thomas Manners, Earl of Rutland, fons, dying before her, unmarried. bodo
and in her right poffefed this manor of Mere The eldeſt ſon, Francis, was made Knight of
worth, &c. as has been already mentioned. the Bath at the coronation of K. James I, and
Sir Thomas Fane after this reſided at times,
on Dec. 29, 1623, was advanced to the titles
both at Mereworth caſtle, and at Badfell
, of which of Baron Burgherſ, and Earl of Weſtmoreland.
latter place he wrote himſelf. He departed this He died on March 23, 1628, in his 45th year,
having had iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter and
anno 1589, and was buried at Tudeley, whence ſole heir of fir Anthony Mildmay, of Apethorp,
his body was afterwards removed to Mereworth knt. ſeven ſons and ſix daughters ; of the former,
church, in
was the eldeſt, who ſucceeded him in
He had iffue by the Lady Mary, his wife, who titles; Francis, the 2d, was afterwards knighted;
ſurvived him, three ſons, Francis, his eldeſt ſon Anthony was the 3d; Henry was the 4th; and an-
and heir, George, who ſucceeded to this manor ceſtor to the Viſcounts Fane, of the kingdom of
and eſtate at Mereworth, after his mother's
Ireland ; and George, William and Robert were
the 5th 6th and 7th ſons (k).
Thomas Fane, of Burſton, as abovementioned, and Which Mildmay, Earl of Weſtmoreland, had
Thomas and Edward, who died without iſſue; he been made Knight of the Bath at the coronation
left alſo a daughter, named Mary.
01 11241)
of K. Charles I, and dying Feb. 12, 1665, was
Lady Mary Fane, on the death of her father, buried at Apethorp, in the co. of Northampton.
Henry, Lord Abergavenny, had challenged the He was twice married; firſt to Grace, daugh-
title of Baroneſs of Bergavenny, againſt Edward
Brno
Nevill, ſon of fir Edward Nevill, knt. a younger had one ſon Charles, who ſucceeded him in ho-
brother of George, Lord Bergavenny, father of nours and eſtate, and five daughters. His ſe-
Henry, Lord Bergavenny, above mentioned, on cond wife was Mary, ſecond daughter and co-
which fir Edward Nevill, the caſtle of Bergavenny heir of Horace, Lord Vere, of Tilbury (1), widow
had been ſettled both by teftament and act of of ſir Roger Townſend, of Rainham, in the co. of
Parliament.
Norfolk, bart, by whom he had iſſue Vere Fane,
afterwards re
Mildmay was
ما همه
ter
of
() The preamble recites, that whereas Hugh le Deſpencer,
formerly Juftice of England in the reign of K. Henry III,
was one of the Barons of England, by
the name o of Baron le
Deſpencer to him and his heirs, and was ſummoned to Parlia-
ment among the Barons in the 49th year of K. Henry III.
And whereas Mary Fane, daughter and heir of Henry, Lord
Abergavenny
, fon and heir of George, Lord Abergavenny,
fon and heir of George, Abergavenny, ſon and heir
Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of Ifabel, filter and heir of Richard
le Deſpencer, Earl of Gloucefler and Lord le Deſpencer, ſon of
Edward Lord le Despencer by Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of Bartholomew, Lord Burgherſh, ſon of Edward le Deſpen-
cer, ſon of Hugh, Lord Deſpencer, Earl of Wincheſter and
Baron le Deſpencer, fon of Hugh aforefaid, Juſtice of Eng.
land, who was ſummoned to Parliament anno 49 Henry III,
among the Peers, and not only born of an honourable and
illuftrious fock, but ſhewed himſelf adorned with all virtues,
and worthy of his deſcent; and the having iſſue two ſons,
Francis and George, both Knights, &c. and one daughter,
Mary, married to fir Thomas Brett, of West Malling, knt.
the King's Sergeant. Now he, the King, inclining to re-
ſtore the ſaid honor, creates the ſaid Mary, Baroneſs le De-
Spencer, to her and her heirs for ever, and that ſhe enjoy the
ſame title during her life, remainder to her heirs, who ſhall
be called Barons le Despencer, and the Baroneſs le Deſpencer,
and hold and enjoy ſuch place in Parliament and Councils,
as Hugh late Earl of Wincheſter held as Baron le.Despencer,
or Hugh le Deſpencer, Juſticiary of England. See Har). MIT.
No. 1877-55. No. 6778-5, 7, 8, 9... 6 hod Ploid
(i) See Birling, p. 198. wool ano (5
(k) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 451.
(1) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chicheley.
See Stem. Chich. No. 46.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
267
of age 9. lix days before he would have come
and heir of Charles
MEREWORTH.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
made Knight of the Bath at the coronation of ter of Robert, Lord Spencer, of Wormleighton(12),
K. Charles II, and four daughters.
by whom he had no iſſue; and ſecondly, to Anne,
Charles, Earl of Weſtmoreland, was twice mar only daughter of fir Oliver Boteler, of Teſton (n),
ried, firſt to Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of by whom he had three fons and three daughters,
Charles Nodes, of the co. of Hertford, eſq; and and dying June 26, 1640, æt. 59, was buried
ſecondly to Dorothy, daughter of Robert, Earl in Hunton church.
of Cardigan, by neither of whom he had any if He was ſucceeded in this manor and eſtate by
ſue, and dying in Sept. 1691, was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, Thomas Fane, of Burſon, efq; who
his half brother, fir Vere Fane, Knight of the was a Colonel in the army. He died unmarried
Bath above-mentioned, who was member of at Burſton, on Sept. 5, 1692, in his 66th year,
Parliament for this county in the year 1678, and was buried in Hunton church, leaving the
and in 1692, joint Lord Lieutenant with Henry, manor and caſtle of Mereworth, with the advow-
Lord Viſcount Sidney of this county. He died on fon of this church, his feat at Burſton, and all
Dec. 29, the next year, leaving iſſue by Rachael, other his eſtates in this county, to Mildmay Fane,
his wife, only daughter and heir of John Bunce, the youngeſt ſon of Vere, Earl of Weſtmoreland,
eſq; Alderman of London, four ſons and three by Rachael, his wife, daughter of John Bunce,
daughters, viz, Vere, who ſucceeded him in ti eſa;
tles and eſtate, and died without iſſue on May Mildmay Fane, eſq; reſided at Mereworth caf-
19, 1699, ſix days before he would have come
tle, and in 1715 was choſen to repreſent this
county in Parliament. He died unmarried on
Thomas, the ſecond ſon, ſucceeded his bro-
Sept. 11, 1715, and was ſucceeded in this ma-
ther as Earl of Weſtmoreland, and died without nor and caſtle, as well as in his other eſtates,
iſſue.
by Thomas, Earl of Weſtmoreland, his eldeſt ſur-
John, the 3d fon, ſucceeded his brother, as viving brother. Which Earl Thomas was Chief
Earl of Weſtmoreland, and Mildmay, was the 4th Juſtice in Eyre, ſouth of Trent, and of the
fon, both of whom will be further mentioned.
Privy Council to K. George I. He reſided at
Of the daughters, the Lady Mary married fir Mereworth caſtle, where he died on June 4,
Francis Daſhwood, of London, bart. father of the
1736, and was buried at Apethorp, having
preſent Lord Le Deſpencer, as will be mentioned
below. Lady Catherine, married William Paul, Stringer, of the co. of York, eſq; and widow of
of the co. of Berks, efq; whoſe only daughter Richard Beaumont, of Whitley in the ſaid co. eſq;
and heir, Catherine, married firWm. Stapleton, bart. who died on Feb. 4, 1730, by whom he left no
father of fir Tho. Stapleton, bart. now living, and iſſue, ſo that his honours and eſtates (o) de.
Lady Suſan died unmarried in the year 1735. ſcended to John, his younger and only ſurviv-
But to return to George Fane, the ſecond ſon ing brother.
of The Lady Mary, Baroneſs Le Deſpencer, by Which John, 7th Earl of Weſtmoreland, fol-
her huſband, fir Thomas Fane, knt. He was lowing a military life in his early youth, at
knighted at the coronation of K. James I. in length arrived at the rank of Lieutenant Gene-
the 18th year of which reign, he was choſen ral of the King's forces. On the deceaſe of his
to repreſent this county in Parliament, and on younger brother, Mildmay Fane, he was in Sept.
his mother's death, in 1626, he ſucceeded to 1715, choſen in his room to repreſent this coun-
the manor of Mereworth, with the caſtle, ad ty in Parliament ; and on Oet 4, 1733, he was
vowſon, and other eſtates in this pariſh ; and created a Peer of Ireland, by the title of Baron of
on the death of fir Thomas Fane, of Burſton, knt. Catherlough in that kingdom, and in 1737 he
his uncle, in 1606, ſucceeded by his will to his was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county of
feat at Burſton, and the reſt of his eſtates. Northampton. He retired to Mereworth caſtle,
Sir George Fane reſided afterwards at Burſion, ſoon after the death of Earl Thomas, which ſeat
and was twice married; firſt to Elizabeth, daugh he rebuilt (p), as well as the church of Mere-
ods.bocio
(m) She died in :618, and was buried in Weſtminſter of Venice, in a ſituation pleaſant and delightful, and nearly
abbey.
like this ; being watered in front with a river, and in the
(2) She died March 5, 1663, and was buried in Hunton back encompaſſed with the moſt pleafing rifings, which form
church.
contido
a kind of theatre, and abound with large and ſtately groves
() In the 5th year of K. George I, an act paſſed for the of oak and other trees; from the top of theſe rifings there
ſale of the manor of Mereworth and other manors of Thomas, are moſt beautiful views, ſome of which are limited, and
Earl of Weſtmoreland, in this county, and to ſettle other lands others extend ſo as to be terminated only by the horizon.
of like value to the ſame uſes, in or near the co. of North Mereworth houſe is built in a moat, andhas four fronts, hav-
bampton ; but it appears that none of them were ever alien. ing each a portico, but the two fide ones are filled up; under
ated,
the floor of the hall and beſt apartments, are rooms and con-
(p) This ſeat is built after a plan of Palladio, deſigned veniences for the ſervants. The hall, which is in the middle,
for a noble Vicentine gentleman, Paolo Almerico, an Eccle forms a cupola, and receives its light from above, and is
fiaftic and Referendary to two Popes, who built it in his formed with a double caſe, between which the ſmoke is
own country about a quarter of a mile diſtance from the city conveyed through the chimneys to the center of it at top.
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268
The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
MEREWORTH.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED,
worth, as will be mentioned below, and conti ſaid Vere, Earl of Weſtmoreland, and fifter of
nued adding to the improvements and grandeur Earl John.
of this place till the time of his death, inſo Sir Francis Daſhwood, bart. becoming thus pof-
much, that it may now be juſtly eſteemed one ſeffed of this manor and ſeat of Mereworth, the
of the greateſt ornaments of this county.
King was pleaſed on April 19, 1763, to confirm
On January 1, 1754, The Earl of Weſtmore to him, in right of the Lady Mary, his mother,
land was appointed High Steward of the Uni the primier Barony of Le Deſpencer, the fame be-
verſity of Oxford ; and on Dec. 16, 1758, he ing a Barony in fee deſcendible to the heirs gene-
was elected, on the death of the Earl of Arran, ral. The Right Honourable Francis, Lord Le
Chancellor of that Univerſity, in which high Deſpencer, abovementioned(u) is the preſent pro-
and honourable office he was inſtalled there, on prietor of this elegant feat, now called Mere-
July 3, 1759, with the greateſt ſolemnity, and worth Houſe, the manor, and the advowſon of the
with a magnificence and ſplendor unknown at church of Mereworth, and other eſtates in this
any former inſtallation.
pariſh.
He married Mary, only daughter and heir of He bears for his arms ; quarterly, four coats,
the Lord Henry Cavendiſ, by Rboda his wife, ift Daſhwood, argent, on a feſs double cotized,
daughter of William Cartwright (q), by whom gules, 3 griffins heads eraſed, or (V); 2dly, Fane,
he had no iſſue, and dying Auguſt 26, 1762(r),, late Earl of Weſtmoreland ; 3d, Nevill; 4th, Spen-
he by his will deviſed this manor and feat, with cer
cer. For his creft ; a griffin's head erminois eraſed,
the reſt of his eſtates in this county (rr), to his gules ; and for his ſupporters ; on the dexter fide,
nephew fir Francis Dafhwood, bart. (s), ſon of fir a griffin, wings elevated, or, with a line reflexed.
Francis Daſhwood, of Weſt Wickham, bart. by over the back, fable, the collar charged with three
his ſecond wife, The Lady Mary, eldeſt daughter eſcallops, argent; on the finiſter; a bull argent
of Vere, Earl of Weſtmoreland, and ſiſter of the pied fable, armed, hoofed and collared, with a chain
ſaid Earl John, and to the heirs of his body, reflexed over the back, at the end whereof 2 faples
with remainder to fir Thomas Stapleton, bart. his affixed, or.
io sled
great nephew, viz. fon of fir William Stapleton,
YOKES - PLACE,
bart. by Catherine, daughter and heir of William
formerly called Jotes Place, is a ſeat in this pa-
Paul, of Bromwich in the co. of Oxford, by Ca riſh, the ſcite of which, in the reign of King
therine his wife (t), younger daughter of the
Henry III, was in the poſſeſſion of Fulco de Shar-
The wings are at a ſmall diſtance from the houſe, and are
elegantly deſigned. In the front of the houſe is an avenue,
cut through the woods, three miles in length towards Wrot-
ham Heath, and finiſhed with incredible expence and labour
by Lord Weſtmoreland, for a communication with the London
road there: throughout the whole, art and nature are ſo
happily blended together, as to render it a moft delightful
ſituation.
G) She died July 29, 1778.
(r) On the death of John, Earlof Weftmoreland, without iſſue,
his Iriſh Peerage became extinet, but the Barony of le Despencer
being a Barong in fee to heirs general, was confirmed to fir
Francis Daſhwood, bart. his fifter's ſon ; and the titles of
Baron Burgherſh and Earl of Weſtmoreland came to Tbomas
Fane, of Briſtol, Merchant, the next heir male deſcendant
of fir Francis Fane, ad ſurviving ſon of Francis, firſt Earl
of Wejimoreland. The Earls of Westmoreland bore for their
arms-Azure, 3 right hand gauntlets with their backs affrontee,
or. And for their creft-Out of a ducal coronet or, a bull's
bead argent, pyed fable, armed or, and charged on the neck
with a roſe gules, barbed and feeded proper ; being the an-
tient creſt of Nevill.
(rr) As I am informed, about 3700l. per annum.
() Sir Francis Daſhwood, bart. is deſcended from Samuel
Daſhwood, of Rowney near Taunton in the co. of Somerſet,
eſq; who was twice married; by the firſt wife he had iſſue
four ſons, John, anceſtor of the Daſhwoods of Eſſex and Suf-
folk ; Francis, of whom hereafter; Richard, who left iſſue ;
and William, who was of Cheſhunt in the co. of Hertford,
and fined for Alderman of Londou.
By his ſecond wife he had iffue a ſon George, anceſtor to
the Daſhwoods of the co. of Oxford, Baronets.
Francis Daſhwood, the ſecond ſon, was a Turkey Merch-
ant, and an Alderman of London, and died in 1683, leaving
iſſue three ſons and four daughters. Of the former the eldeft,
Samuel, was knighted, and was Lord Mayor of London in
1902, and left iffue ; Thomas was the fecond ; and Francis
the third, who was firſt knighted and then created a Baronet
June 28th, 1707. See his doquet of creation, Harl. Mf. No.
2263-49, and the diſcharge from the uſual payment of 10951.
for the dignity of a Baronet. Ibid. 87. Which fir Francis mar-
ried four wives; firſt Mary, only daughter of John Jennings,
of Weſtminſter, gent. by whom he had iffue two daughters ;
Mary, wife of fir Fulwar Skipwith, of the co, of Warwick,
bart, and Suſanna of fir Orlando Bridgman, of Cheſhire, bart.
He married, ſecondly, the Lady Mary, eldeſt daughter of
Vere, and fiſter of John, Earl of Weſtmoreland, who died
Aug. 19, 1710, and lies buried in Weft Wicomb church in
the co. of Bucks, where an elegant monument is erected to
her memory; by whom he had an only ſon, Francis, who
will be mentioned below, and a daughter Rachael, married
in 1738 to fir Robert Auften, of Bexley in this county, bart.
His third wife was Mary, daughter of Major King, by whom
he had iſſue two ſons and one daughter. His fourth wife
was Elizabeth, ſecond daughter of Thomas Windſor, Earl of
Plymouth, by his ſecond wiſe, by whom he left no iſſue,
Sir Francis Daſhwood, bart. the fon, was of Weſt Wicomb,
and on the deceaſe of John, Earl of Weſtmoreland, ſucceeded
by his will to this manor and houſe of Mereworth, as well as
the reſt of his eſtates is this county, as has been already men-
tioned.
(1) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele in
right of her grandmother Mary, daughter of Horatio Vere,
Baron of Tilbury, married to Mildmay Fane, Earl of Weft.
moreland. See Stem, Chich. No. 44, 46. la voast
(u) His Lady died in 1769, leaving no iffue, and his
Lordſhip fill continues a widower. In 1763 Lord Despencer
was appointed Cuftos Rotulorum of the co. of Buaks.
b (v) This coat was granted by fir Edward Buſhe, knt,
Clarx, to Francis Daſhwood, late Alderman of London, on
O&. 24th, 1662, under his ſeal of office.
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2
MEREWORTH
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED.
ftede, who then held it as the 3d part of one knt, was his father's heir, and ſucceſſor in title and
knight's fee, of the Earl of Glouceſter (V), and this eſtate. Which fir George Nevill, Lord Ber-
his deſcendant, Simon de Sharſied died ſeized of gavenny, died ſeiſed of it in the 7th year of K.
it in the 25th year of King Edward I.(x) After Henry VII, anno 1491, leaving iſſue, by Mar-
which it became the property of the family of garet his firſt wife, daughter and heir of fir Hugh
Leyborne ; and in the reign of K. Edw. III, it Fenne, knt. Sub-treaſurer of England, five ſons
was come into the poſſeſſion of Wm. de Clinton, and two daughters.
Earl of Huntingdon, in right of his wife, Juliana Of the fons, George, the eldeſt, ſucceeded
de Leyborne, the heireſs of that family (y), and he, him as Lord Abergavenny, in this eſtate, and in
in the 20th year of that reign, paid aid for it at the manor of Mereworth; William was the fe
the making the Black Prince a Knight, as the cond fon; Edward was the third, whoſe de-
3d part of one knight's fee, which Henry de Ley ſcendants ſucceeded in proceſs of time to the
borne before held of the Earl of Glouceſter.
Barony of Abergavenny, and fir Thomas Nevill, knt.
He left no iſſue by his ſaid wife, who ſur was the fourth ſon, to whom his father be-
vived him, and again poſſeſſed this eſtate in her queathed Jotes Place, with the eſtate belonging
own right, and died ſeiſed of it in the 41ſt year to it (2). He was of the Privy Council to K.
of that reign.
Henry VIII, and Secretary of State, and dying
On her death, this eſtate, among the reſt of on May 29, 1542, was buried in Mereworth
her poffeffions, eſcheated to the Crown for want church.
of heirs. Soon after which, it ſeems to have
His only daughter and heir, Margaret, mar-
come into the poſſeſſion of a family, who im ried fir Robert Southwell, knt. Maſter of the Rolls,
planted their name on it, and were written in &c. who in her right became poffeſſed of Jotes
ſeveral old dateleſs deeds, Jeotes, and by con Place, where he reſided (a). But in the 35th
traction were called fotes. But this name was
year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1543, he alienated
extinct here before the end of the reign of K. it, with other eſtates in this pariſh and West
Richard II, when it appears to have been in the Peckham, to fir Edward Walfingham, of Scadbury,
poffeffion of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, in this co. knt. (6) in whoſe deſcendants it con-
from whom it deſcended in like manner, as Me tinued, till the latter end of the reign of King
reworth manor, to Joane, his daughter, coheir Charles I, when fir Thomas Walſingham, of Scad.
to Thomas, Earl of Arundel, her brother, who bury, knt. conveyed Yokes Place, as it came now
married William Beauchamp, Lord Abergavenny, to be called, with the other eſtates abovemen-
and their ſon, Richard, Earl of Worceſter, and tioned, to his ſon-in-law Mr. James Maſter (c),
Lord Abergavenny, leaving an only daughter and who refided here, where he died on Auguſt 10,
heir, Elizabeth, ſhe carried Jotes Place in mar 1689, and was buried in Mereworth church.
riage to Edward Nevill, fourth ſon of Ralph, By Frances his wife, daughter of Salmon, he had
Earl of Weſtmoreland, whoſe firſt wife ſhe was. iſſue three ſons and two daughters, viz. James,
Edward Nevill was, in the 29th year of King who was his heir ; Streynſham, who was of Hola
Henry VI, ſummoned to Parliament by the ti ton in the co. of Oxford, and Richard. The
tle of Lord Bergavenny, and departed this life in daughters were; Frances, who died without if-
the 16th year of K. Edward IV, being then ſue; Martha, who married Lionel Daniel, of the
feiſed, as tenant by the curteſy of England, in co. of Surry, eſq; by whom ſhe had three fons ;
right of Elizabeth his wife, abovementioned, of William, who was his heir, and Urbin and Li:
this eſtate, as well as of Mereworth manor. By onel, who both died infants, and a daughter Eli-
her he had iſſue two ſons and two daughters ; zabeth, married to George, late Lord Viſcount
of the former, Richard, the eldeſt, died in his Torrington, deceaſed; the third daughter was
life time, without iſſue, and fir George Nevill, Anne, who married Streynſham Maſter.
(w). Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(y) See more of her under Leyborne; p. 207. He was her
third huſband. She was firſt married to John de Haſtings, by
whom fhe had no iſſue. She was next married to Thomas
le Blount, by whom likewiſe ſhe had no iſſue; and laſtly, to
William de Clinton above-mentioned.
(z) Philipott, p. 237. Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 502.
(a) The family of Southwell flouriſhed chiefly in the ſouth-
ern counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Suffix, Surry, Efex, and
Kent; of which John Southwell ſerved in Parliament for
Lewes anno 28 and 29 Henry VI, whoſe grandſon Richard
married Amy, daughter and coheir of fir Edmund Wiching-
ham, by whom he had the manor of Wood Riſing in the co.
of Norfolk, where his poſterity had a noble feat. This
Richard was father of fir Robert Southwell, knt. who mar-
ried Urſula, daughter and coheir of John Bohun, of Mid.
VOL. II.
3 Z
hurft in Sufſex, knt. but having no iſſue, his brother Francis,
the ſecond ſon of Richard, was his heir. Which Francis
was father of fir Robert Southwell, knt. Maſter of the Rolls
to K. Henry VIII, as above-mentioned, and of fir Richard,
Privy Counſellor and one of the executors to that King. See
more of the family of Southwell, under Badleſmere. .
(b) Philipott, p. 237. His ſon, fir Thomas Walfingham,
knt. had livery of all his father's lands held in capite at his
deceaſe in the 4th year of K. Edward VI. Rot. Eſch. Which
Thomas, in Michaelmas Term anno 4 Elizabeth, levied a fine
of all his lands, as he did again in Michaelmas Term anno
15 Elizabeth. See Chefilhurſt, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 99.
(c) He was the ſon Mr. Nathaniel Maſier, Merchant of
London, whoſe widow married, fecondly, fir Thomas Wal-
fingham, knt. above-mentioned, who was the ſecond ſon of
James Maſter, ely; of Eaſt Langdon in this county,
James

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H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MEREWORTH.
LittleFIELD HUNDRED,
James Maſter, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, reſided at This manor continued part of their poffef-
Yokes Place, and was Sheriff of this county in ſions till the general diſſolution of their order
the year 1725. He died in 1728, unmarried, in the 32d year of K. Henry VIII, (1) when it
and bequeathed this ſeat, with the reſt of his was ſuppreſſed by an act then eſpecially paſſed
eſtates, to his youngeſt brother, Richard Maf for that purpoſe ; and all the lands and revenues
ter, who likewiſe reſided at rokes, where he of it were given by it to the King and his heirs
died unmarried, in 1767, and by his laſt will
for ever.
The next year the King granted the
deviſed it, with all his other poffeffions, to his manor of Swanton to fir Robert Southwell, knt.
nephew, William Daniel, of the co. of Surry, eſq; who in the 35th year of that reign, alienated it
ſon of his ſiſter Martha, enjoining him to take to fir Edmund Walfingham, knt.(m) in whoſe de-
the arms and ſurname of Maſter.
ſcendants it continued till the latter end of K.
Which William Daniel Maſter, eſq; reſides at Charles I.'s reign, when hr Thomas Walfingham,
Yokes Place, where he kept his Shrievalty for knt. alienated it, with Yokes Place and other
this county in the year 1771 (d). He married eſtates in this neighbourhood, to his ſon-in-law
Francis Iſabella, daughter of Thomas Dalyſon, of Mr. James Maſter (n); ſince which it has de-
West Peckham, eſq; by whom he has as yet no
ſcended, in like manner as Yokes, to Willianz
Daniel Maſter, eſq; the preſent owner of it.
iſſue (e),
F O W KES
SWAN TON
COURT
is a manor in this pariſh, formerly eſteemed as
an appendage to the manor of Watringbury, un-
der which a further account of it may be ſeen.
It belonged to the abbey of St. Mary Grace near
the Tower, London, and after the diffolution in
the reign of K. Henry VIII, paſſed through ſe-
veral owners till the reign of K. James I, when
it was alienated to Oliver Style, ejq; in whoſe de-
ſcendants it has continued till this time, the pre-
ſent inheritance of it being veſted in for Thomas
Style, of Watringbury, bart. an infant (0).
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
is a manor in this pariſh, the manſion of which
is now only a mean cottage (f). In the reign
of K. Henry III, Richard de Swanton held it, as
half a knight's fee, of John de Belleacre, as he
did of the Earl of Glouceſter (8).
In the 10th year of K. Edward III, it was
become the property of Elizabeth, ſole daugh-
ter and heir of Wm. de Burgh, Earl of Ulſter, in
the kingdom of Ireland(k). She died in the 38th
year of that reign, leaving by the Duke an only
daughter Philippa. He ſurvived her, and died
in the 430 year of it, being ſeiſed of this ma-
nor, which he held by the law of England, as
of the inheritance of Elizabeth, his late wife, de-
ceaſed, Philippa his daughter, abovementioned,
then Counteſs of March, being found to be his
next heir (i). Upon which Edmund Mortimer,
Earl of March, her huſband, making proof of
her age, had livery of the lands of her inheri.
tance (k).
Soon after which, this manor came into the
poſſeſſion of that branch of the family of Cole-
peper, feated at Oxenhoath, in the adjoining pa-
riſh of Weſt Peckham; in which it remained till
Sir John Colepeper, knt. one of the Juſtices of the
Common Pleas, gave it, with other lands in
this neighbourhood, in the 10th year of King
Henry IV, anno 1408, to the Knights Hoſpi-
tallers of St. John of Jeruſalem, who founded a
Precèptory on that part of theſe lands, which lay
in Weſt Peckham.
William Plomley, in the 4th year of Q. Eliza-
beth, was poffefſed of two meſfuages, one dove-
houſe, two barns, two gardens, 120 acres of
arable, 40 acres of meadow, 200 acres of paſ-
ture, and 400 acres of wood, with their appurts.
in Mereworth and West Peckham, held of the
King in capite; all which premiſes he alienated
that year to Hugh Cartwright (p).
Barons Place is a capital meſfuage in Mere-
worth, which, with the eſtate belonging to it,
was part of the poffeffions of fir Nicholas Pelham,
of Cattsfield Place in the co. of Suſex, knt. who
alienated it to Chriſtopher Vane, Lord Barnard ;
ſince which it has deſcended in like manner as
Shipborne and Fairlane, to the Right Hon.William
Viſcount Vane, the preſent owner of it (q).
The family of Brewer reſided in this pariſh
for many generations, before they removed in
(d) Yokes is moſt pleaſantly ſituated on a riſing hill, and
commands a moſt delightful and extenfive proſpect over the
whole Weald of Kent, and into Surry and Suflex. The houſe,
as well as the adjoining grounds, have been lately greatly
altered and improved by Mr. Maſter,
(e) He bears for his arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th, Maf-
ter ; azure, a feſs crenelle, between 3 griffins heads eraſed or 3
ad and 3d, Daniel, argent, a pale fuſilly Sable.
(f) It is ſituated about half a mile weſtward from Yokes
Place.
(8) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(b) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (i) Ibid. io lietas,
(k) Dugd. Bar. vol. ij, p. 168.
(1) Philipott, p. 237-
(m) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 4.
nastavite
(n) Philipott, p. 237: One
() See Watringbury.
(D) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(9) See Shipborne, above, p. 252
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
271
MEREWORTH.
LITTLEFIEDD HUNDRED.
the reign of K. Henry VI. to Smith's Hall in erected, about half a mile weſtward from the old
Weft Farleigh; their ſeat here being called from one, in the center of the village, the preſent
them, Brewer's Place.
church, a moſt elegant building, with a beauti-
ful fpire ſteeple, and a handſome portico in the
PRESENT STATE OF MEREWORTH, .
front of it, with pilars of the Corinthian order.
This pariſh is exceedingly pleaſant, as well
The whole of it is compoſed of different forts
from its natural ſituation, as from the orna-
of ſtone; and the eaſt window is handſomely
ments of buildings, avenues, &c. made in it by
glazed with painted glaſs, collected by him
for this purpoſe.
the late Earl of Weſtmoreland ; nor do the im-
The church of Mereworth antiently paid 9d.
provements made by Mr. Maſter at Yokes Place,
add a little to the continued beauty of this
chriſm.rent to the mother church of the dio-
ſcene.
ceſe(t).
The turnpike road from Maidſtone to Hadlow
In the reign of K. Henry II, the advowſon
and Tunbridge croſſes this pariſh weſtward,
of this church was the property of Roger de Me-
on each ſide of which is a fine avenue of oaks,
reworth, between whom and the Prior and Con-
planted by Lord Weſtmoreland; at the weſt end
vent of Ledes, in this county, there had been
of it, a ſmall diſtance from Yokes, is a ſtream of
much diſpute, concerning the right to the pa-
water, which riſes at a ſmall diſtance above that tronage of it: at length both parties ſubmitted
houſe, and having croſſed the above road, foon
their intereſt to Gilbert, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who
afterwards divides itſelf into two ſtreams, one
decreed, that the advowſon of it ſhould remain
of which runs in the front of Mereworth-houſe,
to Roger de Mereworth and his heirs for ever ;
and having ſupplied the ponds, &c. there,
and he further granted, with the conſent of the
ſaid Roger, and of Martin then Parſon of it, to
paffes on to Watringbury, and thence to the
the Prior and Convent, the ſum of 40s. in the
Medway at Bow Bridge. The other flow's more
ſouthward to Eaſt Peckham, and thence into the
name of a perpetual benefice, and not in the
Medway at a ſmall diſtance above Twiford bridge.
name of a penſion, in perpetual alms, to be re-
ceived yearly for ever, at the hands of the Par-
In the lower part of this pariſh, and in Eaſt
ſon of it for the time being, who ſhould be pre-
Peckham, the grazing land is exceeding rich, and
ſented by the ſaid Roger and his heirs; ſaving
the largeſt oxen perhaps in England are bred, and
fatted on them; the weight of ſome of them
all epiſcopal rights to the Biſhop of Rocheſter (u).
having been, as I have been informed, near 300
This was confirmed by Richard, Biſhop of Ro-
ſtone.
cheſter in the reign of K. Henry III, (v) and by
Simon, Prior and the Convent of Rocheſter foon af-
In the upper or northern part of the pariſh is
a large tract of woodland, called The Herſt
terwards (w). barganta
Woods, in which, ſo late as Q. Elizabeth's reign,
Richard, Prior and the Convent of Ledes, by
their inſtrument under their common ſeal, dated
were many wild ſwine, with which the whole
Weald formerly abounded, by reaſon of the
in their chapter-houſe Nov. 20, anno 12 Henry
plenty of pannage throughout it (r).
VII, releaſed for them and their fucceffors for
The pariſh of Merezvorth is in the Weald, the
ever, to Hugh Walker, Rector of the church of
hill in the Herſt woods, on the northern ſide of
Mereworth, and his fucceffors, Rectors there for
it, being the bound of that diſtrict towards the
ever, all their right and claim in the faid pen-
north.
fion or annual rent of 40s. iſſuing as aforeſaid,
The manors of Mereworth and Swanton, with
&c. and likewiſe all their right and claim,
others in this neighbourhood, were antiently
which they had or might by any means have, of
bound to contribute towards the repair of the
and in the ſaid rectory or church, by reaſon of
5th pier of Rocheſter Bridge (s).
the ſaid penſion, or by any other means whatſo.
ever (x).
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In the reign of K. Henry VI, the Rector and
Pariſhioners of this church petitioned William,
Mereworth is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic Biſhop of Rocheſter, to change the day of the feaſt
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of of the dedication of it, which being ſolemnized
Malling
yearly on the 4th day of June, and the moveable
The church was dedicated to St. Laurence. It feaſts of Pentecoſt, viz. of the ſacred Trinity,
was an antient building, and formerly ſtood or Corpus Chrifti, very often happening on it;
where the west wing of Mereworth Houſe now
the divine ſervice uſed on the feaſts of de-
ſtands, made uſe of for the ſtables. It was dications could not in ſome years be cele-
pulled down by John, late Earl of Weſtmoreland, brated, but was of neceſſity deferred to ano-
when he rebuilt that houſe, and in lieu of it he ther day, that theſe ſolemnities of religion and
(r) Mr. Twyſden.
(s) Lamb. Peramb. p. 422,
() Text. Roff. p. 229.
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 496. (v) Ibid. p. 217,
(w) Ibid. p. 211. (*) Ibid. p. 496.
of

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MEREWORTH.
LITTLEFIELD HUNDRED:
of the fair might not happen together. Where field, a cloſe, and a garden, two orchards, a field
upon the Biſhop, by his inſtrument under his called Summerfourds, another called Afhfield, a
ſeal, dated at his manor of Trotteſclive May 10,
croft called the Coney-yearth, a field called Mill-
1439, transferred the ſaid feaſt to another day, field, and the herbage of the church yard,
when it might be more conveniently celebra containing in the whole 30 acres, more or leſs;
ted, viz. to the Monday next after the exaltation
that the houſe and ſome of the land where
of the Holy Croſs, enjoining all and ſingular the
James Goftlinge then dwelt, paid to the Rector
pariſhioners of this church from time to time for Lord's rent 12d. per annum; that the houſes
to obſerve it accordingly as ſuch, and alſo the
and land where Thomas Stone and Henry Filtneſs
Rectors of it, and their Curates, &c. And to
then dwelled, paid as aforeſaid 2d. per annum,
encourage the pariſhioners and others to reſort viz. Thomas Stone i įd. and Henry Filtneſs id.
to it on that day, he granted to ſuch as did, 40
that there was paid to the Rector the tythe of
days remiſſion of their ſins, &c. (y)
all corn, and all other grain, as woud, would,
Soon after the above-mentioned diſpute be-
&c. and all hay, tythe of all coppice woods
tween Roger de Mereworth and the Prior and Con and hops, and all other predial tythes uſually
vent of Ledes, the church of Mereworth appears
paid, as wool, and lambs, and all predials, &c.
to have been given to the Priory of Black Canons in the memory of man; that all tythes of a par-
at Tunbridge, to which it was confirmed, among
cel of land called Old hay, ſome four or five
the reſt of their poſſeſſions, by Pope Celeſtine III,
miles from the church, but yet within the pa-
on the 4th of the nones of January, in his ift
riſh, containing 300 acres, more or leſs; and
year, anno 1191 (2). And it remained with the the tythe of a meadow plot lying towards
above-mentioned priory till its diffolution in the
the lower ſide of Hadlow, yet in Mereworth, con-
16th year of K. Henry VIII, a bull having been
taining by eſtimation 12 acres, more or leſs,
obtained from the Pope, with the King's leave,
commonly called The Wiſh, belonged to this
for that purpoſe. After which the King, by
church (d).
his let. pat. Feb. 8, in his 17th year, granted
The parſonage-houſe lately ſtood at a ſmall
that priory, with others then ſuppreſſed for the
diſtance north-eaſtward from Mereworth Houſe;
like purpoſe, together with all their manors,
but obſtructing the view from the front of it,
lands, and poffeffions, to Cardinal Wolſey, for
Lord Le Deſpencer obtained a faculty to pull the
the better endowment of his college, called
whole of it down, and to build a new one of
Cardinal College, in Oxford.
equal dimenſions, and add to it a glebe of equal
But four years afterwards, the Cardinal being
quantity to that of the ſcite and appurts. of the
cait in a Premunire, all the eſtates of that col old parſonage, in exchange. Accordingly a field
lege, which for want of time had not been firmly
was allotted for this purpoſe, about a quarter of
ſettled on it, became forfeited to the crown(a).
a mile weliward from the church, on the South
After which, the King granted the patronage of
ſide of the high road, near the gate leading up to
the church of Mereworth to fir George Nevill,
Yokes Place. The old parſonage was pulled
Lord Abergavenny, whoſe ſon Henry, Lord Aber-
down in 1779, and a new one erected on the
above-mentioned ſpot by Lord Le Deſpencer, for
gavenny, died feiſed of it in the 29th year of Q.
the reſidence of the Rector of Mereworth and
Elizabeth, leaving an only daughter and heir
his fucceffors.
Mary, married to fir Thomas Fane, knt. who in
od geled
her right poſſeſſed it. Since which it has con-
tinued in the ſame owners, that the manor of Patrons, is
Mereworth has, and is as ſuch now in the or by whom preſented.
pa-
RECTORS.
tronage of the Right Hon. Francis, Lord Le De Roger de Mere. (e) Martin, in the reign of
Spencer.
worth.
K. Henry II.
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church Prior of Tun William Smythe, in 1486.
was valued at 12 marcs (6).
bridge.
(f) Hugh Walker, 1496.
It is valued in the King's Books at 141. 2s.6d.
The Lady Mary (8) Samuel Cooke, A.B. 1596,
and the yearly tenths at il. 88. 3d. (c)
Fane.
obt. Aug. 26, 1638.
It appears by a valuation of this church, and Truſtees of Mildmay Stephen Lion, inſtit. Sept. 7,
a terrier of the lands belonging to it, ſubſcribed Fane, eſg;
1702.
by the Rector, Churchwardens, and Inhabitants, Fobn, Earl of Weft. (6) John Davis, M. A. 1748,
in 1634, that there belonged to it, a parſonage moreland. (i) Robert Style, 1776. Pre-
houſe, with a barn, &c. a field called Parſonage-
fent Rector.

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(y) Reg. Roff. p. 496. (z) Ibid. p. 668.
(a) See Leſnes Abbey in Erith, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p.
201, where a further account is given of it.
(6) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(c) E&. Theſ. p. 383.
(d) MI, Twyfden.
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 496. (f) Ibid. p. 497.
(8) He lies buried in this church.
(5) And Vicar of Weſt Farleigh.
(i) Formerly Vicar of Town Malling, which he exchanged
for Watringbury, which vicarage he holds with this rectory.
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pariſhes of
VODI
OUTHWARD from the Hundred of Little and bis Convent; but Abp. Lanfrant, after the
field lies that of Trwyford, written in the example of foreign churches, ſeparated them into
book of Domeſday, Tuiferde, and ſo called from two parts; one of which he allotted for the
the two fords, which were formerly over the two maintenance of himſelf and his ſucceſſors in the
ſtreams of the Medway juſt above Yalding in this ſee of Canterbury, and the other for his monks,
Hundred.
for their ſubſiſtance, cloathing, and other neceſ-
This Hundred contains within its bounds the ſary uſes.
In this partition, Peckham fell to the ſhare of
I, NETTLESTED,
1979 the monks, and it is accordingly thus entered in
10 wst
2, WATRINGBURY,
Domeſday, under the title of Terra Monachorum
soon wikarierovi Archiepi, i.e. The land of the monks of the Archbiſhop.
3, Teston, and
dat de
4, West Farleigh;
Ipfe archieps ten' Pechehe'. p. 6. Solins ſe defd'.
Idee Son
of the pariſhes of
and
T. R. E. & mo. p. 5. Solins & uno jugo. Tra'. e'.
part
a terdiri and
5, East Peckham,
IÓ. car'. In dnio funt. 2. & 16. villi cu'. 14.
6, YALDING, and I lo ngay tại Hà bord Int. 4. Car'. & dim'. Ibi æccla & 10. Servi
7, Hunton;
& 1. mold & 6. ac. pti. Silva. 10. porc'.
and all the churches of thoſe pariſhes. It like De tra' huj'm'. ten' an ho' Archiepi dimid'
wiſe contains part of the pariſhes of Brenchley, Solin. & cu' his. 6. Solins geldabat. T. R. E. qvis
Capel, Marden, Pembury, and Tudeley, the churches n' ptineret m' niſ de Scoto qu’ liba' tra' erat.
of which are in other Hundreds.
De eodm'ten Ricard' de Tonebrige. 2 Solins.
soby to cho & un' jugu'. & ibi bt. 27. villos bntes. 7. car'. &
Silva 10. porc'. & tot. Val'. 4. lib. T. R. E.
E A S Τ Ρ Ε C Κ Η Α Μ.
Valeb. m'. 12. lib. Qdo recep archieps'. 8. lib. &
SOUTHWARD from Mereworth lies the mo. qd' habet Valet. 8. lib.
pariſh of Eaſt or Great Peckham, written in Which is :
Domeſday, Pecheham, and in the Textus Roffenfis, The Archbiſhop bimſelf holds Pechebam. In the
Pecham. It has the appellation of Eaſt Peckham
time of K. Edward the Confeſſor it was taxed at fix
om its fituation eafeward from Well or Little Sulings, and norw for fix fulings, and one
yoke. The
Peckham, and of Great from its large extent in
arable land is 10 carucates. In demeſne there are
compariſon of that pariſh.
two, and 16 villeins, with 14 borderers, having
They both had their name ofPeckham proba- four carúcates and an half. There is a church, and
bly from their ſituation ; peac ſignifying in Saxon
10 ſervants, and one mill; and fix acres of meadow.
the peke or ſummit of an hill, and ham, a village
Wood for the pannage of 10 bogs.
or dwelling place.
Of the land of this manor, one of the Archbiſhop's
Primewa ad bori
tenants holds half a ſuling, and was taxed with theſe
ebant in bogoo ods 10 159 lrg er i
fix ſulings in the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor,
bollegos
although it could not belong to the manor, except in
In the year 961, Queen Ediva, mother of the Scotting, becauſe it was free land.
K. Edmund and K. Eadred, gave, for the health Richard de Tonebrige holds of the ſame manor two
of her ſoul, to Chriſt Church in Canterbury, among ſulings and one yoke, and has there 27 villeins, bav .
other lands, this eſtate of Peckham, free from ing ſeven carucates, and wood for the pannage of 10
all fecular ſervice, excepting the trinoda neceſitas bogs, the whole válne being four pounds. In the time
of repelling invaſions, and the repair of caſtles of K. Edward the Confeſſor, the manor was worth 12
and highways (k).
pounds, when the Archbiſhop received it eight pounds,
Peckham remained part of the poſſeſſions of and now what he has is worth eight pounds.
Chriſt Church at the conſecration of Archbiſhop In the roth year of K. Edward II, the Prior
Lanfranc, in the 4th year of the reign of William of Canterbury obtained a charter of free warren
the Conqueror.
for his manor of Peckham among others (1).
The revenues of this church were at that time About which time this manor was valued at
enjoyed as one common ſtock by the Archbiſhop
1ol.
(4) Decim. Script, f. 2221.
(1) By let. pat. 4th July. Regiſt, Ecclef. Chrifti, Cant.
Vol. II.
It
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TWYFORD HUNDRED.
Ey Peckha
EAST PECKHAM.
It continued part of the poffeffions of the
family of the Duke of Leeds, the preſent grantee
priory of Chriſt Church till its diffolution in the of it being His Grace Thomas, Duke of Leeds, who
31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, when it was ſur holds it by the yearly fee-farm of 10s.
rendered into the King's hands, and was given, The court-lodge and demeſnes of the manor of
together with all the lands and poffeffions be Eaſt Peckham were granted the next year after
longing to it, by the general words of the act the attainder of fir Thomas Wyatt, by let. par.
paſſed that year for this purpoſe, to the King Nov. 14, anno ift and 2d of K. Philip and Q.
and his heirs for ever.
Mary, to fir John Baker, knt. to hold in capite by
After which the King, that ſame year granted knight's ſervice (r), who paſſed his intereſt in
this manor of Eaſt Peckham, with all its appurts. them, in the 2d year of the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. and his heirs male law to Anthony Weldon, eſa; (s) but the Crown after-
fully begotten, to hold in capite by knight's fer wards diſputing his title to them, the Queen,
vice (m), and he in the 35th year of that reign June 25, in her noch year, granted them to Wm.
conveyed it by livery and ſeiſin, to George Mul Dodington, at the yearly rent of 61. 135. 44. (1)
ton, and his heirs (n); but there being no fine and the next year, the Attorney General exhi-
levied, or recovery had of it, the Crown, on the bited an information againſt the heirs of Weldon
attainder of his ſon, fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. for in the Court of Exchequer, on account of theſe
high treaſon in the iſt year of Q. Mary, ſeized premiſes (u), and judgment was had againſt him.
on it as part of his poſſeſſions (0).
After which a writ of error was brought, and
This court-lodge and demeſnes of this manor divers other law proceedings had, by which, how-
were afterwards granted away by the Crown ; ever, at laſt, Ralph, ſon of Anthony Weldon above-
but the manor itſelf continued part of the royal re- mentioned, eſtabliſhed his title to them; and
venue at the death of K. Charles I. in the year his ſon, fir Anthony Weldon, knt. (v) in the latter
1648; after which the powers then in being ſeized end of the reign of K. James I, paſſed them
on the royal eſtates, and on the 16th of July fol away by fale to George Wbetenhall, efq; after whoſe
lowing the King's deceaſe, paſſed an ordinance to
death they came by deſcent into the poſſeſſion of
veft them in truſtees, that they might be ſurveyed Thomas Whetenhall
, of Hextalls Court in this
and fold, to ſupply the neceſſities of the ftate ; in riſh, eſq; whoſe deſcendant, Henry Whetenhall,
purſuance of which, there was ſoon afterwards a eſq; alienated theſe premiſes to for William Iwyj-
ſurvey taken of this manor of Eaſt Peckham, by den, of Roydon Hall in this pariſh, bart. whoſe
which it appeared, that the quit-rents due to the ſon, fir William Twyſden, bart. died ſeiſed of them
Lord, from the freeholders in free ſacagé tenure,
in 1767, and his widow, Lady Twyfden, is the
were uil. 175. 1{d. per annum. The ſame due preſent poſſeſſor of them (w). JAWHT
from the freeholders within townſhip of Marden, ni nguoint sunddesinor not yo'mitse
ol. 8s. gd. per annum. The rent of hens and
ROY DON:HALL, como
eggs from the tenants in the aforeſaid townſhips,
antiently called Fortune, is a ſeat here, which
eight hens and a quarter, and 44 eggs and an
was of no great
account till about the reign of
half, worth about 5s. 2d. The profits of courts,
K. Henry VIII, when Thomas Roydon, ſon of
&c. 41. 1os. od. Sum total 151. is. O d.
Thomas, ſecond ſon of Thomas Royden, of Roydon-
That there was a Court Leet and Court Baron
ball in Suffolk, this family had been ſeated
held for the manor, and a beriot was due from
many generations (x), came into this county,
the freeholders of the beſt living thing of ſuch
and ſeated himſelf at Fortune, and erected this
tenant, or in lieu thereof 35. 4d. in money (p).
ſeat ; on which he affixed his own name (y), and
Soon after which this manor was fold to Col.
in the 31ſt year of that reign procured his lands
Robert Gibbon (9), with whom it continued till in this county to be diſgavelled, by the act paſſed
the reſtoration of K. Charles II, when it again that year for this purpoſe (2). 1696 sr vi
became part of the revenues of the Crown.
He married Margaret, daughter of William
The grant of it has been many years in the Wbetenhall, of this pariſh, eſq; by whom he had
Ion 9211 read 4 to 519 in eebasi tento
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1.
arable, 16 acres of meadow, 30 acres of wood, and one
(n) By the deſcription of, all thoſe lands and tenements meadow called Multon-mead, in East Peckham, with their
belonging to the manor of Eft Peckham, and the manor of
appurts.
() aprilid bas
(c) See more of this family, under Swanſcombe, vol. i.
in the tenure of John Tutſham, in Ef Peckham, by leaſe
of this hiftory, p.
from the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church, Canterbury.
1929
(zu
) See more of this family below, under Roydon-ball
in this pariſh.
si to nie
Silsa
(o) Philipott, p. 267.
(P) Parl. Surveys, Augen. off. nouam and son (x) Mfr. pedigree of Roydon. They bore for their arms-
(9) Augtn. off. ibid. roll H. 8.odbidwinod
Chequy, argent and gules, a croſs azure. Among the Harleian
(r) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1. See Coke's Entries, p. 78.
Mf. in the Britiſh Muſeum, there are ſeveral pedigrees of
this family.
(s) Philipott, p. 267.
(t) Rot. Pat. ejus an. rot. 3.
(3) Philipott, p. 267.
7.qiperine
(u) They then conſiſted of the courtlodge, 120 acres of (2) See Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 299. Il
iſſue
pa-
Joe
manor, and a beriot was due from
RotEfchan. 35 II
35 Tłenry VIII.

The H I S T OR Y of a K E N T.
275
EAST PECKHAM.
ban
wo
terwards made a Baronet, feated himſelf at Bradbourn in Eafi
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
iſſue three ſons and five daughters. Of the for Elizabeth. He died in Nov. 1603, and was
George, the eldeſt, married Katherine, daugh buried in this church, as was Anne his wife,
mer,
ter of fir Edward Nevill, knt. and died without eldeſt daughter of fir Thomas Wyatt, of Allington,
iffue ; Thomas, the ſecond ſon, died unmarried; knt. who died in June 1592, by whom he had
and William, the third ſon, married Joane, daugh iſſue 12 children, of whom only fix ſurvived
ter of Thomas Wilford, of Cranbrooke, efq; (zz) him, viz. three ſons and three daughters (c).
and died likewiſe without iſſue. Of the daugh-
William Tryſden, the eldeſt ſon, was of Roy-
ters, Margaret was married to Hugh Catling, of
don-ball, eſq; which he greatly improved, and
Eaſt Malling, eſq; Elizabeth to William Twyfden,
was knighted by K. James I, on May 11, 1603;
of Chelmington in this county, eſq; Mary to Tho-
and was afterwards advanced to the dignity of
mas Darell, of Scotney, eſq; Anne to Hugh Dela-
a Baronet on June 29, 1611. He was a man,
hay, of this county, efq; and Alice to William
who addicted his time moſtly to ſtudy, being
Heron, eja;
verſed in different parts of learning, eſpecially
On the death of the ſons without iſſue, his
in the Hebrew and Latin languages, and collected
five daughters became his coheirs; the ſecond
many choice manuſcripts and books, which he
of whom, Elizabeth, had this eſtate as part of left to his eldeſt ſon. He died Jan. 8, 1628, in
her ſhare, and intitled her huſband, William
his 63d year, and was buried in this church,
Twyſden above mentioned, to the fee of it (a).
leaving Anne his wife, eldeſt daughter of firi
She ſurvived him, and afterwards remarried Moile Finch, knt. and bart. ſurviving, who died
40
with Cuthbert Vaughan, efq; and laſtly with fir Nov. 14, 1638 (d), by whom he left iſſue five
Thomas Golding, knt. (b) She left illue by her fons and two daughters (e).lol
firſt huſband one ſon, Roger, and a daughter, Sir Roger Trwyſden, knt, and bart. the eldeſt
Margaret, who was married to Richard Dering,
ſon, reſided at Roydon-ball, round which he ob-
of Pluckley, efq;
bris tained licence from K. Charles I, to incloſe a
Roger T wyſden was of Roydon-ball, efq; and was park, and likewiſe a grant of a charter of free
Sheriff of this county in the 41ſt year of Q. warren for the ground ſo incloſed. He died in
fision 1
Priedai si coqu
al boib bure
(zz) She remarried with John Sidney, and afterwards pariſh, as above-mentioned, to which he removed ſoon af.
with · Perry.
1999mo
terwards. Mfl. pedigrees of Twyfden. Viſtn.co. Kent 1619,
(a} The family of Twyſden, written in antient deeds, pedigr. Twyſden. Coll. Bar. vol. i, p. 211. Kimb. Bar. vol.
Taviſenden, and in Latin, De Denna Fracta, were originally i, p. go. He procured his lands in this county to be diſ-
of the pariſh of Sandhurſt in this county, the place where gavelled by the act of the ad and 3d of K. Edward VI, in
they reſided being called The Den, or Borough of Twiſden, which he is called William Twiſenden. Robinſon's Gavel-
at this time.
Ons in a
Adam, Gregory, and John de Twiſden were brothers; the (6) She died Aug. 19, 1595, æt. 72, and was buried in
eldeſt of whom, Adam, reſided at Twyſden Borough in the this church.
mobgai
21ſt of K. Edward I, and dying without iſſue, as well (c) of the fons, William fucceeded him at Roydon Hall;
as his brother Gregory, John de Twyfden, the youngeſt bro Thomas was of Wye, and was twice married, firft tº
to Anne,
ther, became his heir. His ſon Thomas left a ſon and heir, daughter of Thomas Pagitt, of Norfolk, eſq; by, whom he
John I wiſden, who lived in the reign of K. Edward III, had one fon Thomas, who was of Wye, and eight daughters.
and by Chriſtian Rogers his wife, left iſſue one fon and heir He married, ſecondly, Anne, daughter of Lovelace, and
Roger, who in the reign of K. Henry V. married Elizabeth, widow of Boughton, of Plumfied, by whom he had no iſſue;
daughter and heir of Thomas Chelmington, of Chelmington in Charles, the third ſon, was LL. D. and had Chelmington by
Great Chart, eſq; who bore for his
who bore for his arms-Argent, 3 che his father's laſt will. Of the daughters, Elizabeth, the
vrons azure, 9 croſs-croflets fable. Their fon Roger was 50 eldeft, married Adam Pfhburnham, of Bromeham in the co.
years old in the 18th year of K. Henry VI, and by Anne his of Suffex; Margaret married Henry Fane, of Hadlow; and
wife, daughter and heir of John Baker, of Caldham near Jane married fir William Monins, bart.
Folkftone, had iſſue a ſon Thomas, who was his heir, who (d) She lies buried by her huſband in this church.
was of Chelmington, gent. and married Bennet, daughter of (e) Viz. fir Roger, his fucceffor, born in 1597 ; fir Tho-
Richard Lewknor, of the co. of Suſſex, efq; and widow of mas, who on the reſtoration of K. Charles II. was made one
William Barnes, who ſurvived him, and afterwards married of the Juſtices of the Court of King's Bench, and being af-
Vincent Finch. Thomas Try/den, gent, died Dec. 8, 1500,
and was buried, as was Bennet his wife afterwards, in Great Malling, the ſeat of his deſcendant the late for Roger Twiſ-
Chart church, having had iſſue by her two ſons, William den, bart. under which place, p. 213, of this vol. an account
and Roger. The former of whom married Margaret, daugh has already been given of that branch. Which für Thomas
ter of — Colepeper, of Wakehurſt in the co. of Suſſex, and Twyfden, in order to diſtinguiſh his deſcendants from thoſe
died without iſſue, leaving his brother Roger Twyfden his of Eaſt Peckham, altered the ſpelling of his name from Tuyf-
heir, who was likewiſe of Chelmington, eſq; He married den to Twiſden, which was continued by his deſcendant the
Jane, daughter of Chriſtopher Cooper, of Stone, and widow
late fir Roger Twiſden, of Eaſt Malling, bart.
of Sharp, of Chart, aud had iſſue by her four fons; William, the third ſon, died unmarried on July 30, 1641,
William, his heir ; Thomas, who died in 1590, and was
buried in Great Chart church ; Cbriftopher, and George, who
æt. 36, and lies buried in the cathedral church of Bath;
died without iſſue; and one daughter Catherine, married,
John, the fourth ſon, M. D. died on Sept. 13, 1688, un-
firſt, to Bringborn, and then to Swan.
married, et. 81, and lies buried in St. Margaret's church,
William Twyfden was of Chelmington, eſq; and married
Weſtminſter. Some account of whom may be ſeen in Wood's
Elizabeth, ſecond daughter and coheir of Thomas Rosden,
Ath. vol. ii, Faſti, p. 97; and Francis, the fifth fon, died
and in her right became poffeffed of Reydon Hall in this
April 6, 1675, likewiſe unmarried, æt. 63, and was buried
at Eaſt Malling.bne. Os abba
OF
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kind, p. 300.
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276
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H I S T Ó R Y Tof K E NT,
he had
* married Iſabella,
)
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
EAST PECKHAM.
the 75th year of his age on June 27, 1672, and Heneage, and Thomas, and one daughter, Fran-
boort
was buried in this church. He was a great en-
courager of learning, and a generous patron
Of which fons, the eldeſt is the preſent for
of
learned men, being himſelf a maſter of our an William Twyſden, bart. whoſe mother, the Lady
tient Saxon and Engliſh hiſtory and laws, and left Twyfden, is the preſent poſſeſſor of Roydon-ball,
behind him the united character of the ſcholar where ſhe reſides. to
They bear for their arms Gyrony of 4, ar.
youngeſt daughter and coheir of fir Nicholas gent and gules ; a faltire between 4 croſs-croflets,
all counterchanged. And for their creſt—a cocka.
he had iſſue three
iſſue three ſons and three daughters (h). trice ſeiant gules, winged, criſed, c. proper.
SEN
Sir William Twyſden, bart. the eldeſt ſon re-
MANORS OF ALBANS and BLACKPITTS.
fided at Roydon-hall
, and was choſen to repreſent
this county in the 1ſt year of K. James II. He
The manor of Albans, alias Wimplingbury, now
died at London Nov. 27, 1697, and was buried commonly called Auborne, as well as the manor
in this church, having had, by Frances his wife, of Blackpitts, alias Guildfords, both in this pariſh,
daughter and heir of Joſias Croſs, efq; who ſur-
were antiently the inheritance of a family named
vived him, nine ſons and three daughters (i). Pollard; for John, ſon of John Pollard, in the
Sir Thomas Twyfden, bart. the ſecond but 34th year of K. Edward I, demiſed them by ſale
eldeſt ſurviving ſon of fir William, was 21 years to Alban de Wandſworth, who probably erected
of age at his father's deceaſe. He married in a manſion for his reſidence on the former of
1710 Catherine, fole daughter and heir of fir theſe manors, which from thence acquired the
Francis Withins, knt. one of the Judges of the name of Albans. His grandſon, William de
King's Bench, and dying Oct. 10, 1712, left Wandſworth, died feiſed of them without iſſue,
only two daughters, viz. Frances, married to and by his laſt will gave them to his widow,
George Ogle, eſq; and Catherine, to George Cooke, Mabel Wandeſworth, who was remarried to Rich-
eſq; after whoſe death ſhe married Brigadier Ge ard Ryner ; and they, in the 2d year of K.
neral Jocelyn, and died in 1730. Upon which Richard II, joined in the ſale of theſe manors
the title and eſtate deſcended to his brother, for to John Mew, who that year likewiſe purchaſed
William Twyfden, bart. who reſided at Roydon of Joane Onley ſome intereſt, which ſhe had in
ball
, and married Jane, daughter of Francis Twiſ them, and which was purchaſed by one of her
den, eſq; youngeſt ſon of fir Thomas Twiſden, of anceſtors in the reign of K. Henry III, and in
Bradbourn, bart. by whom he had iſſue three the 9th year of K. Richard II, the ſaid John
ſons; William, his heir and ſucceffor ; Thomas, Mew procured from Richard Goldſmith all the
a Colonel in the Army; and Philip, late Biſhop intereſt and claim which he had, or might have,
of Raphoe in the kingdom of Ireland. And three in them. John Mew, about the latter end of K.
daughters ; Jenny, who died unmarried; Har Henry IV, paſſed away theſe manors, with their
riot, who married Mr. Gilbert, by whom ſhe left appendages, to John Tutſham and Nicholas Rem-
daughter now living; and Elizabeth, at pre kin, of Eaſtmere in this pariſh; the latter of
ſent unmarried. He died Aug. 23, 1751, and whom leaving an only daughter Alice, ſhe car-
was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, fir William Twyl ried his moiety of theſe manors, with other lands
den, bart. who at firſt followed a military life, in this pariſh, in marriage to Thomas Rolfe, of
but afterwards retired to Roydon-ball, and mar Tunbridge, whoſe deſcendant, in the beginning
ried in 1759, Jane, the daughter and heir of of K. Henry VI.'s reign, alienated his intereſt
Mr. Jarvis. He died at Roydon-ball July 8, in them to Thomas Stidulfe, of Badfell, eſq; who
1767, æt. 60, and was buried in this church, likewiſe purchaſed the other moiety of the heir of
leaving iſſue by her three fons, William-Jarvis, Tutſham, and then by deed, bearing date in the 4th
Dar es
Of the daughters, Elizabeth married fir Hugh Cholmley, of
for Peter Killegrew, of the co. of Cornwall, knt, and bart.
the co. York, bart. and dying April 17, 1655, was buried
and died in 1711.
in this church, as was her huſband. And Anne married for
(i) Of whom Roger, the eldeſt ſon, was born in 1666,
Chriſtopher Yelverton, of the co, of Northampton, bart.
and died in 1685, and was buried in this church; fir Tho-
(1) He ſuffered greatly for his loyalty during the great re-
mas, ſucceeded his father in title and eſtate; fir William,
ſucceeded his brother ; Charles died in 1698, æt. 20 ;
bellion, and was forced at laſt to compound for his eftate for
the ſum of 13ool.
Heneage was Captain of a regiment of foot, and died of
a wound he received in battle in 1709, in his 29th year ;
(g) She died March 11, 1657, æt. 52,
and was buried
John was caſt away with fir Cloudeſly Shovel in 1707, in his
in this church.
24th year; and Joſias was a Captain of foot, and died of a
(b) viz. fir William, who ſucceeded him in title, and wound he received in Flanders in 1708, æt. 23; to whoſe
eftate; Roger, a Barriſter-at-law, who died unmarried, Feb. memory, as well as of his brothers Heneage and Fahn, there
20, 1677, æt. 35, and was buried in this church ; Charles, are three ſmall monuments erected in the north ifle of the
who was a great traveller, and died unmarried in his 45th nave of Weſtminſter abbey.
year, in 1690 ; Anne, the eldeſt daughter, married John Of the daughters, Anne and Frances died unmarried,
Porter, of Lamberhurſt, efq; who died without iſſue by her; Iſabella was the wife of Richard Lybbe, of the co. of Oxford,
Iſabella, died unmarried in 1726; and Frances, married e/q;
year
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Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
277
year
0
haledo
EAST PECKHAM.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
of K. Edward IV, anno 1463, ſettled the an only daughter and heir, Alice, the carried it
entire fee of theſe manors on his two ſons, Ro in marriage to Thomas Rolfe, of Tunbridge, and
bert and Henry Stidulfe, in which deed there is his ſon, John Rolfe, alienated it, in the 6th year
mention made of their having been purchaſed of of K. Henry VI, to Richard Ruyton, who two
Rolfe and Tutham (k).
years afterwards conveyed it by ſale to Willian
Soon after which, Robert and Henry Stidulfe Hextall, of Hextalls Court in this pariſh, and he
joined in the ſale of the manor of Alban's, to deceaſing without iſſue male, by Margaret, his
John Fane, of Tunbridge, eſq; who, by his laſt daughter and heir, it was carried in marriage to
will, dated April 16, anno 16th Henry VII, William Whetenhall, eſq; (q) whofe direct deſcen-
1488, left this manor of Albonys, and all other dant, Henry Whetenhall, eſa; paſſed it away by
his lands in this pariſh, to his eldeſt ſon, Henry fale to fir William Twyſden, of Roydon Hall, bart.
Fane, of Hallow, eſq; (2) who died without iſſue whoſe ſon, fir William Twyfden, bart. died feiſed
in the 25th year of K. Henry VIII, and deviſed of it in the year 1767, and his widow, Lady
this manor to his youngeſt brother, John Fane(m), || Twyſden, is the preſent poffeffor of this manor.
who left iſſue one ſon, Henry Fane, who was of
no
SPILS T E Di 30
Hadlow, eſq; and died feiſed of it in the 25th
year of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1582, leaving iſſue is a place here which was once accounted a ma-
by his wife, daughter of Godſalve, a ſon and heir,
nor, and was for ſeveral deſcents, as appears by
Henry Fane, who was of Hadlow, eſq;.
the evidences of this eſtate, in the poſſeſſion of
He alienated this manor in the year 1589 to
the Twyfdens, the inheritance of an antient fami-
Roger Twyfden of Roydon Hall, eſq; (n) whoſe di-
ly called Keyſer. John Keyſer died ſeiſed of it in
rect deſcendant, fir Wm. Twyſden, of Roydon-ball,
the 5th year of K. Edward IV, and bequeathed
bart, died feiſed of it on July 8, 1767, and his
it by his laſt will to his ſon John Keyſer (r), who
widow, Lady Twyfden, is the preſent poffeffor of
dying without male iſſue, on the partition of
his eftates, among his daughters and coheirs
, one
the manor of Albans. bis oris ning 970
Stor boa
of them married to Matthew Chetwind entitled
But THE MANOR OF BLACKPITTS, alias Guild-
her huſband to the poſſeſſion of Spilſted, and he,
fords, deſcended to Thomas Stidulfe, of Badfell,
after ſome ſhort interval, alienated it, in the
eſq; only ſon and heir of Robert, and heir like-
41ſt year of Q, Elizabeth, to Roger Twyſden, of
wife of his uncle, Henry Stidulfe, poffeffors of
Roydon Hall, eſq; (s), whoſe deſcendant, fir Wm.
this manor, as abovementioned, who leaving an
Twyſden, of Roydon Hall, bart. died ſeiſed of it
only daughter and heir, Agnes, the carried it
in the year 1767, and his widow, Lady Twyla
in marriage to Richard Fane, of Tudeley, eſq; (0)
from whom it deſcended in like manner as the
den, now poffefſes it.
manor of Mereworth, to John Fane, Earl of Weſt-
CO V R. T.
moreland, who died poſſeſſed of it, without
at has auto
iſſue on Aug. 26, 1762, and by his will deviſed
There was once a ſeat in this pariſh, venera-
this manor, with the reſt of his eſtates in this ble for its antiquity, which in old rolls was calu
county, to his nephew, fir Francis Daßwood, led Hextall's Court, and was the manſion of gen-
bart, and the heirs of his body, remainder to his
tlemen of that name, who were of no ſmall ac-
great nephew, fir Thomas Stapleton, bart.
count in theſe parts, as well as at Hougham, by
Which fir Francis Daſhwood, on April 19,
Dover in this county (t), though they were ori-
1763, had in right of his mother, the Lady Mary,
ginally ſeated at Hextall manor in the co. of Staf.
fifter of the ſaid John, Earl of Weſtmoreland, the
ford.
Barony of Deſpencer confirmed to him (p) and he Richard Hextall reſided here in the reign of K.
is the preſent poffeffor of the manor of Black Richard II, and increaſed his poffeffions greatly
by marriage with Anne, the daughter and coheir
Elsword
of Richard Grovehurſt, of Horſemonden. He left
iſſue two ſons, William and Henry, the eldeſt of
is a manor in this parith, which antiently be whom ſeems to have inherited this place; he
longed to a family of the name of Remkin. died without iſſue male, leaving his two daugh-
Chriſtian, daughter of John Remkin, held it, ters his coheirs, of whom Jane, the eldeſt, mar-
as appears by an antient court roll, in the 34th ried fir John Bromley, knt.; but Margaret, the
year of K. Edward III, and it continued in that youngeſt, carried this ſeat in marriage to Wm.
name till Nicholas Remkin, of Eaſtmere, leaving Whetenhall
, eſq; commonly called Wbetnall, ſon
H E X T A L L 9
maner in the co
TO !
S32
E AST MERE
(4) Philipott, p. 268.
(1) Coll. Peer. vol. ii, edit. 3, p. 259. (m) Ibid.
p.
260.
(n) Philipott, p. 268., () Ibid.
(D) See more of the Fanes and Daſhwoods, under Mere-
worth above, p. 265, 268.
(9) Philipott, p. 268.
(r) His only fifter Iſabella married Thomas Stevens, of
Aylesford. This John Keyſer was excommunicated by the
Archbiſhop for not yielding a due proportion of the perſonal
eftate of his father to his fifter Iſabella. Tremain's Pleas of
the Crown, Rot. 143.
(s) Philipott, p. 268. (t) Ibid. p. 269.
Vol. II.
4 B
of f


278
Тbe
H IS TOR Y of K E N T.
EAST PECKHAM.
RGY
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
year of,
so to
,
from Maidſtone throug
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
of William Whetenball
, Citizen and Alderman of On the diſgrace of the Bp. of Baieux, about four
London (u), who was deſcended from an antient years after the taking the above ſurvey, his pof-
family of that name ſeated at Whetenhall in the ſeſſions were all confiſcated to the Crown, whence
co. of Cheſter (-).
this eſtate ſeems to have paſſed to the priory of
He reſided here at the latter end of K. Henry
Chriſt Church in Canterbury, as an appendage to
VI.'s reign, and at his deceaſe left a fon Wil- || the manors
manor of Eaſt Farleigh and Eaſt Peckham,
liam (w), and Margaret his wife ſurviving, who
ſoon afterwards was remarried to Henry Ferrers, || clan
claims over it, all the
all the lands lying within this
of Hambleton in the co. of Rutland, eſq; fecond ſon borough now paying quit-rent to it; and at the
of Thomas Ferrers, of Tamworth Caſtle in the co.
Court Leet of that manor a Borſholder is conſtantly
of Warwick (x). He poffefſed this ſeat in his
choſen for the Borough of Stokenbury (c).
wife's right, and kept his fhrievalty here in the Ei Bisów pomia
9th year of K. Edward
d IV, as he did again in diveb
Livebons
the 3d year of K. Henry VII, at which time he George Multon had licence in the 37th year of
was ſtiled of Eaſt Peckham, knt. (v) But on the
K. Henry VIII, to alienate fundry lands and
death of his wife Margaret, Hextalls-court re tenements in this pariſh to Edmund Walfing-
verted to
d to her ſon, by her firſt huſband, William
bam (d).
Whetenhall
, alias Whetnall
, eſq; (2) who in the
18th
By inquiſition, taken after the death of Walter
of K. Henry VIII, was Sheriff of this
Colepeper, anno 1 Edward III, it was found, that
county, and in the 31ſt year of it procured his
he held in gavelkind at the time of his death, cer-
lands in this county to be diſgavelled by act of
tain tenements in the pariſh of Eaſt Peckham of
Parliament (a); in whoſe deſcendants it con-
John de la Chekere, as of his manor of Adyngton,
tinued till one of them, not many years ſince,
by the ſervice of id. per annum for all ſervice,
alienated it to John Fane, Earl of Westmoreland,
who at his death without iſſue in 1762, deviſed
and paying per annum to the Lord of Cofinton 75.
and there were in the ſaid tenements one meſſuage
it by his laſt will, among the reſt of his Kentify
eſtates
which were worth per annum gs. 4d. price per
bart. now Lord Le Deſpencer, who is the preſent
acre 4d. two acres of meadow which were worth
poffeffor of it (6).
20d. price per acre 10d. and that his fons, Tho-
mas, Jeffrey and John, were the next heirs to the
BOROUGH OF STOKENBURY.
ad bas volitus vimo
The manor of Eaſt Farleigh extends into this
pariſh, including within its bounds the Borough
of Stokenbury, which lies in the lower part of it.
The pariſh of Eaſt Peckham is within the
At the time of taking the ſurvey of Domeſday, Weald of Kent. The lower part of it, next the
this borough was of fufficient account to be Medway, is exceeding rich grazing land, on
thought worthy of a place in it, being part of which are bred and fatted ſome of the largeſt
the poſſeſſions of the great Biſhop of Baieux, beafts in this part of England. The turnpike road
under the general title of whoſe lands it is thus
entered in it:
and Tonbridge croſſes this pariſh fouth-weſtward;
Radulf' fili' Turoldi ten' de epo' dimid ſolin in it is watered by a ſmall ſtream, which riſes near
Eftochingeberge. T. R. E. tenuer 2. libi' hoes & Yokes in Wejt Peckham, and runs from hence into
mo fimilit & val. 20. fol.
the Medway.
Which is : Ralph Fitz Turold holds of the Biſhop In the memorandums collected by Roger Twyf,
(of Baieux) half a ſuling in Efochingeberge. In the den, eſq; in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, concern-
time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, two free men beld ing the right of repairing the ſeveral bridges in
it, and the like now, and it is valued at 20 mil this pariſh, it is noted, that there was in it a
lings.
parcel of land, called Bridge-croft, containing
ediates
, to his nephew, fir Francis Dalwood
, of no value beyond repriſes, 27 acres of arable
,
ſame (e).
PRESENT STATE OF EAST PECKHAM.
tuge or whole lands tist
his father died.
(u) See Newc. Rep. vol. ii, p. 547, 548, 612, 613.
(v) Philipott, p. 269.
(w) He was born in the 7th year of K. Edward IV, in
which year his
ante
(x) Dugd. Warw. p. 712.
(y) He had iſſue by his wife Margaret, above-mentioned,
fir Edward Ferrers, of Badeſley in the co. of Warwick, knt.
Dugd. Warw. p.712.
(7) He bore for his arms-Vert, a bend ermine. Among
the Harleian Mf. No. 1500-55, is the atchievement of Mr.
Thomas Wettenhall, of Eaſt Peckham, with a liſt of the books
he
gave to the church there.
(a) Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 299.
(6) See Merevorth, p. 268.
(c) In the beginning of the reign of K. Henry VII, the
manor of Stokynbury in Eaſt Peckham was found to be then
held of the Prior of Chriſt Church, Canterbury, by the fer-
vice of
45. and 8d. yearly rent, &c. Rot. Eſch.
The pound belonging to this borough ſtands within it, in
the highway leading from Brandt bridge towards Eaſt Peck-
ham church,
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 13.
(e) Lamb. Peramb. p. 600.
two

The HISTORY OF TK EN T.
279
on
pariſh,
This parilho
,
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
EAST PECKHAM.
two acres and an half, which rented to the heirs by the general words of the act, paſſed that
Queen 15d. per annum, which of long time had
year for this purpoſe.
been uſed to the repairing of all the bridges here,
After which the King granted the manor to
faving that at Brandt-bridge, commonly called for Thomas Wyatt, knt. and he ſettled this church,
Stidals-bridge, and Sledis-bridge, under which the
with the advowſon of the vicarage, by his dota.
Medway ran; the profit of which croft had been
tion chárter, dated May 23, in his 33d year, o
employed by the Beadles choſen by the pariſh, || his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Canterbury,
as to their difcretion ſeemed beſt, as well for the
part of whoſe poſſeſſions they remain at this time.
employment or improvement of the rent, as for
This church is valued in the King's books
the amendment of the ſaid bridges; and accord-
at 231. and the yearly tenths at 21. 6s. (k)
ing as they were choſen, ſo upon warning given
The vicarage of it is valued at 141. and the
in the church they were to yield their account
to the pariſh. His grandfon, fir Roger Twyfden,
yearly tenths at 11. 8d. (k)
bart, added to the above memorandums, in the
It appears by the terrier of the lands belong-
reign of K. Charles I, that Bridge-croft formerly
ing to the impropriate rectory, and vicarage of
found clappers along the highway within this
Eaſt Peckham at the viſitation of Archbiſhop Laud
to a great oak there, ſtanding ſome fix | in 1634, that the glebe lands belonging to this
rods; that the borough, viz. of Stokenbury, had
parfonage in the park of Mildmay, Earl of Weſt-
not been charged with it, but that as much was
moreland, which he had from the church of
Canterbury, were 20 acres, called Keamehatches ;
taken out of the rent of the land, as had been
that there were to the parſonage-houſe two gar-
fufficient for making the way thither.
dens, one orchard, two yards, three barns, one
The parih of Eaſt Peckham was antiently
ſtable, one pidgeon-houſe, one granary, eight
bound, with others in this neighbourhood, to
acres of meadow, called Well-mead, alias Parſon-
contribute to the repair of the 5th pier of Roche-
age-mead, one mead called the Vicarage-mead, con-
fter Bridge (f).
taining three acres, and two other parcels of
land, containing ſeven acres, called Quarrey.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
mead, and the Quarrey, and that the tenant of
. the parſonage was Stephen Arnold; that there was
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and being a to the vicarage one houſe, with a little orchard,
peculiar of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, is as ſuch by eſtimation almoſt an acre, and a little garden
within the deanry of Shoreham.
plot, but that which was called the Vicarage-
SU
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mich-
mead, the impropriate parſonage kept and uſed.
ael, is a fair large building, with a ſquare tower
On the aboliſhing of Deans and Chapters, af-
at the weſt end. It ſtands near the ſummit of ter the death of K. Charles I, their lands were,
the hill almoſt adjoining to the ſouthern pales of by the powers then in being, ordered to be fold,
Meretvortb-park.bel 163.com
to ſupply the neceſſities of the ſtate ; previous
This church antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to
to which a ſurvey was made, in 1649, of this
the mother church of the diocefe (8).
parſonage, in which it was returned, that there
were here a houſe, outhouſes, &c. one orchard,
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
of Pecham was valued at 35 márcs, and the vi-
one garden, and one great yard, worth 61. per
annum, and the tythes and other profits 881.
carage of it at 12 marcs (b).
per annum ; that the parſonage, with the houfe,
In the reign of K. Edward III, the taxation
glebe lands, tythes, profits, &c. was let by the
of Eaſt Pecham was one carucate of arable land,
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, by their inden-
-with a meadow of the endowment of the church
ture, Nov. 26, 1638, to John Tucker, of Eger.
worth 61. per annum, and two dove-houſes of
ton, gent. excepting one parcel of land, called
the rectory, of the endowment of the church,
the Hatches, demiſed to fir Francis Fane, knt. late
and worth two niarcs, and the profit of the gar-
Earl of Weſtmoreland, and the advowſon of the
den, of the like endowment, worth 2s. 5d. (i)
vicarage, at the yearly rent of 231. 6s. 8d. but
on The church, with the advowſon of the vicar-
were worth upon improvement, over and above
age, was always appendant to the manor of Eaſt the ſaid ſum, 851. 138. 4d. per annum; that the
Peckham, and fuch
part of the poſſeſſions of
the priory of Chriſt Church in Canterbury, till the chancel of the church, and likewiſe to pay 20s.
diffolution of that monaſtery in the 31ſt year of for entertainment-money (?). And by another
K. Henry VIII, when it was ſurrendered into valuation, taken the next year, the vicarage was
the King's hands, and confirmed to him and his
valued at 241. yearly income (m).
() Lamb. Peramb. p. 422.
to and be
(g) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(k) Ed. Theſ. p. 387.
3 to bed
(b) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(1) Lambeth Surveys, vol. xix,
(94) Mir. Twylden.
© Folio Christ Church Ma.
as
9.30
in

280
Sport
personer
VICARS.
2 Solins fe defd'. Tra'. e 5. Car. Is In Dnio' ſunt
e. Leuric de Otringeberes
The H I S T OR Y of TK E N T.
WATRINGBURY.
TwyfORD HUNDRED.
In the 19th year of the reign of K. Charles II, tered, under the general title of his lands, in
that ſurvey as follows: espero
anno 1667, in conſequence of the King's letters
be
of injunction ſent to the ſeveral Deans and Radulf' fili Turaldi ten' de epo' Otringeberge.
Chapters throughout England, the Dean and
2 & 6 ville cu’. 8. bord Int. 3. Car. Ibi eccla.
Chapter of Canterbury augmented this vicarage
with the yearly ſum of 401. ſo that the yearly & 2. molini de 3 Solid & 2.' ac' pti. & piſcaria de
income of it is now eſtimated at upwards of 30. anguill. Silva 2. porc' T.R. E. & poft veluit
1401. per annum.
40. Solid. modo. 6. lib Leveva tenuit de rege. Es
The preſent lefſee of the parſonage is Lady Huic m' adjacent. 4. bagæ in civitate. redd?. 3.
Twyſden, widow of the late fir William Twyſden, Sol. s bareggbird bis ado to, jnerabrems od
bart. deceaſed.
Hugo de braiboue ten' de epo' Otringeberge. p. 2.
Solins ſe defd. Tra'. l. 4. Car'. In dnio'. e. una.
CHURCH OF WEST PECKHA M.
.
& 9. villi cu’. 4. bord' bnt. 2. car. Tbi. 3. Servi
.
៤ នៅក្នុង
PATRONS,
&. 1. molin' de. 16. denar. & 3. ac' pti. Silva.
Rectors,
or by whom preſented.
2. porc. T. R. E. & poft Valuit. 4. lib. modo.
101
100. Solid. Godil tenuit de Rege. E.
Prior and Convent William Banfon.
of Chriſt Church. (n) Richard Eteleſly, obt. May Which is : Ralph Fitz Turald holds of the
20, 1426.
Biſhop (of Baieux) Otringeberge. It was taxed
two ſulings. The arable land is five carucates. In
demeſne there are two, and fix villeins, with eight
Dean and Chapter (0) Francis Warrell, in 1634. borderers, having three carucates. There is a church,
of Canterbury. (p) William Polley, 1650.
and two
I two mills of three ſhillings, and two acres of
(9)Grimes, about 1660.
meadow, and a fiſhery of 30 eels; wood for the pan-
Valentine Chadwick, 1693, obt. nage of two hogs. In the time of K. Edward the
1717
Confeſſor, and afterwards, it was worth 40 Shil-
(r) Francis Walwin, S. T.P.
lings, now fix pounds. Leveva held it of K. Edward.
reſig. 1756.
To this manor belong four houſes in the city, pay-
(s) Henry Hall, A. M. 1756,
ing three ſhillings.
obt. Oct. 31, 1763
.
le Braiboue holds of the Biſhop Otringberge.
(t) John Davis, S.T.P. Nov.
It was taxed at two ſulings. The arable land is
1763, obt. Feb. 9, 1766. four carucates. In demeſne there is and nine
(u) William Tatton, June 27, villeins, with four borderers, baving two carucates.
1766, reſig. 1775 There are three ſervants, and one mill of 16 pence,
Brest (V) George Berkeley, LL.D.
and three acres of meadow; wood for the pannage
1775. Preſent Vicar.
of two bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Con-
Blo
or
feffor, and afterwards, it was worth to
four pounds,
WA TRINGBURY.
now 100 ſhillings. Godil held it of K. Edward.
ORTH-EASTWARD from Eaſt or Great
tioned, is recorded in the ſame ſurvey, to have
Peckham lies Watringbury, called in Domeſ-
had the liberties of fac and foc for his lands
day, Otringeberge, and in the Textus Roffenſis,
within the Lath of Hylesford.
Wotringaberia. It is ſuppoſed to have taken its
In the reign of K. Henry II, Richard de
name from its low and watry ſituation.
Otringeberge appears to have held two knights'
fees in Watringbury of Walter de Meduana, who
held the ſame of the King in capite ; which pre-
This place, at the time of taking the ſurvey miſes were held in like manner of K. Henry I,
of Domeſday, in the reign of William the Con by Jeffry Talbot (w). ab oila
queror, was part of the poſſeſſions of Odo, the In the reign of K. Henry III, this place con-
great Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent, half tinued in the poſſeſſion of the ſame family, Gil-
brother to that King; and it is accordingly en. bert de Watringberi (*) then holding it as one
ning logo
Hugo de
ni
in one,
07
THE
M A N O R.
(7) He lies buried in this church.
(6) Mfl. Twyfden.
(p) He was put in by the Parliament. Mf. Twyfden.
(9) He had been Vicar of Hadlow, from which he was
ſequeſtered. Walker's Suff. of Clergy, pt. ii, p. 252.
(r) In 1752 a diſpenſation paffed, for his holding this
with St. Mary Bredman in Canterbury. He afterwards re-
figned this on being preſented to Adiſham. He was Pre-
bendary of Canterbury.
(s) And Rector of Harbledown, by diſpenſation, in 1756.
He was likewiſe Rector of the finecure of Orpington, and
Treaſurer of the cathedral of Wells.
(1) He was Prebendary of Canterbury, and Rector of
Hamſey in the co. of Suſſex. A diſpenſation paſſed in 1764
for his holding this vicarage with Hamſey.
(u) Prebendary of Canterbury, and Rector of Rotherfield
in the co. of Suſſex. In 1766 a diſpenſation paſſed for his
holding this vicarage with Rotherfield. He reſigned this on
being preſented to St. Dionis Backchurch, London.
(v) Son of the late Biſhop of Cloyne. He is a Prebendary
of Canterbury. In 1775 a diſpenſation paſſed for his hold-
ing this vicarage with that of Cookham in the co. of Berks.
(w) Libr. Rubr. Scac. f. 84.
(x) This family bore for their arms-- Argent, 6 liorcels
rampant, ſable. Philipott, p. 352.
knight's


The VH IS TO RY O of 2K EN T. 281
WATRINGBURY.
chenfe (y).
Aymer det
year of his
of
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
the manor of Watringbury, with its appendages
knight's fee and an half, of Warine de Mont-
of Chart and Foukes, among other premiſes, to
Soon after which it came into the family of
certain feoffees, for the endowment of his newly-
Leyberne; of Leyberne-caſtle in this neighbour founded Ciflertian abbey, called St. Mary Graces
,
near the Tower of London, and K. Richard II,
hood. Henry de Leyborne held it in the reign of
of which he ob by his let. pat. July 3, in his 22d year, granted
K. Edward II, in the 4th year
the ſame to that abbey, in pure and perpetual olms
tained to himſelf and his heirs, for his manor of
Wateringbury, a market there on a Wedneſday(z); for ever, for the performance of certain religious
and one fair on the feaſt of St. John the Bap purpoſes therein mentioned ; and he further
tif, and free warren in the lands of the faid gave licence to the ſurviving feoffees of K.
manor (a). si He died without iffue, leaving
Edward III. to releaſe and quit-claim theſe
his niece Juliana- his heir, who was likewife premiſes to the Abbat and his ſucceſſors for
heir to her father Thomas de Léyborne, and like.. ever (b). Istog
wife to her grandfather William; and from the
This manor, with its appendages above-men-
greatneſs of her poffeffions in this county was tioned, remained part of the poffeffions of the
28W bis 1527 above monaſtery, till the diffolution of it in
called the Infanta of Kent (6).
She carried this manor, with the appendant the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, when it was
manors of Chart in this pariſh, and of Foukes in furrendered into the
King's hands, together with
Mereworth, in marriage, firſt to John de Haſtings, all the lands and revenues belonging to it; all
the eldeſt ſon of John de Haſtings by Iſabel his which were confirmed to the King and his heirs
wife, fiſter and at length coheir of Aymer de Va by the general words of the act, paſſed the next
Pembroke.
year for that purpoſe.
He died in the 18th year of K. Edward II, K. Henry VIII, by his let. pat. in the 36th
without iffue by his wife Juliana, who afterwards
his reign, granted the manors of Wa-
married Thomas le Blount, and he likewiſe died tringbury, Chart, and Foulkes, and all thoſe woods
without iſſue by her; and ſhe again remarried, and other hereditaments in Watringbury, Mere-
in the 3d year of K. Edward III, with fir William worth, Eaſt and West Malling, Eaſt and Weſt
de Clinton, knt. (c) who in conſequence of this Peckham, Yalding, Nettleſted, Brenchley, &c. be.
marriage arrived afterwards at great honor and longing to the ſaid manors, to Giles Bridges,
preferments (d), and in the 11th year of that Citizen and Baker, of London, and Robert Har-
reign was further raiſed to the title and dignity ris, their heirs and affigns fo
and afligns for ever, to hold in
of Earl of Huntingdon (e).
capite by knight's ſervice (i). Notwithſtanding
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the
which, Giles Bridges appears to !
to have had the fole
making the Black Prince a Knight, he paid re intereſt in theſe premiſes, and he in that year,
ſpective aid for this manor and its appendages, with the King's licence, paſſed theſe manors and
as one knight's fee and an half, which Henry de certain woods called Baldinge, Selwood, and Ab.
Leyborne before held in Watringbury of Hugh de bots-thorpe, to fir Robert Southwell, of Mereworth,
Vere.
and his heirs (k); at which time part of the firſt
He died without iſſue by his wife Juliana, who purchaſe-money to the King ſeems to have re-
thereupon became again poſſeſſed in her own right mained unpaid, for two years afterwards fir Ro-
of this manor, with Chart and Foukes, of which bert Southwell had the King's acquittance for all
fhe died ſeiſed in the 41ſt year of K. Edward ſums of money due on this account, and a con-
III. (f) On her death, theſe premiſes eſcheated firmation of theſe manors to him(1). He quickly
to the Crown for want of heirs ; for it appears after alienated them, with the King's licence, to
by the inquiſition taken in the 43d year of the fir Edward North, knt. (m) Chancellor of the
above reign (8), that there was then no one, Court of Augmentation, and of the Privy Coun-
who could make claim to her eſtates, either by cil (n), who in the 6th year of K. Edward VI,
direct, or even collateral alliance.
with the King's licence, paffed them away by
After which the King, by his charter, dated fale to fir Martin Bowes, knt. (©) and he alienated
Oct.
52 in the goth year of his reign, granted them quickly afterwards to fir John Baker, of
EZE:12300d62)
(y) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
(f) Philipott, p. 353. meseid 10 mesto
(2) Tradition tells us, that this market continued to be (8) Rot. Efch. N. 57. 1900 insanlar bu
held in a place called Chart Garden, now a wood, near
(h) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 944.0, ela aida do mappides
Pizein-well, in the ſouth-zveſt part of this pariſh, in which
(i) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pr. 4. god
wood there are to be ſeen foundations of walls and houſes,
(k) Rot. Efch. pt. 17. not brona
and in it and the neighbouring lands are ſeveral draw.wells.
(1) Augtn. off. Inrolments, box E. 64. The indenture
(a) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 42.
is dated Dec. 3, and the inrolment Dec. 6, that
(6) See Leyborne above, p. 207.
(m) Rot, Eſch. anno 36 Hen. VIII, pt. 20. 1
(c) Philipott, p. 353
(n) In the iſt year of Q. Mary he was created Lord North,
and was anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Guildford. See Ley-
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 530. Spelm. Glof. p. 15.
borne, p. 209, note (v).
990 obyde
(e) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 530, 531.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 8. 2 lat
Vol. II.
Silinghurſt,
08
24. 5. in the soin var of his
year.
40


282 The H I S T o Y of of
K E N T.
WATRINGBURY.
TWYFORD HUNDREA,
Silinghurſt, knt. who died in the 5th and 6th Elizabeth, daughter of fir William Armine, of
year of Philip and Mary, and was ſucceeded in Oſgodby in the co. of Lincoln, bart. (a) by whom
them by his eldeſt ſon, fir Richard Baker, knt. he had iſſue fix ſons()), and fix daughters ; of
who in the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth had livery the former, only Oliver the fifth ſon, and of
of them (D). His ſon, John Baker, eſq; in the the latter, two only ſurvived him(z), viz. Elis
17th year of that reign, alienated them, with zabeth married William Carter, of the co. of
the Queen's licence, to Nevill de la Hay (9), Denbigh, eſq; and Anne married John Marriot
,
whoſe fon, George de la Hay (r), in the latter end of the co. of Suffolk, eſq; (a) His ſecond wife
of that reign, conveyed the manor of Chart to was Margaret, daughter of fir Thomas Twiſden,
Roger Twyſden, of Eaſt Peckham, efq; (s) whoſe of Bradborne, bart. (b) by whom he had iſſue,
deſcendant, fir William Twyſden, of Roydon-hall, Thomas, who deceaſed before him without iſſue;
bart
, Hum-
dowTwyfden
pbry , iffue
But the manor of Watringbury, with that of and Margaret, who married Robert Viner, efq;
Foukes, was conveyed by George de la Hay to Sir Thomas Style died Nov. 19, 1702, in his
Wilkinſon, of Lenbam (t), who alienated 78th year, and was buried in this church. He
them to Oliver Style, eſq; (u) Nos of was ſucceeded in title and eſtate by his only fur-
He ſerved the office of Sheriff of London, and viving ſon, by his firſt marriage, fir Oliver Style,
on purchaſing this manor retired to the man bart. who deceaſed, æt. 46, on the 12th of Feb,
fion of it, called Watringbury-place, where he following, without iſſue, and lies buried under
died on March 4, 1622 (v), and was b
in
a handſome monument, in the ſouth part of this
Watringbury church. He was twice married ; church-yard. On which the title and eſtate de-
firſt, to Suſan, daughter of John Bull, of London, ſcended to his half-brother Thomas, above-men-
eſg; by whom he had iſſue three fons, John, tioned, who in 1707 pulled down the manſion
Oliver
, and Thomas ; and three daughters, Eli- | of Watringbury-place(c), a very antient building,
zabeth, Suſan, and Margaret. Of whom only moated round, and erected the preſent feat more
Thomas ſurvived him. His ſecond wife was to the weſtward of the other, in which he kept
Juliana, daughter of Charles Barnes, of London, his ſhrievalty in the 8th year of Q. Anne, anno,
and widow of fir Thomas Cutler, knt. by whom 1710, and reſided to the time of his death, which
he had no iſſue.
happened in 1768. He lies buried in this church,
He was ſucceeded in this eſtate by Thomas,
as does Elizabeth his wife, eldeſt daughter of fir
his only ſurviving child above-mentioned, who Charles Hotham, bart. (d) who died Oct. 25, 1737.
reſided here, and was created a Baronet April By her he had iſſue four fons, viz. Thomas, who
21, 1627, being the third year of K. Charles I. died in 1741, and lies buried at Ormſkirk in the
He died Oct. 18, 1637, and was buried in this co. of Lancaſter; Charles, who ſucceeded him in
church, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, title and eſtate, Robert, now Vicar of Watring-
daughter and fole heir of Robert Folkis, of bury, and Rector of Mereworth, who married
Mountnefing in the co. of Elex, eſq; (2) fir Tho Priſcilla, daughter of the Rev. John Davis, late
nas his ſucceſſor, and three daughters; Elizabeth, Rector of Mereworth; and William, now a Major-
married to John Monins, efq; Suſan, to fir John General and Colonel of the 3d regiment of foot,
Read, of the co. of Hertford, bart, and Anne, to who married Catherine, ſiſter and coheir of John
Sir John Buck, of the co. of Lincoln, bart. Long Bateman, of the kingdom of Ireland, eſq;
Sir Thomas Style, the ſon, was of Watringbury and alſo two daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte,
place, bart. and was twice married, firſt to both unmarried.
pole
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
In Michaelmas Term, anno 14 ried Mary, fole daughter of fir Stephen Langham, knt, by
Eliz. he levied a fine of theſe manors.
whom he had iffue a fon Thomas
, who died an infant in
(q) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 4. He was ſon of Hugh De la
1674, and lies buried here. Thomas, the father, died Aug.
Hay, by Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas Roydon, of
30, 1672, and lies buried in this church. His widow af-
Eoft Peckham.
terwards married fir Thomas Middleton, of the co. of Eſſex,
(r) He died in 1618, and lies buried in the north iſle of
tC7
Lenham church,
(z) Viltn, co. of Kent 1619, pedigree of Style. Kimber's
(s) Philipott, P. 353.
Bar. vol. i, p. 268, and monumental inſcriptions in this
(t) He bore for his arms-Gules, a feſs vaire between 3
unicorns pafant or; which coat was confirmed to Richard
(a) Two of the other daughters lived to be married, viz.
Wilkinſon of this place, one of the Clerks in Chancery, by
Mary, the ſecond, to fir Felix Wild, of Malling, bart, and
Wm. Camden, Cları, Sept. 14, 1605. Guill. p. 163.
Suſannah, the third, to Thomas Dalyſon, of Hamptons, eſq;
(u) He was the ſecond ſon of fir Humphry Style, of Langley (6) She ſurvived him, and dying Dec. 5, 1718, æt. 71,
in that pariſh, under which place a further account of this was buried in this church.
family may be ſeen. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 86.
(f) Anno 2 and 3 Q. Anne, an act paſſed to eſtablith and
(v) He was born in 1542.
confirm a partition and agreement concerning the eſtate of
(w) She ſurvived her huſband, and dying May 20, 1650, fir Thomas Style, of Watringbury, bart.
lies buried in this church.
(d) She was of confanguinity to Archbiſhop. Chichelet
(x) She died Dec. 10, 1679, and lies buried here.
Stem. Chich. No. 129.
(y) Thomas, the eldeft fon, lived to maturity, and
and was a
knt.
• 1818, and lists
a promet name
church.
GOS
mar-
Sir

The HISTORY 2 Κ Ε Ν Τ. 283
trixgbury and I
the
Scie
Polis
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
Watringburgplacebart.
, Twyſden
and in March 1770, married Miſs Wingfield, is the preſent proprietor of it.
10 2010
OJ NI WY
fiſter to the Lord Viſcount Powerſcourt, of the
ANONS COUR Tn bu song
kingdom of Ireland. He died in London, æt. 50,
is a manor here, which acquired that name from
in April 1774, and was buried in this church,
its being part of the poſſeſſions of the Prior and
leaving iſſue by his lady, who furvived him, one
Canons of Leeds.
Mox blot
fon Thomas, born in 1771, and a daughter. By
This place, in the reign of K. Henry III, was
his laſt will he bequeathed thefe manors of Wa-
wry and Foukes, and his manfion of Wairing || in the tenure of
in the tenure of Gilbert de Watringbury, who then
held it as one 4th part of a knight's fee, of
bury, among reſt of his eſtates, to his infant
Simon Fitz Adam, and gave it in pure and perpe-
fon, the preſent for Thomas Style, bart. in whom
the inheritance of them remains at this time.
tual alms to that priory; which gift was con-
blon
sro firmed by Bartholomew his ſon (k).
The Styles of Watringbury bear for their arms-
It continued part of the poſſeſſions of the priory
Şable, a feſs or, fretted of the field, between 3 fleurs
de lis
, and within a bordure of the 2d. And for of Leeds till the diffolution of it, in the reign of
K. Henry VIII, when it was, together with all
their creſt-On a wreath, a wolf's head couped
its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's hands,
proper, the lower part of the neck frettee, as in
SOCO
and was afterwards confirmed to him and his heirs
the arms (C).
bros e vo vode bunisnoti || by the general words of the act, paſſed for this
10
After
w E S T B E R qq di orlw ob || purpoſe in the 31ſt year of that reign.i
LITE glow ovo
which the King, by his dotation charter, under
is a manor
nor in this pariſh, which in the reign of
his great ſeal, in his 33d year, ſettled it on his
K. Henry III, was held by Peter Fitz Robert, new-erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter (l),
of Simon Fitz Adam, as the 20th part of one where the inheritance of it ſtill remains (m).
knight's fee ; after which it came into the pof Mr. Robert Scoles was leffee of this manor, as
ſeſſion of a family, who took their ſurname from well as the parſonage, in 1649, and reſided
it (f). Robert de Westbery was owner of it in here, and his ſon, Jaſper Scoles, eſq; died leſſee
the reign of K. E
Edward II, and his deſcendant of both. Since which the family of Style have
Thomas de Weſtbery, paid aid for it, at the mak-
been many years tenants to the Dean and Chapter
ing the Black Prince a Knight, in the 20th year for both. 1o palhaud bin
bh
of K. Edward III, as the 20th part of a knight's There is a Court Baron held for this manor.
fee, which Robert de Weſtbery had before held of
Simon Fitz Adam.
The laſt of this name, who owned this place,
The Codds were an antient family in this pa-
was John de Weſtbery, who in the beginning of
riſh, and had their ſeat in it, called Pelicans, to
the reign of K. Henry VI. dying without iſſue, which belonged a large tract of land. William
bequeathed it by his laſt will to Agnes Ellis, his Codd, eſq; died poſſeſſed of it in the reign of K.
niece, and ſhe in the 23d year of that reign,
William and Q. Mary, and was buried in this
alienated it to Richard Fifbborne, who in the 33d
church, leaving iſſue by Deborah his wife an
year of it conveyed this manor by ſale to fir only ſon and heir, James Codd, eſq; who reſided
Thomas Browne, of Beechworth-caſtle in Surry,
at Pelicans, and died Sheriff of this county on
knt. Treaſurer of the Houſhold, and Privy, Jan. 1, 1708, æt. 68, and was buried here (n).
Counſellor to K. Henry VI, (g) and his defcen-
He died without iffue and inteftate; ſo that
dant, fir Mathew Browne, of that placé, knt.
his eſtate became divided among ſeveral claim-
died poffeffed of it in the 4th and 5th year of
cants, one of whom, Thomas Kirby, gent. enjoyed
K. Philip and Q. Mary, then holding this manor
the family feat, as part of the ſhare which fell
of the Queen, as of her manor of Swanſcombe,
to his lot, and his heirs conveyed it to fir Tho-
by knights ſervice (h). His fon and heir, fir mas Style, bart. in whoſe grandſon, fir Thomas
Thomas Browne, of Beechworth-caſtle, knt, in the
Style, bart, the preſent inheritance is now veſted.
25th year of Q. Elizabeth, paſſed it away by
fale to Roger Twyfden, of Eaſt Peckham, efq; (i)
wolk oom WARDEN S. lg joni
and his deſcendant, fir William Twyſden, of Rog In this pariſh was the antient ſeat of the
don-ball, bart, died poffeffed of it in 1767, leav- Woods.co); the laſt of
Woods.(o); the laſt of whom that reſided in it
(2) Kimber's Bar. vol. I, p. 269.17 bustio arti account of the parſonage of Watringbury, below,
(f) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer. . (n) He bore for his arms-Argent, a feſs embattled ſable,
(g) Philipost, p. 353.
hobi yangitis
between 6 pellets.offipag riari ni won ji svesh
(b) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
to Botanto
(0) They bore for their arms-Argent, on a feſs ragule azure,
(i) Philipott, p. 353. See more of the Brownes, under
3 fleurs de lis or ; which coat was confirmed, or affigned by
patent, by Wm. Segar to Henry Wood, of London and wa
(k) Regiſter of Leeds priory, fol. 1.
tringbury, and to Robert Wood his brother. Guill. p. 128.
The former of theſe died Nov. 4, 1630, and was buried in
(7) See the ſurvey taken of this manor. in 1647, in the
the church-yard here.
dmiot del
alienated
PEL I CAN S.
OSHO 1019
Lenham.
() Philipott, p. 353.

284
I he HISTORY of a K E N T.
PRESENT STATE OF WATRINGBURY.
WATRINGBURY.
TWYFORD HUNDRED,
alienated it, about the year 1674, to fir Thomas greateſt part of the land here, was in the pof-
Style, bart, whoſe ſon, fir Thomas Style, bart. con ſeſſion of Mr. Henry Simmonds, who in 1764 alien-
veyed it to Wm. Burleſton, Cl. Rector of Ware ated his intereſt in it to Alexander Courthope, of
horne, and he died poffeffed of it on Oct. 1, 1719, Horſemonden, eſq; the preſent owner of it.
gold
and lies buried in this church; and in his family, There was till of late years, a ſingular, though
hi
it remained till about 20 years ago, when it was a very antient cuſton, kept up, of electing a De.
ſold to Mr. John Whitaker, of Barming, gent. the puty to the Dumb Borſholder of Chart, as it was
preſent owner of it. longier on gonla aid called, claiming liberty over 15 houſes in the
OF WATRINGPUR precinct of Pizein-well ; every houſholder of
To se non est ai bis which was formerly obliged to pay the Keeper
The pariſh of Watringbury is almoſt ſquare, of this Borſholder id. yearly.
rid. yearly. indian ho
about a mile and a quarter each way, and con This Dumb Borſholder was always firſt called
tains about 83 families.
1 ។
demia
at the Court Leet holden for the Hundred of Twy-
The turnpike road leading from Maidſtone to ford; when its Keeper, who was yearly appointed
Tunbridge croſſes it weſtward. The hill on the by that court, held it up to his call, with a
northern ſide of it is the boundary of the Weald neckcloth or handkerchief put through the iron
towards the north. This place is well watered ring fixed at the top, and anſwered for it. This
with ſeveral ſprings of ſweet and clear water, || Borſholder of Chart, and the Court Leet has been
which riſe near Watringbury-place, and run from diſcontinued about 50 years; and the Borſhol-
thence into the ſtream which comes from Mere der, who is put in by the Quarter Seſſions for
worth; after which this rivulet in its courſe turns Watringbury, claims over the whole pariſh.
a mill, and ſo runs on ſouth-eaſtward into the This Dumb Borſholder is made of wood, about
Medway.
three feet and half an inch long, with an iron
There is a vill or borough in this pariſh, con ring at the top, and four more by the fides, near
taining the weſt diviſion of it, which is called the bottom, where it has a ſquare iron ſpike
Pizein-well, from one Pizein, who owned the fixed, four inches and an half long, to fix it in
well here.
the ground, or on occaſion to break open doors,
Lilly is another hamlet belonging to this pa-
&c. which was uſed to be done, without a war-
riſh, which lies about five miles to the ſouth of
rant of any Juftice, on fufpicion of goods hav-
it, and is ſurrounded by the pariſhes of Yalding, ing been unlawfully come by, and concealed in
Eaſt Peckham, and Tudeley. It is a low wet place, any of theſe 15 houſes. Underneath is a draw-
containing but one houſe, which, with the
to di
badu
ing of it,
Set
bugaob
Rogainigd oil tot
TRẢ LỜI CHO 1 Loo
ou lliw dit zid yd sibul
eligion and to istagi bos et nisi bus
ban
It is not eaſy at this diſtance of time to aſcer-
tain the origin of this dumb officer. Perhaps it
might have been made uſe of as a badge or en-
fign, by the officer of the market here.
The laſt perſon who acted as deputy to it,
was one Thomas Clampard, a Blackſmith, whoſe
heirs have it now in their poffeffion.
Watringbury, with other places in this neigh-
bourhood, was bound antiently to contribute to
the repair of the 5th pier of Rocheſter Bridge (P).
ved
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Watringbury is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
Malling
The church, which is dedicated to St. John
Baptiſt, ſtands at the weſt end of the village. It
antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother
church of the dioceſe (9).
It is an antient Gothic building, with a ſpire
ſteeple, in which hang three bells. There are
(p) Lamb. Peramb, p. 422.
(q) Text. Roff. p. 229.
fome

The HISTORY
285
of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
TWYFORD HUND
HUNDRED.
CHARITIES.
year
WATRINGRURY.
over and above the ſaid rent; and the remainder
fome remains of good painted glaſs in the win-
dows, particularly of K. Edward III. and his
of the rent, being 81. 125. od. was apportioned to
Queen, and before the late great hail ſtorm,
the parſonage, which was worth yearly, over
there was in the ſouth window the hiſtory of the and above the ſame, 5 11. 8s. od. That the leflee
decollation of St. John Baptiſt, pretty
entire ; was bound to repair the premiſes, and the chan-
but it was then part of it broke to pieces. cel of the church, and that he was immediate
This church, which was antiently appendant tenant of theſe premiſes. That the advowfon, or
to the manor of Canons-court, was given in the right of patronage to the vicarage, belonged to
the Lord of the above-mentioned manor, which
reign of K. Henry II, by Hamo, ſon of Richard
de Watringbury, Lord of this pariſh, to the Prior vicarage was then worth 30l. per annum (v).
and Canons of Leeds in this county (r); and the The vicarage of Watringbury is a diſcharged
ſame was confirmed to it by Walter, then Biſhop living in the King's Books, of the clear yearly
of Rocheſter (s), who, on the reſignation of Wal certified value of 481. the yearly tenths of which
ter, then Parſon of it, admitted the Prior, in are ros. (2)
the name of his convent, into the actual poſſef-
Mr. George Charlton, Vicar of this place, re-
ſion of it (t).
built the vicarage-houſe in 1731, at the expence
It was ſome time after this appropriated to of 400l. and having obtained 100l. of fir William
that priory; in which ſituation it continued till Langhorne's legacy, and 151. 155. od. from the
the diffolution of it in the reign of K. Henry Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, he added the re-
VIII, when it was confirmed to that King and his ſidue to make it the ſum of 2001. and thereby
heirs, among the other poffeflions of the priory, entitled this vicarage to Q. Anne's Bounty of
the further ſum of 2001. with which it was aug-
by the general words of the act paſſed in the 31ſt
of that'reign.
mented about the year 1732 (x).
year
After which the King, by his dotation char-
The preſent Vicar, Mr. Robert Style, has like.
ter, under the great ſeal, in his 33d year, ſettled
wife confiderably improved the vicarage-houſe
both the parſonage, and advowſon of the vicar-
and the garden, and ground adjoining to it.
age, on his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Ro-
cheſter, with whom they now remain. The leſſee
of the parſonage has always been the ſame as of Henry Wood, Citizen and Haberdaſher of Lon.
Canon-court, the preſent lefſee being fir Thomas don, a native of this pariſh, gave, in the
Style, bart. but the Dean and Chapter retain the 1630, 405. per annum to the poor of it for ever;
advowſon in their own hands.
and 8s. per annum for a ſermon to be preached
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church yearly on the Sunday next after Candlemas-day
in the afternoon; when the diſtribution of the
was valued at 11 marcs (v).
: On the intended diffolution of Deans and Chap-
money is to be made,
ters, after the death of K. Charles I, the po Tef-
Oliver Style, eſq; in 1632, gave the ſum of is.
fions of the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, in
to be weekly diſtributed in bread in the church,
this pariſh, were ſurveyed in 1649, by order of every Sunday, to ſix poor perſons for ever.
the ſtate ; when it was returned, that they con-
The Lady of fir Thomas Style, bart. in 1737,
fifted of the manor of Canon-court, with its appts. gave
the ſilver flaggon and plate, for the altar.
together with the rectory or parſonage of Wa Mrs. Charlton, relict of the late Mr. George
tringbury appendant to that manor, and certain Charlton, the Vicar, was a benefactor to this
woodlands there. That the parſonage con church, by giving the pulpit-cloth and cuſhion,
fiſted of all the tythes, and tythe-corn, annu and other things to it, at different times.
ally coming, ariſing, and growing out of all the There has been a ſchool in this pariſh at times,
lands and fields within the precincts and extreme for teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic,
bounds of this pariſh, with all commodities and for near 100 years; but as there is neither houſe
appurts. belonging to them, which premiſes were nor ſalary for the Maſter, the number of ſcholars
valued at the annual ſum of 6ol. and were let
is very uncertain.
by the late Dean and Chapter, Jan. 10, in the
15th year of the late K. Charles, to Robert Scoles,
for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 131. 6s. 8d. PATRONS,
RECTORS.
and fix capons, valued at 12s. which rent was
or by whom preſented.
apportioned, 51. 6s. 8d, to the manor of Canon Family of Watring- (y) Walter, temp. Henry II,
court, the ſame being worth 361. 25. 7d. yearly, bury.
reſig. -
190 boog
(r) Reg. Roff. p. 676.
dants of the ſaid Hamo, and likewiſe Lords of this place.
Ibid. p. 211.
(1) Ibid. p. 676. Simon, Prior of Rocheffer, confirmed (v) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. yol. xiv.
this gift afterwards, in the reign of K. Henry III, as did (w) E&. Thef. p. 384. (3) Ibid. p.
Gilbert de Watringbury, and Bartholomew his ſon, deſcen (y) Reg. Roff. p. 213.
VICARS,
CHURCH
OF WATRINGBURY.
(s) Ibid. p. 213:
xxii.
Vol. II.
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The HISTORY of KENT
VICARS: Bab tavo
Benjamin Cutler
, obt. 1693. Earls of Gloucester, as chief Lords of the fee,
Dec. 22)
obt. 1747
NETTLESTED.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
Of this manor the Biſhop has 30 ſhillings and two
1991 bic Vicars.
houſes.
Prior and Convent (2) — Averell, in 1486.
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, about
of Leeds.
four years after the taking of the above ſurvey,
Dean and Chapter Ralph Calverly, obt. 1587. all his eſtates became confiſcated to the Crown,
of Rocheſter.
Thomas Brand, obt. 1620.
and this place was afterwards held of the Clares
,
Thomas Warrel, obt. 1652.
by the eminent family of Pimpe, who made it
(a) James Hunter, obt. Sept.
their principal reſidence, though they had an.
1729.
other ſeat at Eaſt Farleigh in this neighbourhood,
(b) George Charlton, A. M.
and a third at Alhallows in the Hundred of Hoo.
inſtit. Dec. 22, 1729, obt.
Richard de Pimpe held Nettleſted in the reigns
1734.
of K. Edward I. and II, and his deſcendant, fir
Hodges, obt: 1736.
Philip de Pimpe, was a man of eminence and pro.
(c) John Butler, A. M. 1737,
perty in this county, as appears by his being
one of thoſe, who in the i Ith year of K. Edward
(d) John Upton, A. M. reſig.
III, were, in reſpect to their eſtates, afferred to
1752.
furniſh a guard for the defence of the ſea-coaſts ;
(e) Richard Huſband, A. M.
towards which fir Philip was ordered to provide
1752, relig
two men at arms (g).
(f) Robert Style. Preſent
His widow Joane married John de Coloigne,
Vicar.
who, together with her ſon, Thomas de Pimpe,
paid reſpective aid for their lands in Nettleſted,
N E T T L EST E D.
and adjoining to it, at the making the Black
Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward
SOUTHWARD from Watringbury lies Net-
IH. In the book for collecting which it is thus
tlefted, called in Domeſday, Nedeſtede. In the
entered :
reign of William the Conqueror, this place was
“ For the manor of Nettleſted, of John de Co-
part of the poſſeſſions of the King's half-brother,
« loigne for one quarter of a knight's tee, held
Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent, under
“ of the Earl of Glouceſter. For the manor of
the general title of whoſe lands it is thus entered
« Hylth and Hylth park, of Foane late wife of
in the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about the year
" Pbilip de Pimpe, together with Jobn de Coloigne,
1080.
“ for the 4th part of one knight's fee, which
" John de Hame held in Hylth of Richard de Pimpe,
« and he of the ſaid Earl. Of the ſame, for
Haimo ten' de epo' Nedeſtede. p. 3. Solins ſe defn'.
one 4th part of a knight's fee, which Martin
Tra'e'. 6. Car'. In dnio. e' una. & Villi bnt.
Schenche held in Hylth of Richard de Pimpe,
5. Car. Ibi accla. & 14. Servi. & 2. molini de
" and he of the Earl of Glouceſter. Of the fame,
14. ſolid. & pifcaria de. 2. fol. & 7. ac' pti. Silva.
“ for half a knight's fee, which the heirs of
35. pore'. T. R. E. Valeb'. 8. lib. & poft. 6.
“ Alexander de Hylihe held in Nettleſted in Hylth
lib. modo 8. lib. & 5. fol. Norman tenuit de rege. E.
“ of Walter de Wahull, and he of the ſaid Earl.
De iſto mº ht eps'. 30. fol. p. 2. bagas.
“ For the manor of Pimpe, of Thomas de Pimpe,
Which is : Haimo holds of the Biſhop, of Baieux, “ knt. and John de Coloigne, for one fee and the
Nedeſtede. It was taxed at three ſulings. The ara 4th part of a fee, which Richard de Pimpe held
ble land is fix carucates. In demeſne there is one, “ in Nettleſted, Crongebery, and Pimpe, of the
and 14 villeins, having five carucates. There is a " Earl of Glouceſter."
fi มี 10 โit
church, and 14 ſervants, and two mills of 14 ſhil William, ſon of Thomas de Pimpe, poffeffed
lings, and a fiſhery of two ſhillings, and ſeven acres Nettleſted, and kept his fhrievalty here in the
of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 35 bogs. In 37th, 45th, and 49th years of K. Edward II,
the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, it was worib in which year he died (h), and his ſon, Reginald
eight pounds, afterwards fix pounds, now eight de Pimpe, of Pimpe's Court in Eaſt Farleigh, on
pounds and five ſhillings. Norman held it of K. his deceaſe, ſerved that office the remainder of
Edward.
17 yerlise IS TOT
(z) Reg. Roff. p. 166.
bart. and reſides in the vicarage-houſe, which, with the ad.
(a) He lies buried in this church.
joining ground, he has greatly improved, as has been already
100 SOS
(6) He was buried in this church, to which he had been mentioned.
a good benefactor, as has been mentioned above.
(g) Text. Roff. p. 236. See Alhallows in Hoo, vol. i. of
(c) All Vicar of Stockbury by diſpenſation July 14, 1737.
this hiſtory, p. 573.
(d) And Prebendary of Rocheſter.
() Margaret de Cobham, wife of fir William Pimpe, knt,
(6) Minor Canon of Rocheſter.
died Sept. 4, 1337, and was buried in this church. Her
(f) He exchanged Town Malling with his predeceffor for tomb is yet remaining, but the infcription, viſible in Phili-
this vicarage. He was third ſon of the late fir Thomas Style, pott's time, is gone.
He.
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287
H I STORY of K E N T.
NETTLESTED.
He was Sheriff of Kent in the roth year of K.
Henry IV, and reſided at Pimpe's Court above-
mentioned, and on his death was ſucceeded by
his ſon, John de Pimpe, whoſe fon Reginald died
ſeifed of the manor, with the other adjoining
eſtates, in the 16th year of K. Henry VI, anno
1437).
His deſcendants, Reginald and John Pimpe,
unſucceſsfully engaging, with others, in affift-
ing Henry, Duke of Buckingbam, againſt King
Richard III, were attainted, and their eſtates
were declared forfeited to the Crown (k). But
on the death of K. Richard, and the Earl of
Richmond's attaining the crown, they were reſtored
in blood and eſtates. Reginald Pimpe died with-
out male iſſue, leaving an only daughter and heir,
Anne (l), married to fir John Scott, of Scotts-
hall, knt, and John Pimpe, in the 2d year of K.
Henry VII, was Sheriff of this county, and kept
his fhrievalty at Pimpe's Court in Eaſt Farleigh.
He died in the with year of that reign, anno
1495, being then feiſed of this manor of Nettle-
ſted, with the advowſon of the church of Nettle-
ſted, and the manor of Hilthe, with its appurts.
held of Anne, Dutcheſs of Buckingham, by the
ſervice of two knight's fees; and alſo the manor
of Pympe, with its appurts, in Yalding, and cer-
tain other lands and tenements in Yalding, held
of the Dutcheſs by the ſervice of half a knight's
fee, as was found by the inquiſition taken that
year after his death (m).
He left iffue an only daughter and heir, Wini-
fred, married to fir John Rainsford, knt. who in
her right poſſeſſed this manor, of which he died
ſeiſed in the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth. He de-
ceaſed without iſſue, leaving his wife ſurviving,
who appears by the Eſcheat-rolls to have been a
lunatic, and to have died ſeiſed of this manor in
the 18th year of that reign (n); when fir Thomas
Scott, of Scotts-hall, knt. ſeems to have ſucceeded
to it, as her next of kin (c), and his ſecond ſon,
fir John Scott, kut. poſſeſſed it afterwards and
reſided at Nettleſted. He was twice married ;
firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of fir William Staf-
ford, of the co. of Northampton, knt. and widow
of fir William Drury, of the co. of Suffolk, knt.
who died Feb. 6, 1598, and was buried in this
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
church; and ſecondly to Katherine, daughter of
Thomas Smith, of London, eſq; and widow of for
Rowland Hayward, knt. who dying in 1616, was
buried here.
He left iſſue by neither of his wives, and this
manor, and its appurts. came on his death to
his brother, Edward Scott, of Scotts-hall, efq;
whoſe deſcendant, George Scott, of Scotts-hall,
eſq; alienated it about 60 years ago to fir Philip
Boteler, of Tejton, bart. and his ſon, fir Philip
Boteler, bart, died poffeſſed of it on Jan. 20,
1772 (P). By his laſt will he bequeathed one
moiety of his eſtates to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie,
of Chart Sutton, and the other moiety to Elizabeth,
Viſcounteſs Dowager Folkſtone, and her ſon, Wil-
liam Bouverie, Earl of Radnor, ſince deceaſed ;
and on a partition of theſe eftates between them,
this manor and eſtate of Nettleſted, with the ap-
pendant advowſon, was, among others, allotted
to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, now of Teſton, the
preſent poffeffor of it).
On a ſtone portal in the weſt front of the
antient Place Houſe of Nettleſted is the following
date :
3838LAXY
AC
158
LOME WOOD, alias BROME S. and
The manor of Lomewood, alias Bromes, in this
pariſh, was part of the poſſeſſions of the family
of Clare, Earls of Glouceſter, and was ſettled by
one of them on the priory of Black Canons at Tun-
bridge in this county (r).
This manor continued part of the revenues of
the above priory till its diſſolution in the 16th
(i) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
(k) Rot. Parl. memb. 6. On the attaint of John Pimpe,
the manor of Nettlefied, &c. late belonging to him, was
granted to for John Savage, knt. Harl. Mfl. No. 433–1606.
The Pimpes bore for their arms-Gules, 2 bars argent, a
chief vaire; which coat remains in thə windows of this
church.
(1) Anno 1 K. Henry VII, an act paſſed for Anne Pimpe.
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(n) Rot. Eſch. annis 1 & 18 Q. Eliz. Mr. Petit's Fædary
Book of Kent. Morant's Effex, vol. i, p. 464.
() Viz. fon of Reginald, ſon of fir John Scott, by Anne,
daughter and heir of Reginald Pimpe above-mentioned.
(P) See more of the Botelers, under Teſton.
(9) The antient Place Houſe ſtands near the bank of the
Medway. The remains of it, which are of ſtone, with
handſome gothic windows, fhew it to have been magnifi-
cent for the age in which it was built. It is now made uſe
of as an oaſt, and for a laborer to dwell in ; the occupier of
the manor-farm living in a modern houſe between the Place
and the church. The form of the antient gardens and ponds
are ſtill remaining, as is a ſtone gateway leading from the
houſe to the river.
(r) In the 21ſt year of K. Edward III, Mafter yohn de
Planche brought his plea againſt the Prior of Tunbridge,
for a meſfuage and 100 acres of land, fix acres of meadow,
fix of wood, and 35. rent in money, and the rent of fix hens,
in this pariſh, as having no right in the fame; but the jury
gave
their verdict for the Prior, and he continued in pof-
ſeſſion Reg. Roff. p. 505.
year

288
Κ Ε Ν Τ,
The
HISTORY of
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
on parole Rocher
NETTLESTED.
year of K. Henry VIII, a bull having been ob-
PRESENT STATE OF NETTLESTED.
tained from the Pope, with the King's licence,
for that purpoſe. After which the King, by his
The turnpike road from Maidſtone through
let. pat. Feb. 8, in his 17th year, granted the Watringbury to Brenchley, and likewiſe that
above priory, with others then ſuppreſſed for through Pembury to Tunbridge, croſs this pariſh.
the like purpoſe, together with all their manors, The river Medway bounds it towards the
lands, and poffeffions, to Cardinal Wolſey, for
eaſt, near which the grazing lands are very
the better endowment of his college, called Car-
rich, and, as well as thoſe in the adjoining pa-
dinal College, in Oxford.
riſhes, fatten ſome of the largeſt oxen that are
But four years afterwards, the Cardinal being || ſent from this county to the London market.
caſt in a præmunire, all the poſſeſſions of the
This pariſh, with others in this neighbour.
above college, which through want of time had hood, was antiently bound to contribute to the
not been firmly ſettled on it, became forfeited repair of the 5th pier of Rocheſter Bridge (Z).
to the Crown (s). After which the King, by
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
his let. pat. dated March 8, in his 27th year,
granted this manor of Lomewood, alias Le Bromys,
Nettleſted is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
with all lands, &c. belonging to it in this pa tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
riſh, to fir Edward Nevill, knt. third ſon of
Malling
George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, who, in confi.
The church, which ſtands at the eaſt ſide of
deration of a marriage to be had between his
the village, is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a
daughter Katharine, and George Roydon, fon and
ſmall but handſome building, with a low pointed
heir apparent of Thomas Roydon, of Eaſt Peck-
tower or ſteeple, and antiently paid gd. chriſm-
ham, eſq; and of a certain ſum to him paid,
rent to the mother church of the dioceſe (a).
conveyed it to Thomas Roydon above-mentioned,
The church of Nettleſted was always eſteemed
and his heirs (u).
an appendage to the manor, and as ſuch is now
Thomas Roydon above-mentioned (v) left iſſue
in the patronage of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of
three ſons and five daughters. Of the former,
Teflon.
George, the eldeſt, mentioned above, died with-
Edmund, Biſhop of Rocheſter, by his inſtrument,
out iſſue, as did his two brothers (w). Of the
dated at his manor of Halling, April 2, anno
daughters, Margaret was married to Hugh Cat-
1486, at the inſtance and petition of John Pimpe,
ling, of Eaſt Malling, efq; Elizabeth to William
efq;. Lord of the manor, and Patron of the
Twyſden, of Chelmington, eſa; Mary to Thomas
church of Barming jett, united that church to
Darell, of Scotney, efq; Anne to Hugh Delahay, of
this of Nettleſted; and decreed, that after ſuch
this county, efq; and Alice to William Heron,
union the former ſhould not be eſteemed as a
1993
church, but as a chapel, dependent, united, and
On the death of the ſons without iſſue, the
annexed to this church of Nettleſted; the Rector
five daughters became their father's coheirs
of which and his fucceffors ſhould for the future
the ſecond of whom, Elizabeth, became pofſeffed
have and enjoy all profits, tythes, and emolu-
of this manor, as part of her ſhare of the inhe-
ments, &c. belonging to the church of Barm-
ritance, and entitled her huſband, Wm. Twyfden
ingjett, and convert and freely diſpoſe of the
above-mentioned, to it, in her right (x); and in ſame to his and their own proper uſes for ever, as
his deſcendants it continued down to fir William
to him and them ſhould ſeem beſt (b). And he
Twyſden, of Roydon-ball in East Peckham, bart.
decreed, that the Rector and his fucceffors
who died ſeiſed of it in 1767, and his widow, ſhould in future pay yearly to the Biſhop of Ro-
Lady Twyſden, is the preſent poffeffor of it. cheſter and his fucceffors, on St. Andrew's Day,
In the 25th year of K. Edward I, Simon de the ſum of 2od. and to the Archdeacon of the
Sharfted died feiſed of a mill in Nettleſted (y). place 12d. yearly on St. Michael's Day, in lieu
3
OR.
in
(4) See Leſnes Abbey in Erith, where a further account
is given of the foundation and endowment of this college,
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 201.
(u) Sir Edward Nevill was afterwards attainted of high
treaſon, and Thomas Roydon was ſummoned before the Court
of Augmentation, for four years arrearages of rent for lands
called Cardinal's Lands, viz. Bromes in Lomewood, and lands
in Stanford arrented of the King at 498. 61 d. per annum.
But on his producing the above let. pat, and its appearing
to the Court, that the deed of feoffment before-mentioned
had been made without
covyn,
and
upon good confideration,
and before the ſaid treaſon was committed ; it was ordered
by the Court, that he ſhould be diſcharged of all arrears,
according to his title, without any further rent to the King,
his heirs and ſucceſſors. Augtn, off. Inrolments of Decrees
in the Surveyor General's Court.
(v) He died anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, feiſed of this
manor, and 100 acres of arable, 20 acres of meadow, 100
acres of pafture, 80 acres of wood, and certain rent in money,
in Eaſt Peckham and Neitlejted, to the ſaid manor belonging,
held of the Queen in capite. Rot. Eſch, rot. 88.
. .
(w) See more of the Roydons under Eaſt Packham, and
likewiſe of the 7 wyjdens, above, p. 274, 275.
(2) Philipott, p. 243.
(y) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(z) Lamb. Peramb. p. 422.
(a) Text. Roff. p. 229.
(6) Reg. Roff. p. 162.
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THE
M A N O R.
pun
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
NETTLESTED.
book of Domeſday it is written Teſtan, and in the
of ſuch payments as belonged to them of antient
Textus Roffenſis, Terſtana.
cuſtom from the church of Barming jett, before
the annexing and conſolidating of the fame (c).
This pariſh is a Borough, and has a Court Leet
In which ſituation it continues at this time, of itſelf, where the Borſholder is choſen, and the
inhabitants thereof owe no ſervice to the Court
the Rector of Nettlefted being preſented, inſti.
tuted and inducted to, the rectory of Nettleſted, Leet holden for the Hundred of Twyford; but a
with the chapel of Barmingjett annexed.
Conſtable for that hundred may be choſen there
out of this borough (0).
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
of Nettleſted was valued at five marcs (d).
It is valued in the King's books, with the
Teſton was part of thoſe vaſt poffeffions with
chapel of Barming jett annexed, at 121. 10$. 10d.
which William the Conqueror enriched his half-
and the yearly tenths at 1l. 59. id. (e)
brother, Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, whom he after
The learned fir Roger Twyfden, who lived in
wards made Earl of Kent, and it is accordingly
the reigns of K. James and Charles I, in his
thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſday, under
diſcourſe on the Weald, ſays, that in the time of
the general title of that prelate's lands:
the Lady Golding (f), who hired the tythes of
Adelold tenuit de epo' Teftan. & Robt mo ten
this pariſh, Nettleſted was held to be in the Weald,
ad firma' puno Solin ſe defd'. Tree'
In
and the denied the tythe of wood accordingly;
dnio ſunt. 2'. Car' & dimid. & 7. Villi cu'. 3. bord
yet
the Rector of it affirmed then to fir Roger,
bnt. 1. Car'. Ibi. 12. ſervi. & 1. molin de. 3. fol.
that all, who had wood in the pariſh, paid tythe
© 8. ac' pti. Silva. 20. pore'.
of it at that time to him, excepting himſelf.
T. R. E. valeb. 100. Sol. & poft'. 60. Sol.
The parſonage-houſe is a large antient well
modo', 100. Solid. Eduuard ten' de rege. E.
timbered building, having a court-yard before
Which is : Adelold held Teſtan of the Biſhop (of
it, and an antient gateway, through which is
Baieux,) and Robert now bolds it to ferme. It
the entrance to it from the high road.
was taxed at one ſuling. The arable land is ...
There are in this church good remains of
In demeſne there are two carucates and an half, and
painted glaſs.
ſeven viileins, with three borderer's having one cáo
rucatė. There dre 12 ſervants, and one mill of
CHURCH OF NETTLESTED, with the CHAPEL OF
three ſhillings, and eight acres of meadow. Wood
BARMINGJett annexed.
for the pannage of 20 hogs.
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, it was
or by whom preſented.
Lords of the manor (8) Thomas Hundbache, 1486.
worth 100 illings, and afterwards 60 ſhillings;
of Nettleſted. (5) William Jemmat, about
now 100 ſnillings. Edward held it of K. Edward.
1625.
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, about
(i) John Pattenden, A. M. four years after taking the above ſurvey, this
about 1630.
eſtate, among the reſt of his poſſeſſions, became
(k) — Deacon, ejected 1662.
confiſcated to the Crown, whence it ſeems to
Ward,
have been granted by the Conqueror to Robert,
Samuel Rhodes, A. M. obt.
ſon of Hamon de Crevequer ; whoſe deſcendant,
1714
Hamon de Crevequer, died feiſed of it in the 47th
(1) Thomas Brewer, gent. obt.
year of K. Henry III, holding it of the King in
April 1, 1714.
capite, as a member of the manor of Chathani,
(m) John Richards, A. M.
which was held of the King in capite by barony(p).
(n) Duncan Menzies, A. M.
He left Robert, his grandſon, his heir, viz. fon
inſtit. 1761. Preſent
of Hamon his ſon, who died in his life-time, who
Rector.
the ſame year that his grandfather died had
ti
livery of his lands.
mol Τ Ε S Τ Ο Ν
He afterwards took part with the diſcontented
Barons againſt the King ; upon which this ma-
LIES the next pariſh eaftward from Watring nor was ſeiſed on, among the reſt of his eſtates;
bury. It is vulgarly called Teefon. In the
and though it appears, that he was afterwards
.
(c) Reg. Roff. p. 162. See more of this, under Weft
Barming, alias Barmingjett, p. 155.
(d) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(e) E&. Thef. p. 383.
(f) She was his great-grandmother, and died in 1595.
(g) Reg. Roff.
p.
162.
(6) See Wood's Ath. Ox. vol. ii, p. 607.
(i) Mir. Twyfden.
(4) He was ejected by the Bartholomew A&.
VOL. II.
(1) He was the ſon of Thomas Brewer, of Weft Farleigh,
efq; He lies buried in this church, and on his graveſtone
is ſtyled The Rev. Thomas Brewer, gent.
(m) Alſo Vicar of Teflon. He afterwards went diſtracted.
(n) And Vicar of Tefton.
(0) Kilb. Surv. p. 272.
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 33. See more of the Crevea
quers, under Chatham, p. 65.
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it, with other premiſes
, to the priory of Christ Elizabeth Bouverie, now of "Berbam.coute
, Mis:
TESTON.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
reſtored to the King's favour, yet he never re-
Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Chart Sutton, and the
gained the poſſeſſion of it, and it ſeems to have
other to Elizabeth, Viſcounteſs Dowager Folkſtone ;
remained in the hands of the Crown till K. Ed and her ſon, William Bouverie, Earl of Radnor,
ward I. gave it to Eleanor his Queen, who in ſince deceaſed, and on a partition of his eſtates,
18th year , a donation of
Mrs.
alias
Church in Canterbury, in exchange for the port Teſton-houſe, in this pariſh, the preſent poffeffor
of Sandwich (9); which gift K. Edward I. con of it.
firmed that year (r), at which time this manor,
TEST ON - HOUSE,
with that of Weſt Farleigh adjoining, was valued
at 171. os. 4d.
formerly known by the name of Berham-court,
K. Edward II, by his charter, July 14, in his
was once the manſion or reſidence of the family
10th year, granted and confirmed to the Prior
of Berham, uſually called Barham, whoſe origi-
of Chriſt Church, that he and his ſucceſſors ſhould
nal name was Fitz Urſe (z).
have free warren in all the demeſne lands which
Randal Fitz Urſe was one of thoſe four Knights
the priory poffefſed here in the time of his grand-
belonging to K. Henry II.'s Houſhold, men faid
father, or at any time ſince (s).
by hiſtorians to have been eminent for their
The manor of Teſton continued part of the birth (a), who undertook to murther Archbiſhop
poffefſions of the priory of Chriſt Church till the
Thomas Becket, which they accompliſhed in the
diffolution of it in the 31ſt year of K. Henry cathedral church of Canterbury on Dec. 30, anno
VIII, when it was given, together with all its 1170(b).
lands and revenues, by the general words of the
After this Randal Fitz Urſe fled into Ireland,
act paffed that year for this purpoſe, to the
and there altered his name to Mac-Mahon, which
King and his heirs for ever.
in the Iriſh tongue ſignifies as much as, The Son
After which the King, Nov. 2oth that year, of a Bear; upon his flight Robert de Berham, his
granted this manor, among other premifes, to kinſman, entered on his eſtate in this pariſh, and
Sir Thomas Wyatt, knt. and his heirs male law from him it deſcended to Yohn de Berham, who
fully begotten, to hold in capite by knight's ſer-
was by Henry, Prior of Chriſt Church, created a
vice, and he died feiſed of it in the 34th year of Public Notary of the dioceſe of Canterbury in
that reign, as appears by the inquiſition taken
the year 1309, an office at that time of much
the next year after his death. ,
truſt and eminence, which the Prior was im-
His ſon, fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. having raiſed powered to inveſt any perſon with, by a com-
a rebellion in the iſt year of Q. Mary, was at miſſion granted to him by Baſſianus de Alliate,
tainted, and his eſtates forfeited to the Crown(t); | Count Palatine of Milan, who had received ſuch
and the Queen, by her let. pat, anno and 2 power originally from the Emperor (c).
Philip and Mary, granted this manor to fir John His deſcendant, Richard de Berham, ſon of
Baker, knt. her - Attorney-general (u), and his Henry, was Sheriff of this county in the 14th
heirs, to hold in capite by knight's ſervice (v), year of K. Richard II, anno 1390, and kept his
and he died ſeiſed of it in the 5th and 6th years fhrievalty at Berham-court. His ſon, John Ber-
of that reign (w), and was ſucceeded in it by his
ham, eſq; lived in the reign of K. Henry VI,
fon, fir Richard Baker, knt. who had livery of it and left iſſue a ſon, Nicholas Berbam, of Berham-
in the iſt year of Q: Elizabeth (x), and in his
court, eſq; whoſe ſon, Henry Berbem, eſq; mar-
deſcendants it continued down to fir John Baker, ried Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Richard
of Siſinghurſt, bart. who after the death of K.
Colepeper, of Oxenboath, eſq; by whom he had
Charles I, alienated it to Mr. Jaſper Cleyton, of iſſue one fon and heir Thomas Berhan, who was
London (y), and he paſſed it away by ſale in the of this place, eſq; and by Elizabeth, daughter of
reign of K. Charles II, to fir Oliver Boteler, of John Aucher, had Thomas Berham, of Berham-
Berham-court in this pariſh, bart, whoſe grand court, eſq; His ſon, Thomas Berham, married
fon, fir Philip Boteler, of the ſame place, bart. the daughter of Oxenbridge of Breade, by whom
died ſeiſed of it in 1772, without iſſue, and by he left iſſue one ſon, Thomas Berham, eſq; (d)
his laſt will deviſed one moiety of his eſtates to
who by his wife Anne, daughter and heir of fir
)y
(9) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 22.
(r) Dudg. ibid. Tan. Mon. p..201. Rot. Cart. ejus
an. No. 37
(s) Regift. of Chriſt Church, Cart. 134.
(t) See more of the Wyatts, under Allington, p. 183.
(u) See Siſinghurſt in Cranbrooke,
(v) Rot. Efeh. ejus an.
Coke's Entries, p. 77.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (x) Ibid.
() Philipott, p. 335. (z) Ibid. p. 336.
(a) The other three were, William Tracy, Richard Brit-
ton, and Hugh Morvill.
(6) Brompton, p. 1063. Hoveden, p. 521. R. de Diceto,
p. 555.
(c) Philipott, p. 336.
(d) The family of Berham bore for their arms-- Argent, 3
bears paſſant fable, muzzled or.
There was a branch of this family ſettled at Wadhurſt in
the co. of Suſſex, of which came Nicholas Berham, Sergeant
at Law; and another branch was of Boughton Monchelſea in
this


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H I S T O R Y
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
TESTON.
Nicholas Heron, knt. of Croydon in Surry, left one
daughter and heir Anne (e), who carried this
eſtate of Berham-court in marriage to fir Oliver
Boteler, of Sharnbrooke in the co. of Bedford,
knt. (f) on which he removed hither, and was
knighted by K. James I. at Whiteball, in Aug.
1604. He died in London, Nov. 22, 1632; and
was buried at Teſton, having had iſſue four fons,
of whom fir John Boteler, of Berham-court, knt.
the eldeſt ſon and heir, died without iſſue by Alice
his wife, daughter of fir Edw. Apſley, of the co. of
Suſſex, knt. on Aug. 2, 1634, and was buried in
this church; James, the ſecond ſon, died without
iſſue in his father's life-time; William, the third
ſon, was heir to his eldeſt brother John (g), as
will be mentioned below; and Thomas, the fourth
fon, died an infant ; and he had one daughter,
Anne married to fir George Fane, of Burſton, knt.
William, the third ſon, during his eldeſt bro-
ther's life reſided at Saltwood, and on his death
became his heir, and removed to Berham-court.
He was a man of exemplary loyalty, and firm
in his attachment to his royal maſter K. Charles
I, by whom he was firſt knighted and afterwards,
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
on July 3, 1641, created a Baronet, and became
one of the Gentlemen Penſioners. In 1642 he
joined with the neighbouring gentry in preſent-
ing a petition to the Houſe of Commons for a
peace, which was delivered by Captain Richard
Lovelace, for which they were both impriſoned
by order of the Houſe (b).
Sir William afterwards ſuffered greatly; his
houſe of Berham-court being ſhamefully broken
open, robbed and plundered of almoſt every
thing valuable in it, and the reſt deſtroyed (i),
and he himſelf, with his ſon, forced to com-
pound for his eſtate for 30111. 6s. 8d.
Sir William Boteler afterwards raiſed and armed
a regiment, at his own expence, for the King's
ſervice, at the head of which he was Nain, to.
gether with fir John Clerke, of Ford in this co.
knt. in the fight between the King's forces and
thoſe of the Parliament, under fir William Waller,
at Cropredy Bridge, on June 29, 1644 (k).
He married in 1631, Joane, daughter of fir
Henry Fanſhaw, of Ware-park in the co. of Hert-
ford, knt. (1) by whom he left iffue an only ſon
and heir fir Oliver, who was of Berham-court, bart.
this county, of which was Robert Berham, who was Comp-
troller of the Pipe. Both of theſe bore the above coat of
arms, with a feſs gules, and on it a fleur de lis, between 2
martlets or. Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. Berham.
(e) She was twice married, her other huſband being
Henry Herdeſley.
(f) This family is deſcended from Thomas Pincerna, who
lived in the reign of K. John, and ſealed with a covered
cup, with this inſcription, as appears by the old deeds of the
family, encircling the ſeal,-Sigillum Tboma Pincerna, pro-
bably from his being chief Butler to that Prince, whence his
fucceffors aſſumed the name of Butler or Boteler. His de-
fcendant was Robert le Boteler, called in a Latin deed with-
out date, Robertus Pineerna, as is ſuppoſed, likewiſe from
his office; and he left iſſue three ſons, Robert, called in a
Lalin deed without date, Le Boteler; Thomas; and William,
who was a Prieſt.
Fobn, ſon and heir of Robert, lived in the time of K.
Edward I, and by Anne, daughter of Hanbury, had
John Boteler, his ſon and heir, who was living in the 5th
and 45th years of K. Edward III, and married Margaret,
daughter and heir of -- Froxmer, by whom he left iffue
Nicholas Butteler, of Yatton, eſq; who by Jane, daughter
and heir of John Boteler, of Droitwitch in the co. of Wor-
ceſter, had William Buiteler, of ratton, efq; who lived in
the time of K. Henry IV, and by Margaret, daughter and
heir of John Wibbe, of Feckingham in the co. of Worceſter,
eſq; left iſſue William Butteler, of Droitīvich, efq; who mar-
ried Elizabeth Bradwell, by whom he left iflue William
Batteler, of Droitwich, efq; who by Dennys, daughter of
Barneſley, of the co. of Worceſter, had one ſon William,
and a daughter Philippa, married to William Newporte,
Which William Butteler, the ſon, was of Droitwich, eſq;
and married Jane, daughter and heir of Bachecott, of
the co. of Worceſter, gent, by whom he had George Butteler,
eſq; who removed his feat to Sharnbrooke in the co. of Bed-
ford. He left iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter of Richard
Throgmorton, of Higham-park in the co. of Northampton, efq;
three fons ; John his heir, Peter, and Raphael; and two
daughters ; Catherine, married to Gilbert Martyn, of Bar-
ford in the co. of Bedford, gent. and Margaret, who died
unmarried in 1566.
Fohn, the eldeſt ſon, was of Sbarnbrooke, efq; in the sae
of Q. Elizabeth, and was twice married ; firſt to Creſite,
daughter of fir John St. John, of Blet ſoe in the co. of Beda
ford, knt. by whom he had iſſue two ſons; Oliver his heir,
and John, of Little Brickhall in the co. of Efex, who mara
ried Fane, daughter of Edward Elliot, of Newland in Elex;
and alſo four daughters, Jane, Anne, Martha, and Mary ;
of whom the eldeſt married Robert Wright, of Donnington in
the co. of Suffolk, Cl. the next married George Digby, of
Barnes in the co. of Surry; the third married Humphry Bar-
rel, a Courtier ; and the fourth married Richard Arkenfall,
of the iſle of Ely. His ſecond wife was Mary, daughter and
coheir of Thomas Gedge, of Shenfield in the co. of Eſſex, re-
lict of Chriſtopher Harris, of Shenfield, eſq; by whom he had
two ſons; James and Samuel; and two daughters; Eliza-
beth and Sarah; of whom the former was the wife of John
Cornelius, of London, Merchant ; the latter of William Ver-
non of Malden in the co. of Elex.
Which Oliver, the eldeſt ſon, was of Sharnbrooke, and
firſt changed the ſpelling of his name to Beteler. He mar-
ried Anne, daughter and fole heir of Thomas Berham, of
Berham-place in this pariſh, eſq; which feat he poſſefled in
her right, as has been already mentioned. Pedigrees of
Berham, Colepeper, and Boteler, and Collins' Bar, vol. ii,
p. 180.
(8) Sir John Boteler gave his feat and eſtate at Sharn.
brook to his wife; but his mother, the Lady Boteler, widow
of fir Oliver, bought it of her daughter-in-law, and gave it
to her third ſon, fir William Boteler, bart. whoſe deſcendant,
the late for Philip Boteler, fold it in 1745.
(b) Sir William was impriſoned in the Fleet for ſeven
weeks, whence he was releaſed on giving 20,000l. bail.
(i) On Aug. 26, that year, by Col. Edwin Sandys and
others, with a large party of dragoons; after which fir
William, finding his life in danger, fled to the King at
Nottingham; but in his way thither was taken by the coun-
try people, and ſent up to London, where, though no de-
linquency could be proved againſt him, yet he was com-
mitted priſoner to the Gate-houſe for ſix months, and his
eftate fequeftered. Soon afterwards, however, he eſcaped
from priſon, and got ſafe to Oxford. Merc. Ruſt. p. 7.
(k) Clar. Hift. of Rebell. vol ii, p. 386.
(1) She afterwards remarried fir Philip Warwick, knt. She
was of conſanguinity to Abp. Chichele, her mother Elizabeth
being one of the daughters of Thomas Smith, of Ofenhanger,
by his wife Alice Judde, whoſe grandfather John Judde mar-
ried
.

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H I S T O RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
PRESENT STATE OF TESTON.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
TESTON.
and by Anne, daughter of fir Robert Auſten, of fon, and the houſe, heretofore called Berham-place,
Hall-place in Bexley, bart. (m) had iſſue three were, among others (r), allotted to Mrs. Eliza-
fons and two daughters, viz. William, who died beth Bouverie, of Chart Sutton above-mentioned (s),
an infant in 1663 ; Philip, who was his father's who is the preſent poffeffor of Tefton-houſe, with
heir; and John; Elizabets died unmarried, and the park, gardens and lands belonging to it;
Joane married Chriſtopher Rhodes, eſq; (n)
all which ſhe has been for ſome years improv-
Sir Philip Boteler, bart, reſided at Berham-court, ing, with ſuch elegance of taſte, that this feat
of which he died poſſeſſed in 1719, and was bu is already become one of the greateſt ornaments
ried at Teſton. He married in 1690 Anne, daugh of this part of the county (t).
ter, of fir Edward Deſbouverie, of Cheſhunt in
the co. of Hertford, knt. (c) by whom he had
iſſue one fon and heir, fir Philip Boteler, bart.
The pariſh of Tefton is moſt pleaſantly fitu-
who reſided at Berham-court, and was a gentle-
ated on an eaſy deſcent towards the ſouth.
man of a moſt amiable diſpoſition and polite-
The turnpike road from Maidſtone to Tun-
neſs of manners, whoſe benevolence and good-
bridge croſſes it weſtward, as does the road from
neſs of heart made him univerſally reſpected and
Cocks-heath and Yalding, over the Medway, to
beloved by all who knew him. He died at
Sevenoke and Weſtram, and through Wrotham to
Teſton Jan. 20, 1772, where he was buried. In
London from the northward.
May 1720, he married Elizabeth, only daughter
and heir of Thomas Williams, of Cabalva in the
The Maidſtone road till within theſe few years
co. of Radnor, efq; (P) by whom he had iſſue an went cloſe to the garden-walls in the front of
only daughter Elizabeth, who died unmarried in Teſton-houſe, leaving it on the north fide, and the
his life-time, on June 27, 1737, æt. 15, and
church clofe on the ſouth ; but the late fir Philip
was buried at Teſton (9).
Boteler procured the alteration of it, to the dif-
By his laſt will he bequeathed one moiety of all
tance of about 100 rods further from the houſe
his eſtates, both real and parſonal, without any
more ſuthward, ſo that now it forms almoſt an
ſpecific allotment, to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie,
half circle before the houſe, midway between it
of Chart Sutton, and the other moiety to Elizabeth,
and the river.
Viſcounteſs Dowager Folkſtone, and her ſon, Wil-
The river Medway bounds the ſouthern part of
liam Bouverie, Earl of Radnor, ſince deceaſed. this pariſh. Here is a lofty ſtone bridge of ſe-
They by private agreement made a partition of ven arches over it, which, notwithſtanding its
theſe eſtates, in which Teſton manor and advow great height, is frequently rendered impaffable
ried Margaret Chiche, whoſe mother was Philippa, daughter
of fir Robert Chichele, brother of the Archbiſhop. Stem.
Chich. No. 1-6-296.
(m) By Anne his ſecond wife, daughter of Thomas Muns,
of Otteridge in Berſted, eſq;
(n) She died May 4, 1753, æt. 74, and was buried at
Chelſea. See Chatham, p. 67.
(0) She died in Sept. 1717, and was buried at Teſton.
(p) She died O&. 8, 1752, and was buried at Tefton.
(7) This family bore for their arms-Quarterly fix coats ;
iſt, Boteler, argent, on a chief ſable, 3 cups or ; 2d, Boteler,
gules, a chevron between 3 cups or ; 3d, Wibbe, gules, an
heart between 3 cinquefoils or ; 4th, Froxmere, ſable, a griffin
rampant, between 3 croſs-croflets fitchee argent; 5th, Bache-
cott, or, on a bend engrailed gules, 3 Spread eagles of the field;
6th, Berham, argent, 3 bears paſſant faòle, muzzled or.
(r) In this partition, beſides the above-mentioned eſtates,
the manor and advowſon of Nettleſted, the tythes of Weſt
Barming, and the manors of Tutham and Ewell, with other
premiſes, were allotted to Mrs. Bouverie. Ditton manor
and its appendages, St. Helens in Eaſt Barming, Faukham
manor, with the alternate preſentation of the rectory, and
Gilton-bill in Sutton at Hone, with other lands, to Lady
Dotager Folkftone. The manor and advowſon of Orlanflon,
the manors of Ham, Brenzet, and Capel in Warehorne, with
other premiſes, to William, late Earl of Radnor.
(s) Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie is deſcended from Laurence
de Bouverie or Des Bouveries, of an antient extraction in
Flanders, who renouncing the Romiſ religion, came into
England in 1567. By his firſt wife, daughter of Vanden
Hove, he left iſſue ſeveral fons and daughters ; of whom
Edward the eldeſt, by Mary his wife, daughter of Jaſper
Forneſtraux, of Cologne, had one fon Edward, and three
daughters. Which Edward Deſbouverie, only fon and heir,
was knighted on March 19, 1684, and died at his feat at
Cheſhunt in the co. of Herts in 1694, leaving by Anne his
wife, daughter and coheir of Jacob de la Forterie, of London,
ſeven ſons and four daughters. Of the fons, William, the
eldeſt, was created a Baronet Feb. 19, 1713, and was an-
ceſtor to the preſent Earl of Radnor ; Edward, Jacob, Peter,
Daniel, and John, died unmarried ; Chriſtopher, the ſeventh
fon, was knighted, and was of Chart Sutton in this county,
and left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of
Ralph Freeman, of Beechworth in the co. of Surry, eſq; two
ſons; Freeman, who died without iſſue in 1734, æt. 20, and
John, heir to his brother, who died on his travels in Afia,
without iſſue, in 1750, æt. 29, and alſo two daughters;
Anne, married to John Hervey, of Beech worth, efq; and
Elizabeth, deviſee of the moiety of fir Philip Boteler's eftates:
Of fir Edrvard Deſbouverie's daughters, Jane married John
de Leau, Anne married fir Philip Boteler, bart, and was aunt
to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie above-mentioned, and Mary and
Elizabeth died unmarried. Pedigree of Deſbouverie in the
poſſeſſion of the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor.
By the marriage of fir Chriſtopher Defbouverie with Eliza-
beth, daughter and heir of Ralph Freeman, of Beechtvorth,
eſq; all his deſcendants by her are of confanguinity to Abp.
Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No. 159.
(1) Mrs. Bouverie has a right to bear for her arms-Quar-
terly of nine coats ; ift, Bouverie, party per feſs or and ar-
gent, an imperial eagle fable ; 2d, Bouverie, gules, a bend
vaire ; 3d, Forterie, argent, 3 boars heads couped fable; 4th,
Freeman, azure, 3 lozenges argent; 5th, Frebody, gules, a
chevron between 3 hearts or ; 6th, Marſ, gules, a feſs in-
dented between 6 billets or; '7th, Laurence, or, a croſs raguly
gules; 8th,
s argent, 2 bars gules, in chief 3 mullets
of the ad ; 9th, party per chevron or and fable, 3
birds counterchanged.
from

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HISTORY of TK E N T.
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ.
135. (x)
Medway a
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
TESTON.
from the ſudden overflowings of the river, After which a vicarage was endowed here by
which here at ſuch times frequently riſes near the Prior and Convent, with a reſervation of 20s.
18 feet above its uſual ſurface, in the ſpace yearly penſion to themſelves out of it; which
of 48 hours, and as quickly falls again, unleſs penſion, on the diſſolution of the priory in the
it is again augmented by repeated rains. 10 VV reign of K. Henry VIII, came into the hands
Dr. Plott mencions his having diſcovered a of the Crown, and was ſoon afterwards granted
piece of a Roman way, which ſeemed to have by that King, by his dotation charter under his
paſſed the river Medway about Teſton, and which great ſeal, in his 33d year, to his new-erected Dean
he thought croſſed Cocks-heath and pointed to and Chapter of Rocheſter, who are now entitled
wards Lenkam. non fog benis291 13
to it.
The weſtern part of this pariſh is the boundary But the parſonage of the church of Teſton, to-
of the Weald, that is from the top of the hill gether with the advowſon of the vicarage, re-
above Watringbury, acroſs the river towards the mained in the hands of the Crown in the reign
hill above Burſton in Hunton, excluding Teſton of K. Charles I; whence the ſame was granted
from its diſtrict.
(10150 gris os otra
to fir William Boteler, bart. from whom it de-
The foil of this pariſh abounds with the quarry ſcended to fir Philip Boteler, bart, who died ſeiſed
ſtone, called the Kentiſh rag-ſtone, which renders
of it in 1772 ; ſince which it has paſſed by his
the land very fertile, eſpecially to the fruit and
laſt will, in like manner as Teſton manor and
hop-plantations, the fibres of the roots being houſe, to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, the preſent
greatly nouriſhed and encouraged by the warmth
poffeffor of the parſonage and advowſon of the
ariſing from it. Son Sonstog or soldwebes || vicarage of Tefton.
This vicarage is now a diſcharged living in
nog niet
the King's books, of the clear yearly certified
Willow weed or lyfamachia, grows much on each
value of 471. the yearly tenths of which are
fide the highway near Teſton Bridge.ini
Tanacetun or garden tanſey, grows in great
CHURCH
OF TEST ON.
plenty in the meadows on the bank of the Med.
way, between Tefton and Berming:
nimnolod
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
VICARS.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
The Crown. (y) — Froſt, in 1630.
This pariſh is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
Sir William Boteler, (z) Oliver North, A. M.
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
bart.
1642, reſig, 1663.
Malling.
Cornwallis.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter
(a) John Richards, A.M.
and St. Paul, ſtands a ſmall diſtance weſtward
(6) Duncan Menzies, A. M.
from Tefton-houſe. It is a ſmall, but neat build-
inſtituted 1761. Preſent
ing, with a ſquare tower at the weſt end. It
Rector.
antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother
church of the dioceſe (u).
WEST FAR LEIGH.
Robert de Crevequer, at the time of his found-
ing the priory of Leeds, in this county, in 1119, SOUTHWARD from Tefon lies the pariſh
gave to it all the churches of his eſtates, among
of Weſt Farleigh, ſo called to diſtinguiſh it
which was this of Teſton, with 16 acres of land
from the adjoining one of Eaſt Farleigh.
in the fame pariſh, together with all their cuſ It is called in Domeſday, Ferlaga, and in the
toms, goods, liberties, and privileges (v). Textus Roffenfis, Fearnlega, and moſt probably
Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the reign of K. took its name from the paſſage over the river
Stephen, appropriated this church, and Lam-
berhurſt, to the above-mentioned priory, on in Saxon ſignifying a journey or paſſage, and lega,
petition of Daniel de Crevequer; and he received a place, i.e. the place of the way or paſſage.
the Prior and Canons into the parſonages, and The Borſholder of the borough of Weſt Far-
inſtituted the Canons Parſons canonically in leigh, is choſen at the Court Leet of that manor,
thoſe churches (w).
and does not owe ſervice to the Court Leet of
Ai i bayonne cih
gni ali to
(*) E&. Thef. p. 384.
(v) This gift was confirmed by his deſcendants from time
to time; by K. Edward I, II, and III ; by William, Robert,
(y) He was no graduate.
and others, Archbiſhops of Canterbury; and by Simon, Prior
(z) He reſigned this vicarage for that of Palding, and
and the Convent of Rocheſter. Regiſt of Leeds priory. Dugd.
dying May 11, 1675, was buried in Yalding church.
Mon. vol. ii, p. 110, &c. Reg. Roff. p. 211.
(a) And Rector of Nettlefted. He afterwards went di-
(w) This inftrument was confirmed by inſpeximus, by
ſtracted.
Gilbert, Biſhop of Rocheſter, and by his ſucceſſor, Biſhop (6) At the ſame time he was preſented to the rectory of
Richard de Wendover, in the reign of K. IIenry III. Reg. Nettleſed.
the
(u) Text. Roff. p. 229.
Roff. p. 458 and 217
Vol. II.
the


The
294
H IS TO RY of K E N T.
THE
M A N O R.
tul
Villos cu'. 4. Cot. brit.
TWYFORD HUNDRED,
WEST FARLEIGH.
the Hundred ; nor do the inhabitants of that nor of Chatham, which was held of the King in
borough owe any ſervice to that court; but at capite by barony (e). dont is
that Court there may be choſen a Conſtable of He left Robert, his grandſon, his heir (f),
that Hundred out of this borough (c).
who the year that his grandfather died had li-
Part of the pariſh of West Farleigh is held of very of his lands. He afterwards took part
with the rebellious Barons againſt the King;
the manor of Newington near Sittingborne, in free
upon which this manor was ſeized, among the
focage tenure, by certain freeholders, at the yearly
reſt of his eſtates; and though it appears that
rents of 16s, and id. (d). baid nila
he was afterwards reſtored to the King's favor,
yet he never regained poffeffion of the manor of
Weft Farleigh, which ſeems to have remained in
This place, foon after the conqueſt, was given
the hands of the Crown, till K. Edward I. gave
by William the Conqueror to Odo, Biſhop of
it to Eleanor his Queen, who, in the 38th year
Baieux, his half-brother, under the general title
of that reign, made a gift of it, with other pre-
of whoſe lands, it is thus entered in the ſurvey
miſes, to the priory of Chriſt Church in Canterbury,
of Domeſday, taken in that King's reign :
in exchange for the port of Sandwich (8).
Ranuulfº de Colubels ten' de epo' Ferlaga. p uno
K. Edward II, by his charter, July 14, in
Solin ſe defd. Tral 4. Car. Ranu non' tenº
his loch year, granted and confirmed to the
niſi. za. juga. & ibi hť in dnio. 1. Car'. & 10.
Prior of Chriſt Church, that he and his fucceffors
7.
ſhould have free-warren in all their demeſne
Servi & 1. molin. de. 5. Soľ & 10 ac pti. Silva
lands, which he poffeffed here in the time of his
15 porc'. T. R. E. & poft & modo' val. 7. lib'.
grandfather, or at any time ſince (b).
Alnod tenuit de rege.
This manor continued part of the poffeffions
De iſto Solin ten' Rayner'. 1. jugu' de epo' in mº
of the priory of Chriſt Church till its diſſolution,
Pinpe & ibi bt. 1. Car'. cu'. 9. Servis & 3. ac' pti'
in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, when it
Silva. 4. porc'. T. R. E. & poft Valeb' 20. Sol.
ſurrendered into the King's hands, and was
modo 40. Solid Alnod tenuit de rege E.
given, together with all the lands and poffeffions
Which is : Ranuulf de Columbels bolds of the belonging to it, by the general words of the act
Biſhop (of Baieux) Ferlaga. It was taxed at one paſſed that year for this purpoſe, to the King
Suling. The arable land is four carucates. Ran-
and his heirs for ever,
uulf does not hold more than three yokes, and he has
MATE
After which the King, Nov. 20th that ſame
there in demeſne one carucate, and 10 villeins, with year, granted this manor, among other premiſes,
four cottagers, having three carucates. There is a
to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. and his heirs male law-
church, and ſeven ſervants, and one mill of five ſhil fully begotten, to hold in capite by knights fer-
lings, and 10 acres of meadow. Wood for the pan vice, and he died feiſed of it in the 34th year of
nage of 15 bogs. In the time of K. Edward the
that reign, as appears by the inquiſition taken
Confeſor, and afterwards, and now it is worth ſe-
the next year after his de
after his death. His fon, fir Tho-
ven pounds. Alnod beld it of K. Edward.
mas Wyatt, knt. having raiſed a rebellion in the
Of this ſuling, Rayner holds one yoke of the Biſhop Iſt year of Q. Mary, was attainted, and his
in the manor of Pinpe, and he has there one caru eſtates were forfeited to the Crown (i); and the
cate, with nine ſervants and three acres of meadow.
Queen, by her let. pat. anno 1 and 2 Philip and
Wood for the pannage of four hogs. In the time of Mary, granted this manor to fir John Baker, knt.
K. Edward the Confeſſor, and afterwards, it was her Attorney-general (k), and his heirs, to hold
worth 20 shillings, now 40 Shillings. Alnod Cilt in capite by knights ſervice (1). He died feiſed
held it of K. Edward.
of it in the 5th and 6th year of that reign (m),
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, about an
and was ſucceeded by his ſon, fir Richard Baker,
the year 1084, this manor, with the reſt of his knt. who had livery of it in the iſt year of Q.
poffeſſions, became confiſcated to the Crown ; Elizabeth (n), and in his deſcendants it con-
whence it ſeems to have been granted by the tinued down to fir John Baker, of Siſinghurſt, bart.
Conqueror to Robert, ſon of Hamon de Crevequer, who alienated it ſoon after the death of K. Charles
whoſe deſcendant, Hamon de Crevequer, died ſeiſed I, to Mr. Robert Newton, of London, Grocer (0),
of it in the 47th year of K. Henry III, holding who conveyed it to Auguſtine Hodges, gent. and
it of the King in capite, as a member of the ma he fold it in the reign of K. Charles II, to John
was
Cilt
(c) Kilb. Surv. p. 99.
(d) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
(e) Rot. Efch. ejus an. No. 33. See more of the Creve-
quers, under Chatham, p. 65.
(f) Viz. fon of Hamon his ſon, who died in his life-time.
(8) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 22. This donation K. Edw.
I. confirmed that year ; at which time this manor, with
that of Tefton adjoining, was valued at 171. os. 4d. Dugd.
ibid. Tan. Mon. p. 201. Ros. Cart. ejus an. N. 37
Bat-
teley's Somner, appendix, pt. ii, p. 50.
(b) Regiſter of Chriſt Church, charter 134.
(i) See more of the Wyatts, under Allington, p. 183.
(k) See more of the Bakers, under Cranbrooke.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Coke's Entries, p. 77.
(m) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. (n) Ibid. ejus an.
() He died in 1680.
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Amhurſt,
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295
H A L L
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
WEST FARLEIGH.
father in this ſeat, which he alienated in 1774
Amhurſt, of Eaſt Farleigh Court-lodge, efq; who
by his will, dated in 1711, deviſed it to his
to William Philp Perrin, now of Smith's Hall, eſqz
brother, Nicholas Amhurſt, of Weſt Barming, gent.
where he kept his ſhrievalty for this county in
and his grandſon, Mr. Stephen Amhurſt, is the 1776, and he is the preſent owner of it (w).
preſent proprietor of it, and reſides in the Ma-
TOTESHAM and EWELL MANORS.
nor-houſe (p).
The manor of Totebam-hall, vulgarly called
SMITH's
Tutſham, in this pariſh, was antiently the refi-
is a ſeat in this pariſh, to which the Brewers, a dence of a family, who affumed their ſurname
from it.
family who had reſided at Brewers' Place in Me-
reworth, for many generations,
many generations, renioved in the John de Toteſham was one of the Recognitores
reign of K. Henry VI. Of this family was Magne Alise, or Judges of the Great Alize in the
William de Brewer, who was Lieutenant of Dover reign of K. John, as appears by the Pipe-rolls of
Caſtle under K. John, as appears by the ſpecial
that reign. His fon Wm. de Toteſham in the next
præcipe directed to him from that King, to deliver reign of K. Henry III, held it as half a knight's
this then important fortreſs to Hubert de Burgh, fee, of Hamon de Crevequer, and his deſcendant,
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (q).
John de Totefham died ſeiſed of it in the 5th year
This fear continued the reſidence of this fa-
of K. Edward III.(x) His ſon Richard de Tot-
mily to Thomas Brewer, eſq; who died poſſeſſed of
teſhan paid reſpective aid, in the 20th year of
it March 7, 1690, æt. 67, and was buried in this
that reign at the making the Black Prince a
church. He was twice married, firſt to Jane,
Knight, for this manor, as one fourth part of a
eldeſt daughter and one of the coheirs of Thomas
knight's fee, (part of this eſtate having before
Houghton, of Mayfield in the co. of Suſſex, efq; (r)
paſſed into other hands, by the marriage of the
by whom he had five ſons and two daughters.
daughter of Gilbert de Toteſham), (xx) and at the
His ſecond wife was Jane, daughter of Richard
ſame pime he held certain lands in Henburſt in
Kilburne, of Hawkburſt, efq; the Kentiſh Topo-
this pariſh, and Yalding.
grapher (s), by whom he had iſſue feveral chil-
From him (y) this manor and eſtate deſcended
in a direct line to Anthony Toteſham, eſq; who
dren.
about the latter end of the reign of K. Henry
His eldeſt ſon, John Brewer, was of Smith's
VIII, alienated both Toteſham and Henhurſt to
Hall, eſq; and died poffeffed of it June 2, 1724,
Thomas Chapman, gent, one of the Grooms of the
leaving by Jane his wife (t), an only daughter
King's Chamber, in whoſe name they ſtaid till
and heir fane, who was twice married ; firſt to
the middle of Q. Elizabeth's reign, when they
John Carney, eſq; and ſecondly to John Shrimpton,
were ſold to John Laurence, efq; (2) Captain of
efq; both of whom ſhe ſurvived, and again pof.
Tilbury Fort, who by Anne, one of the two daugh-
feffed this ſeat, where ſhe reſided, in her own
ters and coheirs of Robert Gidding, eſq; (a) left
right. She died here without iffue, on Aug. 12,
an only ſon and heir, Edward Laurence, who was
1762, and was buried in this church.
of Toteſham hall, efq; of which he died ſeiſed on
By her laſt will ſhe deviſed this ſeat, with the
April 8, 1605, and was buried in this church.
reft of her eftates, to her kinſman John Davis, He left iſſue by Alys, daughter and heir of John
D. D. Rector of Hamſey in Suſſex (u), and he died
Cornelius, ſix ſons and nine daughters. His heirs
poffeffed of it on Feb. 9, 1766, and was buried joined in the ſale of this maner, with Toteſpam-
in the nave of the cathedral of Canterbury, of hall and the land in Henhurſt, to Auguſtine Skyn-
which church he was a Prebendary.
ner, eſq; who on this purchaſe removed into
He left iſſue one ſon John, and three daugh Kent, and reſided at Toteſham-ball (b). He mar-
ters (V). Which John Davis, eſq; ſucceeded his ried Frances, daughter and heir of Auguſtine
base
(P) See more of the Amhurſts, under Eaſt Farleigh Court-
lodge, p. 145.
(2) Rot. 17, Joh. memb. 2, N. 102. Philipott, p. 150.
(-) She died in 1676, æt. 50, and lies buried in this
church.
(s) She lies buried near her father in Hawkhurſt church.
(t) She died Feb. 1, 1716, æt. 55, and lies buried in
this church. The Brewers bore for their arms-Gules, 2
bends wavy or, a canton vaire argent and azure.
(u) His mother was daughter of Thomas Brewer, eſq;
above-mentioned, by his ſecond wife Jane, daughter of
Richard Kilburne, of Hawkburſt, cſq;.
(v) of whom the eldeſt Elizabeth married Henry Pratt, of
London, efq; the ſecond, Anne, died unmarried in 1768; and
the
youngeſt, Fane, married Robert Knipe, of London, eſq;
(w) He bears for his arms-Gules, 3 creſcents argent,
(x) Rot. Eſch. N. 17.
(xx) This part of the eſtate ſeems to have conſiſted of a
meſſuage, with a barn, and certain lands and tenements in
Henhurſt, containing 50 acres, and wood in divers parcels,
called Jerves.
(v) He bore for his arms-Gules, within a bordure a croſs
argent, between 12 billets of the laſt; as appears by his ſeal
appendant to a deed in the Dering library.
(z) Philipott, p. 150.
(a) The other coheir, Elizabeth, married Thomas Brent,
of Willſborough in this county, ela;
(6) His grandfather, William Skynner, was of Beliembury
in the co. of Devon, and left iſſue Henry Skynner, his only
ſon and heir, who was of Columpton, and by foane his wife,
daughter of -- Chanon, had iffue ſeveral fons; of whom
Richard, the eldeſt, ſucceeded his father at Columpton ; and
Auguſtine, the youngeſt, purchaſed Totejam as above-men-
tioned.
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296 The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 12
WEST FARLEIGH.
on
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Radnor, ſince
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
Folkes, by whom he had iffue two ſons, Au was procured to enforce the ſame; and the fee
guſtine and William (c).
of them was, in purſuance thereof, veſted in fir
Philip Boteler, bart. and his heirs for ever (f).
Auguſtine Skynner, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his
He died poffeffed of them in 1972, without iſſue,
father, and was of Toteſham-ball, eſq; He was
and by his laſt will bequeathed one moiety of his
twice married, firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of
eſtates to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Chart Suta
Richard Branthwait, Sergeant at Law, by whom
ton ; and the other moiety to the Viſcounteſs Dowager
he had a daughter Elizabeth, married to John
Folkſtone, and her ſon, William Bouverie, Earl of
I'wileton, of Dartford, eſq; and ſecondly to Anne,
daughter of Thomas Franklyn, of London, eſq; by
his eſtates, theſe above-mentioned were, among
whom he had a ſon Auguſtine, who died in his
others, allotted to Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, now
life-time, and lies buried in this church. He
of Teſton, the preſent poffeffor of them (8).
died June 11, 1672, æt. 78, without furviving
iſſue, and was buried here. Sometime after a to
his deceaſe, his heirs alienated this manor and
padladi dengan
27695525 do
ſeat, with the manor of Ewell in this pariſh, and It appears by the confirmation of the poſter.
other eſtates in the adjoining pariſhes, to Edward
ſions of the priory of Tunbridge by Pope Cæleſtine
Goulſon, eſq; (d) who afterwards reſided at Tut-
III, in his firſt year, anno 1191, that that priory
sham, and died ſeiſed of theſe manors and eſtates
then poſſeſſed two ſeams of corn annually from
Sept. 2, 1720, æt. 54, and was buried here. He
TOP 290
deceaſed without iſſue, and by his laft will be By inquiſition, taken after the death of Walter
queathed them to his wife Anne, daughter of Colepeper, anno 1 Edward III, it was found, that
James Goulſton, of Widdial in the co. of Hertford; he held in gavelkind, in his demeſne as of fee,
eſq; for her life, remainder to Francis Goulſton, at the time of his death, 5s, rent, and the rent
ſon and heir apparent of Richard Goulſton, of of two hens of the price of 2d, in West Farlegh,
Widdial aforeſaid, eſq; brother of his wife Anne, of the Prior of Chriſt Church, by the ſervice of
above-mentioned (e).
making ſuit at the Court of the Prior of Eaſt Far-
She reſided at Tutſham after the death of her legh from three weeks to three weeks (i).
huſband, and dying Oct. 2, 1724, was buried
in this church; on which the property of theſe
100D
manors and eſtates became veſted in Francis This pariſh is ſituated on the ſouthern bank
Goulſton above-mentioned, of Widdial in the of the Medway, from which it riſes with a gentle
county of Hertford, eſq; who on his marriage aſcent as far as Cocks-beath. The ſoil of it is
in 1722, had ſettled the reverſion of them on very fertile, eſpecially the meadows near the
Sarab his intended wife, and on their iſſue in
It is much mixed
mixed with the
tail male, with a power of revocation on his Kentiſh rag-ſtone. The houſes are irregularly
ſettling other eſtates, of as great value, in lieu diſperſed throughout the pariſh, which abounds
of them. After which, in the 13th year of
with large and ſtately oaks, the ſouth-eaſt part of
K. George I, anno 1726, having contracted for it has much coppice wood. ilivada
an
the ſale of them with fir Philip Boteler, bart, and The ſituation of it, as well as that of the
the expreſſions in the above ſettlement being neighbouring pariſhes of Eaſt Farleigh, Barming,
doubtful and ambiguous, an act of Parliament and Teſton is peculiarly adapted for health, plea-
this pariſh (b).
0915
PRESENT STATE OF WEST FARLEIGH.
O
river.
with
the quarry or
(f) In
(c) of which the former was born in 1595, and the latter
in 1606. Viftn. co. Kent 1619, pedigr. Skynner. They
bore for their arms-Ermine, 3 lozenges ſable, in each a fleur
de lis or
(d) He was ſon of Edward and Joan Goulfone, of New
Romney in this county, and bore for his arms-Barry, ne-
bulee of 6 argent and gules, over all a bend fable, charged with
3 plates.
(e) This family was deſcended from Thomas Goulſton, of
Wimondham in the co. of Leiceſter, whoſe grandſon John,
ſon of William, was one of the Prothonotaries of the Com-
mon Pleas in the reign of K. James I, and by Jane, daugh-
ter of Richard Keterick, of South Mimms in the co. of Mid-
dleſex, efq; had ſeven ſons and four daughters. Richard
Goulſon, efq; was his eldeſt ſon and heir, who married
Alice, daughter of William Meggs, of London, Merchant,
by whom he had iſſue fames, William, knighted in his fa-
ther's life-time, and two daughters. Chauncy's Hertf. p.
11. They bore the ſame coat of arms as the Goulſtons of
this county.
James Goulſton, the eldeſt ſon, was of Widdial, eſq; and
by Mary, daughter and coheir of John Rowley, was father
of Richard, who married Margaret, daughter of Francis
Turner, Biſhop of Ely; and Anne, the wife of Edward Goul-
fon, of Tutſham, eſq; as above-mentioned. Morant's Effex,
vol. ii, p. 607
1745 an act paſſed to ſettle theſe premiſes in join-
ture, in lieu of others, on fir Philip's wife and their iſſue,
remainder to for Philip and his heirs; in which act they are
thus deſcribed, viz. the manors of Ewell and Tuttiſham, alias
Tutſham, and the capital meffuage of the ſame, and all thoſe
pieces of land containing 210 acres, and others containing
50 acres, and the capital meſſuage or manfion-houſe, and
ſcite of the ſaid manor of Ewell, and ſeveral parcels of land
containing 204 acres, and other lands and premiſes therein
mentioned; all which meſſuages, lands, &c. were then let
at the yearly rent of 2751. per annun, or thereabouts.
(8) Tutjham-hall has within theſe few years been pulled
down; the ſituation of it was exceeding pleaſant; the houſe
ſtood on a riſe above the Medway, commanding a good pro-
ſpect of that river and the neighbouring country, and it was
well watered with canals, &c. and encircled with ſtately trees.
(b) Reg. Roff. p. 667.
(i) Lamb. Peramb. p. 599.
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The WH US TOYR SY of 2 K E N T.
и
297
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
1 On the intended diffolution of Deans and Chap-
WEST FARLEIGH.
ceſfors for ever ſhould poſſeſs this church, and
fantneſs and profit; from which and from the
ſhould take the tythes of corn yearly, and con-
continued plantations of fruit-trees, filberts, and
vert them to their own uſes, and alſo two par-
hops, this part of the county may well deſerve
the character it has acquired, of being The Gar. cels of land of the poſſeſſions (o) of the ſaid
church; of which, nevertheleſs, he decreed, that
den of Kent.
Starrista
The high roads from London through Wrot-
the Vicar of it ſhould take the tythes yearly,
when they ſhould be cultivated, ſaving, never-
bam, and from Sevenoke, Mereworth, &c, over
Cocks-beath into the Weald, croſs this pariſh over theleſs, a third parcel, and all other appurts.
.
Tefton Bridge fouthward. Beſides the above bridge belonging to it, to the Vicar ſerving in it, who
there is another of timber, built a few years ago, ſhould be preſented by the Prior of Leeds to the
for a paſſage from Barnjett to West Farleigh Biſhop of Rocheſter; and if a proper perſon, ſhould
Court-lodge, in the room of an antient ford acroſs
be inſtituted by him perpetual Vicar, ſaving alſo
the river, which was diſtant a few rods above epiſcopal right in all things to the Biſhop of Ro-
it.
Sdt Sah cheſter (P). Which appropriation was afterwards
In the ſouthern part of this pariſh there riſes a confirmed by Gilbert de Glanvill, Biſhop of Ro-
ſwift ſhallow brook, called The Ewell, which cheſter, and by Robert, Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
and others (9).
having ſupplied the ponds belonging to Tutſham,
falls into the Medway a little above Teſton Bridge. 9 This church, together with the advowſon of
the vicarage, remained part of the poffeffions of
kot no tonsen bereits vodsot
B O T A N Yo tod: siglib
the above-mentioned priory, till the diffolution
For an abus
of it in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it
Cyclamen Europæum, Sowbread, grows in the
was confirmed to that King and his heirs, among
woods in this neighbourhood (k). OJ D93
On
the other eſtates of the priory, by the general
Ariſtolochia clematitis, climbing birthwort, in
words of the act paſſed in the 31ſt year of that
the woods between this place and Maidſtone (1).
reign (r).
1919
buotono anoniem eida Diodos
After which the King, by his dotation char-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. 160
ter under the great ſeal, in his 33d year, ſettled
1 Weſt Farleigh is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
both the parſonage, and advowfon of the vicarage
diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
of this church, on his new.erected Dean and Chap-
Malling. i blod onsitud: 18 orlaitis
ter of Rocheſter, with whom they now remain.
10 The church, which ſtands near the Court-
lefſee of the parſonage is Mr. John Savage;
lodge, conſiſts of one iſle, and has a low pointed
but the Dean and Chapter reſerve the preſentation
fteeple. It is dedicated to All Saints, and an
of the vicarage to themſelves.
tiently paid 9d. chrifm-rent to the mother church
of K. Edward I, the church
of the dioceſe (m2). varab 93145 bris
In the inſide of the church, in the ſouth wall,
adan of Farleigh was valued at 100 fhillings (s). b
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books at
there is an antient tomb fixed in a recefs, and 61. 105. 5d. and the yearly tenths at 135.0{d.(t)
and over it an arch engrailed, having at each
corner a coat of arms; that towards the eaſt is
ters, after the death of K. Charles I, the poffef-
obliterated, but the weſtern one, a croſs within
ſions of the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter in this
a bordure engrailed, is ſtill viſible. alentílied to
er, at the time of his found-
pariſh, were ſurveyed in 1649, by order of the
Robert de Crevequer
, at the time
ſtate ; when it was returned, that this parſonage
ing the priory of Leeds in this county, in the year
or rectory conſiſted of all the tythes, &c. with
1119, gave all the churches of his eſtates,
among a houſe, barns, &c, and gardens containing one
which was this of Wij Farleigh, with all their
rood, of the improved rent of 741. and alſo an-
cuftoms, goods, liberties, and privileges, to that
Ingin
other barn and premiſes belonging to the fame,
priory (n). ist
28 si blod sodsto
containing three roods and three perches, of the
William Corboil, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in improved rent of gl. per annum. All which pre-
the reign of K. Henry I, ſoon after the above miſes were let Jan. 11, anno 11 Charles I, to
mentioned gift, granted to the church of Leeds, Thomas and John Wood, by the late Dean and
and the Canons there, that they and their ſuc-
dan yo? 104
Chapter, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 10l.
ak(k) Gerarde ſays, he could not learn that this plant grew
to not
080119 odi node
(6) Duas culturas de tenemento.
wild any where in England. See Johnſon's Gerarde’s Her-
bal, p. 845. Mr. Rave and Mr. Hudſon have entirely
(P) Reg. Roff. p. 353. Toy xipevas )
omitted it in their catalogue of Britiſh plants.
(4) Ibid. Regift. of Leeds Priory.
2
(1) Mentioned in Hudſon's Flora Anglica, vol. ii, p. 394.
(-) K. Henry VIII, June 10, in his 32d year, granted
to Thomas Chapman, gent, one of the Grooms of his Cham-
(n) This gift was confirmed by his deſcendants from time
ber, an annuity or rent of 61. ſterling, iſſuing out of his
to time; by K. Edward I, II, and III ; by Willium, Robert,
rectory of Weſt Farleigh. Augtn. off. Inrolments.
and others, Archbiſhops of Canterbury; and by Simon, Prior
(s) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456. densiy aída 205
and the Convent of Rochefter. Regifter of Leeds Priory. (t) E&. Theſ. p. 383
Dugd. Men. vol. ii, p. 110, &c. Reg. Roff. p. 211.
p. 383.om als lw rameborg bagong
фитуура та орея bre (2)
nis. 4d.
In the 15th year
DSHI
3
VTi 502
(m) Text. Roff. p. 229.
VOL. II.

298
The HISTORY of K E N T
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
In
VICARS.
1726.
(Dando bus
Cettelone alto 1776.
to your poi, figned 1779.
e reign of K.
of K. Henry
or e)at
them year of K. Edward III, as
HUNTON.
TIS. 4d. ſo there remained clear the rent of was part of the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of
681. 85. 8d. per annum ; that the vicarage was
Baieux and Earl of Kent, the Conqueror's half-
excepted out of the leaſe, and was worth 351. brother, under the general title of whoſe lands
per annum, and that the leſſee covenanted to re it is thus entered in it:
pair the chancel, and to pay the accuſtomed Adelold tenuit de epo' Benedestede & Robt ten?
penſion of 31. 6s. 8d. to the Vicar (u). Y sro ad firma'. p uno jugo ſe defd. Tra’. e
dnio' e'. 1. car'. cu. 5. ſervis. & una ac' pti. Silva.
CHURCH OF WEST FARLEIGH. 6. pore'. T. R. E. & post'. valuit. 20. folid”.
arabis& .
PATRONS,
Cilt.
or by whom preſented.
00
ad bio
modo 40 fol. Godric' tenuit de Alnodo
Dean and Chapter (v) William Allen, in 1597. Which is : Adelold beld Benedestede of the Biſhop
of Rocheſter. (w) Robert Feild, A.M. about
(of Baieux) and Robert held it to ferme. It was
1630. adgii lngooli taxed at one yoke. The arable land is. 7. In
(x) John Reve, 1636. usado demeſne there is one carucate, with five ſervants,
(Y) Edmund Hills, 1640. and one acre of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
(z) Oliver North, 1720, obt. fix bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor,
and afterwards it was worth 20 shilling's, now 40
26 novovhs is (a)
John Davis
, A. M. pre- Shillings.
Millings. Godric held it of Alnod Cilt.
Seleneto 10 lented
ſented 1726, obt. July The above-mentioned manor, on the Biſhop's
1776. rokom svoga diſgrace about four years afterwards, was ſeized
(b) Robert Fountain, A. M.
on, among the reſt of his poffeffions, and was
en la bata preſented Nov. 1776, re-
granted to one of the family of Crevequer, of
ſigned
whom it was held by proprietors, who, in all
que o masin (c) Francis Taynton, A. M.
likelihood, aſſumed their ſurname from it.
preſented 1779. Preſent
John de Benstede held this manor as one fourth
Vicar.
notinob dyd
did w 1931A
part of a knight's fee, in the
Kortbou
Η U Ν Τ Ο Ν.
end of which reign, he alienated it to Nicholas
de Lenham, who at that time held likewiſe the
SOUT
CHWARD from West Farleigh lies
the pariſh of Hunton, called more frequently
manor of Hunton, for which, in the 41ſt year of
in antient deeds, Huntington.
it, he obtained a charter of free warren, a market
ind
A ſmall part of this pariſh, being of the an.
on a Tueſday weekly, and a yearly fair to continue
tient demeſne of Aylesford, is in the Hundred of five days, viz. the vigil, the day of the aſſumption
Larkfield; another ſmall part is within the Hun-
of our Lady, and three days afterwards (f).
dred of Maidſtone, the reſidue being in the borough In the above year there was a fine levied be-
of Hunton, is in the Hundred of Twyford, which tween Nicholas, Prior of Christ Church, and Ni-
borough claims a Court Leet of itſelf, where the cholas de Lenham, of an annual rent of 61. of this
Borſholder is choſen, and the inhabitants of it
manor of Huntington (g. 20 1609
2109
o 1609 6 9010
owe no ſervice to the Court Leet of the Hundred,
# His deſcendant, John de Lenham, died ſeiſed
only at that Court a Conſtable for the Hundred may of both theſe manors in the 10th year of K.
be choſen out of this borough (d). Siswa Edward III ; (b) and h
; (b) and his ſon, William de Lenham,
si asdw 93511
stoling either beste W 3i msdw
leaving an only daughter and heir Alianor'; the
10 yo397 no
marriage to Jobn ale Gyfford, who
The manor of Huntington, alias Hunton, was paid aid, in the
part of the antient poffefſions of Chriſt Church in
Black Prince a Knight, for one
25 mg
Canterbury, and was ſoon after the time of the fourth part of a knight's fee, which John de
Conqueror held of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury by Lenham held in Bensted of Hamon de Creuker, and
knight's ſervice, by a family of the name of
he of the Earl of Gloucester
to nginu od
Lenham, who were afterwards proprietors of an John de Gyfford died ſeiſed of theſe manors in
other manor in this pariſh, called Benstede. the 22d year of the above reign; ſoon after which
The latter of theſe manors, at the time of tak. were ſold by his heirs to William, ſecond
ing the ſurvey of Domeſday, about the year 1080, ſon of John de Clinton (i), who was afterwards
o obrigado [ 998 ilgstow. VIS DIEW
(u) Parl. Surveys, vol. xiv, Lambeth-libr. 791 03
(6) He exchanged this vicarage, for that of Frindfoury,
(v) See Boxley parochial Regiſter, in which year he was
do eigolero toda ai si bossimo
married there.
BOT SA ILIVYOH AG 1)
(c) He is likewiſe Rector of Trottefclive, bambina
(w) Mfr. Twyfden.
and introdP02
(d) Kilb. Surv. p. 151.
(x) Reg. Roff. p. 888.
(,) Walker's Suff. of Clergy, p. 257.
(e) Book of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
(2) Alfo Vicar of Eaſt Farleigh. He was a good benefac (f) Pat. 41 ejus an. memb.7.
tor to this vicarage, by the improvements he made to the (g) Regiſter of Christ Church, cart. 2027.
houſe and gardens, which are most pleaſantly fituated. (6) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. Du ovo bgo T
(a). And Recor of Mereworth.
(i) Philipott, p. 196.
11
knighted,

Τ Η Ε
carried them in manughter
making the 20th
.
poml
VIOT SISI
with his ſucceſſor.
30
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smisor
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
299
HUNTON.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
of the Houſe of York; for which his lands were
knighted, and was a perſon of eminent worth
ſeiſed, and he himfelf attainted in the Parliament,
and abilities. In the 3d year of K. Edward IH,
then held at Coventry. But on the acceſſion of
he had married Juliana, daughter and heir of fir
K. Edward IV, his lands were reſtored, and his
Thomas de Leyborne, commonly ſtyled from her
attainder reverſed. i odvah
great poffeſfions, The Infanta of Kent; which
He died Sept. 24, in the 4th year of K. Ed-
marriage was in great meafure the means of his
future honor and preferments; for the next year ward IV, feiſed of this manor, and Benfted, leav-
he was conſtituted Governor of Dover Caſtle, and ing iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of
Warden of the Five Ports, and in the 7th year Richard Fienes, Lord Dacre of the South, John,
of that reign, Admiral of the Seas; and ſtanding Lord Clinton, his only fon and heir, who mar-
high in the King's favor, he was, in the 11th
ried Anne, daughter of Stafford, eſq; and
year of that reign, advanced to the title and dig, died on Feb. 29, in the 3d year of K. Henry
nity of Earl of Huntingdon (k). oo. I to VII, leaving John his ſon and heir, who died
He died on Aug. 23, anno 28 K. Edward III, feiſed of this manor, with Benſted, on June 4,
without iſſue, feiſed of the manor of Huntington, in the 7th year of K. Henry VIII, leaving iſſue
alias Hunton, with Benſted in Hunton ; fir John by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir John Mor-
de Clinton, knt. ſon of John, his eldeſt brother, gan, of Tredegar, knt. Thomas, Lord Clinton, his
being found, by the inquiſition taken after his ſon and heir, who at the time of his father's
death, to be his next heir (1). 53 not boost death was 24 years of age, and having ſummons
2 John, Lord Clinton, paid relief in the 4th year to Parliament, took his feat among the Barons
of K. Henry IV, at the marriage of Blanch, that of this realm; but a malignant diſtemper, called
Prince's daughter, for this manor of Huntington, the ſweating ſickneſs, raging two years after-
alias Hunton, with Benfted. In the 6th year of wards, he died of it, on Aug. 7, in the oth year
that reign, doing his homage, he had livery of of K. Henry VIII, leaving by Mary his wife,
his purparty of the lands of William de Say, as natural daughter of fir Edward Poynings, Banne-
heir to him by his grandmother Idonea; where ret, and Knight of the Garter, an only fon Edward,
upon he bore the title of Lord Clinton and Say. as was found by the inquiſition taken after his
Having been ſummoned to Parliament from death at Canterbury, March 13th following, and
the 23d year of K. Richard II. to the 9th year
that he died ſeiſed, among other manors and
of K. Henry VI. incluſive, he departed this lands in this county, of the manors of Hunting-
life on July 30th next year, being then ſeiſed ton and Benfted.no
of this manor, with Benſted, and leaving iſſue
Edward, Lord Clinton, afterwards became one
by Anne his wife, daughter of William, Lord of the moſt eminent perſons of the age he lived
Botreaux, and widow of fir Fulk Fitzwaren, knt. in; being ſaid to be wiſe, valiant, and fortunate
John, Lord Clinton, his ſon and heir, who by his in all his undertakings (m).
103 boliso
deed, Nov. 1, in the 27th year of K. Henry VI, He alienated the manor of Hunton, with Ben-
releaſed and confirmed to his kinſman, fir James
ſted, to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt, (n) who died ſeiſed
Fienes, knt. then Lord Say and Seal, his heirs and
of it in the 34th year of K. Henry VIII, anno
aſſigns for ever, the name and titie of Lord Say;
1542, as appears by the inquiſition taken the
to which title he claimed a right from Idonea,
next year
fir Tho-
his great-grandmother, daughter and coheir to
von eine
mas Wyatt, knt. having raiſed a rebellion
William, Lord Say ; as alſo the arms, which by
Q. Mary, was attainted in the
reaſon of that name, title, and honor, he had
reign, by which all his eſtates became forfeited
by hereditary right or otherwiſe. Da
to the Crown (P); and the Queen, by her let.
After this, in the 38th year of that reign, he pat. anno 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, granted this
revolted from the King, and eſpouſed the cauſe manor, with Benſted (9), to fir John Baker, knt.
1 tres ors, ni fonolo samsgod stil yustilir
Datego
rice) Dugd. Bat. vol. in p. 530 ét feji Boitiscono baib Edward, the third fon, died unmarried. His fecond wife
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Sir John de Clinton was ſon of
was Elizabeth, daughter and at length heir of William de
fir John de Clinton, of Maxtoke, who was firſt ſummoned to la Plaunch, of Haverſham in the co. of Bucks, and widow of
Parliament among the Barons of this realm, in the 7th for Robert Grey, of Rotherfield, knt, who ſurvived him, but
year of K. Edward III. He was a great warrior, and per by whom he had no iſſue. Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 532. Coll.
formed eminent ſervices in the King's wars ; ſo that he had
ſummons to Parliament, from the 31ſt year of the above
.
His effigies, as well as thoſe of John, Lord Clinton, his
reign to the 20th of K. Richard II, and died on Sept. 8th grandſon and heir above-mentioned, remained till lately in
that year. He was twice married ; firſt to Idonea, one of
the windows of this church. Philipott, p. 196.
the filters and at length coheir of her brother, William de
(m) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 532.
Coll. Peer, vol. iii, p.
Say, by whom he had iffue three fons. Sir William de Clin 58. See more of this family, under Folkftone.
om 98
ton, the eldeſt ſon, died in his father's life-time, leaving
(n) Philipott, p. 196.
ouda ()
iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir John Deincourt,
( ) Rot. Eſch. ejus aniq
knt. two ſons, John, heir to
Thomas, the ſecond ſon of John, Lord Clinton, was of Aming-
(p) See more of the Wyatts, under Allington, p. 183.)
to his grandfather, and Richard.
(g) Containing 100 acres of arable, 140 acres of paſture,
ton in the co. of Warwick, and ended in a daughter; and 50 acres of wood, in this parish.
gorta
sud
after his death (9): His 10m, L
n againſt
ed in the 1ſt year of her
IS
Peer. vol. ii, p. 55. m
* Calm
and
her

300
The WHIS TO RYO of K E N T.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
for Gera
boath, efq; who died feiſed of this eſtate in 1757,
called the Court-lodge, nes
Tona
probable co
HUNTON. JOTWT.
her Attorney-general, and his heirs, to hold in mily'; for in the 45th year of the above reign,
capite by knight's ſervice (r). Iminoribnstig fir Waretius de Valoignes, knt. releaſed to John de
He died ſeiſed of them in the 5th and 6th year
Burſton his title to lands in thoſe pariſhes. In his
of that reign, and was ſucceeded by his ſon, for
deſcendants Burſton remained for many genera.
Richard Baker, knt. who had livery of them
tions, and it appears, that they were eſteemed
in the ift year of Q. Elizabeth, in whoſe deſcen among the antient gentry of this county;
dants they continued down to fir John Baker, of
vas Clifton, Sheriff of Kent in the 20th year of K.
Sifinghurſt, bart, who poſſeſſed them in the reign Henry VI, returned William Burſton, then poſ.
of K. Charles II; he ſold them to Mr. Clarke, feffor of this manor, among thoſe who had a
of Boughton, who left the manor of Hunton by right to bear the antient coat armour of their
his laſt will to Mr. Thomas Turner, of this pariſh, anceſtors (t). 25W il -omai april பழம்
for his life, remainder to his own brother, of In the reign of K. Henry VIII, Alderman
whom Mr. Turner, having purchaſed the rever Head, of London, reſided here, and made great
fion of it, and dying without iſſue, bequeathed
additions to the houſe () ; but he ſeems to have
it
to his nephew Mr. Thomas Turner, of Hunton, poſſeſſed it only for a term of years; for the fee
who died poffeffed of it on July 10, 1776, æt.
continued in the name of Burſton, by one of
75 (rr), and his ſon, Mr. Thomas Turner, of
whom it was alienated, in the beginning of the
Hunton, is the preſent owner of it. srl bus 1101 reign of Q. Elizabeth, to fir Thomas Fane, knt.
A Court Baron is held for this manor. w diseb
ſecond ſon of George Fane, of Badfell in Tudeley,
2 But Bensted, now called Bensteddle, the ſcite of
efq; who was afterwards of Burſton, knt, and was
which at preſent conſiſts only of a parcel of land,
Lieutenant of Dover Caſtle. Vi
with a ruinated houſe on it, paſſed by fale from He died without ſurviving iſſue in 1606, and
Clarke to Bartholemew, in which name it de was buried in Hunton church, as was Helen his
ſcended down to Leonard Bartholemew, of Oxen wife, who died that ſame year (»). Tils
2. By his laſt will he bequeathed this manor and
without iſſue, bequeathing it, among the reſt of feat, among the reſt of his eſtates, to fir George
Fane
, knt. fecond fon of fir Thomas Fane, of
his poffeffions in this county, to the ſecond ſon
of Francis Geary, of Poleſdon in the co. of Surry,
Badfell, knt. by his wife Mary, Baroneſs Le De-
by Mary his half-fifter; which ſecond ſon, Wil Spencer. Which George Fane had been knighted
liam Geary, eſq; who owns a conſiderable eftate at the coronation of K. James I, and after the
in this pariſh, is the preſent poffeffor of it (s).
death of his uncle reſided at Burſton. In the
9. At the ſouth ſide of the chancel of this church,
18th year of K. James I, he was choſen to re-
preſent this county in Parliament, and in the 21ſt
was once a tomb for one of the noble family of
manor, whoſe fear,
Clinton, poffeffors of this
year of it, he ſerved the office of Sheriff, keep-
ing his ſhrievalty at Burſton. He was twice mar-
firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of Robert, Lord
Spencer, of Wormleighton (w), by whom he had
moat which ſurrounded it, are ſtill viſible.
orine IIV Yash 1 10 1894 or mi ji 10 no iſſue; and ſecondly to Anne, only daughter of
od BOU BURSTON 995 23 mal
fir Oliver Boteler, of Teſton (x), by whom he had
three fons; Thomas, his heir, and Edward and
is a manor in this pariſh (ss), which was antiently
Francis, who died without iſſue, and alſo three
eminent for being the reſidence of a family,
1028W
daughters (y).
which took their ſurname from it.
odw, wd, copis
b He died ſeiſed of this manor on June 26,
John de' Burſton is mentioned in the dateleſs 1640, æt. 59, and was buried in this church,
deeds relating to this family, which, from the being ſuceeeded here by his eldeſt ſon, Thomas
Fane, who was of Burſton, eſq; and taking to a
ſuppoſed to be of the time of K. Henry III; at military life, became a Colonel in the army. He
which time there was lan
land about Wye and Crun died unmarried at Burſton, on Sept. 5, 1692, in
dall in this county, which belonged to this fa-
his 66th year, and was buried in Hunton church.
ho vobiw bo508.10.02 ak
01 bsnom roku saw odwzlotya M
**(r) Dalton's Reports, Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1.
(u) He lies buried in the ſouth iſle of this church. Kilb.
(rr) "He left iſſue likewiſe by his wife, daughter of Mr.
living contro Benin
(v) She was daughter of fir Walter Hendley, knt. and
Durrant, four daughters; of whom Mary married the Rev.
Mr. Thomas Verrier Alkin, Vicar of Lenham; Anne married
Jür George Somerſet, knt. fecond ſon of Charles
,
the Rev. Mr. John Ward, Re&or and Vicar of Palding; and Earl of Worceffer, by whom fir Thomas Fane had one daugh-
ter Mary, who died in his life-time, being then the wife of
the other two are ſingle.
foy bogie (18
Henry Fane, of Hadlow, eſq; by whom ſhe had iſſue a ſon
(s) 'See more of him, under Oxenhoath, P. 261.
Thomas, who died an infant.
(ss) Kilburne ſays, the name of it was Buffon, alias Bur * (zu) She died in 1618, and was buried in Weſtminſter
siceſtune, alias Burregiceftune, p. 157. 21.01.2010)
Abbey.
191 uro stiw
(t) Philipot, p. 197. The arms of the Burffons were
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By his laſt will and teſtament, he bequeathed this
N A T U R AL HISTORY.
manor and ſeat, among the reſt of his eftates,
to Mildmay Fane, the youngeſt ſon of Vere, Earl
In the year 1683, there was found, at the
of Weſtmoreland, by Rachel his wife, daughter of
opening of a piece of ground to enlarge a pond,
near Mr. Hatley's houſe in this pariſh, at ſix
and died unmarried on Sept. 11, 1715, and was
yards deep, a hard floor or ſtratum, compoſed
ſucceeded in this manor and ſeat, as well as the
of ſhells, or petrifactions like them, crowded
reſt of his eſtates, by Tbomas, Earl of Weſtmore-
cloſely together, the interſtices of which were
land, his eldeſt ſurviving brother, who died
filled up with marle. This layer was about an
his
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on June 4, 1736, without iſſue ; fo that
honors and eſtates defcended to John, his younger
and only ſurviving brother.
and reſembled ſea fiſh of the teſtaceous kind;
of them were turbinated or wreathed, the
out iſſue, on Aug. 26, 1762, and by his will
reft were of the bivalvular ſort ; none of them
deviſed this manor and feat, together with the with their valves cloſed together, but ſingle.
reſt of his eſtates in this county, to his nephew, Aratum, when expoſed to the air and
fir Francis Daſhwood, of West Wickham in the co.
grown hard, appeared much like the coarſe fort
of Bucks, bart, and the heirs of his body ; re-
mainder to his great-nephew, fir Thomas Steple. || tions, with marle mixed betwixt them, as is
svödd o dug up about Betherſden, Pluckley, &c. in the
Sir Francis Daſhwood, on April 19, 1763, had, Weald of Kent, and about Perworth in Suſſex.
in right of his mother the Lady Mary, ſiſter of
Upon enquiry, no inſtance was known of the
John, Earl of Westmoreland
of Westmoreland above-mentioned, the
river Medway's having, in any floods, reached
barony of Le Despencer confirmed to him, and he
ſo far as this place (6).
is the preſent poffeffor of this manor and ſeat of
No borbudt doido nich
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Bur fion (2). 13 Janbago lub Fiona Bulo
rodada
There was a park round this ſeac, incloſed Hunton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
about the reign of James I, which has been dif of the dioceſe of Rocheſter, and being a peculiar
parked ſome years, and converted into a farm(a). of the Archbiſhop, is as ſuch in the deanry of
Voilgoub agni da
Shoreham.
-mid aoqi PRESENT STATE OF HUNTON. isang or to The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
ow to wiado
ipdi bis 16 antiently paid 9d. chrifm-rent to the mother
The greateſt part of the pariſh of Hunton is church of the dioceſe (c).
within the Weald of Kent, the hill above Burſton
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church
being the northern boundary of that diſtria.
was valued at 15 marcs (d).
A little to the eaſtward of Burſion is the par It is a rectory, valued in the King's Books
fonage, and at a very ſmall diſtance further is a
at 161. 135. 11a. and the yearly tenths at
ſeat called Gennings, formerly the property of
11. 135. 31 d. (e)
not misst aids, io
one Snatt, who fold it to fir Walter Roberts, of al bootd copilgan, eid 16 Barney
Glaſfenbury, bart, and he rebuilt the h ; but
His Grace the Archbiſhop is patron of this
church.
dying in 1745, without male iffue, Jane, his dotto nol Istui 102 to not one
only ſurviving daughter and heir, carried this 2019 CHURCH OF HUNTON. do da
ſeat, with the reſt of her great inheritance, in flest sgial bod bns sonorintre o bobnove
PATRONS,
marriage to his Grace George, Duke of St. Albans, or by whom preſented. od erald ni Rectors. Had erron
who is the preſent poffeffor of it.
190ESTE aidila
A principal ſtream of the river Medway directs Canterbury Tequeſtered about 2643.
its courſe north-west through the weſtern verge
vagine stoupno (g) Latham, ejected 1662.
of this pariſh, which is increaſed by ſeveral oi act nobau (6) Thor
to otais orla nobos () Thomas Yardley, 1680.
ſprings, which riſe here on the eaſtern ſide of
it, and ſo run with it into the main river at
(i) George Fage, A.M. 1713,
alt 10 nuogos slamom $993 ()
elita griblos eid 101 Bobt. Sept. 8, 1728.
oldum & sisiw TV)
Siw po
(2) See more of the Fanes, Earls of Weſtmoreland, and of
Pantopris og boss939;er, sowe ori còn
(c) Text. Roff. p. 229. joto ni bosh to the
the Daſhwoods, under Mereworth, p. 265.
(d) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456. sabor ado gnilice
(a) The houſe ſtands midway down the hill, having a (e) EA. Thef
. p. 387.mai
good yiew ſouthward over the Weald of Kent. The right Walker's Suff. of Clergy, pt. ii, p. 266. Wood's
wing of it is built of brick, ornamented with ſtone, and Ath. vol. ii, p. 240.
ſeems to be of the time of Q. Elizabeth ; the reſt of the
houſe is much more modern. The whole ſeems to be
(8) Ejected by the Bartholomew adt. Calamy’s Life of
, .
proaching to haſty ruin, being uninhabited, the houſe where
394 siis os bons
(b) Reg. Roff. p. 874.
the farmer inhabits being built adjoining to it.
sloop and no
(i) Alſo Vicar of Mar den and Prebendary of Litchfield.
(6) Philoſophical Tranſactions, vol. xiv, No. 155, p. 463. Willis's Cath. vol. i, p. 467. He lies buried in this church.
VOL. II.
Herbert
diſtria.
990
Richard Burton, 1691.
Yald ing.
1728.** 713)
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queror, and gave
,
The HISTORY of K E N T.
YALDING.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
(k) Herbert Taylor, 1728, obt.
In Tuiferde Hund'.
Sept. 29, 1763
Ricard' de Tonebrige ten' Ealdinges & Aldret tenuit
(1) John Fowel, S.T.P. 1763, de rege. E. & tc' & mo defd' je po 2. Solins. Tra
reſig. 1765.
é 16. Car'. Ibi. 2. æccla. & 15. fervi. & 2 mo-
(m) Beilby Porteus, S. T. P.
lini de 25. Solid & 4. piſcariæ de mille & Septin-
1765. Preſent Rector.
gent' anguillº. 20 ti min'. Ibi. 5. ac' pti. & Silva.
150. porc.
T. R. E. & poft valuit. 30. lib. modo. 20. lib.
Y'A L D I N G.
eo qd' tra' vastata. e'. a pecunia. 1551
TORTHWESTWARD from Hunton lies zi Which is : Richard de Tonebrige kolds Ealdina
Yalding, antiently written Ealding, which ges, and Aldret held it of K. Edward, and then and
ſignifies the antient meadow or low ground.
now it was taxed at two ſulings. The arable land
is 16
Moſt of this pariſh is in the Hundred of Twy-
6 carucates. There are two churches (o), and
ford, and the reſt of it, viz. the borough of Rug-15 ſervants, and two mills of 25 ſhillings, and four
fiſheries of 1000 and 700 eels, all but 20. There
merhill, is in the antient demeſne of Aylesford. That
are five acres of pasture, and wood for the pannage
part of this pariſh, which holds of the manor of
of 150 hogs.
Weſt Farleigh, is in the borough of Weſt Farleigh,
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, and af-
and the Borſholder thereof ought to be choſen at
terwards, it was worth 30 pounds, now 20 pounds,
the Court Leet there, and ſo much thereof as is
on account of the land's lying waste to that amount.
held of the manor of Hunton, is in the borough
The above-mentioned Richard Fitz Gilbert, at
of Hunton, and the Borſholder thereof is choſen
the latter end of the Conqueror's reign, was
at the Court Leet there ; and the inhabitants
uſually called Richard de Tonebrige, from his pof-
of neither of theſe boroughs owe ſervice to the
fefſions and reſidence at the town and caftle of
Court Leet holden for the Hundred of Twyford,
Tunbridge ; and his deſcendants took the name
within which Hundred they both are; but at
of Clare, for the like reaſon of their poffeffing
that Court a Conſtable for that Hundred may be
that honor. His deſcendant, Gilbert, ſon of
choſen out of either of theſe boroughs.
Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford,
owned it in the reign of K. Henry III, and
in the 18th year of K. Edward I, marrying
The manor of Yalding, or Ealding, as it was with Joane of Acres, the King's daughter (P),
uſually written, was, after the conqueſt, part of
he entailed this manor, with others, upon him-
the poffeſſions of the eminent family of Clare, ſelf and her, and the iſſue of their two bodies,
who became afterwards Earls of Glouceſter and with remainder to her heirs, in caſe the ſhould
Hertford (n), the anceſtor of whom, Richard Fitz ſurvive him. In the 21ſt year of that reign
Gilbert, came into England with William the Con he claimed all the privileges of a manor here
him great aſſiſtance in the me. before the Juſtices Itinerant, who allowed the
morable battle of Haſtings, in which he obtained fame, and dying feiſed of it on the 26th of Dec.
the crown of this realm ; for which ſervice, and 1295, anno 24 Edward I, was buried in the
in reſpect of his near alliance in blood to the church of Tewkſbury, on the left hand of his
King, being the eldeſt ſon of Gillebert, Earl of father. He left iffue by Joane his wife, who
Brion, ſon of Geoffry, natural ſon of Richard, the ſurvived him, one fon Gilbert, then five years of
firſt of that name, Duke of Normandy, he was
advanced to great honor, and had large poffef below. 15979
di song to thot sa diw 1957.
fions beſtowed upon him, both in Normandy and On his death, Joane his wife became poffeffed
England; among the latter was this eſtate of of this manor for her life. She afterwards mar-
Yalding, as appears from the ſurvey of Domeſday, ried Ralph de Monthermer (9), who for ſome time
taken in the 15th year of the Conqueror's reign, bore the title of Earl of Gloucester in her right,
in which it is thus entered, under the title of and died ſeiſed of the manor of Ealding in the
Terra Ricardi F. Giſlebti :
firſt year of K. Edward II, anno 1307, and was
jar IBIW. ITO!
1
(k) In 1753, a diſpenſation paffed, for his holding this (n) See a more ample account of them under Tunbridge.
rectory with the vicarage of Patrickſoorne.
(6) Viz. Yalding with Brenchley.
(1) In 1763 he was preſented to the finecure rectory of (p) She was the King's fecond daughter, by his firſt wife
Eynsford, and in Oct. 1764 a diſpenſation paſſed, for his Q. Eleanor, and was ſecond wife to Gilbert, Earl of Glou-
holding the rectory of Chartham with this rectory. In 1765 cefter, his firft being Alice de March, daughter of Guy, Earl
he reſigned Hunton, and a diſpenſation paſſed, for his hold of Angoleſme, from whom he was divorced. Dugd. Bar.
ing Biſhopſborne with Barbam, together with the rectory of vol. 1, p. 214. bei
(9) After the death of Joane of Acres he married Iſabel,
(m) And Prebendary of Peterborough, and in 1767 pre widow of John de Haſtings, and had iſſue by her a daughter
ſented to the rectory of Lambeth, which he reſigned in 1777, and heir Margaret, wife of John de Montacute, from whom
on being conſecrated Biſhop of Chefter. He holds this rectory the Earls of Saliſbury, &c. were deſcended. Dugd. Bar.
of Hunton in commandam.
vol. i, p. 2:8.
A lovacias Todge olids
T H E
M A N O R.
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Chartham.
buried

The V HISTORY of K E N T.
303
bir erkers became his coheirs, viz. Aganore than ficer which it continued in his deſcendants
e death
the
and and the day
quent to it (t). I doin
one Ralph Banifter, who had been bis fervant
,
garet, widow of Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Corn.
Parliament Earl of Glouceſter (u). "ag3
TWYFORD HUNDRED:
YALDING. 3071
advanced him to the title of Earl of Stafford (x).
buried at Clare. Upon which her ſon, by her
He died at Tunbridge, feiſed of this manor, in
firſt huſband, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Glou-
the 46th year of that reign, holding it, by the
cester and Hertford, ſucceeded to it, and died
law of England, of the inheritance of Margaret
feiſed of it in the 7th year of that reign, being
his late wife, of the King in capite by the ſervice
Nain at the battle of Bannockſburne near Strivelin
of half a knight's fee, as was found by the in-
in Scotland. He left no iſſue ſurviving, John,
quiſition taken the next year after his death, and
his only child dying in his life-time, ſo that his
that it was of the honor of Clare (y).
three fifters Alianore
the wife of Hugh le Deſpencer the younger ;
Mar.. After
down to his great-grandſon, Humphry Stafford,
who was created Duke of Buckingham anno 23
wall, then the wife of Hugb de Audley the younger;
Henry VI, and was afterwards Nain in the battle
and Elizabetb of John de Burgh, ſon and heir of the
of Northampton, fighting valiantly there on the
Earlof Ulster, and afterwards of Roger Damory(s).
On the partition of their inheritance, this
King's part (2). By the inquiſition taken after
the
of this Duke, it appears, that he died
manor, among others in this county, was al-
on the roth of July, anno 38 Henry VI; and
lotted to Margaret, the ſecond ſiſter, then wife
that Henry, ſon of Humphry his eldeſt ſon de-
of Hugh de Audley, junior, above-mentioned,
fon of Hugb de Alditheley, or Audley, by Iſolda, ceafed, was his next heir, at that time about five
widow of Walter Balun.
di sluod years of age, and that he died ſeiſed of this ma-
In the 12th year of K. Edward II. he obtained nor of Ealding, among others in this county (a).
for his manor of Ealding, the grant of a market
Henry, Duke of Buckingbam, having put him-
to be held here weekly, and a fair to continue
ſelf in arms againſt K. Richard, in favor of
three days yearly, viz. the vigil, the day of the
Henry, Earl of Richmond, and being deſerted by
feaſt of St. Peter and St. Paul, and the day ſubſe-
his army, had concealed himſelf in the houſe of
who had been his ſervant,
In the 15th year of that reign, he was in the
and to whom both himſelf and his father had
inſurrection raiſed by Thomas, Earl of Lancaſter;
ſhewn great kindneſs; but on the King's pro-
upon which his lands were ſeized: but in the clamation of a reward of 1000l. or 100l. per
aft year of the next reign of K. Edward III, annum, for the diſcovering of the Duke, the vil-
upon his allegation in Parliament, that there lain Baniſter betrayed him to the Sheriff of Shrop-
were divers errors in the proſecution which had Shire, by whom he was brought to Saliſbury,
been brought againſt him, he had full reſtitu where the King then was, and there, without
tion of them, and of this manor among others. either arraignment or judgment, beheaded on a
After which he found fo much favor, that in
ſcaffold
cartold in the open market-place (b).
the 17th year of that reign, he was created in In reward for this ſervice, the King immedi-
ately afterwards granted this manor to the above-
21ſt
year
of it, feiſed of this manor, which he mentioned Ralph Baniſter, and his heirs male, to
held for the term of his life, by the law of Eng hold by knight's ſervice (bb). But on the death
land, of the King in capite, by the ſervice of half of K. Richard, and the acceſſion of the Earl of
a knight's fee (v). 31. lo linat
Richmond to the crown, by the title of K. Henry
He left by Margaret his wife, an only daugh VII, this manor returned to Edward, Duke of
ter and heir Margaret, then the wife of Ralph Buckingham, eldeſt ſon and heir of the above-
Stafford, who in her right became poffeffed of mentioned Duke, who in
, who in the 13th year of the
the manor of Yalding (w).
next reign of K, Henry VIII, being accuſed of
Ralph de Stafford was a man greatly eſteemed conſpiring the King's death, w
was tried, and be
by K. Edward III, who among other marks of ing found guilty, was beheaded on Tower-bill
his favor, made him one of the Knights at his on May 17th that year (c). sy ha
firſt inftitution of the Order of the Garter, and The manor of Yalding becoming thus forfeited
foon afterwards, on March 5, in his 24th year, to the Crown (d), the King granted it that year
bus o bu
bitsa ning
(s) Dugd. Bar, vol. i, p. 216.
ន
(1) Pat. ejus an. N. 5
Edward his brother, then an infant, who died feiſed of it,
57:
sousen aids bailassa pod
with Twiford Mill, anno 4 Henry IV, leaving his ſon Hum-
(u) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 751.
phry his heir, who was created Duke of Buckingham. Rot.
Eſch. eor. annorum.
(V) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. He held alſo lands in Glouceſter, ,
Surry, Norfolk, Bucks, Northampton, Suffolk, Eſex, Wilts,
(2) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 165.
olgan bas not ad
(a) Rot. Efch. de an. 38 and 39 Henry VIII. bre
(6) Dugd. Bar, vol. i, p. 169, 170. Rapin, vol. i, p. 641.
(x) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 165.
(66) Harl. Mff. No. 433-335-900.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
His ſon Hugh died ſeiſed of it
(c) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 171.
anno 1o Richard II, as did Thomas his ſon in the 16th year
(d) The Duke was attainted by act of Parliament, and
of Richard II, leaving his brother William his heir, who though his fon Henry was reſtored in blood afterwards by an-
died in the 22d year of that reign, and was ſucceeded by
other act, yet it did not extend to his honors and lands.
361
28W ontw.
of sick
and Rutland.
(w) Philipott, p. 376.
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to

304
Ibe HISTORY O of K E N T.
TWYFORD HUNDRED,
ta
Thomas Brewer, of Smith's Hall in Weſt Farleigh,
eſq; in whoſe deſcendants it continued till John
Carney, efq; and ſecondly to John Shrimpton, esq;
12040.
the Freers, of Weſtmington in the co. of
YALDING.
to Charles Somerſet, Earl of Worceſter, to hold to
from whom it was ſold, about the year 1670, to
him and his heirs male of the King in capite by
knight's ſervice (e). He was the natural ſon of
Henry, Duke of Somerſet, who loſt his life in the Brewer, eſq; leaving an only daughter and heir
3d year of K. Edward IV, and being a perſon Jane, ſhe carried it firſt in marriage to John
of great parts, was much favored both by K.
Henry VII. and VIII, and arrived at high ad both of whom ſhe ſurvived, and dying in 1762
vancement both in honors and eſtates. By rea-
without iſſue, deviſed this manor, among the
ſon of his marriage with Elizabeth, fole daughter reſt of her eſtates, to her kinſman, the Rev. Dr.
and heir of William Herbert, Earl of Hunting John Davis, Prebendary of Canterbury, whoſe
ton (f), he bore the title of Lord Herbert of Cher mother was the daughter of Thomas Brewer, eſg:
bury; being firſt made a Knight Banneret, then by his ſecond wife, daughter of Richard Kilburne
,
Knight of the Garter, and afterwards Captain of of Hawkhurſt, eſq; the Kentiſh Topographer; and
the King's Guards, a Privy Counſellor, and on his death in 1766, this manor deſcended to his
Lord Chamberlain, which office he continued fon, John Davis, eſq; who in 1774 alienated it
in after the acceſſion of K. Henry VIII, who
to William Philp Perrin, eſq; now of Smith's Hall
continued him of his Privy Council, and con in West Farleigh, who immediately afterwards
ferred ſeveral important truſts on him ; and by exchanged it for ſome other lands lying near his
reaſon of his noble defcent, and near alliance to
houſe above - mentioned, with Mrs. Elizabeth
the King in blood, as the patent imports, he Bouverie, of Teſton, who is the preſent proprietor
was, on the ad of Feb. in the 5th year of that
of this manor. ng ed
o non id 101
reign, advanced to the title of Earl of Worceſter,
A Court Baron is held for this manor. ad 1
his folemn creation being performed at the Arch-
WOODFOLDE
biſhop's palace at Lambeth the ſame day (g).
งไทย
is a manor in this pariſh, which lies about half
Charles, Earl of Worceſter, alienated this manor
a mile South-eaſtward from Brandt Bridge, and
to George Nevill, Lord Bergavenny, whoſe fon
was held in the reign of K. Edward II. by Ance-
Henry, Lord Bergavenny, died ſeiſed of it on
line Quyntin, and the heirs of Daniel de Lodneford,
Feb. 20, in the 29th year of Q. Elizabeth, anno
who held the fame of George Cham, as he did of
1386, as was found by the inquiſition taken at
the Earl of Glouceſter. Toisas က်စ်
togu
Maidſtone after his deceaſe, on Aug. 22d that
be
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the
year. He left iſſue by Frances his wife, daugh-
making the Black Prince a Knight, Robert Reic-
ter of Thomas Manners, Earl of Rutland, one
kyn, by his wife, ſiſter of John de Lodneford, paid
daughter and heir Mary, married to fir Thomas
reſpective aid for it, as one fourth part of a
Fane, knt. who carried away
her father's poffeffions; but this manor, among
mano
knight's fee. One of his deſcendants alienated
it to Burton (i), in whoſe family it continued till
other eſtates, came to Edward Nevill, ſon of fir
reign
of K. Henry VIII, when Robert Burton
Edward Nevill, knt. a younger brother of George,
died ſeiſed of it (k), and his heirs afterwards
Lord Bergavenny, father of the laſt-mentioned
Henry, Lord Bergavenny, on which fir Edward,
away by fale to that branch of the
the caſtle of Bergavenny and other eſtates, among
reftates, among family of Fane, ſeated at Burſton in the adjoining
pariſh of Hunton (2). aina hyd ist
which was this manor, had been fettled both by
Sir Thomas. Fane, of Burſton, knt, younger bro-
teſtament and act of Parliament.
er of Thomas Fane, of Badſell, who was an.
He died feiſed of this manor of Yalding, on ceſtor of the Earls of Weſtmoreland, died feiſed
Feb.
year
of
,
laſt
appears by the inquiſition then taken (b), leav-
ing iffue four fons ; of whom the eldeſt, Ed.
queathed it, among the reſt of his eſtates, to
his youngeſt nephew, fir George Fene, knt. af-
ward, in the iſt year of K. James I,
of K. James I, had the title
of Lord Bergavenny confirmed to him by the
D. His eldeſt ſon, Thomas Fane, of Bur-
Houſe of Lords (b). He alienated this manor
fton, eſq; who was a Colonel in the Army, ſuc-
to Iſaac, who again paſſed it away by ſale to ceeded to it, and dying without iſſue in 1692,
co. of Suſex; bequeathed this manor, among his other eſtates,
- o
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 294.
lov u bud
terly, a bordure gobony, argent and azure, with a batoon fo.
(f) She was his firſt wife, by whom he left iſſue Henry,
niſter argent.
his ſon and ſucceſſor, anceſtor of the preſent Duke of Beau-
fort, and a daughter Elizabeth,
Elizabeth. His ſecond wife was Eliza-
(g) Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 294.
beth, daughter of Thomas Weſt, Lord de la Ware, by whom
() Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 505 et ſeq. See more of this
he had iſſue a fon Charles, and a daughter Mary. His third
family, under Birling, p. 196.
wife was Eleanor, daughter of fir Edward Sutton, Lord Dud-) Mr. Petit Pædary of Kent his Book.
(i) Philipott, p. 376.
ley, by whom he lefi no iſſue. The Earl of Worceſter died
April 15, 4526, and was buried' in St. George's Chapel at
(1) See Burſton, p. 300, for a further account of this
Windſor. He bore for his arms-France and England quar-
branch of the family.
Stay ho to 1134
away the
he greateft part of
the
paffed it
ther
es I
, had the title | terwards of Burfon
, who died feiſed of it in
bas
to

PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
070 od
51S. and 5d. and the like for the future when-
e daugh-
The V HISTORY of E N T. 305
YALDING.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
to his kinſman, Mildmay Fane; the youngeſt ſon
его края на апр
rol she
THE COURT LODGE
of Vere, Earl of Weſtmoreland, who died unmar-
Papil DHE
***.110 BIS 016900b sont
ried in 1715, and was fucceeded in this manor
of the manor of Yalding, and all the demeſne
by Thomas, Earl of Westmoreland, his eldeſt ſur lands belonging to it, have been long ſeparated
from the manor itſelf, and have been many years
viving brother, who dying likewiſe without iſſue
in 1730, his honors and eſtates deſcended to
in the family of Plumer, the preſent proprietor
John his younger and only ſurviving brother.o of it being William Plumer, of the co.of Hertford,
hoi John, feventh Earl of Weſtmoreland, died ſeiſed
eſq; and Member of Parliament for that coun-
ty (
laſt will bequeathed it, with the reſt of his eſtates The manor of Bockenfold, lying in Yalding
in this county, to his nephew, fir Francis Daſh and Brenchley, will be treated of under the latter
wood, of West Wickham, in the co. of Bucks, pariſh, the greateſt part, as well as the antient
bart, now the Right Hon. Francis, Lord Le De ſcite of it, lying within the bounds of that pariſh.
Spencer, the preſent poffeffor of it (m). o bola
Saitri emoand a and
dois gond
enorivagati basiting aids i soneti odai
EMIS
'ISES OF LESSER
70 3159 f.919 or abseq edT
K. EDWARD II, in his 19th year, directed his
The manor of Lodingford, alias Bermondefey, writ to Thomas de Blakebroke, farmer of the ma-
lies about half a mile eaſtward from Woodfold nor of Ealding, then in his hånds by reaſon of
manor laſt deſcribed. babi aidansi ort to
the forfeiture of Hugh de Audele, junior, reciting,
sd It acquired the latter of theſe names from a that Richard de Clare, formerly Earl of Hertford,
family, who were proprietors of it. In the reign having founded a priory within his manor of
of K. Edward H, Hugh de Bermondefey was the Tunbridge, and having granting to ie 51s. and 5d.
poffeffor of it, and his heirs, in the zoth year of yearly to be received out of ull the afſarts of the
K. Edward III, paid reſpective aid for it at the old and new land of the ſaid Earl, in Denneman-
making the Black Prince a Knight, as the roth
neſbroke, for ever, which afſarts were parcel of
part of a knight's fee, which he before held the demeſne lands of the manor of Ealding, which
in Yalding of the Earl of Glouceſter.d zer isso? was held of him by the ſervice of one knight's
na v How this manor paſſed afterwards, till it came fee, and was worth yearly in all things 100
into the poffeßion of the family of Wood, I have marcs : He therefore commanded him, to pay to
not found ; but William Wood was owner of it the ſaid Prior and Convent the arrears of the ſaid
in the latter end of the reign of K. Henry VIII,
and his deſcendant, Thomas Wood, alienated it to ever it should become due, and it ſhould be al-
Fane, from which name it paffed into that of lowed to him in his account at the Exchequer,
Auftin, and continued in it till Mrs. Auſtin, of out of the ferme of the ſaid manor, &c. (pp)
London, deviſed it by her laſt will to the w«There are certain lands in this pariſh, called
e ter of Pickett; -of the co. of Cambridge, the pre Henhurſt, which were formerly held by a family
ſent poffeffor of it.
doni &r bristongla
of that name. In the reign of K. Edward II,
nga Bo biawau
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
Gilbert de Henhurſt held: half a knight's
Henburſt, of the Earl of Glouceſter, for which, at
J E N N ENS- COURT
EN.S.CO
the making the Black Prince a Knight, in the
is a manor which lies in the pariſhes of Yalding,
20th year of K. Edward III, Richard Toteſham,
Nettleſted, and Weſt Barming, and is held of the
Henry Gervas, and John de Sandberft, paid re-
manor of Pipping-beath. It has been many years
ſpective aid. This eſtate continued in the
name of Toteſham till the reign of K. Henry
part of the poſſeſſions of Brazen Noſe College in
Oxford, and remains ſo at this time.
VIII, when Anthony Toteſbam, of Toteſham-hall
in Weſt Farleigh, eſq; alienated it to Thomas Chap-
In 1687 this manor was held by leaſe from the
Maſter and Fellows of the above-mentioned college Laurence, and thence again to Auguſtine Skinner,
man; from which name it paſſed by fale to
by Allmott Peers, who alienated his intereſt in it
ſoon afterwards to John Kenward, of this pariſh,
eſq; one of whoſe deſcendants conveyed it to
Goulſton, and Francis Goulſton, about the year
€/q; whodied poffeſſed of it in 1708, and his grand-
1726, ſold it, with Toteſnam-ball and other eſtates
fon, John Kenward, of this pariſh, eſq; dying with-
in theſe parts, having the authority of an act
out male iffue in 1749 (P), his daughter Martha
carried her intereſt in the leaſe of this manor in
of Parliament for this purpoſe, to fir Philip Bo.
marriage to fir John Shaw, of Eltham, bart.
of bart
1772, without iſſue, and by his laſt will be-
whoſe fon, fir John Shaw, bart. is at this time
entitled to his father's intereſt in it.
queathed one moiety of his eftates to Mrs. Eliza-
beth Bouverie, of Chart Sutton ; and
and the other
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
butcoopb moiety to Elizabeth, Viſcounteſs Dowager Folkſtone,
beib on
(m) See Mere-worth, above, p. 265. dodaci (p) See more of the Kenwards, below, p. 306.3 mg
(0) He bears for his arms-Per chevron flore, counter flore,
(pp)
Reg. Roff. p. 670.
argent and gules, 3 martlet: counterchanged. basist
ni 235 moon batranes
() See Tefton, p. 292.
41
and
s fee in
med "
Pa 1.8
Vous ab
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306
The V HISTORY of KENT
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
5 fon
bl. A
YALDING. TWT
and her ſon, William Bouverie, Earl of Radnor,
having had iffúe by Martha his wife (x) one
ſince deceaſed; and on a partition of theſe eſtates,
Fohn, and ſeveral daughters, of whom the third
this at Yalding was, among others, allotted to Martha, married fir Gregory Page, bart, by whom
Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, now of Tefton, the pre ſhe had no iſſue. Moistosti
and camouTyd
ſent poffeffor of it (q). nebolizonism do moit
eu Fobn Kenward, the ſon, was of Palding, eſq;
There is a diſtrict in this pariſh, called Trend and dying on June 23, 1749, was buried here,
berft Denn, which is within the manor of Gilling leaving iſſue by Alicia his wife, youngeſt daugh-
bam near Rocheſter (s). 15 19 1900M bas pe ter of Francis Brooke, of Rocheſter, reſq; who died
Sir Thomas Twiſden, of Bradbourn, bart. and May 25, 1739, one daughter and heir Martha,
Anne his wife, in the reign of K. George I, con who in 1752 carried this ſeat, and a conſider-
able eſtate in this neighbourhood, in marriage
veyed to for Philip Boteler, of Teſton, bart. an
eſtate in this pariſh, called Kenivard's Farm, con to fir John Shaw, of Eltham, bart, whoſe ſon, fu
fir
taining 160 acres of land, of which he died ſeiſed John Shaw, of Eltham, bart. is at preſent enti.
in 1772, ſince which it has become, in like tled to this ſeat, and the reſt of his mother's
manner
“as Henberft above-mentioned, the pro inheritance in this pariſh and its environs.
perty of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Tefton.
This pariſh extends the greateſt part of it
By inquiſition taken after the death of Walter főutbward from the town as far as Brenchley, in
Colepeper, anno 1 Edward I, it was found that which part there are two hamlets of houſes ; one
he held in gavelkind, at the time of his death, in on the Brenchley road, called Lodingford, and
the pariſh of Elding, a certain annual rent of one
more vulgarly Lattingford; and the other on the
cock and 13 hens, which were worth per annum
Horſmonden road, called Daneover-ſtreet. vltrat
19d. of Hugh de Audley, without making any ſer-
on The lands of this pariſh are lins general very
vice for the ſame, and that his three ſons, Thomas, | low and wet, and
low and wet, and many of them ivery
poor,
Jeffrey, and John, were his next heirs to it (t).
though there are ſome good graſs lands about
the town and to the ſouthward of it. dt 2013
to lapis .
૧૭ પી ૧૧
nilai
10 10 ANI : o pantasmobor
A new Commiſſion of Sewers, under the great
The town of Yalding is ſituated on one of the
ſeal, has been within theſe few years obtained,
principal ſtreams of the Medway, which flowing to ſcour and cleanſe that branch of the river
from Hunton north-weſt hither, joins the main
Medway, or, if I may ſo call it, the Kalding River,
river at a ſmall diſtance below this town. is id from a place called Goldwell in Great Chart, thro
Leland, who lived in the reign of K. Henry
Smarden, Hunton, and other intermediate pariſhes,
VIII, ſtyles it a praty townelet, which name it to its junction with the main river at a place
has no great pretenſions to at preſent. It is fi-
called Stickmouth, a little below the town of
tuated on each
on each ſide of the above-mentioned
Yalding. Vlissini baunijnou bas
ſtream, over which there is a long and narrow -- In the year 1757 a large eel was caught in the
ſtone bridge, which is repaired at the expence
river here,
here, which meaſured five feet nine inches
of the county. The Court-lodge of the manor,
in length, and 18 inches in girt, and weighed
and the church, ſtand on the north-eaſt ſide of it.
upwards of
Is of 40 pounds. Tod ai somná to 3 A
At a ſmall diſtance northward from the town
of Yalding ſtands a ſeat, which was for ſeveral Wm. Cleave, Citizen and Haberdaſher of Lon-
generations the property and reſidence of the dan, in the year 1663, founded and endowed a
family of Kenward, which from the reign of || free ſchool in this pariſh, for teaching the pa.
K. Henry VIII. was poffeffed of good eſtates in riſhioners
of it reading, writing, and arithmetic.
this pariſh and the neighbourhood of it(u). In The preſent Maſter of which is Mr. John Gibbons.
later times, one of them, John Kenward, eſq; re Mrs. Alkhorne, of Crowhurſt in Suſſex, and her
ſided here, and died poffeffed of it Aug. 24,
1708, and was buried in this church. He left
ihter Mrs. Bennet Warde, of Yalding, widow, in
the year 1711, founded and endowed another free
iſſue by Mary his wife (v), a ſon Robert, and a ſchool here, for the teaching of 24 poor children,
daughter Elizabeth (w), married firſt to Ambroſe boys and girls ; the former to be taught to read
Warde, eſq; fecondly to Thomas Bliſs, efq; and
the Bible, and each to have one given to them;
laſtly to William Turner, efq; oiw si bio and the latter to be taught reading, knitting,
Robert Kenward, of Yalding, eſq; ſucceeded his and plain work, to fit them for
father, and reſided at this feat; and dying Dec. Mrs. Julian Kenward, of Yalding,, in 1619,
4, 1720, æt. 60, was I buried in this church, a ſum of money for four gowns, ſix ſhirts and
- od lliw Isl id d bassutti quesisiw SETE
(1) Parl. Surveys, Augtn: off. vtorns sko bodies op
Kenwards bore for their arms- Azure, on a bend or, 3 roles
Glory
(1) Lamb. Peramb. p. 599.00
gules, between 3 croſs-croſets fitchee argent, o balutis
(v) She lies buried
(4) Robert Kenward, who died Feb. 17, 1629, at. 81,
lies buried in this church. I have a deed, dated March 24,
3, 1698.
(w) She died Oa. 27, 1730, el. 81, and lies buried in
anno 24 Henry VIII, whereby George Whetenball, of Tefion,
,
Yalding
(x) She died June 27, 1761, and lies buried near her
lands and tenements in Lynton and Huntyngton, for 7ol. The
fix
CHARITI E S.
an
left a fuma
deceaſed April goric sy her huſband in this church, having
this church, with her three huſbands.
huſband in this church,
1207

The HISTORY of K E N T.
307
Good Friday.
Mr. Thomas Containe
the new
for
annum,
110116 I
208
o no
'ng asd oH
of London, and Mrs. Be
had obtained of the King
- till Of 30l.
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
YALDING. SOTYWT'
fix ſhifts, to be given to the poor yearly on a || alder-bed, and the tythes of leaves of Wenef
manneſbroke, and the tythes of Longeſbroke, of
plodos
Mr. Thomas Cleave, Citizen and Haberdaſher
w aſſart, and the moiety of meadow be-
, longing to the church: all which were granted
in 1637, gave lands to the value of 51. 4s. per
to him, to have and to hold under the yearly
13 penny loaves, to be given to the
penlion of 25. duly to be paid to the Prior and
poor of this pariſh not receiving alms, on every
Canons ; and that the ſaid Laurence ſhould ſuſtain
Sunday throughout the year, and the reſidue of
all epiſcopal burthens and cuſtoms, as well for
the money to be given to the poor on Good Friday.
the Prior and Canons as for himſelf. And he like-
Mrs. Julian Kenward, of this pariſh, widow,
wiſe granted to the Prior and Canons, to their
Thomas Twifin
Twifin and John Twiffin, of Kingston in
own proper uſes, the tythes of fheaves of this
Surry, Brewers, in 1641, gave lands to the value
church, excepting the ſaid tythes of Weneſman-
of 161. per annum, kalf of which was to be applied
neſbroke, and of Longebroke ; and that they ſhould
to the Schoolmaſter to teach five poor children have the moiety of the meadow belonging to the
to read, &c.
and the other half to be given to the
church, with the fiſheries, and the place in which
poor
of this pariſh, not receiving alms, on Good
the two greater barns ſtood, with the barns
- Friday yearlyen W scor (1) "W znao TM themſelves, and the whole outer court in which
Ambroſe Ward; veſq; above-mentioned, who
the ſtable ſtood, with the garden which was to.
died in 1637, beſtowed 50l. in land for the uſe
TOIV BH9H HP) wards the eaſt, and the ſmall piece of land which
of the poor of this pariſh for ever.
to 1891 7 Oils sw 911 0 lay by the garden, and the rent of 4d. which
HO THÊ ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. ought to be paid yearly to the Court of Eyles-
forde; reſerving to himſelf the
power of altering
Palding is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
the endowment of the ſaid vicarage, if at any
of the dioceſe of Rochester and deanry of Malling.
time it ſhould ſeem expedient ſo to do; ſaving,
The church, which is a large handſome build-
nevertheleſs, all epiſcopal rights to the Biſhop of
ing, is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul (y),
Rocheſter, &c.(c)
and antiently paid 9d. chrifm-rent to the mother
The church of Yalding, together with the ad-
church of the dioceſe (z).
vowſon of the vicarage, remained with the priory
Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, gave the
of Tunbridge till the ſuppreſſion of it, which
church of Aldinges, with the chapel of Brencheſ-
happened in the 17th year of K. Henry VIII,
leya, and all their appurts. in pure and perpetual
when being one of thoſe ſmaller monaſteries
alms, to the church of St. Mary Magdalen of
which Wolfey
Tunbridge, and the Canons Regular there, lately
by his let. pat. dated Feb. 8th that year,
for
founded by him, for the ſoul of his father, &c.(a)
the endowment of his colleges, it was ſurrendered
Pope Cæleftine III, in his iſt year, anno 1191, into the Cardinal's hands, with all the poſſeſſions
confirmed this church, with the above - men-1 ||- belonging to it. CIA
belonging to it. SAWTH
tioned chapel, among other poffeffions, to the After which the King granted his licence, May
Prior and Brethren of that priory (b)... de 10, in his 18th year, to Thomas, Cardinal Arch-
od Gilbert de Glanvill, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who || biſhop of York, &c. to appropriate, conſolidate,
came to that ſee in the 21ſt year of K. Henry II, and annex this church, among others of the Car-
anno 1184, confirmed the ſame by his inſtru dinal's patronage, to the Dean and Canons of the
ment, dated at Trotteſclive 3d cal. March in the college founded by him in the univerſity of Ox-
23d year of his pontificate, and granted, that ford (d). But here it ſtaid only four years, when
the Prior and Canons ſhould poſſeſs this church, this great prelate being caſt in
ng caſt in a præmunire in 1529,
with all appertaining to it, in pure and perpetual all the eſtates of that college were forfeited to
clms, to their own proper uſes ; ſaving a perpe the King, and became part of the royal revenue.
zual vicarage in it to Laurence the Clerk, granted Q. Elizabeth, by her let. pat. March 8, in
by his authority, with the affent and preſenta-
her noth year,
granted the rectory of Yalding,
tion of the Prior and Canons, as follows: 1157 with the advowſon of the vicarage, for 30 years,
Hi That he ſhould have the altarage, and all ob to Mr. John Warde, at the yearly
rent of .
ventions, and fmall tythes belonging to this || in whole pofterion; ato this
in whoſe poſſeſſion it continued K. James I,
- church, and all houſes, which were within the by his let. pat. dated Nov. 7, in his 5th year,
escourt, and the land belonging to the church, granted the fee of it to Richard Lyddale and Ed-
together with the tenants and homages, and the ward Boſtock, at the like yearly rent (e), and
Baltibaido bolio or visdw to oldin xo srl
(y) Againſt the ſouth wall of this church, at the eaſt end Od: In the chanceſ are many inſcriptions for the family of
is a very antient altar-tomb, which has been much defaced, ||| Warde; Patrons of this church. bas aqng to bring
on which is remaining this coat of arms-Ermine, a
There was formerly a braſs plate on it, which has been long
(7) Text. Roff. P. 228. dvosedara
(a) Reg. Roff. p. 145. (6) Ib. p. 666. (c) Ib. p. 146,
ſince torn off. On a large ſtone in the middle ifle, is a me-
me si
(d) Rym. Foed. vol. xiv, p. 173.
morial for Robert Penkurſi
, deſcended from for Robert Pen. (e) Partic. of Fee-farm Rents temp. interregni, roll 62–180.
burſt
, knt. of Penhurſt in the co. of Suſſex, who died in 1610, This rent was afterwards ſettled in dower on Q. Henrietta-
at. 74. The arms, on a fhield-a mullet. han amai!
Maria, wife of K. Charles I. Rym, Foed. vol. xviii,p. 686.
they
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308
The VH IS TO R Y of KEIN T.
1493.
1630.
vobis boono 1009 Samuel Rhodes, A. M. 1900.
PATRONS,
1.Uhr
Darweb of Tunbridge Town contains that
YALDING. OuYWT
TWYFORD HUNDRED.
they ſoon afterwards alienated it to Ambroſe
s do y top 100g 9 William Sibthorpe, 1411.
Warde, gent. of this pariſh (f), in whoſe de-
fcendants this rectory and advowfon have con-
works basesH bris 9 (4) Nicholas Dunlaugh, 1486
.
tinued down to the Rev. Mr. John Warde, Vicar
trikts to whomo (2) Nicholas None,
The Crown.o spis (m) Robert Cage, 1560.
of this pariſh, the preſent proprietor of them.
This rectory now pays a yearly fee-farm rent
Ambroſe Warde, Richard Beeſton, in
of 301. to the Crown.
Y 1909, fefq; mits gaiv (o) Oliver North, A.M. 1663
,
to orbistert bra if obt. May 11, 1675. hou
It is valued in the King's books at 20l. 185.9d.
and the yearly tenths at 21. is. 104d.(8)
wobiw affirmaq airls muita
19 There are two ſeparate manors belonging to
at so izgisi A 70 esitti John Lyng, A.
mg; A. M. inſtituted
this church, one of the rectory, and the other
Soisy ərls or brisi ove Feb, 13, 1706.
of the vicarage. vi bist so sanitqooxo belo
I to brie, og
Soliqased od zew it (P) John Fuller, A.M. inftit,
CHURCH OF Y ALDING,
. Ver
asubbul 2004 sun dos Jan. 1738, obt. July 1751,
Priser Vicarsebob
bis di mig ad of War(9) Daniel Hil, A. M. refig
.
or by whom preſented.
6003 no cartilagnivis 1759. Thusq-eido 1o 1009
sd 1915919
Prior and Canons of
sof (b) Laurence, preſented in Mr. Thomas Warde. (r) John Warde, 1759. Pre-
Tunbridge. 1184
Jedw bonsistori ovod ſent Vicar.
sw Sensbing out 04: Sooft sids
do bari milo bowongo
s(f) He died Feb. 18, 1637, and lies buried in the chan (.) He was Vicar of Tefon, and lies buried in this church.
cel here. They bear for their arms-Azure, a croſs flory or.
199 OG 25S 10 TCO AD 10
6) He was alſo Vicar of Linton.
(8) E&. Thef
. p. 384, Hot gihapo
(b) Reg. Roff. p. 146. He had been Rector, and re-
(9) Since Vicar of Eaſt Malling, and Rector of Addington.
figning this church, became the firſt Vicar of it.
(r) Son of Mr. Thomas Warde, the Patron. He has en-
YA
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(m) Vacant by deprivation. Rym. Fod. vol. xv, p. 563.
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once part of it, though now, and for a long || deeds, Diſtrictus Leucæ de Tonebrige, and in the
time paſt, a ſeparate juriſdiction from it. bris | book of Domeſday, Leuua Ricardi de Tonebriga.
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chief manſion, Leuca or Leucata, in Engliſh, the
or, as it is now generally called, the Lewy, ad-
Lowy, in which the poſſeſſor had generally a
joins The Hundred of Littlefield towards the north,
grant of ſeveral peculiar liberties, privileges,
and on the other ſides is incircled by The Hun-
dred of Wachling stone, being nearly in a triangular || When Richard Fitz-Giſebert, who came into
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pariſh of Capel, and part of the pariſh of Hadlow, which name it has been called ever ſince.
and the churches of both thoſe pariſhes.
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between the Earls of Glouceſter, ſucceſſors of
town and the church; and the Boroughs of Hil Richard de Tonebrige in his Lowy, and the Arch-
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HISTORY of K E N T
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Darkenhole?
66 holdeth of the Earl be within ; and fo to the
of Ritherden
whicos
calh be within,
T U NBR I D G E.
“ Sunnyngligh unto
Ligh unto Hokyngbury, which is within;
by actual ſurveys and perambulations, the firſt
of which was made in the 43d year of K. Henry “ and unto Wogebogh, which is within ; and ſo
III, by the King's command, upon a conten to the houſe of Jeffry de Culverden, and ſo to
" the houſe of Elias de Holden; ſo that Culver-
tion between Archbiſhop Boniface and Richard,
“ den, by the midſt of Cheriſand, be within ;
The commiſſion was directed to
" and directly by the midſt of Borſhelderhill ;
“ and ſo to the meſſuage of William Scrufryn,
Northwood and William de Caman, who took the
66 which is without, unto Wolftane's land, ſo
following perambulation, by the view and oaths
" that two-thirds of Wolftane's land be within,
of 24 men, 12 of whom were choſen by the Arch-
66 and one-third part
rt without; and ſo to Hore-
biſhop, and the other 12 by the Earl, to deter-
mine this matter. I 19
gate and Highden within ; and then directly
Their preſentment was as follows: Firſt, they by the midſt of the field of Dodſhere unto the
begin "The Lowy of Tunbridge at Horſegate in the “ hill called Smitheſbourn and Swinſland ; and
pariſh of Hadlow, which is within the Lowy ; after by the midſt of Hareſand, and by the
“ midſt of the iſland called Peveneſſe unto the
6 whence going up to the houſe of Thomas
« Browning, which is without ; and ſo ſtraight « church of Penſburſt without, with all the land
* er the field to the houſe of John de la “ of the church; from thence to a place called
« Keyadeleff directly to the houſe of Godfrey
66 Brook, which is without; and ſo by the King's
“ Welebate, which is within ; and ſo to Heringſ-
« highway to the houſe of James Lomewood,
« which is without ; and by Lomewood, ſo that
« Lomewood be within, to the houſe of
“ be without; and ſo to the houſe of Ralph de
Benediet
“ de Woodhall, which is without; and ſo to the “ Medhurſt, ſo that all the tenement which he
« houſe of Hugh Perlaben, which is without;
6 and then to the houſe of Peter Fromund, which
66 is within; fo that all the land which Roger de
" and to the King's highway called Caſtenene ;
« Parmenter holdeth of the Earl be within ; and
" and fo to Rymſted ; ſo that the meſſuage of
« fo to the houſe of Gilwyn de Cooper, which is
“ Nicholas Malmaines, and all the tenement
56 within ; and ſo to the gate of
of Adam Cheker ;
" which he holdeth of the Earl be within ; and
« ſo that Goldſand, Sardeland, Cuppeſland, and
“ ſo to the meſſuage of Peter, which is without;
Durentiſand be without; and ſo that all the « and to Markſtoke; ſo that all the land of
“ land of Hugh de Weald (as the King's highway
« Richard Vabedons, of Shipbourn, be within ;
“ leadeth from the houſe of Adam Chekar to the
6 and ſo to Copping Land within ; and ſo to
“ houſe of Pepin) be without ; and ſo to the
“ Goodmeſheath without, and the land of Put-
6 houſe of Peter de la Mere, ſo that the half
“ tenden within ; and ſo to the mill called Toyſo-
" thereof be within, and the other half without;
co mede Mill without ; ſo that Slaywrithſmede be
ſo that all the hall thereof be within : and
" within ; and ſo to Horſegate, where the peram-
« ſo to the houſe of Robert de Curta, which is
66 bulation began."
without; and ſo to the meſſuage of John Cur-
After this diſputes again ariſing, concerning
ton, which is without; and ſo to Knockweve-
the bounds of the Lowy, another perambula-
pooles, which is without ; and ſo directly up
tion was had in the 8th year of K. Edward
to the aſh-tree which is over againſt the houſe
I, before Stephen de Pencheſter and Soloman Roffe,
Juſtices in Eyre, which was returned as fol-
SU
" and the houſe without; and ſo to Wyneleſbrook,
lows:
02
“ ſo that it be altogether within ; and ſo by the “ From Somergate in Tunbridge, and ſo along
“ midſt of the new pond of Gilbert de Badeſell ; as the pales and hedge include the foreſt of
“ and ſo to the Butſbridge, ſo that it be within ; “ 'Tunbridge, on the north, unto Stretgate ; and
" and ſo by the midſt of Haſtingſland; and ſo “ from Cleygate unto Larkhale, as the pales and
" by the marlpit, on the eaſt ſide of the houſe “ hedge include the foreſt, ſo that the foreſt
“ of Walter de Stinpretheld, which is within ; “ and Larkhale be within ; and from Larkhale
« and ſo to the houſe of Elias ate
ate Mill, which to the houſe of Nicholas Newman, ſo that the
“ is within; and ſo by the midſt of the mea “ houſe be without; and fo from the ſame houſe
"dows of the ſaid Elias, which is within, unto by the midſt of Lomewood unto the houſe of
Stokebridge, which is without; croſs over the " Richard Perlaben, ſo that the ſaid meſſuage
“ King's highway, that leadeth from Winchelſea " and all the land of the ſaid Richard be with-
" to London, to Marbery, ſo that Marbery be out; and ſo from the ſaid houſe unto the houſe
“ without: and ſo by the midſt of the meſſuage o of Peter Fromund, which is within ; and ſo to
“ of William Wrong ; ſo that all the land of Elias " the houſe of Gilbert Cooper, which is within ;
“ Wrong be within ; and ſo directly to the aſh " and ſo croſs over to the houſe of Adam Stol-
tree which is on the north part of the mill of ſtone within; and from thence to the King's
“ William Breſing, ſo it be within to the
ſaid “ highway, including the land of Nicholas at
“mill; and ſo by the midſt of the pond of “ Weald, and proceeding by the ſame way unto
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be
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unto
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and ſo to the
20
« began."
The
LOWY of T UN BRIDGE.
“
" is all his land, and ſo ſtrait over the field unto out; and from the pond by the midſt of the land
“ the hall of Peter de la Mere, and ſo by the “ called Riſette, ſo that East Riſbette be within;
“ midſt of the window of the hall unto the firſt “ and from thence to Coppings-land without, ſo
“ door of the ſaid hall, ſo that the eaſt part of
" that the fee of the Earl be within ; and from
" the hall and one door be without; and ſo to “ thence to Biſhop's Beech, and ſo directly cloſe
to the land of the Prior of Tunbridge within,
" the houſe of Thomas de la Heath, ſo that the
“ ſaid houſe and all the land of the ſaid Thomas
the highway of Edinghurſt, and
" be within ; and ſo to the mill of John a Cur “ meadow of Newfole, which is within; and fo
ton, ſo that the meſſuage, the mill, and all the to the Caftiveneway unto Markfioke, and ſo to
4 land of the Prior of Chriſt Church of Canter “ Rumhide, ſo that the tenant of the Earl be
“ bury be always without ; and ſo to Knockwere-
“ within, and all other men's tenants without ;
“ poole, which is without; and ſo to the Wine “ and from Rumſbide to Herlemans-land within ;
“ leſbrook, ſo that the fee of the Earl be within, “ and ſo to the meſſuage of Relph a Fonch with
" and the land of all others with the tenants out, ſo that the fee of the Earl be within, and
“ there be without, and Wineleſbrook be within;
“ Hollenden without ; and from the meſſuage of
" and from Wineleſbrook over the land called “ Ralph a Fonch over the highway unto Hegn
Kyteſcrofte, ſo that which is the fee of the ſtraft without ; and ſo directly to the new mel-
so
6 church of Canterbury, within the ſaid limits, 6 ſuage of Ralph de la Hell, which is within, and
st be without ; and fo directly unto the houſe of « ſo directly unto the Marlepit which is by the
6 Walter de Trome which is without; and from “ Grange, which was Mr. John Wantoner's; ſo
5 thence by the highway unto Materih Crouch,
" that Hollenden be always without; and ſo by
" and from thence to Dondingbury within ; and
« the midſt of the marle to Bendevile, which is
« fo the houſe of Hereward the Plaiſierer, which
« without; and ſo directly to the foreſt pale,
" is without; ſo that within the ſaid limits
" ſo that the tenant of the Earl be within, and
« all the tenants of the Hundred of Wacheling-
“ Hollenden without, and ſo along by the foreſt
“ fione and Brencheſley be without, and from pale to Somergate, where the perambulation
" the houſe of the ſaid Hereward towards the
weſt unto the pale of the foreſt, ſo that the And the inqueſt found further, “that no
“ land called Kimefland be within ; and ſo along
“ man's tenants, ſaving the Earl's, were withia
“ the pale to Bromeleberges, all which is within;
" the perambulation; and that the tenants of
" ſo that Sherth, which is of the fee of Chriſt
“ the Archbiſhop were within the juriſdiction of
“ Church in Canterbury, be without, and Sun-
"" his own Bailiff or Miniſters."
to ningligh and Hockbury, which are of the fee which time the Earl of Glouceſter claimed
6 and ſervice of the King, be without ; and ſo theſe liberties within his Lowy, viz. a Coroner
« from Bromleberges unto a tree called Bowbeech; out of his own tenants, or by their election in
« and ſo to the houſe of William Culverden with-
the Court of Tunbridge ; that his tenants ſhould
" in, and ſo directly to the Frychiſand, ſo that not make preſentments before any Juſtices in
" the fee of the Earl be within, and the fee of Eyre, either of aſſize or of gaol delivery, but
" the Archbiſhop without ; and ſo by the midſt only when they ſhould come into the Lowy;
66 of the wood of Herfell; ſo that all the tenants which they ought to do before their departure
56 of Wacheling stone, which dwell within theſe out of Kent, and there to hold their oyer aſſizes
" limits, be without; and ſo directly unto the or gaol delivery for the Lowy.
66 houſe of William Shryfin without; and ſo
He likewiſe claimed the chattels of the tenants
66 unto Woſtonlond, ſo that two parts of that land there, being felons, fugitives, or condemned;
66 be within and the third without ; and ſo unto eſcapes of telons, fines, and amerciamenis, and
Horſegate without, and ſo to Highden within, return of the King's writs.
and ſo by the midſt of the field of Dodſhere That the Miniſters of the King or of the
“ unto a certain hill called Smithdown ; the half Archbiſhop ſhould not bear up their rods in
" thereof is within, and the other half without: the Lowy, nor make any ſummons or diſtreſſes
66 and fo from Smithdown to the water called for any pleas out of the Lowy.
Pevenejle, ſo that the fee of the Earl be within, That his tenants ſhould be free of toll over
" and the tenants of Wacheling stone without; and all England; of ſhelvingſtone, pillory, infang-
fo from Peveneſs to the garden of Penſbyrft, thef, and outfangthef ; and that when the
« ſo that all the court of Penſbyrft be within ; Juſtices in Eyre ſhould come to Canterbury, che
“ and ſo directly unto Redleaf, ſo that the land Earl's Steward ſhould go thither with 12 men
s of the Parſon of Penſbyrjt be without; and from of the Lowy, and in their hearing demand al-
“ Redleaf to Dorkinbole, ſo that Redleaf be with. lowance of theſe liberties, and the Juſtices
“ in, and ſo to Wolbeech; and ſo to Dorkinhole, ſhould at their pleaſure aſſign a day to go to
- fo that all which is not of the fee of the Earl
Tunbridge, before their departure out of the
“ be without; and from Dorkinbole to the pond Mire.
Abi aria va Qibris :
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
311
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HADLOW.
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE,
In the 7th year of K. Edward I, the Earl of . 12 D
H A D L O W.
Glouceſter claimed within his Lowy, that the
Juſtices in Eyre ſhould come thither to hold all 11 The Borough of Hadlow, within the Lowy of
their pleas, as well of the Crown as common ; Tunbridge, contains the pariſh of Hadlow, with
and that the Coroners of the ſaid liberty ſhould the church, except a ſmall diſtrict of the northern
take cognizance of, and anſwer for, all things part of it, which is in The Hundred of Littlefield.
relating to the Crown, and ſhould call a jury of 2 Ls 0157
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make amerciaments within the faid liberty; and
sluit appears from the ſurvey of Domeſday, that
that no Bailiff or officer of the King ſhould enter
this place was part of thoſe vaſt poſſeſſions with
the liberty, on any account whatſoever, without
which William the Conqueror enriched his half-
the proper Bailiff of the Lowy with him.
brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, whom he after-
And at the ſame time,
the ſame time, he claimed view of
wards made Earl of Kent, under the title of
frank-pledge, aſſize of bread and beer, and all
whoſe lands it is thus entered there.
things belonging to view of frank-pledge within | Ricard" de Tonebrige ten de epo' Haſowo. p 6.
his lands in the pariſhes of Eltham, Kefton, Mere-
Solins fe defd. Tra'. e. 12. Car'. In dnio funt.
worth, Netelſtede, Chekeſhall, Tremworth, Hardreſs,
3. & 47. villi" cu 15. bord. hnt. 15. Car. Ibi
Stelling, Natyngden, Blean, and Sheldewyke, and
æcchi & 10. Servi. & 2 Melini de 11. Jolid & 12
that his tenants therein ſhould be free of all ſuit pifcariæ de. 7. folid & 6. den & 12. ac' pti. filva.
and ſervice in the Hundreds of the county, and
60 porc'. T. R. E. & poft. & modo. val 30. lib.
not fubject either to tax or tribute.99 19
Eddeva tenuit de rege. E. de basutusid boniai
On a Quo Warranto brought againſt the Earl
- Which is : Richard de Tonebrige holds of the
in the 21ſt year, and again in the 29th, of the
Biſhop (of Baieux) Hallow. It was taxed at ſix
above reign, the liberties and privileges above ſulings. The arable land is 12 carucates. In de-
mentioned, within the Lowy, were allowed and
meſne there are three, and 47 villeins, with 15
confirmed to him and his heirs. Hugb de Audley, borderers, having 15 carucates. There is a church
and Margaret his wife, in the 7th year of K.
and 10 ſervants, and two mills of 11 Millings, and
Edward III, claimed the above-
mentioned liber-
12 fiſheries of seven ſhillings and fix pence, and 12
ties within their Lowy, and they claimed likewiſe
acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 60 bogs.
within it free warren and chaſe, and to hold pleas In the time of E. Edward the Confeſor, and after-
of withernam, and that the tenants of the Lowy
wards, and now, it was and is worth 30 pounds.
ſhould be free of all toll, paſſage, murage, pon Eddeva held it of K. Edward.
tage, contributions to the repair of highways, In the reign of K. Henry III, the ſeignory of
&c. throughout England.
this manor was claimed by the Archbiſhop of Can-
Theſe liberties and privileges ſeem to have
terbury, and an agreement was entered into in the
been at firſt excended to the Earl's tenants in
42d year of it, between Archbiſhop Boniface and
different parts of this county at ſome diſtance Richard de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford,
from the Lowy, which from thence ſeem to have
concerning the cuſtoms and ſervices which the
been accounted as within the bounds of it; of
Archbiſhop required of the Earl, by reaſon of the
which there are ſeveral examples in the book of
tenements which the latter held of him in Tune-
Domeſday, in which Ricardus de Tonebrige is faid
bregge, Hanlo, &c. viz. the manors of Tune-
to have held lands in ſua Leuga, that is, within
bregge and Hanlo, together with the whole Lowy
bis Lowy, in Otford, Northfleet, Wrotham, Eynf of Tonebregge, whence the Archbiſhop required of
ford, Farningham, Meopham, Eaſt Farleigh, South the Earl that he ſhould do him homage, the
fleet, Halling, Frindſbury, Swanſcombe, Beckenham,
ſervice of four knights fees, and ſuit to the Court
Laborne, Aylesford, Milton by Graveſend, Luddef of the Archbiſhop, at Canterbury, for the ſame, and
don, and Cooling
likewiſe that he ſhould be the High Steward of the
All the above mentioned liberties, even with-
Archbiſhop and his ſucceſſors, at their great feaft,
in the diſtrict of the Lowy, have been diſuſed whenever it ſhould happen that the Archbiſhop
time out of mind; nor has there been a Bailif
ſhould be inthroned (s).
appointed for it within memory : ſo that now it
The above-mentioned Richard de Clare, Earl
falls in with the like juriſdiction as other places
of Glouceſter and Hertford (t), dying at Eſcbe-
in this county, which, not being in any Hun-
merfield in this county, in the 46th year of the
dred, appoint their own Conftables.
reign of K. Henry III, anno 1261. Gilbert, Earl
The whole of The Lowy of Tunbridge is within of Glouceſter and Hertford, his ſon, ſucceeded him
that diſtrict of this county, called The Weald of in this manor, and being ambitious of marrying
Kent.
into the royal family, he divorced his firſt wife,
(9) Regift. of Chriſt Church, Canterbury, cart. 177. See
more of this agreement, under Tuniriaye.
(t) He was a direct deſcendant of Richard de Tunbridge,
mentioned in Domeſday as the poffeffor of this manor, whoſe
pofterity had the ſurname of De Clare given them from their
poffefſing the manor of Clare in the co. of Suffolk. See Yald-
ing above, p. 302.
and

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The HISTORY of KENT.
1.
Margaret, Counteſs of Cornwall and Glouceſter,
HADLOW.T 20 YWOI
Lowe of TUNBRIDGE.
and in order to marry with Joane of Acres, K. Margaret, the ſecond lifter, wife of Hugh de Aud.
Edward I.'s ſecond daughter, he gave up the
ley, who in her right became poffeffed of this
inheritance of all his caſtles and manors, as well manor, and in the íith year of K. Edward III
,
in England as in Wales, into the King's hands to was, in reſpect of this marriage, in Parliament
be diſpoſed of at his pleaſure, and among them
created Earl of Glouceſter. 27900105 ads into the
of this manor of Hadlow (u). ei coinvolto 1189
died in the 16th year of that reign, and her huſ.
After the marriage the King reſtored all his
band, Earl Hugh, outliving her about five years,
lands to him again, which he then entailed on
deceaſed on Nov. 10, in the 21ſt year of it, be
the iſſue of his body by her, and in default
ing then feiſed of this manor by courteſy of the
thereof on her heirs and alligns, in caſe ſhe
realm, and leaving iſſue by the Lady Margaret
ſhould happen to ſurvive him (v). He died in
his wife, an only daughter and heir Margaret
,
the 24th year of K. Edward I, leaving Foane his
then the wife of Ralph Stafford, Lord Stafford (a),
wife ſurviving, and iſſue by her, Gilbert, his ſon
who before the end of that year obtained a ſpe.
and heir, and three daughters. Which Joane,
cial livery of all the lands of her inheritance,
being in frank-marriage enfeoffed of all the lands
his homage being reſpited on account of his
belonging to both his Earldoms, matched her-
ſelf, without the King's knowledge, to a plain
He was a man of great reputation as a ſoldier,
Eſquire, called Ralph de Monthermer; upon which
and was honorably employed by the King in the
the King feiſed on all her manors and lands, and
moſt important ſervices, with whom he was held
among them this manor of Hadlow, and impri-
in ſuch eſteem, that about the 22d of K. Edward
ſoned her huſband; but being ſoon afterwards
III, he was, at the firſt inſtitution of the Order
reconciled by means of Anthony Beke, Bp. of Dur.
of the Garter, elected one of the Knights Com-
ham, he had afterwards livery of all the above-
panions of it; and as a farther mark of his ap
mentioned manors and lands belonging to this
probation, the King, on March 5, in his 24th
great Earldom, to hold by the ſervice of 50
year, advanced him to the dignity of Earl of
knight's fees; whereupon he bore the title of
Stafford. He died at Tunbridge on Aug.
Earl of Glouceſter (v1).
31, in
the 46th year of K. Edward III. By his wife
The Lady Foane died in the iſt year of K.
Margaret, daughter and heir of Hugh de Audley,
Edward II, (x) after which he never bore the
Earl of Glouceſter, as above-mentioned, he had
titles of Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford, though iſſue two ſons and four daughters. Of the for-
he lived many years afterwards ; for on her death
mer, Ralph died in his life-time without iſſue,
Gilbert de Clare, her only ſon by her former huſ-
and Hugh ſucceeded him in honors and eſtates.
band, took upon him the titles
him the titles of Earl of Glou-
Which Hugh, Earl Stafford, imitating the
ceſter and Hertford, and fat in Parliament accord-
ſteps of his noble father in thoſe military
ingly. He likewiſe ſucceeded to the caſtles and
times, followed the ſame profeſſion of a ſoldier
manors of his inheritance, among which was this
with great valour and reputation. He had livery
of Hadlow, of which he died ſeiſed in the 7th
of his inheritance that ſame year in which his
year of K. Edward II, anno 1313, being Nain in
father died, though his fealty was reſpited till
the battle of Bannockſburne near Strivelin (Y).
his return, he being then abroad in the King's
Leaving no iſſue ſurviving, for John his fon died
ſervice (b).
bidwn
in his life time, his three fiſters became his co-
In the oth year of K. Richard II, he under-
heirs, viz. Alianore, married to Hugh Le Deſpen-
took a pilgrimage to Jeruſalem; in his return
cer the younger ; Margaret, the widow of Piers
from whence he died at Rhodes, on Sept. 26th
Gaveſton, then the wife of Hugh de Audley; and
next year, leaving iſſue by the Lady Phillipa his
Elizabeth, wife of John de Burgh, ſon and heir
wife, daughter of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of
of Richard, Earl of Ulter, afterwards married,
Warwick, four fons and three daughters. Of
firſt, to Theobald de Verdon, and ſecondly, to fir
the former, Thomas, the eldeſt, became his heir,
Roger Damory, knt. (z) Between which lifters,
and among his other eſtates poffeffed this manor
after two years expectance of iſſue to be born of
of Hadlow, of which he had not livery till the
the body of Maud, the deceaſed Earl's widow,
14th year of that reign, when making proof of
this great inheritance was ſhared.
age, and doing his homage, he had livery of
The manor of Hadlow, with the adjoining them. He died July 4, anno 16 Richard II,
manor and caſtle of Tunbridge, and others in theſe leaving no iſſue by Anne his wife, daughter of
parts, ſeem to have been allotted to the ſhare of
Thomas of Woodſtock, Duke of Glouceſter; ſo that


his age,

(u) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 214.
(v) Sandford, in his Gen. Hift. p. 139, ſays, the King, on
his reſtoring the lands, confirmed them to the ſaid Gilbert,
and Joane his wife, and the iſſue begotten of their two bodies,
in fee ferme.
(w) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 215.
(x) She ſeems to have had two ſons by this huſband; for
in the 3d of K. Edward III, in a grant then made to him, ,
Thomas and Edward, the fons of this Ralph de Monthermer,
are called the King's nephews. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 117.
(y) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 216.
(z) Ibid. p. 217. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 141.
(a) Dugd. ibid. p. 751. Sandr. ibid.
(6) Dugd. ibid. p. 161.
William

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The HISTORY of K E N T. 313
HADLOW.
LowY OF TUNBRIDGE.
William his next brother, then 14 years of
age,
ſon; who had been ſain in the battle of St. Al-
became his heir.
bans, anno 33 of that reign, by Margaret his
But he died within two years after, on April wife, daughter and coheir of Edmund, Duke of
6, anno 18 Richard II, being then in ward to Somerſet, was his next heir (f).
the King, upon which Edmund, his next bro-
Henry, Duke of Buckingham, afterwards be-
ther, ſucceeded to the inheritance, being at came one of the chief confidents of Richard,
that time 20 years of age, and in the 22d year Duke of Glouceſter, and the principal agent in
of K. Richard II, with the King's ſpecial licence, advancing him to the throne ; for which K.
married Anne, the widow of his elder brother Richard rewarded him with many great offices
Thomas, daughter of the Duke of Glouceſter. and other emoluments. But the Duke thinking
At the coronation of K. Henry IV, he was, the King neglected him, took up arms in favor
together with Hugh his younger brother, created of Henry, Earl of Richmond, and being aban-
one of the Knights of the Bath, and the next doned by his followers, ſoon afterwards was taken
year making proof of his age, and doing his by the Sheriff of Shropſhire, by whom he was
homage, he had livery of all thoſe lands which brought to Saliſbury, where K. Richard then was,
belonged to him by deſcent from Thomas and and there, without either arraignment or judg-
William, his brothers; but in the 4th year of
ment, beheaded.
that reign, being preſent at the battle of Shrewf He had iſſue by Katherine his wife, daugh-
bury, he was there flain, fighting valiantly on ter of Richard Widvile, Earl Rivers, three ſons,
the King's part (d). He died ſeiſed of this ma-
viz. Edward, his heir; Henry, afterwards Earl
nor of Hadlow, among others, in which he was of Wiltſhire ; and Humphry, who died young;
fucceeded by Humphry his ſon, then very young, and two daughters.
for he was found to be but 20 years of age anno On the acceſſion of the Earl of Richmond to
i Henry VI, and two daughters ; Philippa, who
the crown ſoon afterwards, by the title of K.
died youns, and Anne, married to Edmund Mor-
Henry VII, Edward, Duke of Buckingham, took
timer, Earl of March, and afterwards to John
poſſeſſion of this manor among the reſt of his
Holand, Earl of Huntingdon. eblost 10
inheritance; but in the 13th year of the next
In the ſecond year of K. Henry VI, making
reign of K. Henry VIII. being accuſed of con-
proof of his age, and doing his homage, he had
ſpiring the King's death, he was tried, and being
livery of his lands. In the 22d year of that
found guilty, was beheaded on Tower-bill on
reign, being then honorably employed by the
May 17th that year ; and although there was
King, he bore the titles of Earl of Bucking-
an act paſſed for his attainder, yet another act
ham, Hereford, Stafford, Northampton, and Perch,
pafled likewiſe for the reſtitution in blood of
Lord of Brecknock and of Holderneſs, and Captain
Henry his eldeſt ſon, but not to his honors
of the town and caſtle of Calais,
and lands, which remained forfeited to the
After which, by reaſon of his nearneſs in
Crown.
blood to the King, and his eminent ſervices, he
K. Henry VIII, in his 16th year, granted,
was, on Sept. 14, anno 23 Henry VI, advanced
among other premiſes, the manors of Hadlotes
to the title of Duke of Buckingham, to hold to
and Northfrith, with their appurts. and a parcel
himſelf and the heirs male of his body; and
of woodland called Strangeland, and ſeveral mef-
continuing faithful to the King's intereſts, he
ſuages, tenements, parks, &c. with their appurts.
was at laſt unfortunately ſain in the battle of
in the pariſhes of Hadlowe, Shipborne, and Tun-
,
part. This great Duke had iſſue by Anne his
knt. Comptroller of his Houſhold, to hold by
wife, daughter of Ralph Nevill, the firſt Earl of l knight's ſervice (k).
Weſtmoreland, ſeven ſons and five daughters.
By the inquiſition taken after his death, it
ſelf by his valour againſt the Moors in Spain, on
was found, that he died ſeiſed of the manor of
which he was knighted (1), and afterwards cre-
Hadlow, among others, and that Henry his grand-
ated a Knight Banneret, and made Maſter of the
ſon, ſon of Humphry, Earl of Stafford, his eldeſt
Horſe. In the 17th year of K. Henry VIII, he
Balbona
after having behaved valiantly in it on the King's of Buckingham, attainted, to fir Henry Guildford
,
Sat
of
(d) His widow afterwards married William Bourchier,
Earl
Ewe in Normandy, by whom ſhe had ſeveral chil-
dren, and died anno 17 Henry VI.
(f) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 163. Ibid. p. 165, et ſeq.
Ibid. p. 170. Ibid. p. 171.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 2.
(1) He was the eldeſt ſon of fir Richard Guildford, or
Guldeford, Knight Banneret, and Comptroller of the King's
Houfhold, by his ſecond wife Joane, sitter of Nicholas, Lord
V'aux.' Whilſt he was an Eſquire he went into Spain, and
engaged himſelf under Ferdinand and Iſabel, in their wars
againſt the Moors, and behaved himſelf with that exemplary
reſolution, that
upon
the reduction of Grenada, the above-
mentioned Prince added to his paternal coat, viz.-Or, a
Saltire between martlets, fable, this augmentation On a
canton, a pomegranate flipped, being the arms of the regained
province'; and at the ſame time he dignified him with the
order of knighthood.
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H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ,
HADLOW.
LowY OF TUNBRIDGE.
was made one of the Chamberlains of the Ex Henry, the eldeſt ſon (2), ſucceeded him in
chequer, and the next year he was elected one title and eſtate, and ſoon afterwards conveyed
of the Knights Companions of the order of the this manor by ſale to Faircloth, who alienated it
Garter, being only 39 years of age at the time to George Rivers, of this pariſh, eſq; fecond fon
of his election.
of fir George Rivers, of Chafford in this county,
knt, by Frances his wife, daughter and coheir of
On his death in the 23d year of K. Henry
William Bowyer, of the co. of Suſex, eſq; (a) He
VIII, (r) this manor ſeems to have reverted to
died ſeiſed of this manor, and lies buried in this
the Crown, where it remained till the reign
of K. Edward VI, who by his let. pat. July 18, church, leaving one ſon Edward, and a daugh-
ter Frances (b). 10
in his 4th year, granted the manor and park
Edward Rivers was of Fiſhall in this pariſh,
of Hadlow to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick (u),
who was afterwards on Oct. 11, in the 5th year
eſq; and dying poffeffed of this manor on Dec.
21ſt, 1660, æt. 33, was buried here. His ſuc-
of that reign, created Duke of Northumberland,
ceſſor alienated it in the reign of K. Charles II.
and he by his indenture, dated Feb. 18, in the
7th year of that reign, and inrolled in the Aug.
to Mr. Jeffry Amhurſt, gent. and he in the year
mentation-office the ſame day, fold this manor,
1699 fold it to Mr. John France, who dying
with all its rights, members, and appurts, among
without male iſſue, his two daughters, Mary
and Elizabeth, became his coheirs; the eldeſt of
other premiſes, to the King, his heirs and aſſigns
whom married Walter Barton, gent. and the
for ever, in exchange for lands in ſeveral other
counties(v).
youngeſt George Swayne, gent.
On his death Mr. Walter Barton ſucceeded to
The manor of Hadlow remained in the Crown
this manor, the fame having been ſettled by Mr.
till the acceſſion of Q. Elizabeth. who by her
John France, March 19, 1725, on him for life,
let. pat. in her iſt year, granted it, together
with remainder to his ſon, Mr. John Barton,
with the park called Northfryth, late parcel of
who on his father's deceaſe became poffefled of
the poſſeſſions of John, Duke of Northumber-
it, and is the preſent proprietor of it.
land, to her kinſman, Henry Carey, Lord Hunf-
This manor holds a Court Leet and Court Baron,
don, and his heirs, to hold in capite by knight's
which ſeems to be entirely independent of the
ſervice (W); he ſeems to have given it before
Court Leet of the manor of Tunbridge (c).
his death to his eldeſt ſon, fir George Carey, knt.
HADLO.
Gabril
who poſſeſſed it in the 25th year of that reign(x),
TO
and on his father's death in the 38th year of it, is a ſeat and eſtate in this pariſh, which, in all
fucceeded to the title of Lord Hunſdon. He died
probability, gave both name and reſidence to a
on Sept. 9, in the iſt year of K. James I, with.
family of no ſmall note in antient time (d).
out male iſſue, upon which this manor came to
John de Hadloe, a deſcendant of Nicholas de
his next brother John, who ſucceeded him like-
Hadloe, was among thoſe gentlemen of this
wiſe as Lord Hunſdon(y), and died ſeiſed of it in
county, who attended K. Edward I. in his ex-
April, anno 15 James I, 1617, leaving iſſue
pedition into Scotland, in the 28th year of his
two ſons and two daughters.
reign, and for his remarkable ſervice there, at
(n) He was twice married ; firſt to Mary, daughter of for of fer Richard Guldeford, knt. father of fir Henry Guldeford,
fir ,
Thomas Bryan, knt, and ſecondly to Mary, one of the daugh knt. who was by the ſecond marriage. See Hempſted in
ters of fir Robert Wotton, of Boughton Malherb, knt. who
ſurvived him, and afterwards married fir Gawin Carew, knt.
(v) Augtn. off. box H. 17. See more of the Duke of
by neither of whom he left any iſſue. Coll. Bar. vol. v, p.
Northumberland, under Knoll in Sevenoke, vol. i. of this
Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Guilford. See more
hiftory, p. 341.
of this family, under Hemſted in Benenden.
(7) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9. () Ibid. ejus an.
K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Aug. 29, in his 35th
year, let to Richard Fiber, of Hadlow, the whole fcite of
(y) See more of this family, under Kemſing, vol. i. of this
hiftory, p. 330.
the manor, and all woods and underwoods, parcel of the
demeſnes of the ſame, lying in Hadlow, before in the tenure (z) He was, anno 3 Charles I, raiſed to the dignity of
of Thomas Somer, but laft of the faid Richard Fiſher, with
Earlof Dover.
pannage for go hogs in the park of North Frith, to hold for
(a) Coll. Bar. vol. i, p. 444.
21 years, at the yearly rent of ul. ſterling, and a fine of
(6) She married Edward Sadlow, of London, Linen-dra.
per, and died Oct. 23, 1656.
In the next year the King let, for the like term, to Ralph
(c) In 1759 Thomas Harris was choſen Conſtable of Tun-
Fant, efq; parcel of the demeſne lands of this manor, then
bridge, at the Court Leet of that manor, and as ſuch claimed
called Buckingham's Lands.
juriſdiction over the pariſh of Hadlow, and billeted ſeveral
And May 19, in his 37th year, he let to Richard Fiſher,
foldiers at a public-houſe in Hadlow town; but on a trial had
all rivers, fifheries, and ponds within this manor, parcel of
at the Lent Aſlizes for this county in 1761, it was proved,
the poffeffions called Buckingham's Lands, for 21 years, at
to the ſatisfaction of the Judge and Jury, that the Courts
the yearly rent of 3s. and 4d. Augtn. of. Inrolments.
Leet of Tunbridge and Hadlow had no connection with each
(t) Augtn. off. box G. 17. This John, Earl of War other, and a verdict was found for the Publican, who was
wick, had married Jane, only daughter and at length fole plaintiff in this fuit, againſt the Conſtable, and he recovered
heir to fir Edward Guldeford, knt, eldeſt ſon by the firſt wife
damages and coſts.
H A D LOW-PLACE
SI
Benenden.
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H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HADLOW.
In the 17th year
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
the ſiege of Carlaverock, was made Knight Ban the inquiſition taken after his death, in the 38th
year of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1595, it was found,
nèret by that Prince (d).
How long Hadlow-place remained in the above-
that he died at Roan in France, on Oct. 14th that
mentioned family, I don't find, but moſt like-
year, being then ſeiſed of Hadlow place, and other
lands in this pariſh.
ly till it was alienated to that of Vane, alias
Fane. Henry Fane, the eldeſt ſon of John Fane,
Henry, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his father in
of Tunbridge, eſq; was poſſeſſed of it in the reign this eſtate, and wrote himſelf, as his anceſtors had
of K. Henry VII, and was Sheriff of this county formerly done, Vane, which his pofterity have
in the 23d year of that reign (e). He died in continued to do ever ſince. He removed his
the zoth year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1538, reſidence to Raby-caſile in the Biſhopric of Durham,
leaving no iffue by Alice his wife, ſiſter of John of which he was then owner.
Filber, of this pariſh, gent. By his laſt will, of K. James I. he was knighted at Wbitehall,
dated May 12, anno 25 Henry 8, he bequeathed from which time he acted a conſpicuous part in
his manor-place, wherein he then dwelt, with the public affairs of the nation, and was greatly
all his lands in Hadloe and Capel, to his kinſman favored and entruſted by K. Charles I, being at
Ralph Fane (f), in tail male, remainder to each times a Commiſſioner of the Admiralty, Cof-
of the fons of his youngeſt brother, John Fane, ferer, Comptroller, and Treaſurer of his Hour.
ſucceſſively in like tail (8).
hold, Secretary of State, and Privy Counſel-
Ralph Fane was afterwards knighted at the lor (i). But in the year 1642 the King being
ſiege of Bulleyn in 1544, and for his gallant be-
offended at his forwardneſs in the proſecution
haviour at the battle of Muſſelborough in the art 1 of the Earlof Strafford, he was removed from all
of K. Edward VI, was made a Knight Ban his places, and became one of the moſt malicious
year
neret; but in the 6th year of that reign, eſpou of the King's enemies, ſoon after whoſe death
ſing too zealouſly the intereſts of the Duke of he alienated this feat, with the eſtate belonging
Somerſet, he was accuſed of high treaſon, and to it in this pariſh, to Mr. Thomas Petley, of
being found guilty was executed on Tower-bill. Vielſton in Shorehan (k), who at his death deviſed
He died without iſſue, and Hadlow-place, with it to his ſon, Ralph Petley, by his ſecond wife
the adjoining lands in this pariſh, by virtue of Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Cam, of Lon-
the above entail, came to Henry Fane, the eldeſt don, who removed from Shoreham to River-
ſon of John Fane, deceaſed, the youngeſt brother head in Sevenoke, where he afterwards reſided.
of Henry, of Hadlozv, above-mentioned.
He was ſucceeded in it by his only ſon and heir,
He was of Hadlow, efq; and being afterwards
Ralph Petley, of Riverbead, eſq; who died ſeiſed
unwarily drawn into that inſurrection raiſed by
of it in 1704, leaving iſſue by Jane his wife,
for Thomas Wyatt, in the 1ſt year of Q. Mary,
daughter of fir John Seyliard, bart. two ſons and
was taken priſoner, committed to the Tower,
one daughter; of whom Thomas, the eldeſt ſon,
and attainted ; but in conſideration of his youth,
will be mentioned below; John, the ſecond fon,
he had pardon, and was releaſed from his con-
married Jane Lockyer, by whom he had one ſon,
finement(h), and it appears that his eſtates were Charles Petley, of whom further mention will be
likewiſe reſtored to him, through the Queen's
made hereafter, and two daughters, who died
bounty.
without iſſue,
He died in 1582, being the 25th year of Q.
Thomas Petley, the eldeſt ſon, was of River-
Eliz. leaving iſſue by his wife, Elizabeth God head, eſq; and ſucceeded to this eſtate. He mar-
ſalve, an only ſon and heir, Henry Fane, who was
ried Margaret, one of the three daughters and
of Hadlow-place, ejq; being 20 years of age at the
coheirs of Thomas Gifford, eſq; by whom he left
time of his father's deceaſe, and being then mar-
Ralph Petley, his ſon and heir, and other chil.
ried to Mary, only daughter and heir of Thomas
dren.
Fane, of Burſton, eſq; by whom he had no iſſue. Ralph Petley was of Riverhead, eſq; and fuc-
He married, fecondly, Margaret, daughter of ceeded to this eſtate, and dying unmarried in
Roger Twyſden, of Eaſt Peckham, eſq; by whom 1751, he by his laſt will bequeathed it, among
he left iffue two ſons and two daughters. By the reſt of his eſtates, to his firſt couſin, Charles
(d) They bore for their arms-3 creſcents, to which was
afterwards added –7 croſs-croflets, in token of fome exploit
or expedition againſt the Saracens in the Haly Land; a uſual
mark of honor in thoſe times. This addition was moſt likely
granted to Nicholas de Hadlce, who is in the liſt of thoſe
Kentiſ gentlemen, who were with K. Richard I. at the fiege
of Acon in Paleſtine.
(g) Coll. Peer. vol. ii, p. 260 et ſeq.
(f) He was fon' of Henry, youngeſt brother of John, who
was father of Henry the teftator of this eftate. See Penſburſt,
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p.411.
(b) Coll. Peer. vol. iv, p. 285.
(i) See Shipborne, p. 251, for a further account of this
branch of Vane. From the above-mentioned fir Henry Vane
are deſcended the Earl of Darlington, and Lord Viſcount Vane
of the kingdom of Ireland.
(k) See a further account of this family, under Vielfton in
Shoreham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 318.
(e) His younger brother, Richard Vane, of, Tudeley, was
anceſor to the Earls of Weſtmoreland, and the Viſcounts Fane
of the kingdom of Ireland. See more of this branch, under
Mereworth, p. 265.
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bring
retired to his feat at Raby-caſtle, in the North,
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HADLOW.
Petley, of Chatham, gent. (l) who married Eliza came much truſted and employed by K. Charles
beth, daughter of Robert Paul, of the county of
I, with whom he was a great favorite, till he fo
Northumberland, eſq; (m) and died in 1765, leav highly offended the King in his zeal to
ing his wife ſurviving, and iſſue by her three the Earl of Strafford to his trial. After which he
ſons, Ralph Robert Carter, and two younger
ſons, and two daughters; which three ſons, as and alienated this manor, with the reſt of his
coheirs in gavelkind, are now intitled to the in- eſtates in this pariſh, to Mr. Thomas Petley, of
heritance of this eſtate (n).
Vielſton in Shoreham, from whom it deſcended,
in like manner as Hadlow.place above-deſcribed,
FROM A N S, alias GOODWIN S,
to Charles Petley, of Riverhead, eſq; who died
is a manor in this pariſh, which was formerly poffeffed of it in 1765, leaving his wife Eliza.
called, more properly, Fromonds, from a family
beth, daughter of Robert Paul, of the co. of
of that name once poffeffors of it (o).
Northumberland, eſq; ſurviving, and iſſue by her,
Simon Fromond was owner of it in the reign of three ſons and two daughters ; which three fons,
K. Henry III, in the 430 year of which he was as coheirs in gavelkind, are now intitled to the
choſen one of the 12 Jurats on the part of the
inheritance of this manor(t).
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
Earl of Glouceſter, to determine the bounds of
the Lowy, in a diſpute between the Archbiſhop
CROMBUR Y, alias GOODWINS,
of Canterbury and that Earl. His fucceffor
975
in it was Peter Fromund, whoſe houſe is menti is another manor in Hadlow, which in antient
oned in a perambulation of the Lowy, taken in time was called Crancheberi, and afterwards Cron-
the 8th year of K. Edward I, being juſt within geberi, as appears in the archives of the church
the boundary of that diſtrict (P).
of Rocheſter.
In the 8th year of K. Edward II, Tbomas Fro-
This place was ſoon after the conqueſt in the
mund held the 6th part of a knight's fee, and
poſſeſſion of William, ſon of William de Horſbur-
John Fromund held the half part of a knight's
denne, who gave the tenths of it to the Monks
fee, in Hadloz, of the honor of Clare; but which
of St. Andrew's priory in Rocheſter, at which time
held this particular manor, I cannot diſtinguiſh.
it was accounted an appurtenance to the manor
In the above-mentioned family this manor of Merezvorth (u). It afterwards came into the
continued till Richard Fromond fold it to one of
poffeffion of the family of that name; John de
the family of Colepeper, in whoſe deſcendants it
Merezvorth, in the 20th year of K. Edward III,
continued till Richard Colepeper, of Oxenboath, paid aid, at the making the Black Prince a
about the time of K. Edward IV, paffed it away Knight, for the manor of Mereworth with Cron-
by ſale to John Fromond, a deſcendant of the
gebury, held of the Earl of Glouceſter as one
before-mentioned Richard Fromund (q), by one of
knight's fee.
whoſe fucceffors it was alienated to Vane, alias
From this name it paſied into that of Fromund,
Fane, in which family it continued down, in
in which it ſtaid till Thomas Fromund alienated it
like manner as Hadlow-place above-mentioned,
to John Godwin, one of whoſe fucceffors ſold it
to Henry Fane, of Hadlow-place, eſq; who died in
to Peckham (v), and Katherine Peckham died feiſed
the 22d year of Q. Elizabeth, feiſed of this ma-
of it in the 7th year of K. Henry VII, then
nor of Goodins, alias Fromins, then held of the
holding it of the Duke of Buckingham ; her ſon,
manor of Hadlow by knights ſervice, as appears
Thomas Peckham, gent. died feiſed of it in the
by the inquiſition taken after his death ; though
gth yearof K. Hen. VIII, holding it of the Duke
his ſon had not livery of this manor till two years
by knights ſervice, as appears by the inquiſitions
afterwards (r).
taken after their reſpective deaths (w); his ſon,
Henry, his eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in it, and Thomas Peckham, ſucceeded to this manor, who
was of Hadlow.place, eſq; of which he died ſeiſed ſoon afterwards paſſed it away to the family of
in the 38th year of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1595, Vane, alias Fane, in which it continued down,
as appears by the inquiſition then taken (s), leav. in like manner as Hadlow-place, &c. in this pa-
ing one ſon and heir Henry, who reaſſumed the riſh, to Henry Fane, of Hadlow-place, eſa; who
original name of his family, calling himſelf died ſeiſed of this manor of Crombery in the 38th
Vane, as his pofterity have continued to do ever year of Q. Elizabeth, as appears by the inqui-
ſince. He was afterwards knighted, and be ſition then taken; his ſon and heir Henry fuc-
(1) Viz, ſon of John, by Jane Lockyer, as above-menti.
oned, who was afterwards of Riverhead, efq;
(m) His widow, Mrs. Judith Paul, in the 8th year of
K. George III, procured an act of Parliament, to enable
her and her iſſue to take the name of St. Paul.
(12) See Riverhead in Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
p. 355
(6) Philipott, p. 175.
(P) Ibid. p. 309.
(9) Philipott, p. 175.
(r) Rot. Eſch. anno 25
Elizabeth.
(s) Coll. Peer. vol. iv, p. 289.
(t) See Hadlow-place above, and Riverhead in Sevenoki,
vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 355.
(a) Text. Roff. p. 178.
(v) Philipott, p. 175.
(w) Rot, Efch. ejus an.
ceeded

The H I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
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TUNBRIDGE
.
a 19;
LOWY of TUNBRIDGE.
HADLOW.
ceeded him in it, and changed the ſpelling of his wards knighted, and became a man of much emi-
name to Vane, as his anceſtors had antiently ſpelt nence in public affairs. Soon after the death of
it before. He was afterwards knighted, and be K. Charles I, he paſſed away this manor by ſale
came a man of great note in public affairs. to Maynard, of Mayfield in the co. of Suſſex (a),
He was of Raby-caſtle, and ſoon after the death in which name it remained in the reign of K.
of K. Charles I, alienated this manor, with the
Charles II ; after which it had ſome intermedi-
reſt of his eſtates in this pariih, to Mr. Thomas ate owners, and was then ſold to Mr. John Kip-
Petley, of Vielſton in Shoreham, from whom it ping, whoſe grandſon, Mr. William Kipping, of
deſcended, in like manner as Hadlow-place and Hadlow, is now poſſeſſed of two third parts, and
Fromunds above-deſcribed, to Charles Petley, of Mrs. Kipping, widow, his aunt, of the other third
Riverhead, eſq; who died poſſeſſed of it in 1765, part of this manor and eſtate.
and his three ſons, as coheirs in gavelkind, are
GOLD W E L İngin SA
now intitled to the inheritance of it.
Mob
There is a Court Baron held for this manor. is an eſtate in this pariſh, which was antiently
Willian, ſon of William de Horſburdenne, owner in the poſſeſſion of a family of ſome rank, named
of this manor, as has been mentioned above, Beald, from whence it paſſed into that of Fro-
gave the tenth of Crankeberga, for ever, to the mund, who were conſiderable owners in this
pa-
Monks of St. Andrew, for his wife's ſoul, on con riſh, as has been already related, in whom it
dition, that they ſhould perform her anniverſary continued ſome time, and then John Fromund
yearly (x). Which gift was confirmed to them alienated it to one of the family of Colepeper (O),
by Biſhop Gilbert, and ſeveral of his ſucceſſors,
in which it continued till fir Richard Colepeper,
Biſhops of Rocheſter (y).
of Oxenboath, knt. dying in the 2d year of K.
A compoſition was afterwards entered into Richard III, without male iſſue, his three daugh-
between the Rectors of this pariſh, and the Prior ters became his coheirs, and on the diviſion of
and Convent of Rocheſter, by which an annual their inheritance, this eſtate of Goldwell was al-
payment
of 55. was received by the latter from lotted to Margaret the eldeſt, married to Wiliam
the former in lieu of them (2), which payment
Cotton, afterwards of Oxenhoath, eſq; who in her
was likewiſe reſerved to them on the appropria-
right became poffeſſed of it (c).
tion of this church to the hoſpital of St. John of
He was ſucceeded in it by his ſon, fir Thomas
Jeruſalem in the year 1287 ().
Cotton, knt, and his ſon, Robert Cotton, of Had-
told
gent. whoſe great-grandſon, fir George Chowne,
a manor in this pariſh, which had formerly of Fairlane, knt, intending to confine his poffef-
owners of that name. In the 8th year of K. ſions within the co. of Suſſex, ſold it, after the
Edward II, the heirs of Hugh de Cauſton and death of K. Charles I, to Mr. Thomas Barton,
Wm. Franklyn held the eighth part of a knight's
gent. (d) whoſe daughter Alice married John
fee in Hadlow, of the honor of Clare.
Keriel, eſq; and at her death bequeathed it to
This manor continued in the name of Cauſton,
her ſon John Keriel, and his ſon, of the ſame
till Hugh Caufton alienated it to one of the family name, paſſed it away by fale to Mr. William
of Watton, of Addington, in which it remained Heath, on whoſe death without iſſue, it came to
till William Watton, of Addington, efq; about the his fifter, Mrs. Elizabeth Burges, of Weſtram,
reign of K. Edward IV, fold it to Thomas Peck whoſe only ſon, Robert Burges, of Hall-place in
ham, owner likewiſe of the manor of Crombery Lyghe, eſq; is the preſent owner of it.
laſt deſcribed, in whoſe deſcendants it continued
till Thomas Peckham, in the beginning of the
Nhà Nà D E c K H A M S
reign of K. Henry VIII, paſſed it away, with is a manör in this pariſh, which took its name
the reſt of his effates in this pariſh, to the family from a family which once poffefſed it.
of Vane, alias Fene, in which it continued down, John de Peckham, in the 8th year of K. Edward
in like manner as Hadlow-place, &c. in this pariſh, II, held this manor of the honor of Clare, as the
to Henry Fane, of Hadlow-place, eſq; who died in half and one tenth part of a knight's fee, and in
the 38th year of Q. Elizabeth, feiſed of this ma his deſcendants it continued till it was alienated
nor of Cauftons, alias Cawnſtons, as it was called to Colepeper, in which name it ſtaid till fir Richard
in the inquiſition taken after his death.
Colepeper, knt. dying without male iſſue in the
His fon and heir Henry again aſſumed the 2d year of K. Richard III, (e) his three daugh-
name of his anceſtors, writing himſelf Vane, as
ters became his coheirs, and on the diviſion of
all his poſterity have done fince. He was after their inheritance, this manor was allotted to
CA U S TONS
To
na mambo
(x) Text. Roff. p. 178.
(5) See Reg. Roff. p. 47, 58, 87, and 528.
(z) Ibid. p. 382.
(a Philipott, p. 175.
(5) Ibid. See more of this branch of Golepeper, under
Oxenhoath in Weft Peckham, p. 261.
(c) Philipott, p. 175.
(d) He died April 12, 1662, æt. 57, and lies buried in
this church, as does Alice his wiſe, who died May 16, 1653.
(e) Rot, Efch. ejus an.
Margaret
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Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HADLOW.
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
Margaret the eldeſt, married to William Cotton,
afterwards of Oxenboath, eſq; who in her right
became poſſeſſed of it.
is a conſiderable eſtate in this pariſh, which lately
He was ſucceeded by his ſon, fir Thomas Cot belonged to fir John Van Hatton, kut. who in
ton, knt, whoſe ſon, Robert Cotton, of Hadlozv, 1768 paſſed it away by ſale to Sarab, Lady Vif-
eſq; alienated it to Ferrers. In the 6th year of counteſs Falkland, ſhe died poſſeſſed of it in 1776,
K. Edward VI, Danze Conſtantia Ferrers died ſeiſed
and by her laſt will deviſed it for life to her
huſband, the Right Hon. Lucius Carey, Viſcount
of the manor of Peckhams in Hadlow, holding
Falkland, and the remainder in fee to Francis
it by knights ſervice, at which time Edward
Motley Auſten, of Wilmington, efq; who has ſince
Ferrers, her ſon, was found to be her next
heir (f).
purchaſed Lord Falkland's intereſt in it, and is
now the preſent proprietor of it (k). aid brus
He alienated this manor to Leigh (8), whoſe
deſcendant Mr. John Leigh paſſed it away by ſaie
PRESENT STATE OF HADLOW. Nors won
IONS
O s
to George Rivers, of this pariſh, efq; and his
The town or village of Hadlow is ſituated at
grandſon, in the reign of K. Charles II, ſold
it to a family of the name of Dalling, one
the north-eaſt part of the pariſh, on the high
of whom, Mr. John Dalling, of Weftram, died
road leading from Maidſtone through Mereworth
thither towards Tunbridge. A fair is kept in it
poſſeſſed of it about the years
year 1750; he left an
only daughter and heir, married to Mr. Jona-
on Whit-Monday yearly. The pariſh is of large
than Chilwell, of Tunbridge, but now of London,
extent, eſpecially below the town fouthward,
it is bounded by the river Medway, as it
and he in her right is the preſent proprietor of
is towards the weſt by the North Frith woods.
this manor.
10
Tempaw Ill bo
The rivulet, called The Sheet, flows from Plax-
Do notivi FISH - N ALL srsosdero tool to Oxenboath mill, and thence acroſs this
is a ſeat here, which was formerly
pariſh ſouth eaſtward, and a little beyond it joins
the Medway at Brandt Bridge,
of John de Fiſher, ſo called from his being in-
veſted by Gllbert de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter,
d. The grounds of this pariſh in general lie very
Lord of the Lowy of Tunbridge, with the privi-
low, and are very wet and ſwampy, conſiſting
lege of fiſhing freely and without controul with moſtly of a deep ſtiff clay ; towards the river
Medway, however, the meadows are rich and
in his juriſdiction. This name of Fiſher con-
tinued in his poſterity (b), one of whom, John
fertile, and capable of fatting very large oxen.
Fiſher, poſſeſſed this ſeat, and reſided here in
The whole of this pariſh is in the Weald of
the reign of K. Henry VIII, in the 35th year
Kent, o bebida
of which, he had a leaſe from the King, of the
Robert White, eſg; who died March 28, 1619,
ſcite of the manor of Hadlow, as he had ſoon
gave rool, for the uſe of the poor of this pariſh.
Lo Jiq, da
afterwards of all the rivers, fiſheries, and THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
ponds within it (i). He alienated this feat
Hadlow is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
to the family of Fane, alias Vane, from one of
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Malling.
whom it paſſed by ſale into that of Rivers of
The church, which ſtands on the eaſt ſide of
Chafford.
the town, in Hadlow Borough, is dedicated to St.
George Rivers, ſecond ſon of fir George Rivers,
of Chafford, knt. reſided at Fif-ball, and dying
Mary. It was part of the poffeffions of the
ſeiſed of it, was ſucceeded by his fon Edward,
Knights of St. John of Jeruſalem, commonly called
who likewiſe reſided here, and poſſeſſed it at his
the Knights Hoſpitallers, fo early as the reign of
K. John ; for in the laſt year of it, anno 1216,
death in 1660. His ſucceſſor alienated it, in
Benedikt, Biſhop of Rocheſter, at the preſentation
the reign of K. Charles II, to Mr. Jeffry Am-
of the Prior and Brethren of that hoſpital, ad-
mitted and inſtituted Adam de Fontibus to this
who died without male iſſue, leaving two daugh-
ters, Mary and Elizabeth, his coheirs ; the eldeſt
church, with its appurts, ſaving to the Prior
of whom married Walter Barton, gent, and the
and Brethren the antient penſion of 25. yearly
paid to them from it; and ſaving alſo the right
youngeſt, George Swayne, gent.
of the church of Rocheſter in all matters, and the
By his laſt will he bequeathed this feat to his
right of thoſe who were accuſtomed to take
ſon-in-law, Mr. George Swayne, whoſe ſon, Mr.
tythes in this pariſh, ſeparated from the mother
Thomas Swayne, gent. is the preſent owner of it. church (1)
SHE IS
ly the reſidence
his being in . The grounds
as
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(8) Philipott mentions fome lands in this pariſh, called
Moatlands, which were formerly poſſeſſed by the Bakers of
Eaſt Peckham, one of whom, Richard Baker, alienated them
to Burgeſs, as Thomas Burgeſs did ſoon afterwards to Henry
Leigh; but when Philipott wrote his Villare, in 1656, theſe
lands were ſo little known, that he could not gain certain
สบจมการหม
intelligence who was the owner of them ; fince which even
the name of them is totally forgotten in this pariſh.
(3) Philipott, p. 176.
(i) Inrolments, Augen. off.
(k) See Wrotham above, p. 240.
(1) Reg. Roff. p. 381.
BOCHT
Hr Thomas

The
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H I S T O Ñ Y O of
K E N T.
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
HADLOW.
Thomas de Inglethorpe, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in
conſequence of the Pope's bull, by his inftru-
ment under his feal, dated at Stone July 23,
1287, appropriated this church, then vacant,
and of the patronage of the Prior and Brethren,
to them and their houſe, to be held to their ozon
proper uſes, and the pious uſes of their houle
for ever ; faving a competent vicarage in it, which
he decreed ſhould conſiſt of all the ſmall tythes,
oblations, obventions, and all other matters be-
longing to the altarage, excepting the tythe of
the hay of the pariſh; and he decreed, that the
Vicar ſhould have one acre of land, where he
might conveniently build a houſe, and two acres
of meadow, fit to be mowed, of the demeſne
of the church, and that he ſhould ſuſtain the
ordinary burthens of the church, viz. the pro-
curations of the Archdeacon, and ſhould pay
yearly to the Rector of the church of Adintone
18d. which the Rector of the church of Hadlo
was uſed to pay to it, time out of mind, and
that the Prior and Brethren ſhould pay to the
Prior and Convent of Rocheſter 5s. yearly, as
At which time the parſonage or rectory of Hada
low, appears to have been eſteemed a manor.
K. Edward VI, July 16, in his iſt year, granted
the rectory and advowſon of Hadlow to fir Ralph
Fane, and Lady Elizabeth Fane his wife, to hold
in capite by knights ſervice (q).
On fir Ralph Fane's death, Lady Elizabeth
Fane, his widow, became poſſeffed of it, and
ſoon afterwards alienated one part of it, by the
deſcription of the manor of the rectory of Had-
low, together with all curtalages, barnes, houſes,
glebes, tythes, and all other appurts. belong-
ing to it, lying in Hadlow-ward in the pariſh
of Hadlow, to Thomas Roydon, of Eaſt Peckham,
eſq; (r) whoſe three ſons dying without iſſue, his
five daughters became his coheirs; of whom
Elizabeth, married William Twyſden, of Chelminga
ton, eſq; who became in her right poſſeſſed of
this manor and rectory; his deſcendant, fir Wil-
liam Twyſden, of Roydon-hall in Eaſt Peckham,
bart. died poffeffed of this eſtate in the year 1767)
and his widow, Lady Twyſden, is the preſent por-
had been accuſtomed to be paid to them from feffor of the manor of the rectory of Hadlow, with
2
cs
, &cc.
this church from antient time (m), and ſaving
the right, dignity, and cuſtom of his church
of Rocheſter, and of all others, &c. (n)
John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the 7th year of
K. Edward II, certified to the King's Treafurer,
&c. in obedience to the King's writ; that the
Prior of the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem had
within his dioceſe, the appropriation of the
church of Haudio, worth yearly 6o marcs, which
was part of the antient poſſeſſions of that hof-
pital (c); and upon a like writ in the 21ſt year
of K. Edward III, Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, cer-
tified to the King's Treaſurer, &c. that the hof-
pital poſſeſſed the appropriation of this church
then taxed at 40 marcs (p).
On the eſtabliſhment of the preceptory in
the adjoining pariſh of Weſt Peckham by thoſe
Knights, this church of Hadlow was allotted as
an appendage to it; in which ſtate it continued
till the general diſſolution of their hoſpital in
the 32d year of K. Henry VIII, when that order
was ſuppreſſed by an act ſpecially paſſed for
the purpoſe, and all their lands and revenues
given by it to the King, and his heirs for ever.
the glebe and other appurts. belonging to it, and
of the ſeveral tythes accruing within the ward
of Hadlow in this pariſh.
In the 15th year of Q. Elizabeth, Elizabeth,
Lady Golding, and others, had the Queen’s li-
cence to alienate certain rents of aſſize, curta-
lages, lying in Hadlow-ward in this pariſh,
to Edward Pelham and his heirs (s), and he, in
the zitt
year of that reign, had the like licence
to alienate theſe premiſes to Roger Twyfden,
efq; (t) in whofe pofterity, I imagine, they re-
main at this time.
The other two pa
The other two parts of the rectory of Hadlow,
conſiſting of the tythes of this pariſh, accruing
in the tythe wards of Goldwell and Stair, as well
las as the advowſon, remained (after the above-men-
tioned alienation to Roydon) in the poſſeſſion of
Lady Elizabeth Fane, who in the ift and 2d
year
of K. Philip and Q. Mary, alienated the
ſonage of Hadlow to Henry Fiſher (u), and he, in
the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth, paſſed it away to
Richard Smythe (v), who next year alienated it
to John Rivers (w); his fon, fir George Rivers,
knt. poffeffed this parfonage, as well as the ad-
vowſon of the church of Hadlow, which ſeems
oboto
par-
(m) John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in 1478, confirmed this
(r) Thomas Roydon, anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, died
penſion to the priory of Rocheſter. Reg. Roff. p. 138. ſeiſed of a curtilege, barn, and other lands, glebes and
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 381. (0) Ibid. p. 125. (p) Ibid. p. 128. tythes, in the pariſh of Hadlow, and Hadlow-ward, holding
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. p. 6. Rolls of Partic. Aug. off.
them of the King in capite by knights ſervice, Thomas Roya
box F. 8. K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Jan. 15, in
don being his ſon and heir. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Margaret,
32d year, demiſed to Ralph Fane, eſq; among other pre widow of Thomas Roydon, In Eafter Term an. 17 Elizabeth,
miſes, the reftory of Hadlow, late parcel of the comman- | levied a fine of certain tythes in Hadlow-ward
.
dery or preceptory of Wej Peckham, by authority of Parlia (3) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 6. (t) Ibid. () Ibid. pt. 4.
ment ſuppreſſed and diſſolved, together with all meſfuages, (v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. In Eafter Term anno 4 Q Eliz.
lands, rents, courts, &c. with their appurts. belonging he levied a fine of it.
to it, excepting all timber trees, woods, &c. and the ad-
vowſon of the church, to hold for 21 years. Augtn. off.
(w) Ibid. p. 4. In Eafter Term anno 17 Q.
Eliz, he
levied a fine of it.
polland ass 101 og
Inrolments,
OSOR
to

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
320
6) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p. 456.
Lowy Of TUNBRIDGE,
HADLOW.
to have paſſed with it from Lady Fane, and his
wards into the poffeßion of William Lea, of Had-
eldeſt ſon, John Rivers, eſq; fucceeded him in low, gent, whoſe grand-daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
this eſtate, and was created a Baronet anno 19 Leavens, of Hadlow, in 1701, conveyed it to Mr.
James I, in the 21ſt year of which he procured John Weekly, of Town Malling, who in 1738 de.
viſed it by will to his brother, Mr. George Wheata
an act of Parliament to diſgavel as well his lands
as thoſe of fir George Rivers, his father, and to ley, late of Ware in the co. of Heris, on whoſe
ſettle the inheritance of them upon himſelf and death in 1977 it deſcended to his only daughter
his heirs by Dame Dorothy his wife, daughter of and heir, Miſs Jane Weekley, the preſent poffeffor
Thomas Potter, of Weſtram, efq;
of this part of the parſonage of Hadlow.osb od
The advowſon of the vicarage of Hadlow ſeems
He was ſucceeded in title and this eſtate by
to have continued in the Rivers family till with-
his grandſon and heir, fir Thomas Rivers, bart.
ſon of James Rivers, eſą; who died in his life in memory, when it was ſold to the Rev. Mr.
time, anno 1641, and he in 1657 conveyed that
Arthur Spender, Vicar of this pariſh, who at his
part of this parſonage, which conſiſted of the death in 1750 deviſed it by will to his ſon Ar-
tythes ariſing in this pariſh, within the ward of thur, who dying unmarried, it came to his bro-
Stayer, to Edward Rivers, eſq; ſon of George
ther, Mr. John Spender, of the co. of Northamp-
Rivers, of this pariſh, eſq; next brother to fir ton, the preſent owner of it. seotud tenido
John Rivers, created a Baronet as above-men v In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the vicar.
tioned, and he died poſſeſſed of it on Dec. 21, age
of Hadlow was valued at ſeven marcs (y).
1660, and was buried in this church. He was
ell It is valued in the King's Books at 131. os. od.
fucceeded in it by his ſon, George Rivers, eſq; (x)
and the yearly tenths at il. os. od. yy)
who poſſeſſed it near 70 years, and then deceaf The income of this vicarage greatly depends
ing, by his laſt
aft will bequeathed it to his god on the hop-plantations in this pariſh, which have
fon, George Rivers, of the Inner Temple, eſq; who been ſome years ſo advantageous as to increaſe
in
1737, reſerving to himſelf a life eſtate in this
this the income of it to 240l. per annum.
tythery, ſold the reverſion of it to Stephen Her do In 1608, the communicants in this pariſh
Is to bring
vey, of London, eſq; and he ſoon after Mr. Riversºs
were in number 376. Mo Ils to
death, which happened in 1777, conveyed the John Starkye, Vicar of Hadlow on March 16,
the fee of it to Mr. Robert Simmons, of Hadlow,
1626, drew up an inſtrument of the uſual pay-
the preſent poffeffor of this part of the parſonage
ment of the vicarage-tythe, as had been accuf-
of Hadlow.
tomed in antient time, as he had been informed
The remaining part of the parſonage of Hadlow, 30 years before, by the elders of the pariſh then
conſiſting of the tythes ariſing within that part living; a full account of which may be ſeen in
of this pariſh called Goldwell-ward, paſſed after note (z) below.shoq froitas ads io now
til stor brisé Consig
(x) See more of the family of Rivers, vol. i. of this hif of the pariſhioners had from time to time agreed with the
tory, p. 418.
Vicar by the acre, paying id. an acre for the land called
Park-land, and ad. an acre for all other ground, whether
(yy) E&. Theſ. p. 383..
arable, pafture, or meadow; but this agreement had altered
with ſome every year, ſome paying according to the afore-
(z) Viz. for the milk of a cow 2d. for the fall of a calf
ſaid rate, which he demanded, compounding therewith for
id. for a dry bullock id. for the fall of a colt id. for
their orchard, and ſome having none, or ſmall orchards,
garden id. and for poultry id. for a lamb {d. and if there
would not pay ſo much.
be 7 lambs, the Vicar to have one for tythe, and to allow
That the uſual cuſtom for offerings was 2d. a piece among
1ļd. if there were 4 lambs, the Vicar might have his choice to
houſholders, and men and maid-ſervants, and other com-
take ad, or to drive to the next year; if with the 4 the num-
municants; only thoſe which never received before did pay
ber amounted to 10, then he was to take a tythe-lamb: that
at their firſt coming izd. The uſual cuſtom for marriages
lambs were tytheable upon St. Mark's Day, when the owner
was 8d. to the Miniſter, and 4d. to the Clerk, beſides ud.
was to chuſe two, and the Miniſter the third. That tythe-
for putting forth the banns. If the marriage was by licence,
wool of ſheep and lambs was due when they were ſhorne.
the Miniſter was to have 28. 6d. and the Clerk 6d. The
For a pig & d. and if there were 7, the Vicar was to have
one for tythe at 14 days old, and to allow 1 d. if they were
cuſtom of churching of women was 5d. to the Miniſter, and
under 7, the Vicar was to drive till they amounted to the
id. to the Clerk, beſides an įd. The cuſtom for burials
.
was, 6d, for the burial of a man or woman, in the church-
number of 10 in the next farrow.
next farrow. For a gooſe d. if there
yard, to the Miniſter, to the Clerk 4d. for the grave; but
the Vicar was to have one for tythe, and to allow
if the corpſe was cheſted, then was the Clerk to have 8d. for
Id. if there were under 7, the Vicar might drive till they
making the grave. For the burial of an infant or child, the
aroſe to the number of 10 in the next brood : geeſe were
Miniſter was to have 4d. and the Clerk zd. for making the
tytheable upon Lammas Day, and if they were ſold before
grave, , in the church-yard ; if it was chelted, he was to have
that day, the Vicar to have the tenth
penny:
4d. for every corpſe buried in the chancel, ios. to the Mi-
The Vicar to have the tythe of hemp and flax within the
niſter, and 55. to the Clerk, and the grave to be paved at
pariſh, and of honey and wax, alſo of all kinds of fruit,
and for the making of cyder and perry in an apple-mill a
the charge of thoſe who paid the ſaid duties. If a corpſe was
buried in the body of the church, the Miniſter was to have
groat a pipe.
For working oxen and horſes, being employed upon the
6s. and the Clerk ss. the grave to be paved as above. The
owner's own tillage and huſbandry, nothing was to be al-
Clerk was to have for ringing the knell, if it was the great
lowed. For fatting bullocks 4d. a piece. The greater part
bell, 12d. if the ſecond bell, 8d, and if the leaſt, 4d. and
for the paſſing-bell, 4d.
tasyon
a
were 7,
CHURCH

The HISTORY ofK EN T.
321
CAPEL:
mere,
opnos
:
eaſtern and weſtern ſide heir courſe
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
There is no village, nor any thing worth fur-
CHURCH OF HADLOW.
ther notice, in it.
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Prior and Brethren (a) Adam de Fontibus, anno
Cnpėl is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
of the Hoſpital of
1216.
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Malling.
St. John of Jea
The church is dedicated to St. Thomas Becket
rufalem.
VICARS.
the Martyr. The body of it has lately been re-
(6) Fohn Stobe.
built of brick; the chancel ſeems very antient.
(c) Fobn Starkey, A.M. 1596,
It has a tower at the west end, with a ſmall ſpire
no (d) Grimes, 1642.
ſet on it. It has long been a chapel annexed to
Rany, obt. 1696.
the church of Tudeley.eu
Brooks.
The rectory of Capel, with the chapel belong-
George Oliver, obt. 1718.
ing to it, was antiently part of the poffeffions
Richards, 1720.
of the Knights Hoſpitallers of St John of Jeru-
Arthur Spender, A.M. 1750.
Salem, by whom it was annexed to the juriſdiction
Mr. James Berda (e) William Fitzherbert Pre-
of their preceptory of West Peckham.
ſent Vicar.
In the 22d year of K. Henry VII, Thomas-
Docwra, Prior, and the Brethren of that Hof.
CA PE L.
pital, by their indenture, dated Aug. 5th that
year, anno 1507, let to ferm to fir Thomas Starkey,
SOUTHWARD from Hadlow lies Capel
, ſo
Chaplain, their chapel, commonly called Capel,
called from the church of it having been
in this county, belonging to their preceptory
always eſteemed as a chapel only, as it is at this
above-mentioned, together with all tythes, lands,
time, to the church of Tudeley adjoining; though
meadows, feedings, and paſtures, profits, and
as to its civil juriſdiction it has always been a
commodities belonging to it, woods and under-
diſtinct pariſh of itſelf. Part of it is in the Hun-
dred of Wachling stone, but the greateſt part of it,
woods only excepted and reſerved, to hold with its
appurts. for the term of che life of Thomas Star-
together with the church, is within the Lowy of
Tunbridge.
key, to be beneficed in the ſame, he paying the
yearly rent of 4os. to the Prior and his ſucceſſors,
o. The manor and borough of Hadlow claim over
that of it within the Lowy.
and conſtantly and duly ſerving either by him-
ſelf, or by ſome honeſt and able Curate in his
c. The whole of this pariſh is within the Weald
ſtead, the cure of the ſaid chapel, and the
of Kent. quia ew
The manſion and principal eſtate in this pariſh
pariſhioners of it, during that term; and fur-
has for many generations belonged to the eldeſt
ther, that he ſhould repair and maintain well
branch of the family of Fane, Earls of Weſtmore-
and ſufficiently the manſion of the chapel, and
land; the laſt of whom, John Fane, Earl of Weſt-
the barn and little ſtable belonging to it in a
moreland, died without iſſue in 1762, and by his
covering of ſtraw, and ſhould cleanſe and repair
laſt will deviſed it, among the reſt of his Kentiſh
all hedges, ditches, &c. being allowed hedge-
eſtates, to his nephew, fir Francis Daſhwood,
bote and palebote, at the aſſignation of the Prior
bart, now the Right Hon. Francis, Lord Le De-
and his ſucceſſors, from the trees growing in the
Spencer, who is the preſent poffeffor of it.
and his Brethren made and appointed in their
place Thomas Leland and Thomas Hart, their true
Almost all the lands in this pariſh lie
and lawful Attorneys, jointly and ſeparately to
very
low and wet. The ſoil of them is a ſtiff clay.
deliver, in their names, to him full and peace-
It is covered with much oak, The ſurface of it
able poffeffion, and ſeiſin of and in their faid
is very flat, except in the middle of it, where chapel, with its appurts. according to the form
there is a ſmall hill of ſand and ſtone, on which
and effect of that their indenture, &c. dated in
the church ſtands. It is watered by two ſmall chapter, in their houſe of Clerkenwell, in Lon-
rivulets, which direct their
don (f).
On the diffolution of the order of Knights
the river Medway.
Hoſpitallers, in the 32d year of K. Henry VIII,
The high road from Nettleſted and Yalding, by an act ſpecially paffed for the purpoſe, their
over Beltring-green, croſſes the ſouthern part of lands and revenues were given to the King and
this pariſh towards Pembury and Tunbridge.
his heirs for ever.
part

PRESENT STATE OF CAPEL.
courſe through the
(a) Reg. Roff. p. 381.
(6) He lies buried in this church.
(c) He was Vicar in 1626. Mf. Twyfden.
(d) He was fequeſtered, and living till the reſtoration,
hiv Vol. II.
had afterwards the vicarage of Eaſt Peckham. Walker's Suff.
of the Clergy, part ii, p. 252.
(e) In 1756 a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding Hornden
on the Hill in Eſſex, with this vicarage.
(f) Reg. Roff. p. 201.
This
4N

322 The HISTORY O of K E N T.
TUNBRIDGE.
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
This rectory and chapel thus coming into the ſeſſor of it, Richard de Tonebridge, alias Fitz Gif-
hands of the Crown, the King, by his inden libert, is frequently mentioned in different parts
ture, Oct. 4th that year, demiſed the chapel of of it (m), as is the diſtrict which he was Lord
Capel, belonging to the preceptory or comman of round about it, called in it Leuua Ricardi de
dry of Peckham, otherwiſe called The Chantry I onebrige, The Lowy of Richard de Tonebridge.
Magiſtrale, in this county, together with the This Richard was named Fitz Gilbert, as be-
manſion of it, and all the meſfuages, tythes, ing the eldeſt ſon of Gilbert, Earl of Brion in
lands, &c. belonging to it, except all trees, Normandy, ſon of Geffry, natural ſon of Richard,
timber-trees, woods, &c. to fir John Baker, knt. the firſt Duke of Normandy of that name (n).
for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 41. (8) Which
He was one of the principal perſons, who
rent the King, by his indenture, dated the 15th came into England with the Conqueror, and
of Jan. following, demiſed to Ralph Fane, efq; having greatly affifted him in the memorable bat-
among other premiſes, for 21 years.
tle of Haſtings, by which the Duke obtained the
After which, the fee of this rectory, with the crown of this realm, had, in reward for that
advowſon of the chapel, ſeems to have been ſervice, and in regard of his near alliance in
granted to him by the name of fir Ralph Fane, blood, great honors and large poſſeſſions, both
knt. and he, in the 37th year of K. Henry VIII, in Normandy and England, beſtowed on him.
alienated it with the King's licence; to Thomas Towards the end of the Conqueror's reign,
Stone, of Hadlow, Yeoman (b).
he obtained the town and caſtle of Tunbridge, or
How it paſſed back again into the fame family Tonebruge as it was then called, from the Abp.
of Fane, I don't find; but it has been for feveral
of Canterbury, in lieu of the caſtle of Brion, each
generations in the eldeſt branch of it, Earls of
being meaſured to the ſame extent ; and having
Weſtmoreland; the laſt of whom, John, Earl of
fixed his reſidence in his new acquired demeſnes,
Weſtmoreland, died without iſſue in 1762, and
was from thence called Richard de Tunbridge(o),
by his laſt will deviſed this rectory, with its and the diſtrict round about him, his Lowy (p).
appurts. among the reſt of his Kentiſh eſtates, to
Upon the death of the Conqueror, he favored
his nephew, fir Francis Daſhwood, bart. now the the title of Robert Curthoſe againſt William Rufus,
Right Hon. Lord Le Deſpencer, the preſent pof who marching his army into Kent, beſieged him
feffor of it.
in his caſtle of Tunbridge, on the ſurrender of
The Vicars of Tudeley ſerve the cure of this which he ſubmitted, and ſwore allegiance to
pariſh and chapelry, which has been for many him. From which time to the death of K.
years united to the church of that pariſh. Henry I, nothing remarkable occurs relating to
It is not in charge in the King's Books (i). him, and ſoon after that he was unhappily Nain
in Wales, by an ambuſh laid for him in the
T UN BRIDGE.
woods there, and was buried at St. Neots in the
co. of Huntingdon (2). By Robeſe his wife, daugh-
from Hadlow lies
ter of Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, he
the pariſh of Tunbridge, written in Saxon,
left iſſue five fons (r) and two daughters.; of
Tunbrycge (k), or the town of Bridges. In Domeſ-
the former, Gilbert de Tunbridge, his eldeſt ſon,
day, and in the Textus Roffenſis (1), it is written
ſucceeded him in all his poffeffions in England(s).
Tonebriga, and is ſuppoſed to take its name from
In his father's life-time, in the 12th year
of
the ſeveral bridges, which are built over the
William Rufus, taking part with Robert, Earl
five ſtreams of the river Medway, as they paſs
of Morton, then in rebellion, he fortified himſelf
through this town.
in his caſtle of Tunbridge in the Earl's behalf;
but the King immediately marching againſt it,
after a ſiege of two days, obliged Gilbert, who
Though there is no particular deſcription of
was wounded, to ſurrender it up (t). He died
this place in the ſurvey of Domeſday, yet the poſ. about the 12th year of K. Hen. I, anno 1111(u),
didinib bois bral to Midi
(g) Inrolments, Augtn, off.
fire, and Devonſhire, and 95 in Suffolk, beſides 13 burgages
(5) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 17.
in Ipſwich.
(i) E&. Thef. p. 384.
(9) A cell to the abbey of Bec.
to the abhebe Bezib doido.
(k) Lamb. Peramb. p. 461. (1) Ibid. p. 228.
ed
(r) Roger, the ſecond ſon, pofſeffed his father's lands in
(m). He is mentioned in Domeſday as poffeffor of lands in Normandy, and dying without iſſue, Gilbert his nephew en-
the pariſhes of Otford, Northfleet, Wrotham, Eynsford, Farn joyed them; Walter, the ſecond, died without affue; Richard,
ingham, Meopham, Eap Farleigh, Southfleet, Halling, Frinds the fourth, was a Monk at Bec, and afterwards Abbat of
bury, Swanſcombe, Beckenham, Leyborne, Aylesford, Milton
Ely; Robert, the fifth, was anceſtor of the Fitzwalters and
by Graveſend, Luddeſdon, and Cowling.
Ratcliffes, of the co. of Eſſex.
(n) Dudg. Bar, vol. i,
p.
206.
(s) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 207.
(6) Before this, about the 6th of William the Conqueror, (t) Lel. Coll. vol. iii, p. 288.
loha
he was called Richardus de Benefacta, from his reſidence at
gave, among other gifts of piety, to the Monks
Benfield in the co. of Northampton.
of Lewes in Suſſex, 20s. per annum rent, out of the toll of
(1) At this time he poſſeſſed 38 manors in Surry, 35 in Tunbridge, for eight days preceding the feaſt of St. Pancrace.
Efex, 3 in Cambridgebire, 2 in Kent, I in Middleſek, Wilt, Dugd. Bar, vol, i, p. 207.
SOUTH-WESTWARD from Hadlow lies
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R.
21. VI
(u) He
1
having

The H IS TO RY of 2 K E N T.
323
TUNBRIDGE.
ad av
nage (c).
daughter.
Hilary (2), ont tona
gave
Manity. -
having had iſſue by Adeliza his wife, daughter
excommunication
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
parts of his foreſt of Tunbridge, free of all pan-
of the Earl of Cleremont, four fons (v) and one
He died in the 19th year of K. Henry II,
He was ſucceeded in this manor and caſtle
anno 1273, leaving iſſue by Maud his wife,
daughter of James de St. Hilary (d), one fon and
by his eldeſt ſon Richerd, who aſſumed the ſur-
heir Richard.
name of Clare, from his Lordſhip of that name
Richard de Clorè, the ſon, in the 2d year of
in Suffolk, and was the firſt of his family who
had the title of Earl of Hertford (w). He K. Richard I, upon collection of the fcutage of
founded the priory of Tunbridge, and was un Wales, anſwered for 60l. 175. uid. and in the 7th
happily Nain by the Welſh, in the latter end of
year of that reign, giving 1000l. to the King he
the reign of K. Henry I, leaving iſſue by his had livery of the lands of his mother's inheri-
wife, ſiſter to Ranulf the ſecond Earl of Cheſter, tance, with his proportion of thofe fometime
three fons, Gilbert, Roger, and Richard (x), and belonging to Earl Giffard. He married Amicia,
ſecond daughter of William, Earl of Glouceſter,
a daughter Alice (y).
Gilbert, the eldeſt, became his father's heir, and at length ſole heir to that Earldom, by whom
and had the title likewiſe of Earl of Clare. He he had iſſue Gilbert, his ſon and heir, and a
the church of Tonebruge to the Monks of daughter Roſe (e), and departing this life in the
Lewes in Suſſex, and dying in the 17th year
of 8th year of K. John, anno 1206, was buried at
K. Stephen, anno 1151, without iſſue, was bu-
Clare (f).
ried in the cell at Clare, which Gilbert his grand. Gilbert de Clare, the fon, was the firſt who was
father had given to the Monks of Bec in Nor Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford jointly. He was
one of the chief of the Barons who put them-
He was ſucceeded by Roger his brother, who felves in arms againſt K. John, for which he
likewiſe bore the title of Earl of Clare. In the gth
of K. Henry II, he was ſummoned to appear
from Pope Innocent III, (g) and in the iſt year
year
at Weſtminſter by Archbiſhop Thomas Becket, to do of K. Henry III, taking part with Lewis, Dau-
him homage for the caſtle of Tunbridge, which phin of France, and thoſe Barons, he was taken
he aſſerted was held of him in right of his Arch priſoner in the battle of Lincoln by William Mare-
biſhopric : this the Earl, through the King's per ſchal, Earl of Pembroke, and carried to Glouceſter;
ſuaſions, refufed to do, alledging that he held but upon peace being ſoon afterwards eſta-
it by military ſervice of the King, and not of bliſhed, between the King and his opponents,
the Archbiſhop, who upon this let the matter he married Iſabel, one of the daughters and at
drop, without purſuing it any further (Z). Next length coheir to that Earl. He died at Penroſs
year he was one of the Earls preſent at the in Britanny, on his return from thoſe parts, in
King's recognition of the antient cuſtoms and the 14th year of that reign, and was buried in
liberties confirmed to the people by his anceſtors.
the midſt of the choir of the abbey of Tewkſbury,
In the 12th year of that reign, upon levying the leaving iſſue by Iſabel his wife above-men-
aid for marrying the King's daughter, he cer tioned (b), three ſons, Richard, William, and
tified his knights fees to be 149. His bequeſts
Gilbert, and three daughters (i).
ed ie 1.90
were many to different religious houſes, in manors Of the fons, Richard, the eldeſt, ſucceeded
and lands, and among others, he gave to the him as his heir, and being then a minor, the
Monks of St. Auguftine's near Canterbury, a ſtag guardianſhip of his lands and honors, was com-
every year out of his foreſt of Tonebrugge, to be mitted to Hubert de Burgh, Juſtice of England,
delivered by his ſervants to thoſe of the Abbat, and among them the caſtle of Tunbridge.iso di
wherever he ſhould be (a); to the Knights Hofpi Richard, at that time Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
tallers, the church of Tunbridge (b); and to the complained of this to the King, alledging its
Canons of the priory of Begeham in Suſſex, in free, pure being a fief of the Archbiſhopric; to which the
and perpetual alms, 25 hogs yearly, in the ſouthern King replied, that the wardſhip of the young
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(v) Gilbert, the ſecond, ſurnamed Strongbow, was by K. by gift from his brother, the church of Blechingley in ex.
Stephen, in his 3d year, created Earl of Pembroke, and left change for it. annis sood's Bom [!: BUANO (1)
an only ſon Richard, and a daughter. Iſabel, married to Wm. (c) Regift. Abb. de Begeham, cart. 170.
Marſhal, on his brother’s death without iffue, in her right
(d) She ſurvived him, and afterwards married William de
Earl of Pembroke ; Walter, the third ſon, was founder of Albiny, Earl of Arundel.
the Abbey of Tinterne in Wales, and died without iſſue; and
also os cigaolad aboslari
(e) She married Roger de Mowbray.
Baldwin, the fourth, aſſumed the ſurname of Clare.
(f) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 211.
Camd. Brit. p. 288.
(w) See. Camd. Brit. p. 360, 442.
CAT (
2001 SA
(g) In the year 1215, Falcatius de Brent, one of the King's
(*) Reg. Roff. p. 665.
Commanders, took the caſtle of Tunbridge from the Earl of
3-07) Married to Cadwaladar ap Griffith ap Conan, Prince
Glouceſter by force, and kept it for ſome time for the King's
of North Wales. l or add 3 si
uſe. Lamb. Peramb. p. 462.
(3) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 210. Rapin, vol. i, p. 227.
(1) She ſurvived him, and married Richard, Earl of Corn-
wal, the King's brother.
(a) In the year 1177. Dec, Script. coll. 1828.
(i) Viz. Amicia, married to Baldwin de Rivers, the fourth
(6) He had given the Monks of Lewes, who poſſeſſed it
Earl of Devon; Agnes; and Iſabel, married to Robert de Brus.
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Pettes, viz. for the manors of Tunebregge and
TUNBRIDGE.
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
Earl of right belonged to him; and therefore it
or compoſition between them, made in the 42d
was his prerogative to diſpoſe of it to his Juſti year of that reign. In which it was agreed, in
ciary, during the heir's minority; adding, that he relation to the cuſtoms and ſervices which the
thought it ſomewhat ſtrange, that this his right Archbiſhop claimed of the Earl, for the tene.
fhould at that time be called in queſtion. This ments which he held of him in Tunebregge, Hanlo,
anſwer not ſatisfying the Archbiſhop, he excom Bradejted, Vyelefun, Hor/mundenne, Meletune, and
municated, without diſtinction all ſuch as wrong-
fully detained the church's lands, and immedi-
Hanlo, with the whole Lowy of Tunbridge ; and
ately departed to carry his complaints to Rome,
for the manors of Vyeleftun, Horfmundenne, Me.
where he ſo effectually ſucceeded, that he ob letune, and Pettes, with their appurts. that he
tained a bull from the Pope, authorizing him ſhould have in future of the Earl homage, the
to take poſſeſſion of the caſtle of Tunbridge, du ſervice of four knights fees, and ſuit at the
ring the Earl's nonage. But he reaped no be Archbiſhop's court, for the manors of Tunebregge
nefit from this ; for he died on his journey and Hanlo, together with the Lowy; and fur-
home (k), and no further notice was taken of ther, that he ſhould be the High Steward of the
this matter (1).
Archbiſhop, and his ſucceſſors, at their great
In the 21ſt year of his reign, K. Henry III. feaſt, at their inthronization ; and further, that
granted the benefit of the Earl's marriage (m) he ſhould be the Chief Butler of the Archbiſhop,
to John de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, for Maud, his and his ſucceſſors, at the ſaid feaſt, and perform
eldeſt daughter (n)'; but before this could be fuit at the court of the Archbiſhop, and his fuc,
accompliſhed, he had privately contracted him ceſſors, at Otford, for the manor of Bradejted;
ſelf to Margaret, daughter of Hubert de Burgh and further, homage, and the ſervice of four
above-mentioned. The King was greatly dif knights fees, for the manors of Vyeleftun, Hors-
pleaſed at this, and having procured a divorce, mundenne, Meletune, and Pettes. And alſo for
married him ſoon afterwards to the Earl of Lin the manor of Vyelefiun, ſuit at the court of the
coln's daughter (o), as he at firſt intended. Upon Archbiſhop, and his ſucceſſors, at Otford, and for
which he endowed her with a third part of all his the manors of Horſmundenne, Meletune, and Pettes,
lands.
ſuit at the court of the Archbiſhop, and his fuc-
In the 29th year of that reign, on the aid ceſſors, at Canterbury. And it was further agreed
for marrying the King's daughter, the Earl paid
between them, that whenever an Archbiſhop ſhould
2611. 10s. od. for 261 knights fees and an half,
be inthroned in the church of Canterbury, the
which he held beſides thoſe in Kent, which were Earl and his heirs ſhould have and receive, for
12 and an half, and 431. for 43 knights fées for the ſervice of Steward, ſeven competent robes of
the moiety of the honor of Giffard (P).
ſcarlet, 30 gallons of wine, 50 pounds of wax for
Upon Wbit Sunday in the 38th year of that reign,
the uſe of his own lights on the feaſt, the livery
the King, celebrating that feſtival at London,
of hay and corn for 80 horfes for two nights,
and the diſhes and ſalts, which ſhould be ſet be-
knighted him, together with 40 others, for the
greater honor of that ſolemnity. In the 34th fore the Archbiſhop at the firſt courſe in the feaſt,
year of the ſame reign, the Earl of Glouceſter was
and at the departure of the Earl and his heirs
from the feaſt, entertainment for three days, at
preſent, with a noble attendance, at the ſolemn
inchronization of Boniface, Archbiſhop of Canter.
the coſt of the Archbiſhop, and his ſucceſſors, at
their neareſt manors by the four quarters of Kent,
bury, and exerciſed at it the office of Chief Butler
whereſoever the Earl, and his heirs, ſhould chuſe
and Steward.
Notwithſtanding which, there appears to have
it (r), ſo, nevertheleſs, that the Earl did not
been great conteſts and diſputes between the Earl
come there but with 50 horſe only, to be en-
and the Archbiſhop, as well concerning the cuf-
tertained as aforeſaid.
nouda ada
toms and ſervices required by the Archbiſhop of And for the ſervice of Butler, ſeven competent
him, as the fees for performing thoſe offices (q); robes of ſcarlet, 20 gallons of wine, 50 pounds
all which were fettled by a mutual agreement of wax, livery of hay and oats for 60 horſes
Id erw denott2 bersau bao)
(k) On Aug. 3, at St. Gemma, about three days journey of the daughters of the Earl of March, a Poistovin, to le-
from Rome. Rapin, vol. i, p. 305.
cure the latter to his intereft; but he did not ſucceed in it.
3 () For which the Earl of Lincoln gave the King 5000
(1) K. Henry III. is ſaid to have granted the cuſtody of
marcs, and remitted him a debt of 2000 more.
the lands belonging to the caſtle and honor of Tonebregge
(0) In anno 22 K. Henry III. Rot. Pat. ejus an.
and Bradeſted, with all their rights and appurts. after the
(p) Dugd. Bar. vol. i. p. 212.
death of the Earl of Glouceſter, till his heir ſhould be of age,
(9) The firſt time the Earls of Glouceſter had theſe fees
to St. Edmund, Archbiſhop of Canterbury. Perhaps this
grant
was, at the inthronization of Archbiſhop Kilwardby in 1272,
might be made at the time this Archbiſhop married the King
to his Queen Eleanor, in his 20th year, anno 1336. Somn. he had one mantle with a cloak; and afterwards
, at that
of Archbiſhop Peckham in 1278, when he had two martles.
Cant. Append. p. 12.
Battely's Somn. Append. p. 57.
(m) The King had before deſigned to marry him to one
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Lowy of TUNBRIDGË.
TUNBRIDGE.
for two nights, and the cup with which he ſhould
Glouceſter (Z), the beſieged having firſt ſet fire to
ferve before the Archbiſhop, and all the empty and burnt down the town (a).
caſks whatſoever ; and further, all thoſe which
After which the Earl commanded the ſecond
had been drank out below the bar, on the mor brigade of the Barons forces at Lewes in Suſſexs
row of the feaſt, after the account ſhould be
where he was knighted, at the head of the army,
taken, ſo that if at any time fix caſks of wine, by Simon Montfort, Earl of Leiceſter ; but foon
or leſs, had been drank up below the bar, they afterwards, thinking himſelf not ſufficiently re-
ſhould remain to the Earl; but if there ſhould warded by him, he grew diſcontented, and with
have been at any time more drank up below the his brother Thomas, went over to the King, and
bar than fix, that then the whole reſidue ſhould was preſent at the battle of Eveſam, where he
remain to the Archbiſhop, and his ſucceſſors, free commanded the ſecond brigade of the Royal
from the Earl and his heirs (s): to which agree army (b). In the siſt year of that reign, he
ment Walter, Biſhop of Worceſter, and Giles, Biſhop again deſerted his allegiance, but was the next
of Sarum, and others, were witneſſes (t).
year reconciled to the royal favor, on certain
In the 42d year of K. Henry III, the Earl,
conditions, by the award of the Pope (c); and
as well as William his brother, had poiſon given
the King, at the inſtance of Prince Edward, be-
came ſo indulgent to him, that, without requir-
them by Walter de Scotenay, the Earl's chief
ing the performance of them, he received him
Counſellor, by which he hardly eſcaped with
into his full grace and favor. Upon K. Henry's
life, his hair and nails dropping off, and his
death, and Prince Edward's arrival from the Holy
brother dying of it. Two years after which,
Land, the Earl waited for him, and in his jour-
anno 1259, he obtained the King's licence
to wall and embattle his town of Tunbridge,
ney to London, entertained him with his whole
retinue moſt honorably for many days, in his
and to make caſtles of his houſes in Eſex and
caſtle of Tonebridge (d). Soon after which he
Suffolk (u). He died on June 18, in the 46th
was divorced from Alice his wife (e), being am-
year
of that reign, at the houſe of John, Lord
bitious of marrying into the royal family, with
Criol, at Eſchemerfield in this county (v), leav.
Joane of Acres, the King's daughter (f); to ac-
ing Maud his wife ſurviving, and two ſons,
compliſh which he gave up into the King's hands
Gilbert and Thomas.
all his caſtles and manors in England and Wales,
Gilbert, the eldeſt ſon, was ſurnamed Rufus, and among them thoſe of Tunbridge, Yalding,
or the Red, and ſucceeded his father as Earl of Bradſted, Hadlow, Dachurſt, &c. upon which they
Glouceſter and Hertford, being then married to were married on April 30, in the 17th year of
Alicia, daughter of Guy, Earl of Angoleſme, and K. Edward I, and the King reſtored to him all
niece to the King (v). The next year after his thoſe lands again, which he then entailed, to-
father's death he had livery of all his caſtles, gether with all his other lands, caſtles, and ma-
manors, and lands in England and Ireland (x). nors, on the iſſue of his body by her; and in
Soon after which, aſſociating himſelf with the default thereof, to her heirs and aſſigns, in caſe
rebellious Barons, the King marched (y) and ſhe ſhould ſurvive him, but
beſieged the caſtle of Tunbridge, and took it on In the 20th year
of that reign, a complaint
May 1, anno 1264, and in it the Counteſs of being made againſt the Earl in Parliament, of
(s) His deſcendants, poſſeſſors of the manor and caſtle of
Tunbridge, &c. continued after this to perform theſe ſervices
at the Archbiſhop's inthronization. In particular, Gilbert de
Clare, Earl of Glouceſter, received his whole fee of Archbiſhop
Winchelſea in 1294, as by this compoſition for his Steward-
ſhips and Butlerſhip; and he received of Archbißop Walter
in 1313, for his fee, 200 marcs. Hugh de Audley, Earl of
Glouceſter, received of Archbiſhop Stratford, in 1333, 100
marcs; and the Earl of Stafford, Lord of Tunbridge, was
at the inthronization of Archbiſhop Sudbury, in 1375, and
received for his fee 40 marcs, and a cup of ſilver gilt. Bat-
tely’s Somner, Append. pt. ii, p. 12–20. And laſtly, by
Edward, Duke of Buckingham, of Archbiſhop Warham, when
the Duke executed the Stewardſhip in perſon, and the Butler-
ſhip by his Deputy, fir Thomas Bourchier, knt. Lamb.
Peramb. p. 468.
(7) Regiſt. of Chriſt Church, Cant. cart. 177, Mfr.
(x) Lamb. Peramb. p. 463. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 213.
(v) It is ſaid by fome, he was poiſoned at the table of
Peter de Savoy, the Queen's uncle. His body was buried
in the choir at Tewkſbury, on the right hand of his father ;
his bowels at Canterbury, and his heart in Tunbridge church.
(w) He was married in the 37th of K. Henry III, ſhe be-
ing then very young.
VOL. II.
(x) Rot. Pat. ejus an.
And the next year
he
gave
the
King 10ool. for feiſin. Ibid. an. 48.
() Some ſay, Prince Edward, the King's ſon, beſieged
and took the caſtle. Lel. Coll. vol. iii, p. 402.
bio
(z) The King garriſoned the caſtle with his troops, and
reſtored the Counteſs to her liberty,
(a) Lel. Coll. vol. i, p. 174 and 268.
(6) For their ſervices in this conflict, the King granted
them a pardon for their paft offences. Dated at Windſor,
O&t. 6, anno 49 ejus regn. Rot. Pat.
(c) Either to give his eldeſt daughter in hoſtage for three
years, or elſe his caſtle of Tonebruge into the hands of Henry,
the King's nephew, for ſecurity of his future peaceable be-
haviour.
Hidos bris
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 214.
(e) He was divorced from her by ſentence at her proſecu-
tion, being declared free, or to marry her again if he pleaſed;
and he then granted her ſeveral manors and lands for her
honorable maintenance, by agreement made between them,
See Prynne's Records, p. 344, dated anno 13 Edward I.
(f) She was the King's ſecond daughter by his firſt wife,
Eleanor of Cafile, and was ſo called from her birth in that
city, in Paleſtine.
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fees;
Glouceſter (i), which, on the death of Joane his
bert, Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford, by Joane
ber
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ,
TUNBRIDGE. .
Lowy or TUNBRIDGE.
his having committed great ſpoil by force and ; whereupon he affumed the title of Earl of
arms on the Earl of Hereford's lands in Wales,
his lands and caſtles were ſeized, and adjudged wife, which happened in the iſt year of K.
forfeited during his life, and he himſelf was com Edward II, anno 1307, he entirely laid aſide,
mitted to priſon ; from whence, however, he though he lived ſeveral years afterwards (k).
was, after ſome time, releaſed, on the payment Gilbert de Clare, the only ſon and heir of Gil-
of 1000 marcs as an atonement. During this
ſpace of time, viz. in the 22d year of that reign, of Acres his wife, on her death had livery of
Prince Edward, the King's ſon, who was left the lands of his inheritance that ſame year, fa.
his father's Locum Tenens during his abſence in tisfaction being given to the King for the time
Flanders, reſided at Tunbridge Cafle in Auguſt he was under age, and bore the titles likewiſe
that year, where in his chamber, in the preſence of his father's Earldoms (1). Being Captain of
of fir Reginald de Grey, Alan Plukenett, Guy Fer-
the vanguard of the King's army in Scotland, he
rers, and William de Badeleſmere, knts. and fir was there Nain in the battle of Bannockſbourne
William de Hamelton, Clerk, he delivered the near Strivelin, in the 7th year of that reign, and
King's ſeal to John de Langton, the King's Chan his body was ſent to the King at Berwick, with-
cellor, &c. (8). The Earl died at his caſtle of out ranſom, to be buried where he thought
fit(m). He left no iſſue ſurviving, for John his
above reign, anno 1295, and was buried in the ſon died in his life-time(n), ſo that his three fiſters
church of Tewkſbury, on the left hand of his became his coheirs, viz. Alianore, the wife of
father. He left iſſue by Joane his wife, who Hugh Le Despencer the younger, and afterwards
ſurvived him, one ſon and heir, Gilbert, then of
f William La Zouch, Lord of Glamorgan and
five years of age, and three daughters, who will Morgannock(o), then 22 years of age; Margaret,
be further mentioned below (b).
21 years of age, then wife of Hugh de Audley,
Joane, his widow, became enfeoffed of all the who was her ſecond huſband, ſhe having been
lands belonging to both his Earldoms, and ſoon firſt married to Piers de Gaveston, created Earl
afterwards remarried a plain Eſquire, named of Cornwall, by whom ſhe hadva daughter, who
Ralph de Monthermer ; at which the King, being died without iſſue(p), and Elizabeth, formerly the
highly incenſed, threw him into priſon, where wife of John de Burgh, ſon and heir of the Earl of.
he continued till, by the mediation of Anthony Ulter (q), and then of
then of Roger Damory (r).
Beke, then Biſhop of Durham, a reconciliation On the partition of their inheritance, in the
took place between them. After which, in-
year of K. Edward II, anno 1317. the
creaſing in the King's eſteem, he had many caſtle and manor of Tunbridge, with other eſtates
marks of favor conferred on him, and in the in theſe parts, were allotted to Hugh de Audley (s),
29th year of that reign, the King, in conſidera in right of Margaret his wife (t).
tion of his ſervices in Scotland, reſtored to him,
and Joane his wife, the caſtle and honor of Tone Earl of Lancaſter, and the other diſcontented
brugge, with other lands in the counties of K
Kent,
Lords, this caſtle, among others belonging to him,
Surry, and Suſſex, and he had likewiſe livery of was ſeized on by the King, and the cuſtody of
all the lands belonging to the great Earldom of it, in the
14th year of that reign, was committed
Glouceſter, to hold by the ſervice of 50 knights to Bartholomew de Badleſmere, who likewiſe foon
299 br
in boord go
(8) Rot. Pat. 2da ejus an.
Mitred Abbeys, vol. i, p. 176. Lel. Coll. vol. vi, p. 82.
beri
(b) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 215.
He was ſlain June 24, anno 7 K. Edward II, æt. 23.
do odsloot bo
into
(i) Ibid. p. 215 217•
He had fummons to Parlia (n) By Maud, daughter of John, Earl of Ulſter. Dugd.
meit "
as Earl of Glouceſter, anno 33 Edward I. Cott. Rec. Mon. vol. i, p. 536. He was buried at Tewkſbury in the
sto on 210IOT
P. 4.
chapel of St. Mary, Lel. Itin. vol. vi, p. 82. 2011
,
(k) He had iſſue by her two ſons, Thomas and Edward;
(o) Dugd. Mon, vol.i, p. 726. Yo bovist colonia
the former of whom was ſlain in a ſea fight in 1340, leaving (p) Atkins's Glouc. p. 49.
iffue Margaret, his daughter and heir, who married Jobn
bo (2) Sandford, in his Gen. Hiſtory, p. 142, ſays, ſhe had
de Mont acute, from whom the ſeveral branches of the family three huſbands, her ſecond being Theobald, Lord Verdon.
of Montacute or Montague, for they are one and the fame
By her aſſiſtance, Clare Hall in Cambridge was founded,
name, at different times ennobled, derive their defcent.
anno 1340. Camd. Brit. p. 482.
Ralph de Monthermer, afterwards married Ifabel, the wi-
(r) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 217. The family of Clare bore
dow of John de Haſtings, fifter and coheir of Adomar de
for their arms-Or, 3 chevrons gules; which arms are quar-
Valence, Earl of Pembroke, though after his firſt wife's death,
tered by the Earl of Huntingdon, and the Lord l'iſcount
he was fummoned to Parliament only as a Baron. Dugd.
Wentworth. 1.3180 tis
Bar. vol. i, p. 217. OD 10
dated)
(s) He was the fon of Hugh de Alditheley, commonly
1 (1) On June 24, anno 1314. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 140.
called Audley, by Iſolda, the widow of Walter Balun. Hugh,
In anno 4 Edward II, he was by patent conſtituted Guardian
the father, was ſummoned to Parliament in the 11th and
of the realm, and the King's Lieutenant, or Locum Tenens, 14th years of K. Edward II. He left two ſons ; Hugh,
in the ſame. Rot. Pat. bogator
or as one
above-mentioned, and James. Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 750.
(m) He was buried in the abbey church of Tewkſbury, as (1) At which time it appears, there were fix knights fees,
was Maud his wife, who died the year following. Willis's held of the caſtle of T'unbridge.
afterwards
.
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were
age,
great
9th year of K. Richard II, when he obtained
Lowy Of TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE, WOI
heirs of Gilbert de Clare, ſometime Earl of Glou-
afterwards going over to the Earl's party(u), the
ceſter, which by her death belonged by deſcent
King conferred this truft next year on Henry de
to Margaret his wife, his homage being refpited
Cobham (v), whoſe deputy, of the name of Creve-
in reſpect of his military employment. About
quer, having conſpired to ſeize the caftle for the
the 22d year of that reign he was elected one of
uſe of the enemy, the King ordered it to be de
the Knights of the Garter at the firſt inſtitution
moliſhed (w), and Crevequer was hanged (x).
of it by K. Edward III, (c) and upon March 5,
In the iſt year of K. Edward III, anno 1326,
in the 25th year of it, he was advanced to the
his allegation in Parliament, that there
upon
title of Earl of Stafford, and had a grant of 1000
divers errors in the profecution had in the
marcs per annum fee, until the King ſhould pro-
former reign againſt him, he had reftitution
granted him of all his caſtles, manors, and lands,
and lands, || vide lands of that value to ſettle on him and
his heirs.
then in the King's hands. After which he
This great Earl died, greatly advanced in
ſerved the King in his wars in Scotland, and in
years (d), at Tunbridge, on the laſt day of Aug.
the 11th year of that reign, in conſideration of
his ſervices and wife's deſcent, was in Parlia- || in the 46th year of K,
K. Edward III, and was
buried in the priory there (e), being found to be
ment, created Earl of Glouceſter. He died in the
feiſed, in right of his wife, at the time of his
21ſt year of K. Edward III, leaving iſſue by
death, of the caſtle and manor of Tunbridge, with
Margaret his wife before-mentioned (y), an only
e has
of
daughter and heir Margaret, 30 years
its members, Datchurſt and Hadloo.
Lai to non
then married to Ralph, Lord Stafford ().
He had iſſue by Margaret his wife above-
He was deſcended from Robert de Stefford,
mentioned, two ſons and four daughters (f);
who in the Conqueror's reign was poffeffed of
of the former, Ralph, married Maud, daugh-
eſtates in different counties, particularly
ter of Henry of Lancaſter, Earl of Derby, but
died in his father's life-time without iſſue; and
in Staffordſhire, and was the eldeſt ſon of Ed-
mund, Lord Stafford, by Margaret his wife,
Hugh, who being of full age at his father's
death, ſucceeded him in honors and eſtate.
daughter of Ralph, Lord Ballet, of Drayton.
In the 18th year of K. Edward II, he was
Hugb, Earl of Stafford, had that year, doing
knighted and made a Banneret, after which his homage, livery of his lands, his fealty being
he became an active perion in the wars of K.
reſpited, in reſpect of his abſence in the King's
Edward III, (a) who in the 19th year of his
ſervice, till his return. Imitating his father,
reign, conferred upon him that great office of
he continued to follow a military life till the
Seneſchal of Acquitaine, and next year he had an
eminent command in the van of the army, under
the King's licence to undertake a pilgrimage to
the Black Prince, in the famous battle of Crelly,
the Holy Land, in his return from whence, the
where the Engliſh obtained a glorious victory (b).
next year, he died at Rhodes, on Sept. 26 (8),
In the 21ſt year of that reign, he obtained;
having had iſſue by the Lady Philippa his wife,
in conſideration of his ſervices, a ſpecial livery
daughter of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick,
of all thoſe lands which Hugh de Audley, Earl of
five ſons(b) and four daughters (i).
Glouceſter, deceaſed, held of the inheritance of
He was feiſed at the time of his death, as
Margaret his wife, one of the daughters and co appears by the inquiſition then taken, of the
10.159 foods nl
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p.158. Top to singh pris writer, Homo quondam validus, fortis, audax, bellicofui, in
(v) M. pedigr. of Cobham.
armis ftrenuus, Jenio confe&tus, longo Squalore maceratus-Obiit
(w) It appears by a writ of K. Edward H, in his 16th
Nob. Comes Staffordia Radulphus nomine.
year, that Tunbridge Caſtle was one of the four places ap-
(e) The Earl and Margaret his wife, were entombed at
pointed by the King for keeping the records and charters of
the feet of her father and mother. Weever, p. 323.
the realm. Strype's Stow's Survey, book iii, p. 177.000
(f) Viz. Beatrix, married, firſt to Maurice Fitz Thomas,
(-) Cott. Libr
. Ma. Veſp
. A. 5, fol. 69, N 22.
Earl of Deſmond, and fecondly to Thomas, Lord Roos of
6) She died anno 16 Edward III, and was buried in Hamlake, and laſtly to fir Richard Burley, kut. Joane, to
Tunbridge priory, beſide her huſband. Sandf. Gen. Hiſt. p.
John, ſon and heir of fir John Cherleton, Lord Powis;
141. Weever, p. 323, ſays, they were both together fump Elizabeth, to Fouke, ſon of Roger le Strange, of Whitchurch
tuouſly entombed by Margaret their daughter.
in the co. of Salop ; and Margaret, to fir John Stafford, knt.
(%) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 751. The arms of Audley,--
(8) His body deing brought into England, was buried,
Gules, a fret or, and likewiſe Stafford impaling Audley, are
with his anceſtors, before the high altar at Stone. Dugd.
carved on the roof of the cloyſters of Chriſt Church, Can-
Bar. vol. i, p. 162.
terbury, as are thoſe of Stafford fingly, being-Or, a chevron
(5) Ralph, the eldeſt ſon, was bafely murthered near
York, in the 8th year of K. Richard II, by John Holand,
(a) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 159.
the King's half-brother ; Thomas, the ſecond, was his fa-
After the victory he, with fir Reginald de Cobham and
ther’s heir; the others were William, Edward, and Hugh,
three Heralds, were ſent to view thoſe flain on the part of
which laſt bore the title of Lord Bourchier, in right of his
which were found to be, il great Princes, 80
wife.
Bannerets
, 1200 Knights, and more than 30,000 common
(i) Viz. Margaret, married to Ralph Nevill, the firſt
Earl of Weſtmoreland; Catherine, to Michael, ſon of Michael
(c) Dugd. Bar. vol, i, 160.
de la Pole ; Joane, to Thomas Holand, Earl of Kent; and the
(d) Æt. 73. His character is thus expreſſed by an old
fourth to John, Lord Ferrers of Chartley.
caſtle
now IV
gules.
the
enemy,
foldiers.
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328
The HISTORY of K E N T.
he had never enjoyed.
of room
Edmund, Earl of Stafford, above-mentioned,
of that reign, with the King's ſpecial licence,
Anne, the widow of his elder brother Thomas,
Lowy Of TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE.
caſtle and manor of Tunbridge, with its members,
the manors of Dachurſt, Hadloo, and Bradſtead, attaining his full age, married in the 22d year
in which he was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſurviv-
ing fon Thomas, then 18 years of age.
of
Thomas, Earl of Stafford, in the 14th year daughter of Thomas of Woodſtock, Duke of Glou-
Ķ. Richard II, making proof of his age and ceſter, and ſiſter and coheir to Eleanor her mother,
doing his homage, had livery of his lands, and one of the daughters and coheirs of Humphry
was then, upon the death of Ralph, the laſt
Bobun, Earl of Hereford and Elſex, whom, by
Lord Baſſet of Drayton, found to be one of his reaſon of her tender years, he had never
coheirs (k). He died upon the 4th of July, anno
At the coronation of K. Henry IV, he and his
16 K. Richard II, and was buried in the priory brother Hugh were created Knights of the Bath;
of Stone, leaving no iſſue by Anne his wife, and that year he had an aſſignation of his ſhare
daughter of Thomas of Woodſtock, Duke of Glou of the inheritance of Anne his wife, and Eleanor
ceſter.
her mother; and in the 2d year of that reign,
He was ſucceeded by his next brother and making proof of his age and doing his homage,
heir, William, Earl of Stafford, who dying within had livery of all his other lands (n). He was
two years afterwards, on April 6, anno 18 K.
flain on July 22, in the 4th year of K. Henry
Richard II, being then in ward to the King,
IV, in the battle of Shrewſbury, fighting vali-
Edmund, his next brother, ſucceeded him in antly on the King's part, and was buried in the
titles and eſtate, being then 20 years of age (I).
choir of the Friars Auguſtines at Stafford, under
Upon the death of Thomas, Earl of Stafford,
a tomb before the high altar (o). He died feiſed
above-mentioned, Earl William, his brother and
of the caſtle and town of Tunbridge, leaving iffue
heir, being in his minority, the King committed Humphry his ſon and heir, then very young (P),
the cuſtody of all the caſtles and lands, whereof and two daughters (q). Anne his wife ſurvived
he died feiſed, to Thomas of Woodſtock, Duke of
him long, and afterwards remarried fir William
Glouceſter, notwithſtanding the claim of William Bourchier, knt. Earl of Ewe (r). She died anno 17
Courtenay, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, to the cuſtody K. Henry VI, and was buried in the abbey
church of Lanthony near Glouceſier.
of this of Tunbridge. On Archbiſhop Arundels
ſucceeding to the ſee in the 20th year of that Humphry, Earl of Stafford, fo ſucceeding his
reign, Earl Edmund being then in ward to the father, making proof of his age and doing his
King, he complained highly of the injuſtice homage, in the 2d year of K. Henry VI, had
done to himſelf and the church of Canterbury, livery of his lands, and alſo of thoſe which de-
in depriving ic of its juſt rights and prerogatives; ſcended to him by the death of fir Hugh Stafford,
by which and his intreaties, he ſo far prevailed knt. his uncle, without iſſue. He followed, ac-
on the King, that in the Parliament ſummoned cording to the cuſtom of the times, a military
year, he granted, that the Archbiſhop of Can life, and in the 19th year of that reign was made
terbury, and his ſucceffors, ſhould in future have Captain of the town and marches of Calais and
the keeping of all lands holden of him in chief, tower of Riſanke, bearing then the title of
and thereupon cauſed to be delivered to him the Earl of Buckingham, Stafford, Northampton, and
caſtle of Tunbridge, holden of him in chief, during
sob od 20
the minority of the heir of the Earl of Staf In the 21ſt year of K. Henry VI, he was upon
ford (m).
the death of Joane, widow of Thomas Holand,
that year,
Perch (s).
(k) Viz. fon of Hugh, ſon of Ralph, ſon of Margaret,
fifter of Ralph Balet, father of Ralph, father of the ſaid
Ralph, who died in the preceding year.
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 163.
(m) Cott. Rec. p. 363.
(n) In the next year Iſabel, one of the fifters of Anne his wife,
taking upon her the habit of a Nun, he had farther livery,
in right of his wife, of her inheritance; and in the 4th year
of K. Henry IV, upon the death of Joane, wife of Ralph,
Lord Baſſet of Draiton, of all thoſe lordſhips and lands,
which by inheritance belonged to him as heir to the Lord
Ballet.
(6) To this church all the other monuments of this
great
family, erected at different times in the priory of Stone, were
removed, upon the diſſolution of it in the 30th year of K.
Henry VIII, in hopes that theſe poor friars, who had no
endowment, nor ſupport, but the charity of good people
might have been ſpared; but their rich ſhrines, plate, and
other things of value in their churches, expoſed them to the
like fate as the others had ſuffered; and when this of the
friars at Stafford came to be deſtroyed, all the beautiful and
coſtly tombs of this noble family, of which fome had been
originally placed in it, were ſacrilegiouſly torn to pieces, and
the remains buried under the heap of its deplorable ruins.
Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 164.
6) He was found to be but 20 years of age anno 1 K:
Henry VI.
(9) Philippa, who died in her childhcod; and Anne, mar-
ried firſt to Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, and ſecondly
to John Holand, Earl of Huntingdon. She lies buried in
the hoſpital of St. Catherine, London. bis
(r) He was younger brother and heir to Bartholomew
Bourchier, who died without iſſue, ſon of John Bourchier.
He had by the Counteſs of Stafford his wife, four fons, Henry,
Earl of Efex ; Thomas, Archbiſhop of Canterbury; William,
Lord Fitzwarine ; and John, Lord Berners, and a daughter
Anne, married to John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk. Dugd.
Bar. vol. ii, p. 128.
(s) Three
years after which he added, after that of Buck-
ingham, the title of Earl of Herefırd, and after the reſt,
Lord of Brecknock and of Holderneſs.

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LOWY OR TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE. I
Earl of Kent, found to be her heir, viz. fon of
nothing, which tended to eſtabliſh the crown on
the Protector's head : and having accompliſhed
Edmund, Earl of Stafford, her brother (t). Conor
In the 23d year of it, in reſpect of his near this, he preſſed the performance of what had
alliance in blood, and on account of his eminent been privately promiſed, and the new King ſigned
ſervices, both in France and England, as well in a bill for his having livery of thoſe lands, which
the time of K. Henry V, as afterwards, he was he laid claim to by deſcent from Humphry Bohun,
advanced by the King to the title of Duke of Earl of Hereford (a). Two days after which (6)
Buckingham, to hold in tail male(u). In the 28th K. Richard advanced him to that high and great
year, he was made Conſtable of Dover and Queen office of Conſtable of England, and made him Con-
borough caſtles, and Warden of the Cinque Ports. itable of all the caſtles, and Steward of all his
He was nain on July 9, in the 38th year of K. lordihips, lying in Salop, Hereford, and other
Henry VI, anno 1459, in the battle of Northamp counties, and Chief Juſtice and Chamberlain of
ton, fighting valiantly there on the King's part, all South and North Wales (c), with other grants
and was buried in the Grey Friars church at and offices of truſt (d). 1 nisi brisaol aid as
Northampton (v). By the inquiſition, taken after After which he was advanced to the poſt of
his death, it was found, that he died feiſed of
Great Chamberlain and again made Conſtable of Eng-
the caſtle and manor of. Tunbridge, with thoſe of
land, with other lucrative offices(e); but whether
Hadlowe, Dachehurſt, Braftede, and others in this
it was through a troubled conſcience, or through
county, and that Henry, fon of Humphry his
a ſuppoſition of the King's neglect of him, is
eldeſt ſon, who was ſain in the battle of St.
uncertain ; b
but he ſoon afterwards confederated
Albans, May 22, anno 33 K. Henry VI, was with Morton, Biſhop of Ely, and others, to ad-
his next heir.d 5 Horks esimo Notru A
vance Henry, Earl of Richmond, of the throne,
This great Duke had siffue by Anne his wife, with which the King being acquainted, he fought
daughter of Relph Nevill, the firſt Earl of
to regain, the Duke by fair promiſes and kind
Weſtmoreland (w), ſeven fons and five daugh-
letters and meſſages, but theſe not prevailing,
ters(x). He was fucceeded in titles and eſtates,
he uſed threats, which cauſed t the Duke to
put
which were of vaſt extent, by Henry, his grand himſelf in
in arms, and with a power of the Welſh
ſon and heir, ſon of his eldeſt fon Humphry, Earl to advance towards the Severn, in order to paſs
of Stafford, Nain in the battle of St. Albans, by
it at Glouceſter, and join ſuch confederates as he
Margaret Beaufort his wife, fourth daughter and
expected in the Weft; but an extraordinary flood
coheir of Edmund, Duke of Somerſet (2).
hindered his paffage ſo long, that the Welſh, for
Henry, Duke of Buckingham, after the death
money and victuals, diſperſed them-
of K. Edward IV, became one of the chief con-
ſelves. The Duke being thus forſaken, ſought
fidants of Richard, Earl of Glouceſter, and a prin-
refuge in the h
the houſe of an old ſervant not far from
cipal abettor of his deſigns ; for which he had
Shrewſbury, whoſe gratitude, he imagined, would
ſeveral conſiderable offices conferred on him,
be his ſecurity : but a reward of 1000l, being
and great prefents, with the promiſe of much
proclaimed for the diſcovery of him, the wretch
more, with which, being corrupted, he ſtopt at betrayed him to the Sheriff of Yorkſhire (f), who
os sorsM
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(t) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 165.
Vere, and ſecondly to fir Thomas Cobham, knt. Joane to
() Upon this, great animofities aroſe between him and
William, Viſcount Beaumont, and afterwards to fir William
Henry Beauchamp, Duke of Warwick, to whom the King had
Knevet, of the co. of Norfolk, knt. Elizabeth; Margaret;
given precedence next before him; to appeaſe which a ſpe-
and Katherine to John, Lord Talbot, the third Earl of
cial act of Parliament was made, that they ſhould have pre Shrewſbury of that family. saus
cedence by turns, alternately each year, during their lives,
gots boda
(z). She afterwards married fir Richard Darrel, knt. by
the ſurvivor, during his life, to have precedence of the other's
heir ; but afterwards, ſuch of the heirs of each who ſhould
whom ſhe had a daughter Margaret, married to James
firſt happen to have livery of his lands, to have precedence
Touchet, Lord Audley, from whom the Earls of Caſtlebaven,
of the other's heir, and the Duke of Warwick to take place
Lords Audley, were deſcended. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 324.
the firſt year, who dying about two years after without iſſue
(a) Theſe were of great extent, and conſiſted of the fols
male, the Duke of Buckingham obtained a ſpecial grant on
lowing manors: 15 in Efex, beſides his Earl's fee, 3 in
May 22, anno 25 Henry VI, to him and his heirs, for
Suffolk, 2 in Glouceſter, 2 in Bucks, 3 in Berks, 2 in Wilts,
cedence above all Dukes whatſoever, whether in England or
2 in Middleſex, one in London, 3 in Herts, one in Cambridge,
France, excepting ſuch as were of the blood royal.
one in Norfolk, one in Lincoln, 4 in the co. of Oxford, 4 in
(v) Leland ſays, he was buried in the monaſtery of De la
Wilts, one in Wales, one in Surry, and one in Hereford, be-
Pre there, and others, in St. John's Hoſpital.
fides other lands and tenements there and elſewhere.
.
(w) She ſurvived him, and remarried fer Walter Blount,
(6) May 15, by privy feal. Harl. Mff. No.433-16.
knt. Lord Mountjoy. She died anno 20 K. Edward IV.
(c) Harl. Mr. No. 433–19. (d) Ibid. No. 433 paffim
(e) Ibid. No. 433-72-88, &c.
*'(x) Of the fons, Humphry, the eldeft, was ſlain as above (f) The ſervant's name was Baniſter, whom the Duke had
mentioned, and left a ſon Henry, who will be mentioned tenderly brought up, and above all men truſted. John Mil-
below as his grandfather's heir ; Richard died in his child-
ton, the Sheriff, apprehended the Duke, dreſſed in a piled
hood; fir Henry Stafford, knt. married Margaret, Counteſs black cloak, in a grove near Baniſter's houſe. The ma-
of Richmond, mother of K. Henry VII; Edmund; George, nor of Yalding in this county, parcel of the Duke's poffef-
and William, twins; and John Stafford, Earl of Wiltſhire. fions, was part of the reward given by the King to Baniſter,
The daughters were, Anne, married firſt to Aubrey de for this act of treachery. See above, p: 303.
want
pre-
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330 The H I S T o R Y of T K E N T.
It not
ap-
,
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE,
TUNBRIDGE. zwolf
conveyed him to Saliſbury, where the King then
tution of his ſon Henry in blood, but not to his
honors and lands. ton
was (g). It is ſaid, that the Duke, being ſtrictly
examined by ſome of the King's Council, frankly The caſtle and manor of Tunbridge, with its
diſcovered the whole, thinking by this ingenuous
pendages, thus coming to the Crown by the at.
behaviour to gain liberty to ſpeak to the King.
tainder of the Duke of Buckingham, remained
Inſtead of which, he was, upon All Souls day || during that reign in the King's hands (m), and
following, without arraignment or judgment,
till K. Edward VI, on the laſt day of Aug. in
beheaded in the open market-place at Saliſbury. his 4th year, granted them to John Dudley, Earl
After which an act paſſed, anno 1 K. Richard of Warwick, among other premiſes, by the de-
III, for the attainder of him among
others.de ſcription of his lordſhip, manor, and caſtle of
By Katherine his wife, daughter of Richard | Tunbridge
, and his two parks, called the Poſterne
and Cage, and his foreſts and chaſes of North.
Widevil, Earl Rivers (b), he left iſſue three fons
frith, and South-frith, and the foreſt chaſe and
and two daughters (i); of the former, Edward
was his ſon and heir; Henry was afterwards Earl
wood, called Whitcliffe, alias Wincliff wood, late
of Wiltſhire ; and Humphry died young. A
belonging to the fee of Canterbury, and the late
|| priory of Tunbridge, and all his manors, meſſu-
- Edward, Duke of Buckingham, in the 14th year
ages, lands, tenements, &c. parcel of the poſief.
of K. Henry VII, doing his homage, had livery
ſions of that priory and his manor of Hadlow, with
of all his lands(k), and continued in great favor all the rights, members, and appurts. belonging
with the King during the remainder of his reign;
to them, and each of them, to hold in capite by
but in the beginning of
growing emi.
knight's ſervice (n). Ea onns SS VEM' pzonda
nent and powerful, as well for his high blood,
All which premiſes the Earl, by the title of
as ample revenue, he drew on himſelf a dan-
Duke of Northumberland, he having been ſo cre-
gerous ſuſpicion of aſpiring higher; which jea-
ated on Oct. II, anno 5 Edward VI, reconveyed
louſy was not a little fomented by Cardinal Wol.
by his indenture, dated Feb. 18, in the 7th year
ſey, who hated him for ſome expreſſions he had of that reign, and inrolled in the Augmentation-
made uſe of relating to his low beginning and office the faine day, to the King and his heirs,
parentage. Upon which he was committed to
in exchange for other premiſes (o). nd bus mol
cuſtody, being charged with an intention to kill
Q. Mary granted the caſtle and manor of Tun-
the King, and ſet the crown upon his own head,
bridge, the parks and foreſts above-mentioned,
and other acts of treaſon; all which he denied
with other premiſes, to Reginald Pole, Archbiſhop
upon
his trial : but being found guilty by his of Canterbury and Cardinal of the church of Rome,
Peers, he had ſentence of death pronounced for the term of his natural life, and one year
upon him him by the Duke of Norfolk, then High
after, as he ſhould by his laſt will determine.
Steward, and was beheaded afterwards on Tower He died poſſeſſed of them on Nov. 17, 1558,
hill, on May 17, anno 13 K. Henry VIII. (1) the ſame day that Queen Mary died, and, as it
After which an act paſſed in the Parliament anno feems, without any particular deviſe of them;
14 and 15 of K. Henry VIII, for the Duke's at-
upon which they came to the crown, and Q.
tainder, and the ſame year another for the reſti-
Elizabeth, by her let. pat. March 20, in her
9.lov bo
(8) K. Richard III, Jan. 22, in his iſt year, by writ in blood in the Parliament, anno i K. Edward VI, and
under his fign manuel, commanded the inhabitants of the
to the title of Lord Stafford, his deſcendant Henry left
honor and lowy of Tunbridge, &c. to attend upon fir Mar an only daughter and heir Mary, who married fir William
maduke Conſtable, whom the King had deputed to make his Howard, knt. a younger ſon of Thomas, Earl of Arundel and
abode amongſt them, and that they ſhould in no wiſe pre Surry, afterwards advanced to the title of Viſcount Stafford
fume to take cloathing, or be retained with any manner of by K. Charles I. baig
39iq avados
perſon or perſons whatſoever. Harl. Mff. No. 433–1679. (m) In the mean time the King, Jan. 20, in his 3 3d year,
After which the King, as appears by his ledger-book, ap had granted to Ralph Fane, eſq; the office of Chief Bailiff and
pointed his truſty friend Robert Brakenbury, e/q; Conftable of Park Keeper of his parks called the Pofterne and Cage, and
Tunbridge caſtle, with the fee of 10 marcs. Strype's Stow's all the beaſts within them, and all warrens within the manor,
Survey, book i, p. 70.
burg, or lowy of Tunbridge, with the herbage and
(5) She afterwards married Jaſper, Duke of Bedford, uncle within them, and the cuſtody of all waters, rivers, and ponds
to K. Henry VII. Sandf, Gen. Hift.
in thoſe parks, and the appointing of all the under officers,
(i) Elizabeth, married to Robert Radcliffe, Lord Fitz and full authority over them within the fame; all which
walter, and afterwards Earl of Sufex; and Anne, married parks, &c. came to the crown by the attainder of the Duke of
firſt to fir Walter Herbert, kut. and afterwards to George, Buckingham; to hold during his life, at the yearly ſalary of jol.
Earl of Huntingdon.inc
for his office of Chief Bailiff, and of 2d. a day for that of Park
(k) Anno 1 K. Henry VII, an act paſſed for the reſtitu Keeper over the Pofterne or Inner Park, and of id. per day
tion of Edward, fon and heir of Henry, Duke of Bucking for the ſame over the Cage, and for that of Steward of the
ham.
parks the ſalary of 4os. per annum; all which offices were
(1) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 171. The Duke was buried in
enjoyed by Thomas Colepeper attainted. Augtn. off. Inrol-
the church of the Friars Auguftines near Broadſtreet, London,
He left iſſue by Alianore his wife, daughter of Henry Percy,
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 3. Augtn. off. deeds of
Earl of Northumberland, one ſon, Henry, and three daugh-
Purch, and Exch. box G. 18.
ters; which Henry had large poſſeſſions of his father's lands
(0) Augtn. off. deeds of Purch, and Exch. box H. 172
granted to him by K. Henry VIII, and was again reſtored
VO
pannage
p. 285.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
ŽŽÍ
TUNBRIDGE.
was
-
samo za
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE:
diviſions of the eſtates mentioned in it; in which
firſt year, granted the caſtle and manor, the park
called North frith, and other large demeſnes be that part of the demeſne lands of this manor,
longing to them, to her kinſman Henry Carey, called
yd Day
Lord Hunſdon, and his heirs male (P), to hold in
esib NORTH-FRIŤ Hi
capite by knights ſervice, with remainder to the
Crown; to bar which, he prevailed on the allotted to one of the five daughters of fir
Queen, in her 29th year, to grant the fee of Peter Vanlore the elder (the ſhares of the other four
theſe premiſes to Lord Burleigh and fir Walter
being allotted to them elſewhere) married to
Mildmay, after which he ſuffered a recovery of Vander Bempde, whoſe deſcendant John Vander
them, and at his death on July 23, anno 38 Q. Bempde, of Weſtminſter, eſq; (wv) gave it in mar-
Elizabeth, deviſed them by his laſt will to his
riage with his daughter Charlotte, ſecond wife to
eldeſt ſon and ſucceſſor, George, Lord Hunfdon, William Johnſton, Marquis of Annandale, who had
who died ſeiſed of them on Sept. 9, 1603, leav iſſue by her two ſons ; George, born in 1720,
ing iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir and John, who died in 1742.
John Spencer, of Althorpe in the co. of Northamp-
The Marquis died in 1724, and was ſucceeded
ton, knt. an only daughter and heir Elizabeth (9),
in his titles by his only ſon and heir, by his firſt
married to fir Thomas Berkeley, Knight of the
wife (x), James, Marquis of Annandale, and in this
Bath, eldeſt ſon and heir of Henry, Lord Berke-
eſtate of North frith by his eldeſt ſon, by his fe-
ley, who in her right became poſſeſſed of them, cond wife, Lord George Johnſton, who, in
pur-
and ſoon afterwards alienated the caſtle and manor ſuance of the will of his grandfather, John Van.
of Tunbridge, with Northfrith and other demeſnes
der Bempde, took on him that name (y), and on
above-mentioned, to fir John Kenedie, knt.(r)
the death of James, Marquis of Annandale, his
who quickly afterwards paſſed them away by half brother, without iſſue, ſucceeded to his titles,
fale
' to Ferrers, Goſſon, and Johnſon, and they, by and he at preſent owns the inheritance of this
mutual conſent, conveyed their joint intereſt in
eſtate (z); but being in 1745 declared a lunatic,
them, in the beginning of K. James I.'s reign, the Commiſſioners of the ſtatute then taken out
to fir Peter Vanlore, knt. (s) a wealthy merch-
for that purpoſe, have the management of it for
ant (t), who in the year 1627, fettled them, to-
his uſe (a).
Sdno Bolton
gether with the bulk of his very large eſtate, on
his fon Peter Vanlore, of Tilehurſt in the co. of
THE MANOR AND CASTLE
Berks, efq; and his iſſue male, with remainder
The manor, caſtle, and other part of the de-
to his own five daughters, who all married into
meſne lands of the manor of Tunbridge, came,
great families (u), and his ſon's three daughters.
by virtue of the above ſettlement, to the three
Peter Vanlore, the ſon, was, after his father's
daughters of fir Peter Vanlore, bart. the ſon, mar-
death, on Oet. 3, 1628, created a Baronet (v),
ried to Henry Alexander, Earl of Stirling in Scot-
and dying without iſſue male, left his three
land, fir Robert Cook, bart. and Henry Zinzan,
daughters his coheirs.
alias Alexander, efq; who in right of their reſpec-
After this, the above ſettlement of fir Peter
tive wives, became entitled to theſe premiſes;
Vanlore's father occaſioned many ſuits in law this occaſioned another diviſion of this eſtate,
and equity, between the different claimants un-
which was made by a commiſſion iſſuing from
der it, for near 30 years, with diviſions and ſub-
the Court of Chancery in 1674, by which the
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
dod bano
bines, alias honeyſuckles, proper. Guill. Herald. part ii,
(9) She ſurvived her huſband, who died in his father's
life-time, Nov. 22, 1610, for many years, and dying April
(w) He married Elizabeth, daughter of Burton, whoſe
23, 1635, was buried in Cranford church, Middleſex. They
left iffue one ſon and heir, George, heir likewiſe to his grand-
wife Elizabetb, daughter of Thomas Berkeley, of Spechley,
father and Lord Berkeley, and one daughter, Theophila, mar-
was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Stem.
ried to fir Robert Coke, knt. fon and heir of the Chief Juſtice.
Chich. No. 468.
Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 502, and vol. vi, p. 86.
(x) She was Sophia, daughter and ſole heir of John Fair.
(r) He married Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter and coheir of
holm, of Scotland, eſq; by whom he had two ſons ; James,
who ſucceeded him in titles; and William, who died in
Giles, Lord Chandos, by whom he left no iſſue.
1722 ; and a daughter Henrietta, married to Charles, Earl
(s) Philipott, p. 344. Anno 7 James I, an act paſſed
for naturalizing Peter Vanloore, of Fenchurch-ftreet, Mer-
of Hopetoun.
chant.
(y) An act paſſed to enable him ſo to do anno 18 George
II, See alſo act anno 33 George II.
(1) He had been naturalized by act anno 1 James I, and (z) He bears for his arms- Argent, a faltire fable, on a
was poſſeſſed of good eſtates in the counties of Glouceſter and
Hertford, and elſewhere. Atk. Glouc. p. 155, 184, 300,
chief gules, 3 cuſhions or. And for his ſupporters-On the
427, and Chaunc. Hertf. p. 337.
dexter fide, a lion argent, armed and langued azure, and du-
cally crowned or; on the finifter, a horſe argent, furniſhed
(2) Of theſe, Anne married fir Charles Cæfar, knt. fon
gules. And for his creſt-On a wreath, a Spur erected org
and heir of the Maſter of the Rolls, about the izth year
of K. James; another married Mr. Vander Bempde, and
winged argent.
Katherine married fir Thomas Glemham, of the co. of Suffolk,
(a) This is now, I believe, the only part of the eſtate of
fir Peter Vanlore, the elder, in the poſſeſſion of any of his
numerous deſcendants,
(v) He bore for his arms-Or, an orle or garland of wood-
manor
p. 191.
knt.

332
The HISTORY of K E N T.
H I L DEN BURGH
Tunbridge, efq; the
TUNBRIDGE.
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
manor and caſtle of Tunbridge, and fome of the de of the two above-mentioned, and kept up a large
meſne lands, were allotted to Jacoba, the wife of head of water in the moat that was between the
Henry Zinzan, alias Alexander, eſq; and her heirs, gateway and the barbican or watch-tower. The
in fee, and fines were accordingly levied by the other two moats incloſed the then town of Tun.
reſpective parties. One of her deſcendants, in bridge; the outermoſt of which had a draw-
the year 1739, fold th
ſold the caſtle, manor, and de bridge over it at the north end of the town. Theſe
meſne lands to John Hooker, of Tunbridge, eſa; moats were capable of being filled and emptied
whoſe ſon, Thomas Hooker, of Tunbridge, eſq; at pleaſure, by a large wear and bank, which
now owns the inheritance of them (b).
extended the ſpace of two miles towards Lyghe.
no sald is based
A Court Leet and Court Baron is regularly held
BURG. rodila
for this manor. There were formerly fome pay air or live
ments made for caſtle-guard to it; but they have is a large diſtrict, comprehending all the northe
been long ſince diſuſed, a few payments excepted, weft part of the Lowy of Tunbridge, and contains
which ſeem to be made for encroachment on the
within it the manors of Hilden, Dachurſt, Mertin
Lord's waſte.
Abbey, Lamport(c), Nizell, Hadloe, and the diſtrict
Commar. De
TOMAT
of Hollenden, the ſmall manor of Leigh, alias
The caſtle of Tunbridge ſtood cloſe to the river
Hildenborough, in Leigh, and the manor of Penju
at the ſouth-weſt corner of the town: there is at
this time little more remaining of it than the
hurſt Halymote ; over all this diſtrict the Honor
inner gate-way and part of the walls, and the
of Otford has juriſdiction, the High Steward of
keep or dungeon, which, nevertheleſs, ſhew it
which, by his Deputy, holding annually a Court
Leet in this borough, for the election of a Con-
to have been in its proſperity a place of no ſmall
ſtrength and conſequence.
ſtable, Borſholder, &c. Thus this diſtrict is
under the juriſdiction of two different manors,
The walls of the caſtle formerly incloſed fix
which, ſtrange as it may appear, is not at all
acres of ground. The fortifications ſeem to have
uncommon. There are many inſtances where
conſiſted of two ſpacious round towers, about
the military and civil juriſdiction of manors (if
70 feet diameter, communicating with each
I may be allowed to make that diſtinction) are
other by a ſtrong high wall of 60 feet from eaſt
feparated, viz. the land or houſe holding of one
to weſt ; theſe were united to the great keep on
manor by heriot, relief, rent, &c. and the occu-
the top of the mount, the baſe of which is the
pier of the ſame land or houſe amenable, by
circle of an acre, and had a covered way from
reaſon of his reſciancy, to a fecond manor at its
it to the gate-way of the caſtle, from which there
Court Leet, the reaſon of which is too obvious
was another covered way over the chapel to the
ſouth-eaſt tower. The Governor's domeſtic apart-
to need explanation. laid bris elas y asilien 1979
1901at aid 1931 engl
ments were in the area parallel to the ſouth wall,
MANOR OF DACHURST.disab
which overlooks the river, and unites the two
cu iso 9
Dachurſ is a manor, which lies at the weſtern
towers at the extremites of it as above-men-
part of the Lowy, and was always accounted an
tioned.
appendage to the caſtle and manor of Tunbridge,
There were formerly three moats which in-
and, conſequently, continued in the ſame owners,
circled this caſtle; the innermoſt of which was
as has been already related, till the attainder of
made by a new ſtream dug for that purpoſe, Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in the 14th
now the principal one of the Medway, over which year of K. Henry VIII, when it came into the
was a ſtone bridge, which was joined by a ſtrong hands of the Crown, where the manor itſelf
broad wall of ſtone to the ſouth-eaſt round tower remained, though the demeſnes of it were granted
Ingen bis 31597 visi 101 SS VOV
ni boinud er
() This family came originally out of Hampſhire, and at John, now unmarried; George, deceaſed; and Frances married
firſt ſettled in this county at Oldberry-hill in Ightham, whence to William Woodgate, of Somerhill, efq; Thomas Hooker, of
they removed to Welt Peckham, where John Haoker, eſq; kept
the eldeſt ſon, married Miſs Anne Redman,
his ſhrievalty for this county in the year 1712. He left iſſue of the co. Berks, by whom he has iſſue one fon Thomas. 102
by Elizabeth Green his wife, two fons ; Thomas, of whom He bears for his arms-Party per pale and feſs, 4 eſcallops
below; and John, from whom the Hookers of Brenchley are
counterchanged, ſable and argent, with which he has a right
deſcended.
to quarter thoſe of Bromfield, Wood, and Petley, with an
Thomas Hooker, the eldeſt ſon, married Anne, daughter
eſcutcheon of pretence for Redman.
and heir of Bromfield, by whom he had iſſue a ſon, John
(c) Q. Elizabeth, in her 36th year, demiſed to Richard
Hooker, efq; the purchaſer of the manor and caftle of Tun-
Edwards, gent. ſundry lands in Pembury, late in the tenure
bridge, as above-mentioned, who by his wife Elizabeth, of George Fane, efq;-in Tunbridge and Bidborough, late in
daughter and heir of Mr. J. Wood, of Tunbridge, (ſon of the tenure of Mathew Drew;-in Lyghe, Hollenden, Pet-
Gilbert Wood, of Mark Croſs in the co. of Suſſex, by Eliza land, and Wickhurſt, Tunbridge and Leigh, late in the tenure
beth, his wife, daughter and heir of John Petley, of Old of Robert Evereſt : all which premiſes were parcel of the
berry-hill in Ightham,) had iſſue eight children, viz. Eliza manor of Lamporte, aliae Langporte, late parcel of the poſ-
beth, married firſt to Richard Children, efq; and ſecondly to fellions of John, Duke of Northumberland, and exchanged
Foſeph Sclater, of London; Anne married to John Market, of by him, and before parcel of the priory of Tunbridge, lately
Meopham, eſq; Mary married to the Rev. Henry Auſlen, Rector diſſolved, to hold for 21 years, at the rent of 75s. and 8d.
of Weft Wickham; Sarah married to Auguſtine Greenland, efq; per annum, and a fine of 31. 155. 8d. Augtn. off. Inrol-
Thomas, who ſucceeded his father in the manor of Tunbridge ;
the extremities of
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H I S T OR Y of
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333
powers
Of the
the who ſucceeded his grandfather in title and eſtate.
tween 2 bars gemels gules, griffin's
TUNBRIDGE:
Lowy Of TUNBRIDGE:
away, as will be mentioned below, at the death
of iſſue male, to the iſſue male of his father,
of K. Charles I, anno 1648. After which the
George Daſhwood, eſq; (i)
then in being, having ſeized on the royal Sir Robert Dashwood, bart, died in 1734, hav-
eſtates, paſſed an ordinance on the 16th of July
ing had iſſue by his wife Penelope, daughter and
in the year following, to veſt the ſame in truftees, coheir of fir Thomas Chamberlayne, of Wickham
to ſurvey and ſell them, to ſupply the neceſſities
in the co. of Oxford, bart. five fons and four
of the ſtate. Accordingly, in 1652, this manor
of Dachurſt, alias Hildenburg, with its appurts. iffue in their father's life-time, as did Robert,
was ſurveyed, and the particulars of it returned
the third ſon, in 1728, leaving iſſue by Dorothea
as follows:
his wife, daughter and coheir of fir James Read,
That the quit-rents due to the Lord in the of the co. of Hertford, bart. one fon James (2),
pariſh of Tunbridge, holden of the manor in free
focage tenure amounted to 151. 8s. 11įd. The He died in Nov. 1779 (ll), and was fucceeded
like due from the freeholders in the boroughs by his eldeſt ſon, fir Henry Dashwood, of Kirt-
of Niſell-hoath and Lambert, in the ſame pariſh, lington in the co. of Oxford, bart. who is the pre-
holding in free ſocage tenure, ol. 378. oļd. The ſent owner of theſe manors, and the fee-farms
like due from the Lord from the freeholders in belonging to them. DOMA
the pariſhes of Lye and Tunbridge in free focage He bears for his arms—Argent, on a feſs, be-
tenure, and heretofore reſerved from the manor
3 grifins beads eraſed
of Martin Abbey, 245. 6d. Courts, fines, &c, or ; and for his creſt-On a wreath, a griffin's
41. os. od. Total, 241. 1os. 6d. And that bead ermincis, eraſed gules (m).
OS
there was a Court Leet and Court Baron belong-
THE DEMESNES of the manor of Dachurſt, alias
ing to it(d).
Hildenburgh, were granted by K. Henry VIII,
After the above ſurvey, this manor, and the ſame year that the Duke of Buckingham was
thoſe of Martin Abbey, Lamport, and Nizell, were
were || attainted, to fir William Skeffington, knt. in tail
fold by the ſtate to Colonel Robert Gibbon (e),
male, to hold by knights ſervice (n).
with whom they remained till the reſtoration of
He had been knighted by K. Henry VII, in
K. Charles II, May 29, 1660, when the poffef-
the 24th of whoſe reign he was Sheriff of the
ſion and inheritance of them returned again to
counties of Leiceſter and Warwick, which office
the Crown.
he alſo executed in the 7th and 13th years of
K. Charles II. alienated the fee-farms of theſe K. Henry VIII; after which he was made Maf-
manors to Mr. George Daſhwood, a younger fon
ter of the Ordnance in England, and twice Lord
of a family of this name in the co. of Somerſet(f).
Deputy of Ireland, in which office he died, in
He died ſeiſed of them in 1682, leaving iſſue by
Dec. 1535, and was buried in St. Patrick's church,
Margaret his wife, daughter of · Perry, of
Dublin (0). He was twice married ; firſt, to a
Thorpe in the co. of Surry, eſq; three ſons and
daughter of fir Edward Digby, of Dryſtoke, knt.
two daughters (g). Of the former, Robert, the
and ſecondly, to Anne, daughter of John Digby,
eldeſt, became his father's heir, and ſucceeded
of Kettleby in the co. of Leiceſter, eſq; by which
him in theſe eſtates, and on Sept. 16, in the laſt he left iſſue a ſon, Thomas Skeffington, Cap-
36th year of K. Charles II, was advanced to the
tain of Nottingham Caſtle, who poſſeſſed theſe
dignity of a Baronet, with remainder, on failure
lands of Dachurſt, and left iſſue by Rachel his
w
to Be
(d) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
toto wind
(e) Ibid. Roll of Partic. H. 8.
(f) They were defcended from the ſecond marriage of one
of the Dashwoods of Dorfetfhire.
(g) Robert was the eldeſt ; Richard, the ſecond, married
Mary, daughter of Garrat, of London; and George, the
third, was a Lieutenant Colonel of Foot, and died at Tor-
bay in 1706, having married Algerina, daughter of fir Al-
gernon Peyton, of Doddington, bart.
Of the daughters, Elizabeth, married fir Thomas Hare,
of the co. of Norfolk, bart. and Anne, married for Sexfter
Peyton, of Doddington, bart.
(i) This favor was granted to the family, as well as the
precedence of a Baronet's widow, to Margaret his mother,
in confideration of her huſband's having had a warrant for
a Baronet’s patent lying by him for ſome time, and which
he had not taken out; all which was fully expreſſed in fir
Robert Dashwood's patent.
(4) Of whom Chamberlayne died a batchelor; George died
an infant; Robert left iſſue ; James, ſucceeded his grand-
father; and Richard married Elizabeth, daughter of Thou
mas Lewis, of the co. of Nottingham, ejq; by whom he left
iſſue two ſons, Robert and Chamberlayne.
Of the daughters, Margaret died an infant; Penelope was
married to for John Stonehouſe, of the co. of Berks, bart.
Catherine to fir Robert Banks Jenkinſon, of Walcot in the co.
of Oxford, bart. and Anne to Anthony Cope, efq;
(1) Two other ſons, viz. Robert, the eldeſt; and George,
the youngeſt ; and a daughter Love, all died under
age.
(11) Sir James Daſhwood married in Feb. 1739, Elizabeth,
daughter of Edward Spencer, of the co. of Suffolk, eſa; by
whom he had three ſons; John, who died an infant; Henry ,
Watkin, who ſucceeded him in title and eſtates ; and
Thomas : and alſo three daughters; Elizabeth, married in
O&. 1762 to George, Duke of Mancheſter ; Anne, to Lord
Garlies, now Earl of Galloway ; and Catherine, to Lucy
Knightly, of the co. of Northampton, efq; Sir James was
LL. D. and High Steward of the city of Oxford, which
county he repreſented in ſeveral Parliaments.
(m) Kimb. Bar. vol. ii, p. 479.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3. lo giboiveis
() Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 57. download
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I he HISTORY of T K E N T.T
held of
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Henry Dixon,
), by ,
this manor on 2 vey
TUNBRIDGE.
Lowy Of TUNBRIDGE.
• ο γιο
wife, daughter of Richard Hafelridge, of Notting By his will, dated in the 34th year of K.
ham, a ſon, John Skeffington, who was of Tun Henry VI, anno 1455, he deviſed this manor
bridge, eſq; and by Anne his wife, daughter of to his eldeſt ſon John, and the parſonage of
Thomas Galland, left iſſue four fons ; John, who Hilden to his youngeſt ſon Henry. John Vane,
ſucceeded him in this eſtate ; Thomas; Francis, eſq; ſold the manor
of Hilden, in the 10th year
who was a Captain in K, Charles I.'s troops,
of K. Henry VII, to Tatterſal, one of whoſe
and dying April 30, 1684, was buried at Tun deſcendants poſſeſſed it at his death in the 6th
bridge (P), and William. He left likewiſe two year of K. Edward VI, anno 1554, when it
daughters ; Mary and Suſan (9). ni nol buid silu was found, that he died ſeifed of the manor of
John Skeffington, eſq; died in Dec. 1645, and
Hilden, with its appurts. and eight meſſuages,
was buried in Tunbridge church, as was John
and 500 acres of land, in Hilden
of land, in Hilden and Tunbridge,
Skeffington, eſq; his ſon and heir, who died April
of the Duke of Naribumberland, as of
27, 1661, without iſſue, æt. 24(1). He left his honor of Tunbridge, by knights ſervice, and that
intereſt in this eſtate to his uncle, Francis Skef John Tatterfal was his fon and heir (0). Ha
fington, eſq; after whoſe death, his relations and alienated it to Humphry Dixon, who in that reign
heirs, after one or more ſuits at law, agreed to
had purchaſed the
ed the parſonage of Itilden of
* Eliza-
divide this eſtate among them ; after which it beth, Lady Vane (wort broj oni mort sub salil
was gradually ſold in ſeveral parcels to different Humphry Dixon, ela by Elizabeth his wife,
perſons. Part of it was ſold to Children, and is
daughter of Stace, of Halden, had iſſue three
now in the poſſeſſion of George Children, of Tun-
ſons (x)
of whom John, the eldeſt, fuco
bridge, efq; another
part of it was alienated to ceeded him in this manor, and reſided here.
Weller, and is now the property of Mrs. Cathe He married Joane, daughter of Lance
, of Stan.
rine Weller, the widow of Nicholas Weller, eſq; ſted, by whom he had two ſons ; Henry, who
and there were other ſmaller parts of it fold to was of Hilden, eſq; and Juſtice of the Peace;
others: but who is poffeffed of them at this and William, who was of Darent in the Peace
of Darent in this county,
be
time, it is almoſt impoſſible to aſcertain (s). 15
(Wold blon, on alam
HIL
ni ILV yill
sod bod H which Edward, the eldeſt, was born in
is a manor, ſituated at about a mile's diſtance
poffeſſed this on his father's death, and
froni Tunbridge Town, and was antiently part refided here (2). He left iffue by cities, and
of the poſſeſſions of the family of Vane, written wife, daughter of fir James Whitlock, knt. (a)
a-Vane in antient deeds, before the reign of K. Henry Dixon,
ixon, who was of Hilden, ela
efq; and by
Edward III ;(t) one of them, John Vane, eſq; Anne, daughter of William James, of lgbtbam,
by Elizabeth his wife, had iſſue two ſons of the efq; (b) had iſſue two ſons, twins, Henry and
name of Henry; the eldeſt of which left an only William, who died infants (c), and two daugh-
daughter and heir, married to fir Peter Blondevil; ters, Jane and Sarah, who upon his death in
the youngeſt Henry Vane was of this place, eſq; 1669, without male iſſue, became his coheirs,
and by Iſabel his wife, daughter and coheir of and entitled to this manor, and poftefred it in
fir Richard Pehall, kni. had iſſue three fons ; undivided mojeties. Jane, the eldeft,
eldeſt, married
John Vane, of Hilden, and afterwards of Tudeley, Nathaniel Booth, efq; and Sarah, the
the youngeſt,
efq; anceſtor of the ſeveral branches of this fa married Percival Hart, of Lullingstone in this
mily ſince enobled ; Thomas, whoſe fon Hum county, esq; haient suiv clonomes to lingid
phry died without iſſue ; and Henry, who was fa Percival Hart, eſq; died in 1738, leaving an
ther of fir Ralph Fane, attainted in the reign of only daughter and heir Anne, then married to
K. Edward VI. (u)
fir Thomas Dyke, of Horeham in the co. of Su
co. of Suſſex,
mobi
brogsom brossword
(p) He left by his laſt will, 12 great loaves weekly to the
of a family of good account of this name in Scotland. Phili-
poor of this pariſh for ever.
pott, p. 346. The eldeſt ſon Nicholas, had a ſon Jarvis,
(9) Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. Skeffington. They
whoſe only ſon Nicholas was buried in Tunbridge church; the
bore for their arms-Argent, 3 bulls heads eraſed, ſable.
third fon 1 homas was Sergeant at Arms to K. James I.
(r) He had a niece, Elizabeth Leming, who was his heir.
(x) Thomas was the ſecond ſon, and William, the third,
She married Matthias Hickeringill, eſq; but he died in 1743,
and ſhe ſeems not to have ſurvived her uncle John Skeffington. (y) Only daughter and heir of her mother Mary, daugh-
(s) At a ſmall diſtance ſouthward from Hilden-green, the ter and heir of Zach. Bewchet, of the province of Flanders,
foundations of a large houſe are yet viſible, which are fup. i.e. after the death of her brother William, without iſſue.
poſed by many to be thoſe of Dachurſt-place. The ſcite of (z) Viftn. co. Kent, pedigr. Dixon. They bore for their
it was lately the property of Thomas Harvey, eſq; and now arms-Or, a croſs formee or patee throughout the ſhield, gules,
belongs to his widow, Mrs. Harvey, of Tunbridge.
between 4 eagles diſplayed, Jable. dont 20 novo
(t) Philipott, p. 346.
(a) His fecond wife was Anne, widow of William Dickins,
(u) Coll. Peer. laſt edition, vol. iii, p. 173.
who ſurvived him. He died March 9, 1659, æt. 50, was
na? Pision
(v) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(w) Ibid. In Eaſter term anno 17 Q. Elizabeth, Hum 6 (6) She died June 16, 1692, and was buried in this
phry Dixon levied a fine of Hilden. He was ſecond ſon of
Thomas Dixon, of North-frith in this pariſh, eſq; defcended (c) They were both buried in Ightham church.
etiw
10 bart.
KO
died without iſſue.
(3) Only
911
989
SO
buried in this church.
church.

The H IS TO RIYO of 2 K E N T.
335
two
Ham ;
of Parliament
preſent poffeffor of it.
vidd
ongs
19?
B A R DEN
fir Thomas
;
(P) Philipos
LowY OF TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE.
who likewiſe died without male iſſue, leaving
bart.(d) who in her right became poffefſed of one
four daughters, viz. Agnes, married to John
undivided moiety of this manor, as he did likewiſe
of the other moiety on the death of Mrs. Jane Manning, of Downe ; the ſecond to Bird, of Eaſt
the third to Calinghurſt; the fourth to
Booth, widow, above-mentioned, without iſſue,
in the year 1743. :. Sir Thomas Dyke died in Smith, and afterwards to Children, which laſt, in
right of his wife, became entitled to it (n). His
1756, leaving his widow ſurviving, who pof-
feffed the whole of this manor till her death in deſcendant, William Children, reſided at this feat
1763, when it deſcended to their only ſon and and died without male iſſue, about the latter
heir fir John Dixon Dyke, of Lulling stone, bart. end of K. Charles I.'s reign, leaving by his wife,
in tail male (e), who, procuring the authority daughter and heir of Millerjh, an only daughter
t (F), fold it, in the 7th year of K.
and heir Sindonia, who carried it in marriage to
George III, to Thomas Harvey, of Tunbridge, Mr. Richard Polhill (o). He had iſſue by her a
eje
; (g) who died poffeffed of it in 1779, and
ſon and heir William, who married Elizabeth,
his widow, Mrs. Harvey, of Tunbridge, is the daughter of William Codde, of Watringbury, eſq;
O 01 bord
by whom he had a ſon, William, born in 1613,
- At a ſmall diſtance from Hilden-green, ſtood
and three daughters ; Agnes, Hefter, and Cathe-
the manor house, the ruins of which were entirely
rine (p). to angoab ។
tin air yd
eraſed fome years ago, by fir Thomas Dyke, ofw Which William laſt-mentioned ſucceeded his
father in this eítate, and in his deſcendants it
A Court Baron is held for this manor, which
has continued to the preſent time, being now
pays a yearly fee-farm of il.
L. 198. 0{ d. to the
crown (i).
the property of Mr. Richard Polhill, of Chatham
oto e dini segir eid lis blessi 165 only
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the priory
in this county (9). 9150 o 0 Ford baflutni
of Merton had ſome poffeſiions in Hilden (k).
abiswisits 2159 க. நாம bas - oridas
at the field budoue virio s H.
lies at a ſmall diſtance fouth-weſtward from Tun.
--Misrio PHILIPOITTS guardier
boltjas to
bridge Town, and was, no doubt, formerly a
isinan eſtate in this pariſh, about three miles
manor of no ſmall conſequence, as it gives name
diftant from Tunbridge Town, which was once
to a borough here of conſiderable extent. ad
reputed a manor, the memory of which has been
In the 20th year of the reign of K. Edward
long ſince obliterated, and the houſe and
III, the Prior of Tunbridge, Roger de Bardenham,
now ſo called dwindled almoſt to nothing, there and John Barden, held this eſtate at the making
being at this time only 30 acres of land belong. the Black Prince a Knight, and then paid aid
ing to it. It formerly gave ſurname to the fa-
for it as one knight's fee, which the Prior and
mily who owned it, as appears by a deed dated
Simon de Barden before held of the Earl of Glou-
in the 28th year of K. Edward I, in which John
de Philipott, of Philipotts, demiſed lands to Ro-
ceſter (r). to me
The family of Barden continued in poſſeſſion
bert Charles, Bailiff of Tunbridge foreſt (1). of this manor till the reign of K. Henry IV,
But after this place had remained many gene when it was alienated by one of them to Hadlow,
rations in this family, Thomas Philipott (m), leav-
in which name it did not continue long; for
ing an only daughter and heir, Chriſtiana, about
John Hadlow dying without iſſue, Alice, his
the middle of K. Henry VIII.'s reign ; ſhe car-
ſiſter, became his heir, and entitled her huſband,
ried it in marriage to John Petley, of Downe, eſa;
John Woodward, to the poſſeſſion of it; ſhe ſur-
enginebrogos ortve
(d) He was her ſecond huſband, her firſt being John They bear for their arms-Sable, a feſs wavy, argent ; in
Blervet, esq; by whom ſhe left no iſſue.
(e
chief 3 croſſes formee. ta zamocou
(e) Mrs. Booth’s moiety deſcended to fir John Dyke, and
his heirs, and the other moiety, late his father's to him in tail
(i) John Cocks, eſq; grantee. shab, slow
(k) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 455. Ostosters 2 10
abordstog 931 to 3189
f,
(1) Philipott, P: 295:
Anne his wife is thus deſcribed in the
(m) He bore for his arms-Sable, a bend, ermine.
act, the undivided
moiety of the manor of Hilden, with its rights, members,
(n) Mfl. pedigree of Petley. Philipott, p. 215.
and appurts. and the mefiuage or farm called Hilden, with
(0) Son of William, the fifth ſon of Thomas
the barns
, gardens, yards, &c. and 200 acres of arable,
Polley
, of Delling in this county. From John, the elder
Polhill
, alias
meadow, paſture, and woodland belonging to it, in the pariſh ſon of the firſt mentioned Thomas, came the branch of this
of Tunbridge, and a meſſage or tenement therewith occu-
family ſettled at Shoreham in this county; from Thomas,
pied, containing 11 acres, at or near Hilden-green in the ſaid
DSC
pariſh, and a tenement called Magpies, and one acre of land
ford and Chepſted; and Robert was the fourth.
lood
20
at or near the ſaid Green; all which were of the yearly rent
of 541. 10. See more of the Harts and Dykes, under Lul Kent, 1619, pedigr. Polhill.
lingstone, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 312.
(9) There is a tradition in this family, that one of them
(8) He married Charlotte, youngeſt daughter and heir of was Bow bender to Q. Elizabeth; and not many years ago,
the Rev. Mr. Davis, late Vicar of Tunbridge, by whom he
there hung up in this houſe a bow, curiouſly enamelled and
left iffue two ſons ; Thomas and William-Thomas : and three ftudded, which was ſaid to have belonged to that Queen,
daughters ; Charlotte, Sophia, and Frances.
(r) Book of Knights Fees, anno 20 Edward III.
nd eſtate
TH
male.
to
COM
,
vived

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Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
HAD LOW
efq; (w) whoſe great-grandſon, Charles Polhill,
no in
The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
TUNBRIDGE.
vived him, and afterwards ſold it to John Hop Judde, to one of his brothers, who in the 33d
day, who in the 38th year of K. Henry VI, year of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1590, alienated it
alienated it to William Hextall, of Hextalls-court to Jobnfor, and he in the 9th year of K. Charles
in Eaſt Peckham, and he dying without iſſue
I, anno 1633, ſold it to John Polbill, of Otford,
male, Margaret his daughter and heir, entitled
her huſband, William Whetenhall, commonly
of Chepſted in Chevening, eſq; is the preſent owner
of this manor.
called Whetnall, efq; Citizen and Alderman of
Bits to
no tists on loonmootobi
London, to the poſſeſſion of it. Their deſcen-
dant, William Whetenball, of Hextall-court, efq;
Me lis di
about the middle of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, is a ſmall manor adjoining to the former, which
alienated it to Fane, alias Vane, from which name had antiently owners of that name, in which it
it paſſed away by ſale, in the 24th year of Q.
remained till about the reign of K. Henry V,
Elizabeth, to fir Andrew Judde, knt. Citizen and
when John Hadlow dying without iſſue, Alice his
Skinner of London, and Lord Mayor in the 5th ſiſter, married to John Woodward, became his
year of K. Edward VI.
heir, and he in her right became poffefſed of it.
He was eldeſt ſon of John Judde, of Tunbridge, She ſurvived her huſband, and at her death was
by his wife Margaret, daughter of Valentine Chiche
ſucceeded in it by their ſon John Woodward (x),
who in the 37th year of K. Henry VI, anno
buried in St. Helen's church, London, having 1458, conveyed his intereſt in this manor to
founded a ſchool in this pariſh, and other charities
William and Henry Hextall, the latter of whom,
elſewhere, which he endowed with lands, and that year, releaſed all his right in it to his bro-
intruſted them to the care of the Skinners Com ther William above-mentioned.
pany (t).
William Hextall was of Hextalls-court in Eaſt
He left an only daughter and heir Alice, mar-
Peckham, eſq; and dying a few years afterwards
without male iſſue, his daughter and coheir Mar.
ried to Thomas Smith, of Weſtenhanger in this
county, eſq; commonly called Cuſtomer Smith,
garet, entitled her huſband, William Whetenhall,
who in her right became entitled to a part of commonly called Whetnall, eſq; Citizen and Al.
this eſtate, called Barden-bouſe Farm, with the
derman of London, to the poſſeſſion of it, and
his deſcendant, William Whetenball, efq; about
lands belonging to it, and ſeveral other meſſu.
ages, lands, and tenements adjoining, and elſe-
the middle of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, ſold this
where in this pariſh, (in which the manor was
manor to William Waller, eſq; (y) whoſe ſon,
not included); all which he deviſed by his laſt
Richard Waller, in the 26th year of Q. Elizabeth,
will to his ſecond ſon, fir Thomas Smith, of Sut anno 1583, fold it to Mr. George Stacy, and he
ton at Hone, knt. (u) in whoſe deſcendants they in the year
ar 1590, alienated it to Robert Byng,
continued down to Robert Smith, of Sutton and of Wrotham, efq; whoſe two grandſons, George
Bidborough in this county, eſą; who died in 1695,
and William Byng, in the year 1623, paſſed
leaving by Katherine his wife, who ſurvived him, away by fale to David Polhill, of Otford, eſq;(2)
two ſons, Henry and William, to whom theſe pre whoſe deſcendant, Charles Polbill, of Chepſted in
miſes deſcended as heirs in gavelkind; after which Chevening, eſq; is the preſent poffeffor of this
anno 10 K. William III, ſhe, as guardian to her manor (a).
two infant ſons, and for their benefit, obtained
SOUTH, alias SOUTH BOROUGH.
an act of Parliament for veſting theſe premiſes
in truſtees, to fell the ſame: who accordingly, The borough of South, alias Southborough, is a
with her's and her eldeſt ſon's confent, conveyed difiriet comprehending the ſouthern part of The
them by fale to Thomas Streatfeild, of Sevenoke,
Lowy of Tunbridge, in which the manor of that
eſq; whoſe deſcendant, Thomas Streatfeild, now name firſt claims our attention. It was antiently
of Sevenoke, eſq; owns this eſtate (v).
part of the poffeffions of the great family of
The other part of Barden, containing the manor, Clare, Earls of Glouceſter, and Lords of the caſtle
ſeems to have paſſed, on the death of fir Andrew and manor of Tunbridge, from whom, in like
dan
(5) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele, by his firſt wife ; which laſt David was grandſon of another
her mother Philippa, who was daughter of fir Robert Chi. David, the third ſon of Thomas Polbill, the ſecond ſon of
chele, kat. next brother to the Archbiſhop. See Stem. Chich.
Thomas Polhill of Detling, by Alice Buckland.
No. 1.
He bore for his arms-Gules, a feſs ragule, between
(x) They bore for their arms-Argent, a chevron ſable,
3
boars heads eraſed felfways, argent.
between 3 graſshoppers vert.
(t) Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, p. 263, book ii, p.
(y) Philipott, p. 347.
101, book v, p. 187.
(u) Philipott, p. 347.
(2) Father of John, great-grandfather of the preſent
Charles Polhill, efq;
(v) See an account of this branch of the family of Strear-
feild, under Eatorbridge, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 393, (a) A Court Baron was called for this manor laſt
year,
woda short
qu
no one attended at it; ſo it is not probable there will be
note (6).
(z) He was the ſon of David, by Margaret Theobald one held again for it.

elsis

but
manner

TheH IS TO RY of KE
337
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HAD EN
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE.
of K. Edward VI, anno 1548, granted to the
manner, it paſſed to the Audleys and Staffords,
King, his heirs and ſucceſſors for ever, in ex-
in which laſt name it continued till Edward Staf-
change for other premiſes, this manor of South-
ford, Duke of Buckingham, being found guilty of
borowe, with its appurts. in the pariſhes, town-
high treaſon, and beheaded on Tower-bill, on
ſhips, and hamlets of Southborowe, otherwiſe
May 17, anno 13 K. Henry VIII, forfeited this
called South Tunbridge, Capel, Speldhurſt, and Pe-
manor, among the reſt of his poſſeſſions to the
penbury, in the county of Kent (k). bis 103
crown. After which an act paſſed in Parl. anno
14 and 15 of that reign for his attainder (b).
In the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign, it
was in the poffeffion of fir Richard Sackvyle, knt.
That year, viz. 14 K. Henry VIII, the King
who in the 19th year of that reign, anno 1576,
granted to fir Thomas More, knt. all that the
alienated this manor of South, alias Southborough,
manor of South, with its appurts. late Edward,
with the Queen's licence, to Thomas Smith, of
Duke of Buckingham's, to hold in tail male, in
Weſtenhanger, eſq; commonly called Cuſtomer
capite by knights ſervice (c).
Smith (I), and he deviſed it by his laſt will to
Sir Thomas More being a man of great abilities
his
s ſecond ſon, fir Thomas Smith, of Sutton at
and learning (d), was, on Oct. 25, anno 22
Hone, knt. in whoſe deſcendants it continued
K. Henry VIII, made Lord Chancellor of Eng-
down to fir Sydney Stafford Smythe, knt. late Chief
land, which high office, after two years and an
Baron of bis Majeſty's Court of Exchequer, who
half, he reſigned, not being willing to be inſtru-
died poſſeſſed of it on Nov. 2, 1778, and his
mental in the King's rupture with the Pope.
widow, the Lady Sarah Smythe, is now by his
Afterwards, refuſing to take the oath of fupre-
laſt will entitled to the fee of it (m).
macy and ſucceſſion, he was arraigned before the
A Court Baron is regularly held for this manor.
Lord Chancellor Audley, and others commiſſioned
for that purpoſe, on July 1, 1535, and found
rebro
guilty of high treaſon ; upon which the uſual
fentence was pronounced upon him, as in the is a ſmall manor, which lies at the ſouth-weſt
like caſes, which afterwards, on account of the extremity of The Lowy, and was ſome years ago
high office he had borne, was changed to be in the poffeffion of the name of Turner, whence
heading, which was executed on Tower-bill fix it was, not long ſince, fold to Mr. John Groom-
days afterwards (e). well be bridge, whoſe widow remarrying with Henry
This manor, thus coming to the Crown, was
Goodwyn, of Enfield in the co. of Middleſex, eſq;
granted by the King that year, being his 26th, he is at this time, in her right, entitled to the
to George Bulleyn, Viſcount Rochford, ſon of Tbo.
poſſeſſion of it.
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
mas, Earl of Wiltſhire and Ormond (f), and bro-
ther of Q. Anne Bulleyn, to hold in capite by
knights ſervice (g). But the King's affections
being changed from that Queen, the Lord Roch-
As there was a large diſtrict comprehending
ford, was committed to the Tower, on pretence
a manor, foreft, or chaſe, at the northern part of
of too great familiarity with his fifter, and being
The Lowy, called North-frith; ſo there was a
thereupon arraigned, he was found guilty of
like diſtrict called South-frith at the oppoſite or
high treaſon, and was beheaded on May 17, anno
Southern ſide of it.
27 K. Henry VIII,(b) by which this manor came
This diſtrict was, no doubt, part of the de
again into the hands of the Crown, and was meſnes of the family of Clare, Earls of Glouceſter
next year granted to John Dudley, Earl of War and Hertford, poffeffors of the caſtle and manor
wick (i), who, together with Joane his wife, by of Tunbridge, with whom it continued till Gilbert
their indenture, dated July 6, in the 3d year de Clare, the only ſon and heir of Gilbert, Earl
gaivsel bo
O no
(6) Another act paſſed that year, for the reſtitution of his privily bought by his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Roper; after
fon
Henry in blood, but not to his honors and lands. . (..) which it was incloſed in lead and depoſited in the vault of
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 2.
the Ropers in St. Dunftan's church near Canterbury, where
(d) Sir Thomas More was born anno 1480, and was the the box now remains placed on the coffin of his daughter,
only ſon of fir John More, one of the Juſtices of the King's above-mentioned.
Bench.
He married Jane, daughter of Mr. John Colt, of (f) So created Dec. 8, anno 21 K. Henry VIII.
Nexhail in the co. of Eſſex, by whom he had iſſue one ſon
Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1.
John, attainted after his father's death, and then pardoned
(b) He died without iſſue and was buried in St. Peter's
by the King; and three daughters, Margaret, a woman of
great wiſdom, piety, and learning, married to William
chapel in the Tower. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 306.
Roper, of Eltham, cſq; Elizabeth, to the ſon and heir of fir
(i) By the title of John, Earl of Warwick, Knight of the
John Dancy, knt. and Ciceley, to Giles Heron, of the co, of
Garter, Great Chamberlain of England, and Preſident of the
Middleſex, eſq; Chauncy's Hertf. p. 531 et ſeq. Po valilag
Marches,
(e) His body was firſt buried in the Tower chapel, and
(k) Inrolled in the Augtn. off, the 6th of April following:
Box G. 8.
afterwards removed to Chelſea church, and there depoſited
on the ſouth ſide of the chancel. His head was ſet
(1) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. zo
Lon-
don Bridge, where it continued about 14 days, and was then
(m) See more of this family of Smythe, under Bidborough.
SO V T H - FR IT H.
(g)
upon
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The
HISTOR
for William
TUNBRIDGE.
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE,
of Glouceſter and Hertford, by Joan of Acres his Roger, the eldeſt, ſucceeded him in titles and
wife, being ſain in the battle of Bannockſburne
eſtate (v).
in Scotland, in the 8th year of K. Edward II,
Roger, Earl of March, having been appointed
anno 1314, and dying without ſurviving iſſue,
the King's Lieutenant in Ireland, was there
his three ſiſters became his coheirs, viz. Alia flain (v) in the 22d year of K. Richard II, (w)
nore, married firſt to Hugh le Deſpencer the youn being then ſeiſed of South-frith park (x). By
ger, and afterwards to William la Zouch, Lord
Eleanor his wife, the eldeſt daughter of Thomas
of Glamorgan and Morgannock ; Margaret to Piers Holand, Earl of Kent (y), he had iſſue three ſons
de Gaveſton, and ſecondly to Hugh de Audley ; and two daughters; of whom Edmund, the eldeſt,
Elizabeth to John de Burgh, ſon and heir of
was his heir ; Roger, the ſecond ſon, died young;
the Earl of Ulſter, and afterwards to Roger Anne, the eldeſt daughter, was married to Richard
Damory (n).
de Coningſborough, Earl of Cambridge, ſecond ſon
Upon the diviſion of their inheritance, though
of Edmund Langley, Duke of York, fifth ſon of
K. Edward III, and Eleanor, the youngeſt, mar-
Hugh de Audley, in right of his wife, had the
caſtle and manor of Tunbridge allotted to him,
ried Edward Courtney, Earl of Devonſhire, by
whom ſhe had no iſſue.
yet Elizăbeth, widow of John de Burgh(o), ſeems
to have poffefſed this diſtrict of South-frith, and
Edmund, Earl of March, being ſuſpected by
the honor of Clare in the co. of Suffolk, as part
K. Henry IV, of aſpiring to the crown, was
of her ſhare of the inheritance. She had by her obliged to take up arms for his own ſecurity;
huſband, above-mentioned, a ſon named Wil but being taken priſoner, was carried by the
liam, who on his grand-father's death became King's order priſoner into Ireland, and confined
Earl of Ulſter (P), and on his mother's death
in the caſtle of Trime, where, after 20 years con-
inherited this eſtate. By Maud his wife (9),
finement, he died of extreme grief, on Jan. 19,
ſecond daughter of Henry, Earl of Lancaſter (r), 1424, anno 3 K. Henry VI, (2) being at the
he left an only daughter and heir Elizabeth, who
time of his death feiſed of the chaſe of South.
married Lionel, third ſon of K. Edward III, and frith (a).
Duke of Clarence, and was in her right created This Earl having had no iſſue by Anne his
Earl of Ulter, and Lord of Conaught and Trime. wife, daughter of Edmund, Earl of Stafford (b),
The Duke died on Oct. 17, in the 43d year left his nephew Richard, Duke of York, his heir.
of K. Edward III, at Alba Pompeia in Piedmont Which Richard was the only ſon of Richard,
in Italy (s), being then feiſed of this eftate of
, by Anne
South-frith (t), and leaving iſſue by his wife, Mortimer, eldeſt ſiſter of Edmund, the laſt Earl
above-mentioned, an only daughter and heir of March (c); and being by his uncle's will heir
Philippa, who, about the time of her father's to his eſtates, he poſſeſſed this of South-frith
death, was, by the King's command, married among them, and on the death of his father's
to Edmund Mortimer, the third Earl of March,
elder brother without iſſue, anno 3 K. Henry
and Lord of Wigmore (u), who died in Ireland in V, became Duke of York (d). mo
TO
the 5th year of K. Richard II, anno 1381. He Being thus, both on his father and mother's
left iſſue three ſons and two daughters ; of whom ſide, deſcended from K. Edward III, he began
B/ 10 bestod ew bus
(n) See above, p. 326.
iſſue, the heirs of Roger, Earl of March ought to have ac-
(c) He died the year before, anno 1313.
ceded to the crown before the Houſe of Lancaſter, which was
(p) He bore for his arms-Or, a croſs gules.
deſcended from John a Gaunt, the fourth ſon of K. Ed.
(9) She died anno 1363, and was buried in the church of
ward III.
the Auguftine Friars, at Clare in the co. of Suffolk. After
(*) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
sorlaggos arts
her death the Duke married Violanta, daughter of Galeas,
(y) She afterwards remarried fir Edward Charlton, knt.
Duke of Milan.
Lord Powis, and leaving iſſue by both her huſbands, died
(r) Second ſon of Edmund, Earl of Lancaſter, ſecond ſon
anno 7 K. Henry IV.
iodon
of K. Henry III.
(s) He was at firſt buried in the city of Pavia, but was
(z) His body being brought to England was entombed at
Stoke near Clare in the co. of Suffolk. Sandf. Gen. Hiſt.
afterwards brought over and buried at Clare, near his firſt
wife.
I won
p. 224.
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
10,90 1590M adot si to co no
(1) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
10 (6) She afterwards married fobn Holand, Earl of Hunt-
() He was likewiſe ſtyled Marſhal of England. He en-
ingdon, and Duke of Exeter, and died anno 10 K. Henry VI,
joyed with her the earldom of Ulſter, and the lordſhips of Clare,
being then feiſed, as appears by Rot. Eſch. of the chace of
Connought, and Trime.
be 9
Ew beib -
al risto
South-frith. She is there ſtyled Anne, wife of Edmund, Earl
(v) Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 219 et ſeq.
Marefchal.
3914
(7) K. Richard II, anno 1387, nominated this Roger, (c) Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 366.
Earl of March, his ſucceſſor in the kingdom of England, lo (d) His father, Richard, Earl of Cambridge, being found
being the eldeit ſon of Philippa, the only child of Lionel, guilty of high treaſon, was beheaded anno 3 K. Henry V,
and his head and body interred in the Maiſon Dieu in
Hatfield, ſecond ſon of K. Edward III, dying young and Southampton, Richard, the ſon, was reſtored in Parliament
iffueleſs, and K. Richard II, only ſon of Edward, Prince of anno 4 K. Henry VI, to the dignities of Duke of Park, Earl
Wales, eldeſt ſon of K. Edward III, deceaſing alſo without of Cambridge and Rutland, and Lord of Tindal.
de of
Osts
P. 366. 3
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The H I STORY
IS
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
339
TUNBRIDGE.
year
ſtrengthen his intereft, he married Cecilia Nevill,
the youngeſt daughter of Ralph, Earl of Weſt-
moreland, and Joane Beaufort his ſecond wife,
Lowy of TUNERidge.
the manor and caſtle of Tunbridge, and other
to think of aſpiring to the crown; and to
premiſes, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (f).
All which premiſes the Earl, by the title of
Duke of Northumberland, he having been fo cre-
ated Oct. 11, anno 5 K. Edward VI, reconveyed
daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaſter;
by which match, the Duke of York became allied
by his indenture, dated Feb. 18, in the 7th year
to moſt of the great nobility of the kingdom, of that reign, and inrolled in the Augmentation-
by whoſe aſſiſtance he was enabled to cope with office the ſame day, to the King and his heirs,
the Houſe of Lancaſter for the crown. But in
in exchange for other premiſes (g).
the 37th year of K. Henry VI, the army which Q. Mary granted the chaſe and manor of
he had raiſed for this purpoſe having, upon the South-frith, with the other premiſes above-men-
King's proclamation, deſerted him, he fled to tioned, to Reginald Pole, Archbiſhop of Canter-
Ireland, and was ſoon afterwards, in the Parlia bury, and Cardinal of the church of Rome, to
ment held at Leiceſter, attainted, with his ſon hold during his natural life, and one year after
the Earl of March, and all their adherents ; upon as he ſhould by his laſt will determine. He died
which this eſtate became forfeited to the Crown, poſſeſſed of them on Nov. 17; 1558, being the
where it did not remain long, for on the turn ſame day Q. Mary died, and, as it ſeems, with
of fortune, which happened to him ſoon after out any particular deviſe of them; upon which
wards, the Duke of York regained the poſſeſſion they came to the Crown, whence this foreſt or
of it, among the reſt of his eſtates, and died chaſe, manor, &c. were granted by Q. Elizabeth,
feiſed of this chaſe of South frith, as appears by in her 14th year, to one of her chief favorites,
the inquiſition taken after his death, in the zd Robert Dudley, Earl of Leiceſter (b), for a term
of K. Edward IV. (e) After which Cecilie, of years, at the expiration of which the Queen
Dutcheſs of York, his widow, mother of K. Ed granted the fee of them to Frances, Counteſs of
ward IV, continued in the poſſeſſion of it till Elex (i), widow of Robert Devereux, Earl of
her death, which happened in the roth year of Eſex, who had been found guilty of high trea.
K. Henry VII, when this eſtate reverted to the ſon, and beheaded within the Tower on Feb.
Crown, where the fee of it remained till K. 25th preceding, anno 1601(k). She afterwards
Edward VI, on the laſt day of Aug. in his 4th remarried Richard Burgh, Earl of Clanrickard in
year, granted to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, the kingdom of Ireland (1), who in her right be-
this foreſt or chaſe of Soutb-frith, together with came poffeffed of this eſtate, and built a large
curt 10
bord de
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. He was flain in the battle of In the 4th year of K. Edward VI, fir George Broke, Lord
Wakefield, fought on Chriſtmas Eve, anno 39 K. Henry VI, Cobham, ſurrendered up this grant into the King's hand,
but by reaſon of the troubles of thoſe times the inquiſition
with the intent the King ſhould grant other let. pat, of the
was not taken till four years after.
fame offices and premiſes to him, Thomas Cotton, of Weſt
Peckham, efq; and for William Broke, knt. ſon of the above.
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3. Augtn. off. Deeds of
Purchaſe and Exchange, box G. 18. K. Henry VIII,
mentioned Geòrge, Lord Cobham, which the King by his let.
Nov. in his 34th year, anno 1542,
pat. dated June 23d that year, granted, with the like fees,
fir George Broke, knt. Lord Cobham, the office of Mafter,
wages, and emoluments, to hold during the term of their
Manager, and Superviſor of all the beaſts, of what fort
natural lives, or the longeſt liver of them. Augtn. off. In.
foever, of his park of South-frith, and of Keeper of
rolments, anno 4 K. Edward VI.
all his ponds and waters within them; in the original,
(g) Augtn. off. Inrolm. box H. 17.
Magifr", deduel?, & Jupervis omn
(b). He was the 5 th ſon of John, Duke of Northumberland,
mn & omndm ferar
. pei
de S: frith & Cuſtod omn Vivar aquar. & ftagn infra pcum
and was by Q. Elizabeth, Sept. 28, in her 6th year, created
de S. frith; and the cuſtody of that park and the pannage
Baron of Denbigh, and the day following, Earl of Leiceſter.
(i) She was the ſole daughter and heir of that
and herbage of it; and fufficient wood a
and underwood
for fewel in the lodges and edifices within it, and all that
man, fir Francis Walſingham, knt, and was firſt married to
wood there called Wyndefall-wood and Browe/wood, and the
fir Philip Sidney, by whom ſhe had a daughter, married to
free fifhery in all and fingular the ponds and waters within
Roger, Earl of Rutland.
the park ; and alſo the office of Bailiff of the lordſhip or
(k) He was ſon of Walter Devereux, Earl of Elex and
manot of South-frith; and the office of Steward and Under-
Ewe, Earl Marſhal of Ireland, Viſcount Hereford and Bour-
Steward of the Hundreds of Wachelmyſlone, Lyttlefelde, and
chier, and Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bourchier and Lovaine,
Barnefelde, in the county of Kent; and the King granted
and Knight of the Garter, by Letice his wife, daughter of
to him the lands with their appurts. called Trenche-landi,
fir Francis Knollys, Knight of the Garter.
lying at the ſaid park, and 30 acres of land there which fir
He was one of the Queen's chief favorites, which raiſed
Edward Nevill, knt. late attainted, purchaſed, and then in
him many powerful enemies, who found means, with the
the King's hands by reaſon thereof, and all other premiſes
affiſtance of his own unſteady conduct, vanity, and ambi-
which came into the King's hands by the attaint of Thomas
tion, to bring him to the ſcaffold. By Frances his wife
Culpeper, junior, of high treaſon attainted; to hold for the
above-mentioned he had iſſue a ſon, Robert, and two daugh-
term of his natural life, with the fee and wages of 51. 6s. 2d.
ters, Frances and Dorothy, who were reſtored in blood and
per annum, iffuing out of the rents and profits of the manor
honor by Parliament, anno i James I. Dugd. Bar, vol.
of Pepenbury, and the rectory of Pepenbury, for the above-
ii, p. 181.
mentioned offices within his faid park, and of Bailiff of the
(1) It is no wonder this lady married him, when Smollet
faid manor, and of Steward and Under-Steward of the ſaid
ſays, he was a very handſome gallant young nobleman, and
hundreds, together with the ſaid fewel and all other profits
very like the late Earl of Eſſex; inſomuch, that the Queen,
and advantages uſually had and taken with the ſame.
then far advanced in years, made ſome advances to him,
which he declined.
houſe,
43
1542, had
, had granted to
great ſtateſ-

The
340
H I S T o R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
tural ſon (t); but the reſtoration of K. Charles II.
,
brother to William, Earl of Northampton, in whoſe time,
TUNBRIDGE.
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
houſe, at no ſmall expence, on an eminence on King's death, granted it to John Bradſhaw, Ser.
the northern part of this eſtate, which he did not geant at Law, Preſident of their High Court of
finiſh till the latter end of K. James I.'s reign, Juſtice, for his great ſervice, as they termed it,
and gave it the name of
to his country (r). He died poffeſed of it in
Nov. 1659 (s), and was fucceeded in it by a na.
SOM ER H I L L.
+ brid
happening a few months afterwards, viz. May
On April 23, in the 22d year of that reign,
29, 1660, this eſtate of South-frith, with the
he was by let. pat. created a Baron of this realm,
ſeat and park of Somerhill, returned to its lawful
by the title of Baron of Somerhill; and a Viſcount,
owner in the perſon of Margaret, only daughter
by the title of Viſcount Tunbridge ; and on Aug.
and heir of Ulick, Marquis of Clanrickard, above.
23, in the 4th year of K. Charles I, Earl of St.
mentioned, who had deceaſed in 1659 (u), by
Albans in the co. of Hertford, at which time he
Anne his wife, daughter of William, Earl of
had likewiſe other Iriſh honors conferred on him,
Northampton (v).
viz. Baron of Imaudy in Conaught, and Viſcount
She was then the wife of Charles Mac Carty,
of Galloway (m). He refided much at Somerhill,
Viſcount Muſkery, eldeſt fon of Donough, Earl
and dying Nov. 12, 1636, anno 12 Charles I,
of Clancarty, of the kingdom of Ireland, who in
was buried in Tunbridge church. He was ſuc-
her right became entitled to this ſeat and eſtate.
ceeded in titles and eſtates by Ulick, his ſon and
He was killed in the great engagement with the
heir (n), who was long in arms for K. Charles
Dutch in Solebay, on June 3, 1665, being then
I. in Ireland, whence being obliged to fly, he in the Duke of York's fhip, by a cannon ball,
took refuge in England, with his royal Maſter,
which at the ſame time killed the Earl of Fal-
and was by him, by let. pat. dated at Oxford,
mouth, and the Hon. Richard Boyle, ſecond ſon
Feb. 21, in his 2 iſt year, anno 1645, created
of the Earl of Burlington. He died without iſſue,
Marquis of Clanrickard in the kingdom of Ire-
and left his widow ſurviving, who afterwards
land (0). His attachment to the King was a remarried John Villiers, Viſcount Purbeck, eldeſt
ſufficient reaſon for the Parliament to declare
vo
him a delinquent, and to fequefter his eſtate,
the elder brother of George Villiers, Duke of Buck-
which they did, and by their ordinance of Sept.
ingham, the great favorite of K. James and K.
26, anno 1645, granted, among other premiſes,
Charles I.
all the manors, lands, &c. parcel of the eſtate
John, Viſcount Purbeck, the ſon, poffeffed this
of the Earl of St. Albans, before ſeized and ſe-
eſtate in his wife's right, and on the death of his
queſtered into the hands of the Parliament, as
mother Mary, Counteſs of Buckingham (x), claimed
being a Papiſt, called Somerhill, alias Tunbridge,
the title of Earl of Buckingham before the Houſe
and all the goods of the ſaid Earl there, to
of Lords in the year 1667; which was not al-
Robert, Earl of Eſſex, General of their army, to lowed, notwithſtanding which he continued to
hold during his natural life, in part of the yearly
take the title, and always ſubſcribed himſelf,
ſum of 10,000l. voted to him by ordinance of
Buckingham. He died, leaving iſſue by Mar-
Parliament on May 26, 1643 (p).
garet his wife, one ſon John, who on his death
The Earl of Eſex died poffeffed of this eſtate, aſſumed likewiſe the title of Earl of Buckingham.
with the ſeat belonging to it, on Sept. 14, Which Margaret, ſurviving her huſband, again
1646 (9); upon which it came again into the poffeffed this eſtate in her own right, and after-
hands of the Parliament, who, ſoon after the wards remarried for her third huſband Mr.
u od bus
(m) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 450. He bore for his arms Tyburne, from morning till fun-fet; after which it was taken
Or, a crofs gules; in the dexter canton, a liox rampant, fable.
down, the body buried under the gallows, and the head cut
Chauncy's Hertf. p. 466.
off and ſet on Weſtminſter Hall. Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 150.
(n) He had likewiſe one daughter Honora, married to
(t) Several antient people now alive, remember an old
Fohn Porilett, Marquis of Wincheſter,
man in this neighbourhood, who was reputed to be a na-
() Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 450.
tural ſon of John Bradſhaw, and reported to have been once
(p) The ordinance begins thus: “The Lords and Com-
poſſeſſed of Somerhill.
to barbouHofi o baie
mons calling to mind the heroic valour, prudent conduct,
(u) He was buried in Tunbridge church. silent
" and unſpotted fidelity of Robert, Earl of Eſex, in the dif-
(~) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 450. Haiw abral
« charge of that high and important command of Captain (zu) He was created on June 19, anno 17 K. James I,
« General of the forces raiſed by the Parliament,” &c.
Baron of Stoke in the co. of Buckingham, and Viſcount fur-
(9) He died, not without ſuſpicion of poiſon, and had a beck, of Purbeck in the co. of Dorſet.
moſt magnificent funeral, at the charge of the Parliament, (x) She was the ſecond wife of fir George Villiers, and
with a grand proceſſion of ſtate to the place of his burial, daughter of Anthony Beaumont, of the co. of Leiceſter, eq;
in St. Paul's Chapel in Weſtminſter Abbey. Dugd. Bar, vol. Her ſecond huſband was fir William Ragner, knt. and her
ii, p. 182.
third for Thomas Compton, Knight of the Bath, a younger
(-) In 1649. See Hift. Independ.-pt. ii, p. 250.
(s) His body had been buried with much ſolemnity in St. through the ſpecial favor of K. James, ſhe was, on July 1,
Peter's church in Weftminſter, on Nov. 22, 1659; but next
in his 16th year, created Counteſs of Buckingham. Dugd.
year it was taken
up again, and hanged on the gallows at
Bar, vol. ii, p. 432.
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341
TUNBRIDGE.
year
1698.
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
commonly called Beau, Fielding, having by her
ſeſſor of it, though his nephew, William Wood.
expenſive way of life waſted her eſtate, ſhe by gate, eſq; now reſides at the ſeat of Somerhill(b).
piece-meals ſold off a great part of the demeſne
There is a Court Baron held for this manor,
lands, lying moſtly on the ſouthern ſide of South.
ſeveral of the tenants of which hold by copy of
frith to different perſons, and dying in great diſ Court-roll, which is not very frequent in this
treſs, was buried accordingly, about the
part of the county.
Anno 13 George III, an act paſſed, to enable
On her death, her ſon John Villiers, calling certain perſons therein named to continue to
himſelf Earl of Buckingham (y), became poffefſed
work a peſtle-mill, heretofore employed and uſed
of Somerhill houſe and park, which laſt had been
in making Battle gunpowder, at Old Forge farm in
let to a Warrener, and thoſe demeſnes of South-
this pariſh. This mill is ſituated in the foreſt of
frith which remained unſold by his mother.
South-frith, and was, in Q. Elizabeth's time, an
o's
Soon after which, he alienated the manor of iron-foundry, ſubject to her uſe and directions.
South-frith, with the ſeat and park of Somerhill, and
NEW, or LITTLE BOUNDS,
all the lands whatever incloſed within the pales
of it to Dekins; and all the reſt of the demeſne is a ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated at the ſouthern
lands whatſoever poffefſed by him here (z), by bounds of it, and was ſo called to diſtinguiſh it
three ſeveral indentures in the years 1702, 1703, from the adjoining ſeat of Old Bounds in the next
and 1705(a), to Abraham Hill, of Sutton at Hone, pariſh of Bidborough. It was built by the Lord
eſq; in whoſe name and family they continued till Chief Baron Bury, on a piece of ground, part of
William Hill, of Carwithenick in the co. of Corn that eſtate, granted to him by one of the family
wall, eſq; about the year 1768, alienated them of Smith; and paſſed from one of his deſcen-
to Mr. Edward Whatmore, of Saliſbury, who dants, viz. Dorothy, daughter of William Rokeby,
quickly afterwards ſold them to James Templer, of Shellow in Yorkſhire, eſq; (c) by Emma his wife,
of the city of Weſtminſter, efq; the preſent por eldeſt daughter of fir William Bury, of Grantham
feffor of them. But the manor of South-frith, in the co. of Lincoln, knt. in marriage, about the
with the houſe and park of Somerhill, was deviſed latter end of the laſt century, to fir Thomas l'an-
by Dekins, who died without iſſue, to Cave, who ſon, who died ſeiſed of it on Dec. 28, 1707, and
about the year 1912,
year 1712, conveyed this eftate to Mr. was buried in Tunbridge church.
John Woodgate, of Penſkurſt, whoſe fon Henry He left iſſue by Dorothy his wife, a ſon fir
Woodgate, of Tunbridge, eſq; is the preſent poſ Thomas l'anfon (d), who reſided here, and mar-
tid
(y) On account of this claim, the title of Buckingham has Burſter, of Hever, by whom he had iſſue fix fons and five
never fince been granted; the Shefields being Dukes, and the daughters, viz. William, who was of Stonewall, and died
Hobarts Earls, of Buckinghamſhire.
unmarried ; John died young ; Henry Woodgate, now of
DUO
(2) Theſe premiſes contained upwards of 1200 acres of
Tunbridge, efq; the preſent poffeſſor of Somerhill, and un-
land and wood-ground, and lay adjoining to the high road
married ; Thomas died young; Francis, now of Mountfield
from Tunbridge to Rye, oppoſite to Somerhill park-pales and
in the co. of Suſſex, Clerk, whoſe iſſue will be mentioned
extended from thence almoſt to Pembury church.
below; John died unmarried. The daughters were, Sarah
and Elizabeth, who died unmarried; Alice, married to Ar.
(a) Viz. Nov. 28, 1702 ; April 28, 1703; Nov. the
thur Children, of Riverhill; Roſe, married to George Swaine,
fame
year, and April 30, 1705; the purchaſe moneys of
of Fiſhall, who died without iſſue ; and Anne, now of Tun-
which together amounted to 45651.
bridge, unmarried.
150 SII own
(6) The anceſtors of this family reſided at Stonewall in
Francis Woodgate, of Mountfield, Clerk, married Mary,
Chidingstone; the firſt of whom, that I have any account of,
daughter of Thompſon, of Stone-ſtreet, by whom he had iſſue
left iſſue by Joane his wife, daughter of Robert Combridge,
three ſons and ſeven daughters; of the former, William, the
of Coldharbour in Penſhurſt, a fon William, who ſucceeded
eldeft, now reſides at Somerhill. He married Frances,
at Stonewall, and left iſſue by Sarah his wife, daughter of
youngeſt daughter of Jobn Hooker, of Tunbridge, eſq; by
Streatfeild, of Oxted, two ſons; William, who was of Stone-
whom he has iſſue three fons, William-Francis
, Henry, and
wall
, eſa; Fohn, who was of Chidingstone, eſq; and died with.
John; and three daughters, Frances, Anne, and Maria.
out iſſue; and Sarah, married to John Aſhdowne, of Ren-
Stephen, the ſecond ſon, is of Sevenoke, gent. Herry, the
nejley-heath.
third, is of Sergeants Inn in London, and married the daugh-
William Woodgate, the eldeſt ſon, married Alice, daughter
ter of Hammond, of Battel in the co. of Sufex: of the latter,
of Richard Streatfeild, by whom he had iffue fix ſons and
Mary married John Afton, of London, efq; 'Roſe is unmar-
and one daughter, viz. John, purchaſer of Somer-hill, as ried ; Alice married William Aſhburnham, eſq; ſon of the
above-mentioned ; William, who was of Chidingstone, and Biſhop of Chicheſter ; Sarah, Anne, and Frances are unmar-
married the daughter of Coney, of Sevenoke, but died with-
ried ; and Elizabeth married William Humphry, Rector of
out iffue; Thomas, who was of London, and left iſſue by Suſan Seale.
his wife, daughter of Thomas Selyard, of Salmons, one ſon and
They bear for their arms-On a chevron, 3 acorns, between
two daughters; Henry, who was of Goudhurſt, and had iſſue
3. Squirrels feiant.
by Lydia Crompe his wife, three ſons and three daughters ;
(c) She died July 20, 1744, and was buried in a vault
Richard and Andrew and Stephen died without iſſue; and
in this church,
Sarah, the daughter, married William Durrant, of Frant-
field in the co. of Suſſex.
(d) Both he and his father are ſtyled Baronets on their
John Woodgate, the eldeſt ſon, was of Cheſted in Penſ-
monument in this church, but I cannot find at what time
hurſt, and afterwards of Somerhill, which he had purchaſed
the patent was granted.
as above-mentioned. He married Roje, daughter of William
Modelo conto
VOL. II.
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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
H I S T O R Y of
CA L V E R L E Y
TUNBRIDGE.
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
ried Mary, only daughter of fohn Banks, of 12 miles in circumference, though the bounds of
Kingston-ball in the co. of Dorſet, efq; and dying it have not been perambulated for many years.
on June 10, 1764, æt. 62, was buried in this
In former times, this town was little more
church. He left iſſue by her two ſons, Thomas than the ſuburbs belonging to the caſtle, and
and John, and ſeveral daughters ; of whom fir being ſituated between the two outer moats of
Thomas l'anſon, the eldeſt ſon, reſided here at
it, partook of the ſame viciſſitudes of fortune
times, and was Gentleman Porter of the Tower
as that eminent fortreſs did, in the ſeveral ſieges
San
of London. He died poffeffed of it in 1773, it underwent ; particularly in the reign of K.
leaving his widow ſurviving, who died in Feb.
Henry III, Gilbert, Earl of Glouceſter, the noble
1774; on which it deſcended to their ſon, Mr.
owner of it, having aſſociated with the rebel-
John l'anfon, who alienated it to the Right Hon.
lious Barons, the King marched and beſieged
fir Sidney Stafford Smythe, knt. Chief Baron of his
the caſtle of Tunbridge, and having ſet fire to and
Majeſty's Court of Exchequer, who died pof burned down the town, took the caſtle on May
ſeſſed of it in 1778, and by his laſt will deviſed
I, 1264.
it to his widow, the Lady Sarah Smythe, the
The houſes which at preſent compoſe this
preſent poffeffor of it.
town, are, for the moſt part, built on each ſide
of the high road leading from London to Tun-
bridge-Wells and to Rye in Suſſex, to which places
is another ſeat, likewiſe ſituated in the ſouthern the road divides at the ſouth end of the town.
part of this pariſh, which was many years ago The river Medway croſſes the town near the
the property of William Strong, eſq; from whom ſouthern extremity of it in five ſtreams, over
it came into the poſſeſſion of Thomas Panuwell, which there are as many bridges. The ſouthern-
efq; who died ſeiſed of it on Feb. 21, 1750, and moſt ſtream was antiently the main ſtream of the
was buried in this church. He died unmarried, Medway; but the northernmoſt, which was dug
ai. 78, and by his laſt will bequeathed this ſeat entirely to form the inner moat of the caſtle, is
to his friend Thomas Smith, eſq; who took on now the only navigable and main branch of the
him the name of Panuwell, and he is the preſent river; over it there has lately been built an ele-
owner, and reſides in it.
gant ſtone bridge, of three arches, in the room
Gilbert de Clare, ſon of Richard, Earl of Glou-
of the antient bridge, at the public expence of
ceſter, in the reign of K. Henry III, gave to St.
the county (i).
Andrew's priory in Rocheſter, the land which Ro The caſtle, as has been already mentioned,
bert de Watenill held, and the land of Burne in
ſtands juſt above this bridge at the ſouth-west
Tunebregge, with the meadows, fiſheries, &c.(e) corner of the town, a little below it is a ſpa-
In the 17th year of K. Edward II, the priory
cious wharf, where great quantities of the largeſt
abovementioned was in poſſeſſion of this land (f).
oak timber, which are brought out of the
Peneſhurſt,
be wafted from time to time down the river to
Edward I, confirmed to fir Thomas de Witleneye,
the royal dock at Chatham and elſewhere, for
Chaplain, and his ſucceſſors, ſerving in the free
the uſe of the navy of Great Britain. Since the
chapel of Lyghe, in pure and perpetual alms, among
river Medway has been made navigable up to this
other premiſes, 50 acres of land in this pariſh,
town, the trade of it has been greatly increaſed,
lying in two fields called Higheden and Martin-
as well as the number and wealth of the inhabi-
Lond; which lands were formerly aſſigned to that
tants, there being at this time not leſs than 120
chapel in the reign of K. Henry, by his uncle,
freeholders reſiding in it, ſo that it is now in a
fir Fobr Belemeyns, knt. (8)
flouriſhing ſtate, many good houſes having been
This chapel was ſuppreſſed by the act of the
erected in it, and ſeveral gentlemen of rank and
Iſt year of K. Edward VI, and the lands and
fortune, induced by ſo pleaſant and healthy a
revenues of it became veſted in the Crown (b).
ſituation, and a well ſupplied market, have fixed
their reſidence in it; particularly, Thomas Hooker,
eſq; Lord of the manor, and George Children (k),
The Town of Tunbridge is ſituated about the
eſq; who have both exceeding good houſes at
middle of the pariſh, which is ſaid to be near the north end of the town; near theſe is the
PRESENT STATE OF TUNBRIDGE.
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 2. (f) Ib. p. 547. (8) Ib. p. 462.
(5) See Lyghe, vol. i. of this hift. p. 426.
(i) Under the care of Mr. Hooker, of Tunbridge, and as
I have been informed, at the expence of 1000l.
(k) This family was for many generations fettled at a
houſe, called from them, Childrens, ſituated in Lower or
Nether-ftreet in Hildenborough, in this pariſh.
One of them left iſſue two ſons, John and William; the
former of whom, by Roſe his wife, left iſſue George Children,
of Lower-ftreet, eſq; High Sheriff of this county in 1698.
He died without iſſue, at. 62, on April 7, 1718, and was
buried in Tunbridge church, having by his laft will bequeathed
his eſtate to Richard Children, ſon of his uncle William Chile
dren, of Hedcorn, abovementioned.
Richard Children was of Ramburſt in Lyghe, eſq; and dy-
ing on March 23, 1753, æt. 83, was buried in Tunbridge
church, having had iſſue by Anne, daughter of Mr. John
Saxby, of Caring in Leeds, who died in 1955, æt. 77, and
was

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below.
Oct. 29,
* elved in Tunbridge church.
LOWY of TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE. I
Marrubium flore albo odorem ſed lanquidum bal-
ſchool, of which a further account will be given
lotes fpirat, folia pallidiora & minora funt, white
The town is kept exceedingly neat and clean,
borehound; found in this pariſh by Mr. Dare,
under the care of two Town Wardens, who are Apothecary of London (o).
choſen at the Court Leet of the manor every Cyperus minor paluftris, hirſutus paniculis albis
three years, and employ for that purpoſe a paleaceis ; obſerved by Mr. Du Bois, plentifully
yearly rent of about 321. per annum, ariſing from near Tunbridge (p).
certain lands, called The Town Lands, lying near Gentiana paluſtris anguſtifolia, marſh gentian or
the town of Tunbridge, bequeathed by perſons calathian violet; found by Dr. Wilmer, near the
unknown, many years ago, for this uſe.
fame (9)
A large market is kept here for cattle on the Trichomanes Tunbrigenſe frondibus pinnatis, pin-
firſt Tueſday in every month; and another market nis oblongis dichotomis decurrentibus dentatis, Tun-
for meat, poultry, &c. on a Friday weekly. A bridge trichomanes ; found in the apertures or
fair
is likewiſe held here on three days yearly, chaſms of the rocks by Mr. Dare (r).
viz. on Aſh Wedneſday, on July 5, and on An account of the famous medicinal waters,
for live cattle and toys.
uſually called Tunbridge Wells, ſituated about five
John Wilford, Citizen of London, about the
miles ſouthward from the town of Tunbridge, has
middle of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, raiſed, at his been given under the pariſh of Speldhurſt, in
own expence, the great ſtone cauſeway at the
which they are ſituated (s).
end of the town, in the high road towards
London (1).
snsd orisus a TITLE S. 9 ci isiana
This town had formerly the privilege as a
TUNBRIDGE has given title to ſeveral illuſ-
borough, of ſending Burgeſſes to Parliament ;
trious families.
but there is but one return to be found of its
Edward Stafford, the laſt Duke of Buckingham,
having ſo done, viz. to the Parliament held in
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, bore, among
the 23d year of K. Edward the I.'s reign, at
his other titles inherited from his anceſtors, that
Westminſter ; when John German and John Martin
of Baron of Tunbridge(t); but being convicted
were returned for it (ll).
bad of high treaſon in the 13th year of that reign,
An account of the dreadful ſtorm, which hap-
he was executed, and an act paſſed in the Parl.
pened on Friday Aug, 19, 1763, which entered
anno 14 and 15 of K. Henry VIII. for his at-
this county at Tunbridge Wells, and directing its
tainder, and though another act paſſed the ſame
courſe north-north-eaſt, ſpread havock and deſo-
year for the reſtitution of his ſon Henry in blood,
lation wherever it vented its fury, has already
yet it did not extend to his honors and lands.
been given under the deſcription of Maidſtone,
513
Richard Burgh, Earl of Clanrickard, &c. in the
p. 67 of this volume.
UMS did to biti kingdom of Ireland was by K. James I, on April
BOT A N
Yox.bonita 23, in his 22d year created Baron of Somerhill,
OUR Botaniſts have obſerved the following the name of the ſeat he had built in this pariſh,
ſcarce ſpecies of plants growing in this pariſh. I and Viſcount Tunbridge(u), and in the 4th year of
Lichen parvus repens, foliolis anguftis non Squa K. Charles I, Earl of St. Albans. He died Nov.
moſis, ceranoides ; by Mr. Buddle, near the town 12, 1736, and was ſucceeded in titles by his ſon
of Tunbridge (m). Anor sort Istov twiss and heir Ulick, who for his loyalty and good fer-
Lichenoides non tubulofum ramulis ſcutellis nigris
vices to K. Charles I, in his troubles, was, in
terminatis; found by Mr. Petiver, on the rocks the 21ſt year of that reign, created Marquis of
near this place (n). nis bivol doritel lasti ei o Clanrickard in the kingdom of Ireland. He died
Gernot bun
was buried by her huſband, four ſons and two daughters; of
and of Eaft Barming in this county, by whom he has iſſue
the former, John, the eldeſt, will be mentioned below ;
one fon John-George, born but ſix days before his mother's
George died unmarried, æt. 33, in 1742 ; Richard died in death, on May 18, 1777.
0940
1756, at. 42, without ſurviving iflue, having married He bears for his arms-Or, a faltire engrailed, gules.
Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of John Hooker, of Tunbridge, (1) Lamb. Peramb. p. 464.
99; who ſince remarried Mr. Joſeph Sclater, of London, (11) Willis's Notitia Parl. p. 85. By a reſolution of the
by whom ſhe has one ſon and one daughter ; and William, Houſe of Commons anno 22 James I, in the caſe of the
who died young, as did the two daughters, Elizabeth and
borough of Hertford, it appears, that the ſending and main-
taining Burgeſſes in Parliament, is no franchiſe, but a fer-
John Children,
the eldeſt ſon, married Jane, daugh vice; and as ſuch cannot be loft by diſcontinuance. See
ter of Robert Weller, of Tunbridge, efq; by whom he had vol. i, of this hiſtory, p. 29, note (a).
Bancos
iffue one fon George, and two daughters ; of whom Anne, (m) Raii Synopſis, p. 63.
the eldeft, married Mr. Richard Davenport, of London, Sur (n) Called alſo, muſeus coralloides Tunbringenfis bracteolis
geon, and died in 1766 ; and Jane married Chriſtian Albert
nigerrimis. Ibid.
p.
66.
de Paſow, a Daniſh gentleman, by whom ſhe has iſſue two (6) Ibid. p. 239. (P) Ibid. p. 427. na
ſons and one daughter. He died in 1771, and was ſucceeded (9) Hudſoni Flora Angl. p. 102. (r) Ibid. p. 461.13
by his eldeft fon George Children, now of Tunbridge, efq; (8) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 432.
who married Suſanna, ſecond daughter of the Rev. Mr. (t) Lel. Itin. vol. v, p. 111. York's Honor, p. 92.
Thomas Marſhall Jordan, Rector of Iden in the co. of Suffex, (u) York's Honor, P: 72.
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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HISTORY of
Lowy Of TUNBRIDGE.
THE
PRI ORY.
Lord of this place, for Monks of the Premont.
ſtratenfian order, commonly called White Canons,
Richard de Clare, by his foundation-charter
TUNBRIDGE.
without male iſſue, whereby his titles, and
among them that of Viſcount Tunbridge, became
extinet.
The priory of Tunbridge was founded about
William Henry de Zuleiſtein de Naſſaw was by the latter end of the reign of K. Henry II, by
let. pat. dated May 10, in the 7th year of K. Richard de Clare, the firſt Earl of Hertford, and
William III, anno 1695, created Baron of En-
field, Viſcount Tunbridge, and Earl of Rochford in
the co. of Eſſex (v). He was the ſon of Frede-
and it was dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen (a).
rick de Naſſaw, Lord of Zuleiſtein in Holland, and
natural ſon of Henry, Prince of Orange, grand to this priory, fituated within his manor of
father of K. William III, by Mary his wife,
Tonebrigge, gave to the Canons Regular in it,
daughter of fir William Killigrew, of the co. of
10 marcs, to be received yearly from his manor
Cornwall, bart. Which William Henry, Earl of
of Tonebrigge; and 51s. and 5d. to be received
Rochford, Viſcount Tunbridge, &c. died at Zu-
from all the afſarts, old as well as new, of his land
leiſtein in Holland in 1708, having had iſſue by
called Dennemanneſbrock (aa); and likewiſe yearly
Jane, daughter and heir of fir Henry Wroth, of
120 hogs in his foreſt of Tunbridge, free from pan-
Durans in the co. of Middleſex, knt. four ſons
nage ; and that the Canons ſhould have two
and four daughters (w); of whom, William-
horſes (6) every day, freely and quietly to carry
Henry, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded as Earl of Roch-
the dead wood home to them, from out of his
ford, Viſcount Tunbridge, &c. and was a Brigadier woods neareſt and moſt convenient to them; and
General in the army. He was ſain at the battle
dalen for ever, to be taken by the Earl's men.
dying unmarried, was ſucceeded in theſe titles
All which they enjoyed afterwards uninter-
by his next brother Frederick, Earl of Rochford,
rupted, as appears by an inquiſition taken in
Viſcount Tunbridge, &c. who was at that time
the 19th year of K. Edward II, at which time
one of the Nobles of the province of Utrecht ;
the manor, &c. of Tunbridge, out of which the
but on his brother's death, came into England,
above donations were payable, was in the King's
where he afterwards reſided. He died on June
hands, by reaſon of the forfeiture of Hugh de
14, 1738, in his 56th year, having had iſſue by
Audele, junior (c).
Beſley his wife, daughter of Richard Savage, Earl
Rivers (x), two ſons, William Henry, who ſuc-
In the year 1351, a ſudden and dreadful fire
ceeded him in titles, and Richard Savage Naf-
happened in this priory, which conſumed every
fat (y).
part of it to the foundations (d), together with
Which William-Henry is the preſent Earl of
all their habits, ornaments, jewels, and furni-
ture; but theſe were ſoon afterwards re-edified,
Rochford, Viſcount Tunbridge, &c, and married
in aid of which the church of Leghe was appro-
Lucy, youngeſt daughter of Edwe ard Young, of
Durnford in the co. of Wilts, by whom he has as
priated to it (e).
yet no iſſue,
In which ſituation the priory remained till the
He bears for his arms four coats, quarterly, reign of K. Henry VIII, when Cardinal Wolſey,
-Ift, azure, femee of billets, a lion rampant or,
being deſirous of founding two colleges, one at
for Naſſaw; 2d, or, a lion rampant gules, crowned Ipſwich, and the other at Oxford, and finding
a
there were ſeveral mean monaſteries in England,
a fefs gules, for Vianden ; 4th, two lions paſſant where both the revenues and the number of re-
guardant in pale or, for Catznelbog'e : over all ligious were too ſmall to keep up regular diſ-
an eſcutcheon, gules, 3 zules argent, for Zuleiſtein, cipline, church ſervice, and hoſpitality, obtained
and ſometimes a lion rampant ſable. For his a bull from Pope Clement VII, dated April 1524,
creſt-In a ducal coronet or, a pair of buck's horns for the ſuppreſſion of St. Frideſwide's priory in
gules, And for his ſupporters—Two lions ermi Oxford, and in the Sept. following another, for
nois, ducally crowned azure (Z).
ſuppreſſing, with the King's leave, as many
ſmall

of Almenara in Spain, on July 27, 1910, and one fag yearly on the feaft of St. Mary Manga
with a ducal coronet azure
, for Deitz ; 3d
, argent, where both the revenues and the number of re-
(v) Anno 7 and 8 K. William III, an a&t paſſed to na-
taralize William, Viſcount Tunbridge, and other children of
the Earl of Rochford.
(w) Of the fons, William-Henry, the eldeſt, as well as
Frederick, were ſucceſſively Earls of Rochford; Maurice was
a Colonel in the army; and Henry died unmarried. Of the
daughters, Anne died unmarried ; Mary married to Mynheer
Harvelt, of the province of Gelderland in Holland; Elizabeth
died unmarried; and Henrietta married Godart, ſecond
Earl of Athlone, and elder brother of Mynheer Harvelt above-
mentioned.
(x) She afterwards married the Rev. Mr. Carter.
(y) He married in 1751, Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of Edward Spencer, of the co, of Suffolk, efq; widow of
James, Duke of Hamilton, by whom he has iſſue a daughter
Lucy, born in 1752, and two ſons, William-Henry and
Robert.
(z) Coll. Peer, vol. iv, p. 124 et ſeq.
(a) Stev. Mon. vol. ii, p. 145. Tan. Mon. p. 212.
(aa) See above, p. 305.
(6) Summarios in orig.
(c) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 258.
(d) Viz. the church, chapter-houſe, dormitory, refectory,
library, and veſtry, which buildings are ſaid in the inſtru-
ment for the appropriation of Leghe church to this priory for
their ſupport on account of this diſaſter, to have been edificia
Splendida et nobilia.
(e) Reg. Roff, p. 464.
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TUNBRIDGE. TWOI
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
monaſteries as were needful to raiſe a revenue Cardinal, to hold during the term of his natural
To
not exceeding 3000 ducats per annum.
life and one year after, as he ſhould by his laſt
which the King having conſented, a commiſſion
will determine. He died poſſeſſed of them on
was granted to ſeveral perſons for that purpoſe, Nov. 17, 1558, being the ſame day that Q.
and this priory with 17 other ſmall ones in
Mary died, and, as it ſeems, without any par-
different counties, was ſuppreſſed (f); at which ticular deviſe of them ; upon which they again
time it appears, the ſpiritualities of it were va. | became part of the revenues of the Crown. .
bon
lued at 481. 11s. 4d. and the temporalities at Q. Elizabeth granted the ſcite of this priory
120l. 16s. Id. in the whole 16gl. 1os. 3d. to fir Henry Sidney, knt. (n) and afterwards to
per annum (g); which revenues lay in the ſeas Dame Urſula Wallingham (o). It afterwards paſſed
veral counties of: Kent, Cambridge, Suffolk, Nor-1 | into the poſſeſſion of the
into the poſſeſſion of the Lady Viſcounteſs Purbeck,
folk
, and Surry (b).arnsons bus phnal say to gail who fold it to one of the family of Poley, in
After which, the King, by his let. pat. Feb. which it continued till it was deviſed by will to
8, in his 17th year, granted the ſeveral ſuppreffed | George Weller, of Tunbridge, esg: (P) who took
monaſteries, and this of Tunbridge among them, on him the name of Poley, and afterwards reſided
together with all their manors, "lands, and pof at Boxted-ball in the co. of Suffolk, and his ſon,
feftions whatſoever, to Cardinal Wolſey
, for the George Weller Poley, now of Boxted-ball
, esq; is
better endowment of his college, commonly
ist sdo si beso
called Cardinal College, in Oxford; which let. pat.
ons to LT S T
LIST OF PRIOR S.
a celor
were confirmed by others, daced May iſt folos of loo.blodt
hope basabay
lowing (i). But this great prelate being caſt in John Oſprengge, in the reign of K. Edward I.
William Frendeſbery.
a præmunire, about four years afterwards, all
William Mallyng (9). bibobber me
the poffeflions of that college, which for want of
time had not been firinly ſettled on it, were for-
John Prynne, in 1518 (r)sliv Bet aid yd ons
feited to the King, and became part of the royal
Richard Tomlyn, in 1521 (9).
or borfassuped
revenue of the Crown (k). mert e bawoll
The buildings of this priory appear to have
K. Edward VI, by his let, pat. dated on the
been very extenſive, from the foundations ſtill
laſt day of Aug. in his 4th year, 's
year, granted to
viſible; what remains of them feem to have been
John Dudley
, Earl of Warwick, among other
ſome part of the great hall, and the chapel,
premiſes in this pariſh, all that the late priory of which is at preſent made uſe of as a barn(t) and
Tunbridge, and the manors, meſſuages, lands, oaft-ſtowage, and ſuch like uſes. 107 in
&c. parcel of the poſſeſſions of it in this county,
50 years ago, there was dug up among
to hold to him and his heirs, of the King in
theſe ruins a ſtone coffin, containing a ſkeleton,
miſes the Earl, by the title of Duke of Northum-
mouldered into duft.
berland, he having been ſo created Oct. 11, anno
5 K. Edward VI, reconveyed by his indenture, the ſcite of it ſouthward, is a well dedicated to
Feb. 18, in the 7th year of that reign, and in-
nd in- | St. Margaret, which was formerly walled round,
rolled in the Augmentation-office that day, to
and had great reſort to it before Tunbridge Wells
the King and his heirs, in exchange for other
came in vogue. It appears by the ochreous ſedi-
premiſes (m). Q. Mary granted the priory, with
ment to be ſtrongly impregnated with mineral,
the poffeffions in this county, late belonging to
but does not ſparkle like the water of thoſe
it, and the reſt of the premiſes above-mentioned,
wells.
troj 97 TO LE 911ാജൻ ! { {
to Reginald Pole, Archbiſhop of Canterbury and
dit regole 1997 las basemelodat sa 30
on to bus loosol di Yo anottato do ondunu stid on es
show e tid on
(f) This, with Leſnes in this county, was ſuppreſſed Jan.
(m) Augtn. off. Deeds of Purch. and Exch. box H.17
20th. Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 1037. Præf. Tan. Mon.
(7) Augtn. off. Leaſes and Grants, Roll 2, No. 46.
() Ibid. Roll
(8) Tan. Mon. p. 212.
3. 01:191130
(p) The Wellers bore for their arms-Sable, 2 chevronels
(b) Inquiſition in the Cardinals bundle, in the Chapter.
between 3 roſes argent.
houſe at Weſtminſter.
dan
to disi sos
On a ſtone againſt the wall in this church are the following
(i) Rym. Fød. vol. xiv, p. 156.
(k) After which K. Henry VIII, by his let. pat. dated
Alex. Weller and Elizh, Dence, nat. . . ob. 26 June, 1596
in his 31ſt year, demiſed to Robert Evereſt the ſcite Rich. Weller and Agnes Thomas, nat. .. ob. 16 March, 1616
or capital manſion late of the priory of Tunbridge, with all
Thos. Weller and Eliz. Barton, nat, 1602, ob.. 1670
its demeſne lands and appurts. therein mentioned, all which Thos. Weller and Elizh. Legat, nat. 9 O&ob. 1632, ob. 30
were then in the King's hands by virtue of the Cardinal's
attainder, for the term of 21 years, paying yearly at the Robert Weller and Eliz. Poley, nat, 12 March 1676, ob. 18
Exchequer 261. 8s. od. and 55. and 4d. as an increaſe over Septr. 1751.
and above the fame; which let. pat. he afterwards ſurren (9) Reg. Roff. p. 674.
dered in the 38th year of that reign, and had a freſh term (-) Wood's Ath. vol. i, Faſti, p. 9. 2010 ebensaist
granted in theſe premiſes. Augtn. off. Inrolments.
(s) Willis's Mitred Abb. vol. ii, p. 102. na libid
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 2. Augtn. off. Deeds of Pur-
chaſe and Exchange, box G. 18.
(t) Meſſrs. Buck, in 1735, engraved the ſouth views of
the priory and caſtle.
Vol. II.
4T
About 50
no In the priory grounds, at a ſmall dinance from
OPTION
P. XXXV.
e bist
4,
No. 37
.
names :
July 5,
Nov. 1722.
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The
HISTORY
THE
.
TUNBRIDGE.
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
void, as to the lands aſſured for the maintenance
SCHOOL.
of this ſchool (x).
The free grammar ſchool, which ſtands at Notwithſtanding which, Fiſher endeavoured
the north end of the town of Tunbridge, is of the
again to ſtrip the ſchool and Company of them,
under pretence,
that the Company was not
foundation of fir Andrew Judde, knt. a native of
rightly named as to their title of incorporation
this town, Citizen and Skinner of London, and
in the act. Which coming to be heard in the
Lord Mayor in the 5th year of K. Edw.VI. He
Houſe of Commons, upon the petition of the
erected the ſchool houſe with ſome other build-
ings belonging to it(u), and intended to endow it Company, with the conſent of Fiſher, the former
with a competent maintenance; for which pur act was confirmed that year, anno 31 of Q. Eliz.
by another act then paſſed, for the better affur-
poſe he purchaſed lands in the name of himſelf,
ing of the lands and tenements of this ſchool(y):
and one Henry Fiſher, leſt he ſhould die before
he had completed his deſign, and entruſted the About which time, in the
the accounts of the
diſburſements of this company, it is entered,
management of them and the ſchool to the Skin-
that the Maſter and Uſher of this ſchool, of
ners Company in London. After which he pro-
which the former had zol. per annum, and the
cured the King's let. pat, and licence, dated
May 16, anno 7 Edward VI, for the founding latter 81. per annum, the reparations of the build-
of it; and that the Maſter, Wardens, and Com-ings of it, and the charges at the examination
of the ſcholars amounted yearly to 50l. 2s. 3d.
monalty of Skinners ſhould be Governor's of the
poffeffions, lands, and goods of the ſchool, to and that ſix ſcholars maintained at Oxford and
be called the free Grammar School of fir Andrew Cambridge, coſt them yearly 301. (2)
Yudde, knt. in the town of Tunbridge.
Since which, the Company of Skinners have
Sir Andrew Judde died in the year 1558 (v),
executed this truſt with great liberality, having
and by his laſt will dated Sept. 2, that year,
both improved and augmented the original foun-
bequeathed the above lands, ſo purchaſed, to dation. They have doubled the ſalary of the
the Company of Skinners, for the purpoſe of
Maſter, allowed a handſome annual gratuity to
this ſchool; after which, Henry Fiſher, above-
the Uſher, beſides his ſtipend, and have uſually
mentioned, aſſigned thoſe lands, according to the
given annuities for lit
life to ſuch ſuperannuated
of the will, to the Company (w), but
Maſters, who have ſtood in need of them, and
purport
deceaſing ſoon afterwards, one Andrew Fiſher, have ſometimes continued them to their repre-
fentatives.
his ſon, endeavoured to impeach thoſe con an
oda bo
veyances, under pretence of a former one made
By the charter of K. Edward VI, the College
by his father ; but the whole being examined of All Souls were appointed Viſitors, in caſe any
in Parliament, in the 14th year of Q. Elizabeth, diſputes ſhould ariſe ; indeed, in the charter it
an act then paſſed for the aſſurance of the lands is written Collegium omnium Sanetorum ; but as
to this ſchool, in which all ſuch pretended in there is no ſuch college, and the founder of this
rolments and exemplifications were declared ſchool being of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chi-
Memorandum, that the faid bill in which one deed made in
11.V do
(a) The orignal building extends in front upwards of
the name of Henry Fiſsher, is ſuppoſed to be forged, was
100 feet in length. It is conſtructed in a plain, but neat
and uniform ſtyle, with the ſand-ſtone of the neighbouring
committed to the Right Hon. fir Walter Mildmay, Chan-
cellor, &c. and others, who have certified to the houſe, that
country. At the back part of it, there is a conſiderable ad.
dition to the Maſter's habitation, erected by the Skinner's
they found great untruth and impudency in the ſaid Andrew
Fiſsher ; and that for very vehement preſumptions they
Company in 1676, together with a hall or refectory, for the
think
uſe of the ſcholars; and a ſmall, yet elegant library built
very evil of the deed: nevertheleſs, upon
fubmiffion, they have been contented to withdraw out of
at the joint expence of the Patrons of the ſchool, and of the
Rev. Mr. Cawthorn, late Maſter of it. There are alſo de-
the bill all words that touched him in infamy, and ſo the
tached offices, a garden, and a play-ground belonging to it.
bill penned paſſed this houſe with affent on both ſides, as
well to help Tunbridge ſchool, as other, that had bought
(u) The alms-houſes founded in St. Helen's, London, at-
land of the ſaid Andrew's father, bona fide. And the ſaid
tributed by Story and others to for Andrew Judde's charity,
committees have further reported, that the ſaid matter com-
were founded by the laſt will of Elizabeth, wife of fir Wm.
ing alſo into queſtion in the higher houſe, before committees
Holles, knt. (the probate of which is dated March 28, 1544)
there, at the ſuit of Henry, brother of the ſaid Andrew,
fir Andrew Judde being one of her executors. Sec Collins
the committees of the higher houſe have for great cauſes
Hift. Coll. p. 63.
ban
agreed in opinion with the committees of this houſe con-
(w) He gave by his laſt will lands of his own in Hare
cerning the deed.
rowe-alley, amounting to gl. 105. per annum, to the Com (y) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 187, 188. At
pany
in truft for charitable uſes. Strype's Stow's Survey, this time the Company, in proſecuting theſe fuits and other
book v, p. 188.
matters, had expended 4000l. Ibid. 61.
(x) In the Journals of the Houſe of Commons, anno 15 (z) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 189. The lands
Elizabeth, 1572, is this entry:
left by the will of fir Andrew Judde, for the maintenance of
Lunæ 30 Junii.
this ſchool and other charities, to the Skinner's Company,
It is this day ordered upon the queſtion, that touching the amounted to 561. and 4d. per annum, and were ſituated in
bill paſſed in this houſe for the ſchool of Tunbridge and An the pariſhes of St. Pancrace, Allhallows, Grace church-ftreets,
drew Fiſsher, theſe words following ſhall be ſet down, viz, St. Laurence Pountney, St. Peters, and St. Helens. Ibid. p.188.
Fifsber?
P.
chele,

The H I S I OR of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
347
Robert
LowY OF TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE:
chele, the founder of that college, the late learned each to ſcholars, who ſhould have ſpent two
for William Blackſtone was of opinion, that the full years in the upper claſs.
3. The will directs,
word ſanctorum was a miſtake of the tranſcriber that the perſon choſen by the Skinners Company
for animarum, and that the College of All Souls to one of their own exhibitions may alſo enjoy
was meant by the founder for this part of the one of theſe, or if there ſhould be any one ſcho-
truſt: though it is not upon record, that theſe lar recommended by the Maſter, as qualified in
Viſitors have at any time been appealed to. an eminent degree above others, he may enjoy
The ſtatutes of the ſchool were peruſed, ap- both Mr. Worrall's exhibitions as they fall, if
proved, and ſubſcribed by Archbiſhop Parker and the Head and Senior Fellows of the college ſig-
Dr. Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's. Among other nify their concurrence.
matters contained in them, it is ordained, that Thomas Lampard gave an exhibition of four
the Maſter of the ſchool ſhall be a Maſter of Arts, marcs, to be paid quarterly to a ſcholar of Tun.
if it may be, and that the Uſher ſhall be choſen bridge ſchool.
by him; and that the Maſter ſhall have
ſhall have authority
Holmedon bequeathed by his laſt will
to reject ſuch as apply for gratis inſtruction, or 41. a year in the diſpoſal of the Leatherſellers
day boys, unleſs they can write competently, and Company, to be given to a ſcholar of this ſchool
read Latin and Engliſh perfectly (a).
on failure of a claimant from another ſchool, at
The greateſt benefactor to this
is ſchool, next
the time of vacancy.
to the founder, was fir Thomas Smith, knt. fecond Sir Thomas White directed by his laſt will, that
fon of Cuſtomer Smith, by Alice, daughter and in the choice of a Bible Clerk, or Ædituus of his
heir of fir Andrew Judde before mentioned, who college of St. John in Oxford, a preference ſhould
bequeathed lands to the Skinners Company in truft, be given to the candidates educated at either of
other purpoſes, to pay to the Maſter of the ſchools which ſupply that college, of which
this ſchool 10l. per annum ; to the Uſher of it 51. Tunbridge is one. The ſalary and emoluments
to ſix ſcholars to be elected to the univerſity from are 30l. per annum, and it is compatible with any
it 60l. per annum ; to the Skinners Company to- of the above-mentioned exhibitions, and is now
wards the expence of their annual
of their annual viſitations, an enjoyed by a ſcholar of this ſchool, together with
account of which will be given below, 6l. 135.4d. one of fir Thomas Smith's exhibitions.
per annum; and alſo the ſum of 241. per annum, Sir Thomas White was Lord Mayor of London
to buy a piece of cloth, to be diſtributed to 24
in the year 1554, and of the Merchant Taylors
poor perſons, one piece of it to each of them,
Company. His charities were moſt liberal and
at the annual viſitation above-mentioned.
extenſive(c). He was an intimate friend of fir An-
There are ſeveral exhibitions appropriated to this
drew Judde, and propter eximium amorem in eum,
ſchool, beſides thoſe of fir Thomas Smith above-
as the ſtatutes of his college of St. John tell us,
mentioned, which were to be paid in exhibitions
gave one of his fellowſhips to Tunbridge ſchool,
of 10l. a year each, for ſeven years, to fix poor
which was founded but a little while before that
ſcholars, who ſhould go immediately from it to
college. The probationary, fellow, or ſcholar,
either of the univerſities.
when nominated, muſt be ſent immediately from
Mr. Fiſher, for Andrew Judde’s executor, in
the ſchool, that is, he muſt not have left the
1562, endowed an exhibition for a ſcholar, who
ſchool before the vacancy; for the ſtatute ex-
ſhould go to Oxford from this ſchool.
preſsly ſays, that the electors ex fuis fcholis mit-
Mr. Lewis endowed an exhibition for one ſcho-
tendos curent (d)
lar, going from hence to Cambridge.
Lady Margaret, relict of fir William Boſwell,
Sir James Lancaſter, knt. in 1620, endowed
knt. deceaſed in 1692, and by her laſt will be-
four more exhibitions, for ſuch as ſhould go to
queathed a farm, called Halywell, at Burnham
either of the univerſities(b).
in the co. of Eſex, to certain truſtees, to diſpoſe
Mr. Worrall gave two exhibitions of 61. a year
of the yearly rents to ſeveral charitable uſes;
among
(a) Diſputes having ariſen concerning the extent of the
freedom of the ſchool, in 1693 an appeal was made from
the Town of Tunbridge to the Skinners Company, who there-
upon limited its freedom according to the words of the char-
ter to the emolument, Juvenum in villa et patria adjacenti,
of the boys inhabiting the town and adjacent country; and
this, according to the opinion of the late Lord Chancellor
Yorke, was a very fair and reaſonable conſtruction. Not-
withſtanding which another warm diſpute on this ſubject
aroſe again in 1764; when after conſulting the moſt learned
Council, viz. Yorke, Norton, De Grey, Blackſtone, and Huſey,
it was reſolved at a court holden by the Skinners, at their
hall, on Jan. 24, 1765, that the children of the town and
pariſh of Tunbridge, who could write competently and read
Latin and Engliſh perfectly, ſhould be inſtructed on proper
application to the Maſter, without
any
confider-
ation excepting the ftatutable entrance-money; but Judge
Blackſtone was of opinion, that the college of All Souls
ought to have been conſulted.
(6) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 61.
(c) See an account of theſe extenſive charities in Strype's
Stow's Survey, vol. i, book i, p. 263.
(d) The ſtatutes direct that the nomination of the Fellow
ſhall be made by the Pretores vel Seniores of the ſeveral cor-
porate towns from which Fellows are ſent to St. John's College;
but as Tunbridge is not a corporation, nor either Mayors or
Aldermen or any ſuch, who anſwer the above defcription, in
it, there have been great debates to whom the election pro-
perly belongs. The nomination has always hitherto been
ſigned by the Maſter and a few of the principal inhabitants
of the Town, and the College has invariably admitted its
validity, though opponents have more than once endea-
voured to ſet it aſide.
payment of
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348
of K E N T.
Ibe H. I S T O R Y Cof
hew
the capa-
Como
e by will fix two-penny
town;
Bogor
1578. gave by will an
for ever. So yea of
Tuo ono
TIO TIS
ο ο..
hi
TUNBRIDGE
Lowy or TUNBRIDGE.
among which, to Jeſus College in Cambridge, for
Viceſimus Knox, LL. B. Jan. 1771, reſig: June
two ſcholarſhips, 121. per annum each; the ſcho 1778 (m), istiqu to w stos
lars to be called fir William Boſwell's ſcholars, Vicefimus Knox, A. M. 1778. Preſent Mas.
and to be choſen out of Sevenoke ſchool in thi
ter (n).
part bas
county, and for want of lads fitting there, then 003 tot aidano1 Tobniot er dan
from this ſchool of Tunbridge, and upon every
steds and CH A RITI E Soodus
vacancy, 31. a piece to two of the Fellows of
Sir Thomas Smith, of London, knt. Sept. 4
that college, to come over and prove
1624, gave by will to the poor of Tunbridge and
cities of the lads (e).
Bidborough, 12 four-penny loaves of wheaten
Mr. John Strong left by will a ſum of money bread weekly for ever ; and alſo to each of the
in truſt, for the apprenticing to ſome marine faid
poor yearly, cloth for winter gar
garments of
buſineſs, a ſcholar, educated at the great ſchool
the value of 208. payable by the Skinners Com.
at Tunbridge ; but it does not appear, that this pany (0). ils nose bus
sola
bequeſt has ever been claimed by any ſcholar of John Brigbling, of Tonbridge, Blackſmith,
this ſchool.
May 10, 1648, gave
This ſchool continues under the management
loaves of bread to lis poor honda
poor
houſholders of this
of the Company of Skinners, who, in purſuance
of the ſtatutes, viſit it annually in the month of two houſes in Mill-lane, alias Eaſt-lane, for alms-
May, at a very conſiderable expence (f). houſes.
DU PL26W 10bitor SNI 01
bre
It has always maintained a good reputation, William Sulham, Citizen and Merchant Taylor
of London, March 23, 1578,
TIN
as well for the learning of the ſcholars educated
in it, as the eminent abilities of the Maſters who annuity
ity of 31. and 2s. to the poor of this pariſh
have had from time to time the care of it. But
the regiſter of the ſchool having been irregularly Mrs. Saras Ward, of London, widow, Dec.
kept, I have not been able to obtain a complete 9, 1664, gave by will 50s. per annum for ever
lift of the latter; the following are the only to the poor of this town.
names of the Maſters that I have met with.
Robert Goodhugh, of Tonbridge, Yeoman, Dec.
Fohn Procter, A. M. firſt Maſter in the reign 17, 1662, gave by will to the poor of this pariſh
of Q. Elizabeth (8).
30s. per annum for ever.
Thomas Horne, A. M. about 1636, reſigned
Thomas Lampard, of Tonbridge, Yeoman, Aug.
53 10
about 1646 (b).
22, 1593, gave by his will to the poor of this
Nicholas Grey, D. D. about 1650, reſigned pariſh, a houſe in the town called the White-borſe,
1660 (i).
near the Market-croſs; and to a poor ſcholar of
John Goad, B.D. in 1660, reſig. July 1661(k). this pariſh and ſchool, to be preferred to the
Wafe, A. M. obt. 1700.
univerſity for five years, an annuity of 21.
135.
Thomas Roots, A. M. in 1700, obt. 1714. 4d. ifſuing out of lands at Lamberherſt (o).
o no. Damonostora)
Richard Spencer, A. M. in 1714, reſig. 1743. Francis Skeffington, of Tonbridge, eſq; April 26,
James Cawthorn, 1743, obt. April 15, 1761(1). 1684, gave by will 2 101. to purchaſe an annuity,
Johnſon Towers, A. M. 1761, obt. 1770. to provide 12 four-penny loaves of wheaten
dorotica
(e) See Sevenoke, p. 356.
heads. Such is the form which has been conſtantly obſerved
(f) They are attended, as the ſtatutes direct, by a very ever ſince the foundation of the ſchool.
reſpectable Clergyman of London, whoſe buſineſs it is to
(8) Fellow of All Souls College. Wood's Ath. vol.i, p.97.
examine the ſeveral claſſes of the ſchool. On the arrival of
(b) He firſt taught ſchool in London, and was afterwards
the Company, &c. in their carriages, at the gates of the
Maſter of the free ſchool in Leicefier, where he remained
ſchool, a congratulatory oration in Latin is ſpoken by the
two years, and was then choſen Maſter of this ſchool, which
head boy. The company then proceed to church, where
he reſigned after 10 years, on being advanced to be Maſter
they diſtribute bread, money, and cloaths to a number of
of Eaton ſchool near Windſor. Wood's Ath. vol.ii, p. 178.
poor perſons of the pariſhes of Tunbridge, Bidborough, and
(i) He was firſt Maſter of the Charter-houſe ſchool ; but
Speldhurſt, according to the will of fir Thomas Smith. On
marrying contrary to the ſtatutes, he was obliged to reſign,
their return, after a cold collation, they ſurvey the build after which he was ſucceſſively Maſter of Merchant Taylors
ings, and give orders for all neceſſary repairs. They next and of Eaton ſchools, from which laſt, as well as from his
proceed to the ſchool, where, after a few Latin orations, the
fellowſhip and living, he was oufted by the Preſbyterians,
examination begins; at the cloſe of which the whole com in the time of the rebellion, and was put to great diſtreſſes,
pany, which confifts, beſides the viſitors and their friends,
till at length he obtained this ſchool at or before the rule of
of the neighbouring gentry and clergy, retire to dinner, Oliver. Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 252.
which is ſerved up in the library, and in other rooms in the
(k) He reſigned this ſchool on being made Maſter of
Maſter's houſe. At five o'clock they return to the ſchool,
Merchant Taylors ſchool. Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 838.
and the grammatical diſputations, a very antient exerciſe,
are commenced by the fix ſenior ſcholars. Theſe exerciſes
He died, æt. 40, and was buried in this church.
conclude with the repetition of Engliſh or Latin verſes. The
(m) He retired after his reſignation to Penſhurſt, where
Examiner then diſtributes, according to the ſtatutes, as an he died on Feb. 3, 1780, and was buried in the chancel of
honorary reward, a ſilver pen gilt, to each of the fix ſenior Tunbridge church.
ſcholars, who on that day walk in proceffion to the church, (n) Late Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford.
before their patrons, with garlands of freſh lowers on their (0) See above, p. 347.
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349
TUNBRIDGE.
s, there are bloopers reme. in 1920, gave a brazen
6995
which lan
diction of the
and Se
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
bread weekly for ever, for 12 poor people of annum for ever to the Miniſter of Tunbridge, and
this town and Hilden Borough, conſtant frequenters
his ſucceſſors, to preach a ſermon on every Al-
of the church ; and in 1695 his truſtees pur. cenſion-day. bru byly oslo di
chaſed an annuity of 1ol. 1os. iſſuing out of the George Hooper, of Tunbridge, Scrivener, gave
one dozen and a half of leathern buckets for
Roſe and Crown Inn in this town, to the uſes of
his will (9).
Insigt || the uſe of this town.no VAN
John Petley, of Tunbridge, gent. April 23, George Hooper, gent. in 1720, gave a brazen
1705, gave by will fix four-penny loaves of ſconce to this church; and by his laſt will, dated
wheaten bread to fix poor people of this town, in 1759, gave a ſum of money to new pew and
to be diſpoſed of by Mr. John Wood, and his pave this church, which was expended accord,
heirs. The right of diſpoſal is now in T. Hooker, ingly by his truſtees.
Sir Thomas Dyke, of Lullingstone, bart. July
George Petley, of Tunbridge, gent. Nov. 13, 13, 1750, ſettled by deed an annuity of gl. to
1704, gave by will 2001. to be laid out in build be expended in inſtructing ſo many boys and
ing fix alms-houſes, which was afterwards done girls as could be taught for the fame; the boys
in Tunbridge town; and the yearly ſum of 5l. 45.
to be taught to read and write Engliſh, and caſt
for fix four-penny loaves to be diſtributed accounts; the girls to read Engliſh, knit, and
weekly to the poor; and the ſum of 31. for ſew plain work. The children to be found from
for the repair of the ſaid alms-houſes, and
ever,
Tunbridge and Eynsford, of which Eynsford to
if there were no repairs wanting, then to the
find two, and the reſt from Tunbridge, two of
poor
therein placed; and 31. per annum to the
to be had. The objects of this charity are, ſuch
Miniſter, to preach a ſermon on Good Friday : the
children only, whoſe parents are not able,
ſaid moneys to be paid out of the tythe-wards
of Hayſden and Little Barden in this pariſh (r).
of their own ſubſtance, to have them ſo in-
Carew Holford, of Tunbridge, gent. April 10,
ſtructed.
1732, gave by deed an annuity of 50s. per annum,
There is a charity ſchool in this pariſh, ſup-
to provide fix poor people of this town with ſix ported partly by the above-mentioned legacy
two penny loaves of wheaten bread.
of gl. of fir Thomas Dyke, bart. and partly by the
Thomas Deakins, of Tunbridge, gent. May 18, voluntary contributions of the inhabitants of this
1707, gave to this pariſh sol. to put out 10
non hogad
poor boys apprentices; and gol. more to the
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
poor, which was laid out in building two alms-
houſes.
a insand
TUNBRIDGE is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ.
George Children, of Tunbrįdge, eſq; Dec. 11,
1713, gave by will to the poor of Hilden Borough
Malling
in Tunbridge, 12 four-penny loaves of wheaten The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter
bread weekly for ever. DM ni oriva
John Willard, of Tunbridge, Victualler, Nov. ing a ſquare tower at the weſt end (rr). It was
7, 1719, gave an annuity of 61. per annum for
much ornamented and new pewed ſome years
ever to the Churchwardens and Overſeers of the ago, by a legacy of 500l. bequeathed for that
poor of Tunbridge, to be employed in the ſchool. purpoſe by Mr. Hooper, of this pariſh.
ing and inſtructing eight poor children of this It antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother
pariſh, none to continue longer at ſchool than church of the dioceſe(s).
three years. si ban
un 1997
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Hertford, is ſaid to
Henry Briſtow, of Tunbridge, Yeoman, gave by have given this church to the Monks of Lewes
his will to fix poor people of this pariſh, fix in Suſſex; however that be, on his death without
two-penny loaves of bread weekly for ever.
anno 17 K. Stephen, his brother
Elizabeth Weller, of Tunbridge, Spinſter,
1
and heir Roger de Clare, Earl of Hertford, reſumed
30, 1677, gave by will an annuity of 61. per the property of it, and in the next reign of K.
esqua
() See Hildenborough above, p. 334.
w x16 22.9
when
for op.bgor (or
Of matchleſs form, adorn'd with wit refin’d,
(r) He was ſon of John Petley, of Downe. Theſe houſes A feeling heart, and an enlighten'd mind; ist odt ditiva
ſtand at the ſouth end of the town of Tunbridge.
Of Softeſt manners, beauty's rareft bloom,
(rr) At the ſouth-east corner of the church-yard, is a Here Elliot lies and moulders in her tomb.
handſome tomb of white marble, with a well carved urn Cb bleft with genius! early ſnatch'd away!
ſtanding on it.
The muſe that joyful mark'd thy op'ning ray, V (1)
It is erected to the memory of the celebrated and amiable Now, sad reverſe! attends thy mournful bier, 4 )
Miſs Elliot, the Adreſs, a native of this pariſh, whoſe re And o'er thy relics feeds the guſhing tear.
mains are depoſited in the vault underneath it.
Here Fancy oft' the hallow'd mould ſhall tread,
On the north fide of the tomb is this inſcription :
Recall thee living, and lament Thee dead:
ble
ANN ELLIOT,
sit Here Freindſhip oft ſall figh till life be o'er ;
Daughter of RICHARD and MARY ELLIOT,
19 And Death ſhall bid thy image charm no more.
Born the 16th Nov, 1743, died the 30th May, 1769.
() ,
Text. Roff. p. 228.
Henry
pariſh.
a
iffue in 1151,
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&c. (f)
1
man
p.
Mepeham, Sacriſt of the church of Rochester, a
among oth 324 year, had demiſed to Ralph Fane, efq;
Lowy of TUNBRIDGE.
TUNBRIDGE.
Thomas Martyr (b), worth yearly 90 marcs, and
Henry II, by his charter, gave to the brethren
part of the antient poſſeſſions of that hoſpital;
of the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem, the church
of Tunbridge, with the chapel and appurts. be and upon a like writ in the 21ſt year of K.
Edward III, Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, certified
longing to it, to the uſe of the poor of that
to the King's Treaſurer, &c. that the ſaid ho.
hoſpital, in pure and perpetual alms. And by
another grant, he gave and confirmed to them ſpital poſſeſſed this pariſh church, with the cha
the advowſon of this church, and the right which pel of Schybourne and of Capele, which were then
he had in it, for the like purpoſe. airsoon)
taxed at 80 marcs ſterling. In the regiſter
Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, confirmed this gift, of John Fiſher, Biſhop of Rocheſter
, in the 24th
year of K. Henry VII, anno 1508, it appears,
and on the reſignation of this church into his
the Biſhop received from the vicarage of this
hands by John de Ver, Parſon of it, he con-
church an annual penſion of 4os. (e) In the
firmed the parſonage of it, then vacant, to the
18th year of K. Henry VIII, Thomas Docwra,
brethren of that hoſpital, in perpetual alms (v).
the Prior, and the Brethren of the hoſpital de
K. John, in his iſt year, confirmed this church
miſed for 14 years, to Richard Fane, of Tudeley,
with its appurts, among other poſſeſſions, to the
gent. their parſonage of Tunbridge, with all
above-mentioned hoſpital (w).
tythes, lands, commodities, &c. excepting the
Pope Clement IV, by his bull, dated at Viterbo
advowſon of the vicarage, and the woods and
on the ides of March, in the 3d year of his pon-
underwoods, at the yearly rent of 141. ſterling,
'tificate, anno 1267, granted licence to the Prior
se on9t9W 93 I
and Brethren of the hospital of St. John of Jeru-
In which ſtate the church continued at the
Salem, to enter into and take poſſeſſion of this
diffolution of the hoſpital in the 32d year of K.
church on the firſt vacancy of it, and to apply Henry VIII, when this order was ſuppreſſed by
it, with its appurts, to their own proper uſes,
an act ſpecially paſſed for the purpoſe, and all
provided, nevertheleſs, that a fit portion from
their lands and revenues were given by it to the
the income of it was aſſigned to a perpetual Vicar
King, and his heirs for ever (8); and the fee of
it continued in the hands of the Crown till K.
port of the burthens of this church; and the
Edward VI, July 16, in his iſt year, granted
Biſhop and Archdeacon of Rocheſter were, by letters both the rectory and advowfon to fir Ralph Fane,
mandatory, inhibited from diſturbing the Prior
and Lady Elizabeth Fane his wife, to hold in ca-
and Brethren in their right and poſſeſſion of it;
pite by knights ſervice (b). inorgan arºd 1004
and they were that year admitted into the cor-
On fir Ralph Fane's death, Lady Elizabeth Fane,
poral poſſeſſion of it (the ſame being then
his widow, became poſſeſſed of them and in the
in the perſon of their Proctor, brother Henry,
2d and 3d year of Philip and Mary, alienated,
Maſter of the hoſpital of Jeruſalem, of Sutton(%).
with the Queen's licence, the rectory, with its
In the 52d year of K. Henry III, Thomas de appurts. to Henry Stubberfield, of Tunbridge, Yeo-
man (i), who in Michaelmas Term, anno 3 0.
others, being examined on oath, concerning the Elizabeth, levied a fine of it, and foon afterwards
revenues of the Biſhop of Rocheſter's table, af ſold it to Alexander Culpeper, by the deſcription
firmed, that the Biſhop received an annual pen-
of the rectory of Tunbridge, with its appurts.
fion of three marcs from the pariſh church of and all meſſuages, lands, tenements, tythes, &c.
Tunbridge (a).
in the pariſh of Tunbridge, in the wards of Tun-
in the
,
K. Edward II, certified to the King's Treaſurer, great park of South-frith, and in the park and
&c. in obedience to the King's writ, that the lands incloſed, called North-fryth, the Poſtern,
Prior of the boſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem pof and the Cage, parcel of the ſaid rectory (k). 21
ſeſſed the appropriation of the church of Tun. He paſſed it away by fale in the 7th year of
bridge, with the chapels of Schiburne and St. Q. Eliz. anno 1564, to Wm. Denton, eſg:(1) whoſe
boruto
10 10
0.668.666.ns i to V1194019 ore
linnas na lliwyd sveg tror
(v) Reg. Roff. p. 665,
but by what means, I don't find. Strype's Annals, voi. i,
(w) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 510. Pope Boniface VIII,
P. 552, appendix, p. 100.
anno 1304, confirmed this church to the hoſpital, together
5 (b) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 6. Rolls of Particulars Augtn.
with the reſt of their poſſeſſions.
box F. 8. K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Jan.
2 3 meses do not to
(z) Reg. Roff. p. 668, 669. but on 11
his ,
other premiſes, the rectory of the church of Tun-
(a) Ibid. p. 65. dan siang stius nold
bridge, late parcel of the commandery or preceptory of Well
(6) Viz. Capel
Peckham, by authority of Parliament ſuppreffed and diſ-
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 126, 128, 142.
folved, together with all meſfuages, lands, rents, &c. with
their appurts, to the fame belonging, excepting all tim-
(f) Ibid. p. 675.
ber-trees, woods, &c. and the advowſon of the church, to
(8) It appears by a letter of Q. Anne Bulleyn to Archbiſhop
hold for 21 years. Augen, off. Inrolments.
Cranmer, before the year 1533, that the advowſon of the
(i) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 9. (k) Rot. E ch.
vicarage of Tunbridge was then in the diſpoſal of her father,
(l) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 8. He was ſon of Nicholas,
Thomas, Earl of Wiltſhire and Ormond, who died anno 1538,
and grandſon of Henry Denton, of the co. of Cumberland,
elai
then vacant)
10
992
off to
15, in his
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The
351
HISTORY Oof K DHN T.
TUNBRIDGE.
in
LOWY OF TUNBRIDGE.
and in his eſtates in the North; and by William,
eldeſt ſon Anthony had livery of it on his father's
his ſecond ſon, in this advowſon and the reſt of
death, in the 25th year of that reign, it being
his eſtates in this county. Which William Vane,
then held of the Queen in capite by knights
eſq; was on Oct. 13, 1720, by lett. pat. created
ſervice (m).
Viſcount Vane, and Baron of Duncannon in the co.
He was afterwards knighted, and was one of
of Tyrone in the kingdom of Ireland.
the Gentlemen of the Band of Penſioners, as
well to that Queen as to K. James I, and dying | He died ſuddenly at his ſeat of Fairlane in this
county, on May 20, 1734, and was ſucceeded
in 1615, without iſſue (n), it deſcended to his
in titles and eſtates by his only ſurviving fon,
nephew, William Denton, eſq; and his three bro-
the
par-
e
Lord Viſcount Vane (p),
the preſent Patron of the vicarage of this
cels
, at times, to ſeveral perfons, to fome in
church. SASSINS
diſtricts, or tythe-wards, and to
I to others as to
Wood ai meuw 21-11
to buto
their own lands only; which accounts for the In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
ſeveral lands in this pariſh which are now, and of Tunbridge was valued at eight marcs (9). T
have from that time, been exempt from the paya The vicarage of Tunbridge is valued in the
ment of the rectorial tythes. to 1000 zauro
King's books at 20l. 35. 4d. and the yearly
At preſent, this parſonage conſiſts of the fol tenths at 21. os. 4d. (r) 019 air to bodovib sd
lowing tytbe-wards : Isten til at blogi og anti trgisi artis 1o
ed to CHURCH OF TUNBRIDG. E. -gab
Haiſden and Little Barden, poffeffed by Thomas
Hooker, eſq; (0) wuits TV Basweb
Patrons, og grlu v Bernste mort
-- by -
or by whom preſented.
Hilden,
by Smith, eſq;
jong to RectoRs. nors
Poſtern,
- by Mr. James Eldridge ; bu
Prior and Convent (s) William de Ver, in the
Town,
by fir John Honywood, bart.
bers 1597 laft Rector, reſigned.
of Tunbridge. reign of K. Henry II, the
Barn Mill, bs by Henry Goodwin, eſq; and
Southborough, A- by — Broadhurſt, eſq;
VICARS.
oorsgatasi wanzarola
But the advotjon of the vicarage of this church
(t) Sir Thomas, anno 1393.
Wom
continued in the family of Fane, or, as they Family of Vane. (u) Edw. Aſhburnham, A.M.
afterwards wrote themſelves, Vane. Henry Fane,
of Hadlow-place, died feiſed of it in the 38th
19 line wind is 1630, ſequeſtered 1642.
Bener 2012 (v) John Stileman, A. M.
year of Q. Elizabeth; his ſon, fir Henry Vane,
knt. for ſo he wrote himſelf, was of Raby-caſtle
schlistLeg vínommen 1649, obt. 1685. 5eur
in the county of Durham, and being excepted
ni bisa anda i Richard Higgins, obt. Sept.
out of the general pardon at the reſtoration
yd 2011 (9) ! 30, 1705.
of K. Charles II, was convicted of high trea-
de todo el John Triſtram, obt. O&. 29,
fon, and executed on Tower-bill. His eldeſt ſon
yadi o 169 1712. i 1
Thomas fucceeded to the patronage of this
act ows aidd (2) William Davis, inſtit.
vicarage ; but dying without iffue, his brother
Juan berita bao
1712, obt. Jan. 29, 1747.
9 no zoishi son
Chriſtopher became his heir,
Henry Hemington, 1748, relig.
of beuolu
10
created Lord Barnard of Barnard's Caſtle in the
1756.
-hi un to not un
Castrelos air ad
biſhopric of Durham. He died in 1723, and
Henry Harpur, A. M. 1756.
2011mob obo
was ſucceeded by Gilbert, his eldeſt ſon, in title
orionism iot 91 es ginti yiovo 110 20 30
efq; by his fecond wife, daughter of Crakenthorpe; William
meets with Bidborough; they contain about 1154 acres,
na odwo
Denton, above-mentioned, had two ſons, fir Alexander Den.
were formerly the property of John Petley, of Oldbery-hill
ton, knt. and William; the laſt of whom by Anne his wife,
in Ightham, eſq; who probably purchaſed them of the Den-
daughter of Walter, ſecond ſon of Lord Windſor, had iſſue five ton's. He lived in the reign of K. Charles I, and at his death
fons and fix daughters. Of the former, Ruſſel died in his life deviſed them to Gilbert Wood, of Marks-croſs in the co. of
time, without iſſue ; and William, Anthony, Walter, and Suſſex, gent, who had married Elizabeth his daughter. Their
Arthur, became their uncle's heirs in this parſonage. Viitn.
ſon, J. Wood, of Tunbridge, left iſſue an only daughter and
co. Kent, 1619.
heir Elizabeth, who married John Hooker, of Tunbridge, eſq;
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
bas HODOHOS
father of Thomas Hooker, of Tunbridge, eſq; the preſent pof-
(n) He died on Aug. 26, 1615, and lies buried in this
church. His monument ftill remains againſt the wall on
(P) See Shipborne above, p. 253. hel dt woh
the ſouth ſide of the altar, with the figures at large of him-
(9) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 456. T 21wna
ſelf and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Ifbam, of
(r) E&. Theſ. p. 383. geit TILY .
Langport in the co. of Northampton, eſq; both reclining
on cuſhions, the former in armour, and the latter in the
(s) Reg. Roff. p. 666. (1) Ibid. p. 468.V01501
dreſs of that time. She afterwards married fr Paul Dewes,
(u) Coll. Bar. vol. iii, p. 285. Walker's Sufferings of
of the co. of Suffolk, knt.
the Clergy, pt. ii, p. 183.
(6) Theſe two tythe-wards lie between the river Medway
(v) Kennet's Chron,
and the road which goes by Lady Smythe's ſeat of Bounds to
(w) He was alſo Curate of Shipborne, and lies buried in
Penſburji, extending to Princes-ſtyle, Aſhours, and Sidney-
coppice, as far as the pariſh of Tunbridge reaches, until it
and
was in 1699
Preſent Vicar. Jolis 25
2.
feſſor of them.
this church.
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the Lowy of Tunbridge on se encompaſſes
of Q. Eliz, who granted the Hundred of
The HISTORY of K E N T.
TELUT 10 YWOH'.
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The HUNDRED of W A CHLINGSTON E.
vitha zift yd
Tiem
the offices of Steward and Under-Steward of
the Hundred of Wachelmyſtone, among others, for
and ſouth fides of it. It is written in the ſurvey the term of his life, with all profits, advantages,
of Domeſday, Warcheleſtan.
&c. which grant he ſurrendered into the hands
The King and the Archbiſhop of Canterbury were
of K. Edward VI, in his 4th year, who then
Lords of this Hundred in the beginning of K. made another like grant of the ſame to him,
Edward II.'s reign (x). How the latter came to Thomas Cotton, of Weſt Peckham, eſq; and fir
be diveſted of his property in it, I have not William Broke, knt. ſon of the ſaid Lord Cobbam,
found; but in the 15th year of that reign, the to hold during their natural lives, or the longeſt
King was poſſeſſed of the intire fee of it, for he || liver of them (d).
bo
then granted it, by the conſent of Parliament, K. Edward VI. afterwards, by his let. pat,
among other eſtates of greater value, to Edmund
that year, granted this Hundred in fee to John
of Woodſtock, his half-brother, whom he at the Dudley, Earl of Warwick, who was the next year
ſame time made Earl of Kent (y), and he died created Duke of Northumberland, and he, in the
poffeffed of it in the 4th year of K. Edward
7th year of that reign, exchanged it with the
King, among other premiſes (e). After which, it
His fons, Edmund and John Plantagenet, Earls || ſeems to have remained in the Crown till the 32d
of Kent, dying without iſſue, Joane their ſiſter,
year
uſually ſtyled the Fair Maid of Kent, wife of fir Wachling stone to fir William Brooke, knt. Lord
Thomas Holand, knt. became their heir and en Cobham, at the yearly rent of 30s. He died pof-
titled to this Hundred. She afterwards remarried feffed of it in the 39th year of that reign, and
Edward, Prince of Wales, commonly called the was ſucceeded in title and eſtate by his eldeſt
Black Prince, and died ſeiſed of this Hundred in ſon, Henry, Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the
the gth year of K. Richard II.(a) Her ſon, by Five Ports, Conſtable of Dover Caſtle, &c. who
her firſt huſband, Thomas Holand, Earl of Kent, being attainted of high treaſon in the firſt year
died poſſeſſed of it in the 20th year of that reign; of K. James I, his eſtates became forfeited to
after which it was poffeffed by his two ſons, the Crown, and were confirmed to it by an act
I'homas, created Duke of Surry, and Edmund, Earl paſſed ſpecially for that purpoſe, two years af-
of Kent, who both died without iſſue; on the terwards; ſince which, this Hundred has con-
death of the latter, his four ſiſters were found to tinued among the poſſeſſions of the Crown, where
be his coheirs, and on the partition of their in it remains at preſent (f). To opodid
heritance, this Hundred, among other demeſnes,
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, on levy-
was allotted to Joane his fourth ſiſter, Dutcheſs
ing 40s, on every knight's fee, for making the
of York, who appears to have died without iſſue
Black Prince a Knight, This Hundred anſwered
in the 12th year of K. Henry VI, feiſed of this for three knights fees and a half, and the fixth
Hundred (b).
part of a knight's fee.
Upon the diviſion of her inheritance among
bart No olbroo) 20 odgoal
her fifters, Margaret, firſt married to John, Earl
moi alt i It contains the pariſhes of, zit bas auch
bei wuhi tuodiw 3mm)
of Somerſet, and afterwards to Thomas, Duke of
TUDELEY in part;
50 tot 163,
Clarence, became pofſeffed of this Hundred, of
2, PEMBURY in part;
ptdi 29.
which ſhe died ſeiſed in the 18th year of that
3, BiDBOROUGH; and,
29. vakia
reign (c).
4, ASHURST;
auto Pos
ba6
How the Hundred of Wachlingstone paſſed af-
and the churches of theſe pariſhes; and alſo part
terwards, I have not found; but in the reign of
of the pariſhes of Capel, Penſburſt, Lyghe, Speld-
K. Henry VIII, it was part of the poſſeſſions of burſt, and ſo much of Fant as lies within this
the Crown, for that King, in his 34th year,
county, the churches of which pariſhes are not
granted to fir George Broke, knt. Lord Cobham,
within this Hundrede imposte od
III.(2)
1,
(x) Roll of Knights Fees.
() See Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 92.
(2) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (a) Ibid. (6) Ibid. locuri
() Inquiſ. poſt mort. (d) Inrolments Augtn. off.
(e) Augtn. off. box H, 17.
(f) See more particular account of this Hundred, under
that of Littlefield, with which it paſſed from the reign of K.
Edward II. to that of K. James I. See above, p. 236.
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353
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WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
BAD SE L L
TING
Jugo ſe defd. Tra'. e. 1. Carpenteqele. ?
In Wacheleftan Hundred, vd s fiž
IS
2010
eaſtward
Ricard' de Tonem. acheleftan Hund.
15. fol' Eddere
two bogs. It is and was worth 15 Jbilling to
manor continued, till John Fane, Earl of Weſt-
TUDELEY. Kºrean W
og vibrida
was ſettled in this pariſh, and afterwards be-
T U D E L E Y
came Earls of Weſtmoreland, in whom they con-
tinued till John, Earl of Weſtmoreland, dying
L'E
IES
without iſſue in the year 1762, by his laſt will
Tunbridge. It is called in Domeſday, Tive-
deviſed theſe manors, among the reſt of his
dele, and in the Textus Roffenfis, Thudelei. | deviſed theſe
cone || Kentiſh eftates, to his nephew, fir Francis Dalban
This place was part of thoſe vaſt poſſeſſions,
wood, bart. now the Right Hon. Lord Le Der
with which William the Conqueror enriched his
Spencer, the preſent poffeffor of them.
half-brother Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux, and
Earl of Kent, under the general title of whoſe
lands it is thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſ.
to 200
stiw zid LM 70XA
is a manor, which lies at the ſouth-eaſt end of
day :
In
this pariſh, and formerly gave both reſidence
and ſurname to a family, who were ſome time
1. Car. & ibi e'. in dnio'.
poffeffors of it. At length, by a daughter and
1970 ngison
& eccla & ſilva. 2. porc'. Val & Valuit ſe p.
coheir, Marion Badfell, it was carried in marriage
10 nior sus to Thomas Stidulf, from whom the family of that
morninu slivs liigriyi name in the co. of Surry were deſcended (k) ; he
b Which is: aisin
reſided at Badfell in K. Henry VI.'s reign, and
2010 Visin
was only ſon and heir of Robert, and heir like-
Richard de Tonebridge bolds of the Biſhop (of
wife of his uncle Henry Stidulf (1). He left an only
Baieux) Tivedele. It was taxed at one ſuling. The
arable land is one carucate, and there is
daughter and heir Agnes, who carried this manot
in
10,
devi in marriage to Richard Fane, of Tudeley, eſq;
demeſne, and a church, and wood for the pannage of
who died poffeffed of it in the 32d year of K.
deva beld it of the King.
Henry VIII, and was buried in the chapel of
ocoting 2013 buvob Hiv
this church, which he himſelf had cauſed to be
The ſurvey of Domeſday was taken about the
made. okulonib
year 1080; four years after
His ſon, George Fane, eſq; refided at Badfell (m),
Baieux’s poffeffions were, on his diſgrace, feiſed
as did his ſon, fir Thomas Fane, knt, which laft,
on by the King.
() mora to 2039119 having married the Lady Mary, daughter and
THE MANOR, with that of TATLINGBURY. ſole heir of Henry Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, be-
hworsda o
It appears by the Book of Knights Fees, taken
came poſſeſſed of the caſtle and manor of Meres
worth, where he reſided much, as his ſon fir
in the reign of K. Edward I, that this
at this manor,
and that of Tatlingbury in this pariſh (g), were the
Francis Fane, knt. Earl of Weſtmoreland, did en-
tirely ; ſince which this manſion has been made
property of the Prior and
and Convent of Tunbridge,
where they ſtaid till the reign of K. Henry VIII,
uſe of only as a farm houſe. llop
when Cardinal Wolfey, having obtained the Pope's
In his deſcendants, Earls of Weſtmoreland, this
"
bull to ſuppreſs, with the King's licence, ſeveral
ſmall monaſteries towards the endowment of his
moreland, dying without iſſue in the year 1962,
two intended colleges at Ipſwich and Oxford,
deviſed it by his laſt will, among the reſt of his
this of Tunbridge, and 17 other ſmall ones in
to his nephew fir Francis Daſh-
different counties, were ſuppreſſed (b), and the
wood, bart. now the Right Hon. Lord Le Deſpencer,
King, by his let. pat. in his 17th year, granted
and he is the preſent poffeffor of it (w).
them to the Cardinal
, together with all their
noiv orti lo oldovbe bois moregory
PRESENT STATE OF TUDELEY. einl
manors, lands, and poſſeſſions whatſoever, for
the better endowment of his college, called Car This pariſh has nothing worth particular
dinal's College, in Oxford (i).
notice in it. The whole of it is very low and
Four years after which, this great prelate,
much covered with large ſpreading
being caſt in a præmunire, all the poffeffions of oaks. The ſoil is a ſtiff clay, which continues
that college, which, for want of time, had not very ,
wet and miry, except in the midſt of the
been firmly ſettled on it, became forfeited to the drieſt ſummers.
King, and part of the royal revenue of the
Crown.
b. THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Theſe manors were afterwards granted to one Tudeley is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdiction
of the family of Fane, the eldeſt branch of which of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Malling.
10.99
(9) Tatlingbury lies a little more than a mile ſouth-eaſt (1) Thomas Stydolf, and Mariana his wife, lie buried in
ward from Tudeley church.
this church. He died Nov. I, 1457, anno 36 Henry VI.
(5) Dugd. Mon. vol. I, p. 1037, Tan. Mon. præf. p.
51 (m) He died Feb. 4, 1571, and was buried in this church,
as was Joane Waller his wife, who died Nov. 6, 1545.
(n) See Mereworth, p.
266.
*
DOUX
Kentiſh eſtates, to ih
SUS
flat, and much".
XXXV.
20 sati
(1) Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 156.
() Philipott, p. 347.
VoL, II.
4*
The
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354
The H I STORY of K E N T. I
the can
wis
Conseils
yfir Francia
theranda
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
TUDELEY.
зиотерина
thirdly to fir Thomas Fane, of Burſton, knt, and
The church, which is a ſmall building, has
Anne, married to Richard Covert, of Slaugham in
been lately rebuilt of brick, and has a ſquare
co. of Suſſex, esq; coninots do IT
tower of the ſame at the weſt end, with a ſmall
On the diviſion of their inheritance, this par-
pointed ſpire on it. It is dedicated to All Saints,
ſonage and advowſon were allotted to the ſecond
and antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother
church of the dioceſe (o).
01eas
daughter Helen, who entitled her third huſband,
r Thomas Fane, to the poffeffion of it. He died
The patronage of this church was, about the || fir
in 1606, without ſurviving iſſue, and bequeathed
year 1239, anno 24 K. Henry III, given by
Richard de Theudele, Richard de Sardenne, and them, with
h the reſt of his effates, to fir George
Fane, knt. ſecond ſon of
Alicia, Agnes, and Cecilia, daughters of John
cond ton of fir
Fane, of
Teudeley, patrons of it, to the Prior and Canons Badfell, knt. by Mary his wife, Baroneſs Le Der
Spencer.
of Tunbridge; which gift was confirmed 18th kal.
His ſon, Colonel Thomas Fane, of Burſion in
Dec. that year, by Richard de Wendover, Biſhop
Hunton, dying unmarried in 1692(t), bequeathed
of Rocheſter, who ſoon afterwards granted licence
to the Prior and Canons above-mentioned, to ap them, among his
his other eſtates, to
, to Mildmay Fane,
youngeſt ſon of Vere, Earl of Weſtmoreland, who
propriate it to their own uſe, on the death or re-
ſignation of John, then Rector of it, and in the dying likewiſe unmarried in 1715, was ſucceeded
mean time, that they ſhould receive yearly half
a marc from it; which grant was confirmed by
the Prior and Convent of Rocheſter
, by inſpeximus, in 1736, without iſſue, ſo that his honors and
in 1253 (P).
non bab 151 gelo
eſtates deſcended to John, his younger and only
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church ſurviving brother.
1000
980sh
of Tudeley was valued at ſeven marcs (q). b orlw
Fobn, Earl of Weſtmoreland, died likewiſe with
The appropriation of it, together with the out iffue, on Aug. 26, 1762, and by his laſt
advowſon of the vicarage, remained with the
will deviſed this parſonage and
of his eſtates in this
priory of Tunbridge, till its final diſſolution, which
17th
Hon. Lord Le Deſpencer, who is the preſent pro-
one of thoſe ſmaller monaſteries,
which Cardinal Wolfey had obtained of the King
prietor of them (u).
by his let. pat. dated Feb. 8, that year, for the
The parſonage of Tudeley pays a fee-farm rent
endowment of his colleges, it was furrendered,
to the Crown of 6s.
Crown of os. 3 d. yearly. sy.de
with all the poſſeſſions belonging to it, into the The vicarage is valued in the King's Books
Cardinal's hands, and afterwards by the King's
41. 16s. o{d. and the yearly tenths at 9s.
. to him for the better endow-
od o veom
ment of his college, called Cardinal's College, in
Tudeley is inſtituted to this vi.
Oxford (r),
carage,
e, with the chapel of Capel annexed.
But this church ſtaid
2. bypotbaido
29qon borisdogva
d with the college only
four
1519751 CHURCH OF TUDELEY olled
years ;
zin pwobnis er bot. 2919 snom listu
præmunire in 1529, all the eſtates of it
PATRONS,
forfeited to the King, and became part of the
or by whom preſented. I 29991 VICARS, ow
revenue of the crown.
Family of Fane. rio Thomas Tharry, A.M. 1626.
won moda
ona 516 c, 5) bollste (w) William Walleys, about
K. Edward VI, June 8, in his ift year, granted barn eingeriese
the parſonage, and advowſon of the vicarage of
1643.
tions is diw To (x) Samuel Vanderlure, 1660,
this church, parcel of the eſtate of Thomas Wol not 19 radusrw 2non obt. Feb. 21, 1699. go
Fey, attainted, to fir Walter Hendley, knt. at the
* Liseliou ao Lion.
yearly rent of 6s. 3įd. to hold in capite by
(y) Edward Dering, A.M.
knights ſervice (s). He died without male iſſue,
916/919.099 intest
1702, obt. Dec. 26,
leaving three daughters his coheirs, viz. Eliza-
1715.
20 viedlog si ils Oliver North.
beth, married to William Waller, of Groombridge, 3001 bsd ei to. (z) Stephen Cowper, A. B.
eſq; Helen, married firſt to Thomas Colepeper, of
of soos tool s320 1726, obt. 15, 1750.
Bedgbury, eſq; fecondly to fir George Somerſet, knt. ods to sunget is John Hedges, A. M. 1750.
ſecond fon of Charles, Earl of Worceſter, and
Preſent Vicar.
(0) Text. Roff. p. 228.
228.23 ori sidhiw ei pichy, ono cu Buning abiswaerts 999 2100tia T
(p) Reg. Roff. p. 664. Todo lo otsooit bold lo ci (v) E&. Thef. p. 383.si jo viinaalis
(2) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p. 456.
(w) See Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, part ii, po
(1) Dugd. Mon. vol. I, p. 1037. Tan. Mon. præf. p.
399. Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 885.
xxxv. Rym. Fod. vol. xiv, p. 156. boldotto in
(x) He lies buried in this church, having been Preben-
dary of the church of Lincoln, and Vicar of this and the ad-
(s) Augtn. off. box F. 49. Rot. Eſch, anno 1 Edward
joining pariſh, as his epitaph informs us, near 40 years.
(t) See Burfton in Hunton, p. 300.998
(y) Son of Henry Dering, and Vicar of Thurnham, like.
(u) See Mereworth, above, p. 266.
wife in this county. He lies buried in this church.
(z) He lies buried in this church.
she.
Other gues, county, to
,
when being one ozch year of K. Henry VIII
,
09
at
71d. (v) sülitog anis mine
The Vicar of Tudelen
15 were
wo
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The H I STORY of K E N T.
355
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
PEMBURY. NOTA
inct. T
P E M B R Y
L'Es the next adjoining pariſh ſouthward
from Tudeley. It is called in the Textus
Roffenſis, Peppingeberia, and in antient deeds,
Pepenbery. It ſeems always to have been pro-
nounced Pembury, and is now uſually written
HS
ſo.
THE MANORS OF PEPENBURY MAGNA and Parva.
1nity of
The
He manors of Pepenbury Magna, and Pepen-
bury Parva, alias Bowridge, the advowſon of the
church of the manor of Pepenbury, the meadow
of Penderigg, and the land of Crockherſt, and the
ſcite of two mills, the one
e one in Pepingebury, and
the other at Elvindenne, the land of Reddenne in
Brencheſle, and other premiſes, were given by
Simon de Wabull to the abbey of Begham in the
co. of Suſſex, for the finding one Canon to cele-
brate daily there, to be preſented by him and
his heirs(a); which gift was confirmed by Wal-
ter de Wahull, his ſon and heir, and by Richard
de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford (b). And
K. Edward III, in his 2d year, granted to the
Abbat and Convent of Begham, and their ſucceſſors
for ever, free warren in all their demeſne lands
in this pariſh, among others (c). 4) (
ristor odds
Theſe manors continued in the poſſeſſion of
this abbey till its final diſſolution, which hap-.
pened in the 17th year of K. Henry VIII, when
being one of thoſe ſmaller monaſteries, which
Cardinal Wolſey had obtained of the King, for
the endowment of his college, called Cardinals
College, in Oxford, it was ſurrendered, with all
the poſſeſſions belonging to it, into the Cardinal's
hands (d). Idagol noort no equoia sido
But that great prelate being caſt in a præmu-
nire, about four years afterwards, before he had
firmly eſtabliſhed his college, theſe manors,
among the reſt of its revenues, were ſeized into
the King's hands, and became part of the royal
revenue of the Crown (e), where they remained
till K. Henry VIII, in his 25th year, granted
them to fir Edward Guildford, knt. Warden of
the Cinque Ports, &c. to hold by fealty only (f),
and his daughter and at length ſole heir Joane (f)
entitled her huſband, fir John Dudley, knt. (g)
to the poſſeſſion of them ; they, in the 30th
year of that reign, with the King's licence, joined
in the conveyance of theſe manors to fir Thomas
Cromwell, knt. Lord Cromwell (b), who had been ſo
created by the King, for his artful management
in the diſſolution of the monaſteries, which ſo
endeared him to that Prince, that he became his
chief favorite and Prime Miniſter, having every
lucrative and high office conferred on him which
the King had to give, or he could accept of (i).
Beſides which, he had many large and extenſive
grants of lands belonging to the diffolved monar-
teries beſtowed on him, and on April 17, an. 31
K. Henry VIII, he was further advanced to the
dignity of Earl of Eſſex, and quickly afterwards
made Knt. of the Garter, and Lord High Cham-
berlain of England (k). But this haſty riſe was
ſucceeded by as ſudden a ruin; for on the King's
diſpleaſure, he was arreſted at the Council-table,
and being afterwards tried and convicted of high
treaſon, he was condemned and executed on
Tower-hill, on July 24, in the 32d year of that
reign, anno 1540 (1). On his attainder, theſe
manors came to the Crown, whence they were
granted, anno 37 K. Henry VIII, with other pre-
miſes in this pariſh (m), to William Wybarné, to
hold in capite by knights ſervice (n) ; his de-
ſcendant, John Wybarne, levied a fine of theſe
manors in the 18th year of Q. Elizabeth, and
his deſcendant, of the ſame name, poffeſfed them
at the reſtoration, from whom they came down
to another John Wybarne, who was of Halkwell in
this pariſh, and afterwards of Wincheſter, eſq;(o)
He died ſeiſed of them, and by Lettice his wife,
fifter of George Taſurgh, of Flixton-ball in the co.
of Suffolk, el9;() had iſſue a ſon John, and ſeveral
other children, who all died without iſſue. He
was ſucceeded in them by his eldeſt ſon, John
Wybarne, eſq; who was twice married ; firſt to
Elizabeth Percy, by whom he had no iſſue, and
ſecondly, to Catherine Perkins, by whom he had
iſſue one ſon John, who died an infant, and two
daughters ; Anne, married to Robert Berkeley, of
(a) At the fame time he bequeathed his body to be buried
in their church of Begham. Regift. Abb. de Begham.
(6) A fine was levied of theſe premiſes anno 35 K. Henry
III. Ibid. Regift.
(c) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 1. rol win bet (0)
(d) See Deptford, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 6.
(e) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 1037. Tan. Mon. præf. p.
.
XXXV. Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 156.
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1. Si vous conna (st
(H) Her only brother, fir Richard Guildford, knt. died in
Spain, without iſſue.
(8) Afterwards created Duke of Northumberland, and be-
headed anno 1 Q. Mary. See Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hift.
P. 341.
-o sribe
() Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 7. K. Henry VIII, in his
34th year, granted certain offices of Keeper of his deer, parks,
&c. in theſe parts, to fir George Brooke, knt. Lord Cobham,
with the fee or wages of 51. 6s. 2d. per annum, to be paid
out of the manor and rectory of Pepenbury, to hold for his
life ; which grant he ſurrendered anno 4 Edward VI, and
had another granted him for three lives.
(i) See Frindſbury, p. 544, for a further account of them.
1 (k) In the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, Thomas, Lord
Cromwell, among others, procured his lands in this county
to be diſgavelled by act of Parliament.
(2) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 373. rebiswas sy nov
(m) Viz. the rectory of Pepingbury, with its appurts. the
woods called Kynvell.grove-copys, containing ſeven acres,
and divers other woods in Pepingbury.
DO
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 14.
(.) They bear for their arms-Sable, a feſs between 3
Swans, argent.
besar
(p) She ſurvived him, and afterwards reſided at Norrvich,
where ſhe died in 1752.
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Spetchley

356
PEMBURY.
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED,
D
The firſt of the
The H I S T OR Y of K E N T.
Spetchley in the co. of Worceſter, eſq; (q) and The two principal branches of it were ſeated
Catherine, to Philip Jones, eſq; who in right of at this manor of Bayhall, and at Aylesford, in this
their reſpective wives, on his death, inherited county: from the latter, deſcended thoſe of Oxen.
theſe manors and eſtates in undivided moieties. hoath, and of Preſton in Aylesford, barts. both now
Robert Berkeley, eſq; ftill owns one moiety of them;
extinct; and from the former, thoſe of Bedgbury,
but Philip Jones being deceaſed, John Jones, eſq;
which terminated in the Lords Colepeper, of Leeds.
his only ſon and heir, is now entitled to the caſtle; thoſe of Lojenham in Newenden, afterwards
other moiety of them (r).
of Hollingborne, the heir male of which branch
is John Spencer Colepeper, late of the Charter-
The quit-rents of theſe manors amount to
houſe, efq; and thoſe of Wakeburſt in the co. of
about 81. 125. 9d. per annum, beſides the heriots
which they are entitled to.
Suſſex, barts. now extinct.
Theſe manors pay a yearly fee-farm rent of
on record, is Thomas de Colepeper, who, as ap-
il. 55. 7d, to the Crown.
Tot
gaigald abus for
pears by the bundles in the Pipe-office, was one
, , gruodis
of the Recognitores Magna Alife, or Juſtices of
H A L K W E L L,
Shot DS
bson
the Great Affe, in the reign of K. John, an office
commonly called Hawkwell, is a manor here, of no ſmall truſt and conſequence, before the
which was once the property and reſidence of a eſtabliſhment of Conſervators of the Peace (u).
family of that name ; after which, it appears by His deſcendant, fir Thomas Colepeper, knt, was
the regiſter of Begham abbey, to have become part poffeffed of the manor of Bayball, where he re-
of the poſſeſſions of that abbey, with which it re ſided, and ſeems to have left iſſue two ſons;
mained till its diffolution in the 17th year of K. Thomas, of whom hereafter ; and Walter, who
Hen. VIII, when it was obtained by CardinalWol-
was anceſtor of the Colepeper: of Oxenboath, and
ſey, towards the endowment of his college, called of Preſton in Aylesford, Baronets (V).
Cardinals College, in Oxford ; but on his being Sir Thomas Colepeper, knt. the eldeſt fon, in.
caſt in a præmunire, about four years afterwards, herited Bayhall, and was Caftellan of Leeds-caſtle
before he had firmly eſtabliſhed his college, this in this county, under the Lord Badleſmere, in
manor, among the reſt of his poffeffions, be the reign of K. Edward II, in the 15th year of
came forfeited to the Crown, from whence it which he was executed, for refuſing Q. Iſabel
was preſently granted to John Wybarne, of Cul entrance into his caſtle, who had come thither
verdens in this pariſh (s), who had been tenant
with her train, with an intention of lodging
to the abbey for this manor before the ſuppref- there (w); upon which this manor became for
ſion of it, and it continued for ſeveral genera-
feited to the Crown, whence it was ſoon after-
tions in his deſcendants, being the manſion in
wards reſtored to his ſon, but whether by that
which they reſided ſo long as they remained
Prince's indulgence, or by any family entail, I
don't find. 103
alodea
in this county, until it devolved, in like man-
wo
ner as the manors of Pembury above-deſcribed, John Colepeper, eſq; the ſon, kept his ſhrievalty
to Robert Berkeley and John Jones, of Lanarth in for this county at Bayball, in the 39th, 40th,
the co. of Monmouth, eſqrs. the preſent poffeffors
and 430 years of K. Edw. III, and married Eli-
of it (t).
aid to be boles
zabeth, daughter and coheir of fir John Hardre-
full, of Hardreſbull in the co. of Warwick, knt.
by whom he had iſſue a ſon, fir Thomas Colepeper,
knt, who ſucceeded him in this manor, and re-
The manor of Bayhall, which lies at the
ſided at Bayhall (X). He was Sheriff of Kent in
ſouthern extremity of this pariſh, was part of
the 17th and 18th years of K. Richard II, from
the antient poſſeſſions of the eminent family of
whom he procured licence to incloſe 50 acres of
Colepeper, whoſe demeſnes ſpread over the whole land into a park at Pembury (»).
face of this county, but more eſpecially the He left iſſue by Alianor his wife (z), daughter
weſtern parts of it
.
and coheir of Nicholas Green, of Exton in the co.
B A Y H A L L.
(2) He was deſcended from for Robert Berkeley, knt. who
was a Judge in K. Charles I.'s reign, whoſe grandſon Robert
Berkeley, of Spetchley, efq; married the eldeſt daughter of
für Richard Blake, knt. a lady eminent for her exemplary
life and converſation. He died in 1693, and his widow,
ſeven
years
afterwards, married Dr. Burnet, Biſhop of Salif-
bury. See Biog. Brit. vol. ii, p. 1041, note KK.
Theſe Berkeleys are of kindred to Abp. Chichele, being
deſcended from the Darrels of Scotxey in Lamberhurſt. Stem.
Chich. No. 468.
(r) This eſtate conſiſts of 818 acres, 2 roods, and 37
perches of arable land and meadow, let at 331l. 155. od.
per annum, and of 259 acres, i rood, and 5 perches of
woodland, tythe-free, valued at 2591. 15, 5d. per annum.
(1) This family was ſeated near Croftonin Orpington, about
the end of K. Henry III.'s reign, whence they removed to
Culverdens, ſome generations before the reign of K. Henry
VIII. Philipott, p. 271.
Tony
(1) This manor is held of the manor of Tipperidge in this
pariſh.
Lucid video το
(u) Philipott, p. 271.
(v) See Lamb. Per. p. 601, and Aylesford above, p. 174.
..(w) Lamb. Peramb. p. 355.
(2) MA. pedigree of Colepeper.
(y) Philipoti, p. 271.
(z) She is in ſome pedigrees called Jane.
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of Rutland, eſq; three ſons; fir Thomas Colepeper,
,
wife,
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
alias Yorke Heraulde (f); but on the acceſſion of
knt. Walter Colepeper, of Goudhurſt (a) in this
the Earl of Richmond to the crown foon after-
wards, by the title of K. Henry VII, an act
county; and Nicholas, who ended in a daugh-
ter, married to Walter Lewknor, eſq; and alſo a paffed for the reſtitution of Edward, ſon and
heir of Henry, Duke of Buckingham, by which he
daughter Alianore, married to fir Reginald Cob-
became entitled to the inheritance of all the
ham, of Sterborough, knt.(b) Sir Thomas Cole-
peper, knt. the eldeſt ſon, who was of Exton in
lands and poffeſſions, of which the late Duke,
the co. of Rutland (c), ſeems to have alienated
his father, died feiſed; of which, doing his
this manor in the reign of K. Henry VI, to homage, he had livery in the 14th year of that
reign. vald
Humphry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, who died
He continued in great favor with the King
feiſed' of it July 10, in the 38th year of that
during the remainder of his reign ; but in the
reign, as appears by the inquiſition taken after
his death, by which it was likewiſe found, that beginning of the next, growing eminent and pow..
erful, as well for his high blood as ample re-
Henry his grandſon, ſon of Humphry, Earl of
venue, he drew on himſelf a dangerous ſuſpicion
Stafford, his eldeſt ſon, who had been Nain in
the battle of St. Albans anno 33 of that reign,
of aſpiring higher ; which jealouſy was not a
little fomented by Cardinal Wolſey, who hated
was his next heir (d).
misol
him, for ſome expreſſions he had made uſe of
Henry, Duke of Buckingham, afterwards became
relating to his low parentage : in conſequence of
one of the chief confidents of Richard, Duke of
which, in the 13th year of K. Henry VIII, he
Glouceſter, and the principal agent in advancing
was accuſed of high treaſon, in conſpiring the
him to the throne, for which, when King, he
King's death, and intending to ſet the crown on
rewarded him with many great offices and emo-
his own head, and being on his trial found
luments. Soon afterwards, however, thinking
guilty, he was beheaded on Tower-bill, on May
himſelf neglected, he took up arms in favour of
17th that year (8).
Henry, Earl of Richmond, but being abandoned
After which, an act paſſed for his attainder,
by his followers, he was taken and carried to
and though another paſſed likewiſe for the reſti-
Saliſbury, where the King then was, where, with-
tution in blood of Henry, his eldeſt ſon, yet it
out either arraignment or judgment, he was be-
did not extend to his honors and lands, which
headed (e). 10 noilolib Isid this
remained forfeited to the Crown(h), where the
The Duke's poffeffions becoming thus for fee of this manor remained till K. Edward VI,
feited to the crown, the King made a grant of
in his iſt year, granted it to William Parr, Mar-
this manor, to the value of 100s, to John Water,
quis of Northampton (i), who that yo
year conveyed
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brow
(a) He died anno 1460, being the laſt year of K. Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke; and Catherine, firſt to Edward
VI, and was buried at Goudhurft. He was ancefor of the
Borough; ſecondly, to John Nevill, Lord Latimer; thirdly,
branches of this family ſettled afterwards at Bedgbury, Lol to K. Henry VIII; and fourthly, to Thomas, Lord Seymour
ham, Leeds, Hollingborne, and Wakehurſt.
of Sudley; which William, who had a grant of this manor
(6) She died on Nov. 5, 1420, and was buried at Limpf as above-mentioned, was in the 30th of K. Henry VIII,
field in the co. of Surry.
created a Baron of this realm by the title of Lord Parr,
and
() He is called John by Dngdale, in his Baronage, vol.
made Knight of the Garter, and on Dec. 23, anno 35 of
ii, p. 416. He was twice married ; firſt to the daughter of that reign, he was created Earl of Elex, with the ſame voice
Cromwell, by whom he had no iſſue; and ſecondly to Ca and place in Parliament as Henry Bourchier, Earl of Eſexy
therine, daughter and coheir of Robert Bonnington, remarried had, whoſe
fe daughter and heir Anne he had married, not-
to Bryan Talbot, by whom he had an only daughter Kathe withſtanding he had been divorced from her the year before,
rine, married to fir Jobn Harrington, knt. 1
and his children by her baſtardized by act of Parliament;
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 166. in the iſt year of K. Edward VI, he was advanced to the
(e) An act paſſed anno 1 K. Richard III, for his attain title of Marquis of Northampton by let. pat. dated Feb. 6th ;
der, among others.
in the 4th of that reign, he was conftituted Lord Great
(f) Harl. Mff. No. 433–321.
Chamberlain for life, and about the ſame time married
(8) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 170.
Elizabeth, daughter of George, Lord Cobham, and next year
(6) K. Henry VIII, Nov. 7, in his 34th year, granted obtained a ſpecial act for diſannulling his former marriage,
a leaſe of the manor of Bayhall, with the herbage and pan and for ratifying his laſt marriage, and legitimating their
nage of hogs in the woods belonging to it, and 18 acres of future children. On K. Edward VI.'s death, he took
part
meadow, with appurts. in Pepenbury and Tudeley, late in with the Lady Jane Gray, for which he was attainted and
the occupation of John Anthony, with all courts leet, and condemned; but his execution was forborne, and before the
view of frank-pledge, to William Peyn, for 21 years, at the end of that year he was reſtored in blood by act of Parlia-
yearly rent of 61. 1os. od. Inrolments, Augtn. off.
ment, but not to his honors; ſo that he had no other title
(1) He was deſcended from fir William Parr, Banneret and than William Parr, eſq; late Marquis of Northampton, and re-
Knt. of the Garter in the reign of K. Edw. IV, who left iſſue mained ſo till Q. Elizabeth's acceſſion to the crown, who
then advanced him again to his former title of Marquis, re-
two fons ; Thomes, of whom below; and William, who was ſtored him to his lands, and made him of her Privy Council,
and
Horton, Thomas, the eldeſt ſon, received the honor of cond wife Elizabeth, he married laſtly Helen, daughter of
Knighthood, and having married Maud, daughter and co Wolfangus Suavenburg, a Swede, who died without iffue in
heir of for Thomas Gray, knt, had iſſue by her William his 1571, anno 14 Elizabeth, and was buried in the collegiate
ſon and heir, and two daughters; Anne, married to William church of Warwick. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 381.
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358
The 1 H I STORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ,
of
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
PEMBURY.
it to fir Anthony Browne (k), Knight of the Gar-
ter, and Maſter of the Horſe to K. Henry VIII,
and of his Privy Council (1); and he, in the very
beginning of the next year, alienated it, with
the King's licence, to William Wybarne, and his
heirs (m), one of whoſe deſcendants fold it, in
the 7th year of K. James I, to Robert Sackville,
Earl of Dorſet, who died poffeffed of it within
a few months after his purchaſe, viz. on Sept.
5th the fame year. His eldeſt ſurviving ſon
Richard, Earl of Dorſet (n), alienated this manor,
with the ſeat belonging to it, to Richard Amherſt,
eſq; Sergeant-at-law, who afterwards reſided at
Bayhall (0), and died poffeffed of it in 1632,
having been twice married; firſt to Anne, daugh-
ter and coheir of William Reynes, of Mereworth,
by whom he had one fon Richard, and a daugh-
ter Anne; his ſecond wife was Margaret, youngeſt
daughter of fir Thomas Palmer, of Wingham, knt.
and bart, by whom he had two daughters, Fran-
ces and Margaret (?).
Richard Amherſt, eſq; ſucceeded his father in
this manor, and reſided at Bayhall, which he re-
built in its preſent form. He married Dorothy,
daughter of John Cradock, of Luddeſdowne in this
county, gent. by whom he had ſix ſons and five
daughters, and died Aug. 29, 1664(q). Of the
ſons, two only ſurvived him; Charles, who be-
came his heir, and Henry, who died foon after-
wards without iſſue; and two daughters, Eliza-
beth and Dorothy; the former of whom married
ſir Henry Selby, knt. Sergeant-at-law, and Re.
corder of London (r), by whom ſhe had a fon
Charles, and a daughter Dorothy, married to John
Browne, of the co. of Salop, efq; by whom ſhe
had a ſon Charles; the latter married Jeffry Am-
berſt, of Riverhead, eſq; by whom ſhe had no
ifrue (s).
Charles Amberſt, the eldeſt ſon, was of Bayhall,
efq; and died without iſſue on Nov. 9, 1709,
and by his laſt will deviſed this manor and ſeat,
together with all his other lands and poſſeſſions,
to his nephew and heir-at-law Charles Selby, eſq;
ſon of fir Henry Selby, by Elizabeth his fifter
above-mentioned, at the ſame time enjoining
him to take on him the ſurname and arms of
Amherſt.
Charles Selby Amberjt, eſq; accordingly inhe-
rited Bayhall, where he reſided, and having mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of John Robinſon, of
the co. of Denbigh, eſq; relict of fir George Strode,
knt. died in March 1745 (t), without iſſue, and
by his laſt will bequeathed this manor and ſeat
of Bayball, with the reſt of his eſtates, to his
nephew Charles Browne, eſq; Counſellor-at-law,
viz. fon of Dorothy his fifter, by John Browne,
eſq; above-mentioned.
Charles Browne, eſq; reſided at Bayhall, where
co
he died on October 30, 1753, and was buried
in this church, leaving no iſſue by Elizabeth
Mittel his wife, who ſurvived him, and now
poſſeſſes this manor and ſeat of Bayball.
A Court Leet and Court Baron is holden for
this manor, which is held of the Crown by the
yearly fee-farm rent of 135.
BENCROUCH, HIGHLANDS, and PRIGLES,
are three ſmall manors in this pariſh, which for-
merly belonged to the Ciſtertian Abbey of Robertſ-
bridge in the co. of Sujex (u), with which they re-
mained till the final diſſolution of it, when that
abbey was ſurrendered into the King's hands, with
all its lands and poffeffions; all which were con-
firmed to the King and his heirs by the general
words of the act, paſſed in the 31ſt year of his
reign, for that purpoſe. :icons
Soon after which, the King granted them to
George Guldeford, eſq; (v) who quickly after con-
veyed them by ſale to fir Alexander Colepeper, of
Bedgbury, knt. who had a confirmation of them
from the Crown, about the 35th year of that
reign. His great-grandſon, fir Anthony Colepeper,
of Bedgbury, knt. alienated theſe manors, in the
beginning of K. James I.'s reign, to Nicholas
Miller, of Horſnells-crouch in Wrotham, eſq; who
ans
lor.15
(k) Philipott, p. 271, errata.
(1) His eldeſt ſon, fir Anthony Browne, knt. was on Sept.
1, anno 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, created Viſcount Monta-
gue,
and was anceſtor to the preſent Right Hon. Lord Viſcount
Montague. See Lenham.
(m) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 1.
(n) See Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hiftory, p 346.
() Philipott, p. 271, errata. He was the ſon of Richard
Amherſt, efq; who left iſſue three ſons; Richard, Sergeant-
at-law, as above-mentioned; Jeffry, Rector of Horſmonden,
anceſtor of that branch of the family ſettled at Riverhead in
Sevenoke, and now remaining there in the perſons of the
Right Hon. Jefry, Lord Amherſt, and his brothers. Wil-
liam, the third ſon, left iſſue an only daughter Margaret,
married to John Champs, of Tunbridge. This family of
Amherſt bear for their arms-Gules, 3 tilting-Spears, 2 and 1,
erested in pale, or, beaded argent; which coat was confirmed
to Richard Amherſt, eſq; by Wm. Camden, Clar. in 1607.
Harl. Mfr. No. 1084–12. See more of this family, under
Riverhead, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 354.
(p) The eldeſt of whom died unmarried in 1634, and the
youngeſt married fir James Colebrand, of Lewes in the co.
of Suffex, knt, and bart.
(9) He lies buried in the chancel of Pembury church, at,
64, as does Dorothy his wife, who died July 18, 1654.
(r) He was ſecond ſon of George Selby, of the Moat in
Ightham, eſq; He died Aug. 29, 1715, and was buried in this
church, as was Elizabeth his wife, who died Jan. 30, 1708.
(s) She was his ſecond wife, and dying May 4, 17129
was buried in this church.
.
(t) He was buried in this church, beſide his wife, who
died Dec. 11, 1715.
(u) This abbey was built by Alfred de S. Martino, anno
1176. It was ſurrendered about the 28th of K. Henry
VIII, being then valued at 2481. 1os. 6d. per annum clear,
or 2721. gs. 80. groſs annual revenue. Tan. Mon. p. 558.
(v) Son of fir Richard Guldeford, Knight Banneret and
of the Garter, and Comptroller of the King's Houſhold, and
younger brother of fir Edward Guldeford, or Guilford, Con:
ſtable of Dover Cafle, &c.

28th year
was

The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
359
PEMBURY.
Charles I. (w)
PRESENT STATE OF PEMBURY
was Sheriff of this county in the 8th year of K.
of Oxenboath, bart. dying without iſſue in 1714,
greens
Calverlys in Tunbridge
secre
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
The priory of Tunbridge, at its ſuppreſſion, was
in poffeffion of certain meadows and lands, called
Dodingbery and Oldbery-mead, in this pariſh and
He died in 1640, and was ſucceeded in them
Caple, afterwards demiſed to George Fane, eſq;
by his eldeſt ſon, fir Nicholas Miller, of Oxen-
which premiſes in the 36th year of Q. Elizabeth
hoath, knt. whoſe grandſon, fir Borlace Miller,
were in her hands, and were then demiſed by
her to Richard Edwards, gent. for 21 years, at
theſe manors came by ſurvivorſhip to Elizabeth
the yearly rent of 258. and 4d.(c)
his ſiſter, then the wife of Leonard Bartholomew,
of Rocheſter, eſq; who afterwards reſided at Ox-
enhoath. He died in 1720, and was ſucceeded
Who
in his eſtates by his eldeſt ſon Philip, who was
This pariſh is ſituated within the Weald of
twice married ; firſt to the only daughter and
Kent. The weſtern and eaſtern parts of it are
heir of Mr. John Knowe, of Wrotham, gent, by much covered with coppice-wood, the former
whom he had two ſons, Leonard, and John ſide of it extending into the South.frith, where
Knowe Bartholemew; and, ſecondly, to Mary,
it is bounded by the high turnpike road leading
daughter of Alexander Thomas
, of Lamberburſt, from Tunbridge
, which afterwards crofles this
eſq; by whom he had a daughter Mary, married pariſh ſouth-eaſtward towards Lamberburft and
to Francis Geary, eſa;
Suſſex
Philip Bartholemew, efq; died ſeiſed of theſe The village is ſituated nearly in the center of
manors in 1730, in which he was ſucceeded by
his eldeſt ſon Leonard Bartholemew, who was of or forſtalls in it, at a very ſmall diſtance from
Oxenhoath, eſq; (y) He died without iſſue in each other. It is well watered by three ſeveral
1757, and by his laſt will bequeathed them, ſtreams, which all direct their courſe northward
among his other eſtates in this county, to the through this pariſh towards the river Medway,
fecond ſon of Francis Geary, eſq; now Admiral which they join ſeparately at ſome diſtance above
of the Blue, by Mary his half-ſiſter above-men-
Brandt Bridge.
tioned; which fecond fon, William Geary, eſq; The church ſtands at a diſtance from any
is the preſent poſſeſſor of theſe manors.
houſes, on an aſcent in the northern part of the
pariſh, about half a mile from the village. At
TIP PER I D.GE
the ſouthern extremity of the pariſh ſtands the
on
manſion of Bayhall, juſt below which there is a
is a manor in this pariſh, which has been many
years in the poffefſion of the family of Nevill,
.
parish, and directing its courſe fouth-eaſtward
Lords Abergavenny, the preſent proprietor be-
partly ſupplies the grounds of Begham Abbey,
ing the Right Hon. George Nevill, Lord Aber-
and ſoon afterwards uniting with another ſtream,
gavenny (2).
al bogprise 31
2 DNI
Aows with it to Lamberhurſt.
Soonboden?
A fair is held in this village on Whit Tueſday
A fair is held in this with commodo
yearly for cattle, toys, and pedlary.
In the 8th year of K. Edward II, Thomas Cul-
peper held one fourth part of a knight's fee in
wiw pende
des CHARITI E sing AT
Pepenbury, of the honor of Clare (a).
Charles Amherſt, eſq; of Bayhall, by his laſt
The Prior and Convent of Tunbridge, in the will, dated March 2, 1702, directed that the
Iith year of the above reign, granted and de ſeveral perſons to whom he had deviſed the
miſed to Thomas, ſon of Thomas Colepeper, at the manor of Bayhall, with its appurts. ſucceſſively,
under the limitations therein expreſſed, ſhould
with their appurts. in Pepyngbery and Capele, to
en
build an alms-bouſe, for ſix old, blind, or im-
hold to him and the heirs male of his body, in potent perſons, of the pariſh of Pembury, with-
default of which, the land was to return to the in one year after his death, and the death of his
ſaid Prior and Convent.
vent. This land, by the for-
ſiſters, Dame Elizabeth Selby, and Mrs. Dorothy
feiture of the ſaid Thomas Colepeper, came into Amherſt, and ſhould allow each of them twenty
the King's hands, who in his 19th year directed Shillings a month for ever. The faid perſons to
his writ, that the ſame ſhould be delivered into be appointed from time to time by thoſe to
the poffeffion of the Prior and Convent above whom that manor, with its appurts, and the
mentioned, to hold during pleaſure, in lieu of lands therein deviſed, ſhould remain, after the
ſaid houſe ſhould be built.
Hot bouche
ENVY
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
the ſaid two marcs (b).
D
(w) Philipott, p. 272.
(y) See more of the family of Miller and Bartholemer,
under Oxenhoath, p. 261.
(2) See Birling; p. 198.
(a) Book of Knights Fees.
(6) This land was held of the heir of Robert de Gretle, by
the ſervice of three grains of pepper yearly on Chriſtmas-day,
for all ſervices and cuſtoms, and was worth per annum, be
yond all repriſes, 255. Reg. Roff. p. 671.
(c) Augtn, off. Inrolments.
He

360
The H I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
PEMBURY.
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
He likewiſe by his laſt will bequeathed an
ſurrendered, with all its poſſeſſions, into the
annual ſum to the augmentation of the vicarage Cardinal's hands (h), to whom the King granted
of this church, as will be further mentioned his licence by writ, May 10, in his 18th year,
below.
to appropriate, conſolidate, and annex the rec-
tory or church of Pepingbury, among others,
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. which were of the Cardinals patronage, to
PEMBURY is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
the Dean and Canons of the college founded by
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
him in the univerſity of Oxford, &c. (i) But
Malling.
this church remained with them only four years,
when that great prelate being caſt in a præmunire
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter,
in 1529, all the eſtates of the college, which
antiently paid gd. chriſm-rent yearly to the mo.
ther church of the dioceſe (d).
had not as yet been firmly eſtabliſhed, were for.
feited, and became part of the revenue of the
The advowſon of the church of Pembury was
Crown,
given with it, by Simon de Wabull, to the abbey
After which, the church of Pembury, with
of Begham in the co. of Suſſex, in pure and perpe-
the advowſon, ſeems to have been granted with
tual alms, for the finding of one Canon to cele-
the manor, by K. Henry VIII, in his 2 5th year,
brate daily there; which gift was confirmed by
to fir Edw Guildford, knt. whoſe daughter and at
Walter de Wabull his ſon and heir, and by Richard
length ſole heir carried it in marriage to fir John
de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford (e).
Dudley, knt. they in the 30th year of that reign,
Pope Gregory IX, by his bull, dated at Avig-
conveyed it, with the King's licence, to fir Tho.
non 10 kal. Nov, in his 13th year, anno 1239,
mas Cromwell, knt. Lord Cromwell, afterwards Earl
granted licence to the Abbat and Convent of Beg-
of Eſſex, on whoſe attainder in the 32d year of
ham to hold this church, then of their patronage,
that reign, it became veſted in the Crown, whence
and not of greater value than 10 marcs, to their
it was, together with the advowſon of the vicar-
own proper uſes, upon the firſt vacancy thereof;
age, granted by let. pat. dated May 8, in the
reſerving, nevertheleſs, a competent portion out
37th year of it, with the manors of Pepingbury,
of the profits of it, and ſaving in all things
and other premiſes in this pariſh, to William
the right of the dioceſan, and of the mother
Wybarne, to hold in capite by knight's ſervice(k),
church (f). Notwithſtanding which, it was not
in whoſe deſcendants, ſeated at Hawkwell in this
appropriated till ſeveral years afterwards.
pariſh, it continued for ſeveral generation's, un.
In the year 1278, Richard Oliver, Rector of
til it devolved, in like manner as the manors of
the church of Peping beri, reſigned it into the
Pepingbury, above-mentioned, to Robert Berkeley
hands of John de Bradfield, Biſhop of Rocheſter, and John Jones, eſgrs, the preſent owners of it.
who by his letters mandatory, dated Nov. 23,
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church
that directed the Archdeacon, or his Official, was valued at 10 marcs (1).
to induct the ſaid Abbat and Convent into the cor-
It is a diſcharged living, of the clear yearly
poral poſſeſſion of the church, with its appurts. certified value of 461. 1os. the yearly tenths of
according to the tenor of the above-mentioned which are 12s. 8d. (m)
bull().
Charles Amherſt, of Bayhall, efq; by his laſt will,
The parſonage of the church of Pembury, with dated in 1702, gave to the Vicar of Pembury,
the advowſon of the vicarage, continued with and his ſucceſſors, for ever, as an augmentation
the abbey of Begham till the diffolution of it in the
to this vicarage, the ſum of 10l. to be paid to
17th year of K. Henry VIII, when being one
yearly by ſuch perſons to whom the manor
of thoſe ſmaller monaſteries, which Cardinal Wol-
of Bayball, with its appurts, and the lands de-
fey obtained of the King by his let. pat. thát viſed by him with it, ſhould come and remain
year, for the endowment of his colleges, it was after his death.
digaretin zdas ist diw
og companied di baseirobloc
(d) Text. Roff. p. 229. This church was built by one
(e) Regiſt. Abb. de Begham, cart. 250. See alſo Reg.
of the family of Colepeper, patrons of it, and moſt probably p. 516, 517
by John Colepeper, eſq; in the reign of K. Edward III; for
(f) And provided that the church was not defrauded of
on the three buttreſſes on the ſouth ſide of the chancel, there
its due attendance, and the cure of fouls was in no wife neg-
remain three ſhields of coat armour, each carved on an en-
lected..
For aid in
zid nion webu
tire ſtone of about two feet and an half in depth, and the
(g) Reg. Roff. p. 517. This was confirmed next year
breadth equal with that of the buttreſs, which ſhews them
to be coeval with that of the building itſelf. On the firſt is
by John, Prior, and the Convent of Rocheſter, and by Walter,
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the
a rectangular croſs; the ſecond is the coat armour of Hard-
refpull, a chevron between 8 martlets, viz. 5 and
(b) See above, p. 355.
3 martlets, viz. 5 and 3, the above-
mentioned John Colepeper having married the coheir of that (i) Rym. Fod. vol. xiv, p. 173.
family; the third is that of Colepeper, a bend ingrailed. On (k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 14.
a very antient ſtone on the pavement of the chancel, is an (1) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456. The tythes of corn and
antient inſcription in old French, for Margaret , the daughter grain, of which this parſonage conſiſts, are now worth about
of fær Thomas Colepeper, which ſeems as early as the above 120l. per annum.
mentioned reign.,
(m) E&. Thef. p. 384.



year, d
thems
MUSIC
SW
Roff.
Ibid.
in the year 1315.
2015. Ovi bistola
In

The HISTORY of K E N T.
361
PEMBURY.
また​、
annum.
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED;
In the year 1733, Mr. George May augmented
and the right of it was given to ſtrangers, by
this vicarage with the ſum of 100l. 175. 60. (0)
which means the chantry would moſt probably
to entitle it to the benefit of Queen Anne's exiſt but a ſmall time, and ſo the pious intention
Bounty
of the donor would before long be fruſtrated
There is an annual penſion of 4os. paid out
decreed and ordained, that in future, on any
of the parſonage to the Vicar, which was ſettled vacancy, the heir of the founder in a direct line
on him and his ſucceſſors, at the time of the ſhould preſent a fit perſon to the ſaid chantry,
within one month after ſuch vacancy, to the
appropriation of this church.
The vicarage is now worth about 1501. per
Biſhop of Rocheſter for the time being, or in his
abſence to the Keeper of the ſpiritualities of the
biſhopric; and on his neglect, the Vicar of Pem-
CH A NTRY.
bury, with the advice of four of his pariſhioners
of the better ſort, which he ſhould call to
K. Edward III, May 13, in his 28th year, him for this purpoſe, ſhould preſent within 20
in conſideration of 20 marcs paid to him by
days; and on his neglect, the Abbat, or Prior
John Colepeper, of Bayhall, granted licence to him
Conventual of Begham, ſhould preſent in the
to give and aſſign two meſſuages, 10 acres of like time; and on his neglect, the Biſhop of
land, 33 acres of meadow, and 68s. rent, with Rocheſter for the time being, or on the vacancy
their appurts. in Tonbridge, Pepyngbury, Bren-
of the ſee, the Vicar in ſpirituals for that turn
cbelle, Tudele, Hadlo, Burgban, Ealdynge, EJ
only.
Pekham, and Capell, to a Chaplain to celebrate
And if it ſhould happen, there ſhould remain
divine ſervice daily, for the good eſtate of him
no ſuch heir of the founder as above-mentioned,
the ſaid King, and the ſaid John Colepeper, dur-
that then the Lord of the manor of Bayhall ſhould
ing their lives, and for their ſouls afterwards,
preſent, inſtead of ſuch heir, in like manner as
and the ſouls of Richard and Walter Colepeper,
above-mentioned, &c. &c. In witneſs of which
&c. in the chapel of St. Mary in the cemetery
the Biſhop had cauſed his ſeal to be fixed on the
of the church of Pepyngbury, and to his ſuc-
day and year above-mentioned (r).
ceffors celebrating daily therein for ever; ſav.
This chantry remained till the general ſup-
ing, nevertheleſs, the ſervices due and accuf-
preſſion of ſuch foundations, by the act of the
tomed from thence to the capital Lords of the
iſt year of K. Edward VI, at which time it ap-
c.ro
olohuone
peared by the ſurvey then taken of it, that the
The ſame King, July 20, in his 38th year, total revenues of it were ul. 155. 44 d. per an-
in conſideration of 100s. paid to him by the
num (s). Soon after which the building itſelf
Prior and Convent of Rocheſter, granted a like
was pulled down, and the materials ſold, and
licence for them, to give and aſſign an annual the lands belonging to it were granted in parcels
rent charge of 10 marcs, iſſuing out of their to different perſon's (t).
manor of Woldebam, to the before-mentioned
Chaplain, celebrating daily in the ſaid chapel as
our CHURCH OF PEMBURY.
aforeſaid, to hold to him and his fucceffors
therein for ever (9).
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
Rectors:
DAS
In the 2d year of K. Henry IV, anno 1400,
nobi
Abbat and Convent (u) Richard Oliver, laſt Rec.
John de Bottleſham, Biſhop of Rocheſter, altered
of Begham..stor,
tor, reſig. 1278.
and corrected the original endowment of this
XV
new chapel of Pepingbury : for the founder hav-
VICARS
ing ordained, that on
, that on the vacancy of a Chaplain Family of Wybarne. Charles Hutchinſon, in 1630.
at any time, the pariſhioners ſhould, on the next
James Plate, ſequeſtred about
Sunday in the church of Pembury, even if three
1640.
of the pooreſt, or one only, of the pariſhioners,
Barrisford. labai
ſhould happen to be there, nominate another Bondigw.bykom Woodward, 1702.
Chaplain to it. The Biſhop adjudging this me-
(v) George May, A. M. inſtit:
to be abſurd and unjuſt, as by it the heir
May 4, 1731, obt. Dec.
was by the founder deprived of the nomination,
1738.
fee (p)
10
thod to
() Eet. Ther.
p.
xxiii.
() Reg. Roff. p. 519.
(9) Ibid. p. 694.
(r) Ibid. p. 519.
covered with lead, and was in length 30 feet, and in' breadth
18 feet. Surveys of Chantries, Augtn. off.
(t) In 1553, there remained a penſion of 61. 138. 4d. in
charge to Richard Hill, the laſt incumbent of this chantry.
Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. ii, p. 104.
(u) Reg. Roff. p. 516.
(v) He gave a benefaction to this vicarage, as has been
already mentioned:
(s) Out of which there were repriſes three yearly rents :
to the Lord of Bardens manor; Mafter Wayborne, Lord of
Pepingbury manor; and the manor of Birling. The chapel
was fituated in the church-yard, without the church, being
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Elcock,

362
The H I S T O R Y O of K E N T.
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R.
BIDBOROUGH.
Elcock, inſtit. Dec. 29,
and heir Elizabeth, married to fir Thomas Berkeley,
1738, obt. 1752. dan Knight of the Bath, eldeſt ſon and heir of Henry,
John Whitaker, A.M. 1752. Lord Berkeley, who in her right became poſſeſſed
Preſent Vicar.si
of this manor and ſeat, which he foon after-
wards alienated to fir Thomas Smith, knt. (a) fe-
BID BORO U G H
cond ſon of Cuſtomer Smith, of Weſtenkanger in
this county (b). He afterwards reſided at Sutton
L IES weſtward from Pembury, and the ad at Hone, where he died, and was buried in 1625;
joining parith to Tunbridge fouthward.
his grandſon Robert Smythe, eſqz reſided at Bounds
in this pariſh, but his ſon Robert Smythe, eſq;
removed to Sutton, and died in 1695, feiſed of
In the reign of K. Edward I, George le Chaun this manor and ſeat, leaving Katherine his wife
was in poffeffion of this place (W); but before ſurviving, and two ſons, Henry and William, to
the 20th year of K. Edward III, the property whom this manor and ſeat of Bounds deſcended
of it ſeems to have been divided, for that year, as heirs in gavelkind (c).
on the levying the aid of 4os. on every knight's
In the 10th year of K.Wm. III, the ſaid Katbe.
fee, for making the Black Prince a Knight,
rine, as guardian to her two infant fons, and for
Thomas Chaune, the Prior of Tunbridge, and John their benefit, obtained an act of Parliament for
Bounde, junior, paid aid for it as one knight's veſting the maror of Bidborough, and all other their
fee, which George le Chaun before held in Bitberg, eſtates in this pariſh, among others in this county,
la Leigh, Ealding, and Bokingfold, of the Earl of in truſtees, to enable them to alienate the ſame,
Glouceſter.
to diſcharge incumbrances ; accordingly ſeveral
The manor of Bidborough continued in the manors and premiſes in Sutton, Wilmington, and
name of Chaun till the reign of K. Edward IV,(x) other pariſhes in this county, were ſold off,
when it paſſed, together with an antient ſeat in which being ſufficient to diſcharge thoſe incum-
this pariſh, called, from the former owners of brances, this manor, with Bounds and all other
it (),
their eſtates in Bidborough, ſtill continued un-
alienated.
BOUNDS,
5171994
William Smythe, the ſecond ſon above-men-
into that of Palmer (yy), one of which, Thomas
tioned, having deceaſed unmarried, Henry Smythe,
Palmer, died ſeiſed of them in the 23d year of
eſq; pofleſſed the whole fee of this manor and ſeat
K. Henry VII, holding them of the Duke of and refided at Bounds. He died in 1906, æt. 29,
Buckingham by knights ſervice (Z). John Palmer
and was buried in Sutton church, leaving iſſue
was his ſon and heir, who in' the beginning of
by Elizabeth his wife, only daughter of Dr. John
K. Henry VIII.'s reign alienated them the
Lloyd, Canonof Windſor (d), an only ſon and heir,
family of Fane, alias Vane, one of whom, fir || fir Sydney Stafford Smythe, knt. late Lord Chief
Ralph Fane, Knight Banneret, in the 6th year
Baron of his Majeſty's Court of Exchequer,
of K. Edward VI, eſpouſing too zealouſly the and of the Privy Council (e), who in 1733 mar-
intereſt of the Duke of Somerſet, was accuſed
ried Sarah, eldeſt daughter of ſir Charles Farnaby,
of high treaſon, and being found guilty, was
of Kepington in this county, bart, and dying
executed on Tower-bill.
without iſſue on Nov. 2, 1778, bequeathed this
On his attainder, this manor and ſeat became manor and feat to his widow, the Lady Serah
veſted in the Crown, where they remained till Smythe, the preſent poffeffor, who reſides in it. .
Q. Eliz. by let. pat. in her iſt year, granted A Court Baron is held for this manor.
eluslood
them to her kinſman Henry Carey, Lord Hunſdon,
150
PRESENT STATE OF BIDBOROUGH,
who at his death in the 38th year of that reign,
bava
deviſed them by his laſt will to his eldeſt ſon
* This pariſh is very ſmall. The high road
and ſucceſſor, George, Lord Hunſdon. He died which leads from Tuntridge Town ſouthward to
Sept. 9, 1603, leaving iſſue an only daughter The Wells, is the eaſtern boundary of it.
omnisqedo
(7) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
knt, and was anceſtor of the Lords Viſcounts Strangford of the
(x) One of this family, Thomas Chaun, eſq; who died
kingdom of Ireland ; fir Thomas was of Bounds in Bidborough,
O&. 29, 1407,
lies buried, with Chriſtian his wife, in Lyghe knt. as above-mentioned ; Henry was of Corſham in Wilts;
church.
for Richard was of Leeds Cafile, knt. Robert was the fifth ſon;
(y) John Bounde, mentioned above, appears to have been
and Simon, the fixth, was killed at the fiege of Cadiz.
owner of it anno 20 Edward III.
(c) See more of this branch of the family, under Sutton
(wy) Philipott, p. 78.
at Hone, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 237.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(d) She afterwards married William Hunt, eſq; by whom
(a) Philipott, p. ibid.
ſhe had no iſſue, and dying Oct. 6, 1754, æt. 80, was bu-
(6) Thomas Smith, of Weſtenhanger, commonly called
ried at Seale in this county.
Cuſtomer Smith, was ſon of Thomas Smith, of Corſam in the (e) He bore for his arms- Azure, a chevron engrailed, bem
co. of Wilts, efq; He had fix fons and fix daughters; of tween 3 lions pafant-guardant, or.
the former, fir John, the eldeſt fon, was of Weſtenhanger,
"
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The

The
H I S T OR Y of KÉNT
363
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
ASHURST.
tween them.
of K. Henry II
The church ſtands in the village, which is This place is written in the Textus Roffenfis,
fituated about half a mile weſtward of that road, Aiſcherft. It took its name from the Saxon word
the ſeat of Bounds and its plantations lying be afces, aſh trees, and the Britiſh hyrft, i.e. the
wood of aſhes.
The ſoil, eſpecially in the eaſtern part of it,
THE MANOR, with that of BUCKLAND appendant.
is moſtly a ſand mixt with much quarry ſtone.
It is within the Weald, and has nothing particu The manor of Afburſt, with the manor of Buck.
oplo
lar worthy of further remark in it.
land appendant, was part of thoſe lands aſſigned
This pariſh, with thoſe of Tunbridge, Speld to Jeffry de Peverel, in the reign of the Con-
burſt, Sutton at Hone, and Darent in this county,
queror, for his affiftarice, with John de Fienes, in
the defence of Dover Caſtle, and with other lands
receive an annual payment from the Skinners
Company in London, being a charitable benefac made up the Barony of Peverel, as it was then
called. 2
tion, bequeathed by the laſt will of fir Thomas
Nicholas de Gerund afterwards held this manor,
Smith, of Sutton at Hone, knt. and Lord of the
manor of Bidborough, who died in 1625 (f). and its appendages of Buckland, and the advow-
Diod
ſon of the church of Afhurſt, of the King in
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. capite, and died feiſed of them in the 52d year
BidBorough is in the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
de Gerund his ſucceſſor in the 26th year of K.
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Malling.
Edward I, holding them in capite by the ſervice
The church is dedicated to St. Laurence. It
of the ſixth part of a knight's fee, and perform-
is a rectory, and has always been eſteemed as an
ing ward to the caſtle of Dover (1). His defcen-
appendage to the manor, being now in the pa-
dant, Richard Gerund, in the reign of K. Edward
of the Lady Sarah Smith, widow of the
III, leaving an only daughter Maud; ſhe car-
Right Hon. fir Sydney Stafford Smythe, knt, late
ried them in marriage to fir Henry de Chalfbunt,
Lord Chief Baron of his Majeſty's Court of
knt. (m) who in the 20th year of that reign paid
Exchequer.
ce
aid for this manor, with its appendages, at the
It is a diſcharged living in the King's books,
making the Black Prince a Knight, as the ſixth
of the clear yearly certified value of 401. the
part of a knight's fee. He died feiſed of them
yearly tenths of which are 10s. 510. (8)
in the 45th year of K. Edward III, anno 13703
This rectory receives the augmentation of Q. holding them in capite, and performing ward to
Anne's Bounty (b).
the caſtle of Dover (n). anu bourg
a) a girls bons, 115
They continued in his deſcendants till K.
CHURCH OF BID BOROUGH. dito
Henry V.'s reign (o), when by the heir general
De
of this family they came to Robert Le Hadde,
or by whom preſented.
1933. Egy Kectors.
who was afterwards of Frinſted in this county(P);
Lords of the manor Hugo Wilcox, A. M. in 1630. his deſcendant, Robert Hadde, of Frinfied, efq; in
of Bidborough. -- Bounds, obt. 1716. the beginning of the reign of K. Henry VIII,
dans Richard Davis, obt. Dec. 1731.
conveyed this m
manor and advowſon, with its
(i) Edmund Latter, A.M.Jan. appendage of Buckland, to William Waller, of
demies 5,1731. Preſent Rector. Groombridge, efq; who died in the 18th year of
that reign, feiſed of theſe premiſes, held of the
A S'H U R S T
King in ccpite (9).
303990001
They continued in his deſcendants till fir Tho-
bsso
LIÈS forthweſtward from Bidborough, on the mas Waller, knt. in the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
confines of this county next Suſſex, from alienated them to Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dor-
which it is ſeparated both on the ſouth and welt ſet, and Lord Treaſurer of England, who died
lides by a ſmall ſtream.
poffeffed of them on April 19, 1608 (r). He
tronage of the i
PATRONS,
107
bon
5
20.oogte
an.
(f) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 61.
(8) Ed. Theſ. p. 384. (5) Ibid. p. xxiii.
(i) In 1737, a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding the
rectory of Burftow in the co. of Surry with this of Bid-
bori ugh.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 15.
(1) Ibid. N.71. His ſon, Hugh de Gerund, died ſeiled
of them in the iſt year of K. Edward II, holding them as
above-mentioned, and performing ſuit to the King's court
of Oſpringe, from three weeks to three weeks. Ibid. N. 32.
His ſon, John Gerund, died anno 16 Edward II, feiſed of
this manor and advowfon, &c. Ibid. ejus an.
() He bore for his arms-Gules, 3 bend's ermine.
(n) Rot. Efch. ejus an, N. 14.
(0) Thomas de Ghalfhunt was found to hold it at his death
by the like ſervice, anno 48 Edward III. Rot. Eſch. ejus
As was his ſon Henry, anno 9 Richard II, being then
a minor, when it was found by inquifition, that John Bede-
ford, Roger Tournour, Sibilla Jarconville, and Agnes, daugh-
ter of Walter at Stile, were the next of kin, and heirs of
the ſaid Henry. Ibid.
() Philipott, p. 57. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree
of Hadde. See more of this family, under Frinfted.
(9) Rot. Efch. ejus an. It appears by Mr. Petit Fædary
of Kent his book, that he was likewiſe fèiſed at his death
of half a knight's fee, for which John de Pulteney paid aid
in the 20th year of K. Edward III, and which was, in the
reign of K. Edward I, held by Margery de Penceſtre.
(r) See a further account of this family, under Sevenoke,
yol. i. of this hiftory, p. 344.
was

364
The 7 H IS TO RIYO of K E N T.
was
whole eldeft son John Rivers, esos was created This rectory is a diſcharged living, of een
PRESENT
STATE
OF
ASHURST.
ASHURST.
WACHLINGSTONE HUNDRED.
ON
The church is a low, mean building. It an.
was ſucceeded in them by his eldeſt ſon, Robert,
Earl of Dorſet, who dying within a twelvemonth tiently paid gd. chriſm-rent to the mother church
afterwards, Richard, Earl of Dorſet, his eldeſt of the dioceſe (u). a consib
ſon, became poſſeſſed of them. He conveyed the
In this church, before the reformation,
manor of Afburſt, with its appendages, to fir
a famous rood, or crucifix, which was much re.
George Rivers, of ,
ſorted to for its ſuppoſed miraculous powers(m).
eldeſt ſon
the
a Baronet on July 19, in the 19th year of K. clear yearly value, as certified, of 35l. the yearly
James I, and ſucceeded him in this eſtate, which tenths of which are ios. 5įd (W)
continued in his deſcendants until fir George The church of Aſhurft was antiently eſteemed
Rivers, bart. dying in the reign of K. George II,
as an apppendage to the manor, and continued
without iſſue male, by his laſt will deviſed it to fo till the reign of K. James I, when Richard,
his four ſurviving daughters and coheirs (t), who Earl of Dorſet, alienating the manor, reſerved
ſoon afterwards joined in the ſale of it to Mr. the church to himſelf; ſince which it has con
William Saxby, of Horſham Cayns in the co. of tinued in his deſcendants, the preſent patron
Suſſex, gent. (tt) who is the preſent poſſeſſor of it.
being his Grace John, Duke of Dorſet.
OUTC
CHURCH OF A SHU R S T.
This is a very ſmall pariſh, ſituated in an PatronS,
panin
RECTORS,
obſcure corner, in the ſouth-weſt part of this
or by whom preſented.
ibab a ROD
county, adjoining to Suſſex, from which it is ſe-
Lords of the manor (*) Thomas, about the time
parated by a branch of the river Medway, which of Aburjt. of K. Edward III.
bounds it on the ſouth and weſtern ſides. This
pro vobiw dis (9) Theophilus Beck, A. M.
pariſh lies within the Weald, and has nothing
obt.
5201 muss es dann 2 broj 007, 1715.
deſerving further notice in it.
10 Biop vloes M (2) Thomas Winterbottom,
1715, obt. 1717.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Penneton, 1721.
Ashurst is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic-
loodi ont
Thomas Reves, inftit. 1723.
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
od doo uls om
(a) Richard Onley, A. M.
Malling
1772. Preſent Rector.
10 no singingu
(s) By act paſſed anno 21 K. James I, his lands were of no effect, the ſaid bill having the conſent of Edward,
changed from the tenure and cuſtom of gavelkind, to deſcend then Earl of Dorſet, and they purpoſing to ſell the remainder
as lands at common law.
of the ſaid lands at as good prices as might be, which by the
Sir George Rivers, Richard Amherſt, Sergeant-at-law, and áullneſs of the times could not effectually be done imme-
Edward Lyndeley, efq; had the King's letters of protection for diately; therefore they prayed, &c. Rym. Fæd, vol. xviii,
one year, dated July 29, anno 2 Charles I, on their petition, P. 722.
ſetting forth, that Richard, late Earl of Dorſet, at the time
..) See more of the Rivers's, under Chafford in Penburſt
,
of his deceaſe was greatly indebted to ſeveral perſons, upon
vol. i, of this hiſtory, p. 417.
agne toate
bonds, &c. at intereſt, for which they ſtood bound with (tt) He bears for his arms-Vert, a garb, between 3 par.
him ; and the Earl, being defirous of honorably diſcharging tridges or ; which coat was granted to him in 1751. Ed-
the ſame, for that purpoſe had conveyed and aſſured to them,
mondſon's Heraldry, vol. ii, Appendix of Arms.
and their heirs, ſeveral manors, lands, &c. fufficient to pay
(u) Text. Roff. p. 229. (v) See Lamb. Peramb. p. 459.
the ſame; that they had ſince his death paid many thouſand
(w) E&. Theſ. p. 384. (x) Reg. Roff. p. 611.
pounds; and to the intent that they might pay the remain-
(0) And Vicar of Birling. H
der, amounting to many thouſand more, they had exhibited
(z) He likewiſe ſucceeded Mr. Beck in the vicarage of
a bill in Parltament for that purpoſe, which having paſſed
Birling
both houſes, was, by the haſty diſſolution of the Parliament,
(a) In 1772 a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding this
rectory with Speldhurſ
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The HISTORY of KÉ N T. 36
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I ES next ſouthward from that of Wach-
ling stone. This Hundred is not mentioned
ca
in the general ſurvey of Domeſday. In the 7th The manor of Brenchley was antiently part of
year of K. Edward I, as well as in the 20th
year
the poſſeſſions of the noble family of Clare (C);
of K. Edward III, it was called The Hundred of the deſcendants of which were afterwards Earls
Brenchelley, as appears by the respective records of Glouceſter and Hertford (d).
of thoſe years. The addition fince of the name Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter and Hert-
of Horſemonden, being in fact no more than the ford, died ſeiſed of this manor in the 24th year
name of one of the two balf Hundreds into which of K. Edward I, leaving Joan of Acrës his widow
this Hundred was then divided. doo slouch
ſurviving, who on his death became enfeoffed
In the 7th year of K. Edward I, the King and of the lands belonging to both his earldoms,
the Archbiſhop of Canterbury were Lords of this which ſhe continued in poffeffion of at the time
Hundred. OVA
of her death, in the ift year of K. Edward
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, on levy.
II; (e) upon which Gilbert de Clare, their only
ing 40s. on every knight's fee, for making the
ſon and heir, had livery of the lands of his in.
Black Prince a Knight, this Hundred anſwered
heritance, and bore the title likewiſe of both his
for one knight's fee and three quarters. $92
father's earldoms. He was Nain in the King's
gus
ſervice, at the battle of Bannockſburne in Scotland,
It contains part of the pariſhes of, in the 7th year of that reign, and leaving no
iſſue ſurviving, for John his ſon died in his life
2, LAMBERHURST, and monitor Who
time, his three ſiſters became his coheirs (f),
3, HORSE MONDEN ;
berbuid loop all and on the partition of their eſtates in the 17th
ន,
and the churches of thoſe pariſhes.
of K. Edward II, this manor, with Tun-
basodol | ,
Ovo sem
bridge caſtle and manor, and other eſtates in
theſe parts, were allotted to Margaret (g), then
B R E N C H L E Y di
wife of Hugh de Audley, who in her right became
entitled to them. But ſoon afterwards, confe-
Lies the next pariſh eaſtward from Pembury
.
derating with the diſcontented Lords, this ma-
The village of it is, almoſt all of it, with.
nor, among the reſt of his lands, was ſeized on
in this Hundred, though the Hundred of Twy.
by the King; in which ſtate it continued till the
ford extends itſelf over a narrow diſtrict of the
alle.
north
o the village of
gation in Parliament, that there were ſeveral
Brenchley, ſome of the houſes of which on the
errors in the proſecution had againſt him in the
eaſtern ſide are within the juriſdiction of it.
former reign, he had a reftitution of all his ma-
The borough of Rugmer-bill, which lies at the
nors and lands then in the King's hands, and in
eaſtern ſide of this pariſh, adjoining to that of
the nth year of that reign, in conſideration of
Horſemonden, is within the antient demeſne of the
his ſervices and his wife's deſcent, was in Par-
manor of Aylesford, and conſequently exempt liament created Earl of Glouceſter.
from the juriſdiction of this Hundred.
He died in the 21ſt year of K. Edward III,
This place is written in old deeds Brancheſe,
leaving iſſue an only daughter and heir Mar-
and in the Textus Roffenſis, Brenceſle (6).
garet, then married to Ralph, Lord Stafford (b),
STOVOLD
1, BRENCHLEY
year
won St
SON
(6) Text. Roff. p. 228.
(-) See Philipott, p. 73. Poco
(d) See a further account of this family, under Tun-
bridge, p. 323
(e) She was daughter of K. Edward I. On their mar-
riage, all his lands were intailed upon him and the iſſue of
his body by her.
After the Earl of Glouceſter's death, ſhe
married Ralph de Monthermer, who had livery of her lands,
and thereupon aſſumed the title of Earl of Glouceſter, which
at her death he entirely laid afide.
(f) Viz. Alianor, firſt married to Hugh Le Despencer the
younger, and afterwards to William la Zouch; Margaret, firſt
to Piers de Gaveſton, Earl of Cornwall, and ſecondly to Hugh
de Audley; and Elizabeth, firſt to John de Burgh, and ſea
côndly to Roger Damory.
(8) She is in ſome of the printed books of nobility named
Iſabel; but the inquiſition after her death, taken anno ai
Edward III, Rot. Eſch. N. 39, names her Margaret. Phili-
pött, p. 73
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
VOL. II.
5 A
who

366
The HISTORY of K E N T.
3 iſt y
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
BRENCHLEY.
who had that year a ſpecial livery of all the nent family of Criol (P), in which reign Bertram
lands of her inheritance, and in the 25th year
de Criol held it, as half a knight's fee, of Alicia
de Waltham, as ſhe again did of the Earl of Glou-
of that reign, was advanced to the title of Earl
of Stafford (i).
ceſter. He was a man much in favor with that
This great Earl died, far advanced in years,
King, and, among other offices of truſt, was
made Sheriff of Kent in the 16th and 26th years
K. Edward
of
the caſtles
, ſeries
of Dover and Rocheſter committed to him (9).
deſcent to Humphry, Earl of Stafford, who in the
He had iſſue two ſons, Nicholas (r) and John;
23d year of K. Henry VI, as well as in reſpect
the latter of whom ſeems to have inherited this
of his alliance, as on account of his eminent
ſervices, was created Duke of Buckingham. manor, of which he died ſeiſed in the 48th year
This manor afterwards paſſed in ſucceſſion to
of K. Henry III, leaving Bertram de Criol his
ſon and heir, who married Elene, one of the
his great-grandſon Edward, Duke of Buckingham,
daughters of Hamon de Crevequer (s). He died
who being accuſed in the reign of K. Henry
VIII. of high treaſon, was found guilty and be-
anno 23 Edward I, and was ſucceeded by John
headed on Tower-hill, May 17, in the 13th year
his eldeſt ſon, who died in the 34th year of that
reign, leaving Joane his ſiſter his next heir, mar-
of that reign. After which an act paſſed, anno
ried to fir Richard de Rokeſle, who in her right
14 and 15 Henry VIII, for the Duke's attainder,
inherited this manor (t). He left by her two
and the ſame year another for the reſtitution of
his fon Henry in blood, but not to his honors
daughters his coheirs; of whom Agnes, the eldeſt,
and lands.
married Thomas de Poynings, in whoſe name and
deſcendants it continued down to fir Edward
The manor of Brenchley reſted in the Crown,
Poynings, knt, a man much in favor with K.
till K. Henry VIII, in his 31ſt year, granted
Henry VII. and VIII, being Governor of Dover
it, with other premiſes in this pariſh, to Paul
Caſtle, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and
Sydnor, eſq; (k) whoſe ſon William Sydnor, in the
Knight of the Garter, and he died poſſeſſed of
20th year of Q. Elizabeth, paſſed it away by
it in the 14th year of K. Henry VIII, anno
ſale to William Lambarde, of Greenwich, eſq; the
Perambulator (1), who ſettled it on the alms-bouſe ir John Scott, knt, by whom he left no iſſue,
1522, having married Elizabeth, daughter of
he had founded in that pariſh, called Queen
though he had ſeveral natural children. He died
Elizabeth's Hoſpital, with this limitation: that
not only without legitimate iſſue, but without
the heirs male of his line ſhould hold it in leaſe
any collateral kindred, who could make claim
for ever, and in caſe they failed, the laſt of them
to his eſtates; ſo that
ſo that this manor, among others,
ſhould have power to diſpoſe of his intereſt in
eſcheated to the Crown(u), where it ſeems to have
it, by his laſt will, to whomſoever he pleaſed (m).
remained till that King, in his
By virtue of which reſervation, the leaſe of this
it, with other premiſes in this pariſh, to Paul
manor has paſſed in direct ſucceſſion to Multon
Sydnor, eſq; his Agent to the court of Spain,
Lambard, of Sevenoke in this county, efq; the
,
who died poffeffed of it in the 6th year of K.
preſent poffeffor of it (n).
Edward VI, leaving by Alicia his wife a fon
William his heir (v), who had not livery of it
till the 5th year of Q. Elizabeth (w). He paffed
is another manor here (0), which in the reign of away this manor, in the 20th year of that reign,
K. Henry III, was in the poſſeſſion of the emi- to William Lambarde, of Greenwich, eſą:(x) the

guignolyd ebostad
CRIOLS
(i) See more of this family, under Tunbridge, P: 327,
(k) Philipott, p. 73.
(1) Anno 20 Elizabeth, a pardon paſſed the great ſeal to
him, for purchaſing the manors of Brenchley and Cryells,
and ſundry other premiſes in Brenchley, Yalding, Tunbridge,
and Lamberhurft ; and all thoſe meſſuages, &c. called Stokeo
leaze, Tebes, Lyndrith, Drakland, Wildfield, and Horſes
leaze, by eſtimation 40 acres, in Brenchley and Lamber-
hurf, of William Sydnor without licence. Rot. Eſch. anno
20 Elizabeth, pt. 8.
(10) Philipott, p. 73.
(n) See more of this family in the iſt volume of this hiſ-
tory, p. 18 and
353.
() It lies about a mile and a half ſouth-weſt from Brench-
ley village. There were two other manors of this name in
this county, belonging to this family, viz. in Borden and
Shadowhurſt.
(P) See Philipott, p. 74. (9) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 770.
(r) Anno 47 Henry III, he was Warden of the Five Ports
and Sheriff of Kent, and anno 54 of it, Governor of Re-
cheſter Caffle. He left iſſue by Joane his wife, daughter
and ſole heir of William de Auberville, a ſon Nicholas, who
married Margery, daughter of Gilbert Peche, and was ſum-
moned to Parliament anno 35 Edward I. Dugd. Bar. ibid.
(s) By Maud his wife, fifter and heir of William de Al-
brinces or Averenches.
(1) See more of this family, under North Cray, in the ift
volume of this hiftory, p. 150, 155.
(u) Philipott, p. 74. See North Cray, vol. i. of this
hiftory, p. 155
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Philipott ibid.
(w) By the deſcription of, the manor of Criols in Brenchley,
and one meffuage called Cutts, and 80 acres of land belong.
ing to it in Brenchley, held of the King, but by what ſervice
was not known, and three parcels of wood, called Sopers,
Syndrell, and Byrchletts, which were parcel of the manor
of Criols, and were held as above. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(2) Anno 20 Elizabeth, a pardon paſſed the great feal for
his having purchaſed this, among other eſtates in this pariſh,
without licence. Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 8.
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BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
Perambulator, who ſettled it on the alms-houſe owners of Chekeſwell, which in the preceding
he had founded in that pariſh, called Queen reign of K. Edward I. had been in the poffeffion
Elizabeth's Hoſpital, with the like limitation
of the family of Hoeſe (b). John de Copgrave (c)
as that which he had made in reſpect to the ſold both theſe manors to John de Vane, who was
likewiſe become owner of the manor of Mare-
manor of Brenchley, as above-mentioned. By
virtue of which, the leaſe of this manor has ſcal, or Maſcals, as it was then called ; his heir,
paſſed in direct ſucceſſion to Multon Lambard, Robert de Vane (d), paid reſpective aid for them
of Sevenoke in this county, eſq; the preſent pof all three, in the 20th year of K. Edward III, at
the making the Black Prince a Knight, as half
a knight's fee, which Jobn de Copgrave held in
MASCALS, with copGrAve and CHEKESWELL.
Brencheſley, at Chekeſwell, of the Earl of Glou-
The manor of Mafcals, antiently called Mare-
ceſter (e).
ſcalls (y), with the two appendant ones of Cop Theſe manors continued in the name of Vane,
grove
and Chekeſwell, had ſeparate owners. till the latter end of K. Henry VI, when one of
The first of them, in the reign of K. Edward
that family alienated them to Humphry Stafford,
II, was owned by the family of Colepeper; one of
Duke of Buckingham, from whom they afterwards
whom, Walter Culpeper, died ſeiſed of it in the
paſſed in ſucceſſion to his great-grandſon Ed-
laft
ward, Duke of Buckingham, who being accuſed
year
of that reign, as appears by the inqui.
fition taken in the iſt year of K. Edward III,(z)
of high treaſon in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
by which it was found, that he held in gavelkind
was found guilty and beheaded on Tower-hill,
at the time of his death, certain tenements in
May 17, in the 13th year of that reign (f).
the pariſh of Brenchley, called Mareſcales, of the
After which an act paſſed, anno 14 and 15
Lord Hugh de Audele, as of his honor of Tun Henry VIII, for the Duke's attainder, and the
bridge, by the ſervice of paying at his larder
ſame year another, for the reſtitution of his fon
eight hogs and an half, at the feaſt of All Saints
Henry in blood, but not to his honors and lands.
Soon after the Duke's attainder, the manors
yearly, value 155. and of William de Ore, knt.
by the ſervice of 5s.gd. per annum, and that
of Maſcalls and Copgrave, for I find no further
there were there in the ſaid tenements one mef-
mention of Chekeſwell, were granted to John
ſuage of no value beyond repriſes ; 80 acres of
Lyghe, who died pofſeffed of them in the 15th
arable land worth yearly 20s. 20 acres of pafture | year of that reign (8). After which they came
worth zod. yearly ; 14 acres of meadow worth
into the poſſeſſion of fir Edward Ferrers, of
45. 8d. yearly : that he held there in gavelkind,
Badſley Clinton in the co. of Warwick, knt, who
18 acres of arable land, which he purchaſed of
died feiſed of them on Aug. 29, 1535 (b), theſe
manors being then held of the King as of the
Tatilda Salmon, worth 48. 6d. yearly, held of
Geofry atte Holedene, by the ſervice of gs. per bonor of Warbilton, parcel of the poſſeſſions of
annum : and that he held in like tenure, in the
the late Duke of Buckingham attainted, by the
ſame pariſh, nine acres of arable, worth 2s. 3d
ſervice of one fourth part of a knight's fee (i),
and by his laſt will deviſed them to Conflantia
yearly, of Richard de Sheyſelle, by the ſervice of
4d. per annum, in lieu of all ſervice; and that as
his wife (ii) for life, remainder to his grandſon,
to his tenements in gavelkind, his ſons, Thomas,
Edward Ferrers, eſq; (k) in tail male.
Geoffry, and John, were his heirs and next of
She died poffeffed of them on Sept. 30, anno
6 K. Edward VI, (1) on which Edward Ferrers,
CopGrove was in poſſeſſion of a family of the her grandſon, ſucceeded to them, and died on
fame name, who afterwards became likewiſe Aug. 11, 1564 (m), leaving iſſue by Bridget,
han
kin (a).
() This manor lies about a mile and a half northward
from Brenchley village.
(2) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(a) Lamb. Peramb. p. 599.
(6) Henry de Hueſe died ſeiſed of it anno 18 Edward I,
leaving Henry his fon and heir, who, anno 22 of that reign,
was ſummoned to Parliament among the Barons of this realm.
Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 623.
(c) From him is ſuppoſed to be deſcended John Capgrave,
the famous Friar Eremite of St. Auguſtine, S.T. P. of Ox-
ford, and at length Provincial of his order in England. He
was probably born at this place, and became Provincial of
his order, and the moſt learned man of it here. Humphry,
Duke of Glouceſter was his patron, under whoſe protection
he publiſhed thoſe works, which ſhew how great his abilities
were. He died at Lynn, and was buried Aug. 12, 1484.
Tan. Bib. Brit p. 152. Stev. Mon. vol. ii, p. 219.
(d) Philipott, p. 75, ſeems to think that theſe Vanes,
who were ſeated at a manſion called Vanes in this pariſh,
were anceſtors from whom originally ſprung the Earls of
WeAmoreland and Darlington, &c.-but the books of
peerage
from records in the Herald's office, deduce them from Howel
ap Vane, who was living in Monmouthſhire in Wales before
the time of the conqueft. See Coll. Peer, vol. iii, p. 173.
(e) Book of Aid anno 20 Edward III.
(f) Philipott, p. 74.
(8) Mr. Petytt Fædary his book.
(5) He was ſon of fir Henry Ferrers, knt. and Margaret
Heckfall, of Eaſt Peckham in this county. They all three
lie buried in Badeſley church. Dugd. Warw. p. 712.
(i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(ii) She was daughter and heir of Richard Brome, of Badf-
ley, eſq; and had iſſue four fons, Henry, Edward, George,
and Nicholas, and fix daughters.
(k) His father, Henry Ferrers, married Catherine daugh-
ter and coheir of fir John Hampden, knt. He died before
his father, in 1526. Dugd. Warw. ibid.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (m) Ibid.
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PAR ROCKS
BRENCHLEY.
BRENCHLEY AND HORSE MONDEN HUNDRED.
daughter of William, Lord Windſor, Henry Fer 1641(s), who, though he had then a grant
rers, his ſon and heir (n), who ſeems to have of the fee of the manor of Parrocks, yet he
paſſed them away by ſale in the 16th year of never gained poſſeſſion of it till about the time
Q. Elizabeth's reign (o) to Whetenball
, commonly
of the death of K. Charles I, for it had
called Whetnall, and he fold them about the be been leaſed out by the Abbeſs and Convent, for
ginning of K. James I.'s reign to Ouldſworth, many years, to the family of Hextall
, of Eaſt
who not long after conveyed them to Bartue, Peckham; one of whom, William Hextall
, dying
and he in the reign of K. Charles I, tranſmitted
without male iſſue, his only daughter and heir
them by fale to Mr. Charles Tucker, whoſe ſon of Margaret carried his intereſt in it in marriage
the ſame name owned them at the reſtoration, William Whetenhall, esq; whoſe deſcendant, fir
anno 1660 (p). How they paſſed afterwards, Richard Wbetenhall, knt. fold the remainder of
I don't find ; but in the beginning of this cen his term in it to George Brooke, Lord Cobham, who
tury they were in the name of Putland, one of died poſſeſſed of it anno 5 and 6 Philip and
whom, Mr. George Putland, of Tunbridge, by his Mary. His ſon, fir William Brooke, knt. Lord
laſt will deviſed them to Mr. Thomas Barton, of Cobham, ſucceeded him in it, and in the 12th
Sevenoke, his nephew, for life, remainder to Mr. -year of Q. Elizabeth, procured a freſh term in
Thomas Barton, his great-nephew, ſon of Mr. | this manor, and then alienated it to fir Thomas
Walter Barton, of Court-lodge in Hadlow, who is Fane, of Badſell, knt. whoſe grandſon, Mildmay,
the preſent owner of theſe manors.
Earl of Weſtmoreland, afterwards became poſſeſſed
of it, in whoſe time the leaſe expired, about the
time of the death of K. Charles I, when the fee
is a manor, which lies at the northern extremity
and entire poſſeſſion of this manor came to fir
of this pariſh, within the Hundred of Twyford,
John Rayney, as above-mentioned (t). Soon after
which it was alienated to Bofvile, in which name
and was antiently a manor appendant to that of
Weſt Malling, which was given by Gundulph,
it continued till Henry Boſvile, of Braborne in Se-
Biſkop of Rocheſter, in the 4th year of William
venoke, dying in 1761 unmarried, bequeathed
Rufus to the Benediktine nunnery founded there it, among the reſt of his eſtates, to his kinſman
by him about that time (9).
Richard, only ſon and heir of fir Edward Beten-
This manor remained part of the poſſeſſions Son, bart. who in 1962 ſucceeded his father in
the title of Baronet, and is the preſent poffeffor
of the abbey of Malling till the diffolution of it
of this manor (u).
in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, when it was,
with all its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's
A Court Baron is regularly held for it.
hands, and was confirmed to him and his heirs
by the general words of the act, paſſed for this
purpoſe the next year. After which, the King, It appears by the Eſcheat-rolls, that this
by his let. pat. dated March 2, that year, granted, eſtate was formerly part of the poſſeſſions of
in exchange for other premiſes, to Thomas Cran the eminent family of Pimpe. Reginald Pimpe
mer, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, the manors of Weſt died in the 16th year of K. Henry VI, feiſed of
Malling, Parrock, &c. late belonging to the abbey a meſſuage in Brenchley, called Le Mote, with
there, to hold by knights ſervice (r). Theſe the lands and appurts. belonging to it(v). Soon
manors and premiſes were again exchanged with after which it appears to have come into a fa-
the Crown in the beginning of the reign of Qumily called, from their reſidence in this pariſh,
Elizabeth, where the fee of the manor of Par. Brenchley (w). John Brenchley, eſq; was owner
rock lay, till K. James I, in his 2 iſt year, granted of it in that reign, and left iſſue an only daugh-
it to John Rayney, eſq; and his heirs for ever; ter and heir Margaret, who, in 21 Henry VI,
which grant was confirmed by K. Charles I, carried it in marriage to William More, of More
in his ad year, to fir John Rayney, knt. his eldeſt Court in Ivechurch, eſq; who was ſucceeded in it
ſon, who was of Wrotham-place in this county, by his ſon, Walter More, of Benenden, efq; and
and was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in he died ſeiſed of it in 1504, anno 19 Henry VII,
M O ATLAN DS.
() Dugd. Warw. p. 712.
(o) In which year he levied a fine of theſe manors.
(P) Philipott, p. 74.
(9) See a further account of the abbey of Malling, and of
this manor, under Malling, p. 216.
(r) This grant was in conſequence of an indenture made
between the King and the Archbishop, which was inrolled
in the Augmentation-office Feb. 11th that year.
(s).See Philipott, p. 74, 232, and Town Malling, p. 218.
(t) Philipott, in his account of Brenchley, p. 74, and of
Wef Malling, p. 232, gives two very different accounts of
the property of this manor ; however, as the latter of them
is ſaid by him to have been taken from the deeds of fir John
Rayney, and as it agrees nearer with the records in the
Augmentation and other offices than the other, the above
account is taken moſtly from it.
(u) See a further account of the families of Boſvile and
Betenfon, under Braborne in Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
p. 359, 340.
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(w) Of this family was fir William Bruchelle, or Brencha
ley, knt. one of the Juſtices of the Common Pleas, who died
May 20, 1446, without iſſue, and lies buried with Foane
his wife in the nave of Canterbury cathedral. They bore for
their arms- A croſs potent engrailed, as may be ſeen carved
on the roof of the cloyſters of that cathedral.
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BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
BRENCHLEY.
leaving by Alice his wife two ſons ; Thomas, who
within the Hundred of Twyford. The manſion
was of Benenden, and William, who in right of of it (2) was antiently the reſidence of Hugh de
his wife became poſſeſſed of Bettenham in Cran-
Catt, who implanted his name on it; his de-
ſcendants continued in the poſſeſſion of it till the
brooke, where he afterwards reſided (x).
Thomas More, the eldeſt ſon, poſſeſſed Moat-
reign of K. Henry VI, when it was paſſed away
lands, and died about the 11th year of K. Henry
to Tilden of Marden, one of whoſe deſcendants,
after the death of K, Charles I, alienated it to
VIII, leaving three ſons; of whom John, the
eldeſt, ſucceeded him here, and about the reign Baſage (a), in which name it continued till Wil-
of Q. Mary alienated Moatlands to Thomas Ro-
liam and James 'Bajage ſold it to James Turvin,
bert, alias Robertes, gent, who lies buried, with of the co. of Hertford, eſq; whoſe ſon of the ſame
his three wives, Elizabeth, Joane, and Agnes, in name leaving two daughters his coheirs, they
this church. He left iſſue George Robertes, of are at this time entitled to the poſſeſſion of it.
Brenchley, gent, who died ſeiſed of it on Dec. 25,
BOKIN FOLD
1562, and was buried here, leaving a ſon John
Robertes, of Brenchley, gent. on whoſe death July is a manor of large extent, the manſion of which
24, 1593, he was ſucceeded by George Roberts
was once eſteemed to be within the bounds of
his ſon, who died Jan. 11, 1617, at
. 55, and this pariſh, and being fituated on the eaſtern ſide
was buried here beſide his father. He had iſſue
of it, was frequently ſtyled the manor of Eaſt
by Mary his wife, a ſon Walter, and a daughter Bokinfold. The demeſnes of it extended into the
Margaret, married to Walter Roberts, ſon and
pariſhes of Yalding, Horſemonden, Marden, and
heir of for Thomas Roberts, of Glaffenbury, bart
. Goudburſt
. The only houſe now on it is ſituated
who on the death of her brother without ſurviv-
juſt within the ſouthern bounds of the pariſh of
ing iſſue, entitled her huſband to this eſtate, Palding (6).
the reſt of her inheritance.
In the reign of K. Henry III, this manor was
Walter Roberts, eſq; was knighted in 1624,
in the poffeffion of the family of Crevequer, of
and on the death of his father in 1628, fuc-
which Hamo de Crevequer died ſeiſed of it in the
ceeded him in the title of Baronet, from whom
47th year of that reign, the ſame being a mem-
this eftate deſcended in direct ſucceſſion to fir
ber of the manor of Chatham, which he held of
Walter Roberts, of Glaſſenbury, bart. who died
the King by Barony (c).
poſſeſſed of it in July 1745, leaving by Eliza-
He was ſucceeded by Robert his grandſon,
betb his wife, daughter and heir of Wm. Slaugh-
Hamo his ſon dying in his life-time, who had
ter, of Rocheſter, efq; one only daughter and lur-
that year livery of his lands, on performance of
viving heir Jane, who on O&t. 23, 1752, carried
his homage (d); but adhering to the rebellious
this eſtate, with the reſt of her great inheritance,
Barons, he appeared in their party next year
in marriage to His Grace George, Duke of St. Al-
againſt the King, in the fatal battle of Lewes,
bans, who is the preſent poffeffor of it (y).
こちら
​and his lands were ſeized on by the King, and
John Hooker, of Broadoak in this pariſh, eſq;
though he was afterwards received into favor,
owns an eſtate in this pariſh, which was for-
yet it does not appear that this manor was ever
merly accounted part of that of Moatlands above-
reſtored to him, but reſted in the crown till K,
mentioned.
Edward II, in his ad year, granted in fee his
03. So
manor of Bokenfold, with the advowſon of the
CA T T S PLACE,
free chapel of it (e), for the annual ferm of 251.
with the manor belonging to it, called Catlets at his Exchequer, to Bartholomew de Badlef-
Salmon, is likewiſe ſituated in this pariſh, and mere (f); and in the 8th year of his reign he
among the reſt
(*) See Irich Peer. vol. i, p. 314: Philipott, p. 74.
6) See more of the family of Roberts, and of the Duke of
St. Albans, under Glaſſenbury in Cranbrooke.
The Dutcheſs died in 1778, without iſſue, having been
ſeparated from her huſband for ſeveral years.
(2) It is ſituated about a mile northward from the village
of Brenchley.
.
(a) Philipott, p. 75.
(6) The manſion of this manor is continually mentioned
in records and antient deeds as being within this pariſh of
Brenchley, the bounds of which muſt therefore have been
changed, or the preſent houſe on this manor could not be
that which was antiently eſteemed the manſion of it.
(c) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 33. See more of the Creve-
quers, under Chatham, p. 65.
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 592.
the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, this manor being
then in the Crown, on a quo warranto brought againſt the
Prior of Leeds, who claimed the advowſon of this chapel,
VOL. II
the jury found, that the collation to it belonged to the King,
and was worth 10 marcs per arnum ; that John de Copgrave
was then in poſſeſſion of it, of the collation of the Prior of
Leeds, but they knew not by what right-To which the
Prior anſwered, that he poſſeſſed the advowſon of this chapel
by gift from Hamon de Grevequer, and he well knew that the
late Q. Alianor preſented to this chapel, in right of her
manor of Ledes, and that after her death he, the Prior, ap-
peared in the King's court, and there, before the perſons
aſſigned by the King to hear and determine all complaints
touching the ſaid Queen, preferred his complaint, that ſhe
had preſented to this church to the difinheriſon of his church;
upon
which it was determined by the faid court, with the
King's conſent, that the ſaid advowſon ſhould be reſtored
to the ſaid Prior, and this was then teſtified by J. de Berewic,
&c. Reg. Roff. p. 177. Notwithſtanding which, K. Ed-
ward II. granted away this advowſon to Bartholomew de
Badleſmere, as above recited.
(f) Rot. 2do. ejus an. in turr.
granted
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The
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H IS TO RY
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
in his ed year.
BRENCHLEY.
BRENCHLEY AND HorseMONDEN HUNDRED.
granted to him, upon an exchange then made
above-mentioned (n). He died poſſeſſed of it
between them, this manor and chapel in fee, to in the 4th year of that reign, upon which the
hold in focage, by the ſervice of paying one pair | King confirmed it to Giles de Badeleſmere, by an
of clove-gilliflowers by the hands of the Sheriff of exemplification of the grant made by his father
li-
the county (8); next year he obtained many
berties and privileges for his eſtates, and free-
In the 5th year of that reign, Margaret,
warren for his demeſne lands of this manor
widow of Bartholomew de Badleſmere, on the al-
among others (h).
ſignation of her dower, had certain lands in
But after having many important truſts and
Twyford Hundred, belonging to this manor, af-
favors conferred on him, and having been ſum ſigned to her as part of it (o).
moned to Parl. from the 3d to the 14th year of that Giles de Badleſmere, in the 7th year of that
reign, about the time of the latter he withdrew his
reign, though he had not then accompliſhed his
full
allegiance, and ſided with the Earl of Lancaſter age, yet doing his homage had livery of his
and other diſcontented Barons, and having de lands, and having been much truſted and em-
nied the Queen entrance into his caſtle of Leeds, ployed by the King in his wars, and having re-
in which ſhe wiſhed to have lodged, the King ceived ſummons to Parliament from the gth to the
beſieged it and took it, with Margaret his wife, 12th year of that reign, he died in the latter,
and Giles his ſon, and all his children in it, who being then feiſed of this manor (P), and leaving
were ſent to the Tower, and all his lands were
his four ſiſters his heirs (9); and upon the parting
ſeized into the King's hands.
of their inheritance, this manor, with 50 acres
After which the King fent a ſtrong power to of wood belonging to it, was alligned to Maud
arreſt him and all his accomplices, who being the eldeſt fifter, wife of John de Vere, Earl of
overtaken at Burrowbridge, received a total de Oxford (r), who in her right poſſeſſed the ſame;
feat, and were taken and hanged at different and another 50 acres of wood belonging to this
places (i).
manor likewiſe to Margaret, the youngeſt ſiſter,
Whilſt this manor was in the King's hands, who entitled her huſband, John de Tibetot, to the
he withdrew to it in the 19th year of his reign, poffeffion of them (s).
on the charge of his intention of viſiting France, John, Earl of Oxford, had iſſue by Maud his
for the performance of his homage due for the wife, above-mentioned, three fons and two daugh-
Dutchy of Acquitaine (k); and during his ſtay here,
ters, and died (t) at Rheims on Jan. 24, anno 34
finding many perſons had unlawfully hunted in
Edward III, ſeiſed of this manor, and 50 acres
his park of Bokinfold, at that time of large ex of wood belonging to it (u), which Maud, his
tent (?), he commanded that they ſhould be in-
widow, held as part of her dower till her.de-
dicted for the treſpaſſes and irregularities they ceaſe, which happened anno 40 of that reign (v).
had committed in it (m).
He was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon Thomas,
In the 2d year of K. Edward III, an inqui-
Earl of Oxford, who had married in his father's
fition was taken of what lands Bartholomew de life-time Maud, daughter of fir Ralph de Ufford,
Badleſmere had died ſeiſed, by which it was Lord Chief Juſtice of Ireland, and died in the
found, that he died ſeiſed of this manor among 45th year of that reign, being then ſeiſed of this
others, which his ſon, nevertheleſs, did not then manor, leaving iſſue one ſon Robert, who ſuco
come into the poſſeſſion of, though greatly in ceeded him as Earl of Oxford, and heir to all his
the King's favor; for K. Edward II. had granted poffeffions (w).
it, together with the advowſon of the free chapel But this manor appears to have been held in
of it, for life, to Thomas de Camvill, being the dower by Maud his widow, for the term of her
inheritance of Giles de Badleſmere, by the ſervice life, the inheritance of it belonging to Robert,
(8) Rot. in turr. ps. I ejus an. Morant's Eſſex, vol. i,
p. 265, note A.
(6) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 57.
(i) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 58. or
(k) Whilſt the King was at Bokinfold, Hamo de Hethe,
Biſhop of Rocheſter, the King's Confeſſor, ſent him a preſent
of both wine and grapes from his vineyard at Halling near
Rocheſter. Lamb. Peramb. p. 458.
(1) Twine de Rebus Albion, mentions the foreſt of Bucken-
wald near Tunbridge, by which moſt probably he meant this
park of Bokinfold.
(m) Morant's Effex, vol. i, p. 2650 note A.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (0) Ibid.
(P) Ibid. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii.
) . .
(9) Viz. Maud, married firſt to Robert Fitzpain, after-
wards to John de Vere, Earl of Oxford; Margery to William,
Lord Roos; Elizabeth firſt to Edmund Mortimer, and ſecondly
to William Bohun, Earl of Northampton ; and Margaret,
wife of fir John Tibetot, knt. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 193.
(r) He was ſon of fir Alphonfus de Vere, brother of Robt.
Earl of Oxford, on whoſe death without ſurviving iſſue, anno
5 Edward III, John, his nephew above-mentioned, fuc-
ceeded him as Earl of Oxford. Collins's Hift. Collections,
p. 228, 239
(s) Dugd. Bar. ibid. p. 59,60. Collins's Hift. Coll.ibid.
(t) Viz. Thomas, his heir; Aubrey, who ſucceeded to
the Earldom on the deceaſe of his nephew, Robert, Duke of
Ireland; and John. Margaret, married firſt to Henry, Lord
Beaumont, and fecondly to fir John Devereux; and Iſabella,
married firſt to fir John Courtney, and ſecondly to fir Oliver
Dinham. Collins's Hift. Coll. p. 239.
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Collins's Hift. Coll. p. 240.
(v) Rot. Eſch. ibid. Dugd. Bar. vol.i, p. 193.
(w) See more of the Veres, Earls of Oxford, under Bad-
leſmere.
Earl


The HISTORY of K E N T.
371
BRENCHLEY.
BRENCHLEY AND HorseMONDEN HUNDRED.
Earl of Oxford, who afterwards became ſo great ford, as part of her dower, and the inheritance
a favorite with K. Richard II, that no accumu of it was probably part of thoſe premiſes fo con-
lation of wealth and honors was thought fuffi fiſcated as above-mentioned, and ſeems to have
cient to teſtify the King's great affection for him, been granted ſoon afterwards to the Duke of
which was ſo wantonly laviſhed on him, as in Gloucefter (V), who in the 17th year of that reign
the end brought on the deſtruction of both:
ſettled it (this manor being then held of the King
for beſides grants of lands and great offices of in capite) with
in capite) with the King's licence, on his new
truſt and emolument, he was in the 9th year of founded college at Plecy in the co. of Elex ().
that reign created in Parliament Marquis of Dub The Counteſs of Oxford kept poſſeſſion of this
lin, a title unknown in England, with the land manor, with the advowſon of the chapel of Boca
and dominion of Ireland, in as ample a manner kenfold, till her death, which happened in the
as the King himſelf held it, and in the proceſs 14th year of K. Henry IV,(a) when the Maſter
of the next year Duke of Ireland.
and Prieſts of the college took poſſeſſion of it,
Being thus puffed up with wealth and honors, and it continued with them till the diſſolution
he grew proud and inſolent to all, and having of their college, which happened in the 27th
too much offended the great nobility by his year of K. Henry VIII, when it was, with all
haughty carriage towards them, who were al its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's hands,
to the uſe of him, his heirs and aſſigns for ever,
ready too highly incenſed at his being ſet above
them in title and the King's eſteem, though not this being one of thoſe lefſer houſes, whoſe re-
at all ſuperior in wiſdom or courage, they raiſed venues did not amount to zool. per annum (b).
their powers, and being headed by the Duke of
K. Henry VIII, in his 38th year, granted to
Glouceſter, the King's uncle, declared the cauſe
John Gate, eſq; Gentleman of his Privy Cham-
of their party was to bring the Duke of Ireland
ber, this manor of Bockenfold, with the fcite of
to juſtice, and to rid the King of him and ſuch
the college of Plecy, the church and other pre-
like traitors. The Lords being thus powerful, miſes belonging to it, to hold in capite by knights
and having put to flight ſome forces raiſed by
ſervice (c). He was knighted in the next reign;
the Duke to oppoſe them, cauſed the King to but after K. Edward's death, being concerned
ſummon a Parliament in his i Ith year, in which in advancing Lady Jane Grey to the crown, he
the Duke was called upon to anſwer certain ar was, with the Duke of Northumberland and others
ticles of high treaſon, exhibited againſt him by of that party, found guilty of high treaſon, and
the Duke of Glouceſter and others, and not ap beheaded on Tower-hill, on Aug. 22, anno i Q.
pearing, he was forthwith baniſhed, and all his Mary (d).
poſſeſſions confiſcated, excepting his entailed
Upon this, being attainted, and his lands for-
lands, which only were to remain to his right
feited to the crown, the Queen, before the end
of that year, granted the manor of Bockinfield,
This manor of Bokenfold was then in the poſ with its appurts. (e) late parcel of the poffefſions
ſeſſion of Maud, widow of Thomas, Earl of Ox of fir John Gate, or Gates, as he was commonly
heirs x).
(x) Upon his baniſhment, being likewiſe attainted and
outlawed, he fled beyond fea, and lived in great diſtreſs and
penury till his death, which happened at Lovaine anno 16
Richard II, being killed from the hurts he received from a
wild boar in hunting. After which his body being brought
over to England, was, in the King's preſence, folemnly in-
terred at Colne in Eljex. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 195. Coll.
Hift. Coll. p. 242.
(y) He married Alianore, daughter and coheir of Hum-
phry, Earl of Hereford and Effex. At the coronation of K.
Richard II, he was advanced to the title of Earl of Bucking-
ham, with the grant of 1000 marcs per annum, to be paid
out of the Exchequer, until proviſion otherwiſe in lands
could be made for him ; anno 9 Richard II. he was ad.
vanced to the title of Duke of Glouceſter, with 1000 marcs
per annum, upon the like condition as above-mentioned ;
towards the performance of which, in all likelihood, he
grant of the inheritance of this manor among others
of thoſe of the Duke of Ireland confiſcated to the crown. He
was afterwards murthered, through the King's means, at
Calais, in the 21ſt year of that reign, and his body being
brought to England was buried in his collegiate church of
Plecy. He left iffue one fon Humphry, who died without
iſſue, and three daughters ; of whom Inne married Edmund,
Earl of Stafford, and Joane and Iſabel died unmarried.
Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 169
(>:) This college was founded for a Mafter, eight ſecular
Prieſts, two Clerks, and two Choiriſters. Tan, Mon. p.
136. See the King's licence for the foundation and endow-
ment of it, Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 130.
(a) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(6) At the ſuppreſſion it was valued at 1431. 125. 71d.
whole rent, and 1391. 35. rod. clear yearly income. Tan.
Mon. p. 136.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5. This man was a great dealer
in the ſuppreſſed houſes and their poffeffions, and fcrupled
not to pull down churches, deſtroy the monuments of the
dead, and ſell the plunder of them for his own advantage.
Among others, he pulled down the chancel of this church,
for lucre of the lead which covered it: there lay buried in it
Humphry, Duke of Buckingham, Anne his wife, and three of
his fons, viz. for Henry Stafford, who married Margaret,
Counteſs of Richmond; John, Earl of Wiltſhire, and Edmund
Stafford; John Holand, Earl of Exeter and Huntingdon ; fir
Edward Holand, Earl of Mortaigne, his ſon and his lady,
and others. See Morant, vol. i, p. 474. Weever, p. 637.
Newc. Rep. vol. ii, p. 470.
(d) His lands had been diſgavelled by the act of the ad
and 3d of K. Edward VI.
(e) It appears that the lands belonging to the free chapel
of Bockinfold remained in the crown, till Q. Elizabeth made
a grant of them to Richard Tilden, of this place. Augtn.
off. Partic. of Grants temp. Eliz. Roll 4, No. 42.
had a
called,

372
The HISTORY of K E N T.
there ..
BRENCHLEY AND HORSE MONDEN HUNDRED
BRENCHLEY.
called, knt, attainted of high treaſon, to Suſan Brenchley, of the Earl of Glouceſter, which re.
Tonge, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (f). mained part of the poſſeſſions of the priory till
She had the Queen's licence, anno 2 and 3 Philip
the diffolution of it in the reign of K. Henry
and Mary, to alienate it to Thomas Culpepper (8), VIIl; after which, the King, in his 17th year,
of Bedgbury, efq; - who had been Sheriff of this granted the priory, with all its poffeßions, among
which was this, eſtate, to Cardinal Wolſey, for
county anno 3 of K. Edward VI, whoſe only
ſon and heir, Alexander Colepeper, in the 3d year
the better endowment of his college, commonly
of Q Eliz. in Mich. Term, levied a fine of it(b), called Cardinals College, in Oxford.
and afterwards, about the 6th year of Q. Eliz. But four years afterwards, that great prelate
alienated that part of this manor which lay in being caſt in a præmunire, all the eſtates of the
Goudhurft to Sharpeigh (i), and the reſt of it, ly. above-mentioned college, which for want of time
ing in Brenchley, Horſmonden, Yalding, &c. to had not been firmly ſettled on it, were forfeited
Roger Revell, who in Eaſter term, anno 17 of and came into the King's hands, where this eſtate
that reign, levied a fine of his part of it, and remained till the King granted it to Paul Sydnor,
then conveyed it by ſale to Benediet Barnham, eſq; fince which it has become blended with the
Alderman of London, who died poffeffed of it demeſnes of the manor of Barnes in this parith,
on April 3, 1598(k), leaving by Dorothy his wife, an account of which the reader will find below.
daughter of Humphry Smith, of London, four
STOCKSHILL and STUDMORE
daughters his coheirs; Elizabeth, married to
Mervin, Lord Audley, Earl of Caſtlehaven ; Alicia, are two manors here, which had antiently owners
to fir Francis Bacon; Dorothy, to fir John Confta who aſſumed their ſurnames from them, and con.
ble ; and Bridget, to fir William Soame; and on tinued thus diſtinguiſhed till the time of K.
the diviſion of their inheritance, this manor of Henry VI, and then the latter was likewiſe by
Bokenfold in Brenchley and Horſmonden was allotted purchaſe come into the family of Stock. In the
to Bridget, whoſe huſband in her right became reign of K. Henry VIII, both theſe manors were
poffefed of it. He fold it, about the beginning in the poſſeſſion of Paul Sydnor, who was owner
of K. Charles I.'s reign, to Mr. George Browne, of other principal eſtates in this pariſh, and his
of Buckland in Surry (m), who by deeds of leaſe ſon William Sydnor, in the beginning of Q_ Eliza-
and releaſe, dated in April 1685, gave it to beth's reign, conveyed them by fale to Robert
his brother Ambroſe Browne, of the ſame place, | Berney (P), and he, about the year 1584, alien-
eſq; and he in 1693 paſſed it away by fale to ated them to Robert Byng, efq; who died ſeiſed
Mr. William Woodgate, of Chiding Stone in this of Stockbill and Stodmerhill manors, in Brenchley
county, whoſe grandſon Henry Woodgate, of Tun and Yalding, on Sept. 2, 1595, as appears by
bridge, eſq; is the preſent proprietor of it (o). the inquiſition then taken (9); after which they
The only houſe now on this manor is ac continued in his deſcendants to his great-grand-
counted within the bounds of the pariſh of fon, John Byng, eſq; (r) who ſoon after the re-
Yalding, as well as part of the lands belonging
ftoration alienated both theſe manors. Since
to it; but the antient ſcite of the manor was which, after ſeveral interniediate owners, they
eſteemed to be in Brenchley, and the remainder ſeem to have paſſed into the poffeffion of Mr.
of the lands in that pariſh, Horſmonden, and John and Stephen Monckton, the preſent proprie-
Goudhurſt.
tors of them (s).
It appears by the Book of Aid, anno 20 K.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Edward III, for making the Black Prince a
Knight, that the Prior of Tunbridge held one In the reign of K. Henry III, Joane de Sand-
quarter of a knight's fee at East Bockenfold in ford held half a knight's fee in Brencheſle of
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 4. (8) Ibid. pt. 9.
(n) Coll. Peer. ibid. His ſon George Byng, was in 1663
(5) Anno 1 Elizabeth, he inveſted his intereſt in it in created Viſcount Torrington, and was anceſtor of the preſent
Thomas Dyke and William Waterer, as truſtees for particular Lord Viſcount Torrington. See Wrotham, p. 235.
uſes. Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 1. See more of the Culpepers, (s) In the wood adjoining to Cafle-hill in this pariſh,
under Bedgbury in Goudhurf.
(i) See an account of the ſucceeding owners of that
part three and four acres of ground, probably the ſcite of theſe
of Bokenfold manor, under Goudhurf.
manors. This wood, and the farm belonging to it, have
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1. See more of this family,
now no particular name, but have the reputation of having
under Boughton Monchenfie.
had a very extenſive manor once belonging to them.
(m) Philipott, p. 73. They bore for their arms-Gules,
There are in this pariſh the remains of another mote or in-
a gryphon pafant ſegreant, and a chief or ; which coat was
trenchment, of great width and depth, undoubtedly inclof-
afligned by William Segar, Garter, to John Browne, of
ing a building of conſiderable ſtrength; the area of which
Brenchley, who married Martha, daughter of Richard Tilden,
is, I think, not quite ſo large as that above-mentioned.
of the ſame pariſh. Guillim, p. 265.
There is no name uſed either to the wood or farm adjoining
(0) See Somerhill in Tunbridge, P- 341
to it. The family of Doffy, of Rumford in the co. of Eſſex,
were formerly owners of it, and continued fo till one of
(P) Philipott, Table of Errata, p. 74.23
them alienated it to Mr. Thomas Outeridge, the preſent poſ-
(9) Collins's Peer, vol. vi, p. 305.
feffor of is.

Alicia


The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
373
BRENCHLEY.
BRENCHLEY AND HORSE MONDEN HUNDRED:
his wife(e), three ſons and five daughters; of the
"Alicia de Wahull, and ſhe of the Earl of Glouce-
the
gave
ſter (t); in which reign Simon de Wabull
former, Thomas married Mary Treiton, by whom
he had only two daughters, Maria and Elizabeth;
whole land of Redenne, incloſed as well as waſte
John, the ſecond ſon, was of Broadoak, gent. and
ground (u), in Brencheſte, to the Abbat and Ca-
died on April 15, 1762, unmarried; Stephen,
nons of Begebam, for the maintenance of one fit
the third ſon, ſucceeded his brother in this ſeat,
Canon, who being preſented by him or his heirs,
and left iſſue by his wife, daughter of Marſhall,
ſhould ſerve daily in their church (v), and a fine
of Tenterden, one ſon, John Hooker, now of Broad-
of this land was levied accordingly in the 35th
oak, eſq; which he has lately rebuilt, and reſides
year of that reign (w). After which Richard de
in it (f).
Clare, Earl of Glouceſter and Hertford, confirined
At above half a mile diſtance from Broadoak,
this gift to them, as did Walter, brother and heir
at a place called Caſtle hill, juſt at the point of
of Simon de Wabull (x).
K. Edward III, in his ad year, granted to the
the eminence, ſtands the remarkable toll of trees,
Abbat of Begham and his ſucceſſors for ever, free
called Brenchley Toll, which from their high fi-
warren in his demeſne lands in Brencheſle, among
tuation are a remarkable object for many miles
round the country.
others (y).
About a mile weſtward from the village is a
In the 33d year of which reign, the King par-
modern houſe, belonging to Mr. Thomas Mer-
doned the Abbat, for having obtained three acres
chant, who reſides in it, as his anceſtors have
and one rood of wood in Brencheſe, of the gift
done for ſome generations.
of William de le Poyle and Margery his wife, and
The hill, on which the village of Brenchley
eight acres of arable and two acres of wood in
ſtands, is a fand, intermixed with much of the
Brencheſle, of the gift of Adam de Mirefield and
rock or Tand-ſtone, which foil continues over
others, contrary to the ſtatute of mortmain,
&c. (2)
is | the northern parts of the pariſh, and thoſe to-
wards Horſemonden-green; but the reſt, eſpecially
John Colepeper, of Bayball, on the foundation
where it is covered with wood, is a ſtiff, miry
of his chantry at Pembury, endowed it with lands
clay.
in this pariſh among others, which remained with
The boroughs of Stoberfield and Roeden in this
it till its ſuppreſſion in the iſt year of K. Ed-
pariſh, are within the manors of Eaſt Farleigh
ward VI, when they came into the King's hands,
and Eaſt Peckham, and the lands in them held
and were granted out in parcels to ſeveral per-
of thoſe manors by the freeholders in free focage
ſons (a).
tenure (3).
Sir Richard Culpeper, of Oxenhoath, knt. in
the 2d year of K. Richard III, died ſeiſed of a
tenement in Brenchley, called Knolles (b). He
Mr. Biſhop gave to the poor of this pariſh,
left three daughters his coheirs, of whom Mar-
the ſum of 1ol.
garet married William Cotton, and he in her right
Mr. Downard, late of Brenchley, gave the ſum
became poffeffed of it (c).
of 21. per annum, to be paid out of certain lands
in this pariſh.
George Pain, eſq; formerly of Broadoak, gave
The village of Brenchley is ſituated on a hill;
to the poor of this pariſh the ſum of 10l. per
it ſtands on each ſide the turnpike road leading
annum, to be paid out of that eſtate.
from Beltring.green to Horſemonden and Lamber-
Captain Stephen Woodgate gave il. 1os. per ana
burſt
. The houſes are moſtly large well-tim-
num, to be paid out of a meſſuage and orchard,
bered buildings, and of antient date. The church
near Broadoak in this pariſh.
ſtands at the ſouth end of the village, and ſeems John Porter, late of Brenchley, gave 31. per
moſtly built of ſand-ſtone, in the form of a croſs,
a
annum, to be paid out of lands in this pariſh, to
with a tower and beacon ſteeple.
be applied towards the teaching of fix poor chil-
At a ſmall diſtance eaſtward of the village is dren to read.
a ſeat, called Broadoak, which was formerly
owned by Pain, whence it was afterwards alien-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
ated to Mr. John Hooker, who died poſſeſſed of BRENCHLEY is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
it on Sept. 18, 1717, æt. 46, and was buried in diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
this church (d). He left iſſue by Elizabeth Stevens Malling.
2
Ć HAR I TI E S.
PRESENT STATE OF BRENCHLEY.
(t) Book of Knight's Fees.
(1) Cultam et incultam.
(v) Regift. of Begham Abbey, Cart No. 253, 254, 255.
(w) Ibid. Cart No. 252. (x) Ibid. Cart No. 250.
(y) Rot. Cart ejus an. No: 1.
(z) Regift. ibid.
(a) See Pembury, p. 361.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(c) See Weft Peckham, p. 261.
(d) He was younger brother of Thomas Hooker, eſq; the
grandfather of Thomas Hooker, now of Tunbridge, eſq; See
a further account of this family, under Tunbridge, p. 332.
(e) She died Nov. 15; 1755, æt. 83, and lies buried in
this church, as do her ſon John, and daughter Mary.
(f) He married Mary, daughter of Mr. Cook, of Chepſtow.
(g) Augtn, off. Parl. Surveys.
Vol. II.
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HISTORY of K E N T.
BRENCHLEY AND HORSE MONDEN HUNDRED.
In which ſtate this rectory, with the advow.
ſon of the vicarage, and the manor of
ap-
BRENCHLEY. .
The church is dedicated to All Saints, and an-
tiently paid gd. chrifm-rent to the mother church
of the dioceſe (b).
This church ſeems antiently to have been ef-
teemed but as a chapel to the adjoining pariſh
church of Yalding ; Richard de Clare, Earl of
Hertford, gave that church, with this chapel,
and all its appurts. in pure and perpetual alms, to
the priory of Tunbridge, lately founded by him
there (i).
After which I find it no longer mentioned as
a chapel, but as an independent parochial church.
Biſhop Henry de Sandford, who came to the ſee
of Rocheſter in 1227, confirmed the church of
Brenchley to the Prior and Canons above-men-
tioned, to be poffeffed by them to their own pro-
per uſes for ever; ſaving, nevertheleſs, a per-
petual vicarage for a Prieſt, to be preſented to it
by them, who ſhould for the time being per-
ſonally ſerve in the ſaid church; and that he
ſhould, in the name of a perpetual vicarage,
have the whole altarage, and all ſmall tythes,
obventions of the altar, and tythes of curti-
lages, and all the tythes of corn, and pulſe, and
hay of Weſtroterindenne (k), which was of the
fee of the Abbeſs of Malling, and lay between the
way which leads from Yalding towards Condinge-
bery and the land of Hamon de la Downe, and
extended itſelf in length from Badeſhulle to Mat-
tefeld; and that he ſhould have, in the name of
a glebe, four acres of land, which lay adjoining
to the meſſuage of Simon de Wahull towards the
north, between the road which leads to the houſe of
the Parſon of Brenchley and the houſe of Fulk; and
that he ſhould have yearly from the barns of the
Prior and Canons in Brencheſe, ćwo ſeans of oats,
and two ſeams of crowe (1) for his palfry, pay-
ing yearly to the Prior and Canons from the afore-
ſaid vicarage, on the feaſt of St. Mary Magdalen,
two wax tapers of four pounds each; but that
the Vicar ſhould ſuſtain all epiſcopal burthens,
and all others due and accuſtomed. In teſti.
mony of which he cauſed the ſeal of the Prior
and of his Convent of Rocheſter to be affixed to it.
Witneſs R. de Wendene, his Official, and many
others (m).
B A R N E S,
likewiſe appendant to the rectory of Brenchley,
remained till the diffolution of the priory of Tun-
bridge in the reign of K. Henry VIII, who in
the 17th year of it, granted that priory, with
all its poffeffions, among which was this church
and the manor of Barnes, with the land and
purts. belonging to them, to Cardinal Wolſey,
for the better endowment of his college, com-
monly called Cardinals College, in Oxford (1),
But that great prelate being caſt in a præmunire,
about four years afterwards, all the eſtates of
the above-mentioned college, which for want
of time had not been firmly ſettled on it, were
forfeited, and came into the King's hands, where
this rectory, manor, and advowſon remained,
till the 31ſt year of that reign, when the King
granted them to Paul Sydnor, gent. and Alicia
his wife, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (o).
His ſon, William Sydnor, eſq; had livery of theſe
premiſes in the 5th year of Q. Elizabeth, and
not long afterwards alienated them to William
Waller, of Groombridge, in this county, eſq; who
married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of fir
Walter Hendley, knt. by whom he had iſſue three
fons and three daughters. She ſurvived him,
and appears to have poſſeſſed theſe premiſes
in Brenchley (P), and afterwards married George
Fane, of Badſell in Tudeley, eſq; (2)
Her eldeſt ſon, by her firſt huſband fir Walter
Waller, knt. ſucceeded her here, and left iſſue
by Anne his wife, daughter of Philip Choute, eſq;
three fons and two daughters; of whom fir Tho-
mas Waller, knt. the ſecond ſon, ſucceeded him,
both at the family ſeat at Groombridge (r), and
in his eſtate in Brenchley.
He alienated the manor of Barnes, and the
rectory of Brenchley, with the advowſon of the
vicarage, to John Courthope, afterwards of Brench-
ley, eſq; youngeſt brother of fir George Courthope,
of Whileigh in the co. of Suſſex, knt. who died
poffefſed of them on Sept. 17, anno 1649 (s),
in whoſe family they have continued down
IW
(5) Text. Roff. p. 228.
(i) Reg. Roff. p. 145. Pope Cæleftine III, in his ift
year, anno 1191, confirmed this gift of the church of rald-
ing, with the chapel of Brencheſle annexed, to the priory.
Ibid. p. 666.
(k) Now called Witherenden, which the Vicar enjoys at
this time.
(1) In the Latin deed it is, duas Summas de Crowe, the
meaning of which, I own, I do not underſtand, but think
it is moſt probably a miſtake of the tranſcriber. At preſent
the payment is made to the Vicar in trvo ſeams of oats.
(m) Reg. Roff.
p.
(~) May 10, anno 18 Henry VIII, the King granted his
licence to the Cardinal, to appropriate, confolidate, and
annex this church, among others of the Cardinal's patron-
age, to the Dean and Canons of the college founded by him
in Oxford. Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 173.
(6) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 2; niet in een baawo
() She ſeems to have come into the poffeffion of this
eftate on an agreement with her ſon, who anno 15 Elizabeth,
had licence to grant to Elizabeth Fane, widow, his mother,
for the term of her life, all that the manor of Barnes, and
two meſſuage and 400 acres of land in Brenchley and Horſe-
monden, and in Capel, and the rectory of Brenchley. Rot.
Eſch. ejus an. pt. 6.
(9) She died Sept. 6, 1566, æt. 73, and was buried in
this church.
(-) See vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 431.
(s) He lies buried in this church.
186.
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375
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED,
LAMBERHURST.
to George Courthope, now of Uckfield in the co. name from the ſoft clay on which it is ſituated;
of Suſſex, eſq; the preſent owner of them (t).
and the woods with which it ſo plentifully
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
abounds. Lam, in the Saxon language ſignify-
of Brenchley was valued at 20 marcs, and the ing a ſoft loam or clay, and burſt a wood; which
vicarage of it at eight marcs (u).
name of Lamhurſt by the vulgar corruption of
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books it, and the ſucceſſion of time, has been long
at 121. 185. gd. and the yearly tenths at il. 55. changed into its preſent one of Lamberhurſt.
10$d. (v)
This pariſh lies on the ſouth ſide of Kent, ad-
joining to Suffex, from which the northern part
CHURCH OF BRENCH LEY.
care of it is ſeparated by a rivulet and bridge of three
PATRONS,
VICARS.
arches. All the ſouthern part of this pariſh,
or by whom preſented.
lying on the other ſide of the bridge, and from
(2) John Ferral, in 1581.
thence as the road leads to Beule Bridge, being
(x) Edrus Henſhall, about
in the county of Suſſex, and contains no inconſi-
1630.
derable
part
of it,
John Monkton, obt. 1709.
Fofiah Strother, A. M. inftit.
May 4, 1709, obt. March
This pariſh was antiently part of the poffef-
8, 1744.
ſions of the eminent family of Crevequer, and
George Courthope,
William Courthope, obt. 1773.
was a limb of their barony of Leeds in this county;
efq;
Henry Courthope, A.M. inſtit.
one part of it was held of them by the family of
April, 1773. Preſent
Lenham; one of whom, Nicholas de Lenham,
Vicar.
re obtained a charter of free-warren for his lands
here in the reign of K. Henry III; they were
L A M BERHU R S T.
ſucceeded by the Chidcrofts, who reſided here
HE next pariſh ſouthward from Brenchley for ſome generations (y), and one of them, Tho-
is Lamberhurſt, which probably takes its mas de Chidcroft, died ſeiſed of this eſtate in the
THE
MANOR.
(t) This family is ſuppoſed by fome to have been origi-
nally ſeated at Courthope-freet, commonly written Court-at-
ftreet, near Limne in this county. One branch of them ſet-
tled at Goddards-green in Cranbrook, whence deſcended thoſe
of Danny in the co. of Sufex, and of Horſemonden in this
county, both now extinct. Another branch ſettled at Stod-
marſh near Canterbury, now likewiſe extinct; and another
at Whileigh in the co. of Suſſex, the only one now remain-
ing of it, who reſide at Uckfield in the co. of Suſſex; of
which branch is George Courthope, eſq; the preſent poſſeſſor
of the rectory of Brenchley, as above-mentioned.
The name of this family is variouſly ſpelt in antient
writings, Corthop, Courthopp, Courthorp, Courthorppee, and
Courthope.
la lindos
John Courthope, the purchaſer of this manor, was the
younger brother of fir George Courthope, of Willeigh, knt.
on whoſe death in 1649, as it ſeems, without iſſue, this
eftate came to his nephew George, ſon of ſir George above-
mentioned, by the daughter of fir George Rivers, of Chafford,
bart. which ſon was afterwards knighted, and married the
daughter of Mr. Hawes, by his wife (who afterwards be-
came fir George Courthope, his father's ſecond wife.) He
left iffue a fon, George Courthope, efq; who married the
daughter of Elliot, of the co. of Surry, by whom he had
iſſue George Courthope, eſq; who by Catherine, the daughter
of William Campion, of Combwell in this county, efq; left
iffue George Courthope, of Uckfield, efq; who married Cathe-
rine, the daughter of Henry Campion, of Danny in the co. of
Suſſex, esq; by whom he had two ſons, George Courthope,
now of Uckfield, efq; and William, Vicar of this pariſh, who
died unmarried. George Courthope, esq; the eldeſt ſon, mar-
ried Frances- Barbara, daughter of William Campion, of
Danny, eſq; by whom he has two ſons, George and William, ,
and a daughter Frances. Henry, the ſecond ſon, is now
Vicar of this pariſh, and married Mary, daughter and co-
heir of William Peckham, of Arches in the co. of Suſſex, eſq;
They bear for their arms- Argent, a fefs between 3 effoils
(w) A noted ſtory of him is related in Scott's Diſcourſe
on Witchcraft, p. 5.
(x) He was afterwards drove out by the rebels of thoſe
times.
(y) Philipott, p. 210. They bore for their arms the ſame
coat as that of the family of Colepeper, viz. a bend engrailed.
This was a frequent cuſtom at that time, many uſing the
coat of their ſuperior Lord, of whom they held in fee, or
in whoſe ſervice they were, and others procured a grant from
them of it, but hardly any were borne without ſome diffe-
rence to diſtinguiſh one from the other. Thus as the Earl
of Chefter bore garbs or wheatſheaves, many gentlemen of
that county bore wheat fheaves likewiſe. The old Earls of
Warwick bore-Chequy, or and azure, a chevron ermine, from
which many of that county bore er mine and chequy. In Lei-
cefterſhire, many bore cinquefoils, in imitation of the antient
Earls of that county; and in other counties the fame. But
C
to return to this county; the Guiſes bore the arms of Hugo
de Burgh, Earl of Kent, with a canton for difference. The
Hardres's bore the chevron of the family of Clare, with the
addition of the Lion rampant debruiſed. The Everings, the
Houghams, the Criols, and others, did the ſame, with their
reſpective differences. The Shurlands, Rokeſleys, and Kirkbys
bore the 6 lions rampant uſed by Leyborne, of Leyborne. The
Peckhams, Parrocks, and St. Nicholas's bore the arms of the
Says, quarterly, or and gules, but placed it, for difference,
in chief. Nor was this family of Chidcroft the only one in
this county, which bore the arms of Colepeper ; for the Hale
dens, of Halden, and a branch of the Malmains, did the like.
Tutham, of Tutſham, bore the like arms to thoſe of Eaſtan-
grave, of Eaſtangrave in Eatonbridge ; Brenley, of Brenley
in Boughton, to thoſe of Ratling, of Ratling in Nonington ;
Peyforer, of Eaſtling, to thoſe of Lenham, of Lenham; and
laftly, Watringbury, of Watringbury, to thoſe of Savage,
of Bobbing. There are many inſtances of the grants of the
coat armour from a Lord to his inferior, among others,
Humphry, Earl of Stafford, in the reign of K. Henry VI,
granted to Robert Whitgrave the bearing of the chevron gules,
in ſuch manner as is expreſſed in the ſaid grant. See Phi-
lipott, p. 210. Camden's Remains, p. 209 et feq.
azure.
(u) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 456.
(v) Ed. Theſ. p. 383.
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The H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
Jan. 21,
year, granted
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
LAMBERHURST.
iſt year of K. Edward III. (z) The other part, In which ſituation this manor continued till
in which the manor was included, was held of the ſuppreſſion of the abbey of Robertſbridge in
the Crevequers, as half a knight's fee, in the the reign of K. Henry VIII, when the abbey,
reign of K. John, by Nicholas de Kenith, nomine together with all its poffeffions, came into the
dotis
, who gave it to the Abbat and Convent of King's hands (h), and was confirmed to him and
Robertſbridge in the co. of Suflex (a).
his heirs, by the general words of the act, paffed
Hamo de Crevequer, grandſon of Robert, con in the 31ſt of that reign for this purpoſe.
firmed this gift of the manor of Lambhurſt, &c. After which, the King, by ſeveral indentures
ſo that the Abbat and his ſucceſſors ſhould hold of and let. pat. dated March 8, in his 30th year,
him and his heirs by the ſame ſervices that the
in his 32d year, and June 8, in his 33d
Taid Nicholas did before; for which confirmation
year, granted the abbey, with this manor and the
the Abbat had paid him 35 marcs of ſilver, of reſt of its poſſeſſions, to fir William Sydney and
the goods of his church (6).
Anne his wife (i), and the heirs male of their
Soon after the Abbat's coming into poſſeſſion bodies, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (k).
of this manor, there aroſe great diſputes be All which indentures and let, pat. he again ſur-
tween him and the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, con rendered up into the King's hands, to be can-
cerning it, which were finally ſettled anno 1266,
celled and made void. In conſideration of which,
51 K. Henry III.(c).
and of 6701. 18s. 10d. upon the new agreement,
In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, upon a Quo
Warranto, the Abbat and Convent claimed view
and ſold to the ſaid fir William Sydney and his
of frank-pledge, and other liberties, as belonging heirs, the manor of Lamberhurſt, together with
to their manor here, againſt the King, who
all lands and poſſeſſions belonging to the ſaid
claimed this manor as belonging to the Crown. monaſtery in Lamberhurſt and elſewhere, the ſcite
But the Abbat producing the ſame King's char of the late abbey, and all other poſſeſſions be-
ter, by which it appeared, that his predeceſſors longing to it, to hold by the ſuit of one whole
had held it, with its appurts. from the Crown, knight's fee, and the annual rent of 261. 125.
as part of the barony of Leeds, which Robert de
4d.(1) He died feiſed of this manor in the 7th
Crevequer had given to the Crown; and that
year of K. Edward VI, and was ſucceeded in it
before this they had held this manor of the ſaid by his only ſon and heir, ſir Henry Sidney, knt.
Robert and his anceſtors, in pure and perpetual on whoſe deceaſe in 1586, his two ſons, fir
alms; and that the King had remitted to the Philip and fir Robert, ſucceſſively poſſeſſed it,
Abbat and his ſucceſſors all homage, &c. for this the latter of whom was by K. James I, firſt
manor for ever. 'The Abbat's claim was then created Baron Sidney, of Penſburſt, then Viſcount
allowed before 7. de Berewicke and others, Juf Liſe, and laſtly Earl of Leiceſter. He obtained
tices Itinerant (d).
new let, pat. of this manor, dated June 11, anno
In the 8th year of K. Edward II, the Arch 5 James I, to hold it of the King as of his manor
biſhop had a grant for a market and fair at this of Eaſt Greenwich in free focage tenure, by fealty
pariſh of Lambhurſt (e).
only in lieu of all other rents and ſervices, and
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the tempo then alienated it to John Porter, eſq; (m) who
ralities of the Abbat of Robertſbridge at Lambhurſt | rebuilt the Courtlodge, where he afterwards re-
were valued at 161. (f) and in the 8th year of fided (n). In the 3d year of K. Charles I, he
K. Richard II, the like in the dioceſe of Can. obtained a confirmation of the grant of free-
terbury at only 121. 108. 1od. (8) O SITO warren made to Nicholas de Lenham above-men-
52
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(a) The abbey of Robertſbridge was founded in the year
1176, for Ciftertian Monks, to the honor of the Virgin
Mary. It was endowed at the ſuppreſſion (about which time
there were 12 Monks in it) with 2481. 1os. 6d. per annum
clear income, or 2721. gs. 8d. per annum yearly revenues.
Tan. Mon. p. 558.
(6) Autograph. Surrenden-libr.
(c) Tan. Mon. p. 559.
(d) Tanner ibid. Harris's Hiſtory of Kent, p. 173.
(e) Tan. Mon. p. 199.
(f) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 455. (8) Ibid. p. 40.
(b) Before which, the Abbat and Convent, by their inden-
ture, dated O&. 23, anno 18 Henry VIII, had demiſed to
Henry Darel, of Scotney in Lamberhurſt in the co. of Suſſex,
efq; and Thomas Darel, efq; his ſon and heir apparent, their
manor of Lamberburft and Horſemonden in Kent and Suſex,
and all their lands and tenements in the ſaid pariſhes, and
the courts and royalties belonging to the ſaid manor and the
leet, and view of frank-pledge, which the Abbat had in the
ſaid manor ; to hold for the term of
40 years, at the yearly
rent of 141. 25. 8d. Augtn. off. Inrolments.
(i) Sir William Sidney was buried at Penſhurſt, of which
he had a grant from K. Edward VI, and where his deſcen-
dants, Earls of Leiceſter
, refided for se
reſided for ſeveral generations. See
vol. I, p. 411.
(k) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(1) Augtn. off. Deeds of Purchaſe and Exchange, box A.
46, C. 7-7. Rot. Eſch, ejus an. SA
(m) Philipott, p. 209.
(n) He was ſon of Richard Porter, of Begehan in this
pariſh, defcended from William Porter, of Markham in the
co. of Nottingham, who had five fons; fir William, who died
without iſſue; John, who ſucceeded his father at Markham,
and was anceſtor of the branch fettled at Belton in the co, of
Lincoln ; Stephen, whoſe deſcendants were of Begeham and
Lamberhurſt ; Robert was Dean of Lincoln, and Henry was
a Monk at Peterborough. Stephen, the third ſon, had iſſue
Richard Porter, who by the daughter of Wildgooſe had iſſue
John Porter, of Begebam in the co. of Suſſex, who married
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BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDÉN HUNDRED.
LAMBERHURST.
tioned, within all the demeſne lands of his manor In June 1776, he married Anne, daughter and
of Lamberþurft, not being within the bounds of coheir of William Maiſon, of the co. of Lancaſter,
the King's foreſts. He married Anne, daughter eſq; by whom he has ſeveral children (r).
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held
of Joſias Calmady, of Wenbury in the co. of
Devon, by whom he had iſſue four fons and regularly for this manor.
four daughters (0), and dying in 1645, was ſuc-
HOD LEIGH
ceeded in this manor by Richard Porter, his eldeſt
fon, who reſided at the Courtlodge, of which he is a reputed manor, ſituated at the weſtern part
died poffeffed in 1654, leaving iſſue by Martha of this pariſh, which antiently belonged to the
his wife, daughter of Thomas Stones, of London, college of St. Peter at Ling field in Surry(s), which
afterwards remarried to Boughton, two ſons ; ſeems to have been ſuppreſſed in the reign of K.
Fobn, who ſucceeded him here, and married Henry VIII, (t) for that King in his 38th year
Anne, eldeſt daughter of fir Roger Twyſden, of granted this manor among other premiſes belong-
Eaſt Peckham, bart. and died without iſſue ; ing to that college, to hold in capite by knights
Richard, heir to his brother, who likewiſe died ſervice (u), to Thomas Cawarden, or Cardan, as he
without iſſue; and a daughter Elizabeth, who was ſometimes called for ſhortneſs (v), one of
married fir John Hanby, of the co. of Lincoln, whoſe deſcendants, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
knt. and on her two brothers deceaſing without paſſed it away by fale to Edward Filmer, eſq; (w)
iſſue became their heir. Sir John Hanby, in her afterwards knighted by that Queen, and of Eaſt
right, became poffeffed of this manor, and died Sutton in this county. His great-grandſon, Ro-
without iſſue male, leaving an only daughter bert Filmer, of Eaſt Sutton, eſq; was created a
Elizabeth, who carried it in marriage to John Baronet on Dec. 24, 1674, anno 27 K. Charles
Chaplin, of the ſame county, eſq; who had iſſue II, and from him this manor has deſcended to
by her two ſons, Porter and Thomas; the eldeſt his great-grandfon, fir John Filmer, of Eaſt Sut-
of whom, Porter Chaplin, efq; inherited this ton, bart. the preſent poffeffor of it (x).
manor, and left iſſue a fon John Chaplin, eſq; In that part of this pariſh which lies in the
who ſucceeded his father in it, and left iffue
county of Suſſex, there are two capital places,
three daughters, of whom Elizabeth, married to which though not ſtrictly within the deſcription
Edward Ayſcoughe, efq; entitled her huſband to of this county, muſt not be omitted in it. The
the poſſeſſion of it, and then joining with him firſt of them is
alienated it to William Morland, efq; who reſided
at the Courtlodge. He was deſcended from an-
A B B E Y,
ceſtors ſeated at Morland in Cumberland, and uſually called Bayham Abbey, ſituated about three
married Ellen, daughter of fir Thomas Johnſon, quarters of a mile diſtant fouth-weſtward from
of Liverpool, knt. (p) by whom he had iſſue one
Hodleigh, and cloſe on the oppoſite ſide of the
ſon and three daughters (9) ; which ſon, William ſtream which feparates the two counties. It was
Morland, eſq; now reſides at the Courtlodge, which founded at a place here called Beaulieu, about
he has within theſe few years much improved, the year 1200, by Robert, nephew of Michael de
and is the preſent owner of this manor.
Turnham, for Monks of the Præmonſtratenſian
BEGEH AM
rambene
the daughter of Iſted, and left iſſue Richard Porter, of Bege-
ham, who by Jane his wife, daughter of Robert Whitfield,
of Wadhurſt, had iſſue three fons and four daughters; of
the ſons, John was of Lamberhurſt, as above-mentioned ;
Richard was a Citizen of London, and Thomas married Dio-
niſia, daughter of Freebody, of Udamore; of the daughters,
Mary married Thomas Goodman, Jane married Edward
Hawes, Elizabeth married Robert Baker, and afterwards
Anthony Fowle, and the fourth was named Suſan,
They bore for their arms-Sable, 3 bells argent, a canton
ermine. Viftn. co. Kent 1619, pedigree of Porter.
(c) Richard, the eldeſt ſon, was born anno 1602 ; Thomas
was the ſecond; John the third, who married Mary, daugh-
ter of fir John Brampfton, of the co. of Eſex, knt. and Ar-
thur the youngeſt. Of the daughters, Elizabeth married
John Baker, ſecond ſon of fir John Baker, of Groombridge,
knt. Anne married John Hatley, of London, and had iſſue in
1634 Mary, wife of William Dewe, of this pariſh, gent, who
died anno 1710, and lies buried here ; Jane married John
Polhill
, of Otford, eſg; and Mary married Thomas, ſecond
ſon of fir Thomas Springett, of the co. of Suſex, knt.
(s) She died on Oct. 20, 1750, æt. 50, and lies buried
Burton in the co. of Lincoln, efq; Mary, firſt to Robert Bag.
jaw, eſq; and ſecondly to Richard Gildart, of London, eſq;
and the youngeſt to Francis Gildart of Liverpool, efq;
(r) Viz. William, Anne-Eleonora, Mary, Henry, Charles,
and Margaretta. He bears for his arms-Azure, a grifin
rampant or.
(s) This collegiate church conſiſted of a Provoſt, Chap.
lain, and Clerks, and was founded in the beginning of the
reign of K. Henry VI, by Reginald, Lord Cobham. It was
valued at the ſuppreſſion of it at 751. per annum clear, and
791. 155. 1od. total revenue. Tan. Mon. p. 545.
() The Provoſt, &c. before its ſuppreſſion, demiſed a
term of their lands in Lamberhurſt, with an exception of this
manor, to Darell ; on an ejectment brought by him anno
18 Elizabeth in Com. Ban. it being proved they had none
other poffefſions in this pariſh but this manor, this exception
was declared void, and he recovered poffeffion of it. Ho.
bart's Reports, p. 238.
(u) Rot: Eſch. ejus pt. 7.
(v) Tan. Mon. p. 545. Philipott, p. 209. See vol. i.
of this hiſtory, p. 387, 393, 400.
(w) Philipott, p. 209.
(*) See more of this family, under Eaſt Sutton.
in this church,
() Viz, Elizabeth, married to Thomas Hutton, of Gate
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LAMBERHURST.
BRENCHLEY AND HorseMONDEN HUNDRED.
order (y); ſome of whom he removed from to have, any of thoſe liberties in the ſaid villa;
Brockley, in Deptford, hither for that purpoſe.
but ſaid that he had in the ſame view of frank-
pledge, and by reaſon of that afize of bread and
Theſe religious had been firſt ſettled at Ott-
ale, &c. and the jury found for the Abbat, for
ham in the co. of Suſſex, by Ralph de Dene; but
that he and his predeceſſors had always uſed the
finding that place very inconvenient for the pur-
fame beyond memory, in manner as he had
poſe, they began an eſtabliſhment at Brockley,
claimed them (f). vd Hand zida
where they remained a very ſmall time, before
K. Edward III, in his 2d year, granted to
they quitted both thoſe places, and removed hi-
the Abbat and Convent, and their fucceffors for
ther, with the conſent of Ella de Sackvile, the
ever, free-warren in their demeſne lands in the
daughter of their founder Ralph de Dene, and
pariſhes of Lamberburſt in co. of Kent, and in
of Robert de Turnham above-mentioned (x). For
Begeham in the co. of Suſſex, among others ($).
the above purpoſe Robert de Turnbam had granted
This abbey continued much in the ſame ſtate
with the affent of Richard, Earl of Clare, his Lord,
till the reign of K. Henry VIII, when Cardinal
to theſe Canons all his land of Begeham, with its
Wolſey, being deſirous of founding two colleges,
appurts, in pure and perpetual alms, free from all
one at Ipſwich, and the other at Oxford; and find
ſervice and ſecular exaction, to build an abbey
ing there were ſeveral mean monaſteries in Eng.
here in honor of St. Mary (a).
land, in which both the revenues and the num.
Geoffry de Saukeville confirmed to them this
ber of religious were too ſmall to keep up re-
licence for their removal, as he did the grants
gular diſcipline, church ſervice, and hoſpitality,
which Ralph his grandfather, Robert his uncle,
obtained a bull of Pope Clement VI, dated in
and Ela his mother, had made to them; as did
April 1524, for the ſuppreſſion of St. Frideſwide's
Stepben de Turnbam all thoſe of his uncle Michael,
priory in Oxford ; and on Sept. 11th following,
and his brother Robert (b).
he obtained another for ſuppreſſing, with the
K. John, in his gth and 12th years, confirmed King's leave, as many ſmall monaſteries as were
all the grants made to theſe Canons ; for which needful to raiſe a revenue, not exceeding 3000
Robert de Turnham gave the King two horſes of ducats per annum. On June 7, the King con-
price (c). Pope Gregory IX, in the 2d
year
of ſented to it, and granted a commiſſion to certain
his pontificate, anno 1266, exempted them de perſons for that purpoſe; whereupon this mo-
decimis novalium, and likewiſe from the mills naſtery was ſuppreſſed, with 17 other ſmall ones
they had built anew, and of the hay of all their in different counties (b); when it appears that
lands (d).
its ſpiritualities were valued at 271. 6s. 8d. its
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the tempo temporalities at 1251. 28. 8 d. and the whole at
ralities of the Abbat of Begeham, in Canterbury dio 1521. gs. 41d. (i) per annum.
ceſe, amounted to 211. 6s. 8d. per annum (e); in
which year, the Abbat being ſummoned on a quo
BE GE H A M.
Warranto, to ſhew cauſe by what reaſon he claimed Robert Frendeſbury,
anno 1405
to hold pleas of the crown, and to have free-war John -
anno
1413
ren, a market, fair, gallows, and waif in Bege Thomas Cotingham, anno 1475.
ham, &c. anſwered, that he had not, nor claimed
Robert Hertley,
anno 1478.
A B BA TSOF
(v) Theſe Premonſtratenfian Canons lived according to
the rule of St. Auftin, as reformed by St. Norbert, after-
wards Archbiſhop of Magdeburgh, who ſet up
this regulation
about the year 1120 at Premonftratun in Picardy. They
were alſo called White Canons, from their habit, which was
a white cafíock, with a rochet over it, a long white cloak,
and white cap. They were brought into England ſhortly
after anno 1140, and firſt ſettled at Newhouſe in the co. of
Lincoln. They had in England a Conſervator of their privi-
leges, but were, nevertheleſs, often viſited by their ſuperiors
at Premonftre, who raiſed great contributions from them, as
the foreign Heads or Generals of the orders of Cluniacs and
Ciſtertians alſo did, till reſtrained by Parliament anno 1307.
This ſtatute did not reſtrain the foreign Heads from viſiting
their charge in England, or authority over them, provided
they carried away no money with them. In which ſtate they
continued, till they were exempted from it by a bull of Pope
Julius II, confirmed by K. Henry VIII, and the ſuperiority
of all theſe houſes in England and Wales was given to the
Abbat of Welbeck in the co. of Lincoln. Tan. Mon.
(2) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 536. Tan. Mon. p. 561.
Vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 6.
(a) He had this land in exchange from Richard, Earl of
Clare, for the land of Bloefworthe, which he then releaſed
all claim to in the Earl's court, before all his tenants, at
Tunbridge, and for which he had given to the Earl one coat
of mail, &c. After which Richard de Clare, Earl of Here.
ford, granted to theſe Canons all that his land of Begebam,
which Robert de Turnham had given to them, and which was
held of him. Chartulary of Begeham Abbey, Surrenden-libr.
cart. 168, 169. bottom
(6) Chartulary of Begham, cart. 42, 43. Dugd. Mono
vol. ii, p. 637, 639.
(c) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 662. Tan. Mon.
(d) Chartel. cart. 23, 24, 25.
(e) Stey. Mon. vol. i, p. 455.
(f) Reg Roff. p. 166. Among the Patent Rolls in the
Tower there are ſeveral relating to the Abbat of Begebam,
viz. of 18, 27, 32, and 34 of K. Edward I.
(8) Rot. Cart. anno 2 Edw. III, No. 1.
(h) Præf. Tan. Mon. p. XXXV:
Cardinal's Bundle in
Chancery. The hoſpital of St. Nicholas at Doncafter ſeems
to have been ſubordinate to the Abbat of Begebam. Tan.
Mon. p. 684.
(i) Tan. Mon. p. 561. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 6
and 201.
p. xviii,
Robert


The H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
379
Robert Na/b, DVD,
Brenchley AND Horsemonden Hundred.
LAMBERHURST.
anno 1488 (k). that he was ſeiſed at his deceaſe, among other
Richard Bexley, in 1494, and in 1522 (1). manors, of this of Begeham and of Levenhoath,
From their deſcent from the founder of this with the lands and appurtenances belonging
to them (q). His eldeſt ſon Anthony, Viſcount
abbey, as well as from their benefactions to it,
the family of Sackvile were reputed likewiſe
Montague, by his firſt wife Jane, daughter of
Robert Ratcliffe, Earl of Suſſex, not long af-
founders of it; two of them are recorded to have
terwards alienated this manor and eſtate to
been buried in the church of this abbey, fir Tho-
cata
Benedikt Barnham, Alderman of London, and
mas, ſon of fir Andrew Sackvile, by Joane Burgeſe
his ſecond wife, who was Sheriff of Suſſex and
Sheriff of that city in 1592, who died poffeffed
Surry anno 8 K. Henry IV, and died in the 17th of it on April 3, 1598 (r), leaving by Dorothy
his wife, daughter of Humphry Smith, of Lon-
of K. Henry VI; and in the chapel of the
year
Virgin Mary in this church, Richard Sackvile,
don (s), four daughters his coheirs ; Elizabeth,
“
eſq; who died anno 1524 (m). al inimila fina
married to Mervin, Lord Audley, Earl of Caſtle-
baven ; Alice, to fir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam,
After the ſuppreſſion of this abbey, the King
Viſcount St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor
by his letters patent, dated February 8, in his
of England; Dorothy, to fir John Conſtable, of
17th year, granted the ſeveral diffolved mo-
Yorkſhire, knt, and Bridget, to fir William Soame,
naſteries of Begebam, Leſnes, Tunbridge, and
knt.(t)
In
Calcote, together with all their lands, manors
It ſeems probable that Alice, the ſecond daugh-
and poſſeſſions whatſoever, to Thomas Wolſey,
ter, inherited this manor and the feite of the
Cardinal of York, for the better endowment of
abbey of Begehom, and that after the death of the
his college, called the college of Thomas, Cardinal
Viſcount St. Albans, by whom the had no iſſue(u),
of York, and vulgarly Cardinal college, in Ox-
the remarried with Walter Doble, of the co. of
ford; which letters were again confirmed by
Suſſex, gent. who in her right became poffeffed
others, dated May iſt that year (n). But four
of this eſtate (v), in whole family it remained at
years afterwards, on that great prelate's being the reſtoration of K. Charles II, anno 1660 ;
caſt in a præmunire, all the eſtates of the above
after which it paſſed into the name of Brown,
college, which, for want of time, had not been
in which it remained in the 12th year of Q.
firmly ſettled on it, were forfeited to the King,
Anne, when an act paſſed to enable Ambroſe
and became part of the royal revenues, where
Brown, efq; and others, to make fale of the
the manor of Begeham, together with the ſcite
manor of Bayham in the counties of Kent and
of the abbey, ſeems to have remained, till Q.
Suſſex, and to ſettle other lands in Surry to the
Elizabeth made a grant of it to Anthony Brown,
ſame uſes in lieu thereof; in conſequence of
Viſcount Montague (P), who, though a ſtrict Ro-
which it was ſold to John Pratt, of Wilderneſs
maniſt, was held in great eſteem by that Princeſs,
in this county, esa; Sergeant-at-law, who in
as a perſon of experienced loyalty, who was at-
1714, was appointed one of the Juſtices of the
tached to that religion from principles, and not
Court of King's Bench, and in 1718, a Com-
from faction.
miſſioner for the cuſtody of the Great Seal, and
By an inquiſition taken after his deceaſe, on ſoon afterwards Lord Chief Juſtice of the Court
April 19, 1593, anno 35 Elizabeth, it was of King's Bench. He died on Feb. 24, 1725,
found that he had made his will July 19th the having been twice married, and leaving ſeveral
year before, and died Oct. 19th following; and children by each wife(v); of whom John Pratt,
(k) At which time there were to religious in this mona-
fery.
(1) Willis’s Mitred Abbeys, vol. ii, p. 96 and 327.
(m) There is a regiſter of this abbey in the Cottonian
Library in the Britiſh Muſeum, marked Otho A II.
(n) See Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 155 to 184.
(P) Philipott, p. 209.
(9) Sir Anthony Brown had been, anno 1 and 2 Philip
and Mary, by pat, dated Sept. 21, 1554 created Viſcount
Montague, and was next year inſtalled Knight of the Garter.
Coll. Peer, vol. vi, p. 221, 222.
See more of him, under
Lenham.
(r) He was 4th fon of Francis Barnham, Sheriff of Lon-
don in 1575, by Alice, daughter of Brogbridge, of the co.
of Suſſex. Viſtn. co. of Kent 1619. See more of the Barn-
bams, under Boughton Monchenfie.
() Viſtn. co. Kent 1619, pedigree of Barnham.
(t) She remarried with fir John Packington, of Westwood
in the co. of Worceſter, knt. Baronetage, vol. I, p. 391.
(-) Francis, Viſcount St. Albans, died in 1620. She died
June 29, 1650, and was buried at Eyworth in the co. of
Bedford. Baronetage, vol. v, p. 381.
(v) Philipott, p. 184, 209.
(w) The deſcent of this family having been erroneouſly
printed in vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 337, the Reader is de-
fired to correct it by the following account.
Sir John Pratt, knt. Lord Chief Juſtice of the King's
Bench, was grandſon of Richard Pratt, efq; who fold the pa-
ternal eſtate of Careſwell, near Columpton in the co. of Devon.
He died on Feb. 24, 1725, having been twice married
firſt to Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Henry Gregory,
Cl. Rector of Middleton Stoney in the co. of Oxford; and
ſecondly to Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Wilſon, Cl. Vicar
of Landinan and Canon of Bangor, who died July 20, 1728.
By his firſt wife he had iſſue fix ſons, of whom, Francis and
three others died young, John became his heir, and Edward
was the youngeſt ; and four daughters, Elizabeth, who died
unmarried; Grace, married to fir John Forteſcue, afterwards
created Lord Forteſcue ; Anne, to Edward Gee, efq; of the
Six Clerks Ofice; and Jane, to Major Thomas Taylor. By
bis ſecond wife he had iſſue four ſons and four daughters ;
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iſt
mata
SC O T N E Y
4 Auburnba.”
John Jernegan, of Norfolk.
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LAMBERHURST,
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
of Wilderneſs, eſq; the eldeſt ſurviving fon by of Glouceſter, and William de Clare, his brother, at
the firſt wife, ſucceeded his father in this manor,
the inſtigation of Wm. de Valence, he was ſhortly
after tried for it, and being found guilty, was
of which he died ſeiſed in 1970. He left iſſue
by his firſt wife Elizabeth, daughter of fir Jeffry drawn thro’the city of Wincheſter to the gallows,
Jeffrys, knt. John Pratt, of Wilderneſs, eſq; the and there hanged (n). Notwithſtanding which, it
ſeems to have continued in the ſame name and
preſent poffeffor of this manor, with the ſcite
family till about the middle of the reign of K.
of the abbey and the lands belonging to it (x).
Edward HI, when it paſſed into the poſteffion
There are great remains of the ruins of this
abbey; within the walls of the church, on which
DO
the county
of Suſſex ; one of whom, Roger Al-
the roof was remaining till Lord Chief Juſtice
burnham, was a Conſervator of the Peace in the
Pratt had it taken off, for the ſake of the ma-
year
of the ſucceeding reign of K. Richard
terials, there are ſeveral fat grave.ſtones, one of
II, and reſided at this manſion, which was then
which has a croſier on it, and three tombs or
caſtellated. His ſucceſſor alienated it, in the be.
coffins of ſtone, one of which is decorated with the
ginning of K, Henry V.'s reign, to Henry Chi-
ſculpture of a croſs pomel pierced, on the top of it.
cheley, Archbiſhop of Canterbury (o), who appears
The inſide of the church is laid out as a plea-
to have refided here at times, one of his man.
ſure-garden, with flowers and gravel-walks, for
dates being dated from Scoteneye April the 3d,
the uſe of the adjoining feat, which was built
1418(P). The Archbiſhop ſettled this manor on
ſome years ago by the preſent proprietor, in
Florence his niece, widow of fir William Peche,
the gothic ſtyle, and in which he frequently
knt. and one of the daughters of Wm. Chicheley,
reſides,
his youngeſt brother (9), on her marriage with
John Darell, eſq; third ſon of William Darell, of
is the other manor in this pariſh, within the
Seſay in Yorkſhire, whoſe ſecond wife ſhe was (r).
county of Suſſex likewiſe, the manſion of it is
He died feiſed of it in 1478, and was ſucceeded
ſituated cloſe on the weſtern ſide of the ſtream,
in this eſtate by his only ſon by her. Thomas
called The Bewle, which, as is reputed here,
Darell, who was of Scotney, eſq; and married
divides the two counties. It was ſo called from
Thomafine, daughter of fir John Greſley, of the
a family, which were proprietors of it in very
co. of Stafford, knt. by whom he had one lon
early times, as they were of another feat of the
Henry, and a daughter Florence (rr).
ſame name at Lid in this county; one of whom,
Henry Darell, the ſon, was of Scotney, eſq;
Walter de Scoteni, held it in the reign of K. and left iffue by Elizabeth his wite, daughter of
Henry III, and was a perſon of no ſmall ac Cheney in the co. of Suſex, Thomas Darell, of
count, for he held 14 knights fees and a half of
Scotney, eſq; who was twice married, firſt to
Alice, Counteſs of Ewe in the co. of Suſſex ; but Elizabeth, daughter of James Loane, of Betberf-
in the 430 year of that reign, anno 1259, be den, by whom he had three fons ; Thomas, of
ing ſuſpected of giving poiſon to Richard, Earl whom hereafter ; Edward (s), and Stephen (t);
of the former, Thomas was Chief Clerk of the Treaſury, Wil. (n) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 676.
liam was caft away at ſea, Charles was created Lord Cam-
(6) Philipott, p. 209.
den in 1765, and married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir (P) Rym. Fæd. vol. ix, p. 570.
of Nicholas Jeffrys, efq; fon and heir of fir Jeffry Jeffrys, of (9) By his ſecond wife Beatrice, daughter of William Bar-
Brecknock, knt, by whom he has iſſue a ſon John-Jeffrys, rett, efq; by whom he had iffue two ſons and two daughters,
and four daughters, Frances, Elizabeth, Sarah, and fane. William, John, Florence above-mentioned, and Agnes. He
Robert, the fourth ſon, was a Captain of Horſe, and died was Sheriff of London in 1410, and Alderman, and dying
in Germany. Of the daughters, Caroline married Herbert,
1425, was buried in Higham Ferrars church. Stem. Chich.
Baron of Munfter in Weſtphalia; Jane married Nicholas
præf. p. ix.
Harding, of the co. of Surry, efq; by whom ſhe has a
(n) John Darell married firſt Joane, daughter and heir of
fon George, and other children ; Anna-Maria married the
Valentine Barrett, of Pery-court, by whom he had ifiue ewa
Right Hon. Thomas, Lord Dacre; and Frances died un fons, William, of Calebill, and Robert, who was of Oſpringe;
married.
John Pratt, eſq; the eldeſt ſurviving ſon of the Chief
See more of this branch of Darell, under Calebill in Little
Juſtice by his firſt wife, was of Wilderneſs in Seale, and died
Chart.
on July 24, 1770, having been twice married, firſt to Eliza-
By Florence his ſecond wife, their deſcendants claim con-
berb, daughter of for Jeffry Jefrys, of Brecknock, kni. by
fanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Stem. Chich. paffim.
whom he had iſſue one ſon John Pratt, now of Wilderneſs
(rr) She was thrice married, firi to
and Begeham Abbey, esq; who married in 1747 Sarah, daugh-
condly to Nicholas Petytt, of Shalmsford, and thirdly to
ter of fir Joſeph Eyles, knt. deceaſed, by whom he had no
John Fallowfield.
iſſue-and a daughter now unmarried.
(-) Edrvard Darell married the daughter and heir of Mar.
By his ſecond wife Dorothy, daughter of the Hon. Robert maduke Darell, of Bowley, from whom came thoſe of Page.
Tracy, of Coſcomb in the co. of Glouceſter, who died in 1727, ham, Fullſmere, Hampden, and of the co. of Middleſex.
he had iſſue a ſon Robert, who was of Coſcomb, and a Maſter (t) Stephen Darell was of Spelmonden in this county, and
in Chancery, who died on July 21, 1775, without iſſue. had iſſue ſeveral children, of whom Elizabeth, married firſt
(x) There is a view of the ruins of this abbey publiſhed to Henry, Lord Abergavenny, and afterwards to fir William
by Buck in 1737, and another by Groſe in his Antiquities Sedley, knt. and bart. Anne, to Henry Judde, and Margaret
of England and Wales, which was drawn in 1760.
at length became his coheirs.

Hopton, fee
and


The HISTORY of K E N T.
381
LAMBERHURST. DICHA Y HORSE
.
my
Brenchley.
of Firte in so
311IISUD
TO
Oriw
as
bertſbridges manſion of Scotney (y), and the farm
010, 1900
whom he had an only daughter,
men
Ellen, who died without iſſue, and
mu Elizabeth,
pears by the laſt will of John Vane, alias
h. Pofleſſed in
Brenchley And HorseMONDEN HUNDRED.
daughters ; Mary, Elizabeth, and Catherine, and
and a Jaughter Alice or Agnes, married to fir
was ſucceeded here by his eldeſt ſon, John Da.
Simon Harcourt, knt. his ſecond wife was daugh-
rell, eſq;(W) who reſided at Scotney, and in 1774
ter of Whetenball, by whom he had an only
daughter Roſe, married to George Roberts, of
conveyed this manor and ſeat, with the manor
ximiani loist and loposit of Chingley and other lands adjoining in the pariſh
of Goudhurſt (2), to Mr. John Richards, of Ro-
Thomas Darell, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his
.
in 1779 again paſſed away theſe
married to somn adjoining called Little
adjoining called Little Scotney, to Edward Huſſey,
efq; the preſent proprietor of them (Z). si to 1189
Brookes; and ſecondly to Mary, daughter of Roy-
Toto
don, of Eaſt Peckham, by whom he had one lon OS PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Cena no zi isda
and heir Henry, and four daughters (v). Which malono 915903 9 zi laidu lyt
The priory of Leeds antiently poſſeſſed lands
Henry Darell was of Scotney, eſq; and had iſſue by
in this pariſh, which on the ſuppreſſion of it
Margarét his wife, daughter of fir Edward Gage,
were ſettled by K. Henry VIII. on his new-
in Suffex, knt. five fons, William, George,
founded Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter. 1 liomto
Thomas, Henry,, and John ; of whom, William,
the eldeſt, ſucceeded him here. He died poſſeſ-
The priory of. Combwell in this neighbourhood
was poſſeſſed of premiſes in this pariſh,, which
fed of this manor and feat in the
hav-
me negd. in pr.
99
after the diffolution of it were granted, anno 34
ing been twice married. By his firſt wife Ellen,
Henry VIII, to fir Fobn Gage, knt. to hold in
who died in 1660, he had iſſue two daughters ;
capite by knights ſervice (a)gaib, bnis ini belit
ried to Tbomas Berkeley, of Spetchley in the co. of
Thomas Barbetet and Anne, mar-
• The family of Fane poffeffed lands in this
AM SEES
HO pariſh fo high as the 13th year of K. Henry VII,
.
he had iffue two ſons ; William, who died an
Fane, eſq; who married Iſabel, daughter of John
infant, and Arthur, his heir; and three daugh-
Darell, of Calebill, S; His youngeſt fon Jobra
ters, Mary, Lucy, and Margaret. Arthur Darell,
afterwards poſſeſſed them, as did Henry Vane
ejq; his only ſurviving ſon, ſucceeded him at
his grandfon, who by his will, dated in 1596,
,
unmarried ; on which this eltate came by an
bequeathed the lands, called Styles, in Lamber-
old family ſettlement to the ſecond brother of
burſ, purchaſed of Thomas Darell, of Scotney,
eſq; to his youngeſt ſon Ralph; and the reſidue
the branch of this family ſettled at Calehill in
of his manors, lands, and tenements, to his
this county, accordingly by
, ar
anceſtor of the preſent Earl of
George, the ſecond ſon of John Darell, of Cale-
the bbed
bill, eq; by Olivia his wife, daughter of Philip,
Dunks, ‘now called Old
,
Viſcount Strangford, and next brother to Philip
w.called Old Farm, is a feat in this
pariſh, which was for ſome generations owned
Darell, of that place, efq; I lo
He took poftefion of it
, though not without
by a branch of the Hendleys, of Cranbrooke in this
county. Thomas Hendley, gent. died ſeiſed of it
fome fuits at law, inſtituted by the three fiſters
on April 30, 1716, æt.
and heirs-at-law of Arthur above-mentioned, in this church. He left iffue by Anne his wife (c)
t. 68, and lies buried in
which,
h, however, he at laſt prevailed, and after two ſons; Walter, who died on April 22, 1747,
wards reſided here. He had iſſue by Mary Lowe and Samuel, who died on Sept. 8, 1745(d). Wal-
his wife, two ſons; John and George, and three
ter, the eldeſt ſon, became entitled to this eftate
vunneb bas niadto si to alsooib ads to noi siblin
(u) His lands were diſgavelled by the act of the ad and 3d
mote borsyon 2 bas 11 10 23154
at firſt intended to be built. It was moated round, and had
of Edward VI. Şee Robinſon’s Gavélkind, p. 300.11 a ſtrong ſtone gateway with towers, &c. which ſeemed to
(v) Viz. Maria, married to Barnaby Goughe, gent. Ele intended to guard the approach to it. The late Mr. Darell
nor to Edmund Pelham, Frances to Green, and Margaret to pulled them down.yini od minsiw Orio Vino S
Tyndal
.
(z) He was the eldeſt ſon of Thomas Hulley, of Burwaſh in
(w) He was twice married ; firft to Catherine, daughter
Sulex, efq; and afterwards of Albford in this county, by
of Henry Bedingfield, of the co. of Suffolk, eſq; who died Anne his wife, daughter of Maurice Berkeley, of London, eſq;
O&. 16, 1761, without iſſue; and ſecondly to Rebecca, by whom he had iſſue Edrvard above-mentioned, John, and
daughter of Doran, of London, fince re
William, both Clerks, and five daughters; Anne, yet un-
2, of London, fince remarried to Captain
Hornby, by whom he had iffue one ſon, John-Ignatius, and
married ; Frances, married to Sandiford Streatfeild, Mer-
a daughter, Tereſa.
37057901 70 iligtad siis to gard Shio chant; Philadelphia, to Mr. T. Ruton, of London, fon of
(2) Mr. Darell's eſtates here, at that time, confifted of
Ifaac Rutton, of Aſhford, M. D. and Harriot, and Charlotte,
upwards of 1300 acres of land, of which 300 were wood,
yet unmarried.
eta OI .990 beib ole
and were of about the yearly value of gool. That part of
Edward Hulley, efq; the eldeſt ſon, married Elizabeth.
them which lies in the county of Kent is tythe-free. baveg
Sarah, only daughter and heir of Robert Bridge, of Bocking
() The river, which at this place divides the counties of
in the co. of Eſſex, elq; by whom he has ſeveral children.
Kent and Suffex, once ran through the center of the ground-
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3.
plat on which the houſe ſtands, which is ſtill reputed to be
(6) Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 174, and vol. vi, p. 123. po
one half in Suſſex, and the other in Kent. It is a handſome (c) She died June 18, 1731,
fone building, and appears to be only one half of what was
e 18, 1731, and was buried here. nood
(d) They both lie buried in this church. Dib9 (6)
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The H I STORY of K E Ε Τ.
LAMBERHURST.
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
on his father's death, and afterwards fold it to tuated in this pariſh, and is called Lamberburſt
,
Pattenden, who alienated it to Spence, as he did alias Glouceſter furnace (k). The ſoil on which
foon afterwards to Gibbs Crawford, of Eaf Grin theſe woods are ſituated is in general a ftiff
ſted in the co. of Suſſex, efq; the preſent owner
clay. They are moſtly oak coppice, ſometimes,
of it.
me based on though but rarely, intermixed with hazel, and
PRÉSENT STATE OF LAMBERHRUST. . interſperſed with oak trees,
ak trees, which are much
fewer in them than formerly, owing to the great
The village of Lamberhurſt is built on each
increaſe of the price of timber, and the con-
ſide of the turnpike road leading from Maidſtone
fumption made of them for theſe furnaces..ofa
through this pariſh into the county of Suſſex.
,
Part of it ſtands in the county of Kent, viz.
of a browner colour than is common to ordinary
that is on the north ſide of the ſtream; the
waters, which leave in their paſſage tinctures of
reſt, which is the greateſt part, on the ſouthern
ruſt. The iron-ore is found in great
fide of the ſtream, over which there is a bridge
in moſt parts of theſe woods, but different in
of three arches, is in the county of Suſſex.
colour, weight, and goodneſs. That which is
On the weſtern fide of the ſtreet, in this county,
not fo fit for common uſe, on account of its
a ſmall diftance from the bridge, ſtands a large,
being ſhort and brittle when melted, is mingled
well-timbered houſe, which from its appearance
in due quantity with cinder, being the refuſe of
ſeems to have long been a gentleman's ſeat. It
the ore after the metal has been extracted from
was for ſeveral generations in the poſſeſſion of
it, which gives it that temper of toughneſs as
the family of Thomas ; Alexander Thomas, gent. re makes it fit for uſe. Great quantities of can-
fided in it, and died poffeffed of it on Oct. 23,
non, as well for the uſe of government as the
1657,
, æt. 80 (e). He was ſucceeded in this feat
merchants, are caſt at theſe furnaces, beſides
by his grandſon, Alexander Thomas, eſq; (f) who backs for ſtoves, and ſuch like, as well as bars
had iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter of Mr.
Offley, of Poffingworth in the co. of Suſſex (8),
worked in the forges for that purpoſe.
ſeven children, of whom three ſons and two
daughters furvived him (b). Richard Thomas, 16 in CHARITI E S.
ĐC Thoa 02
his eldeſt fon, ſucceeded him here (i), and af-
boltsdag bob on diw To
terwards fold this feat to Mr. Bridger, of the co.
Lady Hanby gave 61. per annum,
for educating
poor children of this pariſh, and charged the
to Mr. John
Fofter, who now poffeffes it, with the lands act-
ſame upon the Courtlodge eſtate.
na 15 e10291 Stato to nared
bas bus
Mr. Woodgate gave 40s. per annum, to be dis
The foil of this pariſh, near the village
,
ſtributed yearly to 40 of the pooreſt people of
fand, but the reſt of it is a ſtiff clay, which is
almoſt entirely covered with woods.
by Anthony Dunſter in 1724. Selain?
19 A fair is held in this pariſh on Old Lady-day
yearly, for cattle, &c. the profits of which be was buried in this pariſh on Sept. 11, 1751, left
long to the owners of the parſonage. Another 1os, yearly, for a ſermon on charity, on St. Tbo-
fair is likewiſe held in the village yearly on
mas's Day.
de 90
modù-svods madh to wol.16anied bro
To A no bsih onwale
20to9
-191 THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
NATURAL HISTORY. U bua
1.com
LAMBERHURST is within the eccleſiaſtical ju-
In the large tracts of wood with which theſe riſdiction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry
parts of Kent and Suſſex are covered, there are
of Malling, lo Resorts ng ཉ། ཏུ །། ༢༣༧ (༡）
ſeveral furnaces, for the melting and manufac The church, which has a ſpire ſteeple, ſtands
iron-ore, with which they abound, on a hill at a ſmall diſtance north-eaſt from the
The only one within the county of Kent, is fi village (I). It is dedicated to St. Mary, and an-
Phoval fabled des )
He lies buried in this church. its bas
(k) It was named Glouceſter furnace in honor of the Duke
(f) Son of Richard Thomas, efq; Bencher of the Middle of Glouceſter, Q. Anne's ſon, who in the year 1698 viſited
Temples who died before his father, on July 29, 1657, æt. it from Tunbridge Wells. The irop-rails round St. Paul's
50, and was buried here, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his church-yard in London, were caſt at this furnace. They
wife, fole daughter and heir of Richard Bathurſt, of Goud compoſe the moſt magnificent baluſtrade perhaps in the uni-
burſt, gent. two ſons, Alexander above-mentioned, and verſe, being of the height of five feet and fix inches, in
which there are at intervals feven iron gates of beautiful
(8) She died Dec. 10, 1739, æt. 85, and was buried workmanfhip, which, together with the rails, weigh 200
borten
tons and 81 pounds; the whole of which coſt 6d. per
(5) Viz. Richard, Alexander, William, who all died un pound, and, with other charges, amounted to the ſum of
married; Elizabeth married to fir William Hardres, bart.
112021. os. 6d. biub song as
and Mary to Philip Bartholemew, of Oxenboath, efq; whoſe (1) In the church-porch lies the body of one Lindridge,
deſcendant William Geary, of Oxenhoath in this county, who was born anno 1566, and lived in an houſe adjacent
.
efq; is now entitled to ſome part of this eſtate, which had He built an handſome ſtone cauſeway here, which from him
been allotted to her as part of her inheritance.
was called Lindridge cauſeway. Harris's Hiſtory of Kent,
(i) He died on Jan. 28, 1747.
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The HISTORY of a K E N T. 383
LAMBERHURST.
تا الان برادران
1
Abbey, about the
Leeds whatever his anceſtors had granted to with the advowſon of the vicarage, on his new-
by Richard. . p
* Ibid.
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
ciently paid 9d. chriſm-rent to the mother church || chefter: whereupon the Archbiſhop confirmed the
fame to it (t).
of the dioceſe (m).
John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, by his decree, dated Robert, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, confirmed the
at his manor of Halling, Feb. 15, 1461, changed church of Lamberburſt, and the appropriation
the feaſt of the dedication of this church from of it, to the Canons of Leeds (u); as did Hamo,
the feaſt of St. Michael, the day on which it uſed Prior of Rocheſter, and the Convent there, by in-
to be celebrated, on account of the floods which fpeximus in 1344 (v).
K. Edward III, in his
year, and hindered its being celebrated with
inſpeximus, confirmed the above grants, as well
that folemnity and reverence with which it ought, as ſeveral others which had been made by the
and transferred it to the Wedneſday next follow-
family of Crevequer, to confirm this church to
ing the feaft of the ſacred relics; and he decreed,
the priory of Leeds (w), part of the poſſeſſions of
that it ſhould be held yearly for ever on that which it continued till the diffolution of it in
day (n). utli boil anivad
paisd sous
the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it was, with
bo Robert de Crevequer, the founder of Leeds
all its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's
year
1137, gave to the Canons
hands, and was afterwards confirmed to him
there, in free and perpetual alms, all the churches and his heirs by the general words of the act,
on his eſtates, with the advowſons of the fame, paſſed for that purpoſe in the 31ſt year of his
and among theni that of Lamberhurſt, with two reign; after which, the King by his dotation
acres of land in that pariſh (o).
charter, in his 33d year,
ſettled this church,
Lambert de Scotene confirmed to the church of
erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, where they
viz. all the ecclefiaftical dues of his tenants,
both remain at this time.
and lands of Curthope, and the oblations and In 1719, the leſſee of this parſonage was Wil-
degacies of the Ivaffals of his lordſhip.
liam Dewe, eſq; (x) who reſided in it. His ſon,
Archbiſhop Theobald confirmed this church to William Dewe, efq; afterwards poffeffed it, and
the priory, together with all the tythes, both great
left iffue by Elizabeth his wife, only daughter
and ſmall, of Curthope and Ewehurſt (P), as did of Mr. Francis Butler, Senior Prothonotary of
Archbiſhop Hubert, by his letters of infpeximus (9). the Court of Exchequer, one ſon, Butler, and
Jobn, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the reign of K. five daughters. swore o ji to
Henry II, at the time of the gift of this church
o Butler Dewe, efq; the ſon, ſucceeded his father
to the priory of Leeds, appropriated the fame to it,
in his intereſt in this leaſe, and dying in 1762,
William, Archbp. of Canterbury, being preſent (r);
without iſſue, it came to his fitters ; Elizabeth
notwithſtanding which, the Canons do not ſeem
Wilſon, widow ; Amphillis Whitfield, widow;
to have gained the poffeffion of it till about 10 Mary, Anne, and Catherine Dewe, who are the
years afterwards, when Walter, Biſhop of Ro preſent lefſees of this parfonage.
thefter, admitted them into the corporal poffeffion
The advowſon of the vicarage is reſerved to
of it (s). imitari o znomsoq
the uſe of the Dean and Chapter, who preſent
About which time Richard, Archbiſhop of Can-
082
terbury, cauſed an inquiſition on oath to be taken, In the 15th year of K. Edward I, the church
to aſcertain of what church Liis tenants of Cur:
of Lamberhurſt was valued at 10 marcs (y).
thope and Eweburſt were pariſhioners, and to The vicarage is valued in the King's Books
what church their tythes ought of right to be at 121. 103. 5d. and the yearly tenths at il.
paid: when it was found, that all thoſe inhabit-
55. old. (z)
OSCH baske
ing the diſtrict of Curthope and Eweburſt received
In 1447, 1
it appeared, on the preſentation of
all eccleſiaſtical rights in the church of Lamber William Blackborne to this vicarage, that it was
burſt, and paid all their tythes beyond the me. endowed of
of old time in all tythes, excepting
mory of man to that church, and that their thoſe of ſheaves and grain; that it was by eſti-
anceſtors lay buried there, the truth of which mation, one year with another, of the annual
was likewiſe atteſted by Walter, Biſhop of Ro value of iol. and that the Vicar had not any
- 352 SA vneloyd'esden
(m) Text. Roff. p. 228.
. Alipartod ito na
(v) Reg. Roff.
170292_blond 101
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 459.
(0) Regiſt. of Leeds Abbey, f. 3. Reg. Roff. p. 209, 210.
(w) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 110 to 112.
Ebene
This gift was confirmed by William, Archbiſhop of Canter-
(2) He was ſon of William Dewe, gent, one of the Six
bury, who was preſent at the giving of it; and afterwards
Clerks in the Prerogative-office in London, and died Feb.
18, 1714, æt. 84, and was buried here, as was Mary his
the Convent of Rocheſter. Reg. Roff. p. 211, 217; and by
ra, Bilbop of Rochester, and by Simon, Prior, and
wife, daughter of John Hatley, of London. She died Feb.
ſeveral of the family of Crevequer, from time to time. Dugd.
6, 1710, æt. 76. He bore for his arms-Gules, a chevron
argent, between 9 bezants. vi ogsbuis tudtables en 10
(P)
) Regift. of Leeds Abbey, f. 2; (9) Ibid. f. 3. )!
(y) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 456.
(2) E&, Thef. p. 383.
in to breeders ro
ort
(-) Regik. of Leeds Abbey, f. 5. (u) Ibid. f. 3. in eine
bubongitosol 300
written
to it.
a year of K. Edward mom
ht
p. 217
pyszny, ci
Mon. vol. ii, p. 110 et ſeq.
S og

384
The IH IS TO RIY of a K E N T.
.
PATRONS,
2 VICARS.
Dean anda
and Chapter
March 1754.
OW"
(b) John Clarke, S. 1:!
32775.
biſhop ai
antient poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhopric of
.
ſigned for the this of Lamberhurſt, which he afterwards re.
(1) Dugd. R. Survey, p. 140.
HORSEMONDEN. 301 CVATION
Brenchley AND HORSEMONDEN HOW
written compoſition, but took his endowment
of the ſeveral knights fees and other fervices hela
by antient cuſtom (a).
i of om
of the King in capite, that this place was then in
bono
so the poſſeſſion of the family of Albrincis ; one of
CHURCH OF LAMB E R HUR S T.unio | whom, William de Albrincis or Averencbes, left
201102
iſſue by Maud his wife, daughter and coheir of
or by whom preſented.
Hub
ban
John de Bovill, a ſon William, who died without
Prior and Convent (6) William Blackborne, pre iſſue, and a daughter Maud, married in his life
of Leeds. ſented in
time to Hamon de Crevequer, who at length be-
teo in 1447,60
Chapter (c) Mr. Robert Stede, 1627.
. came her brother's heir (l). barsbrid bas 1991
of Rocheſter.
Pratt, 1720.
In the 20th year of K. Henry III, Hamoide
SU SE isad by
Robert Pickering, obt. May Crevequer, paying his relief and doing his hom-
of todo eido many
age, had livery of all the lands of her inheritance,
to anoil nog od 10 11,1733.
(d) Tobias Swinden, A.M.
of which he died poffeſfed rindthe 49th year of
Qi ji 10 nolulinib
inſtit. July 11, 1733, obt. that reign, anno 1262, having had iſſue (one fon
diw qasw ji nsw II initit.
Hamo, and-four daughters, viz. Agnesy married
agni I di ogni be, Warc
ruid of borino (e) Samuel Denne, reſig. 1767.
to John de Sandwich ; Ifolda, to Nicholas de Len-
S.T.P.
fa ada 10 row is(f) Chardin Muſgrave, s
bam Elene, to Bertram de Criols and Iſabel, to
zid 10 1997 fje gris, 41767, obl. March 1968.
Henry de Gaunt. ?wavba on doiveisilo air na
toishob zidi yd go (8) John Newcombe, S.T.P.
Hamo, his ſon, died in his life-time, ſo that
Robert de Crevequer, this grandſon, became his
won aidi no 996159
S.T. P. pre-lheir (m); but he did not sinherit this manor,
vocia 9191W 215dos e
ſented Nov. 1775, reſig. which ſeems to have paſſed in marriage with his
1776.
Pana in aist197 ntou aunt. Elene above - mentioned, to Bertram de
(i) Charles T'arrant, S.T.P.
Criol.
enolseldo adi bassgodt lo abast bar
I swagandit sa
Nov. 1776. Preſent Vi In the 42d year of K. Henry:III, there was a
nok ziH isi bobile and
Worset
compoſition entered into between Archbiſhop Be-
bas di bon nog ebiswasta Pla parc
niface, and Richard de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter,
Ishigurb HORSE MONDEN
in relation to certain cuſtoms and ſervices which
To ristono079 101112
the Archbiſhop claimed of the Earl on account
IS
the next pariſh northward from Lamberhurſt.
Part of it, viz. the borough of Rugmer-bill
, Tunbridge, Horſemonden, and other places in this
of the lands, which the latter held of him in
which lies at the weſtern ſide of it adjoining to
county, by which it was agreed among other
that of Brenchley, is within the antient demeſne of
the manor of Aylesford, and conſequently ex.
things, that the Earl ſhould do homage, and
the ſervice of one knight's fee for the manor of
empt from the juriſdiction of this Hundred.
Horſemonden, and ſuit at the Court of the Arch-
A ſmall part of this pariſh is ſaid likewiſe to
be within the Hundred of Larkfield (k)!! in 919
no In the 8th year
8th year of K. Edward II, this manor
Obavenia
Div 1 to bolovbs ?
was part of the poffeffions of the family of Ro.
ins1914 on THE MAN O R. le su se
keſle, the heirs of Roger de Rokeſe then hold.
The manor of Horſemonden was part of the ing it of the honor of Clare, as, half a knight's
Can-
); one of theſe was fir Richard de Rokeſle,
terbury, the Archbiſhop holding it of
I
who died without male iſſue (p), leaving by his
capite as one knight's fee, of whom it was again wife Joane, ſiſter and heir of John de Criol, ſon
held by the noble family of Clare, Earls of Glou-
of Bertram above-mentioned, two daughters his
ceſter and Hertford.
coheirs; of whom Agnės, the eldeſt, married
1. It appears by the inquiſitions returned into Thomas de Poynings ;rland Joane, the youngeſt,
the Exchequer in the 13th and 14th years of firſt Hugh de Pateføull
, and ſecondly fir William
K. John, by the Sheriffs throughout England, le Baud, knt, each of whom in her right became
its des
id enw si Gada
Con Voittoostoni
Ibid. 7, 9110 TOITSEE Histw 10 n1019 : 91903 bertud, si sofa
this county
,
(c) Mfl. Twyfden. One of this name was eje&ted from
ſigned for the rectory of Kingsdown near Wrotham.
this vicarage in 1662, by the Bartholomew A&. See Cala-
(i) Dean of Peterborough. In 1776 a diſpenſation paſſed,
my's Life of Baxter, p. 286.
for his holding the rectory of St. George's Bloomſbury with
(d) Alſo Rector of Kingsdown near Sittingborne. I )
this vicarage.
(e) Second ſon of Mr. Archdeacon Denne. He reſigned
(k) Kilburne's
this vicarage on being preſented to that of Wilmington.
of Albrincis, under Folkſtone.
(1) Prebendary of Rocbefter, and Provoſt of Oriel College,
Oxford. b 900
10 191dgust
(m) Dugd. ibid. p. 592. See more of this family, under
Chatham, p. 66.
(8) Dean of Rocheſter. In 1768 a diſpenſation paffed,
(n) Regiít. Chriſt Church, Cant. Carta, No. 177.
limited to me
See
for his holding this vicarage with St. Mildred's Poultry,
Tunbridge, p. 324.
aparelov. OM 998 (
(6) Lib. feod. pt in. Horor de Clare.
.
(5) Prebendary of Rocheſter, and Provoſt of Oriel College (p) See more of this family, under North Cras, vol. i. of
in Oxford. He reſigned the vicarage of Woodneſborough in
this hiftory, p. 150



fee (o); one
in London.
poffeſfed

The VHS TORY OF KENT.
385
HORSEMONDEN.
poffefſed of this manor, and the latter of thém
(e) His widow died Aug. $, 1777.
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
vi This manor thus coming to the Crown, ſtayed
died ſeiſed of it in the 4th year of K. Edw. III, not many years there, for the King in his 36th
anno 1329 (9). His widow was in poffeffion of
year, granted dit, with its appurts. to Stephen
it in the 20th year of that reign, and paid re Darell, eſq; and Agres his wife, to hold in capite
by the ſervice of the zoth part of one knight's
ſpective aid for it at making the Black Prince
a Knight, as half a knight's fee, held of the
fee (y). He died ſeiſed of it in the 2d year of
Earl of Glouceſter (r).
3180 einiano | Q. Elizabeth, and was ſucceded by Henry Darell
,
After which, although their ſon, fir William eſq; his ſon (z), who died without iſſue in the
Baud, knt. ſeems to have had ſome intereſt in 7th year of that reign, being then ſeiſed of the
this maror, of which he died ſeiſed in the goth manor of Horſemonden, with its appurtenances in
of that reign (s), yet on her death, the Horſemonden and Goudhurſt, and the advowſon of
year
manor itſelf came to her nephew Michael, ſon of Horſemanden, and all thoſe woods called Horſes
Thomas de Poynings above-mentioned, by Joane monden coppice, by eſtimation 16 acres, holding
de Rokeſle her ſiſter, who poſſeſſed it at his death them of the King in capite by knight's ſervice(a).
on March 7, anno 43 Edward III, as did his George Darell,
I, ela; h
his brother, ſucceeded him
fon Thomas in the 49th year of that reign, leav in theſe premiſes, of which he had livery that
ing Richard de Poynings, his brother, his next year, and in the soth year of it alienated this
heir(t), and having ſettled this manor on cer manor, with the Queen's licence, to Richard
tain fcoffees to the uſe of Blanch his wife (u), Payne (b), who in Eaſter term anno 17 Q. Eliz.
during her life. She died anno 9 K. Henry levied a fine of it, and ſome time afterwards
IV, (»), and was ſucceeded in this manor by alienated it to William Beſwicke, of Spelmonden
her nephew, Robert de Poynings, ſon of Richard in this pariſh, eſq; (c) who was Sheriff of this
above-mentioned, who died anno 11 Richard II. county in the year 1616. He left iſſue by
Robert de Poynings died ſeiſed of it on Oct. 2, Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheir of Arthur
in the 25th year of K. Henry VI, leaving Alia Malby, one ſon Arthur, and two daughters.
xore, the wife of fir Henry Percy, knt. Lord Percy, Arthur Beſwicke, the ſon, inherited this ma-
eldeſt ſon of Henry, Earl of Northumberland, nor on his father's death, and was of Spelmonden.
daughter of Richard de Poynings, his eldeſt ſon, He married Martha, daughter of Laurence Waſhe
who deceaſed in his life-time, his next heir; ington, of Maidſtone, ela; by whom he left an
upon which the Lord Percy, in her right, be only daughter Mary his heir, who in her life-time
came entitled to this manor, among her other
this manor on
on Mr. Haughton, deſcended
inheritance in this county and elſewhere, from thoſe of Haughton Tower in the co. of Lan-
of all which he had ſpecial livery next year (w); caſter (d). He likewiſe left an
likewiſe left an only daughter
and in his deſcendants this manor continued
and heir, who carried it in marriage to Marriott,
down to Henry, Earl of Northumberland, who
whoſe fon James Marriott, eſq; died without iſſue,
fucceeded his father in titles and eſtate in the and at his deceaſe gave it to his fifter for her
19th year of K. Henry VIII. He married Mary, life, and then to his ſecond-couſin, Hugh Mar-
daughter of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewſbury, riott, eſq; who left iſſue (e) a ſon James, and one
but died without iſſue, on June 29, in the 29th
daughter; which ſon, now the Rev. James Mar-
year of that reign. The year before his death,
riott, D. D. (f) is the preſent poſſeſſor of
being then ſeiſed of this manor, he by his deed, manor and other eſtates in this pariſh.
dated Aug. 31, anno 28 Henry VIII, gave and
The manor of Horſemonden is held of the
granted to the King, his heirs and ſucceffors, Crown, by the yearly fee-farm of il. 18s, 6d.
all his manors, caſtles, lands, tenements, and
1.188. 6d.
There is no
There is no Court held for it.
to NOISE
, al-
though the year before this, an act had paſſed for
SPEL MONDEN
affuming to the King all the lands and poſſeſſions is an antient ſeat at the ſouthern extremity of
of this Earl, in cafe of failure of heirs of his this parifh, which was once poſſeſſed by a family
body.
which took its ſurname from it. John de Spel-
10
avads 90
Tarif citr 70 svads ove
stre sidsts to
(y) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (z) Ibid. (a) Ibid.
(-) Book of Aid anno 20 Edward III. 11
anno 20 Edward III. 1 zi for
(6) Philipott, p. 190.
Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (t) Ibid. is nothing at me
แรกเราน 025 MM
She married ſhortly afterwards for John de Worthe, knt.
(c) He was ſon of William Befwicke, alias Berwicke, Al-
derman and Lord Mayor of Loncion, by Joane his wife, fifter
of Henry Harie, of Newnbam in this county, who was the
Pw) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 133 to 135. See a further
account of the family of Poynings, under Stanford.
ſon of Roger Beſwicke, of the co. of Cheſter. They bore for
(*) This deed was acknowledged in Chancery that day,
their arms-Gules, 3 bezants, a chief or.
and afterwards inrolled in the Augmentation-office. See a
1619, pedigree of Befwicke.
adana 10 వ
further account of the Percies, under North Cray, vol. i. of
(d) Philipott, p. 190.
19 agilid
this hiſtory, p. 151; and of the deſcent of this manor in
that family, in the account of North Cray, which continued (f) In 1767. he marrie4 Miſs Boſworth. He bears for
in their poſſeſſion under the ſame title and circumſtances. his arms-Barry of 6, ot and ſable.
5 F
monden,
fettled
great
this
en vliet gris
01.0gilide
las purname from
(g) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
be
(4)
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Vifn. co. Kent,
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386
The H US TO RYO of K E N T.
us;
ter of Robert Ratcliffe, Earl of Sufex, who not
dleſex, whore
be
HORSEMONDEN. HEA TA
BrenCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED:
monden, one of the proprietors of it, is frequently
whom, John de Grotherft, Rector of this church,
mentioned in the deeds and evidences belonging as his epitaph ſtill remaining in it informs
to this eſtate; after they were become extinct gave this manor of Leueſothe to the Abbat and
here, this feat became part of the poſſeſſions of Convent of Begebam in Lamberhurſt, to find one
the eminent family of Poynings(8), one of which, perpetual Chaplain to celebrate in the church
Michael, ſon of Thomas de Poynings, by Joane de of Horſemonden and chapel of Leuefkothe ; and it
Rokeſle, poffeffed it at his death in the 43d year continued part of the poffeffions of that abbey
of K. Edward III. boite
till the diſolution of it in the 19th year of K.
He left iſſue two ſons, Thomas, who died Henry VIII, who that year granted it with all
without iſſue, and Richard, who became his
its poffeffions, among which was this manor, to
brother's heir, and died ſeiſed of this eſtate in Cardinal Wolſey, for the better endowment of
the 11th year of K. Richard 11. He was fuc his college, commonly called Cardinal's College,
ceeded in it by Robert de Poynings his only fon,
in Oxford; but that great prelate being caſt in a
at whoſe death in the 25th year of K. Henry VI, pramunire, about four years afterwards, all the
eftates of the above mentioned college, which,
Robert, his younger ſon, ſeems to have inherited
Spelmonden (b), of which he died feiſed in the for want of time, had not been firmly ſettled on
gth year of K. Edward IV. His fon and heir,
it, were forfeited and came into the King's
fir Edward Poynings, knt. (i) in the 14th year of
hands (n), where this manor lay till Q. Eliz, in
that reign, alienated it to John Sampſon, whoſe
the beginning of her reign, granted it to Ana
fon (k), Chriſtopher Sampſon, in the 37th year of
thony Brown, Viſcount Montague, who, as appears
K. Henry VIII, paſſed it away by fale to Stephen
by the inquiſition taken after his deceaſe, died
feifed of it on April 19, 1593, anno 35 Q.
Darell, who afterwards reſided here, and his ſon,
George Darell, in the 10th year of Q. Elizabeth, Elizabeth (o). He was ſucceeded in it by his
conveyed it to Richard Payne, of Twyford in
cldeſt fon and heir, by his firſt wife Jane, daugh-
Middleſex, who in the 28th year of it fold this
eſtate to William Nutbrown, and he next year
long afterwards alienated it to William Beſwicke,
alienated it to George Cure, of the co. of Surry,
of Spelmonden in this pariſh, eſq; whoſe grand-
daughter, Mrs. Mary Beſwicke, ſettled it, with
eſq; from whom it immediately after was ſold
her other eſtates here, on Mr. Haughton, of
to Arthur Langworth, and from him again as
Chelſea in Middleſex (p), whoſe only daughter and
quickly to William Beſwicke, eſq; who afterwards
reſided here, and was Sheriff of this county in
heir carried it in marriage to Marriott, from whom
it has paffed, in like manner as Spelmonden, to
the Rev. Dr. Marriott, the preſent poffeffor of
1 His grand-daughter, Mrs. Mary Beſwicke, ſet-
it (9), vorom cita zinsbalsban ni bos
tled Spelmonden, with other eſtates in this pariſh,
vitendo 090
Mr. Haughton, of Chelſea in the co. of Mid-
yn rosita breui ni DAIRY zid bobsd
is a manor ſituated on the weſtern ſide of this
in marriage to Marriott, from whom it has paſſed,
pariſh, which had antiently owners of that fur-
in like manner as the manor of Horſemonden, to
name, one of whom, Robert Spriver, died pol-
Dr. Marriott, the preſent poffeffor of feſſed of it in 1447, anno 26 Henry VI, and
his art i 1915010
19010 Noitonom by his laſt will deviſed it to his ſon of the ſame
are lo bi LEWIS - HEAT HOT name. After this family was become extinê
WOT here, the Vanes became proprietors of it, from
a manor ſituated in the center of this pariſh, whom it paſſed into the name of Bathurſt.
which was antiently part of the poffeffions of
Robert Bathurſt poſſeſſed this manor and re-
the family of Grovzherſt, or Grotherſt, one of fided here in the reign of Q. Elizabeth (r); foon
en og basebaslada lls gnu od og gamla
tore) Philipott, p. 191. 9 E 105noins nie di
(-) See more of the Brozuns, Viſcounts Montague, under
(5) Ibid. His eldest ſon Richard died in his life time,
leaving iſſue an only daughter Eleanor, heir to her grand (1) Philipott, p. 191.
father, married to fir Henry Percy, Lord Percy. See above, (9) See above, p. 385. This eſate at preſent conſiſts of
under Hor ſemonden manor, p. 385. 13
290 acres of arable, paſture, and woodland, in this pariſ.
(i) He was afterwards Governor of Dover Caffle Lord Dr. Marriott is likewiſe poffeffed of a farm, called Elpiricks,
Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Knight of the Garter, be-
in this pariſh, containing 140 acres of land, and of another
ing a perfon much in favor both with K. Henry VII. and called Stunts, in Horſemonden and Lamberhurði, containing
VIII. He died anno 1522, leaving no legitimate iſſue, 85 acres of land; which, with his other estates in theſe pa-
though he had ſeveral natural children. lo
riſhes, excluſive of the rectory, amount to about 6ool. per an.
40 (k) He had a daughter Dorothy, who married John (r) He was ſecond ſon of Laurence Bathurſt, of Stoples
Brooker, of Canterbury, gent. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedi. burt, whoſe eldeſt fon Edward was anceſtor of the Batburts
gree of Brooker.
of Franks in this county, and of thoſe of Howthorpe in the
(1) Philipott, p. 191.
co. of Northampton, from whom deſcended the preſent Right
(*) This eftate at preſent conſiſts of 273 acres of arable Hon. Earl Bathurſ, and thoſe of Wiliphire and the co. of
and paſture, lying in this pari:h and Lamberhurfl.
Gloucefler. Robert Bathurſt, above-mentioned, was anceftor
(n) See Begebam Abbey, p. 379.
by his firł wife to thoſe of Letchlade in the co. of Glouceſter,
10 STOF Moth
1616 (1).
S P R I V E R S
on
it (m). obloqu
19 ore
tin sau
Lenham.
ybod
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Barontti,

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manor,
part of the
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by whom
called
005, o
The MHCS TORY of K EN T.
HORSEMONDEN: 2011 VA YAK21
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
after which it was alienated to Malbert, and reign, and in the 31ſt year of it procured his
from thence again, after no long intermiffion, to lands in it to be diſgavelled by the act paſſed that
Morgan, in which name it remained till it was
year.
fold to Holman, whoſe deſcendant Anne Holman, His fon George Whetenhall, or Whetnal, died
in 1704, paſſed it away by fale to Mr. Courthope, feifed of this eſtate in the 16th year of Q. Eliz.
whoſe ſon Alexander Courthope, efq; rebuilt the in which year his ſon Thomas had livery of his in-
manſion-houſe, in which he afterwards refided. heritance. His defcendant, Henry Whetenball, in
He died unmarried in 1779 (s), and by his laſt the reign of K. James I, paſſed away the manors
will bequeathed this manor, with the eſtate be of Grovehurſt, Hoathe, Smeethe, and Capell, (for
longing to it, to his nephew, John Cole, eſq; that of Auguſtpitts had been before ſold off,) )
the preſent poffeffor of it (t).
together with a feat in this pariſh, called
A Court Baron is regularly holden for this
MBRO ADFORD,
នាងជា 10
ſituated near the bridge over the river here, to
GROVE HURST
Mr. Francis Auften (a), who afterwards reſided at
Grovehurſt (a), of which he died ſeiſed in 1687,
is a manor which lies on the eaſtern ſide of this
æt. 88, and was buried here. He left iſſue a
pariſh, and was in very early
very early times part
fon, Mr. John Auſten, who was likewiſe of Grove.
poſſeſſions of a family who took their ſurname
burſt, and married Jane, daughter of
from it (u). William Groſshurſt died feiſed of it,
with Poleyns in this pariſh (v), in the 7th year
he had two fons, John, who died in his life time,
of K. Edward III ;(w) his defcendant Richard
Sept. 21, 1704, and was buried here, and Wil-
Groveherſt left iſſue three daughters his coheirs,
liam, who died an infant; and three daugh.
one of whom, Anne, carried this manor in miar-
ters (c), and dying on July 13, 1705, at. 76,
riage, about the latter end of the reign of K.
was buried here.
Richard II, to Richard Hextall, of Hextalls court
ni ,
in Eaſt Peckham. His eldeſt ſon William, in the John Auften, eſq; the ſon above-mentioned,
beginning of K. Henry VI.'s reign, increaſed
reſided at Broadford, and left iſſue by Elizabeth
his property in this pariſh by the purchaſe of
his wife, daughter of Thomas Weller, of
Tun.
bridge, gent. fix ſons and one daughter; of whom
and Auguſtpitts, and died without male iſſue,
John, the eldeſt, became his grand-father's heir
leaving Margaret his ſole daughter and heir, who
to his eſtates in this pariſh, and Francis, the ſecond
carried them in marriage to William W betenball,
fon, is now of Sevenoke in this county, eſq; (d),
eſq; commonly called Whetnall (x), whoſe de. John Auſten, the eldeſt ſon, was of Broadford,
ſcendant of the
the ſame name, was
ne name, was Sheriff of this
eſq; and married Mary, daughter and coheir of
county in the 18th year of K. Henry VIII.'s Stephen Stringer, of Goudhurſt, efq; (e) by whom
co Borba, odno"
Baronets, and of Finchcocks and Wilmington in this county ; the poſſeſſion of the family of Bathurſt, and is now the pro-
and by his ſecond wife, of thoſe of Richmond in Yorkſhire. perty of the Rev. Mr. Richard Bathurſt, of Finchcocks in
See more of them, under Franks, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. Goudhurf.
296, and under Finchcocks in Goudhurfte sien
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(s) He bore for his arms. Or, a feſs azure between 3 (x) Philipótt, p. 190. See Hextalls Court in Eaſt Pecka
efloils fable. Some account of the different branches of this bam,
only to
family has already been given above. under Brenchley, p.
(y) It is now the property of Mr. John Oſborne, who
375. That branch of it,
it, from which the Courthopes of
Danny in the co. of Suſex, and thoſe of Horſemonden were
(2) Philipott, p. 190.0i bissl i tome
deſcended, was feated at Goddards-green in Cranbrook in (a) He was ſon of Mr. John Auften, of this pariſh, who
the reign of K. Henry VIII. Alexander Courthope, of Cran-
dying in 1620, was buried in this church, where his arms
brook, poſſeſſed lands there, in Biddenden, and Maidſtone, fill remain, viz-Or, on a chevron ſable 3 plates, between 3
as appears by his will in the Prerogative-office, Canterbury,
lions paws erect and
nd eraſed, fable. He left iſſue by Joane hia
dated anno 1525. He left iſſue by Katherine his wife, wife, daughter of Jefry Berry, of Midley, who died in
chree fons, William, John, and Peter; and three daughters,
1604, and was buried here, eight ſons and one daughter.
Catherine, Elizabeth, and Eleanor. In the chancel of Horſe-
Of the former, Francis above-mentioned, was the fifth fon.
monden church lie buried Alexander Courthope, gent, who (6) She died March 2; 1685, and was buried here.
died Feb.
23, 691 ; Suſan his wife, who died March 11, (c) Viz. Fane, married to Stephen Stringer, of Goudhurſt;
Ellen, to Edward Oſborne, of Horſemonden; and Anne, to
and Charles their ſon, who died March 11,
John Holman, of Tenterden, gent. by whom ſhe had a ſon
(+) The antient manor-houſe is at preſent made uſe of as John, and nine daughters. John Holman, the laſt of that
an oaſt for the drying of hops, and the houſe which Mr. Court. name, died about 24 years ago, and by his laſt will deviſed
hope rebuil', ſituated at fome diſtance from it, near the well his ſeat, called Bores-ifle, in Tenter den, with the reſt of his
ſide of the turnpike road leading from Marden to Lamber. eſtates, to John Auften, now of Broadford, efq;
burſt has been long called by the name of Sprivers.
(d) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 353. The other chil.
(u) Philipott, p. 190.
dren were, Thomas, William, Robert, Stephen, and Elizabeth.
(v) Pulleyns, as it is now called, is a manor which lies (e) By Jane his wife, daughter of John Auften; of Broada
on the eaſt ſide of the turnpike road, about chree-quarters of ford, grandfather of John Auften, who married Mary Strina
a mile feuthward from Sprivers. It has been many years in ger;
his daughter.
con todella
ham, p. 277:
reſides at it.
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The V HISTORY of K E N T.
D MONDE
PRESENT STATE OF HORSE MONDEN.
un
the hands of the Crown; for K. Henry, by his
HORSEMONDEN. zod a 29 ORE
BRENCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED,
he had iſſue John Aufen, now of Broadford, per ann, and the King agreed to allow ruff timber
461; (f) the preſent poffeffor of theſe manors and for the repair of the premiſes on the demeſne
eſtates.
| land of the manor of Horſemonden (i).
On Feb. 22, 1759, he married Miſs Joanna
In the 8th year of Q. Elizabeth, Thomas
Darell had the Queen's licence to alienate 40
Weekes, of Sevenoke, by whom he has iſſue one
acres of arable land, and 70 acres of meadow,
daughter Mary. sine deste doit
in Horſemanden, to John Randolph (k), who died
There is a Court Baron regularly held for the
ſeiſed of them in the 14th year of that reign,
manors of Groveburſt, Hoathe, and Smeethe.
holding them in capite by knights ſervice; Anne,
B A D M O N D EN
Mary, and Elizabeth, being his daughters and
coheirs (2).
is a reputed manor in this pariſh, in which there
The manor of Gillingham claims over the tyth-
was formerly a cell, but not conventual, be-
ing or hamlet of Baveden in this pariſh, being one
longing to the priory of Beaulieu in Normandy ;
in which ſituation it continued till the general
of the 4 denns in the Weald holden of that manor,
fuppreffion of the alien priories throughout Eng-
the quit-rents due from the freeholders of it, in
land, in the 2d year of K. Henry V, anno 1414,
free focage tenure, being 31. 1s. 10 d. per ann. (m)
d.
when their houſes and poſſeſſions were in Parlia-
E OF HORSEMONDEN.
ment given to the King and his heirs, who the
9. The pariſh of Horſemonden is of much greater
next year gave it to the priory of St. Andrew in
length than breadth. The river Teis bounds ic
Rocheſter (8), where it remained till the diflolu-
towards the eaſt. The turnpike road from Yald.
tion of that fociety on April 8, 1540, when all
the rents and revenues of it were furrendered
ing to Lamberhurſt goes through the whole length
into the King's hands, all which were confirmed
of the pariſh, on which, at the northern part of
to him, his heirs and ſucceſſors, by the general
it, is Horſemonden-green, built round with houſes,
words of the act, paſſed for that purpoſe that
the only village in it, the reſt of the houſes being
year. This eſtate ſtayed but a ſmall time in
diſperſed in different parts over the whole of it.
The church ſtands at the oppoſite or fouth-eaft
dotation-charter, dated June 20, in his 33d year,
corner of the pariſh.
ſettled it on his new-founded Dean and Chapter
7. The ſoil adjoining to the high road is a deep
of Rocheſter, with whom the inheritance of it
ſand, intermixed with rock or ſand ſtone; the
remains at this time.
remainder of it is a ſtiff clay. The ſouth-weſt
The manor of Eaft Farleigh and Eaſt Peckham
parts are covered with wood, with much oak
claims over this part of Horſemonden; the quit-
timber interſperſed them.
rents due to the Lord of that manor from the
Charles Booth,
a
freeholders in Badmonden, holding in free focage
called Baynden, at which he frequently reſides.
tenure, being 52s. and 7{d. yearly rents; and
A fair uſed to be held here on St. Swithin's
from the Borſholder of it yearly the ſum of
Day
pay, July 15, now July 26, for cattle and toys.
45. (b)
CH A R I TI E S.
i profeul bil
olov
Lady Abergavenny, by her laſt will, deviſed a
is a ſmall manor in this pariſh, which was here. fum of money to be diſtributed yearly to the
tofore the property of Mr. John Barnes, and poor of this pariſh, not receiving alms ; which
now belongs to Mr. Uſherwood.
money was laid out in the purchaſe of a farm,
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
then belonging to Alexander Thomas, eſq; which
wa w milis
now brings in 40l. per annum, and is diftributed
yearly as above-mentioned. In
K. Henry VIII, April 12, in his 34th year,
Sabi brebeshi ni 9793 abisi bhailag
let for 21 years to Simon Lynche, a tenement and
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
water-inill, lying at Smallbrydge in this pariſh, This pariſh is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
and the lands uſed with it, containing 18 acres ; diction of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of
all which were then in the tenure of the ſaid
bande aile
Simon Lynche, and parcel of the poſſeſſions of
do baita
The church is dedicated to St. Margaret, and
fir Thomas Cromwell, knt. Lord Cromwell, and antiently paid gd. thriſm - rent to the mother
late Earl of Eſſex, deceaſed, at the rent of ill. church of the dioceſe (n). Teiste angions ()
gologaiytb or 01129
(f) He left iſſue likewiſe two daughters, Jane, who died (1) Ibid. It appears by the Rolls in the Augmentation-
ſingle; and Elizabeth, married to the Rev. Mr. Fermor, of office, that Q. Elizabeth granted lands in this pariſh to Joha
Sevenoke.
Bratill. Roll 6, No. 5o. Other lands to Chriſtopher Filz-
(8) Philipott, p. 191. See more of theſe cells and their william, Roll
44. And two fulling-mills to Mar-
ſuppreſſion, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 76.
garet Bratill.
(b) Roll of Particulars, Augtn. off.
(m) Rolls of Particulars in Augtn. off. spa
(1) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
bus
(n) Text, Roff. p. 228.
(4) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.

of Hor ſemonden ; the quic-imbariles Bolib, elg; has a feat in this pariſh,
holder of its party
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The
389
of
Κ Ε Ν Τ..
HORSEMONDEN.
monden.
conſiſted in liv!
ſaid Chaplain for a terme
angi.cording
che Clergy, na century, p. 33, and Walker's Sufferings of
H I S T O R Y O BRËNCHLEY AND HORSEMONDEN HUNDRED.
:
Over the weſt door of it are the arms of Poyn ſame day and year, at the requeſt of the ſaid
Robert, and was confirmed by Hamo, Biſhop of
ings and Fitzpaine ; one of the former might
Rocheſter, by his inſtrument under his ſeal, the
very probably be the builder, or at leaſt a con-
18th of July that year (9),
fiderable benefactor to the building of it.
In the 15th year of K. Edward I, this church Thomas Radclyf was preſented to be Chaplain
of this chantry to the Biſhop of Rocheſter, at Hal-
was valued at 25 marcs (0).
It is valued in the King's Books at 261. 35, 9d. ling, on Dec. 23, anno 1445; when the Biſhop
and the yearly tenths at 21. 125. 41 d. (p) directed his Official, &c. to enquire by inqui-
The patronage of this church was, from the
ſition into the vacancy, right of patronage, do-
earlieſt time, an appendage to the manor of tation and other matters relating to it; and it
Horſemonden, and conſequently has had the ſame
was returned, that the chantry had been vacant
proprietors. There are two ſmall manors an-
from the 3d of Auguſt laſt paſt, by the reſig-
nexed to it, called the manors of Hafellets-alias | nation of fir William Pottere, the laſt Chaplain
Radmanden, and Coffington alias Heyden, for which of it, who had accepted of another benefice, and
there are Court Barons held. Theſe, with the that fix of the pariſhioners, who were the true
sectory, are now part of the poſſeſſions of the patrons of this chantry according to the foun-
Rev. Dr. Marriot, Lord of the manor of Horſe dation of it, on the 5th of Auguſt aforeſaid, had
ſealed a preſentation, and had delivered it to the
Robert de Grofburſt, of Horſemonden, by his in ſaid Thomas Radcliff, Chaplain of the ſaid pariſh,
ftrument, dated July 4, anno 1338, and ſealed to be preſented to the Biſhop ; , and they further
with his ſeal, founded a perpetual chantry in this returned, that the endowment of the chantry
church, in the chapel of the Bleſſed Virgin Mary,
marcs annual rent from the Abbat
built in honor of her annunciation in the north of Boxley, and 40s. of annual rent from certain
part of it, to the praiſe of God, the Bleſſed Virgin, lands in the pariſh of Merden, granted to the
and St. Margaret, to the increaſe of the honor
a term of years, alſo in one
of divine worſhip, and for the ſouls of himſelf, meſſuage and gardens of the value of 12d. and in
his wife Sarab, &c. And he willed and or-
rent in Horſemonden of 6s, per annum; and that the
dained, that after any vacancy made by the
houſe of the chantry was ſo much out of repair,
Prieſt whom he ſhould firſt preſent to it, the that fix marcs would ſcarce be ſufficient to put it
pariſhioners who ſhould be preſent at the uſual in good repair ; and that thus the true value of
time of maſs in the church, on the Sunday next
this chantry, the burthens belonging to the Chap-
after ſuch vacancy, being fix in number at the
leaſt, ſhould nominate a Prieſt to be preſented
to their eſtimation to eight marcs per annum ; and
to the ſaid chantry, (by their let. pat. under
that the above Chaplain ſo preſented was a per-
their ſeals, together with the ſeal of the deanry ſon of good fame, and honeſt converſation, &c.
of Malling, or by ſome other inſtrument, authen Upon which the Biſhop, the patronage of the
ticated and procured for that purpoſe) within chantry having devolved to him by lapfe, for
eight days, to the Biſhop of Rocheſter, or his that turn, preſented the ſaid Thomas Radclyff to
Vicar General in his abſence, to be inſtituted
it, and he directed his letters mandatory, dated
and inducted into the ſaid chantry ; in their de Feb, 12th that year, to the Archdeacon to induct
fault, the Rector of Horſemonden, and in his, him, &c. (r)
the Archdeacon, the Biſhop of Rocheſter, or his Sir Edward Poynings, knt. gave 24 acres of
Vicar General, to preſent in turn on the default land to the maintenance of lights in this church;
of the others. The faid Prieſt to reſide con from whence they obtained the name of Torch-
ftantly, and to celebrate daily in the chantry, | field, which continues at this time (s).
according to the rules therein mentioned. And
In the year 1701, this church was repaired
he ordained, that fir William Langford, the firſt by the aid of a brief collected for that purpoſe.
Prieſt to be preſented by him and his ſucceſſors,
perpetual Chaplains of the chantry, ſhould re-
I
ceive yearly for his and their maintenance, and
the burthens incumbent on it, from the Abbat and
PATRONS, 6112 590 10
orios
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented.
Convent of Boxley, ſix marcs ſterling yearly rent,
which he had purchaſed of them for the endow-
bermularea 2(t) John de Grofhurſt.
one sing (u) John Wickham, in 1587.
57.
ment of this chantry, for the ſum of 100l. which
deed of foundation was fealed with the feal of
29001 bolig
(v) Jeffry Amberff, D. D.
the Official of the Archdeacon of Rochefter the
ſequeftered in 1643. For
Sosted to
(6) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 456.
mol 10-25 spada
(0) He lies buried in this church.
() E&. Theſ. p. 383.
-
(u) Reg. Roff
. p. 831.01 10.2E comero I dones
(g) Reg. Roff. p. 428. (r) Ibid. p. 439,
.b (o) White's , . ,
of 2
(-) Harris's Hiſtory of Kent, p. 155.
pt. , p183, ,
John
CHURCH OF HORSE MONDEN.
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390
The H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
* Obter 04. 25,
HORSEMONDEN.
BRENCHLEY AND HorseMONDEN HUNDRED.
(w) John Crouch, A.M. ſe-
Stephen Bate, obt. Oct. 22,
queſtered in 1653.
1724
(x) Edward Rawſon, 1653,
tel 50
William Hafel, A. M. inftit,
ejected 1662.
and Oct. 19, 1724. Preſent
(y) John Crouch, reſtored in
Rector.
baudoser, Louw
1662.
bul
(w) White's Century, p. 33, and Walker's Sufferings of
(2) He was ejected by the Bartholomew Ad. Calamy's
the Clergy, pt. ii, p. 183, 2206
Life of Baxter, p. 286.
( White's Century and Walker ibid. on 9.1.
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THIS ſmall Hundred lies ſouth-weſtward
from that laſt deſcribed, being ſeparated
from it by a ſmall diftrict of the Hundred of
Marden, in the Lath
Lath of Scray. It contains only
the ſouth-eaſt part of the pariſh of Goudhurſt, but
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its bounds; the deſcription of it, therefore, will
be given in the account of the reſt of that pa-
riſh, which is ſituated in the Hundred of Marden,
within the Lath of Scray. i tots els
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from that of Brenchley and Horſemonden laſt per annum.
deſcribed, a ſmall diſtrict only of the Hundred of That the Court Leet, with all other courts and
Marden and Lath of Scray intervening.
liberties, within the Bailiwick of Eyhorne, and the
It is written in the book of Domeſday both Hundreds contained in it, being the court of the
Aiborde and Haiborne ; but in the 7th year of K. ſaid Hundreds and Bailiwick, was held at Eyborne-
Edward I, it was called by its preſent name, the green, the rents and profits of which amounted
King being then Lord of it.
to 61. 135. 4d. per annum (2).
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, on levy The Hundred of Eyborne is the largeſt in this
ing 4os. on every knight's fee, for making the
county, and contains within its bounds the
Black Prince a Knight, this Hundred anſwered pariſhes of,
for twenty-four knights fees, one quarter, and 1, HEDcorne in part;
Dod.
the 40th part of a knight's fee.
2, BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE ;
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appointed by ordinance of Parliament, for the 4, Chart SUTTON ; odorizod od Side
ſale of the rents and revenues of K. Charles I, 15, SUTTON VALENCE; 1 de outubro
the Queen, and Prince of Wales, it was returned, 6, EAST SUTTON; staroq
that there were certain chief rents payable annu 7, Ulcombe in part;
ally to the Crown from ſeveral pariſhes and places o 8, Boughton MALHERBE ;-hoto
in this Hundred, viz. from the townſhip or bo. 9, LENHAM in part;
rough of Leeds, 8s.--of Elnothington; 16d.-of 10, OTTERDEN;
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-of Langley, 35.-of Monthalſea, 13d.-of Len 12, FRINSTED;
bam, 135. 4d.-and of Boughton Malherb 25. 11d.
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EYHORNE HUNDRED.
5. 16, BROMFIELD;
bl 17, Leeds;
ei 18, OTHAM;
to
15, HOLLINGBORNE ;
th
HEDCORNE.
13, Wormsell;
The manor of Tenham claims over a conſider-
14, HARRIETSHAM;
able part of this pariſh, and the manor of Oſ-
pringe over another part of it; the quit-rents of
the former in it amounting to il. 155. 7 id. 2
It appears by the roll of knights fees, taken
anno 7 Edward I, that the Archbiſhop of Canter-
19, Bersted in part ;
bury, and the Maſter of the Maiſon Dieu at 0f-
20, BICKnor in part;
pringe, were returned as Lords of this pariſh.
21, HUCKING;
22, THURNHAM;
MOT TEN DEN,
23, StockBury in part ; and is a
or more truly Modinden, is a manor ſituated in the
24, BREDHURST;
northern part of this pariſh, which with the eſtate
and the churches of thoſe pariſhes; and likewiſe
belonging to it, called Great and Little Motten-
part of the pariſhes of Marden and Stapleburſt,
den, antiently belonged to the family of Rokefle;
the churches of which are in other Hundreds.
one of whom, fir Richard de Rokefle, in the year
i to sto build
H E D C o RN E.
1224, anno 9 Henry III, founded a priory on
.
this manor, for Friars of the Order of the Holy
NORTH-EASTWARD from the Hundred Trinity, commonly called Trinitarians, being the
of Brenchley and Horſemonden, a ſmall ſpace firſt houſe of this order in England (b), to whom
of the Hundred of Marden and Lath of Scray only
at the ſame time he gave this manor (c); and
intervening, lies the pariſh of Hedcorne, within
there were from time to time ſeveral pardons
the bounds of ſeveral different Hundreds ; for and indulgences granted by the ſucceeding Popes
the Hundred of Eyhorne claims over that part of
to the benefactors of it, which increaſed both
it, in which the weſtern part of the village and the reputation and revenues of this priory (d).
the church is ſituated. The Hundred of Tenham In the 38th year of K. Henry III, they pro-
claims over ſuch part of it as is within that ma cured the grant of a fair to be held yearly at
nor; the Hundreds of Barkley (a) and Cranbrooke | this manor (e).
claim over the ſouthern part of it, and the Hun In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the tem-
dred of Calebill claims over the eaſtern part of it. poralities of this priory were valued at 100s.
So much of this pariſh as lies eaſtward of a
35
per annum (f).
It continued in this ſtate till the 27th year
Boughton Malherbe to the east head of the chur
church of K. Henry VIII's reign, when an act paſſing
for the ſuppreſſion of all ſuch religious houſes,
weſt head of the church of
hurch of Smarden, containing whoſe revenues did not amount to the clear
all that part of it that is within the Hundred of yearly value of 2001. and for giving them to
Calebill, is in the eaſtern diviſion of this county, the King, this priory, the yearly revenues of
and the remaining part of the pariſh, on the which amounted to' no more than 60l. 135. ožd.
weſtern ſide of that line, is in the diviſion of was ſurrendered, with all its lands, poſſeſſions,
West Kent,
and hereditaments, the principal of which lay
" were val
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(a) This Hundred claims over ſo much of this pariſh as is
within the borough of Stephurſt, as the Hundred of Cranbrooke
does over ſuch part as is within the North Borough; both
which
parts are within the Lath of Scray.
(b) The Trinitarians, Maturines, or Friars of the Holy
Trinity, for the Redemption of Captives, were inſtituted by
John de Matha and Felix de Valois in France, about 1197.
Their rule was that of St. Auflin, with ſome peculiar con-
ficutions. Their order was confirmed by Pope Innocent III,
who gave them, as a habit, a white gown, with a red and
blue croſs on their breaſts ; and appointed that their reve-
nues ſhould be divided into three parts, viz. one for their
ſupport and maintenance, another to relieve the poor, and
a third to redeem fuch Chriſtians as ſhould be taken captives
- by the Infidels. They were called Trinitarians, becauſe all
their churches were dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and Ma-
turines from having their firſt houſe in Paris near St. Ma-
thurine's chapel. There were about 10 or 12 houſes of this
order in England and Wales. Tan. Mon. præf. p.xxii.
(c) Philipoit, p. 182.
(d) In the Surrender library is the following deed, which
fhews the tenor of theſe pardons and indulgences. It is as
follows: Brother Richard, Miniſter (by which name the
head of this houſe was called) of the houſe of Motynden, of
the order of the Holy Trinity, and of the redemption of cap.
tives, who are impriſoned for the faith of Jeſus Chriſt by the
Pagans, ſendeth greeting : We certify, that whereas many
of the Roman Pontiffs have endowed all and ſingular the co-
brethren and co. fifters of our aforeſaid order with many
privileges, eſpecially in that our co-brethren and co-fifters
may make choice for themſelves of a fit Prieſt for a Con.
feffor, who
may
abfolve them from all matters not reſerved
to the Apoſtolic See, and once in their lives, even from all
matters whatſoever fo reſerved, and concerning which the See
itſelf is of courſe to be conſulted ; and that each Confreer
ſhall have a certificate of the ſaid fraternity, and ſhall not be
denied eccleſiaſtical ſepulture, of whatever death he may
die, as well in the time of an interdict as otherwiſe, unleſs
he ſhall be excommunicated by name, &c. And whereas
John Dering, of Surrenden Dering, efq; has taken his fra.
ternity in the manner of a Confreer, and has become a bene.
factor to comply with the tenor of the apoftolic letters ;
therefore we affociate him in his life, as well as in death,
together with all our friends alive and dead, in all mafies,
and prayers, and ſuffrages of our religion aforeſaid. Dated
under the ſeal of our confraternity aforeſaid, anno dom.
1494
(e) Tan. Mon. p. 221.
(F) Decim. Script, Thorne, coll. 2163,
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392
The HISTORY of 2 K & N T.
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29
EXHORNE HUNDRED,
HEDCORNE.
in this pariſh, Aylesford, Cranbrooke, Benenden, lay till the King, in his 36th year, granted,
Staplehurſt, Sutton Valence, Preſton, and Ospringe, among other premiſes, the manor of Modynden
in this county, and at Launcing in the co. of
with its appurts, and the ſcite of the late priory
Suſſex, to the uſe of the King and his heirs for there, and fundry lands and premiſes late be-
ever (8). udginal, to va
longing to it, to Anthony Aucher, eſq; (k) to hold
Dievbi cons in capite by knights fervice (1). He aſſigned this
eſtate, in the 6th year of K. Edward VI, to
Walter Hendley, eſq; in truft (m), who quickly
afterwards conveyed it to his ſon-in-law, Tho-
mas Colepeper, efq; (n) and he in the 4th year of
that reign, paſſed it away to his ſon-in-law,
Chriſtopher Sackville, eſg; (0) who ſoon afterwards
alienated it to George Sydenham, eſq; and Eliza-
beth his wife, who were in poſſeſſion of it anno
3
Elizabeth (P), and in Hilary term next year
1119
Porto
levied a fine of it. His fon George Sydenham, in
the 18th year of that reign, levied a fine of it,
and in the 25th year of it
it veſted this manor,
on The Seal of the Priory of
Mattenden in Headcorn
with the ſcite of the late priory and other eſtates
belonging to it, in truſtees (1), who quickly af-
terwards fold it to Franklyn, whoſe fon George
This manor, with the ſuite of the priory and Franklyn dying without iſſue, bequeathed it by
lands belonging to it, did not long remain in his laſt will to his kinſman fir William Sedley, of
the hands of the Crown (b); for K. Henry VIII. the Friars in Aylesford (r), who was created a
granted it in his 30th year to fir Thomas Crom Baronet in 1611. He left iſſue by Elizabeth his
well, knt. Lord Cromwell (i), who was the next wife, daughter and coheir of Stephen Darrel, of
year created Earl of Eſſex; but the year after Spelmonden, eſq;(s) one ſon and heir, fir John
being accuſed of high treaſon, he was found Sedley, of Aylesford, bart, who by Elizabeth his
guilty of it, and being condemned was executed wife, only daughter and at length heir of fir
on Tower. bill, on July 24, in the 32d year of Henry Savile, knt. Provoſt of Eaton College, left
that reign, anno 1540. On which, this manor, iſſue three ſons, who were ſucceſſors to each
with the ſcite of the priory, &c. came again other in title and eſtate, viz. fir Henry, who died
into the hands of the Crown, where the fee of it unmarried ; fir William, who married Jane, eldeſt
(8) Tan. Mon. p. 221. The Earl of Northumberland, as
here
taining eight acres, and 20 couple of conies, and the herb-
heir-general to the family of Rokeſle, was then reputed the
age and pannage of an alder-wood, containing four acres :
ſecond or modern founder of this houſe. At the time of the
all which premiſes were fituated in Modynham, and lately
diffolution of it, there was a houſe of friars at Hertford, called
belonged to the faid late priory there, at the yearly rent of
Le Trinitye, ſubordinate to this of Motinden. Tan. Mon. || 211, Augen. off. Enrolm.
p. 189.
(1) By the deſcription of the manor of Modynden, with
In
1553, there were paid out of the revenues of this late its appurts. in Modynden, Pluſhinden, Sutton Valence, Hed-
priory theſe penſions, viz. to John Headman 41. William
corn, Smarden, Mountchelſey, Oſpringe, and Preſton, to the
Barker 21. 135. 4d. Richard Brokehurſt 21. 135. 4d. and ſaid manor belonging, and all that ſcite of the priory of Mo-
Andrew Pittenden 21. 135. 4d. Willis’s Mitred Abbeys, vol. dynden, and all thoſe lands called Berfield, by eſtimation in
ii, p. 103
acres, and all thoſe lands called Mercells, and thoſe lands
Peter Huſey, Archdeacon of Northampton, by his laſt will, called Ringe in Modynden, Hedcorn, and Sutton Valence.
proved Jan. 31, 1499, appointed his body to be buried in Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 12.
the choir of the Holy Trinity convent at Mottenden in Kent, (m) Rot. Eſch. pt. 3.
where he had made his tomb; and it ſeems, he departed (n) See Bedgbury in Goudhurfi.
this life in this priory. Willis's Cath. vol. ii, p. 111.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an. He was the ſecond ſon of John
(b) See more of him under Frindſbury, vol. i. of this
Sackville, of Chiddingly in the co. of Suſſex, efq; and anceſ-
hiftory, p. 544.
tor of the Sackvilles of Sedleſcombe in that county. His eldeſt
(i) Tan. Mon. p. 221.
brother Richard was anceſtor of the preſent moſt noble John,
(k) He was the eldeſt ſon of James Aucher, of Otterden.
Duke of Dorſet. See Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 346.
place, eſq; by Alice his wife, daughter of Thomas Hills, of Eg-
D(P) Rot. Efch.
garton near Godmerſham. See more of him, under Otterden.
K. Henry VIII, by indenture, dated June 26, in his 32d
(1) The Queen, anno 25 of her reign, granted licence to
had demiſed for 21 years to Anthony Aucher, of Swin-
George Sydenham, to alienate the manors of Muddenden, and
year,
field in the
of Kent, gent. all that his houſe or ſcite
Plufinden with its appurts. and three meſſuages, two tofts,
county
of the late priory or houſe of the late Crouched Friars of Mo-
220 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow, 220 acres of paf-
dynden, together with all houſes, dove-houſes, edifices, gar-
ture, and 205. rent, in Hedcorne, Sutton Valence, Monchelſea,
dens, orchards, ponds, &c. and the land and ground within
Staplehurſt, and Fretynden, to Henry Portman and others, to
the ſcite and precinct of the ſaid late priory, and alſo all thoſe
the uſe of the ſaid George and Judith his wife. Rot. Eſch.
feveral pieces of land therein mentioned, containing toge-
ejus an. pt. 4.
ther 361 acres, and one cottage and one hay-lodge; the
(r) Philipott, p. 183.
herbage of a wood called North.rvood, containing four acres, (s) Her deſcendants are of confanguinity to Archbiſhop
the herbage and pannage of a wood called Weft-wood, con Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No. 110.
daughter

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393
i
the co. O
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EXHORNE HUNDRED.
HEDCORNE.
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
daughter of John Savage, Earl Rivers, by whom
he had no iſſue; and fir Charles Sedley, a poſthu There is a yearly fee-farm of 21. 105. 21 d.
mous fon, who became noted for his wit and
paid to the Crown for this eſtate.
gallantry in the reign of K. Charles II. (t)
Κ Ε Ι S H A M
He married Catherine, third daughter of John,
Earl Rivers, above-mentioned (u), by whom he
is an eſtate in this pariſh, which lies at a ſmall
had an only daughter Catherine, who became her
diſtance ſouthward from Mottenden, and though
father's heir, and was by K. James II, on Jan.
now only a farm-houſe, was formerly accounted
20, in his iſt year, 1685, created Counteſs of
a manor, and was the reſidence of gentlemen,
Dorcheſter and Baroneſs of Darlington for life (v). known by that ſurname (z), in whom the poſ-
She inherited this manor and eſtate on her fa-
ſeſſion of it ſeems to have continued till the lat-
ther's death, and afterwards carried it in mar. ter end of Q. Elizabeth's reign, when it was
riage to fir David Colyear, bart. who had been
conveyed to Johnſon (a), whence it came, by
created on June 1, 1699, Baron of Portmore, in purchaſe to John Stringer, of Triggs in Goudhurſt,
the kingdom of Scotland, and on April 13, 1703, who by Suſanna, daughter of Stephen Streeter, of
Earl of Portmore and Viſcount Milington (w). Goudhurſt, left iſſue four ſons and two daugh-
He had iſſue by her two ſons, the eldeſt of ters (b). He bequeathed this eſtate by his laſt
whom, David, Lord Miljington, married Bridget, will to his ſecond ſon, John Stringer, of Afhford,
daughter of John Noel, of Walcot in the of gent. who died poſſeſſed of it in 1679, leaving
Northampion, eſq; third ſon of Baptift
, Viſcount ifſue by Anne Witherden his wife, an only daugh-
Campden, by whoni he had ſeveral children ; ter Mary, who entitled her huſband, Anthony
but he and all his children died before his fa-
Irby, eſq; to the property of it. He fold it in
ther; upon which, Charles his brother ſucceeded 1706 to George Charlton, of Boxley, eſq; who had
his father in title, and in this eſtate, in 1732, iſſue by Elizabeth his wife 10 children; of whom
and was made a Knight of the Thiſtle, and John Charlton, of Boxley, eſq; by his father's laſt
elected one of the 16 Peers of Scotland, both in
1734 and 1741 (x).
1741(x). He paſſed away this ma ried was buried there, on July 28, 1770, hav.
nor,
or, with the eſtates of Great and Little Motten ing by his laſt will deviſed this eſtate to his ne-
den, in the year 1770, to John Sawbridge, of phew, the Rev. Mr. George Burvill, Rector of
Ollantigh in this county, eſq; who is now the Leyborne in this county, eldeſt ſon of his fifter
proprietor of them (y).
Anne(d), and he is the preſent poffeffor of it (e).
ode
(t) See more of this family, under Aylesford, p. 170:
(a) Philipott, p. 183.
(x) "She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See (6) Of theſe, Stephen, the eldeſt ſon, was of Goudhurſt,
Stem. Chich. No. 81.
and left iſſue two ſons and three daughters, of whom Stephen,
(v) She had had a natural daughter by K. James II, born
the ſecond, ended in five daughters and coheirs, married
in 1681, and ſurnamed by him Darnley, who firſt married to Weſton, Monk, Bathurſt, Kirril, and Auften ; John, the
in 1699, James, Earl of Angleſey, from whom ſhe was die ſecond fon, has been mentioned above; Edward, the third,
vorced in 1701, and ſecondly in 1905, John Sheffield, Duke was
was of Goudhurſt, as was Thomas the fourth, who by Ka-
of Buckinghamſhire, by whom ſhe had a daughter Catherine, therine his wife, daughter of Danby, had iffue two ſons,
firſt married to William, ſon and heir of fir Conſtantine Phipps,
Thomas and Edward, and one daughter Katherine, who
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and ſecondly to John Sheldon,
married William Belcher, M. D.
of Croydon in Surry, eſq;
They bore for their arms-Parted per chevron or and ſable,
(7) His father, Alexander Robertſon, alias Colyear, of the two Spread eagles and a fleur de lis, counterchanged.
province of Holland, was created a Baronet on Feb. 26, 1676. (c) His father, Mr. George Charlton, left iſſue by Elizabeth
David, Earl of Portmore, his ſon above-mentioned, fol.
his ſecond wife above-mentioned, daughter of Mr. Robert
lowing a military life, was promoted to the rank of Major-
Andrews, three fons, James, John, and George, and five
General in the 1ſt year of Q. Anne, and in 1710 was made
daughters, of whom only two left iſſue ; Anne, married to
Commander in Chief of her Majeſty's forces in Portugal,
the Rev. Mr. Henry Burvill, by whom ſhe had two ſons,
and was afterwards made a General of Foot; in 1712 he
George and Henry ; and Charlotte, married to Mr. John
was ſworn of the Privy Council, and made a Knight of the
Burden, by whom ſhe had iſſue a fon John. Mr. George
Thiſtle; in 1713 he was made Governor of Gibraltar, and Charlton died in 1707, and deviſed his eſtates in this pariſh,
one of the 16 Peers of Scotland.
in tail general, to all his children ſucceſſively, one after the
(x) He married in 1732 Juliana, Dutcheſs Dowager of
other.
Leeds, daughter of Roger Hele, of the co. of Devon, ela; by
(d) But Mr. John Burden, only ſon of Charlotte, another
whom he had iffue feveral children. He bears for his arms of Mr. Charlton's ſiſters, claiming a moiety of this eſtate,
Gules, on a chevron, between 3 zvolves heads eraſed argent, on a trial in ejectment, had at the ſummer aſſiſes held at
as many oak trees eradicated proper, fructed or. Edmondſon's Maidſtone in 1772, it was found, that all the ſons of Mr.
Heraldry, vol. ii, Scots Compend. p. 380.
George Charlton having died without iſſue, and not having
(y) See Ollantigh in Wye. The eſtate fold by Lord Port done any act to bar the intail, the daughters became entitled
more was of about the annual value of 23ol. all of which, except to an eſtate in tail general, with croſs remainders over ;
a ſmall farm in Marden, lay in this pariſh and Eaſt Sutton. whereby Mr. Burden, the plaintiff, recovered a verdiet in
(z) They bore for their arms-Sable, a feſs engrailed ar-
his favor ; preſently after which, he fold the whole of his
gent, between 3 garbs or, as appeared by the figure of one intereſt in it to the Rev. Mr. Burvill above-mentioned. See
of them, with theſe arms on his tabard, formerly in painted
Boxley, p. 131.
glaſs in the windows of this church, but long ſince deftrcyed.
(e) This eſtate confifts of a houſe, yard, garden, and
buildings, and 234 acres of land,
;
.
Philiport, p. 183.
Vol. II.
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394
The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
ANTRY
Κ Ε Ν Τ S
HEDCORNE.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Catherine, who married Benjamin Neale Bayley, eſq;
CHANTRY,
of the kingdom of Ireland; Judith, who is ſince
otherwiſe called The Chantry Farm, had the for-
deceaſed; Elizabeth, now ſingle; and Sarah,
mer of theſe names from there having been a
who in 1772 married the Rev. Mr. Milner, of
chantry founded on it, by one John Kent, in the
Aylesford in this county.
6th year of K. Edward IV, who ſettled a hand They poſſeſſed this eſtate in undivided fares;
ſome income to ſupport the Prieſt, who was to of which one fourth part, which Benjamin Neale
officiate at it (f). This chantry was ſuppreſſed Bayley and his wife pofſeffed, was alienated by
before the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, for the their ſon, after their deceaſe, to Judith the ſe-
ſcite of it ſeems then to have been granted cond ſiſter and coheir, who then became pof-
to fir Thomas Cromwell, knt. Lord Cromwell, af ſeſſed of one undivided moiety of it, and after-
terwards created Earl of Eſex, who ſoon after-
wards, with her ſiſters Elizabeth and Sarah, to-
wards exchanged it with the King for other
gether with the Rev. Mr. Milner, of Aylesford,
premiſes (g).
huſband of the latter, joined in the ſale of it to
This eſtate remained in the Crown till the
Mr. John Boreman, of this pariſh, who is now
entitled to the entire fee of this eſtate (0).
36th year of that reign, when the King granted
the ſcite of this fuppreſſed chantry, with ſundry
R I SHFORDS,
meſſuages and lands belonging to it, in Hedcorne
and elſewhere in this county, to ſir Anthony St. otherwiſe called Ruſhfords, is a manor in this
Leger, knt. and the heirs male of his body law-
pariſh, which antiently gave name to a family
fully begotten, to hold in capite by knights fer-
who were poffeffors of it; one of them, Adan
vice (h), and in the 4th year of K. Edward VI,
de Riſhford held this manor in the reign of K.
he obtained a freſh grant of it to him and his
Edward II, of the Maſter of the Maiſon Dieu in
heirs, to hold by the like ſervice as above-men-
Oſpringe ; but they were extinct here before the
tioned (i).
20th year of K. Edward III, when John, ſon of
Sir Anthony St. Leger, who was Lord Deputy John de Peende, held it of the ſaid Mafter, and
of Ireland, Knight of the Garter, and of the then paid reſpective aid for it, at the making
Privy Council, died ſeiſed of it in 1559, and the Black Prince a Knight, as the tenth part of
was ſucceeded in this eſtate by his eldeſt ſon,
a knight's fee.
Warham St. Leger, efq; afterwards knighted, and This manor continued in his deſcendants till
made Lord Preſident of Munfter, and a Privy
Stephen Peend, alias de la Pynd, and Martha his
Counſellor of Ireland (k), who fold it, about the
wife, in the year 1611, conveyed it to Chriſto.
middle of Q. Elizabeth's reign, to Thomas Cole-
pher Fullagar, alias Domine, who, in the 9th year
peper, and he, in the 23d year of it, alienated
of K. Charles I, conveyed it to Mr. John Hulkes.
it, with the Queen's licence, to Michael Bereſ-
of Newnham, from whom it deſcended to Mr.
ford, of Weſterbam in this county (1).
Nathaniel Hulle, of Acris, gent. for ſo he ſpelt
He had iſſue by. Rose his wife, daughter of his name, and he, with Elizabeth his wife, in
John Knevit, ſeven ſons and four daughters. Of 1772, conveyed this manor to Mr. John Golda
the latter, Anne married fir William Southland, ſmith, of Chatham, Surgeon, who in 1736 ſet-
of Lee in Ickbam, knt. (m) and had this eſtate tled it in marriage with his daughter Frances, on
ſettled by her father in marriage on her (n). the Rev. Mr. Peter Wade, of Rocheſter (P), the
Their ſon Thomas Southland, efq; alienated it to preſent poffeffor of it.
Mr. William Belcher, Rector of Ulcombe, in whoſe
Pot be
deſcendants it continued down to the Rev. Mr.
Torso SOU THOL MEN DEN
Stringer Belcher, likewiſe Rector of that pariſh,
who died ſeiſed of it in 1739, and by Sarah his is a manor in this pariſh (9), which was for
wife, daughter of Juftinian Champneys, of Boxley, many generations poffeffed by the family of
eſq; left iſſue four daughters his coheirs, viz. Auften, and continued ſo till Elizabeth, daughter
fie for our ne
14
10
(f) Philipott, p. 183.
(3) K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Nov. 24, in his
34th year, demiſed to John Sherwood ſundry meſſuages and
lands in Hedcorn and Dunſtall, in the county of Kent, parcel
of the poffeſſions of the late chantry of Hedcorn, which came
into the King's hands by virtue of a certain exchange made
between the ſaid King and Thomas, Earl of Elex, to hold
for 2r years, at the yearly rent of 161. 115. 4d. Augtn.
off. Inrolments.
(5) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 8. (i) Ibid. pt. 7,
(k) See more of this family, under Ulcombe.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
(2n) He was ſon of William Southland, of New Romney,
by Bridget Walter his wife. See Lee in Ickham.
(n) See more of the Beresfords, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
p. 385.
od s
(c) See more of the family of Belcher, under Hucking and
Ulcombe.
(P) The Rev. Mr. Peter Wade is Rector of Cowling,
Vicar of Boughton Monchenſie, and a Minor Canon of Ro-
chefter cathedral. He has iſſue one fon John, now a Captain
in the military branch of Ordnance, who is married and has
iſſue ; and alſo three daughters, Frances, married to Mr.
Stephens, of Rocheſter ; Anne, married to Mr. Gothar Mann;
and Mary, yet ſingle..
(9) K. Ofa, anno 791, gave to Chrif Church in Canter-
bury,

The HISTORY
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of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Ey HoRNER
o Malherbe,
HEDCORNE.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
of Mr. Peter Auften, of Marden, carried it in mar In the 47th year of K. Edward III, Robert
riage to Mr. William Gammon, of Wrotham, whoſe Belknap, and others, were aſſigned to view all
fon, the Rev. Mr. Auſtin Gammon, of Watringbury the banks, &c. betwixt Hetecrone and Ealdyng,
in this county, is the preſent owner of it.
as alſo between Patyndenneſmell and Elherſt in this
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
county, and to do what ſhould be requiſite con-
cerning them according to the law and cuſtom
BLECHENDEN, alias CRUTTENDEN,
of the realm (v).
A new Commiſion of Sewers has been within
is a manor ſituated in this pariſh, which was
theſe few years obtained, to ſcour and cleanſe
part of the antient poſſeſſions of that branch of
the branch of the river Medway from Great Chart
the eminent family of Golepeper, ſeated at Ayles-
through this pariſh, to its junction with the main
ford in this county; of whom, William Colepepyr
river a little below the town of Yalding (v).
was created a Baronet in 1627. In his deſcen.
K. Henry III, in his 34th year, granted to
dants this manor continued down to fir Thomas
the Maſter and Brethren of the Maiſon Dieu at
Colepepyr, of Preſton-ball in Aylesford, bart. who
Oſpringe, founded by him not many years be-
died poffeffed of it in 1723, without iſſue, leav-
fore, the privilege of a market and a fair to be
ing Alicia his ſiſter, then the widow of fir Thomas
held in this pariſh of Hedcorne (2).
Taylor, of Maidſtone, bart. (r) his heir, and ſhe
The fair uſed formerly to be held on St. Peter's
paffed it away to Mr. Thomas Beft, of Chatham,
Day, June 29; but has been for ſome years paſt
whoſe grandſon, Thomas Beft, of Chilfton, efq; is
held on June 12th yearly.
the preſent owner of it (s).
The Hundred of Tenham is bound to repair one
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
arch of the bridge, and 30 yards of cauſeway at
MANORS of WISPERHAWKE and HAMPDEN.
the end of it, lying within this pariſh.
The manors of Wiſperhawke alias Whitſper-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
kawke and Hampden in this pariſh, were for-
HEDCORNE is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
merly owned by a family of the firſt of thoſe
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
names ; one of whom, Simon W bytſphawk, was
of Charing.
poffeffed of them anno 2 Edward IV.(t) They
The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St.
afterwards paſſed into the name of Hennand, and
Paul. It was founded by one of the family of
deſcended down to Thomas Hennand, whoſe heir-
Colepeper, owners of conſiderable property in this
at-law conveyed them by fale to Galfridus Mann,
pariſh. The monument and arms of the founder
eſq; who died poffeffed of them in 1756, and
ſtill remain in the ſouth wall of it, and the latter
his only ſon, fir Horace Mann, knt. is the pre-
are carved in ſtone over the weſt door of the
ſent poffeffor of theſe manors (u).
belfrey (x).
EY 28W
The church of Hedcorne was part of the pola
PRESENT STATE OF HEDCORNE.
ſeſſions of the Crown, and remained ſo till K.
This pariſh is wholly within the bounds of Henry III. granted the parſonage or rectory of
the Weald. The village is ſituated nearly in the it to his new-erected Maiſon Dieu, founded by
center of the pariſh, having the church at the him at Oſpringe in this county, and the advow-
weſtern end of it. The ſoil is a ſtiff clay, which ſon of the vicarage to the Archbiſhop of Canter-
is very deep and miry, except in the very drieſt bury and his ſucceſſors.
ſummers, when it becomes exceeding hard, and In 1267 Friar Elyas, Maſter of this hoſpital,
by frequent traffic on it, acquires a ſmooth and the Brethren of the ſame, agreed by their
glaze, like that on pots. That branch of the inſtrument then ſigned and ſealed, that Arch-
Medway which riſes near Goldwell in Great Chart biſhop Boniface, patron of this church, by the
flows through this pariſh a little to the ſouthward grant of the Prince their founder, ſhould allow
of the village, directing its courſe weſtward to over and above the income of the vicarage,
wards Style Bridge and Hunton, after which it
which William de Tilemanſtone, perpetual Vicar
joins the main river at a ſmall diſtance below of it then had, the ſum of 1oos. Qut of the groſs
Talding Bridge.
fruits of the church, to be paid without any
bury, among
other premiſes, Suthelmingdene. Dugd. Mon. (u) See more of this family, under Linton, p. 142, and
vol. i, p. 19. Thomas Whytyng broke, of Hedcorne, by his
will, dated anno 2 Edward IV, deviſed all his capital mef (v) See above, p. 306.
ſuage and lands lying in Southolmynden, to John his ſon and (w) Tan. Mon. p. 222. Dugd. Imbanking, p. 45.
his heirs for ever.
Cur. Preg. Cantuar.
(x) One of theſe coats has a creſcent on the upper part of
(r) See more of the Taylors and Colepepyrs, above, p. the bend; there are likewiſe two coats of Kelnam, the one
174, 175.
impaling-Ermine, on a chief gules, 2 mullets or ; the other-
(s) See more of the Beſts, under Boxley, p. 131, and Sable, a chevron between 3 tents argent, and a coat having-
Boughton Malberbe. This eſtate is now of the annual value A chevron between 3 garbs, and 3 croſs-croflets fitchee, i
of 1401.
(1) Wills, Prerog off. Canterbury:
diminution
T the
STO
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396
corne.
ton;
THE
M A N O R.
(a) Stev. Mon. vol. 1, p. 41.
The HISTORY of K E N T.
HEDCORNE.
EYHONNE HUNDRED.
diminution at the two terms of Michaelmas and
(8) Samuel Whetſtone 1700.
Barham, 1723
Eaſter (y).
Henry Hodfon,
The parſonage of the church of Hedcorne re-
mained
(b) Peter Heyman, 1733.
of the poffeffions of the above-inen-
part
Joſeph Hardy, 1762. Preſent
tioned houſe or hoſpital till the diſſolution of it,
Vicar.
which happened on June 6, in the 22d year of
K. Edward IV, by its being deſerted by the two
BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE
only remaining members of it (z); and thus de-
volving to the Crown, the King, by his let. pat.
LIE
I ES the next pariſh northward from Hed-
committed the cuſtody or guardianſhip of it to
It is written in Domeſday, Boltone;
ſecular perſons; in which ſtate it continued till
in later records Boston, and ſometimes Wilt Boc-
Biſhop Fiſher obtained it, with all its lands and
and now uſually Boughton. It has the ad-
revenues, of K. Henry VIII, for St. John's Col-
dition of Monchenſie, (commonly pronounced
lege in Cambridge, as a fit compenſation for the
Monchelſea) to it from the family of that name,
lands which that ſociety had lately loft, the
antiently poffeffors of it, and to diſtinguiſh it
King's let. pat. for this purpoſe bearing date on
from the other pariſhes of the ſame name within
March 10, in his 7th year. This grant was af-
this county; and it is ſometimes called, in the
terwards renewed by the King at Weſtminſter, on
neighbourhood of it, Boughton Quarry, from the
Aug. 1, in his rith year, and confirmed by the
large quarries of ſtone within the bounds of it,
Archbiſhop, the Prior and Convent, and the Arch-
bi
deacon of Canterbury, for their ſeveral parts and
intereſts. In which ſtate this parſonage now re-
This pariſh was part of thoſe poffefſions given
mains, being part of the poffeffions of the Maſter
by William the Conqueror, on his acceſſion to
and Fellows of the above-mentioned college.
the crown of England, to his half-brother Odo,
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno
Biſhop of Baieux, whom he likewiſe made Earl
1384, the parſonage of Hedcorne was valued at
of Kent, under the general title of whoſe lands
131. os. 8d. (a)
it is thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſday,
The advowſon of the vicarage ſtill continues taken about the year 1980: in ons in
part of the poffeſſions of his Grace the Archbiſhop Hugo nepos Herbti' ten' de epo? Boltone. p uno
of Canterbury.
Solin fe defd. Tra.' l. 2. car.'c In dnio nichil.
This vicarage is a diſcharged living in the ſed. 5. Villi hnt. 1. car. ibi. & 2. ac' pti. Silva.
King's Books, of the clear yearly certified value 20 porc'. Ibi eccla. 7. R. E. & poft' valeb.' 8. lib.
of 451. the yearly tenths of which are il. 11s.
Com'. 90
modo'. 6. lib. Aluuin tenit de
4d.(6)
G
Which is : Hugh, grandſon of Herbert, holds
In 1640, it was valued at 50l. per annum.
Communicants, 400.
of the Biſhop of Baieux Boltone. It was taxed at
one ſuling. The arable land is two car
In
carucates.
CHURCH OF HED CORNE.
demeſne there is nothing. But five villeins have five
carucates there, and two acres of meadow. Wood
RectoRS.
for the pannage of 20 hogs. There is a church. In
or by whom preſented.
the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, and after-
(c) Henry de Oſprenge, Cl. ſon
wards, it was worth eight pounds, now ſix pounds.
of Symon.
Aluuin held it of Earl Goduine.
yo
VICARS. en bis
Four years after the taking the above-men-
ke Bant (d) William de Tilemanſtone in
tioned ſurvey, the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced,
. 1267.
and all his poſſeſſions were confiſcated to the
Balth br(e) William Ketellyſden, 1507.
. Crown.
(f) Nicholas Bret, A. M. After which this manor came into the poffef.
about 1642.
V imetoa
fion of the family of Montchenſie, called in Latin
James Williams, 1684. records De Monte Caniſio, the principal ſeat of
out
() Mfl. of Bp. Tanner in Bibl. Bodl. Oxon. p. 99. Ar Prieſts were the only members remaining of it, and they
chives of Chriſt Church, Cant. Lewis's Hift. of Feverſham
ſoon afterwards deſerted it. Lewis's Fever ham, ch. 7.
Abbey, ch.
7:
This hoſpital was dedicated to the Blefjed Virgin Mary, (6) Eet. Theſ. p. 6. 25
and was founded by K. Henry III, about the year 1235. (c) Regiſt. Ecclef. Chrifti, Cant. cart. 1526.
It conſiſted of a Mafter, and three regular Brethren of the (d) See above, p. 393.
ho
order of the Holy Croſs, and two ſecular Clerks. Tan. (e) Wills, Prerog. off. Canterbury.
Mon. p. 222.
(f) See Walker's Suff. of the Ciergy, pt. ii, p. 203.
(z) This hoſpital devolved to the Crown by the reſpective (g) He was brother to Jonathan, Vicar of Betherſden.
deaths of the Mafter and three Brethren; which events hap-
(5) He was a younger ſon of fir Peter Heyman, bart.
pened quickly one after the other, ſo that the two fecular
" Penit de Goduine.
زن
PATRONS,
el
which

The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
397
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
, (
BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE.
which was at Swanſcombe in this county (i). Wil and he died likewiſe without male iſſue, leaving
liam. ſon of William de Montchenſe, who died his three daughters his coheirs ; one of whom,
anno 6 K. John, was ſeiſed of this manor, and Benedikta, the ſecond, carried this part in mar-
it
that he ſurvived his father but a few riage to William Watton, of Addington, eſq; who at
appears
years, for Warine de Montchenſie, probably his
the latter end of K. Henry VI.'s reign, conveyed
uncle, had livery of his whole inheritance in the it by fale to Reginald Peckham, eſq; above-men-
15th year of that reign. Soon after which this tioned, owner of the other part of this manor,
manor paſſed into the poſſeſſion of the family of who by this purchaſe became then ſole Lord of
Hougham, of Hougham in this county (k).
the whole of it (p).
Robert de Hougham died ſeiſed of it in the 41ſt
Katherine Peckham, widow of James Peckham
of K. Henry III, as did his ſon of the ſame
his ſon, held the whole of this manor at her
year
death in the 7th year of K. Henry VII, (q) and
name in the 2d year of K. Edward I. (1) His ſon
Robert de Hougham, died ſeiſed of it in the 29th
was ſucceeded in it by her ſon and heir Thomas
year of that reign (m), without male iſſue, leav-
Peckham, eſq; who died in the 12th year of K.
ing a daughter Benedi&ta, who carried her in-
Henry VIII. He deviſed it at his death to his
tereſt in this eſtate in marriage to John de Shelv. || daughter, who carried it in marriage to Har-
ing, of Shelvingbourne in this county, and he died pur (r), who preſently afterwards alienated it to
poffefſed of it in the 4th year of K. Edward
fir Thomas Wiatt, knt. as he did to Robert Rud:
III, (n) leaving his wife Benedikta ſurviving,
ſton, efq; (s) who in the 2d and 3d year of K.
who in the 20th year of that reign paid reſpec-
Edward VI, procured his lands in this county
tive aid for it at the making the Black Prince a to be diſgavelled, by the act then paſſed for this
Knight, as half a knight's fee, which the heirs purpoſe (t). But having engaged with fir Thomas
of Robert de Hougham then held at Weſt Boeton Wyatt in his unfortunate rebellion, in the ift
of Hugh de Vere. She died poſſeſſed of it in the year of Q. Mary, he was, among others, found
22d year of that reign; after which this name guilty, and condemned to be executed : which
expired in two daughters and coheirs, one of
fentence the Queen was pleaſed to reſpite by her
whom, Helen, was married to John de Bourne ; warrant, dated the 18th of March that year (u).
and the other, Joan, to fohn Brampton, alias
In the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth, he was by act
Detling, of Detling-court, who entitled their huſ-
of Parliament reſtored in blood, and to his pof-
bands to their reſpective rights in this manor.
ſeſſions likewiſe, and reſided at this manor, the
Robert Bourne died feiſed of one part of it in
med one
manſion of which he made great additions to.
By Anne his wife, daughter of fir Edward Wot.
the 42d year of K. Edward III, which his daugh-
ter and heir carried in marriage to Edmund Haut,
Ifaac, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in this ma,
of Hauts-place in Petham, who poffeffed it in the
nor,
and left iſſue an only daughter and heir
8th year of K. Henry IV,0) in which year he
Anne, married to Samuel Michel, of Old Wind-
was Sheriff of this county. His deſcendant
alienated it before the end of K. Henry VI.'s
for, eſq; (v) on which it came, by the entail of
his father's will, to Belknap Rudjon his brother,
reign to Reginald Peckham, eſq; who was then in
who dying without iſſue deviſed it by his laſt
poffeſfion of it, as appears by an old court-roll
will in 1613 to fir Francis Barnham, of Holling-
of that time.
borne, knt. the eldeſt ſon of fir Martin Barnham,
The other, and by far the greateſt part of this
of London, knt.(x)
manor, on the death of John Brampton, alias Sir Francis Barnham, reſided at Hellingborne.
Detling, above - mentioned, deſcended to his
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sampſon Len-
daughter Benedikta, who carried it in marriage
nard, of Chevening, eſq; fifter of Henry, Lord
to Thomas at Towne, of Townes-place in Throwley, Dacre, by whom he had 15 children ; of whom,
(i) See an account of them, under Swanſcombe, vol. i, of
this hiſtory, p. 258.
(k)
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (m) Ibid. on
(n) Ibid. Philipott, p. 84.
(0) Rot. Magn. Pipe.
(D) Philipott, p. 84.
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(r) Mr. Petitt Fædary his Book.
(s) Philipott, p. 84. He was the ſon of fir John Rudſon,
of London, knt. Lord Mayor of that city in 1528, by Ur-
ſula, daughter of for Robert Dymocke, knt. whoſe father,
Walter Rudſon, was of Haton in the co. of York. Sir John
had likewiſe a daughter Elizabeth, married to Thomas Wot-
ton, efq; His widow Urſula afterwards married fir Edward
Wotion, knt.
VOL. II.
They bore for their arms-Argent, 3 bulls heads eraſed
ſable. Viftn. co. Kent anno 1574.
(t) Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 301.
(u) Rym. Fæd. vol. xv, p. 373. See Fox's Martyrs,
vol. iii, p. 80.
(v) Two of the daughters, viz. Urſula married for Mar-
tin Barnham, of London, knt. and Emma married Martin
Hillyard, eſq; See Harl. Mf. No. 1174-193. and No.
1231.
(w) Viftn. co. Kent, 1574. She afterwards married Wil.
liam Duke, of Richmond, efq; whom ſhe likewiſe ſurvived.
See more of the family of Michel, under Horton Kirkby,
vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 295.
(x) By his ſecond wife, daughter of fir Martin Calthorpe,
of London, knt. Sir Martin Barnham left iſſue by his firſt
wife Urſula, fifter of Belknap Rudjion, only two daughters.
See more of the family of Barnham, under Hollingborne.
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The HISTORY of K E N T.T
la EYHORNE HUNDRED:
BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE.
fix ſons and four daughters only ſurvived her. the reign of K. Richard II, when one of them
Of the ſons, Dacre, the eldeſt, died without iſſue; alienated it to Robert Purſe, whoſe ſon of the
and Robert, the ſecond, was ſeated at Boughton
ſame name died feiſed of it in 1452, anno 31
Monchenſie, and was created a Baronet on Aug. Henry VI, and was buried in this church, hav.
15, anno 1663. He died feiſed of this manor, ing been a good benefactor to it, by new build.
and was ſucceeded in title and eſtate by ſir Ro ing the belfrey and north iſle of it (c). His ſon
alienated this ſeat to Richard Norton, whoſe wife
bert Barnham, bart. his grandſon and heir-at-
law, ſon of Francis Barnham, efq; who died in Margaret dying in 1507, lies interred under the
ſeat in this church belonging to Wierton-houſe ;
his father's life-time in 1668, by Anne, ſixth
in which name it continued till the reign of K.
daughter of fir Thomas Parker, of Ratton in the
James I, when this ſeat was ſold to fir Anthony
co. of Suſſex, knt. (y)
St. Leger, knt. Maſter of the Rolls in Ireland,
He left iſſue an only daughter and heir, Phi.
and Privy Counſellor (d). He left iſſue an only
ladelphia, who carried this manor in marriage to
fon, fir Anthony St. Leger, knt. who ſucceeded him
Thomas Rider, eſq; whoſe ſon, fir Barnbam Rider,
in this feat, in which he reſided in the reign of
knt. fucceeded his father in this manor, and re-
K. Charles I. After his death his heirs alienated
ſided here. He died poffeffed of it on Nov. 20,
it to Nalbaniel Powell, of Ewhurſt in the co, of
1728, leaving iſſue by his wife, daughter of
Suſſex, eſq; who likewiſe reſided here (e).
Rear Admiral Littleton, one ſon Thomas, and
He was created a Baronet on May 10, anno
two daughters, Philadelphia, deceaſed, and Har-
1661, and married Sarah, daughter of William
riot, ſtill ſingle; which fon, now fir Thomas
Muddle, of Ewhurſt, eſq; by whom he had two
Rider, knt. is the preſent poffeffor of this manor,
ſons and eight daughters (f); of whom fir Na-
and reſides at Boughton-place, where he kept his
thaniel Powell, knt, and bart. his eldeſt ſon, fuc-
ſhrievalty for this county in 1754, and is at
ceeded him in this ſeat, and was twice married;
preſent unmarried (a).
firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of fir Robert Barn-
There was a chief-rent of 13d. called lath or
ham, of this pariſh, bart. by whom he had two
tythe filver, formerly payable to the Crown from
ſons, Barnham and Nathaniel, and one daughter;
the townſhip of Boughton Monchenſe, as was
and ſecondly to Frances, daughter of fir Philip
returned in the ſurvey, taken by order of the
Stapleton, of the co. of York, knt. hy whom he
ſtate in 1649, of the lands and revenues of the
had three ſons (g). Barnbam Powell, the eldeſt
late K. Charles I, the Queen, and Prince of
ſon of fir Nathaniel by his firſt wife, died in his
Wales (6).
life-time, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of James Clitherow, of the co. of Mid-
dleſex, eſq; (b) three fons, Nathaniel, who fuc,
is a ſeat in the eaſtern part of this pariſh, which ceeded his grandfather ; James, who died un.
antiently gave name and reſidence to a family, married; and Chriſtopher, heir to his brother
poffeffors of it. Adam de Wierton pofſeffed it in Nathaniel.
to,
bus
the reign of K. Henry III, and his deſcendants Sir Nathaniel Powell, ſo ſucceeding his grand:
continued owners of it until the latter end of father as above-mentioned, died unmarried in
1102311
(y) She was the widow of John Shirley, of Isfield in the Mary, daughter of Francis Southwell, of Wyndham-ball in
co. of Sufex, efq; who died in 1704, æt. 70. Sir Robert the co, of Norfolk, eſq; by whom he had iffue a fon Anthony,
Barnham had iſſue by her a fon Francis, who died in his and a daughter Frances, who died four days after her birth,
1:fe time as above-mentioned, and a daughter Elizabeth,
and of whom ſhe herſelf died in child-bed, Dec. 19, 1603,
married to fir Nathaniel Powell, knt. and bart.
æt. 37, and was buried in St. Patrick's church in Dublin,
(a) Theſe Riders ſeem to be deſcended from thoſe of She had been four times married ; firſt to Thomas Sydney,
Low Layton in the co. of Efex, their arms being the ſame, of Wyken in the co. of Norfolk, eſq; by whom ſhe had iſſue
viz.-Azure, 3 crefcents or ; of which family was fir William three daughters ; fecondly to Nicholas Gorge, of London, eſq;
Rider, Lord Mayor of London anno 42 Elizabeth. See Mo by whom ſhe had no iſſue ; thirdly to fir Conyers Clifford, of
rant's Eſſex, vol. I, p. 23.
Bobbing-court, knt. by whom ſhe had iſſue two ſons and a
(6) Parl. Surveys, Augen. off.
daughter ; and laſtly to fir Anthony St. Leger, as above-
(c) His portrait in painted glaſs in the window over the mentioned. See more of this family, under Ulcombe.
place of his interment, remained entire till the civil wars of (e) He was deſcended from John Powell, of Ednop in the
K. Charles I.'s reign, when it was broken to pieces.
co. of Salop, eſq; who married Rose, daughter of William
(d) Philipott, p. 85. He was the third ſon of fir An Crowder, of the co. of Radnor, eſq; and was father of Meredith
thony St. Leger, of Ulcombe in this county, krt. Lord Deputy Powell, of Brampton Ralf in the co. of Somerſet, who married
of Ireland, who died anno 1559. His ſon, fir Anthony, Alice, daughter of John Saffin, of Culhampton in the co. of
poffeſſor of this feat as above-mentioned, was appointed Devon, by whom he had iſſue Nathaniel Powell, efq; created
Maſter of the Rolls in Ireland and knighted in 1593, and a Baronet, and purchaſer of this feat as above-mentioned.
afterwards made of the Queen's Privy Council there; in (f) of the daughters, Mary married John Buck; Anne
both which he was continued by K. James. In which king married John Green ; Katherine married Thomas Gunfton;
dom, in 1605, he was appointed one of the Keepers of the and Damaris married Charles Foukes.
Great Seal. He was twice married; firſt to Eleanor, daugh (3) Viz. Leonard, who married Margaret, daughter of
ter of Richard Markbam, of Sedgbrook in the co. of Lincoln, fir Francis Lawleſs, of the co. of Stafford, bart, and the other
eſq; who died in 1598, without iſſue by him, and was bu two died without iſſue.
ried in St. Sepulchre's church, London ; and ſecondly to (6) She ſurvived her huſband, and died in 1728.
WIERT ON-HOUSE

1708,

The A HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
399
13
appears by ſeveral old deeds and court-rolls ;
reign, whes
delcendant,
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE.
1708, and was ſucceeded by his only ſurviving | land near Maidfone (c), in whoſe deſcendants it
continued down to John Symtb, eſq; whoſe widow,
brother, fir Chriſtopher Powell, bart. who reſided
at Wierton, and in 1734, was choſen Knight of Mrs. Elizabeth Smyth, is now poffefied of it.
the Shire for this county. He died poſſeſſed of
BOUGHTON MOUNT,
T,
it in 1742, without iſſue (i), leaving his widow,
daughter of Mr. Newington, ſurviving, whoſe formerly called Wychden, is a ſeat in this pariſh,
truſtees fold this feat after her death, purſuant ſituated on the oppoſite or northern ſide of Cocks-
to the uſes created in fir Chriſtopher's laſt will, heath, near the pariſh of Looſe.
to Mr. John Briſcoe, of London, gent. (k) who
This feat, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, was
rebuilt it on the brow of the hill, at a ſmall
the property of John Alchorne, of Aylesford in
diſtance fouthward from the former fcite of it,
this county, ſon of Robert, by Bennet his wife,
and then alienated it in 1771 (1) to Wilſhire daughter and heir of Turner, of Sutton Valence,
Emmett, eſq; who ſerved the office of High
the grandſon of John de Alchorne, or Ulchorne, of
Sheriff for this county in 1774, and now reſides Ulchorne in Uckfield in the co. of Suffex.
here(m). iod
John Alchorne, the purchaſer of this ſeat, was
He married in Feb. 1763 Mary, only daugh-
twice married ; firſt to Alice, daughter and heir
ter of fir John Honywood, of Evington in this
of Richard Walfingham, of Penſburſt, gent. and
county, bart. by his ſecond wife Dorothy, daugh-
ſecondly to Anne, ſiſter of fir Thomas Colepepyr,
ter of fir Edward Filmer, late of Eaſt Sutton in
of Aylesford, knt. He left iſſue only by his firſt
this county, bart. by whom he has as yet no
wife, three ſons, John, Edward, and Robert, and
iſſue.
KOM VOTARDUOD 90 99
three daughters (p). Woup
The borough of Wyarton is within the manor
John, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in this
of Newington near Sittingborne ; the rents due to
ſeat, and was a Barriſter-at-law. He died in
which from the freeholders holding within it,
1636, and was buried in this church. He left
in free focage tenure, amount to the yearly ſum
iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter of Henry Criſpe,
of ,
of the
,
fons and three
the ſurvey, taken by order of the ſtate in 1650,
daughters(); of whom, John, the eldeſt, re-
of the lands and revenues of the late K. Charles ſided at this ſeat (r). He left iſſue by Mary his
I, his Queen, and the Prince of Wales (n).
wife, daughter of Thomas Aynſcombe, of Mayfield
in the co. of Suſſex, efq; an only daughter Anne,
who carried this eſtate in marriage to John Sa-
is a manor in this pariſh, which formerly be vage, of Lions.inn, gent. (s) He had by her two
longed to a family of the name of Halbrook, as ſons, Richard, who died on his travels, at Prague
in Bohemia, in 1669; and John Savage, eſq; who
and bore, as is evident from ſeveral old regiſters ſucceeded to this ſeat. In the year 1726, he
of arms- -Azure, a plain croſs, between 4 mullets was appointed High Sheriff of this county, but
or, frettee of the firſt; who having continued
died on April
on April 9, that year, and was ſucceeded
owners of it for ſeveral defcents, became extinct here by his ſon, Richard Savage, eſq; whoſe wi-
here about the beginning of K. Henry V's dow, daughter of Mr. Gulſton, is now poffeffed
it came into the poſſeſſion of Wil. of it, and reſides at it.
7.272
W PRESENT STATE OF BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE.
, , knt.
knt. in the
SC
reign of K. Henry VIII, leaving iffue two daugh The lower or ſouthern ridge of hills croſſes
ters and coheirs, Elizabeth, married to Thomas this pariſh weſtward. The ſummit of them is
Colepeper, of Bedgbury, and Jane, to fir Thomas the northern boundary of the Weald; ſo much
Wyatt, of Allington-cafile
, knt. the latter, in right therefore of this pariſh as is below it, is within
of his wife, became poſſeſſed of it, and at the that diſtrict. The church ſtands juſt below the
latter end of K. Edward VI.'s reign, with her brow of them ſouthward, and cloſe to the church-
conſent, alienated it to Simon Smyth, of Buck. yard is Boughton-place, moſt pleaſantly ſituated,
2gb
(7) He bore for his arms-Two coats quarterly, if and (0) Philipott, p. 85. See the deſcent and arms of this fa-
4th, gules, a lion rampant regardant, or ; 2d and 3d, argent, mily, under Leſted in Chart Surton.
3 boars heads couped, fable. See Collins's Bar, vol. iii, (p) Viz. Elizabeth, wife of Roger Drewry, of London ;
Agnes, married to Ralph Balfar; and Mary, to John Medley.
(k) For the ſum of 5000l. then valued at 1151. per ann.
(9) The other ſons were, Robert and James ; the daugh-
(1) This eſtate confifts of the ſeat, offices, and gardens,
ters, Anne, Alice, and Mary.
three cottages and gardens, and 200 acres of land. It was
(-) They bore for their arms-Argent, a fag's head ca-
ſold to Mr. Emmett for 10,5001.
bolned, a chief indented ſable. See Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619,
pedigree of Alchorne. Harris’s Hift. of Kent, append. p.
(m) He bears for his arms-Party per pale, azure and fable;
a feſs ermine between 3 bulls heads cabofhed or.
(s) He was deſcended from the Savages of Blexworth in
(-) Parl. Surveys, Augta. off.
the co. of Dorſet, a branch of thoſe of Rock Savage in
Cheſhire.
having
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1923
P. 280.
xxxiii.

The H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
400
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
leaſe (ul).
wi
PATRONS,
VICARS,
BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE.
having a rich and extenſive proſpect over the glebe land of 29 acres and two roods was worth
Weald, in a park well wooded and watered.
81. 16s. 8d. per annum, both improved rents;
The pariſh extends from hence northward over which premiſes were let on Nov. 26, anno 14
Charles I, to fir Edward Hales, knt, and bart
.
Cockſheath, part of which it comprehends within
its bounds, and thence till it joins the pariſh of by the Dean and Chapter, for the term of 21
Looſe, near which are the large and noted quar-
years, at the yearly rent of 131. 103. ſo there
ries of ſtone, commonly called the Kentiſh rag-
remained the clear rent of 511. 108. per annum.
Stone, whence the pariſh itſelf is frequently de The lefſee covenanted to repair the chancel of
nominated, in theſe parts, Boughton Quarry. the pariſh church, and the advowſon was ex.
The ſtream, which riſes near Langley-park, cepted by the Dean and Chapter out of the
and then loſes itſelf under ground, riſes again
at the quarries in this pariſh, and fowing on
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books
through Looſe, joins the river Medway about at 71. 135. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 155. 4d.
half a mile above the town of Maidſtone.
per annum (v).
In 1640, it was valued at bol. per annum.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Communicants, 177.
2 In 1649, it was ſurveyed, with the parſonage,
Boughton Monchenſie is within the eccleſiaſtical
by order of the ſtate, and valued at 30l. per an-
juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and
deanry of Sutton.
num, clear yearly income (w).
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter,
CHURCH OF BOUGHTON MONCHENSIE.
has a handſome ſquare tower at the weſt end.
This church was given to the priory of Leeds,
or by whom preſented.
foon after the foundation of it by Henry de Boc-
(x) Alanus Styward, anno 6
ton, and was afterwards appropriated to it, with
Richard II.
the licence of the Archbiſhop, before the reign of
i 'bout War
6) John Walker, in 1492.
K. Richard II, at which time the parſonage of it
CADIS genu (y) William Grave, 1503.
was valued at 10l. and the vicarage of it at 41.
(y) John Hawkſworth, in
yearly income (t).
U 151-7.(z) 41999021
The church and vicarage of the church of
(a) Benjamin Cromp.
Boughton remained part of the poſſeſſions of the
(b) George Pratt, A. M. obt.
above-mentioned priory till the diffolution of it
pod March 11, 1747.
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it came,
(c) John Lawry, A.M. 1747,
with the reſt of the poſſeſſions of that houſe,
into the King's hands, and it was confirmed to
action to his reſig. 1755.
(d) Peter Wade, A. M. 1755.
him and his heirs by the act paſſed in the 31ſt
year
of his reign for that purpoſe.
Ecoute 20 Preſent Vicar.
unvent on tout
After which, the King, by his dotation-char-
L A N G L E Y.no
ter under the great ſeal, in his 33d year, ſettled
both the parſonage and advowſon of the church THE next pariſh north-eaftward from Bougb-
of Boston on his new-erected Dean and Chapter ton Monchenfie is Langley, written in Domeſ.
of Rocheſter, part of whoſe poſſeſſions they now day, Languelei, which ſignifies the long pafture, a
remain.
name well adapted to the face of it at this time,
The lefſee of the parſonage is Mrs. Elizabeth
у неодротни
nos has a
but the preſentation to the vicarage,
Smith ;
the Dean and Chapter keep in their own hands. Langley was part of thoſe great poffeffions
On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after with which William the Conqueror enriched his
the death of K. Charles I, this parſonage was half-brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, whom he alſo
ſurveyed by order of the ſtate in 1649, when it made Earl of Kent; and it is accordingly thus
was returned, that it conſiſted of the ſcite, which, entered, under the general title of that prelate's
with the tythes, was worth 561. 35. 4d. that the lands, in the ſurvey of Domeſday as follows:
due
M A N O R.
(1) Regift. of Leeds Priory. Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 40.
(u) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(v) E&. Thel. p 15
(w) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
.(*) Cart. Antiq. E. H.
(5) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(2) The Vicar of this church in 1584, but his name I
have not found, was deprived for nonconformity; though he
was 'ſo acceptable to the pariſhioners, that they, to the num-
ber of 57, made a petition to the Lord Treaſurer, to reſtore
their Miniſter to them. See Strype's Annals, vol. iii, po
244.
(a) He was Prebendary of Rochefer.
(6) Alſo Curate of Chatham. He was ſon of Dean Pratt,
and lies buried in Rocheſter cathedral.
(c) In 1747 a diſpenſation paſſed, for his holding this
vicarage with the rectory of Lee. He afterwards reſigned
this vicarage for that of Aylesford. He was likewiſe a Pre-
bendary of Rocheſter, and died in 1773.
(d) In 1768, he was preſented to the re&tory of Cowling,
which he had a diſpenſation to hold with this vicarage.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
401
EYMORNE HUNDRED.
carucates. In
as worth
LANGLEY.
Ifde' ada' fili' Hubti ten' de epo' Languelei p uno fee in Langele, which was held of the Countefs of
folin & dim ſe defd'. Tra e'. 4. Car'. In dnio' Albermarle.
Junt. 2.& 7. Villi cu' 5. bord bnt. 3. Car'. Ibi
Juliana de Leyborne had no iſſue by either of
accla & 7. fervi. & 3. ac' pti'. Silva. 25. porc'. her huſbands, all of whom the ſurvived, and
1. R. E. valeb. 60. Sol. Qdo recep'. 50 fol'. modo' died feiſed of this manor in the 41ſt year of K.
60. folid. Turgis tenuit de
rege.
E.
Edward III;(b) on which it eſcheated to the
Which is :
The same Adam Fitzbubert holds of Crown; for it appears by the inquiſition taken
the Biſhop of Baieux, Languelei. It was taxed at after her death, anno 43 Edward III, that there
one ſuling and an half. The arable land is four
was no one who could make claim to her
In demeſne there are two, and ſeven | eſtates, either by direct, or even by collateral
villeins, with five borderers having three carucates.
alliance (b).
There is a church and ſeven ſervants, and three
The manor of Langley remained in the hands
acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 25 bogs. of the Crown, till in K. Richard II.'s reign it
became veſted in Jobn, Duke of Lancaſter, and
60 ſhillings, when he received it 50 ſhillings, now
others, feoffres in truft, for the performance of
60 ſhillings. Turgis held it of K. Edward.
certain religious bequefts, deviſed in the laſt
About four years after the taking the above will of K. Edward III, then lately deceaſed.
mentioned ſurvey, the Biſhop of Baieux was dif That King had by his let, pat. dated Aug. 6,
graced, and this, among the reſt of his eſtates, in his 22d year, endowed and completed the
became confiſcated to the Crown.
chapel, which had been begun by his predeceſſor
In the reign of K. Henry III, it was become K. Stephen, in his palace at Weſtminſter, and
the property of a family named Abway; one of made it collegiate, to conſiſt of a Dean and Canons
whom, William de Afoway, held it, as appears by and other miniſters (i), to whom he granted,
the Teſta de Nevil, in the 20th year of that reign, that they ſhould receive at his Treaſury, as
when he paid aid for it at the marriage of Iſabel, much as would ſupply them with food and other
that King's fifter. Soon after which it came into neceſſaries, until he could give them as much
the poſeſſion of the Leybornes, of Leyborne-caſtle lands and rents as amounted to 500l. yearly in-
in this county (e).
come, which he bound himſelf and his heirs,
Roger de Leyborne died feiſed of the manor of Kings of this realm, well and truly to perform;
Langele in the 56th year of the above reign, and to which likewiſe he, by his laſt will, enjoined
his ſon William de Leyborne, had livery of it in || the Duke of Lancaſter, and others his feoffees,
the 2d year of K. Edward I. (f) He died in the
They, in compliance with the King's will,
3d year of K. Edward II, (8) leaving Juliana his
purchaſed of the Crown, in the beginning of
grand-daughter his heir, daughter of his fon
K. Richard II.'s reign, the manor of Langley,
Thomas, who died in his life-time, anno 35 Ed-
among others, and then, in the 5th year of it,
ward I, who being heir both to her father and
demifed it to the Dean and Canons of the above-
grandfather, became entitled to large poſſeſſions | mentioned college for 40 years, to the intent
in this and ſeveral other counties; from the
that they being in the actual poſſeſſion of it, the
greatneſs of which, ſhe was uſually ſtiled the
King might grant it to them in mortmain for
Infanta of Kent. She was three times married ; || ever.
ever. But after ſome years the King, by means
firſt to John de Haſtings; ſecondly to Thomas le of ſome falſe ſuggeſtions made uſe of by fir Simon
Blount ; and laſtly to fir William de Clinton, knt. de Burley, knt. granted it to him and his heirs,
afterwards created Earl of Huntingdon, to whom, and diſpoſſeſſed the Dean and Canons entirely of
and the Lady Juliana his wife, K. Edward III, it; but he having forfeited his intereſt in it,
in his 9th year, had granted licence to enlarge with his life, in the roth year of that reign (k),
their park here with 200 acres of land. He held K. Richard II, by his let. pat. Oct. 2, in his
this manor in her right in the 2oth year of that 12th year, at the petition of the Dean and Canons,
reign, when he paid aid for it, at the making granted to them and their ſucceſſors, the rents
the Black Prince a Knight, as half a knight's and profits of this manor among others, to hold
,
Philipott, p. 211.
(f) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 14. See a further account of
this family, under Leyborne, p. 206.
(8) Juliana, wife of William de Leyborne, died anno 3
Edward II, then holding this manor in dower of the King
in capite, as of the honor of Albermarle, by the ſervice of half
a knight's fee. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 56.
(5) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 47. See Leyborne above,
(k) Anno 11 Richard II, the King granted the cuſtody
of this park, then in his hands, to William, Archbiſhop of
Canterbury. Philipott, p. 211. And it ſhould ſeem as if
the park itſelf remained afterwards in the hands of the
Crown; for anno 27 Henry VI, it appears by the Patent-
rolls in the Tower, pt. 2, m. 1$, to have been then granted
to Thomas Kent and Iſabella his wife ; and in 2 Henry VIII,
Henry Guildford, eſq; had a grant for life of the parker-
ſhip of this park. See Bar. vol. v, p. 4. This park was
diſparked when Lambarde wrote his Perambulation about
the year 1570. stolcmo.com
p. 206.
(i) See Bredhurſt, where there is a further account of
this foundation,
Vol. II.
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402
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
pa-
LANGLEY.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
to them as a ſufficient endowment, until he ſhould their inheritance in 1752, it was, among other
otherwiſe alter it, or provide for them (1).
eftates in this neighbourhood, allotted to the
After which the King, by his let. pat. dated
ſhare of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, the youngeſt
Feb. 26, in his 21ſt year, granted it, among
fifter, now of Teſton, who continues owner of it.
other premiſes, to them and their ſucceſſors for
BRISING,
ever, for the performance of the religious pur-
poſes therein mentioned, and in part of the ex vulgarly called Briſhing, is a manor in this
oneration of the ſum to be taken at his Treaſury riſh, which had antiently owners who aſſumed
as aforeſaid (m).
their name from it.
In which ſituation this manor continued till Thomas de Briſinges held this manor in the
the iſt year of K. Edward VI.'s reign, when an beginning of K. Edward I.'s reign, as half a
act of Parliament paſſing for the ſurrendery of knight's fee, of William de Leyburne (P), as did
all free chapels, chantries, &c. this, among
his deſcendant Sarah de Briſinges, in the 20th
others, was ſoon afterwards diffolved, and the
year
lands and poſſeſſions of it were ſurrendered into it, at the making the Black Prince a Knight.
the King's hands, to the uſe of him and his heirs After this family was extinct here, this manor
and ſucceſſors for ever. . Soon after which, this came into the poſſeſſion of the Afrys, deſcended
manor was granted to St. Leger, from which originally out of the county of Bedford. John
name it was alienated to Lewin Bufkin, deſcended Aſtry, one of them, held it in the beginning of
from an antient family of that name in the co. of the reign of K. Edward IV,(9) as did his de-
Suſſex, and he obtained of Q. Elizabeth new let. ſcendant John Aftry, who died poſſeſſed of it in
ters patent of it, to be holden in free focage of the 35th year of K. Henry VIII, when it was
the Queen, as of her manor of Ej Grenewich (n). found, that this manor was held of the manor
His deſcendant of the ſame name alienated it, of Langley, and lay within the fee of the Dutchy
in K. James I.'s reign, to Mr. Nathaniel Powel,
of Lancaſter.
ooon
of Ewburſt in the co. of Suſſex, who ſold it to fir
Soon after which it was alienated to Ralph
Edward Hales, knt, and bart. who died poffeſfed Bufkin, efq; whoſe deſcendant Lewin Bufkin, efq;
of it in 1654; his grandſon, fir Edward Hales,
ſold it in the reign of K. James I, to Mr. Na-
bert. veſted it in truſtees, who about the year thaniel Powel, of Eweberſt in the co. of Suſſex,
1670 ſold it to fir William Drake, of Amerſham who reconveyed it back to the ſame family, in
in the co. of Bucks, knt. the truſtees of whoſe
the perſon of Lewin Bufkin, the direct deſcen-
grandſon, Montague Gerard Drake, during his
dant of Lewin Bufkin firſt mentioned (r), and it
infancy, anno 5 Q. Anne, procured an act of continued in this name till it came at length to
Parliament, to enable them to ſell. this manor,
Ralph Bufkin, eſq; who dying without male iſſue,
with Sutton Valence and other eſtates in this neigh it deſcended to John Martin, of Stanmer in Suf-
bourhood, in purſuance of which, they con ſex, eſq; as his heir-at-law. He left iſſue a ſon
veyed it by ſale, about the year 1708, to fir Denny Martin, of Salts in Looſe, eſa; who mar-
Chriſtopher Deſbouverie, of London, knt, and he died ried Frances, one of the daughters of Thomas,
poffefled of it in 1733, leaving iſſue two ſons, Lord Fairfax, by whom he had five fons and
Freeman and John, who both died without iſſue ; three daughters (s); and his widow, the Hon.
and two daughters, Anne, married to John Mrs. Martin above-mentioned, is at preſent en-
Hervey, afterwards of Beechworth, eſq; and titled to this manor (t).
Elizabeth (0).
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
On the death of the two ſons without iſſue,
each of whom pofſeffed this manor in ſucceſſion,
it came, in 1750, to the two ſiſters and coheirs
The priory of Leeds was antiently poſſeſſed of
of their brother John, and on the partition of lands at Briſhing, which at the diſſolution of it
ed, is a
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 159. K. Richard II. con-
firmed this grant in the 21ſt year of his reign. Pat. I, m.
35, ps. 3tia.
(m) Theſe manors and eſtates were confirmed to them by
K. Edward IV, in his iſt year, and by K. Henry IV. and
VI. in their iſt years. See Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. 2,
p. 61 to 67.
(n) Mr. Petit Fodary of Kent his Book.
(0) See more of this family, under Tefton, p. 292, and
Sutton Valence.
(o) Book of Knights Fees.
(2) Philipott, p. 212. Of this family was fir Ralph Afry,
fon of Geoffry, of Hitchin in the co. of Hertford, who was
of the Fiſhmongers Company, and Lord Mayor of London
in 1493, and dying the next year was buried, together with
his two wives, in the church of St. Martin's Vintry, London,
to which he was a good benefactor. Ralph Afry, his ſon
William Afry, and others of this name lye alſo buried there.
They bore for their arms-Barry wavy of 6, argent and azure;
on a chief gules 3 bezants. Strype's Stow's Survey, book iii,
p. 9, book v, p. 126.
Thomas Aftry, gent. fon of fir Ralph Afry, knt. and Eli-
zabeth his wife, daughter of William Skipwith, eſq; died in
1507, and was buried in St. Peter's church in St. Allans in
the co. of Hertford. Chauncy's Hertf. p. 473.
(r) Philipott, p. 212.
(1) Viz. Edward and John, both deceaſed, Denny, now
Vicar of Leeds, Thomas- Bryan, and Philip; Frances, Sie
bylla, and Anna-Maria, all as yet unmarried.
(1) See more of this family, under Looſe, p. 140.
in

Thе у нЅ то R Y
of
403
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LANGLEY.
heritance of them.
eggs,
CHURCH OF
LANGLEY.
PRESENT STATE OF LANGLEY.
1758..
vdiol
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary, and has
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, came into the
ever been eſteemed as an appendage to the manor,
hands of the Crown, and were ſettled by that
and as ſuch is now in the patronage of Mrs.
King, in his 32d year, on his new-erected Dean
and Chapter of Rocheſter, who now own the in-
Elizabeth Bouverie, of Tefton, the preſent pol-
feffor of the manor of Langley.
By the inquiſition taken after the death of
It is a rectory, valued in the King's books at
Walter Colepeper, who died in the laſt year of K.
61. 198. 9 d. and the yearly tenths at ol. 135.
Edward II.'s reign, it was found, that he held
I d.(a)
jointly with Joane his wife, at the time of his
1. In 1640, this rectory was valued at 100l. per
death, in the pariſhes of Langelegh and Bokton
annum. Communicants, 55.
Monchency, two parts of a meſſuage, one caru- The parſonage-houſe was wholly rebuilt in
cate of land, 155. annual rent, 15 hens, and 50 the year 1767, by the preſent Rector, the Rev.
of Agnes, Lady of Leybourne, by the ſervice
Mr. David Waterhouſe.
of one pair of ſpurs, or three pence per annum
for all ſervice; and that the two ſaid parts were
worth per annum in the whole 34s. and 4d. and
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
that Thomas his ſon was his next heir, as to the or by whom preſented.
frank fee of which he died poffeffed, and was
(b) Charles Whalley, in 1553.
then of the age of 20 years and upwards (u).
Tilden, 1653, ejected
in 1662.
bre
Edward Brown, A.M. 1699.
This pariſh is bounded on the eaſtern ſide by
នយ
David Waterhouſe, 1734, obt.
Langley-heath and Kings-wood; the weſtern part
Arizo
of it is likewiſe very woody. The church ſtands
David Waterhouſe, 1758.
in the center of the village, near the middle of
Preſent Rector.
the ſouthern ſide of the pariſh.
The foil of this pariſh is in general a red CHART SUTTON.
earth, mixed with fint ſtones.
In 1472, a ſpring or bourn newly broke forth
THE
HE next pariſh ſouth-weſtward from Lange
in the park here (v), which, I think, muſt be
ley is Chart Sutton, or as it ſhould be more
the ſame that Leland mentions, where he ſays, properly called, Chart by Sutton. It is written
" There was a pit in Kent, in Langley park, in Domeſday, Certh, and was part of thoſe vaſt
“ which again any battle would be dry; but if poffefſions with which William the Conqueror
« there was no battle toward, it would be full
enriched his half-brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux,
“ of water, was the weather ever ſo dry (w).” under the general title of whoſe lands, it is thus
Near the park and heath here, there riſes an-
entered in that record, taken about the year
other ſmall ſpring, which about one mile di 1080:
ſtance from its fource at Briſhing loſes itſelf Iſde' ada fili' Hubti ten' de epo? Certh. p. 3. fo-
under ground, running through a ſubterraneous lins ſe defd'. Tra'. e'. 8. car. In dnio. é una. &
paffage for near half a mile, after which it riſes 20 villi cu'. 5. bord' bnt. 6. car'. Ibi accla & 8.
again at the quarries, on the eaſtern bounds of ſervi. & 6. ac pti. Silva. 50. porc'. Ibi. 3. ar-
the pariſh of Looſe, whence it flows on towards pend vinea, & parc Silvatic' beſtiaru'. T.R. E.
the river Medway, which it joins about half a
& poft. & modo. val. 12. lib Ainod tenuit.
mile above the town of Maidſtone (x).
There was a chief-rent of 3s. called lath or
Which is : The ſame Adam Fitz Hubert holds of
tythe-ſilver, formerly payable to the Crown yearly
the Biſhop of Baieux, Certh. It was taxed at three
by the townſhip of Langley, as was returned in
Julings. The arable land is eight carucates. In
the ſurvey taken by order of the ſtate 1649, of
demeſne there is one, and 20 villeins, with five bor-
the lands and revenues of K. Charles I, the
derers having fix carucates. There is a church and
Queen, and Prince of Wales (2).
eight ſervants, and fix acres of meadow. Wood for
the pannage of 50 hogs. There are three arpends
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
of vineyard (c), and a park of beaſts of the foreſt.
LANGLEY is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, and after-
tion of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of wards, and now, it was and is worth 12 pounds.
Sutton.
Alnod Cilt beld it.
H
Cilt
(u) Lamb. Peramb. p.598.
(v) Kilburne’s Survey, p. 162.
(w) Lel. Coll. vol. i, pt. ii, p. 508.
(x) See Looſe, p. 140. Lamb. Peramb. p. 234.
(x) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
the Canons Regular of the priory of Ledes at the time of its
diſſolution, and had a penſion of 61. 135. 4d. allotted to him
by the Crown, which he enjoyed at the time of his preſen-
tation to this church in 1553. See Willis's Mitred Abbeys,
vol. ii, p. 102.
(c) This is one of ſeveral inſtances of there having been
vineyards in this county in very early times. I mean planta-
tions
(a) E&. Theſ. p. 15.
(6) See Rymer's Fæd. vol. xv, p. 348. He was one of

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HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
1752
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
CHART SUTTON.
in this pariſh, where he
Four years after the taking the above-men-
where he afterwards re-
tioned ſurvey, the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, fided (d). He died poſſeſſed of it in 1733, leav.
and all his eſtates were confiſcated to the Crown. ing iffue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and
This eſtate afterwards became the property of heir of Ralph Freeman, of Beechworth in the co. of
Baldwin de Betun, Earl of Albermarle, likewiſe Surry, eſq;(e) two ſons, Freeman, who died with-
Lord of the manor of Sutton Valence, to which out iſſue, and John, heir to his brother, who like.
this eſtate ſeems to have been accounted an ap-
wiſe died without iſſue in 1750; and alſo two
pendage, and it after that continued with it, in daughters, Anne, married to John Hervey, after.
a like ſucceſſion of ownerſhip, in the families of
, ; and Plinio
iſſue,
broke, and the families of Grey, St. Leger, and each of whom poſſeſſed this manor in ſucceſſion,
Clifford, one of the latter of whom, Nicholas it came, with Sutton Valence, in 1750, to the
Clifford, leaving an only daughter and heir Mil two fiſters and coheirs of their brother John,
dred; ſhe carried it in marriage to fir George and on the partition of their inheritance in
Harpur, afterwards, in her right, of Sutton Va it was, among others in this neighbourhood,
Lence, knt. and he among others, in the ad and allotted to the ſhare of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverit,
3d years of K. Edward VI, procured his lands now of Tejton, who continues owner of it.
Dirly
in this county to be diſgavelled, by the act then
NORTON-PLACE
do lo nella
paſſed for that purpoſe.
After his death, ſhe remarried with fir Edward
is an antient manor and manſion in this pariſh,
More, afterwards of Mellefont in Ireland, and
though now and for many years ſince made uſe
ſeems to have entitled both her huſbands ſuccef-
of only as a farm-houſe, ſituated about half a
ſively to the poffeffion of it during her life; mile northward from Chart-place.
after which it became the property of her ſon by It was anciently the property and reſidence of
her firſt huſband, fir Edward Harpur, knt. who the family of Norton, to whom it gave name;
alienated it to fir Edward Hales, knt. and bart. and in the ſouth windows of this church, there
the truſtees of whoſe grandſon of the ſame name, was formerly the effigies of Stephen Norton, who
about the year 1670, fold it to fir William Drake, fouriſhed in K. Richard II.'s reign, with his
of Amerſham in the co. of Bucks, knt. the truſtees - Argent, a chevron between 3 creſcents azure,
of whoſe grandſon, Montague Gerard Drake, dur on his tabard or ſurcoat, but the partitions in-
ing his infancy, anno 5 Q. Anne, procured an herent to gavelkind ſo diminiſhed the patrimony
act of Parliament, to enable them to fell this of this family (f), that in the reign of Q. Eliza-
manor, with Sutton Valence and other of his
beth they were obliged to alienate this eſtate to
eſtates in this neighbourhood; in purſuance Baker, from which name it was ſold not long
of which, they conveyed it by ſale, about the afterwards to fir Edward Hales, knt. who was
year 1708, to fir Chriſtopher Deſbouverie, knt. created a Baronet on June 29, anno 1611 (8), in
who built himſelf a manſion near the church whoſe deſcendants it continued till the truſtees

tions of the grape vine; for I can by no means acquieſce in
the conjecture, that vineæ univerſally meant plantations of
apples and pears, at leaſt ſo far as relates to this county, where
the latter were not introduced at the time, nor for ſome time
after, the taking of the ſurvey of Domeſday. This opinion
is further confirmed by the inſtance of Hamo, Biſhop of Ro-
cheſter, who, when K. Edward II, in his 19th year, was at
Bokinfold in this county, fent that Prince a gift both of wine
and grapes, from his vineyard at Halling near Rocheſter, the
epiſcopal palace where he then reſided. Theſe vineyards
being likewiſe meaſured by the arpend, the fame meaſure
that they uſually were in France, thews that when the vine
was brought from thence and cultivated here, the ſame kind
of meaſure was continued to the plantations of them, a mea-
fure different from that of any other kind of land. Sir Robert
Atkins, p. 17, in his Hiſtory of Glouceſterſhire, has indeed
given two inſtances from records in the reigns of K. John
and K. Edward II, to prove the contrary, which might ſuit
exceeding well with the language of his countrymen, and
the bleak county of Glouceſter, where the grape-vine had
never been ſeen, and the only beverage was that of the apple
and pear, which they had dignified with the appellation of
wine. In my memory, there have been two exceeding fine
vineyards in this county, one at Tunbridge-caſtle, and the
other at Hall-place in Barming near Maidſtone, from which
quantities of exceeding good and well flavored wine have
been produced. This pariſh of Chart is peculiarly adapted
to the planting of vines, being exceedingly warm in the
ſoil, entirely ſheltered from the north and eaſt, and facing
the fouth on the declivity of the hill.
(d) The Scite of this houſe never belonged to the family
of Drake, or to the manor; but was purchaſed by fir Cbrillo-
pher Defbouverie, of other owners, having at that c'me only
a mean cottage ſtanding on it. There is a moft beautiful
proſpect from it ſouthward, over the Weald and adjacent
country.
(e) She died on Dec. 13, 1927. She was of conſangui-
nity to Archbiſhop Chichele, by Mary her mother, daughter
of fir Richard Onſlow. See Stem. Chich. No. 159.
(8) Eleanor, relict of Stephen Norton, late of Sution Valence,
made her will, which was proved 1484, and by it willed to be
buried in that church, before the croſs of the altar; and dem
viſed to her Chaplain, Thomas Wells, her meſſuage called
Lamberts, for the ſaying of maſſes, &c. Prerog. off. Cant.
Philipott, p. 107, ſays, he had found in a tournament
of the Kentiſh gentlemen one of this name, in a tabard of
the arms above-mentioned, encountering one Chriſtmas,
of Eaſt Sutton, not far diſtant, who was in like manner
habited in a furcoat charged with his arms, expreſſive of
his name, viz.-gules, upon a bend fable, 3 waffail bowls
or; which coat was likewiſe depicted in the ſouth win-
dows of Sutton church.
(8) By deed-poll, dated Oa. 16, and Nov. 29, 1627,
Henry and Stephen Norton fold to fir Edward Hales, bart, a
barn and 101 acres of land, in Sutton, Chart, and Langley;



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CHART SUTTON.
Robert Le Hadde og
»
Viſtno
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
of his grandſon, fir Edward Hales, bart. about
the name of Walter's Folly; from one of his des
the year 1670, conveyed it, with the manor of
ſcendants it was purchaſed, in the reign of Q.
Sutton Valence and Chart above-mentioned, and Anne, by fir Samuel Ongley, of London, knt. af.
fundry other premiſes,(8) to fir William Drake, terwards one of the South Sea Directors, who
of Amerſham in the co. of Bucks, knt. with which
deviſed it by his laſt will to his nephew, Samuel
they were in like manner ſold, about the year Ongley, of Old Werden in the co. of Bedford, eſq;
1908, to for Chriſtopher Deſbouverie, knt. whoſe
in tail, and he died poffeffed of it on June 15,
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Teſton, after 174%, without iſſue, on which this eſtate came
the death of her two brothers, and a partition of by the will of fir Samuel Ongley above-mentioned,
her father's eſtates between herſelf and her to his nephew Robert Henley, eſq; Barriſter-at.
lifter, is now entitled to the fee of them. law, who took upon him the name of Ongley,
and is now of Old Warden in the co. of Bedford.
WALTERS-FOLLY,
On July 2, 1976, he was created a Baron of the
kingdom of Ireland, by the title of Baron Ongley,
in the Den of Ivetigh, now vulgarly called The
and he is the preſent owner of this eſtate, with
Folly, is an eſtate ſituated in the ſouthern part of
another called Elderden, lying at a ſmall diſtance
this pariſh, about a mile below the ſummit of
ſouthward from it in this pariſh (n).
the hill. It was antiently the property of the
family of Ivetigb, antiently ſpelt Evylbye, who
A L M N ERY-GRÈ E N,
Sebab
implanted their name on it; and though the
deeds of this eſtate, which mention them as
uſually called Almery Green, is a place in the
poffeffors of it, do not reach higher than the
weſtern part of this pariſh, where there is an
reign of K. Henry VI, yet, undoubtedly, they
eſtate called Haddis Tenement, alias Almery,
were owners of it long before that time (b).
which was for many generations the refi-
In the above-mentioned reign, however, this dence of the family of Hadde, called in antient
eſtate was alienated by one of that name to writings likewiſe Le Hadde. Robert Hadde
Robert Maſcall (i), who died poſſeſſed of it in lived here in the reign of King Henry Ill. as
the 4th year of K. Edward IV;(k) his ſon Tbo-
did his ſon William Le Hadde in the next reign
mas Maſcall reſided here, and ſome years after of King Edward I.(o) At length about the
his father's death fold it to Wm. Lambe, who latter end of the reign of King Edward III.
en
changed the name of it to Lambden (1); in his this family divided into two branches, of which
deſcendants it continued till it was at length fold
to Perry, deſcended from the Perrys of the co. at Frinſted in this county, where his deſcendants
of Worceſter, and it remained in that name till continued for many generations, and the
the reign of K. Charles I, when Mr. James Perry, youngeſt ſon inherited this family ſeat at Chart;
of Lenbam(m), dying without niale iſſue, his three which remained in the poſſeſſions of his deſcen-
daughters, Elizabeth, married to Mr. Thomas dants, till
Petley, of Filſton, Anne, and Mary, became his Henry VII. leaving two daughters his coheirs,
coheirs, and entitled to this eſtate, which they viz. Margaret, who married firſt William Wright,
afterwards joined in the ſale of to Walter, who and afterwards Nicholas Harpur ; and Catherine,
rebuilt the houſe on it, which afterwards gained who married Thomas Bidlake of the county of
and by deed, dated June 20, 1660, Chriſtopher Denne, and (i) He was of that family which was poffeffed of Hall.'
Mary his wife, and Peter Underwood, and Margaret his
Barming
See above, p. 150.
wife, covenanted to levy a fine of all that meſluage called
Nov.
252 that
year, he willed his
Norton-place, with 60 acres of land and appurts. in Chart, body to be buried in the church-yard of this pariſh. He
to the uſe of fir Edward Hales, bart. in fee.
deviſed 6s. 8d. towards the pavement of the church, and to
(g) Among which was a capital meſſuage and lands the leading of it 205.-all his lands and tenements to his wife,
called Laddes, meſfuages and lands called Lambes, and
for her life, remainder to his fon Thomas-his daughter Elia
Claymes ; another called
another called Lucas's Tenement ; a meſſuage and
zabeth, mentioned in it. Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
lands called Marden Place, all which lay in this pariſh, and (1) He bore for his arms-Sable, on a feſs or, 2 mullets of
Boughton Monchenfie, and were purchaſed in the beginning
of the reign of King James I. of the family of Potman by 1619, pedigree of Lambe.
for Edward Hales, bart. and a meſſuage or tenement and (m) Mfr. pedigree of Petley. Theſe Perrys bore for their
lands called Brickendens, with lands and appurtenances in arms-Argent, on a bend
fable, 3 pears or.
Chart and Sutton Valence which were purchaſed of the
fifters and co-heirs of John Spencer of this pariſh and their
(n) The ſtable and fodder-houſe belonging to this eſtate
reſpective huſbands, anno 12, Charles I. by fir Edward
was ſet on fire by lightning, on May 30, 1780, in the night.
Hales, and two fines were levied of theſe premiſes in conſe-
and were both burnt to the ground.
quence of it, anno 12, Charles I. Hilary Term, and 13
See more of this family, under Boxley, above, p. 129.
He bears for his arms-Quarterly, iſt and 4th, argent, a fejs
* And alſo a principal meſſuage called Harnden, and lands
gules; 2d and 3d, argent, in chief 3. piles gules, in baſe a
called Evythyes, &c. in Chart, purchaſed in 1649 by fir
mount vert; on a canton 'azure, a fun in ſplendor, or. Supa
Edward Hales, bart. of Stephen Johnſon,
porters.--Two griffins argent, collared gules, to each collar a
chain proper. Edmondſon’s Heraldry, vol. ii.
(6) Viftn. co. of Kent, 1619, pedigree of Hadd.
Devon,
place in
(4) By
his will, dated N
Charles I. Eaſter Term.
(5) Philipott, p. 107
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406
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
above-mentioned premiſes came into the poſ. Luckland in Maidſtone, gent. (rr) Who left iſſue
ruled in
The HISTORY of K E N T.
CHART SUTTON.
Devon, this houſe and eſtate in Chart became hands, where it did not continue long, for it
was ſettled by let. pat. in the 32d year of that
property of his eldeſt daughter Margaret, who
entitled her huſband, Willian Wright, to the reign, on the new erected Dean and Chapter of
poffefſion of it; and he, anno 17, Henry VII. Rocheſter, who are are now entitled to the inte.
conveyed it by fale to Roger Morys, of Ledes,
ritance of ic (r).
it india
which fale was confirmed, anno 2d, Henry
LESTED
VIII, by Nicholas Harfur and Margaret his
wife above-mentioned, by the deſcription of is an antient feat, ſituated on the northern ſide
the Meſe and lands called Amerye, and the of the high road leading from Cocks-beatb to
little Meſe next Langley Park, and all lands Langley-heath, near Chart-corner.
and tenements ſometime of Thomas Haddys, in It was formerly part of the poffeffions of the
Chart, Sutton Valence, and Boughton Monchenfie, family of Potman, who were poffeffed of other
formerly in the poſſeſſion of William a Dene, and
eſtates in this pariſh as has been already men.
a fine was levied accordingly of theſe premiſes tioned, and ic continued with them till for
next year.
Richard Potman, knt. fold it to Simon Smyth, of
After ſome intermediate owners, all the
two ſons, John, who died without iſſue, and
feſſion of Robert Baker, who for 17301. by Simon, who was of Boughton Monchenfie, and left
deeds, anno 1612, and 1613, fold them to fir ifſue a ſon Simon, who was of Lefted, and mare
Edward Hales, bart. The truſtees of whoſe
ried Mary, daughter of William Hales, of Ten-
grandſon, fir Edward Hales, bart. ſold them
terden, afterwards remarried to George Curteis,
with the manor of Sutton Valence, and his other
efq; Sheriff of this county in the year 1651, when
eſtates in this pariſh, to fir William Drake, of he reſided here in her right (s).
Amerſham, knt. with which they were in like By her firſt huſband ſhe left ſeveral children;
manner afterwards ſold to fir Chriſtopher Deſ. of whom, John Smith ſeems to have inherited
bouverie ; and on the partition between his two
this feat. He married in 1729 Mary, daughter
daughters and coheirs, theſe premiſes were al of Dr. Iſaac Bargrave, Dean of Canterbury, by
lotted, with other lands in this and the neigh whom he had two ſons and four daughters (t).
bouring pariſhes, to Anne, the eldeſt daughter, John Smyth, the eldeſt ſon, poſſeſſed this ſeat,
married to John Hervey, afterwards of Beech from whom it deſcended afterwards to his grand-
worth, eſq; who in her right became poſſeſſed ſon, the Rev. Mr. John Smyth, Vicar of this
ра.
of them. He died on April 1, 1757,00) and
was ſucceeded by his fon John Hervey, eſq; who the year 1732, and was ſucceeded by his fon
was one of the Juſtices of the Grand Seſſions John Smyth, eſq; whoſe widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
in Wales, and dying on July 30, 1764, his Smith, is now owner of it, and reſides in it (u).
00
heirs are now entitled to them (9).
CHENEYS-COURT
1910 gub
There is an eſtate on Almery Green, which
aid mood
was formerly part of the poffeffions of the Priory is a reputed manor here, which appears in very
of Ledes in this neighbourhood, and moſt pro early times to have been called Hadenejam, and
bably belonging to the Almnery of that houſe, to have been in the poſſeſſion of fir Robert de
gave name to this place. It remained with it
Shurland, knt. a man of great eminence in the
till the reign of King Henry VIII. when the reign of K. Edward I, (v) who leaving an only
priory being diffolved, this eſtate came, with daughter and heir, ſhe carried this eſtate, with
the reſt of the poſſeſſions of it, into the King's other large inheritance, in marriage to William
Le od
i bakid
ons of
(P) Æt. 52, and was buried at Beechworth. See Tefon dying without iſſue male, and having the diſpoſition of the
above, p. 292.
fame, he by his laft will, dated in 1775, deviſed his intereſt
(9) In 1776, a Bill in Chancery was preferred by the in them to his nephews and niece, Henry, Richard, and
heirs at law and deviſees of Richard Bidlake, of the co. of Anne Tucker the complainants, who ſeem to have given up
Devon, eſq; deceaſed, deſcendant and heir at law of Thomas all thoughts of a further proſecution of this claim, no pro-
Bidlake, who married Catherine, the youngeſt daughter and ceedings having been had on it fince the above Bill was
Me 1980
coheir of Thomas Haddys to recover the pofleſſion of all the
ſaid Thomas Haddys's eſtates in this pariſh, under pretence (-) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 69.
of a deed of feoffment, dated March 25, anno 11, Henry
(rr) Harris’s Hiſt. Kent, p. ibid. .
VIII. made by Thomas Haddys on the marriage of his ſaid
daughter, of theſe premiſes to certain Truſtees to the uſe of
(s) See Otterden.
him, his heirs and aſſigns, for 250 years, remainder to the
(1) Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, and Mr. pedigree of Smyrba
uſe of the ſaid Thomas Bidlake, and Catherine his wife, and
They bore for their arms-Barry of 6, ſable and or, in obief
the heirs males of their two bodies their heirs and aſſigns
3 croſſes patee-fichee of the id; which coat of arms was con-
for ever; ferwing that the ſaid term expired in and that
firmed to Simon Smyth, of Boughton Monchenfe, by Wiliam
nothing having been done to dock the entail, Richard Bid-
Camden, Sept. 14, 1605. Guill. Heraldry, p. 77.
Lake, the direct deſcendant of the ſaid Tbomas Bidlake, who
(u). She was daughter of Ralph Whitfield, esq; Major of
became feized of the faid reverfionary intereſts in theſe pre the Welſh Fuzileers, by whom he left four daughters, Fe-
miſes in tail male, with remainder to himſelf in fee ſimple ; licia, Elizabeth, Anna-Maria, and Dorothea, all unmarried.
and was heir at law likewiſe of the ſaid Thomas Haddy: ; (v) Regift. of Ledes Abbey,
de
.edge bas
preferred.
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CHART SUTTON.
SOCO
WASIO
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
with Alint ſtone; but there it changes and para
de Cheney, of Patrickſborne, in whoſe deſcendants
it continued ſo long, that they implanted their
takes of the quarry or rag ſtone, with which the
ſummit of theſe hills in general abounds.
name on it; at length fir Thomas Cheney, knt.(w)
paſſed it away to John Iden, who died ſeiſed of it
The family of Spencer once poffeffed an eſtate
in the 4th year of K. Henry VIII, and one of his
in this pariſh, and reſided here for ſome gene-
deſcendants, leaving iſſue two daughters and
rations; John Spencer, was of Chart Sutton, eſq;
coheirs, one of whom married Browne, and the
at the latter end of the reign of King Henry
other Barton, the latter of them, in right of
VIII, and left iſſue by Mary, daughter and co-
his wife, poſſeſſed this eſtate (x), and in that
heir of John Coking, of London, two fons. John,
name it continued till it was at length alienated
who became his heir here, and Ethelbert, who
to Heyward, for Rowland Heyward had the
was M. D. and three daughters, married to Hony-
Queen’s licence, anno 16 Elizabeth, to alien,
wood, Onſlow, and Stoker.
ate the meſſuage and manor, called Chenye-
John Spencer, the eldeſt ſon, was of Chart,
court, to John Long, of Tunbridge, and his
and by Frances his wife, daughter and coheir of
heirs (y); after which it paſſed to Wollett, and
David Wilkins, of Tong, in this county, left
thence to Jordan (2), and afterwards to that
iffue two ſons, John and Nicholas, and five
branch of the family of Fane, who were Earls of daughters (b), who on their eldeſt brother's
Weſtmoreland, in which it continued till John,
death without iſſue, became his coheirs ; and in
Earl of Weſtmoreland, dying on Aug. 26, 1762,
the beginning of the reign of King Charles I.
without iſſue, bequeathed this, among his other joined with their reſpective huſbands in the fale
eſtates in this county, to his nephew, fir Francis
of their inheritance in this pariſh, to fir Eduard
Daſhwood, bart, ſon of fir Francis Daſhwood, bart.
Hales, bart. ás has been already mentioned (c);
by his ſecond wife the Lady Mary, eldeſt daugh-
and it afterwards paſſed into the poffeffion of
ter of Vere, Earl of Weſtmoreland, and ſiſter to
fir William Drake, and then to fir Chriſtopher
Earl John above-mentioned, and to the heirs of
Deſbouvirie, in whoſe deſcendants it has conti-
his body, with remainder to fir Thomas Stapleton,
nued in like manner as the reſt of his eſtates in
bart. his great-nephew. Which fir Francis Daß-
this pariſh to the preſent time.
wood, bart, the ſon, had afterwards the title of
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Baron Le Deſpencer, being a Barony in fee, limited
Chart is ſituated within the ecclefiaftical
to heirs-general, confirmed to him, as the only
juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and
ſon of the Lady Mary above-mentioned, and he
deanry of Sutton.
The church, which ſtands near the ſummit of
There is the appearance of an old manor-
the hill, at a very ſmall diſtance from Sutton
pound belonging to it; but there has been no
Valence, is dedicated to St. Michael.
court held for this manor in the memory of
This church has been twice ſet on fire by
ved bere
lightning: the firſt time, a few years ago, when
it was fortunately foon extinguiſhed; the laſt
time was, on April 23, 1779, about ſeven o'clock
The lower or ſouthern ridge of hills croſſes
in the morning, when in a dreadful ſtorm of
this pariſh from eaſt to weſt, the ſummit of them
thunder, the lightning fet fire to the beautiful
being the boundary of the Weald of Kent here;
ſpire ſteeple of it, and in about three hours time
ſo much, therefore, of this pariſh as is below it, burnt that and the whole building to aſhes, ex-
is within that diſtrict, where the ſoil is a ſtiff
cepting the bare walls, which are all that now
clay. At the foot of the hill, there is a mill, remain of it. A brief has been lately granted,
which is turned by a ſtream which riſes juſt above under the great ſeal, to be collected throughout
it, and Aows from thence ſouthward till it joins the county from houſe to houſe, and a liberal
the branch of the Medway a little above Here contribution has been made by the neighbour-
feed Bridge.
ing gentry and clergy, to enable the pariſhioners
The village is ſituated on each ſide of the to rebuild it, and a conſiderable progreſs has
road leading from Cocks-beath to Langley-heath, already been made in the ſtructure (d).
at the northern extremity of the pariſh, where, The church of Chart was given to the priory
and almoſt to the ſummit of the hill ſouthward, of Leeds ſoon after the foundation of it; for it
the ſoil conſiſts of a hungry red earth, mixed was confirmed to it by Archbiſhop Theobald, who
man.
PRESENT STATE OF CHART SUTTON.
in chief 3
(w) See more of this family, under Eaſtchurch in the Iſle
of Sheper.
(x) Philipott, p. 333.
(3) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 5.
(z) Philipott ibid.
(a) See more of the Fanes and Daſhwoods, above, under
Mere worth, p. 265.
(6) Viz. Jane, married to Baptift Pigott; Anne, to John
Sloman; Frances, to John Engliſh; Catherine, to Elizeus
Hathrvay; and Margaret, to William Eyres.
The Spencer's bore for their Arms-argent a feſs engrailed,
lions
rampant, gules. Viftn. Co. Kent, 1619, Ped.
of Spencer.
(c) See above, p. 404, note (8).
(d) It is rebuilding from a plan of Mr. Henry Holland,
Jun. Architect, and is intended to be finiſhed by Michael.
mas, 1781.
came

408
Тbe HISTORY of a K E N T.
houſe to
CHART SUTTON.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
came to the ſee of Canterbury in 1138 (e), as it and of whatever was planted and lowed in gar-
was afterwards by Archbiſhop Richard, his next dens; and alſo, that the Prior and Convent ſhould
ſucceſſor but one, who by his inſtrument ad bear and exonerate all burthens, ordinary and
mitted R. de Ledes, Chaplain to this church, at extraordinary, happening to the church, as well
the preſentation of the Canons of Ledes. The in books, veſtments, reparations and rebuild-
tythes of every kind, ariſing from the demeſnes | ings of it, as often as need ſhould require, the
of the Lord of the pariſh of Chart, and alſo 2os. procurations of the Archdeacon, and other bur-
annual penſion from the church, to be paid by thens antiently belonging to it, or which might
the hands of the Rector of it, for the time be-
ing, for ever, for the maintenance of the Canons that the Prior and Convent ſhould aſſign of the
in the infirmary of the priory, being aſſigned and
ſoil of the church, one acre and an half of land,
granted by him, the Archbiſhop, to the Canons lying conveniently for a dwelling for the Vicar,
of the priory (f).
and ſhould build for him on it a convenient
All which were confirmed to the priory by
for him and his ſucceſſors to dwell in,
Archbiſhop Hubert, and afterwards by the Prior and that they ſhould pay to him and his fuccef-
,
fors, as an augmentation of his living, 40s. fter,
ling yearly (1)
houſe, in the years 1256 and 1278 (8).
On the diffolution of the priory of Leeds, in
In 1284, there aroſe a diſpute between Walter
the reign of K. Henry VIII, this parfonage,
de Malden, Rector of this church, and the Prior
with the advowſon of the vicarage, came into
and Convent of Ledes, the patrons of it, concerning
the hands of the Crown, where it did not con-
the yearly penſion of 2os. due from it as above-
tinue long; for the King ſettled it by his let.
mentioned, and likewiſe the great and ſmall
pat. in his 32d year, on his new.erected Dean
tythes, as well of the demeſnes belonging to fir
and Chapter of Rocheſter, part of whoſe inheri-
William de Valence in this pariſh, as of Hadene tance it remains at this time.
sham, which formerly belonged to fir Roger de
Shirland, knt. (b) which diſpute was, by mutual
On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after
conſent, ſubmitted to the deciſion of Richard,
the death of K. Charles I, this parſonage was ſur-
Archdeacon of Canterbury, who decreed in favor
veyed by order of the ſtate in 1649, when it
of the religious. And further, that the Rector,
was returned that the parſonage, or manor houſe
either by himſelf or his Proctor, ſhould appear
of the parſonage, conſiſted of a hall, a parlour,
in court, in the church of St. Mary le Bow, be-
kitchen, cellar, buttery, five chambers, three
fore the Dean of the Arches, &c. and there ac-
garrets, one dairy-houſe, one barn and ſtable
knowledge and recognize in court, in the pre-
all in good repair, with all and ſingular the
fence of the Religious or their Proctor, the Prior
tythes thereto belonging, and the tythes of as
and Convent's right, wholly and fully to the tythes
much of Sutton-park as lay within the precincts
and penſion above-mentioned; and the Dean of
of Chart pariſh, with a court and barn yard,
the Arches pronounced his ſentence accordingly,
containing in the whole by eſtimation, one acre
on 7 Cal. May, the year above-mentioned (i).
and two roods ; the whole of which premiſes
In the year 1320, Walter, Archbiſhop of Can-
was valued at 50l. per annum, that is, 5l. the
terbury, appropriated this church to the Prior
houſe and land, and 451. the tythes. All which
and Convent of Ledes (k), and then admitted Wil-
premiſes were let by the Dean and Chapter, on
liam de Shoreham to the vicarage of the church
Nov. 14, anno 26 Charles I, by leaſe to fir
of Chart by Ledes, on their preſentation, the faid
Edward Hales, bart. and fir John Hales, knt, his
church being of the annual value of 25 marcs,
ſon, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 131. 11s.
according to the taxation of the tenth ; at which
8d. and one good and ſeaſonable brawn every
time he, by his inſtrument, dated at Lambeth
Chriſtmas, but that the ſaid premiſes were worth
4th cal. March that year, endowed the vicarage
over and above the ſaid rent, upon improve-
of it as follows: Firſt, he ordained and decreed,
ment, 671. 35. iod, and that the tenant was
that every Vicar, for the time being, ſhould re-
bound to repair and maintain the chancel of
ceive all oblations and obits accruing to the
the pariſh church. to thoit saibrol boot
altar of the church, which the Rectors of it uſed Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, of Teſton, is the pre-
of old to receive, together with the tythes of ſent leſſee of this parſonage. The advowſon of
wool, lambs, calves, hogs, hay, fax, hemp, the vicarage is reſerved by the Dean and Chapter
mills, pears, apples, milk, milk-meats, Theep, in their own hands.
(e) Regift. of Ledes Priory. ) Ibid. (8) Ibid.
(5) This ſeems to be part of that eſtate now called Cheneys
court.
(i) Regift. of Ledes Priory.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 207.
archives is a definitive ſentence, made at Cranbrook on July
1, anno 1400, concerning the cuſtom and method of tak-
ing tythes in this pariſh, made by Thomas, Archbiſhop of
Canterbury, in a cauſe of tythes, between the Prior and Cone
vent of Ledes and John Hadde, pariſhioner of the ſaid church,
Chart. Antiq. 2.76.
The
.

The
409
H I S T O RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
at 81. 125. 8 d. and the yearly tenths at 175.
3£d. It is now of the clear yearly certified
EYHORNE HUNDRED:
TOWN SUTTON.
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books
THE
MANO Ři va
bord. Ent. 4.
4. ac.
This place was given by William the Con-
value of 471. 118. 91d. (m)
queror, on his obtaining the crown of this realm,
In 1640, it was valued at 30l. per annum. to his half-brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux ; it hay-
Communicants, 212.
ing been part of the poſſeſſions of Leofwine, a
In 1649, it was ſurveyed, with the parſon younger brother of K. Harold, who was Nain
age, by order of the ſtatë, and valued at 351.
fighting on his brother's part, at the fatal battle
of Haſtings; accordingly it is thus entered, under
clear yearly income ().
the general title of the Biſhop of Baieux's lands,
The Rev. Mr. John Smyth, Vicar of this
in the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about the year
church in 1932, deviſed the ſum of 2001. as
1080:
an augmentation to it, to enable it to receive
Ada' fili' Hubti ten' de epo' Sudtone. p. 4. Solins
the benefit of the like ſum from Queen Anne's
ſe defd'. Tra' e'. 7. car'. In dnio ſunt. 2. & 18.
Bounty (o), with which a ſmall farm of 201.
villä сu'.
5.
cars. Ibi eccla & 2
per annum, ſituated in Aſhford pariſh, has been
pti. & 1. molin'. Silvå. 50. porc'. T. R. E.
purchaſed for the better maintenance of the
valeb. 12 lib. Qdo recep'. 10. lib. modo'. 14 lib.
vicar of this pariſh and his ſucceſſors.
Com'.
& tam reddit. 18. lib. Leuuin' tenuit:
CHURCH OF CHART SUTTON.
Which is :
PATRONS,
Adam Fitzbubert bolds of the Biſhop of Baieur,
RECTORS:
or by whom preſented.
Sudtone. It was taxed at 2 ſulings. Ihé arable
(0) Walter de Malden, 1284.
land is 7 carucates. In demeſne there are 2, and
(9) John Haukinge, the laſt 18 villeins, with 5 borderers, having 4 caru-
Rector, reſig. 1320.
cates. There is a church and 4 acres of meadow,
and one mill. Wood for 50 bogs. In the time of
VICARS.
King Edward the Confeſor it was worth 12
(r) John Smyth, 1718, obt.
pounds, when he received it 10 pounds, now 14
pounds, and yet it pays 18 pounds. Earl Leuuin
(s) James Hales, A.M. April held it.
Four years after the taking this ſurvey, the
Richard Huſband, A.M. reſig.
Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and this among
1769.
the reſt of his poſſeſſions was confiſcated to the
crown. After which it became the
of
(1) Arnold Carter, 1769, reſig.
property
Baldwin de Betun, Earl of Albermarle (v), who in
1773.
the 5th year of King John's reign, granted this
(u) Henry Jones, A.M. 1773.
manor of Sutton, among others in this county,
Preſent Vicar.
to William Mareſchal, Earl of Pembroke, with
Alice his daughter, in frank marriage to hold to
TOWN SUTTON, alias
them and their heirs.
SUTTON VALENCE,
In the roth year of King Henry III, his firſt
wife being dead, he married Eleanor, the King's
IS the next pariſh eaſtward from Chart Sutton, laſt fiſter, and in the 14th year of that reign had a
deſcribed. It has the name of Valence from
confirmation of this manor, upon condition
that eminent family, who continued long owners
that Alianore his wife, if ſhe ſurvived him;
of it, and is called Town Sutton from the large ſhould enjoy it during her natural life. He
neſs of the village or town of it, in compariſon died ſeiſed of it, in the 15th year of that reign,
of thoſe of the adjoining pariſhes of the ſame without iſſue (W); on which the ſheriff of this
county, had the King's precept to make livery
Dec. 1732.
1733, obt.
name.
(m) E&. Theſ. p. 15.
(n) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv,
(.) E&. Theſ. p. ix.
(P) Regift. of Ledes Priory.
() Reg. Roff. p. 209.
(-) Alſo Rector of Haſtingleigh.
(s) He had been before Vicar of Berſted.
(+) And Minor Canon of Rocheſter.
(n) Minor Canon of Rocheſter, and Second Maſter of the
King's ſchool there.
(v) He had enjoyed the Earldom of Albermarle by K.
Richard I.'s favor, in right of Hawis his wife, daughter and
fole heir of William le Groſs, Earl of Albermarle. See a
further account of him,, vol. i. of this Hiſtory, p. 326.
(w) He was eldeſt ſon of William Mareſchal, Earl of Pem-
broke, who acquired that ſurname from his being Hereditary
Marſal of the King's Houſe. He was a perſon of great power
and prudence, and proved himſelf a faithful fubje&t both to
K. John and K. Henry III, in their greateſt diſtreſſes. He
left iſſue by Iſabel his wife, daughter and heir of Richard
Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, five ſons ſurviving, viz. Wil-
liam above-mentioned, and four others, who became eachi
other's heirs, and ſucceſſively Earls of Pembroke, and died
without iſſue; and alſo five daughters, who on their bro-
ther's deaths became their coheirst See vol. i. of this Hiſ:
tory, p. 327
VOL. II.
5 M

The HISTORY of K E N T.
410
EXHORNE HUNDRED.
William de Montchenfie, his mother's brother,
TOWN SUTTON.
of it to his widow above-mentioned (x). She,
Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, on her
death became poffeſfed of this manor; and on
after ſeven years widowhood, re-married, anno
22d Henry III, with Simon de Montfort, Earl
the death of Dionifia de Montchenſie, wife of
of
of Leiceſter, who was ſlain in the 49th year Hugb de Vere, and daughter and ſole heir of
it, fighting on the part of the diſcontented
without iſſue, in the 7th year of King Edward
Barons, at the battle of Eveſham ; after which,
the Counteſs Alianore and her children were
II, ſucceeded likewiſe to her inheritance (e).
forced to forſake the realm, and ſhe died ſome-
He was a man greatly favoured and employed
time afterwards in the nunnery of Montarges in
both by King Edward I, and II; but in the
France (y).
17th year of the reign of the latter, attending
In the mean time the four brothers of William,
the Queen into France, he was murdered there
Earl of Pembroke, ſucceſſively Earls of Pembroke, on June 23, that year. He died ſeiſed of this
being dead without iſſue, their inheritance be manor of Sutton Valence (f), for ſo it was now
came divided between the heirs of their five uſually called, and leaving no iſſue by either of
his wives, for he was three times married, his
ſiſters, of whoin, Maud, the eldeſt, had mar-
three fiſters above-mentioned became his co-
ried Hugh de Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and after-
wards, John Warren, Earl of Surry; Joane, had
heirs; of whom Elizabeth, married to John de
married Warine de Montchenfie ; Iſabel, firſt Gil Haftings, of Bergavenny, ſeems to have had this
bert de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter, and afterwards
manor allotted to her, as part of her ſhare in
Richard, Earl of Cornwall ; Sybel, William de
the inheritance (g). She was then a widow, her
Ferrers, Earl of Derby; and Eve, married
huſband having deceaſed in the 6th year of that
William de Braiofa (Z).
reign, leaving John de Haſtings his ſon and heir;
Upon the diviſion of their inheritance, the
who likewiſe died anno 18, Edward II, leaving
manor of Sutton was allotted among others, to
no iſſue by Juliana de Leyborne his wife, who from
Foane, the ſecond daughter, then the widow, of
her vaſt inheritance was uſually called the in-
Warine de Montchenſie above-mentioned (a), by || fanta of Kent, (8g). But by his former wife he
whom ſhe had one ſon William, and a daughter
had one ſon, Lawrence, at that time under age (b),
Foane, married to William de Valence, the King's
who grew up much in favour with K. Edward
half brother, who in her right became poſſeſſed
III, and was by let. pat. October
of it. He died ſeiſed of it, in the 23d year
of
year of that reign, which was as ſoon as he ar-
King Edward I, leaving Joane his widow ſur-
rived at full age, made Earl of Pembroke, by
viving, who had this manor aſſigned to her as
reaſon of his deſcent from Iſabel, the eldeſt fifter
part of her dowry (6). She died in the firſt and coheir of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke;
year
after which he attended the King in his wars
Sutton Valence with its appurtenances, which
with much valour and reputation.
was found by the inquiſition then taken, to bę
In the 20th year of that reign he paid aid at
held of the King in capite by the ſervice of one
the making the Black prince a knight for this
knight's fee, ard to be of the King's Maref-
manor, as two knight's fees, and died ſeized of
chalſy (c). She left iſſue one ſon, Adomar, or
it two years after, leaving iſſue by Agnes his
Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, and three
wife, daughter of George Mortimer, Earl of
daughters; Anne, married to Maurice Fitzge-
March, who ſurvived him (i), John, his ſon and
rald, ſecondly to Hugh Baliol, and laſtly to
heir, at that time one year old and upwards.
John de Avennes ; Iſabel, to John de Haſtings, of She appears to have held this manor in
Bergavenny (d); and Joane, to John Comyn, of dower, by the ſervice of two knight's fees, and
Badenagh.
dying anno 42, Edward III, was ſucceeded by
13,
in the 13th
of King Edward II
, feiſed of the manor of | after
cm
(x) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 602.
obib
) Sandford's Gen. Hift. p. 87.
(z) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 603.
(a) See more of the family of Montchenfie, under Swanſ-
combe, voi. i. of this hiſtory, p. 257.
(6) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 776.
(c) De Mareſcalcia regis. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(d) In conſequence of this match, the arms of Haſtings,
quartering Valence, were put up by fome of his deſcendants
on the roof of Canterbury cloyſters, where they now remain.
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. No.
51.
See Collins's Hift.
Coll. p. 225.
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. See more of the family of Va.
lence under Swanſcombe, vol. i, p. 258.
(g) See more of her under Leyborne, p. 207.
(88) He was deſcended from William de Haſtings, Steward
to King Henry I, which office he held by fergeantry, whoſe
deſcendant William, anno 1, King John, was one of the
Peers in the Parliament, then held at Lincoln, where
William, King of Scotland, did homage to King John.
His deſcendant Henry de Haſtings, lived in the reign of
King Edward I, and married Joane, fifter, and at length
heir, to George Cantilupe, Baron of Bergavenny, by which
means John, their fon, became poffeſfed of the caſtle and
honour of Bergavenny, and had Summons to Parliament,
among the Barons of this realm, from 23d of Edward I,
to the year of his death, anno 6, Edward II.
He left
iſſue by Iſabel de Valence, his wife, one fon John, and
three daughters, Joane, Iſabel, and Margaret. Dugd.
Bar, vol. i, p. 574.
(h) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 576.
(i) She ſhortly afterwards married John de Hakelut.
hes

of of
411
K E N T.
TOWN SUTTON.
20%
to
and yet the enemy's lore
Tbe HISTORY ExhorNE HUNDRÉD.
her ſon and heir John de Haſtings, Earl of Pem tournament at Woodſtock, on Dec. 3
30, anno
13, K. Richard II, in the 17th year
of his
broke (k), who gained much reputation for his
age,
valour in France under the Black Prince; on to the grief of many, as he was a perſon of a
which account being made Lieutenant of Aqui noble diſpoſition, and in bounty and courteſy
taine, he was ſent to the relief of Rochel, then exceeded moſt of his degree (n). He died ſei-
inveſted by the French, which ended moſt un fed of this manor, leaving no iſſue by Philippa
fortunately, for he had no ſooner got into the his wife above-mentioned ;(0) upon which Rea
haven with his ſhips, than the Spaniſh fleet ginald Lord Grey, of Ruthin, was found by in-
there engaged him ſuddenly, before he could quiſition to be his couſin, and next heir of the
his men in order to fight, ſo that few of whole blood ; viz. ſon of Reginald, ſon of Eli-
put
them eſcaped death, wounds, or impriſonment; zabeth, daughter of John de Haflings, and
Iſabel his wife, one of the fifters and coheirs of
able, who ſet all the Engliſh ſhips on fire, car Aymer de Valence as above-mentioned (P).
rying away with them the Earl of Pembroke,
Philippa, Counteſs of Pembroke, ſurvived her
with many other gallant men, with no leſs than
huſband, and afterwards married Richard Filz-
20,000 marcs of money ſent over by K. Edward alan, Earl of Arundel, to whom ſhe was ſecond
to maintain the war.
wife, and he had this manor in dowry with
The Earl having undergone four years impri her.
ſonment in Spain, with moſt inhuman uſage, The Earl fined for this marriage 400 marcs
was by means of the Conſtable of France, in
to the King, in conſideration of which he was
conſideration of a ſum of money to be paid pardoned. Some time after which, obſerving
him, releaſed by the Spaniards, and brought to
the dangerous tendency of the times, and the
Paris, where he fell mortally ſick of poiſon, as implacable hatred that the King had imbibed
ſome ſay, given him by the Spaniards whilft he againſt him, he retired into the country, having
was among them; upon which the French find-
obtained a ſpecial diſpenſation from attending
ing his death approaching, made hafte to re the Parliament, or any other public employ-
move him to Celais, being eager to get his ran-
ment. Notwithſtanding which, the King fear-
ſom before he died, but he deceaſed on his
ing him, ſoon afterwards contrived to get him
journey thither, on April 16, in the 49th year into his power by fair promiſes, and then ſent
of K. Edward III, and his body being brought him to priſon, and quickly after brought him
over, was buried in the quire of the Friers to his trial, and though he pleaded the King's
Preachers at Hereford (1). He held this manor promiſes and charter of pardon, yet he received
at the time of his death in manner as above the moſt ſevere ſentence of being drawn,
mentioned, in which he was ſucceeded by Fobn,
hanged and quartered, &c. The rigour of
his only ſon, then but two years and an which was ſomewhat ſoftened, for he only loſt
half old, by Anne his wife, daughter, and at
his head at London (9). The king himſelf be-
length heir of fir Walter Manney, knt. (m)
ing a ſpectator of the execution.
which John de Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke, at the
After his death his widow Philippa ſtill kept
coronation of K. Richard II, being not quite
poffeffion of this manor, of which ſhe died ſei-
5 years old, claimed to carry the
great golden
ſed in the 2d year of King Henry IV, ſhe then
ſpurs, and ſhewing ſufficient evidence of his
bearing the title of Counteſs of Pembroke, and
right ſo to do, it was adjudged to him, and a
Reginald Lord Grey, of Ruthin, became en-
deputy was allowed him for that purpoſe by
titled to it, as next of kin, and heir of Aymer,
reaſon of his tender age ; Edmund Mortimer,
Earl of Pembroke ; and as ſuch, at the coro-
Earl of March, whoſe daughter Philippa he had
nation of K. Henry the IVth, he carried the
married, though ſo very young, performing it.
great golden ſpurs.
After which great quar-
He was afterwards unfortunately killed at a
rels ariſing between this Reginald, who had
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
งไรดี
Hugh, ſon of the ſame John de Hafiings, by Iſabel, the
(1) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 577. Before his death,
daughter of Hugh'Le Deſpencer, by his ſecond wife, was
having obtained licence of the King, anno 43, Edward III.
alſo found to be his heir male but of the half blood.
he had made a feoffment of this and other manors, to
Edward Haſtings, great grandſon of this Hugh, had a long
Walter Amias and others, to certain uſes in caſe he died
conteft with Reginald Lord Grey, of Ruthin, for the bearing
without iſſue of his body, which was of courſe of no effect, of the arms of this family of Haſtings, which were at laſt
as he left iſſue a fon as above-mentioned.
adjudged to Grey. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 578. About
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. and 51, K. Edward III.
this time I find this manor ſtyled in ſome records, the ma-
(n) Dugd. Bar. vei. i, p. 578.
nor of Sutton Haſtings, but that name was ſoon loft, and it
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. He was buried in the church of again reſumed its former name of Sutton Valence.
the Grey Friars, without Newgate, in London, where he (9) He was beheaded in Cheapfide, Thomas Mowbray,
had a noble monument put up for him, which at the ge Earl Marſhal, who married his daughter, being the exe-
neral diſſolution in the reign of K. Henry VIII, was with cutioner who bound
His body was buried in
the reſt in that church utterly deſtroyed. Dugd. Bar. vol. the Friars Augufines, in London. Dugd. Bar, vol. i,
p. 319, 320,
(P) By other inquifitions, Hugh de Haſtings, grandſon of
large
up
his eyes.
i, p. 578.

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H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
pina
TOWN SUTTON.
large poſſeſſions in Wales, and Owen Glendower,
the 10th year of K. Henry VII, then holding
concerning a common lying between the lord this manor in capite by knight's ſervice (x).
Ihip of Ruthyn, and that of Glendowrwy, they By Margaret his wife, daughter of Walter
had recourſe to arms, and in the ſequel Reginald Colepeper, eſq; he left iſſue Lewis Clifford, eſq;
was taken priſoner by the latter, in Wales, and
who was twice married, firſt to Mildred, daugh-
obliged to give 10,000 marcs for his ranſom.
ter of Bartholomew Bourne, of Sharfed, eſq; by
To raiſe which, K. Henry in his 4th year, whom he had two ſons, Nicholas and Richard (9),
granted licence to Robert Braybrooke, Biſhop of and ſecondly to the daughter of Gifford, by
London, and others, feoffees of ſeveral of Re-
whom he had a daughter married to Coxe (2).
ginald's lordſhips, to ſell this manor among Nicholas Clifford the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his
others towards the raiſing of that ſum (r). father in this manor, and left iſſue a fole
They ſold it ſoon afterwards, as it ſhould
daughter and heir, Mildred, who carried it
ſeem, to St. Leger, for Juliana, widow of
in marriage to fir George Harpur, knt. (a)
Thomas St. Leger, of Otterden, in this county, who reſided at Sutton Valence, where he kept his
eſq; died ſeiſed of it, in the 5th year of the next ſhrievalty for this county, in the 2d year of K.
reign of K. Henry the Vth. (rr) Soon after
Edward VI. (b). In the 2d and 3d years of
which it became the property of William Clif which he procured his lands in this county to
ford, eſq;(s) Sheriff of this county, in the 4th be diſgavelled by the Act then paſſed for that
year of that reign, and in the 13th year of K.
purpoſe. After his death ſhe re-married fir
Henry the VIth. He died feiſed of this manor, , Edward Moore, who afterwards ſettled at Mille-
in the 16th year of the latter reign (t), leaving font, in Ireland (c). By her firſt huſband ſhe
iſſue by Eleanor his wife, fiſter and fole heir of left iffue a ſon Edward, who was knighted, and
Arnold Savage, of Bobbing, in this county, efq; (u) by her ſecond ſhe had iſſue ſeveral children (d).
two ſons, Lewis and John, the latter of whom She ſeems to have entitled both her huſbands
was anceſtor to the preſent Right Honourable to the poſſeſſion of this manor during her life,
Hugh Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, in co. of after which it became the property of her ſon
Devon (v).
fir Edward Harpur, kut. who alienated it to fir
Lewis Clifford, the eldeſt ſon, died in his life Edward Hales, knt, and bärt. (e) who died poſ-
time, leaving iſſue by Anne his wife, daughter feffed of this maner in October, 1654. His
of the Lord Molins, a ſon Alexander, who was eldeſt ſon, John, died in his life time, ſo that
of Bobbing, eſq; and on his mother's death, in Edward his grandſon became his heir, and en-
19th year of K. Henry the VIth, ſucceeded to titled as ſuch to this manor ; but he having
this manor (w). He was Sheriff of this county riſqued his fortune in the ſervice of K. Charles
in the 5th year of K. Edward IV, and died in I, and thereby contracted debts to a large
(r) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.717. (rr) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Newman, knt, and the third married Worley, of Hemp-
(3) He was ſon of Sir Lewis Clifford, knt. of the Garter, fted Hall in the co. of Stafford.
deſcended from the Cliffords, of Clifford Caſtle, in the co. They bore for their arms-Argent a lion rampant fable,
of Hereford. He bore for his arms-Chequy or and azure
Viftn. Co. Kent,
on a feſs gules, a creſcent for difference, all within a bordure
0 1574, pedigree Harpur.
blo
argent. See more of this family under Bobbing.
(6) In the windows of the manor houſe were formerly the
(t) Ibid. ejus an.
coats of arms of the family of Clifford, and their ſeveral
(w) In ſome pedigrees ſhe is called Elizabeth, and was firſt matches ; and among others of Clifford impaling Culpeper,
married to fir Reginald Cobham, knt. by whom ſhe had no Savage, and Bourne. On the gate-way was carved Clifford
iſſue.
impaling Iſley, quartering Fremingham, and a ſhield of Iſley
(v) See Collins's Peeragë, vol. vii, p. 108.
quartering Fremingham. In the windows of the hall was the
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Before her death he reſided at coat of Harfur, with all its quarterings, and the ſame im-
Holme Manor, in Milton, near Sitting borne. In 29, Henry paling Gaynsford, and a coat argent, a faltire gules, within
(VI, a ſecond, inquiſition was taken, ad melius inquirend. a border fable, Bezantee, for De La Poyle.
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. By his will, proved anno 1494, (c) Philipot, p. 333, ſays ſhe was four times married ;
in Preg. Off. Canterbury, it appears that he deviſed this her third huſband being named Warren, and her fourth
manor, to his eldeſt ſon, Lewis, in tail, remainder to the Blount. On the
On the contrary the Iriſh Peerage as above quoted,
heirs of his body, with divers remainders over.
tells us fir Edward More married a ſecond wife Margery,
(1) He married Anze, daughter of Stafford, Earl of daughter of William Brabazon, efq; who had before been
Wiltſhire.
married to Warren and Blount, and that by this wife the
(2) Mfr. Ped. of Clifford.
Earl of Drogheda is deſcended.
(a) See Rot. Eſch. ejus an. 36, Henry VIII, pt. 19. (d) From her the preſent Right Honourable Charles Moore,
Sir George Harpur was the ſon of Richard, the ſecond ſon of
Earl of Drogheda, is deſcended. This family was firſt
John Harpur, of Ruhal, in co. of Stafford, whoſe eldeſt ſon, ſettled at Moore Court, in Ivychurch, in this county, whence
William, had iſſue three fons and three daughters ; of the
they removed to Benenden. Sir Edward Moore was ſecond
former, Nicholas the third ſon, married Margaret, daughter ſon of John, eldeſt ſon of John Moore, of Benenden, ejg;
and coheir of Thomas Hadde, of Sutton Valence, efq; the T. Henry VIII.
widow of William Wright, and left iſſue a ſon, John who They bore for their arms-azure on a chief, indented or,
was of Cobham, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, and left iſſue 3 mullets ſable. See Iriſh Peerage, vol. i, p. 317-
ſeveral children.
(e) Philipott, p. 333.
He had been created a Baronet
of the daughters of Nicholas ; Dorothy married fir John on June 29, 1611. See more of this family under Tonftall,
Ferrers, of Tamworth, knt, the ſecond married fir Thomas and St. Stephens, near Canterbury.
water
amount

The
413
HIS TOR Y of
T.
Κ Ε Ν
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
TOWN SUTTON.
was bu.
poſſeſſed of this manor, in
amount, was obliged to abandon his country,
1733,
and
to which he never returned, and this eſtate
ried at Beechworth, in co. of Surry, leaving iſſue
among others belonging to him, being veſted
by Elizabeth his wife; daughter and heir of
in truſtees, was ſold by them in 1670 (f), to fir Ralph Freeman, of Beechworth, eſq; (n) two
William Drake, of Agmondeſham, in co. of Bucks, ſons, Freeman who died without iffue ini
1734,
knt, who ſettled part of it in jointure in æt. 20, and John, heir to his brother, who died
on his travels in Aſia, without iſſue,' in 1750,
1675(8), on Elizabeth his wife, daughter, and
at length fole heir, of William Montague, Lord æt. 29(0); and alſo two daughters, Anne, mar-
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer (b). ried to John Hervey, afterwards of Beechworth,
By whom he left iſſue one ſon, Montague, Drake eſq; () and Elizabeth. Niweb
of Agmondefam, efq; and a daughter, Mary,
On the death of his two ſons without iſſue,
married to fir John Tyrwhit, bárt.
each of whom pofſeffed this eſtate in ſucceſſion,
Montague Drake, by Mary his wife, fole
it came in 1750, to the two fifters and coheirs
daughter and heir of fir John Gerrard, of co. of
of their brother John ; and on the partition of
Hertford, bart. left iſſue a ſon Montague Gerrard
their inheritance in 1752 (9), this manor among
Drake (i), whoſe truſtees, during his infancy, others in this neighbourhood (r), was allotted
anno 5, Q. Anne, procured an Act of Parli-
to the ſhare of Mrs. Elizabeth Bouverie, now of
ament for veſting the reverſion in fee of certain
Teſton, who ſtill continues owner of it (s). wof:
manors and lands in co. of Kent, late the eſtate
A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this
of Montague Drake, eſq; in truſtees, to be ſold for
manor (t). 999
the payment of his debts and legacies. In pur-
foonginw di situsest to TV
ſuance of which, this manor with the demeſnes,
SUTTON - PLACE, alias C L EN KARDS,
and other eſtates in this and the adjoining pa-
rilhes (k), excepting fuch of them as were in || is a ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated about the
jointure to Dame Elizabeth, widow of fir William
middle of the hill, at a ſmall diſtance ſouth eaſt-
Drake as above-mentioned, then the wife of
ward of the town.
Samuel Trotman, of Siston, in co. of Glouceſter, In the reign of K. Charles the IId, it was
efq; were ſold in the year 1708, to fir Chriſtopher the eſtate and reſidence of Archibald Clenkard,
Deſbouverie
, knt. of the adjoining pariſh of || eſq; who kept his ſhrievalty for this county
Chart Sutton (2), who afterwards in the year here in the year 1682, and the two ſucceeding
1720, purchaſed of Montague Gerrard Drake,
years. After his death it paſſed into the poſ.
eſg; the remainder of his eſtates which had been ſeſſion of Liveſey (u), from which name it was
ſettled in jointure on his mother Dame Eliza-
ſold to John Payne, of London, eſq; one of the
beth as above-mentioned, and ſo became pof Directors of the Eaſt India Company, who
feffed of the entire fee of them (m). He died
died ſeiſed of it, on Dec. 24, 1747, æt. 68.
(f) By leaſe and releaſe, dated May 6th and 7th that with Samuel Trotman, covenanted to levy a fine, in order that
the ſaid recovery might be ſuffered to the uſe of Dame Eli.
year.
zabeth for life, remainder to M. G. Drake in fee.
(g) By deed of ſettlement dated May 19th, that year.
Exem-
plification of Recovery, Trin. Term, 5 George.
(b) He had a ſon William Montague, efq; who died be-
By indenture of leaſe and releaſe, dated 24th and 25th
fore him, in 1620, leaving no iflue by Anne, Evelyn his
of May, 1720, and bargain and ſale inrolled, M. G. Drake
wife.
in conſideration of 182501. ſold to fir Chriſtopher Defa
(i) And a daughter Mary, married to Sir Redmond
bouverie, knt. all the premiſes ſettled in jointure, and com-
Everard, bart. See more of the family of Drake under
prifed in the deed of May 19th, 1675, to hold to him in
Sittingborne.
fee.
(k) Viz. Chart-Sutton, Otham, Langley, Staplehurſt,
(n) He was grandſon of fir George Freeman, K. B.
Boughton Monchenfie, Bromfield and Marden.
(0) He died and was buried at Smyrna, leaving iſſue an
(1) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 307. He was the ſeventh only ſon and heir Chriſtopher.
ſon of fir Edward Des Bouverie, of Cheſhunt, in co. of Hert (P) One of the Welſh Judges.
ford, knt. William the eldeſt ſon, was created a Baronet,
(9) The deed of partition is dated July 24, 1752.
and was anceſtor of the preſent Right Honourable the Earl of
(r) Though this manor was allotted to Mrs. Bouverie, yet
Radnor. The intermediate fons died without iſſue.
ſeveral farms and lands in the outparts of this and the
(m) The releaſe of this manor and other eſtates is dated adjoining pariſhes were allotted to Mr. Hervey, which are
on Auguſt 4, 1708, and inrolled in Chancery on Auguſt now in the poſſeſſion of his only ſon, Chriſtopher Hervey,
37th following, by which in confideration of 14,3341. 2, 1, efq;
for Samuel Garrard and others, in purſuance of an Act of Par (s) Anno 10, George IId, an Ad paſſed enabling fir
liament, conveyed to fir Chriſtopher Des Bouverie, knt. the Jacob Des Bouverie, bart, and John Des Bouverie, elq; and
mänor of Sutton Valence, with its rights and appurtenances, their reſpective iſſue; and Elizabeth Des Bouverie, fifter of
and all other premiſes compriſed in the releaſe of May 7th, the faid John, to take and uſe the furname of Bouverie,
3760, above-nientioned. Another deed was executed and purſuant to the deſire of Jacob Des Bouverie, efq; and for
dated May 5th, 1719, reciting, That Dame Elizabeth Chriſtopher Des Bouverie, knt. deceaſed.
Drake, then the wife of Samuel Trotman, eſq; was ſeiſed as See more of this family under Tefton above, p. 242.
her jointure of fundry premiſes, and that ſhe had agreed to (1) The Court is held at the manor houſe on the Green,
join with her ſon M. G. Drake, in ſuffering a recovery of the at the eaſt end of the church.
fame to the uſes after-mentioned. After which, they together (2) See more of this family under Eaffchurch in Sheper.
Hallo abad
He
omy for,
VOL. II.
5N

414
The HISTORY of K E N T.
TOWN SUTTON.
EXHORNE HUNDRED,
He had iſſue by his wife, daughter of Durrant, of the trees which ſprout out from the walls of
three fons and one daughter (V), and at his it. What remains of it ſeems to have been
death bequeathed this eſtate, by his laſt will, to the keep or dungeon of this fortreſs, two fepa.
his youngeſt ſon, Edward Payne, of London, efq; rate rooms of which are ſtill in being; and by
the preſent owner of it, who has lately almoſt the cavities where the joiſts have been laid into
re-built the houſe, and made other conſiderable the walls, appear to have been at leaſt a ſtory
improvements to this eſtate.
preſent
PRESENT STATE OF TOWN SUTTON,
The remains of the walls are more than three
feet in thickneſs, and about twenty feet high,
The ridge of hills commonly called the lower
and have loop-holes for arrows at proper dif-
or ſouthern hills, which extend themſelves
throughout this county, croſs this pariſh. The
tances; they are compoſed of the quarry ſtone,
and fint mixed, together with ſome few thin
village or town of which is ſituated a little be-
low che ſummit of them, having an extenſive
bricks or paving tiles interſperſed throughout.
view over the Weald of Kent. The ſoil of it
The whole appears to have been exceeding
there, as well as to the northward, is full of the
ſtrong, though of very rude workmanſhip;
and ſeems to have been built in the time of the
quarry or rag ſtone, which lies even with the
ſurface of it. So much of this pariſh as is be-
Barons wars, moſt probably by one of the fa-
low the ſummit of the hill, is within the dif-
mily of Valence, Earls of Pembroke, whilſt the
trict of the Weald. At a ſmall diſtance below
church and its demeſnes yet remained as appen-
the foot of it, the ſoil is a deep and ſtiff clay.
dages to their manor of Sutton Valence, and part
The lower part of the pariſh is watered by two
of their poſſeſſions.
ſmall ſtreams, which uniting, run together into
It ſtands high, commanding a moft extenſive
that branch of the River Medway which flows
view over the adjacent country fouthward, and
on to Hunton, a little above Herefeed Bridge.
was moſt probably made uſe of as a place of
On the brow of the hill at a ſmall diſtance
defence for the partizans of the Lords of it, to
eaſtward from the town of Sutton, and adjoining
make their excurſions from, and retreat again
to the parſonage yard, ſtand the venerable
to, when likely to he overpowered by their
ruins of
enemies.
nombre
Underneath is a view of it in its
SUTTON-CASTLE,
preſent ſtate. intaba
now almoſt covered with ivy, and the branches
Lys
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SERMON
LISTY
Sutton, Castle
(v) John the eldeſt fon, was a Merchant of London, and
was High Sheriff of the co. of Leiceſter, in 1738. He mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Rene de Boyville, of London,
Merchant. William the ſecond ſon, died without iſſue ;
and Edward the third is poffeſſor of this eſtate. Elizabeth,
the daughter, married Benjamin James, of Peckham, in co.
of Surry. They bear for their arms--Argent a chevron, vairy
argent and azure, between three lions rampant azure. MSS.
Pedigree of Payne.
Kilburne

The 7 H I S T
415
ORY of K. E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
TOWN SUTTON.
mory
CHARITIES.
Kilburne imagines the ſea came up this valley || having been burnt down by lightning, it is in
underneath Sutton Caſtle, which he ſuppoſes to that part fat and covered with lead. ve dvand.
have been built when it did ſo; and he ſeems to his church was antiently an appendage to
be confirmed in that opinion by an anchor's
the manor of Sutton Valence, in which ſtate it
having been found not far below it, in the me continued down to John de Haſtings, Earl of
of fome men then living (w).
Pembroke, Lord of that manor, who died ſeiſed
A fair is kept in this village yearly, on the of it, in the 49th year of K. Edward the IIId,
day of St. Edmond the King, Nov. 20(w). as appears by the eſcheat rolls of that year.
Soon after which it muſt have paſſed into the
poffeffion of the Priory of Leeds; for in the
2d year of the next reign of King Richard II,
William Lambe, ſometime a gentleman of the that King granted his licence to the above-
chapel to King Henry VIII, and a great fa mentioned priory, to appropriate this church of
vourite of that prince, was of the Company of Sutton Valens, to their own proper uſes'; and it
Cloth-workers, in London, and among many was confirmed to the priory by patents of the
other extenſive charities, out of his great 18th and 20th years of K. Henry VI (a), when
love for learning, and for the place where he at the requeſt of the Prior and Canons there,
was born, erected in 1578, at his own proper the pariſh church of Eaſt Sutton, likewiſe of their
coſts and charges, a free grammar School, in this patronage, was united to this church, to which
pariſh, for the education and inſtruction of it has been ever ſince eſteemed as a chapel.
youth, allowing yearly to the maſter, 2ol. and
On the diffolution of the Priory of Leeds in
10l. yearly to the uſher from time to time, as
the reign of King Henry VIII, this parſonage,
either place ſhould be ſupplied by ſucceſſion(x),
with the advowſon of the vicarage, and the
and to the former a good houſe and garden to
chapel of Eaſt Sutton annexed, came into the
reſide in.
hands of the crown, where it did not continue
In 1713, Mr. George Mapleſden left by his
long, for the King ſettled it by his let. pat. in
laft will 51. per annum for an Engliſh uſher, to
his 32d year, on his new erected Dean and Chap-
be appointed by the maſter of the ſchool.
ter of Rocheſter, part of whoſe inheritance it re-
There are likewiſe two exhibitions of ten
mains at this time.
pounds per annum each, given to St. John's Col-
The parſonage, with the manor annexed to it,
lege, in Cambridge, by the Rev. Mr. Robbins,
has been for many years held in leaſe from the
B. D. for the benefit of two ſcholars educated at
this ſchool.
terisi
Dean and Chapter, by the family of Payne. The
nom
preſent leſſee of it being Edward Payne, of
Mr. William Lambe, above-mentioned, alſo
London, eſq; obtener
founded in the village of Town Sutton fix alms.
The advowſon of the vicarage is reſerved by
houſes, having an orchard and gardens to
them (y), for the benefit of ſix poor inhabitants
the Dean and Chapter in their own hands.
of this pariſh, and allotted the ſum of two
On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after
pounds to be paid to each of them yearly, and
the death of K. Charles the Iſt, this parſonage
entruſted the Company of Cloth-workers with
was ſurveyed by, order of the State in 1649,
the eſtates and direction of theſe charities (z).
when it was returned, that the parſonage of
The Rev. Mr. Robbins above-mentioned, left
Sutton Valence with the rights of it, and the ma-
three pounds, to be paid yearly, to the poor of
nor or parſonage houſe, conſiſting of a hall,
this pariſh.
parlour, kitchen, cellar, buttery, three cham-
bers, three barns, a ſtable, and ſeveral other
neceſſary out - houſes, with a yard, garden
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
and orchard, containing by eſtimation, two
Town Sutton is within the eccleſiaſtical ju roods, together with the tythes, were altogether
riſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury, and worth 6ol. per annum.
deanry of Sutton.
Viz. The manor houſe and land, 51. os. od. per
The church which ſtands at a ſmall diſtance annum, and the tythes of the manor and rec-
weſtward from the village, is dedicated to St. tory, 551. All which premiſes were let by the
Mary. It is a handſome church, the ſteeple late Dean and Chapter, on Dec. ift, anno 16,
ſtands on the north ſide of it, and had a high Charles I, to Thomas Shipton, gent. for 21 years,
ſpire on it formerly, the upper half of which at the yearly rent of 141. and one quarter
(w) Kilb. Surv. p. 267.
(x) Mr. Richard Forſter, Rector of Crundal, a man of
fome note, was fometime maſter of this ſchool.
() The arms of the Founder being, a feſs betrveen 3
cinquefoils, are carved in ſtone on the front of the Alms-
Houſes
(z) Strype's Stow's Survey, B.i, p. 265—Bk. v, p. 71.
He lies buried in St. Faith's church, under St. Paul's,
London. Ibid. B. iii, p. 146. (a) Tan. Mon. p. 212.
of

416
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Silva
55.
0.000
rege. E.
Which is : sgalley
I am the one
I
Leuenot beld
SUTTON.
The ſame Adam Fitzhubert holds of the Biſhop
otec 5 villeins, with o borderers, having 4
The H I S T ORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EAST SUTTON.
of wheat, two quarters of oats, and one good ſolin. & dimid'. ſe defd. Tra’. e'. 8. car'.
brawn every Chriſtmas; which rent was valued dnio. Junt. 2. &ʻ15. ville cu”.
vill'cu. 9. bord hnt. 4.. car".
at 181. 16s. od. and that the premiſes were Ibi. æccla & 10. ſervi. & 8.
10. ſervi.& 8. ac pri.
worth upon improvement over and above the pore'. T. R. E. & poft valebº 10. lib'. mode.
ſaid rent 561. 25. od. per annum (b).
12. lib' & tam' reddit. 18. lib'. Leuenot tenuit de
The vicarage of Sutton Valence is valued in
the King's Books at 71. gs. 7d. and the yearly
smallevi lo si posta
tenths at ol. 145. 111 (c).
In 1640 it was valued at 731. Commu-
Sudtone. It was taxed at one ſuling and an half.
nicants, 226.
The arable land is 8 carucates. In demeſne there
The Vicar of Sutton Valence ſerves the cure
are two, and
of the church of Eaſt Sutton, as a chapel an-
carucates. There is a church and 10 ſervants, and
nexed to it; and as ſuch is entitled to the vica-
8 acres of meadow.
Wood for the pannage af 50
rial tythes of that pariſh in right of his vica-
bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, and
rage, he being preſented and inducted to the
afterwards, it was worth 10 pounds, now 12
vicarage of Sutton Valence, with the chapel of
pounds, and yet it pays 18 pounds.
Eaſt Sutton annexed.
it of K. Edward.
On the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, which hap-
CHURCH OF TOWN
pened in 1084, about four years after the
PATRONS,
taking the above ſurvey,' this among the reſt of
RECTORS
or by whom preſented.
eftates became confiſcated to the crown.
(d) Gilbert.
In the reign of Henry the IIId, John de Sa-
VICARS.
lario held Eaſt Sutton (i) of Simon de Montfort,
(e) Hezekiah Holland, 1653. Earl of Leiceſter ; Geffry de Martel held it in the
(f) John Rumney, obt. 1698, latter end of that reign, and the beginning of
(8) Culpeper Savage, A. M. the reign of King Edward the Ift, as half a
reſig, 1747
knight's fee of the above-mentioned Earl (k), his
$. Venner, obt. Dec. 1764. ſucceſſor was Adam de Martel, whoſe right to it
Nicholas Browne, inducted was allowed againſt the King before the Juſtices
March, 1765.
Itinerant, in the 21ſt year of King Edward I.
abyd'est
Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, was in pof-
E ASTSUTTO N.
ſeſſion of this manor in the beginning of the
next reign of K. Edward the Ild (2), and died
THE next pariſh caftward from Town Sut ſeiſed of it, in the 17th year of it, without iſſue,
ton is Eaſt Sutton, having the appellation
upon which his three fiſters became his co-
of Eaſt from its ſituation eaſtward of the two ad.
heirs (m); of whom, Iſabel, married to John de
joining pariſhes of Sutton Valence and Chart
Haſtings, of Bergavenny, ſeems to have had this
Sutton (b).
manor allotted to her as part of her ſhare in the
inheritance, She was then a widow, her huſ-
band having deceaſed in the 6th year of that
This place was part of thoſe poffeffions reign, leaving John de Haſtings his ſon and heir,
with which Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, was enriched who likewiſe died anno 18, Edward II, having
by his half-brother William the Conqueror, married Juliana de Leyborne (n), by whom he
under the general title of whoſe lands it is thus had no iſſue. On which his ſon by a former
entered in the ſurvey of domeſday, taken in that wife Laurence de Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke (o),
reign.
became feiſed of the manor of Eaſt Sutton, of
I[de' ada' fili' Hubti ten' de epo' Sudtone. p. uno which he died feiſed in the 22d year of that reign,
THE
M A NOR.
(6) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth Library, vol. xiv.
(c) Ed. Theſ. p. 15.
(d) Comber's Vindication of tythes, vol. i, p. 234.
(e) Cries of the Quakers againſt oppreſſion of Tythes,
P. 5.
() Alſo Rector of Crundal.
(8) He had before been Vicar of Stone, in Oxney, and
reſigned this vicarage, on being preſented to that of
of the Filmer family collected by Mr. Forfler, Rector of
Crundal.
(k) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(1) Ibid.
(m) Anne, married firſt Maurice Fitzgerald, ſecondly
Hugh Baliol, and thirdly John de Avennes; Iſabel married
John de Haſtings, and Joane, John Comyn, of Badenagh.
See Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 775, where there is a further ac-
count of the family of Valence. See Sutton Valence.
(n) She was daughter of Thomas, and heir to her grand-
father William de Leytorne.
(0) He was ſo created by let. pat. O&t. 13, anno 13,
Edward III, by reaſon of his deſcent from Jabel de
Valence above-mentioned.
Eafiry.
(1) The Pariſh of Sutton, near Dover, is likewiſe fre-
quently ſtyled Eaft Suiton, from its ſituation in the eaſtern
part of this county.
(i) Harris's Hiit. of Kent, p. 306, from the evidence
leaving

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
417
of
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
EAST SUTTON.
leaving John de Haſtings, his ſon and heir, at
ronation of K. Henry IV, he carried the great
that time little more than one year old, and golden ſpurs.
Agnes his wife, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Great quarrels ariſing between this Reginald,
Earl of March, ſurviving.
who had large poſſeſſions in Wales, and Owen
Glendower, they had recourſe to arms, and in
She held this manor in dower by the ſervice
the ſequel Reginald was taken priſoner by the
of half a knight's fee (P), and died anno 42,
latter in Wales, and was obliged to give 10,000
Edward III(9), being ſucceeded in it by her
marcs for his ranſom.
To raiſe which, K.
fon John de Haſtings above-mentioned, Earl of
Henry IV, in his 4th year, granted licence to
Pembroke, who died in France on his return
Robert Braybrook, Bp. of London, Sir Gerard
home, on April 16, in the 49th year of that
Braybrooke, knt. and others, then feoffees of his
reign (r), holding this manor in capite by
ſeveral lordſhips, to ſell this manor among
knight's ſervice (s). He married Anne, the
others, towards the raiſing of that ſum (v),
daughter of fir Walter Manny, knt. and had
They ſold it to Richard Brigge Lancaſter, King
iſſue by her one ſon, John, at the time of his
at Arms, who alienated it in the third
father's death, but two years and an half
year
the next reign of K. Henry V, to Thomas But-
old (t).
tiller, and Thomas Bank. After which it paſſed
John de Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke, the ſon,
into the family of Darrel, one of whom, fir
became poſſeſſed of the manor of Eaſt Sutton Richard de Darrel, knt. poffeffed it in the reign
on his father's death, and was afterwards un-
of K. Edward IV.
fortunately killed at a tournament at Woodſtock, In the firſt year of K. Henry VIII, John
on Dec. 30, anno 13 Richard II, in the 17th
York, of Ramſbury; in co. of Wilts, eſq; was
year of his age (u), having married Philippa,
owner of it, and in the 6th year of that reign
daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March,
paſſed it away to Richard Chetham, Prior of the
by whom he left no iſſue; upon his death Regi Priory of Ledes in this neighbourhood, and it
nald, Lord Grey of Ruthin, was found to be his ſeems to have been for the uſe of his convent by
couſin and next heir of the whole blood ; viz.
the receipt in the Exchequer, anno 8 Henry
fon of Reginald, fon of Elizabeth, daughter of VIII (w). Nevertheleſs they had diveſted them-
John de Haſtings and Iſabel his wife, one of the ſelves of the poſſeſſion of it before the 20th
Giſters and coheirs of Aymer de Valence, Earl of year of that reign, when fir Henry Guldeford, knt.
Pembroke as above-mentioned.
of the Garter, and Comptroller of the King's
Philippa, Counteſs of Pembroke, ſurvived her Houſhold (x), owned it. He died without
huſband, and having afterwards married Richard
iſſue, in the 23d year of that reign (x), and his
Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, to whom ſhe was
heirs ſold this manor the next year to Richard
ſecond wife, he had this manor in dowry with
Hill, eſq; who in the 29th year of it alienated it
her. He was executed for treaſon at London,
to Thomas, Lord Cromwell (y), and he ſoon afa
upon which his widow Philippa kept poſſeſſion
terwards exchanged it with the Crown for other
of it, and died ſeiſed of it, in the ſecond year
lands (z), where the fee of it remained till the
of King Henry IV, ſhe then bearing the title
King in his 37th year granted it by the deſcrip-
tion of the manor of Eaſt Sutton, with its appur-
of Counteſs of Pembroke.
tenances, and all thoſe lands containing by eſti,
On this Reginald Lord Grey, of Ruthyn, be mation, 180 acres in Eaſt Sutton, late parcel of
came entitled to it as next of kin and heir of
the poffeffions of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of
Aymer, Earl of Pembroke, and as ſuch at the co-
Eſex, to John Tufton, and Stephen Reaves, to
and
(-) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
She was buried in the church
of the Minorefjes, without Aldgate, in London. See Dugd.
Bar. vol. i, p. 576.
(n) Rot. Efch. de anno 49,
51,
Edward III. He
was buried in the quire of the Friars Preachers at Hereford.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(1) John, Earl of Pembroke, the father, in the 43d year
of K. Edward the III, having obtained licence of the
King for that purpoſe, made a feoffment to Walter Amias
and others, of all his caſtles, manors, &c. to certain uſes
in cafe he died without iſſue of his body, which feoffment
was of courſe of no effect on his leaving iſſue as above-men-
tioned. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 577.
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Dugd. Bar. ibid.
(v) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p.717. Harris's Hift. of Kent,
p. 306.
(w) Rec. in Scacc. 8 Henry VIII, Mich Rot. 35.
VOL. II.
50
(x) Son of fir Richard Guldeford, knt. Bannerét, and of
the Garter, by Joane, his ſecond wife, daughter of Nicholas
Lord Vaux. He was a man of eminent'abilities, and much
in favour with K. Henry VIII, in whoſe ſervice he was
much employed. He was twice married; his firſt wife was
Mary, daughter of fir Robert Bryan, knt. his ſecond, Mary,
daughter of fir Robert Wotton, knt. by neither of whom he
had any iſſue. Coll. Barr. vol. v, p. 4. See more of this
family under Hemſted in Benenden.
Von
(v) Harris's Hift.
He had been on July 2d,
anno 27 Henry VIII, created Lord Cromwell, of Okeham,
in co. of Rutland; and was afterwards, on April 17, anno
31 Henry VIII, created Earl of Elex, and made knt. of
the Garter, and Lord High Chamberlain of England, the
year after which, he was found guilty of high treaſon, and
beheaded on July 24, anno 1540. See more of him vol. i,
of this Hift. p. 544.
(z) Tan. Mon. p. 212.
hold

418
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The H IS TO RY of
Give lix bons and."
Ú.. 1638, nine
se hays,
EAST SUTTON. .
EXHORNE HUNDRED,
hold in capite by knights ſervice (a), and they
by the rebels, and himſelf impriſoned in Leedsa
that ſame year, with the King's licence, alienated caſtle for his loyalty. He died in 1653, and was
it to Thomas Argall (b), who procured his lands
buried in this church, having married Annie,
in this county to be diſgavelled, by the act of daughter and coheir of Martin Heton, Biſhop of
the 2d and 3d of K. Edward VI, (c) and died Ely, by which an addition of fortune, as well as
poſſeſſed of it in the 6th year of that reign (d). of arms, accrued to him. By her, who died in
His ſon and heir, Richard Argall, efq; had
1671, he had iſſue fix ſons and two daugh.
ters (i).
livery of it that year (e). He had iſſue by Mary
his wife, daughter of fir Reginald Scot, of Scots. He was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon, fir Ed.
hall, knt. a fon John, and two daughters, Ca ward Filmer, knt. who was Gentleman of the
therine, wife of Ralph Bathurſt, of Horton Kirkby Privy Chamber both to K. Charles I. and II,
in this county, efq; and Elizabeth, of fir Edward
and dying unmarried at Paris in 1668, was bu-
Filmer, of Little Charleton in this pariſh, knt. ried in this church, and was ſucceeded in his
John Argall, eſq; the ſon, was of Colcheſter in the eſtates by his next brother, Robert Filmer, efq;
co. of Eſſex, and in the 8th year of K. James I. Barriſter-at-law, of Gray's Inn, who, in conſi-
ſold this manor to his brother-in-law, fir Edward deration of his father's ſufferings and loyalty to
Filmer, knt. above-mentioned (f), who upon
that
K. Charles I, was, on Dec. 24, 1674, created
removed from his ſeat of Little Charleton to the a Baronet.
manor houſe of Eaſt Sutton, where he kept his He reſided at the manor of Eaſt Sutton, which,
Ihrievalty for this county in the 13th year of as well as the park round it, he greatly aug-
that reign. He had iſſue by his wife above mented and improved, incloſing the whole with
a ſtone wall. He died on March 22, 1675, hay.
ſons and nine daughters (8), and died in 1629, ing had iſſue by Dorothy his wife, daughter of
being ſucceeded here by Robert, his eldeſt ſon, Maurice Tuke, of Layer Marney in the co. of
who was knighted by K. Charles I, and reſided Eſex (k), four ſons and three daughters ; of
at Eaſt Sutton. He employed his pen in defence whom fir Robert Filmer, bart, the eldeſt ſon, ſuc-
of the rights of the crown (b), and was a great ceeded him in title and eſtates, and reſided here.
ſufferer during the civil wars of K. Charles I.'s In the year 1689, being the laſt of K. James
reign, having his houſe here plundered 10 times II, he ſerved the office of Sheriff of this county,
ES
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. 37 Henry VIII, pt. 1. K. Henry
His deſcendants continued there till Robert Filmer, fon of
VIII, by his indenture, dated Feb. 12, in his 35th year,
James, by Margery his wife, daughter of Robert Rayner,
demiſed to Richard Covert, of Ex Sutton, efq; the ſcite of removed to Little Charleton in Eaſt Suiton, an eſtate which
his manor of EA Sutton, with all houſes and edifices belong he had purchaſed. He was one of the Prothonotaries of
ing to it, in Ef Sutton, then in the occupation of Edward
the Court of Common Pleas for 20 years, in the reign of
Spillet, and all thoſe meadows and paſtures, containing 180
Q. Elizabeth. He died in 1585, and was buried in this
acres, to the ſaid manor belonging, with all and ſingular their church, having had iſſue by Frances his wife, daughter of
appurts. in the ſaid pariſh, late parcel of the poſſeſſions of fir Robert Chefler, of Royſton in the co. of Heri ford, knt. fix
Thomas, late Earl of Efex, which came into the King's hands fons and three daughters ; of whoni Edward was the eldeſt,
by virtue of an exchange made between the King's Highneſs and purchaſed this manor ; Robert the ſecond ; Henry the
and the ſaid Earl, excepting all timber trees, &c. to hold
third, who ſettled in the co. of Lancaſter ; Anthony the
for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 10l. Augtn. off. Inrol fourth ; Catherine was firſt married to Thomas Gilbert, of
ments. an
and ſecondly to Chriſtopher Mills; Afra died
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 13.
without iſſue ; and Mary married John Mereweather, of
(c) See Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 300. In Eaſter term,
Eythorne. Viftn. co. Kent, 1574 and 1616. Kimb. Bar.
anno 4 Eliz: he levied a fine of this manor.
vol. ii, p. 387. See Osterden.
(d) Viz, the manor of EA Sutton, and eight acres of (8) Viz. Robert; Edward, admitted, as founder's kin,
wood, called Eft Sutton coppice, of the King in capite by
Fellow of All Souls in 1672, and created LL. D. in 1681.
knights ſervice. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. They bore for their Wood's Ath. vol. ii, fafti, p. 218. Stem. Chich. p. 156.
arms-Party per feſs, argent and vert, a pale counterchanged;
He died in 1703, and was buried at Eaft Sutton John,
3 lions heads eraſed gules.
Reginald, Richard, Henry, Auguſtine; Mary, married to
Wood, in his Ath. Oxon. vol. i, p. 331, mentions John, John Knatchbull, efq; Elizabeth, Catherine, and Sarab.
third ſon of Thomas Argall, by Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Edward and his Lady both lie buried in this church.
John Talkarne, of the co. of Cornwall, efq; who became (b) He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He
A. M. in 1563, and afterwards Miniſter of Haleſworth in wrote the Anarchy of a limited or mixed Monarchy in
the co. of Suffolk, where he was buried on O&. 1606; and 1646. See Wood's Ath. vol ii, p.710. Patriarcha, or
the natural Power of Kings ; the Freeholder's grand Inqueft,
poems in the reign of K. James I, and had the fame of be and Reflections concerning the Original of Government,
ing an excellent divine poet: but whether theſe were the and an Advertiſement to the Jurymen of England, concern-
ſame as thoſe above-mentioned, or of the ſame family, I ing Witches : all publiſhed after his death by his ſon.
cannot find.
(i) Viz. Edward, Robert, and Samuel; and Anne, mar.
(e) In Eaſter term, anno 17 Eliz. he levied a fine of all ried to fir John God/call, kat.
his lands in this county.
(k) She died June 10, 1671. By her mother Amy,
(f) Harris’s Hift of Kent, p. 307.
daughter of Reginald, younger brother of fir Thomas Kempen
The family of Filmer was originally feated at the of Ollantigh, knt. The was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop
manor of Herft, in the pariſh of Otterden in this county, Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No. 153. She lies buried by
where Robert Filmour lived in the reign of K. Edward II. her huſband in this church.
Sandwich
O.
and

"Godfrey det et Jeuła,
Cast Sutton Place, in
the County of Frient

The HISTORY 419
of of
2 KENT.
Β Ο Υ Τ Ο Ν
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
EAST SUTTON.
and died on April 14, 1720. He married Eli.
Kempe (r), after which it became by purchaſe
zabeth, daughter and coheir of fir William Be-
the property of Robert Filmer, efq; about the be-
verſham, of Holbrook-hall in the co. of Suffolk, ginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign.
knt. one of the Maſters in Chancery (1), who He removed hither from Otterden, where this
died on May 4, 1717, by whom he had iſſue family had reſided for many generations, and built
five fons (m) and four daughters.
a ſeat on this manor, called Little Charleton (s).
Sir Edward Filmer, bart. the eldeſt fon, ſuc He died poffeffed of it in 1985, having been
ceeded him in title and eſtate, and reſided at Prothonotary of the Common Pleas for 20 years,
Eaſt Sutton. He married Mary, daughter of and was ſucceeded in this eſtate by his fon, fir
John Wallis, of the co. of Oxford, eſq; (n) by Edward Filmer, knt. who having purchaſed the
whom he had 20 children (0), and dying on manor of Eaſt Sutton, removed thither, where
Feb. 10, 1755, æt. 72, was ſucceeded by his his deſcendants have reſided ever ſince, and this
eldeſt ſon, fir John Filmer, now of Eaſt Sutton, ſeat has continued part of their poſſeſſions to
bart. Repreſentative in the laſt Parliament for this time, being now the eſtate of fir John Fil-
Steyning in the co. of Suſſex, and Barriſter-at-law, mer, of Eaſt Sutton, bart. (t)
who has greatly improved this ſeat, the adjoin-
ing park and the grounds belonging to it. He
married in April 1757, Dorothy, daughter of
is a manor in this pariſh, which formerly be-
the Rev. Julius Deedes, Prebendary of Canterbury,
longed to the priory of Chriſt Church in Canter-
by whom he has as yet no iſſue.
bury, and continued fo till the diffolution of it
He bears for his arms, quarterly of four
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it was,
coatsiſt, Filmer; ſable, 3 bars and as many
together with the reſt of the poſſeſſions of the
cinquefoils in chief, or (P); 2d, Heton, argent, on a
priory, furrendered into the King's hands, to
bend ingrailed ſable, 3 bulls heads caboſbed, or ; 3d, 3
the uſe of him and his heirs; and he, by his
feurs-de-lis, in the centre a blackmoor's bead couped,
dotation-charter, in his 33d year, ſettled this
proper ; 4th, Beverham; gules, a fer-de-moline pier-
manor on his new-erected Dean and Chapter of
ced, between 2 martlets in fefs argent. For his
Canterbury, part of whoſe poffeffions it ſtill re-
creſt-On a wreath, or and ſable, a falcon volant, mains.
proper, beaked and legged or, mantled gules, doubled The leffee of this manor, in the year 1645,
ergent, ſtanding on a broken caſtle or (9).
was fir Robert Stapleton, bart. who held it under
the ruling powers of that time, the Dean and
LITTLE CHARLETON
NG Chapter being diffolved, at the yearly rent of
is a manor and ſeat in this pariſh, which was 51. 6s. 8d. and sl. for entertainment money to
antiently called Charleton-court, and had formerly
the Receiver of the church. .
owners of the ſame name. Daniel de Charle The family of Hope have been lefſees of it for
ton poſſeſſed it in the reign of K. Edward II, as many years, the preſent lefſee being Mrs. Sarah
did his deſcendant, John de Charleton, in the Hope.tuto nista
of the next reign of K. Edward III,
PRESENT STATE OF EAST SUTTON.
when he paid reſpective aid for it, at the mak-
anaideli
ing the Black Prince a Knight, as one knight's This pariſh conſiſts of much the ſame foil as
fee, which he held of William de Leyborne. This
that of Town Sutton laſt deſcribed; the ſituation
manor afterwards paſſed into the name of
too of it is the ſame, the lower or ſouthern ridge
Browne, and thence again into the family of of hills, croſſing the middle of it, being the
2017-01
(1) By his firſt wife Frances, daughter and coheir of
ife Frames and donation
in this county, who married in May 1756, Arabella-Chri-
Chriſtopher Herris, of Margareting in the co. of Eſex, eſq;
;
friana, the eldeſt daughter of för Jobn Honywood, bart. by
Dorothy, the other daughter and coheir of fir Wm. Bever-
his firſt Lady, by whom he has iſſue fix ſons and two
foam, married fir George Rivers, bart. See Morant's Eflex,
daughters; Francis, Barriſter-at-law, of Lincoln's Inn, un-
vol. ii, p. 368, Sir William Beverſham died in 1689, and
married. Of the daughters, only two are living ; Dorothy,
was buried in this church.
married in April 1742, to fir John Honywood, bart. and
(m) Beverbam Filmer
, ere; one of the younger fons, was Amy.
of Lincoln's Inn, Barriſter-at-law, Maſter of the Nifi Prius (p) Theſe arms were granted by Robert Cooke, Clar. in
office in B. R. and one of the moſt able conveyancers this
1570. See Harl. Mf. No. 1069–17.
kingdom has produced. He died unmarried in 1763, and (9) Viftn. co. Kent, 1574, and 1616. Kimb. Bar. vol.
was buried in this church, having by his laſt will bequeathed
ii, p. 387. c
iul loa
his eſtates in this county to his nephew, fir John Filmer,
(r) Mr. Petitt Fædary of Kent his Book.
bart,
(s) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 307:
(n) Only fon and heir of the learned John Wallis, D.D. (t) This feat ſtands about half a mile ſouth eaſtward from
Savilian Profeſſor of Geometry at Oxford, and F. R. S. for John Filmer's houſe, about the middle of the hill. It
(0) Viz. eleven fons and nine daughters ; of the former, has ſtill the appearance of a gentleman's ſeat, having feve-
four only are living, John, the eldeſt, who ſucceeded him ral good rooms in it, well ornamented with ſtucco fret-work,
in title and eſtate; Beverlham, who married in Feb. 1764, &c. and every other convenience requiſite for a gentleman's
a daughter of William Hendley, late of Gore-court, efq; by family, and the hoſpitality of former times. See a further
whom he has as yet no iſſue ; Edmund, Rector of Crundall account of the family of Filmer above, p. 418.
northern
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420
2 K E N T.
The HISTORY of of
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
EAST SUTTON.
CHARITI E S.
à
j
northern boundary of the Weald of Kent; ſo much directed, that poor antient widows ſhould be
, to
firſt preferred, and moſt relieved, according to
of them, is in that ditrict
. The upper part their necefſities.
of the hill here is full of the quarry or Kentiſh The above-mentioned ſums of 100l, and sol.
rag-ſtone; the northern part of it extends as far having been many years placed out at intereſ
as the village or ſtreet called Chartway ſtreet, near upon a mortgage, were, in the year 1722, to.
Kings-wood, the ſouthern ſide of which it compre-
gether with 1ol. raiſed by ſubſcription among
hends. The church ſtands near the ſummit of the pariſhioners, and sol. given by ſir Edward
the hill, at the back of the manor-houſe, which Filmer, of this, pariſh, bart, and the further ſum
is pleaſantly ſituated, having a moſt beautiful
of 25l. raiſed by the ſale of timber growing on
and extenſive view fouthward over the Weald,
the lands called Huntings and Lodge-lands above-
the park lying before it, which is well cloathed
mentioned, amounting in all to 1951. laid out
with trees, and has a fine piece of water in ſight in the purchaſe of a meſſuage, barn, orchard,
of the houſe, in the lower part of it.
and fix pieces of land lying in Hedcorn, upon
the Den of Hockenbury, purchaſed of one William
Fleet, and now in the occupation of John Crou-
cher, at the yearly rent of 10l. is. 8d. to the
Stephen Pende, of this pariſh, gent, by deed,
uſes following, viz. To pay 4os.
dated the 4th of June, anno 23 Henry VIII,
year to the
Curate of this pariſh, ſo long as he inhabited
gave a meſſuage, barn, garden, and two crofts
here, and demeaned himſelf well, and diligently
of land, containing four acres, lying in this
ferved the cure, and preached four quarterly
pariſh; and George Uſmer, of this pariſh, gent.
ſermons as therein directed but in default
by deed, dated the gth of October, anno 6 Eliz.
of ſuch reſidency, &c. to pay one moiety of the
gave two pieces of land, containing three acres,
ſaid
40s.
towards the repairs of the pariſh
lying in this pariſh ; and alſo by his will, dated
church, and the other moiety thereof, together
the 4th of Feb. anno 8 Eliz. gave three pieces
with all the reſidue of the rents of the ſaid Hoc-
of land, called Randalls and Lakefield, the latter
kenbury Farm, to the uſe of the poor of this
lying in Town Sutton, and the former in this
pariſh,
pariſh. Which bequeſts were given for the
habitation and maintenance of the Curate of
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
this parih, but if ſuch Curate ſhould not reſide
in the ſaid meſſuage, then the Churchwardens East Sutton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
were to receive the rents of all the before-men diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
tioned premiſes, and apply the ſame towards of Sutton.
the repairs of the pariſh church. And he like The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St.
wiſe gave by his laſt will, a piece of land called Paul. It is not a large building, and has a
Park.corner, otherwiſe Lodge-land, lying in this ſquare tower at the weſt end of it (u).
pariſh, to the intent that the Churchwardens of
The church of Sutton was antiently part of the
this pariſh ſhould receive the rents, and, with
poffeffions of the priory of Leeds in this county;
the affent and advice of the inhabitants, yearly
to which it was appropriated, and the duty
diſtribute the ſame amongſt the poor of this of it was firſt ſerved by a Chaplain, appointed
pariſh, on Good Friday and All Holland Day, by
by the Prior and Convent, at whoſe requeſt it
equal portions. And he further willed, that
was afterwards united to the adjoining church
the Churchwardens ſhould receive the rents of
of Sutton Valence, or Town Sution as it is now uſu-
two pieces of land, lying in this pariſh, called
ally called, of their patronage likewiſe, to which
Huntings, to be by them beſtowed, with the
it has been ever ſince eſteemed as a chapel.
advice of the inhabitants, in bread, cheeſe, and
On the diſſolution of the priory of Leeds, in
beer, among the poor of it on St. George's Day
the reign of K. Henry VIII, the parſonage ap-
and Chriſtmas Day, yearly.
propriate of Eaſt Sutton came into the hands of
Dame Elizabeth Filmer, widow of fir Edward the Crown, as did likewiſe the patronage of the
Filmer, of this pariſh, knt. in the year 1638, church of Town Sutton, with the chapel of Eaft
gave 100l. to the uſe of the poor of this pariſh. Sutton annexed, where they did not continue
Mrs. Suſan Watts, of this pariſh, widow, gave long; for the King ſettled them both, in his
50l, for the uſe of the poor of this pariſh, and 32d year, on his new-erected Dean and Chapter
21
09 Mo
(s) It is kept remarkably neat, and in good repair. The
grave-ftones of the Filmers in it are a complete ſeries of this
family, from the time of their coming to reſide in this pa-
rith. All the braffes on them are perfe&t. The grave-ſtone
over fir Edward Filmer, knt, who died in 1629, within the
altar-rails, is very curious, having an entire ſheet of copper
over it, with the portraits of himſelf, his wife, and his nume.
rous iſſue, engraved on it, and their names reſpectively over
them, and the coats of arms and quarterings, belonging to
him and his wife, at the corners of it. There is a neat buft in
white marble of the late fir Edward Filmer, bart, who died
in 1755, with an inſcription to his memory againſt the
wall, over the pew where the family fit.
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at of
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ULCOMB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
of Rocheſter, with whom they remain at this he preaches here and at Sutton Valence alternately
time.
on a Sunday, morning and afternoon (x).
The parſonage has been for many years held
A liſt of the Vicars of Sutton Valence, or Town
in leaſe, from the Dean and Chapter, by the fa-
Sutton, with this chapel of Eaſt Sutton annexed,
mily of Filmer ; the preſent lefſee of it being fir
has been already given in the deſcription of that
John Filmer, of Eaſt Sutton, bart.
pariſh ().
The Vicar of Town Sutton ferves the cure of
this church, as a chapel annexed to it, and as
U L COM B
ſuch is entitled to the vicarial profits of this
LI
pariſh, in right of his vicarage.
IES the next pariſh eaſtward from the laſt-
deſcribed pariſh of Eaſt Sutton. It is uſually
The church of Eaſt Sutton is not valued in the
pronounced Uckham, and is variouſly ſpelt in
King's Books, being included in that of Town
antient records ; in Domeſday it is written Ole-
Sutton.
cumbe, in others Wulcombe, and of late Ulcomb.
On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after
Part of this pariſh below, or to the ſouthward
the death of K. Charles I, this parſonage was of the hill, adjoining to Boughton Malherb, is
ſurveyed by order of the ſtate in 1649, when it
in the diviſion of Eaſt Kent; that is, ſo much
was returned ; that the parſonage of Eaſt Sutton,
of it as is eaſtward of a line drawn from the eaſt
late belonging to the late Dean and Chapter of
end of Boughton church, to the eaſt end of the
Rocheſter, conſiſted of a parſonage-houſe, and church of Hedcorn.
all tythes, and the glebe land lying together,
Part of this pariſh, containing the borough
containing 43 acres and 2 roods, at the im-
of Kingſnorth, is in the Lath of Scray and Hundred
proved rent of 751. alſo 17 acres more of glebe
of Faverſham, it having formerly belonged to
land, let at 151. per annum; all which premiſes
the abbey there (Z).
were let by the late Dean and Chapter on Dec.
30, anno 13 Charles I, to fir Robert Filmer, knt.
for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 10l. and of
This place was given in very early times, by
two good capons, or 4s. in money, ſo there re-
mained a clear rent of 791. 16s. per annum ; and
one of the Saxon Kings, to the priory of Chriſt
that the leffee covenanted to repair the chancel
Church in Canterbury, from which it was wreſted
in the time of the Daniſh wars in this kingdom ;
of the pariſh church: out of which l
vicarage was excepted, then worth 20l. per
but in the year 941, K. Edmund, and Eadred'his
brother, and Edwyn, ſon of the former, reſtored
annnm (v).
it to that church, with other lands, which his
The leffee of the parſonage claims the tythes
anceſtors had unjuſtly taken from it: which
of all corn, hops, and graſs, growing in this
grant was made in the ſame year in which Ethel-
pariſh. In the reign of Q. Anne, theſe tythes
ſtane, the brother of K. Edmund and Eadred, died,
were eſtimated at upwards of 8ol. per annum ;
and Edmund was advanced to be King, who de-
beſides which, the glebe land belonging to it,
clared theſe lands free from all ſecular ſervices,
was let at 50l. per annum (w).
excepting the repelling of invaſions, and the
In 1648, the communicants of this pariſh building of bridges and caſtles (a).
were 130.
In the reign of the Conqueror, Ulcomb was
The ſmall tythes and other emoluments of held of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury by knights
this benefice, in the beginning of Q. Anne's ſervice; accordingly it is thus entered, under
reign, were eſtimated at 181. per annum, there the title of Terra Militum Archiepi, in the ſurvey
being no glebe land belonging to it.
of Domeſday, taken in the 15th year of that
The land given and deviſed by Stephen Pende reign:
and George Ulmer, as above - mentioned, was Comes de Ow ten de archiepo' Olecube. p. 2.
worth 10l. per annum, in the above reign, and ſolins & dimidio ſe defd. T.R. E. & mo. p. 2. tant.
ſeems to have been intended for the better per.
forinance of divine ſervice in this church every cu. 8. bord' hnt. 7. car'. Ibi æccla & un' mold de
Sunday ; before which, the Vicar of Sutton 4. Sol. & 8. ac' pti'. Silva quať 20ti. pore'. Int'
Valence uſed to perform it here but once or tot T. R. E. valeb'. 10. lib. Q. recep'. 8. lib. modo.
twice in a quarter of a year. From the year
11 lib. Hoc m' tenuit Alfer de arch'.
1648 to 1680, the pariſhioners beſtowed the Which is : The Earl of Ow holds of the Arch-
above income on the repairs of the church; biſhop Olecumbe. It was taxed at two ſulings and
but ſince that time, the Vicar of Sutton Valence an half in the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, end
has generally had it, in conſequence of which, now for two only. The arable land is nine carucates;
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R.
leaſe the
ste
(v) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(w) Lambeth Queries.
(x) Ibid.
(y) See above, p. 416.
(z) See Kilburne’s Survey, p. 278.
(a) Dec, Script. fol. 2221.
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422
The HISTORY
of
Κ Ε Ν Τ. ,
ULCOMB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
in demeſne there are two carucates, and 23 villeins,
with eight borderers having ſeven carucates. There
is a church, and one mill of four ſhillings, and eight
acres of meadow. Wood ſufficient for the pannage
of 20 hogs. In the whole, in the time of K. Ed-
ward the Confeſſor, it was worth 10 pounds, when
he .
Alfer held this manor of the Archbiſhop.
Alfer, above-mentioned, the tenant of this
manor under the Archbiſhop, ſeems to have been
a deſcendant of Ealber, or Alcher, who was Earl
of Kent in 853 (b), and anceſtor of the family
of Aucher, Baronets, but lately extinct in this
county.
William, Earl of Ewe in Normandy, held it,
as appears by the above ſurvey, in the reign of
the Conqueror, of the Archbiſhop by knights
ſervice (c). After which, the family of St.
Leger, called in Latin, De San&to Leodegario, be-
came poſſeſſed of it, holding it of the Archbiſhop
as two knights fees.
Sir Robert de St. Leger, knt. attended William,
Duke of Normandy, into England in the year 1066,
as appears by his name inſerted in the roll of
Battle Abbey, among thoſe perſons who affifted
him in the conqueſt of this kingdom (d). He
became poſſeſſed of this manor at the latter end
of the Conqueror's reign, holding it of the
Archbiſhop by knights ſervice.
His“ kinſman, fir Guy de St. Leger, was ap-
pointed by that King an aſſiſtant Knight to Adel-
mere, one of the Monks of Ely. William de St.
Leger, grandſon, as is ſuppoſed, of the above.
mentioned fir Robert, lived in the reign of K.
Henry II, and married Joane, daughter of fir
Geffrey de Sackvill, anceſtor of his Grace the pre-
ſent Duke of Dorſet (e). He was ſucceeded by
Ralph de St. Leger, who, among other Kentiſh
gentlemen, accompanied K. Richard I. to the
ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine (f).
Ralph de St. Leger, of Ulcomb, and Hugh St.
Leger, of Knolton, in this county, were two of
the Recognitores Magne Aſija in the 2d year of
the reign of K. John; the former of whom held
this manor in the 12th and 13th years of that
reign, of the Archbiſhop as two knights fces.
His ſucceſſor of the ſame name, in the next
reign of K. Henry III, obtained the grant of a
market at his manor here, on a Friday weekly,
and a fair for three days, to be held yearly at it
on Nov. 1, and two days afterwards ; which
liberties were allowed him before the Juſtices
Itinerant, in the 21ſt year of K. Edward I; (g)
and in the 28th year of the latter reign, he,
with fir John fir Thomas
the King to the ſiege of Carlaverock in Scotland,
where they were knighted, among many others,
for their bravery (b).
Bartholomew St. Leger poffefſed this manor in
the reign of K. Edward II, (i) as did Ralph St.
Leger in the reign of K. Edward III, when he
paid aid for it, at the making the Black Prince
a Knight, as two knights fees, held of the Arch-
biſhop of Canterbury; in which year he repreſented
this county in Parliament (k). He had iſſue
three ſons; Arnold; John, who died anno 9
Edward III; and Thomas, who was of Otterden
in this county, and Sheriff of Kent in the 20th
year of K. Richard II. (1) Arnold St. Leger, the
eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his father at Ulcomb, and
repreſented this county in Parliament in the 51ſt
year of K. Edward III, (m) as did his ſon Ralph
St. Leger, of Ulcomb, eſq; in the 2d year of K.
Richard II, in the roth year of which reign he
was Sheriff of this county. His ſon John St.
Leger was of Ulcomb, esq; and was likewiſe Sheriff
anno 9 Henry VI; three years after which, he
was returned in the liſt then taken of the gentry
of this county, who had a right to bear the
coat armour of their anceſtors (n). He died
no 20 Henry VI, ſeiſed of this manor (0),
and was buried in this church. By Margery his
wife, daughter and ſole heir of James Donnett,
of Rainham, he left iſſue three ſons ; Ralph, who
ſucceeded him at Ulcomb; fir Thomas, who mar-
ried Anne, Dutcheſs of Exeter (P), and left a ſole
daughter and heir, married to fir George Man-
ners, Lord Rofs, anceſtor of the Earls and Dukes
of Rutland; and fir James St. Leger, who married
Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas Butler, Earl
of Ormond, from whom the St. Legers of the co.
of Devon are deſcended.
Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb, eſq; the eldeſt ſon,
was Sheriff of this county anno 8 Edward IV,
lor
benie
dvod
(k) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. cix. ad
(1) He married Juliana, daughter of Nicholas Potyn, eſq;
by whom he had a daughter and heir Joane, married to
Henry Aucher, in her right, of Otterden.
(m) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. cix,
(n) Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 169. od 801 O 8021
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an
6) She was fifter to K. Edward IV, and had been firſt
married to Henry Holand, Duke of Exeter, by whom ſhe had
no iſſue. She died in 1475, anno 16 Edward IV, and was
buried in St. George's chapel at Windfor, as was her huſ-
band, Sir Thomas St. Leger, afterwards, who was executed
at Exeter in the 1ſt year of K. Richard III, for treaſon, in
a chantry built by him there for that purpoſe. Coll. Peer.
vol. ii, p. 12. Rapin, vol. i, p. 642.
11.20V
and
anno
(6) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. xlix.
(c) See an account of his family, in Dugd. Bar. vol. i,
p. 136.
See Otierden.
SOU
an.
ada que se voda
(d) There is a tradition in this family, that he ſupported
the Duko with his hand, when he quitted his ſhip to land
in Sufex; and that after the victory at Haſtings, having
overcome a Pagan Dane, who inhabited Ulcomb, he fixed
his reſidence here. Iriſh Peer, vol. iii, p. 168.
(e) Coll. Peer. vol. ii, p. 265.
(A) Philipott, p. 348, fays, he was engaged 15 years
in the Holy War, as appeared by the inſcription on his
leaden ſhroud in the vault of this church.
(g) Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 169.
(5) Iriſh Peer. ibid. Philipott, p. 348, and Mfl. ped.
of Aucher.
(i) Roll of Knights Fees,

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423
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Parliament for th ,
ULCOMB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
and Conſtable of Leeds Caſtle in this neighbour Canterbury, three ſons and one daughter; of
hood. He died ſoon afterwards, anno 1470, and whom William, the eldeſt, died without iſſue in
was buried in this church, leaving iſſue by Anne his life-time; Warham, the ſecond, will be men-
his wife, one ſon Ralph, and a daughter Anne, tioned below; fir Anthony St. Leger, knt. the
married firſt to fir George Warham, knt, and ſe third ſon, was Maſter of the Rolls in Ireland,
condly to Edward Thwaits, eſq; (9)
and a Privy Counſellor, whoſe ſon fir Anthony
Ralph St. Leger, the ſon, reſided at Ulcomb, was of Wiarton-houſe in Boughton Monchenſie,
where he kept his ſhrievalty in the 18th year of where a further account may be ſeen of him.
K. Henry VII. He married Elizabeth, daugh Anne, the daughter, married Francis Harnigston,
ter of Richard Haut, of Shelving bourne in this of Dover.
county, efq; by whom he left iſſue two ſons ; Warham St. Leger, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, was of
Anthony, of whom hereafter; and Robert, who Ulcomb, where he kept his ſhrievalty in the ad
ſettled in Ireland, and was living there in the year of Q. Elizabeth. In 1565, he was knighted,
reign of K. Edward VI.
and the ' next year appointed chief Governor, of
Anthony St. Leger, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded Munfter, and Privy Counſellor in Ireland, in
his father in this nianor, and by the acts of 31 which kingdom he performed eminent ſervices
Henry VIII, and 2 and 3 Edward VI, procured for her Majeſty, in the progreſs of which he
his lands in this county to be diſgavelled (r). He was unfortunately Nain, in 1599, anno 42 Eliza-
was a gentleman, who from his fingular merit beth, at the head of his troops, in an encounter
and eminent ſervices, proved himſelf an orna with Hugh Macquire and his followers, within a
ment to his country and his family, being high mile of Cork, the two chiefs killing each other
in the eſteem of K. Henry VIII, who made him in combat. He was twice married ; firſt to
of his Privy Chamber, and in the 31ſt of his Urſula, fifth daughter of George Nevill, Lord
reign, Sheriff of this county, being then ſeated Abergavenny; and ſecondly to Elizabeth Roethe,
at his paternal ſeat in this pariſh. The next alias Mackworth. By the former he left iſſue
year he was entruited with the office of Lord fir William St. Leger, his heir, and two daugh.
Deputy of Ireland, and having given the King ters (t).
much ſatisfaction in it, he was, in 1543, elected Sir William St. Leger, knt. the ſon, ſucceeded
a Knight of the Garter. On the King's death, he his father in the manor of Ulcomb. He was a
was continued in his poſt of Lord Deputy, and gentleman of great merit, valour, and integrity,
of the Privy Council, as he was likewiſe under
and much employed and truſted by K. Charles
Q. Mary; and being well verſed in Iriſh affairs, I, to whom he performed great ſervices in Ire-
he by his prudence and magnanimity, did more land, being made Lord Preſident of Munſter, of
towards civilizing that nation, and alluring it his Privy Council in that kingdom, and Ser-
into a ſubmiffion to the Engliſh government, than geant Major General of the Iriſh forces (u). Some
any one had done ſince the conqueſt of it to his years before his death he alienated this manor
own time. But being recalled from thence in
to Henry Clerke, of Rocheſter, eſq; who ſerved in
the 3d and 4th year of Philip and Mary, he re-
tired to his eſtate in this county, where he died Charles I, of which he was Recorder; and in
on March 12, 1559, æt. 63, and was buried with the 12th year of that reign was made a Sergeant-
his anceſtors at Ulcomb (s). He had iſſue by his at-law (V).
wife Agnes, daughter of Hugh Warham, of Croy He left iſſue a fon and heir Francis, who
don, niece to William Warham, Archbiſhop of ſucceeded him at Ulcomb, and was afterwards
(9) Mff. pedigr., of St. Leger.
World of us
(-) See Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 299. Isti
(s) He bore for his arms- Azure, fretty argent, a chief
or; which was not their antient coat, for they bore-Azure,
a fret argent, à chief or, as appears by that coat now re-
maining on the roof of the cloyſters at Canterbury, in the
church of Woodneſborough, and among the quarterings of
the coat borne by the Lords Hunſdon. Le Neve's Mfl. and
Cook's Baronage, MA.
(t) Of whom the eldeſt married William Kingsmill, of
Ireland, efq; and Anne, the youngeſt, married Thomas
Digges, of Barham in this county, efq; the famous Mathe-
matician, and Muſter-maſter General in the Low Countries,
and dying in 1636, æt. 81, was buried in Chilbam church.
Her huſband, who died on Aug. 24, 1595, was buried in
St. Mary's church, Aldermanbury, London.
() He died in Ireland on July 2, 1642, leaving his wife
Gertruda Wright de Uries, a lady of Lower Germany, ſurviving,
by whom he had a daughter Elizabeth, married to Murrough,
Earl of Inchiquin, and four fons ; fir William, who com-
manded a regiment, and was ſlain in the battle of Newbury
in 1644, and died unmarried ; John, who became his heir,
and was anceſtor of the Viſcounts Donraile, of the kingdom
of Ireland; Heyward, and Warbam, both of the county of
Cork, whoſe deſcendants ſtill remain there. Sir William
obtained an act of denization for his lady in 1624, and one
of naturalization for her, his ſon William, and daughter
Elizabeth, in 1634. See Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 185.
(v) He was deſcended of anceſtors, who in the time of
K. Edward I. bore the name of Hamund, who were good
benefactors to the hoſpital of St. John, without the Eaſt-
gate of Oxford, of which one Richard Hamund, alias Clerke,
ſtyled eſq; held the manor of Willoughby in leaſe in the
reign of K. Henry VI, at which time William Wainfleet,
Biſhop of Lincoln, obtaining a grant of that hoſpital, and
all its poffeflions, for the foundation and endowment of
Magdalen College in Oxford, that manor continued to be
leaſed out to the deſcendants of Richard Clerke above-men-
tioned, who reſided at it. He was ſucceeded by William
Clerke his ſon, and he by two others of that name; the laſt
of

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like John and Stephen. One of them fold his maiety,
ULCOMB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
knighted (w). He repreſented the city of Ro here in the reigns of K. Edward III. and K.
cheſter in ſeveral Parliaments, and left iſſue by Richard II, and from him this manor deſcended
his ſecond wife an only ſon and heir Francis, down to John Boycot, who had iſſue two ſons ;
who ſucceeded him in this manor, and was like-
wiſe Repreſentative in Parliament for that city which accrued to him by the cuſtom of gavel-
in the 2d of William and Mary. He died poſ kind, to Richard Hovenden; and the other alien-
feffed of it on Aug. 25, 1691, æt. 26, and was ated his part, which came to him in like manner,
buried in this church. After which it deſcended to William Adam, who gave it by his laſt will to
to his kinſman Gilbert Clerke, eſq; (x) and on his Thomas Glover, as is mentioned in the deed of
deceaſe to his ſon Godfrey Clerke, of Sutton in the ſale, by which he paſſed it away in the iſt year
co. of Derby, eſq; Member of Parliament for that of K. Henry VII, to Richard Hovenden, who
county, who died poffefſed of it in April 1774, then became poffefſed of the entire fee of this
and was ſucceeded by his ſon Godfrey Bagnal
manor (y), which was afterwards ſold by one of
Clerke, eſq; who is at this time entitled to the
his deſcendants to Clerke, of Woodchurch, in
fee of it.
which name it does not appear to have ſtaid
long, for Humphry Clarke, alienated it in the
19th year of Q. Elizabeth to Thomas Sands, or
vulgarly called Boy-court, is a manor in this pa Sondes (2), as the name was afterwards ſpelt, and
riſh, which afforded both ſeat and ſurrame to a
he paſſed it away next year to fir Maurice Ber-
family of that denomination, as appears by ſe keley, knt. Standard Bearer to K. Henry VIII,
veral old deeds, ſome of which are without date,
Edward VI, and Q. Elizabeth, who had mar-
in which mention is made of Stephen, John, and ried Elizabeth his fifter, by whom he had two
Alexander de Boycot ; the laſt of whom reſided
fons, Robert and John, and one daughter (a).
BOYCOT
of whom left iflưe three fons, Richard, Robert, and Jobn.
The youngeſt was fir John Clerke, knt. who lived in the
reign of K. Henry VIII, and gained great honor for his
ſingular ſervice againſt the French at the battle of the Spurs,
near Terovenne, in the 5th year of that reign, in which he
took the Duke of Longucville priſoner ; for which he was re-
warded by the King with an honorary addition to his arms.
From him the Clerkes of Crowton in the co. of Northampton,
and Weſton upon Thame in the co. of Oxford, were deſcended.
Sir John Clerke's eldeſt brother Richard, was of Willoughby
above-mentioned, in right of the leaſe of that manor, which
had deſcended to him. He had iſſue one ſon Robert, who
by his wife, daughter of Clerk, of the Were, had three ſons,
Henry, born in 1630, William, and Clement; the latter of
whom was anceſtor of the Clerks of the co. of Leiceſter, Ba-
fonets, now extinct. Edward, the ſecond ſon of Henry, the
eldeſt ſon of Robert above-mentioned, was of Willoughby ;
and from Ferome, the third ſon, deſcended Clerke, of Gilf-
borough in the co. of Northampton, and of Lincoln's Inn.
Edward Clerke had iſſue three fons, William, who was of
Willoughby, from whom deſcended the Clerkes, alias Clarkes,
Baronets, of the county of Northampton ; Henry, Sergeant-
at-law, who married Grace, daughter of George Morgan, of
Rocheſter, gent, and purchaſed Ulcomb, as above-mentioned;
and Samuel, of Kingsthorpe in the co. of Northampton, D.D.
Dugd. Warw. p. 190.
The paternal arms of this family were- Argent, on a bend
gules, between 3 pellets, as many ſwans proper. See Dugd.
War. p. 190. Coll. Bar. vol. iii, p. 311. Bar. edit. 1727,
in the co. of Derby, efq; who married the Lady Catherine,
daughter of Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, and died in 1734,
having ſurvived his lady, who died in 1728, without iſſue.
Peer. vol. iii, p. 271.
(v) He bore for his arms-Chequy, argent and ſable, on a
bend gules, 3 lions heads eraſed or.
(z) Philipott, p. 349. He was the eldeſt ſon of Anthony
Sands, of Throwley, eſq; by Joane his wife, daughter of
fir John Fineux, knt. Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench,
and left iſſue an only daughter Frances, married to fir John
Leveſon, knt. anceſtor of the Earls Temple and Gower; on
which fir Michael Sands, of Throwley, knt. his only bro-
ther, ſucceeded to the family inheritance, and was anceſtor
to fer George Sondes, knt. created Baron of Throwley, Vif-
count Sondes, and Earl of Faverſham, and by his daughters,
to the Wat fons, Earls of Rockingham, and the Right Hon.
Lewis Watſon, now Lord Sondes,
(a) Sir Maurice Berkeley was deſcended from Harding, a
nobleman and near relation to the King of Denmark, who
came into England with the Conqueror; whoſe ſon, Robert
Fitzharding, obtaining the caſtle and barony of Berkeley in
the co. of Glouceſter, of K. Henry II, changed his name to
Berkeley. His deſcendant, Maurice de Berkeley, lived in
the reigns of K. Edward I. and II, and by Eva his wife,
daughter of Eudo la Zouch, left iſſue five ſons, viz. Thomas,
anceſtor to the Marquis of Berkeley, and Earl of Nottingham,
which titles in this family are now extinct, and to the pre-
fent Right Hon. the Earl of Berkeley. 2, Maurice, from whom
iffued the Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford in the co. of Glouceſter;
from whom the late Lord Botetourt was deſcended, which
title, by his death, is now extinct; the Berkeleys of Bruton
in the co. of Somerſet, from whom the Lords Berkeley of
Stratton, and thoſe of Boycot, are deſcended. 3. John, from
whom the Berkeleys of the co. of Salop are deſcended, 4
and 5, Eudo and Peter, both churchmen ; and a daughter
Iſabel. From Maurice, the ſecond fon above-mentioned,
deſcended in a direct line fir Maurice Berkeley, knt. who died
in 1581, having been twice married; firſt to Catherine,
daughter of William Blount, Lord Mountjoy, by whom were
deſcended Berkeley, Earl of Falmouth, and Lord Botetourt,
and the Viſcounts Fitzharding, all now extinct ; and ſecondiy,
Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony Sands, of Throwles, eſq; pof-
feſſor of this manor as above-mentioned, who ſurviving him,
died June 16, 1585, æt. 53, and was buried in St. John's
church, Clerkenwell, London. See Atkins's Glouc. p. 135,
363. Coll. Peer, vol. iii, p. 439, vol. vii, p. 51.
On
vol. ii, p. 275.
To
(w) He was thrice married; firſt, to Mary, daughter of
fir Robert Darell, by whom he had three ſons, who all died
unmarried, and likewiſe two daughters ; ſecondly, to Eliza-
beth, daughter and fole heir of John Cage, of the co. of
Buckingham, efq; and widow of John Haſtings, eſq; by whom
he had one ſon Francis; and thirdly, to Elizabeth, daughter
of John Turner, of Canterbury, eſq; and widow of Dr. Hard-
ing, Dean of Rocheſter. He was Gentleman of the Privy
Chamber, and ſerved twice Burgeſs for Rocheſter. He died
Feb. 25, 1683, æt. 62, and lies buried in this church.
(x) He was the ſecond ſon of Gilbert Clarke, of Chileat
in the co. of Derby, and married Suſanna, daughter of
George Boun, of Counder in the co. of Warwick, (of kindred
to William of Wickham, Biſhop of Wincheſter,) by whom he
had iſſue one fon Godfry, and three daughters, and at
length became heir to his uncle Godfrey Clarke, of Chilcot

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EYHORNE HUNDRED.
KINGS NORTH
HUNTINGFIELD.
July 8, in
ULCOME.
On his death, Elizabeth, Lady Berkeley, ſeems John Herris, ejq; (m) whoſe ſon Cranmer Herris,
to have poſſeſſed this manor. She was fucceeded of Lincoln's Inn, poſleſſed it at the reſtoration of
in it by Robert Berkeley, eſq; her eldeſt ſon (b), in K. Charles II. He was afterwards of Chriſt
whoſe deſcendants it continued till it went into Church in Canterbury, where he died in 1727,
the name of Habert, by a female heir of which it without iſſue, and was buried in the cloyſters
paſſed in marriage to Heath(c), whoſe grandſon there. Upon which, his only ſurviving fifter
Nicholas Heath Nicholas, of the co. of Suſſex, eſq; and fole heir, Mrs. Annabella Herris (n), be-
is the preſent poffeſſor of it (d).
came poffefſed of this manor, and ſoon after-
PS
wards paſſed it away by fale to fir Edrward Fil-
mer, of Eaſt Sutton, bart. whoſe ſon fir John
is a manor lying in this pariſh and Boughton
Filmer, of that pariſh, bart. is the preſent pro-
Malherb (e), which was given to the Abbat and
prietor of it (P).
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
Convent of Faverſham in the 16th year of K.
Richard II, (f) part of the poſſeſſions of which
it continued till the diffolution of that abbey on
There is a ſmall Court held in this pariſh
when it was ſurrendered into his hands, together for the manor of Huntingfield, which ſeems to
with all its poſſeſſions (8), to the uſe of him and
be a limb of the manor of Hunting field in Eaſling,
his heirs for ever; all which were confirmed to in this county, and to have continued with it part
the King and his heirs by the general words of
of the poſſeſſions of the free chapel or college of
the act, paſſed the next year, for that purpoſe. St. Stephen in Weſtminſter, till its diffolution in the
This manor ſeems to have remained in the
iſt year of K. Edward VI, (q) in conſequence
hands of the Crown till K. Edward VI, in his
of the act which then paſſed for the ſurrendery
4th year, granted it to fir Anthony St. Leger (b),
of all ſuch chapels, chantries, &c. Since which,
this manor has continued in the like chain of
Lord Deputy of Ireland, Knight of the Garter,
and of his Privy Council, who died ſeiſed of it
ownerſhip as that in Eaſling, to the family of
in 1559, and was ſucceeded in it by his eldeſt Grove, of Tunſtall, in which it ſtill remains, be-
ſon, Warham St. Leger, eſq; afterwards knighted,
ing now the property of Richard Grove, of Lona
and made Lord Preſident of Munſter, and a
don, eſa;
Privy Counſellor of Ireland. He levied a fine
There is a Court Baron held for this manor,
of this manor in Eaſter term anno 17 Elizabeth,
the quit-rents of which amount to gs. per ann.
and quickly afterwards paſſed it away to William
The Priory of Leeds, in this county, was pof-
Illey, eſq; who in the 21ſt year of that reign
ſeſſed of lands in this pariſh, which at the diſ-
alienated it to James Aufteyne (i), and he in
ſolution of it, in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
the 23d year of it conveyed it by fale to was, among the reſt of its poſſeſſions, ſurren-
Robert Cranner (k), of Chepſted in this county,
dered into the King's hands, to the uſe of him
eſq; who died ſeiſed of it in 1619, leaving an
and his heirs.
only daughter and heir Anne, who carried it in After which, the King, by his dotation-char-
marriage to fir Arthur Herrys, knt. eldeſt ſon of ter, in his 33d year, ſettled theſe premiſes in
fer William Herrys, of Crixey in Eſſex, knt. (2) by Ulcomb on his new-erected Dean and Chapter of
whom he had iſſue two ſons, fir Cranmer Herrys, Rocheſter, with whom they remairt at this time.
knt. and John. He died in 1632, and by his There is a water-mill in this pariſh, called
laft will deviſed this manor to his ſecond ſon, Chegwortb-mill.
(6) They bore for their arms thoſe of the family of Ber-
keley, viz -Gules, a chevron between 10 croſjes potent.
(c) He was of the family of the Heaths, formerly of
Brafted-place in this county, and bore the ſame arms, viz.
- Argent, a croſs engrailed between 12 billets, gules. See
Braſled, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 379.
(d) On Feb. 15, 1772, he obtained the King's fign-
manuel, to take and uſe the name and arms of Nicholas
only; the arms of which family are-Argent, on a croſs gules,
Edmondſon's Heraldry, vol. ii, appendix of
were valued at the ſuppreſſion of it, at 2861, 12s. 6 d. per
annum.
Tan. Mon. p. 214.
(b) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 7.
(i) Ibid. pt. 1.
(k) Ibid. pt. 10.
(1) By Alice his wife, daughter of Thomas Smith, of
Weflenhanger, efq; by which match their deſcendants were
of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Stem. Chicha
No, I.
4 crown or.
arms.
(e) It is eſteemed to be in the Hundred of Faverſham, as
having once belonged to the abbey there, and is in the eaſtern
divifion of this county.
(F) See Tan. Mon. p. 214. The manor of Kingsnorth
was valued, anno 14 Henry VII, at 51. 6s. 8d.
per annum;
and the farm of wood-leefe there (that is, their woodland)
at ios, per annum.
Lewis's Faverſham, p. 37.
(8) This abbey was founded in the year 1147, by K.
Stephen and Maud his Queen, for monks of the order of
Clugni, to the honor of our Saviour. The revenues of it
Vol. II.
50
(m) He married Frances, daughter of fir Thomas Dacre, of
Cheſhunt in the co. of Herts, knt, and widow of Mr. John
Norris. She married, thirdly, William Prieſtley, of the co.
of Herts, efq; by whom ſhe left a fon Thomas. See Cheve-
ning, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 364.
(n) The other ſiſter Frances, married Mr. Hooper, of Teda
dington in the co. of Middleſex. See more of this family,
under Chevening, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 364.
(P) See more of the family of Filmer, under Eaſt Sutton,
+
18.
(1) See more of this college, under Bredhurfi.
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The HISTORY of
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ECCLESI
ULCOMB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Dod
fee of Canterbury by Abp. Peckham's death, in the
PRESENT STATE OF UL COM B.
year 1293, preſented to the Prior of Chriſt Church
The village and church of Ulcomb are ſituated one fir John Elmeſtone, a Prieſt, with the requeſt
on the lower or ſouthern ridge of hills, which of his admiſſion to be one of the Minor Canons
croſs this county, the ſummit of which is the of this church. Soon after which, this collegi.
northern boundary of the Weald of Kent; ſo much ate inſtitution ſeems to have dropped, and the
of this pariſh, therefore, as lies below the hill church became again, and has remained ever
Southward is within that diſtrict. Cho ſince, a ſingle, undivided rectory as before (t),
The upper part of the hill here abounds with the patronage of which remained in the poffef-
the quarry or Kentiſh rag-ſtone. The northern ſion of the Lords of the manor of Ulcomb till
part of the pariſh conſiſts entirely of wood, ex- the death of Godfrey Clarke in 1774, when it be-
tending into that large one called King's-wood; came veſted in the truſtees of his ſon, Godfrey
the ſouthern part of it, within the Weeld, is a Bagnal Clarke, eſq; where it ſtill remains.
ſtiff clay, and is watered by ſeveral ſmall ſtreams, It is valued in the King's Books at 161. gs. 1od.
which unite and join the branch of the river and the yearly tenths at il. 125. 7d. (u)
Medway a little above Hockenbury Bridge.
In 1640, it was valued at 69l. Communi-
A fmall diſtance ſouthward of the ſummit of cants 225. In Q. Anne's reign, it was valued
the hill, are two gentlemen's houſes ; one of at 1401. per annum.
which is the property of Thomas Thomſon, efq; (r)
E91
CHURCH OF ULCOME. al aid
in right of his wife Sarab, daughter of Mr. Sa-
on vd air bag 941
muel Belcher, of Charing ; the other belonged to PATRONS,
Edward Belcher, eſa; (s) who died poffefied of it
or by whom preſented. - 2x Rectorso se
(0) Richard Horſmonden, Cl.
in the year 1778, and was ſucceeded in it by his
சார் IV ம் obt. Oct. 27, 1627.
only ſurviving ſon, Mr. William Belcher, the
preſent owner of it.
(w) Daniel Horſmonden, D.D.
193980 10 g in 1627, deprived 1643.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. di to bolistibor x) William Belcher, A. M.
Ulcomb is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
Robia and
1643, ejected 1662.
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sutton. Bondgirta bisw
(y) Meric Head, efq; D.D.
The church is dedicated to All Saints, and was
s brist 20 obt. March 6, 1686.
from the earlieſt time eſteemed as an appendage
Sit baivo H
(2) John Clerke, A. M. obt.
to the manor of Ulcomb.
tisodil prends 1689.
About the year 1220, it was made collegiate
stato wa John Loton, April 15, 1713,
by Stephen Langton, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, at
rgiates to
obt. 1716.
the requeſt of Ralph de St. Leger, the patron of
(a) Stringer Belcher, A. M.
yd i bs
it, the ordination of which is ſtill remaining
Sept. 26, 1716, obt, Dec.
among the records of the Dean and Chapter of
nuon ciri si bas
II, 1739.
Canterbury ; among which there is an inſtrument,
livello William Bell, A. M. 1740,
by which it appears, that the head of this church
obt. June 1778.
tool
or college was ſtyled Archipreſbyter ; by which
Fitzherbert Adams, LL. B.
name one fir Benjamin, in the vacancy of the day
July 1778. Preſent Rector.
picole
(3) He was eldeſt ſon of Thomas Thomſon, of Kenfield in
liam Belcher, now of Ulcomb, gent. his only ſurviving fon
Petham, efq; by his wife Mary Hodges, of Warehorn. See
and'heir, who married Charlotte, one of the daughters of
Petham.
Thomas Thomſon, of Petham, efq; by whom he has iſſue.
() He was defcended from William Belcher, Rector of
The Belchers bear for their arms-Or, 3 pales gules, e
this pariſh, who by Damaris his wife, left iffue two ſons chief vaire, argent and ſable.
William, of Rochefier, M. D. and Samuel, who was of
(t) Tan. Mon. p. 220. Somn. Cant. p. 127.
Boughton Maiberb, and left ifiue three fons; the ſecond of
(u) E&. Thef. p. 15.
whom, Samuel, was father of Sarah, who married Thomas (v) Rym. Fod. vol. xviii, p. 1009.
Thomſon, eſq; as above-mentioned.
(w) On Oct. 5, 1627, a diſpenſation paſſed, for his hold
William Belcher, the eldeſt ſon of William, Rector of
ing the vicarage of Goudhurſt with this rectory. Ibid. p.
Ulcomb above-mentioned, married Catherine, ſole daughter 1005; he was deprived of this rectory by the fanatics,
of Thomas Stringer, of Goudhurſt, gent. by whom he left
and lived till the year 1655, when he died, æt. 73. See
iffue three fons and ſeveral daughters. Of the fons, Strin White’s Century, p. 36. Wood’s Ath. vol. i, Fafi, p. 208.
ger, the eldeſt, was Rector of Ulcomb, and left iffue by Walker's Suff. of the Clergy, pt. ii, p. 267.
Sarah his wife, daughter of Juſtinian Champneis, of Boxley, (x) Calamy's Life of Baxter, p. 286.
eſq; four daughters, of whom a further account may be (y) Alſo Rector of Leyborne, where he lies buried, with
feen, under Rumpſted in Hucking ; Samuel, the ſecond ſon,
the addition of eſq;,on his graveſtone.
was of Knole-bill in Uleomb, and died unmarried in 1960, () He was alſo Vicar of Harrietſnam. See Wood's Ath.
ár. 61; Edward, the third ſon, was of Ulcomb, eſq; as Fafti, vol. ii, p. 190.
above-mentioned, and dying in 1778, was buried with his
(a) He was a liberal benefactor to this rectory, by new
anceſtors in this church. He married Hannah, daughter building the parſonage-houſe, at the expence of upwards
of Richard Tilden, of Milfed, efq; who died in 1766, æt.
of 10ool. and died with a moft excellent character from all
52, having had iſſue by her two fons; Stringer Belcher, of who knew him, at. 48, and was buried in this church.
Osterden, efq; who died before him unmarried; and Wil See note (s) above.
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BOUGHTON MALHERB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
There was a religious fraternity in this church, The above deſcription plainly relates to that
before the reformation, called the Fraternity of part of this pariſh above or northward of the
Corpus Chrifti.
hill, the other part below it being in the Weald,
at that time, for the moſt part, an uncultivated
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
foreſt, and part of the royal demeſnes of the
Crown of England, though many grants had been
THE next parith eafiward from Ulcomb is
made of different parts of it, even at that time.
Boughton Malherb, ſituated almoſt in the
The manor came afterwards into the poífef-
middle of this county, and ſo called from a
fion of the family of Malherb, who implanted
family antiently poffeffors of it, and to
guiſh it from the ſeveral other pariſhes of the
their name on this pariſh. Robt. de Malherb held
name of Boughton within this county.
it in the reign of K. John, as half a knight's
fee, of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, as appears by
It is written in antient deeds
eds both Boughton
the roll of knights fees returned by the different
and Bočton, and in ſome, Boston alias Boughton,
Sheriffs to the King's Treaſurer, in the 12th
and ſeems, as well as the other pariſhes of this and 13th years of that reign.
name, to have been ſo called from Boc, fignify-
Alicia Malherb poffefſed Boughton Malherb ma-
ing in Saxon a charter, and ton, a town or pariſh;
nor in the beginning of the next reign of K.
that is, the place held by charter.
Henry III. (d)
The ſummit of the hill, which croſſes this
Robert de Gatton, ſon of Robert de Gatton, who
pariſh from weſt to caft, is the northern boundary was one of the Recognitores Magnæ Afifa, or
of the Weald of Kent ; ſo much of it, therefore, Judges of the Great Aliſe, in the 2d year of K.
as is fouthward of that line, is within that di John, died feiſed of this manor in the 38th year
?115
ſtrict.
of K. Henry III, (e) and was ſucceeded in it by
ja levon eil sgol bns HIV HEX
Hamo his ſon, who died poffefſed of it in the
sd az ebru THE MANO R. mogao
dood
20th year of K. Edward I, holding it of the
At the time of taking the general ſurvey of King in capite, as half a knight's fee, as of the
Domeſday, about the year 1080, this manor was honor of Peverel, and by the ſervice of 5s. to
heid of the Arcbbiſhop of Canterbury, by knights the ward of the caſtle of Dover, viz. for each
ſervice, and ſeems to have been included in the 26 weeks 25. 6d. and by ſuit to the Court of
which gave by his
Hamo
laſt Church Canter his ſon, then 28 years old, being his heir (f).
bury, of lands in Hollingborne (c), as will more He died without male iſſue, ſo that his two
plainly appear by the following entry of it in daughters became his coheirs; of whom Eliza-
that record.
beth was married to William de Dene, and entitled
In Haiborne Hund.
her huſband to the poffefſion of this manor (g).
Raduf' filius turaldi ten' Boltone de Archiepo'. p She died in the 14th year of K. Edward III,(h)
dimid' ſolin ſe defd. & jacet in. 6. Solins de Holinge as did her huſband next year, feiſed of it, with
borne. Tra'. e'. 1. cari & dim'. In dnio'. e una the advowſon of the church of this pariſh, as
Car'. & 3. Villi cu'. 2. bord'. int. 1. car'. Ibi of the inheritance of Elizabeth his wife, lately
eccla'. & 2. ac». pti & ſilva. 16. porc. Int' totu'
deceaſed (i), having, in the 10th year of K.
Val' & Valuit Sep'. 40 ſolid.
Edward II, obtained a charter of free-warren to
Which is: In Heiborne Hundred,
his lands here (k).
Ralph Fitztureld holds Boltone of the Archbiſhop.
He was ſucceeded in it by his eldeſt ſon,
It was taxed at half a ſuling, and lies in the fix
Thomas de Dene (1), who paid reſpective aid for
Julings of Holingeborne. The arable land is one ca-
this manor at the making the Black Prince a
rucate and an helf. In demeſne there is one carucate,
Knight, in the 20th year of that reign, and died
and three villeins, with two borderers having one
poffeffed of it in the 23d year of it (m). By
carucate. There is a church, and two acres of
Martha his wife, daughter of Benedi&t Shelving,
meadow, and wood for the pannage of 16 hogs. In
he left iſſue four infant daughters his coheirs,
the whole it is, and was, worth ſeparately 40 ſhil-
Benedict, Margaret, Martha, and Foane; of whom
lings.
Martha, afterwards married to fir John Goufall,
M
112
(.) He had bought theſe lands of his father K. Ethelred,
and gave them, with his confent, to Chriſt Church, L. S. A.
that is, free from all ſecular ſervice, excepting the trinoda
neceffitas, in like manner as Adiſham had been given to that
church. See Hollingboroze.
(d) Ledger-book of Davington priory. One of this name,
fir William de Malherb, was witneſs to a deed of Reginald de
Mahon, by which he gave much land to the abbey of Az-
mingger, as appears by patent 14 Hen. III, pt. i ma. See
Philipott, p. go.
(e) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 39, pt. 9.
(f) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 25. They bore for their
arms-Chequy, or and azure.
(g) The other fifter married Northwood.
(6) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(i) Holding it of the King in capite, as of his caſtle of
Dover, by the ſervice of the 4th part of one knight's fee,
and ward to the ſaid caſtle for each 20 weeks, 5. Rot.
Eſch. ejus an.
(k) Philipott, p. 190.
(1) His ſecond ſon, William Dene, died without iffue.
They bore for their arms-Argent, o feſs dancette, gules.
(m) Rot. Eſch.
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HISTORY
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
knt. (n) Soon after his death, this manor, by died on April 9, 1491, anno 7 Henry VII, and
what means I have not diſcovered, though per was buried in this church (t). By Elizabeth his
haps by marriage of one of the above-mentioned wife, daughter and heir of Fobn Bemburgh, of
daughters and coheirs, came into the poffeffion Padleſworth, e[1; (u) he left iſſue a fon, fir Robert
of Robert Corbie, who appears to have built a Wotton (V), who had been knighted by K. Ed.
ſtately manſion here, having in the 36th year ward IV, who made him Lieutenant of Guifnes,
of K. Edward III, obtained the King's licence and Knight-Porter and Comptroller of Calais,
ſo to do, and to fortify this his manor houſe at where he died, and was buried in the church
Boughton with embattlements and towers, ac there. He had been Sheriff of this county anno
cording to the defence of thoſe times(0). He 14 Henry VII, and married Anne, one of the
died poffeffed of it in the 39th year of that four daughters of fir Henry, and ſiſters and cc-
reign (p), and was ſucceeded by his ſon, Robert heirs of fir Edward Belknap, knt. by whom he
Corbye, of this place, eſq; where he kept his left iſſue two ſons, Edward, his heir, and Henry,
ſhrievalty in the 8th year of K. Richard II. (9) LL.D. afterwards Dean of York and Canter-
He left iſſue by Alice his wife, daughter and bury (w), and three daughters (x).
coheir of fir John Goufall above-mentioned, an Edward Wotton, knt. his eldeſt ſon, ſuc-
only daughter and heir Joane, who capried this ceeded him here, being born in 1489, anno
0 5
manor in marriage to Nicholas Wotton, eſq; (r) Henry VII, whoſe ſucceſſor K. Henry VIII,
He was of the Draper's Company, and Al-
made him Treaſurer of Calais, and of his Privy
derman of London. In the 8th year of K. Henry
Council (y); in which latter office he was con-
IV, he ſerved the office of Sheriff of that city, tinued by K. Edward VI.
and was twice Lord Mayor, viz. in the 3d year He was Sheriff of this county in the 27th year
of K. Henry V, and the oth of K. Henry VI.(s) of K. Henry VIII, and kept his ſhrievalty at
Having retired to Boughton-place, he made great Boughton-place. He procured his lands to be
additions to the houſe, where he died on Sept. diſgavelled by both the acts of the gift Henry
14, 1448, æt. 76, and was buried in the church VIII, and 2d and 3d Edward VI.(z) He died
here. He left iſſue Nicholas Wotton his ſon and on Nov. 8, 1550 (a), and was buried in Boughton
heir, who was of Boughton place, eſa; where he church, having been twice married; firſt, to
bury Spa
ene
(n) He bore for his arms- A plain azure ſhield.
ments on him, made him his Chaplain, with conſiderable
() Philipott, p. 90. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 19,
church preferments, one of his Privy Council, and one of
for a further account of ſuch licences from the crown.
the executors of his laft will. He was Privy Counſellor
(0) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
likewiſe and Secretary of State to K. Edward VI, and Privy
(9) His arms were-Argent, a croſs ingrailed ſable.
Counſellor to Q. Mary and Q. Elizabeth, and ten times
(n) He was born O&. 26, 1372, and was ſon of William
Embaſſador to foreign Princes, and three times employed
Wotton, eſq; by his wife, daughter of Winterton, who was
in treaties of peace with the Scots. He was a man noted for
the ſon of John Wotton, efq; by Elizabeth his wife. The
his prudence; for though religion underwent in his time as
Wottons bore for their arms--
Argent, a croſs patee fitched at
many changes as was ever known in the Chriſtian church,
the foot fable
in ſo ſhort a time; yet it being his maxim always to adopt
(s) Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 116, 117, 119.
the religion of his Prince for his own, and being omnium
At which time he bore for his arms-Argent, a croſs patee,
horarum homo, pliant to all times, as well in that as in the
fitched at the foot, fable, quartered with Corbye-Argent, a
ſtate, he kept all his preferments, and the favor of the ſeveral
faltire ingrailed ſable. Stow ſays, it was reckoned a privi-
Princes under whom he lived. He died, unmarried, in his
lege for any one, who had been Mayor and Alderman of 7oth year, on Jan. 26, 1586, and was buried in the cathe.
London, not to ſerve the King, without his own conſent, in
dral of Canterbury, where there is a beautiful monument
any other part of the kingdom. Such a maiter once hap-
erected over him. See Camd. Brit. p. 229. Somn. Cant.
pened in the reign of K. Henry VI: for Nicholas Wotton,
pt. ii, p. 122. Biog. Brit. vol. vii, p. 4339.
ſometime Mayor and Alderman, living in Kent, ſtood
(x) Viz. Mary, who married firſt, fir Henry Guildford,
upon
this privilege, and refuſed to ſerve when he was impanelled
Knight of the Garter, and ſecondly, fir Gawin Carew, knt.
with others before the Judges of Aſlize, in this county,
Margaret, married firſt, Thomas Grey, Marquis Dorſet, and
upon articles touching the King's peace, and on pretence ſecondly
, William Medley, eſq; and Joane, Thomas Norton,
of the liberty of the city of London, refuſed to be ſworn.
of Calais.
But this was held as a contempt, and he afterwards had his (°) Hollingſhed ſays, the King offered to make him Lord
pardon anno 17 Henry VI. Strype's Stow's Survey, book Chancellor, which, through his great modeſty, he refuſed.
v, p. 80. Another Nicholas Wotton was Lord Mayor anno (z) See Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 299.
9 Edward III. See ibid. p. 110.
(a) He was at his death, as appears by the inquiſition
(1) He bore the arms of Corbye, his mother's, in prefe-
taken the year after, anno 6 Edward VI, feiſed of the ma-
rence to his own, as the elder branch of this family, his
nor and rectory of Boughton Malherb, and 100 acres of land,
deſcendants, continued to do for ſome time afterwards.
60 acres of paſture, 40 acres of meadow, and
(u) By her will, dated Dec. 24, 1494, ſhe directed her
wood, called Wotton's lands, Southparke, Homeſparke, Wadf-
body to be buried in the high chancel of this church.
den, and Cowpers, held of the King in capite, as of his
(v) He was born about 1460. He had iſſue, beſides a manor of Oſpringe, and the manor of Colbridge, and the
ſon Albert and three daughters, Thomafine, wife of Stephen manor of Byndwardſmaſh, together with other lands pur.
Baker; Alice, married to Humphry Cheney, of Milfted, and chaſed of K. Henry VIII, and held in capite by knights
three others, who died young.
ſervice, with many other manors and lands, as mentioned
(W) This eminent ſtateſman was much in favor with K. in the inquiſition then taken. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Henry VIII, who conferred many high offices and employ-
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God
efq; .
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
ESEY KORNE HUNDRED.
Dorothy, fourth daughter and coheir of fir Ro He was twice married; firſt, to Elizabeth,
bert Read, knt. a Juſtice of the Common Pleas(6), daughter of fir John Rudton, knt. above-men-
who died Sept. 8, 1529. His ſecond wife was tioned, by Urſula his wife (b), by whom he had
Urſula, daughter of fir Robert Dymoke, knt, and iſſue Edward his heir, and four other fons, and
widow of fir John Rudffon, knt. late Lord Mayor one daughter (i). By his ſecond wife Eleanor,
and Alderman of London (c). By his laſt wife daughter of fir William Finch, of the Mote near
he left no ifue, but by his firt he had iftuc Canterbury, and widow of Robert Morton, of this
three fons and one daughter (d); of the former, county, eſq; he had only one ſon Henry, after-
Thomas Wotton, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, born in wards knighted, and Provoſt of Eton College (k).
1521, ſucceeded him in Boughton-place, where He was ſucceeded here by his eldeſt ſurviv.
he reſided (e). He was Sheriff of this county ing ſon, fir Edward Wotton, kni. who was em-
in the laſt year of Q. Mary's reign, and part ployed by Q. Elizabeth as her Ambaſſador,
of the iſt of Q. Elizabeth, and in the 20th firſt to Portugal, and then to Scotland (l); after
; ,
year
1573,
which he was made Comptroller of her Houſe
honor of entertaining Q. Elizabeth, with her hold; in the 27th year of that reign, he was
whole court, at it, in her progreſs through this choſen to repreſent this county (m) in Parl. and
county (f). He reſided here till his death, which he ſerved the office of Sheriff of this county in
happened on Jan. 11, 1587, having been remark the 36th year of that reign.
able for his hoſpitality; a great lover and much On May 13, in the iſt year of K. James I.'s
beloved of his country, a cheriſher of learning, reign, he was created a Peer of this realm, by
and beſides his own abilities, poffefſed of a the title of Lord Wotton, Baron of Merley in this
plentiful eſtate, and the antient intereſt of his county (n); in the 2d year of it, he was ap-
Miso 9 moi
family (8).
pointed Lord Lieutenant of the co. of Kent (m),
od 10
(6) See more of him, under Chidingstone, vol. i. of this where there is a monument erected for him, in the high
hiftory, p. 405.
chancel againſt the north wall, with his effigies in white
(c) Sir John Rudſon died 23d Aug. 1631, leaving iſſue
marble, and underneath his arms of nine coats, viz.
by her five infant children. She married ſur Edward Wotton Corbye, 2, Bamburgh; 3. Belknap, 4, Butler, 5; Sudley,
in 1638. See Harl. Mf. No. 1233.
6, Montford, 7, Rede, 3, Alphew, and
9,
Petit. Anno 18
(d) William, the third fon, married Mary, daughter of Eliz. he levied a fine of all his lands.
John Dannet, and died without iſſue; Anne, the daughter, She afterwards married fir Edward Wetton, knt. father
married, firſt, James Cromer, eſq; and ſecondly, Robert of this Tbomas.
Rudſion, of Boughton Monchenfe, efq;
(i) The other ſons were, Robert, the eldeſt, who died
(e) He was cloſely impriſoned in the Fleet on the 21ſt of in his life-time, without iſſue ; John, afterwards knighted
Jan. 1553, by Q. Mary, under pretence of his religion, by Q. Elizabeth, who married Lucy, fiſter of Henry Percy,
but really at the requeſt of his uncle, Dr. Nicholas Wotton, Earl of Nor: humberland, but died without iffue ; James,
on account of a dream he had had in France, where he was who followed a military life, and was knighted in the field
then Ambaſſador, and this in all likelihood faved Mr.Wot near Cadiz in Spain, and dying on O&. 20, 1628, was
ton’s life: for whilft he was in priſon, Wyat's rebellion broke buried in Boughton church ; and Thomas, who died in his
out, in which he had moſt probably been concerned, had father's life-time. Elizabeth, the daughter, married John
he not been confined there. Walton's Life of Wotton.
Dering, of Egerton in this county, the fixth ſon of John
(f) The Queen ſet out from Greenwich on July 14th
to the Archbiſhop's at Croydon, where ſhe ſtayed ſeven days ; (k) He was born at Boughton-place on March 30, 1568,
thence ſhe went to fir Percival Hart's at Orpington ; thence and became a ſtateſman of good abilities, much employed
to Knole, her own houſe; thence to Birlingham, Lord Ber abroad, and not leſs diſtinguiſhed at home by his learning
gavenie's, thence to Eridge in Suſſex, another of that Lord's
and parts. He was knighted by K. James I, and after-
houſes; thence to Bedgbury, Mr. Culpeper's; thence to wards employed eleven times on foreign embaflies. After
Hempſted, Mr. Guildford's, thence to Rye, fo to Siſinghurſt, his return he was, in 1623, made Provoſt of Eton College,
Mr. Baker's, whom ſhe knighted ; thence to Boflon Mal being all the reward he had for the great fervices he had
herb, Mr. Wotton's; thence to Mr. Tufton's at Hothfield; done to the Crown. He fat in the 12th Parl. of K. James
thence to her own houſe at Weftenbanger, the keeper of I, for Haſtings, and the ift of K. Charles I, for Sandwich,
which was Lord Buckburſt, and fo to Dover; on her de and died at Eton, æt. 72, in December 1639, and was bu.
parture from whence he was met at Folkſtone by the Arch ried in the chapel there. See an account of his writings,
biſhop, the Lord Cobham, and a great many Knights and and further particulars of his life, in Walton's life of him ;
Gentlemen of the county, and ſo conducted to Ganterbury, in Wotton's Remains; Biog. Brit. vol. vii, p. 4339 :
where ſhe lodged at the old palace of St. Auguftine's, and Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 622 ; Willis's Notitia Parl. p. 174,
was ſumptuouſly treated by the Archbiſhop, and ſtayed there
207
a fortnight; thence he paſſed to Sitting borne, and ſo to Ro (1) See Rapin. vol. ii, p. 121. He was afterwards, in
chefter ; from thence to her own houſe at Dartford, and at 1586, ſent into France, to ſhew the French King Mary 2.
laft came ſafely to Greenwich again. See Strype's Annals, of Scots' letters. Ibid. p. 125.
vol. ii, p. 313. Walton, in his Life of Wotton, ſays, that (m) See his commiſion in Harl. Mf. No. 6846-13.
the Queen, when at Boughton, offered to knight Mr. Wotion, (n) He was created, with Lord Cecil, Lord Sydney of
as an earneſt of ſome more honorable and profitable employ Penſhurſt, and Lord Knolles of Greys, who came in their
ment under her, which he declined, being unwilling to ordinary apparel before the King, and had their robes laid
change his country retirement and recreations for a courtier's
over their ſhoulders, when their patents were delivered to
life; however, it appears by his epitaph, that he afterwards them, that fir Robert Cecil's crookedneſs might be the leſs
accepted of that honor.
obſerved. See Harl. Mf. No.6166-15. Among the Har-
(8) He died, æt. 65, and was buried in this church, leian Mff. are many pedigrees of Wotion. Dr. Nicholas Wot-
Vol. II.
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co: of Efox,
Y of 2 K E N T.
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
and made a Privy Counſellor; afterwards Comp coheir of fir Arthur Throgmorton, of the co. of
troller of the King's Houſhold, and in the 14th Northampton, knt.(s), four daughters his coheirs,
year of that reign, Treaſurer of the Houſhold (o). viz. Catherine, married to Henry, Lord Stanhope,
He ſeems to have died about one year after ſon and heir of Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield; Het
wards, having been twice married ; firſt, to ter, to Baptiſt Noel, Viſcount Camden ; Margaret,
Hefter, daughter and heir of fir William Picker to fir John Tufton, of the Mote, knt. and bart.
ing, of Yorkſhire, knt. Marſhal of England, who and Anne, to fir Edward Hales, of Tunſtal in the
died on May 8, 1592, and was buried in the county of Kent, knt.siguab one big and stila
ſouth chancel of Boughton church; and ſecondly, On the partition of the Lord Wotton's eſtates
to Margaret, daughter of Philip, Lord Wharton. among his daughters, the manor of Boughton,
He left iſſue only by his firſt wife, one fon and with the manſion of Boughton-place, and the ad-
one daughter (p).
vowſon of the rectory of the church of Boughton,
Thomas, Lord Wotton, the ſon, ſucceeded his
were, among other eftates, allotted to the eldeit
father at Boughton (9), and dying there on April daughter, the Ledy Catherine, in whoſe right
2, 1630, æt. 43, was buried in this church (r), her huſband, Henry, Lord Stanhope, became pof-
leaving iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter and feffed of them (t).
1 Is Hos Serw
Mi otac bobnar H ogoo
ton's inſtructions, and ſeveral of his letters. Sir Henry Wet co. of Efex, ſeveral
feveral fons and daughters. Of the former, fir
ton's letters and negotiations, and ſeveral of fir Edward Thomas Stanhope, knt. was the eldeft; fir Edward Stanhope
Wotton's letters, in the reign of K. Henry VIII.
was LL.D. and John was one of the Privy Chamber to Q:
() Dudg. Bar. vol. ii, p. 413. Rym. Fød. vol. xvi, Elizabeth, and knighted, and being feated at Harrington,
paffim.
became afterwards Privy Counſellor to that Queen and K.
(p) He had iſſue by her Paulinus and Pickering, two ſons,
James I, by whom he was, on May 4, 1603, created a
who died in his life-time, withont iſſue; Thomas, who ſuc-
Baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Stanhope of Har.
ceeded him ; Philippa, who married fir Edmund Bacon,
rington, whoſe only ſon Charles dying in 1675, without
bart, and Alice, another daughter, who died young.
He
iſſue, the title became extinct.is email 20. STOL 994 )
incloſed the grounds round his houſe here as a park, but
Sir Thomas Stanhope, knt. the eldeſt ſon, was ſeated at
they have been long ſince again diſparked.
Shelford in the co. of Nottingham. He repreſented that
(9) He had been knighted by K. James, in 1608.
county in Parliament, and was ſeveral times Sheriff of it,
and of Derbyſhire. He greatly increaſed his fortune by his
(r) He bore for his arms a coat of 17, being his own and
care of it, as well as by his marriage with Margaret, daugh-
thoſe of the ſeveral fanilies, from the heirs of which he was ter and coheir of for John Port, of the co. of Derby, knt.
deſcended, viz. 1, Wotton, 2, Corbye, 3,
Corbye, 3, Dene, 4, Bama
He died on Aug. 3, 1596, leaving iſſue three fons and one
burgh, 5, Belknap, 6, Butler, 7, Pantolfe, 8, Sudley, 9,
daughter. Sir Fohn Stanhope, the eldeſt ſon, was of Shel-
Montford, 10, Delaplanch, 11, Haverſham, 12, Read, 13,
ford, knt. though at the latter part of his life he refided at
Alphew, 14, Petit, 15, Pickering, 16, Bellars, and 17,
Elvafton in the co. of Derby, where he died in April 1611,
Throgmorton. It has been obſerved, that Nicholas Wotton,
leaving iſſue by his firſt wife, daughter and coheir of
eja; fon of
fir Nicholas Wotton, by Joane, daughter and heir
Richard Allington, eſq; one ſon Philip, to whom he gave
of Corbye, bore his mother's arms in preference to his own,
up Shelford in his life-time. By his ſecond wife Katherine,
as his deſcendants of the eldeſt branch ſeem to have done
daughter of Thomas Trentham, of the co. of Stafford; eſq;
likewiſe, till Tbomas, Lord Wotton, as appears by his arms he had three fons and fix daughters ; of whom, fir John,
on his grave-ftone, reaſſumed the arms of Wotton in his firſt
the eldeft, was ſeated at Elvafon in the co. of Derby, from
quartering again, which was followed by his four daughters whom the preſent Right Hon. the Earl of Harrington is de-
and coheirs. Guillim, p. 59, fays, that argent, a
argent, a faltire
ſcended ; and William was of Linby in the co. of Nottingham,
(engrailed) ſable, was borne by the name of Wotton, and was
whoſe fon for William dying without iſſue, left his eftate to
in effect confirmed to Edward Wotton, efq; being allowed, the late Earl of Harrington.
Wood awo
and with his quarterings marſhalled, by Robert Cooke, March Sir Philip Stanhope, eldeſt ſon of
fir John, was, on Nov.
18, 1580.
7, anno 14 James I, 1616, created a Baron of this realm,
(s) She died at the palace of St. Auguftine’s, Canterbury, by the title of Lord Stanbope of Shelford, and afterwards on
on April 25, 1658, æt. 67, and was buried atBoughton. Whilft
Aug. 4, 1628, anno 4 Charles I, further advanced to the
ſhe reſided at Canterbury, her houſe there was twice plun dignity of Earl of Cheſterfield. Continuing ſtedfaſt in his
dered by the populace, at which the Mayor aſſiſted and en loyalty to the King in his diſtreſſes, his houſe at Shelford
couraged their outrage.
was made a garriſon for the royal forces, which being taken
was deſcended from anceſtors ſeated in early times by ſtorm, was burned to the ground, and Philip, one of
in the county of Nottingham, where they flouriſhed with his fons, ſain in defence of it; after which, the Earl be-
much eminence and renown; ſerving from time to time the ing taken priſoner at Litchfield, on the ſurrendry of that
office of Sheriff of that county, and other reſpectable offices city to the rebels, endured a long confinement, and dying
relating to it, and repreſenting it in Parliament at ſeveral on Sept. 12, 1656, æt. 72, was buried in St. Giles's in the
different periods. After a ſucceſſion of many generations Fields, London.
holde
of them, Michael Stanhope became the heir male of this fa By his firſt wife Katherine, daughter of Francis, Lord
mily in the reign of K. Henry VIII, from whom he had fe Haſtings, ſon of George, Earl of Huntingdon, he had eleven
veral grants of lands, in different counties, of confiderable fons and four daughters. Of the latter of whom, Elizabeth
value. In the 37th year of that reign he was knighted, and married Edward Darcy, of Dartford-place in this county.
afterwards made Governor of Hull; in K. Edward VI.'s Of the fons, John, the eldeft, died unmarried at Oxford;
reign he was Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, but being Henry, the ſecond, but eldeſt ſurviving ſon, married Ka-
accuſed of a deſign of aſſaſſinating the Duke of Northumber therine, daughter and coheir of Thomas, Lord Wotton, and
land, he was found guilty, and being beheaded on Tower poffeffed Boughton Malherb as above-mentioped ; Charles,
hill, on Feb. 26, in the 4th year of that reign, was buried
the third ſon, died without iſſue ; Edward, William, The-
at Shelford in the co. of Nottingham. He left iſſue by Anne mas, Michael, and George, died before they came to age;
his wife, daughter of Nicholas Rawſon, of Belhouſe in the
Ferdinando followed a military life, and was flain fighting
as his deſcendants •
(1) He w
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431
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BOUGHTON MALHERB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
He had been created a Knight of the Bath, Perth in Scotland, on Aug. 31, 1650, and in
with other noblemen's ſons of the firſt rank, at Sept. 1660, was naturalized, together with his
the coronation of K. Charles I, and ſerved in fifter Amely, who ſoon afterwards died unmar-
two Parliaments for the county of Nottingham. ried. He was likewiſe created Earl of Bellamont
He died in the life-time of his father, on Nov. in Ireland (x), and leaving no iſſue by Frances
29, 1635, anno 1o Charles I, æt. 27, and was his wife, daughter of William, Lord Willoughby
buried in this church, leaving his wife ſurviv of Parham, and widow of fir Thomas Harpur, of
ing, and one fon (u) Philip, then a year old, the co. of Derby, knt. (y) He reſided at Bough-
and alſo two daughters; Mary, who died un ton-place, where he died, and was buried in Can-
married in 1664, æt. 34; and Catherine, who terbury cathedral on Jan. 11, 1683, having by
married William, Lord Allington, and died with his laſt will bequeathed this, among the reſt of
out iſſue. 1 oLoivog boatginal soud gnivad his eſtates, to his nephew Charles Stanhope,
The Lady Catherine Stanhope was afterwards, on younger fon of his half-brother Philip, then
account of her long attendance on the Princeſs Earl of Cheſterfield, in tail male ; remainder to
of Orange, daughter of K. Charles I, whoſe Philip, Lord Stanhope, eldeſt ſon and heir appa-
Governeſs ſhe was, and attended her into Hol rent of his brother, in like tail; remainder to his
land, and for her great ſervices to the King brother Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, in like tail,
whilſt in diſtreſs, and in regard that her huſ-
with divers rernainders over.
band Lord Stankope did not live to enjoy his Charles Stanhope, eſq; upon this changed his
father's honors, on the reſtoration of K. Charles ſurname to Wetton, and reſided at Boughton-
II, advanced, by let. pat. on May 29, anno 12 of
place, where he died on Feb. 6, 1704, leaving
that reign, to the dignity of Counteſs of Cheſter no iſſue by Jane his wife, daughter and coheir
field, to hold during her natural life, with the of Gilbert Thacker, of the co. of Derby, who af-
precedency of Earl's daughters to her daughters.
terwards married Thomas Stashope, of Elvafton,
She had before the death of K. Charles I, re-
eſq; by whom ſhe likewiſe had no iſſue,
married with John Vanden Kerkhoven, Lord of
Upon which the manor of Boughton, the man-
Henulflet in Holland, by whom ſhe had a fon
fion, and the advowſon of the rectory, came by
Charles Henry Kerkhoven, and a daughter Amely(V).
the above entail to Philip, Lord Stanhope, his
She had a third huſband, Daniel Oneale, Gen-
elder brother (m), who on his father's death in
tleman of the Bedchamber to K. Charles II, (V)
1713, ſucceeded as Earl of Cheſterfield.
by whom ſhe had no iſſue, and dying on April He married in Dec. 1691, Lady Elizabeth
9, 1667, was buried in Boughton church. Savile, one of the daughters and coheirs to Geo.
Charles Henry Kerkhoven, was, by reaſon of Marquis of Halifax, by whom he left iſſue four
his mother's defcent, created a Baron of this
fons and two daughters (a).
realm, by the title of Lord Wotton, Baron Wot. He died on Jan. 17, 1726, and was ſucceeded
ton of Boughton Malherb, by let. pat. dated at in titles and this eſtate by his eldeſt ſon Philip
on the King's part at Bridgenorth, in 1643, leaving an only of Henry, Lord Stankope, by his wife Catherine Wotton
daughter Anne ; Philip loft his life at Shelford, as above-re. above-mentioned. Which Earl was much in favor with
lated ; and Arthur, the youngeſt ſon, was of Stoke and K. Charles II, who conferred ſeveral offices of honor on
Mansfield, in the co. of Nottingham, whoſe grandſon Michael him, and made him of his Privy Council. He died, up-
Stanhope, D. D. and Canon of Windſor, left iffue by his wards of 80 years old, on Jan. 28, 1713, having been three
wife, daughter of fir Salathiel Lovel, knt. five ſons; Arthur ; times married ; firſt, to Lady Anne Percy, daughter of Alger-
Charles ; for Thomas, Captain in the Navy ; Ferdinand, noon, Earl of Northumberland, by whom he had one ſon,
and Lovel Stanhope, eſq; now living.
which died an infant; ſecondly, to Lady Elizabeth Butler,
The Earl by his ſecond wife Anne, daughter of fir John daughter of James, Duke of Ormond, by whom he had one
Packington, of the co. of Worceſter, knt, and widow of fir ſon Henry, who died an infant, and a daughter Elizabeth;
Humphry Ferrers, had one fon Alexander, whoſe fon James, and thirdly, to Lady Elizabeth Dormer, daughter and co-
was by K. George I, created Earl Stanhope, and was father heir to Charles, Earl of Carnarvon, by whom he had two
of the preſent Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, of whom a further ſons, Philip and Charles, above - mentioned, and two
account is given in vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 362.
daughters.
1. Mr. pedigree of Stanhope ; Coll. Peer. vol iii, p. 254
(a) Sir William Stanhope, the ſecond ſon, was of Wing-
et feq. Rym. Fæd. vol. xix, p. 34; Scobel Coll.
Scobel Coll. pt. ii. p.
park and Aſcot, in the co. of Bucks, and was created Knight
157.
of the Bath, and ſerved in Parl. for that county in ſeveral
(u) He had another ſon, who died before him, and was
ſucceeding Parliaments till his death. He was thrice mar-
buried in this church.
(v). She died in 1663, æt. 17, and was buried in this co. of Oxford, eſq; by whom he had a daughter, married
church.
to Welbore Ellis, esq; ſecondly, to Elizabeth, daughter of John
ses (w) He' was likewiſe Poſtmaſter General of England,
Crawley, eſq; Alderman of London, by whom he had no ifline;
Scotland, and Ireland. He died in 1663, and was buried
and thirdly, to the fifter of fir Francis Blake Delaval, Knight
in this church,
of the Bath, by whom likewiſe he had no iſſue. John, the
(x) He bore for his arms- Argent, 3 hearts gules.
third ſon, was Secretary to the embaſſy at the Hague, Lord
() She was thirdly married to Henry Heveningham, eſq;
of the Admiralty, and Member of Parl. and died in 1748,
Lieutenant of the Band of Penſioners.
unmarried. Charles, the fourth ſon, was Member in Parl
(z) They were fons of Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, fon
and died unmarried in 1736.
Dormer
ILOW
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
a
Es moule counter-embattled,
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
EYHORNE HUNDRES,
Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Cheſterfield, who became advowſon of the rectory appendant to the ma.
remarkable for the brilliancy of his wit, and the nor, and all the reſt of the Wotton eſtates in this
politeneſs of his manners. He was an eminent
county (c), to Galfridus Mann, of London, eſg; (d)
ſtateſman, and much in favor with King George who died poffeffed of them in Dec. 1756(e),
I. and II ; being, beſides other offices and truſts leaving iſſue one fon Horatio, and three daugh-
of honor and advantage, in 1728, made a Privy ters (f).
Counſellor, and that year ſent Ambaſſador Ex Horatio Mann, efq; fucceeded his father in
traordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States the poſſeſſion of theſe eſtates, of which he is
General, where he lived in great ſpendor and the preſent owner; and on June 15, 1772, ap-
magnificence; in 1730, he was elected Knight peared as proxy for his uncle fir Horatio Mann,
of the Garter, and afterwards made Lord Steward bart, on his inſtallation as Knight of the Baib,
of the Houſhold, and in 1745, Lord Lieutenant having been knighted previous to that cere-
of Ireland, and then again Ambaſſador to the mony:
States of Holland. In the above-mentioned year,
Sir Horace Mann, for ſo he is now ſtyled, to
he was appointed one of the Lords Juſtices of diſtinguiſh him from his uncle fir Horatio, in
the kingdom, during the King's abſence abroad; 1779, ſucceeded, by gift from his uncle above-
and laſtly, in 1746, one of the Secretaries of mentioned, to his feat and eſtate at Linton in
State. In all which he ſhewed his eminent abi. this county, where he at times reſides. He mar-
lities and public fpirit, whenever the intereſt ried on April 13, 1765, Lady Lucy Noel, fifter
and honor of his country was concerned. About of Thomas, Earl of Gainſborough, who died at
two years after, his health declining, he retired Nice in 1778, by whom he has iſſue three daugh-
from all public buſineſs; though at the accef ters, Lucy, Emely, and Harriot (g). gian
fion of K. George III, he was continued of the There are but ſmall remains of the manſion
Privy Council (b).
of Boughton-place left ſtanding, the greateſt part
The Earl of Cheſterfield, however, before this of it having been pulled down many years ago,
period, by his deed in 1750, paſſed away this and what is left of it is only fufficient for a
manor, with the ſcite of Boughton-place, and the farm-houſe (b). It ſtands adjoining to the
purpurbs bas tot groot
(b) The Earl of Cheſterfield died on March 24, 1773,
whom left iſſue. See Kimb. Bar. vol. iii, p. 140. See Lin-
leaving no iſſue by his wife, the Lady Melèfona de Schulen ton, p. 142, Detling, p. 137, and Aſhford.
berg, Counteſs of Walfing ham in Norfolk, and Baroneſs of They bear for their arms-Sable on a
Aldborough in the co. of Suffolk, who ſurvived him.
between 3 goats paſant argent, as many ogreſēs; which coat
The Stanhopes bear for their arms-Quarterly, ermine and was confirmed to Edward Marn, of Ipſwich, above-men-
gules.
tioned, by fir Edward Byfe, Clar. March 2, 1692. See
(©) By the deſcription of, the heriotable manor of Boston Guill.
alias Boughton Malherbe, the manors of Burſcombe, Wardens (e) Galfridus Mann, efq; by his will, dated March 16,
alias Egerton, Southerdon, Colbridge, Marley alias Mar 1754, gave all his manors, lands, &c. in Kent or elſewhere,
leigh, Sturry, Eaſt Farborne, Holmill alias Harrietſham, and (except in the co. of Warwick, which he afterwards directed
Fill.
by it to be ſold,) to Edward Louiſa Mann, and Benjamin
(d) This family is defcended from anceſtors feated at Hatley Foote, eſgrs, in truft, that his wife Sarah ſhould re-
Ip/evich in the co. of Suffolk ; of whom Edward Mann, eſq; ceive an annuity of 7ool. per annum, and his brother Horatio
was Comptroller of the Cuſtoms at that place; and his de-
100l. per annum.
All his other eſtates, ſubject as above,
ſcendant John Mann, married Mary, daughter of Edward except his lands in the co. of Warwick, to his fon Horatio,
Hinton, of the co. of Berks, gent. by whom he had Robert for his life; remainder to his ſons reſpectively in tail male ;
Mann, of London, and afterwards of Linton in this county, remainder to his daughters, Alice, Sarah, Catherine, and
eſq; who died March 12, 1752, leaving iſſue by Eleanor his Eleanor, in like tail ; remainder to the uſes of the will of his
wife, daughter and heir of Chriſtopher Guiſe, of Abbots-court late father, Robert Mann, efq; His eftates in the co. of
in the co. of Glouceſter, efq; five ſons and three daughters, Warwick to be fold, with all his perſonal eſtate ; and he
viz. Edward Louiſa, the eldeſt ſon, who was of Linton, directed his truſtees to lay out in the public funds a ſum to
eſa; where he died unmarried on Dec. 16, 1775, and was pay 7500l. a piece to each of his daughters; and to lay out
ſucceeded in his eftates in this county by his brother, fir the reſt in lands in Kent, as near as poſſible to the eſtates
Horatio Mann, Baronet and Knight of the Bath ; which fir he already poſſeſſed in it, to be ſettled to the uſes above-
Horatio, who was the ſecond ſon, has been many years re mentioned.
fident at Florence as his Majeſty's Envoy Extraordinary. (f) He married Sarah, daughter of John Gregory, of
On March 3, 1755, he was created a Baronet, to him and London, who ſurvived him. The daughters were, Alice,
his heirs male, and in default of ſuch iſſue, to his brother married to Mr. Apthorpe ; Sarah, who died unmarried ;
Galfridus, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten: Catherine, married to the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Cornwallis,
ſo that as for Horatio is at preſent unmarried, and far advanced Dean of Canterbury, next brother to Earl Cornwallis, by
in years, fir Hcrace Mann, his nephew, will in all probability whom ſhe has iſſue a daughter Elizabeth, and a ſon James ;
fucceed him in that title. Galfridus, the third ſon, was and Eleanor, married to Thomas Powis, of Lifford in the co.
purchaſer of Boughton manor, as above-mentioned, and fa of Northampton, eſq; Member for that county, by whom
ther of the preſent fir Horace Mann, knt. Member in the laſt ſhe has iſſue ſeveral children.
and preſent Parliaments for the town of Maidſtone in this (8) They are of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele, by
county. Robert was the fourth ſon, and James the fifth. the marriage of their grandfather Baptiſt, Earl of Gainfo-
Of the daughters, Eleanor married John, afterwards fir borough, with the Lady Dorothy Manners, daughter of John,
"John, Torriano, of London, knt. Merchant, by whom ſhe Duke of Rutland. Stem. Chich. No. 116.
had iſſue; Mary married Benjamin Hatley Foote, efq; and (b) The manor-farm, called Boughton-place farm, con-
Catherine married the Rev. Francis Hender Fogte; both of tains 400 acres of land.
church-
lo
p. 360.
hebat ilhely care of childregninity to Archbishop Cbiebele
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The HISTORY of KEN T. 433
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
UNDRED.
church-yard weſtward, and by the remains of which likewiſe he by his laſt will enjoined the
it, appears to have been a ſtately building. Duke of Lancaſter and others his feoffees.
Wormsell has ever been eſteemed as an ap-
non
pendage to the manor of Boughton.
in the beginning of K. Richard II.'s reign, pur-
chaſed of the Crown this manor of Colbrugge,
and then, among other premiſes, in the 5th year
antiently called Colewebregges, is an eminent ma of it, demiſed it to the Dean and Canons of this
nor in this pariſh, the manſion of which, called college for 40 years, to
40 years, to the intent, that they be-
Colbridge-caſtle, ſtood below the hill towards ing in the actual poffeffion of it, the King might
Hedcorne, conſiderable remains of its former grant it to them in mortmain for ever. But
ſtrength being viſible in the ruins of it, even at after ſome years, the King, by means of ſome
this time (i).
falſe ſuggeſtions made uſe of by fir Simon de
In the reign of K. Henry III, this place was Burley, knt. granted it to him and his heirs, and
in the poſſeſſion of the family of Peyforer ; one
of it; but
of whom, Fulk de Peyforer, obtained a charter he having forfeited it, with his life, in the 10th
of free-warren for his lands at Colewebrugge in year of that reign, the King, by his let. pat. on
the 32d year of K. Edward I, (k) and he had Oct. 2, in his 12th year, at the petition of the
licence in the 7th year of the next reign of K. Dean and Canons, granted to them and their fuc-
Edward II, to embattle, that is, to build and ceſſors, the rents and profits of this manor among
fortify in a caſtle-like manner, his manſion here others, to hold to them as a fufficient endow-
at Colewebregges (?). Soon after which it ſeems ment, until he ſhould otherwiſe alter it, or pro-
to have paſſed into the family of Leyborne, who
vide for them. After which, the King, by his
had long before this poſſeſſions in this pariſh,
let. pat. dated Feb. 26, in his 21ſt year, granted
as will be mentioned below. Certain I am, that it, among other premiſes, to them for ever, for
William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon, huſband the performance of the religious purpoſes therein
to Juliana, daughter of Thomas de Leyborne, died mentioned, and in part of the exoneration of
poffeffed of it in the 28th year of K. Edward the ſum to be taken at his Treaſury as above-
III. (m). She ſurvived him, and afterwards be mentioned (P). 10
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bus
came again ſeiſed of it in her own right, and
In which ſituation this manor con
this manor continued till
continued fo at her death, anno 41 Edward III, the iſt year of K. Edward VI, when an act of
when there being found no one who could claim Parl. pafling for the ſurrendry of all free cha-
conſanguinity to her, this manor, among the reſt pels, chantries, &c. this, among others, was
of her eftates, eſcheated to the Crown(n), where ſoon afterwards diffolved,' and the lands and
it remained till the beginning of K. Richard poffeffions of it were ſurrendered into the King's
II.'s reign, when it became veſted in John, Duke hands, to the uſe of him and his heirs and ſuc.
of Lancaſter, and others feoffees in truſt, for the
ceſſors for ever.
At which time it appears, by
performance of certain religious bequeſts in the the ſurvey then taken of it, and remaining in
laſt will of K. Edward III, then lately deceaſed. the Court of Augmentation, to have been in
That King, by his let. pat. Aug. 6, in his 22d
the tenure of William Hudſon, at the yearly rent
year, had endowed and completed the chapel of 81. 135. 4d.(9) The year after which, the
which had been begun by his predeceſſor K. King granted it to fir Edward Wotton, knt. one
Stephen, in his palace at Weſtminſter, and made of his Privy Council, to hold in capite by knights
it collegiate, to conſiſt of a Dean, Canons, and ſervice (r), who died ſeiſed of it in the 5th year
other Miniſters (e), to whom he granted, that of that reign, holding it in manner as above-
they ſhould receive at his Treaſury as much as mentioned (s). His grandſon, fir Edward Wot-
would ſupply them with food, and other necef ton, was, in the iſt year of K. James I, created
ſaries, until he could give them as much lands Lord Wotton, whoſe ſon, Thomas, Lord Wotton,
and rents as amounted to 500l. yearly income, dying in the 6th year of K. Charles I, without
which he bound himſelf and his heirs, Kings male iſſue, his four daughters became his co-
of this realm, well and truly, to perform; to heirs ; of whom, Catherine, the eldeſt, carried
Bot only
orgunit
(i) The report of the country is, that the ſtones and other moſt probably, were in memory of one of the family of Peya
materials of this ruined manfion were made uſe of, ages ago, forer and his lady. b
to build Boughton-, lace, in this pariſh.
(m) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
(k) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 18. Pat. Rolls in the Tower.
(n) Philipott, p. 90.
(0) See Bredhurſt, where there is a further account of
(1) In the ſouth chancel of this church, there is
this foundation.
antient figure in Betherſden marble of a man in armour,
(p) Theſe manors and premiſes were confirmed to them
with his ſhield and fword, lying croſs-legged. It lies upon
by K. Edward IV, in his iſt year, and by K. Henry IV.
the pavement, and ſeems to have been removed from fome
and VI, in their iſt years. See Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 61
other part of the church. On the oppoſite ſide of the chan-
to 67.
cel, is the figure of a woman, full as antient as the former,
(9) Survey of chantry lands in the Augmentation-office.
and of the like marble, but fixed in the pavement. Theſe,
(r) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 4. (s) Ibid.
Vol. II.
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T The HISTORY T of K E N T.
434
అdobe
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
.
whim
62son Edward, above-mentioned,
all their children Ples and of Hamilton, both of Chilfon, had
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
it in marriage, with Boughton manor and much 133! (y), leaving Iſabel his wife ſurviving, and
other land in this neighbourhood, to Henry, one fon, fir Henry Huſſee, knt. who doing his
Lord Stanhope, ſon and heir of Philip, Earl of
homage, had livery of his lands, and having
Cheſterfield, from whom it paſſed, in like man-
had ſummons to Parliament to the 23d year
ner as the manor of Boughton laft-deſcribed,
of that reign incluſive, died July 2ift that
to his deſcendant Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl year, feiſed of this manor (Z), having had iffue
of Cheſterfield, who in 1750 ſold it, with the reſt
by Catherine his wife two ſons; Henry, who mar-
of he Wotton eſtates in this county, to Galfridus
ried Elizabeth, daughter of John de Bohun; and
Marn, eſq; who died poffeffed of it in 1756, and Richard; and likewiſe a daughter Elizabeth (a).
his only ſon fir Horace Mann, knt. is the pre * Richard Huſſee, the ſecond ſon, poſſeſſed this
ſent poffeffor of it (t).
27597 Soloits
manor by entail(a), as did Mark Huſee after him,
d
in the next reign of K. Richard II. (b) Henry
CHILS O N, villeggutoilut
os tungt
Huſſey died ſeiſed of it in the 10th year of K.
burja in bas
or Chilfton, is a manor, ſituated at the north-weſt
Henry IV, in whoſe deſcendants it continued
extremity of this pariſh, in the borough of Sand-
till Henry Huſſey about the latter end of K. Henry
way. It was antiently called Childeſton, and was
VIII.'s reign (c), tranſmitted it by ſale to John
in the reign of K. Henry I, part of the poffeffions | Parkhurſt (d), whoſe deſcendant for William Park-
of William Fitz-Hamon, as appears by the regiſter burſt, knt. alienated it to Mr. Richard North-
wife Anne, daughter of Paul Cleybroke, of Naſha
WODU
Hoeſe, afterwards called Huſſey. Henry Hoeſe or court, left iſſue two ſons; Alexander and Richard,
Huſey (v) had a charter of free-warren for his Alexander Northwood, or Norwood as he was uſu.
manor of Childerſton in the 55th year of K. Henry ally called, the eldeſt ſon, was of St. Stephens
III. (w) before which he had taken an active near Canterbury, and ſucceeded his father in this
part with the rebellious Barons againſt that manor (f), which he ſold ſoon after the death of
King. He died feiſed of this manor in the 18th K. Charles I, to Cleggat, and he again fold it to
year
of K. Edward 1, (x) leaving iffue by Joane Mr. Manley, of London, who quickly afterwards
his wife, daughter and coheir of Alard Fleming, alienated it to Edward Hales, eſq; (g) who after-
and niece of that noted Pluraliſt John Maunfell, wards reſided at Chilton. He died on Jan. 9,
Provoſt of Beverley, &c. Henry Huſſee his ſon
1696 (b), without male iſſue (i); ſo that his
and heir, who doing his homage, had that year three daughters became his coheirs, viz. Thoa
livery of his inheritance. In the 23d year majine, wife of Gerard Gore, gent. (k) Elizabeth
of thát reign, he had ſummons to 1
Parliament among Hales, and Frances, wife of William Glanville, of
the Barons of this realm, as he had likewiſe in London, eſq; (2) who in 1698, joined in the con-
all the ſucceeding Parliaments of it, and of the veyance of this manor, with other eſtates in this
next of K. Edward II. He died feiſed of this pariſh and neighbourhood, to the Hon. Mrs.
in the 6th year of K. Edward III, anno Elizabeth Hamilton, widow of James Hamilton,
bsteoopt xlsisi nella now be
ni(t) See
most pis A 20,110 ods
more of the Wottons, Stanhopes, and Manns, under (g) Philipott, p. 91. He was ſon of Samuel Hales, by
the deſcription of Boughton Malherb above, p. 428, and the Martha his wife, daughter and fole heir of Stephen Heronden,
following pages. th 55917 91
remarried afterwards to William
liam Kenewick, who was a youn
(4) Folio ii, p. 2. braut bisig an
ger ſon of fir Edward Hales, kut. created a Baronet in 1611.
(v) He was the ſon of Mathew Hoeſe, who was of Herting
in the co. of Suſſex. Dugd. Bar. vol.i, p. 623. pelvis
who purchaſed Chilſon, and a daughter Chriſtian, who
1902)
(w
See Philipott, p. 91.
married John Hugelfen, ſon and heir offer William Hugellen,
- (x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (1) Ibid. (z) Ibid.
Thidi ya thin 'to
222) Doccini
of Linfed, knt. which Edward Hales, married Elizabeth,
(a) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 623.
third daughter of fir John Evelyn, of Godfione in Surry, knt
.
(6) Elizabeth, daughter of Mark Huſſey, of Chilſon in
by whom he had ifue one ſon Edward
, who died in his
Lenham, married William Norton, of Sheldwich. See Viftn. life-time unmarried, and four daughters ; Thomafine, mar-
co. Kent, 1619,
1619, pedigr. Norton.
do spo ni nivo ried to Gerard Gore; Elizabeth, married to Edwin Wiat
,
(c) In the 31ſt year of that reign, his lands were diſga eſq; Margaret, who died in his life-time unmarried; and
velled by the general a&t paſſed that year. See Robinſon's Frances, married to William Glanville. Mff. pedigr. Hales.
Gavelkind, p. 299. !!
(1) He was buried at Tonftal in this county, the burial-
(d) He had a daughter Katherine, who married John
place of his family.
Codd, ejq; by whom ſhe had one ſon and one daughter, and
tert el yumuo sa to tocar
He had ſeveral other ſons beſides Edward above-men-
dying in 1631, al. 27, was buried in Lerbom church.
tioned, who died infants and were buried in Lenban church.
(e) Philipott, p. 91.
(f) Anne Norwood and Alexander Norwood, eſq; her ſon,
all their children chriſtened and married in Boughton church;
by leaſe dated Nov. 2, 1648, demiſed to Richard Elmeſton, but they were all buried from time to time in Lenham church.
part of the capital meſſuage or manſion houſe called Chil-
(A) They were married on Feb. 18, 1674, in Boughton
fon, alias Chillon, with the barns, ftables, gardens, &c.
church, where ſeveral of their children were afterwards
and lands containing 200 acres more or leſs, belonging to
chriftened.
it, in Lenham, Boughton, Boxley, and Hedcorne, for ſeven
years, at bol. per annum.
Rolls of High Court of St. Au.
(1) They were married in Boughton church on Dec. 25;
guftine, Canterbury, anno 1654.
1691.
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BOUGHTON MALHERB.
SEYMOR NE HUNDRED.
eſq; (m) the eldeſt ſon of fir George Hamilton, of
diſſolution of it in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
the co. of Tyrone in Ireland, knt. (n) iw z blol
when it was ſurrendered into the King's hands,
She reſided at Chilfton, and dying here in 1709, among other eftates belonging to it; all which
et
. 72, was buried in Hollingborne church, leav were confirmed to the King and his heirs, by
ing iſſue by her huſband above-mentioned, two the general words of the act paſſed in the gift
fons ſurviving ; James, Earl of Abercorn, and Wm.
f that reign. After
reign. After which the King, by
Hamilton, eſq; to the latter of whom ſhe bequeath his dotation-charter under his great ſeal, in the
ed this manor, with other eſtates in this county. 33d year of his reign, fettled this portion of
He reſided at Chilſton, which he made great tythes on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of
additions to, and died poſſeſſed of it in 1737, (0) Rocheſter, who now poſſeſs the inheritance of it.
leaving iſſue by Margaret his wife, daughter of Thomas Beſt, of Chilſon, eſq; is the preſent tenang
fir Thomas Colepeper, of Hollingborne, knt, four of it, under the Dean and Chapter.
coches
fons and one daughter; of whom, John Hamil On the intended diſſolution of Deans and
ton, eſq; the eldeſt, ſucceeded him at Chilſton, Chapters, after the death of K. Charles I, the
where he reſided and incloſed the ground round poffefſions of the Dean and Chapter, in this pariſh,
it for a park, beſtowing much coſt on the im were ſurveyed in 1649, by order of the ſtate ;
provement both of the houſe and grounds ad when it was returned, that the portion of tythes
joining to it. He kept his ſhrievalty here for iſſuing out of the manor of Chilleſton, late be-
this county
in and married Mary, daugh longing to the late Dean and Chapter, conſiſted
ter of John Wright, M. D. by whom he had a of all and ſingular the tythes of corn, grain, hay,
Ion William, and ſeveral other children. He, wool, lambs, calves, and other ſpiritual obven-
with the concurrence of his eldeſt lon William, tions and duties, late belonging to the priory of
above-mentioned, joined in the ſale of this ma Leeds, ariſing from and out of the ſaid manor,
nor, with the manſion-houſe, park, and other in Boughton Malherbe and Lenham, of the yearly
appurts. belonging to it, to Thomas Beſt, eſa;
improved value of 141. which premiſes were let
who in 1743 married Miſs C
married Miſs Caroline Scott, daugh by the Dean and Chapter on Dec.
Scott, of Scotts-hall, eſq; (P) by
whom he has no iſſue.
at the yearly rent of ios, ſo that there remained
250 grafinog broitas
He reſides at Chilſton, the manſion of which the clear yearly rent of 131. 105. od. (t)
he has rebuilt, and made other very conſiderable Dr. Plot mentions, in his Manuſcript Collec-
improvements to the park, waters, and adjacent tions for this
for this county, ſome petrified oyſters being
grounds (9).
found at Chilſton, which were larger than thoſe
The manor of Chilfton pays an annual fee of Cyzicum, mentioned in Pliny to be the largeſt
to the Crown.
uur
farm rent of 41. to
of any then known (u). (.) arbeiten de la mito!
eesvai noriw II1V 41013 to y bse al
inom PORTION OF TYTHE S.Thoms
station to stw
oborze bassi zoni non berbagut 1491
Krə qawali og eg van now's
The tythes of the manor of Chilſon, or Chil. is a manor in this pariſh, of conſiderable repute,
defton, were given to the priory of Leeds, foon extending itſelf into the pariſh of Harrietham.
after the foundation of it, by William Fitz-Ha. It was antiently called Boughley, and was part
mon, the owner of it; viz. in corn, in fruit, in
of thoſe poſſeſſions with which William the
hay, in fowls, in calves, and in flax, and of Conqueror enriched his half-brother Odo, Biſhop
pannage, and in cheeſes and pigs, and in all
other things which belonged to the demeſne, it is thus entered in Domeſday: sietyd
and to Edwin de Bletchindenne, with his tenancy, Adam fili' Hubti ten de epo Bogelei. P. 2. ſolins
to hold as freely as he ever held it; and this he
ſe defd'. Tra'e'. 1. Car'. & dim'. In dnio' e.
did with the conſent of Hamo his ſon, who was una Car. & 2. Villi cu 2. bord' hnt dimid' Car'.
.
his heir (r). Which gift was confirmed by ſe Ibi accla & 4. ſervi & 1. molin. de 5. folid. &
veral Archbiſhops of Canterbury from time
to 6. ac .pti, Silva. 20. porc'.
time(s).
Which is : Adam Fitzhubert holds of the Biſhop
This portion of tythes remained part of the of Baieux, Bogelei. It was taxed at two ſulings.
poſſeſſions of the above mentioned priory till the The arable land is two carucates and an half. In
A4 svoda na nabito atid
20(m) She was eldeſt daughter of fir John Colepeper, Lord He bears for his arms-Sable, 2 croſs-croflets in chief, and
Colepeper. See Leeds.
a cinquefoil in baje, or.
(n) See a full account of the family of Hamilton, under
Lenham,
(7) See more of this family, under Smeeth,
(6) He was buried on July 20th that
(r) Regiſt. of Leeds Abbey, fol. 2, p. 2, 1. 16.
, 22.
church, as was Margaret his wife on O&. 22, 1736.
(s) Viz. Theobald and Hubert, and John, Pricr, and the
(p) Eldeſt ſon of Mawdiftley Beft, of Boxley, eſq; who
Convent of Chriſt Church in Canterbury, in 1278. Regift,
left ilue a younger fon James Beſt, now of Boxley,
ibid. fol. ibid. and fol. 3, 1. 9, fol. 5, 1. 21.
and a daughter, married to the Hon. Robert Fairfax, of (1) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
Leeds-caſtle. See Boxley above, p. 131.
(u) Nat. Hift, lib. xxxii, cap. 6.
ter of George Scott
vode
B E WLEY
.
year,
in Lenham
0843
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436
K & N T.
The V HISTORY of
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
three daughters became his coheirs, and they
fold it, with Chillton, in 1691, to the Hon. Mrs.
Elizabeth Hamilton, and her deſcendant John
Hamilton, eſg; with the concurrence of his ſon
William, alienated, it with Chilfton and other
eſtates in this neighbourhood, to Thomas Beſt,
eſq; the preſent poffeffor of it (e).
PORTION OF TY THES
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
demeſne there is one carucate, and two villeins, with
two borderers having half a carucate. There is a
church, and four ſervants, and one mill of five
Shillings, and fix acres of meadow. Wood for the
pannage of 20 hogs.
After which there follows another entry, im-
porting, that of this ſame manor one tenant named
Adam held one ſuling, called Merlea, of which a
further account will be given, under the deſcrip-
tion of Marley, in the adjoining pariſh of Har-
rietſbam.
On the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, in 1084,
all his poffeſſions were confiſcated to the Crown;
after which this manor appears to have become
the property of Eudo Dapifer, and afterwards of
Philip de Leleburne, or Leyburne, whoſe deſcen-
dant Robert de Leiburne held it in the reign of
K. Edward I, (w) in which name it continued
till it was alienated to Tregoze (x), one of whom,
Thomas Tregoze, held it in the beginning of K.
Edward III.'s reign, in the 5th year of which he
obtained a charter of free-warren for his lands
at Boggeleye, to him and his heirs (Y); his de-
ſcendant, Henry Tregoze, held it in the 2oth year
of that reign, and then paid aid for it, at the
making the Black Prince a Knight, as half a
knight's fee, at Boughley, alias Boghle, which he
held of William de Leyburne.
John Tregoze died ſeiſed of this nianor in the
5th year of K. Henry IV; but it did not
remain long in that name ; for in the reign of
K. Henry VI, it was become the property of
Goldwell (z), from whence it was alienated to
Atwater, of Lenham (z), from whence, by Joane,
daughter and coheir of Robert Atwater, of Royton
in that pariſh, it went in marriage to Humphry
Hales, of the Dungeon in Canterbury, eſq; who
had a numerous iſſue by her (a). He was ſuc-
ceeded in it by his eldeſt ſon fir James Hales, of
The tythes of this manor were given by Eado
Dapifer to Anſchetill, Archdeacon of Canterbury,
who afterwards, with the conſent of E::do, granted
them to the priory of St. Andrew in Rocheſter (f).
Oſbert de Cappavalle, and Adeliza his wife, and
Hunfridus his ſon-in-law, and the heir of his fa-
ther, having been received into the ſociety of
thoſe monks, confirmed this gift, in like man-
ner as their anceſtors had made it, in alms to
them, on their paying 35. annually to the monks
of Colibefter, ſo long as they poſſeſſed it (g).
Philip de Leleburne, and Amica his wife, con-
firmed this gift, of their anceſtors, of the whole
tythe of their demeſne of Bugeleia, they paying
out of it 2s. yearly to the monks of Colcheſter,
as had been agreed between them (b). Henry
de Leiburne, poffeffor of this manor, having in-
ſpected the charters of his anceſtors, as above-
mentioned, confirmed theſe tythes in pure alms
to the church of St. Andrew, and the monks of
Rocheſter (i); as he did a ſecond time, with the
conſent of Henry his brother (k)
This portion of tythes remained with the
priory of Rocheſter till the diſſolution of it, in
the 32d year of K. Henry VIII, when it
was,
among the reſt of the poſſeſſions of that monaſ-
tery, ſurrendered into the King's hands, to the
uſe of him and his heirs. After which, the
King, in his 33d year, ſettled this portion of
tythes, by his dotation-charter, on his new.
erected Dean and part of
whoſe inheritance
Thomas Beſt, of Chilfton, eſq; is the preſent
leſfee of it, under the Dean and Chapter.
On the intended diffolution of Deans and Chap-
ſoon after the death of K. Charles I, this
portion was ſurveyed, by order of the ſtate, in
1649 ; when it was returned, that theſe tythes
the Dungeon, knt. who married Alice
, daughter sere Fred Penance it remains at this time.
Ad
of fir Thomas Kempe, knt. (b) by whom he had
Cheney Hales, of the Dungeon, eſq; who paſſed it
away by ſale to his kinſman John Hales, eſq;
eldeſt ſon of fir Edward Hales, created a Baronet
in 1611 (c). He parted with it to his brother
Mr. Samuel Hales (d), whoſe ſon Edward Hales,
of Chilfton, eſq; dying without male iſſue, his
ters,
(2) Reg. Roff. p. 116, 195, 196. Roll of Knights Fees
temp. Edw. I.
(*) See an account of the family of Tregoze in Dugd.
Bar. vol. i, p. 615, where it appears that they had ſummons
to Parliament among the Barons of this realm.
(y) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 5.
(z) Mr. Petit Fædary of Kent his Book.
(a) He died anno 1567, and ſhe in 1544. They were
both buried in St. Mary Bredin's church in Canterbury.
(6) He died in 1589, and was buried in Canterbury ca-
thedral. She afterwards married Richard Lee, efq; and dy-
ing in 1592, was buried in that cathedral. See more of
this family in St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury.
(c) John Hales died in his father's life-time, leaving by
Chrißian his wife, daughter and heir of fir James Cromer,
knt. a fon Edward, who ſucceeded his grandfather in the
title of Baronet.
(d) See more of him, under Chilfon above, p. 434.
(e) See a more ample account of the owners of this manor
fince Mrs. Hamilton, under Chilfton, p. 435.
(f) Text. Roff. p. 164. Reg. Roff. p. 116.
(g) Reg. Roff. p. 195.
(b) Reg. Roff. ibid. Stephen de Leleburne, his brother,
was witneſs to this deed.
(i) Reg. Roff. ibid. Henry, his brother, was witneſs to it.
(k) Reg. Roff. p. 196. Henry and Stephen, his brothers,
being witneſſes to it. Theſe tythes were confirmed to the
priory of Rocheſter by Baldwin, Richard, and Hubert, Arch-
biſhops of Canterbury, Ibid. p. 46, 68, 410, 505.
aroſe

The HISTORY of K E N T.
374
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
blog
18
cants 197:
BOUGHTON MALHERB.
aroſe out of the manor of Bugley, in the pariſh Charing. Thechurch is a handſome building, with
of Boughton Malberb, with its appurts. together a ſquare tower-ſteeple at the weſt end. The inſide
with the tythe of the mill, called Bugley-mill, of it is much ornamented by the leveral monu-
with its rights, members, and appurts. in the ments of the Wotton family, who lie buried in
faid pariſh, of the improved yearly value of 91.
it, but there is one of them, a large pyramid
which premiſes were let by the Dean and Chapter of black marble, fupported by three lions couch-
aforeſaid, on April 24, in the 10th year of K. ant, on a deep baſe, erected to the memory of
Charles I, to Samuel Hales, eſq; for 21 years, at Henry, Lord Stanhope, his widow Lady Catherine,
the yearly rent of two quarters of malt heaped, Counteſs of Cheſterfield, her third huſband Daniel
and one capon, or us. in money; ſo there re O'Neal, and ſeveral of her children, which is
mained clear the rent of 51. 145. per annum (2). injudiciouſly placed juſt within the altar-rails
eaſtward, and fills up almoſt the whole ſpace
PRESENT STATE OF BOUGHTON MALHERB.
there, inſomuch that there is not room for a
The high road from Maidſtone through Har-
table, or for the Rector to adminiſter the facra-
rietfbam to Aſhford, paſſes through Sandway eaſt-
ment with common decency.
ward on the northern ſide of this pariſh, adjoin The church of Boughton has ever been eſteemed
ing to Chilſton park. gerillid
as an appendage to the manor, and as ſuch is
The church ſtands nearly in the middle of the now the property of fir Horace Mann, knt.
pariſh, on the ſummit of the ſouthern or lower
In 1578, there were 108 communicants here.
ridge of hills which croſs this county. On the
This rectory is valued in the King's Books at
weſt ſide of the church ſtands Boughton-place, and
131. 155. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 75. 6d. (n)
eaſtward, at about a quarter of a mile diſtance,
In 1640, it was valued at 70l. Communi-
ſtands the Parſonage. There is no village.
The ſoil, towards the northern part of it, is
obiectoare
very ſandy; on the ſummit of the hill it has
much of the quarry or rag-ſtone ; and towards
PATRONS,
the ſouth, on the oppoſite ſide of the hill, it
or by whom preſented.
Rectors.
conſiſts of a ſtiff clay, which part of it is wa br
Chriſtopher Porter, in 1494.
tered by two or three ſmall ſtreams, which unite
(0) Lionel Sharpe, S. T. P.
and join the river at Hedcorne.
fused abiowo
obt. Jan. 1, 1630.
The top of the hill, on which the church wote dont
Thomas Johnſon, 1653.
ſtands, is the northern boundary of the Weald of
(P) Michael Stanhope, A. M.
Kent, the lands on each ſide being diſtinguiſhed :
1674, obt. Sept. 1724.
by the names of Boughton-upland and Boughton-1
Richard Otway, 1724, obt.
weald.
WONDO
meds noms
LI VIDEOnos
1750.
Part of this pariſh is in the diviſion of Eaſt
(9) Francis Hender Foote,
Kent, viz. ſo far as is eaſtward of a line drawn
LL.B. Jan. 1751, obt:
north and ſouth from Lenham church to Boughton | ari ni haunima, Jan. 27, 1773.
church.
Dav TOW 2
3 houd (r) James Cornwallis, S.T.P.
The college of Wye, in this county, at its diſ Alinea con . .
1773, reſig. 1779.
folution anno 36 Henry VIII, was poſſeſſed of
(1) Edward Beckingham Ben-
lands in this pariſh, then let at 61. 1os. per ann. sliste gang da oson, B. A. 1779. Preſent
There was a chief-rent, called lath or tythe-
vad suvergne Rector.
ſilver, of 25. uid. per annum, payable to the
Crown from the townſhip of Boughton Malherb,
L Ε Ν Η Α Μ.
as was returned in the ſurvey of K. Charles I.'s
revenues, taken by order of the ſtate in 1650(m).
bus
NORTI
TORTHWARD from Boughton Malherb,
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
cloſe at the foot of the chalk-hills, lies Len-
bam, written in the book of Domeſday, Lerham,
Boughton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic and Lertham, no doubt corruptly for Leanham(t),
dion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of by which name it is called in moſt of the antient
CHURCH OF BOUGHTON MALHERB.
tois
2019
(1) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv.
(m) Ibid. Augtn. off.
(n) Eet. Thef. p. 5.
(0) He was Chaplain to Q. Elizabeth, Prince Henry,
and K. James I, and lies buried in this church.
(p) And Rector of Eaſt Langton in the co. of York. He
was ſon of fir John, eldeſt ſon of fir John Stanhope, of Mel-
wood in the co. of Lincoln, knt. and married Catherine,
daughter of Chriſtopher Muſgrave, esq; He lies buried in
Archbiſhop, and held Linton with this rectory by virtue
of it.
(n) Dean of Canterbury, and Rector of Wrotham, and
next brother to Earl Cornwallis.
(s) Of Hertford college, Oxford.
many parts of the book of Domeſday, the Norman
ſcribes, who took the names of the ſeveral places from the
mouths of the Saxons, whoſe pronunciation could not be fit
to di&tate to foreigners, greatly miſtook the orthography
of them, inſomuch that many of them are hardly now to be
afcertained without conjecture.
(t) In
this church, æt. 78.
(9) He had his degree of LL. B. conferred on him by the
Vol. II.
5T
charters

438
The HISTORY of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
Τ Η Ε
M A N O R.
LENHAM.
charters and deeds, as well before as ſince that
shingon ni In Haiborne Hund'.
time. It takes its name from the ſtream which Ipfe abb'ten Lertha' qd' fe defd. P. 5. Solins &
riſes in it, and ham, which ſignifies a town or dimid' Tra'. '. 18. car! In dnio'. ſunt 2. car'.
village.
& 40. Villi cu'. 7. bord'. bnt. 16. car'. Ibi. 1:
The weſtern part of this pariſh is in the Lath Serv' & 2. molini de. 6. folid & 8. den' & 8. ac.
of Aylesford, Hundred of Eyhorne, and the Weſtern | pti & ſilva. 40. porc'. Bol tow alimsig ring
Diviſion of this county.
T. R. E. Valeb. 28. lib & poft'. 16. lib. modo
"
The reſidue of it, including that part of it
28. lib. 15 10
laires? ou 2016 HO
called Eaſt Lenham, is in the Lath of Shipway, De hoc mº ten' Robť Latin' un' jugu' qd' Valet.
and Hundred of Calehill, and the Eaftern Diviſion
5. Solid.
10 10 10 bus
of this county. spala valvoisitojni Which is : In Haiborne Hundred, bo pausdin
The Abbat (of St. Auguſtine) himſelf holds Ler-
tham, which was taxed at five ſulings and an half.
In the year 804, Kenewulf or Cenulf, King of The arable land is 18 carucates. In demeſne there
Mercia, and Cudred, King of Kent, granted this are two carucates, and 40 villeins, with ſeven bor-
manor, afterwards diſtinguiſhed by the name of
derers, having 16 carucates. There is one fervant,
Weſt Lenham, to Wernod, Abbat of the monaſtery
and two mills of ſix ſhillings and eight pence, and
of St. Auguſtine near Canterbury, in reſpect of his
eight acres of meadow, and wood for 40 bogs.
kindred to the Kings Athulwulf and Kenewulf,
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, it was
by the deſcription of certain land called Lenban,
worth 28 pounds, and afterwards 16 pounds, neces
containing 20 plowlands, together with all their 28 pounds. atdigitodabril downlə ons la
rights and appurts, and likewiſe 12 denns bear-
Of this manor Rebert Latin holds one yoke, which
ing acorns in the Weald (u); which eſtate was
is worth five ſhillings.
augmented in the year 839 by Athelwolf, King
The poſſeſſions of the Abbat and Convent were
of the Weſt Saxons
Saxons and of Kent (»), who, in
afterwards increaſed in this pariſh; for K. Ed-
conſideration of 2100 marcs of ſilver (w),
ward I, in his 17th year, granted them licence
granted to the above - mentioned Abbat five
to purchaſe 64 acres and an half of land in it (z).
plowlands at Lenham, with all their rights and
K. Edward II, in his with year, granted them
apparts. then called Eftlenham, and lying be licence to purchaſe of William Ponteſbury and
tween the place called Scelfe towards the eaſt,
John Grove, 81 acres and an half of arable, and
and Lenham towards the weſt. Which gift was
60 acres of paſture, in Lenham and Chiſtelet (a).
made in the ville of Faveriſham, on March 28, Upon the election and confirmation of Niche-
in the year above-mentioned. And in 850, he las de Spina into the office of Abbat of this mo-
made a further gift to the ſame Abbat, of 40 naftery, he received a ſubfidy from his tenants
tenements of land (w) at Lenham, with all emo anno 21 Henry II, and among them, from thoſe
luments belonging to the ſame, in pure and per-
of Lenham 121. 7s. od.
petual alms (y).
In the 8th year of K, Richard II, the tempo-
What of theſe eſtates continued in the
ralities of the Abbat of St. Auguſtine, in Lenham,
poffeßion of the Abbat and Convent of St. Au with appurts. were valued at 541. 145. rod.
guſtine at the taking the general ſurvey of Domeſ annum (c); at which time he poſſeſſed in this
day, in the 15th year of William the Conqueror, pariſh, as appears by an admeaſurement then
the following entry in it, under the general title made, 936 acres of arable land and wood (d).
of the lands of the church of St. Auguſtine, ſhews, In the Iter of H. de Stanton, and his ſociates,
though it does not ſeem to amount to fo large a Juſtices Itinerant, anno 7 Edward II, the Abbat
quantity as what is deſcribed in the above-men was ſummoned by quo warranto, to ſhew why he
tioned donations; probably the Biſhop of Baieux claimed ſundry liberties, therein mentioned, in
had wreſted ſome of theſe lands from it, as it the manor of Lenham, among others (e); and
appears by that ſurvey, that he became poſſeſſed likewiſe free-warren in all his demeſne lands of
of lands in this pariſh about that time.
the ſame, and view of frank-pledge, and all be-
δε γίνεται δε του ότι η
to legoib
(u) The names of them were, Mapulderherſt, Fryderyn (x) Spelman interprets the word of the original charter,
den, Fryſleherſt, Cumbden, Snatynden, Wyfieherſt, another caſatum, to mean an habitation, with a proper quantity of
Mapulderherfit, Babyngden, Tunlafaherſt, two other Babyng land to it, for the maintenance of one family. Somner in-
dens, Pluſingberft, Friderelah, and Fereden.
terprets it a manſion.
(v) He was only ſon of K. Egbert, whom he ſucceeded, (Y) Decem. Script. col. 1776. (z) Ibid. col. 1949.
and died in 857:
(a) Ibid. col. 2034. This was confirmed to them by K.
(w) Mancufæ. Mr. Somner thinks that the mancus of Edward III, in his 10th year. Ibid. col. 2282.
the Saxons was not a coin, but conſiſted of a certain weight (c) Decem. Script. col. 1921. (d) Ibid. col. 2163.
of gold or ſilver; what that was, he doubts much ; but in
(e) Ibid. col. 2203•
payments made of them, one mancus or marc of gold was (f) Viz. foke and fake, grithbrech, bomſockres, forfall,
held equal to 19 of filver, each of which laſt was eſteemed infongeneft hef, flemenefremes, tolles, and theames, on land and
worth 30 Saxon pence, or 7s. 6d. of our money at the on the water, and the chattels of their men and tenants,
felons, and fugitives, with year and waſte of all the con-
part
leaft.
demned

The H I S T OR Y
439
of a K E N T.
LENHAM.
longing to it in this manor , and one market there
weekly on a Tueſday, with all liberties and free
cuſtoms belonging to it: and the Abbat pleaded,
that divers of thoſe liberties were granted by K.
Edward I, and that K. Edward II, having in-
ſpected the charter of his grandfather K. Henry
II], in which is recited, that he having inſpected
the charter of K. John his father, in which he
by his charter granted and confirmed to the
Abbat and Convent of St. Augustine, in pure and
perpetual alms, others of the liberties therein-
mentioned, --granted and confirmed for him and
his heirs the ſaid charters of K. Henry and K.
John, to the convent and their fucceffors : and
the Abbat pleaded further, that the charter of
K. Edward I. had been allowed in the laſt iter
of John de Berewick, and his fociates, Juſtices
Itinerant in this county; and as to free-warren
within all his demeſne lands within the manor
of Lenkam, among others, and view of frank-
pledge, and all that belonged to the ſame in it,
and the aforeſaid market and fair in the ſaid
manor, with all liberties and free cuſtoms be-
longing to them; and as to year and waſte, and
cattle called weif in the ſaid manor, that the
fame were all allowed in the ſaid iter of y. de
Berewick, &c. as above-mentioned.
All which K. Edward II, by his charter, dated
at Dover on May 22, in his 6th year, fully con-
firmed to the Abbat and Convent, and their ſuc-
ceffors (g), and every part of the ſame was al-
lowed in the 7th year of K. Edward II, before
Henry de Stanton, and his ſociates, Juſtices Itine.
rant, as above-mentioned (b).
K. Edward III, in his 5th year anno 1330,
exenipted the men and tenants of the manor of
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
Lenbam from their attendance at the Turne of the
Sheriff, heretofore made by the Borſholder, with
four men of each borough within it; and di-
rected his writ to Roger de Reynham, then Sheriff
of Kent, commanding, that for the future they
ſhould be allowed to perform the ſame with one
only out of each (i).
And by his charter of Inſpeximus, dated at
Canterbury on May 12, in his 36th year, he con-
firmed to the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine, all the.
manors and poffeffions given to it by former
Kings; and at the ſame time he confirmed to
them by his like charter of Infpeximus, the ſeve-
ral grants of liberties and confirmation made
by the ſeveral Kings his predeceſſors, among
which are thoſe above-mentioned (k).
K. Henry VI, confirmed the ſeveral liberties
granted to this monaſtery, and likewiſe free-
warren, and one fair at Leneham on the feaſt of
St. Auguſtine, the apoſtle of the Engliſh (1).
This manor remained part of the poffeßions
of the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine till its final diſ-
ſolution (m), which happened on July 30, in
the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, when this
great abbey, with all its revenues, was furren-
dered into the King's hands by John Eſſex, then
Abbat, and 30 more members of it (n).
The manor of Lenham remained in the Crown
till Q. Elizabeth granted it to William Cecil, Lord
Burleigh (o), Privy Counſellor, and afterwards
Lord High Treaſurer of England, and chief Mi.
niſter of State to that Princeſs, to whoſe prudence
and wiſdom in council, the bleſſings this king-
dom enjoyed during that proſperous and happy
reign are chiefly to be attributed (00).
demned within their manors, and wief and thieves taken
on their lands, and the taking and keeping of thieves upon
their own men, and toll within the bounds of their manors
where it ought and was accuſtomed to be given, and the
cuſtom called theames, and the chattels of all their men and
tenants, felons condemned and fugitive, wherefoever chat-
tels of that ſort belonged to the King, whether by the fight
or crime of this kind of the men and tenants they ought to
belong to the King, with year and waſte, and cattle called
wief, within the ſaid manor.
(g) Rot. Cart. ejus an.
(5) Decem. Script, col. 2015 ad 2018.
(i) Ibid. col. 2053•
See alſo col. 2022.
50 motot
(k) Ibid. col. 2123 to 2138, in which is recited the
charter of free-warren, within the demeſne lands of the
manors of this monaſtery ; ſo that no one ſhould enter the
faid lands, to hunt in theni, or take any thing in them,
which belonged to warren, without the licence and good-
will of the Abbat and Convent, or their ſucceſſors, on
the forfeiture to him of rol. Which charter is dated April
1, in the 54th year of his reign. Ibid. col.
2134. The
Chronology of St. Auguftine's mentions the grant of this
freewarren to have been anno 1245, 30 Henry III. See
ibid. col. 2263.
(1) Rot. Cart. de 21 uſq. ad 24 an. ejus Regni, N. 11.
Tanner, in his Monaſticon, p. 206, cites Cart. 11 Edw. III,
N. 18, pro feria apud Lenham.
(m) The monaſtery of St. Augufline was poſſeſſed of the
lands in this pariſh, called Coleſlande, given by William de
Hame, and others of that name; of four acres of wood
given by Jeffry, ſon of Adam de Sharfted; of lands called
Coleſbroke, given by Roger and John, fons of Gilbert de Lu-
ringeden ; and of 11 acres of land given by Thomas de Shalde-
felde, ſon of Luca de Hardres; and Sibill, daughter of Rich.
de Sornden, gave all her tenement called Sornden to the
Abbat and Convent, on the payment to her and her heirs of
one cuſtard yearly in the church-yard of Lenbam. Regift.
Mon. St. Aug. cart. 406, 411, 417, 424, 430, 440. See
alſo the bull of Pope Innocent III, de decimus de Goleſlande.
Stey. Mon. vol. ii, p. 39.
(12) Decem. Script. col. 2293.
(0) So created by let. pat. dated Feb. 25, anno 13 Eliz.
(00) This great and admirable perſonage was deſcended
from Robert Sitſilt, who lived in the reign of K. William
Rufus. His ſon and heir was for fames Sitfilt, Baron of
Beauport, now called Beaupere, in the co. of Glamorgan,
whoſe deſcendant for John Sitfel lived in the reign of K.
Edward III, and challenged the coat of arms of the family
for his banner, viz.- A field barry of 10 pieces, argent and
azure, on 6 eſcutcheons, 3, 2, and I; ſable, as many lions
rampant of the ift; and the ſame was ſolemnly adjudged to
him by the Heralds, as heir of blood lineally deſcended
from fir James Sitſelt, Baron of Beauport above-mentioned.
His deſcendant Philip Sycill, as the name was then ſpelt,
lived in the reign of K. Henry V. and VI, and left iſſue
two ſons ; Philip, who ſucceeded him in the family-feat
and eſtate at Alterennes in the co. of Hereford, where his de-
ſcendants remained ; and David, anceſtor of the Earls of
Ereter

OR Y
of K
EYHORNE HUNDRE».
.
the
CO.
daughter Elizabeth, married to Chriſtopher Roper,
ceeded his father in tities
eldeſt son
viz. James, who on the failure of the iſſue of the elder bro-
440
The H I S T OR Y of 2 2 K E N T.
LENHAM.
He alienated this manor, in the 18th year
of ſucceffor to his brother Henry; and alſo one
that reign, to Thomas Wilford, of Cranbrook,
eq: () whoſe grandſon Henry Wilford, efq;(9) Lord Teynham. He died Nov. 2, 1682, and
at the latter end of K. James I.'s reign conveyed
was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſurviving ſon, Fran-
it to Anthony Brown, Viſcount Montague (r), who cis, Viſcount Montague, who in ’1687 was ap.
died poffefſed of it on Oct. 23, 1629, leaving pointed by K. James II, Lord Lieutenant of
iſſue by Jane his wife, daughter of Thomas Sack the county of Suffex. He died in 1708, leaving
ville, Earl of Dorſet, one ſon Francis, and fix no iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter of William
daughters. Francis, Viſcount Montague, fuc Herbert Marquis of Powis, widow of the Hon.
Richard Molineux, and was fucceeded in title and
a great ſufferer during the civil wars of K. in this manor by Henry, Viſcount Montague, his
Charles I, his eſtates being fequeſtered, and his younger brother and heir (s), who, with the
houſes plundered and burnt. He married Eli concurrence of his ſon and heir Anthony (s), alia
zabeth, youngeſt daughter of Henry Somerſet, enated the manor of Lenham to the Hon. Mrs.
Marquis of Worceſter, by whom he had three Elizabeth Hamilton, the widow of James Hamil-
ſons; Anthony, who died unmarried; Francis, ton, efq; the eldeſt ſon of ſir George Hamilton, of
who ſucceeded him in titles and eſtates, and the co. of Tyrone in Ireland, bart. (t)
2Upda
O] 26 Eynuo žins nousonii
Exeter and Saliſbury, who purchaſed an eſtate in the of anno 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, and afterwards elected
Lincoln, and by his employment and offices about the court, Knight of the Garter, and made a Privy Counſellor, and
raiſed a fair eſtate in that and other counties. He died though a Roman Catholic, enjoyed the eſteem of Q. Eliz,
anno 32 Henry VIII, and his ſon Richard Cecyll was of by whom he was employed as Ambaſſador to Spain. He
Burley in the co. of Northampton, efq; and dying in 1553,
died on O&. 19, anno 34
19, anno 34 Eliz, having been twice mar-
was buried at Stamford. By Jane his wife, daughter and ried; firſt, to Jane; daughter of Robert Ratcliffe, Earl of
heir of William Heckington, of Bourne in the co. of Lincoln, Efex, by whom he had iſſue Anthony, his only fon, who
efq; he had iſſue Willian, who was born at Bourne above died in his life-time, anno 34 Elizabeth, leaving by Mary
mentioned, in 1520, and was afterwards created Lord Bur his wife, daughter of fir William Dormer, of the co. of
leigh as above-mentioned, who died anno 40 Elizabeth, Bucks, knt, three ſons and two daughters ; of whom An-
1597, having been twice married ; firſt, to Mary, fifter of thony, the eldeſt, ſucceeded his grandfather in title and
fir John Cheek, knt. by whom he had Thomas, created, on eſtate. His ſecond wife was Magdalen, daughter to William,
May 4, anno 3 James I, Earl of Exeter, anceſtor of the
Lord Dacre of Gilleſand, by whom he had iſſue four fons
prefent Right Hon. Earl of Exeter; and ſecondly, to Mildred, and three daughters; of the former, fir George, the eldeſt,
daughter of fir Anthony Cooke, of Giddy-ball in Efex, knt. was of Wickham Breaux in this county, whoſe deſcendant
by whom he had one ſon and two daughters. Which ſon, for John, of Caverſham in the co. of Oxford, was created a
Robert, was knighted, and afterwards Lord High Treaſurer, Baronet anno 1655. Sir Henry, the third ſon, was of Kida
and anno 3 James I, was created Earl of Saliſbury, and was
dington in the co. of Oxford, knt, whoſe deſcendant Henry
anceſtor of the preſent Right Hon. Earl of Saliſbury. Dugd. was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet in 1659 ; which
Bar. vol. ii, p. 405, &c. Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 107,
w
Which Anthony, only ſon of Anthony Brown, eſq; by
mer
(p) Anno 18 Elizabeth, William, Lord Burleigh, had Mary, daughter of fir William Dormer, ſucceeded his grand-
the Queen's licence to alienate the manor of Lenham to father as Viſcount Montague in anno 34 Q. Elizabeth, and
Stephen Thimbleby, Thomas Horſman, and Edward Eyre, and was the purchaſer of the manor of Lenham above-mentioned.
their heirs ; but they were only truſtees for his uſe. Rot. Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 396. Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 216
Eích. ejus an. pt. 11.
et ſeq.
The Browns bore for their arms-Sable, 3 lions paſſant in
() See more of this family, under Hartridge in Cran-
brooke, and Ilden in Kingston.
bend, between 2 double cotizes argent ; which coat of arms
Guillim, in his Heraldry, p. 36, ſays is erroneouſly bla-
(r) Philipott, p. 215. This family is deſcended from
zoned; for they are not cotizes between which theſe lions
Fir Thomas Brown, Treaſurer of the Houſhold to K. Henry
are borne, but 2 gemells in bend; for that no cotizes ought
VI, who in right of his wife Eleanor, daughter and coheir
to be borne, unleſs a bend is between.
of fir Thomas Fitzalan, alias Arundel, knt. brother of John,
Earl of Arundel, was poſſeſſed of the caſtle of Beechworth
(s) Among the Harleian Mf, in the Britiſh Muſeum, are.
in the co. of Surry. He had iſſue by her five ſons and one
many pedigrees of this family.
daughter. Of the former, fir George, the eldeſt, was of (t) Sir G. Hamilton, Baronet of Nova Scotia, was the
Beechworth-caſtle, and was anceſtor of the Browns of that fourth ſon of James Hamilton, created in 1604' Lord Aber-
place, Baronets, now extin&t; and Anthony, the third ſon, corn, and in 1606 Earl of Abercorn of the kingdom of Scot-
was feated at Cowdray in the co. of Suſſex, and was anceſtor land. He was a great loyaliſt during the civil wars of K.
of the preſent Right Hon. Lord Viſcount Montague.
Charles I, after whoſe death he retired to France, and con-
SY
Anthony Browne, eſq; above-mentioned, married Lucy,
tinued there till the reſtoration. By Mary his wife, third
one of the daughters and coheirs of John Nevill, Marquis fifter of James, Duke of Ormond, who died in 1680, he had
Montague, by whom he had iſſue fir Anthony Browne, Knight
iſſue fix ſons and three daughters. Of whom, James, the
of the Garter, and Maſter of the Horſe and Privy Counſel-
ior to K. Henry VIII, who conferred many important truſts
1661 married Elizabeth, the eldeſt daughter of fir John
and offices on him, and appointed him one of the executors Colepeper, created Lord Colepeper, and died of a wound he
to his laſt will. He died on May 6, anno 2 Edward VI,
received againſt the Dutch in 1673, and being brought
having had iſſue by Alice his wife, daughter of fir John home was buried in Weſtminſter Abbey. He had iffue fix
Gage, knt. four fons and three daughters; of whom An-
fons by her, of whom only three furvived their infancy
,
tbony, the eldeſt ſon, by reaſon of his grandmother being
one of the daughters and heirs of John, Marquis Montague,
thers of fir George Hamilton, bart. ſucceeded to the titles of
was created Viſcount Montague by let. pat. dated Sept. 2,
Earl of Abercorre in Scotland, and Viſcount Strabane in the
kingdom
branch is now extinct.
ior, &c.

The Hils T o R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
441
LENHAM.
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
30
town by the in
,
haha
1
95b 3
110193
James, Earl of Abercorn (u)."
,
* V SLOHY
She was the eldeſt daughter of fir John Cole-
which fill remain; whence this eſtate became
peper, Lord Colepeper, and ſurviving her huſ in general to be known by the name of Rayton-
band, who died in 1673, reſided at Chilfton in
chapel.
the adjoining pariſh of Boughton, which ſhe like In the year 1259, anno 44 Henry III, this
wife purchaſed. She died in 1709, at. 72, a
and manor was in the poffeffion of Simon Tiizadem;
was buried at Hollingborne, leaving iſſue by her in which year a final agreement was made in the
huſband above-mentioned, two ſons ſurviving, King's court at Weſtminſter, between Roger, Ab-
bat of St. Auguſtine, and the ſaid Simon, concern-
,
ing the cuſtoms and ſervices which the Abbat
demanded of him for his free tenement; which
nor of Lenham, with the reſt of her eſtates in this he held of him in Royton, viz. one marc of ſilver
pariſh and neighbourhood (v).
yearly, and ſuit at the court of Lenkam from
By Margaret his wife, ſecond daughter of fir three weeks to three weeks, for the ſaid tene.
Thomas Culpeper, of Hollingborne, knt. (vv) he had ment. And the ſaid Simon agreed at laſt to pay
iffue four fons and one daughter : John, of whom the rent above-mentioned, and ſuit at the court
hereafter ; George, who married the daughter of of St. Auguſtine at Canterbury, twice in a year;
Monſieur Vaſſerot, a Merchant of Amſterdam, and and for this recognition, the Abbat releaſed for
afterwards reſided at Geneva ; Thomas, who was himſelf and his church, all the right and claim
an officer in the army, and died in Ireland, and which he had in the ſuit, to the court of Lenhari
ortodo
for ever (z):
William, who died young (.). Elizabeth, the
dub
daughter, married Edwin Stede, of Stedebill, efq;
His fucceffor was Robert de Royton, who moſt
who left her a widow without iſſue. Tons
probably aſſumed his name from his poſſeſſions
a John Hamilton, the eldeſt ſon, was of Chilfton,
at this place. He founded a free chapel here,
efq; where he kept his ſhrievalty in 1719. He
and annexed it to the manſion, which thence
married Mary, daughter of John Wright, M. D. acquired the name of Royton-chapel(a).
by whom a , born in ,
In the reign
ſeveral y..oo baib
He, with the concurrence of his eldeſt ſon
heir, it went in marriage to James Dryland, of
William, above-mentioned, joined in the ſale of Davington, eſq; whoſe daughter and fole heir
this manor to Thomas Bejt, now of Chilfton in Conſtance, married to fir Thomas Wallingham, of
the pariſh of Boughton, eſq; the preſent owner Chefilhurſt, knt, entitled her huſband to the pof-
of it.utor torty
ſeſſion of it (b), and he died ſeiſed of it on March
01 A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this 20, anno 7 Edward IV, and one of his defcen-
បាន។ 211
dants, in the beginning of the reign of K. Henry
mitted buis end
VIII, alienated this manor to Edward Myllys,
R O Y TON,
stoltho la to who did homage to the Abbat of St. Auguſtine's
vulgarly called Rayton, is a manor in this pariſh, for it as half a knight's fee, which he had lately
ſituated at a ſmall diſtance fouth-eaſtward from purchaſed in Royton near Lenham (c); from which
the church of Lenham, the manſion of which name it was not long afterwards ſold to Robt. Ata
had a free chapel annexed to it, the ruins of water(d), who leaving two daughters and coheirs,
and feveral other children (9) Loothan 1721(*K. Henry VI, when, by an only daughter and
an
, era
tonni
manor.
On
2TS
kingdom of Ireland, and was anceſtor of the prefent Right
Hon. The Earl of Abercorn and Viſcount Strabane ; George, who
loſt his life at the battle of Steinkirk in 1692, wherein he
commanded a regiment, and died without iſſue ; and Wil-
liam, to whom his mother at her death in 170g bequeathed
the manor of Lenham, with other eſtates in this pariſh and
neighbourhood, as will be further mentioned. bas
They bore for their arms-Gules, 3 cinquefoils pierced
ermine. Iriſh Peerage, vol. jii, p. 156 et ſeq. eraselyasb
(u) John Hamilton, eſq; ſecond ſon of James, Earl of Aber-
year,
and
in Lenbem church. Leaving no iſſue, he bequeathed a confi-
derable etate to his brother, the Hon. George Hamilton, eſq;
(v) He was one of the five Kentiſh gentlemen, who, on
May 8, 1701, delivered to the Houſe of Commons a peti-
tion from the Deputy-Lieutenants, Juftices, Grand Jury,
and Freeholders of this county, defiring that the Houſe
would turn their loyal addreſſes into bills of fupply, &c.
Which petition being voted infolent and feditious, they
were ordered into the cuftody of the Sergeant-at-Arms,
and thence priſoners to the Gate-Houſe, where they re-
mained till the end of the ſeſſions. The other four peti-
tioners were, William Colepeper, Thomas Colepeper, David
Polhill, and Juflinian Champneis
. ni poised the
Vol. II.
(vv) She died O&. 19, 1736, åt. 70, and was buried
in this church.
(w) He was born Feb. 1, 1700, obt. Sept. 5, 1704, and
was buried in Hollingborne church.
(4) He died in July 1737, and was buried in this church.
(y) Iriſh Peerage, vol. iii, p. 163. Mfr. pedigree of
Colepeper. The children of this family were all chriftened
in Boughton Malherb church ; but their burial-place was in
the church of Lenbam.
Is iomsrt 19 191992
(%) Decem. Script. col. 1905. Bebis sad and
(a) Philipott, p. 215.
(6) She afterwards married John Green, eſg; Sheriff of
this county anno 16 Edward IV, in which year fhe died,
and was buried at Chefilhurſt. See vol. i. of this hiftory,
p. 99.
(c) Regiſter of St. Auguftine's monaſtery, cart. 54. Nicho-
las, ſecond ſon of fir James Darell, of Calehill, knt. married
Joane, daughter and heir of Milles, of Royton-chapel, who
bore for his armıs-Party per fefs fable and argent, a pale and
3. bears erect counterchanged, collared and chained or. Ped.
of Darell.
(d) Philipott, p. 215, 216. He died in 1565. He bore
for his arms-Sable, a feſs wawy, voided azure, between 3
fwans proper.
Mary,
De
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442
Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
R UNHAM
Roma
poftling,
LENHAM.
Mary (e), the youngeſt of them, carried it, with church (m), leaving this eſtate to his only fur.
other eſtates at Charing and elſewhere in this viving fon Anthony, who was of Royton, of which
neighbourhood, to Robert Honywood, of Henewood he died poſſeſſed on Feb. 13, 1682, leaving iſſue
an only daughter Dorothy, who carried it in mar-
by his ſecond wife, daughter of Barnes, of Wye riage to Richard Criſpe, of Maidſtone, gent, in
in this county (f).
whoſe deſcendants it continued down to William
He afterwards reſided at Pett in Charing, part
Criſpe, of Royton, gent. who died poffeffed of it
on Sept. 26, 1761 (n), and by his laſt will, dated
of his wife's inheritance, and dying in 1576,
was buried in Lenham church. He left his wife in 1758, deviſed it to his wife Elizabeth, for her
ſurviving, and a numerous iſſue by her (8); the
life; remainder in fee to his nephew Samuel Bel.
eldeſt ſon of whom, Robert Honywood, of Char-
cher, who dying unmarried and inteftate, his in-
ing, and afterwards of Markſhall in Eſex, efq; tereſt in it deſcended to his only brother Peter
was twice married; firſt to Dorothy, daughter
Belcher, and he by his laſt will in 1772, deviſed
it to his brother-in-law, Mr. John Foſter, in fee.
of John Crook, LL. D. by whom he had one
Mrs. Elizabeth Criſpe, above - mentioned, died
fon, fir Robert Honywood, of Charing, knt. and a
daughter Dorothy, married to Henry Thomſon,
in 1778, and this eſtate then came into the pol-
gent. His ſecond wife was Elizabeth, daughter
ſeſſion of Mr. John Foſter, who has ſince ſold it
of for Thomas Brown, of Beechworth Caſtle in
to Thomas Beſt, of Chilfton, eſa; the preſent pro-
Surry, by whom he had iſſue fix fons and two
prietor of it.
riboib
bae mag aral o 9.
daughters; the eldeſt of whom, Thomas, was of
Μ οίνο
Markſmall in Efex, eſq; and father of John Le
10
Mott Hónywood, of that place, eſq; (b) cioter is a manor, ſituated at the ſouth-weſt extremity
Sir Robert Honywood, on his death, deviſed of this pariſh, which, with the manſion of it,
the manor of Royton to Dorothy his daughter by called Runbam-place, was formerly belonging to
his firſt wife, who carried it in marriage to Mr. the family of Bunce, of Otterden (o).
Henry Thomſon, who afterwards reſided at Royton Stephen Bunce, ſon of James Bunce, of Otter-
chapel.
Imat den, efq; died pofleſſed of it in 1634. He was
He was the ſecond ſon of Mr. Thomas Thom firſt of Boughton Malherb, and afterwards of
fon, of Sandwich, and younger brother of Thomas Otterden, and left iſſue by Anne his wife, daugh-
Thomſon, of Kenfield in Petham, efq; and had iſſue ter of Arthur Barnbam, efq; four fons and four
by his wife above-mentioned, who died Feb. 5, daughters (P); of whom Maibew, the eldeſt,
1649, five ſons and three daughters (i); of the inherited this manor (9), which he afterwards
former, Robert, the eldeft, died in his life ſold to Burton (r), from whom it deſcended to
time (k), and Anthony will be mentioned below; his grandſon Mr. Samuel Burton, who reſided
the others died before they came to maturity (1). here, and had iſſue by Anne his wife, daughter
He died Oct. 20, 1648, and was buried in this of Belcher, ſix children. She joined with her
no in ni
baile
(e) Foyce, the other daughter and coheir, married Hum
William Crooke ; and two other children, who died in
phry Hales, of the Dungeon in Canterbury, eſa; She died in || married. o noirs
1553, and was buried in St. Mary Bredin church in that (1) See more of the Honywoods of Charing, under Pett
city, as appears by the Pariſh Regiſter there.
in that pariſh. They bore for their arms, thoſe of Hong-
his ſecond wife, the Honywoods of Charing, and more
By h
wood- Argent, a chevron azure, charged with a creſcent gules,
of Markſhall in Efex, are deſcended; and by his firſt wife,
for difference, between 3 hawks heads eraſed of the ad.
thoſe of Evington in this county, Baronets, and of Hampſted (i) Of whom, Mary married William Huſſey; Judith mar-
in the co. of Middleſex. See more of this family, under ried Thomas Scott, and the third was Elizabeth,
Elmſted.
1(k) He had been twice married ; firſt to Dorcthy, daugh-
(8) She ſurvived her huſband near 44 years, and dying ter of Herry Swan, of Wye, efq; by whom he had two ſons
on May 16, 1620, in the 93d year of her age, was buried and fix daughters ; fecondly to Sarah, daughter of George
near her huſband in Lenham church, though a monument Tucker, of Milton, eſq; by whom he had fix ſons and two
is erected to her memory at Markſhall in Efex. She had, daughters. He died Sept. 5, 1642, æt. 47, and was buried
as has been ſaid, at her deceaſe, lawfully deſcended from in Lenham church. 10 mo
her 367 children,-16 of her own body, 114 grand-children, (1) Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, Mr. pedigr. Thomſon.
228 in the third generation, and 9 in the fourth. Of her
(m) He bore for his arms-Argent, 3 bars gules, a chief
own iſſue, Robert was the eldeſt ſon ; Anthony, the ſecond,
ermine, a creſcent for difference.
married Mrs. Anne Gybſon, and founded an hoſpital in this
(n) Æt. 61. His widow Elizabeth, died Sept. "26, 1778,
pariſh; Arthur, the third, married Elizabeth, daughter of
æt. 76. They both lie buried in this church.
John Spencer, of Chart Sutton, and left ſeveral children;
() Richard Bunce died Aug. 24, 1615, and was buried
Walter was the fourth ſon, and Ifaac the fifth, who was
in this church,
killed in battle at Newport. Of the daughters, Catherine
was married firſt to William Fleet, fecondly to William
(P) See more of them, under Otterden.
Headmarſ; Priſcilla, to fir Thomas Engebam, knt. Mary, to
(2) He afterwards married Anne, daughter of Richard
George Morton ; Anne was wife of fir Charles Hales, knt. Grace, le
Lane, of the co. of Warwick. Viſtn. co. of Kent, 1619,
of Michael Heneage; Elizabeth, of George Woodward; Suſan,
pedigr. Bunce.
(r) Hannah, wife of John Burton, of Runham-place, obt.
of Mr. Beecham; Bennet, of Henry Crooke ; and Dorothy, of
1749, and was buried in this church.
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
443
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
LENHAM
THE MANOR OF EAST LENHAM.
huſband in the ſale of this eſtate, a fine being
youngeſt and only ſurviving child of the above
levied for that purpoſe by them, to Thomas Beſt
,
of Chilton, eſq; who continued in poſſeſſion of
Although the Abbat and Convent of St. Au-
it till the year 1774, when Samuel Burton, the
guftine poſſeſſed an eſtate in Eft Lenham, conſiſt-
ing of five plow-lands, by the gift of K. Athel-
marriage, claimed this eſtate by virtue of an
wolf in the year 839, as has been already men-
entail made of it; and on a proof of his mother's tioned, yet the manor itſelf never belonged to
marriage (s), had a verdict given in his favor,
that monaſtery; but was given in the year 961,
on a trial had at the ſummer aſſizes, held at by Q. Ediva, mother of K. Edmund and Edred,
Maidſtone in 1774 ; upon which he took poffef to Chriſt Church in Canterbury, free from all fe-
feflion of it, and ſtill continues owner of this cular ſervice, except the repairing of bridges
eſtate.
and the building of fortifications (v).
A S H DEN,
Archbiſhop Lanfranc, who came to the fee of
Ats,
Canterbury in the 5th year of the Conqueror's
formerly called Elleden (t), is a ſmall manor in reign, anno 1070, gave this manor to one Godi-
this pariſh, which at the latter end of the reign frid, ſurnamed Dapifer, who held it of him by
of Q. Elizabeth, was the property of Edward knights ſervice; accordingly it is thus entered
Jackman, of Hornchurch in the co. of Eljex, eſq; in the ſurvey of Domeſday, under the general
and he in the 5th year of K. James I, paſſed it title of Terra Militum Archiepi, or land beld of
away to Oliver Style, of Watringbury, eſq; whoſe
the Archbiſhop by knights ſervice : babe
ſon Thomas was created a Baronet in 1627, and
In Calebell Hund'
died in 1637, leaving this manor to his only fon
Godefrid dapifer ten' de archiepo'. Lerha'. p. 2.
and ſucceſſor fir Thomas Style, bart. who was
Solin ſe defd'. Tra'. e'
twice married; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of fir Car'. & 15. Villi. cu'. 2. bord. Int. 4. car. Ibi.
Armine Woodhouſe, bart. by whom he left iſſue ſur ſervi. & 6 ac' pti. &. 1. molinº de. 7. Sol. & Silva
viving only one ſon Oliver, his ſucceſſor in title. 10 pore'. Int tot Val' 8. lib. & tom' reddit 12.
His ſecond wife was Margaret, daughter of for lib & 10 fol.
Thomas Twiſden, of Bradborne, bart. by whom Which is: In Calebell Hundred,
he left iſſue a ſon Thomas, who on the death of
Godefrid Dapifer holds of the Archbiſhop Lerham.
his brother Oliver, without iſſue, ſucceeded to
It was taxed at two ſulings. The arable land is.
the title of Baronet ; and a daughter Margaret, In demeſne there are two carucates, and 15
who married Robert Viner, eſq;
villeins, with two borderers, having four carucates.
Sir Thomas Style, the father, died in 1702 ; There are four ſervants, and fix acres of meadow,
on which an agreement was entered into by his and one mill of ſeven ſhillings, and wood for the
heirs, for a partition of his eſtates among them, pannage of 10 bogs. In the whole it was worth
which was confirmed by an act, paſſed anno 2 eight pounds, and yet it pays 12 pounds and 10
and 3 Q. Anne, for the eſtabliſhment of it. In Jhillings.
this partition, the manor of Aſhden was allotted, It was afterwards held of the Archbiſhop by
with Frinſted and other eſtates, to Margaret, only knights ſervice, by the family of Lenham, who
daughter of fir Thomas Style, by his ſecond wife,
took their name from their poſſeſſions here.
who in 1716 alienated it to Mr. Abraham Tilgh Roger de Lenham held this eſtate in K. John's
man, whoſe ſon Abraham Tilghman, of Frinſted, reign, as appears by the returns made to the
eſq; died poffefſed of it in Jan. 1779, leaving King's Treaſurer in the 12th and 13th years of
iſſue by his wife Olivia, one of the daughters that reign, of all thoſe who held by knights fer-
and coheirs of Charles Finch, of Chatham, eſq; vice and in capite. Nicholas de Lenham, his de-
one daughter his heir, married to the Rev. Mr. fcendant, held it in the next reign of K. Henry
Pierpoint Cromp, now of Frinſted, who is the pre III, in the 35th year of which he fined to the
ſent poffeffor of it (u).
King for a charter of liberties, for his lands in
THE REMAINING or north-eaſt part of this pa-
this county (701).
riſh is ſituated within The Lath of Shipway, and John de Lenham held it in like manner of the
Hundred of Calehill, in which is
Archbiſhop in the reign of K. Edward I, of whom
In dnio funt. 2.
4
RO
King in Gaſcony one whole year, with three Knights more
beſides himſelf, at his own charge. Madox's Exchequer,
p. 687.
(s) The mother was preſent in court, and proved her
marriage at Addington about 27 years before, her ſon being
then about 22 years old.
.
(1) John Biſhop, of the pariſh of Lenham, jun. as appears
by his laſt will, dated 1465, was poſſeſſed of premiſes in
Lenham, held of the manor of Eſjeden, lately purchaſed of
William Bolle. Prerog. off. Cant.
(u) See Frinſted.
(v) Decem. Script. col. 2221.
(w) Hefined 400 marcs to the King, of which he was ac-
quitted by the King's writ, on condition of his ſerving the
John de Lenham, who died anno 10 Edward III, left iſſue
a fon William, whoſe only daughter and heir Alianor mar-
ried John de Gyfford. They bore for their arms, the ſame
coat as that borne by Peyforer. One of this family, named
John de Lenham, was Confeffor to K. Edward II, who in
his 4th year recommended him to the Pope to be made a
Cardinal, in the room of Thomas Jorz, an Engliſhman, de-
ceaſed. Rym. Fød. vol. iii, p. 349,
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it

444
The HISTORY of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
was
Penceren soraran
ich he died seiled on
or of fames Harris,
KAT
200
LENHAM
it was again held by Roger de Handlo, whoſe de-
Baronet ; Wadham, Prebendary of Durham; and
ſcendant Simon de Handlo held it in the 20th year Norton; and alſo three daughters.
of K. Edward III, holding it of the Archbiſhop Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, bart. the eldeſt ſon,
as half a knights fee.
died feiſed of this manor in 1749, leaving iſſue
In later times, the manor of Eaſt Lenham v
in poffeffion of the Hornes, but whether deſcended
of Saliſbury, eſq; one fon Wyndham, and two
from thoſe of Hornes-place in Kenardinton, I have
daughters, Joane-Elizabeth and Catharine, ſince
deceaſed. Which fir Wyndham Knatchbull
, bert;
not found.
John Horne was of Eaſt Lenham, eſq; in the
the ſon, repreſented this county in Parliament,
reigns of K. Henry V. and Vi. He left iſſue and dying unmarried in 1763, was ſucceeded in
three fons, Thomas, William, and Richard; of
title and eſtate by his uncle, fir Edward Knatch.
whom, Thomas, his eldeſt fon, ſucceeded him
bull, bart. now of Merſham-batch (b), the pre-
here, and died poffefſed of this manor anno 12
ſent poffeffor of this manor.
K. Edward IV, leaving it to Joane his wife for There was an eſtate formerly part of the de-
her life, remainder to his own right heirs (x). meſnes of this manot, which was for ſeveral ge
In this family it continued till John Horne, of nerations in the poffeffion of the family of Huſſey.
East Lenham, gent. leaving an only daughter and Henry Huſſey had a charter of free-warren for
heir Alice, ſhe carried it in marriage to Jolin
his lands at Chilton, Eaſt Lenham, and Stour-
Proffit, of Barcombe in the co. of Sufjex, gent. (y)
whoſe fole daughter and heir Elizabeth, widow
of Richard Manfield, of the county of Middleſex, down to Henry Huſſey, who about the latter end
gent. entitled her huſband, John Chauncy, of the of K. Henry VIII, paſſed it away to John Park-
co. of Hertford, eſq; to the poſſeſſion of this burſt, deſcended from an antient family of that
manor, of which he died leiſed on June 8, name in Norfolk (c), whoſe deſcendant fir William
1546(%).
Parkhurſt, knt. in the reign of K. Charles I;
He left iffue by her three fons, Maurice, Henry,
alienated it to Mr. Wood, of London, Merchant,
and Robert'; of whom, the eldeſt took upon him-
who poſſeſſed it at the reſtoration of K. Charles
ſelf the habit of a Carthufian, and became a monk II. (d) From this name it paſſed by fale to Ed-
of that order in the Charter-houſe, London ; upon
ward Hales, of Chilſon, eſq; (e) whoſe three
which, Henry, the ſecond ſon, became poffefied daughters and coheirs, in 1698, conveyed it to
of all his father's eſtates (a).
the Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, fince which it
After which, this manor paffed by ſale into
has paſſed, in like manner as Chilfion in Botion
the family of Knatchbull, of Merſham-hatch in Malherbe, to Thomas Beft, of Chilfton, ejg; the
this county; of whom, fir Norton Knatchbull, preſent owner of it (f).
100gs ng Hot
knt. was created a Baronet on Aug. 4, 1641,
to no noto
PORTION
anno 17 Charles I; and in his deſcendants it
OF TYTHES.
continued down to fir Edward Knatchbull, bart. Archbiſhop Lanfranc, in the time of the Con
who married Alice, daughter of John Wyndham, queror, gave the tythes of his whole ihanor of
of the co. of Wilts, eſq; who died poffeſfed of it Lenham, which he had given to Godfrid, as has
in 1730, leaving iſſue five ſons; fir Wyndham, been already mentioned, to the priory of St. Gre-
his ſucceſor; Thomas, who died without iſſue; gory in Canterbury, which had been founded by
Edward, who ſucceeded at length to the title of him in 1984. Which gift was confirmed by
entre
Cabal
(*) Weever, p. 280. The arms of Herne, as quartered end of it is a croſs-croſlet fitchec, on one fide of which are two
by Chauncy, were-Argent, on a chevron gules, between 3 bugle creſcents, one above the other, and on the other ſide of it, a
iſ
bugle-horn hanging by a firing on the croſs-croflet. This mo-
nument is moſt probably erected to the memory of the
Thomas Horne, of Lenham, efq; by his laſt will, dated in above mentioned Thomas Horne.
JA, 2010 ou 300
1471, willed to be buried in the chancel of St. Edmund in
(y) He bore for his arms-Argent, a lion rampant, and
the pariſh church of Lenham, before the altar there ;-wills
Semee of eſcallops, ſable. dstone 10
to the palm-croſs newly erected in the church.yard there
20s. Foare his wife, and for William Herne and Richard
(3). He was buried in the church of Sawbridgeworth, as .
was his wife Elizabetb, who died Nov. 10, 1531.
Horne his brothers, his executors ;-he wills his manor of (a) He was anceſtor of fir Henry Chauncy, knt, Sergeant-
Ed Lenham, with its appurtenances, and his lands and te at-law, the Hiſtorian, and bore for his arms-Gules, a croſs
nements in Linſled, called Cambreys, to his wife for her life, patonce argent, on a chief azure a lion paſſant or.
and the ſaid manor then to his own right heirs for ever, (6) Sir Edw. Knatchbull married Grace, daughter of Wm.
and his lands aforeſaid in Linfted, if his wife ſhould not be Legg, of Saliſbury, eſq; by whom he has iſſue one ſon and
ith child at his death, to be fold for the uſes therein men ſeveral daughters. See more of this family, under Tierſham.
tioned ;=his lands, &c. in Lenhum and Wychelyng, called (c) of this family was John Parkhurſi, who was confe-
E votys and Wavynes, which fohn Herne, his father
pur-
crated Biſhop of Norwich in 1560.
chaſed if his wife ſhould not prove with child, to his bro. (d) See Philipott, p. 215.
ther Richard Horne--Thomas his baſtard fon mentioned (e) He was ſon of Samuel, fecond ſon of fir Edward Hales,
Wills Prerog, off. Cant. At
At the eaſt end of the north ille knt, created a Baronet in 1611. See more of him under
of this church is a tomb of Betherſden marble, having on it
bonn 9 ()
Chilfton, above, p. 434.
a coat of arms, being-Six croſs-croflets fitchee, at the South
(D) See Chilpon, p. 435. no sirve parad borrigp
Archbiſkup


Hertf. p. 59.


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E.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
LENHAM...
Archbiſhop Hubert, among the reſt of the poffef Theſe manors were part of thoſe poſſeſſions
fions of that priory (8), with which this portion with which William the Conqueror enriched his
of tythes remained till the diffolution of it in the half-brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the
reign of K. Henry VIII, in the 27th year of which general title of whoſe lands they are thus en-
an act having paſſed for the ſuppreſſion of all tered in the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about
1505
religious houſes, whoſe revenues did not amount the year 1080:
to the clear yearly value of 200l. and for giv-
Ada' fili bubti ten° de epo’Eftfelvé. p dimiď folin
ing them to the King, the priory of St. Gregory ſe defd. Tra' e'. 1. Car. & ibi. e' in dnio, cu uno
was thereby diffolved, and the ſcite of it, to Villo' & no bord & 5. ſervis. ibi. 4. ac' pti.
Silva. 4. porc. T. R. E. & poft. & modo' Val. 20.
gether with all its lands, poſſeſſions, and reve-
Solid. Godric tenuit de rege E.
ſurrendered into the King's hands, to the
nues,
uſe of him and his heirs for ever, by John Sym-
Wills filiº Robti tenº de epo' Weſtſelve. p uno ſolin
ſe defd. Tra'. e. 3. car & dimid. In dnio funt. 2.
kins, Prior of it (b).
& qda francigº cu'. 10. villis & i bord. Int 1.
Theſe cythes remained, with the other poſſeſſions
car. & dimº. Ibi 5 ſervi. &. 1. ac pti. & un
of the priory, in the Crown but a ſmall time;
molin' de. 15. den'. Silva 15. pore'. T. R. E. &
for an act paſſed that year, to enable the King
poft. & modo' Val. 4. lib. Eddid tenuit de rege E.
and the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, to exchange the
Huic m' ptineb in Cantuaria T. R. E. una doma
ſcite of the late diſſolved priory of St. Radigund,
denar'.
near Dover, together with all its poffeffions,
Herbti ten de epo' Eftſelve p dimid
lately given by that King to the Archbiſhop (i),
ſolin je defd' Tra'. e'. 1. car'. & ibi. e' in dnio' cu
for the ſcite of the late diſſolved priory of St.
Gregory in Canterbury, and all the poſſeſſions be 1. villo & uno bord. & 2. ſervis. lbi 4 ac' pti. &
Silva 4 porc'. I. R. E. & poft &
longing to it, excepting the manor of Howfield
8 mo' val 40. Sol
in Chartham.
Ulviet tenuit de rege
Mon to batis biborli
Which is : Adam Fitzhubert holds of the Biſhop
The parſonage of Eaſt Lenham becoming thus
of Baieux, EA Selve. It was taxed at half a ſuling,
part of the poſſeſſions of the fee of Canterbury,
The arable land is one carucate, and there is in de-
was let by the Archbiſhop, among the reſt of the
meſne .... together with one villein, and one bor-
revenues of the priory of St. Gregory, in one great
derer, and five ſervants. There are four ac of
leaſe for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 551.
meadow. Wood for the pannage of four hogs. In
which term was uſually renewable every ſeven
the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, and after-
years. to otw. Mida teeds
wards, and now, it was and is worth 20 Shillings.
• In 1643, fir. Robert Honywood, of Charing, knt.
Godric held it of K. Edward.
was head leffee of theſe premiſes. Philip, Earl
William Fitzrobert bolds of the Biſhop of Baieux,
of Cheſterfield, lately held it, as heir to the Wot-
Weſt Selve. It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable
tons, ſince whoſe deceaſe without iſſue, on March
land is thrée carucates and an half. In demeſne there
249 1773, the leaſe of them, dated Aug. 22,
are two, and à certain Frenchman, with 10 vil-
1772, has been ſold by his executors to George
Gipps, of Canterbury, esq; now Member of Paris leins, and one borderer
, having one carucate and an
half. There are five ſervants, and one acre of mea-
liament for that city, who is the preſent poffeffor dow, and one mill of 15 pence. Wood for the pan-
of it ; but fir Edward Knatchbüll, bart. owner
nage of 15 bogs. In the time of K. Edward the
of Eaft Lenbam manor, is the preſent leſfee under
Confeſſor, and afterwards, and now, it was and is
him, for the parſonage of Eaſt Lenham, at the worth four pounds. Eddid held it of K. Edward.
yearly rent of 171.
To this manor there belonged in Canterbury, in the
time of K. Edward the Coufeſſor, one houſe paying
20 ezart SHE L Y E
.
25 pence.
aid elon
b. There are three different manors in the north Hugh, grandſon of Herbert, holds of the Biſhop
eaſt part of this pariſh, called in the time of the of Baieux, EA Selve. It was taxed at half a ſuling, .
Saxons, Scelfe, afterwards Selve, and now Shelve, The arable land is one carucate, and there is in de
diſtinguiſhed from each other by their different meſne .. with one villein, and one borderer, and
ſituations.
two ſervants. There are four acres of meadow, and
deb aid 10 monye: 2014
shu bist Caio 2015
(g) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 373, 374. Archbiſhop Lan-
cheſter, of which he was afterwards deprived for being
franc founded this priory for ſecular prieſts; but Archbiſhop
married. Sign
William, in the reign of K. Henry I, made it a priory
(i) This diſſolved priory was given to the Archbiſhop by
of black canons.
At the diffolution, temp. Henry VIII,
the King, in exchange for the manor of Wimbledon in Surry;
there were 13 religious in it, and it was then endowed with
but the former being, as was pretended, found to be much
the yearly income of 1211. 158. Id. per annum, clear, or
under the real value of the latter, the King wiſhed to re-
1661. 5 d
45. sid. total revenue. Tan. Mon. p. 210.
compence the Archbiſhop, by taking that priory back again
in exchange, and giving him an eſtate of greater value in
(b) He had a penſion of zol. per annum aſſigned him,
until he ſhould be promoted to a benefice of that or greater
lieu of it: this was St. Gregory's near Canterbury; a fraudu.
value ; which happened on his accepting a Prebend of Re-
lent bargain for the Archbiſhop, like all the reſt made by
that King with him.
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two ſons, Richard,
St. Auguſtine in
who died in his life time, leaving iffue a daugh-
IV. He was ſucceeded by his ſon and heir ſer
his heir (1), and carried this manor among the
H IS TO'R Y of 2 K Ě N T.
LENHAM.
wood for the pannage of four bogs. In
the time of
of Thomas de Poynings, who married Agnes de
K. Edward the Confeſſor, and afterwards, and now,
Rokeſle as abovementioned, and he died poffeffed
of it in the 11th year of K. Richard II, his ſon
it was and is worth 40 ſhillings. Ulviet held it of
K. Edward.
and heir Robert had iſſue,
more
The firſt of theſe eſtates deſcribed above,
ter Alianore, married to fir Henry Percy, knt.
ſeems intended for that which is now known by
anceſtor of his preſent Grace the Duke of Nor.
the name of Old Shelve, the ſecond for that called
thumberland; and Richard, who inherited this
Weft Shelve, and the laſt for Cobham, alias Eaft
månor, of which he died ſeized, anno 9 Edward
Shelve.
After the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, about
Edward Poynings, knt, a man much in favor
four years after the taking the abovementioned
both with K. Henry VII and VIII, being Go.
ſurvey, all his eſtates were confiſcated to the
vernor of Dover Caſtle, Lord Warden of the
Crown, after which the manor of
Cinque Ports, and Knight of the Garter, who
west alias NEW SHELVE,
died poffeffed of it in the 14th year of the latter
reign (m). He married Elizabeth, daughter of
ſo called from its ſituation in regard to the fir John Scott, by whom he left no iſſue, though
others, and to diſtinguiſh it from the adjoining he had ſeveral natural children, and dying
manor of Old Shelve, became part of the poſſeſ thus, without legitimate iſſue, and even wia
fions of the family of Criol (k), one of whom thout any collateral kindred who could make
Bertram de Criol held it in the reign of Henry claim to his eſtates, this manor among the reſt
III, in whoſe deſcendants it continued down to of his poffeſfions eſcheated to the Crown (m).
John de Criol, who dying without iſſue in the
Soon after which, the King granted this manor
reign of K. Edward I, Joane his fifter became
to John Millys, who died ſeiſed of it in the 17th
year of that reign, the fame being held by
reſt of her inheritance, in marriage to Sir Ri-
knights ſervice, of the Abbat of
chard de Rokeſle, Seneſchal and Governor of
right of his abbey (n).
. He was ſucceeded by
Poitou and Montreul in Picardy.
James Milles, his ſon and heir, by whole ont
He died without male iſſue, leaving his two daughter Joane, this manor of Weſt Shelve went
daughters his coheirs, of whom Agnes the eldeſt in marriage to Nicholas Darell, ſecond ſon of
married Thomas de Poynings; and Joane the fir James Darell, of Calehill, knt. who afterwards
youngeſt, firſt, Hugh de Pateſbull
, and ſecondly, reſided here. He died in 1564 (0), leaving iffue
Sir William le Baud, knt. nevertheleſs, they did by her, two ſons Thomas (P) and Anthony, and
inherit this manor, which deſcended to a a daughter Suſan (9), of whom Anthony the ſea
younger branch of the family of Rokeſle, and in cond fon ſeems to have at length pofſeffed this
the 20th year of K. Edward III, was held by manor, and leaving an only daughter and heir
Roger, ſon of Thomas de Rokeſle, who that Anne, ſhe intitled her huſband William Wakin-
paid reſpective aid for it, at the making the ſon to it. He died poffefſed of it on Nov, 63
Black Prince a knight, as one knight's fee at 1618, and was buried in this church (r), and
Shelve. He ſeems to have died without iſſue, on in his deſcendants (s) it continued down to John
which it devolved as next of kin to Richard de Wilkinſon, esq; who died poſſeſſed of it on May
Poynings, younger brother of Thomas, grandſon 9, 1713, without furviving iſſue (t). Tot mind
MOYO
.silo.3091 VLISSY
(k) Philipott, p. 216.
Canterbury, June 6th that year, he willed to be buried in
(1) Bertram de Criol was Sheriff of this county from this church, and deviſed to Yoane his wife? This manors of
the 17th to the 22d year of K. Henry III, and again in the Weft-hilve, and Red-bilve alias Old-bilve, and all thoſe his
27th to the end of the 32d year of it; and had the cuſtody lands, tenements, ferviees, and appurts, in Lenham and
of the caſtles of Dover and Rocheſter. He left iſlúe two Witchelyng, Oterynden, and Bourdfield, for her life ; remain
ſons ; Nicholas, who was Sheriff of Kent in 47 Henry III, der to his two ſons ſucceſſively in tail male ; remainder to
Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Governor of Rocheſter them in like manner in jail
aner in rail general; remainder to Suſan his
Cafile, and left iſſue by Joane his wife, daughter and heir daughter, and her heirs for ever. And he deviſed his lands
of William de Auberville, a ſon Nicholas, ſummoned to Par.
in Oterynden to be ſold for payment of his debts. CONSER
liament anno 25 Edward I. John, the ſecond ſon of Ber () Thomas Darell, ejq; the eldeſt ſon, married Cathe-
tram, died anno 48 Henry III, leaving iſſue a fon Bertram, rine, daughter of William Crifpe, iejqzy som bor (1)
who married Alianore or Elene, one of the daughters and co (9) Mfl. pedigree of Darell Tot croing eiria bobago
heirs of Hamon de Crevequer, and died anno 23 Edward I, (r) He was ſon and heir of Richard, who was one of the
leaving iſſue two ſons, John and Bertram, who both died Clerks in Chancery, and owner of Watring bury manor in
without iſſue, and Joane, who at length became heir to the this county, who bore for his arms-Gules, a fefs vaire, be-
inheritance, and married fir Richard de Rokeſle, as above tween 3 unicorns pafant or. It'st to omoori pelosy odt
mentioned. See Dugd. Bar, vol. i, p. 770. See more of (s) In 1652, this manor was found to be held by one of
the Criols, under Folke ſtone.
this family, of the court of the late abbey of St. Auguſtine,
(m) Philipott, p. 216. See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 136, by the yearly rent of 8s. zd. Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
and vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 155.
(1) He died, €1.72, and was buried in this church, hav.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
ing married Mary, ſecond daughter and coheir of Edward
(m) By his laſt will, proved in the Prerogative-office in Adey, esq; who died April 4, 1712, et. 71, by whom he
not
that year
of this
had

The HISTORY O Of K E N T.
447
Selves held it in the
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
LENHAM.
Upon which it became the property of Mr. A court leet was formerly held for this manor,
John Dering, of Chalk in this county, on whoſe
but it has been long ſince difcontinued (y).
Osta tulonga qanday on
marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Francis
MANOR OF OLD SHELV E.
Mills, of the Inner Temple, eſq. he had, by deed,
TAXONOMAT
dated April 28, 1713, in which he ſtiled him
lies adjoining to the laſt deſcribed manor, eaſtward.
his couſin and adopted heir, ſettled this manor
It was formerly called likewiſe Middle alias Red
with his other eſtates in this pariſh, to him and Shelve, and after the diſgrace of the Biſhop of
his iſſue by her in tail male (u). Mr. John De-
Baieux came into the poſſeſſion of a family,
ring abovementioned, was of Weſt Shelve, Gent. which aſſumed its ſurname from it. Anuſius de
and dying poſſeſſed of this manor on July 24,
1724, was buried in this church, leaving iſſue
had licence to change his ſervice from ſergeantry
by Elizabeth his wife, three ſons Henry, Edward, to knight's ſervice (2), his deſcendant William
and John, and one daughter Eliza (w). Hal de Shelve paid aid for this manor in the 20th
On his death, Henry his eldeſt ſon fucceeded year of K. Edward III, as half a knight's fee,
to this manor, and was of Aſhford in this county.
which he then held of the Earl of Albermarle,
He married Heſter Wightwick, of New Romney,
and he of the King. It afterwards moſt probably
by whom he left iffue eight children, viz. Mary, paſſed into the family of Poynings, and eſcheated
to the Crown in like manner as the laſt deſcri-
married firſt, to Mr. John Maſcall, and ſecondly,
.
to Mr. Joſiah Pattenfon, both of Afhford ; Heſter
bed manor of Weft Shelve, on the death of fir
to Mr. William Loftie, of Canterbury ; Elizabeth
Edward Poynings, knt. without heirs, in the
to Mr. Coates, of New Romney ; Mr. John De 14th year of K. Henry VIII. Soon after which
ring, of Canterbury, who married Roſe Hatley ; it was granted with that manor to John Millys,
Henry ; Martha, married firſt, to Whitfield, and whoſe fon James Milles leaving an only daugh-
ter, ſhe carried it in marriage to Nic. Darell (a),
ſecondly, to Creed of Afford; Edward, who
married Sweetlove ; and George ; and having cút
whoſe fecond ſon Anthony Darell, eſq; dying
off the entail of this eſtate, che, by his laſt will
without iſſue male, his only daughter and heir
deviſed it in equall ſhares among his children | Foane, intitled her huſband William Wilkinſon to
abovementioned, who are now intitled to it, ex the poffeffion of it (b); one of whofe deſcendants
cepting Mr. John Dering and George, who have
paſſed it away by fale to Plomer, from which
alienated their refpective intereſts in it to their
name it was alienated to Dr. Ludwell, late of
only ſurviving uncle, Mr. Edward Dering, of
Oriel College, Oxford, whoſe widow Mrs. Eliza-
Doddington, and he is at this time poffeſfed of
beth L:dwell, bequeathed it by her laſt will (c)
them (x). to iboy the bellis bonitor i ogs
to Benjamin Francis Tribe, eſq; with an injunc-
tion for him to take the name of Poole, to ena-
The manor of New Shelve is held of the
ble him to do which, he obtained an Act of
Crown by the yearly fee farm rent of 13s. 4d.
Parliament, anno 5 George III.
of Biblot 9
wodw
bilgi smise dontlw mort
had a ſon Richard, who died unmarried on Nov. 22, 1701, Goudhurſt, whom ſhe ſurvived, and died ſome few
years ago
æt. 23, being a ſtudent of the Inner Temple, in the vault of
at Canterbury.
which church he lies buried.
2 basando
(xt) They bear for their arms-Or, a Saltier Sable, a cres-
e was ſon of Richard Wilkinſon, eſq; (who dying in
cent for difference; but this is not their proper bearing, for
1685, was buried in this church) by his firſt wife
that is-Or, a faltier fable, a chief, gules ; each of the
daughter of Edward Dering, of Egerton, eldeſt ſon of John
Dering, of that place, the fixth ſon of John Dering, of Sur-
younger
branches of John Dering, by Margaret Brent, his
wife, bearing for diſtinction-A chief over the faltier, but
renden, eſq; in the reign of K. Henry VIII
, by Margaret
Brent, his wife. Which Frances died Oct. 13, 1643.
differently blazoned.
The ſecond wife of Richard Wilkinſon abovementioned, (y) At New Shelve Houſe in 1755, I ſaw a curfew, or co-
was Margaret,
t, daughter of Sir Robert Honywood, knt, by verfew, much of the fame fort as that, lately belonging to
whom he left a ton William ; ſhe ſurvived him, and dyed Mr. Gofling, of Canterbury, and of which a plate may be
feen in the Antiquarian Repertory, vol. i, p. 89, which
() Mr. John Dering was, if I miſtake not, defcended
had been in the manor honſe here, time out of mind, and
from John Dering, of Egerton, fixth ſon of John Dering, of
had always been known by this name. They were firſt made
Surrenden, eſq; in the reign of K. Henry VIII, by Marga-
uſe of in the time of the Conqueror, who commanded, that
ret, his wife, fifter and heir of Tho. Brent, of Charing, ejq;
at the ringing of a bell every evening at eight o'clock,
which is ſtill called the curfew bell from thence, all lights
(v) She dyed May 24, 1741, æt. 47, and was buried be-
fide her huſband in this church. to. i lov at byud
ſhould be put out, and the fires covered up. K. Henry I
commanded the uſe of lights to be reſtored. The curfew bell
(w) Edward, the ſecond fon, is now of Doddington, and
married, 'firſt, Elizabeth, daughter of John Skeere ; fe-
is fill rung at eight o'clock in moſt market towns and places
of reſort. See Dugd. Orig.p. 8. Stow's Annals, anno 1100.
condly, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Barling, by neither
of whom he had any iſſue ; and thirdly, Margaret, daugh (z) Roll of knights fees in the Exchequer.
ter of Anthony Norrington, by whom he has iſſue, Margaret
(a) Mr. Petytt, Fædary of Kent, his book.
John, the third ſon, went to Virginia, and died there ;
(6) See Weft Shelve above, p. 446.
and Eliza, the daughter, married Mr. Peter Paris, of (-) See an account of her charities under Charing.
of Forens art wife Frances,
CV
in 1689.
and Edward,
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EYHORNE HUNDRED,
mily feated in this county. i ta
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The HISTORY O of K. EN T.
LENHAM.
deſcendants were called of that place, to diftin.
Francis Tribe Poole was afterwards of Charing,
eſq; and in 1772 fold this manor to Mr. John guiſh them from the other branches of this fa.
Winder, the preſent proprietor of itd).
He had ſummons to Parliament in the 44th and
THE MANOR OF EAST SHELVE
மாமாpanes
46th years of the above reign, and died in the
lies at the foot of the chalk-hills, eaſtward of 4th year of K. Henry IV, (i) being then ſeiſed
that laſt deſcribed.
of this manor, and leaving Reginald his ſon, and
After the Biſhop of Baieux’s diſgrace, this Alianore his ſecond wife (k), ſurviving, who had
manor came into the poſſeſſion of the family this manor aſſigned to her in dower, of which
of Cobham, who were firſt of Coubam in this ſhe died ſeiſed two years afterwards (1).
county. Henry de Cobham was one of the Recog Her fon Reginald, Lord Cobham of Sterborough,
nitores Magna Afife in the reign of K. John, died poſſeſſed of it about the 24th year of K.
and left iſſue three fons; John, who ſucceeded Henry VI, leaving fir Thomas Cobham, knt. his
him at Cobham ; Reginald, a Juſtice Itinerant, then only ſon, his heir (m), who likewiſe died in
anno 33 Henry III ; and William, called Cob. the rith year of K. Edward IV, ſeiſed of this
ham of Aldington, a Juſtice Itinerant likewiſe in manor, which from the length of time which
the ſame reign (e). Which laſt inherited this this family had been proprietors of it, was now
manor, of which he died poffeſſed in the 14th uſually known by the name of Shelve Cobham
year of K. Edward II, (f) and, as it ſhould ſeem, alias Eaſt Shelve. By Anne his wife, daughter
without iſſue; for Reginald his nephew, ſtyled of Humphry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, he left
likewiſe Cobham of Aldington, ſon of his eldeſt iſſue an only daughter and fole heir Anne, whocar-
brother John de Cobham, of Cobham, by his ſe ried it in marriage to fir Edw. Borough, of Gaint-
cond wife Joane, daughter of Hugh de Nevill, borough in the co. of Lincoln, knt.(n) whoſe fon
ſucceeded him in it (g). He lived in the reign and heir Thomas was ſummoned to Parliament anno
of K. Edward II, and left iſſue by Joane his 21 Henry VIII, by the title of Lord Burgh. He
wife, daughter and heir of William de Hever, a left iſſue Thomas, Lord Burgh, his fon and heir,
ſon Reginald de Cobham, who was Knight of the who procured his lands to be diſgavelled by the
Garter, and a perſon of great account in thoſe act of the 31ſt of K. Henry VIII. His eldeſt ſon
times, being Admiral of the King's feet, and William, Lord Burgh, in the 12th year of Q. Eliz.
an eminent warrior. He died of the peftilence, fold this manor of Shelve Cobham alias Eaft Shelve,
on Oct. 5, in the 35th year of K. Edward III, to John Pakenham (0), who in the 35th year of
being then ſeiſed of the manor of Eft Shelve (6), that reign, alienated it to Boteler (p), in which
leaving Reginald his ſon, and Joane his wife ſur name it remained till the 5th year of K. Charles
viving, daughter of fir Maurice Berkeley, knt. I, when it was paſſed away by
who poſſeſſed this manor at her death, in the Meltor, knt. whoſe ſon John
eſq; ſoon
43d year of that reign (i); upon which, Regi after the death of that Prince, fold it to Mr.
nald, her ſon, fucceeded to it, who was of Ster Solomon Adye (P), from which name it paſſed
borough-caſtle in the co. of Surry, whence all his into that of Wilkinſon, whoſe deſcendant John
nas
(d) In 1772, this eſtate conſiſted of the manor of Old he had iſſue, two ſons and four daughters ; of the former,
Shelve, the Manſion Houſe, Buildings, &c. and 166 acres Reginald, commonly called Reginald the younger, to diſtin-
of arable, paſture, and meadow, and 20 acres of woodland guith him from his father, married Thomafine, daughter of
in the pariſh of Lenham.
Sir John Cherocke, knt, by whom he had iſſue, a daughter
(e) This William de Cobham was a juſtice itinerant in the and heir, Margaret, married to Ralph Nevill, ſecond Earl
counties of Suſſex, Southampton, and Wilts, in the 39th of Weſtmoreland, by whom he had an only daughter, who
year of K. Henry III, and two years afterwards in the died an infant.
Siw bius T
counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
He died in his father's life time, upon which Thomas, his
(f) Rot. eſch. ejus an. See more of this family under only brother, became his father's heir. Of the daughters,
Cobham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 489.
Eleanor married Humphry Duke of Glouceſter ; Elizabeth, Ri-
(8) Anno 54 Henry III, John de Cobham, of Cobham, chard Lord Strange of Knocking ; Anne was a Nun at Bark-
eldeſt ſon of the abovementioned Jobn de Cobham, by his ing's and Margaret, married Reginald Courteous.
firſt wife, daughter of William Fitzbenet, for the advance His ſecond wife was Anne, daughter of Thomas Lord
ment of his younger brethren, by his father and mother in Bardolph, by whom he had no iſſue,
law Joane Nevill, gave to James, one of them, certain : The burial place of this family was at Limpsfield, in the
rents in Burfield and Sbelve, and paftures in Haliweſto. county of Surry. See Hollingſhed's Chron. Caftrations and
Sce Hollinghed's Chron. Caftrations, p. 1505, et feq. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 67. In euit ni busdintos
(h) Rot. eſch. ejus an. See a full account of this branch (n) He was her ſecond huſband, ſhe had been before mar-
of the family of Cobham under Chiding fone, vol. i. of this ried to the Lord Mountjoy. Isusb
hiftory, p. 402.
() Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pat. 9.
ad gueb edeterog
(i) Rot. eſch. ejus an.
() Philipott, p. 216. He
(k) Alianore, Maltravers, widow of Sir John Arundel, knt.
was the ſecond ſon of John
She died anno 6 Henry IV.
Adye, of Doddington, efq; by his ſecond wife Mary, daugh-
(1) Rot. eſch. ejus an.
ter of Solomon Cole, of the co. of Hants, eſq; See more of
(7) Reginald Lord Cobham was twice married, firſt, to
him under Doddington. He bore for his arms-Azure, a feſs
Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Gulpeper, kåt, by whom
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The HISTORY OF KENT.
449
LENHAM.
pariſh,
Drew
99; eld
EYHORNE HUNDREDO
Wilkinſon, eſq; died poffeffed of it in 1713, with-
of his Majeſty's forces, of whom hereafter ; and
out ſurviving iſſue, having ſettled it in tail male,
ſecondly to Elizabeth, daughter of fir Thomas
together with the manor of Weft Shelve in this
Brown, of Beechworth-caſtle in the co. of Surry,
as has been already mentioned, on John knt, by whom he had ſeveral children į of whom
Dering, on his marriage with Elizabeth, daugh-
the eldeſt ſon, Thomas Honywood, eſq; fucceeded
ter of Francis Mills, eſq; who by his death be-
him at Markſhall in Eſex, and in this manor.
came entitled to it, and died poſſeſſed of it in
He died in 1666, leaving iſſue by Hefter his wife,
1724, leaving iſſue by her three ſons and one
daughter of John Le Mot, of London, two fons
daughter; of whom Mr. Henry Dering, the and one daughter Elizabeth, who married fir
eldeſt, fucceeded him in it, and having barred John Cotton, of Conington, knt. and bart, and
the above-mentioned entail, deviſed it at his was ſucceeded in this manor, and at Markſhall,
death by his laſt will to his eight children, in by his eldeſt ſon Thomas, who died without iſſue
equal ſhares ; and they, together with their only in 1672 ; upon which, John Le Mot Honywood,
ſurviving uncle, Mr. Edward Dering, of Dod.
the ſecond ſon, became poffeffed of them, and
dington, who has purchaſed two of the ſhares was of Markſhall, eſq; He married Elizabeth,
his nephews, John and George Dering, are at pre. daughter and heir of fir William Wiſeman, of
ſent entitled to this eſtate, with that of Weſt Riverball in the co. of Ejex, bart, but died with-
Shelve, as has been already more fully related out iſſue by her in 1693, and by his laſt will
in the deſcription of that manor (q).
deviſed this manor, with the greateſt part of his.
eſtates, to his kinſman Robert Honywood, the
THE MANOR OF DOWN E,
eldeſt ſon of Charles Lodowic Honywood, of Char-
ing, eſq; deſcended from Robert Honywood, of
alias Downe-court, is ſituated in the northern part
Charing, eq; by his firſt wife, daughter of John
of this pariſh, on the ſummit of the chalk-hills.
Crook, LL. D.(s) as he himſelf was from Eli-
In the reign of K. Henry III, it had owners
zabeth, daughter of fir Thomas Brown; his ſecond
which affumed their ſurname from it. Hamo de
wife. Robert Honywood, eſq; becoming thus pof-
la Dune then held it as half a knight's fée, as did
feſſed of this manor, was of Markſhall, and was
Laurence, heir of Robert de la Downe, in the 20th
Member of Parliament for the co. of Eſſex in the
year of K. Edward III, when he paid aid for it
reign of K. George I. He married Marỳ, daugh-
as half a knight's fee, at the making the Black
ter of fir Richard Sandford, bart, and heir at
Prince a Knight; in which name it continued
to John Downe, who reſided here, and died poſ.
length to her brother, by whom he had ſeveral
children ; of whom, Robert died unmarried ;
feffed of it in the 6th year of K. Edward IV,
Richard became his heir ; Charles died in 1717 ;
and left iſſue by Iſabella his wife, two ſons, John
John married Mary, daughter of fir Orlando
and Thomas Downe, to both of whom he by his
Humphrys, and died in 1748, without iſſue ;
laft will deviſed this eſtate, which had then loſt
Philip will be mentioned below, and a daughter
all' reputation of being a manor (r). How
Mary,
it paſſed afterwards, I have not found; but
maw
Robert Atwater died poſſeſſed of it in the
He died in 1735, and was ſucceeded in this
year 1565, and his daughter and coheir Mary, manor and his other eſtates by his eldeſt ſurviv-
carried it, with other eſtates in this pariſh
ing ſon, Richard Honywood, of Markſhall, efq;
and neighbourhood, in marriage to Robert Hony-
died in 1755, leaving by his wife, daugh-
ter of fir James Gray, knt. an infant ſon Richard,
wood, eg by his ſecond wife, daughter of who did not enjoy his inheritance long, for he
Barnes, of Wye in this county. He died ſeiſed of died in 1758, æt. 10 years only; upon which,
his only ſurviving uncle Philip Honywood, efq;
it in 1576, leaving a numerous iſſue by her ; of
whom Robert Honywood, of Charing and of Markſ-
ſucceeded to this manor, and is now of Markſ-
ball in the co. of Eſex, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, ſuc-
ball in the co. of Eſex, efq; and the preſent
ceeded him in this manor. He was twice mar. proprietor of it.
ried ; firſt to Dorothy, daughter of John Crook, He is General of his Majeſty's forces, Colo-
LL. D. by whom he had one fon, fir Robert nel of the 4th Regiment of Horſe, Governor of
Honywood, of Charing, knt. anceſtor to Philip Kingston upon Hull, and Member for Appleby in
Honywood, now. of Markſhall. efq; and General the co. of Weſtmoreland. He married Miſs Eli-
lood ) HORES AS
care
(9) See Weſt Shelve, above, p. 447.
quot for
eldeſt ſurviving fon, became his heir. He married Mary,
(r) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
daughter of Mr. Clement, of Portſmouth, gent. by whom he
(s) Robert Honywood left iſſue by her one ſon fir Robert had two ſons ; Robert, to whom John Le Mott Honywood
Honywood, of Charing, knt, who had iſſue by his wife, bequeathed Markſmall and the reſt of his eſtates; and fir Philip
daughter of fir Martin Barnham, of Hollingborne, knt. twenty Hony-wood, K. B. General of Horſe, and Governor of Ports-
children; of whom for Robert Honyrvood, knt. the eldeſt ſon, mouth, who died in 1752, unmarried.
was of Charing, and married Frances, daughter of fir Henry Which Robert Honywood married Mary, daughter of fir
Vane, knt. Treaſurer of the Houſhold, by whom he had fix Richard Sandford, bart. by whom he had, among other
teen children; of whoin Charles Lodowic Honywood, his children, General Philip Honjweed, as is mentioned above,
who
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450
The HISTORY of 2K EN T.
when he con-
mtare til ei
en 27 and Dering, eſq;
years ; but it was revived in 1757, and was firſt
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
LENHAM.
zabeth Waftell, by whom he had iſſue a ſon Philip,
virtue of the limitations in his grandfather's
born in 1760, but ſince deceaſed (t). vooral will (y), became veſted in his three ſiſters, as
to
the three daughters and coheirs of his father fir
SYNDA L L.mod
Robert Furneſe, in equal ſhares and proportions,
in coparcenary in tail general, with ſuch remain.
Ar fome diſtance north-weſtward from Downe-
ders over as aforeſaid ; after which, Katherine,
court, in the valley on the eaſt ſide of the road
Counteſs of Rockingham (2), Anne St. John, and
leading from Doddington to Hollingborne-bill
, at
their reſpective huſbands, in Hilary Term 1736,
the extreme bounds of this pariſh, lies an eſtate
ſuffered recoveries of their reſpective two undi
called Syndall, but more properly Syndane, which,
vided third parts, and afterwards, by a decree of
as appears by the evidences belonging to it, as
the Court of Chancery, at the inſtance of the par-
high as the reign of K. John and K. Henry III,
ties above-mentioned, made Feb.16, anno 9 Geo.
was the inheritance of a family of that ſurname,
III, a writ of partition was agreed to by them, in
who were gentlemen of ſome note in theſe parts;
which this farm of Syndall, among other pre.
but they continued owners of it for no long
miſes (a), was allotted to fir Edward Dering,
time afterwards, for in the 23d year of K. Ed-
bart. in right of his late wife (b), and the ſame
ward III, Fulk de Peyforer was poſſeſſed of it;
was confirmed by act of Parliament paſſed the
from which name it was alienated, before the
next year for that purpoſe (c).
end of that reign, to Henman (u), in whoſe de.
ſcendants it continued down to Allen Henman(v),
Sir Edward Dering continued in the poffeſfion
of this eſtate till the year 1779,
who fold the manſion-houſe and principal part
of the eſtate, in the reign of Q. Anne, to fir
Robert Furneſe, of Walderſbare, bart.(w) and he
having enabled him ſo to do) to Mr. William
died poffeffed of it on March 14, 1733, being
Hills, of Boughton Blean, who is the preſent pro-
at that time Knight of the Shire for this county. prietor of it. Bust :)
He had been three times married, firſt to
PRESENT STATE OF LENHA M.
Anne, daughter of Anthony Balam, eſq; by whom
he had iſſue a daughter Anne, who married the d The pariſh of Lenham extends the whole width
Hon. John St. John, ſecond, but at length only of the valley from ſouth to north, and ſtill fur.
furviving ſon of Henry, Viſcount St. John, and ther northward, comprehending the chalk-hills,
after his death Lord Viſcount St. John.
and ſome ſpace beyond the ſummit of them, into
Secondly, the Hon. Arabella Watſon, one of the valley north-weſtward, as far as the road lead-
the daughters of Lewis, Lord, afterwards Earl ing from Holling borne-bill to Doddington.ba
of Rockingham, by whom he had iſſue Henry, his
The town or village of Lenbam is ſituated
fucceffor in title and eſtates, and Catherine, af. nearly in the center of the valley. It is well
terwards married to Lewis, Earl of Rockingbam. inhabited, but has nothing worthy particular
Laſtly, he married Lady Anne Shirley, daugh. notice in it. The church ſtands adjoining to it
ter of Robert Shirley, Earl Ferrers (x), by whom
fouth-eaſtward.
abusisir blindi
he left an only ſurviving daughter Selina, mar-
The market, which had been granted to the
ried to Edward Dering, efq; now fir Edward
Abbat of St. Auguſtine, as has been already men-
Dering, bart.
tioned, to be held on a Tueſday, within this ma-
Sir Henry Furneſe, bart. ſurvived his father but
nor of Lenham, had been diſcontinued many
a ſmall time, dying abroad on March 18, 1735,
under age and unmarried, and his eſtates, by
held on Friday Feb. 18th that year, for the buy-
16313daids
(t) He bears for his arms, the ſame coat as thoſe of Ev-
() Sir Henry's will was dated Sept. 28, 1709, by which he
ington in this county, viz-Argent, a chevron azure, charged
gave all his lands, &c. to his ſon Robert, and the heirs of
with a creſcent gules, between 3 hawks heads eraſed of the 2d.
his body, with divers remainders over. Sir Robert ſuffered
(u) Philipott, p. 216.
a recovery May 22, 1714, of all his poſſeſſions.
babes
(v) There are ſeveral memorials of this family in this
(2) By ſettlement on her marriage, her third part of theſe
church, viz. of Thomas Henman, 1640, æt. 74; Elizabeth
eſtates were limited, if ſhe ſurvived the Earl her huſband
his wife; John their fourth ſon, 1648, t. 34 ; and Thomas without iſſue, to her and her heirs for ever. She i
She furvived
Henman, 1661, æt. 57.
him, without iſſue, and afterwards married Francis, now
(w) By the deſcription of all that meſſuage or tenement,
Earl of Guildford.
called Syrdall alias Syndane, with its appurts. in Lenham,
(a) The rental of the three ſhares amounted to 4600l.
Milfted, and Wichling, containing 110 acres of arable and
per annum, and the ſhare allotted to fir Edward Dering to
pafture, let at 351. per annum, and likewiſe 30 acres of wood-
15371. 118. per annum.
land in ditto. Sir Robert Furnefe was ſon of fir Henry Fur-
(6) She died in 1757, leaving iſſue one ſon, Edward and
neſe, knt. who had been created a Baronet on June 27, 1707,
a daughter Selina.
by his firſt wife Anne, danghter of Robert Brough, efq; His
(-) This act was entitled, An aĉt for eſtabliſhing and
ſecond wife was Matilda, widow of Anthony Balam, efq; and
confirming a partition of the eſtates of fir Robert Furneſe,
daughter of Thomas Vernon, by whom he had a daughter Ma-
bart. deceaſed, among his three daughters and coheirs, and
riida, married to Richard Edgcombe, afterwards created Lord
for ſettling their ſhares and allotments to ſuch uſes, as
Edgcombe. Sir Henry died Nov. 3, 1712. See more of him
their ſeveral undivided parts food linuited, and to other
under Walderſhare.
purpoſes.
(x) She lived to a very
advanced
age,
ing
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
451
LENHAM.
often bence but littere
Castor
ing diſcovered a piece of a Roman way.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
ing and ſelling of corn, and other ſuch commo The alms-houſes in this pariſh, were founded
dities; and it was ordered by the Lord of the
by Anthony Honywood, of Langley, eſa; for the
manor to be held on a Friday weekly in future,
benefit of the poor of it, in the reign of Q. Eli-
and as an inducement for the farmers to refort
zabeth, as will be further mentioned below.
to it, to be toll-free for one twelvemonth ; but
The pariſh of Lenham formerly paid a rent to
I am informed, it has been ſince but little re-
the Crown of 135. 4d. and the borough of Shelve
ſorted to.
25. called lath or tythe filver, as was returned in
The fair, which was granted to the Abbat to
the ſurvey taken in 1650, by order of the ſtate,
be held yearly on the feaſt of the tranſlation of
of the revenues of the late K. Charles I, his
St. Auguſtine, May 26, is now held yearly, by
Queen, and the Prince of Wales (8),
the alteration of the ſtyle, on June 6, for horſes
ihs 1919
and cattle. There is likewiſe another fair held
ANTIQUITI E S.
on Oct. 2, for the like purpoſe.
Kilburne ſays, in his time a market uſed to be
Lenham has been ſuppoſed by ſeveral of our
held at Sandway in this pariſh, for bullocks, learned antiquaries, among whom are Camden,
upon every Tueſday, after Alhallon Day, Nov. 1, Lambarde (b), and Gale, to have been the Roman
until Chriſtmas (d).
Station, mentioned in the ad iter of Antonine, by
The high road from Maidſtone through Har-
the name of Durolevum, corruptly, as they ſay,
rietſham hither, which afterwards branches off for Durolenum, and the latter, in the Britiſh lan-
towards. Smarden and Biddenden, Aſhford and guage, ſignifying the water Lenum (i), induced
Hythe, and Charing and Wye, croſſes the ſouthern
them, together with the ſituation, to conjecture
extremity of this pariſh fouth-eaſtward, through
this place to have been that ſtation.
the hamlet of Sandway. 0 cm
The diſtance from the two next ſtations, to
The valley part of this pariſh is exceeding well
be made conformable to this opinion, Durole-
watered, for at the eaſtern extremity of the town of vum, in moſt copies of the iter, being marked
Lenham at Streetwell, there arifes a ſpring, which is
as xvi miles from Durobrovis, Rocheſter, and xii
accounted the head of the river Stour (e), which
miles from Durovernum, Canterbury, muſt be
flowing from thence fouthward by Royton-chapel, tranſpoſed, as it is thought by ſome to have
at about a mile diſtance from its riſe, receives been by miſtake; ſo as that xii ſhould be ſet
into its ſtream two other ſmall ones from the over againſt the firſt, and xvi over againſt the
north-weſt, which riſe in the grounds at Chilfton,
latter (k) And Camden is further confirmed in
at a ſmall diſtance from each other, and then this opinion, from this place being ſituated on
flowing in one ſtream through the hamlet of
a circular way of the Romans, which formerly,
Water-ſtreet fouth-eaſtward, it turns a mill in its as Higden of Chefter affirms, went from Dover
way to Little Chart, and ſo goes on in its way to
through the middle of Kent (1).
Aſhford and Canterbury. 1 doitw Housi lat 16
The a
aqua Lena, or the ſpring at Streetwell
A head of one of the branches of the river here, ſo called perhaps from the ſtrata of the
Medway likewiſe riſes at Ewell, adjoining to Romans, which led hither, is thought by others
Bigon-beath, in the weſtern part of this pariſh,
Lenum, and
whence it is frequently called the river Len (f);
that this, not the other ſpring, might give name
from hence this ſtream directs its courſe firſt to this ſtation; and Dr. Plot mentions his hav-
weſtward, then northward by Runham, and ſo
which
on to Ferborne and Harrietſham, in its way to ſeemed to have paſſed the river Medway at T
at Teſton,
wards Leeds-caſtle and the main river at Maidſtone. and which he thought croſſed Cocks-beath and
1. The lands of this pariſh are tolerably fertile
pointed towards Lenham (m).
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through the center of the valley; but towards But there having never been any Roman an-
the ſouth, the foil is a deep fand, and towards
tiquities found at this place, induced Mr. Som-
the north, moſtly chalk. That part of
ner and others to look elſewhere for this ſtation.
pa-
riſh eaſtward of a line drawn from the middle of That learned antiquarian (n), as well as Mr.
Chilfton-houſe, northward to the eaſt end of Len Burton and Dr. Thorpe (0), have fixed it at or
bam church, and thence to Warren-ſtreet on the
near Newington, in the great road from Rocheſter
ſummit of the chalk-hills, is in the diviſion of to Canterbury, near which great quantities of
Eaſt Kent ; the reſt of this pariſh is in that of urns, and other relicks of Roman antiquity, have
Weſt Kent.
been dug up. To accommodate the diſtances
una Zena, or
to have been m
meant by the water towymother
(d) Page 166.
(e) Lamb. Peramb. p. 283. (f) Ibid. p. 233.
(8) Parl. Surveys, Aug. off.
(b) Lamb. Peramb. p. 351.
(i) This water riſes at Bigon-heath, or according to others,
at Ewell-rwood, near it, in this pariſh, being the head of
one of the branches of the Medevay, and ſtill called by ſome
the river Len.
(k) See Gale on Antonine, p. 76.
(1) Camd. Brit.
p
228.
(m) See Teſton, p. 293.
(n) Somner by Battely, pt. i, p. 13a
(6) Reg. Roff. p. iii.
from

452
The H I S TO RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
matter.no
neſs.
(p ce Burton on Antonine, p. iv.
LENHAM.
onders
from the other ſtations, they alter the diſtance
CHARITIES.
from Durobrovis or Rocheſter to vii, (in which
they are ſupported by the copies of the Peutin-
Six alms-houſes, and an houſe for a Governor,
were founded by Anthony Honywood, 4/4, of Lang-
gerian tables (P), and to viii miles, according to
fome others of (9) Antonine,) and from Durole ley in this county (v); for the building and en.
num to Durovernum or Canterbury xvi miles; by dowing of which, he gave an eſtate, in the
year
which they have brought it pretty near the
1622, to the pariſh of Lenham for ever, direct.
ing 40l. per annum to be paid out of it to fix
poor people inhabiting the alms-houſes; and the
e Mr. Talbot heſitates between Sitting borne and
remainder to be to the uſe of the Governor.
Charing, and Dr. Stukeley, changing his opinion,
Three pounds per annum were given,
in
1720,
having firſt adopted Newington, afterwards ad.
by the Rev. Francis Robins, A. M. of Town Sut.
heres to the latter (r).
ton (w), to the moſt indigent, honeſt, and indu-
Dr. Horſley ſays, ſhould he abandon Lenham,
ftrious poor of Lenbam, to be diſtributed yearly
and ſuppoſe it only to be a notitia way, he ſhould
among them on March 11, by the Miniſter and
transfer this ſtation to the north ſide of the pre-
Churchwardens.
fent great London road to Dover, and ſuppoſe it
John Foord, late of Lenham, Yeoman, by his
to be a ſhort and direct excurſion, like that of
laft will, dated Sept. 26, 1766, bequeathed to
Tripontium in the 6th iter, the diſtance on each
the Miniſter and Churchwardens of Lenham, and
hand requiring the excurſion to be made about
their ſucceſſors for ever, the ſum of 300l. the
Sitting borne, or perhaps Milton, if the tranſpo-
intereſt of it to be paid to a fit and proper School-
ſition of the numbers above-mentioned be ad-
maſter, to be appointed by the ſaid Miniſter and
mitted, that is, allowing for the difference of
Churchwardens, to teach 10 poor boys of Len.
miles as ten about equal to eleven, which will
ham, reading, writing, and accounts. v,90
make the diſtances anſwer with tolerable exact.
med
I TOT borgin
But ſhould this ſtation be transferred to THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
21 d.
near Faverſham, in the vicinity of which, as well
Lenham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
on Juddes-bill, on the great road, half a
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sutton,
weſt of Oſpringe, as at Davington, about a mile
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. It is a
north-eaſt of it, many Roman coins, urns, and
large handſome building, with a ſquare tower
other relicks of antiquity, have been found with.
at the weſt end, in which is a good clock, which
in theſe few years, and on the former, there are
ſtrikes the hours and quarters and a ſet of chimes.
ſtill remaining at the back of Juddes-bouſe, a
It conſiſts of two iſles, and two chancels; on the
ſmall diſtance north of the high road, juſt within
north ſide of the high chancel, in the hollow in
the wood, the veſtigia of a ſtrong Roman work,
the wall, there is a figure in long robes, lying
there need not be any tranſpoſition of num at full length, which ſeems very antient. At
bers, nor alteration of them, in the greateſt the weſt end of the chancel, there are 16 ſtalls,
part of the copies of Antonine's Itinerary, for the
eight on each ſide, though of a different ſize,
diſtances will every way tally with them (s). ot for the uſe of the monks of St. Auguſtine's, when
After every argument, that can be made uſe of, they viſited their eſtate in this pariſh ; and at a
the whole is ſo much conjecture, as appears from ſmall diſtance from them, on the ſouth ſide, a
the
ſtone confeſſional chair (x). so sodi
,
,
fair at laſt to leave it to the reader's own judg-
the manor, became part of the poffeſſions of the
ment to fix each of theſe ſtations where he thinks
monaſtery of St. Auguſtine, above-mentioned, to
it moſt proper (u).
1979 var stor sua which it was approprieted by Pope Celeſtine III,())
soste not soupis ebiwot bas bangosbe 21 fol 94
) . p. 514
ou recto 4 (v) He was ſecond ſon of Robert Hongwood, of Charing,
()
eſq; by Mrs. Mary-Atwater, of Roytan in Lenham, and mar-
(,) Lel. Itin. vol. iii, p. 173.
ried in 1583, Mrs. Anne Gybfon.
(s) See Horf. Brit. Rom. p. 425. Richard of Cirenceſter, (w) See his charities to the pariſh of Town Sutton, above,
in his 3d and 15th Iter Brittaniarum Omnium, publiſhed by P. 415.
sont bns non
Dr. Stukeley, p. 41, 43, 59, 65, makes the diſtances from (*) The pulpit in this church is an octagon, curiouſly
Cantiopolis or Duroverrum, to Duroſevum or Sitting borne, carved in each compartment. There are ſeveral of the fa-
xii miles.
fs
mily of Honywood buried in this church; and memorials for
() In the ſeveral editions of Antonine's Itinera, the num the Codds, Brockwells, Marſhalls, Baldacks, Dixons, and
bers of miles are marked as follows:
Perrys, of which laſt there is a memorial over James Pery,
all Talbot. Somner. Harriſon.
gent. once Principal of Staples Inn, who died Oct. 30, 1577,
Noviomagus,
-X-------xii.
and over, Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas Turner, of
Sutton Valence, who died Aug. 4, 1593. They bore for
Vagniacæ, viiimm-xviii ---Vi-xviii-_-xviii-
their arms-On a bend, 3 pears.
Durobravis, ix----x------x- --ix
Durolevum, xiii.---xiijor viii-xvi---xvior xiii-xvior xii
(9) Celeſtine was made Pope anno 1191, being the 3d
Durovernum, xii-x-------x------xii or xvi
year of K. Richard I, and fat in the fee of Rome upwards
of fix years. See Decem. Script. col. 2097. Regift. Mon.
ad Part Ritupis, xii-xii. maxxii-xii-
Sti. Aug. Cart. 75.
4 mile
Ditto ad Gale and
Editio... Horſley.
-X
in

The WHIS TOYRAIYO of K E N T.
453
W
to a
well as
LENHAM. 27 sot
SYHORNE HUNDRËD.
in the reign of K. Richard I, towards the reple in their paſture at Lenham, but not to go to their
niſhing the furniture of the refectory from time ſheep-cote, from the feaſt of St. Philip and St.
to time, which was afterwards confirmed by ſe James to the feaſt of St. Michael. They con-
veral Popes and Archbiſhops of Canterbury (2).. firmed likewiſe to him and his ſucceſſors, for
them and their ſucceſſors, the land called Lan-
After which, a vicarage was endowed in this
gebregge, near Markewell, incloſed with hedges
church, by the Abbat and Convent, by the en-
on every ſide, together with the appropriation of
dowment of which, the Vicar was entitled to
the tenement or meſſuage aforeſaid, in which the
receive the oblations and obventions commonly
Vicar then dwelt, which they willed for them
ariſing from and belonging to the altarages, and
and their ſucceſſors, that the Vicar and his ſuc.
the ſmall tythes, with the tythes of hay and of
ceffors ſhould poffefs in future freely and quietly
curtileges. But controverſies afterwards being
to the uſe of the vicarage aforeſaid, in manner
likely
ariſe between the Abbat and Convent
as above-mentioned; and the Vicar, bona fide
and fir Yohn, commonly called le Maſon, of Can-
and expreſsly for himſelf and his ſucceſſors,
terbury, Vicar of their church of Lenham, con-
granted and releaſed, that either of their manor
cerning certain ſmall tythes of the paſtureground,
aforeſaid, or of their demeſne lands or tene-
and of the corn of certain lands really purchaſed
ments in the ſaid manor, of the ſmall tythes of
by them, out of their manor of Lenham, ſince
corn, hay, paſture, three mills, viz. Abbotteſmill,
the endowment of this vicarage, and the Vicar
Slakke, and the Windmill, of the nutriment of
aforeſaid aſſerting, that his vicarage was bur-
cattle, or of any other fort of ſmall tythes, or
thened and overloaded with ordinary, as
any thing elſe beſides what has been already
extraordinary burthens, humbly prayed of them
mentioned, he or they would not make any
ſome relief on this account; the Abbat and Con-
demand or claim in future, of them or their
vent, therefore, willing to grant his petition, and
to cut off all grounds of difference between them || fucceffors
, by reaſon of the ſaid vicarage
, but
with the income of the aforeſaid meſſuage,
in future, and to provide for his portion more
rents of 1os. and of annual corn and feeding
liberally, in honor of divine worthip, gave and
of cows, of the oblation of 12d. and two pounds
granted to him and his ſucceſſors, all the meſſu.
of wax, according to the manner aforeſaid,
age, with its appurts, in which he then dwelt,
ſhould hold themſelves content, for which
which had been ſome time before purchaſed of the
purpoſe, the Vicar, for himſelf and his fuccef-
heirs of Michael, the Chaplain, for the uſe of
ſors, had expreſsly releaſed to the ſaid Abbat
church. And further, they releaſed and quit-
and his ſucceſſors, all right and action, which
,
, . ,
or concerning the ſmall tythes of the demeſnes
which they uſed to receive from the ſaid meſſu-
aforeſaid, but with this proviſo, nevertheleſs,
age; and they willed, that he and his ſucceſſors
that if the ſaid premiſes ſhould be let to ferme
ſhould receive and have for ever, 12d. yearly,
to others, then the Vicar ſhould carry off his juſt
which the Prior and Convent of Ledes, and in
tythe from the farmer for that time. Saving
like manner two pounds of wax, which the
to the Vicar and his ſucceſſors, the oblations
Prior and Convent of the church of St. Gregory
and obventions, and other ſmall tythes and rents
in Canterbury, ought and uſed yearly to offer on
only, with which the vicarage was originally en-
the great altar of the before-mentioned church;
dowed, excepting the tythes of the Abbat and
and they gave and
and granted to him beſides, three
Convent, as aforeſaid. And that the Vicar and
ſeams of corn, viz. one of wheat and two of
his fucceffors ſhould properly perform their
barley, to be taken yearly by him and his fuc-
duty to the church of Lenham, and the chapel
ceffors, from them in their manor of Lenham,
at the hands of the Bailiff of the ſaid manor for
of Royton, either by themſelves or other proper
Curate, and ſhould find lights in them, in the
the time being, twice in a year, at Michaelmas due and accuſtomed manner, and that they
and Lady-day, by equal portions ; ſo that the ſhould be bound to the payment of the procura-
Vicar and each of his ſucceſſors, thus content
with the ſaid corn, ſhould in future carry away
tion of the Archbiſhop, due then by reaſon of his
viſitation, and all other ordinary burthens of
nothing in the name of tythe, or of his vicarage,
his church for ever; all other inſtruments or
of the ſheaves of any kind of corn,
within cur-
writings, if there ſhould be any, of compoſitions
tilages or without, ariſing within the bounds of
between the ſaid parties, or any of their prede-
the pariſh. Adding likewiſe to his portion, that
ceſſors, before madę, touching the ſaid vicarage,
he and his fucceffors ſhould and might have
only obtaining force by this writing, but as to
every year two cows, feeding with their cows,
any thing elſe totally void of all. To which in-
this
(z) By Pope Honorius III, in the very beginning of K.
Henry III.'s reign ; by Pope Gregory IX, his fucceffor, and
by Pope Innocent IV, twice in the ſame reign ; by Simon
Langham, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in 1368, and by The-
Vol. II.
mas Arundel, Archbiſhop, in 1397. Regift. Monaft. Sti.
Aug. Cart. 103. Decem. Script. col. 2261, 2266, 2146,
2199. Stev. Mon. vol. ii, append. p. 59.
5 Z
ſtrument

454
The HISTORY of 2 KENT.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
10
CHURCH OF LENHAM.
o there
ind. Feb: 107°3, obt,
In this church
LENHAM.
ſtrument the faid Abbat and Convent had put
From him theſe premiſes deſcended to fir War-
their common ſeal (a).
ham St. Leger, knt, who in the reign of Q.
The Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine obtained Elizabeth, ſold them to Francis Barnbam, esys
from time to time ſundry grants and extenſive
and he, in the 2ift year of that reign, ſold this
privileges from the Popes, among which was,
an exemption from all archiepiſcopal or any ec-
cleſiaſtical juriſdiction whatſoever, and ſubject-
the Queen in capite (d).
ing them and all their poſſeſſions ſolely and im-
Henry Wilford, efq; poffeffed this rectory and
mediately to the fee of Rome. In conſequence
advowſon in the reign of K. James I, at the latter
end of which, he alienated them to Anthony Brown,
of which, the Abbat inſtituted ſeveral deanries
and apportioned the ſeveral churches belonging Viſcount Montague ; ſince which they have had
to his monaſtery to each of them according to
the ſame owners as the manor of Lenham, and
their vicinity, one of them was the deanry of
are both, with that, now in the poſſeſſion of
Lenham, which included the churches of Faver Thomas Beft, of Chilton, 6%9; (e)
sham, Middleton, Sellyng, Scheldwich, Kenyton, Wy.
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church
neleſburgh, Tenderdene, Swanes, Fretingdon, Brock-
of Lenham was valued at 231. 6s. 8d. (f)
lond, Stone, Borewareſmerſ, Demecherche, Kyngelf-
The vicarage is valued in the King's Books
don and Lenham, which laſt he ordained to be at 131. 15s. 2įd. and the yearly tenths at il.
the head of the deanry; and he appointed a
75. 61d. (8)
Dean to each, with officials, conſiſtories, &c.
In 1640 it was valued at sol. Communi.
and exacted an oath of canonical obedience from
cants 400.
each of them. This proceeding raiſed great con-
teſts and animoſities between the Archbiſhops of
PATRONS,
Canterbury and the Abbats of St. Auguſtine, from
or by whom preſented.
RECTORS,
time to time, each appealing in his turn to the
Abbat and Convent (h) Andrew, in the reign of
court of Rome. After more than five years al-
of St. Auguſtine. K. Henry II.
tercation, the determination of their diſputes
VIcars.
was entruſted by Pope Boniface VIII, in the year
1300, to the Abbats of Weſtminſter, Waltham,
(i) John le Maſon, anno 29
and St. Edmunds : in conſequence of which, af-
K. Edward I.
ter near eight years controverſy, and great
(k) Nicholas Grenewaye, pre-
bolo
fums of money ſpent on both ſides, the Abbat,
three years afterwards, was ſtripped of theſe
The fame, by lapfe. (1) Thomas Partrich, B. A.
exemptions, and by the Pope's bull, declared
Feb. 8, 1587, obt. 1605.
ham bir adam
to be ſubject to the Archbiſhop's juriſdiction in
Laurence Fox.
Proto zid bius
all matters whatſoever, in like manner as here-
(m) Robert Marriott, A. M.
tofore(6); which entirely diffolved this new
Sept. 13, 1636.
Die polisi - Lord, in 1663, obt. 1684.
deanry, as well as the reſt of them.
dow
Tho. Robins, 1684, obt. 1701.
The church and vicarage of Lenham remained
0.0 D
(n) Thomas Nicholſon, 1720,
part of the poſſeſſions of the monaſtery of St.
rout ou vl189
Auguſtine till the final diffolution of it, which
Thomas Beft, eſq;
A, era() Richard Laurence, LL.B.
happened in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII,
when it was, with all its revenues, ſurrendered
to owt ble user v 2010. 7.
into the King's hands, to the uſe of him and
und bris mid Thomas Verrier Alkin, A.M.
his heirs for ever.
10 ons 1
ind. Oct.
The rectory of Lenhans, with the advowſon
Jo monta historia tocado V. t. 24, 1772. Pre.
fent Vicar.
of the vicarage, remained but a ſmall time in
Wynod smlors
the King's hands; for on Feb. 14th following,
being the ſame year of his reign, he granted field, efq; who by his deed 23 Edward IJI, gave
by his let. pat. the rectory of Lenham, the ma.
divers lands and tenements in Doddington and
nor of the ſame, and their appurts. to fir An Linſted, to William de Linfted; likewiſe Valentine
ihony St. Leger, knt. at the yearly rent of 71. (c) Barrett, who died Nov. 10, 1440, and Cecile his
Porod ili
zagele
(i) See above, and Decem. Script. col. 2097.
(a) Decem. Script. col. 2097.
(6) He had the Queen's letters of preſentation. Rym.
(6) See ibid. col. 1970 to 2003. Prynne's Records, p.
Fæd. vol. xv, p. 349.
817 to 841.
(1) Preſented by the Queen by lapfe.
159 119
(c) Rolls of fee-farm rents temp. interregni, rell 6-10.
(dd) Rot. Eſch. pt. 7.
(m) Rym. Fæd. vol. xx, p. 138.
(n) Alſo Rector of Wichling.
(e) See above, p. 440.
(6) In 1763 he had a diſpenſation, for holding Bredgar
(f) Decenz. Script. col. 2161. mogla
with this vicarage.
(8) Ee. Theſ. p. 15.
(b) Selden of Tythes, p. 415.
Jo wife,
The Crown.
fented Oct. 10, 1553.
The best
DOM
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obt. 1763.
Aug. 1772.
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Wood for the da
The HISTORY O of HARRIETSHAM.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
wife, who died March 2, that year ; alſo Wil The Same Hugh holds of the Biſhop one yoke of
liam Maries, firſt an honorable Eſquire to K.
free land in Seleſburne, and there he bas balf a ca-
Henry V, and afterwards Eſquire to Henry, Car rucate, with one borderer, and five ſervants, and
dinal and Archbiſhop of Canterbury, who died Aug. one acre of meadow and an half. It is and was
31, 1459 ()
.se
to 10
worth, ſeparately, 20 ſhillings. Aluuin held it of
Earl Godwin.
le cousin pre
HARRIET S H AM
The above-deſcribed eſtates, comprehended
IES the next pariſh ſouth-weſtward from
the manor of Harrietſham, and were, about four
Lenham.
|| years after taking the above ſurvey, on the dif-
grace of the Biſhop of Baieux, confiſcated to the
M ANOR, N 91
Crown..
This place was given immediately after the After which ihis manor became part of the
fatal battle of Haſtings, among other great pof-
poffeffions of the family of Creſcie or Creffi; one
feſſions, by William the Conqueror, to his half of whom, Roger de Creſi, appears to have held
brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent, it in the beginning of K. Henry III.'s reign, of
under the general title of whoſe lands, it is thus
the Honor of Peverell, as one knight's fee, it
Town
entered in the general ſurvey of Domeſday :
being then valued at 2012 (9)
In Aiborde Hund
Having fided with the rebellious Barons, he
Hugo Nepos Herbti ten' de epo' Hariardeſam. p.
was taken priſoner at the battle of Lincoln, in
2. ſolins. ſe defd. Tra. e'. 6. Car. In dnio
the firſt year of that reign. But he appears to
have been afterwards taken into favor, and to
fervi. & 2. molini de 11. folid? & 6. den'. & 7. a.'
have died poffeffed of this manor in the zoth
pti. Silva. 15. pore'. T. R. E'.Valeb. 10. lib. year of that reign, and was ſucceeded in it by
recep'. 8. lib'. modo'. 10. lib'. Ojuuard' tenuit de
his ſon, Hugh de Creſ, who died feiſed of it in
E.
the 47th year of it (r), leaving Stephen de Crelli
rolhoc od oni
Iſde Hugo ten' de epo' Fereburne. p. uno folin fe his next heir (s). After which it ſeems to have
defd'. Tra'. e'. 2. Car'. In dnio
been in the hands of the Crown; for K. Henry
cu'. 1. Car'. & dimid'. & 2. molini de. 40. den'.
III, on Aug. 10, in his 48th year, directed his
7. R. E. Valeb'. 4. lib poft & mo'.
lib poft & mo'. 3. lib'. Aluuin?
writ to the Sheriff of Kent, to deliver this ma-
nor to his niece Iſabel, the illegitimate daughter
tenuit de Goduino. bas
of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
, a younger ſon of
Ifde' Hugo tenuit de epo'. 1. jugu' libere træ in
K. John, and then the wife of Maurice, Lord
Seleſburne & ibi ht dimid' Car' cu'. 1. bord &
5 Berkeley, for her ſupport, her huſband at that
fervis & una ac' pti & dim'. Val' & Valuit ſep. 20.
time ing forfeited his eſtates, by adhering to
yol. Aluuin' tenuit de Goduino Comite.
the rebellious Barons, and the being at that time
Which is : In Aiborde Hundred,
in great diſtreſs and poverty (t). This appears
Hugh, the grandſon of Herbert, bolds of the Biſhop
to have happened during the minority of Stephen
(of Baieux) Hariar deſham. It was taxed at two
de Creſli, above-mentioned, who died poffeffed of
Julings. The arable land is ſix carucates. In de .
it in the 520 year of that reign, holding it in
meſne . . . . 18 villeins, with 10 borderers hav-
capite by knights ſervice (u).
ing four carucates. There is a church, and 11 ſer Soon after which, this manor ſeems to have
vants, and two mills of eleven ſhillings and fix pence
,
been divided ; that part of it which ſtill retained
the name of the manor of Harriet ham, came into
of 15 bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Con the poſſeſſion of the family of Northwood, of
feſſor, it was worth 10 pounds, when he received Nurthwood in Milton.
it eight pounds, now 10 pounds. Ofuuard held it Roger de Northwood died anno 13 Edward I,
of K. Edward.
poffefſed of the manor of Heryeteſham, held of
The ſame Hugh holds of the Biſhop, Fereburne. the King in capite, by the ſervice of half a
It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable land is two knight's fee, and the yearly rent of 19. from
In demeſne
4 villeins, with one thence to the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church,
carucate and an balf, and two mills of 40 pence. In Canterbury (v). His fon, fir John de Northwood,
the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, it was worth knt, changed the tenure of his lands from gavel-
four pounds, afterwards, and now, three pounds. kind to knights ſervice (v1), and afterwards, to-
Aluuin beld it of Earl Godwin.
gether with his grandſon, accompanied K. Ed-
Qdo
rege.
:::. 4 villi
Com'.
", holding it i
carucates.
.
(D) Weever, p. 280.
(9) Roll of knights fees in the Exchequer, and Teſta de
Nevil.
(-) His grandmother was Margery, daughter of William
de Cheney, of Patrickſborne, as appears claus 52 Henry III,
memb. 6 in dorſo. See Philipott, p. 183.
(s) Philipott, p. 183.
51-
(1) Dugd Bar. vol. i, p. 765. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 100.
(u) Tertia ps. Eſcaet temp. Hen. III.
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 25.
(w) Sir John de Northwood, anno 21 Edward I, claimed
free-warren and other privileges of a manor here, before
the Juſtices Itinerant. Placita de jur. & affiſ. 9 din
ward

456
The HISTORY of K E N T.
EXHORNE HUNDRED.
Adam, who?
och it remained
: ,
(b) By the
HARRIETSHAM.
ward in his victorious expedition into Scotland, marriage, the former to John Barley, of the co.
and was Sheriff of this county ſeveral times. of Hertford, and the other to fir John Norton, of
Having been ſummoned to Parliament among the this county, knt. John Barley ſoon afterwards
Barons of this realm, he departed this life in conveyed bis moiety of it to John Adam, who
the 13th year of K. Edward II.
was pofſeffed of conſiderable eſtates in the
co. of Eſſex (b), and he died feiſed of it in the
By the inquiſition taken after his death, he
19th year of K. Henry VI, (b) as did his ſon
was found to hold at the time of his deceaſe,
John in the 31ſt year of it, leaving his ſon and
two parts of this manor of the King in capite, by
heir Thomas, then half a year old, and Eleanor
the ſervice of two parts of one knight's fee, and
his wife ſurviving, who held it at her death, in
ſuit to the court of the manor of Oſpringe, from
the 14th year of K. Edward IV.(c)
three weeks to three weeks, as of the Honor of
She was ſucceeded in it by her ſon Thomas
Peverel (x). He had iſſue by Joane de Badleſ-
mere, his wife, a fon John, who died in his life-
of K. Henry VII. His deſcendant Richard Adam,
time, leaving by Agnes, daughter of William de
left a fon Stephen Adam, who was of Harriet-
Grandiſon, a ſon Roger, who ſucceeded his grand-
jam, and died without iſſue, leaving his ſiſter
father in the poſſeſſion of it, and in the 20th
Eve his heir (d), who carried this moiety of the
year of K. Edward III, jointly with William
manor in marriage, at the latter end of the
de Clynton, Earl of Huntingdon, who poffeffed the
reign of Philip and Mary, to Laurence Aſhburn-
other part of this manor in right of Juliana de
ham (e), of the co. of Suſſex, gent. (f) who, be-
Leyborne, his wife, paid reſpective aid for it, at
fore the 17th of the next reign of Q. Elizabeth,
the making the Black Prince a Knight, as one
alienated it to William Stede, efq; who in Eaſter
knight's fee, in Harrieteſham and Eſt Ferbourne,
term, that year, levied a fine of this moiety of the
which John de Northwood and William de Ley-
manor of Harrietſamº
borne before held of the King, as of the Honor
The other moiety of this manor, which came
of Peverel.
into the poffeffion of fir John Norton, in right of
He married Juliana, one of the daughters and
his wife, as above-mentioned, paſſed from his
heirs of fir Geffry de Say, and having been ſum-
moned to Parliament in the 34th year of K. Ed-
till Reginald Peckham, of Yaldham, eſq; in the
ward III, but no more, he died on Nov. 5, next
15th year of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, conveyed
year, being then ſeiſed of the fee of this manor,
it to Edward Scott, eſq; (g) and he not long after-
and leaving iſſue fir John Northwood, knt. his
wards tranſmitted it (h), in like manner, to John
ſon and heir (y), who having been ſummoned to
Hales, of The Dungeon, eſq; one of the Barons of
Parliament, died Feb. 27, anno 2 Richard II,
the Exchequer (i), whoſe deſcendant William
ut he never came into the poſſeſſion of it, for
Hales, in Eaſter term, anno 4 Elizabeth, levied
Juliana, his mother, held it in dower, and
a fine of this moiety, and then paſſed it away by
ſurvived him (z). He left iſſue by Joane his
ſale to fir Warham St. Leger, of Ulcombe, knt.
wife, daughter of Robert Hert, of Faverſham, Ro-
Sheriff of this county in the 2d year of that
ger his ſon and heir, who, on his grandmother's
reign, and Chief Governor of the province of
death, ſucceeded to the poſſeſſion of this manor,
Munſter in Ireland (k), and he, in the 21ſt year
of which he died ſeiſed, and his ſon and heir
of that reign, alienated this moiety of the manor
John Northwood, eſq; was likewiſe poſſeſſed of
of Harrietſham to William Stede, eſq; (1) who have
it at his death, anno 4 Henry V, and leaving no
ing before purchaſed the other moiety of it, of
iffue male, his two fifters became his coheirs (a),
Laurence Abburnham, eſq; became now poffeffed
who afterwards carried their reſpective ſhares in
of the entire fee of them both. o znet ti root
2011
.chiesto oi trost 2 huo
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an,
te
Jam, Ulcombe, Cranbrooke, Frittenden, and Stapleburſt. Rot.
(y) Ibid. and Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 71.
Eſch. an. 28 Henry VIII, pt. 1.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (a) Ibid.
(6) This family bore for their arms-Vort, a plain croſs or. The Dungeon, of Thanington, Reculver, and Bekeſborne, and
Philipott, p. 183.
of Tenterden, St. Stephens, Nackington, and Chilſon, under
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus-an.
which places a more ample account of him, and his reſpec-
(d) She was widow of Jobu Levet, efq; Coll. Bar. vol.
iii, p. 285
(k) He was the eldeſt furviving fon of fir Anthony St.
(e) Some pedigrees call him Henry.
Leger, of Ulcombe, knt. Lord Deputy of Ireland, Knight of
(f) Rot. Eſch. anno 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, and anno the Garter, &c. See more of this family, under Ulcomb.
Elizabeth.
Anno 17 Eliz. Term Pafcha fir Warham St. Leger levied a
(g) Rot, Eſch.pt. 1.
fine of this eſtate.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt.5,7. The Steeds were of ſome
and 100s, rent, with their appurts. in Harriet ſham; and note in this pariſh for more than a century before this; for
alſo the manor of Harrietham, with its appurts, and the
John Steed, ſenior, was reſident here in 1460, when by his
moiety of one meſſuage, 100 acres of arable, 30 acres of laſt will he deviſed his principal manfion at Steed-ftreet in
nieadow, 60 acres of pafture, 40 acres of wood, 150s. rent, this pariſh, to William his ſon. He had likewiſe a daugh-
and the rent of 6 cocks, go hensy 20 eggs, &c. in Harriet ter Joane, Prerog, off. Cant.
He
tive deſcendants, may be
be ſeen.

The
457
H IS TO RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
EYHORNE HUNDRED
daughter of Maurice Bockland, of the co. of
Wilts, eſq; who died June 27, 1714, æt. 30,
without ſurviving iſſue (t). He ſurvived both his
wives, and dying in 1735, was ſucceeded by his
ſon Edwyn Stede, eſq; (u) who preſently after-
wards fold this manor and ſeat to William Horf-
monden Turner, of Maidſtone, eſq; He changed
the name of this ſeat to that of Harrietſham-place,
by which it has been called ever ſince, and dy-
ing on April 14, 1753, without iſſue (v), de-
viſed it by his laſt will to his wife Mrs. Elizabeth
Turner, for life, with divers remainders over, and
ſhe is the preſent poffeffor of this manor, with
Harrietſham-place, in which ſhe now reſides.
A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this
manor.
HARRIETSHAM.
He afterwards reſided at. Harrietſham, and
having married foane, daughter of John Pordage,
of Rodmerſham, left iſſue by her one ſon William,
afterwards knighted, and three daughters
He died on Sept. 25, 1574, and lies buried in
this church, under an altar tomb.
Sir William Stede, knt. reſided at Harrietſham,
and was Sheriff of this county anno 11 James I.
He left iſſue by Cicele Colepeper his wife, three
fons (n) and three daughters (c). Of the fons,
fir John Stede, knt. the eldeſt, became his heir,
and poffeffed this manor, on which he built a
handſome ſeat, naming it from himſelf and the
ſituation of it, Stede-hill (P), in which he after-
wards reſided. He married Elizabeth, one of
the daughters and coheirs of fir James Cromer,
of Tunſtall
, knt. (9) and died on June 25, 1622,
leaving iſſue by her one ſon, Cromer, and two
daughters, Cecilia, who died unmarried, and
Elizabeth, who married Cheney Culpeper, eſq; (r)
Cromer Stede, eſq; died without iſſue ; upon
which, this manor, with Stede-bill, went by en-
tail to his father's next brother William Stede,
LL. D. who died poffeffed of it in the reign of
K. Charles II. He was ſucceeded in it by his ſon
fir Edwyn Stede, knt. Governor of Barbadoes, who
was of Stede-hill, of which he died poffeffed on
July 19, 1695, leaving Cecilia his wife furviv-
ing, who was the daughter of fir William Clerke,
of Ford, knt. that eminent loyaliſt, who was
killed in the fight at Croperdy. bridge, in the civil
wars of K. Charles I.'s reign, and one ſon and
one daughter (s); the former of whom, Dutton
Stede, eſq; poffeffed this manor, and reſided at
Stede-bill. He was twice married ; firit to Alicia,
daughter of fir Thomas Colepeper, of Hollingborne,
knt. who died Jan. 2, 1710, æt. 39, and was
buried in Harrietſham church, leaving iſſue one
ſon Edwyn. He married, ſecondly, Conſtance,
E A S T FAR BOR N E.
THE OTHER part of the manor of Harrietſham,
lying in Eaſt Farborne in this pariſh, has already
been taken notice of in the above-deſcription of
that manor, in which mention has been made of
its having belonged to the great Biſhop of Baieux,
by gift from his half-brother William the Can-
queror, and the deſcription of it in the ſurvey
of Domeſday has been likewiſe given.
After the Biſhop's diſgrace, it paſſed, as part
of the manor of Harrietſbam, into the poffeffion
of the family of Crel, and continued in it till
the death of Stephen de Creſt in the 52d year of
K. Henry III, about which time the manor of
Harrietſham ſeems to have been divided; two-
thirds of it paſſed into the poffeffion of the family
of Northwood, as has been already mentioned,
and the remainder into that of Leyborne.
Roger de Leyborne died feiſed of this eſtate,
then ſtyled the manor of Harrietſkam in Eaſt Far-
borne, in the 56th year of that reign, and his ſon
William de Leyborne had livery of it in the 2d
year of K. Edward I. (2)
(m) Viz. Suſan, wife of Edward Partheriche, who dying (u) He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Hamilton,
April 18, 1603, was buried in this church, leaving iſſue one of Chilfton, eſq; who ſurvived him, and died without iſſue.
ſon and three daughters ; Jane, wife of Richard Colepeper ; The Stede's bore for their arms-Argent, a chevron between
and Elizabeth, of William Covert, eſqrs.
3 boars heads couped, ſable, muzzled or.
(n) John, the eldeſt, ſucceeded his father ; William, the (v) William Hormonden Turner, efq; was firſt of Maid-
ſecond, became LL. D. and Thomas, the third ſon, mar ftone, of which town he was Recorder, and repreſented it
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Vidian, of Molaſh, by in the Parliaments of 1734 and 1747. He was born in 1678,
whom he had a fon William, born in 1621, and a daughter and was ſon of Anthony Horſmonden, of that place, by his
Elizabeth.
fecond wife Jane, daughter of fir William Turner, of Rich-
(.) Cicele, wife of John Fowle, of Sandhurji, efq; Eliza-
mond in Surry, kat. and Dame Frances his wife; the former
beth, wife of fir John Clerke, of Ford, knt. and Mary, wife of whom died in 1670, and the latter in 1684, and were
of Henry, Grimſtone, eſg;
both buried in that church. He was grandſon of Daniel
Horſmorden, D.D. Rector of Ulcomb, by Urſula, daughter
(p) It ſtands on the ſummit of the chalk-hills, with its
front towards the fouth, about half a mile north-eaſt from of fir Warham S1. Leger, grandſon of fir Anthony St. Leger,
Knight of the Garter, and Lord Deputy of Ireland in the
the church.
reign of K. Henry VIII. On the death of his uncle, John
(9) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop. Chichele.
Turner, efq; he aſſumed the name, as well as the arms
Stem. Chich. No. 282.
of his mother's family, and on Dec. 19, 1745, was married,
(r) Viftn. co. Kent, anno 1619, pedigr. Stede.
in Lenham church, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Read, of
(s) She had iſſue feveral children ; of whom two only Graveſend, who ſurvived him.
ſurvived, as above-mentioned, Cecilia, born in England, He bore for his arms-iſt and 4th, Turner, Sable, between
and Dutton, born in Barbadees.
2 bendlets, 3 fer de molins argent; 2d and 3d, Horfmonden,
(1) She lies buried in the ſouth chancel of this church,
gules, a ſultier argent, a fefs azure charged with 2 leopards
heads.
as do Maurice and Thomas, her ſons, who both died infants,
and were all her iſſue.
(x) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 14.
i Vol.
6 A
He

458
Tbe
of
K E N T.
H IS TO RY
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
HARRIETSHAM.
He died in the 3d year of K. Edward II, leav-
ing Juliana his grand-daughter his heir, daugh-
ter of his ſon Thomas, who died in his life-time,
anno 35 Edward I, who being heir both to her
father and grandfather, became entitled to large
poffeſſions in this and ſeveral other counties,
for the greatneſs of which, ſhe was uſually ſtyled
The Infanta of Kent.
She was thrice married ; firſt to John de Haft-
ings, fecondly to Thomas Le Blount, and laſtly
to fir William de Clinton, knt, afterwards created
Earl of Huntingdon, who held this eſtate in her
right in the 20th year of K. Edward III, when
he, jointly with Roger de Northwood, paid aid at
the making the Black Prince a Knight, for
one knight's fee in Herrieteſham and Eſt Ferbourne,
which John de Northwood and William de Leyborne
before held there of the King, as of the Honor
of Peverel.
Juliana de Leyborne had no iſſue by either of
her huſbands, whom ſhe ſurvived, and died
ſeiſed of this eſtate in the 41ſt year of K. Ed-
ward III.
On which, it eſcheated to the Crown; for it
appears by the inquiſition taken after her death,
anno 43 K. Edward III, that there was then no
one who could make claim to her eſtates, either
by direct or even collateral alliance (y).
After which, this manor, then ſtyled the ma-
nor of Herieteſham in Eft Farborne, continued in
the Crown, till K. Richard II, in his 11th year,
gave it to the priory of Canons, alias Chiltern Lang-
ley, in the co. of Hertford (z), where it remained
till the diffolution of that houſe in the 30th year
of K. Henry VIII, when it was, together with
all its poffeffions, ſurrendered into the King's
hands, and was confirmed to him and his heirs,
by the general words of the act paſſed the next
year for that purpoſe.
.
K. Henry VIII. afterwards, on Feb. 7, in his
31ſt year, granted to Richard, fuffragan Biſhop
of Dover, this manor of Harrietham, with its
rights, members, and appurts, together with the
ſcite of the above-mentioned monaſtery, and all
other lands and poſſeſſions belonging to it, in the
counties of Kent and Hertford, excepting a ſmall
parcel of land in Preſton in this county, to hold
to him and his aſſigns, during his life, without
any rent or account whatever, or until he ſhould
be promoted to one or more ecclefiaftical bene.
fices, or other dignity or annuity, of the yearly
value of 1col, in which cafe, this grant ſhould
be void (a). This certainly happened before
the 36th year of that reign; for the King, on
May 26, that year, granted this manor to fio
Thomas Moile, knt. to hold in capite by knights
ſervice (b), who gave it in marriage with his
youngeſt daughter and coheir Amy, to fir Thomas
Kempe, of Wye, knt, who paſſed it away in the
reign of Q. Elizabeth, to Thomas Wotton, of
Boughton Malherb, eſq; (c) whoſe ſon fir Edward
Wotton, knt. was on May 13, in the iſt year of
K. James I, created Lord Wotton, Baron of Mar-
ley, in this pariſh.
He was ſucceeded by Thomas, Lord Wotion,
his fon and heir (d), who died on April 2, anno
6 Charles I, 1630, without male iſſue, leaving
his four daughters his coheirs ; of whom, Ca.
therine, the eldeſt, carried this manor, now called
the manor of Eaſt Farborne, with other eſtates in
this pariſh, in marriage to Henry, Lord Stanhope,
ſon and heir of Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, who
died in his father's life-time, anno 1o Charles I,
leaving one ſon, Philip, and two daughters ſur-
viving.
Catherine, Lady Stanhope, on her huſband's
death, became again ſeiſed of this manor in her
own right (e), and carried it in marriage to her
ſecond huſband, John Vanden Kerkhoven, Lord
of Henulflet in Holland, by whom ſhe had ore ſon
Charles-Henry, who ſucceeded his father in this
eſtate, and by reaſon of his mother's deſcent was
created a Baron of this realm, by the title of
Lord Wotton, Baron Wotton of Boughton in Kent, by
let. pat, dated Aug. 31, anno 2 Charles II, and
in Sept. 1660, was naturalized by Parliament,
He was likewiſe created Earl of Bellamont in the
kingdom of Ireland, and dying without iſſue, he
by his laſt will bequeathed this manor to his ne-
phew Charles Stanhope, ſecond ſon of his brother
Philip, before-mentioned, then Earl of Cheſter-
field, in tail male ; remainder to Philip, Lord Stan-
hope, eldeſt ſon and heir apparent to his brother,
in like tail; remainder to his brother Pbilip, Earl
of Cheſterfield, in like tail, with divers remainders
over (f).
Charles Stanhope, above-mentioned, changed
his name to Wotton, and poffeffed this manor,
but deceaſed Feb. 6, 1704, without iſſue; on
which it came by the above entail to Philip,
Lord Stanhope, his elder brother, who on his fa-
ther's death in 1713, ſucceeded as Earl of Chef-
terfield. His ſon Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of
Cheſterfield, in 1750, alienated it, with the reſt of
the Wottoneſtates in this county,to Galfridus Mann,
eſq; who died poffefſed of it in Dec. 1756, and

(y) See Leyborne, p. 206 et ſeq.
(z) Tan. Mon. p. 226. See a further account of this
priory, above, p. 67, note (8).
(a) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(6) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 27.
(c) After this purchaſe, Thomas Wotton, efq; anna 18
Elizabeth, levied a fine of all his lands.
(d) Rolls of particulars for the ſale of fee-farm rents,
temp. interregni, Rot. 36, 141.
(e) Rolls of partic. as above, Rot. ibid. She poffeffed it
anno 1651, and paid a yearly rent to the Crown for it
of 12s.
(f) See more of the Wottons and Stanhopes, under Bough,
ton Malberb, p. 428, 430.
his

I be
459
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
EXHORNE HUNDRED:
HARRIETHAM.
his only fon for Horace Mann, knt. is the prefent & dimid'. Silva. 6 porc'. T. R. E. & poft. &
poffeffor of this manor of Eaſt Farborne (8). modo' val. 30. ſolid'. Sbern biga tenuit de rege R.
Which is: Ralph Curbeſpine holds of the Biſhop
By the inquiſition taken after the death of
(of Baieux) Fereburne. It was taxed at one ſuling.
Edward Cobbe, anno 11 K. Henry VIII, (b) it
The arable land is .... In demeſne there is one
was found, that he died ſeiſed of 50s. rent in
carucate, and two villeins, with one borderer, and
Harrietſham and Eaſt Farborne, which in the reign
two ſervants, and one acre and an half of meadow.
of K. Edward III, was parcel of the manors of
Wood for the pannage of ſix bogs. In the time of
Harrietſham and Eaſt Farborne, and was then
K. Edward the Confeſſor, and afterwards, and now,
held by William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon,
it was and is worth 30 ſhillings. Sbern Biga held it
and Roger de Northwood of the King in capite by
of K. Edward.
knights ſervice, of the Honor of Peverel
, and
After the Biſkop's diſgrace, about the year
that the above was then, and had been a long
1084, and the confiſcation of all his poſſeſſions
while, held ſeparate from thoſe manors, of the
to the Crown, this eſtate was granted to the fa-
King by the ſervice as above-mentioned.
mily of Magminot and Say ſucceſſively; of which
Edward Cobbe, ſon and heir of Edward, died
laſt it was held, in K. Henry III.'s reign, as
in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign, leav-
chief Lords of the fee, by fir William de Peving-
ing an only daughter and heir Alice, who carried
ton, knt. of Pevington in Pluckley, as one knight's
this eſtate in marriage to fir John Norton, of
fee (m). He died poffeffed of this manor in the
Northwood, knt. who alienated it to Peckham,
54th year of that reign; his deſcendant John
from which name it paſſed to Scott, and thence
Pevington held it in the 20th year of K. Edward
to Hales and St. Leger, who in Q. Elizabeth's
III, when he paid aid for it, at the making
reign ſold it to William Stede, eſq; whoſe deſcen-
the Black Prince a Knight, as one knight's fee,
dant Edwyn Stede, efq; alienated it, with Har-
at Farborne, held of Geoffry de Say; his defcen-
riet foam manor, and other eſtates in this pariſh,
dants, John and William Pevington, two brothers,
to William Horſmonden Turner, efq; who dying in
both dying without iſſue, Amabilia, their ſiſter,
1753, without iſſue, deviſed it by his laſt will
became their heir, and carried this manor
to his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, now of Har-
in marriage to John Gobyun, of the co. of Eſex,
rietſham-place, for life, and ſhe is the preſent pof-
eſq; She ſurvived him, and dying anno 7 Henry
feffor of it(i).
IV, by her deed, vefted this manor in certain
K. Henry VIII, in his 36th year, granted a
feoffees to ſell the ſame, for the diſcharge of her
meſſuage, lately demiſed to William Bray, at
debts and legacies (o). They paſſed it away to
Farborne in this pariſh, to fir Anthony St. Leger,
Hedd, whoſe deſcendant William Hedd died feiſed
knt, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (k);
of it in the 5th year of K. Henry VIII, it being
and K. Edward VI, in his 4th year, granted a
then held of the King, as of his Honor of Saye,
meſſuage in Farborne, late belonging to the priory
and paying ward to Dover Caſtle.
of Leeds, to him, to hold by the like ſervice (1),
From this name it paſſed into that of Love,
which premiſes were alienated by his fon, fir
and thence again to St. Leger, and fir Warham
Warham St. Leger, knt. in the reign of Q. Eliz.
St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knt. about the middle of
to William Stede, efq; and they are now, as well
Q. Elizabeth's reign, conveyed it to Mr. Bene-
as his other eſtates in this pariſh, as has been
diet Barnham, Alderman of London, and Sheriff
already related, in the poſſeſſion of Mrs. Elizabeth
of that city anno 1592. He died poſſeſſed of
Turner, of Harrietham-place.
it on April 3, 1598, leaving by Dorothy his wife,
daughter of Mr. Ambroſe Smith (P), five daugh-
ters his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, married to Mer-
is a manor in this pariſh, ſo called from its ſitu-
vin, Lord Audley ; Alice, to the Lord Chancellor
ation in reſpect to that of Eaſt Farborne, already
Bacon, Viſcount St. Albans, and afterwards to
fir
deſcribed, which was part of the poſſeſſions like John Underhill, knt. Dorothy, to fir John Conſtable,
wife of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, the Conqueror's
knt. and Bridget, to fir William Soame, knt, and
half-brother, who gave it to him on his attain-
Benedi&t unmarried, who ſurvived him but a
ing the crown of this realm ; accordingly it is ſhort time. On the diviſion of his eftates among
thus entered, in the book of Domeſday, under the his four ſurviving daughters, this manor of West
general title of that prelate's lands:
Farborne fell to the ſhare of Dorothy, who en-
Radulf Curbeſpine ten' de epo' Fercburne. p. uno. titled her huſband fir John Conſtable, knt to the
ſolin ſe defd'. Traė In dnio e' una Car'. fee of it; from whoſe deſcendant it paſſed by
& 2. Villi cu 1. bord'. & 2. ſervi. & una ac' pti ſale to Colepeper, in which family it remained till
WEST FARBORNE
(8) See more of this family, under Linton, p. 142, and
under Boughton Malherb, p. 432.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(i) See the account of Harrietham manor above, p. 457.
(k) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 8.
hai (1) Ibid. pt. 6.
(m) Book of Knights Fees.
(o) Apograph. Surrenden-libr.
(1) She afterwards remarried with fir John Packingtın.
knt. See more of the family of Barnham, under Holling borne.
Thomas,

4.60
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
H ARB I L TON
RB
Turner, ela; whoſe widow
Tbe H I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HARRIETSHAM.
Thomas, Lord Colepeper, leaving an only daugh of Henry VI, and Edward IV. He was fuc-
ceeded in it by his heir John Moile, eſq; whoſe
ter and heir Catherine, ſhe carried it, with Leeds
Cafile and other poſſeſſions in this neighbour fon Robert Moile, about the beginning of K.
hood, in marriage to Thomas, Lord Fairfax, whoſe Henry VIII.'s reign, alienated it to Ralph St.
ſon, the Hon. Robert Fairfax, is now in the poſ Leger, of Ulcomb, eſq; whoſe ſon fir Anthony St.
ſeſſion of it (q).
Leger, knt. was Sheriff of this county anno 31
This manor pays a fee farna rent of il. annu Henry VIII, Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Knight
ally to the Crown.
of the Garter ; his ſon fir Warham St. Leger, of
Robert Honywood, anno 21 Elizabeth, pur-
Ulcomb, knt. alienated this manor in the reign
chaſed a meſſuage and divers lands in Farborne, of Q. Elizabeth (s), one part of it to Francis
held of the King in capite (r).
Culpeper, and the other to Henry Brockhull
, of
Aldington, eſq; ſoon after which, I find William
1
ON
Stede, eſq; poffeffed of it, in whoſe deſcendants
is another manor in this pariſh, written in an it continued down to Edwyn Stede, eſq; who in
tient deeds Herbreton, which was part of thoſe the late reign of K. George II, alienated it, to.
eſtates in this pariſh with which William the gether with the reſt of his eſtates in this pariſh,
Conqueror enriched his half-brother Odo, Biſhop
of Baieux, under the general title of whoſe lands
Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, of Harrietſbam-place, is,
it is thus entered in the ſurvey of Domeſday : by his laſt will, now entitled to it.
Robt latin' ten' ad firma' Herbretiton. Adelol-
dus tenuit de epo'. p. uno folin ſe defd'. Tra'. e'..
MARLEY-COURT and HOLME-MILL alias BENTLEY.
In dnio e una Car'. & 2. villi cu'. I. bord'. bnt.
There are two manors in this pariſh, called
2 aalia. & ibi. 4. ac pti. T.R. E. & poft & modo?
Marley alias Merley-court, and Holme-mill alias
Val'. 60. fol. & tam eft ad firma'. p 4. lib. Aluric'
Bentley; the former of which is recorded in the
tenuit de Goduino.
book of Domeſday, as having been an appendage
Which is : Robert Latin holds to ferme Herbre-
to the manor of Bewley or Bouley in Boughton
titon. Adelold held it of the Biſhop (of Baieux).
Malherb, and part of thoſe vaſt poſſeſſions which
It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable land is
were given by William the Conqueror to his
In demeſne there is one carucate, and two villeins,
half-brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the
with one borderer, having two bead of cattle, and
general title of whoſe lands it is thus entered
there are four acres of meadow. In the time of K.
in it :
Edward the Confeſor, and afterwards, and now, De Ifto m' (Bogelei) ht un boº ada' un' Solin
it was and is worth 60 Shillings, and yet it is let to
& vocat Merlea & ibi bt 1. Carº & 4. villos cu'.
ferme for four pounds. Aluric held it of Earl God 1. Car'. & ecclam. & 2. fervus. & ſilva'. 4. pore'.
win.
KELOLA
Totum'. T. R. E. Valeb”. 6. lib. & pofi'.
After the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, which tntd. modo 7. lib. Turgis tenuit de rege E.
happened about four years after the taking the Which is : Of this manor (of Bogelei) one man(t)
above-mentioned ſurvey, his poffeffions became Adam bas one ſuling, and it is called Merlea, and
confiſcated to the Crown.
there he has one carucate and four villeins, with one
In the reign of K. Henry III, the family of carucate, and a church, and two ſervants, and wood
Malmains were poffefſed of this manor ; one of for the pannage of four hogs.
The whole
whom paid aid for it, in the 20th year of that manor, in the reign of K. Edward the Confeſſor, was
reign, as three quarters of a knight's fee, held worth fix pounds, and afterwards as much, now
of the Earl of Ewe, as of his Honor of Hagenet. ſeven pounds. Turgis held it of K. Edward.
They were, ſoon after the above period, fuc After the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, and the
ceeded here by the family of Mareys; Wil. confiſcation of his eſtates to the Crown, the ma-
liam de Mareys poffefſed it in the reigns of K. nor of Merley continued in the poſſeſſion of Adam
Henry V. and VI, to the former of whom he above-mentioned, who gave the tythes of it to
was Eſquire of the Body, and in the latter reign Anſchetil, Archdeacon of Canterbury. He was
Sheriff of this county in the 20th year of it, and fucceeded in it by his brother Eudo Dapifer, that
likewiſe Eſquire to Henry Chichele, Cardinal and is, the King's Steward, who gave the tythes of
Archbiſhop of Canterbury. He died on Aug. 31, it, with the conſent of Anſchetill, the Archdea-
anno 1459, and lies buried in Preſton church con, to the priory of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, as
near Faverſham. Soon after which, this manor will be further mentioned below.
became veſted in Walter Moile, who was Juſtice Robert Fitzhamon, a potent Norman Lord, af-
of the Peace for this county, in the reigns both terwards appears to have held it, whoſe daughter
Com'.
(9) See more of this family, under Leeds-caftle.
(r) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 7.
(-) Philipott, p. 184. See more of the St. Legers, ander
Ulcomb, p. 422
(1) Homo, in Domefday, ſignifies a tenant or homoger, one
who owes fealty
Mabel

The 1 H I S T o R Y of K E N T.
461
45.
Roger de
PORTION
OF TY THE S.
,
HARRIETSHAM.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Mabel carried it in marriage to Robert, Earl of by let. pat. dated May 13, anno 1 James I,
Glouceſter, natural ſon to Henry I. (u)
taking his title from the former of theſe manors,
After which, the family of Creſ, poffeſfors being created Lord Wotton, Baron Wotton of Mar-
likewiſe of Harrietſham manor, became Lords ley in the county of Kent.
of the fee, of whom it was held by a family, His fon Thomas, Lord Wotton, died in the 6th
which took their name from it.
year of K. Charles I, without male iſſue, leaving
In the reign of K. Henry III, the heir of Re his four daughters his coheirs; of whom, Cathe-
bert de Merlee held it, as half a knight's fee, of rine, the eldeſt, carried theſe manors in marri.
r de Creſſ, and he of the King, as of the age to Henry, Lord Stanhope, fon and heir of
Honor of Peverel; but they were extinct here Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, from whom they paſſed
in n like manner as the manor of Eaſt Farborne"
Somerye paid aid for it, as half a knight's fee. above-mentioned, to his deſcendant Philip, Dor-
How it paſſed afterwards, I do not find, but mer Stanhope, Earl of Cheſterfield, who, in 1750,
at the beginning of K. Edward IV.'s reign, it ſold them, with the reſt of the Wotton
was in the poſſeſſion of Thomas Kemp, Biſhop of this county, to Galfridus Mann, eſq; who died
London, who died poſſeſſed of it on
it on March 28,
poſſeſſed of them in Dec. 1756, and his only
1489, and was buried in the chapel of the ſon fir Horace Mann, knt. is the preſent poſſeſſor
Trinity, on the north ſide of the body of St. Paul's
of theſe manors. (1) 2012. do 03,e!!
church, founded by himſelf (v), in which, by
his laſt will, he founded a perpetual chantry,
for one prieſt to ſay maſs on the anniverſary of i The whole tythes of the manor of Merley-
his death, for his ſoul, and thoſe
his anceſtors
,
court were given, by Adam the poffeffor of it, in
&c. and endowed it for that purpoſe with this the time of the Conqueror, to Anſchetill, Arch-
manor of Murley-court, as it is ſtyled in his will, deacon of Canterbury, who, together with Eudo
then of the yearly value, beyond repriſes, of Dapifer, brother and ſucceſſor of Adam, in the
31. 4s. 8d. In which ſtate this manor continued
poſſeſſion of this manor, granted them to the
till the firſt year of K. Edward VI. when the priory of St. Andrew in Rocheſter (y).
chantry was ſuppreſſed, among others the 2. Robert, natural ſon of K. Henry I, afterwards
like fort, and was veſted in the King and his poffeffor of this manor, granted to the monks
heirs, by an act of Parliament paſſed that year and church of Rocheſter, for the health of the
ſpecially for that purpoſe. At which time it fouls of himſelf and Robert Fitzhamon, the lands,
appears, by the ſurvey taken of it, to have been
cuſtoms and exemptions, which Robert Fitzhamon
let to William Pratts
, gent. at 41. per annun, and had granted in alms to them in Merley (z).
that it paid 45: 4d. per annum to fir Anthony St. This portion of tythes remained with the priory
Leger, Lord of the manor of Lenbam, and that
of Rocheſter till the diffolution of it, in the 32d
it
t was given by the laſt will of Thomas Kemp, year of K. Henry VIII, when it was, among the
Biſhop of London, for the purpoſes above-men reſt of the poſſeſſions of the monaſtery, ſurren-
begon or sunt supp dered into the King's hands, and was confirmed
Soon after which, the King granted this ma to him and his heirs by the general words of the
or of Merley to fir Edward Wotton, knt. one of
act, which had before paſſed for that purpoſe.
was
,
,
, dotation,
this pariſh, which, if I
if I miſtake not, had be on his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter,
longed to the priory of Leeds, and had come into
part of whoſe poſſeſſions it remains at this time.
the hands of K.
K. Henry VIII, a
at the ſuppreſſion
Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, of Harrietham-place, is
of it, by the act paſſed in the 31ſt year of that the preſent lefree of it, under the Dean and
reign. He died ſeiſed of both theſe manors in Chapter. mdi to 4169 gol bebas bost
the 6th year of K. Edward VI, then holding On the intended diffolution of Deans and Chap
them of the King in capite by knights ſervice (x). ters, Soon after the death of K. Charles I, this
He left iſſue Thomas Wotton, eſq; his ſon and portion was ſurveyed, by order of the ſtate, in
heir, on whoſe death theſe manors came to his 1649, when it was returned, That it confifted
fon and heir fir Edward Wotton, knt. who was of the tythes ariſing out of all the lands and
advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this realm, fields of the manor of Merley-court in Harries.
- ជន
La je edina matars bns
miegain
(u) See Text. Roff. p. 164, 184. Reg. Roff. p. 116. (w) Survey of chantry lands, Augtri. oft,
Sandf. Gen.Hiit. p.
was ſon of K. Henry, by
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. 1-sodio 2
Nefta, daughter of Rbees ap Tudor, Prince of South Wales.
(3) Text, Roff. p. 164. Reg. Roff. p. 116. Theſe tythes
(v) He was nephew to John Kemp, Archbiſhop of Canter-
were confirmed to the priory of Rochefier by Baldwin, Hubert,
bury, and ſat in the fee of London 39 years and 84 days,
and Richard, Archbiſhops of Canterbury. Reg. Roff. p. 46,
having been a good benefactor to the church of St. Paul,
48, 505, 410.
London. Strype's Stow's Survey, book iii, p. 166. Dugd.
Hift. of St. Paul's, p. 44.
(2) Text. Roff. p. 184.272 i voden..?
*s of
tioned (w).
ma-
nor
This Robert was nice of
I VOL. II.
6 B
Skan, ,

462
The H I S T OR Y of 2 K E N T.
own
Mr. Marco
Sab Jole
one
on
a
Earl of Kent, his Lord, the tyches of 15 dwell pariſh and Hollingborne.de
lilver
by a perſon now unknown; the profits of them
s, with
iprings, which riſe at the bottom of the chalk.
(c) Ibid. Cart. 297, Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 316.
HARRIETSHAM.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
ſham, all within the precincts of it, which were fotos o SEBESA ni si bitno dan
CHARITI E S.
of the improved value of 10l. 108. and were ler
by the Dean and Chapter on Aug. 1, anno 15 Marc Queſted, Citizen and Fiſhmonger of
Charles I, for 21 years, to Chriſtopher Clarke, London, by his laſt will, dated in 1642, founded
at the yearly rent of 5s. ſo there remained clear
12 alms-bouſes in this pariſh, which he endowed
only rol. 55. Lady Stanhope being then immediate
out of his manor of Pen-court in Hollingborne ;
tenant of them (a). Todos air
ſix of them to the uſe of the poor inhabitants of
this pariſh, and the other ſix to the uſe of the
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE. H 0903
poor of that Company, whom he made his truf-
Feffry de Cheferoyke, in the siſt year of the
tees. Each poor perſon, beſides the above, re.
reign of K. Henry III, was poffeffed of a park
ceives in money about 61. (e)
in Herietſham, for he then brought his plea Sir William Stede, knt. gave iol. per annum in
againſt Roger de Fremingham, Clerk of the church
land, in the pariſh of Sandburſt, for the binding
of the Holy Trinity in Canterbury, for entering
out apprentices poor children of this pariſh.
it, and carrying off his property, to the a In 1604, a perſon unknown gave a large ſilver
mount of 10 marcs, and likewiſe for cutting cup and cover, for the uſe of the facrament.
and carrying away his corn there, and in Cod.
William Stede, LL. D. in 1637, gave a large
เC, 51
ington, to the value of 40s. (b)
Sot
In the year 1079, Herbert, ſon of Ivo, on his
Three pieces of land near Runbam in Lenham,
being received into the brotherhood of St. Au of the value of five guineas per annum, were given
guftine's monaſtery near Canterbury, gave to it,
with the conſent of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and to be equally divided between the poor of this
ings in different pariſhes in this county, or 100s. Two pieces of land near Stubble-bill in the
in money, at their choice. Four of theſe were
pariſh of Lenham, of the yearly value of 26s.
in Heregedefam, but William Peverel, the Lord were given
by a perſon now unknown to the uſe
of them, detained the whole of them, as well as
of the poor of this pariſh.
isot it als
the roos. from the monaſtery, which appears
A piece of land,
of land, called Pariſ-croft, contain-
never to have gained poſſeſſion of them (c).loc ing half an acre, let at 7s. per annum, was
was given
The priory of Merton was poffeffed of land in by a perſon now unknown, to the like uſe.
this pariſh, in the reign of K. Richard II.(d)
Sloqara sort of ylls09012
Demofte
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. 196
PRESENT STATE OF HARRIETSHAM.. bad Harrietſham is within the ecclefiaftical juriſ
.
This pariſh lies, the greateſt part of it, be-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
low the great ridge of chalk-hills, which, never-
of Sutton.
io sono solo bro
theleſs, it includes within its bounds. The vil The church, which is a handſome building,
lage, through which the high road leads from
Lenbam to Maidſtone, is called Harrietſham-ſtreet, a ſquare tower at the weſt end, is dedicated to
at a ſmall diſtance from which, north-eaſtward, St. John Baptist (F). i ali din 1918 8002
ſtands the church. The Lenham rivulet directs its 1. The church of Harrietſham ſeems once to have
courſe weſtward through the lower or fouthern belonged to the priory of Leeds,
part of this pariſh, receiving into it ſeveral II, in his 19th year, granted his licence to the Prior
and Canons of it, to appropriate this church to theit
hills, at ſome diſtance from each other.
appro-
The foil of the northern part of this pariſh is priation never took place, or that the priory were
chalk, the middle part of it rock-ſtone and diveſted of the poſſeſſion of it, I do not find;
much ſand, and the lower part of it moſtly the
but in the reign of K. Henry VI, it was in the
latter. in hood to do in basini od to
hands of the Crown, for that King, in his 27th
e. There are two water-mills in this pariſh, year, granted the patronage and advowfon of his
Holme-mill and Farborne-mill. Tovar as noitrog church or rectory of Heryetjham to the Warden
b There is a fair held yearly here on July 5, for and Fellows of All Souls College in Oxford, who
horſes, cattle, pedlary wares, and the like. ſtill continue in the poſſeſſion of it (b). bris, ftat
The manor of Holling borne extends over part It is valued in the King's books at 11l. 105.
of this pariſh.
and the yearly tenths at il. 35. (i)
Ho! A bal y do to yayma fur)
is grandi
(a) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv. Jon () (fRobert Waryn, of Heryattiſham, by his will in 1471,
deviſed his piece of land, called Bonyers, to the fraternity
(6) Regift. Mon. St. Aug. Cant. Cart. 277. OT (O
of the Bleſſed Virgin Mary of Heryattiſam. Prerog. off.
(d) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 40.
Dous sod
(8) Pat. ejus an. p. 1, m. 26. Tan. Mon. p. 212.
(e) See Strype's Stow's Survey, book vs p. 59. Harris's (b) Pat. ejus an. p. i, m. 7. Tan. Mon p. 441. I
Hift. of Kent, p. 145.
Ich for K. Richard
Cant.
43
eos
(1) Ed. Thef. p. 15.
7 In

The HISTORY of KENT. 463
HOLLINGBORNE.
In 1640, it was valued at 160l. Communi-
cants 192.
The glebe land of this rectory conſiſts of 55
200992
nuke mani
PATRONS,19b slodaio
or by whom preſented.
Nov. 26, 1587. nga
risico daily coins log queſtered about 1642.
ola obert 1643.
ru
acres, 3 roods, and I perch. 1911 bladów,
'. lib'.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Theſe lands he had bought of his father, and
gave them, with his conſent, to Chriſt Church,
L. S. A. that is, free from all fecular ſervice,
excepting the trinoda neceſſitas, in like manner as
Adiſham had been given to it.
CHURCH OF HARRIET SHA M.
The manot of Hollingborne remained part of
Rectors.
the poffeflions of the church of Canterbury at
(k) William Lyef, 1434
the time of the conqueſt, when the revenues of
it were enjoyed as one common eſtatė by the
TO (1) Richard Adames, preſented
Archbiſhop and his Convent ; but Archbiſhop Lan-
bns mireq aids ni in Nov. 26, I
franc, after the example of foreign churches,
way to Hood John Lynch, A. M. 1637, le-
divided them into two portions; one of which he
allotted for the niaintenance of himſelf, and his
Said aladdin bado(m) Samuel Smith, intruded,
ſucceſſors in the fee of Canterbury, and the other
for the monks, for their ſubſiſtence; cloathing;
ni toinen asia ei (n) John Barton. in torony
and other neceffary uſes.
SOLBONA 70 () John Lynch, reſtored in
tri In this partition, Hollingbòrne fell to the ſhare
1660.
of the monks, and was allotted for their ſub-
Ellis (P) John Clerk, éſq; A. M.
fiſtence (x), and it is accordingly thus entered
1685, obt. 1689
in the book of Domeſday, under the general title
ang I (9) Thomas Baker, A. M.
of Terra Monachorum Archiepi, i. e. The land of
1689.
the Monks of the Archbiſhop.
Coliere, 1713.
Int Aihorde Hund.
Seilpato (r) Daniel Pratt, A.M. 1918,
otod
obt. July 30, 1723. Jos
Ipſe archieps' ten' Hoilingeborde. p. 6. folins se
(5) Miles Weſt, A. M. 1723;
defd'. Tra’, e'. 24. Car'. In dnio' ſunt. 2. & 61
28
obt. Aug. 27, 1743. W
villº cu. 16. bord'. hnť. 23. Car. Ibi æccla' &
Edward Smith, LL.D. Nov. 12. fervi. & 2. mold. & 8. ae. pti. Silva. 40.
1743, obt. 1773
'
custoarns wil gabus, a (1) James R. Hayward, April
& mo' valº 30 lib. Huic m' adjacet dimid Solin
qd ning redded Scot. Hunc ten' eps' baioc' de ar-
zlost oszulong sal tourist 1773. Preſent Rector.
chiepo' ad gablu'.
HOLLINGBOR N E.
10 Which is: The Archbiſhop himſelf bolds Hoi-
lingeborde, It was taxed at fix ſulings. The 'ara-
.
THE next pariſh north-weſtward from Har
rietſham is Hollingborne, called in Domeſday,
ble land is 24. carucates. In demeſne there are two,
Hailingeborde, and in later records, Holingbarnan
and 61 villeins, with 16 borderers, having 23.ca-
and Holingeburne. It probably took its name
rucates. There is a church, 12 ſervants, and two
from the ſpring, which riſes in the vale under mills, and eight acres of meadow. Wood for the
neath the hill in this pariſh, a tibidad
pannage of 40 hog's. In the whole, in the time of
adt egovuoroda SOV100 Juod A; K. Edward the Confeffor, and afterwards, it was
bin ton glib oor a colid worth 20 pounds, and now it is worth 30 pounds.
Ætbelſtan Etheling, ſon of K. Ethelred II, (u) To this manor there adjoins half a ſuling, which
gave by his laſt will in 1015(V), to Chriſt Church never paid foot, this the Biſhop of Baieux rents of
in Canterbury, his lands at Hollingborne with their the Archbiſhop ons bio!
appurts. excepting one plowland, which he had es. At this time, the whole of the above premiſes
given to Siferth (w). Bolos 10 e39t a'ullginals feems to have been valued at 30l. (y).
vinst s to noisitog od osnii graso i didw -& vd notfout ni blush 999 W
(k) He
e is mentioned in Fuller's liſt of Kentiſ gentlemen (t) Fellow of All Souls College. He has improved the va .
anno 12 K. Henry VI.
น
lue of this rectony very conſiderably.
(1) He was preſented by the Chancellor, by lapſe.
sash
(u) He was the ſecond ſon of K. Ethelred, by his firſt
(m) He was before Curate of Maidſtone. See Mr. Thomas wife Elgiva, or Ethelgiva as ſhe is called by ſome. K.
Wilſon’s life, p. 24. Hift. Maiditone, p. 66. 1. ligi
digi bois
Ethelred died in 1916.
() See Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 1033. Walker's Suff. of (v) In the Mff. in Bennet college library, Cambridge, of
Clergy, pt. ii, p. 294. bis
the evidences of Chriſ Church, Canterbury, intitled Thorn,
(0) Walker ibid. Wood's Ath. vol. ii, faſti, p. 211, printed in Decem Script. f. 2221, this gift is ſaid to have
(P) He was ſon of fir Francis Clerke, Recorder of
been made in 980; a very improbable circumſtance, the
chefer, and is ſtyled efq; in the preſentation. See Wood's
King, his elder brother, at that time being but 14 years of
Ath. Oxon. vol. ii, faſti
, p. 190. He was alſo Rector of
(w) This will is recited at length in Somner's Gavel-
(9) Wood ibid. faſti, p. 206.
(-) Son of the Dean of Rocheſter. He was buried in Ro (x) Or, ad cibum, as it was uſually termed.
chefer cathedral. Reg. Roff. p. 704.
(y) Somn. Cant, append. p. 48,
(1) He died, at. 54, and lies buried in this church-yard.
od
THE
M A N O R.
LOY
cm died in 1916.
oli
..
lle
9102
* of Ro-
age.
Ulcomb.
Das
120
kind, p. 197.
K. Henry

to the
ever.
away his intereſt in them to the Hon. Robert Fair.
fax, who held them in 1758, and then alienated
his leaſe to Francis Child, efq; Banker in London,
olpa
long in the hands of the Crown; for K. Henry
464 The HISTORY of K E NT.
HOLLINGBORNE.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
K. Henry II. granted to the monks of Chriſt
them, in whoſe family they continued till Jahn
Church, a charter for their lands at Hollingborne Spencer Colepeper, of the Charter-bouſe
, paffed
upon the Hills (z).
In the roth year of K. Edward II, the Prior
of Chriſt Church obtained a charter of free-warren
for his manor of Holling borne, among others (a);
whoſe brocher Robert Child, eſq; of London, Ban.
about which time, this manor, with its appurts. ker, is the preſent leſfee of theſe demeſnes, under
was valued at 461. gs. 8d. (b)
the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury (e).
K. Henry VI, by his let. par. in his 25th and
26th year, granted to the Prior a market, to be bat EL NOTHINGTON
held at this place weekly on a Wedneſday, and a is a manor of eminent account in this pariſh and
fair yearly on the feaſt of St. Anne (c). Tabivib Berſted, which appears by the book of Domeſday
William Selling, who was elected Prior in the to have been part of thoſe poffeflions with which
next reign of K. Edward IV, anno 1472, during William the Conqueror enriched his half-bro-
the time of his holding that dignity, greatly in ther Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux, under the
proved the Prior's apartments here (d). After general title of whoſe lands it is thus entered in
which, it ſeems to have undergone no material
that record, under the name of Alnoitone.
alteration till the diffolution of the priory of Hugo de Port ten’ Alnoitone. p. 3. Solins. ſe defa.
Chriſt Church, which was ſurrendered into Tra’. e'. 8. Car'. In dnio' ſunt. 2. car. & 18. villi
hands of K. Henry VIII. in the 31ſt year of cu. 6. bord' bnt 6. Car'. Ibi eccla. & 8. ſervi. &
his reign, with all the lands and poffeffions be 2. molini & dim de 17. ſolid Ibi 5 ac pti. Silva
longing to it, in conſequence of the general 40 porc. T. R. E. valeb. 9. lib. & tntd qdo recep.
words of the act, paſſed that year for this pur modo. 10. lib & tam reddit. 12. lib.
poſe, to the uſe of the King and his heirs for Huic m’ adjacent 3 manfiones træ in Roueceſtre &
'
The manor of Hollingborne did not remain Ojuuard' tenuit de rege E.
Which is : Hugo de Port holds Alnoitone. It
ſettled it, by his dotation-charter, dated May was taxed at three ſulings. The arable land is eight
23, in his 33d year, on his new-erected Dean
carucates: € In demeſne there are two carucates, and
and Chapter of Canterbury, part of whoſe poffef villeins, with fix borderers, having fix carucates.
fions it now remains.
2
There is a church and eight ſervants, and two mills
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron regularly and an half, of 17 Millings
. 1 There are five acres
held by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury for of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 40 bogs. In
this manor, which extends likewiſe over the ad. the time of K. Edward the Confefjor, it was worth
joining pariſhes of Hucking and Bredburſt.nl nine pounds, and as much when he received it, now
BUT THE DEMESNE LANDS of this manor have 10 pounds, and yet it pays 12 pounds.
been from time to time leaſed out by the Dean Sr To this manor there belong three manſions of land.
and Chapter at a reſerved rent. The year after in Rocheſter, and they pay fixie Shilling's per annum.
the grant of this manor and its appurts. to them, Ofuuard held it of K. Edward. of Ilid solo cosa
viz. anno 34 K. Henry VIII, they demiſed them
after the above ſurvey, the
by leaſe to I. Reynolde, as they did anno 19 Eliz. . Biſhop of Baieux fell into diſgrace, and this, a-
to William Purefey, in whoſe family they re: mong the reft of his eſtates, became confiſcated
mained till the beginning of K. James I.'s reign. to the Crown." (0) 210milliw ils eis vd svag
After which, the Fludds held them in leaſe, and In the reign of K. Edward I, this manor of
continued ſo to do, till their intereſt in them was Elnothington was held by William de Port, as half
paſſed away to W. Alabaſter, D. D. After which a knight's fee, of Robert de St. John (f); after
theſe premiſes were held in ſucceſſion by Bar which it came into the poffeſfion of a family,
grave, Boys, Farewell, and Gookin, till the year which aſſumed their ſurname from it, and in
1684, when fir Thomas Culpeper, had a leaſe of deed of Adam de Twiſden, which bears date in
ho
...
zbogh FM 922 in B 209767 od XV shim
(z) Dugd. Mon. vol. I, p. 22.
and eight acres of land here, at the rent of 7s. per annum,
(a) By let. pat. July 4. Regiſt. Eccl. Chriſti, Cant.
(6) Somn. Cant. pt. ii
, append. p. 50.
bu Chrilti, Cant.Henry Jenkin, lands called Court-dane and Snode, in this
pariſh, at 155. 8d. per annum, and for Snode lands here 95.
(c) Rot. Cart, anno 25 and 26 Henry VIII, N. 30.
per annum. Robert Swinock, lands called Ricroft and Nor-
(d) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 389.
wood-field, here, at 5s. per annum rent. Robert Pownall,
(e) The yearly reſerved rent from theſe lands, in 1645, "lands called Snockburft-lands, at is. 3d. per annum. Alex-
John Boys, eſq; leſſee, was rol. gs. od. and he held like ander Wood, 23, acres, a parcel of Snockburſt
, 55. 7£d. per
wiſe of the Dean and Chapter, by leaſe, an eſtate in this annum. Edward Taylor and William Reynolds, Stockhur
pariſh, called Hedgerows, at the yearly rent of 4d. At woods, at 31. 6s. 8d. per annum ; and Richard Birket, lands
which time fir Thomas Culpeper held a water-mill in this called Wrot ham. lees, at 1 38. 8d. per annum. At which time,
pariſh, by leaſe from the Dean and Chapter, at 31. 138. 4d. the rents collected by the Beadle of the manor, called Bea-
per annum.
Richard Wood held of them, by leaſe, 23 acres dle-rents, were 411. 128. od. per annum.
of wood at il. 2s. per anrum. Agnes Thomas, a tenement () Book of knighs's fee. I bus
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The H I STORY K E N T. 465
HOLLINGBORNE.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
the 21ſt year of that reign, William de Elnoth-
ington is one of the witneſſes to it.
Bibo GR EEN W A Y-COURT
In the reign of K. Edward III, fir Arnold de
St. Leger, of Ulcomb, was in poffeffion of it (g);
was formerly eſteemed à mañor, the manſion of
in the 420 year of which reign, he made a com.
which was a ſeat of good account in this pariſh.
It is ſituated cloſe at the foot of the chalk-
poſition with ſeveral of his tenants for the lands
hill, near a mile eaſtward from Holling borne
they held of this manor (b).
From him it paſſed in an uninterrupted de-
church, and was pofteſted antiently by a family,
who took their ſurname from their habitation at
ſcent to fir Anthony St. Leger, of Uliomb, knt.
Lord Deputy of Ireland in the reign of K.
it; one of whom, William, ſon of Gilbert de
Henry VIII, afterwards made Knight of the
Grenewaye, was owner of it, and reſided here in
the year 1236, as appears by a regiſter of Chriſt
Garter, and of that King's Privy Council, as
he was likewiſe of Q. Mary's. Before his death,
Church in Canterbury (m). How long they con-
he retired to his ſeat in this county, where he
tinued poffeffors of this eſtate, I do not find;
died on March 12, 1559, and was buried with
but it next became the property of the family of
his anceſtors at Ulcomb (i).
Atte-leze. Sampſon atte Leže, of Sheldwich, was
mory
He was ſucceeded in this manor by his ſon
owner of it in the 26th year of K. Edward III,
fir Warham St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knt. Sheriff of
as was his deſcendant, Marcellus atte Leſe,
wards, who by Anne his wife had iffue two
this county in the 2d year of Q. Elizabeth, and
daughters his coheirs ; to one of whom, Cecilie,
and her huſband Valentine Barrett, eſq; of Periya
Chief Governor of Munſter in that kingdom, in
court, he by his deed, dated anno 15 Richard 11,
which province he was unfortunately Nain in
1599. However, ſome
before his death,
gave all his lands and tenements in Hollingborné,
and elſewhere in the Hundred of Eyborne, paying
in this
to him and Anne his wife iol. yearly, during
riſh, to Francis Culpeper, eſq; ſecond ſon of Wil-
the term of their lives (n).
liam Culpeper, of Loſenham and Wigſell, eſq; who
afterwards reſided at Greenway-court above-men-
They, by deed and fine levied anno 22 Richard
tioned, under which a more ample account of
II, paſſed this eſtate away to Thomas Wottoné,
him may be ſeen. His ſon fir Thomas Culpeper,
for 100 marcs of ſilver (0).
11903
of Greenway.court, knt. ſucceeded him in this In the 22d year of K. Henry VI, William Wota
manor, of which he died ſeiſed in 1661; after ton, ſon and heir of Thomas Wotton, conveyed
which it came into the poffeffion of his ſecond to Walter Langle, eſa; the manor or meſſuage of
ſurviving ſon fir Thomas Culpeper, of Greenway Grenewey in this pariſh, &c. with all the right
court, knt. whoſe grandſon Jobn Spencer Colepeper,
of John his brother, who had releaſed the ſame
late of the Charter bouſe, eſq; fold it to the Hon. Ro-
to him (2)
bert Fairfax, of Leeds-cafile, who afterwards alien From this name, this eſtate paſſed in the reign
ated it to Francis Child, eſq; Banker of London,
of K. Edward IV, to Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb,
on whoſe death without iſſue in 1763, it became efq; Sheriff of this county in the 8th year of it,
the property of his brother and heir-at-law Ro in whoſe deſcendants it continued down to fir
bert Child, efq; likewiſe of London, Banker, who Warham St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knt. Sheriff of this
is the preſent poffeffor of it (k).
county in the 2d year of Q. Elizabeth, Chief
There was a chief-rent of 16d. per annum, called
Governor of Munſter in Ireland, and a Privy
lath or dythe-ſilver, payable by the townſhip or Counſellor of that kingdom (9), and he alien-
borough of Elnothington, as was returned in the ated it, with the manor of Elnothington in this
ſurvey taken of K, Charles I.'s revenues anno pariſh, to Francis Culpeper, ſecond ſon of Wil.
1649 (1).
liam Culpeper, of Lofenham in this county, and
years bef
(s) In the Surrenden library is a deed of this fir Arnald
Seynt Leger, knt. dated at Pluckley anno 9 Richard II ; by
which he enfeoffs William Coppehull, Parſon of the church
of Pluckley, in all his lands in this pariſh, among others, to
the uſe of himſelf and Joane his wife, for their lives ; remain-
der, as to his lands in this pariſh, to Arnald, his eldeſt ſon,
in tail general; remainder to John his ſon, in like tail ; re-
mainder to Thomas his ſon, in like tail; remainder to his
own right heirs for ever. The ſeal appendant=Fretty, a
chief; the legend-Sigillum Arnaldi Selynger.
(5) Philipott, p. 189.
(1) See more of this family, under Ulcomb above, p. 422.
(k) See more of him, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 262.
(1) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
(m) Cart. 1515.
(n) Surrenden-library.
(6) The fine was levied between Thomas Wotton, John
Sturrey, Cl. and John Redburné, quer. and Valentine Barrett, ,
and Cecilie his wife, defendants, of one manor, one meſſu-
age, one toft
, 400 acres of land, zo acres of meadow, 200
acres of paſture, 55 acres of wood, 245. annual rent, two
cocks, 14 hens, and 44 eggs; with their appurts. in Hola
lingbórne and Thurnham, &c.
It appears by the Eſcheat-rolls in the Surrenden-library,
anno 1o Henry IV, that Joane, wife of William Fitzwalter,
died poſſeſſed of lands in Holling borne held of Dover-caftle,
and of a tenement, called Grenowey, in Holling borné. .
(0) Surrenden-library. The witneſſes to this deed, which
is in Latin, are thus deſcribed : Johes Geinsford and Wills
Norton de Com. Kanc, fantylmen, et Jobes Miller de Holyng-
borne, Jantylman.
.
() Philipott, p. 189. See more of the family of St.
Leger, under Ulcomb.
Vol. II.
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of
1

466
The HISTORY of KE N T.
PLE
poffeffed
met diline the eldet, inherited this eſtate
,
three daughters.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
HOLLINGBORNE.
Francis Child, eſq; of London, Banker, on whoſe
of Wigſell in the co. of Suſſex, efq; (r) He af-
terwards refided at Greenway-court, where he died death in 1763, it became the property of his
brother and heir-at-law Robert Child, of London,
in
1591, æt. 53, and was buried in this church,
leaving iſſue by Joane his wife, daughter of John Banker, the preſent poffeffor of it.
.moo
Pordage, of Rodmerſham, efq; (s) one ſon Thomas,
RIPP
LES diw now nog
afterwards knighted.
Sir Thomas Culpeper, knt, the ſon, likewiſe re is a reputed manor and ſeat in this pariſh, which
fided at Greenway-court, though he had purchaſed had owners of that name; for in the zoth year
Leeds-caſtle. He died at the former in 1661, of K. Edward I, Richard de Ripple held at his
and was buried in Holling borne church, having deceaſe this and other lands in the pariſh of Hol-
had iſſue by Elizabeth his wife (ss), daughter of lingborne, in leaſe of the Prior and Convent of
John Cheney, of Gueſtling in the co. of Suſſex, eſq; Chriſt Church in Canterbury (2) ; but it did not
three ſons and eight daughters (1). Of the for continue long afterwards in his name, for be-
mer, Cheney was the eldeſt, who inherited Leeds-
fore the latter end of K. Edward III.'s reign, it
caſtle from his father (u), and marrying Elizabeth, was become the property of the family of Sept:
daughter of fir John Stede, of Harrietham, knt. vans ; one of whom, for William Septvans
, died
died without iſſue; Francis, the ſecond ſon, died effed of it in the 25th year of that reign, and
young, without iſſue; and Thomas, the third was fucceeded in it by his fon William Septvans,
ſon, afterwards knighted, became poſſeſſed of who not long afterwards conveyed it to Fohn
Greenway-court.
Gower, who died feiſed of it in the 39th year of
Landlurl od
Sir Thomas Culpeper, knt. the ſon, was of Green that reign, and from thence, not many years af-
way-court, as above-mentioned, and had iſſue terwards, it was alienated to fir John Brockbull
,
knt, whofe defcendants reſided at Aldington in
ccm
William,
the adjoining pariſh of Thurnbam. In them,
and had iffue by Elizabeth Gill his wife, three
this manor continued down to Henry Brockbull
,
ſons, John-Spencer, and Thomas and Francis, who of Aldington, esq; (b) who died in 1596, feiſed
both died without iſſue, and three daugh of e manor of Ripple, leaving iffue by
0 Dos
ters (7).
garet his wife two daughters his coheirs ; of
John Spencer Colepeper, the eldeſt ſon, was of whom Anne, by marrying Mr. John Taylor,
the Charter-bouſe
, efq; (x) and alienated Green. entitled him to this eitare (c), which he after-
way-court to the Hon. Robert Fairfax, of wards alienated to fir Martin Barnham, knt, who
caſtle, eſq;
y esqwho afterwards parted with it to | afterwards reſided at Hollingborne-bill(d), and
Odgin Sri
susgel
***
odir o VI
(-) William Culpeper, efq; was the fon of Walter, by Anne ** (v) Thomas, the ſecond ſon, was a Barriſter-at-law, and
his wife, only daughter and heir of Henry Aucher, of Lofen married Alicia, daughter of fir Thomas Colepepyr, bart.
um in Newenden, e395 which, Walter was fon of for John widow of för Thomas Taylor, bart, being her third huſband,
Colepeper, of Bedgbury in Goudhurſt, knt. living in the reign but died without iſſue; and Richard, the third ſon, died
of K. Edward IV, under which pariſh a further account of at the ſiege of Londonderry, likewiſe without iſſue.
him may be ſeen. William Culpeper above-mentioned, had
or
SD siodu do
(w) Of whom, Elizabeth died without iſſue; Cornelia
iſſue by Cicelie, daughter of Edward Barrett, ſeven fons,
married Edward Bridges, of Ireland; and
viz. for John, who was of Wigsell, temp. James I, and was
Jobn Fotherby. ! no to oliwin
anceſtor of the Lords Colepeper, the heir of which family
(x) He married firſt Ruth Webb, by whom he had iſſue
married Thomas, Lord Fairfax, poſſeſſor of Leeds.caſtle in
her right; Francis, the ſecond ſon, purchaſed Greenway-
one' ſon, John Spencer. He married, fecondly, Mary Webbe,
court, as above-mentioned ; Thomas was the third ſon, and
by whom he had iſſue Robert, who died unmarried, and a
anceſtor of the Culpepers of St. Stephen's near Canterbury ;
aw 26 otticoanáct zo egiten
Dr. Martin Culpeper, the fourth fon, married Letitia Clarke, 1. () See more of him, under Swanſcombe, vol. i. of this
and lies buried in Kingsnoth church; Walter, the
hiftory, p. 262.
ſettled at Hunburne in the co. of Oxford, and left an only
(z) Philipott, p. 188.
daughter and heir; Richard was the fixth, and Edmund the (b) In the 14th year of Q. Elizabeth, Michaelmas term,
he levied a fine of all his lands.
(s) She died March 23, 1598, æt. 60, and was buried (c) See more of him, under Aldington in Thurnham.
in this church. smo to
(d) Philipott, p. 189. He was ſon of Francis Barnham,
(ss) She died Oa. 27, 1638, æt. 56, and lies buried in efq; Sheriff of London anno 1570, by Alicia his wife, daugh-
this church.
boom tot 22. susitse toest
992
ter and heir of Brogbridge, of the co. of Suſex, the eldeſt
a od
(t) Of the daughters, Paulina married Walter Herlacken ſon of Stephen Barnham, of Southwick in the co. of Hants,
den, esq; Elizabeth died unmarried in 1726; Judith was of the Privy Chamber to K.. Henry VIII, whole fon I take
of fir John Colepeper, Lord Colepeper : Joane of William
to have been Nicholas Barnham, Sergeant-at-law in the very
Cage, of Berſted, efq; Cecilia of Ralph Freke, of the co. of beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign.
Wilts, eſq; Mary of William Clarke, of Wrotham, efq; Fran Francis Barnham bore for his arms-Sable, a croſs engrailed
ces of William Freke, eſq; and Philippa was the eighth. between 4 creſcents, argent; and had iſſue four fons and one
(2) Leeds-caſtle was entailed by fir Thomas Colepeper, the daughter Ethelred, married to William Cleybroke. Of the
father, on his three fons in ſucceſſion ; but the eldeſt ſon ſons, Martin, above-mentioned, was the eldeft, Stephen
Cheney, after his father's death, prevailed on his then only the ſecond, Anthony the third, and Benedi&t the fourth, who
ſurviving brother Thomas, to cut off the entail of it, and was Alderman and Sheriff of London in 1592, and dying on
then fold it to his coufin John, Lord Colepeper.
April 3, 1598, left iſſue by Dorothy his wife, daughter of
Ambroſe
11.10
by Mars
Leeds-
bam in
d Anne
married
daughter Mary, aw 25
DON
ſeventh ſon.
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beth.
it is about
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
HOLLINGBORNE.
was Sheriff of this county anno 40 Q. Eliza and in the reign of K. Edward I, was the pro-
perty of a family, who affumed their name
He was twice married ; firſt to Urſula, daugh from it; but they were extinct here before the
ter of Robert Rudſton, of Boughton Monchenſie, beginning of K. Richard II.'s reign, when it
esq; by whom he had iſſue only two daugh was become the eſtate of Wood, in whoſe defcen-
ters (e); and, ſecondly, to Judith, daughter of dants it continued for ſeveral centuries, being
for Martin Calthorpe, of London, knt. by whom ſtill the property of one of them, at the reſtora-
he had five fons and five daughters (f). He tion of K. Charles II. (i) Soon after which, it
died on Dec. 12, 1619, æt. 63, and lies buried was paſſed away to Chaloner (k), in which name
in this church, being ſucceeded in the manor of it continued till Reynolds Chaloner, gent. (l) alien-
Ripple by his eldeſt ſon fir Francis Barnham, who ated this manor, with other premiſes, in this
was of Hollingborne, knt. (g) and married Eliza pariſh (m), to Chriſtopher Vane, Lord Barnard,
beth, daughter of Sampſon Lennard, of Cheye who died on Oct. 28, 1723, leaving iſſue two
ning; eſq; fifter of Henry, Lord Dacre, by fons ; of whom Gilbert, the eldeſt, ſucceeded
whom he had fifteen children (b). In his de him in title and in his eſtates in the North; and
ſcendants this manor remained till it was at William, the ſecond fon, became poffeffed of his
length fold to Duckeſbery, in which name it con-
feat at Fairlawn, this eſtate in Holling borné, and
tinued down to Mr. John Duckeſery; of Berfted,
all his other eſtates in this county.
who dying ſome few years ago, left Mary his "The Hon. William Vane, of Fairlawn, above-
widow in the poſſeſſion of it, and the having mentioned, had been in his father's life-time, on
fince remarried with Mr. Hodfull Sale, of Berſted, Oét. 13, 1720, created Viſcount Vane of the king-
he is now, in her right, entitled to it.
dom of Ireland; he died poſſeſſed of this manor
MURSTON O is on
on May 20, 1734, having been a few days be-
becoisyods
fore declared duly elected to ſerve this county in
is another manor in this pariſh, which in antient Parliament, leaving iſſue by Lucy his wife, daugh-
deeds and court rolls was uſually written Moſton, ter and coheir of William Jolliffe, of the co. of
mod aid atalliw
Bu
ovods
O
Ambroſe Smith, afterwards remarried to fir John Packington, Richard, Robert, and Chriſtopher, and a daughter Foane.
knt. five daughters his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, married to
By his laſt will, he deviſed all his lands, tenements, &c. in
Mervin, Lord Audley; Alice to Lord Chancellor Bacon,
Hollingborne, to his fons Richard, Robert, and Chriſtopher;
and afterwards to for fohn Underhill, knt. Dorothy to for
ſucceſſively in tail; remainder to his ſon John, to whom he
John Conſtable, knt. Bridget to fir William Soame, knt. and
deviſed the meſſuage he dwelt in, and all other his eſtates
Benedicta.
Duncan is cristal 01 si yd raid bonio in Kent, in fee for ever. He was buried in Holling borne
(2) Viz. Elizabeth, wife of Auguſtine Steward, of Bark church-yard. Prerog. off. Cant.
ing in the co. of Ellex, ela; and Anne, wife of Robert Hony Judith, daughter
wood, of Charing, efq;
I and coheir of Richard Wood, of Hola
lingborne, married in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, John Cbey
(f) Viz. Francis, his eldeſt ſon and heir ; Martin, who
ney, of Higham in Milſted. Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr.
married the daughter of Henry Iſley, of Sundrijla ; James,
Cheyney.
who married the daughter of Wood, of Bromley ; Thomas, (k) In the ſouth iſle of Holling borne church, there is a mo-
and another, who died an infant. Of the daughters, Anne nument for Nicholas Chaloner, eſq; who died July 27, 1706,
was the wife of fir George Chute, of the co. of Salop, knt. æt. 61, leaving an only daughter, married to Chriſtopher
and Catherine married for Chriſtopher Buckle, of the co. of Clapham, of Holling borne, éſq;
Surry, knt.
(1) He bore for his arms-Three maſcles, on a chevron á
(g) Among the Harleian Mfr. in the Britiſh Muſeum, cinquefoil. of
No. 6019, is a folio, containing evidences belonging to (m) Theſe eftatës are thus deſcribed in the act which
Hollingborne, from fir Francis Barnham and Doughty. paſſed for the ſettlement of them, in 1735, on the marriage
(6) She died on Sept. 18, 1631, æt. 50. Ten of theſe of his grandſon William, the preſent Lord Viſcount Vane, viz.
children, fix fons and four daughters, ſurvived her. Of the manor or lordſhip of Mufton alias Murſton, with its
the fons, Dacre was the eldet, born in 1604, and Robert, rights, members, and appurts. in Hollingborne, together
the ſecond, was ſeated at Boughton Monchenfe, and after with the ſcite of the manor, houſe, and barn, and the feve-
wards created a Baronet, under which pariſh a further ac ral lands and paſtures thereto belonging, and all that prin-
count of him and his deſcendants may be ſeen. See above, cipal meſſuage or manfion-houſe, called Snag ſorook, with
P. 397
its appurts. and ſeveral parcels of land thereto belonging :
(1) Philipott, p. 189. Richard at Wode, of Hollingborne,
and all that meſſuage or manſion-houſe, called Clay-pitt,
was buried in this church-yard, anno 1507. He left iſſue
with the malt-houſes, lands, &c. belonging to the fame,
by Foane his wife three fons, Fohr, William, and Edmund,
and all thoſe ſundry other pieces of land in Holling borne ;
and one daughter Margaret. By his laſt will, he deviſed and all that meſſuage, or tenement; called Potts-aſh alias
to his fon John, his meſſuage, lands, &c. in Hollingborne
Potſhah, and ſeveral parcels of land in Holling borne; and
and Hucking, lying above the hill, and all the rent that all that meſſuage and land, containing 20 acres, in Eyhorne-
thoſe lands bore, to the manor of Mofton; to his fon William ſtreet in Hollingborne ; and all that meſſuage and one acre
all his lands and tenements in Chart; and to Edmund, his
of land in Hollingborne, and that meſfuage and 18 acres of
ſon, his manor of Moſton, with all its lands, rents, and fer land and other premiſes in Holling borne aforeſaid : all which
vices, and all his lands from the top of Hollingborne-down, were purchaſed by Chriſtopher, Lord Barnard, of Reynolds
downwards, excepting as before deviſed by him. Prerog.
Chaloner, and Elizabeth Chaloner his mother; and all that
off. Cant.
houſe and lands, with appurts. in Eyhorne-ſtreet, purchaſed
John at Wode, above-mentioned, died in 1528, leaving
by the faid Lord Barnard of Edward Charlion, gent. All
illue by Agres his wife, widow of Hawkins, four fons, John,
which premiſes were together of the yearly rent of 2861.
Stafford,
SO

468
The HISTORY of " K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
tona o
I aids
HOLLINGBORNE,
Stafford, eſq; an only ſurviving fon William, who sillo.ca od
HOLLING BORN E-HILL
ſucceeded him in title and eſtate.
Which William, Lord Viſcount Vane, the ſong is a ſeat and eſtate in this pariſh, fo called from
married in 1734, Frances, daughter of Francis its ſituation on the ſummit of the great cbalk-bill
Hawes, eſq; widow of Lord William Hamilton (x), above Hollingborne-ſtreer. It was formerly called
by whom he has no iſſue. He continues the
Eyotts, and in 1609 was in the poſſeſſion of fir
poffeffor of this manor, with all other the eſtates
Martin Barnbam, knt. who that year built a new
in this pariſh purchaſed by his grandfather Chri manſion on the ſcice of it. He died ſeiſed of it
ſtopher, Lord Barnard, as above-mentioned (c). in 1610, and was ſucceeded in it by his eldeſt
fon fir Francis Barnham, knt. who reſided here (r),
P EN COURT
and afterwards parted with it to Gabriel Leve-
is a manor and feat in Holling borne, which was fey, efq; on whoſe death it came to his ſon and
formerly more properly called Pende-court, from heir fir Michael Leveſey, knt. and he conveyed
a family who were antiently owners of it, and all his intereſt in it, in the year 1623, to fir John
reſided at it ; but before the end of K. Edward Hayward, knt. ſecond ſon of fir Rowland Hay.
III.'s reign, this name was extinct here ; for ward, knt. Citizen and Alderman of London (s),
John Donnett, of Silham in Rainham, died ſeiſed who reſided here likewiſe(t), and in 1632, con-
of it in the 36th year of that reign (P); his de veyed it to fir Cheney Culpeper, of this pariſh, knt.
ſcendant James Donnett, left an only daughter and he in 1652 paſſed it away to Henry Pelbam,
and heir Margerie, who carried this ſeat in mar efq; who by his laſt will, dated in 1658, deviſed
riage to John St. Leger, of Ulcomb, Sheriff of this it in tail male to his nephew George Pelbam ; re-
county anno 9 Henry VI. He died ſeiſed of it
mainder in like tail to his nephew Charles ; remain.
in the 20th year of that reign, and in his deſcen der to his own right heirs.
dants ic continued down to fir Warham St. Leger, George Pelham, above-mentioned, afterwards
of Ulcomb, knt. Sheriff of Kent in the 2d year of poſſeſſed it, and dying without iffue in 1686,
Q. Eliz. and he alienated it, with Elnothington,
it came, as well by the above entail, as by his
Greenway-court, and other eſtates in this pariſh, to will, to his brother Charles Pelbam, eſq; above-
Francis Culpeper, afterwards of Greenway-court, mentioned, who died ſeiſed of it, leaving his
efq; who died poffefſed of it in 1598, and his wife Elizabeth ſurviving, and a ſon Charles, then
fon fir Thomas Culpeper, of that place, knt. alien. an infant, to whom by his laſt will, dated in
ated it to Mr. Marc Queſted, of London, who 1688, he bequeathed the fee of it, and en-
upon
his deceaſe ſettled it for ever on the Com joined him by it to ſell the ſame, as ſoon as he
pany of Fiſhmongers in London, as truſtees of his came of age, which he did by leaſe and releaſe,
alms-houſes, founded in the adjoining pariſh of
and
25 Aug. 1705, (a fine being after-
Harrietſham, the endowment of which he directed wards levied in
in Michaelmas term,
that year,
for
to be paid out of the yearly profits of this manor, this purpoſe,) to Baldwin Duppa, eſq; who in
as is therein mentioned (q), and as ſuch the Com 1707 (u) ſettled it on his only ſon, Baldwin
pany are now entitled to the inheritance of it.
Duppa, eſq; who in 1717, rebuilt this ſeat on
dated 24
(n) On this marriage, Lord Vane ſettled in truſtees, by
leaſe and releaſe, dated 15 and 16 May 1735, theſe pre-
miſes in Holling borne, among others, for the purpoſe of
raiſing 16000l. for paying his debts, and then for raiſing
400l. per annum, for the ſaid Frances, Lady Vane's, ſeparate
uſe ; remainder to Lord Vane, for his uſe, &c. and after his
deceaſe, all the ſaid premiſes in Hollingborne, among others,
as a jointure to the ſaid Lady Vane, and after her deceaſe,
to their iſſue in tail male, &c. And by inderture, May 24,
1735, Lord Vane conveyed the whole of the above premiſes,
mentioned in the releaſe, as a further ſecurity for the ſaid
jointure during her life, remainder to him and his heirs for
ever; to confirm which, an act paſſed anno 22 George II.
() See more of this family above, under Fairlawn in
Shipborne, p. 253.
(P) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(9) See Harrietſham above, p 462.
(-) See more of the Barnhams above, p. 466.
(s) Sir Rowland Hayward, knt. was twice Lord Mayor
of London, and died on Dec. 5, 1593, and was buried in
St. Alphage church, Cripplegate, London. He was twice
married ; firſt to Joane, daughter of William Tillef-worth,
by whom he had three ſons, who died infants, and two
daughters ; Elizabeth married Richard Warren, efq; and fe-
condly, Thomas Krevet; and Sufanna, who married Henry
potimine
Townſend, efq; He married, ſecondly, Catherine, daughter
of Thomas Smith, eſq; commonly called the Cuſtomer, by
whom he had three fons and five daughters; of whom one
ſon and one daughter died infants ; George was the eldeſt
ſon, and fir John Hayward, of Hollingborne-hill, knt. the
ſecond. Of the daughters, Alice married fir Richard Buller,
of Cornwall, knt. Katherine married for Richard Sondes, of
Throwley, knt. Mary married St. Leger ; and Anne married
Edward Craford, of Mongeham, gent. All the deſcendants
of fir Rowland Hayrvard, by his ſecond wife Catherine Smith,
are of confanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Stem.
Chich. No. 4, Ipo, 293; 294
(1) Sir John Hayward, during his reſidence at this ſeat,
was Sheriff of this county, and kept his ſhrievalty here in
the laſt
year of K. James I. He died in 1636, without
iſſue, having by his laſt will bequeathed his manor of Min-
fter in the Iſle of Shepy to charitable uſes, an account of
which may be ſeen above, p. 63.
bi
He bore for his arms-Or, a bull's head caboſed, between
3 mullets ſable. See in Harl. Mfr. No. 1174-279, match
and deſcent of fir John Haward, of Hollonborne-hill, kut.
(2) He lived many years after this, and dying on Dec.
9, 1737, æt. 87, was buried in Hollingborne church,
where there is a monument erected to his memory. He
left iſſue by Jane his wife, daughter of Richard Beckford,
of

The
469
H IS TO R Y of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
HOLLINGBORNE.
the ſcite of the old one, and came to reſide at it
in 1722, and in the year 1735 ſerved the office
of Sheriff of this county. He died poffeffed of
this ſeat on Nov.30, 1764, æt. 82, and was buried
in Hollingborne church (v), and dying unmarried,
he by his laſt will bequeathed it, with all his
other eſtates, to his kinſman (w), the Rev. Mr.
Richard Hancorn, with an injunction for him to
take the name and arms of Duppa, for which an
act paſſed anno 5 George III; and this ſeat is
now accordingly pofſeffed by him, the Rev. Mr.
Richard Duppa, who reſides in it.
OS
base
oy 91
on the ſame conditions, to John Pende, of Leeds,
gent. (aa)
Gilbert Broke, of Hollingbórne, by his laſt will,
proved Sept. 15, 1460, deviſed to Joane, wife
of John Broke, and her heirs for ever, his water-
mill in this pariſh, with the tenement and garden
adjoining.
PRESENT STATE OF HOLLINGBORNE.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
John, ſon of Robert de Snaves, and Margerie
his wife, daughter of Adam de Greneweye, by his
deed anno 3 Henry III, ſurrendered up to the
Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church in Canterbury,
12 acres of land, called Modinton, and a meſſu.
age which Roger de Modinton held in Holling-
borne (x).
Fobn, ſon of Robert de Snaves, granted to
Henry de Oſprenge, Cl. fon of Simon, all his land
of Hollingborne, paying to him and his heirs half
a pound of cumming-feed, in the church-yard
of Hollingborne ; and if it ſhould fo happen that
he ſhouid not be able to warrant the fame, then,
that he and his heirs ſhould give in the ſtead of
it other of his land at Snave or elſewhere, to the
value of 40s. per annum, for which grant the
ſaid Henry had given to him 20 marcs ſterling,
and one ox of the price of ios. (y). There
The college of the neighbouring pariſh of Bred-
gar poffeffed lands in this pariſh, on the foun-
dation of it, anno 16 Richard II. (2)
The priory of Leeds poſſeſſed lands in this pa-
riſh at the diffolution of it anno 21
31 Henry
VIII. After which that King, by his indenture,
dated June 15, anno 36 of his reign, demiſed
for 21 years, to John Lambe, of Leeds, gent.
thoſe three pieces of land and meadow, called
Herſt, Skyſte-mede, and Combe, late in the occu-
pation of John Wadde, in Hollingborne, with their
appurts. late belonging to that monaſtery, lately
diſſolved, at the yearly rent of 235. 4d. for the
two firit pieces, and of 245. for the laft, except
all trees, woods, &c.(a) which leaſe was ſoon af-
terwards ſurrendered ;. for on Nov. 6th follow-
inganother was granted, for the like term, and
oorld
of London, who died on Sept. 6, 1703, æt. 55, and was
buried at Chatham, an only fon Baldwin Duppa, efq; who
was of Hollingborne-bill. They are of the fame family as was
Brian Duppa, Biſhop of Wincheſter, who died in 1662,
fer Thomas Duppa, knt. Gentleman Uſher of the Black Rod
to K. Charles II ; but of what confanguinity, I cannot
This pariſh is ſituated partly above the great
ridge of chalk-hills, where the ſoil is exceed-
ingly wet, barren, and ſtony, and much inter-
ſperſed with coppice-wood, and partly below it,
the village of Holling borne lying cloſe at the foot
of them, at the ſouth end of which ſtand the
church, and the vicarage-houſe, near which there
is an handſome brick manſion, of the time of Q.
Elizabeth ; by its appearance, the owners of ic
muſt have been of good condition in former
times (b).
Bon
The road through Newnban-valley from of-
pringe and Canterbury, paffes over Hollingborne-
hill, through the village of Hollingborne and
through Eyborne-ftreet, corruptly called Iron-
Areet, in this pariſh, where there are two good
houſes, one belonging to Robert Salmon, efq; and
the other lately built by Mr. Weeks, and from
thence it joins, at a ſmall diſtance, the high
road from Lenham to Maidſtone.
The ſouthern part of this pariſh conſiſts moſtly
of a deep ſand; the whole of it, below the hill,
is well watered by four ſmall ſtreams, which
flow towards the ſouth, and meet the Lenham ri-
vulet in its way to the Medway at Maidſtone.
On Eyborne-green, in this pariſh, in October
yearly, two Conſtables are choſen, one for the
upper, the other for the lower half hundred of Ey-
borneş each of which diſtricts conſiſts of the i
adjoining pariſhes, the Borſholders of which, and
the ſeveral boroughs in them, except ſuch as are
choſen at the different Court Leets, are choſen
here likewiſe.
This pariſh, with the manor of Elnothington
in it, together with reſt of the Hundred of Eyhorne,
was antiently bound to contribute to the repair
of the ſixth pier of Rocheſter Bridge (c). ò aber
Sils o CHARITI e s.
THREE pieces of land, near Runbam in the
pariſh of Lenham, in the occupation of John
obre
(x) To this deed is his ſeal appendant, viz-Six ſtars of 6
points, 3, 2, and 1; and this legend--Sigill Jobis de Snaves.
Surrenden-libr. and Regiſt. of Chriſt Church, cart. 2000.
(3) Witneſſes to this deed are William Peinforer, Warine
de Stanlue', Alexander his brother, Jeffry de Holingeburne,
William de Greneweye, Gilbert de Greneweye, John de Grene-
weye, and others, Surrenden-libr.
(2) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, pt. ii, p. 117.
(a) Inrolments, Augtn. off. (aa) Ibid.
(6) The Rector of Hollingborne claims fome rooms in this
houſe, in right of his rectory, at this time.,
(c) Lamb. Peramb. p. 423.
nd
learn.
(v) He bore for his arms-Azure, a lion's paw eraſed in
feſs, between 2 bars of chain or.
(w) Mr. Baldwin Duppa, the father's, eldeſt fifter was
Mr. Richard Hancorn's grandmother.
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Butler,

470
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The H Í STORY
of
15 a
a
HOLLINGBORNE.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Butler, of Harrietſham, at the rent of 51. 55. per tion of the profits of the eſtate, are given and
annum, were given, one half to the poor of Hol-
directed to be made at the choice and election
lingborne, and the other half to the poor of Har-
of the late Robert Auften, of Heronden aforeſaid,
rietfram. The donor of them, by length of efq; her nephew, deceaſed, and of his heirs for
time, unknown. 2001
ever, with the approbation of the Churchwar-
Mrs. Elizabeth Cafyer, of Hollingborne, widow,
dens and Overſeers of the poor, or the majority
by her laſt will, dated 29 Sept. 1612, left 20l. of them, and their ſucceſſors for ever. })
to purchaſe a piece of land in fee-ſimple, out of
the rent of which ſhe directed, that every year Uſes, was ſettled to the uſe and benefit of theſe
for ever, upon the day after her death, (which
pariſhes in the year 1748, and the deed en-
happened on 22 Sept. 1615,) ios. ſhould be
rolled as aforeſaid, confirmed, with the powers,
diſtributed amongſt 20 of the pooreſt people of uſes, and purpoſes of the donation, and the
Hollingborne, and 5s. amongſt 10 of Leeds, and eſtate veſted in twenty new truſtees jointly,
55. amongſt 10 of Bromfield, by the Miniſter, to be renewed when reduced to five, for the faid
Churchwardens, and Overſeers of the reſpective pariſhes; and alſo, that the monies unapplied
pariſhes for the time being; and that the reſidue ihould be laid out in another purchaſe, (after
of the rents and profits ſhould be yearly diſtri the charge of fixing the charity be paid and fa-
buted by them amongſt the poor of Hollingborne, tisfied) for improving the ſaid benefaction, un-
upon the ſaid 22d of Sept. The piece of land der the limitations and uſes aforeſaid: which
that was purchaſed in conſequence of the above was made accordingly, in a farm of 151 a year
mentioned deviſe, on Oct. 1, 1720, lies north in Hollingborne and the adjoining pariſh of Huck.
weſt of Broad-ſtreet in Hollingborne, and is called ing, and ſettled as directed by a deed enrolled.
Little Dane. It contains ſeven acres, and is in And the truſtees, or any four or more of them,
the occupation of John Featherſtone, at the yearly are empowered from time to time, to direct the
4.975
rent of 21. 55. od. .
Churchwardens or Overſeers aforeſaid, and their
Dame Frances Norton, widow, fiſter of Judith, ſucceſſors for ever, in the due and regular annual
wife of Robert Auften the elder, of Heronden in performance, execution, and preſervation of this
Tenterden in this county, eſq; gave an eſtate, pur charity (d). mi evig blodh iadsid bn dusila
chaſed in the year 1719, by deed enrolled, of John Snothe, of Hollingborne, by his laft will,
351. per annum, in Holling borne, for the joint be-
dated April 23,"1529, deviſed a piece of land,
nefit, in equal moieties, of the pariſhes of Ten called Potokks, at Greenſtreet in this pariſh, the
terden and Holling borne before-mentioned. By yearly rent of it to be employed to keep an obit
which deed ſhe directed, that the profits of the yearly in this church on the nativity of the bleſſed
ſaid eſtate, in each pariíh, ſhould be divided into Virgin Mary, viz. to the Curate for ſo doing,
ſeven diviſions; four parts thereof to be applied in 6d. and the remainder to be diſtributed yearly
putting out apprentices the children of parents in meat and drink to the poor in this church,
having no parochial relief; to be choſen and yearly on that day for ever(e). hib, o't is dit
approved of as the donation directs. The three
actio doidw 1930
other parts to be diſtributed to the Miniſters of
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Estorns
39765
thoſe pariſhes, each 20s. a piece for two annual Hollingborne is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
ſermons, to be preached in their reſpective pa diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
riſhes aforeſaid, on the iſt of Nov. or All Saints, of Sutton, and is' exempt from the juriſdiction of
on univerſal love and charity, and on the iſt of
the Archdeacon. mobbo co to noissa
Jan. on pious living and prepargtion for holy dying ;
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints,
in which diſcourſes, mention ſhould always be
is a handſome building, conſiſting of three large
made of the ſaid Jüdith Auſten, and Elizabeth iſles, with a chancel at the end of the middle
Freke, of Bilney in Norfolk, another ſiſter of the
one, and a ſquare tower at the weſt end. The
donor. And the reſidue of the three parts, to ten chancel is much enriched with the monuments
poor widows or houſekeepers, one year
of the family of Colepeper, among others. At
ney, and the ſecond year in black and white
the eaſt end of the north iſle, there is a ſmall neat
ituff or cloth, and ſo alternately for ever ; ſuch
chapel, raiſed up ſeveral ſteps to give room for
perſons having no parochial relief, and hearing a vault underneath; the ſides of it are filled
the ſaid two ſermons in their own reſpective pa with black eſcutcheons, and ſquare tablets
of
riſh churches, to entitle them to be choſen to black marble, alternately, in the middle of the
the benefit of this gift.
This charity-eſtate is veſted in truſtees; but
white marble, and the figure of a lady, lying at
the donation of the charity, and the diſpoſi full length, in the habit of the times, of exceed-
1997 am
in mo-
(d) This account is taken from an inſcription fet
up by
Edward Auften, eſq; fon and heir of the late Robert Auften,
deceaſed, in the year 1752, for the benefit and knowledge
of the pariſhioners of each pariſh, that no neglect, abuſe,
miſapplication, or obſtruction might be made in this charity.
(e) Prerog. off. Cant.
ing

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
471
PATRONS,
Rectors.
dead 1316.
obt. 1733
5 Edward
(m) Ibid. He was, as well as his predeceſſor, buried in
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
HOLLINGBORNE.
ing good ſculpture, in memory of Elizabeth,
CHURCH OF HOLLINGBORNE, with the CHAPEL OF
Jady of fir Thomas Culpeper, knt, daughter of John
HUCKING annexed.
Cheney
, of the co. of Suſſex, eſq; (ee)
The church of Hollingborne, to which the cha-
or by whom preſented.
pels of Hucking and Bredhurſt were antiently an-
(i) Gauſelinus Cardenalis, in
nexed, is a finecure rectory, with a vicarage en-
dowed. The Rector of Hollingborne is at this
(R) Robert Bradegare, 1397.
time patron of the perpetual curacy of the chapel
of Bredhurſt. The Archbiſhop is patron of the
ddio sotto (1) John Rainham.
.500 ods
olur (m) John Everard, obt. 1495.
vicarage of Holling borne, the Vicar of which is
collated to the vicarage of this pariſh, with the
100 cor 2.0 T (n) John Joceline.
(6) John Aleff, obt. Feb.1537.
chapel of Hucking annexed.
The vicarage was endowed before the year
to Bossieorghe (p) Arthur St.Leger, in 1559.
(9) John Warner, S, T, P.
1407, in which year, on Aug.
year, on Aug. 14, Arnold Sent-
reſig. 1637.
leger granted to William Maunby, Vicar of this
(r) Samuel Bernard, S.T. P.
church, a certain meſſuage, with its appurts. in
this pariſh, for the habitation of himſelf and his
Dr Jan. 15, 1637.
Hins Ralph Staunton.
fucceffors for ever (f).
de toi M (s) Samuel Brailsford, S.T.P.
In Archbiſhop Chichele's Regiſter, at Lambeth,
there is a compoſition, made about the year
Edmund Bateman, S. T. P.
1441, for it is without date, between William
Feb. 1734, obt. 1751.
Lyeff, then Rector here, and John Ffylde, Vicar,
saulio
John S. Hill, S. T.P. 1751.
upon the aſſignation of a proper portion for the
(t) Francis Dodſworth, A.M.
endowment of this vicarage in future times (f).
BO A 1H reſig. April 20, 1774.
The rectory of Hollingborne is valued in the
(u) John Cautley, A.M. July
King's books at 281 155. 5d. and the tenths at
1774. Preſent Rector.
21. 175. 6įd. The vicarage is valued in them
VICARS,
at 71. 6s. 8d. and the yearly tenths at 14s. 8d.
The vicarage in 1640 was valued at 861. and
William Maunby, in 1407
péyi 2017 (u) William
(70) John Ffylde, about 1441.
the communicants were then 271.
-Inas
(P) John Wayte, in 1460.
It is now of the yearly certified value of goraidinsyado
(2) John Rooſebury, obt.1 504.
boli anw dont
yol. 165. 8d. (g)
vid dong
(P) John Hertlepoole, in 1509.
The vicarage was augmented 2ol. per annum,
017
(0) John Raynold, in 1517.
by leaſe between Ralph Staunton, Rector of Hol-
2872 aloid
(p) Chriſtopher Badcock, in
lingborne, and fir Thomas Culpeper, of this pariſh,
16. Sist go oni
- lo.
1524, obt. 1555. beleid
worrobas duqi xide to codla sy to pontg
(1) John Baylle, in 1566.
ob)
(ee) There is belonging to this church, a moſt ſuperb
th
tone
altar-cloth, and a pulpit-cloth and cuſhion, of purple velvet,
non
V, p. 364. Newc. Rep. p. 618.
ornamented with different figures of fruits, of pomegranets (A) Rym. Fæd. vol. viii, p. 11.
grapes; wrought in gold, the needle-work of the daugh-
(1) Prerog. off. Cant.
ters of fir John Colepeper, afterwards created Lord Colepeper,
who employed themſelves for almoſt the ſpace of 12 years the church-yard, at the eaſt end of the chancel.
in the working of then, during their father's abſence abroad
Doma barva
(n) Rym. Fæd. vol. viii, p. 11.
with K. Charles II. (5)
(0) John Aleff, Prieſt, Parſon of Holling borne, by his laſt
The communion-plate is very handſome, and anſwerable
will, ordered his body to be buried in the beſide the
to the above-mentioned furniture, being moſtly the gift of porch-door, on the right hand going in, and that there
the family of Colepeper; and ſome of it of Baldwin Duppa, ſhould be ſet in the wall, nigh his grave, a marble or other
ofq;
hard ſtone, containing a plate with ſculpture, making men-
od fohn Eweyn, by his laſt will, proved in 1527, bequeathed
tion where and at what time he was buried, and a plain
31. to buy a table of alabaſter, to ſtand upon the altar of
ſtone, without ſculpture, laid over his body. He had be-
St. John the Baptiſt in this church ; and 3s. 4d. to the re fore been Vicar of Little Chart, and of St. Laurence Wolton,
pair of St. John's chapel. Prerog.
Prerog. off. Canterbury. as he was then of St. John's Sherburne, in Hampſhire.
Chriſtopher Burton, Prieſt of this pariſh, was buried in
1537 in this church, at the ſouth end of the altar of St.
ro) Prerog. off. Cant.
(9) He vacated this rectory on his promotion to the fee
James there.
of Rocheſter.
(A) See Ducarel's Repertory, p. 18.org dalda so
(8) E&. Thef. p. 15.
(r) Rym. Fæd. vol. xx, p. 219.
to 12 h ១ ។
(s) Dean of Wells.
(6) Lambeth Manuſcripts.com deveda nad tvpolii
(1) Treaſurer of the church of Saliſbury, and in 1774
(i) Gauſelinus Johannes, Biſhop of Alba and Cardinal,
Vicar of Doddington,
was Prebendary of Driffield in the church of York, of Lude
(u) Rector of St. Rumbald's in Colcheſter, and in 1778,
in that of Lincoln, of Sallow in that of Litchfield, Parſon of
preſented to the vicarage of Tenham.
the churches of Hackney and Stepney in the dioceſe of Lon-
(v) Ducarel's Rep. p. 18.
don, of Pagham in the dioceſe of Chicheſter, of Hollingborne
and Lyminge in Canterbury dioceſe, and Hemingborough in
(z) Ibid. Alſo Vicar of Berſed.
COOL
knt. (b)
101
and
way
1945W
Then
William

472
The HISTORY of KENT;
LEEDS.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
ſolid'.
2
There is a church,
(
fraroe 1622, obt.
William White, in 1556.
Val'. 1o. Scl. p. Excabie parchi epi' barioc'. Comes
(x) William Bucke, in 1562,
de Ow bt. 4 denas de iſto m' que val 20
obt. 1566.
() John Bainke, in 1570.
Baieux) Ejledes. It was taxed at three fulings
.
The arable land is 12 carucates. In demeſne there
are two carucates, and 28 villeins, with eight bor-
1637
Geo. Bonham, 1637 to 1647.
derers, having ſeven carucates.
and 18 ſervants. There are two arpends of vine-
Phineas Coſby, 1641, 0b. 1652.
Tho. Yardley, 1652 to 1660.
yard (b), and eight acres of meadow. Wood for the
John Shrawley, about 1660. pannage of 20 bogs, and five mills of the villeins
.
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, it was
William Thomas, 1661, obt.
worth 16 pounds, the like when he received it, now
168r.
Thomas Grigorie, 1681, obt.
20 pounds, and yet it pays 25 pounds. Earl Leunin
beld it.
June 17, 1696.
Edward Waterman, 1696, ob.
Of this manor the Abbat of St. Auguſtine has half
S12
1716.
a ſuling, which is worth 10 ſhillings, in exchange
Tho. Taylor, 1716, obt. 1726.
of the park of the Biſhop of Baieux. The Earl of
(y) Tho. Saul Hancock, pre-
Ewe has four derns of this manor, which are worth
fented March, 1727, obt.
20 ſhillings.
Aug. 16, 1745.
On the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, about four
(2) Benj. Waterhouſe, 1741,
years after the taking of the abovementioned ſur-
reſig. 1770.
vey, this eftate, among the reſt of his poſſeſſions,
Foſeph Todd, 1770, obt. June
became confiſcated to the Crown.
1773
After which, it was granted by K. William
A
William Hafell, B. A. O&t. to the eminent family of Crevequer, called in
1773. Preſent Vicar.
antient charters Creuecuer, and in Latin, De Cre-
pito Corde (c),
, who at firſt made Chatham in this
L E EDS
county their ſeat or caput baroniæ, i. e. the prin-
cipal manor of their barony, for ſome time, until
IS
the next pariſh ſouthward from Hollingborne.
they removed hither, being before frequently
Kilburne ſays, that one Ledian, a chief Coun.
ſellor to K. Ethelbert II, who began his reign Robert, ſon of Hamon de Crevequer, who had
written Domini de Cetham. w
po lo wo
in 978, raiſed a fortreſs here, which was called
in Latin, from him, Ledani Caſtrum, and in pro-
probably a grant of Leeds from the Conqueror,
was one of thoſe eight Knights, who were joined
ceſs of time in Engliſh, Leeds. This caſtle was
afterwards demoliſhed by the Danes, and con-
with John de Fienes, for the better defence of
Dover Caſtle,
tinued in that ſituation till the time of the Nor-
Caſtle, which the King had, after the diſ-
man conqueſt (a).
grace of the Biſhop of Baieux, put under a new
Leeds was part of thoſe poſſeſſions, with which
form of government; to enable them to do
William the Conqueror enriched his half-bro which, he gave them ſeveral knights fees, by
the tenure of which, they were each bound to
ther Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux ; accord-
maintain a certain number of ſoldiers, for the
ingly it is thus entered, under the general title of
defence of that fortreſs. Of theſe, Robert de
that prelate's lands, in the ſurvey of Domeſday,
Crevequer had five knights fees, which were
taken in the year 1080.
Adelold' ten' de epo' Fjedes. p. 3• ſolins ſe defd'.
ſtyled Baronia de Crevequer (d). TT 23
Tra'. é 12. Car. In dnio' ſunt. 2. Car'. & 28.
His grandſon Robert de Crevequer finiſhed the
vill'cu. 8. bord bnt. '7. Car. Ibi æccla' &18
building of the caſtle here, which he had begun,
which being environed with water, was
fervi. Ibi. 2. arpendi Vineæ & 8. ac pti. Silva.
20. pore'. & 5. molini Villanor'. T. R. E. valebº quently mentioned in antient writings by the
16. lib. fimilit qdo recep'. modo. 20. lib. & tam'
name of Le Mote. In the north-weſt part of it,
he had built a chapel, in which he placed three
reddit. 25. lib'. Leuuin' tenuit.
Canons, which his grandſon Robert (e), above-
De hoc m’ht abb' S' augufini dimid Solin qd' mentioned, on his foundation of the priory of
1300
non
TOQU

was fre-
Com'
(x) He directed by his laſt will his body to be buried by
the ſtone on the ſouth ſide of the church-door, over againſt
Parſon Alyfc.
(P) Prerog. off. Cant.
(y) Rector alſo of Wormſhill, where he lies buried.
(z) Now Vicar of Weſtwell,
(a) Survey, p. 164.
(6) This is another inſtance of there having been vine-
yards in this county, in very early times; fome obſervations
on which, the reader will find in the deſcription of the
neighbouring pariſh of Chart Sutton, where there was one
likewiſe. See above, p. 403, (c)
(c) Camd. Brit. p. 229.
(d) See a further account of this family of Crevequer,
under Chatham, p. 65. da ni
(e) He was buried in the church of the priory, by his own
directions.
Leeds,

The
473
Ε Τ.
ON
O MONTS
,
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
LEEDS.
of which Eleanor, Counteſs of Wincheſter, his fa-
Leeds, in the 19th year of K. Henry I, removed
thither (f).
ther's widow, was not endowed (n),
His deſcendant, Hamon de Crevequer, lived in
Soon after which, obſerving that the King
the reign of K. Henry III, in the 19th year of looked on the ſtrength of this fortreſs with a
which, he was joined with Walerand Teutonicus,
jealous eye, he quickly reinſtated the Crown in
or Teys, in the wardenſhip of the Five Ports,
the poſſeſſion of both the manor and caſtle ; and
and the next year had livery of the lands of Wil-
K. Edward having, on Sept. 10(0), in his 27th
liam de Albrincis or Averenches, whoſe daughter year, married at Canterbury, Margaret, liſter of
and heir Maud he had married (g). He died in Philip, K. of France, he, by his let. pat. under
the 47th year of K. Henry III, feiſed of the ma-
his great ſeal, ſettled them, with their appurts.
nor of Ledes, held of the King in capite, as be of the yearly value of 211. 6s. 8d. above repri-
longing to his barony of Chatham (b); upon fals, among other premiſes, as part of her
which, Robert his grandſon, viz. fon of Hamon dower (p). She ſurvived the King her huſband,
his ſon, who died in his life-time, ſucceeded him who died in 1307, and in the 5th year of the
as his heir, and the ſame year that his grand next reign of K. Edward II, by the King's re-
father died (i), had livery of his lands, and af-
commendation, appointed Bartholomew de Bad-
terwards taking part with the Barons againſt the
leſmere, a nobleman of great power and emi-
King, his eſtates were feiſed (k), though when nence, and much in that Prince's favor, Gover-
he was received afterwards into the King's fa-
nor of the caſtle of Ledes (9). She died poſſeſſed
any of them were reſtored again to of them in the noth year of that reign; on which
vor, many
him (1).
they came once more into the hands of the
то
Crown, and in the beginning of the next year,
In the 52d year of that reign, Robert de Cre-
the King appointed Bartholomew de Badleſmere,
vequer exchanged the manor of Ledes, with all
above-mentioned, Governor of this caſtle, as
its appurts. together with a moiety of all his fees,
well as of that of Briſtol.
with Roger de Leyburne, for the manors of Trot.
teſclyve and of Flete, wholly, and with all their
In the rith year of that reign, the King
mo
appurts. as is therein mentioned (m).
granted to him in fee, the manor and caſtle of
Ledes, and the advowſon of the priory of Ledes,
Roger de Leyborne, above-mentioned, was of
Leyborne in this county (n), and in the 54th year
in exchange for the manor of Addreſley in Shrop-
of K. Henry III, being ſigned with the croſsShire (r).
in order to his going to the Holy Land with
Bartholomew de Badlejmere was ſeiſed of great
Prince Edward, departed this life two years af poffefſions, eſpecially in this county, inſomuch
terwards, anno 1271. He left iſſue William de
that he was uſually ſtyled, The rich Lord Badles-
Leyborne, his ſon and heir, who in the 2d year mere of Ledes. He was ſummoned to Parliament,
of K. Edward I, had livery of the manor of among the Barons of this realm, from the 3d
Ledes, as well as of the reſt of his inheritance, year
of that reign till the 14th of it; but about
(F) Kilburne, p. 164. Lambard, in his Dictionary, p. (n). Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 14. See more of this family,
185, ſays, that during the diffentions between K. Stephen under Leyborne, p. 206.
and his nobility, Robert, Earl of Glouceſter, the baſtard ſon (6) Sandford ſays, they were married there on Sept. 8.
of K. Henry I, entered this caſtle in the year 1137, as
Gen. Hift. p. 133.
divers of the nobility did others, but that K. Stephen re-
(p) This dower, according to treaty, was to be of the
covered it the year following.
yearly value of 15000l. Tournais, which the King of his own
(8) Dugd. Bat. vol. i, p. 591. tuod bonus bounty augmented to 18000l. accounting 41. Tournais for
(b) Rot
. Eſch. ejus an.
an. No. 33.
11. Sterling. Rym. Fæd. vol. ii, p. 856.
(i) He left iffue likewiſe four daughters; Agres, married (9) He was fon of Guncelyn de Badleſmere, who was Chief
to John de Sandwich ; Ijelda, to Nicholas de Lenham; Elene, Juſtice of Cheſter in the reign of K. Edward I, an office at
to Bertram de Criol; and Iſabel, to Henry de Gaunt.
that time of no ſmall importance. Bartholomer de Badlef-
(k) Lambard, p. 352, ſays, he had read, that Edward, mere, in the iſt year of that reign, had been conſtituted
Prince of Wales, afterwards K. Edward I, being Warden of
Governor of Briſtol Cafle, and in the 3d year of it had a
the Five Ports, and Conſtable of Dover Caſile, in the life-
grant of the caſtle and manor of Chilham, and others in
this county. In the 6th year of K. Edward II, he was again
his Deputy, to raſe this caſtle, becauſe Crevequer, the
made Governor of the caſtle, town, and berton of Briſtol,
owner, had aſſociated with thoſe nobles who waged war
and in the 7th year of it, was ſent Ambaſſador to the court
againſt him.
of Rome, and the next year, upon the death of Robert de
(l) He left an only ſon and heir William, who dying
Clifford, obtained a grant for the cuſtody of the caſtle of
without iſſue, his inheritance devolved to the iſſue of the
Skypton in the co. of York, as well as of all the reſt of the
daughters of Robert de Crevequer, his grandfather, above-
caſtles in that county and Weſtmoreland, of which the faid.
mentioned. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 591.
Robert died ſeiſęd ; after which, as well as before, he ſerved
the King in his wars, and obtained ſeveral privileges and
(m) The witneſſes to this deed are, for Nicholas de Kyriel,
liberties for his eſtates in different counties, and in the uith
John de Sandwich, Fulco Pevjerere, William his ſon, Stephen
of that reign, was again made Governor of Briſtol
de Pencefire, Guncelyn de Badlefiere, Robert de Cannvile,
Cafile. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 57.
Henry de Malmeyns, Roger de Shurlande, William de Detlynge,
.
and Ralf de St. Leger, knts. &c. Reg. Roff.
(r) Rot. Pat. ejus an. ps. 2da.
year
p. 660.
VOL. II.
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that

474
The W HISTORY of
K E N T.
EXHORNE HUNDRED.
20
LEEDS,
that time, being puffed up through ambition Among the reſt, Bartholomew, Lord Badlefniere,
and his great wealth, he forgot his allegiance, was taken priſoner, and ſent to Canterbury, to
and affociated himſelf with the Earl of Lancaſter, be drawn and hanged; which execution was
and others of the diſcontented Barons ; which performed at the gallows of Blean, and his head
the King being well informed of, reſolved, if being cut off, was ſet on a pole on Burgate in
poſible, to gain poſſeſſion of this ſtrong fortrefs
that city (u).
of Ledes : to effect which, under pretence of the By the inquiſition after h
er his death, which was
Queen's going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury,
not taken till the 2d year of K. Edward III, it
ſhe ſet forward for that city with a large train of appears, that he died ſeiſed of the manor and
attendants, and, with a ſecret intention of ſur caſtle of Ledes (V), which, notwithſtanding his
priſing this caſtle, fent her Marſhal with others fon Giles de Badlefmere found fo much favor with
of her ſervants, to prepare lodging for her and
that Prince, as to have livery of moſt of the
her fuit in it, The Lord Badleſmere's family, lands of his inheritance, was never reſtored to
that is, his wife, ſon, and four daughters, were
him, but remained as part of the royal reve-
at that time in it, together with all his treaſure,
treaſure, nue (w);
nue (w), and the caſtle remained in a moſt ruin-
depoſited there for ſafety, under the care of ous condition till the year 1359, anno 34 Ed-
Thomas Colepeper, the Caſtellan (s), who refuſed ward III, on the 10th of July, in v
which
the Queen's ſervants admittance, and on her that
that munificent prelate, William of Wickham,
coming up, peremptorily perſiſted in denying was conſtituted by the King chief Warden and
her or any one entrance, without letters from Surveyor of the King's caſtle of Ledes, among
his Lord. The Queen, upon this, made ſome
others (x); and from his attention to the re-edi-
attempt to gain admittance by force, and a ſkir- |fying and rebuilding the reſt of them, there is
miſh enſued, in which one or more of her atten-
little doubt but he reſtored this of Leeds to a
dants were ſlain, but being repulſed, ſhe was
very ſuperior ſtate to whatever it had been be.
obliged to relinquiſh her deſign, and to retire
fore, infomuch, that it induced K. Richard to
for lodging and accommodation elſewhere.
viſit it ſeveral times, particularly in his 19th
The King, chagrined at the failure of his year, in which ſeveral of his inſtruments were
ſcheme, and highly reſenting the indignity of-
dated at his caſtle of Ledes (y); and it appears
fered to the Queen, ſent a force under the Earls
to have been at that time accounted a fortreſs
of Pembroke and Richmond, to beſiege the caſtle(t);
of fome ſtrength, for in the beginning of the
and thoſe within it finding no hopes of relief,
next reign, that unfortunate Prince was, b
for though the Lord Badleſmere had induced the order of K. Henry IV, fent priſoner to this
Barons to endeavour to raiſe the fiege, yet they
caſtle (z); and that King himſelf reſided here
never advanced nearer than Kingston, yielded it part
of the month of April in his ad year (a).
up. Upon which, the Lady Badleſmere and her After which, Richard Arundel, Archbiſhop of
children were ſent priſoners to the Tower of Lon-
Canterbury, whoſe mind was by no means infe-
don, Thomas Colepeper, the Caſtellan, was hung rior to his high birth, procured a grant of this
up, and the King took poſſeſſion of the caſtle, caſtle, where he frequently reſided and kept his
as well as of all the Lord Badleſmere's goods and court, whilſt the proceſs againſt the Lord Cob-
treaſures in it.
ham was carrying forward, and ſome of his in-
After which, the Earls of Kent and Surry were
ſtruments were dated from his caſtle of Ledes
ſent with a ſtrong power to arreſt the Lord Bad in the year 1413, being the year in which he
leſmere and his accomplices, and beſieged them died (b). On his death, it reverted again to the
in the caſtle of Pontefract, whither they had hed; Crown, and became accounted as one of the
and on their marching thence ſtill farther north King's houſes, many of the principal gentry of
ward, the King's forces overtook them at Bo the county being intruſted with the cuſtody
roughbridge, where they received a total defeat. of it.
OT
(0) By ſome, Thomas de Aldone is ſaid to have been Caf-
tellan at this time, and that the caſtle being taken, he,
with the Lord Badleſmere's wife, his only fon Giles, his
daughters,
fir Bartholomew de Burgeſche, and his wife, were
ſent to the Tower of London, by the King's order; and that
afterwards, he cauſed Walter Colepeper, Bailiff of the Seven
Hundreds, on the morrow of All Saints, to be drawn in a
pitiable manner at the tails of horſes, and to be hung juſt
by the caſtle of Leeds ; on which Thomas Colepeper, and
others, who were with him in Tunbridge-caſtle, hearing of
the King's approach, fled to the Barons. Lel. Coll. vol. i,
p. 273.
(1) Pat. Roll, anno 15 Edward II, Oa.
17,
turrim, ps. I ma.
(u) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 58. Philipott, p. 213. See a
more ample account of this family, under Badlıfmerla
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus án.
(w) Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 58.
(x) Lowth's Life of Wickham, p. 23. He had likewife
power to appoint all workmen, to provide materials, and
to order every thing with regard to building and repairs;
and in thoſe manors to hold leets and other courts of treſ-
pafs and miſdemeanors, and to enquire of the King's liber-
ties and rights.
(y) Viz. from July 8th to the 18th, anno 19 regni, and
he was here again on the 28th of that month. Rym. Fæd.
vol. vii, p. 805, &c.
(z) Fabian Chron. p. 165.-
(a) Rym. Fæd. vol. viii, p. 187 et ſeq.
(6) Somn. Cant p. 136. Rym. Fæd. ibid.
dat. apud
In

The HISTORY of 2 K E N T.
475
LEEDS.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
In the 7th year of K. Henry V, Joane of Na-
Sir Anthony St. Leger was highly efteemed by
qarre, the ſecond Queen of the late K. Henry K. Henry VIII, to whom he was Gentleman of
IV, being accuſed of conſpiring againſt the life the Privy Chamber, and in the 31ſt year of his
of the King, her ſon-in-law, was committed to reign, Sheriff of this county, being then feated
Leeds-caſtle, there to abide during the King's at his paternal eſtate at Ulcomb in this county;
pleaſure ; and being afterwards ordered into fir
after which, he was conſtituted Lord Deputy of
fobn Pelham’s cuſtody, he removed her to the Ireland; he was elected a Knight of the Garter, in
caſtle of Pevenſey in the co. of Suſſex (c).
1543, and on K. Henry's death, was continued
In the 18th year of K. Henry VI, Archbiſhop
in his poſt of Lord Deputy, and of his Privy
Chichele fat at the King's caſtle of Leeds, in the Council, as he was likewiſe under Q. Mary.
proceſs againſt Eleanor, Dutcheſs of Glouceſter, Being recalled from Ireland in the 3d and 4th year
for ſorcery and witchcraft (d).
of K. Philip and Q. Mary, he retired to his
K. Edward IV, in his 11th year, made Ralph
eſtate in this county, moft probably to Leeds-
caſtle, where he died on March 12, 1559, and
St. Leger, of Ulcomb, eſq; who had ſerved the
office of Sheriff of this county three years before,
was buried with his anceſtors at Ulcomb.
Conſtable of this caſtle for life, and annexed
By Agnes his wife, daughter of Hugh War-
one of the parks as a farther emolument to that bam, of Croydon, eſq; niece to the Archbiſhop, he
had iſſue three fons; William, who died young;
office. He died that year, and was buried with
fir Warham, who was of Ulcomb; and fir Anthony,
his anceſtors at Ulcomb (e).
Maſter of the Rolls in Ireland (k).
Sir Thomas Bourchier, knt. reſided at Leeds-
Sir Warham St. Leger ſucceeded his father in
caſtle in the iſt year of K. Richard III ; in which
the manor and caſtle of Leeds, and in the 2d
year he had commiſſion, among others of the
year of Q. Elizabeth, kept his ſhrievalty at Ul.
principal gentry of this county, to receive the
comb, where he reſided, and was afterwards ap.
oaths of allegiance to K. Richard, of the inha-
pointed Chief Governor of Munfter, and Privy
tants of the ſeveral parts of Kent therein men-
Counſellor, in which province he was unfortu-
tioned (f); in which year, the King confirmed
the liberties of Leeds priory, in recompence of
nately flain, in 1599, anno 42 Elizabeth (2).
However, before his death, he alienated this
24 acres of land in Bromfield, granted for the
manor and caſtle to fir Richard Smyth, knt. fourth
enlargement of the King's park of Ledes (8).
ſon of Thomas Smyth, of Weſtenhanger, eſq; com-
In the 4th year of K. Henry VIII, Henry
monly called Cuſtomer Smyth (m).
Guildford, eſq; had a grant of the office of Con-
1 Sir Richard Smyth reſided at Leeds-caſtle, of
fable of Leeds-caſtle, and of the parkerſhip of
which he died ſeiſed on July 21, 1628, æt. 62(n),
it ; and in the 12th year of that reign, he had
having been thrice married, firſt to Elizabeth,
grant of the cuſtody of the manor of Leeds,
daughter of fir Thomas Scott, knt. and widow of
with ſundry perquiſites, for 40 years. He died
John Knatchbull, ejaz by whom he had one ſon
in the 23d year of that reign, having re-edified
John, and two daughters, Elizabeth, married to
great part of the caſtle, at the King's no ſmall
fir Timothy Thornbill, knt, and Alice, who died
charge (b).
no boisda (m)
without iſſue; ſecondly to Jane, ſole daughter
But the fee ſimple of the manor and caſtle of and heir of Fohn White, of London, eſq; and wi.
Leeds remained in the hands of the Crown, till dow of Samuel Thornbill, of Bromley, efq; by
K. Edward VI, in his 6th year, granted them, whom he had a daughter Mary, married firſt to
with their appurts, in the pariſhes of Leeds, fir James Pointz alias Morrice, of the co. of Eſex,
Langley, and Sutton, to
d Sutton, to fir Anthony St. Leger, knt. knt. and ſecondly to Maurice Barrow, of the co.
to hold in capite by knights ſervice (i).
დიპოვეს საო,
of Suffolk, eſq; ()
HO
(c) Coll. Peer. vol. ii, p.98. Stow's Annals, f. 358.
(d) Rym. Fæd. vol. viii, p. 187 et ſeq. She was after-
wards indicted of high treaſon, before ſeveral Earls; and
having confeffed
part
of the charge againſt her, he under-
went a folemn penance for three ſeveral days in London, and
was afterwards committed to perpetual priſon in the Iſle of
Man. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 308.
(e) Philipott, p. 213. Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 172. See
more of the St. Legers, under Ulcomb, above, p. 422.
(f) Harl. Mf. No. 433–1667.
(8) Tan. Mon. p. 212.
(b) Kilb. Surv. p. 165. Col. Bar. vol. v, p. 4 et ſeq.
He was fon of fir Richard Guldeford, Knight Banneret and of
the Garter, by Joane his ſecond wife, fifter of Nicholas, Lord
Vaux. He was a man of eminent reputation for his martial
abilities, by ſea as well as by land, and had many great and
important truſts conferred on him, beſides lucrative grants
from time to time, and in the 18th year of K. Henry VIII,
was elected Knight of the Garter, being then but 39 years
of age. He was twice married ; firſt to Mary, daughter of
fir Thomas Bryan; and, ſecondly, to Mary, daughter of fir
Robert Wotton : by neither of whom he had iſſue. See
more of this family, under Hemſted in Benenden.
(i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5.
(k) See more of him, under Wierton in Boughton Monchen-
fie, above, p. 398.
do
(1) Philipott, p. 214. Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 172 et
ſeq.
(m) See more of them, under Weſtenhanger in Stanford.
(n) He lies buried in the ſouth chancel of Ajhford church,
under a coſtly monument, on which are his effigies lying at
full length.
() Mff. pedigr. Smyth and Thornhill. Sir John's third.
wife fạrvived him, by whom he had a daughter Margaret.
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EYHORNE HUNDRED.
this county:
firſt to
Philippa,
, ,
t daughten
The WH HISTORY of K EN T.
LEEDS.
Sir John Smith, knt, the only ſon, ſucceeded Prince (u), was by him made of his Privy
his father, and reſided at Leeds-caſtle, but dying Council, and Chancellor and Under Treaſurer
without iſſue on May 20, 1632 (P), his two of the Exchequer for life (w), afterwards Maſter
fifters, viz. Alice, wife of fir Timothy Thornhill, of the Rolls, and Governor of the Iſle of Wight,
and Mary of Maurice Barrow, ejq;(9) became his During the troubles of that Monarch, he con.
coheirs, and entitled their reſpective huſbands tinued ſtedfaſt to the royal cauſe, in ſupport of
to the property of this manor and caſtle (r), which, he did not ſcruple to venture his life in
which they afterwards joined in the ſale of to the battles of Kineton, Newbery, and other ſharp
fir Thomas Colepeper, of Hollingborne, knt. (s) encounters, and as a reward for his ſervices and
By Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Che loyalty, was by let. pat, dated at Oxford on Oa.
nėy, of Gueſtling in the co. of Suſſex, he had iſſue 21, 1644, advanced to the dignity of Lord Cole-
three ſons and eight daughters (t). He ſettled peper, Baron of Thoreſway in the co. of Lincoln (x).
this eſtate of Leeds manor and caſtle, ſoon after
After the death of K. Charles I, he attended
his purchaſe of it, on his eldeſt ſon Cheney Cul K. Charles II. abroad, and continued with him
peper, remainder to his two other ſons, Francis during his exile (y), and till his reſtoration, be.
and Thomas. Cheney Culpeper, eſq; reſided at
ing one of his Privy Council. Shortly after
Leeds-caſtle for ſome time, till at length perſuad-
which he died, on July 11th that year, anno
ing his brother fir Thomas Culpeper, of Holling-
1660, æt. 61, and was buried at Holling borne in
borne, knt. (then his only ſurviving brother,
Francis being dead without iſſue,) to cut off
He was twice married ;
the entail of this eſtate, he alienated it to his daughter of fir John Snelling, knt. (z) by whom
couſin fir John Colepeper, Lord Colepeper, only
he had one fon Alexander, who died without
ſon of fir John Culpeper, of Wigsell in the co. of iſſue (a), and a daughter Philippa, married to
Suſſex, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Wil. fir Thomas Herlackenden, of Woodchurch, knt. He
liam Sedley, of Southfleet (u).
married ſecondly, Judith, daughter of fir Thomas
Sir John Colepeper, repreſented the county of Culpeper, of Hollingborne, knt, by whom he had
Kent in Parliament in the 16th year of K. Char. iſſue ſeven children (b); of whom, Thomas, Lord.
les I, and being a perſon, who by his abilities Colepeper, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in title
had raiſed himſelf much in the favor of that and in this manor and caſtle of Leeds, where
(1) He died, æt. 40, and was buried in this church, (x) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 472.
having married Mary, daughter of Richard Franklyn, of - (y) During his abſence, Leeds-caftle ſeems to have been
Willesdon in the co. of Middleſex, ejg;
in the poffeffion of the uſurping powers, and to have been
(2) She died Nov. 19, 1666, æt. 65, and was buried at made ufe of by them, for the affembling of their Commit-
Barningham in the co. of Suffolk.
tee-men and Sequeſtrators, and for a receptacle to impriſon
(,) K. Charles I, by his let. pat. March
14, 1626,
the ejected Miniſters.
ſettled the fee-farm of 10l. payable to the King, his heirs, In 1652, all his eſtates were declared by ordinance of
and ſucceſſors, out of the manor and caſtle of Leeds, in Parliament to be forfeited, for treaſon againſt the ſtate. See
dower on 2. Henrietta Maria, for her life. Rym. Fæd. Scobell's Coll. pt. ii, p. 156.
vol. xviii, p. 709.
(2) She died on Sept. 16, 1630, æt. 20, and lies buried
(s) Some account of this eminent and illuſtrious family of in Hollingborne church.
Colepeper or Culpeper, has already been given, under Ajlesford, (a) He married Catherine, daughter of fir Edward Ford,
of Haſtings in the co. of Suſſex, knt, and died in his father's
they were at different times ſeated. Sir Thomas Colepeper, a life-time.
bove-mentioned, was deſcended from that branch feated at (6) Viz. Thomas, Lord Colepeper, his fucceffor ; John,
Bedgbury in Goudhurft; one of which, Walter Culpeper, ſecond Lord Colepeper, who ſucceeded his brother in that title, and
ſon of fir John Colepeper, of that place, knt. lived in the
reign of K. Henry VII. He married Anne, only daughter Hollingborne, knt. and dying on July 8, 1719, was buried
and heir of Henry Aucher, of Lofenham in Nervenden, by in Holling borne church ; Cheney, Lord Colepeper, who fuc-
which he became poſſeſſed of that place. He left iſſue by ceeded his brother in that title, and died at his reſidence of
her one ſon William, and two daughters, Anne, who mar Hofton St. John, on June 15, 1725, without iſſue, by which
ried Tooke, and Elizabeth. William, the ſon, was of Lolen the title became extinct; and Francis who died
young,
with-
ham, and of Wigsell in the co. of Suflex, and by Cecil his out iſſue. Elizabeth, the eldeſt daughter, married James Ha-
wife, daughter of Edward Barret, left iſſue ſeven fons; of
milton, and dying in 1709, st. 72, was buried iu Hollinga
whom, fir John Culpeper, of Wigsell, knt. the eldeſt ſon, borne church. She had iſſue by him three ſons; James,
was father of fir John Colepeper, created Lord Colepeper ; Earl of Abercorn, George; and William, who was of Chiffon
and Francis, the ſecond, was of Greenway-court in Holling in this county, ela; The other two daughters were, Judith
borne, and was father of fir Thomas Colepeper, of Hollingborne,
and Philippa.
knt. purchaſer of Leeds-caſtle, as above-mentioned. Mf. Sir John Colepeper, Lord Colepeper, bore for his arms-
pedigr. Colepeper, Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619. See alſo more Argent, a bend ingrailed gules, the antient bearing of this
of this family, under Bedgbury in Goudburſt,
family ; and for his ſupporters (granted by fir Edward Wal-
(t) See a further account of them, under Holling borne, ker, knt.)-Two dragons argent, each of them collared with a
above, p. 466.
ducal coronet, or.
(u) The fon of William Culpeper, of Loſenbam and Wig John, Lord Colepeper, had a natural daughter Suſan, by
Sell, by Cecil, daughter of Edward Barret.
Mrs. Suſan Wills (and owned by him as one of his children).
(v) See his character in Lord Clarendon's Life, 8vo. f. 48. She married for Charles Englefield, bart, Kimb. Bar. vol.i,
(w) Pat. dated Jan. 6, 1641. Rym. Fæd. vol. xx, p.599.
1
p. 128.
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The H I S T OR Y of K E N T.
477
LEEDS.
Richard Fairfax was feiſed of lands in that county in the
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
he reſided (c), and having married Margaret, Thomas, who ſucceeded him as Lord Fairfax ;
daughter of Signior Jean de Heſje, of a noble Henry Culpeper, who died unmarried, on Oct.
family in Germany (d), he left iſſue by her a
14, 1734; and Robert, of whom hereafter. Of
fole daughter and heir Catherine, who intitled her
the daughters, Margaret married David Wilkins,
huſband, Thomas, Lord Fairfax, of Cameron in D.D. and Prebendary of Canterbury ; Frances
Scotland, to this manor and caſtle, with other married Denny Martin, eſas The other two
eſtates in this neighbourhood (e).
daughters were Catherine and Mary.
He died poffeffed of them on Jan. 6, 1710, The Right Hon. Thomas, now Lord Fairfax,
leaving iſſue three ſons and four daughters, viz. fucceeding his father in title and eſtate, as
(c) In the 12th year of K. Charles II, an act paſſed for and two daughters; of whom, Ferdinando was his fucceffor;
the reſtoring to John, Lord Culpeper, ſon and heir and fole Henry, Rector of Bolton Percy, who had iſſue two ſons,
executor of Thomas, Lord Culpeper, Baron of Thorſway, and Herry, who became Lord Fairfax, and Bryan, who was an-
Maſter of the Rolls, deceaſed, all the manors, lands, &c. ceſtor of Bryan Fairfax, late Commiſſioner of the Cuſtoms;
whereof the ſaid John, Lord Culpeper, was in poſſeſſion on William, llain in Germany; Gol. Charles Fairfax, of Menflon,
May 20, 1642, or at any time after, which had not been the noted Antiquary, whoſe iſſue ſettled there ; the other
fince ſold by the ſaid John, Lord Colepeper. But Thomas,
fons died without iſſue,
Lord Culpeper, the fon, being as above miſnamed John, and Ferdinando, the ſecond Lord Fairfax, was knighted in
the father Jobu being miſnamed Thomas, another act paſſed 1589, and in the civil wars of K. Charles I. and his Parlia-
next year, anno 13 and 14 Charles II, wherein theſe mil-
ment, during which he warmly efpoufed the cauſe of the
takes were rectified.
latter, was made General of their forces; and Governor
(d) She was naturalized by act of Parliament, anno 13
of the city of York, on its ſurrender to them, where he died
in 1646, leaving iſſue by Mary his firſt wife, daughter of
and Charles II, and died in 1706. She bore for her
14
arms-Quarterly, argent and fable.
Edmund, Earl of Mulgrave, three fons, whereof the two
youngeſt died without iſſue, and ſix daughters. His ſecond
(e) The family of Fairfax is eſteemed to be very antient
wife
in this kingdom, even before the Norman conqueſt ; how-
was Rhoda, daughter and heir of Thomas Chapman, efq;
widow of Thomas Huſey, eſq; by whom he had a daughter
ever, old evidences in the hands of the family prove, they
Urſula, married to William Cartwright, of Aynho, eſq; whoſe
were in poſſeſſion of lands in Yorkſhire near 600 years ago.
daughter Rhoda, niarried Henry Cavendiſh, ſecond ſon of
William, Duke of Devonſhire.
reign of K. John, whoſe grandſon William Fairfax, in the
Sir Thomas Fairfax, knt. ſucceeded his father as Lord
time of K. Henry III, purchaſed the manor of Walton in
Fairfax, and in all his pofts under the Parliament, and was
the Weſt Riding, where he and his fucceffors refided for
that famous General ſo noted in Engliſh hiftory during the
many generations afterwards.
bu
civil wars, being made Commander in Chief of all the
par-
His deſcendant Richard Fairfax, of Walton, efq; lived
liamentary forces, and having many offices of truſt and
in the reigns of K. Henry IV, V, and VI, and was Chief
pro-
fit conferred on him; but at laſt he grew ſo weary of the
Juſtice of England in the laſt reign, and married Anaſtatia,
;
daughter and coheir of John Calthorpe, of Calthorpe, eſq;
diſtreſs and confufion which his former actions had brought
upon his unhappy country, that he heartily concurred with
by whom he had fix ſons and three daughters ; of whom,
General Monk, in the reſtoration of K. Charles II. After
William, the eldeft, was of Walton, and anceſtor of the
which he retired to his feat at Bilborough in Yorkſhire, where
Fairfax's of Walton and Gilling in Yorkſhire; of whom, fir
he died, Nov. 12, 1671, in his both
12, 1671, in his both year, and was buried
Thomas Fairfax, of Gilling, knt. was created Viſcount Fair-
there. By Anne his wife, daughter and coheir of Horatio,
fax of Emley in the kingdom of Ireland, whoſe deſcendant
Charles Gregory, the tenth Viſcount Fairfax, dying in 1772,
Lord Vere of Tilbury, a truly loyal and virtuous lady, he
1911
without male iſſue, the title became extin&t.
had iſſue two daughters, Mary, married to George Villiers,
Duke of Buckingham, who died without iſſue, and Elizabeth,
Sir Guy Fairfax, the third ſon of Richard Fairfax, of
who died an infant.
Walton, eſq; for the other ſons died without iſſue, was bred
On default of male iſſue, therefore, the title devolved to
to the law, and was Juſtice of the Common Pleas in the
reign of Edward IV, and Juſtice of the King's Bench in the
Henry Fairfax, efq; of Oglefthorpe in the co. of York, his
firſt-couſin above-mentioned, viz. eldeſt ſon of Henry,
reign of Henry VII, and being poſſeſſed of the manor of
Rector of Bolton Percy, who became the fourth Lord Fairfax.
Steaton in the co. of York, built a caſtle there, for the re-
He had ſerved in Parliament for the county of York, and
fidence of himſelf and his poſterity. 919 gativ 515W
married Frances, daughter and heir of fir Robert Barwick,
His ſon for William Fairfax was bred to his father's pro-
of Tolſton, by whom he had four fons and five daughters,
feffion, and was Juſtice of the Common Pleas in the reign of
viz. Thomas, his fucceffor ; Henry, Sheriff of Yorkſhire in
Henry VIII; whoſe only ſon, of the ſame name, by his mar-
1691, who by Anne, daughter and coheir of Richard Har-
riage with Iſabel, only daughter of Thomas Thwaits, of Den-
riſon, efq; left iflue Henry, William, Bryan, Dorothy, and
ton in Yorkſhire, became poſſeſſed of that manor and caſtle,
Anne.
where his poſterity afterwards reſided. By her he had fix
Bryan and Barwick were the other two ſons. Lord Fair-
ſons and five daughters ; of the former, Guy, the eldeſt,
fax died in the year 1680, and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt
died without iſſue; fir Thomas was of Denton, of whom be-
ſon Thomas, fifth Lord Fairfax, who was bred to a military
low; Francis, Edward, Henry, and Gabriel, the latter of
life, and roſe to the rank of a Brigadier-General. He re
whom was anceſtor of that branch of this family ſeated at
preſented the county of York in ſeveral Parliaments, and
Steaton-caſtle, and afterwards at Newton near Tadcaſter.
Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, eldef ſurviving fon,
marrying Catherine, daughter and heir of Thomas, Lord Cole-
above-mentioned, changed the original field of his coat ar-
peper, poſſeſſed, in her right, the manor and cattle of Leeds,
and other large poffeflions, as above-mentioned.
mour from argent to or, and was father of for Thomas
Fair-
In the Britiſh Muſeum, among the Harleian Mf. are few
fax, knt. who was, for his ſervices to K. James and K.
Charles I, created by the latter, on May 4, 1627, Lord
veral pedigrees of this family, and likewiſe more than one
Mf. copy of the memorial of the parliamentary General
Fairfax, Baron of Cameron in the kingdom of Scotland. He
Thomas, Lord Fairfax, of his military tranſactions during
died on May 1, 1640, in his 8oth year, having had iſſue by
Ellen, daughter of Robert Aſke, of Aughton, efq; ten fons
his command as ſuch. No. 1786, 2315, and 6390.
Vol. II.
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478
The HISTORY of K E N T.
LEEDS.
b
1
arms
above-mentioned, reſided at Leeds-caſtle till his
quitting England, to reſide on his great poffef-
ſions in Virginia, in North America, where he
ſtill continues, and is at this time unmarried.
On his departure froin England, he gave up
the poſſeſſion of this manor and caſtle to his only
ſurviving brother, the Hon. Robert Fairfax, who
now reſides at Leeds-caſtle.
Being bred to a military life, he roſe to the
rank of Major in the Horſe Guards, and twice
ſerved in Parliament for the town of Maidſtone,
as he did afterwards in two ſucceſſive Parlia.
ments for this county.
He has been twice married; firſt, in 1741, to
Martha, daughter and coheir of Anthony Collins,
of Baddow in Elex, efq; who died in 1744, by
whom he had iffue one ſon, who died an infant
in 1747; and, ſecondly, in 1749, to one of the
daughters of Thomas Beſt, of Chatham, efq; who
died without iſſue in 1750.
The Right Hon. Lord Fairfax bears for his
-Four coats quarterly; ift and 4th, Fair.
fax, or, 3 bars gemelles, gules, ſurmounted of a lion
rampant, fable ; 2d and 3d, Colepeper, argent, a
bend gules. For his creſt-On a wreath, a lion
paſſant-guardant, ſable. And for his ſupporters
-On the dexter ſide, a lion guardant, ſable ; on
the finiſter, a bay horſe.
There is a fee-farm rent of 1ol. per annum ſtill
payable to the Crown, for the caſtle and park
of Leeds.
A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for the
manor of Leeds, at which three Borſholders are ap-
pointed. It is divided into fix diviſions, or yokes
as they are called, viz. Church-yoke, Ferinland-
yoke, Mill-yoke, Rufferken-yoke, Stockwell-yoke, and
Lees-yoke.
Leeds Caſtle is a moſt magnificent pile of build-
ing, being all built of ſtone, at ſeveral times, and
of different architecture; notwithſtanding which,
it has altogether a fine effect, and at once ſtrikes
the beholder with admiration and pleaſure.
It is ſituated in the midſt of a beautiful park,
the view of which implants in the mind an idea
of the noble and the great, and is incircled by
a large moat of running water, which is ſupplied
by a ſtream which riſes at Lenham, and flows
from hence into the river Medway. In this
water there is great plenty of fiſh, eſpecially
pike, which are ſo large, as frequently to weigh
between 30 and 40 pounds.
At the entrance to the caſtle, are the remains
of an antient gateway, which has been pulled
down to within about a yard of the ground.
What is left, ſhews it to have been very ſtrong;
the groove for the portcullis is ſtill remaining.
A little to the north-weſt of it, is the ruin of a
very antient building, probably belonging to
one of the inferior officers, whoſe poft was near
the gate of the caſtle.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
The approach to the caſtle is over a ſtone
bridge of two arches, and under another antient
gateway, which, with the part already deſcribed,
ſeems to have been part of the old fortreſs, built
by the Crevequers, and not demoliſhed at the
time the reſt of it was. TODAS
Within the laſt-mentioned gate, is an hand-
ſome quadrangle or court, and on the right hand
a building, which ſeems by the architecture to
be of the time of William of Wickham, and might
be part of what he erected here. That part at
the further ſide of the ſquare, oppoſite the en-
trance, contains the ſtate or principal apart.
ments, which has had a handſome uniform front
of ruſtic ſtone-work added to it; the windows
of it, though ſaſhed, are arched in the gothic
taſte, and the parapet is embattled. Behind
this building, over a bridge of iwo arches, for-
merly a draw-bridge, but now built on and in.
cloſed as a paſſage, there is a large building,
being the extremity of the caſtle; this is a hand-
ſome ſtructure, of fightly workmanſhip, in-
tended no doubt both for beauty and ſtrength,
and ſeems to be of the age of K. Henry VIII.
If fo; in all likelihood, it was erected by fir
Henry Guildford, knt. who was Conſtable of it in
that reign, and, as has been already mentioned,
re-edified this caſtle at the King's charge.
The ſcite of this building, from the ſtrength
and ſituation of the place, was moſt probably
where the ancient keep of the caſtle was for-
merly placed.
It is ſaid, that only the outermoſt gate of
the caſtle, and the old mill, are in the pariſh
of Leeds, and that the reit of it is in the pariſh
of Bromfield.
On Tueſday, Nov. 3, 1779, His Majesty
K. George III, and his confort 2 Charlotte,
after having reviewed the grand camp on Cockſ-
heath, honored this caſtle with their preſence.
They arrived here about ſeven o'clock that
evening, and were
and were received with a
received with all poſible
of reſpect by tke Hon. Mr. Fairfax, and
others of the nobility, general officers, &c. who
were waiting here for that purpoſe. The caftie
and its environs were elegantly illuminated,
honor of their Majeſties, and
every accommo-
dation prepared for then. The next day, their
Majeſties received the compliments of the nobi-
lity, general officers, and many of the principal
gentry of the county, as well as of the Mayor,
Deputy.Recorder, and other members of the cor-
poration of the neighbouring town of Maidfione;
when they had all the honor of kiſſing their Ma-
jeſties' hands, and the King conferred the honor of
Knighthood on Wm. Biſhop, eſq; the Mayor. A
general mock ſiege againſt the caſtie was intended
to have been exhibited the next day, by ſeveral
of the regiments, and the great artillery, from
the heath, which was to have been oppoſed by
a like force from within it: but the wetneſs of
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EYHORNB HUNDRED.
LEEDS.
poffeffor of it.
Tratto
acclamations of thouſands of their, ſubjects, for
pleaſed with this caſtle and its environs, and
Adam de Crevequer his ſon, in the year 1110,
the day rendered it impracticable. That day, church, without obtaining leave of him, his
Mr. Fairfax, the general officers, &c. of the heirs, or aſſigns, reſerving, however, to him,
army, had the honor of dining with their Ma. and his heirs and aſſigns, the approbation of
jefties, who next morning ſet out, amidſt the thoſe ſo elected, as had been uſed of old time to
his anceſtors. And he granted, that they and
London, having expreſſed themſelves highly their ſucceſſors might purchaſe rents, lands, &c.
within his fee, with power of diſtraining for the
the welcome reception they met with from the rents of them, &c.
Hamo de Crevequer confirmed all theſe dona-
wir os bowo
tions and privileges ; and he granted, that the
THE ABBEY, formerly THE PRIORY OF LEEDS.
Canons of Ledes, and their ſucceſſors, ſhould have
Robert de Crevequer, with the aſſiſtance of their own proper amerciaments, and thoſe of
their tenants, which ſhould happen within his
founded a priory at Leeds for black canons re courts, reſerving to himſelf and his ſucceſſors
gular, of the order of St. Auguſtine, and by his
reaſonable fines of forfeiture ; and if they
charter then gave to them a fcite for the founding
ſhould have paid any thing to him or his anceſ-
of their church, in honor of St. Mary and St. tors, of their own bounty and wills, it ſhould
Nicholas, and other convenient buildings for the be reſtored, left it might be brought into a
religious, as it was then incloſed and bounded
cuſtom (g).
off, to be poſſeſſed by them free and diſcharged
Pope Innocent III, in his ad year, anno 1198,
from all earthly ſervice and exaction. And he confirmed the ſubjection of this priory to the
gave them the forſtall, which was before their juriſdiction of the fee of Canterbury (b). And
K. Edward III, in his 41ſt year, by letters of
gate, and the land which lay on both ſides of it;
which gift was afterwards confirmed by Daniel
inſpeximus, confirmed to the Canons of the church
of Ledes, i. e. the priory, then of his patronage,
de Crevequer his ſon, as well as the reſt of the
all the former donations made by the Crevequers
gifts which his father had made to it.
His ſon Robert confirmed all the gifts of his
to them (i).
father and grandfather, and among other poſſeſ-
The Archdeacon of Canterbury claimed the pri-
fions, gave to them the mill of Brandeſcompe in
vilege of inſtalling the Prior of Ledes, at which
Ledes, with his free fuite. And he granted for
time he ſtayed at the priory for two nights and a
him, his heirs, and aſſigns, that the Canons and
day, and received his victuals and drink for that
their ſucceffors for ever, ſhould have free com- | time, but nothing further (k).
mon in all his fright of Ledes, to feed their cat-
In the reign of K. Richard II, William de Ver-
tie in, all times of the year, at their will; and
dun, Prior of this houſe, with others (1), having
that the conventual church of their convent be-
laid violent hands on a monk of St. Albans, was
ing vacant, they ſhould have the free power
proſecuted for it by that fraternity, which oc-
cafioned a violent conteſt between the two fo.
and cuſtody of it, and the diſpoſal and order-
ing of all their poffeffions and goods for ever, cieties; and it continued, till competent fatif-
without any impediment of him, or his heirs,
faction was made, and the delinquents abſolved
or aſſigns whatſoever; and he gave them his
by a bull of Pope Boniface IX, in his 3d year,
wood, called Eaſt-park, with the lands adjoin-
anno 1391 (m).
Tooted
ing to it, in the pariſh of Ledes, in perpetual and
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 13845
nigniekto
Robert, ſon of Hamon de Crevequer, junior, on
of this priory was valued at 220l. 125. 8d.(n)
Dec.
In the 21ſt year of that reign, the Prior of
3, anno
3
Edward I, confirmed all the
gifts made to the canons of Ledes by his anceſtors
Leeds lent the King 20 marcs, to ſupply his
or himſelf, within his barony of Crevequer; and
exigences ().
likewiſe, on the vacancy of their conventual
K. Richard III, in his firſt year, confirmed
church, the free cuſtody of their houſe, &c. as
the liberties of this priory ().
above-mentioned ; and that on a vacancy, they James Goldewelle, LL.D. Biſhop of Norwich,
and their ſucceſſors for ever, ſhould chuſe Priors in the reign of K. Henry VII, finding this con-
for the government of themſelves and their vent deeply in debt, and unable to ſupport their
(g) Dugd. Mon. vol. ïi, p. 110 et ſeq.
(b) Regift. of Chriſt Church, Cant.
(i) Tan. Mon. p. 212.
(k) Somn. Cant. pt. ii, append. N. 28.
(1) Viz. Thomas de Maydenfton, Nicholas Shirton, Johan-
nes de Renham, Canons here ; Maſter Hugh de Forſham, Cl.
Anthony Meſager, John Frere, and John Linne, laymen.
The monk, who was ſlain, was John de Stopley. Weever,
P. 287
(m) Weever, p. ibid. Thomas Hazlewood, Canon here,
after he had taught towards his old age, applied himſelf to
reading and writing hiſtory. He wrote many things, and
among others, a work which he entitled A Compendious
Chronicle. He lived in the reign of K Richard II. Stev.
Mon. vol. ii, p. 73.
(n) Stev. Mon. yol. i, p. 40.
(0) Rym. Fod. vol. viii, p. II.
(p) Dugd. Mon, vol. ii, p. 110, &c.
uſual

480
The
HISTORY of KIEN T,
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
Yeh
NAMES OF SOME OF THE PRIORS.
1517.
any
In which ſituation it remained till the 31ſt
(9) Rym..
LEEDS.
uſual hoſpitality, relieved them bounteouſy,
infomuch, that they acknowledged him in ſome
meaſure as the founder of their houſe. And the
Biſhop, being rather deſirous for the health of
his ſoul, than the repayment of the money,
founded a chantry of one prieſt, to pray daily for
ever, for his and his parents fouls, at the altar
of the Virgin Mary, in the ſouth part of the nave
of this conventual church; to which the Prior
and Convent acceded, and by their inſtrument,
dated in their chapter-houſe, June 12, 1487,
decreed, that in conſideration of the Biſhop's mag-
nificent and generous act to their convent, one
of their Canons ſhould daily perform the ſervice,
in manner as above-mentioned.
On Dec. 22, 1534, anno '26 Henry VIII,
the Prior and Convent of the houſe or priory of
Lyddis ſigned the act of ſucceſſion and the King's
ſupremacy ; at which time there were, a Prior,
Supprior, and 10 Canons, in this priory, who
then ſigned this inſtrument (9).
year of K. Henry VIII, when an act paſſed,
for confirming to the King and his ſucceſſors
all religious houſes, which had been ſuppreſſed
ſince the former act of the 27th year of
that reign, or might be in future ſuppreſſed.
In conſequence of which, the Prior and Convent
of Leeds, among others, were in a manner con-
ſtrained to ſurrender their houſe, lands, and
poffeffions, then valued at 3621. 75. 7d. per ann.
into the King's hands, for the uſe of himſelf
and his fucceffors (r).
Leeds Abbey is ſituated about three quarters of
a mile weſtward from the caſtle, and by the an-
tient remains of it, appears to have been a ſpa-
cious building.
The church of it is ſaid to have been in ſize and
beauty equal to many of our cathedrals. There
was a noted figure of the Virgin Mary in it, be-
ſide the altar of St. Katherine. There were like-
wife altars in it dedicated to St. Martial and St.
Anne (s).
31on and tools 13 )
,
(r) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, pt. i, p. cxlviii. This is
one of thoſe religious houſes, which by the ſtatute of 31
Henry
nry VIII, is capable of exemption from tythes ; ſuch
being ſurrendered into the King's hands, in as free and
ample a manner as the religious themſelves held and en-
joyed the ſame. See Burn's Ecclel. Law, vol. iii, p. 382.
The Chartulary, or Ledger Book of this priory, is now
in the poffeffion of fir John Filmer, bart.
(s) In this church, Leland, Itin. vol. vi, p: 7, ſays, were
buried three of the Crevequers, Robert, Robert, and Thomas.
Guido Mone, who was Prebendary of Stow Longa, in Lincoln
cathedral, and afterwards Biſhop of St. Davids, of which he
died poffeffed, at his houſe at Charlton in Kent, on Aug.
31, 1407, was likewiſe buried here. Willis's Cath, vol. ii,
p. 243
Joane Goodherji, widow, by her laſt will, proved at Cana
terbury April 19, 1485, directed her body to be buried in
(t) William de Verdun, anno 1391.
(u) John Bredgar,
1487.
(v) Richard Chetham,
(w) Arthur St. Leger, 1534.
(x) Thomas Day, the laſt Prior, ſurrendered
this priory into the King's hands in 1539, anno
31 Henry VIII, and had a penſion of sol. per
annum allowed to him (y).
The Prior of Ledes was ſummoned to Parliament
anno 49 Henry III, (y) but I do not find
ſummons directed to him afterwards.
The arms of this priory were-Argent, a croſs
voided gules, in imitation of their founders the
Crevequers, who bore-Gules, a croſs or.
The year after the diſſolution of the priory,
K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, dated June
6, in his 32d year, demiſed' to fir Anthony St.
Leger, knt, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of
221. 175. 2d. the houſe and ſcite of the priory of
Leeds, with all houſes, mills, edifices, gardens,
waters, lands, &c. within the ſcite and precinct
of it, and all thoſe lands therein mentioned, con-
taining together 323 acres, and one barn, and
all thoſe lands, meadows, &c. called Weſihale,
in the tenure of the ſaid Anihony St. Leger ; all
which premiſes were in the pariſh of Leeds, and
lately belonged to the late priory there ; except-
ing all timber trees, &c. and alſo all houſes and
buildings within the precinct of it, which the
King had already ordered to be pulled down and
carried away. And on July 15th following,
the King granted to him the office of Steward
of all the manors, lands, and poſſeſſions of this
priory, with the annual fee or wages of 51.(a)
In which ſtate it continued till the reign of K.
Edw. VI, when that King, by his let. pat. July
20,
in his 4th year, granted to fir Anth. St.Leger,
of Ulcomb, Knight of the Garter, &c. (b) the fcite
of the priory of Leeds, and all orchards, gardens,
&c. and all thoſe demeſne lands of the ſaid mo-
naſtery, lying in Leeds, Langley, Sutton Valence,
and Bromfield, and all thoſe woods, called Cha-
at the bomino el Siswa
030
the church of this priory, under the tomb of John Iprys,
eſq; her late father, if it conveniently might be, but if not,
then in the cemetery of the pariſh church of Ledys, near the
burying-place of her huſband.
(t) Weever, p. 287.
Sto (bofluo 9911 9 ovde
bo be benoi-vods
(u) Mf. E, H.
(v) Ibid.
och 7919 tot zoi vista bi
(ru) Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 513. novog odo not
(x) Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. ii, p. 102.
He en-
joyed this penſion in 1553, when there remained in charge
521. 135. 4d. in annuities to him, and eight others. Wil-
lis ibid.
(1) Stev. Mon. vol. ii, append. p. 15.
(a) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(6) Deeds of Purch. and Exch, Augtn. off, box G. 21.
Rot, Eſch, ejus an, pt. 8.
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481
H IS TO RY
K E N T.
of
LEEDS.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
He joined with Elizabeth his wife, in the
6th year of K. James ī, in the ſale of the priory,
or abbey of Leeds (g), as it came then to be
called, with the lands and appurts, belonging to
it, to fir William Meredith, of Stanſty in the co.
of Denbigh, knt. who afterwards reſided here (b).
He left iſſue by Jane his wife, daughter of fir
Thomas Palmer, of Wingham, bart. one ſon Wil-
liam; and two daughters (k).
William Meredith, the ſon, was of Leeds-abbey,
eſq; and was treated a Baronet on Aug. 13, 1622,
anno 20 James I. He was twice married; firſt
to Suſanna, daughter of Francis Barker, of Lon-
don, ejq; by whom he had ſix ſons and fix
daughters (m). His ſecond wife was Mary,
daughter of Henry Goring, of the co. of Eſſex,
17; and reliet of Thomas Aynfcombe, of Mayfield,
eſq; by whom he had no iſſue (ñ). He died
April 10, 1675, æt. 72, and was buried in the
north chancel of this church, being ſucceeded by
his eldeſt ſurviving ſon, fir Richard Meredith,
bart. who married Suſanna, daughter of Philip
Skippon, of the co. of Norfolk, eſq; by whom he
had iſſue fix fons and five daughters (0); of
whom fir William Meredith, the eldeſt ſon, was of
Leeds-abbey, bart, and died unmarried ; Henry,
the ſecond ſon, was a Colonel in the army, and
married on April 12, 1709, Mary, daughter and
non-row, Middledale, Pryland-wood, Glouvers-wood,
South-parke-wood, Bromfield-wood, Almerye-wood,
and Kingſnoth-wood, by eſtimation 229 acres of
land, late belonging to the priory, to hold of
the King in capite by knights ſervice.
C
Sir Anthony St. Leger died ſeiſed of this eſtate
on March 12, 1559 (c), and was ſucceeded in it
by his ſon fir Warham St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knt.
who in the 15th year of Q. Elizabeth, with the
Queen's licence, alienated this priory, with all
meſſuages, &c. belonging to it in Leeds, Langley,
Sulton Valence, and Bromfield, to Robert Hamp-
den and Caſian Cowper, of London (1), who ap
pear to have been truſtees for the ſale of this
eftate, which they quickly afterwards ſold to
Norden, who ſoon afterwards parted with it to
Francis Colepeper, of Greenway-court in Holling-
borne, efq; who not long after tranſmitted it
back again to Norden, and he immediately af-
terwards alienated it to William Covert, who by
his wife, Bennet Herenden, left iſſue a ſon William
Covert, efq; who reſided here, and new built the
front of the houſe, as it now remains, and re-
paired and re-edified much of the reſt of the
antient buildings of the priory, over a ſtone
portal on the weſt ſide of which, the initials of
his name, W. C. and the date, 1598, ſtill re-
main (e).
o, most
ffugh antibitud pits to
(c) See an account of the St. Legers, above, p. 422.
ml
The greateſt part of the manors and poſſeſſions of the
diſſolved priory of Leeds was ſettled by K. Henry VIII, in
his 33d year, on his new-founded Dean and Cbapter of
Rocheſter.
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. i.
hobide od werden da
u od 20
(C). He married Elizabeth, the youngeſt daughter of Wil-
liam Stede, of Harrietſham, eſq; by whom he had iſſue ſe-
veral children. After the ſale of Leeds-abbey, he reſided
at Vintners in the neighbouring pariſh of Boxley, under the
deſcription of which ſeat, a further account of him may be
ſeen, above, p. 128.
(8) A licence of alienation, under the great ſeal, Feb. 1,
anno 6 James I, to William Covert and Elizabeth his wife,
for five meſſuages, three cottages, one mill, one pidgeon-
houſe, three gardens, three orchards, 300 acres of land,
500 acres of meadow, 100 acres of paſture, 80 acres of
wood, 500 acres of heath and furze, with appurts. in Leeds,
Langley, Bromfield, and Sutton alias Surton Valence, which
premiſes were held in capite, to fer Thomas Palmer, knt.
Edward Poley, eſq; and Edward and John Meredith, truftees
for fir William Meredith, knt. And a like licence paſſed,
dated Sept. 2, anno 14 James I, to fir Warham St. Leger,
and Mary his wife, for one cottage, 80 acres of land, 10
acres of meadow, 40 acres of paſture, and 100 acres of
wood, in the ſame pariſhes, held as aforeſaid, to fr Thomas
Palmer and Edward Meredith, in truft for fir William Mere-
dith, knt.
(5) He had two brothers, Edward and John; the for-
mer of whom left iſſue two ſons, Ellis and Richard. Sir
William Meredith was Treaſurer and Paymaſter of the army
and cautionary towns of Brill and Fluſhing, in the reigns
of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I.
(k) She afterwards married John, Lord Vaughan, (who
fucceeded his father as Earl of Carbery,) and died in Nov.
1643, t. 8o, and lies buried in the north chancel of the
church of Leeds, under a fuperb marble monument, richly
embelliſhed with her arms, ſupporters, &c.
Anne, her eldeſt daughter, was married firſt to fir Robert
Brett, of Malling, knt, and ſecondly to Francis, Lord Cotting-
ton; and Jane, the youngeſt, firſt to fir Peter Wyche, and
ſecondly to fir John Merrick, of London, knt.
23
(m) She died Feb. 21, 1654, and lies buried in the north
chancel of this church.
Of the fons, the eldeſt died unmarried; Richard, the
ſecond, ſucceeded him in title; the three next fons died
unmarried, and Roger, the fixth, was a Maſter in Chan-
cery,
bart. by whom he had no iſſue. Of the daughters,
Eliza-
and married, Anne, daughter of för Brocket Spencer,
beth married for Henry Oxenden, of Deane, bärt. whoſe ſe-
cond wife ſhe was, by whom ſhe had a numerous iſſue,
from one of whom the preſent fir Henry Oxenden, bart. is
deſcended; the other five daughters died unmarried.
(n) A grant paſſed the great feal anno 14. Charles I,
Nov. 9, reciting,
reciting, that whereas for Thomas Palmer, bart. fir
Roger Palmer, Knight of the Bath, Henry Boteler, and Wil.
liam Sidley, eſqrs. by fine levied in Trin. term that year,
nad
purchaſed to them and the heirs of him the faid Thomas,
of fir William Meredith, bart. and Suſan his wife, eight
meſluages, fix gardens, two mills, fix pidgeon-houſes, eight
gardens, 10 orchards, 700 acres of land, 500 acres of mea.
dow, 300 acres of paſture, 200 acres of wood, and 200 acres
of heath and furze, in Leeds, Holling borne, Langley, Bromfield,
and Sutton alias Sutton Valence; of which premiſes, five meſ-
ſuages, four cottages, one pidgeon-houſe, three gardens,
three orchards, 380 acres of land, 60 acres of meadow,
140 acres of paſture, 180 acres of wood, and 50 acres of
heath and furze, in the ſaid pariſhes, were held in capite,
to them and the heirs of the ſaid Thomas for ever, without
licence obtained from the King for that purpoſe. The King
pardoned the ſame, and granted, that they ſhould poſſeſs
and enjoy the ſame as aforeſaid.
(6) The five daughters all died unmarried. The father,
by the name of Richard Meredith, of Leeds.abbey, had a
pardon
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482
EXHORNE HUNDRED.
BATTLE - H A L L.
y pays a fee-farm to the Crown
Тbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LEEDS.
heir of Walter Atwood, of Hackney, gent. and
1761, ſerved the office of High Sheriff for this
had iſſue by her one daughter Suſanna, who was
county. He joined with fir George Oxenden, bart.
born on April 8, 1710. He died on Jan. 18, in 1765, in the ſale of this ſeat, with the eſtate
1711, at Leeds-abbey
, in his father's life-time (P); belonging to it (v), to John Calcraft
, of Ingreſs
Richard, the third ſon, ſucceeded his brother in this county, eſq; (v)) who made conſiderable
William in the title and in this feat, and died improvements and additions to the
additions to the houſe and the
unmarried (r); Thomas, the fourth ſon, repre-
grounds adjoining to it. He died poffeffed of
ſented the county of Kent in the 12th year of K.
it in 1772, and deviſed this, among the reſt of
his eſtates, to his fon John Calcraft, now an in-
William III, and died before his brothers,
fant, to whom the inheritance of it belongs.
without iſſue; Philip died unmarried ; and
There is a manor belonging to this eſtate,
Roger, the ſixth ſon, ſucceeded to the title of
called Barnes Garden, for which a Court Baron is
Baronet and this ſeat, on the death of his bro-
ther für Richard Meredith, bart. who died unmar regularly held.
The eſtate of Northmill, in this pariſh, part of
ried in 1723.
the above eſtate, pays a
Sir Roger Meredith, bart, reſided at Leeds-abbey,
of 41. 35. 4d. per annum.
and in 1727, anno i George II, was choſen to
repreſent this
county
in Parliament. He mar-
ried Sept. 22, 1728, Mary, daughter of Francis
Tylen, of Shacklewell, efq; widow of Samuel Gott, In the hamlet of Nah, in this pariſh, about
eſq; who died in May 1742. He died on Dec. a quarter of a mile weſtward from Leeds-park, is
31, 1738, without iſſue (s), and by his laſt will a houſe called Battle-ball, which from the re.
deviſed this ſeat, among the reſt of his eſtates, mains of gothic architecture in it, ſeems to be
to his niece Mrs. Suſanna Meredith, (only daugh of fome antiquity (y). Some have ſuppoſed this
ter of his brother Colonel Henry Meredith, above to have been the place where Robert de Crevequer,
mentioned) in tail general ; remainder to ſeve the founder of Leeds-caſtle, had placed three ca-
ral different perſons in tail male ; remainder to nons, to celebrate for the ſouls of him and his
Walter Hooper, of London, eſq; in tail male ; re anceſtors, whom he afterwards removed to Leeds-
mainder to William Jumper, of Stockbury, eſq; in priory on his foundation of it. But the moſt
like tail.
antient parts of this building ſeem to be of a
Mrs. Suſanna Meredith reſided at Leeds-abbey, much later date, and if that was the purpoſe of
where ſhe died unmarried, on Feb. 3, 1758(t), it, the houſe muſt have been rebuilt ſince. What-
and her uncle fir Roger Meredith, having omitted ever it was, it remained a lay fee, and in the
to deviſe the fee of this eſtate after the above reign of K. Henry VII. was in the poffeffion of
mentioned remainders, it became veſted in her, Robert Chambre, who by his deed March 20, in the
as his fole heir; ſhe, therefore, by her laſt will, 16th year of that reign, releaſed his claim and
deviſed the fee of it to her heir-at-law, fir right to Robert Wotton, of Boughton Malherb,
George Oxenden, bart. the direct deſcendant of gent. Chriſtopher Porter, Cl. &c. in his tenement,
her grandfather, fir Richard Meredith's, fifter called Battaile-ball, with a garden and two pieces
Elizabeth.
of land, containing 13 acres, ſituated at Naſh
On Mrs. Meredith's death without iſſue, Wal-
in Ledes. It afterwards came to be the property
ter Hooper, eſq; the intermediate remainders having of the Coverts, of Leeds-abbey, with whom it
ceaſed, became pofleffed of this feat and eſtate, ſtaid till fir John Covert paſſed it away to Mr.
and reſided here, where he died on Dec. 26, 1758, Harſnet ; after ſome intermediate owners it came
without iſſue; on which, it came by the entail into the poſſeſſion of Mr. Samuel Queſted, of
above-mentioned, to his nephew William Jumper, whom it was bought by the Hon. Robert Fairfax,
eſq; who afterwards reſided here, and in the
year
who repaired and fitted it up for his reſidence
pardon under the great ſeal, dated Jan. 7, anno 12 Charles
II, for all treaſons, felonies, &c. committed before the 12th
of June laſt paſt.
(p) He died, æt. 39, and was buried in the north chan-
cel of Leeds church, where there is an handſome monument
erected to his memory,
(r) On May 6, anno 3. Q. Anne, a warrant paſſed the
great ſeal, for the cuſtody of the perſon and eſtate of fir
Richard Meredith, bart, an ideot, unto Dame Suſanna Me-
redith, widow, his mother, Philip Skippon, efq; and James
Butler, efq; stov
(s) He died, æt. 64, and was buried in the vault under
the fouth chancel of this church, where he has a handſome
monument erected to his memory. Dame Maria, his widow,
ebt. April 26, 1742, æt. 43.
(1) She died, æt. 46, and was buried, near her father,
in the north chancel of Leeds church.
The Merediths bore for their arms-Azure, a lion ram-
pant, or.
(v) For 27000l. of which Mr. Jumper had two-thirds,
and fir George Oxenden the remainder. This eſtate was then
valued at about icool. per annun, of which near 300l. was
church-leaſe.
(w) He bore for his arms-Per feſs, argent and ermine, 3
lions paſſant-guardant in pale fable, all zvithin a bordure wavy,
azure, granted Dec. 8, 1770. Edmondſon's Heraldry,
vol. ii, appendix of arms.
See Ingreſs in Szvanſcombe, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 264.
(y) There is ſtill remaining in it, a large gothic ſtone
arch, fupported by two images, which reaches entirely to
the top of the houſe; there is alſo, a door-caſe of ſtone, in
which is a groove for a portcullis, which ſeems to have led
into ſome place of ſafety; there is beſides, on the other ſide
of the houſe, a fair place for holy water.
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of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EXHORNE HUNDRED.
LEEDS.
riſes.
CHARIT I ES.
S.
till his removal to Leeds-caſtle, and he ſtill con The church, which is ſituated at a ſmall dif-
tance eaſtward of Leeds-abbey, is dedicated to St.
tinues owner of it (z).
Nicholas. It has three iſes and three chancels,
PRESENT STATE OF LEEDS.
LES
with a remarkable ſquare low tower at the weſt.
end, and on it a low ſmall ſpire.
The pariſh of Leeds has nothing further remar-
The north chancel has belonged beyond me.
kable in it, than what has been already deſcribed.
mory to the poffeffors of Leeds-abbey, as does the
It is well watered by the Lenham rivulet, which
ſoutb chancel now, having been purchaſed by the
having paſſed Leeds-caſtle flows along the northern
ſide of it, where it is joined by another, which family of Meredith, ſome years ago, of the Wol-
letts, then owners of it.
comes from Leeds-abbey, juſt above which it
Robert de Crevequer, at the time of his found-
The ſtreet or village of Leeds is a pretty long
ing the priory of Leeds, gave to the canons there
the advowfons of all the churches of his eſtate,
one, and adjoins to the precincts of the abbey.
There was a chief-rent, called lath or tythe
and among them the advowſons of the churches
of Ledes and Bromfield, with 50 acres of land in
filver, of 8s. per annum, payable by the townſhip
this pariſh, to hold of him and his heirs and
or borough of Leeds to the Crown, as was returned
aſſigns freely and quietly for ever (b). Daniel
in the ſurvey of the lands, &c. of K. Charles I,
de Crevequer, his ſon, granted and confirmed to
his Queen, and the Prince of Wales, taken by
them all the gifts of his father, and among them
order of the Parliament in 1650.
the advowſons of all the churches of the barony
of Crevequer, with the lands and appurts. belong-
ing to them, and the lands likewiſe given with
Mrs. Elizabeth Cayſer, of Hollinzborne, widow,
thoſe advowſons.
gave by her laſt will, dated Sept. 29, 1612, a
Robert de Crevequer, his ſon, and Robert de
fum of money to buy land, which has been ſince
Crevequer, ſon of Hamon de Crevequer, junior,
purchaſed in that pariſh; out of the rents of likewiſe confirmed the ſame to them (c), as did
which ſhe directed, there ſhould be yearly paid K. Edward III, in his 41ſt year, by letters of
on the anniverſary of her death, Sept. 22, 55.
infpeximus (d).
among 10 of the pooreſt of the pariſh of Leeds,
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church
by the Miniſter, Churchwardens, and Overſeers of Leeds was valued at 131. 6s. 8d. per annum (e),
the whole profits of it being then in the poffef-
Archbiſhop Sancroft gave a ſilver cup and plate, ſion of this priory, the cure of it being ſupplied
for the ſervice of the facrament.
by the religious themſelves. In which ſituation
Charles Lumſden, gent. in 1732, gave the ſum it continued till the diffolution of the priory, in
of zool. as an augmentation of the Miniſter's
the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, when it was,
ſalary, on condition of his reſiding, otherwiſe the with all its poffeffions, ſurrendered into the
yearly income of it to be given to the poor of
King's hands, to the uſe of him and his heirs,
this pariſh.
as has been already mentioned.
Mrs. Suſanna Meredith, of Leeds-abbey, gave a After which, the King, by his indenture,
complete ſet of communion-plate on Eafter Day, dated June 27, in his 32d year, demiſed, among
1751.
other premiſes, to fir Anthony St. Leger, knt. the
The Hon. Robert Fairfax gave four new bells, rectory of Ledes, with the chapel of Bromfelde,
and other additional ornaments to the ſteeple of with their appurts. lately belonging to the priory
this church.
there, with all tythes, oblations, profits, com-
modities, and emoluments to the ſame belong-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
to hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of
Leeds is ſituated within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ 20l. per annum (f).
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry But the fee of it remained in the Crown, till
of Sutton.
Q. Elizabeth, in her 3d year, having taken
of it (a),
ing,
(z) Tho. Tanner, of Ulcomb, and Wm. Kebet, of Borden,
by indenture, Jan. 10, anno 12 Edward IV, fold to Henry
Bettenham, John Dandemer, John Maſon and John Reynolds, of
Leeds, a meſſuage and lands at Naſh, lying to the lands of
the heirs of William Kynton, eaſt, to a lane fouth, and to
the King's highway weſt and north ; which meſſuage, &c.
they poſſeſſed by deed of Thomas Hazlewode, of Ledes, de.
ceaſed.
Thomas Forde and John Edynden, of Ledes, ſold to for Tho-
mas Bourghchier, knt. fon of Henry, Earl of Elex, all that
meſſuage and garden, adjoining to it, in Ledes, in Naſhe,
bounded as above-mentioned, and which they purchaſed of
John Dandemer, and which he purchaſed of the pariſhioners
of the pariſh church of Ledes, dated June 12, anno 18 K.
Edward IV.
Stephen Fryer, fold a meſſuage and garden in Ledes, anno
5 Edward VI, to John Peend.
The two former deeds induce me to think, the meſfuage
ſold was Battle-hall; but I have no certainty of it.
(a) See Hollingborne above, p. 470.
(6) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 110. (c) Ibid. p. 111, 112.
(d) Dugd. Mon. ibid. Robert and William, Archbiſhops
of Canterbury, likewiſe confirmed this church to the priory,
Regiſter of Leeds priory.
(e) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 40.
(f) Inrolments, Augtn, off,
into

484
The H IS TO RY of 2 K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
augmenta-
) Bo
The Queeno se
About the year 1765, fir Philip Boteler, of
,
LEEDS.
into her hands certain manors, lands, &c. par.
tythes of this pariſh, to the former old penſion
cel of the revenue of the fee of Canterbury, by
above-mentioned of 121. 6s. 8d. (h) wropoutais
her let. pat. dated July 12th that year, granted
to Matthew, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and his Teſton, bart. gave 2001. towards the
ſucceſſors, certain rectories and parſonages in tion of this curacy, which was increaſed by the
lieu of them ; among which latter was this rec like ſum from the Governors of Q. Anne's
tory or parſonage of Leeds, with its appurts. (8) Bounty
which has ever ſince continued parcel of the It is a diſcharged living in the King's books,
poffeflions of his fucceffors, Archbiſhops of Can-
of the clear yearly certified value of 441. 148.
terbury.
4d. (i) ovodo nero
• ບໍ່ 39.
Soon after the above-mentioned exchange, the
Archbiſhop demiſed the rectory of Leeds, and the
gnol yd3019 CHURE
CHURCH OF LEEDS. OUT
chapel of Bromfield, with all tythes, commodi-
Patrons, Baion Curates of Leeds,no
ties, &c. excepting the advowſon of the church
or by whom preſented.') with the chapel of BROMFIELD
annexed.
of Leeds, to Jerome, Millicent and Thomas Brett,
a loka
(k) Nicholas Grenewye, 1553.
two latter conveyed their intereſt in it to William
Henry Tilden, 1560.
Covert, of Leeds, eſq; who ſurrendering it into Archbiſhops of Can. Thomas Angood, 1575.
ei
the hands of Fohn Whitgift, Archbiſhop of Can terbury.
od Humphry Wilſon, in 16–
terbury, he by his indenture, May 7, anno 34
William Cragge, 1618.
Elizabeth, demiſed this rectory and chapel, ex-
Jonathan Browne, 1621.
cept as before excepted, to the ſaid William Co-
Matthew Laurence, in 1622.
vert, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 201.
John Blackburne, 1624.
per annum, with a covenant for the tenant to
John Lockwood, 1625.
vistinades doid Richard Marſh, March 25,
repair all buildings, and the chancel of the
church of Leeds and chapel of Bromfield, Since
1635.
Duke William Francis, Sept. 29,
which it has been held in leaſe of the Arch-
biſhops of Canterbury, the advowſon of the
church of Leeds being conſtantly excepted and
Nathaniel Willmot, in 1643.
reſerved out of it, for the like term, renewable
no baies Thomas Parramore, 1647.
every ſeven years by the poffeffors of Leeds-abbey,
Thomas Chowning, 1659.
and as ſuch the intereſt of it is now veſted in cariq baja nov (1) Thomas Showell, ejected
the truſtees of Mr. John Calcraft, a minor.
in 1662.
The cure of the church of Leeds, before the
COURSE Fohn Moore, Sept. 29, 1664-
ſurrendry of the priory, having been conſtantly
James Wilſon, May 10, 1665.
ſerved by one of the religious of it, there was
Edward Waterman, May 28,
no vicarage endowed of it: after the diffolution
1685.
of the priory, therefore, it was eſteemed as a
Edward Harriſon, June 16,
perpetual curacy, in the gift of the poſſeſſor of the
1725
rectory, and after that, was granted, with its
cili e ka 110 9251 (m) Denny Martin, Nov. 14,
appurts. by which this advowſon paſſed likewiſe,
1760. Preſent Curate.
anno 3 Elizabeth, to the fee of Canterbury. The
Srce
Archbiſhops conſtantly excepted the advowſon of
do 21
BROMFIEL D.
the church of Leeds out of the ſeveral leaſes they
from time to time demiſed of it, and it ſtill con-
T HE next pariſh ſouth-eaſtward from Leeds
tinues in the gift of the Archbiſhop, who collates is Bromfield, called in Domeſday, Brunfelle,
a perpetual Curate to the church of Leeds, with and probably took its name from the quantities
the chapel of Bromfield annexed,
of broom and heath, with which the greateſt
The antient ftipend or penſion to the Curate part of this pariſh was then covered.
of Leeds was, anno 3 Elizabeth 71. 6s. 8d. and
to the Curate of Bromfield 5l. os. od. which con-
tinued ſo till the reſtoration of K. Charles II, This place was part of thoſe poffeffions, with
when Archbiſhop Juxon, in the year 1661, in which William the Conqueror enriched his half-
conformity to the King's letters mandatory, aug brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the general
mented this curacy, by adding the ſum of 301. title of whoſe lands it is entered in the ſurvey of
per annum, to be paid by the leſſee of the great
Domeſday as follows:
1641.
Hoooo
THE
Μ Α Ν Ο R.
(8) Folio Chriſt Church, Mfr.
(5) Kennet's Improp. p. 258.
(i) E&t. Thef. p, 16.
(k) He was preſented by the Queen. Letters, Rym. Fæd.
vol. xv, p. 349. He was alſo Rector of Graveſend.
(1) See Calamy's Life of Baxter, p. 286.
(m) The ſon of Denny Martin, of Looſe, efq; by his wife
Frances, fifter of the preſent Right Hon. Tbomas, Lord
Fairfax, and the Hon. Mr. Fairfax, of Leeds-cafile.
Irde
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 485
,
So In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor,
BROMFIELD.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Iſde' Robť' ten' ad firma' Brunfelle Adelold' K. Richard III, in his iſt year, had a grant
tenuit de epo' p uno folin ſe defd' Tra. e'.... In from the Prior and Convent of Ledes, of 24 acres
dnio? ſunt. 2'. Car'. & 5. villi' cu'. 10 bord' hnt. of land in this pariſh, towards the enlarging of
1. Car?. & dim'. Ibi. 1. molin. de. 6. Sold'. & 8 his park of Ledes; for which, he granted, as a
den'. & paſtura de. 15. Sol. Ibi. 12. fervi. & 8 ac recompence to them, a confirmation of liber.
pti'. Silva. 20. porc T. R. E. & poft. val. 4. lib' ties, &c.(n)
shot
Com'
There was a chief-rent, called lath or tythe
mo' 100 ſolid”. Aluuin tenuit de
de Goduino. Huic
ſilver, payable from the townſhip or borough of
m ptin quæda' libera tra’ ad 3 boves @ val. 5.
Bromfield to the Crown, as was returned in the
fol.
..ba
wood
ſurvey of the lands, revenues, &c. of K. Charles
Which is : The ſame Robert (Latinus) holds to
I, by order of the ſtate, in 1650 ().
ferme Brunfelle. Adelold held it of the Biſhop. It
K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, dated June
was taxed at one ſuling. The arable land is
In demeſne there are two carucates, and five villeins,
27, in his 32d year, demiſed, among other pre-
with 10 borderers, having one carucate and an half.
miſes, late belonging to the priory of Leeds, to
fir Anthony St. Leger, knt.-a parcel of meadow
land, called Billingherſt, containing ſix acres, in
paſture of 15 ſhillings. There are 12 ſervants, and
this pariſh, to hold for 21 years, at the yearly
eight acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
rent of 12s. ()91903 asi
20 bogs.
and afterwards, it was worth four pounds, now
Q. Elizabeth made ſeveral grants of premiſes
100 ſhillings. Aluuin beld it of Earl Goduin. To
in this pariſh, viz. of ſundry premiſes to Tho-
this manor there belonged certain free land for three
mas Oliver ; of a tenement to John Goff ; and of
another to Henry Fryar , and of ſundry tene-
oxen, and was worth five ſhillings. 100
After the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, and
ments to John Franklyn (p).
the confiſcation of his eſtates, about four years Signs
CHARITI E s. bado
after the taking of the above ſurvey, this place,
with the adjoining pariſh of Leeds, was granted
Mrs. Elizabeth Cafyer, of Hollingborne, widow,
by the Conqueror to the noble family of Creve by her laſt will, dated 29th Sept. 1612, left a
quer, of whom it was held afterwards by a fa ſum of money to buy a piece of land, which
mily, who took their ſurname from it; one of
has been ſince purchaſed in that pariſh, and out
whom, William de Bromfeld, held it in the reign
of the rent of it, ſhe directed, that yearly on
of K. Henry II, as one quarter of a knight's
the anniverſary of her death, which happened
fee. In the reign of K. Edward I, Henry de Hoo
on Sept. 22, 1615, 5s. ſhould be diſtributed
held this eſtate of the barony of Crevequer ; after among the pooreſt perſons of this pariſh, by
which, it ſeems to have been blended in the
the Miniſter, Churchwardens, and Overſeers of
ſame viciſſitude of owners, that the manor of
it, for the time being.
She
Leeds was, of which a more ample account may THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
be found under the deſcription of that manor
tokio
and caſtle (m), and as ſuch this manor is now
Bromfield is ſituated within the eccleſiaſtical
in the poſſeſſion of the Hon. Robert Fairfax, of juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and
Leeds-caſtle.
dopo to bali || deanry
deanry of Sutton.
Dobris 255
01 Dec
PRESENT STAT
causto kong The church, which is dedicated to St. Mar-
garet, was given by Robert de Crevequer to the
The pariſh of Bromfield extends towards the priory of Ledes, on his foundation of it, together
north as far as Leeds-caſtle, the greateſt part of with that of Ledes, and the advowſons of all the
which it comprehends within the bounds of it. churches of the barony of Crevequer, and the
The ſtream, which riſes at Lenham, flows thro’ land and appurts. belonging to them ; which
it, in its way to that caſtle. Near the ſtream, gift was confirmed from time to time by his
the grounds are rich meadow. The church is deſcendants, and by K. Edward III, in his 41ſt
ſituated on a riſe, nearly in the midſt of the year, by his letters of infpeximus, and by ſeveral
pariſh, which is but of moderate extent; above Archbiſhops of Canterbury (q). After which, it
which, the lands are poor and heathy, and are appears to have been eſteemed as a chapel to the
bounded towards the ſouth by the large tract of
church of Leeds, and as ſuch to have been in.
woodland, called Kings wood. There is no vil-
cluded in the ſeveral valuations made of that
lage, nor is there any thing further in this pa.
church. In which ſtate it continued till the
riſh worth notice, excepting that there is a war-
diffolution of the priory of Leeds, in the 31ſt
ren in it, now in the poffeffion of the Hon. Mr. year of K. Henry VIII, when it was, with all its
Fairfax, as part of Leeds-caſtle eſtate.
poſſeſſions, ſurrendered into the King's hands, to
PRESENT STATE OF BROMFIELD.
O folks
(m) See above, p. 472.
(n) Tan. Mon. p. 212.
() Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
Vol. II.
(p) Inrolments, Augtn. off, roll 6, No. 7, 6-8, 9-24,
9-25
(9) See Leeds above, p. 483.
the
6 H

486
ſeiſed of it in the 35th year of K. Edw. III.(W)
time
The H I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
BROMFIELD.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
the uſe of him and his heirs, as has been already continued fo till the reſtoration of K. Charles
related in the deſcription of that priory.
II. Soon after which, Archbiſhop Juxon, in
After which, the King, by his indenture, dated 1661, in conformity to the King's letters man-
June 27, in his 32d year, demiſed, among other datory, augmented the curacy of Leeds, with
premiſes, to fir Anthony St. Leger, knt. the rec this of Bromfield annexed, by adding the ſum of
tory of Ledes, with the chapel of Bromfield, and 3ol. to be paid yearly by the lefſee of the parſon-
all appurts. belonging to the ſame, together with age, to the former old penſions of theſe churches.
all tythes, oblations, profits, commodities, and The curacy of the church of Leeds, with this
emoluments, to hold for 21 years, at the yearly chapel, is a diſcharged living in the King's
rent of 201.(r)
Books, of the clear yearly certified value of
But the fee of it remained in the Crown, till 441. 145. 4d. (u)
Q. Elizabeth, in her 3d year, having taken into
A liſt of the Curates of this church, has al.
her hands certain manors, lands, &c. parcel of ready been given under the deſcription of the
the revenue of the fee of Canterbury, by her let. church of Leeds.
pat, dated July 12th that year, granted to Mat-
thew, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and his ſucceſſors,
SUD B E R S T E D.
certain reſtories and parſonages in lieu of them;
among which latter was the rectory or parſonage BERSTED lies the next pariſh north-we-
of Leeds, with the chapel of Bromfield annexed,
D ward from Leeds. It was antiently written
with its appurts. (s) Since which it has con Bergeftede, and moſt probably took its name
tinued parcel of the poſſeſſions of the fee of
from its ſituation, Berg, in Saxon, ſignifying a
Canterbury to this time.
bill, and ſtede, a place or village.
Soon after the above-mentioned exchange,
The manors of Leeds, Moathall, and Thurn-
the Archbiſhop demiſed the rectory of Leeds, with
ham, extend over this pariſh, in which there is
this chapel and their appurts. for three lives,
an eſtate belonging to the former of them,
which has been by his fucceffors converted into
which has conſtantly paſſed through the ſame
a term for years ; in which manner it has been ſucceſſion of owners, from the family of Creve.
held by the poffeffors of Leeds priory, of the ſe quer, who were proprietors of it in the reign of
veral Archbiſhops, to the preſent time, as has
William the Conqueror, to the Right Hon. Tho-
been already more fully mentioned in the account
mas Fairfax, Lord Fairfax, whoſe brother, the
of that pariſh (t), and as ſuch, the intereſt of
Right Hon. Robert Fairfax, of Leeds-caſtle, is at
it is now veſted in the truſtees of Mr. John Cal preſent in the poſſeſſion of it (v).
craft, an infant.
9197
The cure of this church of Bromfield, as an
nats
MIL GATE
appendage to the church of Leeds, having, be-
is an eminent ſeat, ſituated in the ſouth-eaſt part
fore the ſurrendry of that priory, been conſtantly
of this pariſh, which was formerly eſteemed a
ſerved by one of the religious, there was no vi-
manor, though it has long ſince loft the repu-
carage endowed of it. After the diffolution of tation of ever having been one, abnu borta
that houſe therefore, it was eſteemed as a perpe-
w The family of Coloigne antiently poſſeſſed this
tual curacy, annexed to the rectory and church eftate; one of whom, Robert de Coloigne, died
of Leeds, and paſſed in manner as above-men-
tioned, from Q. Elizabeth, in her 3d year, in In proceſs ,
came to be
exchange to the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and his called Coluney; one of whom, Thomas Coluney,
fucceffors, who have ſince conſtantly excepted as appears by an old ſurvey of Berſted, poffefſed
to themſelves, the advowſon of the church of it in the 14th year of K. Edward IV. Soon af-
Leeds, and chapel of Bromfield, out of the ſeve ter which, that is, in the beginning of K. Henry
ral leaſes they have from time to time demiſed VII.'s reign, it was become the property of the
of it, and confequently it ſtill continues in the family of Stonehouſe, whoſe antient feat was at
gift of the Archbiſhop, who collates a perpetual Haſlewood in Boughton Malberbe (x).
Curate to the church of Leeds, with the chapel
9. Robert Stonehouſe was of Berſted, eſq; at the
of Bromfield annexed.
latter end of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, and left
The antient ftipend or penſion to the Curate iſſue by Roſe his wife, daughter of Roydon, of
of the church of Bromfield was 51. which was the co. of Eſſex, one ſon George Stonehouſe, eſq; (y)
IvoS
bola
(-) Augtn. off. Inrolments.
in 1575. He was twice married ; firft to Elizabeth, daugh-
(s) Folio Chriſt Church, Mr.
ter of Nicholas Gibſon, of this county, ejq; by whom he had
(1) See above, p. 484.
no iſſue; and ſecondly to Elizabeth, daughter of Davy
(u) E&. Thef. 16.
Woodcroft, and widow of Walter Lawſon, by whom he had
(v) See Leeds above, p. 472.
four fons; of whom William, the eldeſt, was created a Ba .
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 52, ps, ima,
ronet anno 4 Charles I; and Nicholas, the ſecond, was of
Boxley in this county. He bore for his arms-Argent, on a
(a) Philipott, p. 68.
fefs fable, between hawks volant, azure, a leopard's face,
(Y) He was Clerk of the Green Cloth to Q. Elizabeth, between 2 mullets, or.
Viftn. co. 1619. Coll. Bar. vol. ii,
and reſided at Weft Peckham in this county, where he died
whe



lunat , his deſcendants c
P.
3
P. 81.

The HIS TO RY of K E N T. 487
BERSTED.
ayu
Ox. vol. i, p. 610 of whom an account is given in Ath.
"Cage,
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
who in the beginning of the reign of Q. Eliza- || William Cage, of Milgate, eſq; laft-mentioned,
beth, alienated this ſeat to Thomas Fludd, efq; left iſſue three ſons and three daughters (f). Of
afterwards knighted to get one to
the fons, William died without iſſue; Lewis will
Sir Thomas Fludd reſided at Milgate, where he be mentioned below; and John was of Lower
Milgate, efq; Lewis Cage, the ſecond ſon, be-
died on May 30, 1607, and was buried in this
church (z), having conſiderably improved and came at length poſſeſſed of Milgate, where he
reſided, and left iſſue by Catherine Waterman his
augmented this feat. By Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of Philip Andros or Andrews (a), he wife, one ſon Lewis, and a daughter Catherine (g).
had iſſue five ſons and one daughter (b); of On his death, Lewis Cage, efq; his ſon, fuc-
ceeded him in this ſeat, where he now reſides,
whom, Thomas Fludd, eſq; fucceeded him in this
and has made conſiderable improvements to it.
eſtate, which he alienated in 1624, to William
Cage, of Farringdon in Hampſhire, Barriſter-at He married on Jan. 15, 1759, Annetta, ſecond
law, who reſided here (c).
daughter and coheir of Edward Coke, of the
White Friars in Canterbury, eſq; (b) by whom he
He was twice married; firſt to Suſan, daugh-
has iſſue four fons, Lewis, Edward, Jobn, and
ter of fir John Cage, of Longstow in the co. of
Cambridge, knt. who died on June 7, 1634, and
Charles, and one daughter Catherine (i). brow
was buried in this church; and ſecondly, to
COMBES, alias LOWER MILGATE.
Joane, fourth daughter of fir Thomas Colepeper,
Job in
104
At a ſmall diſtance weſtward from Milgate,
of Hollingborne, knt. (d) He died in April 1677,
there is a good houſe, called Combes, alias Lower
at. 78, and was buried in the north chancel of
Milgate, which belonged to Jobs Cage, efq; (k)
this church, having had iſſue by his firſt wife,
who died ſeiſed of it in 1753, leaving his widow
one ſon, fir William Cage, knt. who died before
him, in 1671, leaving iſſue by Cecilia his wife,
the range, who is entitled to it for her life; but
daughter and coheir of fir Cheney Culpeper, of
reverſion of it, is veſted in his nephew,
Holling borne, knt. one ſon, William Cage, efq;
Lewis Cage, of Milgate, efq
who became his grandfather's heir, and on his
death ſucceeded to Milgate, where he reſided,
MO A T-HALL
as did his ſon and heir, likewiſe of the ſame
is a manor in this pariſh, the manfion of which,
name (e).
from the materials with which it was built, was
013
(z) He was ſon of John Fludd, of Morton in Shropſhire,
knt. whoſe daughter Suſan married William Cage, efq;
eſq; by Anne his wife, and grandſon of David Fludd, alias firft above-mentioned, the purchaſer of Milgate in 1624.
Lloyd, of that county. Sir Thomas Fludd was Firſt Victualler
He bore for his arms-Per pale, gules and azure, a faltier
of Berwick, and then of Newhaven in France, Receiver of
or, and a chief ermine, which was an alteration from the
Kent, Suſſex, and Surry, Treaſurer to the army ſent to the
ntient arms of this family, viz.-Azure and gules, over all
aid of K. Henry IV. of France, under Lord Willoughby,
a faltier or. This augmentation, together with an addition
where he behaved ſo honorably, that he was knighted, and to the creſt, was granted to William Cage, efq; Outer Bar
on his return to England was made Treaſurer of-all her Ma-
riſter of Lincoln's Inn, above-mentioned, by fir Richard St.
jeſty's forces in the Low Countries, conſtantly a Juſtice of
George, Clar. March 1, 1624. See Harl. Må. No.
the Peace where he reſided, and Treaſurer of the Cinque
1470-
Ports. He bore for his arms-Vert, a chevron between 3
24-96, and 1507-70.
wolves beads eraſed, argent ; which coat, with his quarter-
(d) He had iſſue by her two ſons, Thomas and Robert,
and a daughter Jane; the latter of which fons, Robert,
ings, was confirmed to him by Robert C305, Clar. Nov.
married Eleanor, daughter of John Cage, of Maidſtone, efq;
10, 1572. Viſtn. co. Kent, 1574 and 1619. Mf. E. H.
by whom he had two daughters, Eleanor and Alice. Elea-
(a) She died Jan. 25, 1591, and was buried in this nor the wife, died in 1669, and was buried in this church.
church, where ſhe has a monument erected to her
her memory, (e) William Cage, esq; was Sheriff of this county in 1695,
on which ſhe is ſaid to be deſcended from the antient fa and kept his fhrievalty at Milgate, and repreſented the city
mily of Andros, of Taunton in the co. of Somerſet. Sir of Rocheſter in Parliament ſeveral times in the reign of Q.
Thomas Fludd was her firſt huſband.
(6) Viz. Edward, who died without iſſue ; Thomas, who
Anne. 10'3dgir o ponto bas
bon 2000, sert 70
( Of whom, the eldeſt married Edward Gulſton, esq;
poffeffed Milgate, and was afterwards of the adjoining pa Suſan married Uſher, and the third was named Cecilia.
rifh of Oiham, where a further account of him and his de-
(8) She married, firſt, Mr. George Eafichurch, of Maid.
be ſeen ; William; John; and Robert, M.D. Rone, and fecondly, Mr. Chriſtopher Hull, but died without
who died in 1637,
to
Gilborne
, of this county, knt. See
See Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619.
82
and was buried in this church.
(c) He was bred at Lincoln's Inn, of which he had been
He bore for his arms, Argent, 3 crefcents gules, a creſcent
an Utter Barriſter, being the ſon of Robert Cage, efq; of
for difference.
London, and Cowbridge in Eſex, by Anne his wife, daugh-
(i) He bears the arms of Cage quartered with Culpeper
ter of John Webbe, of Oldſtocke in the co. of Wilts, who
died in 1632, and was buried in Berfted church. He was
and Cheney, of the co. of Suſſex, and their ſeveral quarter-
the ſecond ſon of Robert Cage, of London, younger brother
ings, as being deſcended from female heirs of thoſe families,
of Anthony, the ſons of Richard Cage, of Packenham in the
as may be ſeen in the deſcent of Cage above-mentioned, and
co. of Suffolk. Which Anthony Cage, eſq; was of London,
over all, an eſcutcheon of pretence, for Coke.
and by the Lady Hart his wife, left iſſue a fon Anthony
(k) He was third ſon of William Cage, efq; of Milgati,
and married Mrs. Mary Redgriff, by whom he left no iſſue.
Stow,
OTT
Guill. p. 193
:
fcendants may
by
called

488
The HISTORY of K E N T.
whichis reign.
PRESENT STATE OF BERSTED.
the
Church :
BERSTED.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
called Stonehouſe. It antiently belonged to the
new-founded Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, who
neighbouring priory of Leeds, as appears by ſe are now entitled to it.
veral old boundaries and papers, and was moſt
Part of the manor of Elnothington, the greateſt
probably part of thoſe demeſnes given to it at part of which lies in Hollingborne, extends into
its firſt foundation, by Robert de Crevequer, in this pariſh, a further account of which may be
the reign of K. Henry I. Thefe demeſnes ap ſeen above, in the deſcription of that pariſh.
pear by a rental of the time of K. Henry VII, William Stafford, by his indenture, July 4,
to have been held of the manor of Leeds, though anno 33 Henry VIII, conveyed to that King
they have been long ſince accounted parcel of
and his heirs, his lands called Ferby.lands, and
this manor of Moat-ball (1).
other his eſtates in this pariſh (n).
There were ſome lands and tenements in this
On the diſſolution of the priory of Leeds, in
the reign of K. Henry VIII, this manor, among
pariſh, given by ſeveral perſons, who ſtyled
themſelves The Fraternity of the Holy Croſs of
the reſt of the poſſeſſions of it, was ſurrendered
into the King's hands, and was afterwards con-
Berſted, for a prieſt to ſing maſs yearly for one
firmed to him and his heirs, by the general quarter of a year, in this church, which were
words of the act paſſed for that purpoſe, in the valued at the ſuppreſſion of chantries, obits, &c.
in the 2d year of K. Edward VI, at 49s. 5 d.
31ſt year of his
20MOO
clear yearly income (o). abc
After which, the King, by his dotation-char-
ter, in his 33d year, ſettled this manor, among
BESEN
other premiſes, on his new-founded Dean and
Chapter of Rocheſter, with whom it remains at
The ſoil of this pariſh is but very indifferent,
this time.
conſiſting, for the moſt part, of a deep ſand.
The high road from Afbford to Maidſtone croſſes
The preſent leſfee of it, under the Dean and
it weſtward, pafling over Berſted green, the houſes
Chapter, is Mr. William Uſborne.
on which form the village of Berſted. The eaſtern
There is a Court Baron held for this manor.
part of this pariſh is watered by ſeveral clear
OTTERIDGE.
ſprings, which riſe at Aldington Weſtcourt, Ey-
horne-green, &c. and join the Lenham rivulet on
At a ſmall diſtance ſouthward from the
the northern ſide of it.
church, lies an eſtate called Otteridge, formerly
Oppoſite to Milgate-houſe, there is a planta-
Oteraſhe, which in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
tion of oak trees, containing about eight acres,
belonged to Simon Bertyn, one of the brethren of
which were planted by William Cage, of Milgate,
St. Bartholomew's Hoſpital, beſide Sandwich, who
eſq; in the beginning of the preſent century ;
by his will, dated in 1530, deviſed it to Jeffry
but the ſoil being exceeding fandy and barren,
Merchant, of Rainham.
they have not thriven to any ſize or value: the
It afterwards came into the poſſeſſion of the largeſt trees among them, and thoſe only a few,
family of Munns, who continued poffeffors of do not contain more than 20 feet of timber.
it for ſeveral generations, till at length one of A fair is held in this pariſh on Holyrood-day,
them ſold it, with Aldington in the adjoining Sept. 14, yearly
pariſh of Thurnham, to William Sheldon, eſq; The noble family of Bertie own this pariſh to
whoſe deſcendant Richard Sheldon, éſq; at his be their moſt antient habitation in this king-
death, bequeathed it to his widow, and ſhe re dom (P), in which they poſſeſſed lands near the
marrying with William Jones, M. D. entitled
Parſonage, Strutton-ſtreet, and elſewhere in this
him to it. He died ſeiſed of it in 1780, leav. neighbourhood, ſo early as the reign of K. Henry
ing iſſue by her cwo daughters ; Mary, married II, and continued ſo to do in the 14th year
of
to Lock Rollinſon, of Oxfordſhire, efq; and Anne, K. Henry VII, as appears by an antient rental
to Thomas Ruſſell, eſq; and they, in right of their of that time, and there are lands ſtill called
wives, are reſpectively entitled to it (m).
Barty-lands in this pariſh, and Thurnham.
OrrI:4L สูง
Jerome Bertie is ſaid to have reſided here in
bronel be
the reign of K. Henry V, (q) as did Thomas
There is a ſmall parcel of land in this pariſh, Bertie, eſq; who was Captain of Hurſt-caſtle in
which formerly belonged to the priory of Chriſt
of K. Henry VII, and was living in the reign
of it, was granted by K. Henry VIII, to his of K. Edward VI. From him, in a direct line,
-gust
(1) Mff. E.H.
poſing it to take its name from that of Bertie, and to have
ovat to and
(m) See Aldington in Thurnham.
been firſt called Bertie fted, i. e. the village or dwelling of
tried
(n) Deeds of Purch. and Exch. Augtn. off. box C. 13
Bertie, and to have been ſoftened by proceſs of time into
the preſent name of Berſted. See Coll. Peer. vol. ii, p.5'.
(6) Survey of Chantry Lands, Augtn. off.
(9) Among the Harleian Mf. in the Britiſh Muſeum,
(p) Our ingenious genealogiſts derive the name of this
No. 1069–144, is a grant of arms, anno 8 Henry VI, to
pariſh from the poſſeſſions of the family of Bertie in it; fup Bartie, of Bereſted in the co. of Kent.
, .
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE. 902
VA"
deſcended

The H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
489
CHARITIES.
he firſt
and appurts
BERSTED.
EYKORNE HUNDRED.
.
deſcended the Dukes of Ancaſter, the Earls of Hubert, Archbiſhops of Canterbury, confirmed this
Abingdon, and other diſtinguiſhed branches of church to them, as did John, Prior, and the
that family.
Convent of Chriſt Church in Canterbury, in 1278,
by the deſcription of the church of Bergeſtede,
with the tythes of Strutton (v). K. Edward III.
likewiſe confirmed it by his charter of inſpexi-
Simon Bertyn, one of the brethren of St. Bar-
mus, in his 41ſt year (w).
tholomero's Hospital near Sandwich, owner of Ot-
teridge in this pariſh, which he deviſed, together
This church, together with the advowſon of
with his meſſuage called Buds, with its lands the vicarage, remained part of the poſſeſſions
of the priory of Leeds till the diffolution of
and appurts. in Allyngton beſide Thurnham, by
his laſt will, proved in 1530, to Jeffry Mar-
it, in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it
was ſurrendered into the King's hands, among
chant, and his heirs male for ever, willed that
other eſtates belonging to it, all which were
the ſaid Jeffry and his heirs male, ſhould for
confirmed to the King and his heirs by the ge-
neral words of the act, paſſed in the 31ſt year
Sunday of Lent, in the pariſh church of Bergh-
of that reign.
fled, to the Pariſh Clerk there, and to other poor
people, four buſhels of green peas; that is to
After which, the King, by his dotation-char-
ſay, to every one of them, one peck (r).
ter, under his great ſeal, in his 33d year, ſettled
both the parſonage and advowſon of the vicar-
Edw. Godfrey, of Thurnham, gent. gave by his
age of the church of Berſted, on his new-founded
laſt will, in 1709, 30s. yearly out of lands in this
Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, with whom they
pariſh, called Crouch-field, for the ſchooling of poor
now remain.
children; half of them to be of this pariſh, and
half of that of Thurnham. And he likewiſe left On the intended diſſolution of Deans and Chap-
zos. yearly for the ſame uſe, to be paid out of an
ters, after the death of K. Charles I, the poffef-
houſe, called Roſe-acre, in this pariſh; the
ſions of the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, in
pay-
ment of which has been conſtantly refuſed, upon
this pariſh, were ſurveyed, in 1649, by order
pretence, that he had no right to deviſe that
of the ſtate ; when it was returned, that the par-
charge on it (s).
ſonage or rectory of Berſted, conſiſted of a mef-
fuage, barns, &c. which, with the tythes, and
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. glebe land of 40 acres, were of the improved
Berſted is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
rent of 461. 8s. per annum. Which premiſes were
of the dioceſe of Rocheſter and deanry of Sutton. let, May 5, anno 13 Charles I, by the Dean and
The church is ſituated on high ground, at a
Chapter at the yearly rent of gl. 135. 4d. and
ſmall diſtance ſouthward of Berſted-green. It is
four buſhels of malt, for the term of 21 years;
dedicated to the Holy Croſs, and is a handſome
and the leſſee covenanted to diſcharge the pen-
building, conſiſting of two iſles and two chan-
fion of 40s. to the Vicar of this pariſh, and to
cels, with a ſquare beacon tower at the weſt end
repair the chancel of the pariſh church. Out of
of it. On three corners of the ſummit of the
which leaſe was excepted, the advowſon of the
tower, are the figures of three dogs, or bears ſeiant,
vicarage, and the portion of tythes called Vint-
for they are ſo defaced by great length of time,
ners Portion (x).
that they can but be gueſſed at (t).
The vicarage is a diſcharged living in the
The church of Bergheſtede, with all its rights
King's Books, of the clear yearly certified
was given in the reign of K. Henry
value of 301. the yearly tenths of which are
I, by Robert de Crevequer, ſon of Hamo de Creve-
125. gd. (y)
quer, junior, to the priory of Leeds
, then founded In 1649, the vicarage was valued in the above-
by him (u); which gift was confirmed by Bald mentioned ſurvey at 2ol. per annum.
win, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the reign of K. The parſonage is leaſed out by the Dean and
Henry II, who then appropriated this church to Chapter to Mrs. Anne Packman, widow, but the
the canons there, towards the finding of lights advowſon of the vicarage they reſerve in their
and ornaments in their church. Theobald and own hands.
s blant
Doll
(,) Wills, Prerog. off. Canterbury.
(+) If they repreſent the latter, they might have been
(s) In this church there is a memorial for William God-
placed there in alluſion to the name of this pariſh: if not;
frey, jun. ſon of William Godfrey, late of Boxley, who died
theſe figures might perhaps be the creſt of the founder of
the church.
in 1690, æt. 63, and left his brother Edivard ſurviving ;
and likewiſe for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Bofvile, of
(u) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 111.
Bradburne, eſg; Juſtice and Clerk of the Court of Wards,
(v) Regift. of Leeds priory, fol. 2, 3, 4, 5,
who married firſt Edward Mabb, of Berſted, gent. by whom
w
(w) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 111.
ſhe had four fons and ſeven daughters. She married, fe (x) Lamb. Surveys, vol. xiv. See more of this portion
condly, William Godfrey, of Berfted, Yeoman, and died of tythes under Boxley, p. 129.
June 30, 1614, æt. 80.
(y) EA. Theſ. p. 15.
.
masa comanda
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It

490
The HISTORY of
K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
OTHAM.
nege. E.
CHURCH
OF
BERSTED
קע
of
The vicarage is endowed with all manner Qdo recep'. 3. lib'. modo'. 4. lib'. Aluuin' tenuit de
tythes, except grain, and enjoys the above-
Which is : Goisfrid de Ros holds of the Biſloop
mentioned penſion of 40s. from the leffee of
the Dean and Chapter.
(of Baieux) Otebam. It was taxed at one ſuling,
and one yoke. The arable land is two carucates and
an half. In demeſne there is one, and nine villeins,
with three borderers, having one carucate. There
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
is a church, and two ſervants, and one mill of five
(z) John Shrawley, ſequef- | Millings, and three acres of meadow. Wood for tbe
tered, but reſtored in 1660.
pannage of eight bogs. In the time of K. Edward
(2) Henry Dering, A. M. obt. the Confeſſor, it was worth four pounds, when he
1720.
received it three pounds, now four pounds. Alwin
(6) James Hales, reſig. 1733. held it of K. Edward.
Henry Rand, A. M. July On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, ſoon
1733•
after the taking of the above-mentioned ſurvey,
(c) Henry Jones, 1767, reſig.
this, among the reſt of his eſtates, came into
1773
the hands of the Crown, and appears to have
(d) Arnold Carter, preſented been held by a family, who took their name
1773. Preſent Vicar.
from hence.
Maſter Freeman Sonds, ſecond ſon of fir George Peter de Otham held this eſtate as one knight's
Sonds, of Lees-court in this county, knt. having fee, in the reign of K. Henry III, as appears
been executed at Pinenden. beath, on Aug. 21, by the Teſta de Nevil (8); and his daughter and
1655, for the unhappy murther of his elder
heir Loretta carried it in marriage to
in marriage to William de
brother, was brought that day to Berſted church,
Valoyns, whoſe family was poſſeſſed of large
and interred in it (e).
eſtates in the eaſtern parts of this county (h).
William de Valoigns is mentioned in the Tefta
Ο Τ Η Α Μ.
de Nevil to have paid aid for lands at Petham,
Aſhford, and Otham, in the 20th year of K.
THE
HE next pariſh fouthward from Berſted
Henry III, at the marriage of Iſabel, that Prince's
is Otham, which although it is ſituated
within the Hundred of Eyhorne, is yet within the
ſiſter, and died poffeffrd of Otham in the roch
civil juriſdiction of the Mayor and Corporation of
year of K. Edward I.(i) His wife Loretta fur-
the town and pariſh of Maidſtone (f).
vived him, and poffeffed this eſtate, which ſhe
afterwards gave to her two ſons, Walter and Ro-
THE MAN O R. Brod bert de Valoigns, and their heirs, by the deſcrip-
tion of, the manor of Otham, with the advowion
Otham was given by William the Conqueror of the church, with all benefits, rights, and ap-
to his half-brother Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux, purts. belonging to them (i). They held it in
under the general title of whoſe lands it is thus the next reign of K. Edward II, as one knight's
entered in the ſurvey of Domeſday :
fee, of the honor of Albermarle; but in the 20th
Goisfrid de Ros ten' de epo' Otebam. p uno folin of K. Edward III, it was partly alienated
& uno jugo ſe defd'. Tra'. e'. 2. Car' & dimid In
from this family, for Iſabel, widow of Walter
dnio'. e una &
9.
villi cu'. 3. bord' bnt 1. Car'.
de Valoigns, Richard Colyn, and Maſter Nicholas
Ibi eccla. & 2. Servi. & 1. molin' de. 5. folid. & de Sandwich, then paid reſpective aid for it, at
3. ac' pti, Silva. 8. porc'. T. R. E. valeb’: 4. lib'. the making of the Black Prince a Knight.
year of K.
(2) See Walker's Suff. of the Clergy, pt. ii, p. 360.
He was alſo Vicar of Hollingborne.
(a) He was alſo Vicar of Thurnham, in which church
he lies buried.
(6) He was preſented to Chart Sutton in 17 33.
(c) He exchanged this vicarage with Mr. Carter, for the
vicarage of Chart Sutton.
web
(d) Before Vicar of Chart Sutton, and now Minor Canon
of Rochefter.
(e) In the porch of the church, againſt the eaſt wall,
there is a ſmall monument for Stephen Mafon, of Boxley,
Citizen and Vintner of London, who lies buried underneath
it, near his late wife Margaret, and his father and
mother.
He died in 1560, and ſhe in 1552 ; though the date on
the monument is left blank for his death. Arms-A chevron
between 3 barrels.
(6) This juriſdiction, as the charter expreſſes it, extends
only to the cognizance and determination of actions and
replevins, and to no other purpoſe whatſoever. See Maida
Stone, p. 108.
(3) In the accounts of Robert Paſelewe, of the lands in
this
county held in fergeantry in that reign, it is entered:-.
Of Peter de Otham, for 60 and 13 acres of land, and half
a mare of annual rent, of the like fergeantry, which is
alienated, which he held at the rent of yos. per annum, and
the ſervice of the 20th part of a knight's fee. Roll of
Knights Fees temp. Edward II.
(5) See more of them under Repton in Aſhford, and
Swerdling in Pethan.
bas
(i) In the Iter of J. de Berewick and his aſſociates, anno
21 Edward I, The produced the deed of this gift before the
Juſtices, which is recorded in that iter at length, and is
witneſſed by Nicholas de Sandwich, knt. and others of note
in this neighbourhood. Plac. Jur. & Afifis. See Harris's
Hift. of Kent, p. 231.
Nicholas

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
491
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
OTHAM.
1) this
whoſe deſcendant Jobre
Nicholas de Sandwich appears to have died in
GORE-COURT
poffeffion of this manor in the year 1370, anno
is a ſeat in this pariſh, which with lands
45 Edward III, being then Rector of this pa-
here, called Colyns alias Old-hole (s), was once
riſh (k). After which it paſſed into the family
eſteemed part of the manor of Otham, and
of Fremingham ; and John, fon of fir Ralph de
ſeems to have had the ſame owners, till they
Fremingham, knt. of Loſe in this county, died
came into the poſſeſſion of fir Henry Tſey, knt.
in the 12th year of K. Henry IV, feiſed, among
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, (t) who alien-
other premiſes, of the manor and advowſon of
ated them to Thomas Aſtrey, and he, in the 3d
the church of Otham (1), which, leaving no iſſue
year of K. Edward VI, conveyed them by deed
by Alice his wife, he deviſed by his laſt will to
and fine to Walter Hendley, eſq; and Thomas
certain feoffees, who by their deed, dated Dec.
Hendley, eſq; his ſon, and their heirs; the for-
4th next year, aſſigned it over according to
the directions of it to John, ſon of Reginald de
mer of whom, the next year, releaſed the whole
of it to the latter, and he, that year, fold the
Pimpe, and his heirs male, with remainder to
Roger Iſle, as being the neareſt of blood to him,
meſſuage, called Gore-court, with the lands above-
mentioned, to Ralph Buffkin by deed and fine,
and the heirs male of his body, with divers
to hold of the manor of Otham, at the yearly
remainders over (m).
rent of 145. 6d. with ſuit and fealty, and to
John Pimpe died ſeiſed of this manor and ad-
ferve the office of Beadle of that manor when-
vowſon in the 9th year of K. Henry V, anno
ever it came to his turn. In his deſcendants
1420 (n), then holding it of the Dutchy of Lanca-
this eſtate remained till the reign of K. James
fter, as did his ſon Reginald, in the 16th year of
1, (u) when it was alienated to Mr Nathaniel
K. Henry VI. His deſcendant, John Pimpe,
Powel, of Eweburſt in the co. of Suſſex, who ſoon
eſq; died in the 11th year of K. Henry VII,
afterwards conveyed it to Thomas Fludd, eſq;
feiſed of theſe premiſes, then held of the Earl of
who reſided here (v).
Arundel by knights ſervice (0); and his ſon Re.
By Catherine his wife, daughter of Lewin Buff-
ginald died likewiſe poffefſed of them in the 23d
Santo
kin, of this pariſh, eſq; (20) he left iſſue two
year of K. Henry Vill.(p)
ſons, Thomas, of whom below, and Lewin, who
His heirs alienated this manor and the advow-
was M.D. and married Katherine, daughter of
fon of the church of Otham, to fir Henry Iſley, Ralph Buffkin, of Looſe. Thomas Fludd, eſąs the
knt, who ſoon afterwards conveyed them to Tho eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in this ſeat, and was
mas Hendley, of Courſeborne in Cranbrooke, eſq; (9)
Sheriff of Kent in the year 1652. He left iſſue
; poffeſfed
them at the reſtoration of K. Charles II. He
Therefter
by Bridget his wife, daughter of John Banks, of
the co. of Cambridge, eſq; two ſons, Alabaſter and
married Priſcilla, daughter of Thomas Fludd, of
Thomas, and a daughter Priſcilla, married to
Gore-court in this pariſh, eſq; by whom he had John Hendley, of this pariſh, eſq;
Bowyer Hendley, esq; who was Sheriff of this
Alabaſter Fludd, his eldeſt ſon, was of Gore-
county in the year 1702, and his grandſon Wil-
court, eſq; and married Maria, daughter and ſole
liam Henley, of Gore-court in this pariſh, eſq; is heir of Peter Mapleſden, of Lyd, by whom he
the preſent poſſeſſor of them.
had two ſons, Thomas and Peter, and four daugh-
bisher
தாமா
ters (x).. Thomas Fludd, the eldeſt ſon, poffefied
all suo gniol SDS
(k) He lies buried in this church. He was a younger (v) He was deſcended from David Fludd, or de Flu&ibus,
ſon of the Sandwich's, of Sandwich in this county, and
of the co. of Salop, whoſe fon John was of Morton in that
bore for his arms-Or, on a chief dancette azure, a mullet ar-
county, and left iſſue by Anne Banno his wife, fir Thomas
gent, for difference.
Fludd, of Milgate in this county, who died May 30, 1607,
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
and was buried at Berſted. He married Elizabeth, daugh-
(m) Apograph. Dering Mr.
ter of Philip Andros, of Taunton in the co. of Somerſet, who
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (0) Rot. E
(0.
died Jan. 25, 1591, and was buried by her huſband, by
20
6) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
whom ſhe had five ſons, and a daughter foane married to
fir Nicholas Gilborne, of Charing, krt. Of the fons, Edward
(9) Philipott, p. 263.
married Jane, daughter of fir Michael Sonds, knt. remar.
() Theſe lands were, no doubt, called Colyns, from ried to fir Thomas May, knt. and died without iſſue ; Tho-
Richard Colyn, who was owner of Orham manor in the reign mas purchaſed Gore-court, as above-mentioned; William ;
of K. Edward III, as above-mentioned. They are now
John; and Robert was M. D. and dying on Sept. 8, 1637,
uſually known by the name of Othan-hole.
æt. 63, was buried in Berfted church.
(1) Philipott, p. 263.
(w) By this marriage, his deſcendants are of conſangui-
(u) There is a monument againſt the ſouth wall of this nity to Archbiſhop Chichele ; his anceſtor, Lewin Buffkin,
church for Levin Buffkin, of Gore-court, eſq; fon of Ralph
having married Mary, daughter of Chriſtopher, ſecond ſon
Buffkin, of Gore-court, éſq; and Anne, daughter of fir John
of John Roper, Attorney General to K. Henry VIII. See
Gilford, of Hamſted, knt. by whom he had two ſons, Henry
Stem. Chich. No. 24.
and Ralph, and two daughters, Catherine and Barbara.
The Buffkins bore for their arms-Or, a chevron between
He died, dt. 84, Nov. 29, anno cio io cXWII. She 3
helmets azure.
died, æt. 30, within a year afterwards.
(x) Anne, Priſcilla, Bridget, and Mary, El
TH
Gore-

492
H The H T
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
Sept.
one ſon
I S IS TO RY ofe K E N T.
OTHAM. HY
Gore-court. He died in 1688, æt. 38, leaving
ſided here, in the reign of K. Edward II, ás
iſſue by Paulina his wife, daughter of John appears by the deeds relating to it (c). His de-
ſcendant Jobn Elys, eſq; died ſeiſed of it on
Thomas, who died an infant about a year
after 28, 1467, and lies buried in this church (d).
him ; on which, this ſeat came to his brother Peter His deſcendant Stephen Ellis reſided here in
Fludd, who, to ſatisfy incumbrances, conveyed the reign of K. Henry VIII, and married Grace,
it in truſt to Mr. Benjamin Howel, gent. (y) who daughter of John Cromer, of Tunſtall, esq; Ellis
about the year 1712, paſſed it away by fale
Ellis was of Stoneacre, eſq; in the reign of K.
Bowyer Hendley, of this pariſh, ejg; who had ſerved
Charles I, (e) and by his laſt will, proved Dec.
the office of Sheriff of this county in 1702 (Z). 3, 1638, deviſed this ſeat to his ſon Henry Ellis,
He died poffefſed of it on Dec. 3, 1742, æt. 87,
eſq; (ee) who reſided here, and died poſſeſſed of
having had iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter and it in 1643 (f). In his deſcendants it continued
heir of Thomas Sharpe, of Benenden, gent, who till it was at length alienated by Mr. George
died in 1752, æt. 88, ſix ſons ; of whom, John, Ellis, about the year 1710, to Mr. George Water-
Bowyer, and Thomas, died without iſſue; Wil man, whoſe heirs, about the year 1735, conveyed
liam became his heir ; and Walter died June 16,
it by ſale to William Horſemonden Turner, of Har-
1742, æt. 50. The daughters were, Eliza rietſham, eſq; who at his death in 1753 (8), de-
beth, and Mary, Priſcilla who died unmarried in viſed it by his laſt will to his widow, Mrs. Eli-
1731, and Anne married to Samuel Horne, Rector zabeth Turner, for her life, with divers renain-
of Otham.
ders over, and ſhe is the preſent poffeffor of
William Henley (a), above-mentioned, reſided
it(b).
ist 59
at Gore-court, where he died in 1757, and was
The Abbat of St. Auſtin's had formerly ſome
buried with his anceſtors here, leaving iſſue one property in this pariſh (i).
ſon William, and ſeveral daughters (6). Which
RESENT
OF OTHAM. Obelis
William Henley, the ſon, is the preſent proprietor
The ſoil of this pariſh is, for the moſt part,
of Gore-court, and reſides in it.
bestand
very poor, conſiſting of a looſe red earth, in.
S TO NE ACRE
termixed with Aints ; the lower part, however,
is an antient feat in the eaſtern part of this pa-
abounds much with the Kentiſ rag-ſtone, as far
riſh, which for ſome centuries was poſſeſſed by as the Lenham rivulet, on which there is a mill,
the family of Elys, or Ellis, as they afterwards called Otham-mill, which ſtream is the northern
fpelt their name, a branch of which was like:
wiſe ſeated at Kennington in the eaſtern part of this The middle and ſouthern parts of this pariſh,
county. John Ellys poſſeſſed this ſeat, and re are much covered with wood; in the centre of
PRESENT STATE OF OTHAM.
flb etio.1
(xx) She died on May 8, 1722, æt. 69, and was buried
near her huſband in Otham church.
(v) For 3000l. Mr. Peter Fludd afterwards died in the
priſon at Maidſtone. The Fludds bore for their arms-Vert,
chevron between 3 griffins heads eraſed, argent.
() He was deſcended from Walter Hendley, of courſe-
horne in Cranbrooke, efq; who married, firſt, the daughter
of John Hales, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, by
whom he left iſſue, as will be mentioned below; and fe-
condly, Elizabeth Billingham, of the co. of Suſſex, by whom
he left a ſon John, ſettled in Wales.
By his firſt wife he had iſſue Thomas, his heir, and Eliza-
beth, wife of William Coke, of London. Thomas Hendley,
the ſon, was of Courſehorne, efq; and was twice married ;
firſt to Anne, daughter and heir of Henry Bowyer, of Cuck-
field in the co. of Suſſex, eſq; by Elizabeth, daughter and
heir of Thomas Vaux, Clerk Comptroller of the Houſhold
to K. Henry VIII, by whom he left iſſue two ſons, Thomas,
his heir, and Francis, and a daughter Margaret, wife of
Francis Hanbury, of Limington in the co. of Southampton.
By his ſecond wife Mary, daughter of Walter Roberts, of
Glaſſenbury, eſq; he had iſſue three ſons, Walter, John, and
William.
Thomas Hendley, eſq; the fon by the firſt wife, was of
Courſehorne, and afterwards knighted, and Sheriff of this
county in the 14th year of K. Charles I. He married Eliza.
beth, daughter of John Wilford, of Enfield, eſq; by whom
he had iſſue three fons, Bower, Walter, and John, and
five
eſq; of which he died poffeſfed on April 30, 1676, æt. 59,
leaving iſlue by Priſcilla his wife, daughter of Thomas
Fludd, of Gore-court, efq; who died in 1684, æt. 58, five
fons, Thomas, John, and Walter, who all died unmarried;
Bowyer, who became his heir, and purchaſed Gore-court, as
above-mentioned ; and William, who died in 1724, æt. 67,
having been twice married, and having had iſſue by both his
wives—and two daughters, Bridget and Elizabeth.
(a) He altered the ſpelling of his name, leaving out the
letter d in it.
(6) Of the daughters, Elizabeth married William Horne,
Rector of Otham, and died in 1744 ; and another of them
sod
married Mr. Beverſham Filmer, brother of fir John Filmer,
OS
bart.
The Hendleys bear for their arnis-Paly bendy, azure and
gules, 8 martlets, 3, 2, and 3, or
...
(c) Philipott, P. 263.
(d) On his ſtone are the marks of his effigies in braſs,
which have been long ſince torn off. He bore for his arms-
Or, on a croſs fable, 5 creſcents argent, as they were painted
on glaſs in the window next his pew in the church, and in
a window at Stoneacre,
(e) He had a fifter Elizabeth, who married Henry Fryar.
(ee) During the rebellion he adhered to the royal cauſe,
for which his eſtate here was ſequeſtered, and he com-
pounded for it for 1141.
(f) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
(8) It was then, with the lands belonging to it, let at
rool. per annum.
(5) See more of the Turners, under Harriet nam, above,
p. 457
idi
(1) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 332,
it

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
493
OTHAM.
CHARITI E S.
. Das
THE
MANOR.
K. E and yet it pays 14. Sbern Biga held it of
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
it is Gore-court, and a little to the northward of
(s) - Simmonds, reſig.
it the church, and parſonage-houſe, a modern, end i 1927.
ſaſhed building; on the eaſtern ſide of the pariſh,
tase (t) Samuel Horne, June 27,
near Stoneacre, is the village, called Otham-ſtreet. obtenha pars to obt. Aug. 18, 1968. Isto
William Horne, 1769. Pre-
sada to bude ſent Rector.
Thomas Hendley, eſq; youngeſt ſon of Gervas
Hendley, of courſeborne, eſq; gave a houſe and
sloo
TH U R N H A M
land, now let at 41. per annum, to the poor
of
this pariſh. He died in 1590, æt. 89, and lies
L!
IES the adjoining pariſh northward from
buried in the chancel of this church (k).
Berſted. It is written in Domeſday, Turne-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
bam, and is ſuppoſed to take its name from the
antient caſtle ſituated in it, Thurn in Saxon ſig-
Otham is ſituated within the ecclefiaftical juriſ nifying a tower, and ham a village.
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
15 mod
De tots
of Sutton.
Solo
The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and be
Thurnham was given by William the Con.
from the earlieſt account of time, has ever been
queror to Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, his half-bro.
conſidered as an appendage to the manor of
ther of whom it was held by Ralf de Curva Spina,
Otham (1), and as ſuch is now in the patronage
or Crookthorne, as the name was called in Eng-
of William Henley, of Gore-court, eſq; Lord of
tiſh, as appears by the following entry in the
that manor.
book of Domeſday, under the general title of the
It is valued in the King's books at 91. 175.
Biſhop of Baieux's lands:
31d. and the yearly tenths at 193. 81d. (m)
Radulf Curbeſpine ten' de epo Turneha' P 3.
In 1578, the communicants here were 92. In
ſolins ſe defd'. Tra. e 8 Car.' In dnio'. e una. & 16
1640, it was valued at 451. per annum. Com-
villi' cu 18. bord Int. 4. car'. Ibi accla & 6.
municants 121. do eid ning
ſervi. & 1. molin de 6. Solid. & 4. ac pti Silvo
K. Edward II, in his
1, in his 19th year, confirmed
porc.
orc.
T.R. E. & poft valeb' 10 lib modo 12.
to the rectory of Otham, four acres of land in
lib' & tamº redd. 14. Sbern biga tenuit de rege
E.
this pariſh, for a chantry (n).
"
Which is : Ralf Curbeſpine holds of the Biſhop
uoneid
(of Baieux) Turneham. It was taxed at three
CHURCH OF OTHAM.
I Tonst int barn
Julings. The arable land is eight carucates
. In
PATRONS,
demeſne there is one, and 16 villeins, with eighteen
or by whom preſented.
borderers, having four carucates. There is a church,
(6) Nicholas de Sandwich, obt.
and fix ſervants, and one mill of six ſhillings, and
1401 yimp 1370. ist ning oo
four acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
William Keme, in 1460.
40 bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confesſor,
Lewis in 1533,
30
and afterwards,
s, it was worth 10 pounds, now 12
Thomas Oaly, in 1559. pounds,
20402
saffo isvist (p) Thomas Wilſon, B. A. ſu-
K. Edward.
aanbroakob ein bris fpended 1635, reſtored
On the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, in the
1639, obt. 1651.
19th year of the Conqueror's reign, about four
ot berapa dani sio (9) John Davis, obt. July 11,
years after the taking of the ſurvey of Domeſday,
200. 1677.
this place was ſeized into the King's hands, among
Hern, in 1653
the reſt of the Biſhop's eſtates, and was afterwards
(r) Mathias Putton, obt. Aug.
aſligned, among other lands by the Conqueror,
to Gilbert Magminot, for his aſſiſtance, under
Samuel Berkley, 1721. John de Fienes, in the defence of Dover Caſtle.
denly
, of core court cas Lord of
40.
O.
Othe
Rectors. I ordered
91
20
grocebust 12, 1700.
(k). This is inſcribed on a braſs plate againſt the north
wall of the chancel, on which are the figures of his wife,
two daughters, and four fons.
(1) Newton, in his Hiſtory of Maidſtone, p. 132, fays,
that George Swinock, in K. Charles I.'s time, purchaſed
the advowſon of this church of Otham, merely to accom-
modate the Puritans of Maidſtone with a Miniſter of their
own principles ; for which purpoſe he preſented Thomas
Wilſon, whoſe life he afterwards wrote. Mr. Newton meant,
no doubt, the next preſentation of this church, inſtead of
the perpetual advowſon.
(m) Ed. Theſ. p. 15.
(n) Rot. Pat. ejus an, pt. 1.
(6) He lies buried in this church. See above, p. 491.
dVOL. II.
6K
(P) He was preſented to this rectory by Mr. George Swin-
nock, who had purchaſed the next preſentation to it. He
was a zealous Puritan, and was ſuſpended, ab officio et bea
neficio, by the High Commiſſion, for dilapidations of his
parſonage, and other matters. He died about 1651.
(9) Newton's Hift. of Maidſtone, p. 68. He was alſo
Curate of Maidſtone, where he lies buried.
(r) He lies buried in this church.
(s) He was likewiſe Dean of Bartle.
(t) He died æt. 75, and lies buried in this church, hav-
ing had iſſue ſeveral children ; of whom, Dr. George Horne
is Preſident of Magdalen college in Oxford, and Mr. William
Horne ſucceeded him in this rectory, and is likewiſe Rector
of Brede in the co. of Suſſex.
Theie

Τ Ο R YO of
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Roger his ſon and heir, who, doing his homage,
fir Roger de Northwood, of Northwood in the Iſle of
a charter of
494
The HISTORY ef. Κ Ε Ν Τ.
THURNHAM.
Theſe lands were held of the King in capite by
for this manor, Binbury, &c. as one knight's
barony, the tenant of them being bound by his
fee and an half, held of Geoffry de Say, one of
tenure of them to maintain a certain number of whoſe daughters, Juliana, he married, and hay,
ſoldiers, from time to time, for the defence of ing been ſummoned to Parliament in the 34th year
the caſtle (v).
of that reign only, he died Nov. 5, next year,
Of the family of Magminot, and of their heirs being then ſeiſed of the manors of Thornham and
the Says, Thurnham was held by a family which Bingebury, among others in this county (c).
took their name from their poſſeſſions in it.
He left iffue fir John de Northwood, knt. his fon
Robert de Turnham held this eſtate in the reign of and heir, who having likewiſe been ſummoned to
K. Henry II, and was the founder of the priory Parliament, departed this life on Feb. 27, anno
of Combwell, at Goudburſt in this county, to
2 K. Richard II, (d) leaving iſſue by Joane his
which he gave part of his poſſeſſions in this wife, daughter of Robert Hert, of Faverſham,
pariſh (w).
នា។
He left iſſue two ſons, Robert and Stephen ; had that year livery of his lands (e).
the former of whom attended K. Richard I. in He alienated the manor of Thurnham to Ro.
his noted expedition to the Holy Land, and was bert Corbie, of Boughton Malherb, eſq; whoſe fole
much truſted and employed by that Prince, and daughter and heir Joane carried it in marriage
by K. John, from time to time afterwards (x).
to fir Nicholas Wotton, knt. who in the year 1415,
He died in the 13th year of K. John's reign, anno 3 K.Hen. V, was Lord Mayor of London(f).
without iſſue male (y), and was ſucceeded by his His deſcendant fir Edward Wotton, knt. procured
brother Stephen de Turnham, who having ratified his lands in this county to be diſgavelled, by the
his father's grants to the priory of Combwell, died acts both of 31 K. Henry VIII, and 2 and 3 K.
before the 16th year of that reign, as it ſhould Edward VI, (g) and from him this manor de-
ſeem, without iſſue (m).
ſcended to his grandſon fir Edward Wotton, of
in the beginning of the reign of K. Edward I, boughton Malherb, knt. who on May 13, in the
ift year of K. James I, was created Lord Wotton,
Shepey, knt. poſſeſſed the manor of Thurnham, Baron of Marley in this county.
with Binbury, and other eſtates in this pariſh, of Thomas, Lord Wotton, his fon and heir, dying
which he died ſeiſed in the 13th year of that in the 6th year of K, Charles I, anno 1630,
reign, leaving iſſue a ſon John, who doing his without male iſſue, his four daughters became
homage, had livery of his father's lands the next
his coheirs ; of whom Catherine, the eldeſt
, car-
year, and was ſeveral times Sheriff of this county, ried this manor in marriage to Henry, Lord
He married Foane de Badleſmere, and having had Stanbope, ſon and heir to Philip, Eurl of Chefter-
fummons to Parliament, among the Barons of this field, who died in his father's life-time (b). Upon
realm, he died in the 14th year of K. Edward which, his widow Catherine, Lady Stanhope, be-
II, leaving Roger his grandſon, ſon of John, his came again feiſed of it, and quickly after tranſ-
eldeſt ſon, who died in his life-time (a), his ferred it by ſale to Mr. John Godden, of Lon-
next heir, who doing his homage, had at that don (i), whoſe fon William Godden, of Weſtwell,
time livery of his lands (6).
eſq; alienated it, in 1694, to William Cage, of
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, he paid Berſted, eſa; who the next year ſerved the office
aid, at the making the Black Prince a Knight, of Sheriff of this county, and his deſcendant
dr. ROT
(v) The manor of Thurnbam and Binbury, in this pariſh, (y) He left a ſole daughter and heir Iſabel, married to
together with Kerfony in River, were eſtimated at three Peter de Mauley. Dugd, ibid. p. 663.
knights fees, parcel of the 24, which made up the barony
(2) In the 33d year of K. Henry II, he was Seneſchal
of Magminot, of which Deptford was the head or chief. See
f Anjou; in the 9th and 10th years of K. Richard I, he
Deptford, and Cowdham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 2, 118.
was Sheriff of Wiltſhire, and anno 1 K. John, he obtained
(w) Viz. the church of St. Mary of Turnham, lands in this
pariſh called Hoch and Cafleye, and 20 acres of land upon foreſts, and was Sheriff of the co. of Lincoln for part of that
the hills of Tornham; to which Stephen, his fon, added two
year. Dugd. ibid.
acres of land upon the ſame hills, and the ſcite and ſted of
(a) He married Agnes, daughter of William de Grandijon.
the mill at Turnham on the hills. Dugd. Mon. vol. ii,
(6) Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 70. See more of this family
under Northwood in Minſter, in the Iſle of Shepeg.
(x) He executed the office of Sheriff for Surry one half
of the 6th year of K. Richard I, and the next two years,
(c) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 70, 71,
as he did again in the 9th and 10th years of that reign. In (d) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
to download to croyba
the 2d year of K. John, he was one of the Barons preſent (e) Dugd. Bar. ibid. p. 71.
P. 71. M la trois pode stron
at Lincoln, when William K. of Scots did homage to K. John,
(f) Mf. E. H.:
who, in his 4th year, conſtituted him his Lieutenant of
(8) He died anno 6 Edward VI, feiſed of the manor and
Poictou, and he was again Sheriff of Surry from the ift
year
advowſon of Thurnham, held of the King, as of his manor
of that reign to the 9th of it, incluſive. He
of Ex Grenewich, by knights ſervice. Rot. Eſch.
fhip of Begham to the canons of Brockley, who removed
(b) See more of this family, under Boughton Malberb,
themſelves to it, and built them an abbey on it. See
above, p. 428.
Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 662. Allo vol. i. of this hiſtory,
6) Philipott, p. 341.
yohu
of
t, L
p. 270.
abom
gave his lord
p. 6.

The
HISTORY
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
495
manor.
Ordes Lennard, bart. died
THURNHAM.
EXHORNE HUNDRED.
John Cage, efq; youngeſt ſon of William Cage, of at Horebam-ball at Thaxſted in Ellex, which houſe
Milgate, eſq; fold this manor, together with the he had built (n). He died on April 4, 1520,
parfonage or rectory impropriate of Tburnham, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter
and its appurts, to fir Edward Dering, bart. who and heir of Roodes, of the county of York, two
died feiſed of them in 1762, and his ſon fir Edw. ſons, John and Henry, the latter of whom ſuc-
Dering, of Surrenden in this county, bart. is the ceeded him in this manor (o). He was of the
preſent owner of this manor and rectory. co. of Cambridge, eſq; and died Jan. 14, 1573,
A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this ſeiſed of the manor of Binbury, with its appurts.
held of Thomas Wotton, eſq; as of his manor of
Thorneham, by knights ſervice (9). He married
B IN BURY,
Eleanor, one of the two daughters and coheirs
antiently written Bingebery, is an eminent manor of John Marſhall, of the co. of Elex, efq; by
in this pariſh, lying on the ſummit of the chalk-
whom he had a ſon Henry, afterwards knighted,
hills at the north-weſt extremity of it.
who had that year livery of his father's lands (q).
This manor is included in the deſcription in Which fir Henry Cutt, of the co. of Cambridge,
Domeſday recited above, as part of the Biſhop of knt. died on Dec. 12, 1603, without iſſue (r);
Baieux's poſſeſſions, on whoſe difgrace, coming very ſoon after which, his heirs alienated this ma-
into the King's hands, it was granted to Gilbert nor to fir Samuel Lennard, of Weſt Wickham in this
Magminot, for his aſiſtance in the defence of
county, knt. who died pofleffed of it in 1618, and
Dover Caſtle, and was, with other lands, aſſigned was ſucceeded in it by his eldeſt fon, fir Stephen
to him for the like purpoſe, held of the King in Lennard, knt. who was created a Baronet in 1642(s).
capite by barony (k).
Of the family of Magminot, and of the Says
pofſeffed of this manor in 1727(t), without
their heirs, this manor was held by the family
lawful iſſue, leaving two natural ſons, Samuel
of De Turnham, who took their name from their
and Thomas ; to the former of whom, by his laſt
poſſeſſions here, but they were extinct here be-
will, he bequeathed this manor. Samuel Len-
fore the reign of K. Edward I, in the beginning
nard, of Weft Wickham, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, died
of which, fir Roger de Northwood, of Northwood
poſſeſſed of it, leaving his widow ſurviving,
in Shepey, knt. was become poffeffed of it, and
and an only daughter Mary, in whom the in.
died ſeiſed of it in the 13th year of that reign; heritance of this manor is now veſted (u).
and in his deſcendants it continued down to
Roger de Northwood (1), who died poffeffed of it
AL DINGTON,
in the laſt year of K. Henry V. His heirs, in uſually called Addington, and now comprehended
the beginning of the next reign, paffed it away within the bounds of this pariſh, was formerly
to Thomas Thwaits, who in the 8th year of it, a diſtinct pariſh of itſelf. It was, as well as
conveyed his intereſt in it to Wm. Gaſcoigne (m), Thurnham, part of thoſe poſſeſſions with which
in whoſe name it continued till the beginning of William the Conqueror enriched his half-brother
K. Edward IV.'s reign, and then it was alienated Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the general title of
to Cutt, or Cutts, for the name was ſpelt both whoſe lands, it is thus entered in the ſurvey of
ways, whoſe deſcendant fir John Cutt, knt. pof Domeſday, taken about the year 1080:
feſſed this manor in the reign of K. Henry VIII. Anſgot' de Roueceſt' ten' de epo' Audintone. p. 2.
He was Treaſurer of the Houſhold, and reſided ſolins ſe defd'. Tra'. e'. 3. car'. & dimid. In dnio'
bna
(k) See the account of Thurnham manor above, p. 493. fable, 3 plates, in each a martlet of the 2d; thoſe of this
(1) It appears by the Eſcheat-rolls, that John de North-
county bore this coat within a bordure, argent and gules.
wood, ſon of Roger, died feiſed of it anno 14 Edward II, as
() See Morant ibid. p. 439, 496, 582. Lel. Itin. vol.
did Roger his grandſon, ſon of John, anno 35 Edward III,
iv, f. 30, pt. I.
and fir John de Northwood, in the 2d year of K. Richard II,
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
whoſe fon was Roger de Northwood in the reign of K. Henry
(r) Morant ibid. He lies buried, with the Lady Barbara
V. above-mentioned.
A melancholy accident happened at Binbury, in the reign
his wife, in Thurnham church, in a chancel founded by
her there in honor of him, who was her firſt huſband. She
of K. Edward III, as appeared by the old evidences of the
Lord Wotton's family: The Lady Northwood ſtanding on a
afterwards married William Covert, of Boxley, efq; and
died on Dec. 18, 1618, at. 72. At each corner of her
precipice of the hill, to ſee a fox dug out, the earth, being
grave ſtone is a fhield of arms in brafs : on two of which is
looſe and fandy, funk under her, and the hanging hill
written William Covert, arms-A fefs, between 3 martlets ;
ſhooting down upon her, ſhe was ſtifled to death with the
on the other two, Barbara Cutt, arms-Cutt, as above-
preſſure.
mentioned.
(m) Philipott, p. 341. He was of the family of Gaſcoigne,
of Gowthorpe in the county of York, who bore for their
(s) Philipott, p. 341.
arms-Argent, on a pale fable, a demi lucy or.
(t) He was Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince George of
(n) He had a younger brother Richard, from whom de Denmark, huſband to Q. Anne, Lieutenant Colonel of the
ſcended John Cutt, created in 1690 Baron Cutt, of Gow Duke of Ormond's regiment of guards, and Member of Par-
ran in Ireland, for his military ſervices. He died without liament for the town and port of Hythe in this county.
.
iffue. See Morant's Hiſtory of Eſſex, vol. ii, p. 590,
(u) See more of this family, under Weft Wickham, vol.
The family bore for their arms-Argent, on a bend ingrailed i. of this hiſtory, p. 108.

496
Κ Ε Ν Τ:
Then
of
'
HISTORY
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
manors.
THURNHAM.
funt
. 2. & 7. villi
' cu'. 5. bord' bnt. 1. car' &
Rocheſter, then in the King's hands, and by the
dim'. Ibi accla & 4. ſervi. & 6. ac' pti' & 1.
ſervice of paying to the ward of that caſtle 245.
molin' de. 4. fol & 2. den'. Silva. 10. porc'. T. per annum, for all ſervice (9). Joane his wife,
R. E. & poft valuit. 4. lib'. modo. 7. lib'. Goduin' daughter of fir Maurice de Berkeley, knt. ſurvived
& Aluuin' tenuer de rege. E. p. 2bs m'.
him, and died ſeiſed of it in the 43d year of
Which is : Anfgotus of Rocheſter holds of the
that reign ; upon which it came into the poffel-
Biſhop (of Baieux) Audint one. It was taxed at
fion of Reginald de Cobham, their ſon, who was
two ſulings. The arable land is three carucates and
of Sterborough-caſtle in the co. of Surry, whence
his deſcendants were called Cobhams of Sterbo-
an half. In demeſne there are two, and ſeven vil-
leins, with five borderers having one carucate and
rough, to diſtinguiſh them from the other
branches of this family, ſettled at Cobham and
an half. There is a church and four ſervants, and
fix acres of meadow, and one mill of four ſhillings
Sborne in this county. He died ſeiſed of this
and two pence. Wood for the pannage of 10 hogs.
manor in the 4th year of K. Henry IV, leaving
Alianore his wife ſurviving (2), who held it in
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, and after-
wards, it was worth four pounds, now ſeven pounds
. || dower, and his ſon Reginald de Cobham, then 21
Goduin and Aluuin beld it of K. Edward for two
years of age, who on his father's death became
poffeffed of it, and dying in the 24th year of
K. Henry VI, was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſur-
Theſe two manors continued afterwards as
viving fon, fir Thomas Cobham, knt. (a) who died
ſuch, one of which, from its ſituation, and
from the noble family which poffeffed it, was
poſſeſſed of it in the 11th year of K. Edward
IV, (b) leaving by Anne his wife, daughter of
called
Humpbry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, an only
ALDINGTON COBHAM, alias EAST-COURT. daughter and heir. Anne, who carried it in mar-
riage to fir Edward Borough, of Gainſborough in
Henry de Cobham, of Cobham in this county,
the co. of Lincoln, knt.
was poffeffed of this manor in the reign of K.
By her he left iſſue Thomas, his ſon and heir,
John, and his eldeſt fon John de Cobham, of Cob-
who was ſummoned to Parliament in the 21ft year
bam likewiſe, died in the 28th year of K. Ed-
of K. Henry VIII, by the title of Lord Burgh, .
ward I, ſeiſed of it, holding it of the King in
He married Anne, daughter of fir William Tirwhit,
capite, by the ſervice of one knight's fee (v).
of Ketilby in the co. of Lincoln, and was ſuc-
He ſeems to have been ſucceeded in it by his
ceeded by Thomas, his ſon and heir, who pro-
next brother William, uſually afterwards ſtyled
cured his lands to be diſgavelled, by the act of
of Aldington, who was a Juſtice Itinerant, both
the 31ſt of K. Henry VIII. By Alice his fecond
in the reigns of K. Henry III. and Edward I,
wife (c), he had iſſue, as appears by his teſta-
and died, far advanced in years, anno 14 Ed-
ment, Henry his fon and heir, William, Thomas,
ward II, and without iſſue, being ſucceeded in
and other children, and died in the 4th year
this manor by Reginald his nephew, ſtyled like-
of K. Edward VI. (d) upisnog die lody mi
wiſe Cobham of Aldington, ſon of his eldeſt bro-
Henry, his eldeſt ſon, if he fucceeded his fa-
ther John de Cobham, of Cobham, by his ſecond
ther in honor and eſtate, did not long enjoy
wife Foane, daughter of Hugh de Nevill(w).
them, for in the 1ſt and 2d year of 1
no
of Philip and
He married Joane, daughter of William de
Mary, for William Burgh, Lord Burgh, the ſecond
Hever, by whom he left one ſon, Reginald de fon, held the manor of Aldington of the Queen
ham, who in the 14th year of K. Edward III,
in capite (e), and in the 12th year of Q. Eliza-
procured a charter of free-warren in all beth, fold it, by the name of the manor of Ald-
meſne lands within his manor of Aldington by ington Eaſt-court, to Henry Brockbull (f), who
Thornham, among others (x). He died in the
was likewiſe poffefied of the other part of Ald-
35th year of that reign, feiſed of this manor,
ington, called likewiſe, from its ſituation, and
held of the King in capite, as of the caſtle of
the family which poffefied it, ky testino
beroi
tobio
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N.42.
time, leaving an only daughter Margaret, afterwards mar-
(w) By his firſt wife, daughter of Warine Fitz-Benedict,
ried to Ralph, Earl of Wefimoreland. See more of this
he had iſſue John, who, as well as his deſcendants, were branch of the Cobhams of Sterborough, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
of Cobham, and Henry, who was of Rundell in this county.
p. 402, vol. ii, p. 448.
his ſecond wife Joane de Nevill he had iſſue Reginald, (6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
above-mentioned, and three other ſons, of whom William
(c) His firſt wife was Elizabeth, daughter of fir David
was poſſeſſed of ſome intereſt in this eſtate at Aldington. See
Owen, kni. from whom he was divorced for her incontinency,
Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 65 et ſeq. Hollingſhed's Chron.
and her children were baſtardized by act of Parliament,
Caſtrations, p. 1505 et ſeq.
paſied anno 35 Henry VIII. Alice his ſecond wife, after-
(x) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 67.
wards married Edmund Rokewood.
(y) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(z) She was daughter and coheir of John, Lord Maltra-
(e) Ibid. rot. 51, ps. I ma. See more of this family,
vers, and widow of fir John Fitzalan, alias Arundell, knt. under Chidingstone, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 402.
See Dugd. ibid. p. 69.
(f) Ibid. ejus an. pt. 9.
(a) Reginald, eldeſt ſon of Reginald, died in his life-
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The H I STORY of K E N T.
497
THURNHAM.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
NDRED.
fir William Burgh, knt. Lord Burgh, the other
ALDINGTON SEPTVANS, alias WEST-COURT.
moiety of Aldington, by the name of the manor of
Roger de Septvans poſſeſſed this manor in the
Aldington Eaſt-court, as has been already related.
reign of K. Richard I, and was with that King In the 14th year of Q. Elizabeth, Mich. term,
at the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine. He died ſeiſed
he levied a fine of all his lands, and that ſame
of it in the 37th year of K. Henry III, holding
term, one in particular for the manors of Ald.
it, as one knight's fee, in capite (g), and was
ington (9), of which he died feiſed on Aug.
Septvanswho
accompanied that King in his expedition againſt
church (r), leaving iflue by Margaret his wife,
the Welſh, in his 42d year. William de Septvans
daughter of Hugh Catlyn, only two daughters
owned it in the beginning of K. Edward I.'s
his coheirs, then living, Anne and Martha (s),
reign, whoſe ſon Robert received the honor of the former of whom, by the death of her ſiſter,
knighthood, for his exemplary behaviour at the
became at length his ſole heir, and marrying
ſiege of Carlaverock in Scotland, whither he went Mr. John Taylor, gent. entitled him to theſe
with that Prince in his 28th year. He died ſeiſed eſtates, on which he afterwards reſided (t). He
of this manor in the 34th year of that reign (b). alienated them to fir. Richard Smyth, of Leeds-
His ſon William de Septvans died feiſed of it in caſtle, knt. who died ſeiſed of them on July 21,
the 16th year of the next reign of K. Edward 1628 (u), and his heirs ſoon afterwards alienated
II, (i) as did his fon William in the 25th year of them to Ralph Freke, esq; deſcended from thoſe
K. Edward III, holding it, as the moiety of the of the county of Dorſet, who having married
manor of Aldington, in manner as above-men Cecilie, fifth daughter of fir Thomas Culpeper, of
tioned (k). After which it did not remain long Holling borne, knt. fixed his reſidence at Aldington
in this name, for John Gower died poſſeſſed of Weſt-court. She died in 1650, and was buried
in the 39th year of that reign (1); and from | in Hollingborne church, after which he ſold
thence, not many years afterwards, it was ali them to Mr. John Munns, of Berſted, in which
enated to fir John Brockbull, knt. (m) who by Ida name they remained till they were conveyed by
his wife, daughter of fir John Kiriell, knt. left ſale to William Sheldon, eſa; whoſe fon Mr. John
iffue William Brockhull, eſg; whoſe ſon Nicholas Sheldon, of Aldington, gent. died ſeiſed of them on
reſided here, and dying feiſed of this manor in June 13, 1703, æt. 72, and was buried in
1461, anno 2 Edward IV, was buried in this Thurnham church (v). He was ſucceeded by his
pariſh church of Aldington (n). By Catherine his ſon Richard Sheldon, eſa; who reſided at Alding-
wife, daughter of Adam Wood, he had iſſue a ton, where he kept his ſhrievalty in the year 1717,
ſon William Brockbull, who was of Aldington, and dying on Dec. 26, 1736, æt. 57, was buried
eſq; (c) and died ſeiſed of this manor of Alding in Thurnham church (w), having by his laſt
ton Weſcourt, alias Aldington Septvans, in the 3d will bequeathed theſe manors to his widow, who
year of K. Henry VIII, holding it in capite by
ſoon afterwards, in the year 1738, remarrying
knights fervice (p). ရင် co
with William Jones, eſq; M. D. entitled him to
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas this ſeat, and the manors of Aldington Cobham
Hever, by whom he left Edward Brockhill, who and West-court, at the latter of which he reſided.
by Mildred, daughter of Ellis, of Kennington, He died on Feb. 23, 1780, leaving iſſue two
left iſſue Henry Brockhill, of Aldington, eſq; who daughters his coheirs, viz. Mary, married to
in the 12th year of Q. Elizabeth, purchaſed of Lock Rollinſon, of the co. of Oxford, efq; and
(8) Viz. 100 acres of land in Aldington, one acre of
paſture, and 38s. 6d. rent. Rot. Eſch. ps. 8, N. 17.
Holding it of the King in capite, as one knight's fee,
and paying thence to the caſtle of Rocheſter 14s. Rot. Eſch.
ejus an. N. 11.
(i) By the deſcription of a certain meſſuage in Aldington,
16 acres of land, one acre of meadow, 25 acres of paſture
in le Pend-field, and 40 acres of paſture there on the hill,
and 12 acres of underwood, of the King in capite, &c. as
c.
before. Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (1) Ibid.
(m) Philipott, p. 342.
(n) Prerog. off. Cant.
(c) Viftn. co. Kent anno 1574.
(p) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(9) In the 25th year of Q. Elizabeth, Henry Brockhull
had the Queen's licence to alienate the manors of Cobham
alias Eſtcourt, and Aldington Weſtcourt alias Sexvans alias
Aldington Gouer, with their appurts. and three meſſuages
in Aldington, to Edmund Pelham and Vincent Engham, &c.
but theſe, I imagine, were only truſtees for particular uſes.
See Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 10.
VOL.II.
6 L
(r) He bore for his arms.Quarterly, iſt and 4th, Brock-
hill, gules, a croſs engrailed between 12 croſs-croflets fitchee
argent ; 2d and 3d, Criol, 2 chevrons and a canton, gules.
(s) Viftn. ço. Kent anno 1574. Philipott, p. 342.
(+) He was ſon of William Taylor, of Romney, who died.
in 1571, by Mary his wife, daughter of Mr. Richard Taylor;
which William was ſon of William Taylor, of Shadoxhurſt,
eldeſt ſon and heir of John Taylor, of the ſame place, whoſe
ſecond ſon was of Wilſborough, from whom deſcended fir
Thomas Taylor, of Maidſtone, bart. John Taylor had iſſue
by Anne Brockhill, two ſons, Brockhill and Thomas, the
former of whom ſettled in Ireland.
They bore for their arms- Argent, on a chief ſable, 2 boars
heads couped of the ift. Mf. pedigr. of Taylor, Viſtn. co.
Kent, 1619.
(u) He was fourth ſon of Thomas Smyth, of Ofenhanger,
eſq; commonly called Cuſtomer Smyth. See more of him,
under Leeds-caſtle, above, p. 475.
(v) Suſanna his wife died Jan. 22, 1712, æt. 64, and
was buried in Thurnham church, beſide her huſband.
(w) He bore for his arms-Sable, a feſs between 3 hela
drakes, argent.
Anne

498
The HISTORY of K E N T.
THURNHAM.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Anne, to Thomas Ruſſell, ejg; who, in right of « This lordſhip at that time was partly a
their wives, are now reſpectively entitled to theſe ground much overgrown with thornes and
manors (x).
« buſhes, and was worth but xx markes by the
Simon Bertyn, one of the Brethren of the Spytal year, then it was cleared, and the value much
of St. Bertylmew beſide Sandwich, died in 1530,
“ enhanſed, and much goodly wood was then
poffeffed of a meſſuage and lands called Buds, in || “ about it” (c).
the pariſh of Allyngton beſide Thurnham, which 2. Sir John Cutte was then Lord of the adjoin.
he by his laſt will deviſed to Agnes his wife, for ing manor of Binbury, as has been already men-
her life, remainder to Jefry Marchant, of Rain-
tioned; but the ſcite of the caſtle has been long
ſince alienated by the poffeffors of that manor,
ham, in tail male (Y).
and is now owned by one Mr. Baſſet, of Maid-
THE CHURCH of Aldington was dedicated to
ſtone. od or bovi
3095
St. Peter, and continued a ſeparate pariſh church
The ſcite of Thurnham-caſtle is on the brow of
from that of Thurnham (), till it was united to
the great chalk-hill, about half a mile northward
it by an agreement entered into on Aug. 24, 1583,
of the church, and as much eaſtward from the high
between Henry Brockhull, efq; Lord of the manor
road on the top of Deiling-bill. The walls which
and patron of it, and William Merrick, Vicar of
remain are built of rude flint, honeycombed and
Thurnham, which agreement was confirmed ſede
almoſt eaten up by the weather and length of
vacante by Maſter William Aubrey, L.D. Guar.
time. That part which is now ſtanding of them
dian of the fee of Canterbury, and Ordinary pro
is on the north ſide of the area of the caſtle :
tempore, on Aug. 26th following (a). Since
they are about 14 feet high, and near three
which it has been accounted as a chapel to that
broad. The reſt of the walls are demoliſhed to
church, and continues ſo at this time.
the foundations, which are, notwithſtanding,
moftly viſible. The area contains about a quarter
biot PRESENT STATE OF THURNHAM.
of an acre of ground. On the eaſt ſide of it was
The pariſh of Thurnham extends itſelf below
the keep, being an artificial mount, in the
as well as above the great ridge of chalk-hills,
middle of which there is an hollow, as if the
which divide this county. The Court-lodge, and
ground had fallen in and filled a cavity under.
near it the church, ſtand on the ſouthern ſide,
neath. It appears to have been walled round,
cloſe to the foot of them. It has no village.
eſpecially towards the ſouth, where the chalk
The upper or northern part is much covered with
below having been dug away perpendicularly
wood, where the ſoil of it conſiſts of a looſe red
up to the bottom of the foundations, they have
earth, mixed with flint ſtones, and is very wet
of them tumbled down into the chalk-
and barren. Below the hill it is moſtly chalk,
pit underneath, where large fragments of them
and towards the ſouthern bounds of it, ſandy,
lie. The entrance ſeems to have been from the
mixed with ſome of the rock ſtone.
north.
It is very probable, from the Roman urns, and
other remains of that nation, found about this
On the very brow of the chalk-hill, are the
hill, that it was firſt erected by them, and was
remains of an antient fortification, now called
poſſibly one of their ſpeculatory ſtations or
Thurnham-caſtle, but formerly Godards-caſtle, and
watch-towers, as well to ſecure this paſs, as to
the hill on which it ſtands, from thence, Go-
overlook the approaches of their enemies thro'
dards-bill.
the valley below.
Darell, in his treatiſe De Caſtellis Cantii, af-
In the ſouth part of this pariſh, where it joins
firms, that this caſtle was founded by Godardus,
to Berſted, there is a vein of white ſand, which
a Saxon, from whom it took its name (b). Le upon Alderman Lewin and Lady Mantle's laying
land calls it the caſtle of Thorne, and ſays, it was the foundation for the improvement of the glaſs-
in his time entirely a ruin. He ſays, “Sir John works in this kingdom, and the ſending over
“ Cutte, knt. and Under Treaſurer of England,
for Mr. Michael Racket, and other Italians, to
bought of one Savelle, a man of fair lands in
carry on that manufacture, was found to be of
" Yorkſhire, then being in trouble, the lordſhip
the greateſt uſe in their compoſition for making
66 of Godhurſte, with the ruins of a caſtle, (mean-
glaſs, and is now well known among the glaſs-
« ing this of Thurnham) ſtanding about two workers, by the name of Maidſtone-fand, and
“ miles from the banks of the Medway, and the the pits themſelves are become noted, for their
« like diſtance from Maidſtone.
vaſt caverns arched underground.
moſt part
THE
CA S T L E.
(x) The manor of Aldington Cobham paid a rent charge
of zol. per annum to Thomas Harris, of Barming, ejq; and
that of Weft-court rol. per annum, which are now paid to
his heir and deviſee Mr. John Mumford, of Sutton-at-Hone.
() Wills, Prerog. off. Cant. See above, p. 488.
(z) William Pope was Vicar of the church of Aldington in
1464, and directed his body to be buried in the church-
yard, cloſe to the ſouth-weſt corner of the ſteeple, Wills,
Prerog. off. Cant.
(a) Ducarel's Repertory, p. 30.
(6) Philipott, p. 342.
(c) Lel. Itin. vol. iv, pt. 1, fol. 50; vol. vi, fol. 11.
CHARITIES.

The H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
499
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
THURNHAM.
CHARITIES.
now unknown.
pariſh not receiving alms.
24
的​。
nons-barns, part of the gift of Robert de Thurn-
ham, as above-mentioned, remained in the poſ-
Four houſes, known by the name of Church-
ſeſſion of the priory of Combwell till the 27th year
bouſes
, now let to the Overſeers of the poor for
of K. Henry VIII, when an act paſſing for the
40s
. per annum, and four acres of land, called
ſuppreſſion of all ſuch religious houſes, whoſe
Church-lands, let at three guineas per annum, revenues did not amount to the clear yearly
were given to the poor of this pariſh by perſons value of 2001, and for giving the fame to the
King, the priory of Combwell, with all its lands,
Edward Godfrey, of this pariſh, gent. gave by
poſſeſſions, and hereditaments, was next year
his laſt will in 1709, 20s. yearly, out of lands
ſurrendered into the King's hands, to the uſe of
in the pariſh of Berſted, called Crouch-field, to him and his heirs for ever.
be diſtributed yearly among the poor of this
Theſe premiſes in Thurnham remained but a
ſmall time in the hands of the Crown, for the
He likewiſe gave by his will 30s. yearly out
King next year, being his 29th, granted them
of the ſame lands, for the ſchooling of poor chil-
to Thomas Culpeper, to hold in capite by knights
dren; half of them to be of this pariſh, and half
ſervice, but he did not poſſeſs them long, for
of that of Berſted.
it appears by the Eſcheat-rolls, that they were
And he left zos, more by his laſt will for the
again in the Crown in the 34th year of that
like uſe, to be paid out of an houſe, called Roſe reign, for on April 26th that year, the King
acre, in Berfted; the payment of which has been
granted the rectory of Thurnham, with its ap-
conſtantly refuſed, on pretence that he had no
purts. among other premiſes, to fir John Gage,
right to deviſe ſuch charge on it.
knt. Comptroller of his Houſhold, to hold in
Mrs. Mary Dering, daughter of Henry Dering,
capite by knights ſervice (e), and he alienated
Vicar of this pariſh, by her laſt will, dated
it to fir Edward Wotton, knt. who died in
March 31, 1725, gave to the poor of this pa-
the 6th year of K. Edward VI, ſeiſed of the
rifh 26 penny-loaves, to be diſtributed yearly manor and rectory of How-court and Canons-
on Chriſtmas-day for ever ; and for that purpoſe,
ſhe depoſited 10l. in the Miniſter's and Church-
Thurnham (f).
warden's hands, to be put out to uſe.
From him they deſcended to his grandſon fir
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Edw.Wotton, of Boughton Malberb, knt. who in the
1ſt year of K. James I, was created Lord Wot-
Thurnham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic ton, Baron of Marley in this county. Thomas,
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Lord Wotton, his ſon and heir, dying in the 6th
Sutton.
year of K. Charles I, without male iſſue, his
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
four daughters became his coheirs ; of whom,
is a ſmall building, conſiſting of one iſe and
Catherine, the eldeſt, married Henry, Lord Stan-
two chancels, having a low pointed ſteeple at
hope, ſon and heir to Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield,
the weſt end of it, in which hang three bells. and carried this rectory, with the advowſon of
The church of St. Mary of Thurnham, with
the vicarage, in marriage to him. He died in
its appurts, and lands there, called Hoch and
his father's life-time, and his widow, the Lady
Cafteye, were given, among other premiſes in the Catherine Stanhope, became again ſeiſed of it in
reign of K. Henry II, by Robert de Thurnham to her own right, and quickly afterwards conveyed
the priory of Combwell, at Goudburſt, in this it by fale to Mr. John Godden, of London, whoſe
county, at that time founded by him ; which
ſon William Godden, eſq; alienated it in 1694, to
gift was confirmed by his ſon Stephen de Thurn William Cage, of Milgate, eſq; whoſe deſcendant
ham, and by K. Henry III, by his charter of John Cage, of Combe, ſold the parſonage or rec-
infpeximus in his i Ith year (d).
tory impropriate, with its appurts. to fir Edward
The church of Thurnham was, within a few Dering, bart. as has been already mentioned (ff);
years afterwards, appropriated to the above-men but the advowſon of the vicarage, with the rec-
tioned priory, with the conſent of Richard, Arch tory of Aldington annexed, was ſold by him in
biſhop of Canterbury, who likewiſe granted a con 1740 to Mr. Joſeph Smallwell, of Maidſtone, who
firmation of it to them. To the rectory belonged in 1753 conveyed it to Mr. Henry Hodſon, whole
a manor, called
ſon the Rev. Mr. Henry Hodfon, Vicar of this
pariſh, is now entitled to it.
NEWENHAM, alias THE RECTORY OF THURNHAM,
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church
which, with its appurts. conſiſting of certain of Thurnham and Aldington was valued at 331.
premiſes and lands, called Howe-court and Ca 6s. 8d. and the vicarage at 66s. 8d. (g).
of this
(d) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 270.
(e) Rot: Efch. ejus an. pt. 3. Ibid. anno 38 Hen. VIII,
pt. 13. See Combwell in Goudhurſt.
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(f) See above, p.495.
T8) Stev. Mon. p. 40, 41. pada
In


500
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
una. & 2. villi'cu'. 4. bord. hnt dim' car'. Ibi, 2.
ſervi, es una ac' pti. Silva. 5. porc'. T.R. E. &
poft. valuit. 10. Jol'. modo. 30. fol. Huic m' ptin'.
2. manfure træ in Cantuaria, de, 12. denar'. Aluu-
Which is : The fame Adam, ſon of Hubert, holds
rucates. In demeſne there is one, and two villeins,
BERSTED.
In 1640, it was valued at 401. per annum.
E
Communicants 157.
This vicarage is valued in the King's Books
at 81. 10d. and the yearly tenths at 16s. id. (h)
The vicarage of Thurnham, with the churc ard' tenuit de rege. E. hoc m'.
of Aldington annexed to it, as above-mentioned,
is endowed with all kind of vicarial tythe in the
of the Biſhop (of Baieux). Otringedene. It was
former, and all manner of tythes in the latter(i).
taxed at half a ſuling. The arable land is two cam
CHURCH OF THURNHAM, with the CHURCH OF
ALDINGTON annexed.
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
Priory of Combwell. (k) James Chirche, in 1482.
(1) William Merrick, in 1583.
(m) John Cromp, A.M. 1641.
(n) William Sutton, obt. Nov.
28, 1673
(0) Henry Dering, A.M. 1673;
obt. Dec. 26, 1720.
(1) Jonathan Soan, obt. Jan.
14, 1768.
(9) Henry Hodſon, A. M. pre-
ſented Feb. 10, 1768.
Preſent Vicar.
Having now deſcribed the ſouthern part of
this Hundred, lying below the chalk-hill, I ſhall
proceed to the remaining part of it, lying above
or on the northern ſide of them, beginning with
the pariſh of Otterden, which lies almoſt on the
ſummit of them.
with four borderers, having half a carucate. There
are two ſervants, and one acre of meadow. Wood
for the pannage of five bogs. In the time of K.
Edward the Confeffor, and afterwards, it was
worth 10 ſhillings, now 30 Mhillings. To this ma-
nor belong two plass of ground in Canterbury
, of 13
pence. Aluuard held this manor of K. Edward.
About four years after the above ſurvey, on
the diſgrace of the Biſhop of Baieux, all his eftates
were feiſed on by his brother, and this among
them became confiſcated to the Crown.
This manor afterwards came into the poſſeſ
fion of a family which took their name from it.
Ralph de Ottring den held it of William de Leya
borne, as one knight's fee, in the reign of K.
Henry III, (r), and left iſſue a fon Ralph, who
died ſeiſed of it in the 15th year of K. Edward
I, at which time fir Laurence de Ottringden
was found to be his ſon and heir, and then 45
years of age (s). 100
age (s). 10 u od ot' brusila
He died poffefſed of it in the beginning of K.
Edward II.'s reign, leaving an only daughter
and heir, who carried this manor in marriage to
Peyforer, from which name it paffed into that
of Potyn ; one of which, Nicholas Potyn, was
poſſeſſed of it in the reign of K. Richard II, and
left iſſue an only daughter Juliana, who carried
it in marriage to Thomas St. Leger (t), ſecond ſon
of Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb, Knight of the
Shire for Kent anno 51 Edward III.(u) He af-
terwards reſided at Otterden, where he kept his
fhrievalty anno 20 K. Richard II, and dying in
the 10th year of K. Henry IV, anno 1408, was
buried under a tomb erected for him in this
church, near the high altar (v).
He left iſſue one daughter and heir Joane, and
his widow Juliana, ſurviving, who died ſeiſed
of this manor in the 5th year of K. Henry V;(W)
O Τ Τ Ε R D Ε Ν
IES the next pariſh northward from Len-
bam, being written in the ſurvey of Domeſ-
day, Otringedene, in antient deeds Otteringden,
and in later ones Ottringden, alias Otterden.
THE
M A N O R.
This place was part of the poffeffions given
by William the Conqueror to his half-brother
Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the general title of
whoſe lands it is thus entered in the ſurvey of
Domeſday:
Ifde' ada' fili Hubli' ten' de epo' Otringedene. P
dimid' ſolin ſe defd Tra’. e'. 2. car. In dnio'. e.
(h) E&. Thef. p. 15.
(i) Lambeth Queries.
(k) Newton's Antiq. of Maidſtone, p. 39. Wills, Prerog.
off. Cant.
(1) See above, p. 498.
(m) He was of C. C. C. College, Cambridge, and wrote
ſeveral religious tracts.
(n) He lies buried in this church.
(0) He died, æt. 47 years, and was buried in this church.
(p) And Maſter of the King's School in Rocheſter. He
was likewiſe Vicar of Woodneſborough, near Sandwich.
(9) Of St. John's College, Cambridge. He is alſo Rector
of Sandhurſt by diſpenſation, dated Feb. 11, 1768.
(r) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.. Philipott, p. 264.
(t) Philipott ſays, he became poffeffed of this manor by
his marriage with Juliana, daughter and heir of Peyforer;
but the Mfl. pedigree of Aucher, which includes that of St.
Leger, which ſeems drawn
up
with
great care, and is atteſted
by frequent authorities, ſays, ſhe was daughter and heir of
Nicholas Potyn, and inherited this manor from her father.
In the inquiſition likewiſe, taken after her death, anno 5
K. Henry V, ſhe is expreſsly mentioned as the daughter
and heir of Nicholas Poryn, and that ſhe died ſeiſed of the
manors of Eſthall, Elmele, Otterden, and Stacesfelde.
(r) See more of this family under Ulcomb, above, p. 422.
(v) His arms, viz.-Fretty, on a chief 2 mullets, impaling
ſemee of fleurs de lis, were on his tomb; which laſt are ſaid
in the Aucher pedigree, to be thoſe of Juliana Potyn his
wife ; but it muſt be here remarked, the fimilarity of this
coat to that of Peyforer, which was--Six fleurs de lis.
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
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The H H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
501
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
wali
OTTERDEN.
on which, Joan their daughter, then the wife of
The eldeſt ſon, fir Anthony Aucher, knt. mar“
Henry Aucher, of Lofenham in Newenden, eſq; enti ried Affra, daughter of William Cornwallis, by
tled her huſband to the poſſeſſion of it(y). He was whom he had three fons, John, who was of Ot-
fon of Henry, the eldeſt ſon of Nicholas Aucher, terden, Edward, who was of Bourne, whoſe de-
of Loſenham (Z), and married, firſt, Iſabella At ſcendants were Baronets, and remained there till
Towne, of Throwleigh, by whom he had iſſue
within theſe few years, Thomas was the third ſon,
two ſons, Thomas, who was of Loſenham (a), and who died without iſſue, and William the fourth,
Robert, anceſtor to the Auchers of Weſtwell. His who was afterwards of Nonington.
fecond wife was Joan, daughter and heir of John Aucher, of Otterden-place, eſq; the eldeſt
Thomas St. Leger, as above-mentioned (b), by ſon by his firſt wife, daughter of fir William Kel-
whom he had an only ſon Henry, who ſucceeded laway, knt. left iſſue an only daughter and heir
to this manor of Otterden, as part of his mother's Joan (e), who in the reign of Q. Elizabeth mar-
inheritance, and reſided here.
rying with fir Humphry Gilbert, knt. (f) entitled
Henry Aucher was of Otterden-place, eſq; in the him to the poſſeſſion of this manor and ſeat,
reign of K. Henry VI, and married Alicia Bolyn, and he paſſed them away in that reign to William
by whom he had iſſue John Aucher, of this place, Lewin, LL.D. who afterwards reſided here (g),
eſq; who died on April 23, 1502, and was bu. and dying on April 15, 1598, was buried in the
ried in the north chapel of Otterden church, leav church of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in London (b).
ing iſſue by Alicia Church his wife, three fons, By Anne his wife, daughter of Francis Goldſmith,
James, his heir in this eftate, William, who died of Crayford, he had iſſue two ſons, Juſtinian,
without iſſue, and Marmaduke, who married the who will be mentioned below, and William, of
daughter of Gilbole, and two daughters, Eliza London (i), and three daughters, Anne, Catherine,
beth and Jane (c).
and Judith (k).
James Aucher, of Otterden - place, eſq; died
Sir Juſtinian Lewin, knt. the eldeſt ſon, poſ-
on Jan. 6, 1508, and was buried near his fa-
feſſed this manor, and reſided at Otterden-place,
ther in this church (cc), having married Alice, where he died, æt. 34, on June 28, 1620, and
daughter of Thomas Hills, of Eggarton near was buried in this church (kk), leaving iſſue by
Godmerſham (d), by whom he had one ſon An Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir Arthur Capel,
thony, and a daughter Sufan, married to James of the co. of Hertford, knt. who ſurvived him, an
Aucber.
only daughter and heir Elizabeth, who carried this
(3) Philipott, p. 264.
(z) The ſecond ſon William left iſſue an only daughter
Chriſtina, married to Arnald de Alkham.
(a) His grand-daughter carried that eſtate in marriage to
Culpeper.
(6) She afterwards married Robert Capys.
(c) The former married Thomas Berham, of Siſinghurſt,
and the latter Thomas Corbet.
(cc) He lies buried at his father's feet. On his
grave-
fone is his effigies in braſs, and at the upper corner of the
ftone, two ſhields of arms in braſs, one of the coat of Au-
cher ; the other, two coats, per fefs, the upper one-Otter-
den, ermine, a croſs voided; the lower one-St. Leger ; at the
lower part of the ſtone, in the center, is the firſt of thoſe
fhields impaling the ſecond, as above-deſcribed.
(d) She was remarried to James Hardres, of Hardres,
efq;
(e) This branch of the family of Aucher bore for their arms
-Four coats quarterly, ift, Aucher, ermine, on a chief azure,
3
lions
rampant or; 2d, St. Leger, fretty azure and
argent,
on a chief or, 2 mullets gules ; 3d, Potyn, or Petevin, ar-
gent, ſemee of fleurs de lis azure ; 4th, Ottringden, ermine, a
croſs voided gules. See more of the origin of this family,
under Biſhopſborne.
(f) He bore for his arms-Argent, on a chevron ſable, 3
roſes of the 2d, pierced or.
(8) He was deſcended from John Lewin, of the co. of
Hertford, gent. who was thrice married; firſt to Elizabeth,
daughter and coheir of Thomas Merry, of that county, by
whom he had one fon Edmund. By his ſecond wife, he had
iſſue two ſons, Thomas, who had a ſon Thomas, who died
without iſſue, and three daughters, married to Pendreth,
Thompſon, and Digby; and John Lewin, Alderman of Lon-
don, who had two fons, Thomas and John, and two daugh-
ters. By his third wife he had iſſue one daughter, married
to Parker. Edmund, the only ſon by the firſt wife, married
Juliana Gouche, by whom he had two ſons, William, LL.D.
above-mentioned, and Thomas, who died without iſſue, and
three daughters, Margery, Elizabeth, and Catherine, who like-
wife died unmarried. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of
Lewin.
Dain
(b) He was a Maſter in Chancery, Judge of the Preroga-
tive Court of Canterbury, Chancellor of Rocheſter, Com-
miſſary of the Faculties, and Dean of the Peculiars, and
one of the Queen's High Commiſſioners for cauſes ecclefi-
aftical. He deſigned in his life-time to have been buried
in Otter den church, but was buried as above. Wood's Ath.
vol. i, Faſti, p. 124.
There is a ſuperb monument erected in the north chancel
of the church of Otterden, to the memory of him and his
wife, with their effigies at full length on it, and the figures of
their children underneath. As the only remaining regiſter
of Otterden pariſh begins but at the year 1660, there is no
finding by that whether he was buried here or not; but as
there is only his name inſcribed on this monument, without
any
date, or mention of his death, it is moſt probable, this
is only a cenotaph to his memory.
They bore for their arms-Lewin, party per pale, gules and
azure, 3 ftags heads couped or, quartered with Merry; gules,
a feſs engrailed argent, between 3 water bougets or, as many
croſes pattee ſable.
(:) He left a ſon Juſtinian, who was a Maſter in Chancery
in the reign of K. Charles I. Wood's Ath. vol. i, Fafti,
p. 273.
(k) Of whom, Anne was married to Laurence Waſhington;
Catherine to James Paget : and Judith to fir John Iſam.
(kk) He was Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to K.
James I. There is a coftly monument erected to his me-
mory in the north chancel of this church, with his effigies
lying at full length on it, habited in armour, and carved
of
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502
The
HISTORY OF
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Margaret, youngest fiftere;
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
OTTERDEN.
eſtate in marriage to Richard Rogers, of Brianſton Anne his wife(o0), an only daughter of the ſame
in the co. of Somerſet, eſq; who likewiſe dying name, who carried it in marriage to Tho. Wbeler,
without male iſſue, his daughter Elizabeth car eſq; eldeſt ſon of fir George W beler, knt. D.D. Pre.
ried it in marriage, firſt to Charles Cavendiſh, Lord bendary of the church of Durham (P). He died
Mansfield, eldeſt ſon and heir of William Cavendiſh, on Dec. 16, 1716, without iſſue, and ſhe ſur.
Duke of Newcaſtle(), who died without iſſue by viving him, carried this eſtate again, within a few
months afterwards, in marriage to Humphry Wala
her (m); and ſecondly, to Charles Stuart, Duke of
Richmond and Lenox (n), who by fine and recovery, cot, of the co. of Worceſter, eſq; who by leaſe and
releaſe, dated 14 and 15 July, 1725, in which
and deed of releaſe, dated Feb. 16, 1661, for
the ſum of 5000l. ſold this manor and ſeat to
ſold this manor and feat to the joined, for the ſum of 9100l. (PP) paſſed it
George Curteis, eja; afterwards knighted ().
away by ſale to Granville Wheler, eſq; her firſt
huſband's next ſurviving brother, who afterwards
Sir Geo. Curteis reſided at Otterden-place, where
he died, æt. 80, on Oct. 30, 1702, and was bu reſided at Otterden-place. He afterwards took holy
ried in the north chancel of this church, leaving
orders, and became Prebendary of Southwell, and
iffue by Anne his wife, daughter of fir John
Rector of Lake in the co. of Nottingham. He e died
Banks, Chief Juſtice of England, who died in
at Otterden.place on May 12, 1770, in his 71ſt
1705, and was buried beſide him, one ſon and heir year, and was buried in the vault under the new
George Curteis, efq; who ſucceeded his father in church of Otterden(q), which he had rebuilt, hav.
this eſtate, and died in 1710, leaving iſſue by ing been twice married; firſt, in 1727, to Lady
of white marble, ornamented with gold ; againſt the ſide was Sheriff of this county in 1651. He left iſſue by his firſt
of it, is the figure of his lady, who ſurvived him, almoſt as wife Bridget two ſons, Norton Curteis, his eldeſt ſon and
large as the life, on her knees, weeping, and her infant
heir, who married, firſt, the widow of Mapleſden, and fe.
daughter beſide her, looking up to her mother, and fym. condly, the daughter of Miles Barham, and left iſſue one
pathizing in her diſtreſs.
ſon, William ;-and fir George Curteis, of Otterden, knt, above-
(!) This truly noble and loyal perſonage, fir William
mentioned; and one daughter, who married Wood. The
Cavendiſh, Knight of the Bath, ſo well known in Engliſh
ſecond wife of George Curteis was Mary, daughter of Wil.
hiſtory for his honorable and ſteady attachment to his ſo-
liam Hales, and relict of Simon Smith.
vereign K. Charles I, was for his great merit raiſed at dif They bore for their arms- Argent, a cheuron between 3
ferent times to the higheſt titles of honor; being firſt, on
bulls heads cabofaed fable, Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr.
Nov. 3, 1620, created Viſcount Mansfield, and Baron Ogle
Curteis.
of Bothal; on the 7th of March, anno 3 Charles I, Baron
(00) She ſurvived him, and dying on April 9, 1722, æt.
Cavendiſh of Bolfover, and Earl of Newcaſtle upon Tine; on 56, was buried in this church.
Oct. 27, anno 19 Charles I, Marquis of Newcaſtle; and on
() This learned and ingenious perſon was ſon of Colonel
March 16, anno 1664, Duke of Newcaſtle, and Earl of Ogle,
Charles Wheler, of Charing, the ſon of Thomas Wheler, of
beſides being Knight of the Garter, a Privy Counſellor, and
Tottenham in the co. of Middleſex, eſq; by Anne, daughter
having many places of honor and truſt conferred on him. of fir Nicholas Gilbeurne, of Charing, kat. He was born at
He died on Dec. 25, 1676, et. 84, and was buried in
Breda in 1650, whither his parents had fled, on account of
Weſtminſter abbey. He was twice married ; firſt to the
the troubles in this kingdom. He was Prebendary of Dar-
daughter and heir of William Baffett, of the co. of Stafford,
ham, &c. and had been a great traveller into ſeveral
elq; and widow of Henry Howard, third ſon of Thomas, Earl
of Aſia, of which he publiſhed an account, as well as ſeve-
of Suffolk. His ſecond wife, by whom he had no iſſue, was
ral other learned treatiſes. · He was a good benefactor to
Wye ſchool, of which a further account may be ſeen under
-
ucas
his firſt wife he had iſſue four ſons, two of whom died in that pariſh. He died on Feb. 18, 1724, and was buried
fants. The third ſon William, Lord Mansfield, married
in Durham cathedral. He married Grace, daughter of fir
Elizabeth Rogers, and died in his life-time, without iſſue, Thomas Higgons, of the co. of Hants, knt. who died in 1703,
and Henry ſucceeded him in titles and eſtates, and four and was buried at Charing, and had iſſue by her ſeveral
daughters. See Collins's Hift. Collections, p. 25 to 48. fons and daughters ; of whom, Thomas married fir George
They bore for their arms-Sable, 3 harts beads cabofhed Curteis's daughter, and poſſeſſed Otterden manor and place,
argent, attired or.
as above-mentioned ; George, the eldeſt ſurviving ſon, at
(m) She had a daughter by Lord Mansfield, who died ſoon
his father's death, was a Barriſter-at-law, and died in O&t.
after her birth.
1924, without iſſue; and Granville, the next and only
(n) He had ſucceeded his firſt couſin Eſme, Duke of Rich-
ſurviving brother, purchaſed Otterden manor, and the eſtate
mond and Lenox, who died a minor, without iſſue, in 1660,
belonging to it, as is above related. Grace, one of the
daughters, married Mr. William Muſgrave, of Newcaſtle,
then bearing the title of Earl of Litchfield. He died at El-
Jineur in Denmark, in 1672, without iſſue; on which, his
ſecond ſon of fer Richard Muſgrave, bart. Mary married
Pofthumous Smith, of Durham, LL. B. and Frances married
honours, excepting the Barony of Clifford, became extinct.
He was thrice married, Elizabeth, Lady Mansfield, being his
Ralph Middleton, of Offerton, efq; and ſeveral of his chil-
dren lie buried in the cathedral church of Durham. Sir
firſt wife. See more of the Stuarts, Dukes of Richmond,
under Cobham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 495.
George Wbeler had two younger brothers; Charles, who was
a Barriſter-at-law, and died in 1724, without male iſſue;
(6) He was deſcended from William Curteis, or Curtis, and Francis Gilborne Wheler.
as the name was ſpelt both ways, who was twice married, The Whelers bear for their arms-Vert, on a feſsor, 3
lions
firſt to Joane Bunting, by whom he had two ſons, William
rampant of the ift. See Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 1004. Viſtn.
and Thomas; and ſecondly, to Joane, daughter of Patten co. Kent, pedigr. Gilbourne. Biog. Brit. vol. vi, p. 3727,
den, by whom he had two ſons, George and Stephen, and note K. in which laft is ſome account of fir Geo, Wheler's life.
three daughters, of whom, Dorothy married Edward Ma.
(PP) Fine levied Mich. term, i George II.
plefden ; Mary married, firſt, Michael Simons, and ſecondly
(9) He was a gentleman who made early diſcoveries in
Richard Duke ; and Suſan married Henry Mapleſden, gent. the ſcience of electricity, and was in other points of natural
George Curteis, the eldeſt ſon, was of Chart Sutton, and
philoſophy
parts

The H I STORY of K E N T. 503
OTTERDEN.
to diſtinguiſh
Otterden-place, with appurts, and the lands, meadows, &c.
Of -, ,
EYHORNÍ HUNDRÉD.
Catherine, daughter of Theophilus Haſtings, Earl Reginald, ſon of John. de Cobham, of Cobham
of Huntingdon (r), who died in 1740, and ſecond in this county, by his ſecond wife Joane, daugh-
ly
, to Mary, daughter of John Dove, eſq; who ter of Hugh de Nevill, poffefſed this manor in
died in 1763, by whom he had no iſſue, but the reigns of K. Edw. II. and III, (w) as did his
by his former lady he had two ſons (s) and ſon of the ſame name in the reign of the latter,
four daughters (t); of whom Granville Wheler, being a perſon of great account in thoſe times.
eſg; the only ſurviving ſon, ſucceeded to this He died on Oct. 5, in the 35th year of that
manor, with the ſeat of Otterden-place, where he
reign, ſeiſed of this manor of Bordefeld (Ⓡ), leav.
lately reſided (u). He married in 1775, Sybilla ing iſſue Reginald his ſon, and Joane his wife,
Chriftiana, ſecond daughter of Robert Haſwell,
ſurviving daughter of fir Maurice Berkeley, knt.
of London, eſq; by whom he has iſſue one ſon who poſſeſſed this manor at her death, in the
Granville Haſtings, and is the preſent poſſeſſor of 43d year of that reign (y), and was ſucceeded
this manor and eſtate.
teises bom
in it by Reginald her ſon, who was of Sterborough
BOARDFIELD, alias BORESFJELD,
caſtle, whence all his deſcendants were ſo deno-
minated (x). He had ſummons to Parliament in
is a hamlet in the ſouthern part of this pariſh, the 44th and 46th years of the above reign, and
and eſteemed to lie within the limits of the Hun died in the 4th year of K. Henry IV, being then
dred of Faverſham. It
was once a pariſh of itſelf, ſeiſed of this manor, and leaving Reginald his
having a church of its own.
. The manor of it ſon, and Alianore his ſecond wife, ſurviving, who
was for many deſcents the property of that branch had this manor aſſigned to her in dower (a).
of the family of Cobham, which from their poſ Reginald de Cobham, the ſon, poſſeſſed this
fellion of Sterborough-caſtle in Surry, were uſually manor on her death, and was ſucceeded in it in
the 24th year of K. Henry VI, by his eldeſt
them from the other branches of it feated at ſurviving fon fir Thomas Cobbam, knt, who died
Cobhan, and other parts of this county (v).
ſeiſed of it in the 11th year of K. Edward IV,
philoſophy an ingenious and learned member of the Royal pariſh churches of Otterden, Boardfield, and Muncton,) to
Society. His great piety was his motive for going into the uſes of himſelf for life, remainder to truſtees, to preſerve
holy orders, and he reſided at Otterden-place, with the eſteem contingent remainders ; and as to the ſaid meſſuage called
and reſpect of all who knew him. He had imbibed from
his father a regularity and ſtrictneſs of manners, which was
uſed therewith, in Otterden, containing 122 acres of land,
diffuſed throughout his whole family. He was exceeding of the yearly value of 421. 145. od. and the ſeveral wood-
generous and hoſpitable, and very charitable as well in his grounds, called Lymekyll-wood, Park-rood, and Parſons-
private as public benefactions, of which the addition he walks, in Otterden, containing 43 acres, of 181. per annum,
made to his father's benefaction to the ſchool of Wye, and and the meadow-ground and orchards in Otterden, of 491.
his own to this pariſh, are not the only inſtances.
per annum, and a farm in Otterden, of 321. per annum, to
(5) Anno i George II, an act paſſed for veſting ſevera!
Lady Catherine, for her life, and afterwards to the uſe of
eſtates in the co. of Southampton, the eſtate of Granville Theophilus, only ſon of the ſaid Granville, and Lady Ca-
Wheler, eſq; in truſtees, diſcharged of the uſes of a for-
therine, and his heirs male ; remainder to the ſecond and
mer ſettlement, he having ſettled another eſtate in Kent to other ſons of the ſaid Granville Wheler, in tail male, with
the ſame uſes in lieu of them : in which act it is recited, divers remainders over, and then to the right heirs of the
that by articles of agreement, dated Nov. 16, 1724, on the
ſaid Granville Wheler, with power to the poffeffors to make
marriage of Granville Wheler, efq3 with Lady Cat berine
a jointure as is therein mentioned ; and the mortgage on
Haſtings, a ſettlement was made of a jointure of eſtates in the premiſes in Kent, of goool. was intended to be paid off
the county of Hants, of 1411. 155. od. per annum; in Spital .
out of the purchaſe-money for the lands in the
county
of
fields, London, of 3581. 2s. 4d. per annum; and of the royal Southampton.
manor of Charing, and other eſtates in Charing, Egerton,
(s) Theophilus, the eldeſt ſon, was born in 1724, and
Harrietham, and Newington, for the ſaid Lady Catherine,
dying unniarried was buried in the vault in Otterden church,
and the iſſue of that marriage, as is therein expreſſed: and
as was the Lady Catherine his mother.
whereas the ſaid Granville Wheler intended felling the ſaid
eſtates, among others, in the co. of Southampton, and was
in the co. of York, eſq; Frances died unmarried
willing to make good to his family the ſettlement intended
in 1771; Selina-Margaretta married, in 1774, the Rev. Mr.
by his father fir Geo.Wheler, and having lately purchaſed the
Wills; and Catherine-Maria married the Rev. Mr. Stewart
nanors of Otterden alias Otterenden, and Boardfield, and lands,
Monteith, of Barrowby in the co.
&c. in Otterden, Stalisfield, Boardfield, Muncton, Wichling,
(u) Otterden-place is a very large pile of building, ſeem-
Doddington, Eaſling, and Nernham, of 2521. 1os. od. per
ingly of the reign of K. Henry VIII. It ſtands near the ſum-
annum, was willing to ſettle the ſaid eſtates, and others of
mit of the hill, having a moft extenſive proſpect, towards the
100l. per annum, to be purchaſed in lieu of fuch premiſes in
north-eaſt, over the neighbouring country, and the chan-
the
of Southampton and in Spitalfields, and to that end,
nel, as far as the eye can compaſs.
by indenture of leaſe and releaſe, ift and zd March 1727,
(v) Philipott, p. 88.
the ſaid Granville Wheler had ſettled on the ſaid Lady Ca-
(w) He had a younger brother James de Cobham, who
therine, for life, all the ſaid premiſes in Spitalfields, being
was poffeffed of rents in Burfield, by gift from his elder,
3581. 25. 4d. per annum, towards her jointure. And as to
but half, brother John de Cobham, of Cobham in this county.
the manors of Otterden and Boardfield, and the demeſne
See Hollingſhed's Chron. Caftrations, p. 1505 et ſeq.
lands of the ſaid manors, and the capital manſion of Otter-
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (y) Ibid.
den-place, and all other lands and tenements of the ſaid (z) See a full account of this family of Cobham, vol. i,
Granville Wheler, in the ſaid pariſhes of Otterden, &c. as
of this hiſtory, p. 402; vol. ii, p. 448.
above recited, (except the advowſons of the rectories or (a) Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 69.
co. of Lincoln.
CO.
leaving

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The HISTORY of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
Ο MON X ET ON
102
OTTERDEN.
leaving an only daughter and ſole heir Anne,
other poſſeſſions of the priory, to fir Thomas
who carried it in marriage to fir Edward Berough, Cheney, knt. (8) Fevery sum Tbom
of Gainſborough in Lincolnſhire, knt. whoſe ſon Q. Matilda, wife of K. Stephen, bought of
and heir Thomas was ſummoned to Parliament anno
Fulk de Newenham, certain lands in Burdefeld,
21 Henry VIII, by the title of Lord Burgh (aa). and gave them to the abbey of Fauereſham,
He was ſucceeded by Thomas, Lord Burgh, his founded by the King her huſband, which gift
ſon and heir, who procured his lands to be
was confirmed to it by K. Henry II, in his aith
diſgavelled by the act paſſed in the 31ſt year
of year (b).
that reign. His ſon William, Lord Burgh, in the
12th year of Q. Elizabeth, alienated it to John
Pakenham(b), who paſſed it away by ſale within a
is another hamlet, ſituated at the north-wejt ex-
few afterwards to William Lewin, LL.D. tremity of this páriſh, which was formerly like-
years
fince which this eſtate has paſſed, in like man-
wiſe accounted a pariſh of itſelf. The manor of
as Otterden manor and place, in the fame
it, which extends into the pariſh of Newnbam,
chain of ownerſhip, down to Granville Wbeler,
ſeems to have been given by Ralph Picot, to the
efq; the preſent poffeffor of it.
abbey of Faverſham, at or ſoon after the founda-
The church of Burdefield was antiently part
tion of it, and this gift was confirmed to it by
of the poffeſfions of the nunnery of Davington
K. Henry II, in his 11th year (i).
It has for many years had the ſame owners,
near Faverſham.
as the manor of Skarſted in Doddington, and paff-
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this church
ing in like manner from the family of Delaune,
was valued at 53s. 4d. (c)
to that of Thornicroft, is now, with it, in the
After the diſſolution of that nunnery, and be-
poffeffion of Mrs. Anne Thornicroft, of Sharfted,
fore many years had elapſed, this church noft
above-mentioned.
probably fell to ruin, for even when Philipott
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
wrote his Villare, in the reign of K. Charles I,
there was hardly one ſtone of it left upon an-
sto
other; however, the bounds of the church-yard
There was a conſiderable parcel of land in
are yet viſible, which lies at the corner of a
this hamler, Newnbam, and Eaſling, which was
field (d), and being converted into tillage, the
plow in its progreſs over it frequently turns up
the property of Matthew, ſon of Hamon atte
Frith, who in the reign of K. Henry III, gave
large ſtones, part of this antient dilapidated
church.
it, by the deſcription of, all that land, with the
mill ſtanding on it, and all other its appurts. in
It was formerly a rectory of itſelf, but is now
Monketone, to the nunnery of Davinton near Fa-
eſteemed as a chapel united to the pariſh church
verjham, which gift was confirmed by K. Henry
of Otterden, the patronage of which was in poffef III, in his 39th year (k).
ſion of the family of Lewin, and paſſed from
After the diffolution, this eſtate, together with
them, in like manner as the manor of Boardfield the ſcite of the nunnery, and other poſſeſſions
and Otterden, to Granville Wbeler, eſq; (e) who
belonging to it, was granted, in the 35th year
on July 16, 1778, alienated the advowſon of the
of K. Henry VIII, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. to
church of Otterden, with the chapels of Board hold in capite by knights ſervice, who in the ift
field and Monkton annexed, to Edward Bridges, of
year of Q. Elizabeth died poffeffed of this eſtate
Wotton-court in this county, efq; who died poſ at Monkton, then known by the name of Fryde-
ſeffed of it in 1781, and by his laſt will deviſed
farm, corruptly, no doubt, for Fryth’s Farm, be-
it to his eldeſt ſon, the Rev. Edward Timewell
ing ſo named from the antient owner of it, above-
Bridges, Rector of this pariſh, the preſent pof-
mentioned, and was ſucceeded in it by his only
feffor of it.
ſon Henry, afterwards created Lord Cheney of Tud-
In the reign of K. Edward III, the nunnery dington in the co. of Bedford, who in the 3d year
of Davington was poſſeſſed of 60 acres of paſture of that reign had livery of his inheritance, and
"land, worth 2d. per acre, at Bourdfeld, Monkſ in Mich. term that year, levied a fine of all his
cote, and Eaſing (f), which land appears to lands (l), and ſoon afterwards alienated this
have been granted, together with the ſcite and eſtate to Godden (m), from which name it was,
.
FRI D-FARM
200 sra
(aa) See more of this family under Chidingstone, vol. i.
of this hiſtory, p. 402.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
(c) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 41.
(d) The land which ſurrounds the ſpot where the church
ſtood, belongs to a farm called Waterditch, which belongs
to the ſame owners as now poſleſs the manor of Weft-Shelve
in Lenbam. See above, p. 447:
(e) See above, p. 501.
(f) Lewis's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 79.
(g) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 5.
(b) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 687, 689.
(i) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 689. Lewis's Hift. of Fa-
verſham, p. 31.
(k) Dugd. Mon. vol.i, p. 501.
(2) See more of the Cheneys, under Minffer and Eaſt-
church in Shepey.
(m) Philipott, p. 265.
not

The
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HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
OTTERDEN.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
not long afterwards, paffed away to George Chute,
or Choute, of Betherſden, efq; (n) whoſe deſcen-
dant Edward Chutë, of that place, eſq; dying in
the reign of K. Charles II, Elizabeth his daugh-
ter and at length fole heir, entitled her huſband
fir James Oxenden, knt, and bart, to the poffeffion
of it (o). He died without iffue in 1708, and
was ſucceeded by his next brother, fir Henry
Oxenden, bart, who likewiſe died without iffue
within a few months afterwards, upon
which
the title and eſtate came to his nephew, and next
heir, fir Henry Oxenden, bart, he too died with-
out iſſue, and was ſucceeded in title and eſtates
by his only brother fir George Oxenden, of Dean,
bert. whoſe ſon fir Harry Oxenden, of Broome in
the pariſh of Barbam, bart. is the preſent por-
feffor of this eſtate (p).
The church of Monketon has been long dila.
pidated, though the exact ground-plot of it is
ſtill viſible, having two very large yew-trees
It is ſituated in a wood of about half
5,12
27
near it.
HALL, alias OTTERDEN PLACE,
is a ſeat in the ſouth-eaſt part of this pariſh,
which was formerly eſteemed a manor, though
it has for many year's loſt the reputation of ever
having been one,
At the time it had tenants and ſervices be-
longing to it, this manor was the property of
Roger Rey, as appears by an antient roll without
date, in which mention is made of one Thomas
Franklyn, who held ſome lands of this manor by
the yearly rent and ſervice of one red roſe.ro
In the reign of K. Henry VII, this eſtate of
Hall-place, then no longer reputed a manor, was
the
property
of Cock, and in the 19th year of
it, Eugenius Cock fold it to John Bunces of this
pariſh, gent. the ſon of Edward Bunce, who left
his reſidence at Malmeſbury in the co. of Wilts,
and came firſt into this county (s).
John Bunce left iſſue one fon James, who was
of Otterden, where he died in 1606, and was
buried in the ſouth chancel of this church, uſually
called Bunce's chancel, from their burials in it.
1019
He left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of
Mathew Rayner, five ſons and two daughters (t);
of whom, Simon was his eldeſt ſon and heir,
and died poſſeſſed of this ſeat on Feb. 20, 1611,
and was buried in the chancel above mentioned,
leaving iſſue by Dorothy his wife, daughter of
Thomas Grimſditch, of Grimſditch in the co. of
Cheſter, eſq; Anne, his only daughter and heir,
married to William Brockman, fon and heir of
Henry Brockman, efq; of Newington near Hyth.
Soon after which, this ſeat was alienated to
Mr. Paine, who was Steward to Charles, Lord
Mansfield, and afterwards to Charles, Duke of
Richmond, owners of Otterden manor and place,
the latter of whom made a conſiderable addition
to this ſeat at'his own expence, building a large
and coſtly room to it, as a gift to the owner
of it.
1 In his deſcendants, this feat continued down
to Roger Paine, eſq; who reſided at it. He died
an acre.
ut in a wood of
The rectory of this church belonged to the
nunnery of Davington, and after the diſſolution of
it was granted, in the 35th year of K. Henry
VIII, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. together with
Fryde-farm, above-mentioned, to hold in capite
by knights ſervice (q); his ſon Henry, Lord
Cheney, ſold it to Godden, who alienated the ad-
vowſon of this rectory, then eſteemed as a chapel
to the church of Otterden,with ſome eſtate likewiſe
in Monketon, to Wm. Lewin, LL.D. ſince which
it has paſſed, in like manner as Otterden manor
and place, in the ſame chain of ownerſhip, to
Granville Wbeler, eſq; (r) who alienated the ad-
vowſon of the church of Otterden, with the cha-
pels of Boardfield and Monketon annexed, in 1778,
to Edward Bridges, of Wotton, eſq; who died poſ-
ſeſſed of it in 1781, and by his laſt will deviſed
it to his eldeſt ſon, the Rev. Edward Timewell
Bridges, Rector of this pariſh, the preſent owner
of it.
(n) See Betherſden, for a further account of this family.
(6) He was the eldeſt ſon of fir Henry Oxenden, who was
created a Baronet on May 8, 1678, by his ſecond wife Eli-
zabeth, daughter of fir William Meredith, of Leeds-abbey,
bart. by whom he had ſeven fons and fix daughters ; of
whom, fir James, the eldeſt, ſucceeded his father in title
and poſſeſſed this eſtate, at Monketon, as above-mentioned ;
fir Henry ſucceeded his brother; George was LL. D. Mafter
of Trinity college, Cambridge, &c. who left iſſue two ſons,
fir Henry who ſucceeded his uncle fir Henry, above-men-
tioned, and fir George, who ſucceeded his brother, and was
father of fir Harry Oxenden, the preſent Baronet. The reſt
of the fons died without male iſſue. See more of this family
under Wingham and Barbam.
(p) Fryde-farm contains 160 acres of land.
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5.
(r) See above, p: 501.
(s) Viftn. co. Kent, 1619. Philipott, p. 265.
(1) Of the ſons, Simon, the eldeſt, became his heir; James
was of London, and anceſtor of the Bunces of Otterden and
VOL.II.
6N
of Kemſing in this county ; Stephen reſided at Boughton Mal-
herb, and dying in 1634, was buried at Throwley, to the
Bunces of which place he was anceſtor. He had iſſue by
Anne his wife, daughter of Arthur Barnham, Mathew, mar-
ried to Anne, daughter of Richard Lane, of the co. of War-
wick, James, Stephen, and Richard, and four daughters, viz.
Jane, married to John Roberts, of Canterbury; Anne, to
John Upton, of Faverſham ; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Smith,
and Katherine. Richard and Mathew died without iffue
;
and of the daughters, Anne was married to Henry Elwin, of
Stalisfield, and Margaret to Thomas Southouſe.
There are many of this family buried in this church, the
laſt of whom were, Mr. Thomas Bunce, from Maidſtone, in
1706, and Mrs. Anne Bunce, from Throwley, æt. 97, in
1737; but the grave-ſtones of this family are now covered
by the pews of this new church, which are, nevertheleſs
,
faftened only with ſcrews, in order to their being removed
when occaſion requires.
The Bunces bore for their arms-Azure, on a feſs argent,
3 eagles diſplayed of the 1ſt, between 3 bears of the 2d. Viſtn,
co: Kent, 1619, pedigr. Bunce.
on

The HISTORY of
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Κ Ε Ν Τ:
auen
SRO
HERST
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
OTTERDEN.
by deed, dated Feb. 26, 1763, conveyed it by fale
on July 13, 1706, æt. 82, and was buried in
to the Rev. Granville Wheler, of Otterden-place,
this church, leaving iſſue by Selina his wife,
who died in 1676, and was buried beſide him, eſq; who with his eldeſt ſon Granville Wheler, eſq;
one ſon Charles Paine, eſg; who reſided at it by deeds, dated 6 and 7 Feb, anno 4 George
likewiſe, and dying unmarried on Oct. 15, 1741,
III, conveyed it to the Mr. Rev. John Lowther,
was buried in this church (tt). Having no re Rector of this pariſh, for the uſe of him and his
lations to inherit his eſtates, he deviſed this feat, ſucceſſors, Rectors of the pariſh of Otterden, for
among the reſt of them, by his laſt will, to ever (Z). word sont ar r babysportowy
Chriſtopher Creſwell, a youth at that time in his
There has been, till almoſt within memory, a
family, and afterwards an officer in the army, Court Baron held for this manor, though it has
who took on him the name of Paine, and died been diſuſed for many years paſt.
poſſeſſed of it, and unmarried, in April 1764,
and by his laſt will deviſed this ſeat among his
BUNCES-COURT, alias POLLARDS,
relations, and they, not long afterwards, joined
is a ſeat in this pariſh, which ſtands near a mile
in the ſale of it to the Rev. Mr. James Stephen
Southward from Otterden-place. It was formerly
Luſhington, who reſided here for ſome years (u),
the property of the family of Bunce, who reſided
and then alienated it to the Rev. Wanley Saw-
at it for ſome years, whence it acquired the
bridge, ſecond ſon of John Sawbridge, of Ollan-
name of Bunces-court. They had likewiſe before
tigh in this county, eſq; who is the preſent pof-
been poſſeſſed of Hall.place in this pariſh, in the
feffor of it (v).
deſcription of which, an account of them has
already been given, down to Mr. Simon Bunce,
troll || the eldeſt ſon of Mr. James Bunce, of Otterden,
is a manor in the ſouth-weſt part of this pariſh,
gent. who ſeems to have deviſed this ſeat to his
which in the reign of K. Edward III, was in the ſecond ſon Mr. James Bunce, who was a Mer.
poffeffion of Bartholomew de Morefton, who then chant of London, which city he repreſented in
held it, as one quarter of a knight's fee, of the Parliament. He died pofſeffed of it in 1631,
Abbat of Faverſham (w).
having by his laſt will been a good benefactor
In the reign of K. Richard II, Richard at to this pariſh. He was ſucceeded in this eſtate
Leſe was poffeffed of the manor of Herſt, and by
his laſt will, dated in the 18th year of that reign, London anno 19 Charles I, and afterwards an
directed it to be ſold, which it moſt probably Alderman of that city, who being a zealous
was, to one of the family of Filmer, who ſeem loyaliſt, endured much perſecution, and was
to have been reſident here foon afterwards, for impriſoned in the Tower, and his eſtates declared
by an old court-roll of the adjoining manor of forfeited for high treaſon.
Monketon, which by its look ſeemed to be of that After the reſtoration of K. Charles II, he was
time, though the date of it was not legible, there reſtored to his place of Alderman, and to his
was mention made of one Robert Filmour, for ſo eſtates, and received the honor of knighthood;
the name was then ſpelt, who was then poſſeſſed and as a further conſideration of his ſufferings
of land in this pariſh, held of that manor (x). for the royal family, he had a warrant for «
The Filmers continued reſident at Herſt till Baronet's patent, which neither he, nor any of his
Robert Filmer, efq; one of the Prothonotaries of deſcendants, ever took out. He left ifſue by
the Common Pleas, in the reign of Q. Eliza Sarah his wife, daughter of Thomas Gipps, efq;
beth, having purchaſed an eſtate in Eaſt Sutton, two ſons, James, who ſucceeded to his father's
by Maidſtone, removed thither (y); but it con poffeflions at Kemſing in this county, where his
tinued the property of his deſcendants till fir defcendants ſtill remain(a); and John, who be-
Robert Filmer, bart. at the latter end of the reign came by his father's laſt will poſſeſſed of this
of K. Charles II, parted with it to the Rev. John feat of Bunces-court, where he reſided from time
Rumney, Vicar of Sutton Valence, whoſe widow to time, but afterwards removing to Eaſt Green,
Amy ſold it, in 1702, to Mr. Henry Knowles, for
wich (aa), he alienated this ſeat to Mr. Roger
the ſum of 8col. whoſe ſon Mr. Richard Knowles, Paine, of Hall-place in this pariſh, who in the
(tt) The Paines bore for their arms-A feſs between 3 leo-
pards heads.
(z) See more of him under Rodmerfoam. w wore
(v) See Ollantigh in Wye.
(w) Lewis's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 28. In the reign
of K. Edward I, Stephen de Becco beld the eighth part of
one knight's fee in Herft. Book of Knights Fees.
(x) Philipott, p. 265.
(y) See more of this family above, under Eaſt Sutton,
p. 418. There are at this time ſeveral of this name reſid-
ing in this pariſh and its neighbourhood, who though now
claſſed among the yeomen-freeholders, are probably de-
fcended from thoſe of the ſame name, feated at Herſt, as
above-mentioned.
(z) It conſiſts of about 168 acres of land, and was fold
for 1100l. of which 1000l. was the benefaction of Lady
Elizabeth Haflings, and the remaining part of the Rev.
Granville Wheler, eſq; above-mentioned.
(a) See more of this branch of the Burces under Kemjing,
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 331.
(aa) He was afterwards knighted, and dying in 1683,
was buried in this church, as was the Lady Amy Bunce, his
widow,

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HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
597
OTTERDEN.
tion may
.
CHARITIES.
beginning of the preſent century, alienated it
Richard Knocke, about the year 1756, paſſed it
795 by whom
EYHORNE HUNDRED:
flints in them, are very unpleaſant, if not un-
to Knocke, in which name it continued till Mr. ſafe, to travellers.
It has a ſmall village of a very few houſes,
away by fale to Edward Chapman, esq; (b) who called Otterden-ſtreet, the cottages in general
made great additions to it, and afterwards re ſtanding ſingle and diſperſed over different parts
fided here. He ſold it to Stringer Belcher, eſq; of it, and are very meanly built ; in ſhort, po.
eldeſt ſon of Edward Belcher, of Ulcomb, eſq; verty and health may be truly ſaid to be the
who dying a few years ago unmarried, it came characteriſtic of theſe parts, as well as of thoſe
to his brother Mr.
brother Mr. William Belcher, of Ulcomb, others, throughout this county, which lie on
the preſent owner of it (c).
the northern ſide of this range of hills, near the
blid bid 159
ſummit of them, but extending in breadth only
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Mises of lesser no
a few miles, in ſome more, in others leſs; to
Salomon Chauns held of the King in capite cer-
which diſtrict the whole of the above deſcrip-
tain tenements at Coperland and Otterden, by the
be ſaid to be well adapted, almoſt in
ſervice of holding the head of the King, when every particular.
ever he in failing over into foreign parts ſhould
That part of this pariſh lying north-weſtward
be fea-fick, as was found by inquiſition, taken of the valley, which is between the church and
after his death, anno 31 Edw. I, and that it con-
Hall place, which includes Otterden-place, that
fifted of a meſſuage, and 132 acres of land (d).
church, and the ſcite of the dilapidated church of
The church or college of St. Laurence Poultney,
Monketon, is in the diviſion of Weſt Kent; and the
London, which was ſuppreſſed by the act of the
remaining or ſouth-eaſt part of it, including Hall-
place, the ſcite of the dilapidated church of
Iſt year of K. Edward VI, was poffeffed of lands
Boardfield, and the whole hamlet of it, is in that
in this pariſh, which, by a ſurvey then made,
of Eaſt Kent.
were of the value of 81. per annum, and were
fold by the Court of Augmentation to Henry
Polſted (e).
Mr. James Bunce, gent. Citizen and Leather-
The priory of Rocheſter was pofſeffed of lands
ſeller of London, ſon of James Bunce, of this pa-
in this pariſh, called Prior and Goodman's lands,
riſh, efq; deviſed by his laſt will, dated May
which, at the diffolution of it in the reign of K.
25, 1630, to the Leather ſellers Company, of which
Henry VIII, came into the King's hands, and
he was a member, 3501. in truſt, that they ſhould
were granted by him in his 33d year, among
pay 20s. yearly to the poor of this pariſh, 81.
other premiſes, to his new-founded Dean and
per annum to the Miniſter of it, for preaching
Chapter of Rocheſter, who are ſtill entitled to
three ſermons yearly, one on the day of the deli-
them, the preſent leſfee of them being Granville
verance in 1588, one on the 5th day of Nov, and
Wbeler, of Otterden-place, eſq;
a third on the 17th of that month, and for ca.
techiſing the children of this pariſh, 20 Sundays
in each year, and for paying 10l. every tenth
The pariſh of Otterden lies ſomewhat more year, to the repair of the Bunce's chapel in this
than a mile from the ſummit of the chalk-hills, church, where his anceſtors lay interred, and
and being greatly expoſed to the north-eaſt, is the repair of the body of the ſaid church; and
very
bleak and cold. The hills in it are very if the ſame was not demanded of them, then the
frequent and ſteep; the land is in general very whole produce of it to go to the ſupport of the
poor and barren, conſiſting of a looſe red earth, poor of the Leatherſellers Company.
mixed with ſuch quantities of Aints, that in the Roger Paine, eſq; by his laſt will, dated 1701,
bottom of the valleys they entirely cover the gave the ſum of 2ol. to the Rector, Church-
ſurface of the ground, notwithſtanding which, wardens, and Overſeers of this pariſh, in truſt,
the moſt corn grows where they are thus nume for the intereſt of it to be applied to the relief
rous. The whole of the pariſh is greatly inter of ſuch poor houſekeepers of it, as moſt regu.
ſperſed with coppice wood, which moſtly con larly attended divine ſervice, &c. Charles Paine,
fiſts of beech, intermixed with hazel and birch, eſq; his ſon and executor, with this money pur-
and ſome few aſh and willow ſtubbs. The roads chaſed of Henry Farley the elder, about four
are very narrow, and from the frequency and acres of land, called Wye-banks, and conveyed
ſteepneſs of the hills, and the quantities of looſe them to the Rector and pariſh officers, and their
widow, in 1686, being brought hither from Greenwich; ſity. The lands belonging to this houſe then conſiſted of
by her he had two ſons, John, who was knighted, and dy 152 acres of arable and paſture, and 27 acres of woodland.
ing in 1684, was buried here, and James, and three (c) He married on July 5, 1768, Charlotte, one of the
daughters, Rebecca, Sarah, and Elizabeth.
(6) He was ſon of Mr. James Chapman, Attorney-at-law, he has iſſue. See more of the Belchers, under Ulcomb, p. 426.
of Milton near Sittingborne, and married the daughter of the (d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 34.
Rev. Mr. Dennis, Rector of Woldham in this county, by (e) Survey of Chantries, Augen. off. See an account of
whom he left iſſue a fon James, now of Cambridge univer- the foundation of this college, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 73.
.
PRESENT STATE OF OTTERDEN,
fucceffors

508
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
hobi
dontal sd
The Rector of Otterden is entitled to the great
The HISTORY of K E N T.
OTTERDEN. 0
ſucceſſors for ever, in truft, for the uſes above.
and ſmall tythes of this pariſh, including thoſe
mentioned.
of the hamlets of Boardfield and Munketon, now
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. within the bounds of it, the dilapidated churches
of which, with their appurts. are now annexed
Otterden is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of as chapels to this rectory.i biol OH
The fcite of thoſe churches, and about three
Oſpringe.
acres of glebe-land to each, are now held by
The antient church was dedicated to St. Lau-
the Rector, as part of the appurtenances of this
rence, and conſiſted of two finall iſles and á
rectory
dio 120wo insistq pila
chancel, without a ſteeple, and ſtood about 50
The parſonage-houſe is a neat brick builda
yards eaſtward from the corner of Otterden-
ing, faſhed, and ſtands adjoining to the grounds
place ; this building being greatly decayed and
belonging to Otterden-place, about a quarter of
ruinous, Lady Elizabeth Haſtings, fifter of
George, Earl of Huntingdon, at the inſtance of a mile ſouthward from it. 90o 15 anomorot nina
od bsord ord gabiono 911192
the Rev. Granville Wheler, Patron of it, who
CHURCH OF OTTER DE N. v's
had married her half-ſiſter Lady Catherine Haft-
cam
Patrons, uppe yd buio RECTORS.
ings, among other acts of munificent charity,
or by whom preſented.
201 193ts
deviſed by her laſt will 4001. towards the re-
Henry Cheney.
Wm. Hayward, refig. 1570.
building of it. She died in 1739, and this ſum,
William Lewin (i), John Broome, preſented in
with the intereſt of it, before any thing was un-
and others.
1592.
dertaken for that purpoſe, amounted to near The Crown. (k)Wm. Slatyer, D.D. Nov.
500l. when Mr.Wheler undertook the building
12, 1625, obt. Feb. 14,
of an entire new church here, which was be-
1646.
gun
in 1753, and completed in about a twelve-
George Curteis, eg: Joſepb Heathfield, preſented
month's time, at the expence of 500l. more out
in 1668.
of his own purſe, which he liberally gave to-
S.Perſe, in 1670, refig. 1682.
wards it (g).
Thomas Robbins, 1682.
The Rector was bound to repair the chancel The Crown. (1) John Symonds, A.M.
of the old church.
1701, obt. Feb. 21, 1747.
The patronage of the church of Otterden was
Rev. Granville Deodatus Bye, B. A. April
bver eſteemed as an appendage to the manor,
1748, reſig. 1748.
and continued fo till Granville Wheler, of Otter-
Taburo
(1) fobnLowther, Nov.1748,
den-place, eſq; on July 16, 1778, conveyed it,
obt. Oct. 14, 1779.
with all its rights and appurts. to Edward
(n) Edward Timewell Bridges,
Bridges, of Wotton-court, eſq; who deviſed it by
A. M. inſtit. March 30,
his laſt will, in 1781, to his eldeſt ſon, the Rev.
1780. Preſent Rector.
Mr. Edward Timewell Bridges, Rector of this pa.
riſh, the preſent poffeſſor of it.
WIC HL I N G
It is a rectory, valued in the King's books at
61.
145. 2d. and is of the yearly certified value of IS
S the next pariſh north. weſtward from Otter-
621. 175. 1od. the yearly tenths being 135. 5d.(b)
den. It is called in the book of Domeſday,
In 1740, it was valued at 80l. Communi Winckeleſmere ; in antient deeds, Winchelinges;
cants 62.
and in later ones, Wynchelyng and Wichling.
CI
Wheler, beer en
(g) The new church, which is a neat elegant building of
brick, ornamented with ſtone ruſtic quoins, window-caſes,
&c. and the infide of it fitted up equally handſome and
commodious, is built, great part of it, on the foundations
of the old church, which ſtood about 20 feet more towards
the eaſt, the grave-ſtones over the two Rectors being then
within the altar-rails. There was no ſteeple to the former
church, nor is there any to the new one, which, with the
modern elegance of the building, takes away all appearance
of its being a church, on the outſide view of it.
The monuments of the Lewins and Curteis's are preſerved
in a ſmall receſs on the north fide of the church, and have
been well repaired and beautified, as has been the monu-
ment of Mr. Simon Bunce, and his wife, againſt the ſouth
wall of it. Underneath the church is a vault for the uſe of
the Wheler family.
mente
() Ec. Thef. p. 11.
(i) He was Lord of the manor of Otterden, and Patron
of this church,
(k) He was preſented by the King's letters patent. Rým.
Fod. vol. xviii, p. 647. and on Nov. 14, 1625, a diſpen-
ſation paſſed, for his holding the rectory of Newchurch with
this of Otterden. Ibid. p. 665. He was Treaſurer of the
cathedral church of St. David, and dying, æt. 59, Was
buried in this church. See ſome account of him in Wood's
Ath. vol. ii, p. 111. diw
Margaret his wife, daughter of Luke Angell, widow of
Henry Poten, died in 1654, leaving one daughter Margaret
Slatyer, and three fons, Henry, John, and Luke-Poten, and
was buried in this church.
(1) He died, æt. 80, and was buried in this church,
having been likewife 53 years Vicar of Stalisfield:
(m) He was a good benefactor to this rectory, having
had the lands throughout this pariſh meaſured accurately,
at his own conſiderable expence, for the benefit of his fuc-
ceffors.
(n) The eldeſt ſon of Edward Bridges, of Wotton in this
county, eſq; and ſince his father's death in 1781, Patron
of this rectory
THZ

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
509
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
feſſor, there wer
10
WICHLING.
ſcendant, William Peyforer, held it in the 20th
THE MANOR.
year of K. Edward III, when he paid aid for it,
This pariſh was part of thoſe eſtates given at the making the Black Prince a Knight, as
by William the Conqueror to his half-brother three parts of a knight's fee, at Wichling, held
Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the general title of of the honor of Peverel.
whoſe lands it is thus deſcribed in the ſurvey of
He alienated this manor ſoon afterwards to
Domeſday:
Roger Northwood, who died ſeiſed of it in the
03 Hugo nepos Herbti ten de epo' Wincheleſmere. P 35th year of that reign, holding it of the King
dimidº folin fe defd". Tra'. t. 1. car' & ibi. e in in capite, as of his caſtle of Dover, by the ſer-
dnio....cu'.
·cu: 3. ſervis. & accla & filva. 5. pore'. vice as above mentioned (9). He left iſſue by
& T.R. E. in Cantuaria. za dom'. ptineb huic m' Fuliana his wife, one of the daughters and heirs
peddtes 40. den'. "Tot 7. R. E. valeb'. 100. fol”. of fir Geffry de Say, fir John Northwood, knt. who
& poft. & modo 40. fol.
died in the 2d year of K. Richard II, feiſed of
bs Uluiet tenuit de rege. E. & potuit ire quo libuit. the reverſion of this manor, then held in dower
Which is : Hugo, the grandſon of Herbert, holds
by Juliana his mother. He left iffue by Joane
of the Biſhop (of Baieux) Wincheleſmere. It was
his wife, daughter of Robert Hert, of Faverſsam,
taxed at half a ſuling. The arable land is one ca. || efq; Roger his fon and heir, who on his grand
mother's death became poffeffed of this manor,
rucate, and there is in demeſne . with three
of which he died ſeiſed, leaving Agnes his wife
ſervants, and a church, and wood for the pannage
ſurviving, and one lon John, and two daughters.
of five bogs, and in the time of K. Edward the Con-
She held this manor, and afterwards remarried
were in Canterbury three houſes belong-
with Chriſtopher Shuckbrooke, ejq; and died pof-
ing to this manor, paying 40 pence. The whole,
ſeffed of it in the 6th year of K. Henry IV.(r)
in the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, was worth
Upon which it came to her ſon John Northa
100 Shillings, and afterwards, and now, 40 ſhil-
wood, who died feiſed of it anno 4 Henry V,
lings.
leaving his two ſiſters his coheirs, who entitled
Uluiet held it of K. Edward, and could go wbi-
their huſbands, John Barley, of the co. of Hert-
ther be pleaſed.
ford, efq; and fir John Norton, of this county,
About four years after taking the above ſur knt. to their reſpective ſhares in it.
vey, the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and the
After which, the Dean and Canons of the col.
King his brother ſeized on all his eſtates. After
lege or free-chapel of St. Stephen in Weſtminſter,
which, this manor came into the poſſeſſion of ſeem to have become entitled to this manor,
Jeffry de Peverel, who was one of the eight Cap which, in the reign of K. Henry VII, was in
tains aſſociated with John de Fienes, in the cuſ-
the tenure of John Dygges, of Barham, eſq; who
tody of Dover Caſtle, each having competent died poſſeſſed of it in the 19th year of that reign,
lands aſſigned to him for that purpoſe, which
holding it, as was found by the inquiſition taken
together made up the barony of Peverel, as it was after his death, of the above-mentioned Dean
called.
and Canons, by homage and fealty, and the ſer-
In the reign of K. Henry III, it was in the vice of three parts of one knight's fee, and the
tenure of John de Mares (o), and a after him of yearly payment to the King's caſtle of Dover,
Fulk de Peyforer, whoſe deſcendant William Pey as before-mentioned (s). Eugen
Dekor
forer died feiſed of it i
in the next reign of K. The Dean and Canons continued the proprie-
Edward I, leaving the poſſeſſion of it to his tors of this manor till the diffolution of their
widow Lora, and ſhe died ſeiſed of it in the 19th college, which happened in the iſt year of K.
year of K. Edward II, holding this manor of
Edward VI, in conſequence of the act for the
the King in capite, as of the honor of Peverel, ſuppreſſion of all free-chapels, colleges, chan.
by the ſervice of three parts of one knight's fee, tries, &c. by which they, as well as all their
and paying from thence to the ward of Dover lands, revenues, &c. were given to the King
Cable, for each 20 weeks, los. (P) Her de and his heirs for ever (t).
(o) John de Mares, by his deed, dated anno 21 Henry III, (1) K. Stephen is ſaid to have begun a chapel in the old
granted to Robert, Abbat of St. Auguftine's near Canterbury,
royal palace at Weſtminſter, in honor of St. Stephen, which
ſucceſſors ſhould be acquitted by him being rebuilt by K. Edward III, in 1347, was made col-
and his heirs, of ſcutage, and tallage, de donis, &c. of all legiate ; and the King eſtabliſhed in it a Dean, 12 fecular
lands which they had purchaſed of William de Hardres, and Canons, 13 Vicars, four Clerks, fix Choiriſters, and other
his heirs, within his manor of Wicheling. Regiſter of St. officers and ſervants, whoſe ſeveral ſalaries, till it was en-
Auguſtine's monaſtery, cart. 441.
dowed, were paid out of the Exchequer ; but the King, as
(P) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Reginald de Cobham, of Ster well as his ſucceſſors, and other benefactors, having from
borough, ſeems to have had ſome claim to this manor, for time to time beſtowed liberal revenues on it, in lands and
Edward III, he procured a charter of free-warren rents, they were ſupported from them, and they amounted
for his manor of Wethling, amonſt others. Dugd. Bar. vol. at the diſſolution of it to 10851. 55. 5d. annual rents. The
ü, p. 67.
chapel of this college is now made uſe of for the Houſe of
(9) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (r) Ibid. () Ibid.
Commons to fit in. Tan. Mon. p. 319.
.
&c. that he and
anno 14
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The

510
The HISTORY of 8 K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
John Dygge, of Barbam, had ſome lands in
this pariſh in the 5th year of K. Henry IV.(2)
Foyce, relict of fir John Deryng, knt. was pof.
ſeſſed of lands in this pariſh, called Stanecroft,
which ſhe by her deed, dated anno 39 Edward
III, directed her lawful attorney, John Elys, to
deliver ſeiſin of to her ſon Edward Deryng (a).
PRESENT STATE OF WICHLING.
WICHLING.
The year after which, this manor was ſur-,
veyed by order of the King's Court of Aug.
mentation, when it was returned ; That the ma-
nor of Wicbling belonged to the late college of
St. Stephen in Weſtminſter, and was of the yearly
value of 61. 6s. 8d. and that there was payable
yearly out of it 6d. to the Sheriff of the county,
25$. for blanch-rent, and 14d. for caſtle-guard
rent to Dover Caſtle.se 10,25
K. Edward VI, by his let. pat. dated March 10,
in his 3d year, granted the manor of Wichelinge,
among others late belonging to the above-men-
tioned college, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. Privy
Counſellor and Treaſurer of his Houſhold, with
all and ſingular its liberties and privileges what-
ſoever, in like manner as the Dean and Canons
held them (n) ; fir Thomas Cheney, was alſo
Knight of the Garter, and Lord Warden of the
Cinque Ports, and afterwards Governor of Dover
Caſtle. He died ſeiſed of this manor on Dec.
20, in the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1559,
and was buried at Minſter in the Iſle of Shepey.
By Frideſwide his firſt wife, daughter of fir Tho-
mas Frowyke, knt. Chief Juſtice of the Common
Pleas, he left iſſue only four daughters (V); but
by his ſecond wife Anne, daughter and coheir of
fir John Broughton, of Tuddington in the co. of
Bedford, knt. he left one ſon and heir Henry,
afterwards knighted, and in the 14th year of Q.
Elizabeth, created a Peer of this realm, by the
title of Lord Cheney, Baron Cheney of Tuddington.
He had livery of his inheritance anno 3 Q.
Elizabeth, and in Mich. term that year, levied
a fine of all his lands (w). About the middle of
Q. Elizabeth's reign, he alienated this manor to
Edward Filmer, eſq; afterwards knighted by that
Queen, who was of Eaſt Sutton in this county (x).
His great-grandſon Robert Filmer, of Eaſt Sutton,
eſq; was created a Baronet on Dec. 24, 1674,
anno 27 Charles II, from whom this manor has
deſcended to his great-grandfon fir John Filmer,
of Eaſt Sutton, bart, the preſent poffeffor of
it (y).
This pariſh is much like that of Otterden laſt
deſcribed. It lies upon the hill, cloſe on the
eaft ſide of the valley, through which the road
leads from Oſpringe through Doddington to Hol.
lingborne-bill and Maidſtone. The lands of this
pariſh are very barren, and abound with fints,
and on the weſtern ſide they are moſtly chalk,
and much covered with coppice wood. It is a
lonely unfrequented place, and what village
there is, ſtands near the church. It is, all of it
,
in the diviſion of Weſt Kent.
There are no charities belonging to this pariſh.
00000
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Wichling is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Sittingborne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mar-
garet, conſiſts of one ſmall iſe and a chancel,
Darbuot
having a low pointed ſteeple at the weſt end of
it. This church ſeems formerly to have been
an appendage to the manor of Wichling; how-
ever that be, the family of Northwood poffeffed
the advowſon of it at the different periods of
time in which they held the manor ; and John
Northwood died ſeiſed of both anno 4 Henry V,
without iſſue, leaving his two ſiſters his coheirs,
who entitled their huſbands, John Barley, eſq;
and fir John Norton, knt. to their reſpective in-
tereſts in them.br
After which, this advowfon ſeems to have
paſſed from them through the like chain of
owners as the manor of Harrietham, lately de-
30 10
(u) Rot. Eſch. anno 3 Edw. VI, pt. 3. Coke's Entries,
p. 106,
(v) Viz. Katherine, married to fir Thomas Kempe, of Ol-
lantigh, knt. Margaret, to George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny;
Frances, to Nicholas Criſpe; and Anne, to fir John Perrot,
knt.
(w) He built a fine ſeat at Tuddington, and by his expen-
five method of living diffipated the vaſt fortune left to him
by his father, who by his laſt will took every precaution to
prevent his ſon from doing ſo, for he deviſed all his eſtates
to his fon Henry, and to the heirs of his body, remainder
to Thomas Cheney, of Woodley, and the heirs male of his
body, upon condition, that he or they, or any of them,
ſhould not alien or diſcontinue, but upon a queſtion anno
33 and 34 Eliz, in theCourt of Wards, Whether for Thomas
meant to include his ſon in the above reſtriction, and whe-
ther parol evidence was to be admitted of his intention ? It
was reſolved, by Wray and Anderſon, Chief Juſtices, on a
conference with their brethren, that no ſuch evidence ſhould
be allowed, and conſequently, the teſtator's intent as to his
fon was fruſtrated. Coke's Reports, pt. 5, 68 [b]. bm
He married Jane, daughter of Thomas, Lord Wentworth,
but died without iſſue about the 32d year of Q. Elizabeth's
reign. See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 290. See Eaſtchurch
and Minſter in Shepey, for a further account of the family
of Cheney.
(x) In this church there is a memorial for Robard Filmar,
of Wichelin, next brother to fir Edward Filmer, the pur-
chaſer of this manor, who died on Nov. 6, 1615; and one
likewiſe for Annys, widow of Raynold Filmar, (fourth ſon
of fir Edward above-mentioned) who died on Aug. 13,
- 1616.
(y) See more of this family above, under Eaſt Sutton,
p. 418.
who
(%) Autograph. Surrenden-libr.
(a) Ibid. The ſeal appendant to this deed is-a faltier.
ſcribed,

The H I S T O R Y of 2 K E N T.
511
FRINSTED.
cants 36.
CHURCH OF WICHLING,
bawa
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
ſcribed, did, to William Stede, of Harrietſham, Which is : Hugh, the grandſon of Herbert, and
eſg
; and from him to William Stede, LL. D. who Adelold the Chamberlain, bold of the Biſhop (of
in the year 1656 ſold it, for 50l. to Thomas Con. Baieux) Fredenejtede. It was taxed at one ſuling.
way, whoſe deſcendant Michael Wilkins Conway,
The arable land is three carucates. In demeſne ....
in 1963, for the ſum of 220l. alienated it to Tbres villeins having ſeven oxen. There is a church,
Unwin, and he has ſince, for 2501. conveyed it and two acres of meadow and an half, and wood
by fale to Springhall
, the preſent owner of it. for the pannage of two hogs. It is, and was worth,
This rectory is a diſcharged living in the ſeparately, 20 fillings. Leuuin beld it of K. Ed-
ward, ond won
King's books, of the clear yearly certified value
of 241. the yearly tenths being 8s. 2d. (b) About four years after taking the above
In 1640, it was valued at 551. Communi ſurvey, the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and
.00 on
the King his brother ſeized on this eftate, among
gusb ibns )
the reſt of his poffeßions, which were all con-
fiſcated to the Crown. After which, this ma-
PATRONS,
Pawstin Rectors.
nor came into the poſſeſſion of Jeffry de Peverel,
or by whom preſented.
(c) Sir Simon, in 1358. to who was one of the eight Captains aſſociated
James Partrich. Thomas Partrich, June 3, with John de Fienes, in the cuſtody of Dover
1585, obt. 1605.
Caſtle, each having competent lands aſſigned to
Sir Wm. Stede, knt. (d)Wm.Wilcocke, A.B. Sept. him for that purpoſe, which together made up
Tour 27, 1605, obt. 1628. the barony of Peverel, as it was then called (i).
Guardians of Cromer (e) William Culpeper, Feb. 8,
Nicholas de Gerund afterwards held this ma-
Stede, eſq; an infant. 1628.
.
nor, of which he died feiſed in the 52d year of
The Crown, during (f) Michael Hudfon, A. M. K. Henry III, anno 1267, holding it of the
the ſaid infancy. April 22, 1653.
King in capite, as one knight's fee (k). After
Wm. Stede, LL.D. (g) Thomas Conway, A. M. which, the family of Crombwell became poffeffed
a Ton Nov. 1, 1661.
of it; one of whom, Richard de Crombwell, was
The Crown, for this Thomas Conway, jun. A. B.
owner of it in the 8th year of K. Edward II, (1)
Dec. 6, 1690, obt. 1711.
being younger brother of fir Fobn de Crombwell,
Mary Conway. voh Thomas Nicholſon, A.M. Nov. Knight-banneret (m). Ralph de Crombwell, his
21, 1711, obt. 1763.
ſucceſſor, in the next year, obtained a charter
Edward Baker. Arthur Clark, A.B. Feb. 21,
of free-warren for his lands in this pariſh, and
Dn O QAT! 1963, refig. 1767.
at his ſeat here, called Merebam court, ſince
Mr. Rich. Spring- William Dormer, A. B. June
called Meriam-court, and vulgarly Madams-court.
ball.
10
2, 1767. Prefent Rector. In the next reign of K. Edward III, this
eftate was again come into the poffeſfion of the
OF RIN S T E D
family of Gerund, in which, however, it did
not remain long, for Richard le Gerund leaving
IES the next pariſh north-weſtward from an only daughter and heir Maud, ſhe carried this
Wichling. It is called in Domeſday, Frede manor and ſeat in marriage to fir Henry de Chalf-
neftede ; in antient deeds, Freyhaneſtede ; and in bunt, knt. who in the 20th year of that reign,
later ones moſt uſually, Frenfted alias Wrenfted. paid aid for the manor of Wrenſted alias Frenſted,
This pariſh was part of thoſe poffeffions with as one knight's fee, which Hugh de Gerund be-
which William the Conqueror enriched his half fore held of the King in capite. He died pof-
brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the general ſeſſed of it in the 45th year of that reign, hold-
title of whofe lands it is thus entered in the ing it by the ſervice above-mentioned, and pay-
book of Domeſday, taken about the
ing ward to the caſtle of Dover, at the end of
Hugo nepos Herbti' et Adelold' Camerari' tenu de each 20 weeks in the year, yos. (n)
epo' Fredeneſtede p uno folin ſe defd. Tra'. e'. He was ſucceeded by his ſon Thomas de Chaif-
car) In dnio 3 villi' bnt. 7. boves. Ibi hunt, who died ſeiſed of this manor, together
eccla' & 2. ac' pti' & dimid. & filva 2. pore'. Val with the advowſon of the church, in the 48th
& valuit ſep. 20. Jol". Leuuinº tenuit de rege. E. year of that reign, holding it by the like fer-
turn.
year 1080:
'3: H
.
(6) E&. Theſ. p. 14. In Tanner's Monaft. p. 208,
mention is made of pat. 18 Edw. III, p. 1. m. 10, pro
Capella de Wicheling, among the poſſeſſions of Minſter nun-
nery in Shepey
(c) See More’s Hift. of Tunſtall, p. 49.
(d) He lies buried in this church,
(e) Walker's Suff. of the Clergy, pt. ii, p. 220. te
(f) Rym. Fæd. vol. xix, p. 539.
(8) In the inſtrument for his induction, this rectory is ſaid
to be then vacant by the death of William Culpeper, the late
and laft incumbent of it, by which, it ſeems probable, that
Michael Hudſon was looked upon as an intruder only into it.
(i) He had 14 knights fees and a quarter (of which all
but four lay in this county) given him for this purpoſe, for
each of which he was to find a Knight, and of theſe Knights
three at a time were to enter the caſtle, and perform ward
there for one month, until they had all completed their
turns.
2
(k) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. N. 15.
(1) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(m) Spelman's Gloſſary, p.
60.
(n) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
vice,

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The HISTORY of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
daughter
wore ion,
with the
,
FRINSTED.
vice (), as did his ſon and heir Henry, in the || They joined in the ſale of the manor of Frin.
gth year of K. Richard II, when it was found, Sted, with the ſeat, called Rinfed alias Wrenſted-
that John Bedeford, Roger Tournour, Sibill Jar. court, and the lands belonging to it, to Edward
conville, and Agnes, daughter of Walter at Style, Jackman, of Hornchurch in Ellex, eſq; and he, in
were his heirs and next of kin (2); at which the 5th year of K. James I, paſſed it away to
time it was likewiſe found, that this manor was Oliver Style, of Watringbury, efq; who died ſeiſed
held of the manor of Oſpringe.
of it in 1622. His ſon and heir Thomas was
Soon after which, this manor, with the man created a Baronet in 1627, and died in 1637,
ſion-houſe, called Wrenſted, and now moſt uſu leaving this manor and ſeat to his only ſon and
ally Rinſted-court, with Meriam-court, and the fucceffor fir Thomas Style, bart. who was twice
advowſon of the church of Wrenfted, was con married; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of fir Wil.
veyed by fale to Robert le Hadde, who was re liam Armine, of the co. of Lincoln, bart. by whom
ſident here in the reign of K. Henry IV.(9) By
he had iſſue fix ſons and fix daughters; of the for.
Petronella his wife, daughter of Chiſtlet, he left
mer of which only Oliver, the fifth ſon, ſurvived
iſſue a ſon of his own name, whoſe ſon William him. His ſecond wife was Margaret, da
Hadde, of Frinſted, died ſeiſed of this manor, of fir Thomas Twiſden, of Bradborne, bart. by
with the advowſon, and other eſtates above whom he left iſſue a ſon Thomas, who on the
mentioned, in the 34th year of K. Henry VI,
death of his half-brother Oliver, without iffue,
leaving his eldeſt ſon Robert, then 28 years of
a daughter
, eſq; x)
the manor of Wrenſted (s). Which Robert Hadde Sir Thomas Style, the father, died in 1702, on
was of Frinſted, efq; as was his ſon Robert, who which an agreement was entered into by his heirs
married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Roper, of for a partition of his eſtates among them, which
Eltham, by whom he had Henry Hadde, of Frin was confirmed by an act, paſſed anno 2 and
3
sted, ela; who died ſeiſed of this manor, with of Q. Anne, for the eſtabliſhing of it.
the advowſon, and the other eſtates above men In this partition, the manor of Frinſted, with
tioned, in the 23d year of Q. Elizabeth, leav. Rinſted-court, was allotted to
allotted to Margaret, only
ing iſſue by Catherine his wife, daughter of Tho daughter of fir Thomas Style by his ſecond wife,
mas Wilsford, of Lenham, eſg, (t) two ſons, Ar who in 1716 fold it to Mr. Abraham-Tilghman,
nold and Matthew (u); the former of whom ſuc deſcended from thoſe of Snodland in this county,
ceeded him here (v), and two years aftewards,
anno 25 Elizabeth, with the Queen's licence, on his father's death, in 1729 (y), and reſided
alienated .
this manor, with its appurts, together | here till his death,
here till his death, which happened in Jan. 1779, ,
leaving iſſue by Olivia his wife, one of the two
ward and George Hills, and the heirs of the ſaid daughters and coheirs of Charles Finch, of Chat-
Edward (w).
ham, eſq; (2) one daughter Elizabeth, who mar-
gnolio
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (p) Ibid.
he was Rector. He died anno 1617, and was buried in St;
(1) 'He was deſcended from anceſtors who had been re Alphage's church in Canterbury.
fident at Chart Sutton, in this county, for many generations, (v) He had livery of his inheritance anno 23 Elizabeth,
Robert Hadde being of that pariſh in the reign of K. Henry and then held the manor of Wrenfted, with the advowſon of
III. See Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. of Hadde.ing the church of Frinſted of the King, as of the honor of Pe-
(-) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, dan
verel, by the ſervice of one knight's fee. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(1) His will was proved April 7, anno 1456. He left iſſue (w) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 4. Arnold Hadde, efq; after
the ſale of this eſtate, reſided in St. Alphage's pariſh in Can-
Humphry, and three daughters, Mildred, Eleanor, and Eli. terbury, as his deſcendants did for ſeveral generations after-
zabeth. He deviſed to Robert his fon, his manor of Wrenfted, wards, till the end of the laſt century, and ſeveral of them
with its appurts, and all other his lands in this pariſh, on lie buried in that church.
the eaſt part of the King's highway between Shadſcroſs and They bore for their arms-Gules, 3 bucks heads caboſhed or,
Polledcroch, in tail male ;-to John his ſon, all his
male; to John his fon, all his lands in horned argent, between the borns of each a croſs patee fitchee,
Iwade, in like tail, and his lands in Woldham, to him and
argent. See Viftn. co. Kent, anno 1574 and 1619, and
his heirs for ever ;-to William his ſon, certain lands in Fren Regiſter of St. Alphage's pariſh in Canterbury.
fted, on the weſt ſide of the King's highway between Shadſ (x) See more of this family, under Watringbury, p. 282.
croſs and Polledcroch, to the value of five marcs per annum ; (v) He lies buried in the ſouth iſle of this church, where
to Margaret his wife, his lands and tenements in Sevington there is a monument erected to his meniory. He was Firſt
for life, remainder to his children by her, and if they ſhould Clerk of the Cheque at Woolwich and Portſmouth, and lafly,
die before they came of age, then to her own right heirs ; a Commiffioner of the Navy, and of the Vi&tualling-office.
to Robert his ſon, all his lands at Wicheling, and at Kypinges He died on April 8, 1929, æt. 79.--Arms-Per feſs fable
in Frenfted, to ſell the ſame, if there ſhould be occaſion, and Argent, a lion rampant, counterchanged, crowned or.
for his daughters' portions, and if there fhould not be any (z) She died on April 17, 1773, æt. 78, leaving an only
occaſion, then to him and his heirs for ever. All the daughter Elizabeth, wife of Pierrepont Cromp, Cl. ſon and
of his lands he deviſed to his ſon Robert, and his heirs for heir of Thomas Cromp, of Newnham in the co. of Gloucefier,
ever. Prerog. off. Cant.
eſq; by Rebecca, the other daughter and coheir of Charles
(t) She died anno 1592, and was buried in St. Alphage's Finch, efq; She was buried under an altar tomb in a vault
church in Canterbury.
in the south-eaſt part of the church-yard of Frinſted, in
(u) He was Counſellor-at-law of Lincoln's Inn, of which which her huſband likewiſe was afterwards buried.


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ried

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
$13
)
FRINSTED.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
ried the Rev. Mr. Pierrepont Cromp, of Newnham iſſue fir John Northwood, knt, who having been
in the co. of Glouceſter (zz), who in her right || ſummoned to Parliament among the Barons of this
became poffeffed of it, and now reſides at Rin realm, died in the 2d year of K. Richard II, but
fted-court (a).
he never came into poſſeſſion of this manor, for
Julian his mother held it in dower, and fur-
MER JAMS-COURT,
vived him (f).
vulgarly called Madams-court, as has been al He left iſſue by Joane his wife, daughter of
ready mentioned, paſſed from Arnold Hadde in
Robert Hert, of Faverſham, Roger his ſon and
the 25th year of Q. Elizabeth, with the reſt of
heir, who on his grandmother's death, ſucceeded
his eſtates in this pariſh, to Edward and George
to the poſſeſſion of this manor, of which he died
Hills, and the heirs of the ſaid Edward. They
feiſed, leaving Agnes his wife ſurviving, and one
joined in the ſale of Meriamcourt to Archer, from
ſon John, and two daughters. She held this
which name it paſſed, in the reign of K. Charles manor after her huſband's death, and afterwards
I, to Thatcher (6), by a female heir of which
remarried with Chriſtopher Shückbrooke, and died
family it paſſed in marriage to Batcheler (c),
poſſeſſed of it in the 6th year of K. Henry
whoſe deſcendant Mr.William Batcheler alienated
IV,(8) upon which it came to her fon John
it to Mr. James Chapman, of Milton, gent. whoſe Northwood, who died feiſed of it anno 4 Henry
ſon Edward Chapman, of Otterden, eſq; died in V, leaving his two fifters his coheirs, who en-
1765, and left iſſue by his wife, daughter of the titled their huſbands, John Barley, of the co. of
Rev. Mr. Dennis, of Leyborne, one fon Mr. James
Hertford, efq; and fir John Norton, of this county,
Chapman, who is the preſent owner of it (d). knt, to their reſpective ſhares of their brother's
eſtates.
YOKES-COURT
From one of them this manor was alienated
is a manor in this pariſh, which in the reign of
to John Dyggs, of Barham, efq; whoſe deſcen-
K. Henry III, was part of the poſſeſſions of dant John Dyggs, of Barham, eſq; died ſeiſed of
Fulk de Peyforer, whoſe deſcendant William de
it in the 19th year of K. Henry VII, as did his
Peyforer, in the 20th year of K. Edward III,
ſon James Dyggs, eſq; in the 27th year of K.
paid aid for it, at the making the Black Prince Henry VIII, then holding this manor in capite
a Knight, as half a knight's fee, which he then
by knights ſervice, of the King, as of his caſtle
held at le Yoke in this pariſh, of the honor of of Leeds; and other lands in Frinſted and Len-
Ledes.
ham, of the Abbat of St. Auguſtine’s, Canterbury (b).
He ſoon afterwards alienated this manor to
His eldeſt ſon John Dyggs died in his life-time,
Roger Northwood, who died in the 35th year of leaving by Mildred his wife, daughter of fir John
that reign feiſed of this manor of Yoke, held of
Scott, knt. a fon William, who ſucceeded by en-
the King in capite, by the ſervice of making his
tail (i) to this manor, of which he died feiſed in
ſuit at the gate of the caſtle of Leeds, from
the 2d year of K. Edward VI, holding it by the
month to month, in lieu of all other ſervice ſervice as above-mentioned (k).
whatſoever (e). By Julian his wife, one of the
By Catherine Ovington his wife, he left iſſue a
daughters and heirs of fir Geffrey de Say, he left
ſon Chriſtopher Diggs, who was of Barbam, eſa;
(zz) He has iſſue ſurviving two daughters, Elizabeth
this manor, after his life, on his eldeſt ſon John, and his
and Henrietta-Maria, and one fon, Robert-Thomas.
iſſue by Mildred his wife, in tail male, remainder to his other
He bears for his arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th, Cromp,
ſons in like tail, by the deſcription of, All his lands and te-
or, a chevron voided gules, on a chief of the 2d, 3 eſcallops of
nements in Frinfted and Lenham, which were formerly Tboa
the ift; 2d and 3d, Finch, argent, a chevron engrailed be mas Cobham's and John Peyfrere's. Apogr. Surrenden-libr.
tween 3 griffins paſſant, ſable ; over all, an eſcutcheon of
It was found by inquiſition taken after his death, that he
pretence, Tilghman, per feſs ſable and argent, a lion ram-
held the manor of Folkham of the Abbat of St. Auguftine's
pant counterchanged, crowned or.
near Canterbury, which William de Peyforer had held in the
(a) In 1764, this eſtate conſiſted of 250 acres of arable
20th year of K. Edward III, as one quarter of a knight's
land, and 130 acres of woodland.
fee, in Frenthefted, of Orabilia de Maytham.
(6) The Thatchers were inhabitants of the adjoining pa-
Where this eſtate is ſituated, or who have been owners
riſh of Wormfell, as early as the reign of K. Henry VIII,
of it fince, I cannot find, though I have made every en-
as appears by the Regiſter of that pariſh. See a further
quiry concerning it. Indeed, the Digg's, owners of Chil-
account of them below, p. 514.
ham-caſtle, continued poffeffors of lands in this pariſh for
(c) In the north chancel of this church, is a memo-
many years after this period, which remained in the tenure
rial for John Batcheler, who died in 1700, æt. 62, and for of the ſucceeding Lords of Chilham-caſtle, till Thomas Heron,
Elizabeth his wife, who died Dec. 8, 1686, and alſo for efqz lately alienated them, by the name of, All that farm
John Batcheler, gent. who died at Rainham on O&t. 1, and lands, called Copes, with the lands and appurts. in this
1738, æt. 56.
pariſh, Wichling, &c. but whether this manor had any re-
(d) This eſtate contains about 190 acres of land,
lation to the above-mentioned eſtate, I cannot tell.
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
James Dygges, eſq; above-mentioned, had iſſue two ſons,
(f) Ibid. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 70.
Jobs, who was of Barham, and Leonard, whoſe deſcendants
(8) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (b) Ibid.
were of Chilham-caſtle in this county.
(0) James Dyggis, eſq; by his deed anno 1522, ſettled (k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
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The HISTORY of
514
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
and
17
PRESENT STATE OF FRINSTED.
FRINSTED.
and on his coming to age in the 6th year of Q. || Red, Frinſted, and Wormſell
, containing about
Elizabeth, had livery of this manor, then held 20 acres, to be yearly diſtributed between the
as before-mentioned (1). He levied a fine of all poor of Milfted and Frinſted for ever.
his lands in Mich. term anno 15
Eliz.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
and quickly afterwards alienated this manor to
Frinſted is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
Archer, from which name, in the reign of K.
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sutton.
Charles I, it paſſed by ſale to Thatcher (m), in
The church, which is dedicated to St, Dunftan,
whoſe deſcendants it continued, till by a female
ſtands at the ſouthern ſide of the village, but in
heir Mary, daughter of Thomas Thatcher, it went
the northern part of the pariſh; it conſiſts of two
in marriage to Mr. Henry Bing, of Wickhambreux,
iſles and two chancels, the northern one belong.
on whoſe death, his fon Mr. John Bing, became
ing to the eſtate of Yokes-court. It has a ſquare
poſſeſſed of it. He died on Feb. 28, 1766, at.
beacon tower at the weſt end of it, in which
70, and was buried in the north chancel of this
hang four bells.
church, leaving iſſue one ſon Henry, and two
This church was formerly appendant to the
daughters, Mary and Sarah. Mr. Henry Bing,
manor of Frinſted, as has already been men-
the fon, ſucceeded his father in the poſſeſſion
tioned (P), and ſeems to have paſſed with it
of this manor (n), of which he is the preſent
from Arnold Hadde, eſq; together with the reſt
owner (0).
of his eſtates in this pariſh, to Edward and George
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
Hills, who alienated the manor of Frinſted, with
Rinſted court, to Edward Jackman, efq; and Me
The pariſh of Frinſted extends on both ſides
riam-court, or Madams-court, as it is now called,
together with the advowſon of the rectory of
of the valley, called Syndall, or Newnham-bottom,
through which the high road leads from Oſpringe,
Frinſted, to Archer, from which name it paſſed,
through Doddington and Neconham, to Holling-
with it, to Thatcher, in whoſe deſcendants it con-
tinued till Thomas Thatcher leaving an only
borne-bill, on each ſide of which the hills riſe very
ſteep. On the eaſt ſide of this valley is ſituated daughter and heir Mary, the carried this ad-
Rinſted-court; and on the weſt, Yokes-court, and
vowſon in marriage to Mr. Henry Bing, whoſe
deſcendant Mr. Henry Bing, of this pariſh, gent.
Madams-court ; and ſtill further weſtward, the
blod
is the preſent poffeffor of it.
village and church, cloſe to it. The ſoil of it is
much like that of Wichling, above-deſcribed ; This rectory is valued in the King's books at
but the riſing hills on each ſide of the above 91. ris, 8d. and the yearly tenths at 19s. 2d. and
mentioned valley, are moſtly chalk.
is of the yearly certified value of 711.75.4d.(9)
There is a diſtrict in this pariſh, conſiſting of
In 1640, it was valued at bol. Communi-
about 50 acres of land, called Minis-bill, over
cants 50.
lo 21
which the manor of Wbornes-place, near Rocheſter, mor
FRANSMED
claims juriſdiction. It is the property of Mr.
PATRONS,
Weeks, of Berſed.
or by whom preſented.
Rectors. Her
That
of the
at part of this pariſh northwardo
Edward, in 1465.
edgwob
church, is in the diviſion of Eaſt Kent; but the
Henry
. Hadde, gent. Ralph Brockbull, May 14,
church itſelf, and the remaining part of it, is
1580, obt. 1623.
bra
in that of Weſt Kent.
James Cripps, of
Henry Lambe, July 5, 1623.
Northfleet, gent.
Bridget Lambe, for Richard Dawlinge, April 29,
John Wiatt, of Milſted, by will, dated Aug.
1645.
22, 1722, gave ſeveral pieces of land in Mil-
Joſeph Slaughter, abt. 1661.
Poes no
(1) Rot. Eſch.
He had iſſue by Anne his wife, who died on June 2, 1772,
(m) In the north chancel of this church, are ſeveral me æt. 34, and was buried in the north chancel of this church,
morials of the family of Thatcher; among others, of Tho five ſons, John, Henry, Thomas, William, and Jarvis,
, and
mas Thatcher, of this pariſh, gent. fon of John, of Molaſh, two daughters, Mary and Anne.
and Mary his wife, and huſband of Mary, daughter of Rich. (6) The lands of this eſtate conſiſt of 336 acres of land.
Tylden, Miniſter of Milped, and Mary his wife, by whom he
(o) In Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 6, it is ſaid,
left iſſue one daughter only. He died in Aug. 1617, æt.
that in the reign of K. Edward III, the church of Frethen-
35. And of Mary, widow of Thomas Thatcher, of Yokes-
fted, in the dioceſe of Canterbury, belonged to St. Cathe-
court, gent. late wife of Thomas Blount, of Maidſtone, Apo-
rine's hoſpital near the Tower; and Tanner in his Monaf-
thecary. She died April 22, 1715, and left only Mary
ticon, p. 311, ſays, in pat. 3 Edw. III, p. 2, m. 2, is a
Thatcher her daughter.
licence for appropriating that church to the above-men-
The Thatchers bore for their arms-Gules, a croſs moline
tioned hoſpital, which cannot be reconciled to the records
argent, on a chief or, 3 graſshoppers proper.
above-quoted, in which the advowſon of the church of
Againſt the north wall in this chancel, in a receſs, is an Frinfled is found to have been veſted in the ſeveral owners
antient tomb, with an engrailed arch over it.
of the manor of Frinfted.
(n) He was of Wickhambreax till his removal hither. (?) Ea. Theſ. p. 15.
50.
CHURCH OF FRINSTED.
CHARITI E S.
20 this turn.
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THE
M A N O R.
,
-
had enfeoffed his
,
se of the honor of
SYHORNE HUNDRED.
WORMSELL.
Simon Hoppen, gent. Iſaac Atkinſon, Jan.28, 1661, the advowſon of the church of this pariſh, of
reſig. 1674.
the King in capite, as of his caſtle of Dover, by
Sybill Nightingale, William Payne, A. M. Jan.
the ſervice of one-fourth part of one knight's
widow.
26, 1674.
fee, and paying each 20 weeks to the ward of
(r) William Batcheler, obt. that caſtle, 5s. and to the Sheriff of Kent, on
1747;
the feaſt of St. Peter ad Vincula, 22d. (z) Tho-
Richard Tylden, efq; (s) Tbomas Baker, A.B. April mas de Dene, his ſon and heir, ſucceeded him in
1, 1748, obt. Jan. 1779. theſe manors (a), and in the 20th year of K.
Henry Bing, gent.
Edward III, paid aid for them, at the making
1779. Preſent Rector.
the Black Prince a Knight, as one knight's fee
in Boston and Wormſell, which Hamo de Gatton
arlo 20
od story
W O R M SE L L.
before held of the King, He died poſſeſſed of
them in the 230 year of it (b).
His heirs alienated theſe manors to Robert
WESTWARD from Fringed
, near the ſum-
Corbie, whoſe ſon and heir Robert Corbie, of
now vulgarly called, and as frequently written, Boughton Malherb, leaving an only daughter and
Wormſbill.
heir Joan, ſhe carried them in marriage to fir
Nicholas Wotton, knt. who was twice Lord
Mayor of London (c). His ſon Nicholas Wotton,
This manor was antiently eſteemed as an ap-
pendage to the manor of Boughton Malherb, efq; alienated this manor, together with the ad
vowſon of the church of Wormefell, to Thomas
which was held of the manor of Oſpring in this
St. Nicholas, of Thorne in the Iſe of Thanet,
county (u), and they had both, for a great length
whoſe widow Juliana was in poſſeſſion of it anno
of time, the fame owners. Tu dour
7 Henry VII, as appears by her deed of that
In the reign of K. Henry III, Robert de Gat-
year ; their fon and heir Roger St. Nicholas left
ton was poſſeſſed of the manors of BoEton and
an only daughter Elizabeth, who carried this
Wormefell. * He died in the 39th y
39th year of that
eſtate in marriage to John Dingley, alias Dyneley,
reign, feiſed of the former, but it appeared by
whoſe deſcendant Francis Dingley, of Charlton in
the inquiſition taken after his death, that he
the co. of Worceſter, efq; paſſed it away, at the
latter end of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, to Wil-
fix years before (v), whoſe ſon Hamo de Gatton
liam Sedley, of the Friars in Aylesford, eſg; who
dying without iſſue male (v1), Elizabeth, his
was created a Baronet in 1611. His grandſon,
daughter and coheir, carried both theſe manors
fir Charles Sedley, bart. dying in 1701, without
in marriage to William de Dene, who in the 10th
iſſue, that title became extinct, and this eſtate,
year of K. Edward II, obtained a
a charter of free with the antient family poffeffions at Southfleet,
warren for his ſeveral manors in this county (*).
came by ſettlement to fir Charles Sedley, of St.
She died in the 14th
Giles's in the Fields, London, knt. great-grandſon
of Richard Sedley
, younger brother of fir William
that he held at the time of his death, by the law
Sedley, of Aylesford, bart. above mentioned (d),
of England, of the inheritance of Elizabeth his late who was created a Baronet on July 10, anno i
wife, the manor of Bočton Malberb, and like-
Q. Anne, 1702, and reſided at the antient fa-
wiſe the manor of Woranfell, with the moiety of mily ſeat of Scadbury in Southfleet. He alienated
to ales SESLENS 0001 1597 70 motor erob 20 pro debit
(n) Alſo Rector of Milfted.
i stor po jo
grailed gules, charged with a bendlet azure, impaling chequy
(5) He reſigned this rectory, and had a ſecond preſentation argent and azure.
(from Mr. John Bing, of Wickhambreux) and induction to () Philipott, p. 90.
it on March 6, 1764, on his induction to the vicarage of (y) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (2) Ibid.
Derling. He lies buried in Frinſted church.
(a) He gave 171. 10s. to the King, for the relief, for all
(t) Nov. 11, 1779, a diſpenſation paſſed, for his holding
the lands and tenements, which Wm. de Dene his father, held
Milded with this rectory.
of the King in capite at the day of his death, of the inheri-
sol tarts to be
(u) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. 18 Edw. III. nisiw me
tance of the ſaid Thomas, by the law of England, after the
(v) Ibid. ejas an. N. 39.
death of Elizabeth his mother, for which he performed his
homage on June 13, anno 15 Edward III, viz. for the
(w) Hamo de Gatton, at the time of his death, held five manors of Boston, Wormeſhell, and Thrulegh, held of the
knights fees of the King in capite, of the honor of Peverel King in capite, of the honor of Peverel Dover, by the ſer-
vice of three knights fees and for half a knight's fee of
in the co. of Kent, and two fees in Gatton and Katerham in the honor of Hagenet in the ſaid county, which John Petyt,
of Bregge, held of him, &c. Mem. Scacc. anno 22 Edw.
Hagenet. He left iſſue two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, III, int. fines pafch. rot. 2, exemplified under the great ſeal,
married to William de Dene, who had for her purparty all Nov. 9, anno 23 Elizabeth.
her father's lands in Kent; and Margery, who married Simon (6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
de Norwood, and had all her father's lands in Surry. In
(c) See Philipott, p. 375.
one of the windows of the north chancel of this church are (d) See more of this family, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p.
painted the arms of Simen de Norwood-Ermine, a croſs en-
263, and under Aylesford in this vol. p. 170.
*
year of K.
III
, (Y) and he the next year, when it was found,
of. K. Edward
bed
this

516
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Β Ε Ρ Μ Α Ν Τ Ο Ν
ON
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
WORMSELL.
this manor, with the advowſon of the church of
Thomas Pepyr, of the pariſh of Wormſhill
, by
Wormſell, about the year 1712(e), to the Preſi-
his laſt will, dated anno 1460, deviſed to Julian
dent and Governors of Chriſt's Hospital in London,
his wife, his chief place here, called Rychemonds,
for the benefit of that charity, part of the reve-
and other lands, for her life; remainder to his fons
Richard, Robert, John, and William, in tail(n).
nues of which it remains at this time (f).
In the reign of K. Henry III, there was a fa.
A Court Baron is ſtill held for this manor.
mily reſident here, who took their name from
MAN
cista
this pariſh.
The family of Tylden, who were for ſome time
is a borough in this pariſh, which includes within
its bounds the manor of that name, which has tenants of the manor, reſided here till the reign
of K. James I, when they removed to Milſted,
ever been eſteemed as an appendage to the manor
where they now remain. Several of them lie bu.
of Bobbing, now part of the poſſeſſions of Tho-
ried in this church, as do ſeveral of the Woods,
mas Tyndale, of North Corton in the co. of Glou-
who reſided at a place, called Northwood, in this
ceſter, efq;(8)
pariſh.
Part of this borough is within the manor of
Newington near Sittingborne, as appears by the
PRESENT STATE OF WORMSELL.
ſurvey, taken by order of the ſtate in 1650, of
This pariſh is ſituated ſo very obſcurely, as
all the manors and revenues of the late K. Charles
I, by which it was returned, That there were
hardly to be known; it lies very cold and bleak,
near the ſummit of the chalk-hills. The church
paid to that manor by the ſeveral freeholders,
therein mentioned, of the borough of Bedmanton
ſtands nearly in the center of it, and the ſtreet,
in this pariſh, in free focage tenure, the yearly
conſiſting of a few ſcattered houſes, at a ſmall
rents of 34s. (b)
diſtance fouth-weſtward from it.
The ſoil is much the ſame as thoſe pariſhes
deſcribed above upon theſe hills, excepting,
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the Abbat
that the fint ſtones, if poſſible, lie thicker on
of St. Auguſtine's was poffeffed of lands in this
the ground, and the hills are much more ſteep
pariſh (i).
and frequent.
The college of Bredgar, in this neighbour-
That part of it northward of the church, is
hood, was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh at in Eaſt Kent, and the reſt of it, including the
the foundation of it, in the 16th year of K. church, in the diviſion of Weſt Kent.
Richard II.(k)
There are no charities in this pariſh.
Sir Thomas Wyatt, in purſuance of an act of
Parl. by his indenture Nov. 20, anno 33 Henry
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
w
VIII, conveyed to the King and his heirs, lands Wormfell is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
in this pariſh, late Ralph Fane's (1).
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Chriſtopher Sampſon, anno 38 Henry VIII, died Sutton.
ſeiſed of divers parcels of land in this pariſh, The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and
held of the King in capite by knights ſervice (m). conſiſts of two iſles and two chancels, having a
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
(e) At which time this manor, with the demeſne lands,
conſiſted of 244 acres of arable land, and 81 acres of wood-
land, let together at the yearly rent of sol. The quit-
rents due to the manor were 61. 8s. 6d. beſides perquiſites
and profits of courts; and it paid yearly 15s. 6d. caſtle-
guard rent to Dover Caſtle.
(f) K. Edward VI. converted the houſe of Grey-friars
in Newgate-ſtreet, London, into an hoſpital, for the main-
tenance of
poor
fatherleſs children, and by let. pat. dated
June 26, 1553, incorporated this hoſpital, (now called
Chriſt's Hoſpital, and from their habit, The Blue-coat Ho-
Spital,) by the name of The Mayor, Commonaltie, and
Citizens of London, Governors of the Poffeffions, Revenues,
&c. of the Hoſpitals of Edward VI, King of England, and
ſettled lands of the yearly value of bool. for their ſupport,
with liberty to purchaſe other lands to the value of 4000
marcs; and he granted to them a common ſeal, &c.
The children were at firſt cloathed in a livery of rufſet
cotton, which was ſoon afterwards changed to their preſent
dreſs, a long blue coat, cloſe to the arms and body, hang-
ing looſe to their heels, girt about the waiſt with a leather
girdle, buckled ; a looſe peticoat underneath, of yellow
cloth ; a round bonnet of blue, with a red band; yellow
ſtockings, and their hair cut cloſe round.
Through the great care, bounty, and charity of the Go-
vernors, and other good and charitable perſons, the reve-
nues of it have been greatly improved, and K. Charles II.
particularly was a good benefactor to it. The houſe has
been from time to time greatly enlarged, for the commo-
dious reception of near 1000 children, the youngeſt of
whom, for which there is not room here, being ſent to
houſes maintained by this hoſpital, at Ware and at Hertford.
There are here a noble refectory, nine dormitories, an in-
firmary, and four ſchools, for drawing, writing and arith-
metic, grammar, mathematics and navigation; and for
teaching girls reading and needle-work, to qualify them for
ſervice. Theſe ſeminaries have furniſhed the univerſities
with men eminent for their learning, and the city of Lon-
don with magiſtrates, famous for their government, opu.
lence, and the dignities they have arrived at, the navy
with able ſeamen and mathematicians, and the community
in general with many uſeful members, who would other-
wiſe in a manner have been loſt to it. See Chauncy's Hert.
p. 261. Environ's of London, vol. ii, p. 128.
(g) See Bobbing, for a further account of the family of
Tyndale.
(b) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
(i) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 332.
(k) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 117.
(1) Deeds of Purch. and Exch. Angtn. off. tox C. 20.
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an pt. 7.
(-) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
tower
.

The HISTORY O of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
517
THE
MA NO R.
ÞAN
28th
ini si uplato
Die to move
.
.
nora biti
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
BICKNOR. **
tower ſteeple at the weſt end of it. There are re-
of which is in the Hundred of Eyhorne, and the
mains of good painted glaſs in the great eaſt remainder in that of Middleton.
window.
The patronage of this rectory has always been
accounted an appendage to the manor, and as This place was antiently part of the poffef-
ſuch has had the ſame owners, as has been al ſions of a family of the ſame name. Sir John
ready related, being now in the patronage of
de Bicknor held it, as half a knight's fee, in the
the Preſident and Governors of Chriſt's Hospital. reign of K. Edward I, (v) and he, as well as
The rectory is valued in the King's books at fir Thomas de Bicknor, accompanied that King
101. and the yearly tenths at il. and is of the to the fiege of Carlaverock in Scotland, in the
yearly certified value of 691. 45. (c)
year
of his reign, and are regiſtered in the
In 1640, it was valued at 761. Communi roll of thoſe knights, who were måde Bannerets
cants 73.
nopsit ot you gott
there by that Prince (w). | 10 ore
In the iſt and 4th years of K. Edward II,
eine CHURCH OF WORMSEL L. 1000
Alexander de Bykenore, Clerk, was Treaſurer of
Patrons, to on
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented.
i boom doom
the Exchequer in Ireland (x), and Thomas de Byke-
nore, in the 5th year of that reign, married Joane,
slationis courtoiset () Thomas Clerke, reſig.1403.
eldeſt daughter and heir of Hugh de Mortimer, of
hol som prJohn Gerney, preſented 1403,
Chepynden, 1434
Caſtle Richard (y). But before this, at the latter
en dirag (9) Simon
(r) Robert Frodeſham, in 1461. end of K. Edw. I's reign, Bicknor was become the
VOTTOSU (s) William Harwood, obt.
property of the family of Leyborne, one of whom,
Dec. 1568.
William de Leyborne, died feiſed of it in the 3d
The Archbiſhop.rs (1) John Harryes
, July 4, year of K. Edward II. () His ſon Thomas died
to Tibb bais vis 1569, obt. April 17, 1580.
in his life-time, ſo that his grand-daughter Ju-
James Tong, gent. (s) Robert Reader, Aug. 2, liana became his heir, and from her great inhe-
for this turn, ispibə 1580, obt. Sept. 6, 1607. ritance was called The Infanta of Kent (a)..i oik
Anne Keele, widow. (s) Barthol. Newman, A. M. She carried this manor in marriage, firſt to
odt to noi si tis Feb. 10, 1607, obt. April John de Haſtings, eldeſt ſon of John de Haſtings,
solo to ongigci od sd 8, 1654.00 ST
nonno
by Iſabel his wife, ſiſter and at length coheir to
oris is so bai Richard Wilkinſonoliows Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, who died in
T.Nightingale, A.M. ob.1673. || the
the 18th year of K. Edward II, anno 1324,
Sir Charles Sedley, o William Payne, A. M. Aug. without iſſue by her, and ſhe afterwards married
bart.
to oso bus 19, 1673, reſig. 1681.14 Thomas le Blount, who likewiſe died without iffue
The Archbiſhop, by Giles Hinton, S. T. P. Jan. by her, and ſhe again remarried, in the 3d year
atite lapſe. si es ji 23, 1681, obt. 1701. sluo of K. Edward III, with fir William de Clinton,
Joſeph Ayloffe, eſq; Edward Chriſtmas, A. M.si knt. who, in conſequence of this marriage, ar-
and others. hoit Mar. 10, 1701, obt. 1715.
rived afterwards at great honor and preferments,
and in the uth year of that reign was further
GE 2bomseltRichard Wood, A. M. Sept.
bil 1, 1715, obt. 1721.
raiſed to the title and dignity of Earl of Hunt-
Preſident and Go- (1) Tho. Saul Hancock, A.M. ingdon (6). arbosopotatv.or
vernors of Chriſt's Dec. 1, 1721, obt. Aug. In the 20th
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, he paid
Hoſpital.
aid for this manor, at the making the Black
boat lit boni: 15, 1741. w
Prince a Knight, as half a knight's fee, which
1 to 160 slios (u) Ifaac Johnſon, A.M. obt.
og ads to risq 200 1767. gw II IV VIHI
John de Bykenore before held at Bykenore, of
Thomas Miller, A. M. July Jeffry de Mandeville, and he of Jobn de St. John.
- 97 vbols 50 e
23,1767. Preſent Rector.
He died without iſſue by his wife Juliana (c),
who thereupon became again poſſeſſed in her
oria 2 B i C K N O R.
own right of this manor, of which ſhe died ſeiſed
Song
THE
HE next pariſh north-weſtward is Bicknor,
of K. Edward III, but no one
antiently written Bykenore, the ſouthern part being found who could claim it as heir to her,
VITESY 11
(6) E&. Theſ. p. 15.
(v) Roll of Knight's Fees in the Exchequer.
-(P) See Willis's Buckingham, p. 148. He exchanged
(w) Philipott, p. 77.
this rectory with his ſucceſſor, for that of Bechampton in the (*) Rolls in the Tower, pat. I; ejus an. 2da. pat. de
an. 4 Ed. 2di.
(9) He is in Fuller's liſt of the gentlemen of Kent, anno (y) Ibid. pat. 2da de an. 5 Edw. Il. The arms of Bick-
12 Henry VI.
(r) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
rampant argent, are ſtill remaining on the roof of Canter:
(s) He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
bury cloyſters.
(1) He was preſented to the vicarage of Holling borne in (z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
and was buried in the chancel of this church.
(a) See Leyborne above, p. 207.
(w) Alſo Vicar of St. Dunſtan’s near Canterbury, by dif-
(b) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 530, 531.
penſation.
(c) Rot. Eſch. an. 28 Edw. III. towe
Engvodo
el
ic
22:00
in the 41ſt year o
OOK
co. of Bucks.
March
1727,
SVOL. II.
6Q

518
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
un autre una
daughter and heir Rebecca carried it in marriage
,
Tower-bill, where it remained till the diffolu-
e of the
The V HISTORY of K EN T.
BICKNOR.
it eſcheated to the Crown (d), where it remained 33 Henry VIII, conveyed to the King and his
till the King, in his both year, granted it, heirs lands in this pariſh, late Ralph Fane's (m).
among other premiſes, to the abbey of St. Mary George Harpur, by his indenture, March 16,
Graces on Tower-hill, then founded by him, by that year, conveyed to the King and his heirs
whom it was quickly afterwards demiſed to
ſundry premiſes in this pariſh (n). tih standar
for Simon de Burley, knt. for a term of years,
which becoming forfeited by his attainder, K. 10 PRESENT STATE OF BICKNOR.
Richard II, in his 12th and 22d years, granted
Bicknor is an obſcure pariſh among the woods,
and confirmed this manor to it, in pure and per about two miles and an half northward from the
petual alms for ever (e).
fummit of the chalk-hill. The ſituation, as
This manor remained part of the poſſeſſions well as the ſoil of this pariſh, is much like thoſe
of the above-mentioned monaſtery till the diffo above-defcribed, though the hills are neither fo
lution of it in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, ſteep, nor ſo frequent in it; the ſoil is very
when it was ſurrendered into the King's hands, poor, conſiſting moſtly of an unfertile red earth,
together with all the lands and revenues belong-
intermixed with flints. The ſouth-eaſt part has
ing to it, all which were confirmed to the King much wood in it.
and his heirs, by the general words of the act The high road from Sittingborne, through
paſſed the next year for that purpoſe (f). Bredgar, to Holling borne-bill and Maidſtone, leads
K. Henry VIII, in his 36th year, granted through the eaſtern ſide of this pariſh ſouthward.
the manor of Bicknor to Chriſtopher Sampſon, who
in the ed year of K. Edward VI, paſſed it away
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. (g) and he ſoon af-
Bicknor is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic.
terwards alienated it to Thomas Reader, of Bred-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
gar, Yeoman, who about the latter end of Q.
Elizabeth's reign conveyed it to William Terry,
hnes
The church, which is dedicated to St. James
who in the reign of K. James I, partly by ſale,
the Apoſtle, conſiſts of a nave and two fide ifles,
and partly on account of alliance, fettled the
and a chancel, which is half the length of the
property of it on William Alderſey, deſcended of
church. The nave is double the height of the
an antient family of that name, fettled at Alder-
two iſles. There is a low pointed ſteeple at the
Sey in the co. of Chefter. He married Thomaſine,
daughter of Mr. Roger Terry, by whom he had
South-weſt corner of it.
iffue Thomas Alderſey, of Bredgar, eſq; who at
It is a very antient and curious building, and
his deceaſe bequeathed this manor to his ſecond appears, by the fize, baſes, and capitals of the
ſon Mr. Farnham Alderſey, of Maidſtone, and he
pillars, the ornaments of the latter, and the cir.
died feiſed of it in the year 1686 (b). His ſon,
cular arches in every part of it, to have been built
of the ſame name, alienated it, about the year
in the time of the Saxons ; indeed, the whole of it
1718, to Charles Finch, of Chatham, eſq; whoſe has marks of a very early period. odte bara
This church was antiently eſteemed as an ap-
to Mr. Thomas Cromp, of Newnham in the co. of pendage to the manor of Bicknor, and as ſuch
Glouceſter, who was fucceeded in it by his only
was given, with it, by K. Edward III
, in his
50th year, to the abbey of St.
of St. Mary Graces on
in this county (i), and he, in 1764, ſold it to
Abraham Chambers
, now of Totteridge in Hert- tion of that monaſtery in the zoth year of K.
fordſhire, efq; the preſent poffeffor of it (k). Henry VIII, when it became part of the poſ-
There is no Court held for this manor.
ſeſſions of the Crown, as has been already re-
ed Buongiva bibH
lated (0). 131:1
It is
now, and has been many years, in the
The college of Bredgar, in this neighbour-
ini
patronage of the Crown.
godine,
hood, was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh at the This rectory is a diſcharged living in the
foundation of it, in the 16th year of K. Rich King's books, of the clear yearly certified value
ard II.(1)
of 321. (2)
21.9.2011.)
Sir Thomas Wyatt, in purſuance of an act of In 1640, it was valued at 501. Communi-
Parliament, by his indenture, Nov. 20, anno
to de 2014 et intofoor eidt
(d) The inquiſition was taken an. 43 Edw. III. See Rot,
olina H )
more of him under Tunfall.
IV via II SI
(1) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 117. TED)
(e) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 944-
(m) Inrolments, Augtn. off. box C. 20. 21 )
See Leyborne above, p. 208.
(8) See Allington above, p. 183.
(r) Ibid. box C. 25. i od o botnsiste eV SH (1)
() See more of the Alderſeys
, under Bredgar.
(0) See above, column i. of this
his nager bessereM
page.
(i) This eſtate contains 180 acres of arable land, and
102V OLA (3)
(9) Ect. Theſ. p. 14.
soitslag
under Frinfted, above, p. 513.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
290
27.
cants 32.
&
(4) See more often
of
Erch. N. 57
TETOV. The

The V HISTORY of 2 K € N T.
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EXHORNE HUNDRED.
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HUCKING. ACHT
The Rector's houſe, or hovel, as it may more was an eminent man in the reign of K. Edward
properly be called, is nothựng more than a ſhed, III. (t) How long it remained with them, I do
built againſt the north ſide of the church, and not find; but in the 3d year of K. Henry VI,
under the ſame roof; a miſerable habitation, even it was in the poſſeſſion of Richard Peverell (u),
for the pooreſt cottager to dwell in.
and in the 25th year of it, Robert de Poynings
To be insa cosa
died ſeiſed of it, leaving Alianore, the wife of
CHURCH O FUBICKNOR. 21
fir Henry Percy, knt. his couſin and next heir (V),
PATRONS, lova geb10Rectors. grabagno who had thereupon, in her right, ſpecial livery
or by whom preſented.
praed9012
of the lands of her inheritance, and in his fa-
be oursedikit mo John de Stoke, reſig. 1373.
ther's life-time ſucceeded likewiſe by this mar-
dabelwe to come ad (9) Nicholas Brokeley, May
riage to the baronies of Poynings, Bryan, and Fitz-
11, 1373
pain, by the former of which titles he received
The Crown.
John Alchen, June 11, 1567.
ſummons to Parliament (w). Soov
. Wm. White, Sept. 14, 1570.
On his father's death, in the 33d year of that
Siening orl anilo me rette
Wm. Pettett, A.M. Nov.2,
1620.
reign, he ſucceeded him as Earl of Northumber :
21w 001
land, and having engaged warmly in defence of
saorg sds cho 10 (1) William Haughton, A.M.
March 7, 1636.
K. Henry VI, was Nain fighting on the King's
netisoad led 10791
part, at the fatal bartle of Towton-field, in the
Stephen Newman, A.M. Apr.
sit ai di abho sto
8, 1662, obt: 1669.
39th year of that reign, being at the time of his
death feiſed of this manor.
Bates, A. M. June 7,
idollore
1669, obt. 1674.
The next year, being the iſt of K. Edward
che
William Elvard, A.B. May
IV, an act of attainder paſſed againſt the de-
1, 1674, obt. 1704.
ceaſed Earl, among others (x). After which it
salAd., SRO
(rr) Wm. Burklay, Aug. 28,
became the property of the Peckhams, with
testas
did not remain long, for in the reign
A sugge 1904, obt. Oct, 23, 1718.
(s) John Vigurs, Cl. Dec. 19,
of K. Henry VII; the title to it was veſted in
Henry Vane, eſq; whoſe ſon Ralph Vane, eſq; with
gradsgeridoo13 (1718, obt. Dec. 6,
1725.
the conſent of his wife, conveyed it, in the 31ſt
hoolsitas David Williams, Aug. 29,
1726, obt. 1742.
is 9.00 2010
William Marſ), March 10,
Romney (j'), from which name it was no
not long
1743. Preſent Rector.
afterwards alienated to Wood z), in which name
Sobot 2019
it ſtaid till Richard Wood leaving a ſole daughter
ugod ar to ganger and got boo
30050 10.10
H U C K I N Godt
and heir Eleanor, ſhe carried this eſtate in mar-
riage to Thomas Thompſon, and he, with her aſ-
LIES
IES the next pariſh from Bicknor ſouth ſent, in the gth year of K. James, alienated it
weſtward. It is called in antient records, to another
. William Taylor, whoſe ſon
ſon and heir,
Houkyngge, and took its name from its high in the reign of K. Charles I, transferred his in-
ſituation. upi nuous bensqasd doinw abusier
tereſt in it by ſale to Mr. John Stringer, of Goud-
The manor of Holling borne, which was given burſt (a), who gave it at his deceaſe to his
to the priory of Christ Church in Canterbury,
in
youngeſt ſon Mr. Thomas Stringer, of that place.
the year 980, claims over the pariſh of Hucking'.
He left iſſue by Katherine Danby his wife, two
bw lliurad, 10 Jlge
fons, who died without iſſue, and a daughter
HUCKING, alias RUMPSTED, bluri od w
Katherine, who married William Belcher, of Ro-
is a ſmall manor in this pariſh, which acquired cheſter, M. D. and at length entitled him to this
its latter name from the antient poffeffors of it. eſtate. He was ſucceeded in it by his eldeſt
Sir Edward Rumpſted held it in the reign of K. ſon, the Rev. Mr. Stringer Belcher, Rector of
Edward I, whoſe deſcendant, of the ſame name, Ulcomb in this county, who died ſeiſed of it in
Blog oru ni sruss 101? 10 Tonsil da to botiel beib
(9) He exchanged the rectory of Burford Parva, in the William, Robert, Walter, and Nicholas Wood, and deviſed
co. of Eſex, for this of Bicknor, with the King's licence, to William his lands and tenements in Holling borne ; to Ro-
May 10, 1373: Pat. 47 Ed. III. Newc. Rep.
bert, thoſe in Chart Sutton and Langley; to Walter, his te-
Rym. Fæd. vol. xx, p. 215.
x 0; p. 117.
nement, lands, woods, rents, and ſervices, called Romeftede,
(rr) He lies buried in the north ifle of this church.
only
in Hokynge, Stockbury, and Allington; and to Nicholas, his
9 ) He was before Miniſter of Scilly. He died at Stock lands and tenements in Snargate, and the level of Walland.
bury
, and was buried in that church. birwba He was buried in the church of Hollingborne. Wills, Prerog.
(1) See Sevenoke, vol. i. of this hiſtory, P. 351. 7 hool
off. Canterbury
(x) Philipott, p. 197.
(v) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(a) See Philipott, p. 197. He left iſſue by Suſan his
si dos barris 2900191
wife, daughter of Stephen Streeter, of Goudhurſt, four ſons
(w) Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 135.
and a daughter; of whom, Stephen, the eldet, was of
(*) See more of this family, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 151. Goudhurf, whoſe fon Stephen ended in five daughters and
(y) He was ſon of John Taylor, of Shadowhurſt.
coheirs, married to Weſton, Monk, Bathurſt, Kirril, and
(%) Edmund Att-Woode, as appears by his laſt will, proved Auften ; John was of Aſhford ; Edward was of Goudhurſt;
anno s Eliz. 1562, left iſſue by Mary his wife, four ſons,
and Thomas poffeffed this manor.
1739,

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of 2 K E N T.
ad itong
liud
Here
M A N O R.
et le cu o borda ini. a cier
bolds of the
520
TheH IS TO RYO EYHORNE HUNDRED,
HUCKING. "OH YET
It is of the clear yearly certified value of
1739, and by Sarab his wife, daughter of Juſti-
nian Champneys, of Boxley, eſq; left iſſue four 70l. 16s. 8d. (f)
Ha 90 abil dotton fan
daughters his coheirs, viz. Anne, married to
Benjamin Neal Bayley, efq; of the kingdom of
STOCKBURY
Ireland; Judith, who is fince deceaſed ; Eliza-
S the next pariſh northward from Hucking. It
beth, now ſingle; and Sarah, who in 1772 mar-
is called in the ſurvey of Domeſday, Stoch.
ried the Rev. Mr. Milner, of Aylesford in this
ingeberge, in later records, Stokeſburie, and now
county. pagit ernt frogatila bosh
Stockbury.
They poffeffed this eſtate in undivided ſhares,
of which the fourth part, which Benjamin Neale It is partly in the Hundred of Eyborne, and
partly in that of Middleton, the manor of which
Bayley, eſq; and his wife Anne poſſeſſed, was
claims over a great part of it.
alienated by their ſon to Edward Belcher, of Ul-
TX10
comb, eſq; younger brother of Mr. Stringer Bel-
І Т. 1 тн Е
cher above-mentioned, who died pofſeffed of it
in 1778, and his only ſurviving fon Mr. William
This place, at the time of taking the general
Belcher, of Ulcomb, is at this time entitled to
ſurvey of Domeſday, in the year 1080, was part
the fee of it (b).
of the extenſive poſſeſſions of Odo, the great
Judith, the ſecond daughter and coheir, on Biſhop of Baieux, the Conqueror's half-brother,
her death deviſed her fourth part to her ſiſter under the general title of whoſe lands it is thus
· Elizabeth Belcher, and ſhe is now entitled to that, deſcribed in it :
as well as her own fourth part, being one whole Ifde' Anſgotº de Roveceſtra ten' de epo' Stochingen
undivided moiety of it ; and the remaining fourth berge. p. 2. ſolins ſe defd. Tra’.e
In dnio'.
part was carried in marriage by the other fifter e'. I. Car'. &
5.
villi' cu'
9.
bord'. hnt. 2 Car'.
Sarab to the Rev. Mr. Joſeph Milner, of Ayles Ibi æccla & 2. ſervi. & i. molin de. 64. den'.
ford, ſince created S. T. P. and he, in her right, Silva, 15. porc'. T.R. E. & poft. valuit, 4.
lib,
ſtill continues owner of it (c).
modo 6. lib'. Elveva tenuit de rege E.
VISHO
Which is: The ſame Anſgotus, de Rocheſter,
PRESENT STATE OF HUCKING.SK
Din
31. Vio
ko. Jasnog or
This little unfrequented pariſh lies upon the
was taxed at two ſulings, The arable land is ....
great ridge of chalk-hills, near the ſummit of In demeſne there are two carucates, and five vil-
leins, with nine borderers having two carucates.
which ſtands the church, and a ſmall village of
houſes. There is nothing worth mentioning in
There is a church, and two ſervants, and one mill
it. The ſoil of it is very chalky, barren, and
of 64 pence. Wood for the pannage of 15 bogs.
flinty, and the greateſt part of it is covered with
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, and after-
uwa
wards, it was worth four pounds, now ſix pounds.
coppice woods.
lodigads ni anal
Elveva held it of K. Edward.
orelos 03
After the Biſhop of Baieux's forfeiture of all
in bola
his lands.
The college of Bredgar, in this neighbour-
lands, which happened about four years af-
hood, was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh at the wards, this place came into the poſſeſſion of the
foundation of it, in the 16th year of K. Rich family of Auberville, being held by them of
*****
stili DISH
Roger de St. John, as one knight's fee.
The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury are poſ Roger de Aubervill, or Orthurvill, was a man
ſeſſed of lands here, called Thornys-downe, leaſed who held large poffeßions at the time of the ge.
by them at the yearly rent of 3s. 4d. M 1199 neral ſurvey above-mentioned. William de Au-
bervill, his deſcendant, in 1192, anno 4 Richard
holm
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
I, founded the priory of Langdon in this coun-
Hucking is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic- ty (g), and his deſcendant, of the ſame name,
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
died ſeiſed of the manor of Stokinburie in the 36th
of Sutton.
year of K. Henry III, holding it by knights
The church is dedicated to St. Margaret, and
ſervice (b).
is exempt from the juriſdiction of the Arch He left iſſue an only daughter and heir Joane,
deacon. It has always been, and is now, eſteemed who carried it in marriage to Nicholas de Criol,
as a chapel to the church of Holling borne ; the a man of eminence in his time, who attending
Vicar of that pariſh being collated to the vicar K. Edward I. at the ſiege of Carlaverock in Scot-
age of the church of Holling borne, with the cha land, was there made a Knight Banneret, for his
pel of Hucking annexed (e).
ſervices performed at it (i). He died ſeiſed of
och s bar
& bond
(6) See niore of the Belchers under Ulcomb, p. 426. . (f) E&. Theſ. p. 15.
18 STOM
(c) See Aylesford above, p. 175.
binal
(8) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 499.
(d) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 117. stop with 11(b) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 9.
(e) See Hollingborne above, p. 471.
(i) Philipott, p. 326.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
ard II. (d)
inli has
stored
this

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
520
a
paid reſpective aid for it
, with all its
members
, in Hilary term anno 4 Elizabeth, and again in
Kiriell, Knight of the?
Lugar 1000
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
STOCKBURY.
this manor in the 31ſt year of that reign (k), poffeffed of it in the 16th year of that reign,
leaving a ſon Nicholas, who had fummons to holding it by the like ſervice. He was ſucceeded
Parliament among the Barons of this realm, in in it by his ſon and heir, of the ſame name, who
the 25th year of K. Edward I, (l) and left iffue died poffefſed of it in the 23d year of it, and his
deſcendant fir Richard Tate, knt. died in the iſt
by Margerie his wife, daughter of Gilbert Peche,
fon John, who died feiſed of this manor in the and 2d year of Philip and Mary, feiſed of Stock-
gth year of K. Edward III, at which time he bury manor, with its appurts. lix meſſuages, 10
ſpelt his name Keryell (m).
tofts, one fulling-mill, and 500 acres of land, in
His ſon John Keryell died ſeiſed of it in the Stockbury and the other adjoining pariſhes (r),
Sift year of that reign, holding it in capite by held of the King as above-mentioned (s).
Bartholomew Tate levied a fine of
knights ſervice, and his ſon fir Nicholas Kiriell
is manor,
at the making of the Black Prince a Knight, in Mick, term anno 15 of that reign. He left iſſue
the 20th year of K. Edward III, as two knights
William Tate, who in the reign of K. James I,
fees, and died poffefſed of it in the 3d year of
alienated it to fir Edward Duke, of Cofington in
K. Richard II, when it was found by inquiſi-
Aylesford, knt. whoſe widow held it in jointure
tion, that he held this manor jointly with Eliza at the time of the reſtoration of K. Charles II.(t)
beth his wife of the King in capite by knights
Her ſon, George Duke, eſq; alienated it to Conny,
ſervice, viz. by homage, and 14$. to the ward and John Conny, and Robert Conny, M. D. (u) pof-
of Rocheſter Caſtle yearly, and 55. to the King's
ſeſſed it in 1692; they conveyed it, in 1700, to
court of Mylton, and that William his ſon was Thomas Lock, of Rocheſter, ģent. (v) whoſe wi-
his heir, then aged 30 ().
dow Prudentia, together with her three ſons
William Kiriell, the ſon above-mentioned, died and coheirs in gavelkind, Robert, Thomas, and
ſeiſed of it anno 1 Henry V, leaving his wife Henry, in 1723, paſſed it away by ſale to fir
Elizabeth ſurviving, who poſſeſſed this manor Roger Meredith, of Leeds-abbey, bart, who dying
at her death, in the 7th year of that reign (0). without iſſue in 1738, left it by his laſt will to
She was fucceeded in it by her ſon fir Thomas his niece Suſanna Meredith, in tail general; re-
mainder to ſeveral different perſons in tail male ;
vices to the Houſe of York, during the reign of remainder to Mr. Walter Hooper, of London, in
K. Henry VI; but being taken priſoner at the tail male ; remainder to William Jumper, of Stock-
battle of Bernards-beath, near St. Albans, fought bury, efq; in like tail.
on Feb. 17, anno 38 Henry VI, in which the Mrs. Suſanna Meredith, of Leeds-abbey, after-
Yorkiſts were defeated, he was, by the Queen's wards became poſſeſſed of this manor, and hav.
order, beheaded, notwithſtanding the King had ing the fee of it veſted in her as heir-at-law, de-
granted him his life (p).
viſed the ſame by her laſt will to her heir-at-law
แน ก่งๆ
He died without iſſue, leaving two daughters | fir George Oxenden, bart. and his heirs for ever.
his coheirs (), one of whom, Elizabeth, carried On her death without iſſue, Mr. Walter Hooper,
this manor in marriage to John Bourchier, whom the intermediate remainders having ceaſed, be-
The ſurvived, and afterwards died ſeiſed of it in came poſſeſſed of it, and died without iſſue at
the 14th year of K. Henry VII, holding it in Leeds-
eds-abbey in 17.58, on which it came, by the
capite by knights ſervice, as the fourth part of entail above-mentioned, to his nephew William
one knight's fee. Soon after which, it appears Jumper, of Hill-green Houſe in this pariſh, eſq;
to have been alienated to Robert Tate, who died who afterwards reſided at Leeds-abbey, and in
16 si 1
(4) Rot. Esch, ejus an. He was a man much employed taken in 1653, it is ſaid, that the Lady Duke claimed to
by K. Henry III. and K. Edward I, in military affairs; in
hold of that manor the Yoke of Amberfield, formerly belong-
47 Henry III, he was conſtituted Warden of the Cinque ing to William Tate, in Stockbury, by the yearly rent of
Ports, and Sheriff of Kent, and in the 54th of that reign, 5S
Governor of Rocheſter caſtle. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 770. (u) He was only fon of John Conny, Surgeon and twice
Philipott ſays, many of their deeds bore tefte from their Mayor of the city of Rocheſter, and grandſon of Robert Conny,
caſtle of Stockbury, which means no more, than its being of Godmancheſter in the co. of Huntingdon, gent. He mar-
one of the caſtellated feats of the family. no lo ti si
ried Frances, daughter of Richard Manley, of Holloway-
(1) Dugd. Bar. ibid. In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, court, eſq; and died May 25, 1723, æt.68. She
Nicholas de Criel was allowed, by the Juſtices Itinerant, to 5th that year, and both lie buried in St. Nicholas's church,
have free-warren for all his eſtate here, except one plow Rocheſter. He died without iſſue, and left his firſt-couſin
land, which was called Stannerland. Harris's Hiſtory of Sarah, daughter of his brother Samuel, and widow of Capt.
Beaumont Walrond, his fole heir.
vode
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (n) Ibid. () Ibid.
He bore for his arms-Sable, a feſs argent, cotized or, be
(P) Philipott, p. 326. Rapin’s Hift. of England, p. 587. trveen 3 conies of the 2d.
(9) The other married fohn Fogge, efq;
(v) He died March 13, 1706, æt. 42, and was buried
(r) In the ſeveral pariſhes of Stockbury, Hollingborne, in Rocheſter cathedral. He bore for his arms-Parted per
Bredhurſt, Borden, Newington, Detling, and Hucking, fefs azure and or, a pale counterchanged, 3 falcons volant of
(s) Rot. Eſch.
the 2d.
(1) Philipott, p. 326. In a ſurvey of Milton manor,
VOL.II.
6R
Oct.
1937 aus
to ni
She died May
Kent, p. 297.

522
Tbe H IS TO RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
CO W S ST
Τ Ε D
ar of K. Edward
i among
STOCKBURY.
Hill-
O&. 1765, joined with fir George Oxenden, bart. green Houſe in this pariſh, and died in 1736,
in the conveyance of this manor in fee to John æt. 29, leaving iſſue by Jane his wife, daughter
Calcraft, of Ingreſs in this county, eſq; who died of Thomas Hooper, gent. who ſurvived him, and
ſeiſed of it in 1772, and deviſed this, among
dying on Nov. 5, 1753, et. 46, was buried
the reſt of his eſtates, to his ſon John Calcraft,
beſide her huſband in this church, one fon Wil
to whom the inheritance of it belongs at this liam Jumper, of Hill.green in this pariſh, efq;
time (*).
who fold it, about the year 1757, to the Rev.
Mr. Pierce Dixon, Maſter of the Mathematical
Y EL L STED,
Free School at Rocheſter, and afterwards Vicar
of this pariſh, who died poſſeſſed of it in 1766,
formerly called Gilleſted, is a manor in this pa-
leaving it in the poſſeſſion of his widow, Mrs.
riſh, which was formerly part of the poſſeſſions
Grace Dixon (e), who foon afterwards remarried
of the noted family of Savage, who held it of the
with Mr. Richard Hull, of London, who till lately
family of Auberville, as the eighth part of one
reſided at Hill-green Houſe, and he is, in her
knight's fee. John de Savage, grandſon of Ralph
right, the preſent owner of it (f).
de Savage, who was with K. Richard I. at the ſiege
of Acon, obtained a charter of free-warren for
his lands here in the 23d year of K. Edward I. is another manor in Stockbury, which was an-
tiently written Codeſted, and was poſſeſſed by a
II, had a grant of liberties for his demeſne lands
family, who took their ſurname from it, and
here (y), and Arnold, ſon of fir Thomas Savage, reſided here (8).
died pofſeffed of it in the 49th year of King William de Codeſted died feiſed of this manor
Edward III, and left it to his ſon fir Arrold in the 27th year of K. Edward I, holding it of
Savage, of Bobbing, knt. who was feiſed of it at the King in capite by the ſervice of one ſparrow-
his death, which happened in the 12th year of hawk, or 2s. yearly at the King's Exchequer (b).
K. Henry IV. He left iſſue a ſon Arnold, and His ſon William de Codeſtede likewiſe died feiſed
a daughter Elizabeth, who on the death of her of it in the 3d year of K. Edward III, when it
brother without iſſue, became his heir. She was was found by inquiſition, that he held this ma-
then the wife of William Clifford, eſq; (2) who in nor in his demeſne, as of fee, by the above-
mentioned ſervice, and likewiſe a burgage in
the reſt of her inheritance (a), and in his de Canterbury of the King of the ferme of that
ſcendants it continued till the latter end of K.
city, and that Richard de Codeſtede was his bro-
Henry VIII.'s reign, when Lewis Clifford, eſa;
i) e
time
alienated it to Knight (6), whoſe deſcendant Mr. of his
of his death, anno 19 Edward III, by the like
Richard Knight, of Helle-houſe, in this pariſh, ſervice (k), and was ſucceeded by his brother
gent. died poſſeſſed of it on June 16, 1606, and Richard, whoſe fon John de Codefted, vulgarly
was buried in this church; but his deſcendant called Cowfied, about the beginning of K. Rich-
Mr. William Knight leaving an only daughter ard II.'s reign, leaving an only daughter and
and heir Frances, widow of Mr. Peter Buck, of heir, married to Hengham, he became in her
Rocheſter (c), who deceaſed ſoon after the death right poffeffed of it (?).
of K. Charles I, ſhe entered into the poffeffion His deſcendant, Odomarus de Hengham, reſided
of this manor, after whoſe death, her heirs here, who dying April 4, 1417, anno 13 Henry
paſſed it away by fale to fir William Jumper, knt. IV, was buried in Chriſt Church, Canterbury (m),
Commiſſioner of his Majeſty's Navy at Ply and it continued in his name till the reign of
mouth (d), who died ſeiſed of it on March 17, K. Henry VI, when it was carried, partly by
1715. His ſon William Jumper, esq; was of marriage and partly by fale, by Agnes, a fole
Mrpu si to notsW be iரல BEW eat
(-) See more of him under Ingreſs, vol. i. of this hiſtory, was buried. He bore for his arms-Argent, 2 bars gemelles
p. 264, and
and Leeds-abbey, above, p. 482.
fable, between 3 mullets of 6 points pierced gules. 10musvoor
Dar
(y) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 47.
Yo 90
t(e) She was daughter of Mr. Broadnax Brandon, of Shin-
(2) She had been firſt married to fir Reginald Cobham, glewell in this county. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 461.
knt. by whom ſhe had no iſſue.
She is of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. Stem. Chich.
(a) He was ſon of fir Lewis Clifford, Knight of the Garter,
170 169V
deſcended from the Cliffords, of Clifford's Caſtle in Here (f) In the ſurvey of Milton manor in 1653, it is ſaid,
fordſhire. See more of the Savages and Cliffords, under
that Mofes Longe, late Thomas Longe, claimed to hold of
Bobbing.
LOLOK
la toidabb til that manor the Yoke of Godfrey at relfed, late the land of
(3) Philipott, p. 326.
Edward Goodgroome in Siockbury, at the yearly rent of 11d.
(c) He bore for his arms-Argent, on a bend azure, bem (3)
There is another farm of this name near Minfer in the
i ween 2 cotizes wavy fable, 3 mullets or.
Iſle of Shepey, which once belonged to this family likewiſe.
(d) He was knighted at St. James's on Nov. 24, 1704, (5) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 38. (i) Ibid.
in confideration of his great ſervices, as well at the taking (k) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 43.
of Gibraltar, as in the naval engagement with the French (1) Philipott, p. 326, 327. The Codefteds bore for their
afterwards, being at both Commander of the Lenox man of arms-Gules, 3 leopards heads argent ; which coat was after-
He married Catherine, daughter of Col. Bourne, of wards aſſumed by Hengham.
the kingdom of Ireland, and died at Plymouth, where he (m) Weever, p. 236.
daughter

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523
STOCKBURY.
,
ing, and Goring, LL. D. who a:
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
daughter and heir to John Petyte (n), who af Harris Naſk, of Petworth in the co. of Suſſex,
terwards reſided here, and dying in 1460, lies eſq; and Elizabeth, another daughter, was the
buried with her within the Virgin Mary's chapel, ſecond wife of fir Charles Mathews Goring, of
or fouth chancel, in this church. He left iſſue that county, bart. (u) He was ſucceeded by
two fons, William and John (0), the eldeſt of his ſon fir Robert Fagg, bart, who married in
whom ſucceeded his father in this manor, of 1729 the daughter of Dr. Ward, of the city of
which he died poffeſſed in 1523 (P), and one of York, and dying without iſſue on Sept. 14,
his deſcendants, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, 1740, deviſed this manor, with that of Cran-
fold it to Oſborne, and Edward Oſborne, gent. died brooke in Newington, and other eſtates in theſe
feiſed of it on March 14, 1622 (9), whoſe ſon, parts, and in the co. of Suſſex, to his ſiſter Eli-
of the ſame name, leaving an only daughter and zabeth, who entitled her huſband fir Charles
heir Mary, ſhe entitled her huſband, William || Mathewes Goring, bart. above-mentioned, to the
Fagg, to the poſſeſſion of it (r).
poſſeſſion of them (v). He left iſſue by her a
His deſcendant, John Fagg, of Wiſton in Suf-
ſon Charles Goring, now of Wiſton in the co. of
Suſſex, eſq; who is the preſent poffeffor of it.
ſex, eſq; was created a Baronet on Dec. II, 1660.
By Mary his wife, daughter of Robert Morley, of
PORTION OF TY THE S.
Glynd in Suſſex, eſq; he had iſſue fixteen children,
y song
of whom only five lived to be married, viz. three
It appears by the antient Ledger-book of the
fons and two daughters (s). Sir John Fagg,
abbey of St. Auſtin's near Canterbury, that the Abbat
bart, died on Jan. 18, 1700, and was ſucceeded
and Convent were antiently poffeffed of a portion
by his eldeſt ſon fir Robert Fagg, bart. who died
of tythes iſſuing from the manor of Coweſted in
Aug. 26, 1715, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth Cul-
Stockbury (w), which portion continued part of
peper his wife an only fon, of the ſame name,
the poffeßions of the monaſtery till the diffolu-
who died poſſeſſed of this eſtate on June 22, tion of it, on July 30, in the 30th year of K.
1736, æt. 70, having married Chriſtian, daugh-
Henry VIII, when the abbey, with all its re-
ter of fir Cecil Biſhop, of the county of Suſſex,
venues, was ſurrendered into the King's hands,
bart. (t) by whom he left iſſue one ſon Robert, to the uſe of him and his heirs for ever, to
and four daughters, one of whom married Gawen
whom it was confirmed by the general words
to Tawo nga
antyba morlwlo Torto'
(2) Philipott, p. 226, 227.
Sir Henry, the eldeſt ſon, by Dorothy his wife, daughter
() In 1473, William and John Petyte joined in the con-
and coheir of William Everard, of the co. of Suſſex, efq;
veyance of certain lands in Pluckley, late their father's, to
had two fons, for William, anceſtor to fir William Goring,
Richard Dering of that place; the feal appendant to the of Barion, who was created a Bnronet by K. James I, May
deed being-In chief 2. mullets of 6 points, in baſe a creſcent. 14, 1624, which title became extinct in 1725, and Edward,
Deed in Surrenden-libr. John Petyte, his ſon, left iſſue
2013
anceſtor of the preſent Baronet. He married Elizabeth,
likewiſe two daughters, Joane and Alice.
daughter and coheir of Wiſeman, of the co. of Elex, efq;
) He lies buried, with Eleanor his wife, in the ſouth by whom he had Henry Goring, of
chancel of this church, near his father and mother.
who
Thomas Eversfield, of that
" (9) He lies buried in the north chancel of this church. co. knt. had iffue Henry Goring, efq; who on the deceaſe of
He bore for his arms-Quarterly,
, argent and azure, in
, the fir James Borwyer, bart. fucceeded him in that title, he hay-
iſt and 4th quarter, an ermine fpot fable ; over all, on a croſs ing been fo created on May 18, 1678, with an intail of
ylig inn
that honor upon the ſaid Henry Goring, ela; with precedence
... inoda
(-) Philipott, p. 327. In the ſurvey of Milton manor according to his grandfather's patent. Sir Henry Goring,
in 1653, it is ſaid, tnat John Fagge, late John Fagge, gent.
bart. married Diana, daughter of fir Edrvard Biſhop, of
claimed to hold of that manor, a parcel of land formerly
William Winge's, and other lands in Stockbury, at the yearly
olmud boilas
rent of zod.
eldeſt, Capt. Henry Goring, died in his life-time, having
Pink but otrovst
been twice married ; by the firſt wife he had a ſon Charles,
(5) Viz. fir Robert, his ſucceſſor ; Charles, anceſtor of
SPORT
the ſucceeding Baronet, and by the ſecond, daughter of fir
the preſent Baronet, of whom an account will be given
John Covert, of Slaugham, bart. he had a fon Harry, who
under Chartbam; and Thomas, who married Elizabeth,
likewiſe fucceeded to the title. Sir Charles Goring, bart.
widow of John Meres, eſq; by whom he left a ſon John
Meres Fagg, elg; of whom an account will be given under
ſucceeded his grandfather, and died without iſſue, and was
fucceeded by his half-brother fir Harry Goring, bart. who
Brenſet. Of the daughters, one was married to for Philip
married one of the daughters and coheirs of fir George Ma-
Gell, of Derbyſhire, bart, and the other to John Spence, of
thews, knt. by whom he had iſſue nine fons and two daugh-
the co. of Sulfex, eſq; See Kimb. Bar. vol. ii, p. 125. ters, and dying in 1731, was ſucceeded in title and eſtates
(1) She died at Ryegate, æt. 96, in 1965.
by his eldeſt fon fir Charles Mathews Goring, bart, who
(u) They were married in 1743. The family of Goring
married Miſs Elizabeth Fagg, as above-mentioned. Kimb.
are of good note in the co. of Suffex. Sir William Goring, Bar. vol. i, p. 296.
knt. was one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to (0) His firſt wife was Mary, youngeſt daughter of Wil-
K. Edward VI, and married Elizabeth, daughter and co liam Blackburne, of High Ongar in the co. of Efex, eſq; by
heir of John Covert, of Slaugham in the co. of Suſſex, efq; whom he had for Harry Goring, the preſent Baronet, and
by whom he had two ſons, Henry, of whom hereafter, and two daughters.
George, who was of Hurſt Pierpoint in the co. of Suffex, whoſe They bear for their arms-Argent, a chevron between 3
grandſon, of the ſame name, was created Baron Goring of annulets gules.
Hurſt Pierpoint, anno 14 Charles I, and in the 20th year (w) See Decem, Script. col. 2029, and Folio, Chriſt
of that reign Earl of Norwich,
Church, M.
indir
or, 5 annulets fable. post
10 9
mos
of

The HISTORY of
524
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
the horis hat of
He left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter
fon, ſufficiently
STOCKBURY.
of the act, paſſed in the 31ſt year of that reign, Attorney-at-law, conveyed it to that eminent
for this purpoſe (x).
phyſician and learned antiquary John Thorpe, of
This portion of tythes, or at leaſt part of it, Rocheſter, M. D. who died poſſeſſed of it on
conſiſting of the great tythes of 235 acres of Nov. 30, 1750, and was buried in the chancel
land, was afterwards granted in fee to Petytt, || belonging to this eſtate, on the north ſide of
from which name it was alienated, with the ma Stockbury church (y).
nor of Cowted, to Oſborne, from whence it went
by marriage to Fagg, in which name it con of John Woodhouſe, of Shobdon in the co. of Here-
tinued till the death of fir Robert Fagg, bart. in ford, eſq; who died in 1745, and was buried in
1740, when one of his ſiſters entitled her huſband the above-mentioned chancel, one fon and heir
Gawen Harris Naſh, efq; to the poſſeſſion of Fob Thorpe, of Bexley, eſq; the preſent poffef-
it, whoſe ſon alienated it to Charles Goring, eſq; for of it(z).
above-mentioned, the preſent owner of it.
Hog
PORTION OF ÍYTHE S.
THE
N N E T T L E S T E D
There is a portion of tythes, which conſiſts
is an eſtate in this pariſh, which by the remains
of thoſe of corn and hay growing on 40. acres of
of the antient manſion on it, appears to have
the lands belonging to the eſtate of Nettlefted,
been formerly a ſeat of ſome note. The family
which formerly belonged to the almonry of St.
of Plot, anceſtors to that eminent naturaliſt Dr.
Auguſtine's monaſtery near Canterbury, and is called
Robert Plot, poſſeſſed it, at leaſt as early as the
Ambrel Tanton, corruptly for Almonry Tanton.
reign of K. Edward IV, when William Plot re-
After the diffolution of the above-mentioned
fided here, where his deſcendants continued till
monaſtery, this portion was granted by K.Henry
Robert Plot, of Nettleſted, gent. having, in the
VIII, by let. pat. dated Sept. 1, in his 36th
2d year of Q. Elizabeth, purchaſed Sutton-barne
year, to Ciriac Pettit, of Colkins, eſq; who by
in the adjoining pariſh of Borden, removed thi-
indenture Jan. 31, anno 35 Elizabeth, paſſed it
ther. His heirs alienated Nettlefted to Mr. Richard
away to Robert Plot ; ſince which it has con-
Allen, of Stockbury, whoſe deſcendant Thomas
tinued in the ſame ſucceſſion of owners that
Allen, of Kennington, gent. left iſſue by Grace his
Nettleſted, above-deſcribed, has, down to Jahn
wife two ſons and coheirs, John and Thomas, the
Thorpe, of Bexley, eſq; the preſent owner of it.
former of whom dying without iſſue, his bro-
össia doci
ther Thomas Allen became entitled to the whole - 02 4561 i PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
of this eſtate, and afterwards, with Gertrude his
Saboni di
10
wife, by indenture, dated June 13, anno 9
Geo. on The priory of Leeds, in this county, poſſeſſed
1, alienated it to Mr. John Thurſton, of Chatham, premiſes in this pariſh in the 7th year of K.
whoſe ſon Mr. Thomas Thurſton, of that place, Richard II.(a)
Skod
baisud 1.5
(x) K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Nov. 24, in his ſity College in Oxford, where he took the degrees of Bachelor
30th year, let to Ciriac Petit, gent. owner of this manor,
and Maſter of Arts, and Bachelor and Dozor of Phyfic, after
his portion of tythes within the pariſhes of Stockbury and
which he fixed his reſidence in London, and became F.R.S.
Borden, late belonging to the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine, to
and contracted an intimate acquaintance with the moſt emi-
hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 335. 4d.
nent phyficians, naturaliſts, and antiquaries of that time.
(y) Some account has already been given of this family About the year 1715, he ſettled at Rocheſter, for the prac-
of Thorpe, under Bexley, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 164,
tice of his profeſſion, in which he became univerſally em-
which it will be neceſſary to enlarge upon
here,
ployed in that city and its neighbourhood, being highly
The family of Thorpe are ſuppoſed to take their name
eſteemed for his great knowledge and integrity: during
from the village of Thorpe, near Chertſey in the co. of Surry, which time he applied himſelf likewiſe to the purſuit of his
where they were originally ſeated in the reign of K. Edward favorite ftudy, the hiſtory and antiquities of his native
I, and had confiderable poffefſions there, and in other
parts
county, and more particularly thoſe of the dioceſe of Rea
of that county. At length one of them, Edward Thorpe, cheſter, and the noble bridge adjoining to that city, of the
eſq; ſettled at Rolvenden in this county, where he died in corporation for the management of which he was choſen
1493, leaving iſſue Bartholomew Thorpe, who was of Lam member. At length, worn out with the fatigue of his pro-
berhurſt, and dying in 1545, was ſucceeded by Thomas fellion, he died, univerſally eſteemed and lamented, æt. 69.
Thorpe, who left iſſue three ſons, William, Richard, and He publiſhed but few things in his life-time; but the la-
Bartholomew. William Thorpe, the eldeſt, greatly increaſed
borious materials which compoſe the Regiſtrum Roffenſe,
his eſtate by marriage with Anne, the widow of William which is but a very ſmall part of his valuable Mff. col.
Liſteny, of Weſterham in this county, where he afterwards
reſided, and dying in 1615, left Thomas Thorpe his eldeſt point out both his affiduity and kill in the ſearch and
Ton and heir, whoſe eldeſt ſon John married Anne, youngeſt ftudy of antiquities He left iſſue an only ſon and heir John
daughter and coheir of John Luck, of Mayfield in the co. Thorpe, now of High-ſtreet Houſe in Bexley, who by Cathe-
of Suſſex, B. D. and left iſſue by her John, his eldeſt ſon rina his wife, daughter of Dr. Holker, late of Graveſend,
and, heir, who married Anne, fiſter and coheir of Oliver M.D. has iſſue two daughters, Catherina-Elizabetha, mar-
Combridge, of Newhouſe, alias Harts, in Penſhurſt, who ried to Thomas Meggiſon, of Walton in Northumberland, e9;
brought with her a conſiderable landed eſtate in that and and Ethelinda-Margaretta, as yet unmarried.
the neighbouring pariſhes.
(z) This eitate conſiſts of about 100 acres of land, in
Their eldeft fon was Dr. John Thorpe, of Rocheffer, Stockbury and Newington.
above-mentioned, who finiſhed his education at Univer-
(a) Pat, ejus an. p. i, m. 8. Tan. Mon. p. 212m
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Тbe HISTORY of K E N T.
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EXHORNE HUNDRED.
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.
DIV
PRESENT STATE OF STOCKBURY.
dno
hills;
near
northren, a
op blaze,
STOCKBURY.
The college of Bredgar, in this neighbour-
hood, was poſſeſſed of premiſes in this pariſh
in the 4th year of K. Henry IV.(6)
On June 24, 1746, being Midſummer-day, the
In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno
moſt dreadful tempeſt happened, that was ever
1653, there is mention made, as held of that remembered by the oldeſt man living. The
manor,
of the yoke of Hamons atte Deane (c) ;
chief force of it was felt in the northern parts of
this was
lately in the poſſeſion of the family of the middle of this county, and in ſome few parts
Callant, of Rocheſter.ir
of Eaſt Kent.
At the ſouth-eaſt corner of this pariſh is a ſmall It directed its courſe from the ſouthward, and
bamlet of houſes called Pett, which was formerly
happily ſpread only a few miles in width ; but
the property and reſidence of a family of that
wherever it came, its force was irreſiſtible, over-
name; one of whom, Reginald att Pett, by his laſt
turning every thing in its way, and making a
will, proved in 1456, deviſed towards making
general deſolation on the grounds over which it
a new beam in this church 135. 4d. towards a paſſed. The copts of hay, at that time in the
new bell, called trebyll, 6s. 8d. towards the
fields, were, numbers of them, lifted up many
work of
k of the new iſle four marcs, and towards
feet into the air, and having been whirled round
the making of a new window there 20s. (d) 1 || ſeveral times in the tornado, many of them were
SENT STAT
OF STOCKPURY w dood || carried into the adjoining lands. The hop-poles,
word
ſtacks of corn and hay, and the like, were uni-
The pariſh of Stockbury is ſituated among the verſally laid flat, and numbers of barns, ftables,
the lands of it are like thoſe of the pa and other buildings were blown down. Among
riſhes above-deſcribed, being the greateſt part many other effects of the like fort, the roof of
of them barren, and much covered with flints, the church of Stockbury was entirely ſtript of its
though there are ſome on the northern ſide of it,
covering; in the woods near it, large arms of
towards Newington, which are tolerably fertile. the oaks were entirely torn off, or twiſted, by
The eaſt and ſouth parts of it are much covered the force of the wind, like a ſcrew; ſome of
the trees, of no ſnall fize, were broke ſhort off
the turnpike road from the high Dover road at
about eight feet from the ground, and the top
Key.ſtreet, over Detling-hill to Maidfone, leads
carried away ſome rods diſtant from the trunks,
through the vale, called Stockbury-valley, ſouth which were ſome of them entirely ſtripe of their
ward along the eaſtern ſide of this pariſh; on
h; on the || bark, and ſhivered ſo as to reſemble a bundle of
brow of the hill, cloſe to the weſtern ſide of the
20
,
ſtands .
OD
, its || and .
There are ſeveral ſmall ſtreets of ftraggling In the adjoining pariſh of Hartlip, moſt of the
houſes in different parts of the pariſh, as Stock barns were levelled to the ground, and the or-
bury-fireet, in which ſtands the
in which ſtands the parſonage, about chards, with which theſe parts greatly abounded,
half a mile weſtward of the church, Yelfted had ſcarcely a tree which was not feverly torn
Street, South-ſtreet, Northdean or Norton green,
to pieces by it. In Newington-Street, the houſes
and Hill - green, adjoining to which there is
were entirely unroofed, and part of the tower of
a good old manſion, ſituated on the brow of the church blown down, and a barn at a ſmall
the hill, commanding a moſt extenſive proſpect diſtance from it, ſituated in a hollow, ſo as to
be thought entirely ſheltered from all winds
beyond it.
20-29 pob grato whatever, was blown to the ground. Some few
This ſeat, formerly called Helle, and now moſt other places felt its fury, as Calebill, Hunting-
commonly Hill-green Houſe, was for ſome gene field in Eaſing, and ſo on northward, for it ſeemed
rations the property and reſidence of the Knights, to go in ſtreams. The morning was very cloſe
owners likewiſe of Yelſted manor in this pariſh, and hot, with a ſtagnated kind of air, and to-
whence it afterwards paſſed by fale, to Jumper, wards noon, ſmall bright, undulated clouds
as has been already related, from which name aroſe, which preceded the ſtorm with a ſtrong
it was
fold, in like manner, to the Rev. Mr. ſouth wind. It rained a torrent, and the flaſhes of
Dixon, and by the remarriage of Grace his widow,
it is now become the property of her huſband, and the thunder without intermiſſion, for about
Mr. Richard Hull, of London, who lately refided
15 20 minutes. When the tempeſt was paſſed
rienter
e over, the ſky cleared up, and the remainder of
There is a fair kept here for toys, &c. on St. the day was remarkably bright and ſerene. From
Mary Magdalen's Day, July 22, now by altera-
an eminence of ground, the paſſage of the ſtorm
tion of the ſtyle, on Aug. 2, yearly.
might eaſily be traced by the eye, by the de.
2010
vei
23
Tiere
or
in it.
(6) Rot. Pat. ejus an. p. 2, m. 13. Tan. Mon. p. 227.
() Upon theſe hills, the ſmaller manors are frequently
Lifey beyote
Vol. II.
6S
31
called yokes.
(d) Witneſſes, John Petytt, Nicholas Cowftede, Adomar
atte Pette, Thomas atte Pette, Peter atte Pette, &c. Prerog
off. Cant.
10 gotasot to nel
ſtruction

526
and
.
,
The H I S T OR Y of K E N T.
STOCKBURY.
EYHORNE HUNDRED,
ſtruction it had made, quite on to the ſea, and biſhop of Canterbury, confirmed the above in 1237,
the waters of the Swale, to which it paſſed. anno 22 Henry III, and granted to them the
Neither the eaſtern or weſtern extremities of further ſum of 10 marcs from it, to be paid half
this county felt any thing of it.
yearly by the Vicar of it. Which grants were
further confirmed by the ſucceeding Archbiſhops,
CHARITI E S.
and by the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church in
A perpetual annuity of 21. 10s. per annum was Canterbury, from time to time (f). 19:51 25w eidla
given by the laſt will of Mrs. Jane Bentley, of The church and vicarage of Stockbury remained
St. Andrew's, Holborne, and confirmed by that of part of the poſſeſſions of the above-mentioned
Edward Bentley, eſq; (e) her executor, payable priory till the diffolution of it, in the reign of K.
out of an eſtate in the pariſh of Smeeth, which Henry VIII, when it came, with the reſt of the
was, in 1752, the property of Mrs. Jane Jumper, revenue of that houſe, into the King's hands,
and now of Mr.Watts; to be applied for the uſe and was confirmed to him and his heirs, by the
of three boys and three girls, to go to ſchool general words of the act, paſſed in the 31ſt years
to fome old woman in this pariſh, for four years, of his reign, for that purpoſe. bolise ild wat
and no longer, and then to buy for each of After which, the King, by his dotation-char-
them a Bible, Prayer-book, and Whole Duty ter, under the great ſeal, in his 33d year, ſettled
of Man.
bani asioida oini berma both the patronage and advowſon of the vicar-
Mr. James Larkin, of this pariſh, gave an an age of the church of Stockbury on his new-erected
nuity, payable out of the lands of Mr. James Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, with whom they
now remain.
2693
Snipp, to the poor of this pariſh,
Six acres of land, near Soutb-ftreet, were given
On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, after
by a perſon unknown to the like uſe, and like-
the death of K. Charles I, this parfonage was
wiſe a field, near Deans-bottom, in the pariſh of
ſurveyed, by order of the ſtate, in Dec. 1649,
Bicknon.
when it was returned, That the rectory or par-
10
fonage of Stockbury, late belonging to the Dean
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
and Chapter of Rocheſter, conſiſted of a fair dwell-
Stockbury is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic. ing-houſe, dove-houſe, and other neceſſary build.
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
ings, yards, &c. and the tythes belonging to it,
Sitting borne.
all which were valued at 80l. per annum, and the
The church, which is both large and lofty,
glebe lands, containing 144 acres, were worth,
is very antient, and conſiſts of a middle and two
with the above, 1321.ros. all which premiſes were
narrow ſide iſles, a high chancel and two croſs
let by the Dean and Chapter, on Nov. 26, anno 16
Charles I, to John Hooper, for 21 years, at the
ones. The pillars and arches in it are more
elegant than is uſual in country churches, and
yeraly rent of 141. 55. 4d. That the leſſee was
bound to repair the chancel; and that the vi
the former, on the north ſide, are of Betherſden
marble. It has a ſquare tower at the weſt end,
carage was excepted, worth 50l. per annum (8).
in which hangs a peal of ſix bells, and is dedi-
The preſentation to the vicar age of this
cated to St. Mary Magdalen.
church is reſerved by the Dean and Chapter in
their own hands (b); but the parfonage con-
The church of Stockbury was part of the an-
tinued leaſed out to the family of Hooper, who
tient poffeffions of the priory of Leeds, in this
refided there (i). At length, by marriage of one
county, to which it was given, ſoon after its
foundation, by William Fitzbelt, the patron of it.
of the daughters of Walter Hooper, eſq; it paſſed
eſq; eldeſt ſon of John Hu-
Hubert Walter, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the
gelen, of Stodmarſh, eſq; He reſided here till his
reign of K. Richard I, confirmed this gift, and
father's death, when he removed to Stodmarſh,
appropriated this church to the uſe of the priory, and he is the preſent leſfee of this parſonage, un-
reſerving, nevertheleſs, from the perpetual Vicar der the Dean and Chapter.
of it, the annual penſion of one marc, to be paid In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church .
by him to the Prior and Convent. Edmund, Arch-
of Stockbury was valued at 261. 7s. 8d. (k)
(e) Mrs. Jane Bentley died Oct.
29
of Halberton in the co. of Devon, gent. which John was Re-
Bentley, of Stockbury, eſq; on Jan. 18, 1735. They both
ceiver of the Fines, under K. Philip and Q. Mary, for the
lie buried in the north chancel of this church.
Marches of Wales. He died 1548. He married Frances,
(f) Regiſter of Leeds priory. La
daughter of fir Thomas Roberts, of Glaſenbury, knt. On a
(9) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
w obolt
() In the. Consiſtory-court at Canterbury, there is a ter-
and four girls, for Dorothy, daughter of Ninian Burrell, of
rier of this vicarage, dated May 20, 1630.
Cuckfield in the co. of Suſſex, e/q; and wife of Thomas Hooper,
of Stockbury, gent. She died 1648.-A memorial over Walter
(i) Several of them lie buried in this church; on a
braſs plate within the rails of the altar, are the figures of a
Hooper, younger ſon of Walter Hooper, gent. who died anno
1678.
gentleman and lady, and beneath them, two boys and three
(k) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 40.
girls; over, John Hooper, ſon of John, ſon of James Hooper,
20
to William Hugehen
, Walter
ela; on Jan. 293.1721, and Edward
IC

The HISTORY of K E N T.
527
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
,
OF
BREDHURST
It is valued in the King's books at gl. 115. fying broad, and hurſt a wood, i. e. the broad ex-
per annum, the yearly tenths being 198. 14d. (1) tended wood.
In 1640, it was valued at 80l. yearly income. toigil
Stooth
xoto TH
Τ Η Ε Μ Α Ν ο R.
Communicants 160.
sion
The manor of Bredburſt was antiently part of
righ CHURCH OF STOCK BUR Y.
the poſſeſſions of the eminent family of Norwood,
94 Patrons, slobodane liric, 70
VICARS.
of Norwood Caſtenors in Middleton; one of whom,
or by whom preſented.yout of Droit to
Fohn de Northwood, died feiſed of it in the ad
med Chriſtopher, in 1456. quand
year of K. Richard II, as appears by the Ef-
John Crompe, relig, 1616.
botsaio
cheat-rolls of that year (v).
Dean and Chapter Henry Pawſon, A. M. June
Soon after which, this manor, with that of
of Rocheſter. 27, 1616, obt. 1628.
Merecourt in the adjoining pariſh of Rainhum, and
mal Babasduras (m) John Lorkin, A.M. Mar.
the eſtates called Merethorne, now Mereſbarrow,
26, 1628, deprived 1631.
was purchaſed, among others, by Fohn, Duke
The King. 5 (n) Thomas Lane, A.M. Apr.
of Lancaſter, and others, feoffees in truſt, for the
to Top100mq anste, 2, 1631, Shah
performance of certain religious bequeſts in the
Chriſtopher Blackwood.
laſt will of K. Edward III. Si tot
Dean and Chapter John Maccubie, A. M. June
That King, by his let. pat. Aug. 6, in his
of Rocheſter. 27, 1631, refig. 1638.
22d year, had endowed and completed the cha-
ods (0) Thomas Lorkin, A.M. Jan.
pel which had been begun by his predeceffor K.
zbiri bilarlo sul 11, 1638, ob. May 8,1670.
Stephen, in his palace at Weſtminſter (w), and
daidw aboov 10 (P) Robert Dixon, S. T. P.
made it a collegiate chapel, to conſiſt of a Dean
Sept. 7, 1670, obt. 1711.
and 12 ſecular Canons, and other Miniſters, to
di disse to (9) James Axe, A. M. Sept.
pray for his ſoul and thoſe of his anceſtors and
916 and all on
10, 1711, obt. 1716.161
ſucceſſors; and he granted, that they ſhould re-
pievabaalada John Clough, A. M. April
ceive at his Treaſury as much as would ſupply
cadou v 10, 1716.
STOC them with food, and ſupport the burthens in-
se conta do Dos (n) Charles Birbeck, B. A. iv
cumbent on them, until he could give them as
Ji won 1721, obt. Feb. 20, 1725.
much in lands and rents as amounted to 500l.
A. M. July
Songs hina busy da(s) Ifaac Finch, A.
yearly income, to the performance of which he
s vsn 2ossidariai,1725, reſig. 1737.
bound himſelf and his heirs, Kings of this
balisoggsliv
realmand by his laſt will, enjoined the Duke
nisiasa doy'pus al Joonbut
John Butler, A. M. 17379
of Lancaſter, and others his feoffees. They, in
compliance with the King's will, purchaſed the
Richard Huſband, A.M. July
liburua osis ir cut 31, 1747, relig. 175
manors of Bredhurſt and Mere, among other pre-
olur must smo
1750, miſes in this county and elſewhere, in the be-
Cæfar Curtis, A.B. Aug. 6,
HOA - Nha Tipt - Bàn
ginning of K. Richard II.'s reign, and then, in
1750, obt. 1759.
Iti ve si rusyd (t) Peirce Dixon, B. D. Oet.
the 5th year of it, demiſed them to the Dean and
so nol selo
Canons above-mentioned, for 40 years, to the in-
010
22, 1759, obt. 1766.
tent that the King might grant them in mortmain
(u) Thomas Frank, LL. B.
mnitius quoi yli Dec. 16, 1766.
1966. Preſent
for ever. After
After which, by means of ſome falſe
s toulav od 0 Vicar.
16 6.2
ſuggeſtions made uſe of by fir Simon de Burley,
do zlorad ova boseto Ind mis, bus torfind || knt. the King granted theſe manors to him and
od bloom 68 ono ni baba jism
his heirs, and diſpoſſeſſed the Dean and Canons of
B RED HU R S T.
Job yiTSSY
them, but he having forfeited them, with his life,
for high treaſon, in the 10th year of that reign,
TH HE laſt pariſh undeſcribed in this Hun that Prince, by his let. pat. dated Oct. 2, in his
dred is that of Bredburſt, which lies at the 12th year, at the petition of the Dean and Canons,
north-weſt corner of it, adjoining to the pariſh granted to them and their ſucceſſors, the rents
of Rainham northward.
,
This place takes its name from its ſituation hold to them as a ſufficient endowment until he
among the woods, Brade, in old Engliſh, ſigni ſhould otherwiſe alter it, or provide for them.
(1) Ed. Thef. p. 14.
i com
(1) He was Minor Canon of Rochefter. 03 33577
(m) A diſpenſation paſſed for his holding Lympsfield with () And Vicar of Goudhurft. d bas
is vicarage. Rym. Fced. vol. xviii, p. 1007.
(1) And Maſter of the Mathematical School in Rocheſter.
(n) On the preſentation of the Crown. Ibid. vol. xix, (u) And Vicar of Borden.
.
(v) In this church was once a braſs plate for William
(a) He was Prebendary of Rocheſter, and lies buried in Northwood, and four of his ſons, who lie buried here. I
(2) See Strype's Stow's Survey, book vi, p. 54. Newc.
(P) He was Prebendary of Rocheſter, and Vicar of St. Rep. vol. i, p.747, in which latter is a liſt of ſeveral Deans
and Canons of it, until its ſuppreſſion in the reign of K.
() He was perpetual Curate of Stroud.
Edward VI,
obt. 1747.
w
ng lọ the P
P. 359
this church.
Nicholas in Rocheſter.
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528
The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
them (d).
PRESENT STATE OF BREDHURST.
Richard Thornebill, and his heirs for ever (2) ley, widow, of this ?
BREDHURST.
And then, by his letters patent dated Feb.26, in his deceaſe gave them to his ſecond ſon fir Johan
his 21ſt year, granted theſe premiſes to them for Thornhill, of Bromley, knt. and his ſon and heir
ever, for the performance of the religious fer-
Charles Thornhill, eſq; in the reign of K. Charles
vices above-mentioned, and in part of the ex II, alienated theſe manors of Bradburſt and Mere-
oneration of the ſum of 500l. to be taken at
court to fir John Banks, bart. on whoſe death in
is Treaſury as aforeſaid (*). to attomenog
1699, without male iſſue, Elizabeth his daugh-
In which ſituation theſe manors continued in
ter and coheir, then married to the Hon. Heneage
Finch, ſecond ſon of Heneage, Earl of Notting-
the ift year of K. Edward VI, when an act of
Parliament having paſſed, as well anno 37 Henry
ham, entitled her huſband to them.
VIII, as that year, for the ſurrendry of all free In the ad year of Q. Anne, he was created
chapels, chantries, &c. this, among others, was Baron of Guernſey, and on the acceſſion of K.
ſoon afterwards diffolved, and the lands and poſ George I, Earl of Aylesford. He died poffeffed
fefſions of it, were ſurrendered into the King's of theſe manors in 1719, and was ſucceeded in
hands, to the uſe of him, and his heirs and fuc them by his eldeft fon Heneage, Earl of Ayles.
ceffors, for ever.
ford, whoſe grandſon the Right Hon. Heneage,
They did not remain long in the hands of the sam
Earl of Aylesford, is the preſent proprietor of
Crown, for the King, by his let. pat. dated
March 10, in his. 3d year, granted to fir Thomas
Cheney, knt. Treaſurer of his Houſhold, among
other premiſes, theſe manors of Bradhurſt and
The pariſh of Bredhurſt lies about three miles
Merecourt, with their appurts, in Bradhurſt,
northward from the top of the chalk-hills, ſur-
Merecourt, and Rainham, late in the tenure of
rounded by an extenſive range of woods, which
fir Chriſtopher Hales, knt. deceaſed (y), together
cover the greateſt part of it. It is ſituated in
with all liberties, privileges, and franchiſes, at
ſo unfrequented a part of this county, that it is
hardly known to any one.
any time before belonging to them. He died
The hills here are
feiſed of them in the iſt year of Q. Eliz. and was
very frequent and ſteep in it, the lands very
ſucceeded in them by his ſon and heir Henry
poor, and the flint ſtones very numerous. The
Cheney, of Todington in the co. of Bedford, eſq;
village is ſituated on a hill, and the church at
a ſmall diſtance weſtward from it.
who, together with Jane his wife, having pro-
cured the Queen's licence, theſe premiſes being
Almoſt adjoining to the church-yard eaſtward,
held in capite, alienated them, by indenture, May
there is a wood, where the inhabitants have a
26, in the 12th year of that reign, by the report, that there was once a village, called
deſcription of The manors of Merecourt, alias Bredburſt Town. Several wells are yet remain-
Merefcourt, Merethorne, and Bradhurſt, with their
ing in it.
appurts. in Rainham, Bradhurſt, &c. (z) to Rich At about a mile's diſtance from the church,
ard Thornhill, Grocer, and Wolftan Dyxe Skinner, is Kemſley-ſtreet, ſo called from a family who
Citizens of London (a), which by fines afterwards once reſided at it; one of them, Iſabella Kymys-
levied were declared to be to the uſe of the ſaid
proved in 1595, deviſed to her ſon John, the
After which, fir Henry Cheney, then Lord elder, two pieces of woodland in this pariſh, on
Cheney of Todington, granted and made over to | condition, that he ſhould yearly keep a drinking
him all and fingular liberties, franchiſes, roy-
on All Saints Day at night, to the value of a
alties, aflize of bread, wine, and ale, green-wax,
buſhel and an half of wheat, and two buſhels of
and all other privileges whatſoever, within the
malt, and 16d. in cheeſe, till 46s. 8d. ſhould be
above manors, which he had ever poſſeſſed, or
yearly laid out and expended.
had in any ſhape a right to, which liberties were The Kemſleys were buried in a chapel on the
claimed by Richard Thornbill, eſq; and judgment ſouth ſide of this church, in which there was
was given in his favor by the Barons of the Ex formerly a braſs plate over Thomas Kemſey, of
chequer, on a trial had in Mich. term in the 17th Kemſley-ſtreet, eſq; who died in 1586.
year of that reign (c); from him they deſcended
to his ſon and heir Samuel Thornbill
, esq; who upon
The manor of Hollingborne claims over part
of this pariſh. bio boow as goes
2010
(*) Dugd. Mon. vol.iii, p. 61 to 67. Theſe manors, wood, in Rainham and Bredhurſt. Rot. Eſch. anno 3 Eli-
&c. were confirmed to the Dean and Canons by K. Edward zabeth.
IV, in his 1ſt year, and by K. Henry IV, and VI, in their (a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
படிப்ப மாப்பம்
Iſt years. Ibid.
(6) Fine levied afterwards, Trin. term anno 12 Eliz. and
(y) The manors of Bradburſt and Merecourt were let by Eafter term anno 13 Eliz.
the college of St. Stephen's, Weſtminſter, anno 21 Henry (c) Mich. term in Scacc. ex
Rememb. Thefaur.
VIII, to Chriſtopher Hales, eſq; at the yearly rent of 61. 138.
rot.31. See Coke's Entr. p. 104, &c.
44. Augtn. off. partic. for the ſale of chantry lands, &c. (d) There are 300 acres of woodland belonging to theſe
(2) Viz. in Rainham, Brodhurſt, Upchurch, Halfor, manors, lying in Bredhurft and Rainham. See a further
Nervington, and Bredgate, and 400 acres of marſh and account of the Earls of Aylesford, under Aylesford, p. 17º.
"
1963. Sd. Hould be
10
lod
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19
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The
529
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
BREDHURST.
EYHORNE HUNDRED.
the Rector of which is patron of the perpetual
curacy of it (e), which is of the clear yearly cer:
tified value of 371. 175. 6d.
It is exempt from the juriſdiction of the Arch
deacon of Canterbury, and is a diſcharged living
in the King's books (f).
In 1640, this curacy was valued at 50l. yearly
income. Communicants 70.
CHURCH OF BREDHURST.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Bredhurſt is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic.
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Sutton.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter,
is a ſmall mean building, conſiſting of one iſle
and one chancel, having a low pointed ſpire at
the weſt end of it, in which hang two bells.
Adjoining to it, on the ſouth ſide, there is a
ſmall chapel, now ſhut out from the church, on
the pavement of which are two grave-ſtones,
which have been long ſince robbed of their
braſſes, and are reported to be in memory of
the Kemſleys, of Kemſley-ſtreet in this pariſh. The
whole of it is now in a ruinous ſtate, without
door or windows, and the pavement of it, which
is much funk, is falling into the vault under-
neath, and covered with filth and naſtinefs.
The church of Bredhurſt was antiently eſteemed
as a chapel annexed to the church of Holling borne.
Patrons,
or by whom preſented.
CURATEs.
Rectors of Holling-
borne.
William Lorkyng, obt. 1551.
(8) Richard Tray, A, M, obt.
June 19, 1657.
William Elwick.
John Vigars.
(b) Fred. Dodſworth, 1763.
Preſent Curate.
*
(e) See Holling borne above, p. 471. Though the church
of Bredhurſt is mentioned here as a perpetual curacy, yet I
am much in doubt if it is not a vicarage, by which name it
is called in the ſequeſtrations of it, in the books of the Pre-
rogative-office, Canterbury; and in ſeveral of the wills re-
giſtered there, the incumbents ſtyle themſelves Vicars of
Bredhurf.
(f) E. Ther.
p.
16.
(g) He was ſometime Rector of Murſton, and afterwards
of St. Maries in the Hundred of Hoo. He lies buried in the
chancel of this church.
hances
(b) He is younger brother of the Rev. Francis Dodſworth,
Rector of Hollingborne, and as ſuch patron of this church.
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This LATH is called Sherwinhope in antient records, and in the book of Domeſday,
The Lath of Wiwarlet.
It lies the next adjoining eaſtward from that of Aylesford laſt deſcribed, and contains
within its bounds, the following HUNDREDS :
I, MILTON alias MIDDLETON.
7, BARKLEY.
2, TENHAM.
8, GREAT BARNFIELD.
3, FAVERSHAM.
9, ROLVENDEN:
4, BOUGHTON under Blean.
10, SELBRITTENDEN.
5, MARDEN.
II, TENTERDEN, and
6, CRANBROOKE.
12, BLACKBORNE.
It has alſo within its bounds, The TOWNSHIP of NEWENDEN, which is not in any Hundred.
The Hundreds of Felborough, Wye, Calebill, Chart and Longbridge, and The Townſhip of Aſhford,
were once eſteemed all within this Lath, but they have been long ſince ſeparated from it, and
are now accounted as part of The Lath of Shipway.
The Hundred of Bircholt Barony is in antient records ſtyled The Neutral Hundred of Bircholt Barony,
from its being exempt from the juriſdiction of any Lath whatſoever ; but as it lies ſurrounded by
thoſe pariſhes which are included in The Lath of Shipway, an account of it will be given when I
come to deſcribe thoſe adjoining to it in that Lath.
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HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
The HUNDRED of MILTON alias MIDDLETO N.
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HE HUNDRED of Milton; as it is uſually K. Edward IV. granted the Receiverſhip of
called, but more properly Middleton, lies this Manor and Hundred to William Clifford, efq;
the next Hundred northward from that of which had come into his hands by the forfeiture
Eyborne laſt deſcribed.
of George, late Duke of Clarence, and by virtue
It is an appendage to the manor of Milton, of a certain act of Parliament (k).
the Court of which is regularly held at that Though The Manor and Hundred of Milton
town twice in a year. It was formerly ſtyled was granted, as above-mentioned, for lives and
The Court of Antient Demeſne, held for The for terms of years, at different times, a more
Hundred of Milton, but of late years, The Court ample account of which, and of its ſeveral pri-
Leet and Court Baron of the Manor and Hundred vileges, will be given in the deſcription of the
of Milton ; the juriſdiction of it extending over manor itſelf, when I come to treat of that pa-
the greateſt part of the Hundred, which includes riſh, yet the fee of it remained uninterrupted
The Iſle of Shepey within its bounds.
in the Crown till the reign of K. Charles I, in
It has The Manor and Hundred of Marden an-
the roth year of which, it was granted in fee to
nexed as an appendage to it, which has been ſo
fir Edward Browne and Chriſtopher Favell, who
from time immemorial.
ſoon afterwards conveyed their intereſt in it to
fir Edward Leach and Edward Taverner, and they
The fee of it was part of the antient poſſeſſions
of the Crown of England, and was uſually granted
alienated it, at the latter end of that reign, to
to the ſeveral Queens of this realm, as part
Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery,
of
who ſettled it on his ſecond ſon James Herbert,
their dower, and they obtained for it from time
to time ſeveral immunities and privileges. Hugh || [q;
eſq; in whoſe deſcendants it continued down to
de Montfort, the King's nephew, had the cuſtody
his great grandſons James and Philip, who both
of this Hundred in the 42d year of K. Henry III.
died without iſſue, and on the death of the lat-
ter his two ſiſters, Sophia and Anne, became his
In the pleas of the Crown, taken before the
coheirs ; the former of whom married Philip,
Juſtices Itinerant anno 21 Edward I, it is noted,
Viſcount Wenman, of the kingdom of Ireland,
That The Hundred of Middleton, being the King's
who dying in 1760, ſhe is now again, in her
Hundred, with that of Marden, was worth yearly
own right, jointly with her ſiſter Mrs. Anne Her-
221. 138. 8 d. and further, That John de Shorne
bert, poffeffed of this Hundred and Manor, with
and Daniel de Burgham, whilft Bailiffs of Mid-
that of Marden appendant to it.
dleton, held pleas weekly for five days, where-
This HUNDRED contains within its bounds the
ever they thought fit throughout that Hundred ;
in which roll mention is likewiſe made of one
pariſhes of,
Lucas de Care, Camerarius de Middleton.
1, RAINHAM.
2, HARTLIP.
In the 25th year of the above reign, this Hun-
dred had a diſtinɛt Coroner of its own, and was
3, UPCHURCH,
then farmed of the King by John de Northwood;
4, HALSTOW,
when Q. Philippa had a grant of it, anno 7
5, NEWINGTON,
6, Borden.
Edward III, the return of writs was likewiſe
granted to her within it (i).
7, TUNSTALL.
8, BREDGAR.
In the zoth year of that reign, on the levy-
9, MILSTED.
ing 40s. on every knight's fee, at the making of
10, KINGSDOWNE near Sittingborne.
the Black Prince a Knight, this Hundred an-
11, RODMERSHAM.
ſwered for five fees, the fourth part, and the
12, BAPCHILD.
one-and-twentieth
part of a knight's fee.
13; TONG.
In the Tower Records, among the Clauſe-rolls
14, Murston.
of the iſt year of K. Richard II, No. 33, the 15. SITTINGBORNE.
men of this Hundred were exempted from all 16, Milton alias MIDDLETON,
watch and ward on the ſea-coaſts, excepting in
17, BOBBING, and
18, Iwade.
the Iſland of Shepey.
(i) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 207.
(k) Harl. Mf. No. 433-61.
And

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The H I STORY of K E N T.
granted it, among others
(n) See Leyborne, p. 207.
MILTON HUNDRED,
RAINHAM.
And in the Island of Sheper, the pariſhes of,
who could make claim to any of her eſtates,
as her heir, they eſcheated to the Crown (8),
1, MINSTER.
where this manor, with Mereſborough, ſeems
2, QUEENBOROUGH
to have remained till it was purchaſed from
3, EASTCHURCH
thence, in the beginning of the next reiga
4, WARDEN.
of K. Richard II, by John, Duke of Lancaſier,
5, LEYSDOWN.
and others, feoffees in trujt, for the performance
6, Harry, and
of certain religious bequeſts in the laſt will of
7, Elmley.
K. Edward III.
And the churches of thoſe pariſhes, and likewiſe
That King had by letters patent, dated Aug.
part of the pariſhes of Bicknor and Stockbury, the
6, in his 22d year, endowed and completed the
churches of which are in another Hundred.
chapel which had been begun by his predeceffor
This Hundred is under the juriſdiction of three
K. Stephen, in his palace at Weſtminſter, and
Conſtables, one of which is appointed for the
made it collegiate, to conſiſt of a Dean and Ce.
Iſland of Shepey.
nons, and other Miniſters, and granted to them
a rent-charge yearly to be received at his Trea
R Α Ι Ν Η
A M,
ſury, until he could give them lands and tene.
ments to the like amount, which he bound him-
ALLED in antient deeds Renbam, lies the ſelf and his heirs, Kings of this realm, well and
CALLE
next pariſh northward from Bredhurſt, and truly to perform; to which likewiſe he, by his
the next eaſtward from Gillingham.
laft will, enjoined the Duke of Lancaſter, and
others bis feoffees(0).
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
They, in compliance of the King's will, pur-
this pariſh, ſubordinate to which is the manor of
chaſed of the Crown, in the reign of K. Rich. II,
MERE alias MERES COURT,
the manor of Mere, with Meretkorne alias Meres-
borough, among other premiſes in this county ;
which lies in the borough of Mere, in the ſoutbern
notwithſtanding which, the King afterwards,
part of this pariſh, adjoining to Bredhurſt, and
by means of ſome falſe ſuggeſtions made uſe of
was in very early times part of the poſſeſſions of
by Jir Simon de Burley, knt. granted it to him and
a family who implanted their name on it, as well
his heirs, and diſpoffeſſed the Deans and Canons
as on another eſtate near it, formerly called Mere-
entirely of it. But he having forfeited his in-
thorne, but now uſually Mareſbarrow, corruptly
tereſt in it, with his life, in the 1oth year of
for Mere's Borough.
that reign, K. Richard II, by his letters patent,
Peter de Mere, and Walter and Geoffry de Mere-
Oct. 2, in his 12th year, at the petition of the
dale, were owners of theſe and other eſtates in
Dean and Canons, granted to them and their
this pariſh as early as the reign of K. John.
ſucceſſors, the rents and profits of this manor,
However, before the reign of K. Edward I,
among others, to hold to them as a ſufficient en-
the manor of Mere, with Merethorne alias Mereſ-
dowment, until he ſhould otherwiſe alter it, or
borough, was become the property of Roger de
provide for them (p). After which, by his let-
Leyborne (I), whoſe fon fir William de Leyborne had
ters patent, dated Feb. 26, in his 21ſt year, he
livery of the former in the 2d year of K Edw.
1 on his mother's death, who held in dower 300 their ſucceſſors for ever, for the performance of
acres of wood, and 200 acres of paſture, in
the religious purpoſes therein mentioned, and
Rainham, of the King in capite, together with
in part of the exoneration of the ſum to be taken
the manor of Mere, by the ſervice of walking
at his Treaſury, as above-mentioned (9).
principal Lardner at the King's coronation ().
In which ſituation this manor continued till
He died ſeiſed of it in the 3d year of the next the iſt year of K. Edward VI.'s reign, when an
reign of K. Edward II, leaving his grand-daugh act of Parliament paffing for the ſurrendry of
ter Juliana his heir, for his ſon Thomas died in
all free-chapels, chantries, &c. this free-chapel
his life-time, who for her great inheritance, was
was, among others, ſoon afterwards diſſolved,
called The Infanta of Kent. She carried this
and the lands and poſſeſſions of it were ſurren-
manor and eſtate in marriage to her three huſ dered into the King's hands, to the uſe of him,
bands ſucceſſively, by neither of whom ſhe had his heirs and ſucceſſors, for ever.
any iſſue, and ſurviving them, died in the 41ſt
This manor, as well as Mereſborough, did not
year of K. Edward III, when no one being found
remain long in the hands of the Crown, for the
(1) K. Henry III, in his 5 iſt year, granted, that Roger
(m) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 56.
de Leyborne ſhould hold in fee all his hereditaments and te-
nements in gavelkind, in Reinham, Upchurch, and Herclep, (o) See Bredhurſt above, p. 527.
of the King, by the ſervice of the fourth part of a knight's (p) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. N. 159. K. Richard II. con-
fee. Pat. Rolls of that year, N. 84. Which grant was firmed this grant in the zift year of his reign. Pat. I, m.
confirmed to his great-grand-daughter Juliana de Leyborne, 35, p. 3.
anno 14 Edward II. Pat. Rolls, pt. I, of that
year.
() See Dugd. Mon, vol. iji, pt, ii, p. 64 et feq.
King


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533
RAINHAM.
into the po
poffeffionc
MILTON HUNDRED.
King, by his letters patent, dated March 10, in year of Q. Anne, he was created Baron of Guern.
his 3d year, granted them to fir Thomas Cheney, Sey, and on the acceſſion of K. George I, Earl of
knt. Treaſurer of his Houſhold, the ſame being | Aylesford. He died poſſeſſed of theſe manors in
lately in the tenure of fir Chriſtopher Hales, knt. 1719, and was ſucceeded in them by his eldeſt
be
deceaſed (r).
ſon Heneage, Earl of Aylesford, whoſe grandſon
He died feiſed of them in the 1ſt year of Q. the Right Hon. Heneage, Earl of Aylesford, is the
Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded in them by his preſent poffeſſor of them (w).
fon and heir Henry Cheney, of Todington in the co. But Merethorne, called allo Mereborough, and
of Bedford, eſa; who, together with Jane his wife, now. uſually Mareſbarrow, was alienated by
having procured the Queen's licence, alienated Charles Thornhill, efq; in the reign of K. Charles
theſe premiſes, which were held in capite, by in II, to John Tufton, Earl of Thanet, whoſe de-
denture, May 26, in the 12th year of that reign, ſcendant the Right Hon. Sackville Tufton, Earl of
by the deſcription of The manors of Merecourt,
, Thanet, is the preſent owner of it. 1897 bressor
alias Mereſcourt, Merethorne, and Bradburſt, with i surorlu yd SI LHA M
their appurts. in Rainham, Bradburſt, &c.(s) to
or Sileham, as it is now uſually called, is a ma-
Richard Thornhill, Grocer, and Wolftan Dyxe,
nor likewiſe, in the ſouthern part of this pariſh,
Skinner, Citizens of London (t), which by fines
of which Walter Auburie died poffeſſed in the iſt
afterwards levied were declared to be to the uſe
year
of K. Edward I.(x). After which it came
of the ſaid Richard Thornebill, and his heirs for
of Peter de Meredale, in right
ever (u). ".mo
emofy it as 291
notes
of Agnes his wife, by whom he had iſſue two
After which, fir Henry Cheney, then Lord Cbe-
fons, William and Roger, who were ſeiſed of it
ney of Todington, granted and made over to him
jointly, as heirs in gavelkind, in the reign of K.
all and fingular liberties, franchiſes, royalties, Edward II.(V) After which it became the pro-
aflize of bread, wine, and ale, green-wax, and all perty of Donet, which family increaſed its pof-
other privileges within the above manors, which
ſeſſions in this pariſh by the purchaſe of the eſtate
he had ever poffeffed, or had in any ſhape a of Roger de Reynham, in the beginning of the
right to; which liberties were claimed by Richard
reign of K. Edward III. (2) John Donet died
Thornhill, efq; and judgment was given for them
feiſed of this manor in the zoth year of that
in his behalf by the Barons of the Exchequer,
reign (a), as did his ſon, of the ſame name, in
on a trial had in Mich. term in the 17th year of
the 36th year of it, holding it of the King in
that reign (v). nifi és 999
capite (b). His grandſon James Donet died on
From him they deſcended to his ſon and heir 22, 1409 (C), without male iſſue, leaving
Samuel Thornbill, efq; who upon his deceaſe gave a ſole daughter and heir Margerie, who carried
them to his ſecond ſon for John Thornhill, of
marriage to John St. Leger, of
Bromley, knt. and his ſon and heir Charles Thorn Ulcomb, eſq; Sheriff of this county anno 9 Henry
bill, eſq; in the reign of K. Charles II, alienated
VI, and he held it at his
held it at his death in the 20th year
the manor of Merecourt, with that of Bredburſt, of that reign (d); his deſcendant fir Anthony St.
for Mereſborough appears to have been ſold elſe-
Leger, knt. who was Sheriff of Kent in the 31ſt
where, to fir John Banks, bart. on whoſe death in
year of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, and Lord De-
1699, without male iſſue, Elizabeth his daugh puty of Ireland, alienated that part of his eſtate
ter and coheir, then married to the Hon. Heneage here purchaſed of Reynham, with other lands late
Finch, fecond ſon of Heneage, Earl of Notting belonging to the priory of Leeds (e), to fir Thomas
han, entitled her huſband to them. In the ad Cheney, Knight of the Garter, and Lord Warden
Bedro Vand
Doloqgul potab toodthoob
(r) This manor, with that of Bredhurſt, was let by the (z) Roger de Reynham, as appears by the inquiſition taken
College of St. Stephen, Weſtminſter, anno 21 Henry VIII, after his death, anno 5 Edward III, held in his demeſne,
to Chriſtopher Hales, eſq; at the yearly rent of 61. 135. 4d. as of fee, in the pariſh of Raynham, one meſſuage, 50 acres
Augtn. off.
of land, and 10 acres of wood, of the tenure of gavelkind,
(s) Viz, in Rainham, Bradhurſt, Upchurch, Halftow, of the King, as of his manor of Middleton, by the ſervice of
Newington, and Bradgate, and 400 acres of marſh and
45. 8d. yearly at Eafter, and id. at the feaſt of St. John
wood, in Rainham and Bradburſt. Rot. Eſch. an. 3 Eliz. Baptift, and by two appearances at the Court of Middleton
(t) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
yearly, in lieu of all ſervices; and that Beatrix, wife of
(u) Fine levied afterwards Trin. term, anno 12 Eliz. Henry Thornton, was his heir and next of kin. Rot. Eſch.
and Eaſter term, anno 13 Eliz.
ejus an.
(v) Mich. in Scacc. ex parte Rememb. Theſaur, rot. 81.
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 57. (b) Ibid. vel que
See Coke's Entries, p. 104, &c.
(c) He lies buried in the high chancel of this church, in
(w) See Aylesford, p. 170.
one of the windows of which were formerly his arhis-Ar-
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(y) In the iter of the 6th of K. Edward II, an afize
gent, 3 pair of barnacles gules.
was had wherein Peter de Meredale was plaintiff, againſt
(d) Philipott, p. 280. See more of the St. Legers, under
William his eldeft fon, to recover a moiety of one meffuage,
Ulcomb above, p. 422.
mes
20 acres of land, and 16s. rent, of the tenure of gavelkind, (e) Theſe lands were given to that priory, foon after its
in Renham and Hartlip; and judgment was given for the foundation, by John de Eveſham, cl. and were poſſeſſed by
plaintiff. See Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 143.
it at the ſurrendry of it, in the reign of K. Henry VIII.
one terigen ha), in Miche term in the 17th year of ,
Feb. 22,
this manor in ma
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The
534
H I S T O R Y of KE N T.
Puna enorme
left no
of
he had three
(k) The Earl of Thaner
MILTON HUNDRED.
RAINHAM.
of the Cinque Ports, who fold them again to of Thanet, the manor of Sileham, Bloors-place,
Samuel Thornhill, eſq; from whom they paſſed,
and other eſtates in this pariſh, were continued
in like manner as Mereſborough above-deſcribed, down to the Right Hon. Sackville Tufton, Earl of
to the Right Hon. Sackville Tufton, Earl of Thanet, Thanet, the preſent poffeffor of them (k).
the preſent poffeffor of them.
There is no Court held for this manor.
But the manor of Silham was ſold by fir An The manſion of Bloors-placé ftands in the lower
thony St. Leger, knt. to Chriſtopher Bloor, efq; (f) or northern part of this pariſh, in Weſt or Lower
who rebuilt his ſeat in this pariſh, called Rainham-ftreet, in the road leading from Up-
church to Gillingham (1). Qt only pla
BLOOR S-PLACE,
baisusils canoils 91 919019
MANOR OF Queens-court, with BERENGRAVE.
in which his anceſtors had reſided for ſeveral
generations (8). He died poffeffed of this ma The manor of Queens-court, with the farm
nor and ſeat, having married the daughter of called Berengrave, in this pariſh, was part of the
John Colepepyr, of Aylesford, efq; by whom he poſſeſſions of the Crown, and continued fo till
no male iſſue ; upon which Olympia, one of Queen Alianore, widow of K. Henry III, and
his daughters and coheirs, entitled her huſband mother to K. Edward I, by her charter, dated
John Tufton, of Hothfield, eſq; to the P
; to the poſſeſſion July 5, anno 1273, gave them, together with
of them (h).
a mill in this pariſh, by the deſcription of, All
He continued to reſide at Hothfield, and f
and ſerved her lands, rents, and tenements, with their rights,
the office of Sheriff of this
eriff of this county in the 18th
eaſments, liberties, and free cuſtoms, which the
year of Q. Elizabeth, was afterwards knighted at any time had in the pariſhes of Renham and
by K. James, and then created a Baronet by pa Herclope in the co. of Kent, to the Maſter and
tent, on June 19, anno 1611. On the death o Brethren of St. Katherine's Hospital near the Tower,
and their ſucceffors, together with all the tenants
daughters (i), he married Chriftian, one
of the fee of thoſe lands, to hold to them of
the daughters and coheirs of
fir Humphry her and her heirs, as her pure and perpetual alms,
Brown, knt. by whom he had iſſue fix ſons and for ever, free from all ſecular ſervice whatſo.
four daughters (i). He died on April 2, 1624, ever (m), which grant was confirmed by K.
and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon fir Nicholas Edward I, in his 20th year. Q. Philippa, wife
Tufton, knt. who was by letters patent, dated of K. Edward III, greatly enlarged this hoſpi-
Nov. 1, anno 2 Charles I, created Lord Tufton, tal, ſo that there was ſufficient to maintain
of Tufton in the co. of Suſſex, and on Aug. 5, a maſter, three brethren chaplains, three fiſters,
of that reign, Earl of t
n, Earl of the Iſland of Thanet ten poor women, with ſix poor clerks (n). In
in this county, and in his deſcendants, Earls which ſtate it continued (o) in the reigns of K.
imod ish bak nolaiti bre 2018
(f) His lands were diſgavelled by the act of the 2d and 3d by Mary his wife, eldeſt daughter of for John Baker, of Sia
of K. Edward VI. Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 300. finghurſt, knt. a fon John, who married Olympia, a daughter
(g) In the high chancel of this church is a memorial in and heir of Chriſtopher Bloor, efq; and in her right became
braſs for William Bloor, who died on Dec. 29, 1529. There poſſeſſed of this manor and feat, as above-mentioned. See
are ſeveral grave-ſtones near this, robbed of their braſies, Collins's Peer. vol. iii, p. 76, and more of this family,
ſome of which might probably belong to this family, vita
under Hothfield.
simt duorliw
() Philipott, p. 280. This family was originally writ (i) Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 280 et ſeq. Of whom two
ten Toketon, and was feated at Toketon, or Telefon in the
ſurvived him ; Anne, married to Francis Treſnam, eſq; and
pariſh of Northiam in the co. of Suſſex. The pedigree of
Margaret, to fir Thomas Cavil, knt.
this family drawn up by Gregory King, Lancaſter Herald,
mentions a deed without date, ſuppoſed to be about the
of the manor of Milton, by the yearly rent of 145. 7{d.
reign of K. John, wherein Ofmere de Toketon is ſaid to have
- (l) Great part of the houſe was pulled down a few years
had confirmed to him ſundry rents, which the fons of Wal ago, to render the ſize of it more adapted to a farm-houſe,
ter de Meredale uſed to pay yearly, for lands lying near
though what ſtill remains of it, with the garden-walls, out-
Meredale in this pariſh. William de Toketune, his ſon, was
"houſes, &c. fhew it to have been a manſion of large ſize,
poſſeſſed of rents, which Geffry de Meredale uſed to pay
well adapted to the hoſpitality of thoſe times, and equal to
yearly out of a tenement lying near Silham. His deſcen-
the rank which the founder of it held among
this
dant Roger de Toketon, in the reign of K. Edward I, granted
to Roger and Joan de Reynham, all his land which William
(m) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 460. This royal hoſpital
de Toketon bought of Peter de Mere, lying in the borough was founded by Q. Maud, wife of K. Stephen, before the
of Mere, in Reynham. There are ſeveral other deeds in the year 1148, and was augmented afterwards by the ſeveral
above pedigree, which mention his deſcendants being pof-
Queens of England ; by Q. Alianore, above-mentioned,
feſſed of different lands in Reynham during the reigns of K.
widow of K. Henry III ; by Q. Eleanor, wife of K. Ed-
Edward II. and III, and K. Richard II, particularly of
ward I; by Q. Philippa, wife of K. Edward III, &c. Tan.
Toketon in this pariſh, whence they are ſaid to take their
name; but I own, I have never met with, or heard of
(n) Chauncy's Hertf. p. 93.
.
ſuch place here, except in the above pedigree, though I () Anno 15 Edward IV, letters patent paſſed for this
have made diligent enquiries after it.
hoſpital, for an exchange of lands in this pariſh to them,
John Tufton, eją; removed from Northiam to Hothfield in
for meſfuages in Lombard - ftreet, London,
this county, in the reign of K, Edward VI, and left iffue
anno
uno.4
g the gentry
of
county. 213.08
Mon. p. 310.
any
Tan. Mon.
p. 311.
Henry

The
H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
535
MILTON HUNDRED.
VO
and
RAINHAM.
Henry VIII. and K. Edward VI, (p) when it two of 8, one of 10, and one of 35 tons; and
eſcaped the general ſuppreſſion of ſuch founda perſons occupied in carrying from port to
tions; and to this hoſpital, the fee of the manor
port 12.
of Queens-court, with Berengrave, and other pre Rainham was formerly noted for growing the
miſes in this pariſh, remain at this time (q), beſt wheat that this kingdom produced (s). It
Mr. John Fowle is the preſent leffee to the had, within memory, great plantations of cher.
hoſpital for this manor and eſtate (r), which is ries and apples, eſpecially on the lands adjoin-
held of it by leaſe for three lives.
ing to the high road, and to the northward of
hintorno abu mula noolias bitel it; but the greateſt part of them have been dif-
PRESENT STATE OF RAINHAM.
boulov
planted ſome years ſince. ni
The high road from London to Dover leads In the reign of K. Henry VI, fir John Paſha
through this pariſh, on each ſide of which is || ley, knt. - reſided at Rainham. He married Alice,
built the village, called Rainham-ſtreet. On the daughter of John Topclive, the widow of John
south fide of it is the church, and on the ſame Beaufitz, of the adjoining pariſh of Gillingham ().
fide, at the eaſtern extremity of the ſtreet, there
In the 14th year of K. Edward II, John Abel
is a neat modern-built houſe, belonging to John and Robert de Shirlonde were aſſigned to take a
Ruſſels of Greenwich, eſq; and at about a quar view of thoſe banks and ditches lying on the
ter of a miles diſtance ſtill further eaſtward, there
banks of the Medway, near Rainham the
is an hamlet, called Moore-fireetodoun IT
parts adjacent, which had received much decay
The upper or fouthern part of this pariſh is from the freſh waters; and in the 50th year of
very hilly, the ſoil chalky, and covered with
K. Edward III, Nicholas Heryng, John Godewot,
flint ſtones, having much coppice wood inter William Symme of Upchurch, and others, were ap-
ſperſed about it. Below, or on the northern fide
pointed
ed Commiſſioners, for the view of theſe
of the high road, the foil is rich and fertile. banks, &c. ſituated in Moteneye marſh, at the
The road from Gillingham, through Upchurch
manor called Quenes-courte, and to proceed ac-
and Halſtow, towards King s«ferry and the Ife of
cording to the law and cuſtom of the realm (u).
Sbepey, leads through the lower part of this pa-
riſh eaſtward; on it ftands Weft or Lower Rain 002.
CHARITI E S.
bam-ſtreet, and on the ſouth ſide of it the manſion
of Bloors-place, now made uſe of as a farm-
Two acres and twenty-five perches of land,
houſe. At a ſmall diſtance below this ſtreet are
planted with cherries, of the yearly rent of
the marſhes, which are bounded by the river
2l. 1os. belong to the poor of this pariſh. One
Medway.com
acre, three roods, and fifteen perches of land,
To boutog
This pariſh is all of it in the diviſion of Eaſt
planted with pears, of the yearly rent of 31. 10s.
Kent, which begins here, the adjoining pariſh
One acre, three roods, and twenty-four perches
of Gillingham weſtward being wholly in that of of land, planted with apples, of the yearly rent
Weſt Kent.is
of 41. Alſo one acre, or thereabouts, of wood.
8052
itog bib ad
In the return of the ſurvey made of the feve in this pariſh; all which are the gifts of
ral places in this county, where there were any
perſons unknown.
Thipping, boats, or the like, by order of Q. -An annuity of 41. per annum, the gift of John
Elizabeth, in her 8th year, Rainham is ſaid to Colfon, in the year 1593, payable out of an eſtate
contain houſes inhabited 8, and three keys; the ſituated near Payton-ſtreet, in Lower Halſtow.
firſt, the Common Key; the ſecond, Blowers Key,
An annuity of 41. payable yearly out of Mar-
then appertaining to John Tufton the younger ; dale and Chapel fields, in this pariſh, purchaſed
the third, Haftinge Key, appertaining to Henry with the ſum of sol. given by Frances, Counteſs
Laurence, and the heirs of Jefry Empſon.
Ships
Dowager of Thanet, and with the ſum of 201.
and boats 13, viz. one of 1 ton, three of į á raiſed by the contribution of the pariſhioners in
ton, one of 2, one of 21, two of
1653
to
do neobre
() Anno 26 Henry VIII, this hoſpital, with its reve in the yoke of Golder there, by the yearly rent of zod. Lady
nues, was valued at 3151. 145. 2d. per annum, clear yearly Sackvile was lefſee of it in 1653, and afterwards fir Richard
income, and 3981. 35. 4d. per annum, total annual revenue.
Colepepyr. Milton Court-rolls.
(s) See Weever, p. 287.
In the ſurvey remaining in the Augmentation-office,
taken that year, it appears, that the ferme of their manor
(1) The family of Norden reſided in this pariſh for fome
in Raynham was, per annum, 211. 8s. 4d.- Queendowne, 4os.
generations; one of whom, John Norden, eſq; died in 1580,
--the mill in Rainham, 40s.-wood within the ſaid manor, one
and lies buried in the high chancel of this church. He left
year with another, 7s Queendowne, 8s.
iſſue two daughters and coheirs, one of whom, Eleanor,
(9) The hoſpital at this time confifts of a maſter, three
married John Wild, efq; and afterwards Gilbert Hyde, of
brethren prieſts, three fifters, and 10 bedefwomen, with
the city of Canterbury. The arms of Norden were formerly
and fervants. Tan. Mon. ibid.
painted in the windows of this church, and are now remain-
(r) The manor of Queens-court is held of the manor of
ing at each corner of his graveſtone in braſs,
Milton, by the yearly rent of 59s. 10$d. with certain land (u) Dugd. Hift. of Emb. p. 42-45.
land in
MOTOS
of as one of 25 weer to come
e of 5
Tan. Mon. p. 310.
officers and
Two

536
The H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
to
sto 19.
de appropriated
MILTON HUNDRED.
RAINHAM.
.
I'wo tenements in West Rainham, bought by that pariſh, which gift was made in the preſence
the pariſhioners in 1677.
of William, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, as was cer-
One pound five ſhillings is payable out of the tified by Yohn, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who was like-
poors rates yearly, for the intereſt of money, for wiſe preſent at it (x).
which the poors eſtate in Cliff was ſold in the
K. Edward III, in his 41ſt year, by letters
of infpeximus, confirmed the above grant, as well
year 1700.
An annuity of il. was deviſed to the poor
of as others, which had been made by the family
this pariſh by the laſt will of Mr. John Adams, of Crevequer, to confirm this church to the priory
in 1723, payable out of a cherry-garden, con-
taining five acres, in Hydore-lane, in this pariſh. to that priory, and the parſonage of it was valued
in 1384, anno 8 Richard II, at 261. 158. 4d.(*)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
which, with the advowſon, continued part of
Rainham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic the poſſeſſions of the priory till the diffolution of
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
it in the reign of K. Henry VIII, when it was,
Sitting
borne.
with all its revenues, ſurrendered into the King's
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mar hands, and was confirmed to him and his heirs,
garet, is a handſome building, conſiſting of two by the general words of the act, paſſed for that
very broad iſes, and two chancels, with a high purpoſe in the 31ſt year of that reign.
beacon tower at the weſt end of it, in which are The church of Rainham, as well as the ad-
fix bells and a clock. There was formerly fome vowſon of the vicarage, remained in the hands
good painted glaſs in the windows of this church,
of the Crown till the year 1553,
anno 6 Q.
all which has been long ſince deſtroyed (v). Mary, when the Queen granted the advowſon of
The high chancel belongs to the parſonage this vicarage, among others, to the Archbiſhop
of Rainham (z); the north chancel belongs to of Canterbury, and his ſucceſſors (a), with whom
the Earl of Thanet. In it are two coſtly monu it has remained ever ſince, His Grace the Arch.
ments of white marble, one of them having the bißop of Canterbury being now patron of it. bra
effigies of a man in military attire, ſitting on But the parſonage of this church remained
part of his armour, erected for George, fixth ſon longer in the hands of the Crown. Q. Eliza-
of John Tufton, Earl of Thanet, by Margaret, beth granted it, on July 6, in her icth year,
daughter and coheir of Richard, Earl of Dorſet, to Dorothy Stafford, for the term of 30 years, at
who died anno 1670; the other having the fi the yearly rent of 161. After which the fee of
gure of a perſon in his parliamentary robes,
it was granted to Moyle, aud Capt. Robert Moyle
erected for Nicholas, Earl of Thanet, who died died poſſeſſed of it in 1659, whoſe grandſon
Nov. 24, 1679, æt. 49.
John Moyle, of Buckwell, eſq; left an only daugh-
Underneath this chancel are two large vaults, ter and heir Mary, who carried it in marriage to
partly above ground, in which are depoſited Robert Breton, of the Elmes near Dover, eſq; and
the remains of the family of Tufton, above he died poſſeſſed of it in 1708. His eldeſt ſon
mentioned. Theſe vaults, and perhaps the chan. Moyle Breton, of Kennington, eſq; fucceeded him
cel over them, were moſt probably built by in this eſtate, which he alienated to fir Edward
Chriſtopher Bloor, efq; whoſe remains are depo Dering, bart. (b) whoſe fon fir Edward Dering,
fited in the eaſternmoſt of them.
bart. is the preſent poffeffor of it (c).
Robert de Crevequer, the founder of Leeds-abbey, There is a fee-farm rent of is. 5d. paid to the
about the year 1137, gaye to the Canons there, Crown for this parfonage.
in free and perpetual alms, all the churches of his
The vicarage is valued in the King's books
eftates, with the advowſons of them, and among at 141. 45. 7d. and the yearly tenths at il.
them that of Renham, with 18 acres of land in 8s. 51d. (d)
1
tored bra
"
(v) Among it were the following coats of arms :-Three
lions paſſant guardant, a label of 3 points-Azure, 2 bars or,
between 9 croſs-croflets of the 20-Or, a faltier engrailed ſa-
ble-Or, a crofs.pointed and voided fable-Per pale gules and
azure, a crofs moline argent--Three pair of barnacles extended,
for Donet-A chevron between 3 attires of a flag fixed to the
ſcalps, for Cocks, and-On a feſs, a croſs-croflet fitchee, be-
tween 2 trefoils ſlipt, between 3 beavers pallant, for Norden.
(w) In the high chancel lie buried ſeveral of the family
of Allen; John Norden, eſq; as has been already mentioned ;
Thomas Norreys, eſq; Maſter of the Trinity-houſe, and
Commiſſioner of the Navy, who died on Dec. 29, 1624,
having married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Elmflone, by
whom he had four fons and three daughters. There is a
ſmall monument with the effigies of him and his wife kncel-
ing, at a dekk. He bore for his arms-Argent billetter, a
croſs pattee floree, fable. On the north ſide of the altar is a
handſome tomb of Betherſden marble, the braſſes gone.
In the north-weſt corner of the north ifle, is a vault for
the family of John Ruffel, of Greenwich, eſq;
(*) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 110. Reg. Roff. p. 210.
Hamo, Prior, and the Convent of Rocheſter, likewiſe con-
firmed the ſame. Ibid. p. 212.
(y) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 110.
(z) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 40.
(a) Wilkins's Councils, vol. iv, p. 177.
(6) It was fold for 4000 guineas, the annual rent of it
being then 200 guireas.
(c) This parſonage is held of the manor of Milton, by
the yearly sent of zod.
(d) E&. Theſ. p. 13.
In

The HISTORY of K E N T. 537
MILTON HUNDRED.
cants ioo.
sociskos 1609.
bo 1609.
du bas Nov. 9,
|
14, 1662.
.
HARTLIP.
In 1640, it was valued at 701. Communi-
இருகால் (anets
POP E 9 - H A L L 315
It is now valued at about 200l. per annum.
is an eſtate in it, which had formerly owners
of the ſurname of Pope, who reſided at this
CHURCH OF RAINHAM.
OF RAINHAM. 599 la
feat till the latter end of K. Henry VII.'s reign,
PATRONS,
when Richard Pope alienated it to Chriſtopher
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
Bloor, of Rainham, eſq; whoſe daughter and heir
(e) Richard Pereſon, in 1470. Olympia carried it in marriage to John Tufton,
(f)William Adamſon, in 1509. of Hothfield, efq; afterwards created a Baro-
(8) John Wryte, about 1536. net in 1611. He left iſſue by her two daugh-
The Crown.
(b) Charles Garlicke, July 23, ters, and by his ſecond wife, daughter and co-
1571, obt. Aug. 6, 1593. heir of fir Humphry Brown, knt. fix ſons and four
The Archbißop. Robert Joye, A.M. Sept.1, daughters, and dying in 1624, was ſucceeded
1593, reſig. 1595.
here by his eldeſt ſon fir Nicholas Tufton, knt.
(b)Chriſtopher Powell, S.T.B. who was anno, 2 Charles I, created Lord Tufton,
red not be July 6, 1595, obt. Jan. 10, and two years afterwards, Earl of Thcnet, and
in his deſcendants, Earls of Thanet, this eſtate
Send os obxJohn Grime, A. M. Feb. 21, has continued down to the Right Hon. Sackville,
Earl of Thanet, the preſent poffeffor of it (o).
The King. To wordsThe ſame, Aug. 1, 1610.
The King, ſede vac. (i) Thomas Bladen, A. M.
CROFT, alias Y AU GER,
bas no
1646.
Dubivile (k) Thomas Lambe, A. M.
is an antient manſion in this pariſh, which was
de obt. April 11, 1662.
formerly, as appeared by ſeveral old deeds
without date, the patrimony of William de Elm-
The Archbiſhop. Fobn Campleſbon, A.M. May
ſted, in whoſe family it did not continue long, for
William Walter, A. M. July
in the 13th year of K. Edward I, it was become
the property of Roger de Northwood, in whofe de-
19, 1665, reſig. 1676.
ſcendants it remained until the beginning of
(1) Thomas Cradock, A. B. d
Dvs Live Oa. 2, 1676, obt. Oet. 9,
the reign of K. Henry VI, when it was conveyed
mais a bris
by fale to Norton, of Borden, from whom, in the
1723
4th year of K. Edward IV, one part of it was
(m) Henry Shove, Oct. 19,
alienated to Champneys, as was the remainder of
1723, obt. Dec. 8, 1771.
itali (n) William Tafwell, A. B.
it, in the 8th year of that reign (P), from which
name it was again reconveyed back again to
20 X Paw PD 1772, reſig. 1777.
Norton, in two parts likewiſe, in the 24th and
The VistaJt ba..James Richards, Nov. 7,
36th years of K. Henry VIII, in which name it
1777. Preſent Vicar.
remained till John Norton, in the 4th and sth
year of K. Philip and Q. Mary, conveyed his
H A R T L I P
right in it to Gilbert Fremlin, who in the 15th
year of Q: Elizabeth ſold it to John Palmer,
IS the next pariſh ſouth-eaſtward from Rain-
bam. The manor of Milton claims over the
ov
eſq; (q) whoſe grandſon Dudley Palmer, eſq; in
whole of this pariſh.
the reign of K. Charles I, alienated it to fir Tho-
be
01 9.00
1(e) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(P) Thomas Rider held this eſtate in leaſe from the family
(f) Ibid. He was likewiſe Vicar of Newington.
of Champneys, in the reign of K. Henry VII, who in the
7th year of that reign, afſigned his intereſt in it to Murk
(g) Hift. Rocheſter, p. 240.
ole
Harris. Philipott, p. 181.
(5) He lies buried in the high chancel of this church.
(9) John Palmer was the eldeſt ſon of John Palmer, by
(i) This is the laſt induction in the Regiſter-office of his wife, daughter of Polbill, the ſecond fon William being
Canterbury, till the reſtoration in 1660, that office being of Snodland in this county. John Palmer, the fon, married
in the intermediate time ſuppreſſed.
Paulina, fiſter of for Michael Sondes, of Throwley, knt. and
(k) He lies buried in the high chancel of this church ; reſided at Hartlip. He left iſſue by her one fon Anthony,
on his graveſtone he is ſaid to have been fix
years
Vicar of and three daughters, Elizabeth, married to John Cheney, of
an
Warburton in the co. of Suſſex; Joane, wife of Henry Thurſby;
(1) He was likewiſe Rector of Frinfed. He died, æt.
and Mary, who died ſingle. Anthony, the ſon was knighted
at the coronation of K. James I. He was twice married ;
75, and lies buried in the ſouth ifle of this church.
(m) And Vicar of Doddington.
firſt to Catherine, eldeſt daughter of fir William Kingsmill, of
the co. of Southampton, knt. who dying in 1613, was buried
(n) Minor Canon of Canterbury, and before Vicar of
at Putney in the co. of Surry, having had iſſue two ſons and
Brookland. He vacated this vicarage of Rainbam on being
a daughter, who all died without iſſue; and ſecondly to
preſented to the vicarage of Ayleſham in the co. of Norfolk.
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Diggs, of Chilham, by whom
() Popes-hall, in the yoke of Bell, in the pariſh of Hart-
he had iſſue three ſons, Dudley, Anthony, and John. **
lip, is held of the manor of Milton, .by the yearly rent of
They bore for their arms-Sable, a feſs between 3 lions
65. g4d. See more of the Earls of Thanet, under Hothfield.
Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Palmer.
VOL.II.
6 X
pois
this pariſh.
rampant or.
MAS

538
The HISTORY of K E N T.
GRA Y N E Y
reign
pro-
MILTON HUNDRED.
HARTLIP.
mas Crew, knt.(r) one of the King's Sergeants-
at-law, deſcended from the antient family of
Crew, in the County Palatine of Cheſter, his ſon || is a manor in this pariſh, corruptly ſo called
Fohn Crew, of Stene in the co. of Northampton, for Graveney, by which name it is mentioned in
eſq; was by letters patent, dated April 20, anno old deeds, having been antiently the patrimony
13 Charles II, created Lord Crew of Stene. He of a family of that ſurname, of which one of
married Jemima, daughter and coheir of Edward them, Stephen de Graveney, held it in the
Waldgrave, of the co. of Eſex, efq; by whom he of K. Edward I, and in his deſcendants the
had iſſue ſeveral children, of whom only four perty of it continued till the reign of K. Henry
fons and two daughters ſurvived him (s).
VI. After which it came into the poffeffion of
He was ſucceeded in title and eſtates by his John Maney, of Biddenden, eſq; whoſe deſcen-
eldeſt ſon fir Thomas Crew, knt. Lord Crew, who dant fir John Mayney, of Linton in this county,
married Mary, daughter of fir George Townſend, knt. poſſeſſed it in the reign of K. Charles I,
of Eaſt Rainbam in the co. of Norfolk, bart. (t)
, .
by whom he had iſſue one ſon John, who died How this eſtate paffed after it was alienated
young, and two daughters, Anne, married to from this family, I have not found, but that it
Mr. Jolliffe, of London, Merchant, and Tempe came at length into the poſſeſſion of Barrow,
rance, married to Rowland Alſton, eſq; fon and by virtue of a mortgage made to him. He
heir of fir Rowland Alſton, of Woodhall in the co. left iſſue three ſons, who ſettled at Borden, New.
of Bedford, bart. (u) who in her right became ington, and Shorne, and his widow ſurviving, to
poſſeſſed of this eftate of Croft, alias Pauger (v). whom he deviſed this eſtate by his laſt will. She
He died in 1698, leaving iſſue three ſons and afterwards married Jordan, and then Wildaſ; on
three daughters (w), and was ſucceeded in title her deceaſe, this eſtate became divided into moie-
and in this eſtate by his eldeſt ſon fir Thomas ties, one of which became the property of her
Alſton, bart. who died unmarried in 1714, on only ſurviving fon by her firſt huſband Barrow,
which it came to his next brother and heir fir and the other moiety of her ſon by her ſecond
Rowland Alfon, bart. (x) whoſe ſon for Thomas huſband Mr. Jordan. Mr. Barrow afterwards
Allton, bart, alienated this eſtate in the preſent purchaſed the laſt-mentioned moiety, and fo
reign to Arthur Jones, eſq; whoſe only daughter became poſſeſſed of the whole of this manor,
and heir carried it in marriage to John Macna-
na | which at his death he, by his laſt will, deviſed
mara, eſq; and he, in her right, is the preſent to his widow Mrs. Barrow, and ſhe is at preſent
poffeffor of it.
entitled to it (y).
(r) Milton Court-rolls.
(s) of whom, Thomas, the eldeſt, having been knighted,
ſucceeded his father in title and eſtates, and died without
iſſue male; John died without iſſue; Nathaniel, LL. D. was
Rector of Lincoln college, Oxford, and Dean and Precentor
of Chicheſter. In 1671, he was conſecrated Biſhop of Ox-
ford, and thence removed to Durham in 1674. He died
withont iſſue, at Stene, æt. 88, in 1722 ;-and Walgrave
was the fourth ſon, who died likewiſe without iſſue. Of
the daughters, Jemima married to Edward, Earl of Sand-
wich, and Anne to fir Henry Wright, of Dagenham in the
co. of Eſſex, bart.
The Crews bore for their arms-Azure, a lion rampant
argent.
(t) She was his firſt wife, his ſecond being Anne, daugh-
ter and coheir of fir William Armine, of the co. of Lincoln,
bart, and widow of fir Thomas Wilberhall, of the co. of
Norfolk, bart. by whom he had iffue four daughters, Je-
mima, married to Henry de Grey, Marquis of Kent ; Armine,
to Thomas Cartwright, of the co. of Northampton, efq; Ca-
therine, to fir John Harpur, bart. and Elizabeth to Charles
Butler, Earl of Arran.
1(x) She afterwards married fir John Wolftenholme, of the
co. of Middleſex, bart.
(v) The anceſtors of this family were feated originally at
Sayham-hall in Newton, in the co. of Norfolk. In Edward
III.'s time, Hugh Alfton bore for his arms-Azure, 10 fars
or, 4, 3, 2, and 1 ; which coat is at preſent borne by this fa-
mily. Edward Alfton, of Sayham-hall, had iſſue two ſons,
William, who ſucceeded him at Sayham, and Thomas, of
Edwardſton in the co. of Suffolk, from whom deſcended for
Foſeph Alfon, created a Baronet in 1611, anceſtor of fir
Evelyn Alfton, bart.
William, the eldeſt ſon, had ſeveral children, but their
lines failed, excepting in William the eldeſt, and Thomas
the fourth fons. William, the eldeſt, was anceſtor of thoſe
of Marlesford in the co. of Suffolk, and Thomas was of Polfted
in the co. of Suffolk, and left iſſue four ſons and a daughter.
Of the former, William was of Odell in the co. of Bedford,
and died unmarried ; Thomas ſucceeded him at Odell, and
Edward, and John.
Thomas Alfon, eſq; above-mentioned, having been firſt
knighted was afterwards, on June 13, 1642, advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet, he married Elizabeth, daughter of
fer Rowland St. John, Knight of the Bath, by whom he had
two ſons, Thomas, who died in his life-time unmarried, and
for Rowland, his ſucceſſor, and alſo two daughters. Which
fir Rowland Alton, bart, married Temperance, ſecond daugh-
ter of Thomas, Lord Crew, in whoſe right he became pof-
feſſor of this eſtate of Croft alias Pauger, as above-mentioned.
See Kimb. Bar. vol. i, p.'457.
(w) Viz. fir Thomas, his ſucceſſor; fir Rowland, fuc-
ceſſor to his brother ; and Vere John, Re&tor of Odell. The
daughters were, Mary, married to Mr. Sergeant Selby ; Eli-
zabeth, firk to General Stuart, and ſecondly to Mr. Rowe;
and Anne, to fir Richard Mead, bart. M.D.
(2) He married the only daughter of Capt. Reynes, and
had iſſue by her, fir Thomas his ſucceſſor, and Rowland, and
two daughters, Elizabeth who died unmarried, and Anne,
married to Robert Pye, Rector of Odell. Sir Thomas, the
eldeſt ſon, married in 1750, the daughter of Dr. Bovey,
by whom he has iſſue. See Stem. Chich. N.45.
(y) This eſtate is held of Milton manor, at the rent of
135. 4d. per annum, together with the yoke of Bartholomew.
Yelger, at the rent of 6s. 9d. and four acres of land at Noke,
at the yearly rent of $d. in all, 205. gd.
HARTLIP-

Tbe H I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
539
HARTLIP.
HARTLIP-PLACE.
In this part
; hclined to
of the Auditors of the Queen's Exchequer, who died :
MILTON HUNDRED.
Philippa. Hartlip-place was included in that part
deviſed to the former, who died poffefied of it
The family of Oſborne was ſeated in this pain 1780; upon which, by the limitation in the
above will, it deſcended to her two younger ſons,
riſh before the reign of K. Edward IV, their
Thomas and William Bland, but the former hav-
feat here being called Hartlip-place (2), where
ing before ſold his intereſt in the reverſion of it
they reſided for ſeveral generations. At length
to his brother, Mr. William Bland, he became
it deſcended to John Oſborne, of Hartlip-place,
poſſeſſed of it, and is the preſent owner of it.
esg; who built for his reſidence a large houſe,
The other part of the Oſborne eſtate, deviſed to
about half a mile fouth-weſt from the church, in
Mrs. Philippa Tylden, in which the freehold part
this pariſh, which he named Dane-houſe. He
of Queendown was included, ſtill remains in her
afterwards removed to Maidſtone (a), and dying
poſſeſſion ; but the remainder of Queendown, con-
in 1683, was fucceeded by his fon Thomas Oſborne,
taining about 70 acres, being held of the Maſter
eſq; who left iſſue two ſons and two daughters ;
and Brethren of St. Catherine's Hoſpital, near the
of the fons, John and Thomas ſucceſſively inhe-
Tower of London, by leaſe, was renewed in the
rited his eſtates in this pariſh, and both dying
name of the Rev. Mr. Tylden, on whoſe death in
without iſſue were buried with their anceſtors in
1766, his intereſt in it deſcended to his eldeſt
Hartlip church; on which their two ſiſters be-
ſon Richard Tylden, of Milſted, eſq; who is now
came their coheirs, of whom Elizabeth was mar-
entitled to it.
ried to Richard Tylden, of Milſted, efq; and Mary
PRESENT STATE OF HARTLIP.
to the Rev. Mr. Milway, of Borden; the latter of
whom ſold her ſhare of theſe eſtates in which
The pariſh of Hartlip lies on a hill riſing to-
the ſcite of Dane-houſe was included, to Tyndale, wards the ſouth. The high road from London to
of the county of Glouceſter and of Bobbing in this Dover bounds the northern ſide of it, near which
county, whoſe deſcendant Thomas Tyndale, of
to gravel, but the
North Corten in the co. of Glouceſter, is the pre upper part of it is chalky, and much covered
fent proprietor of thenı; but Hartlip-place, Queen. with Alints and coppice wood.
dovun-warren, and the reſidue of the Oſborne eſtates of the pariſh is the long tract of waſte ground
in this pariſh (b), were allotted to Mr. Tylden, called Queendown, which was for
many years a
who had iſſue by his wife one fon the Rev. Rich noted warren for rabbits, but it has been diſuſed
ard Oſborne Tilden, of Milſted, and three daugh as ſuch for inany years paſt. The village is fi-
ters, the eldeſt of whom, Hannah, married Ed tuated near the center of the parifh, and the
ward Belcher, of Ulcomb, efq; the fecond, Mary, church cloſe on the weſt ſide of it.
married the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bland, and the third, There are many large plantations of cherries,
Philippa, is as yet unmarried. His widow ſur apples, and other fruit throughout the middle
vived him, and becoming poſſeſſed of this eſtate, of this pariſh, from eaſt to weſt, like as there
levied a fine of it, and died in 1766, having by were in the reſt of the neighbouring pariſhes,
her laſt will deviſed the whole of her intereſt in till they were diſplanted, for the moſt part, to
theſe eſtates to her two daughters, Mary and make room for hops, which are found to thrive
(z) Hartlip-place is ſituated at Cruxhill, in the weſtern
of Hartlip-plare, eſq; and married Mary, daughter of Ro-
part of this pariſh, ſo called from its having been formerly bert Denne, of Dennehill, efq; He died in 1645, having had
the reſidence of the family of Crux, the deſcendants of iſſue by her eight children, of whom John Oſborne, eſq; the
which afterwards removed to Sheldwich and Milton. They eldeſt, ſucceeded him here, and died in 1683, æt. 70. He
bore for their arms-Argent, in a pale within a bordure ſable, married Mary, daughter of Mr. James I hurlby, of London,
an eagle diſplayed between 2 croffes formee of the ift. See Guil and had by her fix children, of whom Thomas Oſoorne, the
lim's Heraldry, p. 211.
eldeſt, ſucceeded him in this ſeat and his eſtates here. He
(a) After Mr. Oſborne's removal, which was on account was a Major of the Militia, and died in 1708, æt. 49, hay-
of a moſt daring robbery committed on him whilft he re ing been thrice married ; but he left iſſue only by his ſecond
fided at Dane-houſe, it ſtood many years uninhabited, and wife Elizabeth, daughter of John Taylor, of Rainham, two
was at laſt entirely pulled down.
ſons and two daughters; of the ſons, Thomas was the eldeſt,
(6) The firft of this family whom I have meet with is Wil and John died in 1613, et. 21; Mary, the eldeſt daughter,
liam Oſborne, who was of Hartlip, and died in 1464, leav married the Rev. Ralph Milway, Vicar of Borden, and died
ing iſſue by Alice his wife one fon Thomas, who died in 1534. in 1726, and Elizabeth married Richard Tylden, of Milfted,
He was ſucceeded by John Oſborne, his ſon and heir, one eſq; and died in 1766. Tho. Oſborne, efq; the eldeſt ſon, pof-
in feffed Hartlip-place, but dying unmarried in 1719, eet. 30,
1577, leaving iſſue by Katherine his wife, daughter of John his two fifters became his coheirs, and entitled to his eſtates
Grene, of London, ſeveral children, of whom John Oſborne, in this pariſh, as has been already mentioned above.
the eldeſt ſon, became his heir
. He was of Hartlip-place, The Oppornes lie buried in the north chancel of this church,
where he died in 1588, having married, firſt, Frances, uſually called the Oſborne's chancel
.
daughter of Valentine Everard, of Sarr in this county, by They bore for their arms-Quarterly
, argent and azure ;
whom he had a fon John, who was a lunatic, and died
in the if and 4th quarter, an ermire ſpot, over all, a croſs or,
without iſſue, and a daughter Agnes. He married, ſecondly, charged with 5 annulets fable.
Anne, daughter of Edmund Bardolfe, of Berkhamſted in the
There was a branch of this family ſeated at Cowfted in
co. of Hertford, elg, by whom he had iffue ſeveral children,
Stockbury, and another at Nutts in the Iſle of Shepey.
the eldeſt of whom was Edward Oſborne, who was at length
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540
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
HISTORY of
HARTLIP.
well, when planted on ground which has been
old orchard for a number of years before.
In the north-eaſt part of this pariſh, about
half a mile from the London road, there is a good
old manſion, ſituated in the midſt of the fruit-
grounds, called Paradiſe, having a good eſtate
belonging to it. In the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
it was the property of Mr. Rowland Searle, gent.
and afterwards paſſed into the name of Pitt, the
laſt of whom was Mr. Thomas Pitt, of London,
who dying about the year 1774, bequeathed it by
his laſt will to Frances, the widow of Temple Weſt,
eſq; late Vice Admiral of the White (e), and ſhe
is the preſent poffeffor of it.
William Brooke, Eſcheator of this county in
the reign of K. James I, reſided at Hartlip. He
was the eldeſt ſon of Cranmer Brooke, of Aſhford,
eſq; the grandſon of Thomas, the ſecond ſurviv-
ing ſon of John, Lord Cobham.
The whole of this pariſh is within the eaſtern
diviſion of this county.
return
MILTON HUNDRED.
diſcovered about 30 years ago the ruins of a
building, the top of which reached but even
with the ſurface of the ground; a quantity of
the earth within it was cleared away, in hopes,
uſual, of finding hidden treaſure. As it ap-
pears at preſent, the eaſt end of it has been cleared
of the earth, which filled it, about three feet
deep, and thence gradually deeper, in length 60
feet, to the weſt end of it, where it is about 10
feet deep. At each end of it, where the walls
as part of a ſquare, they are plai-
ſtered over; in the narrow part, between theſe
extremes, they are bare, and appear to be com-
poſed of large flint ſtones, laid regularly in
rows; on the upper part, even with the ſurface
of the ground, there are two rows of large Ro-
man tiles, laid cloſe together. They are of a
very large ſize, and ſome of them are made with
a rim at the end, to lap over the others. Great
quantities of theſe tiles are ſcattered round about
the place, and many foundations of buildings
have been from time to time diſcovered in dif-
ferent parts of the adjoining grounds.
Several buſhels of wheat were found in the
room at the weſtern part of this building, which
ſeemed, ſome of it, parched and ſcorched by the
fire, and ſome of it was turned entirely into
black aſhes ; and there were ſome tares likewiſe,
but not fo large a quantity. Nothing elſe what-
ever was found among the earth with which it
was filled. Underneath is a ſketch of the ground-
plot of it.
ANTIQUITIES.
In and about this pariſh many lands are called
by the name of Dane, as Dane-field, Dane-croft,
Danoway, and the like, which ſhews that nation
to have formerly had much intercourſe here-
about. In one of theſe, called Lower Dane-field,
'belonging to Mareſbarrow-farm, at the ſouth-weſt
corner of it, and about a mile's diſtance ſouth-
westward froin the church of Hartlip, there were
si bois bu
CHARITIES.
Dow
Mrs. Mary Gibbon, by her laſt will, dated O&t.
15, 1678, gave a meſſuage and fix acres of land
in Hartlip, of the value of about 12l. per annum,
for the purpoſe of putting to ſchool poor chil-
dren inhabiting this pariſh, to be inſtructed in
оло по
reading Engliſh; and in caſe the eſtate ſhould
be more than ſufficient for that purpoſe, then
to put to ſchool thoſe inhabiting one of the ad-
joining pariſhes : and when ſuch children ſhould
be able to read Engliſh fo well as to read any
chapter in the Bible, then for them to have a
Bible bought and given to ſuch child, who
(e) He died on Aug. 9, 1757, being then likewiſe a
Lord of the Admiralty, leaving iſſue by Frances his wife,
daughter of Admiral fir John Balchen, knt. three fons,
Temple Weft, efq; a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, John
Balchen, a Clerk of the Treaſury, and Thomas, a Lieute-
nant of his Majeſty's Navy.
ſhould

of 541
of
K
K E
Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED.
of this pariſh. barlotto
زندگان
renn 's Charles I, to Henry Barrow,
The H I STÖ RY HARTLIP. votar
V
ſhould thereupon be taken from ſchool. And church of Canterbury. Which inftrument was
ſhe likewiſe charged it with the payment of 20s. confirmed by John, Prior, and the Convent of the
yearly to the Vicar of Hartlip (g). blon Church of Canterbury (i).
Twelve buſhels of barley, one and a half of The church of Hartlip, together with the ad.
wheat, and 6s. 8d. in inoney, are yearly paya vowſon of the vicarage, remained part of the
ble out of the parſonage of Hartlip to the poor poffeffions of the priory of Rocheſter till the diffo-
lution of it in the 32d year of K. Henry VIII,
The ſum of 205. is yearly payable out of a when it was, together with the reſt of the poffef-
farm in this pariſh belonging to Richard Tylden, ſions of it, ſurrendered into the King's hands,
of Milſted.
to ngint 3x4 or 'to neoy ba ant si who the next year ſettled it by his dotation-char-
ter on his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Ro-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
prognt stod sobote (9) 19 Wol.
cheſter, where the parſonage and advowſon of the
Hartlip is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdiction vicarage remain at this time.
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit-
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church
tingborne. 2918 Go to pals bei este udginalno
of Hartlip was valued at 131. 6s. 8d. (k)
The church is dedicated to St. Michael, and
It is valued in the King's books at gl. 105. iod.
conſiſts of three ifles and three chancels, with a
and the yearly tenths at 19s. id. and is of the
{quare tower at the weſt end of it, in which hang
yearly certified value of 621. 18s. 8d. (1)
five bells. 11901 prohibnoug 29 de ani
In the ſurvey of eccleſiaſtical benefices within
K. Henry III, by his letters patent, dated Feb.
the dioceſe of Rocheſter, taken by order of the
13, in his gth year, gave the church of Hertlepe,
ſtate in 1649, it was returned, that the parſon-
age
with its appurts. then of his gift, to the Prior
of Hartlip, late belonging to the late Dean
and Chapter of Rocheſter, conſiſted of a parſon-
of St. Andrew'si in Rocheſter, and the monks
age-houſe, barn, yard, &c. and the tythe with-
there (b). A edi mi gibi soruw boil fine boviy
Stephen, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, by his lin-
in the ſaid pariſh, at the improved rent of 671.
ſtrument, dated in April 1225, admitted the
per annum, and ſundry pieces of land, contain-
monks into the poffeffion of this church, to be
ing together 12 acres and one rood of the yearly
value, with the above, of 6gl. igs. 70. which
poffeffed by them to their own proper uſes, with
the conſent of Thomas, then Parſon of it, and he
premiſes were let by the late Dean and Chapter,
inſtituted them canonically Parſons in it, but de-
on Oct. 5, anno
creed that they ſhould receive, in the name of the
at the yearly rent of 191. and three couple of
good capons, ſo there remained the clear rent of
parſonage, only one piece of gold yearly from
the ſaid Thomas, and nothing more, for ſo long
501. 75. 7d. per annum, out of which leaſe the
time as he ſhould live, and that he ſhould have
vicarage of Hartlip was excepted, worth 451.
all the reſidue of it in the name of a vicarage ;
per annum (18).
but that after his death, they ſhould poſſeſs the
The parſonage is now leaſed out by the Dean
and Chapter, but the advowfon of the vicarage
whole profits of the church for ever to their
is reſerved in their own hands.
own proper uſes : ſaving, nevertheleſs, a vicar-
age to be conferred on a proper perſon at their 1979 em CHURCH OF HARTLIP.
preſentation, who ſhould ſuſtain the burthens
slolivell
RectORS.
of this church, reſerving to him, the Archbiſhop, or by whom preſented.
the taxation of the vicarage, and ſaving likewiſe Prior and Convent (n) Thomas, the laſt Rector;
his right in all things, and the dignity of the of Rocheſter. V reſigned in 1225.
od to brow long studied aid s ni botua 21 17 soivo basso
(8) By indenture of leaſe and releaſe, made in 1630, be-
one of the Auditors of the Queen's Exchequer, ſhe was
tween Richard Tylden, of Milfted, efq; and Anne his wife,
three times married ; firſt to Ambroſe Wilkins, gent. fecondly
ſurviving heir of Thomas Oſborne, efq; deceaſed, who was to Gabriel Saliſbury, and thirdly to Thomas Gibbon, gent.
the ſurviving truſtee or feoffee in a deed of feoffment, dated whom ſhe ſurvived. She died on O&. 22, 1678, æt. 88,
Nov. 20, 1678, and alſo only ſurviving ſon of John Oſborne, and lies buried under a tomb-ſtone at the eaſi end of the
eſq; deceaſed, who with Frances Fanſhaw, widow, were ex ſouth chancel in Hartlip church-yard.
ecutors of the lat will of Mrs. Mary Gibbon, above-men-
(5) Reg. Roff. p. 411.
tioned, of the one part—and Cockin Sole, Walter Frank, Clk. (i) Ibid. p. 411, 412. Robert, Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
Ralph Milway, Clk. Thomas Pett, gent. Adam Ruck, gent. confirmed this inſtrument of his predeceſſor Stephen, by his
and others, of the other part, the eſtate above-mentioned letters of infpeximus in 1275. Ibid. p. 272. And their
was conveyed to the ſeveral perfons laſt-mentioned, in truf, right was likewiſe confirmed to it by the ſentence of the
that they ſhould, with the advice and approbation of Mr. Commiffary of the Archbiſhop, at his viſitation of the dio-
Tylden and his wife, during their lives, and after their ceſe in the year 1485. Ibid. p. 185.
deceaſe, with the advice and approbation of the Vicar and (k) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 39. Hamo de Hethe, Prior
Churchwardens of this pariſh, apply the profits of the eſtate of Rocheſter, in anno 1314, difpoffeffed Walter de Fynchyn-
according to the deviſe and intent of Mrs. Gibbon, in man feld of the church of Hertlepe, which he held in ferme, at a
ner as above-mentioned.
yearly rent of the priory, among other premiſes belonging
The Rev. Mr. Walter Frank, of Rocheſter, has been for
to it. Ang. Sacr. vol. i, p. 357.
many years paſt the only ſurviving trúftee of this charity.
(1) E&. Thef. p. 13.
179 lost IT SE
Mrs. Mary Gibbor was one of the daughters of Robert (m) Parl. Surveys, Lambeth-libr. vol. xiv
Oſborne, of Hartlip, gent. the youngeſt ſon of John Oſborne,
(n) Reg. Roff. p. 412.
VOL. II.
VICARS
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542
H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
The
MILTON HUNDRED.
grant
UPCHURCH.
VICARS.
Thomas, the firſt Vicar, in
1225
(0) Thomas Greene, in 1501.
Robert Joye, A.M. Feb.'12,
1578, refig. 1595.
Dean and Chapter George Boyce, A. B. July 18,
of Rocheſter. 1595, obt. 1609.
F. Butler, of Croydon Edmund Hayes, A. M. Jan.
in Surry, éſq; by jus 12, 1609, reſig. 1622.
patronatus from the Gabriel Saliſbury, A.M. Jan.
D. and C. of Roch. 16, 1622.
Edward Garland, obt. ...
Dean and Chapter John Lorkin, Mar. 27, 1661.
of Rocheſter. Benjamin Crompe, obt. 1664.
John Edwards, A. M. Sept.
5, 1664, reſig. 1676.
John Crew, A. M. Feb. 26,
1676, obt. 1704.
(P) Robert Beresford, A. M.
1704, reſig. 1728.
(9) Walter Frank, A.B. Jan.
20, 1728, reſig. 1747.
(r) Cæfar Curtis, A. B. Aug.
25, 1747, reſig. 1750.
Charles Soan, L L. B. in-
ducted Aug. 3, 1750,
obt.
20
Sept. 5, 1755.
Archbiſhop, hac vice. Pierce Dixon, A. B. March
13, 1756, reſig. 1759.
John Pratt, Nov. 3, 1759.
Preſent Vicar.
Roger de Leyborne held it in the 51ſt year of K.
Henry III, in which year he obtained a
to hold in fee all his hereditaments and tene-
ments in gavelkind, in Rainham, Upchurch, and
Hereclop, of the King, by the ſervice of the 4th
part of a knight's fee (t). nohaq art 10 Std
His ſon William de Leyborne had livery of this
manor, among others of his inheritance, in the
2d year of K. Edward I, and died ſeiſed of it
in the 3d year of the next reign of K. Edward
II, leaving his wife Juliana ſurviving,
who held
it in dower (u). She died before the end of that
year, being then ſeiſed of this manor of De la
Gare, held by the ſervice of the fourth part of
one knight's fee, and alſo of 300 acres of marſh
in this pariſh, of the King in capite (v).
$ Their grand-daughter Juliana, daughter of
Thomas de Leyborne, who died in his father's life-
time, became her grandfather's heir, and ſuc-
ceeded to this manor. From her great inheri-
tance, ſhe was uſually ſtyled The Infanta of Kent,
and her three huſbands ſucceſſively became in-
titled to it (w), each of whom however ſhe ſur-
vived, and died without iſſue in the 41ſt year of
K. Edward III, when no one being found who
could make claim to any of her eſtates, this ma-
nor and eſtate in Upchurch eſcheated to the
Crown (x), where it remained till the King, in
his 5oth year, granted it, among other premiſes,
to the abbey of St. Mary Graces on Tower bill
,
then founded by him, whence it was quickly
afterwards demiſed to her Simon de Burley. knt.
for a term of years, which becoming forfeited
by his attainder, K. Richard II, in his 12th
and 22d years, granted and confirmed this ma-
nor to the abbey in pure and perpetual alms for
ever (y).
It remained part of the poſſeſſions of the
above-mentioned monaſtery till the diſſolution
of it in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII, when
it was ſurrendered into the King's hands, toge-
ther with all the lands and revenues belonging
to it, all which were confirmed to the King and
his heirs by the general words of the act, paſſed
the next year for that purpoſe (2).
The manor of Gore did not remain long in the
hands of the Crown, but was ſoon afterwards
granted to Chriſtopher Hales, eſq; the King's At-
UP CHURCH
y un pure and
L.
IES the next pariſh northward from that of
Hartlip, and is ſo named from its high fi-
tuation.
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
this whole pariſh, ſubordinate to which is
THE MANOR OF GORE,
formerly called De la Gare, which is held of it
by a yearly ſuit and ſervice. It is ſituated in a
vale in the ſouth-eaſtern part of this pariſh.
It was in very early times in the poſſeſſion of
a family, who took their name from it (s), after
which it became the property of the Leybornes.
(6) Wills, Prerog. off. Canterbury.
(p) He reſigned this vicarage for that of Goudburſt.
(2) Son of Dr. Frank, Archdeacon of Bedford, he is
Curate of Looſe and of Chatham, and ſenior Minor Canon
of the cathedral of Rocheſter.
(-) See Stockbury above, p. 527.
(s) Lucas de la Gare, a deſcendant of this family, was
returned a Knight of the Shire for this county, anno 25
Edward I. See Prynne's Records, p. 737.
(t) Pat. Rolls, No. 84. This grant was confirmed to
his great-grand-daughter Juliana de Leyborne, anno 14 Ed-
ward II. Pat. Rolls, pt. 1, of that year.
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 13.
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 56. See Leyborne, p. 207.
(w) Sir William de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon, her third
huſband, in the 20th year of K. Edward III, paid reſpective
aid, at the making the Black Prince a Knight, for this ma
nor, as one quarter of a knight's fee, which William de
Leyborne held at Gore of the King in capite.
(x) The inquiſition was taken anno 43 Edward III. See
Rot. Eſch. N. 57.
() Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 944.
(z) See Leyborne, p. 208.
torney-

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543
MILTON HUNDRED.
torney-general and Man
UPCHURCH
and heir Edward Haſted, of Hawley near Dart-
died ſeiſed of it in the 33d year of that reign (b). ford, eſq; Barriſter-at law, whoſe only for and
He left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of heir Edward Hafted, now of Canterbury, eſq; is
John Caunton, Alderman, three daughters his at this time lefſee of it (8).
coheirs, of whom Elizabeth was married to fir Suns 10 20991 t balat
George Sydenham, of the co. of Somerſet, knt. 1897 og OTT ER HA M,
Margaret, to Weft, ſecondly to Dodman, and
or Attrum, is an hamlet ſituated in the weſtern
thirdly to William Horden, of the Weald of Kent,
part of this pariſh, which was formerly accoun-
gent. and Mary, married firſt to Colepeper, and
ted a manor, and had poffeffors of that ſurname,
ſecondly to Arundel. Margaret, the ſecond daugh who however were extinct here before the
ter, inherited this manor, which ſhe entitled her
reign of K. Richard II, for John Peche, Citi .
three huſbands to ſucceſſively. At length it was
zen of London, anno 4 Richard II, died ſeiſed of
alienated by William Horden, her third huſband,
the
manor of Otterham in Upchurch, with its
in the gth year of Q. Eliz. to Mr. Richard Stan-
appurts, in right of Mary his wife, during her
ley(c), who, in the 22d year of that reign, paſſed life-time, the reverſion of it belonging to the
it away by fale to Thomas Wardegar, or Wardacre,
right heirs of Thomas de Alburton, and it was held
as he was commonly called (d), whoſe grandſon of the King, as of the manor of Middleton, by
William, ſon of George Wardegar, fold it, in the divers ſervices, according to the cuſtom of gavel-
17th year of K. James I, to fir Nicholas Tufton, kind; and it was found that William Peche, eſq;
knt, who in the ad year of K. Charles I.'s reign his ſon, was his next heir, and of the age of 21
was created Lord Tufton, of Tufton in the co. of years and upwards (b). How this manor paſſed
Suſſex, and two years afterwards Earl of the Iſand afterwards, I have not found, but at the latter
of Thanet, in this county, and in his deſcendants, end of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, it was in the
Earls of Thanet, this manor has continued down
poffeffion of Mr. Thomas Butts, gent. in later
to the Right Hon. Sackville Tufton, Earl of Tha times it was alienated to Mr. I homas Beſt, of
net, the preſent poffeſſor of it (e).
Chatham, whoſe grandſon Thomas Beſt, of Chiba
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
fon, eſq; is the preſent owner of it (i).
red zgrades
or to
Ħ AM, alias WEST-COURT,
BUSINE?
is a manor in this pariſh, ſituated at a ſmall
is a manor in the northern part of this pariſh,
diſtance weſtward from the church. It ſeems to
ſituated in the hamlet of Ham, which, with an
have been fettled by Archbiſhop Chichele, in the
,
eſtate called Sharpnaſh, alias Sharpneſs, belonged
26th year of K. Henry VI, on the college of All
to the abbey of Boxley in this county, as early as
Souls in Oxford, then founded by him (f), part
the reign of K. John, and in the 33d year of
of the revenues of which it ſtill continues, be-
K. Edward III, the Abbat had a grant for free-
ing at this time the inheritance of the Warden
warren on their manor and eſtate here (ii), which
and Fellows of that college.
continued part of the poſſeſſions of that mona-
There is no Ccurt held for this manor.
ſtery till the diffolution of it the 29th year of
The leſſee of this eſtate, in the reign of Q. K. Henry VIII, when it was, together with all
Elizabeth, was fir Cheney Colepeper, knt. who its revenues ſurrendered into the King's hands,
alienated his intereſt in it to Clement Milway, and was confirmed to him and his heirs, by the
and he paſſed the leaſe of it away to Mr. Wil general words of the act of the 31ſt of that
liam Harding, whoſe deſcendant Mr. John Hard reign.
ing, of London, in 1715, alienated it to Mr. Jo This manor, with the eſtate above-mentioned,
Seph Hafted, of Chatham, gent. and he died pof thus coming to the Crown, was granted in the
feffed of it in 1732, leaving iſſue an only ſon 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, to Thomas
HORSHAM
А м
of this county
(a) He was ſon of Thomas Hales, fecond ſon of Henry, of
Hales-place in Tenterden, whoſe eldeſt fon was anceſtor of
the ſeveral branches of this family feated in different parts
.
(6) Viz. the manor of Gore, with its appurts. and 80
acres of arable land, 30 acres of meadow, 60 acres of paſture,
and 30 acres of wood, in Upchurch, Halfow, Bredgar,
Rainham, Newington, and Hartlip, held of the King by
fealty. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (d) Ibid. pt. 12.
(e) This manor is held of the manor of Milton, by the
deſcription of, A capital meſfuage, with its appurts. and
divers lands, called Gore-court, in Upchurch, at the rent of
203. 8d. and other land there, making together the yearly
rent of 2os. iod.
(f) Henry Chichele, Archbiſhop of Canterbury in the year
1438, founded this College of the Souls of all faithful People
deceaſed, for a warden and 40 fellows, beſides chaplains,
clerks, and choiriſters. Its endowment was valued, in the
26th year of K. Henry VIII, at 3921. 25. 3d. per annum.
It was endowed moſtly from the revenues of the ſuppreſſed
alien priories.
(g) This eſtate conſiſts of upwards of 1000 acres of land,
lying in the ſeveral pariſhes of Upchurch, Halſtow, New-
ington, Hartlip, and Rainham. Part of it is held of the
manor of Milton, by the yearly rent of 21. 198. id. and an-
other part of the manor of Gore, by the yearly rent of 11.
(b) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(i) See Boughton Malherb, above, p. 435. list SNDIA
நா balas
(ii) See Tan. Mon. p. 214.
Grene,

544
of K E N T.
The H I S' TO RY
MILTON HUNDRED.
UPCHURCH. TNM
Greene, gent. to hold in capite by knights fer merly abbey of St.
vice (k). blow
Mary Graces on Tower-bill, to which the manor
He was the natural ſon of fir John Norton, of of Gore in this pariſh likewiſe belonged, as has
Northwood in this county, knt. for which reaſon been already related. This eſtate remained part
he was frequently ſtyled in deeds of that time of the revenues of that monaſtery at its diffolu-
Norton, alias Greene. He died in the 6th year tion in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII,(r) when
of K. Edward VI, being then ſeiſed of the ma it was ſurrendered into the King's hands, with
or of Weft-court, with its appurts. held of the all the lands and poffeffions belonging to it;
King, as of the Dutchy of Buckingham, by knights after which the King, on June 2, in his 32d
ſervice; and the manors of Ham and Sharpnaſh, year granted it to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt.(s) who
and 20 acres of land, 30 acres of paſture, 300 in the next year exchanged it with the King
acres of freſh and ſalt marſh, belonging to again, an act of Parliament having paſſed for
thoſe manors in Upchurch and Halſtow, held of that purpoſe (t). After which it came into the
the King in capite by knights ſervice (?). || poffeffion of for Warham St. Leger, knt. whoſe
He left iſſue by Alice his wife, daughter and daughter Anne carried it in marriage to Thomas
coheir of George Heveningham, two ſons, Norton Diggs, who died ſeiſed of it in the 19th year of
and Robert (m), the eldeſt of whom had livery Q. Elizabeth, then holding it in capite by knights
of theſe manors in the 4th and 5th years of K. ſervice. He was ſucceeded in it by Chriftopber
Philip and Q. Mary (n), and he alienated them || Diggs, gent. whence this marſh had then ac-
to Thomas Alderſey, of Bredgar, gent. in whoſe quired the name of Diggs-marſh, which however
deſcendants the manor of Ham (o) continued till it kept but a very ſmall time afterwards, before
it was at length alienated to Thomas Hous, who it reſumed its old name of Slayhills again; but
paſſed it away to Thomas Skip, whoſe grandſon this eſtate from its expoſed ſituation and the con-
Thomas Skip Bucknal is the preſent poffeffor of tinued force of the tides againſt it, became ſo
the manor of Ham, alias Weſt-court, and its ap expenſive to the owners of it from time to time,
purtenances (P).
Soil
that the walls of it being neglected, it was at
This manor is now held of the Crown, by the length overflowed by the ſea, and though ſeveral
yearly fee-farm rent of 10s.
attempts have been made ſince, fome of which
preſerved it ſafe for a few years, yet upon the
next ſucceeding form of a north-weſt wind
and
Cecilie de Scapeia, with the conſent of William high tide, the walls have again been broken
and Stephen her ſons and heirs, confirmed to the through by the force of it, and it
ce of it, and it now, almoſt
church of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, and the monks the whole of it, remains as a parcel of ſalt
there, in pure and perpetual alms, the rent of 12d. marſh, overflowed by every ſpring tide.
which her father Wilmarus gave them when he
In the 4th year of K. Edward III, the priory
took their order on him, out of her marſh of
of Bilfington in this county was poſſeſſed of a
Upchurch, which was called Grenewothe, to which
marſh in this pariſh (u). nye swolde
was witneſs Robert de Silam, and others ().
ENT STA
Queen Eleanor, wife to K. Edward I, gave
lands in this pariſh to St. Katherine's Hospital The village of Upchurch is ſituated on an hill
near the Tower of London (q).
near the center of the pariſh. The church ſtands
There is a marſh, chiefly within the bounds
adjoining to it, the ſpire of which is, from its
of this pariſh, called Slayhills, which was for-
high ſituation, accounted a ſea-mark.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
PRESENT STATE OF UPCHURCH.
30
() Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 1. (1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(m) Norton Greene, the eldeſt ſon, married Cecilia, daugh-
ter of Chriſtopher Roper, of Linfied, eſq; and ſiſter of John,
created Lord Tenham, by whom he had an only daughter
and heir Mary, wife of Mark Ives, of the co. of Eſſex, knt.
Robert Greene, the ſecond ſon, was of Bobbing in this county,
and married Francis, daughter of Thomas Darell, of Scotney,
eſq; by whom he had three ſons, Thomas, of whom below,
George, and Chriſtopher, who both ſettled in Ireland. Iho-
mas, the eldeſt ſon, was knighted, and by Margaret his
wife, daughter of Thomas Webb, had iſſue four fons, Robert,
Thomas, John, and Chriſtopher.
They bore for their arms-Gules, a croſs potent ermine,
within a bordure of the ad. Pedigree of Norton, in Suffolk
pedigrees, marked Clopton.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1, R. 58. Anno 17
Eliz.
Hilary term, Robert Green levied a fine of the manor of
Ham, as did Norton Green of all his lands; and anno 20
Eliz. a pardon paſſed For Norton Green, for having pur-
chaſed ſundry lands and tenements in Upchurch and Hal-
Rozu, of Robert Green, without licence. Ibid. pt. 3.
(0) What became of the part called Sharpneſs, I know
not, excepting it was the marſh called Harfleet, alias Sharp-
nefs, afterwards called New-marſh, from one Mr. Elfet's
ſtopping up the breach, and new making the walls of it;
but it has long ſince been ſwallowed up by the ſea again.
It lies between Bayford and Burntwick marſhes, and contains
about 500 acres of land.
(p) Reg. Roff. p. 676.
(9) See Rainham, p. 534.
(r) This marſh, as appears by a terrier remaining in the
Augmentation-office, dated June 2, anno 23 Henry VIII,
contained, with its falts, 600 acres, meaſuring from the
middle of the adjoining creeks. Bundle London, 299-316.
(s) Augtn. off. Deeds of Purch. and Exch. box A. 55.
(1) Ibid. box C. 20. It was granted to fir Thomas Wyatt,
by the name of Newington, alias Slayhill marſh, in Halftow
and Upchurch, to hold in capite by knights ſervice. Rot.
Eſch. anno 33 Henry VIII, pt. 6.
(u) Tan. Mon. p. 223.
Claus
4
Edw. III, m. 17.
The

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
545
MILTON HUNDRED.
UPCHURCH.
throughout it.
others,
ON HUNDRED
The land in it is in general poor, having much Two acres of wood in Herft-wood, belonging
gravel, and many fields of furze and broom to Gore-farm, ſituated on the ſouth ſide of the
ſheere-way leading to Newington.
At the weſtern extremity of the pariſh, there
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
is a key, called Attrum or Otterham-key, for the
landing and ſhipping of corn, and the produce
Upchurch is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
of the neighbouring woods, the creek which tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
flows up to it from the river Medway, and that Sittingborne.
river, being the northern boundary of this pa The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
riſh, in which there are many hundred acres of
is a very large, handſome building, conſiſting of
three broad iſles and two chancels; the pews
freſh marſh, and ſalts adjoining to them. In
the ſouthern part of this pariſh is an hamlet, called
for the preſent decreaſed number of inhabitants
Haliwell; and in the ſouth-eaſt part of it there is taking up only a ſmall part of the middle iſle.
In the north chancel there are ſeveral grave.
much wood, moſt of which belongs to the Right
ſtones, all of which are robbed of their braffes,
Hon. the Earl of Thanet.
In the northern part of the pariſh there is a
except one, on which there are two half figures
ſmall common, called Wetham-green, corruptly
of a man and woman, the inſcription torn off.
In the north windows of this chancel there are
for Weſt Ham, having a few houſes round about
it, and a little lower, a hamlet, called Ham,
good remains of painted glaſs, for the moſt part
which reaches almoſt as far as the marſhes.
well preſerved; underneath is a vault, which, by
It ſeems to have been of much more conſe- the circular ſtair-caſe to deſcend into it, ſeems to
have been made uſe of only as a charnel- houſe,
quence, as well for its trade in ſhipping, as in
the number of inhabitants, than it is at preſent ;
having many bones laid up in it. The ſteeple
at the weſt end of the church is very remarkable,
both of which are much diminiſhed from what
being a tower on which is placed a ſquare part
they were formerly, and the latter are, moſt of
them, now in a ſtate of poverty.
of a ſpire for about 10 feet, and on that an
In the return of the ſurvey made of the ſeve-
octagon for the remaining or upper part to the
point of the ſpire at top.
ral places in this county, where there were any
There is an old monument in the wall of the
hipping, boats, or the like, by order of Q.
Elizabeth, in her 8th year, Upchurch is ſaid to
north chancel, garniſhed about with acorns and
oak leaves, which Weever ſays, was, by report,
contain houſes inhabited 40, lacking habitation
3, ſhips and boats 12 ; feven of 1 ton, two of
ſet up over the grave of one Woodokes, entombed
there (vv).
8, one of 9, one of 13, one of 14; and perſons
The church of Upchurch belonged antiently
occupied in carrying from port to port and fiſh-
to the Premonſtratenſian Abbey de Inſula Dei, or
ing 14.
In the 17th year of the ſame reign, on a ſur-
Liſe Dieu, in Normandy, founded by Reginald de
Paveley in 1187, who having lands in this
vey of the manor of Middleton, it was returned,
that there was within it a common arrivage place
county, might probably give this church for the
at Upchurch, called Karters Hythe.
better ſupport of his new foundation (w).
This church appears to have been appropri-
In the 49th year of K. Edward III, Nicholas
Heryng, William Symme, Richard de Blore, and
ated to it very early, for 3 non. Feb. an no 1369,
being the 44th year of K. Edward III, a com-
&c. in the King's marſhes of Slayhill
, Werke, || augmentation of the portion of the perpetual
miſſion was iſſued by Archbiſhop Wittleſeye for the
Worthe, Greneberghe, Daundeleye, and Northmerſbe
Vicar of Uppechirche to the above-mentioned
in the Iſle of Shepeye, and to do what ſhould be
abbey for ſome time appropriated, to five marcs
requiſite concerning them, according to the law for the maintenance of the perpetual Vicar
and cuſtom of this realm (v).
srlı oj bominos bus 2159 Hiomatera
there (x).
boa part c H A RITI e s. r. og
Upon the ſeizing and ſuppreſſing theſe foreign
a tóftatlusda
houſes, this church was, in the 4th year of K.
There is a yearly ſum of 6s. 8d. paid on
Michaelmas-day from the parſonage to the poor
Richard II, given to the hoſpital of St. Kathe-
rine, near the
ar the Tower, towards the founding of a
sad bonolo
chantry for three chaplains in it (y). But this
Ten Thillings from Highfield in Mun-farm. )
ſeems to have been a grant only for a term of
Bread to the value of 10s. payable out of
Stains.farm, is yearly diſtributed to the poor on years, for K. Henry VI, in his 17th year, on the
Maundy Thurſday.
illam mana loogetti on | foundation of All Souls college in Oxford, granted
this church, together with the advowſon of the
og 2 lin lo wolisi (0)
(v) Dugd. Imbank. p. 45. Lo fajit .liga ()
(vv) Weever, p. 280. bid
(x) Ducarel's Rep. p. 31, fron. Reg. Wittlefeye, fol.
(zu) See Tan. Mon. p. 604. This abbey was ſituated on
216, Lambeth. Mff.
70gomvat
the river indell, in the dioceſe of Rouen, where it ſtill fubfifts.
(5) Tan. Mon. p. 311, 604.
for
1 de
sa vearly forme
of this pariſh.
23
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vicarage,

546
MILTON HUNDRED.
obt. 1749
year
fo
1.66
, obl.
The H IS TO RY of K E N T.
UPCHURCH.
College of All Souls. Benjamin Phinnies, Cl. April
vicarage, to that college (z), part of the endow-
ment of which it remains at this time.
1, 1667
Thomas Milway, July 2, 1685.
The parſonage is leaſed out by the college of
(e) Henry Warren.
All Souls for a term of years, to Mr. Packman,
John Saunders, A. M, Dec.
of Upchurch (a); but the advowſon of the vicar-
20, 1708, obt. 1719.
age the college reſerve in their own hands.
James Brent, A. M. July 17,
"In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this church
1719, obt. 1727
was valued at 231. 6s. 8d. then belonging to
Baynton Parſons, A. M. Apr.
the abbey of Lifle Dieu, and the temporalities
10, 1727, obt. 1742.
of that abbey here at 255. 7d. per annum (b),
Archbiſhop, by lapſe. (1) Henry Piers, A. M. Aug.
by which it ſhould ſeem, that it was not di-
II, 1742, reſig. 1746.
veſted of its property here then, though the
College of All Souls. (g) Francis Baker, LL.D.
hoſpital of St. Katherine's held the poſſeſſion
induct. Nov. 11, 1746,
of it.
It is valued in the King's books at 1īl. and
(b) Richard Jacob, A. M.
the yearly tenths at il. 2s.(c)
1749, reſig. 1757.
In the reign of Q. Elizabeth there were 139
Richard Brereton, A.M. Feb.
communicants.
4, 1758, reſig. 1766.
In 1640, it was valued at bol. Communi-
(i)Wolley Leigh Spencer, A.B.
cants 40.
Feb. 12, 1766. Preſent
The Vicar of Upchurch claims to hold of Mil-
Vicar.
ton manor one acre of land at Culvers valley, in
Upchurch, at the yearly rent of 2d.
H A L S T O W
CHURCH OF UP CHURCH.
YES the next pariſh eaſtward from Up-
PATRONS,
church. It is written in ancient deeds Hale-
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
geſtow, and is uſually called Lower Halſtow, from
College of All Souls. (d) Fon Petur, in 1905. its low ſituation, and to diſtinguiſh it from the
William Lutwitche, inducted
pariſh of High Halſtow, in the Hundred of Hoo,
May 9, 1567.
John Lloyde, Sept. 6, 1570,
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
this pariſh, ſubordinate to which is
anoti base
Richard Jones, A. M. May
- THE MANOR
THE MANOR OF BERKESORE,
1, 1590, obt. 1609.
Thomas Long, reſig. 1611.
Door
William Bradenham, A. M.
north-eaſ part of this pariſh. It was given to
Aug. 3, 1611, obt
. 1619.
the monks of the priory of Chriſt Church in Canter.
Hoias Francis Webb, A.M. June
bury, to the finding of a light before the ſhrine
of St. Anſelm there (k), which gift was confirmed
Gayed
12, 1619, obt. 1630.
Chriſtopher Collard, A. M. by K. Henry II, (1) and
II, (I) and by Pope Urban III, in
Nov.20, 1630, reſig. 1639.
the
Enoch Stephens, A.M. April
od Lunch
24, 1639, obt. 1640.is | did Reginald de Clere, certain land bounding to
John Meſſenger, A. M. Feb.
er de Wardun and William de North-
Dass sie
Arus ob
Edward Vaughan, A.M.Nov.
K. Edward II, by his charter, dated July 1436
door
in his roth year, granted and confirmed to the
The Archbiſhop: John Campleſhon, A. M. OA. Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church, that they and
14, 1664.
of their fucceffors for ever ſhould have free-warren
dort na
of navigate to
(z) Tan. Mon. p. 441.
(e) See Reg. Roff. p. 270. sr mottaban relya
. 770
(a) The parſonage conſiſts of a houſe, buildings, yards, (f) Preſented by the Archbiſhop, by lapſe.
&c. 17 acres of arable, 64 of meadow or freſh marſh, and (s) Alſo Vicar of New Romney.
two of falt marſh, being the glebe land of it, and the tythes
(b) Fellow of All Souls college, and before Vicar of Neru
of about 500 acres of arable land in the pariſh of Upchurch,
and is held at the yearly rent of 161. 135. 8d. in money, 16
Romney, which he reſigned as well as this, on being pre-
ſented to the vicarage of Eaſt Malling.
quarters of wheat, and 16 quarters of malt. The
The lefſee
covenants to repair the buildings, and the chancel of the
(i) Fellow of All Souls college.
parish church.
(k) Regift. Chriſt Church, Cant. cart. 80.
(6) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p.41.
(1) Ibid. cart. 81. (m) Ibid, cart. 118.
(6) E&. Theſ. p. 14.
(») Ibid. cart. 81. (0) Ibid. cart. 1601.
(d) Wills, Prerog. off. Canterbury.
in this county
obt. 1590.
north-eaf pared Baler, which is fituated in the
the
3
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wode (o).
30, 1641.
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The HISTORY
547
RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Ε Ν
MILTON HUNDRED.
HALSTOW.
do
water.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
water.
the
w whichi
in all their demeſne lands; which they poſſeſſed At the lower end of Standgate Creek, all veſſels
in Berkefore among other places, at the time of arriving from foreign countries, where the plague
the making of a certain charter, granted to them or any other infectious diſtemper is known to
by his grandfather K. Henry III. (P)
rage, are obliged, by order of the Privy Council
In which ſtate this manor continued till the and the King's proclamation, to perform quaran-
diffolution of the above-mentioned priory, in the tine for a certain time, and for the purpoſe of
ziſt year of K. Henry VIII, when it was, with airing the cargoes of them, there are two large
all the lands and poſſeſſions belonging to it, ſur ſhips, commonly called lazarettos, ſtationed there
rendered into the King's hands, in conſequence conſtantly, on board which the goods and mer-
of the general words of the act paſſed that year chandiſe are removed for that purpoſe ; and a
for this purpoſe, to the uſe of the King and his government cutter attends to ſee this properly
heirs for ever.
obſerved, and to prevent the crews getting on
The manor of Berkefore did not remain long
in the hands of the Crown, for the King ſettled
The creek above this is become ſo ſhallow,
it by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, on
that it is only uſed by the ſmall fiſhing veſſels
his new-erected Dean and Chapter of Canterbury,
belonging to the dredgermen, who live here, and
make
part of whoſe poſſeſſions it now remains.syn
up the principal part of the inhabitants of
T'he family of Darell, of Calehill in this county, this pariſh. It is navigable as high up as the
have for many generations been lefſees of this bridge built over it juft above the church, where
manor under the Dean and Chapter. Sir Robert
there is a wharf belonging to All Souls college,
Darell, knt. held it as ſuch in the 17th year of
which, if in a proper condition, might be made
K. James I, and in his deſcendants it has con of great uſe to the neighbouring country,
tinued down to Henry Darell, of Calebill, efq; the
The high road from Chatham through Gilling-
prefent lefſee of it (q).
ham to the King's Ferry, croſſes this pariſh eaſt-
ward over a branch of the creek, where there is
A Court Baron is regularly held for this manor.
a ford, called The Stray, which is dry at low
The foil of this pariſh is much of it gravel,
The college or free chapel of St. Stephen in
and covered with broom and fürze ; other parts
Weſtminſter was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh.
of it, eſpecially towards the eaft, a very ſtiff clay, ,
The churchwardens of Halſtow claim to hold
notwithſtanding which, there is fome exceeding
of Milton manor, a houſe and garden adjoining
good paſture land in it, though ſmall in pro-
to the church-yard, at the yearly rent of 8d. and
portion to the reſt. The marſhes and ſalts lie on
certain land incloſed there, called The Common,
the north ſide of it. 6.3
at the like rent, and other land there, called
1. It appears by the ſurvey made of the ſeveral
Martins Chapman, at the rent of three farthings. places in this county, where there were any ſhip-
The college of All Souls in Oxford is poſſeſſed
ping, boats, or the like, by order of Q. Eliza-
of much land in this pariſh, belonging to their
beth, in her 8th year, that there were in this
manor of Horſham, of which Edward Hafted, of
pariſh, houſes inhabited 24, ſhips and boats 14,
Canterbury, eſq; is leſſee, who has likewiſe much
nine of 1 ton, one of 4, o one of 5, three of 7;
freehold land interſperſed throughout it.d brie
and perſons occupied in carrying from port to
pub yd.oflebeband Vd Si vo
port and fiſhing 14; and that there was one Keye;
PRESENT STATE OF HALSTOW.
called Halſtow Keye, belonging to All Soulne col-
Halftow is an obfcure pariſh, having little lege.de
worth notice in it. The principal village in it
ofigge CHARITI E S.
CHARIT
to ali
is ſituated round a green in the center of it,
bet min
called Halſtow.green, and there is another at a A meſſuage, garden, and two acres of land,
ſmall diſtance fouthward from that, called Lower in this pariſh, occupied in 1775 by William Jud-
Street. There is a freſh ſtream of water, Jon, at the yearly rent of 51. belongs to the poor
riſes ſouthward of this pariſh, near Newington
of this pariſh.
it
One acre of land in Southfield in Halflow, be-
above-mentioned green, to which the tide flows || longing to Weſt Hide, eſq; in 1775 occupied by
Samuel Buckland, at ios. per annum.
Creek, and about three miles below, that of William Robinſon, of this pariſh, by will, dated
Standgate Creek, a little below which it flows March 26, 1632, gave 2os. in money, and two
into the river Medway at ſome diſtance above buſhels of wheat, to be diſtributed yearly on
St. Thomas's Day for ever.
138 9 BW 119 opet banget som lig mode
whelyed a sto 10 20195
(p) Regift. Chriſt Church, Cant. cart. 134. Tan. Mon. by the name of Baſſer-farm, contain 300 acres of arable,
200 acres of freſh marſh, and 100 acres of falts, which are
(9) The demeſnes of this manor, with the freehold lands let at the rent of 2001. per annum.
of Mr. Darell intermixed, making together the farm known
Ca:herine
Store
which
mil
Sheernefs. bowold som
p. 201.
ad

548
Тbe H IS TO RY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
on it.
Popes(t), and by the Archbiſhops Stephen Langton was
HALSTOW.
Catherine Wootton, of this pariſh, gave by her
and poffeſfions of it, ſurrendered into the King's
hands, to the uſe of him and his heirs for ever.
laſt will, dated on Sept. 22, 1678, 209, to be
diſtributed yearly on Eaſter Monday to the poor
The church of Halſtow, with the vicarage of
of this pariſh for ever.
it, did not remain long in the hands of the
A cottage and two tenements, with a garden, Crown (70),
Crown (w), for the King ſettled it by his dota-
in the lower Street in this pariſh, worth 41. per
tion-charter, in his 33d year, on his new.erected
annum, belong to the poor of it.
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, part of whoſe
poffeffions it now remains, the parſonage being
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
leaſed out by them, for 21 years, to Joſeph
Halftew is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction Brooke, of Rocheſter, but the advowſon of the
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit vicarage they retain in their own hands.
ting borne.
The yearly rent from the parſonage to the
The church, which ſtands cloſe to the creek, Dean and Chapter is 31. 6s. 8d. (x) and the Dean
is dedicated to St. Margaret; it conſiſts of three and Chapter of Canterbury pay yearly to the Arch-
Imall iſles and one chancel, with a low pointed deacon of the dioceſe 5s. for procurations for it.
ſteeple, in which hang five bells, and has no-
The vicarage is a diſcharged living in the
thing remarkable in it.
King's books of the yearly certified value of 401.
The church of Halſtow was part of the antient
the yearly tenths being 16s. 24d. (y)
poffeffions of the priory of Chriſt Church in Can-
In 1642, it was valued at bol. per annum, firſt
terbury, as appears by the inſtrument of Arch-
receipt. Communicants 82.
biſhop Baldwin, who came to the fee of Canter-
Dr. Francis Walwin, Prebendary of Canterbury,
bury in 1184, who, at the preſentation of the
Prior and Convent, granted to his beloved ſon
in 1770, but a ſhort time before his death, paid
into the hands of the Rev. Mr. John Tucker, of
John de London, nephew of the then bleſſed martyr
Thomas, the church of St. Margaret of Halege-
Canterbury, 1ol. to be laid out for the benefit of
ftowa, in perpetual alms; ſaving the penſion of
this vicarage, which has not yet been beſtowed
one marc, which the ſaid John ſhould be bound
to pay to the monks above-mentioned, twice in John White, Vicar of this pariſh in the year
each year (r).
1696, preſented a petition to Archbiſhop Teniſon,
ſetting forth, that he had two vicarage-houſes
Hubert Walter, Archbiſhop, his next ſucceſſor
belonging to his vicarage, one an old uninha-
but one, confirmed this church to the priory,
bited houſe adjoining to the ſea ſide, which
every
and appropriated it to the Prior and Convent of it,
ſpring tide overflowed with ſalt water, and which
for the augmenting and reparation of the books in
the ſeamen and others had in a manner demo-
their library, ſaving a vicarage of five marcs
liſhed, and that the part of it which was then
yearly in it, to the prieſt who ſhould do duty in
ſtanding had been rotted by the ſalt water, info-
it, and who ſhould be inſtituted to it at their
much that it was not only altogether uſeleſs, but
preſentation (s).
Cateod
very likely to become deſtructive to cattle that
This church was afterwards confirmed to the
came often under it for ſhelter ; that the other
above-mentioned Prior and Convent by ſeveral
was a houſe given by two maids, who died there,
and bequeathed it to the Vicar for ever; that
and Boniface, with a ſaving of the penſion of five
it had been recovered by his predeceſſor by due
marcs to the Vicar (u).
courſe of law, and that he himſelf had inhabited
K. Henry III, in his 19th year, granted to it for 20 years. He therefore prayed the Arch-
the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church, the pri. biſhop to grant him
him licence to demoliſh the for-
vilege of a fair at the church of Haloweſto (v). mer, in regard that the vicarage was ſmall, not
In which ſituation this church continued till being worth zol. per annum. To which the Arch-
the diffolution of the priory in the 31ſt year
of biſhop afſented, and granted his licence for that
K. Henry VIII, when it was, with all the lands purpoſe, dated Oct. 29, 1696 (%). Ted To
Danza
(r) Regift. Chriſt Church, Cant. cart. 151. Pope Urban
Thinga aid to brordo cotit
rectory of Halſtow, late
Halftow, late belonging to the late monaſtery of
III, anno 1185, confirmed this church to the priory. Dr.
Chriſt Church, with all its appurts. whatſoever belonging to
Plot ſays, it was mentioned in the book of St. Auftin's mo-
it, and then in the hands of the ſaid Thomas Dyggys, except-
naſtery, that this church was given to Chriſt Church by one
ing all trees, woods, &c. and the advowſon of the vicarage
of the pariſh church, to hold for 21 years, at the
at the yearly rent
(5) Ibid. Regiſt. cart. 157.
of 66s. 80. Inrolments, Augtn. off. s log
(t) Particularly by Pope Honorius and Gregory IX. Regift. (*) In 1734, it was let to the occupier at 261. per annum,
Christ Church, cart. 91, 100.
and it 20 acres of Barkeſore-farm were plowed, which was
See Ducarel's Repertory, p. 16, from the Lam then all grazing land, the rent was to be 281. and if 40
acres or more were to be plowed, 30l. per annum.
(v) Tan. Mon. p. 200.
(1) Ea. Theſ, p. 14.
(w) K. Henry VIII, by his indenture, Dec. 8, in his
(z) See Ducarel's Repertory, p. 15. maritob sh
32d year, demiſed to Thomas Dyggys, of Newington, his
ek
stropers di Diogon gail
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The H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
$49
be
PATRONS,
non
Carmen
US
Dean and Ukul on nii
Tra
NEWINGTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
The ſcite of the old houſe and garden was af when William, Duke of Normandy, afterwards
terwards taken poffeſſion of by a dredgerman, ſurnamed the Conqueror, having obtained the
who converted an old boat on it into a dwelling; crown of England, ſeized on this eſtate, and
fince which a houſe has been rebuilt on it, by then beſtowed it on Albert, his Chaplain, in
a perſon who now claims it as his freehold, and whoſe poffeffion it remained at the time of the
the Vicar has not as yet made any attempt to taking of the general ſurvey of Domeſday, in
difpoffefs him of it.
1080, in which it is thus entered, under the title
od
Terra Alberti Capellani.
CHURCH OF HALSTOW.1903
In dimidio Left de Mildetone
- 24 hs பாலா ovin
In Mildetone Hd
2ི དང༌ རྒྱུས་
or by whom prefented. US Vicars.
Albertus Capellan' ten de rege Newetone. Sidgar
soft,
modo lisi til1
tenuit de regine Eddid. & tc' &mo ſe defd' p. 7.
hon basso 2013
of Canterbury. 1570, obt. 1591.
ſolins & dimid'. Tra'.e...
vasion bor17
William Potier, A. B. March dnio eft ad firma p. 60. Solid. In ipso m’. 10.
DRID
villich'. 48. bord but. 5. car'. Ibi. 12. ac'. pii”.
Wato con il 31, 1591.
5901
bas
&
George Atton, A. B. Feb. 13, 4.
parko da ne bos
dena de filva reddť. 30. pore'. de paſnag'.
obt. 1609.
1595,
Ibi una piſcaria ſerviens Halle. & 2. ſervi. Silvula
it to ysbwala
,
parva ad clauſura'.
royes to blaid yoris John Warde, Jan. 30, 1609,
cik turlz brus seda obt. 1617.
Ad hoc' m' ptin' in Cantuaria civitate. 4. haga.
& 2'. in Roueceſtre quæ reddeb'. 64. denar.
novo noi zuio Inauts William Tonſtall, A.M. Nov.
& de m' Mildentone reddit. in Neuuetone una
is onts 199799b ert 27, 1617, reſig. 1619.
Csuetudo id eft. 28. penfæ Cafeor. & dé 28. Solins de
Sedan så stoi Thomas Parker, A. M. Nov.
Mildentone ptin' in Neuutoné. 10. lib'. & 10. ſol.
eint ou grijg noisd 120. 1619, obt. 1632.
& de alia parte de Novem ſolins de Middeltone ptin'
moris og svig (a) Henry Dering, A.M. July
in Neutone 28. penſa Caſeor. & dimidia. & 58.
12 besi orti gringis: 13, 1632, obt. 1666.
Solid de gablo ex his nove' ſolins. & de bis. g.
eisd 10 brie (6) John White, A.B. Nov. reddebº Sigar ap Mildetone avera”.
+ naise ow si I, 1666, obt. 1706.
De hoc m' ſunt foris. 3. dena. quæ ibi fuer'. T.
8 as botter Ralph Milway, March 11, R. E. ficut hund' teſtificať. Tot mº T.R. E. valeb.
1707, obt. 1759.
40.
lib'. & poft. 36. lib'. modo 34'. lib'. archieps'.
beorge colonna do (c) Thomas Lamprey, jun.
1979.101
inde bť. 6. lib'. & eps'. baioc'. denas' bt. vať.
Jan, 1, 1760. Preſent 40. Jolives entorn
Vicar.
to de ros
De tra huj' m' ten' Goisfrid unu” jugu'. & val.
.
10. fol.
NE W IN G T O N.
Ada fili bubti tant Silvå unde exeunt. 40. den'.
HE next pariſh ſouthward from Halſtow
is Newington, written in Domeſday, Newe-
Which is : In the Half Left of Mildetone,
tone, which certainly took its name from its hav ange er In Mildetone Hundred,
ing been raiſed on the ſcite of ſome more antient
Albert, the (King's) Chaplain (d), holds of the King
town, perhaps built in the time of the Romans, Newetone. Sidgar held it .of Queen Eddid, and
of whom there are many veſtigia in and about
then, and now, it was and is taxed at ſeven ſulings
this place. It has the addition of next Sitting-
and an half. The arable land is
Tbe
borne, to diſtinguiſh it from a pariſh of the
arable land, which was in demeſne, is lét to ferme
ſame name next Hyth in this county. Come on
for 60 ſhillings. In the manor itſelf 10 villeins,
with 48 borderers, bave five carucates. There are
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
12 acres of meadow, and four denns of wood, ſuf-
great part of this pariſh. 619
ficient for the pannåge of 30 bogs. There is one
(SiT H E
MANO Rok 10 na
nero | fiſhery belonging to the Halimote, and two fervants:
bagnanaid
A ſmall coppice for the supporting of the fences.
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, this To this manor there belong in Canterbury four
place was held of Queen Editha, wife of that houſes, and two in Rocheſter, which yield 24 pence.
Prince, by one Sidgar, with whom moſt proba And there is a cuſtom of the manor of Mildentone
bly it continued till after the death of K. Harold, paid in Neuuetone, that is, 28 weight of cheeſe ; and
at the fatal battle of Haſtings, in the year 1060, of 28 ſulings belonging to Mildentone in Neuuetoné,
3.
P. ann.
.
yo
mba
(a) Alfo Vicar of Newington. He was ſequeftered, and
afterwards reſtored. See Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy,
pt: ii, p. 231.
(6) See Ducarel's Repertory, p. 15.
(c) Son of Mr. Thomas Lamprey, Rector of St. Martin's
near Canterbury
ignsla colla
(d) The word Capellanus may be likewiſe interpreted
both Secretary and Chancellor, for theſe offices and that of
the King's Chaplain, were in early times one and the
ſame, being always an ecclefiaftic, and one who had the
care of the King's chapel. See Spelman's Gloffary, verba
Capella and Cancellarius.
enn
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The
550
H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Bilbo
|| con,
,
,
MILTON HUNDRED.
NEWINGTON.
10 pounds and 10 fillings, and of another part of
ſubſidy from all his tenants in the name of his
nine ſulings belonging to Middeltone in Neuutone, 28
palfrey, and among others, of thoſe from Newen-
weight of cheeſe and an half, and 58 ſhillings of rent ton 27s. (8)
from theſe nine ſulings; and of theſe nine ſuling's After which, ſeveral diſputes ariſing between
Sig ar paid average at Mildetone.
the Abbat and Almerie de Lucy, concerning their
Of this manor there are in the foreign three dennes, reſpective poſſeſſions here; they were, about four
which were so in the time of K. Edward the Con years afterwards, amicably ſettled, by the award
felor, as the Hundred witneſſes.
of fir Stephen de Pencheſter, who decreed, that
The whole manor, in the time of K. Edward the the latter ſhould give in exchange to the Abbat
Confeffor, was worth 40 pounds, and afterwards and bis Convent, five marcs, and 2s. annual rent
36 pounds, now 34 pounds. The Archbiſhop bas in money, and other annual profits, as in rents,
from thence fix pounds, and the Biſhop of Baieux bas
three dennes worth 40 ſhillings.
the tenements, tenants, and holdings therein
Of the land of this manor Goisfrid de Ros holds mentioned, or not mentioned, wherefoever fi-
one yoke, and it is worth 10 ſhillings.
tuated within the Hundreds of Middleton, Marden,
Adam, ſon of Hubert, holds as much wood as
produces 40 pence per annum.
days, which the Prior of Ledes, and all the other
Some time after the taking of the above-men-
tenants of them, owed to his lawday of Nerven-
tioned ſurvey, the manor of Newington became
to, for the tenements which they held of them
part of the poffeffions of a priory founded in this
in thoſe Hundreds, to hold to them, and their ſuc.
pariſh, the nuns of which held it as one ſuling,
ceffors, in free, pure, and perpetual alms for ever.
of the King, of his manor of Middleton ; but
In conſideration of which, he decreed, that the
the Prioreſs having been ſtrangled in her bed(e),
Abbat and Convent ſhould releaſe, in exchange,
the King ſeized on this manor, and kept it in his
the two parts of rents and cheeſe belonging to this
own hands, and removed the remaining nuns to
manor, which had been formerly given to them
the Ife of Shepey. After which K. Henry II, by
in alms by the King, then reigning, who had at
the perſuaſions of Archbiſhop Thomas Becket,
that time divided the rents and cheeſe of this
placed in their room here ſeven prieſts as ſecular
manor into ſeven parts, which two parts, as
canons,
and
gave
them the whole of the manor ;
above-mentioned, were then valued at 41. 8s.
and as a further increaſe of their maintenance,
Id. to the ſaid Almerie de Lucy and his heirs
28 weight of cheeſe from his manor of Middleton.
for ever.
To which award both parties agreed,
After which, one of theſe canons having been
and ſubmitted accordingly (b).
murdered, four of his brethren were found guilty
In the iter of H. de Stanton, and his fociates,
of the crime, and the two others acquitted.
Juſtices Itinerant, anno 7 K. Edward II, the Ab-
Theſe laſt, with the King's licence, gave their
bat of St. Auguſtine’s was ſummoned by quo war-
portions or ſhares of the manor of Newington to
ranto to ſhew why he claimed ſundry liberties,
the Abbat of St. Auguſtine's near Canterbury; and
therein mentioned (i), in the manor of Newyng-
the other five parts of it, being ſeized into the ton, among others; and likewiſe view of frank-
King's hands, remained there till he granted pledge, and all belonging to it in this manor,
them to Richard de Lucy, his Chief Juſtice, by
and aflize of bread and ale, and the holding of
which means this manor became divided; two pleas for the ſpilling of blood in the ſaid manor
parts of it remaining with the Abbat of St. Au-
of the men which were without the bounds of
guſtine, as one manor ; and the other five parts the Hundred of Middilton. And the Abbat pleaded,
with the family of Lucy, as another ſeparate
that the liberties therein mentioned in this ma-
manor (f), which from their continuing in the nor, among others (k), were granted by K. Ed.
poſſeſſion of it, acquired afterwards the name
ward I, and that K. Edward II, having inſpected
of Lucies, as will be further mentioned below. the charter of his grandfather K. Henry III, in
In the year 1274, being the 3d of K. Edward which it is recited, that he having inſpected the
1, the Abbat of St. Auguſtine’s, Nicholas de Spina, charter of K. John his father, in which he by
it being the year after his election, received a his charter granted and confirmed to the Abbat
(e) This deed was perpetrated moſt probably by one of
the nuns, who afterwards dragged her body to a well near
the nunnery, called from thence Nunpit-well. This well
is about a mile weſtward from the church of Newington,
in the road from the parſonage to Breach, and is now called
Lubeck-well.
(f) Decem. Script. col. 1931, Chron. W. Thorne.
Regiſt. Mon. Sci Aug. cart. 136.
(8) Decem. Script. col. 1922. Pat. 4 Edw. 1, m. 33
dorſo. De Ten Abb. Sci Aug. in Newton juxta Sittingborne.
See Tan, Mon. p. 205.
(5) Decem. Script. col. 1927. Regiſt. Sci Aug. cart. 136
(i) Viz. foke and fake, grithbrech, homſocknes, forſtall,
infongenethef, femenefremes, tolles and theames by land
and by water, and cattle called weife, in this manor among
others, together with other liberties granted in general
throughout the poſſeſſions of this monaſtery, which are
therefore not particularly named here.
(k) Viz. foke and fake, grithbreches, hamſoken, fore-
ftalles, infangenethef, flemenefermes of his own proper men,
and tolles and theames by land and by water, &c. in this
manor among others. ,
,
and

The H IS TO RY of τ Κ Ε Ν Τ.
551
NEWINGTON.
En of the
MILTON HUNDRED.
and Convent of St. Auguſtine, in pure and perpetual thoſe which have been already mentioned
alms, others of the ſaid liberties (1)--granted and above, he confirmed the liberties which the
confirmed, for him and his heirs, the ſaid char Abbats and Convent of St. Augufline had en-
ters of K. Henry and K. John to the Abbat and joyed time out of mind in this manor, of the
Convent, and their ſucceſſors; by the tenor of chattels of their men condemned and fugitive,
which charters, ſo granted as aforeſaid, he the ſaid with year and waſte, and cattle called weif,
Abbat claimed all the before-mentioned liberties, aſſize of bread and ale, and the holding of pleas
together with the view as aforeſaid.
for the ſpilling of blood within it of the men
And the Abbat pleaded further, that the char who were without the bounds of the Hundred of
ter of K. Edward I. had been allowed in the laſt Middelton (n).
iter of John de Berewick, and his fociates, Juſtices The manor of Newington remained part of the
ent to
Itinerant in this county. zid yd
poffeffions of the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine till
bonAnd as to year, and waſte,
r, and waſte, and cattle called its final diffolution; which happened on July 30;
weif, in this manor among others, and aſſize of in the zoth year of K. Henry VIII, when this
bread and ale, and the holding of pleas of great abbey, with all its revenues; was ſurren-
the ſpilling of blood in it of the men which were dered into the King's hands by John Eſſex, the
without the bounds of the Hundred of Middleton, Abbat, and 30 more members of it (o).
that the ſame were all allowed in the ſaid iter of
The manor of Newington coming thus into the
F. de Berewick, &c. as above-mentioned. hands of the Crown, remained part of the royal
All which K. Edward II, by his charter, dated revenue till the death of K. Charles I, in 1648.
at Dover on May 22, in his 6th year, fully con After which the powers then in being; having
firmed to the Abbat and Convent and their ſuc-
ſeized on the poffeßons of the Crown, paſſed an
ceſfors; and every part of the ſame was allowed ordinance on July 16th following to veſt them
in the 7th year of K. Edward II, before Henry in truſtees, in order to their being immediately
de Stanton, and his fociates, Juſtices Itinerant, as ſold to ſupply the neceſſities of the ſtate. In
above-mentioned (mm).
purſuance of which, there was ſoon afterwards
K. Edward III, by his charter of inſpeximus, a ſurvey taken of this manor, by which it ap-
dated at Canterbury on May 12, in his 36th year, pears, That the quit-rents due to the Lords there-
confirmed to the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine all
of from the freeholders within the town or bo.
the manors and poſſeſſions given to it by former rough of Newington, holding in free focage te-
Kings, and at the ſame time confirmed to them, nure, was 6l. 145. 61d.
by the like charter of inſpeximus, the ſeveral The ſame from the freeholders of the borough
grants
of liberties, and confirmations made by of Otham, within the pariſh of Clapham, in like
the ſeveral Kings his predeceffors; and among tenure, 21. gs. 9 d.
(1) Thefe liberties being granted in general throughout
Theſe are the cuſtoms and land which belong to the
all the poſſeſſions of this monaſtery, are not here particu-
• church of Newentune ; ſeven ſulings of land, ſeven dennes
larly named
" in the wood called The Weald,-one fiſhery called Were,
(m) Decem. Script. col. 2015 et ſeq.
*6 in the place called Bedinge, 28 weight of cheeſe of the
(n) Ibid. col. 2123 to 2138. In this charter of con manor of Middleton,-and 28 weight of cheeſe of Shepey;
firmation is recited, a charter granted to the Abbat and
“ and of Binney, -24 pence, is é. the fent of the lands of
Convent of St. Auguſtine by William the Conqueror, of eight
“ ſeven ſulings of the church of St. Sexburg in Shepey, due
Prebends in Nyewynton, and all the lands belonging to
yearly to the ſaid church,-10 ſhillings from the church
them freely and quietly, with all cuſtoms as the county of
*6 called Marden belong to it,-two manfions likewiſe in Ro-
Kent, witneſſed before Archbiſhop Lanfranc, and Eudo his
« chefter belong to it, which pay two ſhillings-three man-
“ fions alſo in the city of Canterbury, in the weſtern part
he willed that they ſhould poſſeſs them for ever, in as am-
" of Efbregg, and of the church which is there; pay 30
ple a manner as their anceſtors ever held them. What pof-
pence, fix carriages from The Weald, called Gavelwode,
* -the men of The Weald alſo provide one houſe called
ſeſſions theſe were, I can no where find; Thorn mentions
them in Dec. Script. col. 1788, and again col. 1796, where
" Sumerhas, or in lieu 20 ſhillings,-in the ſaid church
he ſays, K. Henry I, anno 1102, confirmed the gift of
to there are 28 parts, eight of them are the Archbiſhop's
his father William I, of the eight Prebends of Newenton.
" and the Church of Cbrift, four St. Auguftine's, 16 belong-
By the Conqueror's charter, theſe Prebends appear to have
ing to thoſe, who officiate in the ſaid church. Britmund
belonged before his time to the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine,
“ held the part of the Archbiſhop, and paid a yearly rent to
and to have been wreſted from it, and again reſtored at the
“ him for it; Leofrine, uncle to Britmund, held the Abbat's
famous aſſembly held at Pinenden-heath in 1076. What
part, and paid for it 41. in the church of St. Martin's at
became of them afterwards, I know not, except they were
" Dover ; Chriſt Church and the Archbiſhop have in poſlef-
blended with the manor of Newington, after the Abbat and
“ fion four parts, and the Abbat two."
Convent became poffeffed of it, for I have never met with
(6) Decem. Script. col. 2293. K. Henry VIII, June
any mention of them, except as above. Indeed, by an an-
20, in his 37th year, granted the office of Bailiff or Col-
tient dateleſs cuſtumal of the manor or church of Newing-
lector of his manor of Newington, among others, lately be-
ton, as it is there called, tranſcribed amorg Dr. Plot's ma-
longing to the monaſtery of St. Auguftine near the walls of
nuſcript papers, it appears formerly to have been of a very
the city of Canterbury, lately diffolved, to Mathew Lambe,
conſiderable account, and might well contain theſe Pre-
gent, for the term of his natural life. Augtn.of. Inrolm.
bends as parcel of it. It is as follows:
The

The
552
H I STORY of 3 K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
20
91
the
re his mother's
Sbepey, o
wife Mary, only a
was likewiſe Recorder of
NEWINGTON.
The fame from the freeholders of the borough
manor,
with the fee-farm rents belonging to it,
of Bedmanton, in the pariſh of Wormbill, in like
among others (s).
tenure, il. 145. od.
.
On April 7, 1700, he gave up the ſeals, and
The ſame from the freeholders of the borough
continued unemployed as an officer of ſtate till
of Wyarton, in the pariſh of Boughton Monchelſea,
Q. Anne, in her 8th year, anno 1708, appointed
him Preſident of the Council, in which office,
in like tenure, il. 1os. O d.
however, he continued only two years; ſoon
The ſame from the freeholders of Weſt Far-
leigh, in the like tenure, ol. 16s, id.
after which, growing infirm in his health, he
The fame from certain freeholders in the bo. gradually decayed, till being ſeized with an
rough of Minſter and Layſdown, in the Iſe of apoplective fit, he deceaſed on April 26, 1716.
He died unmarried, leaving the greateſt part
.
The ſame from Mr. Alderſey, of the pariſh of
of his eſtates by his laſt will to his nephew,
Bredgate, and from Mr. John Allen, of Stock James Cocks, of the co. of Worcefter, efq; fon and
bury, in free focage tenure, ol. 158. 4d., ada ni
heir of Mary his eldeſt fifter (t), by Charles Cocks,
of that city, gent. (u) at bas gis bas brand
The Court Baron and Court Leets, fines and
amerciaments of courts, iſſues, poſt-fines, fines
James Cocks, eſq; above-mentioned, becoming
upon deſcent and alienation, &c. were 50s. coibs
thus poffeffed of this manor, died ſeiſed of it on
annis. Total 161. 185.9{d. do ronsell
May 26, 1750, having repreſented the borough
of Ryegate in eight ſucceſſive Parliaments, he
There was a Court Leet and Court Baron held.
left iſſue by Anne his wife
, one of the daughters
The relief paid by the tenants was one half of the Lord Berkeley of Stratton, one ſon James
of the quit-rent (P).
Cocks, eſq; born in 1739, but a ſmall time be-
Soon after which this manor was ſold by fore mother's death, who was an officer in
ſtate to Mr. John Brown (9), with whom it re the army,
and was
, as ſlain in the unfortunate ex-
mained till the reſtoration of K. Charles II, pedition againſt St. Cas, in France, in 1759.
when it again became part of the revenues of He died at the age of 19, unmarried, ſo that
the Crown, where it ſeems to have remained till
this manor, among the reſt of his eſtates, de-
the oth year of K. William III, anno 1697, volved on his father's
younger brother, John
when the King having raiſed fir John Somers, knt. Cocks, of Caftleditch in the co. of Hereford, el?
and Keeper of the Great Seal, to the office of which eſtate he was poffeffed of, in right of his
buyer
Lord High Chancellor on April 22d that year,
and to the dignity of a Baron of this realm, by Thomas Cocks, of that plac
place, Clerk, as he was
the title of Lord Somers, Baron of Eveſham in the likewiſe of Dumbleton in the county of Glouceſter,
co. of Worceſter (r), made him a grant, for the on failure of the iſſue of fir Robert Cocks, of Dum-
son
2971
bleton, bart. He died in 1771, leaving iſſue by
ſupport of thoſe honors and dignities, of this
(o) Parl. Survey, Augtn. off.
14, 1701, impeached by the Houſe of Commons of high
Wodos
(2) Rolls of Particulars, H. 21.
crimes and miſdemeanors ; but upon a differ
upon a difference which
aroſe between the two Houſes of Parliament, he was ac-
(r) This illuſtrious ſtateſman, whoſe excellent under-
ſtanding, and extraordinary knowledge, not only in his own
quitted by the Lords, without any further proſecution.
profeſſion, in which he uſed unwearied application, but in
During his retirement, he was choſen Preſident of the
all uſeful and polite learning, raiſed him to the high office
Royal Society, of which he had long been a Member, and
and dignity above-mentioned, was born in 1652, of re-
Glouceſter. He publiſhed in his
putable parents, at Worceſter, where his father followed the
youth, as well as afterwards, ſeveral poems and pieces on
profeſſion of the law. Having been a member of Trinity
political ſubjects, which, the latter eſpecially, were univer-
college, Oxford, where he acquired an elegant taſte of the
ſally eſteemed, and remain as laſting monuments of his fine
parts and unſullied virtue. See Life of Lord Somers, Biog.
claſſics and polite literature, he ſerved his clerkſhip to fir
Brit. vol. vi, p. 3744 et ſeq.
Francis Winnington, Sollicitor-general to K. Charles II,
He bore for his arms-Vert, a feſs dancette ermine.
and was afterwards of the Middle Temple, in which fociety
etallo
he was called to the bar. In the exerciſe of his profeſſion,
(s) Biog. Brit. vol. vi, p. 3750. Beſides this manor, he
he uſed all his endeavours to promote the excluſion of the had a grant of the fee-farms iſſuing from the ſeveral manors
Duke of York, and after his acceſſion to the crown, uni-
and eſtates in this county as follows, viz. Elvenden manor,
formly continued to oppoſe all the court meaſures, and
Crockenbill manor, Hildens and Hilden-houſe, Gildenhill ma-
concerted means with thoſe who brought the Prince of nor, Peckmanfton manor, Selfid manor, Tonge manor, Wat-
Orange over, upon whoſe arrival in England he was choſen ling manor, Oldcourt manor, Warden-down paſture in Do-
Repreſentative for Worceſter, in the Convention which then ver, Gillingham manor and ſcite, and Baily zvick rents in
met. In May 1685, he was made Sollicitor-general, and Wingham; amounting together to the yearly fum of 461.
knighted, and in May 1692, Attorney-general, and in the
March following, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and ſworn (t) His ſecond fifter married fir Foseph Jekyll, knt. Maſter
of the Privy Council. In 1695, he was conſtituted one of of the Rolls.
the Lords Juſtices of the kingdom, during the King's ab-
(u) He had by her likewiſe another ſon John Cocks, efq;
fence abroad, as he was every year afterwards, as long as
and two daughters, Margaret, married in 1719, to Philip
he held the Great Seal; and in 1697, Lord Chancellor, and
Hardwick, eſq; afterwards Earl of Hard-wick, and Lord
& Baron of this realm, as above-mentioned. In all which
High Chancellor, and Mary, married to lar Nicholas Wil-
offices he carried himſelf with integrity, and unwearied di-
liams, bart.
ligence. After his giving up the feals, he was, on April
155. 5įd.
his

The H I S T OR YO of K E N T. 553
NEWINGTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
his wife above-mentioned, who died in 1778, Windfor. Among other acts of piety, as they
two ſons, Charles, who ſucceeded him both at were then eſteemed, he founded and liberally
Caftleditch and Dumbleton (v), and in this manor, endowed the abbey of Leſnes, at Erith in this
and Richard Cocks, of the co. of Hereford, efq; county (2), and having taken upon himſelf the
Charles Cocks, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded habit of a religious there, he died on Jan. 14,
his father in the manor of Newington. He wa anno 26 of that reign (a). beib
created a Baronet by letters patent, dated Sept. After which, according to the account given
19, 1772, is Member in the preſent Parliament in the Regiſter of St. Auguſtine's monaſtery, the
for Ryegate in the co. of Surry, and reſides at manor of Lucies deſcended to Godfrey de Lucy;
Bruckmans near Hatfield in the co. of Herts, for Biſhop of Wincheſter, his fon (b), and after his
merly the ſeat of the Lord Chancellor Somers. death, which happened in 1204, it deſcended
He married, firſt, Elizabeth, third fiſter of in equal moieties to Royce de Dover, and Maud de
Edward Eliot, of Port Eliot in the co. of Corn Lucy, his ſiſters; the latter of whom
gave
her
part
wall, eſq; by whom he has iſſue a ſon John Somers, to her ſon Richard de Ripariis, or Rivers, whole
born in 1760, and two daughters; fecondly, in deſcendants afterwards poſſeſſed it; and the for-
1772, Anne, fiſter of Reginald Pole Carew (2), mer gave hers (which ſeems to have compre-
by whom he has iſſue two ſons, Philip and James, hended the manor itſelf,) to her kinſman Geffry
and a daughter Anna-Maria (x).
de Lucy, each holding their reſpective parts of
od 196ta ait
or dguoda od the manor of Middleton, or Milton, by the yearly
DOATWOMANOR OF
LUCIE S.
rents of 22 d. (c)
dsid ไหน IV yang
It has been already mentioned above, in the What kindred Geoffry de Lucy was of to Royce
account of the manor of Newington, that in the de Dover, I cannot find, but it appears that he
reign of K. Henry II, five parts out of feven of died poffeſfed of this manor, and was ſucceeded
it had efcheated to the Crown, and were given by his ſon Amery de Lucy, who was with K.
by the King to Richard de Lucy, his Chief Juſ Richard I. at the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine, and
tice, and being afterwards accounted a ſeparate in memory of ſome ſignal ſervice performed in
manor, acquired from him and his deſcendants the the holy war, added the croſs-croflets to his pa-
name of Lucies, which it retains at this time (y). ternal coat, which before was only three fiſhes,
He was a man much in that Prince's eſteem, lucii or pike-fil), in alluſion to their name (d).
as well for his prudence and juſt diſtribution of His deſcendant Almerie de Lucy poffeffed this
the laws, as for his piety, being not only Chief manor at the latter end of K. Henry III.'s reign,
Juſtice, but the King's Lieutenant of the realm and in the beginning of the next of K. Edward
during his abſence, and Sheriff of this county, 1, in the 7th year of which, the great diſputes
and of the counties of Ellex and Hertford, a
and which had ſubfifted between him and the Abbat
Conſtable of the Tower of London and caſtle of of St. Auguſtine's were adjuſted by mutual con-
to most bra
wir bus
H 260d 30
(v) The family of Cock, or Cocks, was originally feated
other lands, to be ſettled by the ſame uſes, and for other
in this county, the manſion where they reſided being called
purpoſes. He bears for his arms-Sable, a chevron between
from them Cock-ball
. They afterwards removed into the co. 3 fags attires, fixed to the ſcalps, argent, quartered with-
of Glouceſter, in which they were poſſeſſed of lands in the
Somers, vert, a feſs dancette, ermine.
reign of K. Henry VIII, ſoon after which they divided into
(v) See above, p. 550.
two branches, of which the eldef ſettled in the co. of Hereford,
(z) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 190, 199. Dugd. Bar.
vol. i, p. 563
and became poſſeſſed of Caſtleditch in that county, where
they reſided, till at length the Rev. Mr. Thomas Cocks leav-
(a) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 563.
ing an only daughter and heir Mary, the carried it in mar-
(6) The pedigrees of this family make Richard de Lucy
riage to John Cocks, of the co. of Worceſter, eſq; defcended
to have had by Royce his wife two fons, Geffrie; who left a
originally of the ſame family, as has been already mentioned
ſon Richard, who died without iſſue; and Herbert, who died
above. The younger branch remained in the co. of Glouceſter;
himſelf without iſſue ; and two daughters, Maud, married
of which Richard Cocks became poſſeſſed of Dumbleton in that
firſt to Walter Fitz-Robert, anceſtor of the family of Fitz-
county, where he reſided, and was created a Baronet on
Walter, and ſecondly to Richard de Ripariis or Rivers;
Feb. 14, 1661, and ſerved the office of Sheriff of that
and Royce, married to Fulbert de Dover, by whom ſhe had
iſſue Robert de Dover, whoſe daughter and heir Royce mar-
county in 1665 ; his ſon Richard dying in his life-time,
für Richard Cocks, bart. his grandſon, ſucceeded him in
ried Richard, ſon of Roger de Chilham, and ſecondly, Rich-
1684. He died without iſſue, on which the title and eſtate ard le Fitzray, natural fon of K. John, afterwards called
came to his brother the Rev. for Robert Cocks, bart. D.D. the Richard de Dover, by whom ſhe had a ſon Richard, who
iſſue of whoſe ſon for Robert Cocks, bart. failing, on his died without iſſue, and a daughter Iſabell, married to David
death in 1760, Dumbleton, with the reſt of his eſtates, came, de Strabolgie, Earl of Atbol, and ſecondly to Alexander
by the entail made by his uncle fir Richard Cocks, who died Baliol. Notwithſtanding which omiffion of the name of
in 1684, to John Cocks, of Caftleditch, eſq; father of far Godfrey de Lucy, as one of the fons of Richard, Chief Juſtice
Charles Cocks, bart, as above-mentioned.
of England, it appears by the above Regiſter of St. Auguf-
Tortoint bus
(w) She is of confanguinity to Archbiſizop Chichele. See tine's, as well as from other circumſtances, that he was
Stem. Chich. No. 4-489-491.
certainly his ſon. He ſucceeded to the biſhopric of Wina
0:50
(x) Anno 13 George III, an act paſſed for veſting feve chefer in 1189. See Dugd. Bar. vol. i. p, 562. Morant's
ral fee-farm and other rents, parts of the ſettled eſtates of Hiſt. of Eſſex, vol. I, p. 128. Weever, p. 337. os bons
for Charles Cocks, bart, in truſtees, to be fold, and for lay (c) Regik. Mon. Sci Aug. Cant. cart. 379.1 down
ing out the money ariſing by ſuch ſale in the purchaſe of (d) Philipott, p. 248.
26. VOL. II.
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) ring - If
NEWINGTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
fent, by the award of ſir Stephen de Pencheſter, who ſon and heir of Thomas Vaux, eſq; by Maud, the
decreed an exchange of certain parts of their poſ other ſiſter and coheir of fir William Lucy, above-
ſeſſions here between them, as has been already
mentioned. (1) afina la base
della
more fully related above, to which both parties Lady Elizabeth Corbet, in the 8th year of K.
Edward IV, married John Tiptoft, Earl of Wor-
Geffry de Lucy died ſeiſed of this manor in ceſter, who being a firm friend to the Houſe of
the 12th year of that reign (f), and one of that York, was, on the reſtoration of K. Henry VI,
name, together with Almerie and Thomas de Lucy, adjudged to ſuffer death in the zıſt year of that
his two brothers, were engaged with K. Edward reign, being beheaded on Tower-bill, and his
1. at the ſiege of Carlaverock in Scotland, in the body buried in the Black Friars in London (n).
28th year of his reign, and then received the He left a fon by her, who was but little more
honor of knighthood (3).
than two years old at his death, who was after-
A deſcendant of one of theſe, Geffry de Lucy, wards reſtored in blood by K. Edward IV, and
had a grant of free-warren for his lands in New died without iſſue on Aug. 12, anno 3 Richard
ington, among others in different counties, in III. Elizabeth, widow of John, Earl of Wor-
the 6th year of K. Edward III, (b) in the 20th cefter, after his death remarried with fir William
year of which reign he died feiſed of this ma Stanley, of Holt-caſtle in the co. of Denbigh, Knight
nor(i). Sir Walter de Lucy, knt, had a confirm of the Garter, ſecond ſon of Thomas, Lord Stanley,
ation of that charter in the 27th year of K. who, though he was, as well as his elder bro-
Henry VI, in which year he died ſeiſed of it(k), ther, very inftrumental in ſetting the crown' on
leaving by Eleanor his wife, daughter and coheir the head of K. Henry VII, yet on pretence of his
of fir Warin Archdecne, knt. by Elizabeth, daugh having engaged in the conſpiracy of Perkin War-
ter and coheir of fir John Talbot, knt. one ſon beck, he was, notwithſtanding his former ſervices,
William, and two daughters, Alianore, married beheaded on Feb. 6, in the roth year of that
to Thomas Hopton, and Maud, to Thomas Vaux, reign, leaving Elizabeth his widow ſurviving, by
of the co. of Northampton, eſq; (1)
whom he had no iſſue (0). She did not furvive
Sir William Lucy, knt. the fon, poſſeſſed this hiin many years, for the deceaſed on June 3, in
manor on his father's death, and died without the 14th year of it, being then feiſed, as appears
iſſue, leaving Margaret his wife ſurviving, who by the inquiſition taken after her death, of a
died feiſed of it in the 6th year of K. Edward moiety of the manor of Newington Lucies, two
IV, (m) upon which this manor became divided meſſuages, and one acre of land, with their
ap-
into moieties, one of which became veſted in Eli purts. held of the King by the ſervice of the
zabeth, widow of fir Robert Corbet, of the co. of eighth part of one knight's fee ().Js ir grusub
Salop, knt. only daughter and, on her brother Upon her death without iſſue, ber moiety of
William's death without iſſue, ſole heir of Alianore, this manor came to fir Nicholas Vaux, knt.fo
ſon
wife of Thomas Hopton, eſq; above-mentioned, and heir of William and grandſon of Thomas
and eldeſt ſiſter and coheir of fir William Lucy, Vaux, by Maud, the other daughter and coheir
her brother. The other moiety became veſted in of fir William Lucy, who being owner of the other
fir William Vaux, of the co. of Northampton, knt. moiety before, became now as her heir and next
sto god sasluitw osta aoo! IN V yu9H A 10 sgis
(e) See above, p. 550. etodid
Toilov 992
tive offices on him. He had been bred a ſtudent of Baliol
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
college in Oxford, and attained to a very high degree of
(8) Philipott, p. 248. 2 i lov 7 langu)
learning. He went to Ferufalem, and made his abode there
(5) Rot. Cart, ejus an. N. 35.
20 costulbs 91T ()
for ſome time, thence travelling into other countries, he
(i) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
well sarodd bed gvál od
paſſed into Italy, and viſited Venice and Padua, and after-
(k) Philipott, p. 248. trortive bib or wts
(1) Morant's Eſſex, vol. I, p. 340, vol. ii, p. 109. library; at Rome he made ſo elegant an oration before Pope
(m) Rot. Efch. ejus an. The arms of the Lucys were Pius 11, as drew tears from the Pontif's eyes. He tranf-
formerly painted in the windows of this church-Gules, ſemee lated ſeveral Latin books into Engliſh, and wrote other
of croflets, 3 lucies hauriant or ; and again, Lucy, the ſame learned tracts. See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 40.
coat, without the femee of croſs-croplets, being their original (o) Sir William Stanley was likewiſe of Ridley in Cheſhire.
bearing. The former arms are likewiſe remaining on the
roof of the cloyſters of Canterbury cathedral, as they were that youth (meaning Perkin Warbeck) was the real Duke of
formerly in the windows of Goodneſtone church near Wing York, he would never draw his ſword againſt him. But his
ham. Lola
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greateſt crime, in the eyes of that avaricious and jealous
(n) John Tiptoft, Earl of Worceſter, was ſon of fir John monarch, was thought to be his great wealth. His elder
Tiptoft, by Joyce his wife, daughter and coheir of fir Edward brother Thomas, Lord Stanley, Knight of the Garter, mar-
Charlton, knt. Lord Powis, who, by reaſon of that marriage ried Margaret, widow of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond,
had, in 20 Henry VI, fummons to Parliament among the and mother to K. Henry VII, and for his great ſervices in
Barons of this realm, by the title of Lord Tiptoft and Powis. advancing that Prince to the crown, was, in the ift year
He died the next year, leaving John his ſon and heir 16 of his reign, advanced to the dignity of Earl of Derby, and
years of age, who on July 16, anno 27 Henry VI, was ad was anceſtor of the preſent Right Hon. the Earl of Derby.
vanced to the title of Earl of Worceſter. He was much in
Coll. Peer. vol. ii, p. 445 et ſeq.
favor with that King, who conferred many high and lucra (P) Inquiſ. poft mort.
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The HISTORY of 2 K E N T. 555
NEWINGTON,
MILTON HUNDRED,
of kin poſſeſſed of the entire manor of Newing Sir Chriſtopher Kenn became poffeffed of this
ton Lucies (9).
manor in his wife's right, and with her, in the
Having been a great affertor of the cauſe of 22d year of Q. Elizabeth, levied a fine of it;
the Houſe of Lancaſter, he received many marks foon after which, they paſſed it away to Sead,
of favor from K. Henry VII, and was by K. from which name it was ſold, in the reign
of K. James I, to Oſborne, and thence again
to the dignity of a Baron of this realm, by the to James Pagitt, of the county of Northampton,
title of Lord Vaux, Baron of Harrowden in the eſq:(u) whoſe grandſon Juſtinian Pagitt, of Grays
co. of Northampton. He died in the month of
Inn, esq; (u) together with Thomas Bedford,
June following, and was ſucceeded in this eſtate of Doctors Commons, gent. by their indenture,
by his eldeſt ſon Thomas, Lord Vaux (r), who dated June 5, in the 32d year of K. Charles
about the 27th year of that reign ſold this ma II, anno 1680, in conſideration of the ſum of
nor of Newington Lucies, with the King's li 4901. alienated it, by the name of the manor
cence (s), to certain truſtees, who paſſed it away of Newington, alias 'Newington Lucies, with all
by fale to fir Roger Cholmeley, knt. Sergeant-at meſſuages, lands, &c. belonging to it, and
law, and Recorder of the city of London, after all its rights and appurtenances in this and
wards, anno 6 Edward VI, Chief Juſtice of the other pariſhes (v), to Roger Jacſon, of St. Mar-
King's Bench (t), ſoon after which time he died, tin's in the Fields in the county of Middle
leaving two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, firſt ſex, gent. from which name, at the latter end
married to Leonard Beckwith, of Selby in the co. of Q. Anne's reign, it was ſold to Pember-
of York, by whom ſhe had a ſon Roger, and two ton, whoſe defcendant Henry Pemberton, M. D.
daughters, Elizabeth, married to William Vava Fellow of the Royal Society, and Profeſſor
for, and Frances, to George Hervey; ſecondly, to of Phyſic in Greſham college, dying on March
fir Chriſtopher Kenn, of the co. of Somerſet, knt. 9,
1771, unmarried, it deſcended to his niece
the other daughter and coheir was married to fir
Thomas Ruſſell, of the co. of Worceſter, knt. therhith in the co. of Surry, who entitled her
so bile ragioni della bodassup
(9) Sir William Vaux, of Harrowden in the co. of North the ift. His dexter ſupporter, á griffin fable; his finifter
bampton, above-mentioned, married Catherine, daughter of ſupporter, a buck or.
Gregory Perryſtone, of Piedmont in Italy, by whom he had
(s) The King granted a licence to Thomas Vaux, Lord
iffue fir Nicholas Vaux, knt. During the conteſts between Harrozuden, to alienate the manor of Newington Lucies,
the Houſes of York and Lancaſter, he loſt the whole of his and 500 acres of arable land, 100 acres of meadow, 200 of
property, for his adherence to the latter ; but his ſon Ni-
paſture, 90 acres of wood, and 61. rent, with their appurts,
cholas, on the Earl of Richmones obtaining the crown, had in Newington and Marden, to fir John Ruſſell, fir Thomas Tre
a full reftitution of all his lands, by an act paſſed anno 1 ſham, William Brereton, eſq; Richard Humphry; and William
that King's favor, Jeffry, gent, and the heirs of the ſaid William Brereton;
and in the 2d year of his reign received the honor of knight anno 26 and 27 Henry VIII.
hood. He continued in great eſteem in the next reign of In the 27th year of K. Henry VIII, an act of Parliament
K. Henry VIII, who, as has been mentioned above, created
paſſed concerning the Lady Vaux.
him a Baron, ſoon after which he died, having been twice (t) He was the natural ſon of fir Richard Cholmondeley,
married; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry,
or Cholmeley, a younger branch of the Cholmondeleys of Chea
Lord Fitzhugh, widow of fir William Parr, knt. by whom
ſhire. See a further account of him, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
he had iſſue three daughters ; and ſecondly to Anne, daugh-
P: 153, note (p).
ter of Thomas Greene, of the co. of Northampton, eſq; by
(u) Philipott, p. 248. He married Catherine, one of
whom he had two ſons, Thomas and William, and three
the daughters of Dr. Lewin, and fifter of
fir Juftinian Lewin,
daughters.
OF
of Otterden in this county, knt. Their grandſon Juſtinian
Anthony Wood, in his Ath. Oxon. p. 19, ſays, he was
Pagitt, of Gräys Inn, was Cuftos Brevium of the Court of
educated at Oxford, where he much advanced his genius in
King's Bench, and upon the death of Elizabeth, Dutcheſs
poetry and hiſtory, in the former of which ſciences he pub-
of Richmond and Lenox, grandchild and heir of Dr. Lewin
liſhed ſeveral books.
above-mentioned, became coheir to her, by reaſon of his
(r) Thomas, Lord Vaux, in the 19th of Henry VIII, at grand-mother Catherine, mentioned above, her great-aunt,
tended Cardinal Wolfey, when he went in that great ſtate and daughter of Dr. Lewin, and in conſequence of that,
Ambaſſador to make peace between the Emperor and the bore the following coat of arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th,
Kings of England and France. In the 22d of that reign, Pagitt, fable, a croſs engrailed argent, in the dexter quarter
he received fummons to Parliament, and three years after-
ward was made Knight of the Bath, upon the coronation of
Q. Anne Bullen. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir engrailed argent, between 3 water bougets or, as many croffes
Poche
of fir Thomas Cheney, knt. of Iflingburg in the co. of patee ſable. The 4th, Pagitt, as the iſt. See Viſtn. co.
Northampton, by whom he had two ſons and two daugh Kent, pedigree of Lewin. Guillim’s Heraldry, p. 423.
The title, on failure of male iſſue in his defcen The above coat of Pagitt was confirmed to Thomas Pagitt,
dants, has been long ſince extinct. See Dugd. Bar. vol. of the Middle Temple, eſq; ſon of Richard Pagitt, of Crayne-
ii, p. 304.
forde in the co. of Northampton, efq; by Robert Cooke, Clar.
SI
He bore for his arms-Quarterly of four coats; ift, Vaux, Feb. 14, 1575. See Harl. Mf. No. 1470=86.
chequy argent and guies, on a chevron azure, 3. roſes vert; 2d, (v) Viz. in the pariſhes of Newington, Halſtow, Bicknor,
Grene, azure, 3 bucks tripping or; 3d, Lucy, gules, 3 pikes Upchurch, Stockbury, Bredgate, Borden, Rainham, Hartlip,
kauriant, a femee of croſs-croplets or ; 4th, Maplethorp, Tong, and Murſion, or in ſome or one of them, within the
chevron or, bet ween 3 croſs-croflets, in chief a lion paſſant of
county of Kent.
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The H I S T O RY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
NSWINGTON.
huſband to the fee of it, and he is at this time this county, which family ending in two daugh-
poffeffed of it (w).
ters and coheirs, Joane, the youngeſt of them,
There is a borough in this pariſh, called the
carried this eſtate in marriage to fir John Norton,
borough of Lucies, which claims over this manor, knt. who about the beginning of K. Henry
the Borſholder of which is annually choſen at VIII.'s reign (y), conveyed it to Thomas Lynacre,
the Court of the paramount manor of Milton,
Prieſt (z) and Phyſician to that King, and he
died poffeffed of it on Oct. 20, 1524 (a), and
FROG N A L,
by his laſt will deviſed it, with other eſtates,
or more properly Frogenhall, is an eſtate in this to the founding and endowing of three phyſical
pariſh, lying about a mile ſouth-eaſtward from le&tures, two of which were to be in the univer-
the manor of Lucies laſt-deſcribed, of which it ſity of Oxford, and one in that of Cambridge.
was probably once accounted a part, and ſeems Thoſe in the former were, after ſome years, li.
to have been given by Richard de Lucy, the owner mited to Merton college there, by the ſurvivor
of that manor, about the reign of K. Henry III, of his truſtees, and Frognal, and Tracies likewiſe
to William de Frogenhall, whoſe anceſtors were another eſtate in this pariſh, were both ſettled
ſeated at Frogenhall in Tenham.
on that college, for the ſupport and maintenance
He fixed his name on it, and tranſmitted the of them (b); for the performance of which truſt,
poſſeſſion of it to his deſcendants, one of whom, the Warden and Fellows of it ſtill continue to own
Richard Frogenball, died ſeiſed of this eſtate about the inheritance of theſe eſtates.
the 34th year of K. Edward III, from whom it Robert Spearman, of this pariſh, eſq; is the
deſcended down to Thomas Frogenhall, who died preſent leſfee of theſe eſtates (c).
poffeſſed of it in the reign of K. Henry IV,
without male iſſue, upon which it paſſed by
Elizabeth, one of his three daughters and coheirs, was formerly accounted a manor, though even
in marriage to John Northwood, of Northwood in the name of it has long ſince fallen into oblivion.
1 Ε ν Ε Ν Ο Κ Ε
(w) The manor houſe of Lucies is ſituated in Newing queathed at his death to the ſociety and their ſucceſſors, for
ton-fireet, on the north ſide of it, almoſt oppoſite to the
a college and library
lane leading from thence ſouthward to Cheſley-ftreet and In the latter part of his life he applied himſelf much to
Stockbury. There has not been any Court held for this the ſtudy of divinity, and entering into holy orders, was
manor within memory. The manor-pound was remaining collated, in 1509, to the rectory of Merſaam, which he ſoon
till within theſe few years.
afterwards reſigned; the ſame year he was inſtalled a Pre-
(3) Anno 13 Edward IV, Robert Bereforth, of Checheley bendary of Wells; in 1517, the like of the chapel of St.
in Newington, was buried in this church, and by his laſt Stepben, Weſtminſter; in 1518, a Prebendary, and next
will deviſed his principal tenement, called Frognale, with
year, Precentor, of the church of York: beſides which, he
its lands and appurts. in Newington, to Joan his wife, for had other preferments in the church. He died of the ſtone,
her life; remainder to his daughters Joane, Alianor, and with great pain and torment, on Oct. 20, 1524, æt. 64,
Alice ; and his tenement, called Patreches, immediately to and was buried in St. Paul's cathedral, before the rood of
his ſaid daughters for ever. Wills, Prerog. off. Cant. the north door, where a monument was feveral
years
after-
(2) Philipott, p. 248.
wards erected to his memory by Dr. Caius.
(a) He was one of the moſt learned Phyſicians in England, The tranſlations and other works which he printed, were
or perhaps in Europe, and eſteemed the moſt accompliſhed highly applauded by Eraſmus, and other the beſt judges of
ſcholar of his age, eſpecially for his knowledge of the two learning. See his life, Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 20. Bayle's
learned languages. He was born in the city of Canterbury,
Dict. vol. iii, p.835. Biog. Brit. vol. v, p. 2970.
in 1460, and deſcended from the Lynacres, of Lynacre-ball K. Henry VIII, O&t. 12, 1524, granted licence to Tho-
in the co. of Derby. He was educated in the ſchool of the mas Lynacre, M.D. to found three ſeparate lectures of me-
priory of Christ Church in Canterbury, under the learned
dicine, two at Oxford, and one at Cambridge, called Lyn-
William Selling, afterwards Prior there, from whence he acre's le&tures; and he granted further licence to the Mercers
was ſent to Oxford, and was choſen Fellow of Ali Souls col-
Company in London, to take of the ſaid Thomas Lynacre, or
lege. After which, being deſirous of improving himſelf
his aſſigns, lands, tenements, &c. to the amount of 301.
further, particularly in the Greek tongue, he travelled into
per annum, clear of all outgoings and repriſes whatſoever,
Italy, in the ſuite of Prior William Selling, his former ſchool for the ſupport and maintenance of them, &c. Rym. Fæd.
maſter, whence he returned ſo well ſkilled in his own fa-
vol. xiv, p. 25.
culty of phyſic, that ſoon after his arrival he was appointed (6) Theſe two lectures, one of 121. and the other of 61.
by K. Henry VII, both Phyſician and Tutor to his ſon
were not ſettled till Dec. 16, 1549, by the ſurvivor of his
Prince Arthur ; accordingly he was ſent for from Oxford, truſtees, Cuthbert Tonfall, the deprived Biſhop of Durham,
where he had been incorporated Doctor of Phyſic, having at the inſtance of Dr. Reynold, Warden of Merton" college,
probably taken that degree abroad. He was afterwards made becauſe more of that ſociety than any other turned their
ſucceſſively Phyſician to that King, as well as to his ſon thoughts and ſtudies to phyfic. The lecturers are obliged to
K. Henry VIII, and to the Princeſs Mary. Having the good explain Hypocrates and Galen to the
young
ſtudents of the
of his profeſſion much at heart, he founded three phyſical | univerſity ; and if there are none in Merton college capable
le&tures in the two univerſities, as above-mentioned ; and as of this duty, proper perſons of any other of the colleges may
an encouragement for men of reputation and learning to be choſen for this purpoſe. Biog. Brit. p. 2972, [I]
enter into the ſtudy of it, he projected the foundation of (c) John Trafford, gent. was lefſee of Frognals and Tracies
the College of Phyſicians in London, and by his intereſt with in 1649, and fold his intereſt in them to Nicholas Hurle-
Cardinal Wolley, procured the King's letters patentin 1518, ftone, of Redriff, gent, and he died poffeffed of them in 1665,
which were confirmed by Parliament, for that purpoſe, he the ſame being then let at 1281. per annum, and certain
himſelf being the firſt Preſident of it; their meetings were parcel of woodlands at 71. per annum, the rent to the college
firſt held at his houſe in Knightrider-ſtreet, which he be amounting coibs annis to about 281. per annum.

The HISTORY of · K E N T. 557
oned as
beracy, who ſettled their
le afterwards gained poſ-
NEWINGTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
it was, however, certainly ſituated within the a to nosnog srl on smerometa in buta.
bounds of this pariſh, and is mentioned as ſuch e brio YTRA C IE s
in ſeveral antient deeds.
is an eſtate in this pariſh, ſituated almoſt adjoina
This manor, as appeared by an old Court-
roll, in the reigns of K. Edward III. and K. ing to the ſouth-weſt corner of the church-yard.
It was formerly accounted a manor, though it
Richard II, was in the poſſeſſion of the family
of Beaufitz, who were likewiſe poffeffed of
has had for many years only the reputation left
eſtates in the neighbouring pariſh of Gilling-
of having been one.
It was in
bam (e), in which it continued down to John
very early times in the poſſeſſion of
Beaufitz, who died ſeiled of it in the 12th year
of K. Henry VI, anno 1433, by one of whoſe
name on it; but whether they were of any, or
daughters and coheirs, Joane, this manor went
what kindred to the family of Tracy, ſeated in
in marriage to Robert Arnold, of the co. of Suſſex, Devonſhire and Glouceſterſhire
, I cannot find (g),
whoſe deſcendant William Arnold, of Rocheſter,
though the coat of arms borne by theſe of New-
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, ſeems to have
ington had a near affinity to thoſe borne by the
Tracys of Glouceſterſhire(h).
paſſed it away by ſale to Thomas Knight (f), whoſe
ſon of the ſame name was proprietor of it at the John de Tracy was poſſeſſed of Tracies in Neuse
latter end of the reign of Q. Elizabeth. His de ington in the reigns of K. Henry III. (i) and K.
ſcendant alienated it, in the reign of K. James
Edward I, and in the 26th year of the latter,
,
fcendant having mortgaged it to Mr. Alſton, of againſt fir John de Northwood, the elder, certain
London ; he, about the death of K. Charles I, lands and rents in this pariſh, among which theſe
anno 1648, conveyed his intereſt in it to Mr. of Tracys were in all likelihood included, to
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which he had made claim (k). furg
feffion of it under that title, and his heirs, tho' In the 28th year of K. Edward III, Thomas,
interrupted by ſeveral ſuits at law, ſtill continued ſon of James Tracy, died feiſed of this manor,
to enjoy the rents and profits of it; but the tranſ with its appurts. in Newington, by the ſervice of
fer of their intereſts in it has been, from time to finding, together with the manor of Lucy, one
time, fo ſecretly managed, and the very name of man and one horſe, with a fack and a pack,
this eſtate ſo induſtriouſly concealed from every viz. each by the moiety of the ſaid ſervice, for
enquiry, that I have not, with the moſt induſtri-
the carrying of the King's kitchen utenſils (l) as
ous endeavors, been able to find out either the
r as Wales, for his war there, whenſoever, and
ſituation of this obſolete manor, or the owners as often as it ſhould happen (m). Soon after
of it, ſince thoſe mentioned above.
which it ſeems this family became extinct here(m),
gav solen
(e) See Gillingham
moru on
of the co. of Glouceſter, viz.-Or, 2 bars gules, in the chief
(f) Philipott, p. 251.
Footbnos
point an eſcallop fable; the difference of the colours and the
(g) This family of Tracy is very antient and honorable, number of eſcallops being only a diſtinction, for this
per-
and took their name from the town of Traci in Normandy,
haps younger branch of the family. The above-mentioned
the Lord of which, Le Sire de Traci, as he is called in the
arms of Tracy were originally thoſe of the elder branch of
roll of Battle abbey, accompanied William, Duke of Nor-
it, Barons of Sudeley, who bore-Or, 2 bends gules, to which
mandy, afterwards ſurnamed The Conqueror, into England, William, the younger brother of Ralph, Lord Sudely, fur-
in the year 1066, and became the anceſtor of thoſe of the
named Tracy, as above-mentioned, added the eſcallop, as
name of Tracy ſettled in this kingdom. His deſcendant a diſtinction.
Henry de Tracy had the gift of the honor and barony of (i) In an aflize of novel diſeiſin, brought anno 52 Henry
Barnſtaple, in the co. of Devon, from K. Stephen. His III, William de Tracy, on the behalf of John de Tracy and
daughter, as it ſhould ſeem, Grace de Tracy, married Jobn Margery his wife, recovered, as the right and inheritance
de Sudeley, Lord of Sudeley in the co. of Glouceſter, deſcended of the ſaid Margery, certain lands and tenements in New-
from Goda, youngeſt daughter of K. Ethelred, and ſiſter to
ington, viz. the third-part of one carucate of land, againſt
K. Edward the Confeffor, by whom he had two ſons, Ralph, Thomas de Kent and Cæcilia his wife, which lands, &c. had
Baron of Sudeley, and William, who lived in the reign of been by an aflize before had, through miſtake, adjudged to
K. Henry II, and, as was frequent in thoſe times for the
her in dower, which being held in gavelkind, ſhe had for-
younger ſons, took his mother's name of Tracy; his ſon feited by marrying again. See Robinſon's Gavelkind, p.
Oliver de Traci is debited in the great roll, anno 1 K. John, 180.
Joco marcs, for the poffeffion of the barony of William de
(k) Viz. one meſfuage, 140 acres of arable land, eight
Tracy, which was worth in England zool. ſterling, and in acres of meadow, 10 acres of wood, iol. rent, and the rent
Normandy 2001. of the money of Anjou, but that it ought of
29 hens, and 14 weight of cheeſe, with their appurts.
not to be demanded of him, as he was not in poſſeſſion of in Newington. Plita de Com. Banco. Term Hil. ejus an.
the lands, and for which Henry de Tracy had made fine.
William de Traci, fon of Oliver, was, in the reign of K. (2) In Latin, Squillariam regis; which I take to mean
Edward I, ſeated at Toddington in the co. of Glouceſter, and the furniture of the King's ſcullery.
was anceſtor to the preſent Right Hon. Lord Viſcount Tracy. (m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
See Atkins's Glouc. p. 409. Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 21. (n) The name of Treſs, or Trele, ſtill remaining in this
Madox's Barony, p. 67.
county, is with great probability ſuppoſed to be a corrup-
(6) Philipott, p. 248, ſays, the Tracys of Newington tion by length of time from that of Tracy. If ſo; it is not
bore for their arms- Argent, 2 bends between 9 eſcallops, gules, unlikely but that the Trelles, ſettled for many years at Town
which has certainly an alluſion to thoſe borne by the Tracy:
Malling
Vol. II.
far
above, p.
82. Trorlinio
rot. 39
70

558
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The H I S T O R Y Gof
MILTON HUNDRED.
AY IN GTON
as Borden, lying
NEWINGTON,
about the ſame time, to the founding and en-
and this manor came into the poffeffion of the
family of Savage, for it appears by the Eſcheat dowing of pbyfical le&tures in the two univerſities
rolls, that fir Arnold Savage, of Bobbing in this of Oxford and Cambridge. Thoſe in the former
county, knt. died feiſed of it in the 49th year of were after ſome years limited to Merton college
K. Edward III, holding it by the like ſervice (o).
there, and both theſe eſtates of Tracys and Frog-
nal ſettled on that college, for the ſupport and
His ſon fir Arnold Savage ſucceeded him in it,
maintenance of them ; for the performance of
and was Sheriff of this county in the 5th and
which truſt the Warden and Fellows of it ſtiil
gth years of K. Richard II, and Speaker of the
continue owners of the inheritance of them.
Houſe of Commons, and a Privy Counſellor, in
Robert Spearman, of this pariſh, eſq; is the
the next reign of K. Henry IV, in the 12th year
of which he died, leaving iſſue by Catherine his
preſent lefſee of theſe eſtates.
wife one ſon Arnold and a daughter Eleanor, who
married firſt, fir Reginald Cobham, knt. by whom
is a manor in Newington, which has ever had the
ſhe had no iſſue, and ſecondly, Wm. Clifford, ſon
ſame owners as that of Bobbing, and as ſuch is
of fir Lewis Clifford, Knight of the Garter, deſcen-
now the property of Thomas Tyndale, of Nerth
ded from the Cliffords of Clifford-caſtle in the
Corton in Glouceſterſhire, eſq; mun
county of Cumberland, who upon the deceaſe of his
WORNE
wife's brother, fir Arnold Savage, without iſſue,
and of his widow, who held this manor in dower
at her death in the 16th year of K. Henry VI, in the ſouthern part of this pariſh, and in Stock-
became entitled to it(), in which year he like bury and Borden, had formerly poffeffors of the
wife died, having more than once ſerved the
name of Wornedale; Richard de Wornedale owned
office of Sheriff of this county ; upon which it it in the reign of K. Edward III, and left iſſue
came into the poffeffion of Eleanor his wife, one fon Thomas, and a daughter Maud, who
who held it at her death, which happened three on her brother's death, unmarried, became his
years afterwards (q). They left iſſue two ſons,
heir (t).
Lewis and John, the eldeſt of whom inherited In later times it was owned by the family of
this manor, and reſided at Bobbing ; he left it at Eve. Henry Eve, of Edwards in Linſted, ſettled
his deceaſe to his ſon Alexander Clifford, of Bob. it in 1675 on his eldeſt ſon Henry, on his mar-
bing, efq; Sheriff of Kent anno 5 Edward IV; he
h Dorothy, fiſter of James Ady, of Bar-
died ſeiſed of it in the roth year of K. Henry
bam, eſq; and their ſon Henry Eve, Clk. with
VII, holding it of the King in capite by knights Elizabeth his wife (u), fold it to fir John Banks,
ſervice (r).
of Aylesford, bart. who died ſeiſed of it on O&.
His ſon and heir Lewis Clifford, eja; Sheriff 18, 1699, leaving iſſue two daughters his co-
anno 13 Henry VII, paſſed away this manor by heirs, one of whom, Elizabeth, marrying Heneage
ſale, in the beginning of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, Finch, ſecond ſon of Henry, Earl of Nottingham,
to Thomas Lynacre, Prieſt and Phyſician to that he became in her right, on the partition of her
Prince, who died poffeffed of it in 1524(s), father's eſtates, entitled to it, and was in 1703,
and by his laſt will deviſed it, with Frognall in created Baron of Guernſey, and in 1714, Earl of
this pariſh, an eſtate which he likewiſe purchaſed Aylesford. He died feiſed of it in 1719, having
W OR NEDAL E.
.
riage with
CO
fon, in tail male ; remainder to his own heirs male, in like
tail ; remainder to Elizabeth his fifter, in tail; remainder to
his uncle John, in tail male ; remainder to John St. Leger,
in tail male ; remainder to Nicholas Colepeper, in fee. Prerog.
off. Cant.
(s) See an account of him, and of theſe lectures, above,
p. 556.
Malling and Ofham, might be a branch of the Tracys, of
Tracies in Newington, above-mentioned; and the ſame coat
of arms having been confirmed by fir William Segar, Gar-
ter, to Mr. Francis Treſe, of Town Malling, gent. ſeems in
fome meaſure a confirmation of it.
(0) Ibid. The ſervice in this roll is recorded fome-
what different from that above-mentioned. It is as follows :
Arnold Savage, Chr. held at the day of his death, in his
demeſne, as of fee, the manor of Tracy of the King in ca-
bite, by the ſervice of finding one man, with an horſe, a ſack,
and a pack, for the carrying of the wooden furniture, veſi
fellament a ligned, with the King, whenever he, by reaſon
of the war, ſhould paſs with his army into Wales, for 40
days, at the King's coft, in food and drink for the faid man
and horſe.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an. See more of the Savages and
Cliffords, ander Bobbing.
(2) Though an inquiſition was taken the ſame year that
ſhe died, anno 19 Henry VI, yet upon fome miſtakes in it,
another ad melius inquirend. was taken 10 years afterwards.
(-) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Alexander Clifford, of Bobbing,
eſq; by his laſt will, proved in 1494, anno 10 Henry VII,
left iſſue fix fons, deviſed his manor of Tracies to Lewis his
15 years of
(t) Anno 12 Richard II, an aſſize of novel diſeiſin was
had by Thomas de Wornedale, and others, to recover lands
in Newington ; the tenant pleaded, that one Thomas de
Wornedale being feiſed in fee of theſe premiſes, and under
age,
made a feoffment in fee of them to one
Adam Elys, and afterwards died, leaving Maud his fifter
and heir, under whom the plaintiffs claimed, who being
17 years of age, made a general releaſe of them to the faid
Adam. The plaintiffs replied, that the releaſe was not the
deed of the ſaid Maud; and upon that iſſue was joined, &c.
Robinſon's Gavelkind, p. 214.
(u) In Milton Court-rolls, anno 1653, is this entry :-
Henry Eve, Clk. in right of his wife, lately John Coppin-
ger's, claims, &c. one houſe called Wormdale, alias Brente,
in Newington, with its appurts. at the yearly rent of gs.
4.d. and other parcels of land therein mentioned; the
whole rents amounting to 145. 9 d. per annum.
fettled

Tbe
559
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
NEWINGTON.
ſettled this manor by deed, dated Dec. 3, 1712,
on his eldeſt ſon Heneage, on his marriage with
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of ſir Clement, Fiſer,
of Packington in the co.of Warwick, knt. Heneage,
ſecond Earl of Aylesford, becoming thus pofleffed
of this manor on his father's death, alienated it,
in the 7th year of K. George I, anno 1721, an
act of parliament having that year paſſed to en-
able him fo to do, to his next brother, the Hon.
MILTON HUNDRED.
one fon Robert, and four daughters, one of whom
married Gawen Harris Naſh, of Petworth in Suf-
ſex, eſq; and Elizabeth, another daughter, was
the ſecond wife of fir Charles Mathews Goring,
of that county, bart.
Sir Robert Fagg, bart. the fon, ſucceeded his
father in the poffeſſion of this manor, but dying
in 1740, without iſſue, it became the property
of his ſiſters, of whom, Elizabeth entitled her
huſband, fir Charles Mathews Goring, bart. above.
mentioned, to the poſſeſſion of it. He left iſſue
by her a ſon Charles Goring, efq; who is the pre-
ſent owner of it (%).
John Finch (v).
He married on April 30, 1726, Elizabeth,
daughter and heir of John Savile, of Methley-ball
in the co. of York, efq; and having repreſented
the town of Maidſtone in ſeveral ſucceſſive Par-
liaments, died on Jan. 1, 1740, poffeffed of
this manor, in which he was ſucceeded by his
only fon Savile Finch, eſq; the preſent poffeffor
of it.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
CRANBROOK E
is a manor, ſituated at a ſmall diſtance fouthward
of Newington-ftreet, adjoining to the lane lead-
ing to Cheſley- ſtreet and Stockbury.
It was formerly part of the poſſeſſions of fir
William Brooke, Knight of the Bath, ſon of George
Brooke, third fon of William, Lord Cobham (w).
He died about the year 1668, leaving iſſue
by Penelope his wife, daughter of fir Moſes Hill,
knt. Marſhal of Ireland, and widow of Lord
Wilmot's eldeſt fon (x), four daughters his co-
heirs, of whom, Hill, the eldeſt, was married to
fir William Boothby, of Derbyſhire, bart. Pembroke
to Mathew Tomlinſon, efq; Margaret to fir John
Denham, and Frances to fir Thomas Whitmore,
Knight of the Bath.
Soon after which, fir John Denham, and Mar-
garet his wife, died without iſſue, and her ſhare
in this manor deſcended to her three fiſters and
their huſbands.
Daly
After which it was fold to fir John Fagg, of
Wilton in the co. of Suffex, bart. who died pof-
ſeſſed of it in 1715, as did his ſon, of the ſame
name, in 1736, leaving iſſue by Chriſtian, daugh-
ter of fir Cecil Biſhop, of the co. of Suſex, bart.
K. Henry III, by his charter, dated at Ro-
cheſter, April 7, in the 18th year, confirmed to
the nunnery of St. Sexburgh of Shepey, half a ſuling
of land, of the fee of Richard de Lucy, of the
purchaſe of William, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, at
the inſtance of Aveline, mother of the faid
Richard de Lucy, of Newenthon, which charter
was again confirmed by K. Henry IV, by his
letters of infpeximus (a):
It appears by a ſurvey of the lands and pof-
ſeſſions of K. Charles I, taken in 1652, that
there belonged to the Crown in this pariſh, a
tenement in St. Mary's lane, worth zos. per annum,
and two young orchards or nurſeries, at the
yearly rent of 8s. all which were let by letters
patent, April 10, anno 8 James I, to John El-
dred and John Whitmore, efq; for 60 years, at
the yearly rent of us. 6d. but that they were
then in the hands of Richard Allin (b).
The farm called Keycole, lying on the high
road about a mile eaſtward of Newington-ſtreet,
is become noted for the Roman remains found
on it. This eſtate formerly belonged to fir John
Garrard, knt, and bart. but it has been for many
years paſt in the family of Weſtbrooke, and is now
the property of John Weſtbrooke, of Foreft-hall
in the co. of Eſex, eſq; (c)
A branch of the family of Diggs, of Barham
in this county, was for ſeveral generations ſettled
- Fagg.
above, p. 170.
fo) See more of the family of Finch, Earls of Aylesford,
giorno
The preſent Right Hon. Heneage, Earl of Aylesford, ftill
poſſeſſes a large tract of woodland in the fouth-eaſt part of
this and in the adjoining pariſhes.
(w) Sir William Brooke, Lord Cobham, Knight of the
Garter, was twice married ; by his firſt wife he left iſſue an
only daughter; by his ſecond, Frances, daughter of fir
Fobn Newton, knt. two ſurviving ſons and three daughters.
Of the former, Henry ſucceeded him as Lord Cobham, and
was attainted anno 1 James I, and died withont iffue; and
George, his only brother, being at the ſame time attainted,
was beheaded, leaving by his wife, daughter of Thomas,
Lord Borough, one fon fir William Brooke, Knight of the
Bath, above-mentioned.
(x) She was his ſecond wife; after his death ſhe married
thirdly, Edward Ruſſell, brother to the Earl of Bedford, by
whom ſhe had Edward, Earl of Orford, Lord High Ad-
miral in the reign of K, William III.
Sir William Brooke's firſt wife was likewiſe named Penelope,
and was daughter of Henry Lennard, Lord Dacre, but by
her he had no iſſue.
K. Charles II, by letters patent in 1665; granted that
the daughters of fir William Brooke, nephew and heir male
of Henry Brooke, Lord Cobham, hould have place and pre-
cedency due to the daughters of Barons, notwithſtanding
the attainder of that Lord in the reign of James I.
som
(z) Cranbrooke-farm now conſiſts of about 400 acres of
land. The iſſue of Gawen Harris Naſs inherited a part
of this eſtate, conſiſting of a wood called Maiden, alias
Cranbrooke wood, of about 40 acres, adjoining to the reſt
of it eaftward, which has ſince been alienated. See more
of the families of Fagg, and Goring, above, p. 523.
(a) Dugd. Mon, vol. i, p. 152.
(6) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off.
(c) It is held of the manor of Milton, by the yearly rent
of us, jod.
in

OR Y
MILTON HUNDRED.
(e) He left iflice 3
Erſt wife, and three behind the ſecond; on one fhield of
56
The H I S T o R Y of K E N T.
NEWINGTON.
ſmall breadth of meadow marſhes on each ſide
in this pariſh, to which Odomarus Diggs, younger
ſon of Fohn Diggs, of Barham, by Juliana his of it, till it empties itſelf into the creek at Hal-
wife, ſiſter and heir of James Horne, removed(d), ſtow, about a mile and an half from its riſe.
The hills riſe in a continued chain, both on
being poſſeſſed of much land here, and in the
neighbouring pariſhes. He had a ſon William, the ſouth and eaft ſides of this pariſh; on the eaſt
who was his heir, and left iſſue Thomas Diggs, and north-eaſt they are covered with woods, the
of Newington, who died feiſed of theſe lands in | latter of which eſpecially conſiſt chiefly of chef
nut ſtubs, no doubt, the indigenous growth of
the 18th year of Q. Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded
them, which are contiguous to others of the like
in it by his next heir Chriſtopher Diggs, of Bar-
B'nce
bam, gent.
fort reaching for ſeveral miles ſouthward, almoſt
as far as Detling-hill; thoſe in this pariſh, and
The family of Holbrooke was poffeffed of lands
neighbourhood, being, from the great plenty
in Newington, one of whom, George Holbrooke,
of this wood in them, commonly known by the
reſided here in the reign of Q. Elizabeth (e).
John Cobbam, alias Brooke, third ſon of George,
name of cheſnut-woods.
It appears by a verdict and preſentment made
Lord Cobham, and brother of fir William Brooke,
of the bounds, cuſtoms, &c. of the Queen's
Knight of the Garter and Lord Cobham, in the
manor and hundred of Middleton, in the year
reign of Q. Elizabeth, was owner of much land
in this pariſh, and dying on Sept. 25, 1594,
1575, anno 18 Q. Elizabeth, that there was
then a market uſually held at Newington on a
was buried in the high chancel of this church,
Tueſday ; but it has been diſcontinued beyond
where there is a monument erected to his me-
mory. He married Anne, daughter and heir of the memory of any one.
This pariſh was formerly, the greateſt part of
Cobb, and widow of fir John Norton, knt. who
it, planted with orchards of apples, cherries,
died on Sept. 9, 1580, and lies buried near her
and other kinds of fruit : theſe falling to decay,
ſecond huſband above-mentioned (f).
and the price of hops making them a more ad-
vantageous commodity than fruit, moſt of the
orchards in this pariſh were diſplanted, and hops
The village of Newington, uſually called New-
raiſed in their ſtead; but now, upon the low
ington-ſtreet, is built on each ſide of the high
price of hops, and other diſadvantages to the
road leading from Rocheſter to Dover, being 37
growers of them, orchards are again beginning
miles from London, and confifts of about 50
to be replanted in Newington, ſeemingly in as
houſes, moſt of them ſmall and ill built. About
great abundance as they were before.
a mile ſouthward from it is a hamlet, on the road
leading to Stockbury, called Cheſley-ſtreet, cor-
orcion, ANTIQUITI E S.
ruptly for Chicheley-ſtreet, in which is a hand-
The Roman road, having croſſed the river
ſome ſaſhed houſe, lately built by Robert Spear-
Medway at Chatham, is ſtill viſible on the top of
man, eſq; lefſee of the poſſeſſions of Merton col.
Chatham-hill, the hedge on the north ſide of the
lege in this pariſh, who reſides in it (8).
great i
road from thence to Rainham ſtanding on
5. The whole of this pariſh is in the diviſion of
it, from which place hither it ſeems to run on
Eaft Kent.
The church ſtands about three quarters of a
the ſouthern ſide of the road, till within a very
ſmall diſtance of Newington-ſtreet, where it falls
mile north-eaſtward from the ſtreet, with a ſmall with the great road, and does not appear
hamlet of houſes cloſe to the ſouth ſide of it. again till it has paſſed Key-ſtreet, a mile and a half
The foil of this pariſh is, in general, a rich
beyond this ſtreet.
oda 10
and fertile loam, though in the northern part of The name of Newington, as has already been
it there is much clay, and ſome ſand.
19
mentioned, implies its having been built on, or
There is a freſh ſtream, which riſes about a in the lieu of, ſome more antient town or village ;
quarter of a mile north-weſt from the church, the names of places in and about it, plainly
which runs from thence northward, having a of Roman original, ſhew that nation to have had
(d) Pedigree of Diggs, Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619.
arms-On a chevron a lion's head eraſed, between 10 croſs-
croflets ; on another-Quarterly, iſt and 4th, the fame arnis
one fon John, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, and as above-mentioned ; 2d and 3d, on a feſs 3 plates, between
Mary. Francis Holbrooke lies buried in the ſouth chancel of
3 bears heads eraſed and muzzled.
this church.
(f) On her grave-ſtone were the figures of a lady and two
as They bore for their arms- Azure, a croſs or, fretty of the children, in braſs, long ſince torn from it.
field, between 4 mullets pierced of the if ; as in the viſitation Near this ſtone is another, with the figure of a woman,
of this county taken in 1619. But Edmondſon, in his He and an inſcription in braſs for Mary Brook alias Cobham,
raldry, ſays, they bore a chevron between 10 croſs-croflets, widow of Eaward Brook alias Cobham, ela; obt. 22d July,
which is corroborated by the grave-ſtone over Francis Hol 1600.
brooke above-mentioned, on which are the figures in braſs (8) In 1777, he married one of the daughters of Mr.
of a man and his two wives, with 10 children behind the Smith, of Oxenhoath in Weſt Peckham.
PRESENT STATE
PRESENT STATE OF NEWINGTON.
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frequent

The H I S T O R Ý of K E N T: 561
tends in a
nen
quite empty; and this
NEWINGTON. IM
MILTON HUNDRED.
frequent dealings hereabouts. Keycol-bill ſeeins think this place to have been only a Roman pot-
to be the ſame as Caii Collis, or Caius, Julius tery, and not a burying-place, eſpecially as ſome
Ceſar's Hill ; Key-ſtreet, Caii Stratum, or Caius's of them lay in that part which is a ſtiff, wet ſoil,
Street ; and Standard hill ſeems to have taken its and others in the dry and ſandy part of it(i).
name from ſome military ſtandard having been Notwithſtanding which, ſeveral of our learned
placed on it in thoſe times (h). 750g edo antiquarians, among which are Somner, Burton,
On Keycol-hill, above-mentioned, at a ſmall Archbiſhop Stilling fleet, Battely, and Dr. Thorpes
diſtance nori bward from the great road, is a field, are inclined to fix the Roman ſtation, called in
in which quantities of Roman urns and veſſels have | the ad iter of Antonine, Durolevum, at or near
continually been turned up by the plough, and || this place. Indeed moſt of the copies of Antonine
otherwiſe, and the whole of it ſcattered over make the diſtance from the laſt ſtation Durobro.
with the broken remains of them, from whence vis, Rocheſter, to Durolevum xiii or xvi miles(k),
it has acquired the name of Crockfield.
which would place it nearer to Greenftreet, or
The foil of it is moſtly ſand, excepting to-|| Judde-hilla little on the weſtern ſide of of-
wards the north-weſt part of it, where it conſiſts pringe; but the Peutingerian Tables make it only
of a wet and ſtiff clay.
200 og
vii (1), in which Mr. Somner ſeems to acquieſce,
The ſituation of this field is on an eminence;
and it anſwers tolerably well to this place.
higher than the ſurrounding grounds, command-
If this diſtance of miles is correct, no doubt
ing a moſt extenſive view on every fide of it ; a but Newington has every circumſtance in its
little to the ſouth-west of it, in the adjoining favor, to fix this ſtation here, if the number
field, there is a large mount of earth thrown up,
of xvi ſhould be preferred, full as much may
having a very broad and deep foſs on the forth be ſaid in favor of Judde-bill
, or thereabouts ;
and weſt ſides of it, from whence there ſeems to every other place has but mere conjecture, un-
be a breaſt-work of earth thrown up, which ex-
ſupported either by a knowledge of the country,
in a line weſtward about 40 rods, and or by any remains of Roman antiquity ever diſ-
thence in like manner again northward, making
covered in or near it.
bas
The urns and veſſels found here were firſt
the South and weſtern boundaries of the two
fields next below Crockfield, above-mentioned. taken notice of in print by the learned Meric
The greateft part of the northern ſides of theſe Caſaubon, Prebendary of Canterbury, whom Bur-
fields, and the eaſtern ſide of Crockfreld, are ad ton ſtyles incomparable, and the acknowledged
joining to the woods, in which there are many
heir of his father's virtues and great learning,
remains of trenches and breaſt-works thrown who, in his notes
notes on his tranſlation of the Em-
up; but the coppice is ſo very thick, that there peror Marrus Antoninus's Meditations, gives us
is no poflibility of tracing their extent or form, the following account of the remains found in
ſo as to give any deſcription of
Newington,' which, as it contains ſo many cu-
Theſe veſſels have been found lying in all man rious particulars relating to the cuſtom of burial,
ner of poſitions, as well ſideways as inverted, and the reader cannot be diſpleaſed at my giving it
frequently without any aſhes or bones in them, here, as entire as the nature of this work will
and this has induced
has induced many to
admit of (m),
iwibio Borsvog os
a biog
(1) Keycol hill is the firſt hill on the high road eaſtward robrovis, Durolevo, and Duroverno, makes it very probable
of Newington, at the 38th mile-ſtone. Keycol-farm ſtands that they were intended for the ſame, and are very wrongly
cloſe to the ſouth fide of that road, about 100 rods nearer ſpelt. Theſe numbers, as well as thoſe of Antonine, are
to Newington. Crockfield is the ſecond field north of the
altered to ſerve every one's conjecture ; however, there
high road, oppoſite to the north-weſt corner of the above-
need be none in favour of placing the Durolevum at New-
mentioned farm-yard. Key-ſtreet is a ſmall hamlet on the ington, ſuppoſing Raribis to mean the ſtation Durobrovis or
high road, on the oppoſite or eaſtern foot of Keycol or Ches Rocheſter.
nut-hill, as it is now uſually called, nearer to Sittingborne, (1) Mr. W. Harriſon, in his ift edit. makes it 8, though
and Standard-bill is ſituated about half a mile ſouth of News || he afterwards changed it to 16.
ington-ſtreet, at a ſmall diſtance eaſtward of the lane leading (m) Having cited a paſſage out of Lurian de Lúctu, in
from thence to Cheſley-ftrect and Stockbury.
which the ſeveral ſorts of burial uſed by different nations are
(i) Dr. Battely, in his Antiq. Rutup. p. 108, ſays, he mentioned, that the Grecians burned, the Perſians buried,
had ſome urns and veſſels in his poſſeſſion, which were dug the Indians anointed with ſwine's greaſe, the Scythians ate,
in a pariſh very near Newington, in a ground made uſe and the Ægyptians powdered or embalmed-tells us, in the
of for a pottery, and not for burial, ſince the urns were continuation of his comment on it, that Antonine, when he
found both. empty, and turned upſide down, and in no mentions a man's becoming an embalmed carcaſe, or mere
order, and in a marſhy foil, not fandy, and, if he remem aſhes, alluded to the cuſtoms of his time among the Romans,
bered right, more than one of them plunged into the very which was either to bury the bodies of the richer fort, be
bed of the neighbouring river. In the notes, this is ſaid to ing firſt embalmed, or to burn them; which latter, through
have happened at Upchurch; but I can find no trace, or the increaſe of Chriſtians, began foon after that Emperor's
even probability, of their having been found in that pariſh. time to grow much out of uſe every where, and that thoſe
(*) See the diſtances, as in the different copies of Anto who uſed to burn the dead bodies, gathered the relics of
ning's Itinera, compared above, p. 452, note (u). Thoſe the corpſe, conſiſting of bones and aſhes, and laid them
in the Peutingerian Tables are as follows: Madus xvii, in urnis, ollis, ofſuariis; in pots, urns, crocks, and the like
Raribis vii, Buroleva vii, Duroaverus ....
The affinity of forts of earthen veſſels, made for the purpoſe, and then
the three laſt names to thoſe in the ad iter of Antonine, Du buried them.
He
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562
ging for them. On the largeſt of one of thoſe
u Beſides the
MILTON HUNDRED.
NEWINGTON.
As for the difference of the greater and letler
He ſays, at about a quarter of a mile before
you come to Newington, not above a ſtone's caſt urns, Fabricius, in his Roma illuftrata, and Barth.
on the right hand as you come from Sittingborne, Marlianus, in his topographical deſcription of
there was a field, out of which, in a very little
that city, give it as their opinion, that when
compaſs of ground, had been taken out within urns of different bignefs are found in the fame
a few years before, Roman pots and urns, of al- || place, the greater ones were for the greater and
richer perſons, as the maſters and patroni, and
moſt all ſizes and faſhions, in great numbers, to
the leffer for the ſervants and clients. In matters
the amount of hundreds, nay, as ſome reported,
of this nature, which were altogether arbitrary,
of thouſands; and though ſo many of them had
there is no doubt but different faſhions were
been already found and carried away, yet did
uſed in different places, and perhaps in the fame
the field afford them ſtill in plenty, at times as
place, according to each man's particular hu-
a perfon proved, ſkilful or fortunate in the dig-
mour, and therefore no maxim in this caſe can
which he had ſeen, there was an inſcription
be laid down as certainly and generally true.
graven and cut in, about the neck of it SEVE-
But in regard to theſe urns found at Newing-
RIANUS PATER, &c. as in the print annexed (n). ton, continues Mr. Caſaubon, the cuſtom ſeems
This had been beſtowed on him by Mr. Henry
to have been, to appoint one great urn to con-
tain the bones and aſhes of all one houſhold or
Deering, Vicar of Newington, about the year
sud kindred. As often therefore as any of them
1632.
After which, among many other fragments
died, ſo often they had recourſe to the common
of antiquity in the vicarage-garden at Newing urn, which was as often uncovered for the pur-
ton, he found the pieces of the cover of an urn, poſe; to prevent which, they uſed in ſome places
much like one ſent to him by the Earl of Port to let in the aſhes through ſome holes made and
land, excepting that the colour of it was not
fitted for that purpoſe.
near ſo freſh, with this inſcription in the middle
likewiſe, PRISCIAN; and on a piece of another that every particular perſon that died, had ſome
urn, which Mr. Deering had beſtowed on him, lefler urn or veffel particularly dedicated to his
on his having dug here unſucceſsfully, the in own memory, by which means the number of
fcription FUL. LINUS. (0)
the deceaſed, and the parties themſelves might
Not only the great numbers of theſe urns, the better be remembered ; and it is not impro-
for he does not remember an inſtance of ſo many bable, that there might be ſtill another uſe of
having been found, in ſo ſmall a compaſs of theſe lefſer ones, and that not an unneceſſary one,
ground, was remarkable, but the manner of their which was, that by them the common greater
lying in the ground; for thoſe who had been urns might be the better known and diſtinguiſhed
preſent at the digging of them up obſerved, one from another, being ſo much alike in ſhape
that where one great urn had been found, feve and ſize, in ſo ſmall a compaſs of ground, and
ral leſſer veſſels had been likewiſe, fome of them ſo
each other; and it ſeems more likely, as
within the great one, and others round about it, of the many hundreds of the leffer fort, which
each covered either with a proper cover of the have been taken up, ſcarce any have been found
like earth as the pots themſelves were, or elſe of one and the ſame making. In all thefe urns,
more coarſely, but very cloſely, ſtopped up with of every ſize, nothing had hitherto been found
other earth. As for the ſmaller veſſels of dif but bones and aſhes, and ſometimes indeed only
ferent forms, found either in or about theſe urns,
clear water.
What this place has been, many
there could be no other ordinary uſe for them would certainly be glad to know: thus much
among the Romans, but either to contain ſome
may at leaſt be concluded, that from the mul-
fragrant odoriferous liquor, and durable con titude of urns, it was once a common burial-
fection, or that libation of wine and milk, which place for the Romans, and that from the ſitua-
they uſed about their dead (P).
tion of it, which is upon an aſcent, and for ſome

ne holes mad


near
He then relates his account of the urns dug up at New-
ington, as a thing indeed not uncommon, but what was
nevertheleſs a memorable curioſity in matters of antiquity,
and which, at leaſt by learned foreign antiquaries, would
be much eſteemed fo.
(n) In the writing of which, ſays Mr. Caſaubon, although
ſomething might be obſerved not ordinary as OLA for OLLA,
and the particular kind of A and L, &c. yet that there was
nothing ſo fingular, but that a learned antiquary, well
verſed in Gruter's Theſaurus of Inſcriptions, would ſoon find
examples of.
(6) Mr. Caſaubon ſays, he had this urn, with an inſcrip-
tion, cocCILLI M. ſent to him from the Earl of Portland,
Lord Treaſurer, but where dug up, he does not ſay, which
he compared with thoſe found here, when he found them
very different, that whereas the latter were much periſhed
and worn with age, ſuch was the brightneſs and ſmoothneſs
of the former, that is, the cover of it, that it rather re-
ſembled a pure coral, than an ordinary red earth; and as
for the letters on it, they were not rudely graven in with
the hand, but worked in the fame mould when the cover it-
ſelf was formed, and were very artificially printed, or rather
imboſſed.
(P) Beſides which, the Romans had their earthen ſepul-
chral lamps, made of ſo different a form from any of theſe,
and their lachrymatories, to receive and preſerve the tears
which were ſhed by the friends of the deceaſed, for grief at
their deaths.

ſpace

The HISTORY of K E N T. 563
MILTON HUNDRED.
NEWINGTON
ſpace beyond it hilly, not far from the ſea, and Mr. Simon Tomlyn gave a barn and three yards
near the highway, it may be affirmed with great of land to the Miniſter, Churchwardens, and
their ſucceſſors for ever, for the uſe of the poor,
probability, that this place was once the ſeat of
a Roman ſtation (q). Thus far Mr. Caſaubon. to buy 12 penny loaves, to be diſtributed on
The great numbers of urns, and the frag each Sunday in the year, to fuch as ſhould be
ments of them, found at this place from time preſent at divine fervice.
to time, have been diſperſed among
among the cu A piece of land, containing near two acres,
rious throughout the county, many of whom in Halſtow, called The Clerk's Piece, was given
have, through curioſity and a fondneſs for an by a perſon unknown to the uſe of the pariſh-
clerk here for ever.
OS
tiquarian knowledge, dug here for that purpoſe.
blod od
The laſt Earl of Winchelſea ſearched here ſeveral
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
times for them with ſucceſs, and had a nume-
rous collection of them; among others, one of Newington is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
the larger ones, which was dug up here, and diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
held 24 pints, came into the hands of Dr. Bat-
of Sitting borne.
tely, who ſays, it was dug up among many The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
urns here, being a veſſel not to hold the bones, is a handſome building, conſiſting of three iſles
but to be filled with wine, being pitched on the and two chancels, with a ſquare beacon tower
inſide, which was uſually done for that purpoſe. at the weſt end.
Parts siralo
It had four handles, by which it might be On the north ſide of the high chancel is the
plunged into the earth, and raiſed up again lower part of a ſquare tower,
a ſquare tower, which reaches at
whenever there was occafion, which was of no
preſent no higher than the roof of the church,
uſe to a fepulchral urn, which there was a re-
where it has a flat covering (s).
ligious dread of removing; it being their cuſtom
The church of Newington was given in the
to extinguiſh the funeral pile with wine, to waſh
25th year of K.Henry II, anno 1178, to the abbey
the bones, to fprinkle the ſepulchres in their
of Weſtwood, alias Leſnes, in Erith in this county,
funereal facrifices, and to pour it out as an offer-
then founded by Richard de Lucy, which gift was
ons no visa
ing to the funereal gods (v). ns ads no
confirmed, among other poffeflions of that mo-
Another of theſe urns, which held near a
naſtery, by K. John, in his 7th year (ss). base
buſhel, came into the poffeſfion of John Godfry,
Notwithſtanding which the Abbat and Convent
of Norton-court, eſq; and another into the hands
of St. Auguſtine’s, Canterbury, to whom part of
of Mr. Filmer Southouſe; the figures of each of
the manor of Newington had come in the above-
which may be ſeen in the annexed engraved
mentioned reign, as has been already related,
plate.
claimed this church from time to time, as having
CH
been given to their monaſtery by Richard de Lucy
Three quarters of wheat are payable yearly
above-mentioned. After much diſpute, during
out of the parſonage to the poor of this pariſh,
which Thorne, their chronicler, fays, the abbey
on old Lady-day for ever.
of St. Auguſtine kept poſſeſſion of it (t), an aſſize
195
(9) See Cafaubon's Notes on Antonine's Meditations,
in this chancel, in which are likewiſe the remains of their
p. 32. Burton on Antonine's Itinerary, p. 179.
only ſon and heir Edward Haſted, of Hawley near Dartford,
efq; who died in 1740, and of Anne, only daughter of Ed-
(r) Battely's Antiq. Rutup. p. 107.
ward above-mentioned, widow of Capt. James Archer, who
(s) There was ſome good painted glaſs formerly in the died abroad in the Eaſt India Company's ſervice.
windows of this church, and among others, the arms of This vault was built by Edward Hafted, of Canterbury,
Leyborne-Azure, 6 lions rampant argent ; of Northwood; of
efq; only ſon and heir of the laſt-mentioned Edward, and
Lucy, as well with the crollets as without; of Burwaſh; grandſon of Mr. Joſeph Hafted, by agreement with the pa-
Diggs impaling Monins ; Norton impaling Northwood; Bereſ-
riſh of Newington for the payment of two guineas for the
ford; Diggs; Horne ; of the Cinque Ports ; of the fee of
firſt corpfe depoſited therein, and one guinea for every one
Canterbury; of Archbiſhops Becket and Warham ; of Hol-
afterwards, and the keeping the ſame in repair from time
brooke, and of Brooke.
to time.
The ſouth chancel of this church, being in great want of (ss) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 302.
repairs, was many years ago taken poſſeſion of by the par-
(1) W. Thorn ſays, in his chronicle, that in the time of
riſh, who have kept it in repair ever ſince. In it were, till Abbat Scotland, who was choſen anno 1070, K. William gave
within theſe few years, among many others now defaced, to the monaſtery of St. Auguftine eight Prebends in Newyn-
memorials of Brian Diggs and his wife, anno 1490; of ton, and all lands belonging to them, free and quiet, with
Thomas Holbrook, gent. anno 1587; of Francis Holbrook, of
all their cuſtoms; and that there were four charters of the
this pariſh, gent. in 1581, and a tomb for fir John Norton, confirmation of this gift, viz, of William II, Henry I, in
whoſe wife was a Norwood, and afterwards married John 1102, Stephen, and Henry II; which church of Newynton
Cobham, alias Brooke, as above-mentioned.
was poſſeſſed by them till the time of Abbat Nicholas, choſen
Againſt the north wall of this chancel, is a monument anno 1273, from which time it was imprudently given up to
for Mr. Joſeph Hafted, of Chatham, gent, who died on Jan. the Abbat of Leſnes, for a time certain ; but the Abbat of
22, 1732, poſleſed of a good eſtate in this pariſh. His Leſnes, without the knowledge of the Abbat and Convent of
remains, with thoſe of his wife Catherine, daughter of St. Auguſtine, made a falſe repreſentation to the Pope and
Richard Yardley, gent. lie depoſited, in one coffin, in a vault to the King, and defrauded St. Auguftine's of it. Decem.
Script.
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564 The H I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED.
*
NEWİNGTON. 1
of darien preſentment was brought by Nicholas, the college, which had not as yet been firmly
then Abbat of it, againſt the Abbat and Convent of ſettled on it, were forfeited, and became part
Leſnes, before John Reygate, and his fociates, of the revenue of the Crown.
Juſtices Itinerant, in the 7th year of K. Edward I, How long this appropriated church, with the
1281; the former pleading, that one of his pre advowſon of the vicarage of it, remained in the
deceſſors had preſented the laſt to this church Crown, I have not found; but at the latter end
one Ralph, who was inſtituted to it, and died of Q. Elizabeth's reign, it was become part of
the laſt parſon of it; to which the Abbat of the poſſeſſions of the royal college of Eton, in
Leſnes replied, that it was not vacant, but full, the co. of Buckingham, where it continues at
and provided for by himſelf and his Convent, this time
abowonline
who held it appropriated of the gift of Richard The parſonage is leaſed out from time to time
de Lucy, who as patron of it, enfeoffed one of by the Provoſt and Fellows of Eton college,
on a beneficial leaſe. The advowſon of the vi-
his predeceffors in it; and he produced the char-
ter of K. John, in his 7th year, as above-men carage they keep in their own hands.
tioned, and likewiſe the charter of Richard de The glebe land belonging to the parſonage,
Lucy, of the gift of it to them. At laſt, by the contains 22 acres, i rood, and 20 perches. The
interpoſition of their common friends, it was family of Short were for many years tenants of it.
agreed between them, that the Abbat of St. Au-
guſtine's, for himſelf and his ſucceſſors, ſhould at 141. per annum, and the yearly tenths at 11.8s.
releaſe and quit-claim to the Abbat of Leſnes all It is now of the clear yearly certified value of
right to the advowſon of this church, for which
721. ()
the Abbat of Leſnes, for himſelf and his ſucceſſors, In 1578, the dwelling. houſes in
agreed, that he and they ſhould inne a certain were 77. Communicants 236. In 1640, it was
marſh, therein mentioned, of Plumſted and Leſnes, valued at 70l. Communicants 205. sıb evergil
and do other matters relating to them, as is
The glebe land belonging to the vicarage, con-
more particularly mentioned in the agreement(u). ſiſts of only one acre, beſides the homeſtall; the
The Abbat and Convent of Leſnes, having thus annual value of it is very precarious, depending
gained the firm poſſeſſion of this church, ob greatly on the plantations of hops in the pariſh,
tained a confirmation of it from the feveral ſuc which have of late years much increaſed the
ceeding Kings, and it remained part of the re value of it, there having been within theſe 50
venues of their monaſtery till the final diffolu years
conſiderable quantities of them planted on
tion of it, which happened in the 17th year of
the ſcite of the old worn-out fruit-grounds in it.
K. Henry VIII, when, being one of thoſe ſmaller The Churchwardens of Newington claim to
monaſteries which Cardinal Wolfey obtained of hold of Milton manor, a parcel of land, called
the King, by his letters patent that year, for the Wellpett, in this pariſh, by the yearly rent of 4s.
endowment of his colleges, it was ſurrendered,
with all its poffeffions, into the Cardinals hands,
VIGO CHURCH OF NEWINGTON, .
to whom the King granted his licence, by writ, PATRONS,
to Toog AU SOS bilo fuo
.
on May 10, in his 18th year, to appropriate,
or by whom preſented.
conſolidate, and annex the rectory or church of
(2) William Adamſon, in 1509.
Newington, among others, which were of the The Crown. Anthony Batten, A.M. April
Cardinal's patronage, to the Dean and Canons of
PS3, 1577
the college founded by him in the univerſity of Provoſt and Fellows Thomas Gathefende, March 14,
Oxford, &c. But this church remained with of Eton.
1583, obt. 1613.
them only four years, when that prelate being
Mathew Donatt, A. M. Jan.
caſt in a præmunire, in 1529, all the eſtates of
5, 1613.
Script. col. 1788, 1796, concerning theſe eight Prebends,
and the cuſtoms of the church of Newington, which were
confirmed by the Conqueror to the Archbiſhop, anno 1073.
Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 22.
See above, p. 550.
(u) Decem, Script. 1930. Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 173.
See alſo Leſnes, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 199.
(v) The royal college of St. Mary, of Eton near Windſor,
was founded by K. Henry VI, in his 19th year, and though
fome part of the endowment was taken away by K. Edward
IV, yet it ſtill continues in a flouriſhing ſtate, being par-
cularly excepted in the acts of diſſolution. The number of
the members at the foundation of it have undergone ſome
alteration : at preſent it conſiſts of a provoſt, ſeven fellows,
two ſchoolmaſters, two conducts, an organiſt, ſeven clerks,
70 King's ſcholars, 10 choiriſters, beſides officers and fer-
vants belonging to the college. It was valued anno 26
Henry VIII, in ſpiritualities 5471. 7s. 1d. in temporalities
5541. 5s. 6d. total 11011. 135.7d. clear, beyond repriſes
8861. 125. Tan. Mon.
Tan. Mon. p. 33.
(w) E&. Theſ. p. 13.
to Lounge
(x) He was alſo Vicar of Rainham. He is mentioned in
the laſt will of fir Thomas Mariatt, Clerk and Pariſh Prieſt
of Newyngton, who willed his body to be buried in the chan-
cel of Our Lady, in the church there; he willed to his
maſter the Vicar of the ſaid church, for his ſepulture, 6s.
8d. and that his executors provide and ordain a marble
ftone, with an image and portraiture of the crucifix of Our
Saviour Jhu, and of a prieſt kneeling, with a cedule in his
hand, at the fote of the ſaid image, and in the cedule writ-
ten the words Jhu fili Dei miſerere mei, and other writing,
with his name in due order to be added to it, to lie upon
his
grave;
all which were to be of the value 2os. or there-
abouts. Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
Henry

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565
BORDEN.
of Eton.
of Eton.
MILTON HUNDRED.
(y) Henry Deering, Nov. 24, annual rent of 10l. from it, for the term of his
1626, obt. 1666.
life, conveyed it, in the 10th year of K. Henry
Adam Reve, A. B. Sept. 14, IV, to William Bereford, by whom it was alien-
1666, reſig. 1684. ated by deed, dated April 22, in the 19th year
The Archbiſhop James Stratton, A. M. Feb.
of K. Henry VI, to Mr. John Grangeman, of this
27, 1684, obt. 1693. pariſh.
Provoſt and Fellows Thomas Milway, Cl. Feb. 26,
He died poſſeſſed of this manor, and was ſuc-
1693
ceeded in it by his ſon Nicholas Grangeman, who,
John Goodyer, A. M. Jan. 3, in conſideration of the payment of 10 marcs at
1708, obt. 1715.
Michaelmas, and 61 pounds within 15 days after,
(z) John Burman, A.M. May to be paid in the pariſh church of Borden, paſſed
5,1715, obt. Ap.13, 1726.
it away by deed, anno 29 Henry VI, to Stephen
kis (a) Robert Tyler, Sept. 19, and John Norton, one of whoſe deſcendants, Alex-
1726, reſig. 1740.
ander Norton, eſq; by his laſt will, in the 4th
The Crown by lapſe. (b) Sir Hugh Burdett, bart. and 5th year of K. Philip and Q. Mary, deviſed
Feb. 18, 1742, obt. 1760. his eſtates here, among which this manor was
Provoſt and Fellows (c) John Saunders, A. M. included, to John Coty and Alice his wife, Tbo-
Dec. 22, 1760. Preſent
mas Plot and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas and Alex-
Vicar.
ander Pettenden, Norton Greene, Thomas and Ed-
ward Norton, and their heirs, who being after-
B OR DE N
wards much at variance concerning their reſpec-
tive portions in them, they were divided, ac-
cording to the judgement of Ambroſe Gilberd,
S the next pariſh eaſtward from Newington.
I
The name of which being derived from the
and Roger Manwood, as appears by their award.
Saxon words Burg and dena, ſignifying a manſion But the manor of Sutton Barne, not being ſo
or town among the woods, ſeems to imply its hav-
conveniently to be divided among ſo many, they
ing been a place of ſome note, as well as anti-
finally agreed, that ſame year, in conſideration
quity (d).
of 320l. to paſs it away to William Cromer, eſq;
It is within the diviſion of Eaſt Kent, and and John Dryland; the former of whom, in the
within the juriſdiction of the paramount manor 2d
year of Q. Elizabeth, ſold it, together with
of Milton, ſubordinate to which is the manor of a wood, called Fridd-wood, in this pariſh, to
Mr. Robert Plot, of Borden, one of the ſons of
SUTTON, alias SUTTON BARNE,
Mr. Alexander Plot, of Stockbury, in which pariſh
as it is corruptly now called, its antient name
his anceſtors had been ſettled in the reign of K.
being Sutton Baron, which addition it took, un-
Edward IV. He died poffeffed of this manor,
doubtedly, from the Court Baron of the manor and was ſucceeded in it by his ſon and heir Wil-
held for it, is ſituated about a mile fouthward liam, as he was likewiſe by his ſon and heir
of the church and village of Borden, and in Robert Plot, who died on April 20, 1669, æt.
the reign of King Richard II, was in the poffef 63(f), leaving his ſon Robert his heir (g), who
fion of Angelus Chriſtopher, who with Margaret refided here, and made great additions to this
his wife, paſſed it away, in the 17th year of that ſeat.
reign, by fine then levied, to Henry Vanner, Citi He was born here in 1641, and became a moſt
zen of London, who paid them 100 marcs of learned antiquarian, and excellent natural hiſto-
ſilver for the purchaſe of it. He fold it that rian, of which his hiſtories of Oxfordſhire and
year to John Wotton, Cl. Maſter of the college Staffordſhire are ſufficient proofs. Being educated
of All Saints in Maidſtone (e), who reſerving an at Oxford, he commenced LL. D. and became
6) He was very ſtudious in antiquity, and a great friend
of the learned Meric Caſaubon. See above, p. 562.
(z) Alfo Vicar of Bobbing, and formerly Fellow of Uni-
verſity college, Oxford.
(a) And Vicar of Sittingborne. See St. Laurence in Tha-
net, of which he was Vicar.
(5) Second ſon of fir Francis Burdett, of Burthwaite in
Yorkſhire, bart. whoſe father Francis Burdett, eſa; was
created a Baronet anno 17 Charles II. See Kimber's Bar.
ni
vol. ii, p. 328.
(c) In 1768, he was preſented to the vicarage of Farn-
ingham in this county.
(d) Philipott ſays, it took its name of Borden of the
boars, which fed in the neighbouring cheſnut-woods, quaſi
Bore-denne.
(e) John Wotton, was beſides Rector of Staplehurſt in this
county, Canon of Chicheſter, and one of Archbiſhop Court-
ney's executors. He died in Oct. 1417, and was buried in
the collegiate church of Maidfone. See above, p. 114.
(f) He lies buried in the fouth chancel of this church,
in which there is a mural monument erected to his memory,
the inſcription of which tells us, that he was a Captain of
Militia for the Hundred of Middleton, and was taken from
hence to ſerve under the banner of St. Michael the Archangel;
over it is this coat of arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th, Plot ;
zd, ermine, a lion rampant fable ; 3d, argent, 3 chevronels,
on each 5 bezants.
(8) 'The whole of the above account of this manor was
drawn up by Dr. Plot, and communicated to me, among
the reſt of the Doctor's papers, by John Thorpe, of Bexley,
elgi
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Fellow,

566
The HISTORY of K E N T.
BORDEN.
MILTON HUNDRED,
Fellow, and afterwards Secretary of the Royal Bertram de Criol died feiſed of it in the 23d
year of K. Edward I, anno 1294, having been
Society, Hiſtoriographer to K. James II, Mow-
married to Elene, one of the daughters of Hamon
bray Herald Extraordinary, and laſtly, Regiſter
of the Court of Honor. He died, æt. 55, on
de Crevequer, by whom he left a fon Fohn de
Criol, who ſucceeded him in the poſſeſſion of it,
April 30, 1696, at Sutton Barne, and was buried
and deceaſing in the 34th year of that reign,
in the church of Borden, where there is a hand-
ſome monument erected to his memory (b).
without iſſue, Joane his fifter, married to fir
Richard de Rokeſle, knt. became his heir, and
Dr. Plot left iſſue by Rebecca his wife, widow
entitled her huſband to this manor.
of Henry Burman (i), who ſurvived him, two
He left by her two daughters his coheirs, of
fons, Robert and Ralph Sherwood, the eldeſt of
whom, Agnes, the eldeſt, married Thomas de
whom inherited this manor, and at his death de-
Poynings, who in her right became poffeffed of
viſed it by his laſt will to Mr. John Palmer, who,
it, and in 'his name and deſcendants it continued
in 1746, had married his only daughter Rebecca.
down to fir Edward Poynings, kni. a perſon much
He ſurvived her, and at his death deviſed it to
in favor with K. Henry VII. and VIII, being
his ſecond wife (k), and Mr. John Lucas, of
Governor of Dover Caſtle, Lord Warden of the
Milton, whoſe reſpective heirs, about the year
Cinque Ports, and Knight of the Garter, and he
1767, joined in the ſale of it to Abraham Cham-
died poffeffed of it in the 14th year of K. Henry
bers, of London, efq; who for ſome time reſided
VIII, anno 1522, having married Elizabeth,
at Sutton Barne, till he removed to the neigh-
daughter of fir John Scott, knt. by whom he left
bouring pariſh of Tonſtall, and he ſtill continues
no iſſue, though he had ſeveral natural children,
poſſeſſor of this manor (1).
He died not only without legitimate iſſue, but
The manor of Sutton Barne is held of the ma-
without any collateral kindred, who could lay
nor of Milton, in the rolls of which it is called
claim to his eſtates, ſo that this manor, among
the Yoke of Sutton, by the yearly rent of 2 is. iod.
others, eſcheated to the Crown (n).
A Court Baron is held for it (Il).
After which, K. Henry VIII. granted this
manor to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt, with whom it
CRIOLS
did not ſtay long, for he, in purſuance of an act
now vulgarly called Coyals, with an appendage of Parliament paſſed for the purpoſe, in the 32d
to it, called Poyles (m), the very name of which year of that reign, conveyed it, among other
has been long ſince forgotten, is a manor here, premiſes, by deed, dated Nov. 20, the year fol-
which in early times was in the poſſeſſion of the lowing, in exchange, to the King, his heirs and
eminent family of Criol, who fixed their name aſſigns for ever (o). After which it ſeems to have
on it, as they did on other eſtates belonging to
remained in the hands of the Crown, till the year
them in different parts of this county.
after the attainder and execution of his fon fir


21
(1) He was educated at Wye ſchool, in this county, and
was afterwards entered a ſtudent of Magdalen hall in Oxford,
under the tuition of the noted Jo. Pullen, and afterwards
removed to Univerſity college. Whilft at the univerſity, he
went through the firſt degrees in arts, and afterwards com-
menced Batchelor, and then Doctor of Laws. After his
being elected one of the Secretaries of the Royal Society, he
publiſhed ſeveral of their Tranſactions, but natural hiſtory
was his chief delight, and beſides the two hiſtories he pub-
liſhed, it appears by his manuſcript papers, and common-
place books, now in Mr. Thorpe's hands, that he intended
not only the natural hiſtory of Great Britain, but of every
nation of the known world. Towards that part of it which
concerned Great Britain, he had formed a deſign, in order
to improve himſelf for that purpoſe, of travelling through
it, for the diſcovery of antiquities, and other curioſities, and
every part of natural hiſtory. In 1683, he was appointed the
firſt Keeper of the Aſhmolean muſeum, in the univerſity of
Oxford, by the founder of it, and at the ſame time nomi-
nated by the Vice Chancellor the firſt Profeſſor of Chemiſtry
there; both which places he reſigned in 1690. In 1687,
he had been made Secretary to the Earl Marſhal; in 1688,
Royal Hiſtoriographer; in 1695, he was nominated Mow-
bray Herald Extraordinary, and two days afterwards, Re-
giſter of the Court of Honor. He died of the ſtone, at his
houſe here, in 1696, as above-mentioned, æt. 55, leaving
behind him many valuable and curious manuſcripts, ſeveral
of which are yet unpubliſhed. See his life, Biog. Brit. vol.
v, p. 3368, and in Hift. of Oxfordſhire, Wood's Faſti,
vol. ii, p. 1122, faſti, p. 140, 158, 186, 187.
He bore for his arms-Vert, 3 quaterfoils argent, each
charged with a lion's head eraſed fable.
(i) She was daughter of Mr. Ralph Sherwood, Citizen
and Grocer of London, who died in 1705, and lies buried
in this church. She died on March 5, 1713, æt. 51, and
ſeems to have been Dr. Plot's ſecond wife, for in 1669, I
find, that Robert Plot, of Borden, married Mrs. Frances
Colebrond, of the fame place. He married Mrs. Rebecca
Burman, above-mentioned, at Canterbury, on Aug. 21,
1690. Their eldeſt ſon, Robert Plot, refided at Sutton
Barne, and married on Feb. 20, 1720, Anne Tong, of Ber-
den ; the ſecond ſon, Ralph Sherwood, reſided at Newington,
and married in Canterbury cathedral, Jan. 11, 1721, Frances
Tafell, of Sittingborne.
Bronsequoihoven H (0
(k) She afterwards remarried with Mr. Francis Merril.
(1) He married the daughter of Mr. James, of London,
by whom he has ſeveral children, and now reſides at Torte-
ridge in the co. of Hertford.
to of the
- (ll) In the year 1687, the yearly quit-rents from the 12
tenants of it were il. 198.7d.
mol Shop (4)
(m) The houſe of Criols ftands about half a mile north-
eaſt ward from Borden church, about midway between it and
the high Dover road. Mr. March has lately rebuilt it in a
handſome modern ſtyle.
(n) Philipott, p. 82. more of the families of Rou
keſley and Poynings, under North Cray, vol. i. of this hiſtory
p. 155, and above, p. 446.
(.) Deeds of Purchaſe and Exchange, Augtn. off. box
C. 20, and inrolled the ſame day.

Thomas

TheH HISTORY of K EN T.
567
MILTON HUNDRED.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
of whom, John Grove, of Tunſtall, ela; died feiſed
5 who died pof
and heir
BORDEN. TUR
Thomas Wyatt, knt. for high treaſon, when Q. Throwley, where they reſided for ſeveral generati-
Mary, in her 2d year, out of her royal bounty, ons. Atlength it became the property of Mr. Ralph
granted it to his widow, the Lady Jane Wyatt, Wolgate, who died poſſeſſed of it in 1642, leav-
to hold of her, as of her manor of Ex Grene. ing iſſue by Anne his wife, daughter of William
wich, by knights ſervice, and not in capite (P). Tonge, of Bredgar, an only daughter and heir,
This grant ſeems to have been only for the term who marrying with Mr. William Gennery, entitled
of her life, and of her ſon George Wyatt, who him to the fee of this manor, with other eſtates
was reſtored in blood in the 13th year of Q.
in this pariſh (s).
Elizabeth, during which time the reverſion of After which it was ſold to Grove, of Tunſtall, one
it was granted by K. James, by letters patent,
dated June 15, in his 16th year, to Thomas of it in 1755, leaving iſſue by Catherine his wife,
Hooker and John Spencer, gent, who joining in a daughter of Mr. Pearce, of Charing, two ſons,
fine levied for that purpoſe, ſettled it on the heirs Pearce and Richard, and a daughter Anne.
of George Wyatt, eſq; above-mentioned. He died He deviſed this manor to his ſecond fon Ri-
in the poſſeſſion of it in 1624, anno 23 James chard Grové, of the Temple, London, éſq; and of
I, when Francis Wyatt, of Boxley-abbey, eſq; was St. John's college, Cambridge, who is the preſent
found to be his eldeſt ſon and heir, and accord poffeffor of it(t).
ingly ſucceeded to it (q).
He was afterwards knighted, and ſome years
afterwards, joining with Lady Margaret his wife,
Nicholas Abelyn, at the time of his death anno
conveyed it by ſale to Mr. Iſaac Seward, gent.
6 Edward I, held of the King in capite 10 acres
from which name it afterwards paſſed into that of land, and one meſſuage in Borden, by the ſer-
of Baker, in which it remained till it was carried vice of paying yearly 18d. at the King's Court
in marriage by Jane Baker to James Brewer, of at Middleton (u).
,
There was antiently a family which took its
Caro 5
feffed of it in 1724, leaving an only daughter
name from their poſſeſſions in this pariſh, Philip
de Borden is mentioned in the chartulary of the
.32
Carney, eſq; and ſecondly, to John Shrimpton, abbey of St. Radigund near Dover, as having
eſq; (r) with whom ſhe joined in the conveyance
given half a ſeam of peas yearly from his ma-
of it, about the year 1750, to Mr. Robert Wol nor in Borden to that abbey (v); and Oſbert de
let, of Sheerneſs, who died poſſeſſed of it in 1760,
Borden is recorded in a charter of K. Henry III,
and by his laſt will deviſed it to his infant-daugh-
and another of K. Henry IV, as having given
ter Sarah, who has ſince, in 1764, by marrying paſture for 60 ſheep to the monaſtery of St. Sex-
with Mr. Thomas March, entitled him to the pof-
burg in the Iſle of Shepey (w).
feffion of it, and he now reſides here.
John de Eveſham, Cl. gave lands in this pa-
riſh to the priory of Leeds, which remained
part
(no POS I E R S
of its poffeffions at the diſſolution of it, in the
is a ſmall manor in this pariſh, which was an 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII. (x)
tiently the inheritance of a family of that ſurname, The college of the adjoining pariſh of Bredgar
who continued owners of it till the reign of K. poſſeſſed lands in Borden at the ſurrendry of it,
Henry VIII, about which time they became ex in the reign of K. Henry VIII, (y) when they
tinct here. After which it became the property were granted to fir George Harpur, knt. who by
of the family of Wolgate, whoſe ſeat was at Wol his indenture, March 16, anno 33 of that reign,
gate, now called Wilgate-green, in the pariſh of conveyed them back again to that King, his heirs
ol
CH
Pofiers, and
59
(p) Rot. Efch. ejus an. 4, p. 6, rot. 42. In the mean
time K. Edward VI, in his 3d year, had appointed Hugh
Darel, gent. to the office of Bailiff or Collector of this ma-
nor of Kyriel, among others, late belonging to fir Thomas
Wyatt, knt. deceaſed, for the term of his life, which office
had been before held by John Deryng, deceaſed. Hugh
Darel ſurrendered up theſe letters patent, anno 5 Edward
VI, and the King granted new ones of this office to John
Wilkins, gent. for the term of his life, with the fee and
wages as is therein mentioned. Augtn. off. Inrolments.
(9) Philipott, p. 82. See more of the Wyatts above, p.
125, 183,
(r) See more of the Brewers, under Weft Farleigh above,
p. 295
(-) In a ſurvey of Milton manor, taken in 1653, it is
ſaid, that William Gennery, late Ralph Wolgate, claimed to
hold, &c. the roke, containing a dwelling-houſe, called
acres of land, with their appurts, in Borden,
of that manor, at the yearly rent of 11s. 6d. alſo the yoke
of Hole, alias Horeys, and the yoke of Imdiane Kinge, by the
rents therein mentioned. In 1608, John Wolgate, of Bor-
den, gent, married Mary Sharpe, of Weft well. He died on
Nov. 6, 1614, and was buried in this church, as was Mary
his wife in 1625. "They left iflue one ſon Ralph, above-
mentioned, and two daughters, Roſe and Mary; and in
1609, Frances, fiſter of yohn Wolgate, above-mentioned,
married William Barrow, of Borden, gent.
(1) See more of the Groves, under Tunſtall and Eafling,
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. No. 17.
(v) Carta 1085, Hiis Teft. Henr de Infula, Simone Saa
vage, &c.
(w) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 153.
(x) Regiſter of Leeds abbey, fol. 1.
(y) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. 17.
too
and

568
Tbe
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HISTORY of
MILTON HUNDRED.
PRESENT STATE OF BORDEN,
BORDEN,
and aſſigns for ever (z); and they ſeem to have
been afterwards granted by Q. Elizabeth to
Zach. Colebrond.
The village of Borden ſtands nearly in the
There is a hamlet in this pariſh, called Hoade-
middle of the pariſh, incircling the church. It
ftreet, corruptly for Oade-ſtreet, the yoke of which,
ſtands on high ground deſcending towards the
anno 1653, was held of the manor of Milton, north, at the extremity of which ſide of it is the
which claims over much land in this pariſh, by high London road to Dover, from which this
William Genery, as has been already mentioned. village is about a mile diſtant. The land on
The family of Allen was formerly of good ac- || this ſide of the village is fertile, and much co.
vered with orchards, and ſome years ago more
count in Borden, and reſided at Hoad or Oade-
Street, in this pariſh. John Allen reſided here in
ſo than at this time, many of then: being de-
the very beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign (a), cayed and worn out.
as did his grandſon Chriſtopher in the reign of To the ſouthward of the village, the ſoil grows
K. James I. He left iſſue a fon John Allen, gent. poor, is very hilly, and much covered with
who refided here in 1653, and then held of the flints; to the ſouth-weſt it has much coppice
manor of Milton, among other premiſes in this wood, great plenty of the Engliſh cheſnut being
pariſh, the yoke of Boxfield, at the yearly rent of interſperſed throughout it.
12d. (6)
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES.
A younger branch of the family of Forſter,
of Eveleigh in Shropſhire, was ſettled in Borden In July 1695, in the ſinking of a new cellar
in the reign of K. James I, Thomas Forſter then by Dr. Plot, at Sutton Barne, ſeveral Roman
reſiding here (c); but this family have been long bricks were found, with their edges upward,
ago extinct here.
much like thoſe, he ſays, which had been turned
Thomas Seager held in 1653, of Milton manor, up at the antient Roman Sulloniacæ, near Elleſtre
the yoke of Corbett, containing a houſe, called in Middleſex (e); and near Hoad-ſtreet was, about
Banſies, and other lands in this pariſh, lately the ſame time, found an antient Britiſh coin.
belonging to Thomas Reader; which name of In the fields ſouthward of the village, the
Seager remained here till of late years, one of ſtones affect a globular form, where there are
them having but lately owned a houſe here, numbers of them, of different magnitudes; but
called Borden-hall, alias Borden-court belonging the biggeſt of them was plowed up at Sutton
to the rectory, of which a further account will Barne, by Dr. Plot's tenant, exactly globular,
be given below.
and as big as the largeſt cannon-ball.
The family of Napleton, which was poſſeſſed In 1676, Dr. Thomas Taylor found in Frid-
of good eſtates in many pariſhes of this county, wood, in this pariſh, belonging to his uncle Dr.
reſided here for ſome generations; but they have Plot, an oak, which bore leaves ſpeckled with
been for ſome time extinat (d).
white: ſuch a one, Mr. Evelyn informs us, in
There is an eſtate in this pariſh, called Wrens, his Diſcourſe on Foreſt Trees, from Dr. Childrey,
which in 1664 was held of Tunſtall manor, by was found in Lanhadron-park in Cornwall (f).
Richard, ſon of Chriſtopher Allen, eſq; from which About the ſame time Dr. Plot ſaw a hog, at
name it was paſſed away to Mr. Butler Lacy, and Mr. Barrow's in this pariſh, whoſe feet were not
his daughters now poffefs it.
cloven, but folipeds, yet not fo round as the
(2) Deeds of Purch. and Exch. Augtn. off. box C. 25.
(a) He left iſſue a ſon Chriſtopher, who had three wives;
the firſt was Mary, daughter of Thomas Barham ; the ſecond,
Suſan, daughter of William Tonge, of Tunſtal; and the third,
Anne, daughter of Colvile. He left iſſue by his firſt wife
five ſons and one daughter; of whom John, the eldeft,
died without iſſue; and Chriſtopher became his heir. See
Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Allen.
Chriſtopher Allen was twice married; firſt to Suſan, daugh-
ter of Thomas Knatchbull, gent. and ſecondly to Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Finch, of Kingſdown, gent. by whom
he had five ſons and five daughters. He bore for his arms-
Or, a chevron between 3 blood-hounds paſſant, fable, collared
of the 1/1; which coat was granted to him by fir William
Segar, Garter. Guillim, p. 196. The Allens of Rochefter,
deſcended of the ſame ſtock, bore-Parted per feſs, a pale
ingrailed, and 3 blood-hounds paſſant, collared and counter
changed.
(6) John Allen, of Oade-ſtreet, gent. died on Nov. 7,
1679, æt. 51, and was buried in this church.
(c) He was deſcended from John Forſter, of Eveleigh,
who had two ſons, Richard, who, as well as deſcendants,
were of Eveleigh, and William, who came into Kent, and
ſettled at Tong. He had iſſue a fon Robert, of Tong, who
left four fons; Roger; Richard, who was of Tong; William,
who died without iſſue; and Thomas, of Tong likewiſe.
Richard, the ſecond ſon, married Elizabeth Blackway, of
Shropſhire, by whom he had Thomas Forſter, of Borden,
above-mentioned, who married Jane, daughter of Simon
Greenftreet, of Oſpringe; and William, who married Jane,
daughter of Richard Wheler, of Saulford in the co. of Wor-
ceſter, by whom he had a ſon Henry, born in 1613.
They bore for their arms-Quarterly, iſt and 4th, per feſs
indented and pale, argent and ſable, 2 bugle-horns Prung in
the ift and 4th quarters, counterchanged; 2d and 3d, Jable,
3 pheons argent. Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Forſter.
(d) Several of them lie buried in this church, among
others of them, John Napleton, gent. who died on June 18,
17.25, æt. 72, leaving iſſue two fons, Thomas and John,
and one daughter Elizabeth.
They bore for their arms-Or, a Squirril ſeiant, gules.
(e) Plot's Mff. See Camden's Brit: p. 359.
(f) Plot's Oxfordſh. p. 174. Evelyn on Foreſt Trees,
chap. iii, p. 8.
hoof

The
569
HISTORY of K E N T.
BORDEN.
hoof of an horſe, but rather oblong like that of
an aſs. This is not a ſingularity, there being a
race or fpecies of them, though they are very
rare to be met with.
CHARITIES.
.
Thomas Everard, formerly Vicar of this pa-
riſh, gave two pieces of land, containing about
fix acres, in Borden and Stockbury, for the uſe of
the
poor; and a ſilver cup, for the uſe of the
communion ſervice. Det hay
Michael Goodlard, of Borden, gave a meſſuage,
with an orchard and garden, to the uſe of the
poor of this pariſh.
A perſon unknown, gave five ſeams of bar.
ley, to be paid yearly for ever on a Good Friday
out of the parſonage; and likewiſe two buſhels
of wheat yearly on Eaſter-day, for the like pur-
poſe, for ever.
Mr. John Kenward gave one ſeam of malt, to
be paid yearly on Aſcenſion Thurſday, out of
ſome tythe-free land belonging to a farrn at Oade-
Street, late Mrs. Hendreſje's.
A perſon unknown, gave five groats-worth
of bread, to be paid yearly on Eafter-day, out
of a meſſuage and orchard called Iron-latche, late
belonging to Mr. Stephen Chapman, of Sitting-
borne.
Mr. Ralph Sherwood, Citizen of London, in
1700, gave a cuſhion and pulpit-cloth, and a
.
cloth for the reading-deſk.
Mr. John Napleton, and Elizabeth his wife,
of this pariſh, gave a very handſome ſilver Aag-
gon for the uſe of the communion.
Mr. John Bromfield, of Borden, in 1776, gave
to the value of 10l. towards erecting the altar-
piece.
Mr. William Barrow, of Borden, who died
Jan. 18, 1707 (8), deviſed by his laſt will the
greateſt part of his eſtates in this and
pariſhes in this county, to four truſtees, to the
uſe of the poor widows and poor men of this
pariſh, not entitled to receive alms, directing
the rents of them to be diſtributed half yearly,
the annual amount of them then being 4651.
which after the death of his wife, and ſome
others, amounted to 5331.
The diſtribution of this charity was ſettled
and eſtabliſhed by a decree of the Court of Chan-
cery, on March 22, in the 8th year of Q. Anne ;
by which it was, among other matters, ordered,
that the income of this eſtate ſhould be diftri-
buted half yearly to the poor men and poor
widows of this pariſh, the pooreſt of it next
MILTON HUNDRED,
above thoſe who ought to be entitled to relief
by the poor's rate ; that the proportion of the di-
ſtribution ought to be equal to all, and not leſs
than 51. in one year to each ; that the truſtees
ſhould account annually to a veftry of this pariſh,
who ſhould paſs and allow the ſame, and ſhould
be allowed their coſts and expences in the manag-
ing of it. And as to the nomination of new truf-
tees, it was ordered, that upon the death of any
one of them, the ſurvivors ſhould convey to them-
ſelves, and to ſuch new truſtee as the major
part of them ſhould from time to time think fit
to chooſe and elect, in the room of him ſo dy-
ing; but ſuch new truſtee ſhould not be of the
ſame pariſh, or have lands lying in it.
According to which decree this charity has
been managed ever ſince.
The preſent truſtees are, Mr. Daniel May,
and Mr. Richard Tilden, of Milſted, the Rev. Mr.
Richard Smith, of Milfted, and the Rev. Mr.
Sampſon Steele, of Bredgar.
Two of theſe truſtees act yearly, one of whom
makes the Lady-day diſtribution, and the other
that at Michaelmas
. The total annual rents now
amount to the ſum of 5841. 16s, beſides 40
acres of woodland, and the clear ſum diſtri-
buted, after all payments and deductions, a-
mounts to about 200l. per annum. 1 ogohanol
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Borden is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Șit-
tingborne.no
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter
and St. Paul, is a handſome building, conſiſt-
ing of three illes and three chanceis, with a
ſquare tower at the weſt end of it, in which there
is a clock(5), and ſix bells. It is built moſtly
of Aint(i), but as a mark of its antiquity, it
has a Roman brick or two interſperſed among
them, and the mortar is compoſed of cockle-
ſhells. What is very remarkable, in the ſteeple
there are the remains of a chimney, which ſeems
coeval with it. The door-caſe on the weſtern
ſide of the ſteeple is of Saxon architecture, with
zigzag ornaments, as is that on the oppoſite or
inner ſide, but of a much larger ſize.
It is kept exceedingly clean and neat, and the
greateſt part of it has been lately ceiled, that
part of it over the high chancel, at the expence
of the lay impropriator.
The church of Borden was part of the poſſeſ-
ſions of the Priory of Leeds, to which it was ap-
propriated before the 8th of K. Richard II, when
De
(i) Boethius ſays, that flint is unfit for building; but
moſt of our monaſtic buildings and churches in this county
being compoſed of that material, many of which are curi-
ouſly contrived, both for ſtrength and beauty, are good
proofs to the contrary. The Grecians built of flint, and
called thoſe buildings Ijodomos.
ue of 101. towards
on
many other
(8) He died, æt. 71, without iſſue, and was buried in
this church, being the grandſon of William Barrow, of
Borden, gent. 'who died Feb. 1, 1638, æt. 49, and was
buried in this church, leaving iſſue five fons, Richard, ,
Francis, Norton, William, and Edward.
(b) The clock was put up in the year 1715, by a con-
tribution among the pariſhioners.
VOL. II.
7 F
it
The HISTORY
570
of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED,
cants 207.
موه
BORDEN.
it was valued at 271. 6s. 8d. per annum (k). In The vicarage of Border is valued in the King's
which ſituation it continued at the diffolution books at 81. 1os. and the yearly tenths at 175.
of it in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, when It is now of the yearly certified value of 671.
it was, together with the other poſſeſſions of the
145.'od. (p)
priory, ſurrendered into the King's hands, to Sir John Norton, knt., and Alice his wife, gave
the uſe of him and his heirs for ever.
an annuity of 4os. to be paid yearly for ever
It appears by the Bailiff's accounts in the out of the parſonage, to the Vicar of Borden and
Augmentation-office, of the revenues of the late his fucceffors.
priory of Leeds, that this rectory with the lands in In 1578, there were 53 dwelling houſes in
this pariſh belonging to it, was then of the an this pariſh, Communicants 160. 100
nual value of 411. 14s. 5d. Soon after which
In 1640, it was valued at sol. Communi-
it was granted by the King to Greene, but it
ſeems to have been only for a term, for K. Ed.
A part of the portion of tythes, already men-
ward VI, in his 6th year, granted it, with all
meſſuages and woods belonging to it, to fir John
tioned in the deſcription of the pariſh of Stock-
bury, called Ambry Tanton, extends likewiſe into
Norton, of Northwood, to hold of the King in
this parifh.
capite by knights ſervice (l). He alienated it to
There ſeems to have been continual diſputes
Margaret Roch, who died ſeiſed of it in the ift
year of Q. Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded in it
between the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine's,
by Elizabeth her daughter and heir, whoſe hur-
Canterbury, and the Prior and Convent of Leeds,
band, Robert Colt, had, in her right, livery of
relative to the church of Borden, which at laſt
it that year, to hold by the like ſervice as above-
was finally ſettled between them, about the year
mentioned (m). He died poffeſfed of it, as did
1204; the Prior agreeing to pay one marc of
his widow in the 13th year of that reign, at ſilver to the church of St. Auguſtine, by half-
which time it appears to have been accounted a
yearly payments, which agreement was ſealed
manor, and to have conſiſted of a houſe called
with the common ſeals of each ſociety (9).
Borden-hall, two barns, one ſtable, and three acres
It
appears by the ſurvey of chantry lands,
of land, with the rectory, tythes, and glebe be &c. taken purſuant to act of Parliament, anno
longing to it, in Borden. She left Roger Colt,
i Edward VI, that three acres and an
an half of
her ſon and heir, who dying three years after-
land, in this pariſh, were left by the laſt will
wards, was ſucceeded by his ſon and heir Mr. and teſtament of Margery Lockſmith, widow, of
John Colt (n), in whoſe deſcendants it continued Borden, to find certain lights in this church,
in the latter end of the laſt century. After
which lands were then valued at
which, Borden-ball, with the rectory and advow and were held of Milton manor, by the yearly
ſon of the vicarage, came into the family of rent of 6d.(r)
Titchborne, of Hampſhire, and was poſſeſſed by
TIVO
three brothers of that name; two of them ſold
their two-thirds of it to Seager, whoſe deſcen PATRONS,
VICARS.
dant Mr. Charles Seager, of Borden-ball, gent.
or by whom preſented.
died ſeiſed of them in July 1758 (0), upon which
Todo va bun air (s) William Fordimell, in
they deſcended to his eldeſt daughter Mrs. Mary
d.
H 1490.
Seager, and ſhe alienated them to Jofeph Muf Chr. Sampſon, gent. (t) John Stybbynge, Noy. 2,
grave, efq; who having before become poffefied and Wm. Daye. 1570, refig. 1573.
of the other third part by deviſe from the Titch-
Jobn Tomlyn,of Sit- John Terenden, Oct. 16, 1573,
bornes, who had continued owners of it, was
tingborne, yeoman. obt. 1593.
now entitled to the entire property of Borden-
Tho. Redman, gent. Richard Parteriche, Mar. 30,
ball, the parſonage impropriate, and the advow-
1593
fon of the vicarage of the church of Borden, of
John Norris, eſq; in
which he continues owner at this time.
right of Mary his The ſame again, induct. Feb.
The rectory of Borden is held of the Crown, wife, widow of Ro-
22, 1593, obt. 1611.
by the yearly fee-farm of 31. 195. 5 d.
ger Colt, efq;



1955. yearly,
CHURCH OF
BORDEN.
၀)
(k). Thorn's Chron. Decem. Script. col. 2166.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 7.
(m) By the deſcription of the rectory of Borden, barns,
glebe, 100 acres of land, and rents and ſervices, in Borden.
(n) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(6) He lies buried in this church, as do ſeveral others of
this family. He left iſſue by Clements his wife, two daugh-
ters, Mary, who died unmarried in 1770, æt. 67, and
Suſanna, wife of Robert Matſon, gent. who died in 1774,
æt. 64. They bore for their arms-Or, a chevron between
3 mullets azure.
() E&. Thef. p. 13.
(9) Decem. Script. col. 1863. Regiſter of St. Aug.
Mon. cart. 258 and 509.
(r) Surveys of Chantries, Augtn. off.
(s) He lies buried in the high chancel of this church,
having a brafs plate with his effigies on it.
(1) He reſigned this vicarage for the rectory of Eaftwell.
See Halſtow.
N 07 The

The
HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
571
Anne Colt, un
obt. 1710.
May ?
rege E.
Vicar.
and a
TUNSTALL.
MILTON HUNDRED.
The King, by reaſon Thomas Evered, A. M. Feb. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, Tun-
of the minority of 13, 1611, obt. 1619. ſtall was in the poſſeſſion of Ofward, a Saxon,
John Colt, patron Michael Beresford, A. M. who probably continued owner of it till the
of it, in ward. June 12, 1619, obt. 1648. great change of property made in this kingdom
John Colt, of Rick- John Woodcock, obt. 1657. by William the Conqueror, who gave it, with
manſworth in co.of Thomas Griffin, obt. 1670. ocher great eſtates in this county, to his half-
Hertford, efq; Thomas Haines, A.M. Sept.
brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under the general
24, 1670.
title of whoſe lands it is thus entered in the ſur-
Thomas Milway, A. B. May
vey of Domeſday, taken about the 15th year of
on todella
26, 1673, vacated 1690.
that reign :
In dimidio Left de Middeltone
The Crown, by lapſe. William Edward, A. M. Feb.
In Mildetone Hund'
3, 1690, obt. 1704.
Hugo de port ten de epo' Tuneſtelle. p. 3. Solins &
Sir Benj.Titchborne, John Bland, A. M. 1704,
dimº se defd. Tra'. e'. 4. Car'. In dnio' ſunt. 2.
knt. and Dame Gen-
car'. & 9. villi cu. 1. car'. & 9. Servi. Silva 10.
tilles Titchborne, his (u) Ralph Milway, A. M.
pore'. & Salina de 12, denar. T. R. E. & poft.
wife.
16, 1710, obt. 1759.
valeb'. 7. lib. modo. 8. lib. Ofuuard tenuit de
Mary Seager, of Bor- John Smith, A. M. April 15,
iba bas gi degrond aird
den, Spinſter. 1760, obt. Nov. 11, 1768.
Which is : In the Half Lath of Middeltone,
Joſeph Muſgrave, (v) Thomas Frank, LL. B.
In Mildetone Hundred, amiben
eſq;
Nov. 30, 1768. Preſent Hugo de Port holds of the Biſhop (of Baieux) Tu-
neſtelle. It was taxed at three ſulings and an half.
The arable land is four carucates. In demeſne there
TU N S T A L L
AL L75. are two, and nine villeins, with one carucate, and
nine ſervants. Wood for the pannage of 10 bogs,
LES the next pariſh eaſtward from Borden, a ſalt-pit of 12 pence. In the time of K. Ed-
being uſually called by the common people ward the Confeffor, and afterwards, it was worth
Dunſtall, a name by which it is not unfrequently ſeven pounds, now eight pounds. Ofuuard beld it
deſcribed in antient deeds and writings relating of K. Edward.
1092 edo benissdoor
to it, and which ſeems very expreſſive of its fi-
tuation; dun, or dune, in the Saxon language the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, the King his bro-
fignifying a bill
, and ſtealle, a place. Indeed this ther feized on all his poffeßions ; upon which
latter ſeems to have been its original and proper
Hugo de Port, who before held the manor of
name, and the former, by which it is deſcribed Tunſtall of the Biſhop, became immediate tenant
in Domeſday, a miſtake of the Norman fcribes, to the King for it, as his fupreme Lord (w).
who frequently, and perhaps for the purpoſe,
Of this family, as Lords iparamount, it was
miſtook the pronunciation of their Saxon in-
held in the reign of K. Hen. II. by Manalſer Arfic,
formers.
who, in the 12th year of it, held one knight's
issusslave as 10 tonom i to vioingia doa
(4) He died in the Iſle of Scilly, his vicarage of Borden
At length Edmund de St. John, in the reign of K. Ed-
having been ſequeſtered, for the ſpace of 27 years.
ward III, dying under age and without iffue, his two fifters
(v) Nov. 24, 1768, a diſpenſation pafled for his hold became his coheirs, of whom Margaret was married to John
ing this vicarage with that of Stockbury, for which he had de St. Philibert, and Iſabel to Henry de Burgherſh, the latter
reſigned the vicarage of Darent.
of whom, on the partition of their inheritance, became, in
(zu) When a great feigniory, holden of the King in
right of his wife Iſabel, intitled to the fee or feigniory pa-
capite, eſcheated to the Crown, it then became veſted in ramount, under the King, of this manor, as well as the
o many purpoſes, in like manner as it was be reſt of her poſſeſſions in this county, which the afterwards
fore veſted in the tenant in capite: that is to ſay, in this carried again in marriage to Luças de Poynings, a younger
caſe the Biſhop of Baieux’s ſeigniory being veſted in the King brother of Michael, Lord Poynings, who upon the death of
by eſcheat, Hugo de Port became tenant in capite to the her ſiſter Margaret, and her ſon John, without iſſue, be-
King. Before, the Biſhop was his immediate Lord, and came entitled to her reſpective ſhare of them likewiſe, and
he the Biſhop's tenant in capite, or fine medio; but the having iſſue by his wife, and doing his homage, he had
Bihop’s feigniory being united to the Crown, and the Biſhop livery of the whole inheritance; in the 31ſt year of K.
Jublatus e medio, the King became Hugh's immediate Lord, Edward III, Lucas de Poynings, in confideration of five
and Hugh the King's immediate tenant in capite. See marcs paid to the King, obtained licence, that John de St.
Madox's Barony, p. 12.
Philibert and Margaret his wife, might grant to him and
Hugo de Port was a man of great account in his time,
Iſabel his wife, nine knights fees and an half, and the
being poſſeſſed of 55 lordſhips held of the King in Hamp fourth part of a knight's fee, in Kyngeſdone, Tonge, Hamme,
fire, of which number Baſing became the head of his ba Pyfinge, Botelhangre, Merſtone, and Bykenore, in this county.
rony ; beſides which, he was poſſeſſed of other manors in Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 136.
the counties of Dorſet and Cambridge, as well as of 12
Lucas de Poynings bore the title of Lord St. John, as did
knights fees in this county, which he had before held of his fan fir Thomas de Paynings, whoſe fon dying in his life-
the Biſhop of Baieux. His deſcendant William, ſon of Adam time, left iſſue three daughters his coheirs, of whom Con-
de Port, aſſumed the name of St. John from his mother ftantia, the eldeſt, was married to fir John St. John, of
Mabell, grand daughter and heir of Roger de St. John. the co. of Somerſet, kut. who in her right became entitled
the King to many p
to

572
Κ Ε Ν Τ..
Tbe
of
H IS TO RY
MILTON HUNDRED.
€ 12th
of it,
TUNSTALL.
fee, of the old feoffment, of John, grandſon of
of Rugh de Port above-mentioned (w). He had
been Sheriff of Oxfordſhire in the 6th, 8th and gth
years of that reign, and in the
year
upon the aid for marrying the King's daughter,
he certified the knights fees, which he then held,
to be twenty ånd one-fourth part (y). udsold
He left iſſue Alexander Arhic, who in the 8th
year of K. Richard I, was diſcharged of his
fcutage for his knights fees in Kent, due upon
account of the expedition then lately made into
Normandy. His ſon and heir John Arfic married
Margaret, daughter of Richard de Vernun, and
died without iffue about the 7th year of K.
John's reign, leaving Robert de Arhic, his bro-
ther, his heir, who gave 100l. for his relief and
livery of thoſe lands, which defcended to him
by his brother's death, and had the King's pre-
cept to the Sheriffs of Oxford and of this county
accordingly(y).
He alienated this manor to Hubert de Burgh,
Earl of Kent, and Chief Juſtice of England, a
man as eminent as he was unfortunate, who
taited the viciſſitudes of good and bad fortune
oftener than any other perſon perhaps within the
compaſs of our Engliſh annals. However, dur-
ing his continuance in the King's favor, on Sept.
14, in the 12th year of K. Henry III.'s reign,
he obtained that King's confirmation of this
manor, among others which he had purchaſed,
to himſelf and Margaret his wife, the King of
Scotland's fifter, and their heirs lawfully begotten.
After which, having, for upwards of 16 years,
gone through a variety of ſufferings, and being
wholly worn out with troubles and ſorrow, he
was permitted at laſt to enjoy thoſe poffeffions
in peace, which the King had left him, with an
girdi aro blon
to the ſeigniory of the manor of Tunſtall, as well as the caſtle
of Baſing, and other great poſſeſſions. His grandſon fir
William Paulet, of Hinton St. George, knt, likewiſe poſſeſſed
it, and in 31 Henry VIII, was created Lord St. John, as he
was afterwards, anno 5 Edward VI, Marquis of Wincheſter,
being Knight of the Garter, and Lord High Treaſurer of
England, in whoſe time for William Cromer, the meſne te-
nant or poffeffor of this manor under him, was during his
nonage in ward, and committed to his cuſtody. His
ſcendants continued Lords paramount of this manor till the
reſtoration of K. Charles II, when all tenures of the King
in capite, and other military tenures, were aboliſhed by
the act of Parliament then paſſed. Theſe were the King's
tenants in capite of the manor of Tunfall, who had the
feudal feigniory of it; but having, as was uſual, granted
away the poſſeſſion of it, the only emoluments they derived
from it were homage and ſervice from their meſne tenants,
or thoſe who held immediately under them, being thoſe
whom we underſtand to be really Lords of the manor, and
who poſſeſſed the immediate yearly profits of it ; ſuch as,
the manſion, and the demeſne lands, the quit-rents, and
the focage ſervices from the ſeveral tenants paravail, or as
they are now called, freeholders and copyholders, accord-
ing to the cuſtom of the reſpective manors; and who either
occupied the lands fo held themſelves, or let them out at a
rack-rent to the farmers and hubandnien of the country.
See vol. i. of this hiſtory, pt. i, p. cxxxviii.
aſſurance of them to himſelf and Margaret his
wife, and the longeſt liver of them. But he
ſurvived this calm only a few years, and died
at Banſted in Surry on May 12, in the 27th year
of K. Henry III, anno 1240 ; and his corpfe
being carried to London, was there honorably
buried within the church of the Friars Preachers,
commonly called the Black Friars, in Holborne,
to which convent he had been a munificent be-
nefactor, as he had been to ſeveral other reli-
gious houſes (2).
He left iſſue by Margaret his 4th wife, daugh-
ter of William, King of Scotland, two ſons,
John and Hubert, and two daughters, Margaret,
who married Richard de Clare, Earl of Glouceſter,
and Magot. After his death, Margaret his wi-
dow poſſeſſed this manor in dower (a), of which
ſhe died ſeiſed in the 44th year of K. Henry III,
when, by the inquiſition then taken, her eldeſt
ſon John de Burgo was found to be his father's next
heir, and to be of full age, in which year he had
livery of it, and afterwards obtained a charter
of free-warren for his manor of Tunſtall, among
others (b).
He did not enjoy the title of Earl of Kent,
which ſeems to have diſguſted him fo much,
that he attached himſelf to the confederated
Barons ; upon which his lands were ſeized into
the King's hands, though they were afterwards
reſtored by the general pacification at Kenel-
worth. When he died, I find no mention made,
but that he married Hawyſa, daughter and heir
of William de Lanvaley, by whom he left iſſue
John his ſon and heir, who became feiſed of this
manor, of which he died poffefſed in the 8th
year of K. Edward I, anno 1279, leaving iſſue
three daughters his coheirs, of whom Margerie,
.6.000
(x) Lib. Niger Scacc.
(y) Rot. Clauſ. anno 6 Joh. m. 7. Dugd. Bar. vol.
i, p. 538. He married Sybilla de Crevequer, by whom he
had iſſue two daughters his coheirs, Joane, married to Ex-
ftace de Greenvill, and Alice to Thomas de la Haye; and they
paſſed away all their intereſt in whatſoever deſcended to
them from their father to Walter Gray, Archbiſhop of York.
Dugd. ibid.
p. 539.
(z) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 694. See a full account of his
life in vol. i. of this hiſtory, pt. i, p. lx.
(a) Soon after the death of Hubert de Burgh, Walter de
Gray, ſon of Robert, and nephew of Walter, Archbiſhop of
York, to whom the two daughters and coheirs of Robert de
Arſic, the laſt of that name poffeffor of this manor, had
granted all their title and intereſt in whatſoever eſtates had
deſcended to them from their father, ſeems to have ſet
up
.
a claim to the manor of Tunſtall on the above-mentioned
account, and ſucceeded ſo far in the King's favor as to ob-
tain a confirmation, dated June 12, anno 29 Henry III,
of all the right which he then or at any time afterwards
might have in it. But I do not find that he ever gained his
ſuit, or had poſſeſſion of it; for on her death, her fon John
had livery of it, as above-mentioned. See Mores's Hift, of
Tunítail, p. Ii, note n.
(6) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 700.
married

The
H I STOR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
573
to the
TUNSTALL.
MILTON HUNDRED.
married to Stephen de Peneſhurſt, or Pencheſter, Alice de Columbers died about the 7th year of
entitled her huſband to the fee of it (c):
K. Edward III.'s reign, ſeiſed of one moiety of
He was then Warden of the Cinque Ports, and this manor, and leaving fir Philip de Columbers,
Conſtable of Dover Caſtle, having been before knt, and Stephen de Columbers, Cl. her fons, her
Sheriff of this county in the 53d year of the
pre executors; but ſhe ſeems, ſometiine before her
ceding reign of K. Henry III, and the two fol. death, to have paſſed away all her right and title
lowing years (d). The ſame year that he came to her moiety of this manor to fir Henry de Cobe-
into the poſſeſſion of the manor of Tunſtall, on ham, knt. poffeffor of the other moiety, who then
the death of his wife's father as above-mentioned, became ſeiſed of the entire fee of the whole of it.
he claimed, and was allowed, all the uſual pri-
He had been conſtituted Governor of the iſles
vileges of a manor for it (e). He reſided at of Guernſey and Jerſey, and anno 34 Edward I,
Allington and at Penſburſt in this county, and Conſtable of Dover Caſtle, and Warden of the
dying ſoon after the 31ſt year of that reign (f),
Cinque Ports, and ſeveral times Sheriff of this
his wife Margerie became entitled to it for her county, and in the 3d year of K. Edward II,
life (g), and ſhe died in the 2d year of K. Ed-
had livery of the lands of the inheritance of
ward II, having been remarried to Robert de
Joane his wife, which then came to him by the
Orreby. By the inquiſition taken after her death, death of Margerie her mother. He died in the
at Dunſtall that year, ſhe was found to hold this beginning of the reign of K. Edward II, leav-
manor for her life of John de St. John, by the
ing iſſue one fon Stephen de Cobham, who was of
ſervice of one knight's fee, and making ſuit at Rundale, and was knighted anno 34 Edward I. (i)
the court of the ſaid John, of Alnothing tone, from Upon the death of foane his mother in the
three weeks to three weeks; and Joane, then the 18th year of K. Edward II, performing his fealty,
wife of Henry de Cobeham, of Rundale, and Alice, he became poffeſfed of this manor, among the
late the wife of John de Columbers, were then reſt of her inheritance, two y
years after which he
found to be the daughters and next heirs of this received ſummons to Parliament among the Barons
fir Stepben de Pencheſter, of whom the former was of this realm (k). He died feiſed of this ma-
of the age of 40, and the latter of 30 years and nor (1), leaving John his ſon and heir (m), who
upwards ; and that this manor was then worth ſeems to have alienated it to fir Walter Manny,
20l. per annum (b).
knt. who in the 20th year of K. Edward III,
03 zona na binay howuri Roma
(e) Dugdale ſays, that John de Burgh left three daugh (b) And it was further found, that ſhe held in fee in the
ters his coheirs ; Hawis, wife of Robert de Greville; Devor pariſhes of Tunfall, Bradgare, and Milſtede, on the day of
gild, wife of Robert Fitzwalter ; and Margerie, a nun at her death, one meſfuage with a garden, worth 35. 4d. per ann.
Chickſend in the co. of Bedford. Which laſt, I apprehend, 90 acres of land, worth 45s. per ann. two acres and an half
is a miſtake, and that this Margerie married, as above-men of wood, worth Isd. per ann, and
173d rent
, of all which
tioned, fir Stephen de Pencheſter, whoſe ſecond wife ſhe was, ſhe was feiſed in her demeſne, as
and afterwards Robert de Orreby. See Inquis poſt mortem ejuſ-
held the ſame in gavelkind, of the King in capite, by the ſer-
dem Margeriæ, anno 2 Edward II.
vice of 38. 7d. and by the ſervice of one appearance yearly
(d) See vol. i. of this hiftory, pt. i, p. lxxxi.
at the next court of the King at Middletone, after the feaſt
todo
(e) He claimed anno 7 Edward I, to have in this manor
of St. Michael, which was called the laghe-day, and by the
the ſame liberties which John de Burgo before had, viz.
like appearance at the ſame court the next after bake-day;
infangthef, gallows, aſſize of bread and ale, tumbril, view and that John de Orreby, Cl. was her ſon and next heir,
of frank-pledge, warren, and to hold pleas in his court for and of the age of 30 years and upwards ; and that the whole
the fpilling of blood; and the jury found for him,
was worth, beyond repriſes, 481. 55. old. as above-men-
299
Mores's Hift. of Tunſtall, p. 14. citrou 2001
tioned. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 66.
(f) He had been Deputy Conſtable and Warden under (i) See more of this branch of the family of Cobhan,
Prince Edward, afterwards K. Edward I, anno 52 Henry
under Sborne, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 509.blot oor
III, and on that King's acceſſion held thoſe offices in his (k) He received ſummons to Parliament from the 20th of
own right, until after the 31ſt year of that reign. Jeake's Edward II. to the 6th of Edward III, foon after which he
Charters of the Cinque Ports, p. 48.
died, leaving iſſue John his ſon and heir, then 13 years of
He lies buried in the ſouth chancel of Penſhurſt church. age, and Alice his wife, ſurviving, who died anno 18 Ed-
(8) Anthony Beck, Biſhop of Durbam was enfeoffed of this ward III.
manor by fir Stephen de Pencheffer, to the uſe of him during (1) Anno 7 Edward III, Stephen de Cobeham, of Dunſtalle,
his löfe ; remainder to Margerie his wife, during her life ; claimed in his manor of Tunſtalle, gallows, pillory, tum-
remainder to his right heirs. Before which, in the 34th brell, aſſize of bread and ale of his tenants of his ſaid ma-
year of K. Edward I, there had been two fines levied of this nor, and free-warren in all his demeſne lands within the
fame, as appears by the pleas of the crown of that year..
quer, and the Biſhop of Durham, defend'. of one moiety of
By the inquiſition taken after the death of Hugh de St.
it, (except 50 acres of land, one acre of wood, and 18d. John, Feb. 12, anno ni Edward III, it was found that
rent,) which Margerie, late wife of Stephen de Pencheſter, Stephen de Cobham held this manor of him, and that it was
then held for the term of her life, remainder to the ſaid worth 201. per annum.
Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 49, pt. 17.
Alice and her heirs; the other the year after, between Henry (m) Sir John de Pulteney, knt, anno 18 Edward III, re-
Cobeham and Joane his wife, quer. and the ſaid Biſhop, leaſed to John, ſon of Stephen de Cobham, and to his heirs,
defend'. of the other moiety of it, with the like exception, all his right and title in the rent of 20l. iſſuing out of the
which the faid Margerie held as aforeſaid ; remainder to the manors of Alyngton, Tunfial, and Elmele. Coll. Peer. vol.
faid Henry, and Joane, and her heirs.
ii, p. 617.
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TUNSTALL
MILTON HUNDRED,
paid reſpective aid for it, at the making of the as far as Calais, he died on April 16, anno 49
Black Prince a Knight, as one knight's fee, Edward IJI, and his body being brought over
which Margery de Pencheſter before held in Tun was buried in the choir of the Friars Preachers at
ftall, of Jobn de St. John.
Hereford. He held this manor at the
He died in the 46th year of that reign, and of his death, in which he was ſucceeded by Joha
was buried in the church of the monaſtery of his only ſon, then under three years old, who
the Carthufians, of which he had laid the foun was afterwards killed at a tournament at Wood-
dation that year. His death was much lamented stock, on Dec. 30, anno 13 Richard II, in the
by the King and the nation in general, having 17th year of his age, being a youth of a noble
ſerved with great reputation and valour againſt and moſt liberal diſpoſition, which made his
the French throughout that reign, and been em death to be much lamented. He had, ſome years
ployed on ſeveral embaſſies; ſo that his obſequies before, though ſo very young, married Philippa,
were performed with great folemnity, K. Edward daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March,
and all his children, with the great Prelates and by whom he left no iſſue (P); upon
which Regi-
Barons of the realm, being preſent at them(n). nald, Lord Grey of Ruthin, was found by inqui-
He left iſſue by Margaret Marſhal, Counteſs of ſition to be his couſin and next heir of the whole
Norfolk and Lady of Segrave, as The then ſtyled blood (r), viz. fon of Reginald, ſon of Elizabeth,
herſelf, who ſurvived him (o), an only daughter daughter of John de Haſtings, and Iſabel his wife,
Anne, then upwards of 17 years of age, the wife whoſe fon John de Haſtings was father of Law-
of John de Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke, ſon of rence, grandfather of the above-mentioned John,
Lawrence, Earl of Pembroke, by Agnes his wife, who died anno 13 Richard II, and as ſuch, at
daughter of Roger Mortimer firſt Earl of Marcb(p), the coronation of K. Henry IV, he carried the
who became poſſeſſed of this manor in his wife's great golden ſpurs; after which, Reginald de Grey
right, and having before gained great reputation being taken priſoner in Wales, by Owen Glen-
for his valour in France, was afterwards made dowrwy, in a quarrel there, concerning their re-
Lieutenant of Aquitaine ; but at the ſiege of ſpective poffeffions, he was forced to obtain the
Rochel, being unfortunately taken priſoner by King's licence for the ſale of ſeveral of his ma-
the Spaniards, he was kept in confinement nors and lands, to pay h
his ranſom (s), which
Spain for four years; after which he was de being ſettled for that purpoſe in feoffees, they
livered up to the French, who agreed with him ſoon afterwards conveyed this manor to John
for his ranſom, but before it could be paid, he Drue, Rector of Harpley, and John Seymour, Ci-
fell fick of poiſon, ſuppoſed to have been given tizen of London, who held it, and as ſuch had a
him by the Spaniards, and being removed almoſt view of frank-pledge in the village of Leyfdown,
trofer
(n) Sir Walter Manny was an alien born, and was Lord the choir of the Carthufians, founded by him, and that a
of the town of that name in the dioceſe of Cambray, and
tomb of alabaſter ſhould be made with his image as a knight,
roſe to great honor and preferments by his courage and mi-
and his arms thereon, like to that of fir John Beauchamp,
litary atchievements. He was knighted anno 5 Edward III,
in St. Paul's cathedral. See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 148.
the
year
after which he was made Governor of Merionyth
He bore for his arms-Or, 3 chevronels fable, as they were
and Hardelagh caſtles, and then employed in the Scottiſh painted in one of the windows of Tunſtall church.
wars ; in the 11th year of that reign he was conſtituted (6) She was eldeſt daughter and coheir of Thomas de Bro-
Admiral of all the King's fleets from the Thames mouth therion, Earl of Norfolk, and Marſhal of England, fifth ſon
northward, and ſoon afterwards made of the Privy Council, of K. Edward III, and his eldeſt by Q. Margaret his ſecond
Among other exploits in the French wars, anno 14 Edward wife. After the death of her niece Joane, Counteſs of Suf-
III, in the northern-parts of France, being accompanied folk, ſhe became poſſeſſed of her father's whole inheritance,
5 ore
,
with others, he made
he made great ſpoil in the
country, few more
and was Counteſs of Norfolk, and was afterwards, anno 21
than 1000 ſoldiers, and burned 300 villages. During theſe Richard II, on account of
birth and vaſt revenues,
excurſions, Ryol being won by the Earl of Derby, fir Walter created Dutcheſs of Norfolk. She married, firſt, John, Lord
there found the tomb of his father, who had been buried Segrave, who died anno 27 Edward III, by whom ſhe had
there ſome time before. In the 20th year of that reign he iſſue Elizabeth, married to John, Lord Mowbray, from
was in the famous battle of Creſi, being an eminent com whence deſcended Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk; and ſecondly,
mander in the van of the Engliſh army, and afterwards, at fir Walter Manny, as above-mentioned, both of whom the
the taking of the ſtrong fortreſs of Calais by the Engliſh, it outlived many years, and dying anno 1 Henry IV, was
is worthy of remark, that both the King and the Prince of buried, as ſome affirm, in the Minories, London, and as
Wales, fought under his banner. Anno 22 Edward III, he others, by her laſt huſband in the church of the Carthufians.
had his commiſſion of Admiral renewed, and continuing See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 64 and 150. Sandf, Gen. Hift.
active, and for his valour greatly renowned, he had many p. 207
grants of lands and other favors conferred on him, and (D) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 578. Sandf. Gen. Hift.
about that time was elected one of the Knights Companions 209. See above, p. 410.
of the order of the Garter, at the firſt inſtitution of it, being
He was the firſt fubjeét who bore for his arms two
the 45th in ſeniority of them. He had ſummons to Parlia coats quarterly, viz. iſt, Haſtings, and 2dly, Valence. His
ment among the Barons of this realm, from the 2ift to fon bore four coats quarterly, viz. ift, Brotherton, 2d,
the 44th year of that reign, incluſive. His will bears Haſtings, 3d, Valence, 4th, as the ift.
date at London, on St. Andrew's Day, 1371, by which (r) By other inquiſitions, Hugh de Haflings was found to
he bequeathed many acts of charity to different religious be his heir male, but of the half-blood.
kouſes, and directs his body to be buried in the midft of (s) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 717.

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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
575
MILTON HUNDRED.
TOT
TUNSTALL.
and on April 19, anno 7 Henry IV, granted to William Cromer, efq; had iffue by her three fons,
Robert Knollis, a moiety of the rent of 41. iſſuing James, of whom below; Nicholas, of London and
out of lands and tenements there, and a moiety Briſtol, who died in 1901 ; and William, who
likewiſe of the ſervices and of frank-pledge due died anno 27 Henry VI, leaving Anne his wife
to them for thoſe lands and tenements (t), and ſurviving
they ſeem foon afterwards to have conveyed the Sir James Cromer, knt. the eldeſt ſon, ſuc-
manor of Tunſtall to fir William Cromer, or Crow-
ceeded his father in the manor of Tunſtall, and
mer, knt, for his name was frequently ſpelt both married Catherine, daughter of fir William Can-
ways, Citizen and Draper of London, and Lord
telowe, knt. Citizen and Mercer of London, by
Mayor in the years 1413 and 1423(u). com whom he had iſſue three fons, William, his heir
He was ſon of John Cromer, of Aldenham in in this manor ; George, conſecrated Archbifhop of
the co. of Herts, in which county was a manor Armagh in 1522 (z); who died March 16, 1543;
of this name, but whether theſe Cromers had and John, who died and was buried at Sitting-
any connection with it, I find no mention. borrie in 1539(a), and three daughters (b).
He married Margaret, one of the daughters and Sir William Cromer, knt. the eldeſt ſon, pof-
coheirs of Thomas Squerie, of Squeries-court in ſeſſed the manor of Tunft all, where he reſided,
Wefterham (v), and dying in 1433, was buried and in the 19th year of K. Henry VII, and the
on the ſouth ſide of the church of St. Martin in iſt year of K. Henry VIII, was Sheriff of this
London, in a chapel built there by himſelf (7).
county. He died on July 20, 1539, and was
His widow afterwards married Robert, Lord Poyn buried in this church, whiere his arms are ftil
ings, whom ſhe likewiſe ſurvived, and dying in remaining in the windows, impaled with thoſe
the 27th year of K. Henry VI, was buried near of his wife Alicia, daughter of fir Willian Haut,
her firſt huſband, as above-mentioned (x). of Hautſborne, knt. who ſeems to have died be-
He was ſucceeded in this manor by his ſon fore him. He left iſſue by her one ſon James,
and heir William Cromer, of Tunſtall, eſq; who and five daughters (C)...enovilo base has bee
was Sheriff of this county in the 23d year of James Cromer, eſq; the fon, was of Tunſtall,
that reign ; but five years afterwards, on July and fucceeded his father in this manor. He
4, 1450, he was put to death by the rebel Jack
married Anne, daughter of fir Edward Wotton,
Cade, and his followers, being beheaded at Mile of Boughton Malherb, knt. (d) and dying on May
end, as well for the oppoſition he made to them,
30, 1541, was buried with his anceſtors in this
as on account of his having married Elizabeth, church. He left iſſue by her one only child
the eldeſt daughter of fir James Fiennes, Lord Say William, then of the age of
age of 10 years, who ſuc
and Seal, whom they maſſacred likewiſe in Cheap ceeded him here as his heir; but being after-
fide; after which their heads were both ſtuck wards, in the ift year of Q. Mary, concerned
upon poles, and carried through the ſtreets of
with fir Thomas Wyatt, in the rebellion raiſed by
London with the moſt favage mockery, and were him'on pretence of the Queen's marriage, he
at laſt fixed by them on London bridge (y). He s, on Feb, 1ith that year, committed to the
left Elizabeth his wife ſurviving, who afterwards Tower, with many others, and being attainted,
married Alexander Iden, of Weſtwell, eſq; Sheriff this manor, among the reſt of his eſtates, became
in the 35th year of that reign, who flew the rebel forfeited to the Crown (e), where it remained
Cade, the murtherer of her former huſband. till he was reſtored in blood, as well as in his
bomo shroastlistian V
(1) Archives of Rocheffer bridge. Anno 10 Henry IV, (2) He had been before Rector of Murfton in this county,
Robert Knollys's truſteës conveyed the rent above-mentioned
which he reſigned in 1513.
to John Woley and Robert de Rowe, Wardens of Rocheſter (a). He left iſſue three daughters his coheirs ; Bennet; ,
bridge. Ibid. archives.
married to Thomas Aſhburnham; Elizabeth to Henry Bourne,
(24) Philipott, p. 342. Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, of Sharfted, and afterwards to Toke; and Grace to Stephen
Ellis, and fecondly to Nicholas Finche.
p. 117, 118.
(6) Viz. Margaret, wife of Jobu Rycyls or Rickbill
, of
(v) The youngeſt fifter married Richard Meruin, of Fon-
Frindſbury, who died Dec. 2, 1496, and was buried in
dels in the co. of Wilts. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 384.
Tunfall church ; Anne of Williain W betenbäll, of Eaſt Pecka
(w) Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 187. By his bam, Sheriff of Kent anno 18 Henry VIII; and Elizabeth,
will, dated in 1421, he bequeathed to the pariſh of St. firſt of fir Richard Loveláce, of Betherſden, knt. and fecondly
Martin Ordgars, his houſe or tenement in Sweetings-lane, of fir William Finch, of the Mote, knt.
and his houſes and gardens in Crutched-friars, for the re-
(e) Viz: Elizabeth, wife of Edward Tirrill, of the co. of
pairs and ornaments of the church there, and for the uſe of Ejjex, efq; Catharine of Onuphrius Ewias ; Cirily of fir Henry
poor ; to the fabric of Tunſtall church 10l. and for the
Ifey, knt. Jane of Robert Engham, and the fifth of Wood.
amending of the bad roads in this pariſh 20l. Newc. Rep. (d) She afterwards remarried with Robert Rudfon, of
vol. i, p. 417. Mores's Hift. p. 25.
Boughton Monchenfe, efq;
(4) Her will was proved Nov. 27th that year. It appears () The manors of Tunfall, Elmeley, and Fogleftone alias
ſhe had a daughter, Alianor, by her ſecond huſband Lord Fulftone, and divers meffuages, lands, and tenements, known
Poynings.
by the names of Elmeley and Bynnen, lying in Elmeley, Leil-
(y) He died inteſtate, leaving a younger brother Henry, don, Morſion, and Tonge; and divers lands, known by the
who ſerved the office of Sheriff of Kent, anno 28 Henry VI. name of Grove-end and Wrennes, lying in Tanfall, Bradgare,
Milfred,


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s of land
TUNSTALL.
MILTON HUNDRED.
poffeffions, by act of Parliament anno 5 Q. Eli 27, 1613, æt. 44, and was buried on the ſouth
zabeth. After which he ſerved the office of ſide of the chancel of this church, where there
Sheriff in the gth and 27th years of that reign, is a coſtly monument erected to his and his fe-
and was a Juſtice of the Peace, and knighted. cond wife's memory, with their figures, and
Sir William Cromer died on the 12th of May, thoſe of his four daughters, in a praying po-
1598, æt. 67, and was buried in Tunſtall church, ſture (k). He was twice married ; firſt to Fran-
having been twice married ; firſt to Margaret, ces, daughter and heir of John Somers, eſq; (1)
daughter of fir Thomas Kempe, of Wye, knt. by by whom he had one only daughter Frances,
whom he had only one daughter Anne, married afterwards married to fir Mathew Carew, jun. knt.
to Tbomas Biſhop, gent. (f) and ſecondly to Eli --ſecondly to the daughter of for Mathew Carew,
zabeth, daughter of fir John Guldeford, knt. (g) fen. knt. (m) by whom he had three daughters,
by whom he left iſſue one fon James, and three Elizabeth, married to fir John Stede, of Stede-hill,
daughters (h).
knt. Martha, who died unmarried in 1615, et.
The fon, fir James Cromer, was of Tunſtall, knt. 14; and Chriſtian, who married on March 1,
year
of 1624, John, eldeſt ſon of fir Edward Hales, of
K. James I. He neglected the antient ſeat of the Tenterden in this county, knt. and bart.(n)
Cromers, at Grove-end in this pariſh, and began Upon the partition of the eſtates of fir James
building another, about a quarter of a mile ſouth Cromer among his two ſurviving daughters and
ward from the church; but undertaking it but coheirs, the manor of Tunſtall was, among other
eſtates, allotted to Chriſtian, the youngeſt daugh-
even of what was, there has been nothing re ter, who carried it in marriage to John Hales,
maining for many years (i). He died on March eſq; above-mentioned (o).
burb sveta
ebrado
Milped, and Borden; and divers meſſuages, lands, and tene (m) She was afterwards remarried to fir Edward Hales, of
ments,
known by the name of Cutnell, in Tunſtall, Bradgare, Tenterden, knt, and bart. father of yolun Hales, eſq; who mar-
and Borden ; and divers neſſuages in Tunſtall, Bradgare, ried her daughter Chriflian. She died, and was buried here,
in 1626.
Borden, Milfted, Elmeley, Leiſdon, Morfton, and Bloxham;
mode
and divers lands and tenements in Morfton, Tonge, Babchilde, (n) She died in child-bed on April 27, 1597, and was
Sittingborne, Milton, Etonbridge, Hever, Cowden, Weftram, buried in this church. 1.2
Chydingſtone, Sundridge, and Brafted, belonging to the ſaid
(6) The family of Hales was originally ſeated at Hales-
manors; and divers meſſuages, lands, and tenements, known
place in Halden, in this county, whence they were uſually
by the names of Church-court, and Charpes croft, lying in
called at-Hale. Nicholas
Morſtone and Tonge, which came into the Queen's hands ther bad Nicholas at-Hale, or Hales, lived there at
by reaſon of the attainder of William Cro
the latter end of the reign of K. Edward III, and left iſſue
attainder of William Cromer. Rot. Eſch.
two ſons, fir Robert Hales, knt. Prior of the hoſpital of St.
anno 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, rot. 19.
(f) She was married here on Sept. 19, 1577
boboo John of Jeruſalem, and conſtituted in the 4th of Richard II,
Lord Treaſurer of England, in which year he was mur-
(8) Married at Boughton Malherb on O&. 1, 1561. She
thered by the rebel Wat Tyler, and his followers ; and fir
died on July 6, 1578, and was buried here. Her brother
Nicholas de Hales, knt. who ſucceeded to his father's eſtates
Henry Guldeford, eſq; Captain of Archcliffe-fort near Dover,
in this county. His ſon Thomas de Hales was of Hales-place,
and third ſon of för John Guldeford, kut, died in 1595, æt, and left iſſue three ſons, Johr his heir ; Thomas his ſecond
57, and was buried in this church of Tunſtall.
fon, anceſtor of the Hales's of Coventry, in the county of
(5) Viz. Jane, wife of George Bing, of Wrotham, esq;
Warwick, of whom John Hales was created a Baroner in
Dorothy, firſt of William Seyliard, of Brafted, efq; and ſe-
1660, whoſe deſcendant for Chriſtopher Hales now poſſeſſes
condly of Michael Berisford, of Wefterham, efq; and Maria
that title-of thoſe of Shitterfield in that county, now extinct,
of Samuel Boys, of Hawkburſ. d ni baadates of Iris and of thoſe of Newland, likewiſe in that county, who ended
(i) It was ſituated a little beyond a large meadow, named
in fir Stephen Hales, Knight of the Bath, who died without
The Shooters Meadow. After för James Cromer's death, it iſſue in 1668. Henry, the third ſon of Thomas de Hales, was
is ſaid, that the materials of this unfiniſhed manſion were of Luddenham in this county, whoſe deſcendants afterwards
purchaſed by for Robert Viner, knt, and carried to London,
removed into the co. of Eſex. John Hales above-mentioned,
for the building of his houſe in Lombard-freet, now The
the eldeſt ſon, was of Hales-place, and had iſſue a ſon and
General Poft-office, and nothing was left of it but the foun-
heir
ir Henry, who married Julian, daughter and heir of Richard
dations and the vaulted cellars, which were afterwards known
Capel, of Tenterden, by whom he had two ſons, John Hales,
by the name of The Ruins, and were for many years the ren of whom below, and Thomas, who was A. M. and was fa-
dezvous of thieves and beggars, who became at laſt fo great ther of fir Chriſtophor Hales, kat. Attorney-general, and
a nuiſance to the neighbourhood, that theſe vaults were Maſter of the Rolls, in the reign of K. Henry VII, in the
blown up with gunpowder, and otherwiſe deſtroyed, to pre-
33d year of which he died, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his
vent any further reſort to them.
wife, daughter of John Caunton, Alderman of London, three
(k) The Cromers bore for their arms-Argent, a chevron daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, married to fir George Sy-
engrailed between 3 crows ſable, quartering Squerie of Weſter-
denham, of the co. of Somerſet, knt. Margaret; firſt to West,
ham- Argent, a ſquirrel erect gules. Oto
ſecondly to Dodman, and thirdly to William Horden, of this
(!) The eſtates of fir James Cromer, in this pariſh, &c. county; and Mary, firſt to Culpeper, and ſecondly to Arundel.
which were held of Milton manor, were thus entered in the Fobn Hales, the eldeſt ſon, was one of the Baronsof the Ex-
rolls of that manor :-Sir Edward Hales, knt, and bart. for chequer, and was ſeated at the manor of the Dungeon in Can-
John Hales, krt. and their two wives, and the heirs of John terbury, and married Iſabella, daughter and coheir of Stephen
Steed and Elizabeth his wife, claim to hold of the manor of Harvy, by whom he had four fons, and one daughter Mil-
in the yoke of Stone and Bynne, tbe || dred, married to John Honywood, of Sene, eſq; Of the fons,
yoke of Fulfone, the yoke of Highſled, - lands called Welmarſh fir James Hales, the eldeſt, ſucceeded him at the Dungeon ;
in Elmely, with appurts. in Tunſtall, Sittingborne, and Elmely, which branch ended in a female, who died without iſſue in
by the yearly rent of 455. 7d.



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The
HISTORY OF KE
N T. 577
TUNSTALL:
MILTON HUNDRED.
He was afterwards knighted, but died in his Whitehall on Dec. 11, 1688, in hopes of eſcap-
father's life time, on Oct. 15, 1639, &t. 61, ing into France, he took with him only three
and was buried in Tunſtall church, leaving iſſue perfons (1), one of whom was fir Edward Hales ;
a fon Edward, then about 13 years of age, for but the veſſel, in which they were, being diſco-
whom, during his nonage, there was afterwards vered the next day, as it lay off the town of
built a houſe in this pariſh, at the eaſt end of Faverſham, the King was conducted on ſhore,
Tunſtall-green, in which he afterwards reſided (P). with his three attendants, and fir Edward Hales
He ſucceeded his grandfather in title and eſtate being well known, was kept priſoner in the Court-
in 1654 (q); but being moſt zealouſly attached houſe at Faverſham, whence, immediately after
to the royal cauſe, he riſqued his fortune as well the King's departure for London, he was con-
as his perſon, in the ſupport of it; by which veyed to Maidſtone gaol, and afterwards to the
means he ruined the former, and was obliged Tower, where he remained in confinement for å
on that account to abandon his native country, year and an half. On his releaſe he went im-
to which he never afterwards returned, but died | mediately to France, and was received with great
in France ſoon after the reſtoration of K. Charles marks of favor by K. James, who created him
II. (r) He married Anne, the youngeſt of the Earl of Tenterden and Viſcount Tonſtall (u). He
four daughters and coheirs of Thomas, Lord Wot died in France in 1695, and was buried in the
ton, who died in 1654, by whom he had iſſue church of St. Sulpice in Paris, having married
his only ſon and heir fir Edward Hales, bart, who Frances, daughter of fir Francis Windibank, of
in the reign of K. Charles II. purchaſed the the co. of Oxford, knt. who died before him in
manſion and eſtate of St. Stephens near Canter 1693, by whom he had five ſons and ſeven
bury, where his deſcendants have ever ſince daughters ; Anne, who died unmarried ; Mary,
reſided.
married to Mr. Bawens, of Oſtend; and Frances,
He was a perſon much in favor afterwards to Peter, Earl of Fingal ; Elizabeth, fane, and
with K. James II, who made him of his Privy Catherine died unmarried; and Clare married Mr.
Council, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, Huſey, of Ireland, who died in 1701. Of the
and Colonel of a regiment of foot(s), and Lieu ſons, Edward, the eldeſt, was killed at the battle
tenant of the Tower of London, when K. James left of the Boyne in Ireland (v); John became his heir,
sosida
the reign of K. Charles II. Thomas, the ſecond ſon, was Sir Edward Hales, bart. removed his feat from Tenterden
ſeated at Thanington in this county, whoſe deſcendant Robert to Woodchurch, in which pariſh he poſſefled the antient ſeat
was created a Baronet in 1666, and was anceſtor of the
pre of the Herlackendens, in right of his wife, after whoſe death
ſent for Philip Hales, bart. Edward, the third son, was of he married Martha, daughter of fir Mathew Carew the elders
Tenterden, and will be mentioned below; and William, the krt. and relict of fir James Cromer, knt. by whom he had
fourth ſon, was of Reculver and Nackington in this county, no iſſue, and dying on O&. 6, 1654, was buried in this
and ended in a daughter and heir Margaret, married to church, where there is a handſome monument erected to
Roger Manwood.
his memory. Mf. pedigree of Hales. Kimber's Bar. vol. i,
Edward Hales, the third ſon, of Tenterden, married Mar-
p. 94, vol. ii, p. 60, 99. and Mores's Hift. of Tunſtall.
garet, daughter of Jonn Honywood, of Sene in this
county, (P) This is but a mean building; it was left uninha.
by whom he left iſſue two ſons and two daughters, Eliza bited for many years, and in the late fir John Hales's
beth, married to William Auften, of Tenterden, and Jane time fell almoſt into ruin ; but it has ſince been repaired,
to for Thomas Honywood, knt. Of the fons, John, the eldeſt, and has been inhabited from time to time by different
was of Tenterden, efq; and married Mary, daughter and co-
heir of Robert Horne, Biſhop of Wincheſter, but died without (9) Sir Edward Hales, knt. and bart. the grandfather,
iſſue ; William was of Tenterden, and his brother's heir ; died on O&. 6, 1654, in his 78th year, and was buried in
and Edward, the third ſon, was of Chilham, and left iſſue this church, where there is an altar tomb of black marble
a fon Edward, who was of Faverſham, gent.
erected to his memory, with his effigies in white marble
Edward Hales, of Tenterden, efq; the ſecond ſon, married lying at length, clad in armour, and reclining on his left
Elizabeth, daughter of Paul Johnſon, of Nether-court in the
.
Iſle of Thanet, afterwards remarried to Richard Blechenden, (r) Lord Clarendon gives an account of the tiſing of the
and had iſſue one fon Edward, and three daughters, Mary, Loyaliſts in Kent under the command of Mr. Hales, who
married to Simon Smith, of Chart Sutton, and Elizabeth to took up more than 80,000l. on his own ſecurity, to defray
Robert Kenwick, of the co. of Northampton.
the expence of it; but being ſuperſeded in his command he
Edward Hales, the ſon, was knighted, and on June 29, retired to Holland, and this body of forces was diſperſed,
1611, was created a Baronet. He was twice married ; firſt and his debts on their account were fo great, that he never
to Deborah, only daughter and heir of Martin Herlackenden, returned home again. See Hift. Rebellion, vol. v, 8vo. p.
of Woodchurch, eſq; by whom he had iſſue fourſons, viz. John,
134
his eldeſt ſon, who married Chriſtian, one of the daughters (s) He was likewiſe Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports,
and coheirs of fir James Cromer, knt. as above-mentioned, and Lieutenant of Dover Caſtle.
and in her right became poſſeſſed of the manor of Tunſtall, (1) The other two were, Mr. Sheldon, and Mr. Abbadie,
and other large eſtates, and died in his life-time; Edward, Page of the King's back ſtairs. See Rapin's Hift. of Eng-
who left iſſue ; Samuel, who married Martha, daughter of land, vol. ii, p.781.
Stephen Heronden, remarried to William Kenewick, and dying (u) I have been well aſſured, that his fon for John Hales
in 1638, was buried here, leaving by her an only ſon Ed. was offered a peerage, by K. George I, but inſiſting on the
ward Hales, of Chilfton, eſq; who ended in three daughters above_title and precedence according to that creation, it
his coheirs; and Thomas, who died without iffue, and like was looked on as an affront to the Crown, and no more was
wiſe a daughter Chriſtian, married to John Hugeſſen, of Lin thought of it.
fied, efq;
(v) He was buried at Tunfall on Sept, 2, 1686.
VOL. II,
and
tenants.
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The H IS TOR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
TUNSTALL.
MILTON HUNDRED,
and Charles, Robert, and James died without ſcite of the antient manor-houſe at Grove-end.
iffue.
It extends into the pariſhes of Bicknor, Bredgar,
Sir John Hales, bart. his eldeſt ſurviving ſon,
and Borden.
reſided at his ſeat at St. Stephens near Canterbury,
where he died at the latter end of Dec. 1743 (),
having been twice married; firſt to Helen, daugh-
is a reputed manor, the houſe of which ſtands
ter of fir Richard Bealing, of Ireland, knt. Se-
at the northern extremity of this pariſh, next to
cretary to the Queen Dowager of K. Charles II ;
Sittingborne. It was antiently the property of
ſecondly to another Helen, daughter of Dudley
the family of Shurland (a), od tego run
Bagnall
, efq; who died at Luckly in the co. of
Berks, in Nov. 1737,
Sir Robert de Shurland, knt. of Shurland in the
Ifle of Sbepey, poflefled it in the reign of K. Ed-
He left iſſue by his firſt wife, two ſons and
ward I, (b) having attended that Prince into
one daughter Frances, married to George Henry,
Scotland, to the ſiege of Carlaverock, where he
Earl of Litchfield. Of the ſons, Edward, the
was knighted, and in the 29th year of it, he
edeft, died in priſon at Canterbury, during his
life-cime, in 1929, and was buried at Tunſtall
,
obtained a charter of free-warren for his manor
of Uftan, to him and his heirs (c).
having married the relict of Capt. Bulſtrode, who
ſurvived him (x), by whom he left a fon Ed-
He left iſſue an only daughter and heir Mar-
ward, who ſucceeded his grandfather in title
garet, who carried it in marriage to William de
and eſtate ; and John, who died without iſſue.
Cheney, afterwards, in his wife's right of dhur-
By his ſecond wife he left iſſue three ſons, James,
land, who died ſeiſed of it in the 8th year of K.
Edward III.(d) His deſcendant Richard Che.
Alexander, and Philip, who all died without
iſſue.
ney, of Shurland, left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife,
daughter and coheir of Robert Cralle, two fons,
Sir Edward Hales, bart, fucceeded his grand-
William, who was of Shurland, and anceſtor of
father in title and eſtate, and is the preſent por-
the Lords Cheney (e); and Simon, who ſeems to
ſeſſor of the manor of Tunſtall
. He married
have inherited the manor of Ufton, and left iſſue
Mabella, daughter and heir of fir John Webb,
by Eleonora his wife, daughter and heir of John
bart. (y) who died in 1770, by whom he has
Nottingham, of Higham in Milſted, at which place
iſſue one fon Edward, and three daughters,
his deſcendants reſided. They continued owners
Anne, Elizabeth, and Barbara.
of this manor (f) till John Cheney, of Sitting-
He bears for his arms—Gules, 3 arrows in pale
borne, eſq; in the beginning of K. Henry VIII.'s
or, feathered and bearded argent (z).
reign, gave it in marriage with his daughter
A Court Baron is held for this manor, on the Frances to John Aſtley, of the co. of Norfolk,
(ru) Sir John Hales, in the early part of his life, was an (a) Philipott, p. 375.
exceeding gay man, who mixed much with the polite world, (6) In the 11th year of which, upon a quo warranto, he
but ſuddenly taking a diſtalte at it, he ſeparated from his claimed, and was allowed certain liberties for this manor,
lady, and retired to his houſe at St. Stephens, in which he which he and his anceſtors were uſed to have, viz. wreck
lived for many years afterwards, in a moſt unaccountable
of the ſea, blodwite, childwyte, and the amerciaments of
manner, entirely by himſelf; during which time, till his
bakers and maltīters, of his own proper tenants; and that
death, he was hardly ever ſeen by any body, or ever went none of the King's Bailiffs were wont to diſtrain in the ſaid
any where but into his park. He took no care of any
of
manor, without the Beadle or Sergeant of the ſaid Roger,
his eſtates, many of which lay untenanted, and the houſes
or his anceſtors, and this beyond memory; and that the
and buildings on them in ruins. When his ſtewards
ſaid Roger paid 30s. rent yearly to the King, as was found
brought him any money, ſometimes he took it of them, and
by the jury upon an inquiſition taken at Middleton that year.
oftener would not. His victuals were bought by an old Rot. E ch. N. 23, p. 37:
ſervant who lived near him, to whom, on certain days, fir
(c) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 10.
John let down a baſket from a window, with a note of what
he would have, and money in it: this at length not being
(d) By inquiſition taken at Middleton on April 12, anno
26 Edward III, it was found, that fir Robert Cheney, kni.
repeated for more than a fortnight, the houſe was broken
open, and for John found dead, lying in his cloaths acroſs
held in his demeſne, as of fee, on the day of his death, the
the bed, and appeared to have been dead for ſome time.
manor of Ufton, with its appurts. in the pariſhes of Tunfall,
Notwithſtanding for John Hales had to the amount of many
Middleton, and Sittingborne, of the Queen, as of her ma-
thouſand pounds due to him from his tenants, and the
nor of Middleton, as parcel of the manor of Shurland; and
ſtewards of his eſtates, much of which it is ſuppoſed was
that Richard, aged 10 years, and Roger, aged fix years,
never accounted for after his death, yet he ſuffered his only
were his ſons and next heirs. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 43,
ſon and heir to remain and die in Canterbury gaol, for debts pt. I.
ton
which did not amount to 1ocol. contracted almoſt entirely (e) See Shurland in Shepey, and Viftn. co. Kent, anno
for his maintenance and neceſſaries.
1574 and 1619. The Cheneys bore for their arms-Ermine,
(*) She died in 1749, and was buried at Tunſtall.
on a bend azure 3 martlets or, and quartered the arms of
(y) Her deſcendants are of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop
Chichele, her mother being deſcended from the Kempes of
(f) William Maries reſided here in the reign of K.
Ollantigh. See Stem. Chich. No. 486.
Henry VI, as tenant to the Cheneys, in the 21ſt year
of
(z) He quarters with the arms of Hales, thoſe of Capel,
which reign, he was Sheriff of this county, and kept his
Harv, Brooker, Harlackenden, Eliis, Walkſtead, Webbe, fhrievalty here.
Cromer, Squirie, and Wotton and its quarterings.)
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The
HISTORY
579
of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
1
GORE-COURT
motors in the church of Tunfall
. He had iffue Hiscern for helewy, Whofe fon Cbrißopber Wood,
Toro.
.,
TUNSTALL.
eſa; (g) who had iſſue by her Ifaac his heir, and
I'No other fons, who died without iſſue, and
four daughters, two of whom, Bridget was mar-
ried to Walter Harlackenden, of Woodchurch, eſq;
and Anne, firſt to Richard Leftrcnge, efq; and
fecondly to M. Voell, of Eriſham-park, eſq; the
other two daughters died unmarried.
Walter Harlackenden had this manor in mar-
riage with his wife Bridget, above-mentioned(b).
He reſided at Ufton, and left iſſue by her, who
died in 1569, two ſons, Zacheus and Jonathan;
and by his ſecond wife Sufan, who died in i
1587,
three fons, Henry, Nain in 1601, æt. 27, Walter,
and John; and a daughter Sarah.
Zacheus Harlackenden, the eldeſt ſon, ſeems to
have ſucceeded him in this manor, of which he
died feiſed on Sept. 26, 1603, as did his wife
Margaret on Oct. 3d following, leaving iſſue
two fons, Walier and Michael, and a daughter
Anne. Walter Harlackenden, efq; was of Ufton,
and married Jane, daughter of Thomas Prude,
of Waliham in this county, whoſe fon Silveſter
Harleckenden died poffefied of Ufton on March
19, 1659, æt. 54, and was buried with his an-
ceſtors
ſeveral fons and daughters, of whom Silveſter
ſeems to have been the only ſurviving ſon, and
to have inherited this eſtate. He died on Jan.
(3) It was found by inquiſition taken anno 4 Henry VIII,
that the manor of Ufton, with its appurts. was held of the
King, as of his manor of Middleton, in focage, by fealty,
&c. John Ajiley, efq; above-mentioned, was the only ſon
of Thomas Afley, of Hill Morton and Melton Confiable in
the co. of Norfolk, eſq; by his firſt wife Anne, daughter of
Boughten; of Lar ford in the co, of Wuruick, 4/93 by whoſe
fecond wife was deſcended for John Afley, of Maidſlone, knt.
whoſe two fons dying without iſſue, his three fifters became
his coheirs, of whom a further account may be ſeen above,
p. 96.
Iſaac Apley, eſq; whoſe fifter married Walter Harlacken-
den, had iſſue two fons, Thomas Apley, eſa; of whom below,
and Jacob, created Lord Afley of Reading by K. Charles I,
who left iffue a fon Ifaac, Lord Affley, and a daughter Eli-
zabeth, married to fir Edward Axley, bart. who on the
death of Jacob, Lord Affley, ſon of Ifaai, Lord Affley, laſt-
mentioned, without iſſue, became his heir.
Thomas Afley, eſq; the eldeſt brother of the firſt Lord
Afley, had iffue three fons, fir Francis, of Melton in the co.
of Norfolk, knt. who died without iflue; fir Iſaac Aſtley,
knt. his brother's heir, created a Baronet in 1641, but who
died without iffue; fir Edward Afley, knt. heir to his
married his coufin Elizabeth, fiſter of Ifaac, Lord Afley,
and heir to her nephew, as above-mentioned, and there-
upon became poſſeſſed of Hill Morton, Melton Conſtable, and
the whole poſſeſſions of this family; being by his marriage
poſſeſſed likewiſe of all the entailed lands of Jacob, Lord
Aſtley, as ſettled by act of Parliament; whoſe deſcendant
fir Edward Aſtley is the preſent Baronet.
He bore for his arms- Azure, a cinquefoil ermine, within
a bordure engrailed or. See Kimb. Bar. vol. ii, p. 36.
(5) See more of the family of Harlackenden, under Wood-
church, of which theſe were a branch, and bore the fame
eraſed or.
In 1654, Silveſter Harlackenden held of the manor of
Milton, the manor of Ufton, at the yearly rent of 375.
see the account
MILTON HUNDRED.
22, 1678, and was ſucceeded by his ſon of the
ſame name, who, about the year 1700, conveyed
it by ſale to Robert Welt, gent, who died without
male iffue, leaving his two daughters his co.
heirs; of whom, Mary was married to John
Hyde, efq; and Elizabeth to Samuel Hyde, eſq;
and the latter and his wife deceaſing with
out iſſue, the whole fee of this manor became
veſted in the former, John Hyde, of Blackheath,
eſq; who had iſſue two ſons, Weſt and Jobn; the
eldeſt of whom, Weſt Hyde, efq; is now pos-
fefred of it.
Otarulcast boog sio
R E-COUE
24w bris,
is an antient ſeat in this pariſh, about half a mile
diſtant eaſtward from Ufton, which gavę name to
the family who poffefſed it, called in old wrisa
ings at-Gore. Henry at-Gore held Gore-court at
his deceaſe in the 21ſt year of K. Edw. III.(i)
His deſcendants continued poffeffed of it for ſe-
veral generations (k), till at laſt James Gore fold
it to Thomas Roydon, of Eaſt Peckham, whoſe
ſon fold it to Mr. Chriſtopher Wood (1), deſcended
from thoſe of Holling borne in this county (m).
His fon Mathew Wood
as did his fon Henrywhoſe
of Gore-court (n), by deed, dated Dec. 1, 1674,
1 alienated it to Charles Seager, of Tunſtall, who
livob Ilved
in d. and other lands there, making the whole rent to-
gether of 395. 9.d.
.
on cover
(i) Philipott, p. 343.
(k) Richard Gore, of Faverſham, gent, by his will, provel
April 5, 1504, 'willed his body to be buried in the monaf-
tery there, beſide the chapel of St. Anne; and deviſed to
Lora his wife, his place and tenement in the pariſh of Dun-
ſtall, called The Goore, with all the lands, &c. belonging
to it, as then occupied by the fermour of it, for the term of
her life; remainder to jamys his ſon, in tail general, he pay-
ing to the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham 4os. according
to his deed made of it to them for the term of 20 years ;
remainder to his own right heirs-Anne and Margaret; his
daughters, mentioned. Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
This family afterwards continued reſident in this pariſh
till the beginning of this century, in the perſon of Gerrard
Gore; of Tunſtall, eſq; who married Thomafine, eldeſt daugh-
ter of Edward Hales, of Chilſon, efq; only fon of Samuel,
a younger ſon of fir Edward Hales, knt, and bart. She ſura
vived him, and dying on Jan. 21, 1707, æt. 49, was buried
in this church, leaving iſſue three ſons and two daughters;
Robert, Elizabeth, Thomafine, John, and William ; of whom
Robert Gore, the eldeſt fon; was of Sittingborne, eſq; and
was buried in Tunſtall church on O&. 25, 1711, Elizabeth
in 1717, and Thomafine in 1746.
(1) Mores's Account of Tunſtall, p. 42.
(m) He was the fourth and youngeſt fon of John, the
eldeſt ſon of Richard at-Wode; of Mufton manor in that
pa-
riſh. See above, p. 467.
(n) In the ſurvey of Milton manór, in 1653, Chriſtopher
Wood is ſaid to hold of that manor, certain lands in Tunfall;
late of Mathew Wood, formerly Royden's, the yoke of Keyles,
the yoke of Woberry, the yoke of Midliffe, and other lands there,
at the yearly rent of 245. 11d. and in the rolls of that ma-
nor, in 1664, Chriſtopher Wood, gent. claimed to hold of
that manor a houſe and land, called Gores-court, late Henry
Wood his father, before Mathew Wood, at the yearly rent of
IIs. 5įd. one hen, and 17 eggs, the hen being rated at
8d. and the eggs at 4d. in money.
dying
5

580
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
More, of Clanfield in the
TUNSTALL.
MILTON HUNDRED.
dying in 1679, left iſſue three fons, Charles, ſeſſions of it till the general diffolution of reli.
Henry, and William, and a daughter Jane, who gious houſes in the reign of K. Henry VIII, in
married Mr. John Netherſole, of Barbam, and the 27th year of which this nunnery was ſup-
they ſhared the eſtate among them.
preſſed, in conſequence of an act of Parliament
Of the fons, Henry died unmarried, and Wil having paſſed that year, for the ſuppreſſion of
liam parted with his intereſt in it to his elder all ſuch religious houſes, whoſe revenues did not
brother Charles Seager, of Borden, who joining amount to the clear yearly value of zool. and
with his filter Jane Netberſole, widow (o), con for giving them to the King, his heirs and fuc-
veyed the manor of Gore, with all its rights and ceffors, for ever, the clear yearly revenues of it
appurts. by deed, dated Oct. 11, 1723, to Ed amounting to no more than 1221. 145. 6 d. (9)
ward Mores, Cl. Rector of this pariſh, deſcended This manor becoming thus veſted in the Crown,
of a good family, of Great Coxwell in the co. of ſtaid there but two years; for the King granted
Berks (p). He died poffeffed of it in April it, with its appurtenances on Nov. 12, anno 29
1740, and was ſucceeded in it by his only fon of his reign, to fir Thomas Cheney, afterwards
Edward Rowe Mores, who ſome few years ago Knight of the Garter, Lord Warden of the
alienated this eſtate to Mr. Charles Stanley, who Cinque Ports, and Treaſurer of the King's Houſ-
is the preſent proprietor, and reſides at it. hold, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (r).
He died feiſed of it in the iſt year of Q.
WOODSTOCK, alias PISTOCK.
Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded in it by his ſon
Pitſtock, uſually called Piftock, is a ſmall ma-
and heir Henry Cheney, of Tcdington in the co. of
nor, ſituated in the eaſtern part of this pariſh, Bedford, efq; afterwards created Lord Cheney (s),
adjoining to Rodmerſham, which name has been
who, in the 13th year of that reign, with the
for ſome years changed to that of Woodſtock, by
Queen's licence, alienated it, by the deſcription
the preſent owner of it, as being of a more gen of The manor of Piſtocke, with its appurts. in
teel found.
Tunſtall, Rodmerſham, and Sitting borne, and all
In the reign of K. Edward IV, this manor thoſe woods, parcel of the manor aforeſaid, called
was in the poffeffion of William Robefart, of Mynchyng-wood, containing 115 acres of land,
Minſter in Shepey, who by his laſt will, proved to Richard Thornhill, Citizen and Grocer of Lon-
on Aug. 19, 1499, anno 15 Henry VII, deviſed
don (1), who in Eaſter term, anno 17 Elizabeth,
it to Cicilie his wife, for the term of her life, levied a fine of it. From him it defcended to his
and afterwards to the Benedictine nunnery of Min ſon and heir Samuel Thornhill, who upon his de-
jter in the Ife of Shepey for ever, for the uſe of a ceaſe
cars
it to his ſecond ſon fir John Thornbill,
ſolemn obit, and other like ſervices, as is therein
of Bromley, knt.(u) and his ſon and heir Charles
mentioned, for the good of the ſouls of himſelf, Thornbill, efq; in the reign of K. Charles II, ſold
his wife, &c. and it continued part of the poſ-
it to Mr. James Tong (v), whoſe anceſtors had
(6) She died Feb. 28, 1736, æt. 67, and lies buried in
married his mother, one fon Edward Rowe Mores, who mar-
Barham church.
ried Miſs Spence, and a daughter Sarah, married to John
(p) He was deſcended from Thomas Mores, of Coxwell, Davis, of Walthamſtow. It ſeems probable that when Mr.
who by Dowfabella, daughter of Thomas Dennis, in the Iſle Mores went abroad, he received holy orders, and the degree
of Wight, left iſſue three ſons, Thomas, who was of Cox-
of D. D. for in the letters of adminiſtration to his ſon, he
well; Francis, of whom below; and Edward. Francis, is ſtyled Rev. and D. D. but from what univerſity, or by
the ſecond ſon, was of Coxwell likewiſe, and died in 1664, whom granted, is not known.
leaving by Margaret his wife, daughter of Francis De la
He bore for his arms four coats-Quarterly, ift and 4th,
Mores, argent, on a feſs couped gules, between 3 heathcocks
daughters. Edward, the youngeſt, was of Coxwell, gent. gules, a garb or; 2d and 3d, Rowe, gules, a quaterfoil or.
and married Anne, daughter of Robert Rowe, of Low Layton See his life, prefixed to his account of Tunfall.
in the co. of Eſex, gent. grandſon of fir Thomas Rowe, knt. (9) There had been a monaſtery here ſo early as the year
Lord Mayor of London in 1568, by whom he left iſſue Ed 675, which was deſtroyed during the time of the Daniſh
ward Mores, Cl. purchaſer of this eſtate as above-men wars; but it was refounded by William, Archbiſhop of Can-
tioned, who lies buried in Walthamflow church in the co. terbury, anno 1130, and dedicated to St. Mary and St.
of Eſex. He left iſſue by Sarah his wife, daughter of Sha Sexburgh. At the time of the diſolution, there were a
drach Windfor, Merchant of London, afterwards remarried
Prioreſs and 10 nuns here, and the groſs annual value of
tollr. Bridgeman, of London, one ſon Edward Rowe, and their poſſeſſions was 1291. 78. 102d. Tan. Mon. P
208.
a daughter Anne-Catherine, married to John, only ſon of (r) Augtn. off. box A. II.
John Warburton, eſa; Somerſet Herald. Edward Rowe Mores, (s) See more of him, under Minſter in Shepey.
the fon, who was M. A. and F. S. A. publiſhed ſeveral (t) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 11. About which time I meet
miſcellaneous tracts of antiquity, and other ſubjects. His with the following ſurvey of it, viz. The manor of Piftock
manuſcript collections, after his death being ſold by auction, St. Sexburgh, 60 acres of arable, 20 acres of paſture, 140
were diſperſed into different hands: among them was an acres of wood in Tunſtall, Bredgar, Milkfted, and Wormefell,
account of the pariſh of Tunſtall, which, with the engraved in the tenure of Brocket, held of the Queen in capite by
plates belonging to it, was purchaſed by Mr. Nicholls, of knights ſervice, and is worth 241. per annum.
London, Printer, who publiſhed it in 1780, in a thin quarto.
(u) Philipott, p. 283.
Mr. Mores reſided at Low Layton, where he died on Nov.
(v) In the viſitation of this county, anno 1619, is the
28, 1778, and was buried at Walthamſtow, leaving iſſue pedigree of Tonge, of Tunſtall; their arms-Azurė, a bend
by Suſanna his wife, daughter of Mr. Bridgeman, who had
cotized or, between 6 martlets of the ad.
gave
been

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des in ieces).
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
TUNS TALL-HOUSE
PRESENT STATE OF TUNSTALL.
c of their father
TUNSTALL.
MILTON HUNDRED.
been reſident here (rv), and were poſſeſſed of fon the Rev. Mr. Richard Bland, who is the pre-
lands in this pariſh for ſome generations be ſent owner, and reſides in it (c).
fore(x), in which name it continued till at length
it was ſold to Hayter, and Mr. William Hayter,
gent. reſided here, who paſſed it away by ſale to
The college of the adjoining pariſh of Bred-
Abraham Chambers, of Bicknor, eſq; who built
gar was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh (a).
himſelf a new ſeat on this manor, at a ſmall
The chantry of Hedcorne had lands in the pa-
diſtance north-weſiward from the old houſe, in
riſh of Dunſtall at the ſuppreſſion of it, which
which he afterwards reſided, till he removed to
were granted anno 36 Henry VIII, among other
Totteridge in the co. of Hertford, and he is the
premiſes, to Anthony St. Leger, to hold in capitė
preſent owner of it (y).
).
Sir Thomas Wyatt, Nov. 20, anno 33 Henry
VIII, conveyed, purſuant to act of Parliament,
is a ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated at a ſmall diſtance
all his lands in Dunſtall to that King (f).
fouthward from the church, which was for ſeve-
ral generations the property and reſidence of the
family of Grove. It was moſt probably built by
Tunſtall is fituated on an afcent from the north.
Mr. John Grove, gent. Steward to fir Edward
The village in which the church ſtands, is nearly
Hales, bart. who reſided in it, and died poffeffed
in the centre of the pariſh. The lands are fer-
of it, on Jan. 15, 1678, æt. 72. He had iſſue tile on the northern fide of it; but on the fouthern
by Mildred his wife, who died in 1678, three ſide they are very ſtony and barren, and much
fons (Z), and a daughter Sarab, who died an in covered with coppice-wood.
fant. Of the ſons, John Grove, the eldeſt, ſuc-
It lies in the diviſion of Eaſt Kent, is in com
ceeded him in this feat, and married Elizabeth
paſs about five miles, and contains near 900
Selwood, by whom he had two ſons, Selwood;
acres of land.
who was drowned in his life-time, and John
Grove, gent, who became his heir, and poſſeſſed
In 1557, the number of families reſiding here
this feat; and likewiſe a daughter Rebecca, who
was no more than 16, and of pariſhioners 60;
died unmarried in 1738.
ſince which it appears that they have greatly in-
creaſed, for in 1757, there were, houſes 17, fa-
John Grove, above-mentioned, died on Dec. 4,
milies. 20, pariſhioners 115; ſo that in the ſpace
1755, leaving iſſue by Catherine his wife, daugh-
of 200 years the numbers were nearly doubled.
ter of Mr. Pearce, of Charing, two fons, Pearce
There are no charities belonging to this
and Richard, and a daughter Anne, married to
pariſ.
John Putland, of the co. of Stafford, gent. one
In January 1738, ſeveral hundred broad pieces
of the Curſitors in Chancery (C). His two fons
of gold were dug up in a ſmall wood near the
above-mentioned, Pearce Grove and Richard
ruins of the antient manſion-houſe, mentioned
Grove, eſqrs. became entitled to this ſeat, among
above. They were caſually diſcovered by a boy,
who obſerving ſome of them lying on the ground,
kind, and ſome years ago joined in the ſale of it
took them away, and not knowing their value,
to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bland, Vicar of Sitting-
uſed them careleſsly as playthings, which a neigh-
borne, who afterwards refided here, and died
bouring farmer taking notice of, queſtioned thë
poffeffed of it on Aug. 23, 1776. He left iſſue
boy till he found out the place where they had
by Mary his wife, daughter of Richard Tylden,
been diſcovered, and going thither, made him-
of Milſted, efq; three fons, Richard, Thomas,
ſelf maſter of a very handſome treaſure: but not
and William, and a daughter Mary (6). His
being able to keep the ſecret, he was afterwards
widow furvived him, and died poffeffed of it on
obliged to refund 624 of theſe pieces to the
Oct. 8, 1780, on which it came to their eldeſt
Crown; though fir John Hales claimed the whole,
fw) His anceſtor William Tonge reſided at Piftock in the
beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign, as tenant of it.
(2) In the roll of Milton manor, anno 1664, James Tonge
claimed to hold of that manor, certain lands, late James
Tonge's, gent. his father, viz. the yoke of Holland, the yoke
of Holburie, in Tunſtall, and other lands, and certain lands
there, late Thomas Cole's, of Bredgar, in the yoke of Chilfton,
by the yearly rent altogether of 195. 32d.
(y) See more of him, under Bordei, above, p. 566.
(z) Rubert, the ſecond ſon, was buried in Tunſtall church
in 1723, having had iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, who died
in 1722, two ſons, John, who died in 1704, aged upwards
of 20 years; and Robert, who was of Tunſtall, and a Juſtice
of the Peace, and died in 1716, æt. 24, and were both
buried in this church; and likewiſe three daughters. Ed-
ward, the youngeſt ſon of John, was buried here in 1673.
They bore for their arms-Ermine, on a chevron gules 3
eſcallops argent:
(a) He died on Sept. 16, 1755, and lies buried in this
church; where there is a monument erected to his memory.
(6) She married the Rev. Mr. Henry Rozbé, of Pagnall-
hall in the co, of Eſex.
(c) In Nov. 1777, he married Miſs F
he married Miſs Frances Clare Kemp,
of Teynhan. See Hartlip, p. 539.
(d) See Bredgar, p. 586.
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 17.
(f) Inrolments, Augtn, off. box C. 20.
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The HISTORY O of K E N T.
no
MILTON HUNDRED,
TUNSTALL.
not only as Lord of the manor, but from a ſup 15 DSR
CHURCH OF TUNSTALL.
902719
poſition that his anceſtor had concealed them
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
there, during the civil wars (8).
or by whom preſented.
(k) Lambertus de Montero,
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Golobt. May 1287.
mild
Tunſtall is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
(1) John de Helpringbam, inſt.
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit-
June it, 1287.
ting borne.
you បងបាន
(sn) Simon de Mepham, col.
lated Nov. 2; 1310, va-
The church, which is dedicated to St. John
she
is
cated 1328.
Baptiſt, conſiſts of three iſles and a chancel, to
which has been added a ſmall chapel on the
(n) William de Jocelyn, alias
Iflip, reſig. 1338.
north ſide of it. It has a tower ſteeple at the weſt
William de Herne, inſtit. Apr.
end, in which there is a peal of five bells (b).
23, 1358, relig. Aug. 28,
The rectory of it was formerly an appendage
following.
to the manor, and continued fo till Hubert de
(0) Willian de Iſip, inftit.
Burgo, Earl of Kent, gave it, in the reign of K.
Dec. 16, 1358.
Henry III, to Richard, Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
() Jobn de Iſlip, inftit. Feb.
and his fucceffors, for ever ; which gift was
boite for our 18, 1360, obt. 1361.
confirmed by K. Henry III, by his charter under
(9) William de Tunſtall, inftit.
his great ſeal, dated On. 9, anno 13 of his reign.
Oct. 12, 1361, obt. 1363.
Since which it has remained, as it does at this
(r) Alanus de Steddale, ool-
time, part of the poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhopric
lated June 11, 1363, refig.
of Canterbury.
in bn 1365. isla
In the 20th year of K. Edward I, this church
(s) John de Marcyl, collated
was valued at 25 marcs.
Sept. 19,1365, relig. 1 368.
In 1957, it was eſtimated at 141. Pariſhioners
(1) Thomas Preſton, inft. Aug.
60. Families 16.
19.30, 1368, relig, the next
It is valued in the King's Books at 141. 8s. 4d.
month.
no baib
and the yearly tenths at 1l. 8s. rod. (i)
sro bib
(u) John Baſſett, inftit. 1368,
In 1640, it was valued at sol. Communi.
darah weid
reſig. the ſame year.
cants 48 ; and in 1740, at 1051. then having
3 anotowa
(v) Thomas Preſton, init. Oct.
about nine acres of glebe belonging to it.
S 1519, 1368.
Sno
2016 (2) John Wayte, reſig. 1383.
2010
ni eto 223 ,
(g) Mrs. Tyfoe, mother-in-law of the Rev. Mr. Tyfoe, (m) He was Prebendary of Chicheſter, and Canon of Lan-
Vicar of Bredgar, well remembered the hiding of theie daff, and being conſecrated Archbiſhop of Canterbury in
pieces, inımediately after the defeat at Maidſtone in :648,
1328, this rectory became vacant.
fhe being then viſiting at für Edward Hales's houſe. She (n) He was Croſs-Bearer to Archbiſhop Iflip, and reſigned
faid too, that a large quantity of jewels was depoſited in
this rectory for that of Cliff:
29 30
the ſame wood, then called The Gaſcoigne Walk ; but though (c) The ſame as before-mentioned, who having reſigned
theſe have been often fought for, it has hitherto been with-
the rectory of Clif on Nov. 6, 1358, was again inſtituted
out ſucceſs.
to this rectory, ſhortly after which
(b) In the church windows are painted ſeveral coats of
h he exchanged it with his
fucceffor.
arms, of Cromer quartering Squerie, and impaling their ſe (p) He was Rector of Foxley in the dioceſe of Norwich,
veral matches; but moſt of them much broken and de. which he exchanged for this rectory.
faced.
(9) He had been Rector of Hamme, and was at this time
(i) Eet. Ther.
p. 14. The King's Books were made in Rector of Woodchurch, which he reſigned on his
reſigned on his acceptance
purſuance of the act of 26 Henry VIII, from the value of
of this rectory.
each benefice, as certified to Commiſſioners appointed for (r) He exchanged this rectory with his fucceffor for that
that purpoſe; by which this rectory was thus returned :
of Saltwood.
Decanat. de Sydyngborn
(s) He exchanged this rectory with his fucceffor for that
Tunſtall
of Ivychurch.
The certificat of fir Symon Jenys pſon there made by Symon
(t) He exchanged this rectory for that of Hadleigh in
Spacherft his farmer.
Suffolk, with his ſucceſſor.
GERD
Firſt the ſame Symon Spacherſ paieth to the fd pfon yerly 81.
Item pd to the preft for his wages 6l. 135.4d. Summa 14:13:4
(u) He exchanged this rectory with his fucceffor Thomas
Whereof deducted for proc'ns yerly 5s. Summa de claro 14:8:4
Preſton, before-mentioned, for that of Chelſea, which he
had in exchange a few weeks before, for that of Hadleigh,
Xma. Inde 28s. iod.
(k) An Italian by birth, and Canon of the collegiate
for which he had before exchanged this rectory of Tunſtall.
church of South Malling.
(v) This is the ſame perſon who was Rector of this church,
(1) He had been before Miniſter of Wingham, which be and had reſigned it but two months before, and now received
nefice he held with this rectory, by the Archbiſhop's licence,
a ſecond inftitution to it.
till Michaelmas 1287. He quitted this rectory before July (w) He exchanged this rectory for that of St. Andrew's,
21, 1310, on which day Archbiſhop Winchelsea conferred it
Holborne, with his fucceffor.
on Andrew Bregg, Cl. who declined accepting of it.
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Richard

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K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
TUNSTALL.
The Crown.
1572
be
Тbe HISTORY Richard Holme, inſtit. April tables en Sept. 9, 1313, obt. June
15, 1383.
ston
20, 1525
(x)Thomas Buttiller, admitted
of outstad (6) Simon Jenyns, obt. Nov.
Oct. 20, 1385.
1538.
(y) John Cattelyn, collated
(b) William Bounker, obt.
May 24, 1386, reſig. June
June 15, 1560.
following.
(b) Thomas Thacker, obt. Sepr.
(2) John Lynton, inftit. June
Yoyora 15, 1386, reſig. Dec. 5,
John Coldwell, S. T. P.
miokara itu bena 1391.
Peter Pott, A. M. April 10;
Dos tip de Nicholas Salwy, inſtit. Dec.
ol
18, 1391. 1
1581, obt. Oct. 10, 1584.
William Baker, collated Oct.
(c) Chriſtopher Webbe, B. D.
31, 1416, obt. 1416.
obt. Jan. 7, 1610.
John Boſebam, inftit. Jan. 1,
(d) Robert Cheke, S.T. P.
1417yado Saytime
Jan. 18, 1610, obt. July
Thomas Glouceſter, collated
5, 1647.
So doslonitials In Sept. 8, 1419. to non
(e) Robert Dixon, A.M. reſig.
William Clerk, collated May
HƯỚI LÀ 27
1676.
GROW (f) Robert Dixon, A.M.Dec.
galdsconi bor 5, 1428.
pancies bus en Richard Caunton, reſig. 1446.
13,1676, obt. March 1711.
(g) Edward Mores, collated
obveninga $45 Robert Pyke, inſtit. Sept. 8,
on May 7, inducted 14, 1711,
brow fangu 1445, reſig. in Nov. fol-
lowing. la falta
tuo to lowing.
obt. April 8, 1740.
to w (b) Robert Tyler, A.M. col-
ar stels bousias
Thomas Brag, inſtit. Dec. 3,
lated May 12, inducted
The boonspor 1446.
or
Robert Toft, A.M. May 23,
31, 1740, obt. June 12,
1766.
08 JOVI by 1450. 1996
od
(i) Thomas Pennington, D.D.
bas
maidt Thomas Kynge, ---- reſig. ----
Thomas Balys, collated May
collated July 14, 1766.
Prefent Rector.
abral esgeuller 4, 1473, obt. 1491.0
spania Alexander Cromer, A. M. col-
syndics ishlated March 1, 1491, obt.
B R E D G A R,
17-10-31 Asos 1492. 2
logy Robert W beteley, A. M. inft.
OR Bradgare, as it was ſometimes ſpelt, is
July 6, 1492.
next pariſh ſouthward from Tunſtall, and
eguldroni Richard Symons, collated Dec.
the juriſdiction of that manor, though the ſubor-
5, 1499, obt. 1502.
dinate manors of Tunſtall and Bobbing likewiſe
Thomas Smyth, collated Dec. claim over ſome part of it.
20 ni bilo
an
4, 1502, refig. Sept. 1513. It appears by antient records, that there was
(a) Radulph Wulf, collated
a family reſident in this pariſh, who took their
2010
granold Side
2897 oda
the
1S
Motor
(*) The Crown preſented, the Archbiſhopric being then
vacant, and the temporalities in the King's hands.
(9) He exchanged this rectory for that of Greenford
Magna, in the dioceſe of London, with his ſucceffor.
(3) He was Regiſter of the Court of Canterbury. He
reſigned this church for that of Eynsford in this county,
and was afterwards collated to the rectory of St. Dunftan's
in the Eaſt, London, where he died anno 1401.
(a) He lies buried in the chancel of this church, under
.
a ſtone having his effigies in braſs on it.
(6) He lies buried in this church.
(c) He became Preſident of St. John's college, Cam-
bridge, and was buried in the chancel of this church, æt. 63.
was
(d) He was made a Prebendary of Rocheſter in 1616, and
in 1622, was preſented to the vicarage of Hoo, which he
reſigned in 1625. He lies buried in the chancel of this
church, where there is an handſome monument erected to
his
memory.
(e) He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, and was a
great ſufferer in the royal cauſe, being impriſoned, and
then, and afterwards ſuffering much hardſhip and ill-uſage.
Beſides which, his houſe was rifled and plundered, and his
wife and family turned out, and reduced to beggary. After
the reſtoration, he became Prebendary of Rocheſter, and re-
ſigning this rectory to his ſon, was collated to the vicar-
age of St. Nicholasý Rocheſter, and afterwards commenced
D.D. obt. May 1688. Walker's Suff. of the Clergy, pt.
ii, p. 231.
• (f) Son of the former.
(8) He was a good benefactor to this rectory; having in
1712 rebuilt the parſonage-houſe, entirely at his own ex-
gave ſome plate for the ſervice of the commu-
nion. He was buried at Walthamſtow in the co. of Eſſex,
though there is a cenotaph for him on the north ſide of the
chancel of this church, with a buſt of him. See a further
account of him above, p. 580, as owner of Gore-court in
this pariſh.
(5) He was Vicar of St. Laurence in the Iſle of Thanet,
where he reſided.
(i) He is one of the Six Preachers in Canterbury cathe-
dral, and Rector of King ſdowne near Sitting borne, by diſpen-
ſation paſſed in July 1766.
pence, and
03
name

584
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED.
BREDGAR.
name from it. Robert de Bredgar, eſq; refided
SW ANTON-COURT,
here in the reign of K. Henry III, whoſe name
appears in an antient roll of the benefactors to
now vulgarly called Swan.court, is an eſtate like
the monaſtery of Davington, in this county; and
wiſe in the ſouthern part of this pariſh, adjoin-
bore for their arms--Argent, a bend gules; fretty ing to Bicknor, which was formerly part of the
azure, between 2 lions rampant of the ad(k); and
poffeffions of the eminent family of Leyborne, of
in the reign of K. Richard II, Robert de Breda
Leyborne in this county, in which it continued
gare, Cl. Parſon of this pariſh, founded a chan-
till Juliana, daughter of Thomas, and heir of her
try or college in the church here, as will be fur-
grandfather William de Leyborne, dying without
ther mentioned below.
iſſue by either of her three huſbands, all of whom
The ſurvived (P), this eſtate in the 41ſt year of
B EX ON
K. Edward III, eſcheated to the Crown, there
ór Baxton, is a manor, ſituated in the ſouthern being no one found, who could claim it; as
part of this pariſh, which gives name both to a
heir to her ; and it remained there till the King,
borough and ſtreet in it.
in his goth year(9), granted it, among other pre-
It was antiently in the poſſeſſion of a family, miſes, to the abbey of St. Mary Graces, on Tower-
which aſſumed its ſurname from it; one of whom,
bill, then founded by him; part of the poffef-
John de Bexon, was reſident here in the reigns of ſions of which it remained till the diffolution of
K. Edward II. and III, whoſe effigies was former-
that monafteiy; in the 30th year of K. Henry
ly painted in the windows of this church, with VIII, when it was ſurrendered into the King's
a ſcroll underneath, and on it-Orate pro anima hands, together with all the lands and revenues
Johannis de Bexon. But in the next reign of K. belonging to it; all which were confirmed to
Richard II, this manor was become the property
the King and his heirs by the general words of
of the family of Tong, who were of ſome ac the act, paſſed the next year for that purpoie.
count in this neighbourhood ; for it appears by
Soori after which, the King granted this ma-
ſome antient deeds, that Semanus de Tong, in the nor to Ralph Fane, eſq; (*) who as quickly af-
16th year of that reign, was tenant to The Maiſon terwards parted with it to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt.
Dieu in Ospringe for lands at Lorinden in Cballock, who by his indenture, dated Nov. 30, in the
and ſealed with a bend cotized, between 6 mart 33d year of that reign, paſſed this manor and
lets (1); in which name this eſtate continued tenement, called Swanton-court, late belonging
***
down to John Tonge, gent. who about the latter to Ralph Fane, efq; and all meſſuages, lands,
end of the reign of K. Charles I, alienated it to &c. late of the ſaid Ralph Fane, in Bredgare,
Mr. Thomas Fearne (m), and he died poffeffed of Bykenore, and Wormefell, to the King, in exchange
it on Feb. 9, 1663 (n); at length one of his de for other premiſes, purſuant to an act of Par-
ſcendants, Mr. John Fearne, paffed it away by liament, paſſed for that purpoſe the year be-
ſale to Mr. Thomas Beſt, of Chatham, whoſe
fore (rr).
grandſon, Thomas Bejt, of Chilſton, eſa; is the This manor thus coming into the King's
preſent poffeffor of it (6).
hands, he granted it, with its appurts. in his
ed for that
am
(k) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken fo lately as
1653, mention is made of the yoke of Land in this pariſh,
late Hugh de Bredgar's.
(1) Philipott, p. 75. Semanus Tong, probably this man's
fon, lies buried in Faverſham church, and, as his epitaph
tells us, was born at Throughley, and dwelt at Faverſam.
He died in 1414, anno 3 Henry 5, æt. 42.
In the windows of Tilmanſtone church were formerly
painted theſe arms-Azure, a bend cotized argent, between 6
martlets gules, and underneath-Orate p aia Wi Tonge ; and
the like arms, having a mullet on the bend, for difference,
were on a grave-ſtone, and in a window in Swinfield church;
and underneath the latter-Orate p aiabs Wi Tonge & Johan-
nis filii ejus qui hanc feneftram fieri facierunt. There are ſe-
veral memorials of the family of Tong of Baxton, in Bredgar
church,
(m) In a ſurvey of Milton manor, anno 1653, Thomas
Fearne, lately John Tonge's, gent. claimed to hold, &c. of
that manor, certain land in Baxon, formerly William Tonge's,
gent. containing 120 acres, by the rent of zd. and other
lands by the rent of iod.
(n) He died, æt. 44, and was buried in the north iſle of
this church, as do many more of this family, particularly,
John Fearne, of Baxton, gent. who died Sept. 22, 1713,
leaving iſſue by Margaret his wife, daughter of the Rev.
Mr. Slatyer, Rector of Otterden, who died in 1714, eet65
and was buried here, four fons, John, Thomas, Charles,
and Edward.
They bore for their arms-Per bend gules and or, 2 leopards
heads, counterchanged.
(0) See more of the Beſts above, p. 131, 435.
ibar
(1) She was three times married; firſt to John de Haf-
ings, ſecondly to Thomas le Blount, and laſtly to fir William
de Clinton, Earl of Huntingdon. See Leyborne above, p.
208.
(9) In the mean time for Simon de Burley, krt. found
means to obtain a demiſe of this eftate from the Crown, to
the prejudice of this monaſtery; but on his attainder, K.
Richard II, in his 12th and 22d years, granted and con-
firmed this eſtate to it, in pure and perpetual alms, for
Bilgi
d
(r) He was ſon of Henry, third ſon of Henry Vane, alias
Fane, of Hilden in Tunbridge, elgi He was afterwards made
a Knight Banneret, but anno 6 Edward VI, having zealouſly
eſpouſed the intereſts of the Duke of Somerſet, he was accuſed
of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty,
was hanged on Tower-hill, on Feb. 26th that year.
(rr) This indenture was inrolled in the Augmentation-
office the ſame day. See Augtn. off. box C. 20.
ever.
38.
38ih

The
585
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
BREDGAR.
MILTON HUNDRED.
38th year, to Chriſtopher Sampſon, eſq; to hold
in capite by knights ſervice (s), who in the 5th
year of K. Edward VI, alienated it to Thomas
Reader, of Bredgar, Yeoman(1), and he having
levied a fine of it in the 16th year of Q Eliza-
beth, afterwards ſold it to William Terrey (u),
who in the reign of K. James I, partly by fale,
and partly on account of alliance, ſettled it on
Mr.William Alderſey, deſcended from an antient
family of that name ſettled at Alderſey in the co.
of Cheſter (v). He married Thomaſine, daughter
of Mr. Roger Terrey, by whom he had iſſue Tho-
mas Alderſey, of Bredgar, eſq;(w) who died ſeiſed
of this manor, in which he was ſucceeded by his
eldeſt ſon Terrey Alderſey, eſq; who reſided at
Swanton-court ; at length, his grandſon Hugh
Alderſey, eſq; dying in 1762, without iſſue (w),
his heirs-at-law alienated it about the year 1767,
to John Toke, of Goddington, eſq; the preſent
owner of it (y).
quiſition taken after his death, that he held at
that time of the King, in capite by knights ſer-
vice, 74 acres of arable land in Bredgare, and
45. rent, alſo 165. rent of divers tenements there,
which belonged to the manor of Milfted, all held
by the ſervice aforeſaid ; and that yoane was his
daughter and next heir (%). How it paffed af-
terwards, I have not found; but the next that
I find it in the poſſeſſion of, is the family of
Iſley, one of whom, poffeffor of this manor, left
iſſue five daughters and coheirs, viz. Mary, mar-
ried to Francis Spelman ; Frances, lo William
Boys, esq; Elizabeth, to Anthony Maſon, eſq; Anne,
to George Delves, eſq; and Jane, to Francis Haute,
eſq; After which, Francis Spelman, and Mary
his wife, by deed, dated June 20, 1583, alien-
ated their fifth part to Robert and Thomas Whyt-
field, and their heirs male (a).
In the reign of K. James I, William Hales, of
Nackington, eſq; (b) was poſſeſſed of the princi-
pal meſſuage called Manns, with the lands be-
longing to it, and by his indenture, dated May
9, 1640, in which his ſon William Hales the
younger, joined, paſſed it away by ſale to Thomas
Godfrey the younger, of Lid, eſq; (c) who ſeems
to have parted with it to Clarke (d), as he did
to Reader, and in the year 1664, Ralph Reader,
M AN NS
is an eſtate in this pariſh, which was formerly
accounted a manor, and took its name from a
family who were poffeffors of it; one of whom,
John Mann, died ſeiſed of it in the 50th year of
K. Edward III, when it was found by the in-
(s) By the deſcription of, All that manor of Swanton,
with its appurts. parcel of the poſſeſſions of fir Thomas
Wyatt, knt. deceaſed ; and all thoſe lands, by eſtimation
180 acres, in certain fields, called Net herfield, Stonsfield,
I ſet field, Woodfield, and Southfield; and divers other parcels
of lands in the pariſhes of Bredgar, Bicknor, and Wormefell;
together with other premiſes in Wormefell, Chatham, Rain-
ham, and Gillingham. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 7.
In the Augmentation-office is an acquittance, dated Jan.
13, anno 38 Henry VIII, for 7521. 135.4d. to Chriſtopher
Sampſon, gent. for the manor of Swanton, with its appurts.
.
and 16 acres of land, arable and paſture, in Bredgare, Bick-
nor, and Wormefell; and another, April 28, anno , Edward
VI, for ul. 139. 4d. for divers woods belonging to the
above manor, or farm, with others, in Gillingham.
(t) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1.
There are ſeveral of the
deſcendants of this family who lie buried in this church ;
particularly James Reader, of Maidſtone, who died in 1698,
æt. 66, having married Hannah, eldeſt daughter of Stephen
Stringer, of Goudhurſt, gent. by whom he had iſſue two fons
and one daughter; and of Ralph Reader, of Bredgar, gent.
who died in 1705, æt. 68, leaving by his wife, daughter of
Mr. John Wood, of Wormefell, gent. only one ſon.
The Readers bore for their arms-Three creſcents, on a can-
ton a lion's head eraſed, all within a bordure ermine.
(2) In the chancel of this church there is a memorial for
William Terry, patron of it, who died in 1632.
(v) He was deſcended from John Alderſey, of Alderſey in
the co. of Chefier, by Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas
De la Bird, of Clopton in that county. He left iſſue by her
two ſons, John, of Spurſtow, and Thomas, of the city of
Chefier, whoſe fon William, by Cecil Garnet his wife, was
of Sutton Valence in this county, and married Thomafine,
daughter of Roger Terrey, by whom he had Thomas his ſon
and heir, and Joane, married to Stephen Lambe, of Ken-
nington. Thomus Alderſey, efq; married Margaret, daughter
of Farnham, of the co. of Leiceſter, by whom he had two
fons, Terrey, who was of Bredgar, and Farnham, who was
of Maidſtone, in this county.
The former married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Allard,
of Biddenden, and died July 10, 1678, æt. 52, leaving
iſſue by her three ſons, of whom William Alderſey, the third
fon, at length ſucceeded to the eſtate of his anceſtors at
Bredgar, and
and left iſſue by Dorcas Ofhorne, his ſecond wife,
Hugh Alderley, eſq; who ſucceeded him in his poffeffions
here, and died as above-mentioned, on Nov. 5, 1762,
leaving no iſſue by Mary Thurſton his wife, who died in
1760, and was buried beſide her huſband in Bredgar church.
They bore for their arms-Gules, on a bend argent 3
leo-
pards heads vert, between 2 cinquefoils or ; in chief a creſcent
within a creſcent, for difference. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619,
pedigree of Alderſey.
(w) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken in 1653, Tho-
mas Alder ſey claimed to hold of that manor, lands befo:e
William Gilford's, gent. before William Tong's, gent, and
others late John Tong's, gent.-and afterwards Terrey Alder-
Jey, lately William Terrey, gent. claimed to hold, &c. the
yoke of Giles, late the land of Thomas Harris, at the yearly
rent of
19s. 6d. and other lands at the yearly rent of 48.
In the above-mentioned ſurvey mention is made of a yoke
of Land, late Bartholomew Swanton's.
(x) In the chancel of this church are many memorials of
this family.
(y) By the deſcription of, The manor of Swanton, with
Swanton-court and Swanton-fireet farms, and 240 acres of
land, let at 761. per annum, and alſo three pieces of wood-
land, containing 10 acres ; all which were ſituated in Bred-
gar, Ei knor, and Wormefell.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(a) The ſeal appendant is-- Platee, 2 flaunches impaling
chief ermine.
(6) He was fourth and youngeſt ſon of John Hales, of
the Dungeon, eſq; one of the Barons of the Exchequer, and
younger brother of Thomas Hales, of Thanington, and Ed-
ward Hales, of Tenterden, eſqrse See more of him, under
Nackington.
(c) See Nackington. sites
(d) The Clarkes were poſſeſſed of lands in Bredgar fome
time before this, for Humphry Clarée, alias Woodchurch,
of
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586
Tbe HISTORY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED,
(f) Viz. Thomas voces
BREDGAR.
gent. held it of the manor of Tunſtall (e), in this foundation (g), gave them, under his ſeal,
whoſe deſcendants it continued down to Mr. certain rules and ſtatutes, for the better govern-
John Reader, who died feiſed of it, and his heir ment of it(h). , At which time, there appears
at-law alienated it to Mr. James Chapman, of
to have been a building already erected, called
Milton, gent. the youngeſt ſon of Edward Chap The College, for them to reſide in, almoſt adjoin.
man, of Molaſh, eſq; and his grandſon Mr. Ed ing to the church of Bredgar.
ward Chapman, is the preſent poffeffor of it: In which ſituation this chantry or hospital con-
tinued, till the reign of K. Henry VIII, when
THE CHANTRY or COLLEGE OF BREDGAR.
it was ſurrendered, with all its poffeffions;
In the 16th year of K. Richard II, Robert de into the King's hands, as were ſeveral others of
Bradgare, Rector of this church, John Burbache,
the like fort, ſome years before the act of Par-
Cl. and others (F), founded, with the King's
liament paffed, for granting all ſuch colleges,
licence, a chantry or finall college in this church
chantries, and foundations to the King, which
of Bredgar, in honor of the Holy Trinity, which
was not till his 37th year.
conſiſted of a chaplain or ſecular prieſt, in Soon after the ſuppreſſion of this college, as
holy orders, and two ſcholar clerks or confreers, above-mentioned, the ſcite of it, by the name of
who were to govern the ſame, and celebrate the chantry houſe of Bredgar, with fundry premiſes
divine offices, and ſerve God continually there belonging to it, in Bredger, Borden, and Bickner,
in future, excepting at thoſe times when the was granted by the King to George Harpur, eſq;
ſcholars ſhould be employed in their ſtudies ; who afterwards, by his indenture, dated March
and they endowed it with three meſſuages, 250 16, in the 33d year of that reign, exchanged
acres of land, 100 acres of paſture, 60 acres it with the King, for other premiſes in this
of wood, 13s. 4d. rents, and the rent of eight and other counties (i), After which it ſeems to
hens, and the moiety of one pound of pepper,
have remained in the hands of the Crown, till
with their appurtenances, in Holyngburne, Hou Q. Elizabeth, in her 3d year, having taken into
kyngge, Bradegare, Wormefelle, Bordeame, Tunftelle, her hands certain manors, lands, &c. parcel of
and Bikenore; of which premiſes two meſſuages, the revenue of the fee of Canterbury, by her let-
60 and 14 acres of land, and the half of twelve ters patent, dated July 12th that year, granted
acres of paſture, and 10 acres of wood, were to Mathew, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and his ſuc-
held of Anne, Queen of England, and the re ceſſors, certain rectories, parſonages, and other
ſidue of them, of the King and others, to hold premiſes, in lieu of them, among which was
to the faid chaplain and ſcholars, and their fuc. this diffolved college of Bredgar, then valued at
ceffors for ever; and in 1398, the above-men 131. 6s. 8d. Since which it has continued par-
tioned Robert de Bradegare, with the conſent of cel of the poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhopric, and
Archbiſhop Thomas Arundel, who then confirmed remains ſo at this time (k).
of Bredgar, eſq; grandſon of Humpbry Clarke, of Kingsnoth lebrate daily in the church of Bredgar ; that he ſhould not
in this county, reſided here in the reign of K. James I, accept of any benefice or office, which might hinder his re-
and dying on March 2, 1608, was buried in the north iſle fidence ; he was to be a native of the dioceſe of Canterbury,
of this church, where there is a monument erected to his and to be well qualified to read, conſtrue, and fing; that
memory. He left iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter and heir the two Clerks were to be able to read well, and to fing
of John Markeham, of the co. of Worceſter, efq; two fons, competently, to be natives of the dioceſe, and one of them;
Francis, born in 1600, and Humphry; and five daughters, or the Chaplain, to be of kin to the founder, and they
viz. Lertice, Dorothy, Margaret, Suſan, and Elizabeth ; of
were not to be confreers after they were 25 years of age;
whom, Humphry and Lettice died infants, Dorothy married that the Chaplain, on a vacancy, ſhould be choſen by the
George How, of the co.of Wilts, gent. Suſan married Richard ſcholars within 15 days, in default of which, the nomina-
Long, of the ſame county, gent. Elizabeth married firſt Wil tion was to devolve to the Archbiſhop, to whom they were
liam Tong, of Tunſtall, gent, and ſecondly John Beſt, jun. to ſwear ſubjection, or fede vacante to the Prior and Con-
of Allington Caſtle, gent.
vent of Chriſt Church, and not to any inferior, and on that
He bore for his arms-Paly wavy of 6 pieces, ermine and account they were to give 12d. yearly to the Archdeacon;
gules. See Viftn. co. of Kent, 1619, pedigree of Clarke. and he appointed the Archbiſhop maſter and protector of the
(e) By the deſcription of, A houſe called Manns, and 43
college, who was likewiſe to explain and amend the ſtatutes
acres of land in Bredgar and Borden, late Mary Clarke's,
of it, in recompence of which he was to receive at the end
widow. This portion of lands ſeems to be two parts of the
year, one quarter of oats, of the goods of it. Be-
five of this eſtate, divided between the five daughters and
fides the two ſcholars above-mentioned, the itatutes make
coheips of Iſley, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, as above mention of two poor ſcholars, to be choſen by the Chap-
mentioned.
lain, and Confreers to aflift at divine ſervice. Dugd. Mon.
Ralph Reader likewiſe held in this pariſh, of the manor
vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 227.
of Milton, the yoke of Rolfe at Deane, before Robert Reader's, (i) Inrolled in the Augtn. off. on May 21, anno 34
Henry VIII, box C. 25.
bregge, Cl. John atte Vyſe, John Lambe, and Roger Webbe. (k) The tenths payable to the Crown Receiver from the
(g) See Somn. Cant. p. 136.
diffolved chantry of Bredgar, are il. 175. 7 d. Ea. Theſ.
(b) By theſe ſtatutes it was enjoined, among other mat-
In 1748, the farm and malthouſe in Bredgar, called
ters, that the Chaplain ſhould reſide and eat in the college,
the Chantry, contained about 150 acres of arable and
except for the ſpace of one month in each year, and to ce-
paſture.
William
011
as do a la hora en
of each year,
p. 2.
om

The H IS TO RY
R Y of Κ Ε Ν N T.
587
BREDGAR.
24.10*3, drone sa
rent of 131. 6s. 8d.
William Sherman, ese
MILTON HUNDRED.
Overſeers at 20. per annum, was given for the
biſhop for theſe premiſes in 1643, at the yearly repair of the church. One acre and an half of
land in Hinkins-croft, let at 12s. was given for
Edward Jeffrey is the preſent leſſee, whoſe the like purpoſe. A ſmall piece of land, called
leaſe of it was renewed in the year 1777. He The Playſtool, let at 2s. 6d. per annam, was given
has lately new fronted and much improved the
for the like purpoſe.
chantry-houſe, in which he reſides.
An annuity of 1os. per annum was given for
Thomas Denwey was Chaplain or Cuſtos of the the uſe of the poor, to be paid out of a field
college of Bredgare in 1490.
called Whitebread, at Deans-bill, which now be-
Thomas Coly was ſo likewiſe, and dying on Dec.
longs to Meſſrs. Thomas and William May.
5; 1518, was buried in the church of Bredgar. An annuity of 20s. was given by Mr. Clarke,
for the uſe of the poor, payable out of a meſſu-
PRESENT STATE OF BREDGAR.
age in Bredgar - ſtreet, formerly belonging to
The pariſh of Bredgar has nothing remark Ralph Reader, afterwards to Mrs. Ludwell, now
able in it, being an obſcure ſituation among the
the heirs of Edward Chapman, gen
. .
hills. The village ſtands in the center of it,
William Terrey, gent. by indenture, dated May
and is pleaſantly ſituated. The grounds which
4; anno 17 James I, granted to Francis Clarke,
ſurround it are moſtly paſture, but the reſt are and others, 31. per annum, out of a meſfuage
in general poor, and much covered with fints.
called Black-end, and an orchard belonging to
The eaſtern part of the pariſh has much wood it, and a piece of land called Maſcalls, all in
in it.
Bredgar-ſtreet, in trüft for the ſame, to be diſtri-
At the entrance of the village there is a good buted among the poor inhabitants of this pariſh.
houſe, which was inhabited by the Beales for
Mr. Thatcher, Citizen of London,
London, gave the ſumi
many years; the laſt of whom, Mr. Thomas
of 100l. which with that of 301. added to it by
Beale, gent. fon of Mr. John Beale, of Bredgar,
the pariſhioners, was laid out in lands at Torry-
reſided in it, and dying on March 31, 1769, bill, containing 28 acres, 1 rood, and 25 perches
at. 75, lies buried in the church-yard here. At
of land, lying in Milſted and Lenham, which were
his death he bequeathed his eſtate among his
purchaſed by indenture, July 3, 1718, of Edward
relations, and this houſe is now owned by his
Widen, in truſt, for the Miniſter and Church war-
fifter's ſon, Mr. Pattiſon, of Biddenden,
dens to receive the rents, and pay from thence 5l.
Almoft oppoſite to the above-mentioned houſe,
per annum, for a Maſter or Miſtreſs to teach eight
ſtands the late chantry-houſe, or college of Bredgar,
poor children of this pariſh to read, and to in-
and a little higher in the village, but on the op ſtruct them in the Church Catechiſm ; the over-
poſite ſide of the way, the church. About a
plus to be diſtributed to the poor of the pariſh.
quarter of a mile to the weſtward, there is a mo-
The children to be appointed by the Miniſter.
dern-fronted houſe, belonging to, and inhabited
by, the Rev. Mr. Richard MarſRector of THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Bicknor. nigd
The high road from Sitting borne to the top of
Bredgar is in the ecclefiaftical juriſdiction of
the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sitting-
Holling borne-bill; and ſo on to Maidſtone, paſſes
borne.
through the pariſh and village of Bredgar ſouth-
bingo
The church, which ſtands on the eaſtern fide
ward.
Dr. Plot mentions a remarkable black cherry.
of the village, is dedicated to St. John Baptiſt.
It conſiſts of three iſles and one chancel, and
tree, which ſtood in this pariſh in his time, which
was 60 feet in height, before it came to the
has a ſquare beacon tower at the weſt end, in
branches.
which hang five bells. On the weſt ſide of the
tower, there is a fine Saxon door-caſe, with zig-
zag ornaments ; on the capitals of the pillars are
The plant dentaria major matthiolo, or the carved two heads of a very ludicrous form(II).
greater toothwort, is mentioned by Mr. Rey, as K. Henry III. gave the church of Bradegate,
found by him growing in this pariſh (1). with all its appurts, in pure and perpetual alms,
to the leprous women of the hoſpital of St. James,
alias St. Jacob, at the end of Wincheap, near
Three tenements and 65 perches of land, at Canterbury, ſo that Mr. Firman, then Maſter of
the Bush in Silver-ſtreet in Bredgar, let to the it, ſhould enjoy it for his life, and after his
Re: MoKithara masa
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ.
CHARITIES.
(1) Raii Synopſis, p. 288*.
(12) In the church-yard, at the eaſt end of it, are ſeveral
tomb-ſtones of the Beales; and one for John Thurſton, who
died in 1745, æt. 32, having married the daughter of Mr.
James Chapman, gent, by whom he had two daughters,
Elizabeth and a pofthumous daughter Suſan, who died in
1747 ; and for Mathew Thurſion, of Milton, Surgeon, who
died in 1741, having married Elizabeth; daughter of Mr.
John Beale, who died in 1767.
There is a very antient tomb-ſtone near the ſouth porch,
on which was once a portrait in braſs, long ſince gone, and
on the eaſ end of the ſtone there is carved a croſs in relief.
death,

588
MILTON HUNDRED.
VICARS.
CADI
Bredgar, gent..
2CV
Roger Hurt, 1563, obt. 1590.
John Lane, A. M. Jan. 17,
The HISTORY of K E N T.
BREDGAR.
death, the leprous women above-mentioned, for
50093 28
ever (m); and it continued part of the revenues
Tbomas Reader.
olant
of the hoſpital, till the ſurrendry of it, which
The Archbiſhop. Thomas Garlicke, A. B. Jan.
happened in 1551, anno 5 Edward VI, (12) at
Sonstig
which time there appeared to be a manor, called
Horari?3, 1590, obt. 1595.
William Terrey, of Simon Seaman, A. M. July
FILCHER, alias FILTER,
,95, 1595, obt. 1622.
belonging to the rectory of Bredgar appropriate;
1622.
all which, together with the advowſon of the
church of Bredgar, thus coming into the hands of to diyan tara
Nathaniel Windſmore, obt.
the Crown, ſeem to have remained there, till Q.
1670.
Eliz. granted them to Tho. Reader, who poſſeſſed
Thomas Alderſey, Edward Darbie, A.B. Feb.
them in 1578. He afterwards told them to Mr.
gent.
20, 1670.
Wm. Terrey, who in the reign of K. James I, paſſed
The Crown, by lapſe. Thomas Conway, A.M. Feb.
them away to his kinſman, Mr. William Alder-
I, 1689.
sey, of Swanton-court in this pariſh, in whoſe de-
Thomas Alderſey,
Edward Polbill, Cl. Sept. 24,
ſcendants they continued till Hugh Alderſey, of
gent.
1690.
Bredgar, eſq; about the beginning of K. George The Crown, by lapſe. Robert Elwicke, A. B. Sept.
II.'s reign, alienated them to Mr. John Tappen-
16, 1699, obt. 1722.
den, whoſe ſon, of the ſame name, fold them to William Alderſey, Richard Tyſce, A.M. Sept.
fir Edward Dering, of Surrenden, bart, whoſe ſon
gent.
20, 1722, reſig. 1744.
for Edward Dering, bart. is the preſent owner of
John Tappenden, by (s) Richard Laurence, A. M,
this manor and rectory, with the advowſon of
approbation of Tho. inducted April 2, 1745,
the vicarage of the church of Bredgar.
Gillow, his guardian. obt. Aug. 1772.
In 1384, anno 8 Richard II, this church was
Sir Edward Dering, (t) William Gurney, A. M.
valued at 181. 6s. 8d. per annum (o). In 1578,
bart.
Nov.21, 1722, reſig. 1780.
the communicants here were 155. Houſes in
boso (u)Thomas Scott, B. A. Mar.
this pariſh 50. In the reign of Q. Anne, the
gosydiy z 15, 1780. Preſent Vicar.
vicarage was worth 30l. per annum.
vd boy. On Auror ons no
It is now a diſcharged living in the King's
MIL S T E Do 2016
Books, of the clear yearly certified value of 361.
bicor Bono
color
the yearly tenths of which are 18s. (p)
Of the chantry or college of Bredgar, ſufficient || IS the next adjoining pariſh ſouth-eaſtward
from Bredgar, and being within The Hundred
notice has already been taken, it remains only
of Milton, that manor, as paramount, claims
therefore to be mentioned, that John atte-Vyſe,
over great part of it. Sed or pinto
one of the founders thereof, in addition to the
onionofed alvorl bontott-mu
ſtatutes and ordinances made for the govern-
to Do
ment of it, in 1398, ordained, that each year
The manor of Milfted, in the beginning of
in future for ever, after his death, on the feaſt
the reign of K. Edward I, was in the poffeffion
of the exaltation of the Holy Croſs, there ſhould
of Thomas Abelyn, who died ſeiſed of it in the
be paid to the Vicar of Bradgare for the time
4th year of that reign, then holding it as one
being, for the oblations of that day, 6d.- to
meſſuage, and one carucate and an half of land,
the keeper of the goods of the church here, 6d.
in Milſted, and paſture for 300 ſheep in the
to the pariſh-clerk and facriſt, 4d. and 58. 4d.
marſh of Elmele, of the King in capite by knights
to the poor pariſhioners of Bradgare, for the
ſervice (v). He was ſucceeded in it by Nicho-
fouls of the deceaſed of the ſaid college, and of
las Abelyn, who died ſeiſed of it likewiſe
all faithful people deceaſed (9).
years afterwards, holding it by the like fer-
trios
vice (w). Soon after which it appears to have
bayi
PATRONS,
come into the poſſeſſion of the family of Savage;
or by whom preſented.
one of whom, John le Sauvage, obtained a grant
(r) Robt.de Bredgate, in 1398. of free-warren in the 23d year of the above reign,
THE
M A N O R.
CHURCH OF BR EDGAR.
RECTORS.
(m) Teſta de Nevil. Somn. Cant. p. 41.
(n) This hoſpital ſtood in the pariſh of Thanington ; it
confifted of a maſter, three prieſts, a prioreſs, and
25
fifters.
It was ſurrendered on Feb. 28, anno 5 Edward VI, and
granted to Robert Dartnall. Tan. Mon. p. 217.
(6) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 41. (p) E&. Theſ. p. 14.
(9) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. i, p. 130.
(r) He was principal founder of the college here. See
above, p. 586.
(s) In 1763, a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding the
vicarage of Lenham with this vicarage.
( Rector of Badleſmere with Leveland in this county,
and afterwards Rector of Luddenham.
(u) A younger ſon of Edward Scott, of Scotts-hall, eſq;
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. No. 20.
(w) It was found by the inquiſition, that he held at the
time of his death, of the King in capite, one meſfuage in
the pariſh of Milfied, 63 acres of land, fix acres of wood,
and 405. rent, by knights ſervice, as one knight's fee,
with other lands and tenements in Morſłon and Elmele. Rot.
Eſch, ejus an. N. 17.
for

The HISTORY of KE N T. $89
,
next year,
MILSTED. BOT
MILTON HUNDRED.
for his lands in Milſted and other places (xv); but
19 Henry VII, levied a fine of this manor, with
before the 20th year of K. Edward III, this
the advowſon of the church of Milſted. He died
name ſeems to have been extinct here; for at
on March 16, anno 19 Henry VII,(z) on which
the making the Black Prince a Knight, the heirs it paſſed by his will to Margaret his daughter,
of John Savage then paid reſpective aid for this
whoſe huſband, John Barnard, eſq; entered into
manor, as one knight's fee. Indeed, it ſeems
the poſſeſſion of it, on whoſe death, it deſcended
from the beginning of that reign, to have been to his ſon Richard Barnard, who owned it at his
in the name of Mocking (y), from which it paſſed death, which happened in the 13th year of K.
into that of Hoggeſhaw, and Elmeline, late the
, (z
wife of fir Thomas Hoggeſhaw, knt. died in the
, infant co
50th year of it, feiſed of the manor of Milfted,
upon which it became verted, by the limitations
held of the King in capite, as one knight's fee, in the will of Roger Wake above-mentioned, in
to her and Thomas her late huſband, and the his right heirs, who conveyed their intereſt in
heirs of their bodies, lawfully begotten (Z). it to Sir Thomas Nevyle, knt. and he paſſed it
Their fon and heir, Edmund Hoggeſhaw, ſuc away by ſale to fir Robert Southwell, i knt. who,
ceeded to the poffeffion of this manor, which had with the King's licence, in the 4th year of K.
now, from their continuing owners of it, ac Edward VI, paſſed away, by fine then levied,
quired the name of Milfted, alias Hoggebaws, the manor of Hoggeſhaws, alias Milſted, with its
by which it has been known ever ſince. He appurts. in Milted and Rodmerjam(a), and the
died in the 12th year of K. Richard II, feiſed advowſon of the church of Milfted, then held of
of it(z), without iſſue; upon which, Joane, one the King in capite, to Thomas Henman, ſenior, and
of his ſiſters and coheirs, entitled her huſband, his heirs (6). His ſon, Alan Henman, of Len.
Thomas Lovel, eſa; to the poſſeſſion of it, who ham, in Mich. term, anno 3 Elizabeth, levied a
died ſeiſed of it in the 2d year of K. Henry IV, fine of it, and in the 12th year of that reign, ſold
leaving his wife ſurviving, and Thomas his ſon it to Tbomas Thomſon, of Sandwich, Jurat (c),
and heir, then 13 years of age (z), who on his for the uſe of Agnes his daughter, who entitled
mother's death, in the with year of that reign, her huſband, John I oke, of Goddington, gent. to
ſucceeded to it(x), and the next year held a the poſſeſſion of it. She ſurvived her huſband,
court for this manor ; one of his deſcendants and by her laſt will, proved Dec. 8, 1629, de
fold it to Robert Greaves, who died ſeiſed of this viſed it to her eldeſt ſon Nicholas Toke, of Great
manor, then called Hoggeſhaws, in the 9th year Chart, eſq;, who in 1631, anno 7 Charles I, paſſed
of K. Henry VII, holding it as one knight's away this manor and advowſon to Edward Chute,
fee, of the King in capite by knights ſervice, of Betherſden, eſq; (d) and he by deed, dated Sept.
Katherine, wife of George Sole, being his daugh 16, anno 9 Charles I, conveyed it by fale to
ter and next heir (2). Soon after which, it be Richard Tylden, of Great Chart, gent. and Wila
came the property of Roger Wake, who, anno liam Tylden, then an infant, his fon(e). He
brist
(x) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 6.
Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward III. In
0) See Rot. Efch, anno 10 and 46 Edward III. the reign of 2. Elizabeth, a branch of them was fettled
00-229131
(z) Rot. Eſch. eor. annorum.
in the pariſh of Wormſell, one of whom, William Tylden,
(a) Viz. one meſfuage, one toft, 100 acres of arable,
died on Dec. 13, 1613, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife,
fix acres of meadow, 30 of paſture, 12 acres of wood, and
davghter of James Tong, gent. who died in 1625, one fon
20
Richard, and two daughters, Elizabeth, married to Solo-
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3.
mon Wood, of Wormefell, and Frances, married to John Toke,
Follo
Rector of Milfted. Richard Tylden, the ſon, purchaſed the
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9. By Elizabeth his wife,
manor and advowſon of Milſed, and afterwards reſided at
daughter of Mansfield, he left iſſue two ſons, Thomas, an-
Hoggeſhawes. He died in 1659, having had iſſue by Eliza-
ceſtor of the Thomſons of Kenfield in Petham, and Henry of
beth his wife, daughter of John Toke of Goddington, by
Royton-chapel in Lenham, and a daughter Agnes, mentioned
which marriage his deſcendants are of conſanguinity to
above.
Archbiſhop Chichele, three ſons, William, his heir, Richard,
(d) By indenture, dated March 1, 1631, Nicholas Toke, Rector of Milfted, who married Mary, daughter of White
of Great Chart, eſq; Henry Toke, of Otham, M. D. and field, of Betherſden, and John; and likewiſe two daughters,
Fohn Toke, of Milfted, Cl. fons of Agnes Toke, widow, in Elizabeth and Anne, the latter of whom married Nicholas
confideration of a marriage intended to be had between Toke, Rector of Eaſtwell. gated
George, ſon and heir apparent of Edward Chute, of Betherſ William Tylden, the eldeſt ſon, was of Hoggeſhawes, gent.
den, and Eleanor, eldeſt daughter of Nicholas Toke aforeſaid, where he died in 1708, æt. 76, having married Hannah,
covenant to ſuffer a recovery of this manor and advowſon to daughter of Francis Manby, of London, who died in 1726,
the uſe of Edward Chute the father, above-mentioned, his by whom he had iſſue one ſon Richard, and fix daughters,
heirs and alligns for ever. Recovery, ſuffered Eaſter term, viz. Eleanor ; Hannah, married to John Worth, of Holling-
anno 8 Charles I. Deed of feoffment between the ſaid
par borne ; Elizabeth ; Frances, married to Edward Tolbutt, of
om в
ties, April 2, anno 8 Charles I, 1632.
London; Clemence, married to John Skeere ; and Eleanor.
(e) Fine levied for that purpoſe Mich. term, anno 9
Richard Tylden, eſq; reſided at Hoggeſhawes, and dying in
Charles I. The family of Tylden had antiently poſſeſſions 1763, æt. 77, was buried with his anceſtors in the Tylden
in the pariſhes of Brenchley, Otterden, Kennington, and Til-
chancel in this church. He married Elizabeth, daughter
manſione, in this county; one of them, William Tylden, of Thomas Oſborne, of Hartlip, efq; who died in 1766, æta
paid aid for lands in this county, at the making the Black 79, by whom he left iffue one fon Richard Oſborne, and
three
VOL. II.
wa barca
Prince Healing the sea batant, has con cost
30s. rent.
Post
7 L

590
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
2000
POST
the poor
The HISTORY O of K E N T.
MILSTED.
MILTON HUNDRED.
afterwards reſided here, as did his deſcendants, Mr. Thomas Luſhington, of Sitting borne, whoſe
down to the Rev. Richard Oſborne Tylden, Rector great-grandſon, the Rev. Mr. James Stephen Luh.
of Milſted, who died poffefſed of this manor and ington, is the preſent owner of this manor (k).
advowſon in 1766, æt. 44, leaving iſſue by De eriori ari periods of
borah his wife, daughter of Mr. Daniel May, of
Milfted, four fons, Richard, Oſborne, Richard The monaſtery of Minſter in Shepey was poſ-
Cook, and Manby-May, and one daughter Eliza ſeffed of lands in Milfted, bought of Elric Goſe-
beth. He left his widow ſurviving, who after-
ſune and Edward Maynard, which were confirmed
wards remarried with the Rev. Mr. Edward Smith,
to it, among other poffeffions, by K. Henry III,
Rector of this pariſh. She died on Oet. 1, 1776, in his 18th year, and by K.Henry IV, by his charg
at. 46; upon which, this manor, with the ad ter of Inſpeximus, in the 8th year of his reign(1).
vowſon of the church of Milfted, came to her Henry Cheney, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
eldeſt ſon Richard Tylden, efq; the preſent owner was poffeffed of a wood in this pariſh, called
of it, who reſides here.
Lords Wood, which he alienated in the 14th year
There has been no Court held for this manor of it to Richard Thornhill (m). bris not tied1
for many years (f).
Bad At
PRESENT STATE OF MILSTED,
brotvsi non
ESENT STAT
HIGH A M-COURT,
The pariſh of Milfted has nothing remarkable
now uſually called Great Higham, is a manor in in it, being ſituated obfcurely among the hills,
this pariſh, which was antiently the property of and ſurrounded with woods. In the ſouthern
a family of the name of Nottingham, whence it part of it, the grounds are poor, and much co-
acquired, as appears by antient writings, the vered with flints; in the center, and towards
name of Nottingham-court. 7 dni the northern extremity of it, there is ſome land
They reſided at Bayford in Sittingborne, ſo which is tolerably fertile. There is no village
early as the reign of K. Edward I. Robert de belonging to it. The manſion of Hoggeſhaws
Nottingham, owner of this eſtate in the reign of ftands almoſt adjoining to the eaſt end of the
K. Edward III, was Sheriff of this county in the church-yard, as the parſonage-houſe does on the
48th year of it, and kept his fhrievalty at Bay weſtern part of it. On Broadoak-green, in this
ford, in which year he died, and was found at pariſh, there ſtands a remarkable large juniper
his death to hold lands in Doddington, Tenham, tree, being near 15 feet high, and near eight
Milfted, Tong, Bredgar, and Sitting borne, all which feet before it has any
deſcended to his only ſon John Nottingham, who The whole of this pariſh is within the diviſion
died without iſſue male, leaving his daughter of Eaſt Kent.
his ſole heir, who marrying Simon Cheney, of
Cralle in the co. of Suſſex, ſecond ſon of fir od si din CHARITIE S. von bis 191
Richard Cheney, of Shurland, knt. (g) he became, John Wiatt, of Milfted, by will, dated Aug.
in her right, entitled to it (b), and in his de 22, 1722, gave ſeveral pieces of land in Milſted,
ſcendants it continued down till Richard Cheney, Frinſted, and Wormeſell, containing about 20
eſq; (i) and his fon John, in the year 1676, anno acres, to be yearly diſtributed between
29 Charles II, joined in the conveyance of it to of Milfted and Frinſted for ever.
Oro is only
4. ਤੇ
9893
three daughters ; Hannah, married to Edward Belcher, of (i) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno 1653,
Ulcomb, who died in 1766; Mary, to Thomas Bland, Cl. Richard Cheney, late John Cheney his father, claimed to hold
who died in 1780; and Philippa, as yet unmarried.
of that manor, the manor of Highan, called The Court, at
Which Richard Oſborne Tylden ſucceeded his father in this the yearly rent of 155. 102d. Thomas Finch claimed to
manor, of whom, and his iſſue, a further account is given hold, &c. eight ſeveral parcels of land, with appurts. in
above.
Milfed, containing 37 acres, formerly the lands of John
They bear for their arms-Azure, a faltier ermine, between Cheney, and parcel of Higham manor, at the yearly rent
4 pheons or.is
of 3s. 6d. Theſe lands now belong to Mrs. Umfrey, of
A recovery was ſuffered of this manor and advowfon by Dartford.
Richard Tilden, anno 15 Charles I, and another by his ſon
William Finch claimed to hold, &c. two parts, and Richard
William Tilden, anno 15 Charles II.
Finch one part, late Michael Finch's, of 27 acres of arable,
(f) The laſt court, being a Court Baron, which was held paſture, and wood-ground, formerly parcel of the manor
for this manor, was in the year 1635.
of Higham, which were before the lands of Thomas and
(8) By Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Robert
Richard Finch, in Milfed, at the yearly rent of 18d. There
Cralle, of Cralle in the co. of Suſſex, by whom he had two
is much more land in Milled, formerly the eſtate of the
ſons, William, from whom deſcended the Lords Cheney of
Cheneys, which is held of Milton manor.
Shurland and Toddington, and Simon, above-mentioned. (k) See more of the Luſhingtons, under Rodmerſham. The
(h). Philipott, p. 239, 31. The Nottinghams bore for manſion of this eſtate, now called Great Higham, with the
their arms, as Philipott ſays-Gules, 2 pales wavy argent ;
lands belonging to it, conſiſting of 160 acres of arable,
which coat, impaled by Cheney, was in one of the windows meadow, and paſture, and 26 acres of woodland, in Mil.
of Milfted church. On the roof of the cloyſters of Canter fled, Murſion, and Rodmerjam, is let at 7ol. per annum.
bury cathedral, are carved the arms of Nottingham---Gules, (1) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 152.
on a bend argent, 3 eſcaliops azure; but of what kindred to
(m) Rot. Efch. ejus an, pt. 10,
theſe of Milled, I have not found.
There
any branches.
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The HISTORY . of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
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MILTON HUNDRED,
There are five alms-houſes belonging to this John Coldwell, Dean (9) Chriſtopher Webbe, S.T.B.
pariſh, on the eaſtern ſide of it, next to Kingſ of Rocheſter. to 16 July 10, 1587, reſig 1595.
down. w bas tonism i da
John Toke, of Great William Potter, A.M. Nov.
Free
Chart.
fi 25, 1595, obt. 1619.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
John Toke, gent. John Toke, A. M. Feb. 2,
Milſted is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction strivde. 1619.bne qilina
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit-
Richard Tylden, Cl. obt. 1688.
tingborne.manostió William Tylden, of William Batcheller, Cl. June
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary Milſted, gent. odw 16, 1688.icaid baby
and the Holy Croſs, confiſts of one ifle and one boib bnp paraderou (r) William Batcheller, 1720,
chancel, with a ſquare tower at the weſt end of
zzolgusbobt. 1748. weathi so
it, in which hang three bells. On the north ſide Richard Tylden, efq; (s) Richard Oſborne Tylden,
is another ſmall chancel, belonging to the Tyl 23 de attól A. B. April 1, 1748, obt.
dens, in which many of them lie buried. On
the ſouth ſide there was another chancel, belong zicht 0% Todorod (t) Edward Smith, LL. B.
ing to Higham-court, which was pulled down, by bored apartes March 10, 1767. Pre-
the mutual conſent of the proprietor and pa norgush iw sins fent Rector. aivaak ni ni
riſhioners, in the year 1672.91
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In the church-yard, near the ſouth porch of HOME KINGS DOWN Tottestor
the church, there is a very antient tomb-ſtone,
ad modum de
de lo oil aus
having on it a croſs botony fitchee, carved in IES next eaſi ward from Milfted, and is uſu-
relief. t lo boog bob odbog
ally called Kingſdown next Sitting borne, to
The church of Milted was given by K. John diftinguiſh it from a pariſh of the fame name in
to Wydon the Clerk, who held it, as appears by this county, near Farningham. 4905
the Tefta de Nevill, in the next reign of K. Henry
III. Whether he was Lord likewiſe of Milfted
siw
manor, I have not found; but from the next
The manor of Kingſdown, in the beginning
reign of K. Edward I, to the preſent time, this
of the reign of K. Henry III, was part of the
church ſeems to have had the ſame poffeffors, poffeſſions of the famous Hubert de Burgo, Earl
and as ſuch, the advowſon of it is now the pro of Kent, who, on his foundation of the hoſpital
perty of Richard Tylden, of Hoggeſhaws, eſq; of St. Mary, otherwiſe called the Maiſon Dieu,
In 1578, there were 55 communicants. In in Dover, for the relief of pilgrims and ſeveral
1640, 87, when it was valued at 50l. per ann. poor brethren and ſiſters, under the government
It is a diſcharged living in the King's Books, of a Mafter, gave to it this manor of Kings-
of the clear yearly certified value of 441. the down.
yearly tenths being 175, 6d. (n)
After which, anno 14 Edward I, the Maſter
The glebe land conſiſts of only three acres. of the Maiſon Dieu obtained a grant of free-war-
32 DUB
ren for his lands here, among others (u).
CHURCH OF MILSTED,
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In which ſituation this manor remained till
PATRONS, Stode es Rectors.
the diffolution of the hoſpital, in the reign of
or by whom preſented.
Fotos
K. Henry VIII, when it was ſurrendered, with
sa 20 nomienda ode to (0) Gilbert, in 1293. all its poffeffions, into the King's hands, as were
2 ssuda Dhe M
htfy yu121 18 08438
John Foucher, reſig. 1338. ſeveral others of the like fort, fome years before
birub 2 diawor (P) John Fairman, inítit. Sept.
the act of Parliament paſſed for that purpoſe,
Sical madison's mid bass 30, 1338.
which was not till the 37th year of that reign (v).
10 9
William Pordage, of
After which, the manor of Kingsdown ſeems to
0979 bitno
Rodmerſbam, and
have remained in the hands of the Crown, till
John Hunte, June 7, 1578.
John Harris, Rec-
K. Edward VI, in the laſt year of his reign,
tor of Wormefell. rit o sougivolginsai granted it, among other premiſes, to fir Thomas
od 20 bostokset or b93
dobre
(n) E&. Thef. p. 14.
in beinud esit
(u) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No.6. 11orate sa
(6) He was nephew to Henry de Wingham, who had been (v) John Thompſor, Cl. Maſter of the Maiſon Dieu, and
Lord Chancellor in the reign of K. Henry III.
the Brethren of it, by their indenture, O&. 16, anno 27
(7) J. Fairman had the King's licence, Sept. 30, 1338,
Henry VIII, demiſed to Chriſtopher Roper, gent. of Eaſt
to exchange the vicarage of Weſt Ham in the co. of Elex,
Farleigh, their manor of Kyng yſdown, with all lands, woods,
for this church, with J. Foucher. Newc. Rep. vol. i, p.
&c. belonging to it, and 5000 de le foydewood yearly, to be
455, vol. ii, p. 304.
Site bred bovivu 908 70 cut down and taken away in the wood there ; except to the
(9) See Tunfall, p. 583,
ſaid Maſter and Brethren, and their ſucceſſors, lez lockhens,
(-) He was Re&or of Prinſted likewiſe. J
and all homage, waifs and ſtrays, and all courts leet and
(s) He was patron of this rectory. See above, p. 590.
law days, held for the faid manor, and two tenements,
(t} He holds this rectory with Frinfed, by, diſpenſation
with the woodlands and appurts. of which one is called
Shynglecroſs, and the other Dungate, to hold for the term of
1779.
21 years,
foros
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592
The I s T OR YO of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
KINGSDOWN.
Cheney, knt. to hold in capite by knights fer his ſon, who by his wife, daughter of Smith,
vice (7), who, in the iſt year of Q. Mary, fold had one only ſon, Finch Umfrey; of Darent, eſq;
it, with the Queen's licence, to Thomas Finch, who ſucceeded him in this manor, and was twice
gent.(x) who feems to have reſided at Kingsdown married, firſt to Margaret Clements, and ſecondly
at that time (y). He died on Oct. 10, anno 3 to Fane, one of the three daughters and coheirs
and 4 Philip and Mary, 1555 (2), having mar of Thomas Gifford, of Penis in Fawkham, efqs()
ried Joice, daughter of Finch, of Groveburſt, by He left iſſue only by his firſt wife, one fon Finch
whom he had ilue two fons, Ralph, who fuc | Umfrey
, of Dartford
, gent
, who married Eliza-
ceeded him here, and John, who married one of beth, daughter of Mr. John Jarvis, of Dartford.
the coheirs of Block, of Faverſham, and died He died without iſſue, and at his death be-
without iſſue, and two daughters, Joane and queathed this manor, with the farm above-men-
Catherine.ro
tioned, to his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Umfrey,
Ralph Finch, the eldeſt ſon, was of Kings of Dartford, the preſent poffeffor of it (c).
down, and on his father's death inherited this A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this
manor (a). He was a great benefactor to this manor. loginis stability canye and on
church, and dying on March 9, 1591, was buried BUT THE REST OF THE DEMESNES of this ma-
in it, leaving iſſue by Bridget his wife, daughter nor, which comprehended by far the greateſt
of Richard Potter, four ſons, Thomas, of whom
part of them, were ſold by one of the Finch's to
hereafter; William; Richard, who married Mary, the family of Bartholemew, of Oxenhoath in this
daughter of Thomas Tong, by whom he left iſſue
county ; in which name this eftate remained till
ſeveral children; and Michael, who was of Stalis one of them fold it to Cockin Sole, of Bobbing in
field, and left iſſue by Mary Chute his wife, two this county, eq; who died poffeffed of it in the
fons, William and Richard, and alſo two daugh. year 1750, and was ſucceeded in it by John
ters, Bridget and Joane.
Cockin Sole, now of Norton-court, efq; the preſent
Thomas Finch, eſq; his eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him
owner of it. gists
here, where he reſided at the beginning of K.
James I.'s reign, and marrying Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Stephen Worley, of Tong, had iſſue by her The abbey of Faverſham poffeffed lands in this
three ſons, Thomas, Herbert, and James, and one pariſh, by gift from Queen Maud, wife of K.
daughter Elizabeth. Tot aid in
Stephen, which lands ſhe had purchaſed of
Thomas Finch, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, inherited
Fulk de Newnbam (d); and this gift was after-
this manor, and dying without iſſue, he by his
wards confirmed by K. Henry II, K. John, and
laſt will bequeathed the manor itſelf, and one
K. Henry III. (e) en 1
farm here, part of the demeſnes belonging to it to
lcodiagnt ini gaivil betardib sai
PRESENT STATE OF KINGSDOWN.
his brother's daughter Judith Finch, who carried
it in marriage to John Umfrey, of Darent, eſq; Kingsdown is ſituated obfcurely among the
from whom it deſcended to Finch Umfrey, eſq; hills. The pariſh is ſmall, and the lands in it
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
etadiju
21 years, at the yearly rent of 81. Inrolments, Augtn. off.
and Bundle of Leaſes, Kent, 15.
on
The revenues
venues
of this hoſpital lay in Dover, Warden,
River, Eſbridge, Honechild, Selling, Coldrede, Hardres, Whit-
field, and Kings down, and were valued at the ſuppreſſion of
it, at 1591. 185.-6 d. clear, 231l. 16s. 7d. total income.
Tan. Mon. p. 220.
(w) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 6. + Mitten iw
(*) Ibid. ejus an. pt. 7. He was deſcended from John
Finch, the ſecond ſon of Vincent Herbert, alias Finch, of
Netberfield in the co. of Sulfex, by Iſabella his wife, fiſter
and coheir of Richard Cralle, of the co. of Suffex, whoſe
eldeft fon William was anceſtor of the Earls of Winchelſea,
Nottingham, and Aylesford, and other branches of this fa-
mily, of the name of Finch, enobled by peerages at diffe-
rent times. John, the ſecond ſon, above-mentioned, mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Seward, of
Sewards in Linſted, of which feat he became poſſeſſed in
her right, and afterwards refided there. He died on May
19, 1442, and was buried at Sevington, leaving iſſue Wil-
liam Finch, who was of Linſted, and married Elen, daugh-
ter and heir of William Holinghroke, of Romney, by whom
he left iſſue John Finch, of Linfted, who, by Agnes his wife,
one of the two daughters and coheirs of Ellis, of Otham in
this county, had two ſons ; Herbert, who was of Linſted,
from whom deſcended thoſe of Linfed, Norton, Faverſham,
Wye, and other places; and Thomas Finch, who purchaſed
the manor of Kingsdown, as above-mentioned. Viſtn. co.
Kent, 1619, pedigree of Fincb.
(y) He was become poſſeſſed of the remainder of the
term of the leaſe, granted by the Maſter and Brethren of
the Maiſon Dieu to Chriſtopher Roper, anno 27 Henry VIII,
as above-mentioned; on the ſurrendry of which, K. Edward
VI, March 23, in his 5th year, granted him another leaſe
for the term of 21 years, of the ſame premiſes, at the like
rent and covenants. Augtn. off. Inrolments.
(z) He was buried at Chicheſter, though there is a tomb
of Bether fden marble remaining in the chancel of this church,
with an inſcription on a brafs plate againft the eaſt wall,
erected to his memory, and that of his ſon Ralph Finch, esa;
who lies buried near it.
He bore for his arms-Quarterly of 6 coats; ift, Finch, ar-
gent, a chevron ſable, between 3 griffins paſant fable; 2d,
Pitleſden ; 3d, Cralle, ; 4th, --------- ; 5th, Hollingbroke ;
6th, Ellis. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Finch.
(a) Rot Efch. ejus an.
(6) She ſurvived him, and afterwards married Francis
Leigh, of Hawley, eſa;
(c) The Umfreys bore for their arms-Gules, a croſs botony
argent, charged with 5 pellets.
(d) Lewis's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 31. o
(e) Dugd. Mon, vol. i, p. 687, 688-689.
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HISTORY of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED.
Elizabeth Umfrey, (n) William Gardiner, B. D.
preſented April 1754, obt.
May 1754.
(0) Thomas Pennington, D. D.
.
July 27, 1754. Preſent
Rector
01 shortcom
RODMERS H A M.
KINGSDOWN.
barren, and much covered with Aints; on the
caſt and weſt ſides of it, there is much coppice
wood. The church ſtands in the center of the
pariſh, in which there is no village, nor any
thing further worth notice, excepting, that at
the north-eaſt part of the pariſh, there is a good
modern houſe, built by Mr. Stephen Allſworth,
whoſe ſon John leaving an only daughter Anne,
the carried it in marriage to Mr. Thomas Howe,
who reſides in it.dgmely ponto
There are no charities belonging to this pariſh.
suti on bed s marw
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Kingsdown is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Sittingborne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Cathe.
rine, is a very ſınall mean building, conſiſting of
one ille and one chancel. At the west end there
is a ſmall turret, in which hangs one bell. This
church has always been eſteemed as an appen-
dage to the manor, and as ſuch, the rectory of
it is now of the patronage of Mrs. Elizabeth
b
In 1640, this rectory was valued at 50l. per
Communicants 36. Ons
It is a diſcharged living in the King's books,
of the clear yearly certified value of 451. the
yearly tenths of it being ios. 11d. (f)
wie to which is
THE
M A NOR
of
annum.
1
0 212
CHURCH OF KINGSDOWN.
0 2111
NORTH-eaſtward from Kingsdown lies Roda
tmerſham, within the paramount manor of
Milton, as being within that Hundred, ſubordi-
nate to which is
A moto
bolo yllende
of Rodmerham, which was antiently the inheri-
tance of the family of De la Pine, whoſe feat of
reſidence was at Eaſthall, in the neighbouring
pariſh of Murſton.
John de la Pine was poſſeſſed of it in the 20th
year of the reign of K. Henry III, as appears
by private evidences, whoſe deſcendant James
de la Pine, died ſeiſed of it anno 37 Edward III,
leaving it to his ſon, of the ſame name, then
nine years of age, and he, about the latter end
of K. Richard II.'s reign, tranſmitted it by ſale
to John de Podach, deſcended originally from
John de Podach, who held lands of his own name
in Devonſhire in the reign of K. Henry III, as
appeared by an antient pedigree of this family.
His deſcendants, poffeffors of this manor, from
being uſually called Pordage, at length wrote
their names ſo (p).
John Podach, alias Pordage, married lignes,
daughter of Robert Crowland, fiſter and heir of
Richard, by whom he had a ſon Thomas, who
poffeſſed this manor on his father's death, and
left iſſue one fon John Pordage, eſq; whoſe ſon
John Pordage was of Rodmerjam, eſg; and dy-
ing poſſeſſed of this manor on May 14, 1568,
æt. 96, was buried in the ſouth chancel of Rod-
merſham church (9). He left iſſue by Catherine
his wife, daughter of Edward Bunce, of Malmſ-
bury in the co. of Wilts, eſq; William Pordage, of
Rodmerſham, eſq; who died on Jan. 29, 1589,
at. 72, and was buried beſide him, having had
iſſue by Mary his wife, one of the daughters
and coheirs of John Barrow, of Hinxbill, four
ſons, Francis, John, Solomon, and Edward, and
two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah (r}.
Solomon Pordage, the third fon, by the death
of his elder brothers, became his heir, and in:
200
Patrons, cottage Rectors.
or by whom preſented.
(8) John Lytleford, in 1534.
Ralph Fynche, eſq; Arthur Lambe, Nov.7, 1578.
Laurence Collinſon, Sept. 20,
1581, obt. 162 Ž.
The King
(b) Chriſtopher Batcheler,
ab bin A. M. Oct. 30, 1623.
Nathaniel Godden, reſig.
Thomas Finch, eſq; Richard Tylden, Cl. March
10, 1661.
Thomas Allen, obt. 1668.
(i) William Slaughter, A.M.
Feb. 16, 1668, obt. 1699.
(k) Edmund Barrel, A. M.
May 31, 1700, reſig. 1712.
(1) Thomas Allen, A.M. 1717,
obt. Dec. 17, 1732.
Finch Umfrey, eſq; (m) Tobias Swinden, May 31,
1733, obt. March 1754.
10
(f) E&. Theſ. p. 14.
(8) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(b) In 1627, a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding this
rectory with the vicarage of Tong.
(i) He lies buried in Frinfted church.
(k) Afterwards Vicar of Sutton at Hone and of Boxley,
and Prebendary of Rocheſter.
(1) Alſo Rector of Murfon.
(m) And Vicar of Lamberburft.
Vol. II.
(n) He was Fellow of St. John's college in Oxford.
(0) And Rector of Tunſtall by diſpenſation.
(P) Philipott, p. 283.
(9) The antient arms of this family were- Argent, a feſs
chequy or and gules, in chief 3 croſs-croflets jable; but this
John Pordage altered the feſs to plain fable, in which form
his deſcendants have borne it ever ſince.
(r) Of the ſons, Francis, who feems to have died in his
father's life-time, married firſt Elizabeth, daughter of John
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H IS TO RY of K E N T.
Dublin; and Katherine, married Counſellor Altham, and is
RODMERSHAM.
MILTON HUNDRED.
herited this manor. He died on Sept. 12, 1599, Dorothy, daughter of John Giſborne, of the co.
æt. 42, and was buried here with his anceſtors, of Derby, eſq; who died in 1747, by whom he
leaving iſſue by Urſula his wife, daughter of had iſſue three ſons, Thomas, who died at Clare-
Ralph Woodcocke, Alderman of London, two ſons, ball in Cambridge, in 1748, unmarried ; William,
William, afterwards knighted, and Thomas. a Captain in the army, who died unmarried in
Sir William Pordage, knt. reſided at Rodmer 1763; and James-Stephen, now in holy orders;
Mam (s), where he rebuilt the manor houſe in and likewiſe two daughters, Dorothy, who died
the reign of K. James I, naming it New-houſe. unmarried, and Catherine, married to John Cockin
He died without iſſue, and was ſucceeded by Sole, eſq; His ſecond wife, whom he married
his brother and heir Thomas Pordage, eſq; whọ in 1752, was Barbara, daughter of Mr. John
reſided here, as did his ſon (t), of the ſame
Skeere, of Doddington, who ſurvived him, by
name, which laſt married the daughter and heir whom he had no iſſue.
of John Ive, efq; by whom he had a fon John, At his death, he bequeathed this manor, with
born on April 29, 1648; which John Pordage, the feat of New-houſe, and the reſt of his poffef-
or Porridge, as the name was then uſually called, fions in this pariſh, to his ſecond ſon, the Rev.
inherited this manor on his father's death, in James-Stephen Luſhington, of Bottiſham near Cam-
which he was ſucceeded by his fon William Por bridge, who is the preſent poffeffor of them (w).
dage, efq; who about the beginning of Q. Anne's The Rev. Mr. Luſhington is a Prebendary of
reign alienated the fee of it, with the ſeat, the cathedral church of Carliſe, and has been
and all the reſt of his eſtates in this pariſh and twice married; firſt to Mary, one of the daugh-
neighbourhood, to Stephen Luſhington, of Sit ters of the Right Rev. Edmund Law, Lord Biſhop
tingborne, eſq; whoſe father Mr. Thomas Luſhing of Carliſle, who died on July 24, 1768, having
ton (u), had been in the poffeffion of them under had iſſue by her two ſons and one daughter ;
a mortgage term for ſome years before. He and ſecondly to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Mr.
was twice married firſt to Catherine, only ſiſter Chriſtian, of the co. of Norfolk ; by whom he has
of John Godfrey, of Norton-court, eſq; by whom iſſue three ſons and two daughters.
he had an only ſon Thomas Godfrey, and ſecondly There is a yearly fee-farm rent of 1l. 125. paid
to Jane Petley, widow of Edmund Fowler, of to the Crown for the manor of Rodmerſham.
Alh, eſq; by whom he had iſſue feveral chil.
dren (v).
He was ſucceeded in his eſtates by his ſon The priory of Leeds, in this county, was por-
Thomas Godfrey Luſhington, of Sittingborne, eſq; feffed of lands in this pariſh, which at the dif-
who afterwards reſided at Canterbary, where he ſolution of it, in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
died on Aug. 3, 1757, and was buried at Sit-
came into the King's hands, and were ſettled
ting borne, having been twice married ; firſt to
by him, in his 33d year, on his new-founded
Caſlock, of Faverſham, by whom he left no male iſſue ; at Oxford, where he commenced B. D. and was preferred to
Mary, his eldeſt daughter, married John Knowler, of Fa a Prebend of the church of Saliſbury, &c. He wrote ſeveral
verſham ;-John, the ſecond ſon, died about five months books, a liſt of which the reader will find in Wood's Ath.
before his father, æt. 41, and was buried beſide him ; So Oxon. At length retiring in his latter days to his rela-
lomon will be mentioned below, as his father's heir
;
the
tions at Sittingborne, he died there on Dec. 22, 1661, æt.
youngeſt daughter Sarah, married, in 1579, John Norden, 72, and was buried in the ſouth chancel of that church,
jun. of Sitting borne.
having had a handſome monument, with his buſt on it, ſet
(s) This pedigree of Pordage was drawn up from old evi up to his memory, againſt the ſouth wall over his grave, by
dences, by John Philipott, Somerſet Herald, at the requeſt his kinſman, Thomas Luſhington, of Sitting borne, eſq; whom
of fir William Pordage, in 1615, who bore for his arms, fix he by his laſt will made heir to all he had. Wood's Ath.
coats-ift, Pordage; 2d, Crowland; 3d, Gourly; 4th, Bel vol. ii.
p.
261.
ton; 5th, Giſors, and 6th, Barrow; all which, except the
(v) Viz. Stephen, the eldeſt, who died without iſſue ;
ift and 6th, were borne in right of the heir of Crowland.
Henry, the ſecond, who was Vicar of Eaſt Bourne in Suſſex,
In one of the windows of Faverſham church were painted
and D.D. and left iſſue fix children, viz. Henry, who was
the arms of Pordage, impaling Crowland. Among the Har-
maſſacred in the Eaſt Indies ; Stephen, Proctor of Doctors
leian Mff. in the Britiſh muſeum, is a pedigree of the fa-
Commons; William, of Mark-hall in the co. of Eſſex ; Jane,
mily of Pordage, No. 1438–4.
married to Dr. Altham; Mary, to Mr. Tilſon, of the co.
(t) In a ſurvey of Milton Manor, taken in 1653, Thomas of Oxford; and Charlotte, to Ralph Leiceſter, eſq;-Frank-
Pordage, lately Thomas Pordage his father, claimed to hold
lin, the third ſon, was a Captain in the navy, and killed
of that manor, a capital meſſuage, five more tenements,
at the ſiege of La Guyra, on board the Burford man of
and 200 acres of land thereto belonging, in Rodmerſham, war, which he commanded, on Feb. 19, 1743 ; Jane,
by the yearly rent of 1os.gd.
married John Pery, D.D. Rector of Afh near Wrotham.
(u) He was ſon of Mr. Auguſtine Luſhington, of Sitting-
William, a Colonel in the army, who, in 1748, marrried
borne, gent. and was twice married ; by his firſt wife he left
Jane, one of the daughters of Colonel William Southwell,
iſſue one fon Stephen, above-mentioned, and a daughter
of the kingdom of Ireland, and reſides with his lady in
Mary, married to Mr. Richard May, of Canterbury, who
died in 1740, æt. 80. His ſecond wife was Elizabeth John-
now a widow.
fon, of Milton, widow, whom he married in 1688. Of
(w) He bears for his arms- Argent, a feſs engrailed gules,
this family was Thomas Lufhington, a noted ſcholar of his
between 3 lions heads eraſed or.
time, born at Sandwich in 1589, and afterwards educated
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE,
Dean

The
595
H I STORY
of K E N T.
PRESENT STATE OF RODMERSHAM,
merham.
Salem was
RODMERSHAM.
MILTON HUNDRED.
Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, who now poſſeſs granted, to Roger the Abbat, and the Convent of
them.
St. Auſtin aforeſaid, that they would diminiſh
none of the rights of the mother church of Mid-
dleton ; one of which was, the burial of houſe-
Rodmerſham lies about a mile from Bapchild,
keepers, male and female (z), of Rodmerſham, ,
on the ſouthern ſide of the great Dover road.
at Middleton, which ſhould never be withdrawn
The church ſtands in the midſt of the village,
or diminiſhed by them, but that neither in that,
at the lower or northern part of which, there are nor in any thing elſe which of right belonged to
two or three pretty modern houſes ; beſides that church, either in tenths or in any obven-
which, there is another village, ſituated ſouth-
tions, they ſhould ſuſtain any injury, &c. (a)
ward of this, in a hamlet called Upper Rod. After which, this church was appropriated by
the Prior and Chapter of the above-mentioned
The lands in this pariſh are rich and fertile,
hoſpital, to their preceptory eſtabliſhed in the
in the northern part of it, where they are let at
pariſh of Weſt Peckham in this county; in which
an high rent. In the middle and ſouthern parts,
ftate it continued till the general diffolution of
there is much chalk, and the lands are very
the hoſpital, in the 32d year of K. Henry VIII,
light. The weſtern ſide of it is much covered
when the order of Knights of St. John of Jeru-
with coppice wood.
was ſuppreſſed, by an act ſpecially paſſed
There are no charities belonging to this pa-
for the purpoſe, and this their hoſpital, with
all its lands and revenues, given by it to the
riſh.
King and his heirs for ever (b).
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. Soon after which, the King, by his indenture,
dated Jan. 15, in the 32d year of his reign, de-
Rodmerſham is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
miſed to Ralph Fane, eſq; among other premiſes,
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
the rectory of Rodmerſham, with all its appurts.
of Sittingborne.
lately parcel of the preceptory of Peckham, lately
The church, which is dedicated to St. Nicho-
belonging to the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem,
las, conſiſts of three iſles and two chancels; the
in England, by authority of Parliament fup-
Southern chancel belongs to the family of Luſhing-|| preſſed, and likewiſe the advowſon of the pariſh
ton, as Lords of the manor. In the high chancel
church of Rodmerſham, to hold for 21 years, at
are four ſeats, with a kind of wooden canopy
the rent therein mentioned (c).
over them ; perhaps made uſe of for the Knights
But the fee of the rectory of Rodmerſham, with
of St. John, when they viſited their eſtate here.
the advowſon of the vicarage, ſeems to have re.
At the west end is a handſome tower ſteeple, built
mained in the Crown, till the King, in the 36th
of ſquared flint, very neat, and of much ſupe-
year of his reign, granted it, with its appurts.
rior maſonry to the reſt of the church. There
to John Pordage, of this pariſh, eſq; to hold
.
in capite by knights ſervice (d); in whoſe de-
K. Henry II. gave the church of Rodmerſham
ſcendants this rectory and advowſon continued
to the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem, and the down to William Pordage, who, in the beginning
poor
brethren ſerving God there ; which gift
of Q. Anne's reign, alienated them, with the
was confirmed by K. John, in his iſt year (y).
manor of Rodmerſham, to Stephen Luſhington, of
About which time, an agreement was entered Sittingborne, eſq; whoſe grandſon the Rev. Mr.
into between Alanus, Prior of the brethren of the James-Stephen Luſhington, is at preſent owner of
boſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem in England, and them.
the chapter of it, and the Abbat and Convent of In 1640, the vicarage of Rodmerſham was va-
St. Auſtin near Canterbury, that when their cha-
lued at 301. per annum.
Communicants 100.
pel of Rodmerſham ſhould be dedicated, and the
It is a diſcharged living in the King's books,
cemetery conſecrated by Gilbert, Biſhop of Ro of the clear yearly certified value of 301. the
cheſter, by order of the Pope, they promiſed and tenths of it being 16s. 8d. (6)
(x) In the eaſt window of the high chancel are theſe arms
remaining- A croſs between 4 mullets; there was likewiſe,
when Dr. Harris wrote his Hiſtory of Kent, anno 1719, a
ſcrole remaining in the windows, of William Somptere and
John Cheyneſtere, who had been good benefactors to this
church. In the ſouth chancel is a braſs plate for William
Pery, who died Oct. 5, 1482.
(y) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 510.
(z) Huſbondus & Hufwifa, in orig.
(a) This inſtrument, in the archives of Chriſt Church,
Canterbury, is ſealed with Biſhop Gilbert's and their chap-
ter's ſeal. Regift. of St. Auguſtine, cart. 514.
It ſeems that the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine poſ-
feſſed a penſion of 1os. from the church of Rodmerſham, on
account of tythes ; for in the reign of K. Henry III, when
they releaſed the penſions due to them from ſeveral churches
in this dioceſe, that penſion from this church was eſpecially,
among others, reſerved to them. Decem. Script. col. 1891.
(6) See above, under Weft Peckham, p. 263.
(c) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 19. In Mich. term, anno 3
Elizabeth, John Pordage levied a fine of this rectory.
(e) E&. Theſ. p. 14.
CHURCH

596
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Tbe
of
H I STORY
BAPCHILD.
MILTON HUNDRED,
GOVOR
THE MANOR OF BAPCHILD-COURT,
CHURCH OF RODMERSHA M.
4, 1640.
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
John Pordage, gent. John Hunte, Nov. 16, 1569.
William Fayrechild, Cl. ad-
mitted Nov. 19, 1571.
Wm. and Solomon Robert Reader, Nov. 7,
Pordage, of Rode 1578.
merſham, gent. Jon John Mills, Sept. 10, 1580,
of the ſaid Wm.
obt. 1610.
William Pordage. William Bramiche, A. M.
bu
July 31, 1610.
dold
William Jewell, obt. 1640.
Sir Ralph Whitfield, James Wilkin, A. M. April
knt. King's Sergeant
at Law.
The Crown, by lapſe. Thomas Conway, A.M. Feb.
gi
1693, obt. 1713.
Stephen Lubington, Charles Holway, A.B. March
eſq;
14, 1713, relig. 1714.
John Swanne, A. M. Dec.
11, 1714, obt. 1722.
The Archbiſhop. . (f) John Seale, A. M. Jan.
4, 1722, reſig. 1751.
Thomas Godfrey James Allet, A. M. Oct. 21,
Lufbington, eſa; 1751,, obt. 1776.
James Stephen Luſh-
Det bruke e poi
ington, of Bottiſham Thomas Edmundſon, Oct. 25,
in the co. of Cam- 1776. Preſent Vicar.
3
which was antiently part of the poffeffions of
the family of Savage, ſeated at Bobbing in this
neighbourhood; one of which, Arnold, ſon of
fir Thomas Savage, knt. died ſeiſed of it in the
49th year of K. Edward III, anno 1374(8), and
was ſucceeded in it by his ſon and heir fir Arnold
Savage, of Bobbing, knt, who died in the 12th
year of K. Henry IV, leaving iſſue one fon Ar-
nold, and a daughter Elizabeth, who on her bro-
ther's death without iſſue, became his heir, be-
ing then the wife of William Cliford, eſq; (h) who
in her right became intitled to this manor among
the reſt of her inheritance, and in his deſcen-
dants it continued till Henry Clifford, of Bobbing,
eſq; in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign,
alienated this manor to William Coting (i), who
not long afterwards paſſed it away to Mr. John
Bix,of Linſted, who afterwards reſided at Bapchild-
court (k). He left iſſue by his wife, daughter
of Greenſtreet, two ſons, William, who ſucceeded
him in this eſtate, and John, who was of Weſtons
in Linſted, whoſe deſcendants in the male line
are now extinct. William Bix, the eldeſt ſon,
was of Bapchild-court, gent. but died at Canter-
bury, having married the daughter and coheir of
Block, of Linſted (1), by whom he had iſſue three
fons (m), of whom, John Bix, the eldeſt ſon,
inherited this manor, and reſided here in the
reign of K. Charles II. (n)
He was twice married; firſt to Alicia, daugh-
ter of John Allen, of Fulfbam in Sitting borne, and
ſecondly to Elizabeth, daughter of John Ady, of
Doddington, eſq; by both of whom he had iſſue
ſeveral children (0). He was ſucceeded in this
minor by his eldeſt ſon by his firſt wife, Mr.
John Bix, who married Ellen, daughter of Robert
Golding, of Maidſtone, by whom he had iſſue
William Bix (p), who ſucceeded his father in this
manor (9), which he at length fold to Larkham,
whoſe fon the Rev. Mr. Willian Larkham, of
Richmond, about the year 1757, alienated it to
bridge, Cl.
B AP CHILD
the
IS
next pariſh northward from Rodmerſam.
It was antiently written Beccanceld, which
name anſwers well to its ſituation, ſignifying in
the Saxon language, one that is both moiſt and
bleak.
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
this pariſh, as being within that Hundred, ſubor-
dinate to which is
1
(f) He reſigned on being preſented to St. Werburgh's in
Derby.
(8) Rot. Eſch. N. 39, ps. 2da.
(b) Her firſt huſband was fir Reginald Cobham, knt. by
whom ſhe had no iſſue. See more of the Savages and Clif.
fords, under Bobbing.
(i) Philipott, p. 58.
8..2013
(k) He was deſcended from Richard Bix, who lived in
the reign of K. Henry VI, and left iſſue John Bix, who
in the reign of K. Henry VII. poſſeſſed lands in Linſted,
in this neighbourhood. He had iſſue two ſons, William,
who was of Linfed in the reign of K. Henry VIII, and died
at Tunſtall, leaving one fon John, who purchaſed Bapchild-
court, as above-mentioned ; and John, who was of Bough-
ton Blean, and left iſſue a ſon Richard.
(1) The other daughter and coheir married Ralph Finch,
of Kingsdowner ,
(m) Thomas, the ſecond ſon, married the daughter of
Tilghman, by whom he had a fon William, married to Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Ralph Hamon, of Acris, whoſe fon John
was of Fordwich, and by his wife Bridget Boycott, left iſſue
a fon John. Richard Bix, the third ſon, was a Merchant,
and married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Foule.
(n) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken in 1653, Wil-
liam Bix, late John Bix, gent. claimed to hold of that
manor, the manor of Bapchild-court, at the yearly rent of
295. 5d. and other lands in this pariſh, therein mentioned.
() By his firſt wife he had iſſue three ſons, John, of Bap-
child-court ; William, a Goldſmith in London, and David;
and by his ſecond wife three ſons likewiſe, Ady, John, and
James, the laft of whom married Frances, daughter of Giles
Mafier, of Canterbury, by whom he left iſſue a fon James,
married to Mary, daughter of John Criſpe, of Maidſtone.
(P) And a daughter Catherine, who married Thomas Pa-
ramour, of Minſter in Thanet.
(9) He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry James, of
Canterbury. They bore for their arms-Vairy, argent and
and coheren
azure.
Mr.

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
597
Duke of Buckingham, as he
Duke of
f whom
BAPCHILD.
MILTON HUNDRED.
Mr. Thomas Matchin, of London (r), whoſe widow pariſh of Babechilde, late belonging to fir George
is the preſent poffeffor of it.
Browne, attainted (u), who died before the end
There is no Court held for this manor, nor has of that reign ; for in the iſt year of K. Henry
been for many years.
VII, another act paſſed for the reſtoration of
his heirs, as well in blood as in eſtates.
MORRIS-COURT
How long this manor continued in his de-
is a manor here, which lies at a ſmall diſtance ſcendants, I have not found ; but moſt proba-
eaſtward from that laſt-deſcribed. It was for bly it was alienated, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
merly the property of a family of the fame by fir Thomas Brown, of Beechworth-caſtle, knt.
name, which ſeems to have been extinct here
to Wolgate, of a family which had been ſeated
before the end of K. Henry IV.'s reign(s), when at Wolgate, now called Wilgate-green, in Tbrowley,
it was alienated to Brown, and at the latter end for ſome generations (v). From this name it
of K. Henry VI.'s reign, it was in the poſſeſſion paſſed into that of Kempe, and from thence to
of fir Thomas Brown, knt. Treaſurer of the King's Thomas Tilghman, deſcended of a younger
branch
Houſhold, who married Eleanor, daughter and of thoſe of Snodland, in this county, and he
coheir of fir Thomas Fitzalan, alias Arundel, knt. quickly afterwards fold it to John Caſlock, of
brother of John Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, by Faverſam (w), from whom it was fold to Mr.
whom he had the caſtle of Beechworth in the co. Robert Maſter, gent. (x) who paſſed it away to
of Surry. He had iſſue by her five ſons (t), of Mr. John Knowler, of Faverſham, in whoſevde-
whom, Sir George Brown, knt. the eldeſt, was of ſcendants it continued down to Jobn Knowler,
Beechworth caſtle, and inherited this manor. eſq; Recorder of the city of Canterbury, Steward
In the iſt year of K. Richard III, he fell of the town of Faverſhan, and Barriſter at Law.
under the King's diſpleaſure, and a proclamation He died poſſeſſed of it in the year 1763 (y),
was iſſued for apprehending him among others, leaving iſſue by his wife Mary, daughter and
for aiding and aſſiſting that great rebel the late heir of Mr. Ruſſell, of Hawkburſt, who ſurvived
Duke
as he was termed in it; him, two daughters his coheirs, of whom Anne,
act
year
for his attainder, in the eldeſt, married Henry Penton, of Wincheſter,
conſequence of which, all his eſtates were con eſq; (%) and Mary, the youngeſt, the Right Hon.
fiſcated to the Crown, and the King granted a Henry Digby, Lord Digby; and they, in right of
commiſſion to one Roulande Machelle, to take their wives, are reſpectively entitled to the in-
poſſeſſion for him in the manor of Moriſe, in the heritance of this manor (a). sido odabrudshe
(r) This eſtate at that time conſiſted of a houſe, build (y) He was deſcended of anceſtors who had for ſeveral
ings, &c. and 144 acres of land belonging to it.
generations been inhabitants of the town of Faverſham.
(s) Philipott, p. 58.
See more of them, under Brogdale in Oſpringea spermar?
(t) of the four other fons, William died without iſſue;
They bore for their arms- Argent, on a bend between 2
Anthony was anceſtor of the Lords Viſcount Montague ; Tho cotizes ſable, a lion pafant-guardant of the field, crowned or.
mas; and fir Robert, who ended in a daughter and heir
(z) He is one of the Lords Commiſſioners of the Admi-
Eleanor, married firſt to Thomas Fogge, elq; and ſecondly to ralty, and Recorder of the city of Wincheſter, for which he
William Kempe, of Ollantigh, eſq;-fir Thomas had alſo a is likewiſe Repreſentative in Parliament. volle
daughter Catherine, married to Humphry Sackvile, of Buck He bears for his arms-Per chevron gules and or, in chief,
hurff in the co. of Suſſex, anceſtor of his preſent Grace the 2 caſtles argent; in baſe, a lion rampant azure. ni bait
of Dorſet. See more of the Browns, under Lenham
(a) He is deſcended from fir Everard Digby, who was
above, p. 4to. en los
440
Sheriff, and ſerved in Parliament for the county of Rutland
(u) See the commiſſion, Harleian Mfl. No. 433-1685- || in the reign of K. Henry VI, and left iſſue ſeven ſons and
1698.
a daughter; of whom, fir Everard, the eldeſt, was anceſtor
(v) Philipott, p. 58.
of the families ſeated at Dryfioke in the co. of Rutland, and
)
Sandon in the co. of Stofford; from whom, among others,
deſcended fir Kenelm Digby, in the reign of K. Charles I.
Simon, the ſecond ſon, was of Coleſhill in the co. of War-
eitate, was the eldeſt, who was likewiſe Mayor of Faver.
wick, and was anceſtor of the Earls of Briſtol, and of the
firſt
preſent Right Hon. Lord Digby. Sir John, the third ſon,
coheir of Thomas Cole, gent, and ſecondly to Alice, daugh was of Kertleby in the co. of Leiceſter, and was anceſtor of
ter of Samuel Haward, of Harty, eſq; and died on Sept. 22, thoſe ſettled at Luffenhum. Libeus, the fourth ſon, was alſo
1651, &77, and was buried in Faverſham church, leav of Luffenham, whoſe line ended in a female, from whom de.
ing iſſue by his firſt wife one ſon John, and four daughters. ſcended for Thomas Burton, bart. Rowland, the fifth ſon,
In the grant of arms made to him by William Segar, efq;
was of Welby in the co. of Leiceſter, whoſe poſterity ended
Garter, dated Aug. 10, 1614, his name is written Caſte in the reign of James I. Sir
Sir Thomas, the fixth, was of
lock, and it is recited in it, that his anceſtors came into Kent
Oldney in the co. of Bucks, and Benjamin, the ſeventh, of
on account of their uncle, who was the Lord Abbat of Fa the co. of Norfolk.
elstod klavich
10
verjam. ono soli bar s movie
To return to Simon Digby, of Coleſwill, the ſecond ſon, whoſe
(2) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken in 1653, Row great-grandſon fir George Digby lived in the reign of Q. Eliz.
bert Maſter, lately John Caflock's, gent. claimed to hold of and left iflue three ſons and one daughter. Of the former,
Milion manor, the manor of Morris-court, formerly the lands fir Robert will be mentioned below ; Philip was the ſecond,
of Thomas Tilimans, with appurts. in Bapchild, called The and John was a man much in favor with K. James I, who
great Yoke, formerly the lands of Kempe, gent. at the yearly ſent him Ambaffador to Spain and Germany, made him of
175. 10 d.
his
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The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
BAPCHILD. Tam
MILTON HUNDRED.
invoied to
the faid Richard Thornhill and his heirs for
PET TS-COURT,
ever(e).
antiently called Potts-court, is another manor in
in After which, fir Penry Cheney, then Lord Cheney
this pariſh, the manſion of which has been long of Todington, granted and made over to him all
ſince in ruins. It was part of the poſſeſſions of liberties, franchiſes, royalties, aſize of bread,
the priory of Dartford in this county, and is in wine, and ale, and all other privileges whatſo-
ſerted in the liſt of the revenues of it, in a writ ever, within the manors and premiſes ſold by
ad quod damnum brought againſt the Prioreſs, in him as above-mentioned, and which he had ever
the rith year of K. Edward IV.
pofſeffed, or had in any ſhape a right to; all
In which ſituation this manor remained till the which were claimed by Richard Thornhill, eſa;
diſſolution of the priory, in the reign of K. Henry and judgment was given for him by the Barons
VIII,(b) when it was ſurrendered into the King's of the Exchequer, on a trial had in Mich. term,
hands, with all its lands and poſſeſſions; all in the 17th year of that reign (f).
which were confirmed to him, his heirs and ſuc In his deſcendants this manor continued down
ceffors, by the general words of the act of the to Richard Thornbill, of Ollantigh, eſq; (g) who
reign.
in the 4th year of Q. Anne, anno 1704, having
The manor of Petts-court, alias Pettis-court, obtained an act of Parliament for that purpoſe,
ſeems to have remained in the Crown till K. ſold it to Mr. Jacob Sawbridge, of London, late
Edward VI, in his laſt year, granted it, among one of the Directors of the South Sea Company,
other premiſes, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. Trea who died pofleſſed of it on July 10, 1748, and
ſurer of his Houſhold (c), who died ſeiſed of it his grandſon John Sawbridge, of Ollantigh in this
in the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth (d), and was county, eſq; Repreſentative in Parliament for the
ſucceeded by his only ſon and heir Henry Cheney, city of London, is the preſent owner of it (b).
of Todington in the co. of Bedford, eſq; after-
birise
wards knighted, and created Lord Cheney of Tod-
ington, who together with Jane his wife, having is a hamlet in this pariſh, lying on the high Dover
procured the Queen's licence, alienated it, to road, about half a mile diſtant eaſtward from the
gether with the wood, called The Lord's Wood, in village of Bapchild, which in the reign of K.
Milſted, on Dec. 9, anno 14 Elizabeth, for 1000l. Henry II, was part of the poſſeſſions of Adam
to Richard Thornhill, Grocer, and John Wilde, de Tanges, who gave the moiety of it to the
Haberdaſher, Citizens of London, to the uſe of brethren of the hospital of St. John of Jeruſalem.
his Privy Council, and conferred ſeveral lucrative and ho of a Peerage of this kingdom, by the title of Lord Digby,
norable poſts on him. In 1617, he was created Lord Dig by Baron Digby of Sherborne in the co. of Dorſet, to him and
of Sherborne in the co. of Dorſet, and in 1622, Earl of his heirs male; and in default of ſuch iſſue, to thoſe of his
Briſtol; but his grandſon John, Earl of Briſtol, dying with-
father Edward Digby, efq;
totoong
out iſſue in 1698, thoſe titles became extinct.
He married Miſs Iſabella Fielding, by whom he had iſſue a
Sir Robert Digby, eldeſt ſon of fir George above-mentioned, ſon and heir, born in 1764. She died in 1765, and he is ſince
afterwards refided in Ireland, of which kingdom he was a remarried to Miſs Mary Knowler, daughter and coheir of
Privy Counſellor. He married Lettice, daughter and co John Knowler, efq; as above-mentioned.
heir of Gerard, Lord Offaly, ſon of the Earl of Kildare, His Lordſhip bears for his arms- Azure, a fleur de lis ar-
who died in his father's life-time; which lady was created gent ; and for his ſupporters-Two monkeys proper, environed
Baroneſs Offaly for her life, and brought her huſband the about the middle and chained or. See Collins's Peerage, vol.
barony and manor of Geaſhill, among others. By her he had vii, p. 631.
domino 952
iſſue feven fons and three daughters ; by the former he was
See an account of the priory of Dartford, vol. i. of
anceſtor of feveral families of his name ſeated in that
this hiſtory, p. 219.
1827 ogilid (v
kingdom
A lo . adinis
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 6.
be
20 oldu ol
But Robert, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded to his father and (d) He was found by inquiſition to hold at the time of
mother's large eftates, both in England and Ireland, and was
his death, one meſſuage, a barn, and divers edifices called
advanced to the Peerage of the latter on July 29, 1620, by
Petis-court, 20 acres of land, 40 acres of paſture, and 10
the title of Lord Digby, Baron of Geajhill, above-mentioned. acres of wood in Bapchild, parcel of the late priory of Dart-
His only fon Kildare fucceeded him as Lord Digby, and left
ford, of the King in capite by knights ſervice, worth 161.
iffue three fons and one daughter. Of the former, Robert,
of which his ſon had that year livery. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Simon, and William, were ſucceſſively Lords Digby; the lat (e) See Coke's Entries, p. 108. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
ter of whom, William, Lord Digby, had iſſue four fons and
pt. 1o.
bomo do tog net one step ft zich
eight daughters. Of the former, John and Robert died un (f) Rot. 81 in Scacc. ex parte Remem. Thefaurarii. See
married, and Edward deceaſed in his father's life-time, in
Coke's Entries, p. 109.
1746, leaving iſſue by Charlotte his wife, only daughter of (g) He was ſon of Henry Thornhill, of Ollantigh, eſq; by
for Stephen Fox, knt. four fons, Edward and Henry, ſuc-
Angelica his wife, and marr
and married Frances, daughter and heir
ceſſively Lords Digby; Robert; and William, Canon of Chriſt of Thomas Coell, eſq; by whom he had iſſue one fon Coell,
Church, and one daughter, who died unmarried.
and a daughter Frances, who both died unmarried. See
He died in 1752, and was ſucceeded in title and eſtates more of the Thornbills, under Ollantigh. fors!
by his grandſon Edward, above-mentioned, the ſixth Lord (b) See Ollantigh in Wye. The houſe of this manor has
Digby, who dying without iſſue in 1757, was ſucceeded by been long ſince ruinated, and the barns and lands belong-
his next brother Henry, the preſent Right Hon. Lord Digby, ing to it, have been for ſome years let with Radfield, ad.
who on Aug. 13, 1765, was further advanced to the dignity
joining to it.
16. no
After

The HISTORY of K E N T.
599
BAPCHILD
After which, Gamerius de Neapoli, Prior of that
hoſpital, with the common conſent of his chap-
ter, by deed, dated in the year 1190, under their
common feal, granted to Turſtan de Bakechild,
and his heirs, their land in Kent, given to them
as above-mentioned, together with the whole fer-
vice of their tenants reſiding there, and the mill
of Middleton, with all its appurts. which Roger
de Wurmedal held, to hold to him and his heirs,
at the yearly rent of fix marcs and an half of
filver, for all ſervices belonging to it; and fur-
ther, that he and his heirs ſhould maintain one
Chaplain and a Prieſt, who on each day of the week
MILTON HUNDRED.
ſhould ſing maſs for the ſoul of K. Henry II,
and on each Sunday ſhould celebrate in honor of
the glorious and eternal Virgin Mary, for the
aforeſaid brother Adam, for ever; and further,
that he ſhould preſerve the edifices built at this
chapel in a proper ſtate for the reception of him
and his brethren, when they made a progreſs
into Kent; and if the chapel and the ſervice of
it ſhould by any means ceaſe at any time, then,
that he and his heirs ſhould pay for theſe pre-
miſes 10 marcs of filver yearly, for ever, with
liberty of re-entry on non-payment, &c. (i)
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How this eſtate paſſed afterwards, I do not by his laſt will deviſed it to Mr. John Bateman,
find; but it was in later times part of the pofſef of Wormeſell, and he poſſeſſed it at the reſtoration
fions of the Thornhills ; from which family it of K. Charles II. (m) Since which it has been
paffed, in like manner as Petts-court above-de alienated to the family of May, in which it has
ſcribed, in the 4th year of Q. Anne, from continued for ſeveral generations, and does ſo at
Richard Thornhill, eſq; to Mr. Jacob Sawbridge,
this time.
to burs as
of London, whoſe grandſon John Sawbridge, of
Ollantigh in this county, eſq;, is now entitled
ni bus libanos
Poilside
to it.
11 The high road from London to Dover croſſes
THE FREE CHAPEL above-mentioned, ſeems to this pariſh from weſt to eaſt. The village of
have continued as ſuch, till the general ſuppreſ Bapchild is ſituated on it, about 41 miles and a
fion of ſuch religious endowments, by the act half from London.
miglia si to al
paſſed in the 37th year of K. Henry VIII, and The church ſtands at a ſmall diſtance from it,
the iſt of K. Edward VI. In the latter of them, on the ſouth ſide of the village.
for mood
on a ſurvey taken of it, the return was, That The land in this pariſh, as well as the neigh-
the chapel was fallen down; that the founder bouring ones, near the high road from Sitting-
was not known; and that the revenue of it con borne as far as the village of Boughton under Blean,
ſiſted of a tenement, and two pieces of land, in is a fine loamy fertile foil, which, though it ex-
Bapchild, then worth 42s. per annum, beyond tends but a ſmall way ſouthward of that road,
which were ſold by the general yet it continues equally fertile on the lower or
ſurveyors of the Court of Augmentations, by northern ſide of it, quite to the marſhes,
virtue of a commiſſion under the great ſeal, in The greateſt part of this tract of land, is what
the 2d year of that reign, to Thomas Grene, in theſe parts is uſually called round tilt land;
efq; (k) After which it became the property of the meaning of which is, land that is continually
Bix, and afterwards of Bateman (). John Bateman tilled, without being made fallow, with the ſame
owned it in the reign of K. James I, and was ſucceſſion of grain, viz. barley, beans, and
ſucceeded by his ſon, of the ſame name, who wheat, year after year; of the latter of which
od van
nos od 10 oosif
(1) Surrenden-library.
Hờ hoa
(1) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, anno 1653, John
(k) Survey of Chantries, Augtn. off. In the year 1553, Bateman was ſaid to hold a houſe at Rodfield, in the yoke of
there was remaining in charge, the payment from the Donſton, late Bix's, at the yearly rent of 6d. 9111 10 bin
Crown of the penſion of 21. 198.gd. to John Mothram, the (m) Philipott, p.58.
late incumbent of the free chapel of Radfeld. Willis's Mitred
rad bisa
Abbeys, vol. ii, p. 105.
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The H I s T o R Y of K E N T.
Another council was afterwards ſaid to have
BAPCHILD.
MILTON HUNDRED.
in particular, the burthen is uſually four or five Archbiſhop Wake, as may be ſeen in his treatiſe on
quarters per acre, and the uſual annual rent of the ſtate of the Church.
the land 205.-a very conſiderable rent, conſi-
Under the deſcriptions of Lenham and Neze-
dering the great burthen of parochial taxes, and ington, mention has already been made of the
the high rate of ſervants wages in this county. Roman ſtation, called Durelevum, lying on the
Theſe expences oblige the landholder to make road from London to Dover ; and the opinions
the moſt of his land, and not to ſuffer it to be of our learned antiquaries, where that ſtation
leſſened by hedge-rows and fn:all incloſures, by was. Sir William Camden's Continuator is the only
which means moſt of the farms are thrown into
one, that I have ſeen, who has even made a con-
two or three, or perhaps only one field, ſeveral
jecture of its having been here al Bapchild, which
of which contain 60, 70, 100 acres, or more, and he founds on the diſtance of it, and the conve-
this makes the country more open and champion
nience of its ſituation on the high road from Ro-
than the other parts of this county uſually are. chefter to Canterbury', and from its having been
In the ſouthern part of this pariſh, about a
a place of ſuch conſequence in the Saxon times,
mile from the London road, Mr. John May, of
as to have a Britiſh council held at it ().
Sitting borne, about the year 1776, built for his
reſidence a new houſe, called Wood.ſtreet Houſe,
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
of which he died poſſeſſed in the year 1778, Bapchild is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
leaving iſſue one fon Jobn, and a daughter Anne, tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
ſince married to Mr. Ambroſe Ruſell. His wi Sittingborne.
dow ſurvived him, and now reſides in it.
The church, which ſtands at a ſmall diſtance
There is an antient and allowed fair held in
from the village, on the ſouth ſide of it, is de-
the village of Bapchild, for one day, on the feaſt
dicated to St. Laurence. It is a ſmall building,
of St. Laurence yearly, now, by the alteration
and by the ſize and capitals of the pillars and
of the ſtyle, on Aug. 2ift: the profits of which
other parts of it, appears to be of ſome antiquity.
belong to the Lord of Milton manor.
It conſiſts of two iſles and two chancels (2);
In the year 694, Withred, King of Kent, the northern chancel, formerly belonging to Bap-
convened a great council of the nobility and
child-court, has been deferted by the owners of
clergy (»), in which he preſided, at Becanceld, or it for many years, and is now repaired by the
Bapchild, as it is ſuppoſed to mean, by moſt pariſh. The ſteeple, which ſtands on the ſouth
of our learned men(); and there are yet part ſide of the church, has a tall ſpire on it, covered
of the walls of an
the
walls of an oratory remaining, near
with ſingles. It has but one bell in it.
high road on the north ſide of it, almoft at
lobodi
It appears by the Tefta de Nevil, that in the
eaft end of Bapchild-ſtreet, which is by ſome ſup-
time of K. Richard I, chis church was part of the
poſed to have been erected in memory of the
poſſeſſions of the Crown, and was given by that
celebration of this council, and in later times
King to one Maſter Oliver : what intereſt he had
was made uſe of by the pilgrims, who, on their
in it, or how long he continued poffefred of it,
journey to Canterbury, to the ſhrine of St. Thomas
is not mentioned; but K. John, in his 5th year,
Becket, here offered up their prayers for the fuc at the inſtance of Simon de Wells, then of Chi.
ceſs of their pilgrimage.
sobo 3 montar
chefier, Clerk, granted and confirmed to the
church of Chichelier, and the aforeſaid Simon and
been held at Beccanceld in the year 798, by Arch his ſucceffors, Biſhops of Chicheſter, the church
Biſhop Atbelard, in which, Kenulph, K. of Mercia, of Bakechild, which was of his gift, with the
en was, other gut, with the
preſided: but both theſe are ſuppoſed, by lands and woods, and all other its
to have been ſpurious, the latter eſpecially, and all matters whatſoever belonging to it, to hold in
the former was thought to be ſo by the late free, pure and perpetual alms, to the endowment
bor od
sud abdoz
(n) Archbiſhop Britwald was preſent at it; and in fo leges were granted to the church, was drawn up in the
great efteem were the Abbeſſes, for their prudence and form of a charter, which Dr. Stilling fleet ſeems to think was
fanctity, that there are the names of five ſubſcribed to it, the firſt charter among the Saxons that was ever made. If
not only before the Prieſts, but before Botred, a Biſhop, fo; all ſhewn, as granted before that time, inalt be fpuri-
contrary to all precedent; which makes the genuineneſs of ous and counterfeit
. However that be, he ſays, the year
this charter much fufpected,
of the chriſtian æra was never applied before that time to
CD One Sonder de
(6) Viz. for William Camden, Dr. Plot, and Mr. Johnson, any public ones. See Spelman's Councils, vol. 1, p. 189.
of Cranbrooke. Some few indeed have ſuppoſed it, from Wilkins's Councils, vol. i, p. 56, 57, 158, 162. Decern.
.
the fimilitude of the name, to have been held at Becken Script. col. 2208, 2211. Wake's State of the Church, p.
ham, a place at the weſtern extremity of this county ; but 140. Stillingfleet's Orig. Brit. p. 15, 18, 22.
Bapchild has full as much ſimilitude of name, eſpecially as Of the different copies of the charter of this council, fee
one copy writes it Bachanchild; and its being ſituated in the Harleian MA. No. 1757 8. Bib. Cott. Claudius D. 11-18.
midſt of the county, cloſe to the high road, and ſo near to (1) Camd. Brit. by Gibſon, col. 228.
Canterbury, makes it much more probable to have been
9 (7) In the ſouth chancel is a braſs plate for John Kendall,
held here.
and Margaret his wife. He died March 14, 1529.
The conftitution of this council, by which ſeveral privi-
of

the
1, by ſome,
belendir its appurts. and
NOVS0

of
60
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
;
Тbe H I S T OR YO BAPCHILD.
MILTON HUNDRED.
of that church, as he had promiſed at the dedi-
John Goodyer, A. M. Sept.
cation of it (r).
1, 1697, reſig. 1709.
After which it ſeems to have been allotted to Dean and Chapter Thomas Morland, A.B. Sept.
that part of the revenue of this church, which of Chicheſter.
19, 1709, refig. 1716.
was for the maintenance of the Dean and Chapter
The Crown, by lapſe. George Thompſon, Nov. 7,
of the cathedral church of Chicheſter, to whom
1716, obt. 1744
.
the church of Bapchild was appropriated by Arch-
mo
(v) William Marſa, July 17,
bißop Weatherſhed, in the year 1229, anno 14
1751, reſig. 1759.
Henry III,(s) and they now continue owners of
Dean and Chapter (w) Samuel Bickley, Oct. 23,
the parſonage, and the advowſon of the vicar-
of Chicheſter. 1759, deprived 1764.
age
miſed by them on leaſe from time to time, but
Paulo (*) Thomas Gurney, A. B.
the latter they reſerve to themſelves (t).
Mar. 9, 1764, reſig. 1765.
There is a penſion of 4os. yearly, payable to
Charles Allen, inducted May
the Vicar from the Dean and Chapter of Chicheſter,
10, 1765.
by the endowment above-mentioned.
Edward Penry, Nov. 7,1765.
In 1640, this vicarage was valued at sol. per
Preſent Vicar.
notimo
annum. Communicants 65. In the reign of Q.
Anne, the communicants were 82.
Τ Ο Ν
It is now a diſcharged living in the King's
books, of the clear yearly certified value of 271. NORTHWARD from Bapchild lies Tong,
the yearly tenths of it being 16s. (u)
called in the Saxon language Thwang, which
took its name, by antient tradition, from the
CHURCH OF BAPCHILD. to
following circumſtance:
PATRONS,
After the arrival of the Saxons in this king-
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
dom, and their victory over the Scots and Piets,
to John Pierſon, in 1521. at Stamford in Licolnſhire, Vortigern, King of
Dean and Chapter William Browne, inducted Britain, highly ſatisfied with the conduct of the
of Chicheſter June 1565.
two Saxon chiefs, Hengiſt and Horſa, expreſſed
Ralph Benet, Nov. 3, 1581.
himſelf very deſirous of rewarding them for
their ſervices ; when Hengiſt requeſted, as a
Martin Culpeper, John Mylner, Sept. 11, 1585,
obt. 1593. o
pledge of the King's affection, only as much
M. D.
land as an ox-hide could encompaſs; which
Dean and Chapter George Jetter, Feb. 26, 1593,
being readily granted, he cut the whole hide
of Chicheſter. obt. 1600.
into ſmall thongs, and incloſed within them
Richard Kitfon, jnn. A. B. a ſpace of ground, large enough to contain a
Ergobati
vacated 1605.
caſtle, which he accordingly built on it, and
10 conseils to John Marſon, A. B. Sept. 9,
named it from thence Thwang-ceaſtre, i.e. Thong-
stark or hodobo 1605.
caſtle (y) ; whence the pariſh itſelf afterwards
The King, by lapſe. William Branch, A.M. Nov. took its name.
This caſtle was moſt conveniently ſituated,
Dean and Chapter Francis Skinner, A.B. May for Hengiſt's purpoſes, cloſe to the great high
of Chicbefter.
road on the one ſide, and not far diſtant from
The Crown, by lapſe. William Sale, A. B. March the water, called The Swale, on the other, thro'
14, 1689.
which, it is ſuppoſed, the uſual paſſage was for the
dos
24, 1606.
2, 1626.
(r) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. i, p. 125, cart. 5 Joan.
m. 5, n. 27, and m. 6, n. 37, and n. 38.
(s) Ducarel's Repertory, p. 2, wherein theſe inſtruments
are ſaid to be among the Lambeth Mf.
(t) This biſhopric was firſt founded at Selley in the co. of
Suflex, in 681, where it remained till 107.5, when, by vir-
tue of the conſtitution of the ſynod of London, Biſhop Sti-
gand tranſlated it from that village to the larger town of
Chicheſter. Anno 26 Henry VIII, the revenues of the
biſhopric were valued at 6981.75. 5d. and of the chapter at
60il.
75. rod. but only 3101. 145. 6{d. clear. Tan. Mon.
p. 546.
(u) E&. Theſ. p. 14.
(v) He was alſo Rector of Bicknor.
(w) Deprived by the Archbiſhop on Jan. 26, -1764. He
aſſumed the title of Baronet whilft Vicar here,
(x) See Seafalter.
(y) Writers differ much in the ſituation of this land :
BY VOL. II.
Camden, and ſome others, place it at Thong Caſtle, near
Grimſby in the co. of Lincoln, others place it at Doncaſter;
whilft Leland, Kilburne, Philipott, and others, fix it here,
with the ſame old trite ſtory to each place, which rather
cafts a fhew of doubt on the whole of it. Indeed it ſeems
but an imitation of Virgil's ſtory of Dido's building of Byrſa,
Æneid 1, 1. 369, where ſpeaking of that Queen and her
companions, he ſays,
Devenere locos, ubi nunc ingentia cernes
Mænia, Jurgentemque nova Carthaginis arcem.
Mercatique folum, faci de nomine Byr ſam,
Taurino quantum polent circumdare tergo.
They came where now you ſee new Carthage riſe,
And yon proud citadel invade the ſkies.
The wand'ring exiles bought a ſpace of ground
Which one bull-hide inclos’d and compaſs’d round,
Hence Byria nam_d.
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602
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED.
c) ,
Iſde’ Huelan
defd. Tra
TONG.
ſhipping, between the main land and the iſle of two ſulings. The
e arable land is two carucates. In
Shepey, in former times.
demeſne there are two, and five villeins with one
At this caſtle, Hengiſt, ſome years afterwards, carucate. There is a church, and four ſervants,
led on by his unbounded ambition, reſolved to and one mill of eight ſhillings. Wood for the pan.
attain that by fraud and treachery, which he nage of four bogs.
could not accompliſh openly by force of arms. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, and af-
Accordingly, there being a good underſtanding terwards, it was worth ſeven pounds, now 10 pounds,
between the Britons and the Saxons, he invited Ofward beld it.
Vortigern, the Britiſh King, whoſe attachment Of theſe ſulins, which Hugo de Port beld, Of-
to pleaſure he was well acquainted with, to a ward held five, at a yearly rent; and three ſulins
ſplendid entertainment at this caſtle, who, un and one yoke and an half, which he took from the
ſuſpecting the treachery, attended the ſummons, King.'s villeins.
being accompanied by 300 (2) of his chief nobi. On the Biſhop of Baieux’s diſgrace, which hap-
lity, unarmed, who were all of them, towards pened about four years after the taking of the
the end of the feaſt, perfidiouſly maſſacred by the above-mentioned ſurvey, the King, his brother,
Saxons, Vortigern only being ſpared, and detained confiſcated all his poſſeſſions, and having put the
as a priſoner, who was at laſt forced, as a ran-
caſtle of Dover under a new order of govern.
ſom for his liberty, to ſurrender up to the Saxons ment, he aſſigned this manor, among other lands,
a large tract of land, which Hengiſt added to his to the above-mentioned Hugh de Port, for his aſa
former territories (a).
ſiſtance, under John de Fienes, in the defence of
The caſtle of Tong, moſt probably fell to ruin that caſtle. Theſe lands were held of the King
during the time of the Saxon heptarchy, and, in capite by barony (b); the tenant of them being
with the manor of Tong, came in that ſituation bound by their tenure to maintain a certain num-
into the hands of William the Conqueror, on ber of ſoldiers there, from time to time, for the
his obtaining the crown of this realm, after the defence of that fortreſs.
fatal battle of Haſtings, fought on Oct. 14, In which grant, this manor was eſteemed as
1066.
two knights fees, under which notion it was
10 .
held of his deſcendant John de St. John, in
the 22d year of K. Edward I, by Ralph Fitz-
William the Conqueror gave the caſtle of bernard, who died ſeiſed of it in the 34th year
Tong, and the manor appertaining to it, to his
half-brother Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, among other who died without iſſue, and a daughter Merga-
great poſſeſſions in this county; accordingly it ret, married to Guncelin de Badleſmere, whoſe fon
is thus deſcribed in the book of Domeſday, taken Bartholomew de Badleſmere at length ſucceeded to
about the
year 1080, under the general title of
this manor and caſtle, as part of his mother's
the Biſhop's lands :
inheritance.
He was a man much in favor with K. Edward
II, who made him Conſtable of the caſtles of
villi' cu'. 1'. Car'. Ibi eccla' & 4. ſervi. & un' Leeds, Tunbridge, and Briſtol, and granted to him
molin' de. 8. folid Silva. 4. pore'.
the manors and caſtles of Chilham and Leeds, with
I. R. E. & post. valuit. 7. lib'. modo', 10. lib' ſeveral other eſtates in this county and elſewhere;
& 10 folid'. Oſuuard' tenuit.
beſides which, he obtained many liberties and
De iftis Solins quos Hugo de port bt. tenuit franchiſes for his different manors and eſtates,
Oſuuard 5 ad gablu' & 3 ſolins & un' jugu' &
among which was a grant of a fair to be held
dimid, quos abſtulit villaris Regis.
yearly at his manor of Tong, on the eve, day, and
Which is : The ſame Hugo (de Port) holds of morrow, after the feaſt of St. Giles the Abbat, and
the Biſhop (of Baieux) Tangas. It was taxed at alſo for free-warren in the demeſne lands of this
a
th
5
(z) Others write 460.
(a) This happened in the year 461. Vortigern being ſet
at liberty, retired into Wales. It was at a feaſt held at this
caſtle of Tong, in the year 450, that the ſtory is told of
Vortigern's being io enamoured with the beauty of Rowena,
Hengift's daughter, that he repudiated his lawful wife, and
married her, and in recompence to Hengift, gave him up
the fovereignty of Kent. That ſuch a marriage did take
place, is very certain; but the ſtory of the King's falling
in love with her at ſuch a feaſt here, and the circumſtances
of it, are not much credited. Indeed Bede and Gildas men-
tion nothing of it, and Malmſbury tells it only as a report.
See vol. i. of this hiſtory, pt. i, p. xxix, xxx.
(6) He was a man of great account in his time, being
poſlefled of 55 lordſhips held of the King in Hampſhire, of
which Bafing became the head of that barony; beſides which
he was poſſeſſed of other manors in the counties of Dorſet
and Cambridge, as well as 12 knights fees in this county,
which he had before held of the Bifkop of Baieux. Thoſe
thus granted to him for the defence of Dover Caſtle, con-
fifted of 14 knights fees and a quarter, of which all, but two,
which were in the co. of Hertford, lay in this county, mak-
ing up together the barony of Port, and were held by barony
of the caſtle of Dover, by the ſervice of performing ward
there for the defence of it.
there for the
His deſcendant William, ſon of Adam de Port, aſſumed the
name of St. John from his mother Mabell, grand-daughter
and heir of Roger de St. John, and was anceſtor to the Peyn-
ings's and Paulets, Lords St. John; from which latter His
preſent Grace the Duke of Bolton is deſcended.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
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MILTON HUNDRED.
of Edward Courtney
The V HISTORY of a KĖ N T.
TONG. TUIM
manor, among others which belonged to him(d). He died the ſame year in which the Earl of
Having received fummons to Parliament, from Northampton died; but whether he came into
the 3d to the 14th year of that reign, he after poſſeſſion of this manor firſt, I have not found.
wards aſſociated himſelf with the diſcontented However, his ſon and heir Edmund Mortimer,
Barons ; during which time, the King being Earl of March, died feiſed of it in the 5th year
greatly offended with him, on the Queen's hav. of K. Richard II, being then ſeiſed in his de-
ing been denied entrance into his caſtle of Leeds, meſne, as of fee, of the toft of the caſtle of
he was taken priſoner, and executed at Canter Tong, together with the caſtle annexed to the
bury, in the 16th year of K. Edward II.(e) By ſaid toft, with its appurts. held of the King in
the inquiſition, which was not taken till anno 2 capite, as of his caſtle of Dover, by the ſervice
Edward III, (f) at which time the proceſs and as before-mentioned.
judgment againſt him was reverſed, it was found,
By Philippa his wife, daughter and heir of
that he died ſeiſed of the manor of Tong, among Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third ſon of K. Edward
others, which were then reſtored to his ſon Giles
III, from which match his deſcendants after-
de Badleſmere, who was ſo highly in the King's wards claimed the crown as their inheritance,
favor, that in the 7th year of that reign, though he left iſſue ſeveral children ; of whom, Roger
not then of full age, yet doing his homage, he Mortimer, Earl of March, his eldeſt ſon, ſuc.
had livery of all his inheritance, and having ceeded him in the poſſeſſion of this manor, and
been ſummoned to Parliament, he died in the 12th
was afterwards Nain in Ireland, of which king-
year of K. Edward III, anno 1337, being then dom he was Lieutenant in the 22d year of K.
feiſed of this manor (g), without iſſue; ſo that
Richard II, being then ſeiſed of this manor
his four ſiſters became his coheirs(b), and upon holding it in capite by the ſervice above-men-
a partition of their inheritance, this manor fell tioned (0). He left iſſue by Alianore his wife,
to the ſhare of his third filter Elizabeth, then daughter of Thomas Holand, Earl of Kent, and
the wife of William Bohun, Earl of Northampton, niece to K. Richard II, (P) two ſons, Edmund
who in her right became entitled to it (i). and Roger, and likewiſe two daughters, Anne,
He paid aid in the 20th year of K. Edw. III, married to William de Coningsburgh, Earl of
at the making of the Black Prince a Knight, Cambridge ; and Alianore, wife of Edward, ſon
for the caſtle or manor of Tong, as two knights
fees, which Ralph Fitzbernard before held at died without iſſue (9). Edmund, Earl of March,
Tong, of John de St. John. He died pofleſſed of the eldeſt ſon, married Anne, daughter of Ed-
it in the 34th ye
, holding it of mund, Earl of Stafford, but died without iſſue,
the King in capite, as of his caſtle of Dover, by as well as his brother Roger. By the inqui.
the ſervice of paying from thence yearly to the ſition, taken after his death, which happened
ward of Dover caſtle, for every twenty-four anno 3 Henry VI, he was found to die feiſed of
weeks, 20s. (k)
this manor, and that Richard, Duke of York,
Though he left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, fon of Anne his ſiſter, was his couſin and next
one ſon and one daughter (I), yet this manor
did not deſcend to either of them, but to the He was the only ſon of Richard de Conings-
iſſue of her firſt huſband Edmund Mortimer (m); burgh, Earl of Cambridge, by Anne Mortimer,
by whom ſhe had iſſue one ſon Roger Mortimer, above-mentioned, and being deſcended, both by
who, in the 28th year of that reign, had ob his father and mother, from K. Edward III, he
tained a reverfal in Parliament of the judgment
aſpired to the crown, and having ſtrengthened
given againſt his grandfather Roger, late Earl of his intereſt by his marriage with Cicely Nevill,
erch, as erroneous and utterly void (n); upon
the youngeſt daughter of Ralph, Earl of Weſt-
which he thenceforth bore the title of Earl of
moreland, and Joane Beaufort, his ſecond wife,
Morch.
daughter of John, Duke of Lancaſter, who was
(d) Rot. Cart. an. 9 Edward II, N. 57. gusto
Eſex, and to the office of Conſtable of England; and Eliza-
(e) See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 58.
beth, the daughter, married Richard, ſon of Edmund, Earl
(f) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (8) Ibid.
of Arundel. See Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 186.
(5) Maud was wife of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and
(m) He died anno 5
Edward III.
before of Robert Fitzpain ; Margaret, of fir John Tiptoft ;
Elizabeth, of William de Bobun, Earl of Northampton, and
(n) Cott. Records, p. 85. He had been convicted of
before of Edmund Mortimer; and Margery, of William, Lord
high treaſon, upon ſeveral articles exhibited againſt him,
Roos.
eſpecially for conſenting to the murder of K. Edward II,
(i) He was ſo created by K. Edward III, in his uth
and was condemned and executed anno 4 Edward III.
year. He was a younger brother of Humphry, Earl of He (6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
reford and Eſſex. See more of him in Dugd. Bar. vol. i,
(p) She afterwards married the Lord Powys.
p. 185.
(9) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 151.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N.43.
(-) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 151. See
(1) Humphry, the ſon, by the deceaſe of his uncle Humphry more of the Mortimers, under Erith, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
without iffie, ſucceeded to the Earldoms of Hereford and p. 192.
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The H I STORY of a K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
to it.
ſon Edward, Earl of March, yet it proved fatal
all II. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
TONG.
allied to moſt of the great families in the king letters patent, dated July 16, in his ift year,
dom, he became the better enabled to cope with to fir Ralph Fane, knt. afterwards created a Ban-
the Houſe of Lancaſter for the crown of this neret, for his ſignal behaviour at the battle of
realm. Though the Duke of York's endeavours Muſſelburgb in Scotland, that year (y), to hold in
for this purpoſe ſecured the crown to his eldeſt capite by knights ſervice (z).
He alienated this manor ſoon afterwards to
to himſelf, for he was flain in the battle of fir Rowland Clerke, knt. (a) who in the 4th and
Wakefield in Yorkſhire, on Chriſtmas-eve anno 39 5th year of K. Philip and Q. Mary, alienated it
Henry VI. He died ſeiſed of the manor of to Saloman Wilkins(b), who, with others, in
Tong, as was found by the inquiſition, which, Trin, term, anno 4 Elizabeth, levied a fine of it.
by reaſon of the confuſion of thoſe times, was
He died ſeiſed of it in the 20th year of that
not taken till the 3d year of K. Edward IV, reign, and was ſucceeded by his ſon and heir
when the King was found to be his eldeſt ſon David Wilkins (c), who reſided at Bex or Bexle-
and next heir (s).
court in this pariſh, an eſtate which had formerly
Notwithſtanding the Duke of York is ſaid by belonged to the Nottinghams, of Bayford in Sit-
the above-mentioned inquiſition to have died ting borne (d). He alienated this manor, with
ſeiſed of this manor, yet the year before his the ſcite of the caſtle to William Pordage, of Roda
death, a long attainder had paſſed againſt him and merſham (e), who purchaſed likewiſe fome lands
others, with the forfeiture of all their heredita which had formerly belonged to this manor and
ments in fee or fee tail(t); upon which this ma had been ſold off to Norden, ſome few years be
nor was granted by K. Henry VI. to Thomas fore(f); in whoſe deſcendants it continued till it
Browne, eſq; of Beechworth - caſtle, afterwards was at length ſold to Iſles, by a daughter of which
knighted, and made Comptroller and Treaſurer name it paſſed in marriage to Hazard, whoſe fon
of his Houſhold (u), who ſoon afterwards ob Richard Hazard, efq; is the preſent proprietor
tained a grant
of a fair at his manor of Tong, on
of the ſcite of this caſtle, and the manor annexed
St. James's Day yearly, and another for liberty
olding omod sagt mod norma
to embattle his manſion, and to impark his lands There is a Court Baron held for this manor.
here (v). His eldeſt ſon fir George Browne, knt.
adgin Island
in the nth year of K. Edward IV, ſurrendered 23plein doo
up all his right, title, and intereſt in it, to is ſituated in this pariſh, though great part of
Cicely,
Dutcheſs of York, the King's mother
, the eſtate belonging to it lies in the adjoining
who was then in poſſeſſion of it (w). She died pariſh of Murfton. It was antiently written
ſeiſed of it on April 1, anno 10 Henry VII, (x) Chicks-court, and was once the property and re-
upon which it came to the Crown, where it ſidence of a family called At-Check, and ſome-
continued till K. Edward VI. granted it, by his times de Checkſell, as appeared from antient deeds;
(5) aos
(s) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 161.
(a) Philipott, P. 339. About the ſame time Rowland
(1) Cott. Records, p. 661, 663.
Clerke fold 20 acres of land.in Tong, to
to Thomas Willdyſhe,
(u) Philipott, p. 339.
who quickly afterwards fold them to Thomas Chartham, of
(u) Rot. Cart. No. 37, 56.
borty
Sitting borne, Mercer ; he likewiſe ſold 21 acres of land to
(w) Philipott, p. 339. See Bapchild above, p. 597. William Catlet, who, Trin. term, anno 4 Elizabeth, levied
(x) She had iſſue by the Duke of York eight ſons and four a fine of his eſtates here. He died anno 5 Elizabeth, pof-
daughters, moſt of whom met with a tragical end during ſeſſed of 100 acres of land, and 20 acres of wood, in this
her life time. She willed her body to be buried beſide her pariſh, of which Thomas his ſon levied a fine in Eaſter term
huſband, in his tomb within the collegiate church of Fother anno 5
Elizabeth.
inghay. See Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 161.
(6) Rowland Clerke fold a moiety of this manor only, to
(y) He was grandſon of Henry Vane, alias Fane, of Hil Saloman and David Wilkins, as appears by the Eſcheat-
den in Tunbridge, who had three ſons, John Vane, of Tude rolls of that year, pt. 11.
obro ou
ley, anceſtor of the Earls of Weſtmoreland and Darlington,
(c) Frances, daughter and coheir of David Wilkins, of
and the Viſcounts Vane; Thomas, who had a fon Humphry;
Tong, married John Spencer of Chart; and Elizabeth, an-
and Henry, who was father of for Ralph above-mentioned.
other daughter and coheir, married John Tournay, of Salt-
Sir Ralph had been firſt knighted, for his valour at the
wood.
Jor
fiege of Bulleyn, in 1544; but in the 6th year of K. Edward
VI, having zealouſly eſpouſed the intereſts of the Duke of
(d) Robert Nottingham died feiſed of it anno 48 Edward
Somerſet, he was accuſed of being an accomplice with him,
and being found guilty, was executed on Tower-bill, on
(e) Philipott, p. 339.
Feb.
26th that year.
See Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 173 et (f) Anno 14 Elizabeth, David Wilkins had the Queen's
ſeq.
licence to alienate the manor of Tong, and 70 acres of land,
(7) By the deſcription of, The caſtle and manor of Tong, called Church-field, Motfield, Culvercloſe, and le Cafle-yard,
and all thoſe lands and demeſnes of that caſtle and manor, in Tong, to John and Edward Norden, and the heirs of the
and the mill there, and all woods and underwoods called faid Edward. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 10.
Welly coppice. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 6. K. Edward VI. 18th year of it, he had the Queen's licence to alienate 89
Aug. 29, that year, had granted to fir Thomas Seymour, acres of land in Tong, parcel of this manor, to Edward
Lord Seymour of Sudley, &c. the chief ſtewardſhip of his Lucas, Thomas Williams, Agnes Tomſon, and their heirs.
manor of Tong, lately held by fir Richard Long, knt. de Rot. Eſch. anno 18 Eliz, pt. II.
ceaſed, at the yearly wages of gos. Inrolments, Augtn. off.
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tive ſhares of this eſtate, as deviſed to them by
their father's will. At length William Hugeſen,
eſq; about the year 1764, purchaſed the other
part, and ſo became poffeffed of the whole fee of
it, of which he continues owner at this time.
NEW BURGH,
W
but in the reign of K. Edward II, William de
Ore was become intitled to the poffeffion of it,
with whom however, it did not remain long,
for in the 9th year of that reign, Falk Peyforer,
who had been Knight of the Shire for this county
in the 6th year of that reign, died poffeffed of
it (g).
From the name of Peyforer it paſſed into that
of Potyn, one of which family was poſſeſſed of
it in the reign of K. Richard II, and left iſſue
an only daughter Juliana, who carried it in mar-
riage to Thomas St. Leger, ſecond ſon of ſir Ralph
St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knt. (b) 'who afterwards
reſided in her right at Otterden; and was Sheriff
of this county anno 20 Richard II, and dying
anno 10 Henry IV, left iffue a daughter Joane,
and his widow Juliana ſurviving, who died ſeiſed
of this eſtate in the 5th year of K. Henry V,
on which Joane their daughter, then the wife of
Henry Aucher, of Newenden, ejq; entitled her
huſband to the poſſeſſion of it. She ſurvived
him, and afterwards married Robert Capys, to
whom Henry Aucher, eſq; her only fon and heir by
her firſt huſband, in the 19th year of K. Henry
VI, confirmed a life eſtate in Cheeks-court, Elmley;
and other parts of her former 'inheritance.
He afterwards, on her death, became poſſeſſed
of it, and then fold it to fir William Cromer, of
Tunſtall, knt. in whoſe deſcendants it continued
down to fir James
y James Cromer, of Tunſtall, knt.
Sheriff of this county in the źd year of the reign
of K. James I, who alienated this eſtate to Mr.
Chriſtopher Allen, whoſe fon Mr. Thomas Allen
poffeffed it at the reſtoration of K. Charles
II; (i) from him it deſcended to the Rev. Mr.
Thomas Allen, Rector of the adjoining pariſh of
Murſton, who died ſeiſed of it on Dec. 17, 1732,
and deviſed it by his laſt will to his firſt.couſin
Mrs. Finch Allen, married firſt to the Rev. Mr.
Mills, and ſecondly to Thomas Hooper, of Stock-
bury, gent. by whom ſhe had three ſons, Walter,
Thomas
, and Finch, and two daughters; Jane,
married to William Jumper, of Stockbury, eſq; and
Catherine to the Rev. Mr. Theodore Delafaye. Wal-
tér Hooper, the eldeſt ſon, became poffeſfed of this
eſtate on his father's death, and left iſſue only two
daughters his coheirs, of 'whom, Sarah married
firſt Steed, and ſecondly William Hugeſſen, of Stod-
marſh, eſq; and Dorothy married Mr. Robert Rad-
cliffe, who entitled their huſbands to their reſpec-
commonly called Newbarrow, is another eſtate
in the ſouthern part of this pariſh, adjoining to
Linſted, which was formerly accounted a manor,
though the reputation of its ever having been
one is now almoſt forgotten. It was anciently
owned by a family, which aſſumed its ſurname
from it, after whom it came into the poſſeſſion
of the family of Apulderfield, whoſe ancient ſeat
was at Challock in this county.
Henry de Apulderfield died ſeiſed of this manor
in the reign of K. Edward I, as did Iſabell his
widow, in the 24th year of it, in whoſe deſcen-
dants it continued down to William Apulderfield,
eſg; who died poffeffed of it in the reign of K.
Henry VI, without iſſue male, leaving his two
daughters his coheirs, one of whom, Elizabeth,
carried this eſtate in marriage to fir John Phineux,
knt. Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench (k), and
he too leaving only daughters and coheirs, one
of them, Jane, entitled her huſband John Roper,
of Eltham, eſq; to the poſſeſſion of it (l). He was
Attorney-general to K. Henry VIII, and died in
1524, being the 16th year of that reign, leaving
iſſue by her two ſons and ſeveral daughters; of
the former, William ſucceeded him at Eltham,
where his deſcendants continued till of late (m),
and Chriſtopher was of Lodge in the adjoining
pariſh of Linfted, and by his father's will inhe-
rited this eſtate.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Chriſtopher
Bloor, of Rainham in this county, by whom he
left iſſue fir John Roper, knt. who was by letters
patent, dated July 9, anno 14 James I, 1616,
advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this realm,
by the title of Baron of Tenham. He died in 1618,
poffeffed of this eſtate, which continued in his
deſcendants till Henry Roper, Lord Tenbam, in
the year 1766(n), alienated it to Mr. William
Chamberlain, of London, gent. the preſent pof-
feffor of it(o).
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Sir Thomas Wyatt, knt. by indenture, Nov.
20, anno 33 Henry VIII, conveyed to that King
(8) Philipott, p. 340. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. cviii.
(6) See Otterden, above, p. 500, note (t).
(i) It
It appears by the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno
1653, that John Allen, late Chriſtopher Allen, then claimed
to hold of that manor a meſſuage, called Chukes-court, and
land, containing ico acres, at the yearly rent of 5s. 3 d.
(k) See Herne.
(4) Philipoit, p. 284. It appears by the Eſcheat-rolls
of the zóth and 23d years of K. Edward III, that Joane,
wife of Roger de Marines, held this eſtate in dower, at the
time of her death in the former of theſe years,
of the Apulderfields, under Challock.
VOL. II.
7P
(m) Edward Roper, of Eltham, eſq; the laſt heir male of
this branch, died without iſſue, leaving an only daughter
and heir Elizabeth, married to Edward Henſhaw, of the co.
of Hants, eſq; See Eliham, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 56.
(n) At which time this eſtate, lying in the pariſhes of
Torg, Rodmerſham, and Bapchild, contained 145 acres, two
roods, and five perches, and was let at 65l. per ann.
(6) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, anno 1653, Chriſto-
pher, Lord Tenham, claimed to hold of the manor of Milton,
a farm, called Nuborougb-court, with its appurts. in Tong,
at the yearly rent of 4s. 7 Id. and other lands, therein men-
tioned, in the fame pariſh, in the yoke of Orpington,
See more
all

606
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The W HISTORY of
TONG
MILTON HUNDRED.
PRESENT STATE OF TONG.
all his eſtates in this pariſh, among others, pur-
beth, it was in the name of Wilkins, being then
ſuant to act of Parliament (p).
the reſidence of Mr. David Wilkins, Lord of the
K. Henry VIII, by indenture, Nov. 4, in his manor and caſtle of Tong.
34th year, demiſed to John Bere, Tong-mill, in Sir Thomas Sewel, knt. has an eſtate in this
this pariſh, to hold for 21 years, at the yearly pariſh, called Wildfoots, alias Chicks-court.
rent of 53$. 4d. and the further increaſe of 35.4d.
the fame being parcel of the poſſeſlions of Joan,
late Queen of England (9).
There is no village in this pariſh. The
There appears to have been formerly an hof church ſtands about a mile diſtant northward
pital in this pariſh, dedicated to St. James ; for from the high Dover road and Bapchild-Street.
anno 3 and 4 Philip and Mary, the Queen The ſcite of the old caſtle lies ſomewhat more
granted to fir John Parot, knt. all that the hof-
than a quarter of a mile north-eaſtward from the
pital of fames of Puckemall, with its appurts. latter, and about three fields from the high road.
lying in Tong and Bapchild, late in the tenure of It conſiſts of a high mount, containing about
Richard Newton, to hold of the Queen, as of her half an acre of ground, thrown up out of a deep
manor of Ejt Grenewich, by knights ſervice (r). and broad moat, which ſurrounds it, the north-
There is much land in this pariſh held of the weſt part of which is nearly dry, but the ſprings
manor of Milton, and it appears by the ſurvey which riſe on the ſouth-weſt ſide of it, and for-
of that manor, taken anno 1653, that George merly ſupplied the whole of it, now direct their
Swann, late Henry Worley, gent. (s) then claimed courſe into a very large pond on the eaſtern ſide
to hold of that manor, a meſſuage with its ap of this moat, and produce ſo plentiful a ſupply
purtenances, in this pariſh, called Welfords, at of water there, as to afford ſufficient to turn a
the yearly rent of 9d.
corn-mill, belonging to the Lord of the manor, ,
William Stede, LL. D. late Cromer Stede, adjoining to it (v); after which it fows from
eſq; claimed, &c. a houſe and certain lands, hence northward into The Swale.
called Blacketts, at the yearly rent of 113. 6d. This pariſh extends on the ſouthern ſide of the
William Oſborne, late fir Jobn Sidley, bart. London road as high up as King sdown, full as
claimed to hold, &c. a certain farm, called far as it does on the northern ſide of it, where
Bennie-court, and zo acres of land, at the yearly the lands are rich and fertile, like thoſe of Bap-
rent of 23s. (t)
child, laſt-deſcribed ; on the northern part of it
There is an eſtate in the eaſtern part of this are the marſhes, which are bounded by The
pariſh, called Bixle, which was formerly in the Swale flowing between the main land and the
poffeſſion of the family of Nottingham, and af Iſle of Elmley in Shepey.
terwards of the Wades ; one of whom, Stephen There was a family of good account formerly
Wade, died feiſed of it in the year 1468, and which took their name from this place. Semanus
was buried in Our Lady's chancel in Sitting borne at Tong was ſo conſiderable a man, that in the
church, near the tomb of Laurence Gerrard, and
of K. Richard II, he lent the King
by his laſt will deviſed this eſtate, with all the 20l. (20) He was poſſeſſed of lands at Bredgar
lands and appurts. belonging to it, in Tong and and other places in this neighbourhood, and at
Murſton, which he had of the gift of William Bredgar his deſcendants remained till within
Wade his father, to his wife Iſabella for her life, memory.
and afterwards to be diſpoſed of according to
There are no charities belonging to this pa-
his father's will (u). In the reign of Q. Eliza riſh.
pad 2012 do 1944 baitis
21ſt year
(p) Augtn. off. box C. 20.
(9) Augtn. off. Surveyor General's leaſes.
(r) Rot Eſch. ejus an. pt. 3d. Leland, in his Itin. vol.
vii, p. 27, ſays, There was a poor hoſpital a mile beyond
Sittingborne, called Pokemaulle. K. Henry VII. gave it to
Linche, his Phyſician, and Linche gave it to a ſon of his, I
ſuppoſe. It is now quite down.
Among the Harleian Mff. in the Britiſh Muſeum, No.
433–1846, is a commiſſion for ſuffering Arnold Childre to
have and occupy the Almoux-houſe beſides Sittingborne, which
the King had given to him for life. Dated at Nottingham,
April 23, anno i Richard III.
(s) James Worley, of Doddington in this county, had iſſue
two ſons, Henry, who was LL. D. and had iſſue by his
wife, fiſter of fir Anthony Maney, knt. two ſons and a daugh-
ter, who all died without iffue; and Stephen, the ſecond
fon, who was of Scudington in Tong, and by his wife, daugh-
ter and heir of Henry Bateman, of Linſted, had iſſue two
fons and a daughter; John, fon and heir, married Alice,
daughter of Robert Couchman, of the Iſle of Shepey, and dy-
ing in 1621, without iflue, was buried in Linſted church ;
Henry, the ſecond ſon, married Elizabeth, daughter of Tho-
mas Finch, of Kingsdown ; and Bridget was wife of William
Thomas.
They bore for their arms-Ermine, a lion rampant-guard-
ant gules, crowner or. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of
Worley.
Bolsino on
(t) Whichcot Oſborne was afterwards poſſeſſed of an eſtate
in this pariſh, which afterwards came into the poſſeflion of
Edward Umphreville, who was owner of it in 1720.
(u) William Wade, the father, left iffue four fons, Stephen
above-mentioned ; Humphry; Nicholas ; and Thomas, who
had two daughters, Eleanor and Joane.
Stephen Wade, by his laſt will, deviſed lands, called Co-
tynnye, to the church of Tong, for certain maſſes, and other
ſuch uſes.
(v) A large cutlas ſword, with a buckhorn handle, was
dug up within the ſcite of this caſtle, about 15 years ago.
(2) See Rym. Fæd. vol. viii, p. 9.
It

The H IS TOŘ Y of K € N T.
607
TONG.
CHURCH OF TON G.
VICARS.
In K. Edward
MILTON HUNDRED.
It is ſituated wholly in the diviſion of Eaſt The vicarage is valued in the King's books at
Kent.
81. 6s. 8d. the yearly tenths being 16s. 8d. and
is of the yearly certified value of 55l. 35. (b)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In 1640, it was valued at gol. Communi:
cants 75.
Tong is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of
the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sitting-
In 1661, Archbiſhop Juxon augmented this
vicarage, in conformity to the King's letters of
borne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Giles,
recommendation, vol. per annum, out of the
conſiſts of one large and two narrow ſide ifles,
great tythes (c). Con
and has a tower ſteeple on the ſouth ſide, in which
hang three bells. It was given by K. Edward I.
PATRONS,
to the abbey of Weſt Langdon in this county, to
or by whom preſented.
which it was ſoon afterwards appropriated, and
The Archbiſhop.
it continued part of the poſſeſſions of that mo-
Wm. Marſhe, July 26, 156g.
naſtery till the ſurrendry of it by Willian Sayer,
John Clinche, obt. 1593.
the Abbat, and the convent of it, on Nov: 13,
Tbe Archdeacon. Daniel Pawson, A. B. July
anno 27 Henry VIII. This houſe being one of
3, 1593, obt. 1593:
thoſe lefſer monaſteries, whoſe revenues were not John Bungey, Pre-
William Potter, A.B. March
above the clear yearly value of 200l. which bendary of Can-
were fuppreffed by the act paſſed that year, and terbury.
22, 1593, obt. 1620.
the ſame, together with their lands, tenements, Mr. Daniel Pawſon, Henry Pawſon, A. M. June
and hereditaments, given to the King, his heirs, of Harrietſham. 7, 1620, obt. 1627:
and aſſigns for ever (x).
Daniel and Thomas (d) Chriſtopher Batcheler,
The parfonage of the church of Tong did not Pawſon.
A. M, March 27, 1627.
remain long in the hands of the Crown, for the
The Archbiſhop. William Pell, A. M. Aug.
King granted it on the 31ſt of Nov. in his 29th
22, 1662, obt. 1672.
year, with the above-mentioned monaſtery, and
the reſt of the lands and poſſeſſions of it, to the
Edwin Stede, eſa: Thomas Cradocke, A.B. June
Archbiſhop of Canterbury and his ſucceſſors, in
14, 1672.
John Napleton, A. M. Jan.
exchange for other premiſes ; but all advowſons
26, 1676, obt. 1712.
were excepted out of this grant (y).
Soon after which, this parfonage was demiſed
Dutton Stede, efq; Richard Coliere; A.M. Nov.
on leaſe by the Archbiſhop of Canterbury for 21
17; 1712, reſig. 1716.
years, at the yearly rent of 61. which leaſe has orgie? Ja (e) Daniel Prat, A.M. Feb.
been renewed from time to time, and in this ſtate
10, 1716, reſig. 1723.
it ſtill continues parcel of the poffeffions of the The Archbiſhop, by (f) Fude Holdſworth, A.M.
Archbiſhop of Canterbury.
lapſe.
Sept. 28, 1723, reſig. 1750.
But the advowſon of the vicarage; by virtue of Elizabeth, daughter (8) Benjamin Longley, LL.B.
the above-mentioned exception, ſtill remained of Jude Holdſworth, Dec. 12, 1750.
, Preſent
in the Crown, where it continued till it was ſold Clerk.
Vicar,
anno 1557, to Salmon Wykins (2); but in the
next reign of Q. Elizabeth, it was becoine veſted
M. U R S T O N.
in William Potter. It afterwards became the
perty of Mr. Daniel Pawſon, of Harrietſham, and HE next pariſh weſtward from Tong is
then
of the Stede family, in which it continued Murſton, vulgarly called Muſton, which
down to Dutton Stede, of Harrietſham, eſq; in takes its name from its vicinity to the marſhes.
whoſe heirs the patronage of this advowſon is,
I believe, at this time veſted.
,
AFTER William the Conqueror had ſeized on
was valued at zol. (a) grades
the Biſhop of Baieux, his half brother, for his
be
(x) This abbey was built by William de Aubervill, in
(c) Kennet's Imp: p. 257.
1192, for White Canons of the Præmonſtratenfian order, (d) In 1627, a diſpenſation pafled for his holding the
brought from Leyfton in the co. of Suffolk, and it was dedi rectory of Kingsdown near Sittingborne with this vicarage.
cated to the bleſſed Virgin Mary and St. Thomas the Martyr. See Rym. Fæd. vol. xviii, p. 1007.
The revenues of it were valued at the ſuppreſſion at 471. (e) He was likewiſe Rector of Harriet ham. He was the
6s. 10d. clear income, or 561. 6s. gd. total revenue. Tan. ſon of Dean Prat, and lies buried in Rocheſter cathedral.
.
(f) He refigned this on being preſented to the rectory of
(y) Augtn. off. box A. 21, deeds of purchaſe and ex Rucking, which he held with that of Hinxhill, by diſpenſa-
change.
tion. He died in 1759.
(z) See Harl. Mff. No. 607-305.
(8) He is likewiſe Vicar of Eynsford, and perpetual
(a) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 39.
Curate of All near Sandwich.
(6) Ee. Theſ. p. 146
feditious
pro-
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THE
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608
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The HISTORY of
MURSTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
feditious and turbulent behaviour, about the 5th year of K. Henry IV, incluſive (k). He left
year 1084, and the 19th of his reign, he re iſſue by Joane his wife, daughter of fir William
ſumed the poſſeſſion of Dover caſtle, of which Devereux, knt. who afterwards remarried Hugs
he had made the Biſhop Governor, and having Burnell, two ſons, Humphry and Walter, and a
put that fortreſs under a new order of govern daughter Eleanor. I
daughter Eleanor. Humphry, Lord Fitzwalter,
ment, he affigned this manor, among others, to the eldeſt ſon, became his heir, but dying un-
Hugh de Port, for his aſſiſtance, under John de married, Walter, his brother, ſucceeded him in
Fienes, in the defence of that caſtle.
title and eſtates, and coming to age in the iſt
Thoſe thus granted to him, conſiſted of 14 year of K. Henry VI, and making proof of it,
knights fees and a quarter, of which all but two he had livery of the lands of his inheritance,
lay in this county, making up together the barony and in the 7th and 9th years of that reign, had
of Port, and were held of the King in capite by ſummons to Parliament (1).
barony, of the caſtle of Dover; the tenant of He ſeems to have alienated this manor to fir
them being bound by the tenure of them to main William Cromer, knt. who had been Lord Mayor
tain a certain number of ſoldiers there, from of London in the years 1413 and 1423, and he
time to time, for the defence of it (h).
died poſſeſſed of it anno 1433. He, as well as
In the above-mentioned grant, this manor was his deſcendants, poffeffors of this manor, reſided
eſteemed as one knight's fee, under which no at Tunſtall, in this neighbourhood; one of whom,
tion it was held again of him (i), by a family William Cromer, eſq; having engaged in the re-
which took their name from their reſidence bellion raiſed by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the iſt
at it.
year of Q. Mary, was committed to the Tower,
Bartholomew de Murſton is in the liſt of thoſe
and attainted; by which this manor, an.ong the
Kentiſ gentlemen, who alliſted K. Richard I. at reſt of his eftates, became forfeited to the Crown,
the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine; his deſcendant where it remained till he was reſtored in blood,
William de Murſton, in the reign of K. Henry as well as in his poſſeſſions, by act of Parlia-
III, as appears by the Teſta de Nevill, accounted ment, paffed in the 5th year of the next reign
for two marcs, for one knight's fee, in the Hun of Q. Elizabeth ; after which he ſerved the of-
dred of Middleton, of the new feoffment. John
fice of Sheriff, both in the gth and 27th years
de Murſton held it in the reign of K. Edward III, of that reign, and was knighted.
in the 20th year of which he paid aid for it, at His ſon, fir James Cromer, of Tunſtall, knt.
the making of the Black Prince a Knight, as died in 1613, leaving iſſue by his ſecond wife
one knight's fee, which Stephen de Murſton be Martha, daughter of fir Mathew Carew, ſen, knt.
fore held in Murſton of John de St. John. three daughters his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, mar-
But before the end of the next reign of K. ried to fir John Stede, of Stede-hill, knt. Martha,
Richard II, this family was become extinct here, who died unmarried in 1615, æt. 14; and Chri-
when Walter, Lord Fitzwalter, was become the ſtian, who married, March 1, 1624, John, eldeſt
poffeffor of it. He died ſeiſed of it in the gth ſon of fir Edward Hales, of Tenterden in this
year of K. Henry IV, anno 1408, and was bu county, knt, and bart. (m)
d bart. (m) a och
ried in the church of Henham, having been ſum Upon the partition of fir James Cromer's eſtates
moned to Parliament among the Barons of this among his two ſurviving daughters and coheirs,
realm, from the 14th of K. Richaud II, to the the manor of Murfton was allotted, among other
Go to
(5) See Tunſtall above, p. 571.
eſtate, as above-mentioned. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 207-
(i) Hugh de Port was a powerful Baron of that time,
110
having great poſſeſſions in Hampſhire and elſewhere, in (1) He died anno 11 Henry VI, leaving Elizabeth his
which county Baſing became the head of his barony, and wife ſurviving, and two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth,
among others, he poſſeſſed 12 knights fees in this county.
then unmarried, and Anne, the wife of Thomas Ratclife,
His deſcendant William, ſon of Adam de Port aſſumed the
eſa; whoſe fon John Ratclife, eſq; was ſummoned to Parlia-
name of St. John, and was anceſtor to the Poynings and Pau-
ment as Lord Fitzwalter, in right of his mother. Thas fir
lets, Lords St. John, of whom, as Lords paramount, this
William Dugdale, Morant, and ſome
manor was held from time to time by the ſeveral meine
tition of Benjamin Mildmay, eſq; in 1667, for the above-
tenants, or poffeſfors of it, till the reſtoration of K. Charles mentioned barony, as being deſcended from Frances, fole
II, when an end was put by act of Parliament to all mili daughter and heir of Henry Ratcliffe, Earl of Suſſex, and
tary and feudal tenures.
Baron Fitzwalter, the male line of that family being ex-
tinct, ſets forth, that his anceſtor John Ratcliffe, ſummoned
(k) He was deſcended from Robert, fifth ſon of Richard
as Lord Fitzwalter anno 1 Henry VII, was the ſon of Eliza-
de Tonebrugge, ſon of Gilbert, Earl of Brion, anceſtor of the
beth, Lady Fitzwalter, daughter and fole heir of Walter,
Earls of Clare and Hertford.
Lord Fitzwalter, brother and heir of Humphry, Lord Fitz-
His great-grandſon Walter, took the ſurname of Fitz-
walter, fon and heir of Walter. See Collins on Baronies
walter, which his deſcendants continued afterwards. He
by Writ, p. 269.
left a fon Robert Fitzwalter, of Woodham in the co. of Eſſex,
The Firzwalters bore for their arms-Or, a feſs between
who received ſummons to Parliament from the 23d of K.
2 chevrons gules.
Edward I. to the 19th of K. Edward II, in which year he
died, leaving a fon Robert Fitzwalter, whoſe great-grand-
(m) See a further account of the Cromers and Hales's,
ſon was Walter, Lord Fitzwelter, the purchaſer of this
under Tunfall above, p. 575, 576.
218.
but the pe-
others; but
eſtates,

The H I STORY
609
of K E N T.
MURSTON.
eſtates in this neighbourhood, to Chriſian, the
youngeſt daughter, who carried it in marriage
to John Hales, eſq; as above-mentioned. He
was afterwards knighted, but died in his father's
life-time, in 1639, leaving iſſue a ſon Edward,
who ſucceeded his grandfather in title and eſtate,
in 1654, in whoſe deſcendants this manor has
continued down to fir Edward Hales, of St. Ste-
phen's near Canterbury, bart. who is the preſent
poffeffor of it (»).
E AS T-HALL
MILTON HUNDRED.
Eveas was his ſon and heir, and then of the age
of 19 years (s), who afterwards died poffeffed of
it in the 4th year of K. Henry VII, anno 1488,
and was buried with his wife in the north chan-
cel of this church. His wife Mildred, daugh-
ter of Bartholomew Bourne, ſeems to have ſur-
vived him, and afterwards to have married
Lewis Clifford, of Bobbing, eſq; (t) She died in the
20th year of K. Henry VII, feiſed of the manor
of Eſthall, with its appurts. in the pariſhes of
Murſton, Tong, Bapchild, and Elmele, held of the
King in capite by knights ſervice, Alexander
Eveas being her fon and heir (u), whoſe ſon
Humphry Eveas died poffeſfed of it in the 37th
year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1545, without
male iſſue, ſo that his four daughters, Alicia
Senior, Alicia Junior, Cecilia, and Anna, were
found by inquiſition to be his daughters and
coheirs (o). At length, Alicia Eveas carried it
in marriage to Thomas Heles (ru), whoſe ſon
Chriſtopher Hales, in the 5th year of K. Edward
VI, alienated it to fir Anthony Aucher, of Otter-
den, knt. (x) who the next year paſſed it away
by ſale to Thomas Gardyner (y), and he, in the
of Q. Elizabeth, tranſmitted it by
fale to Mr. John Norden, who in Eaſter term,
O
anno 17 of that reign, levied a fine of it; after
which, he alienated it to William Pordage, of
Rodmerſham, ela; in whoſe deſcendants it a con-
tinued till it was at length fold to Iſles, by a
daughter of which name it paſſed in marriage to
Hazard, whoſe fon Richard Hazard, eſq; is the
preſent owner of it.
ME RE-COURT
is an eſtate in this pariſh, which was once ac-
counted a manor. It was in early times poffeffed
by a family which aſſumed its ſurname from it;
one of whom, Joane de Eaſthall, is recorded in
the leiger-book of Davington priory, as having
been a good benefactor to the nuns there, in the
reign of K. Henry III. After this name was
extinct here, it came into the poffeffion of the
De la Pines; one of whom, James De la Pine,
was Sheriff of Kent in the 26th, and part of the
27th years of K. Edward III, and died ſeiſed of
this manor in the 37th year of that reign, then
holding it in his demeſne, as of fee, of the King
in capite, by the tenth part of one knight's
fee (0).
His ſon and heir Thomas de la Pine, about the
beginning of K. Richard II.'s reign, conveyed
this manor to Thomas St. Leger, ſecond ſon of
fir Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb, knt. () who re-
ſided at Otterden in his wife's right. He was
Sheriff of this county in the 20th year of K.
Richard II, and died ſeiſed of this eſtate in the
joth year of K. Henry IV, (9) leaving iſſue a
daughter Foane, and his widow Juliana, ſurviv-
ing, who died feiſed of it in the 5th year of K.
Henry V, (q) on which, Foane, their daughter
above-mentioned, then the wife of Henry Aucher,
of Newenden, eſq; entitled her huſband to the
poffeffion of it.
She ſurvived him, and after-
wards married Robert Capys, to whom Henry
Aucher, eſq; her only ſon and heir by her firſt
huſband, in the 19th year of K. Henry VI,
confirmed a life-eſtate in Eaſt-ball and other
places (r).
From him it paſſed into the name of Eveas;
for Humphry Eveas was found by inquiſition to
die feiſed of the manor of Eſthall in the 32d year
of K. Henry VI, anno
1453 ; and that Theo-
balda his wife was then deceaſed, and that John
Ioth year
is an eſtate in this pariſh, once eſteemed a capital
manſion, and ſeems to have been ſo named from
its low watery fituation, near the marſhes; for it
does not appear to have had any owners of that
ſurname.
Thomas Abelyn held this manor in the reign of
K. Edward I, in the 4th year of which he died
feiſed of it, holding it of the King in capite, as
one meſſuage, and one carucate of land, with
its appurts. in Murſton (). He was ſucceeded
in it by Nicholas Abelyn, who likewiſe died feiſed
of it in the 6th year of that reign, holding it as
above-mentioned (a). His fon Thomas Abelyn
ſucceeded him in it, and left his widow Iſolda
ſurviving, who, in the 21ſt year of that reign,
married Henry de Apulderfield, which being with-
(2) In 1749, the court-lodge of Murfon manor, and the
lands belonging to it conſiſted of 100 acres of arable land,
100 acres of freſh marſh, and 50 acres of ſalt marſh.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an. They bore for their arms-Sable,
3 pine-apples or.
(p) Philipott, p. 241.
(9) Rot. Eſch.
(r) Manuſcript pedigree of Aucher.
(s) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(1) Son of Alexander Clifford, of Bobbing, eſq; Sheriff of
this county anno 5 Edward IV.
(u) Rot. Eſch.
(v) He was found to die feiſed of the manor of Exhall,
and one meſſuage, containing 60 acres of land, 40 of paf-
ture, and 20 of wood, and 41. rents, in the pariſhes above-
mentioned, held by the like ſervice; and likewiſe 500 acres
of land in Elmele, formerly parcel of the manor of Milted.
(w) Philipott, p. 241.
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 6. (y) Ibid. pt. 8.
(2) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 21. (a) Ibid. N. 17
Vol. II.
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0 R Y of K E N T.
The
H I S T
MURSTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
ve acres or "
of John de St. John; this eſtate at that time con-
fifting of 20 acres of land, five acres of wood,
and 26s. rent.
Ralph Booth afterwards poffeffed this eſtate ;
after which the heirs of William Cromer became
entitled to two parts of it, and the heirs of
Browne to the remaining third-part, which, with
a meſſuage called Ballards, was, in the begin-
ning of K. James I.'s reign, veſted in the heirs
of Blackwell (f).
PRESENT STATE OF MURSTON.
out the King's leave, he paid his fine, and had
then poffeffion of his wife's land here and elſe-
where (b).
This manor afterwards came into the poffef-
ſion of the family of Savage, of Bobbing in this
county; one of whom, fir Arnold Savage, of
Bobbing, knt. died feiſed of it in the 49th year
of K. Edward III, anno 1374, and was ſucceeded
in it by his ſon and heir fir Arnold Savage, of
that place, knt. who died in the 12th year of
K. Henry IV, leaving iſſue one fon Arnold, and
a daughter Eleanor, who on her brother's death
without iſſue, became his heir, being then the
wife of William Clifford, eſq; who in her right
became entitled to this eſtate, among the reſt of
her inheritance, and in his deſcendants it
pro-
bably continued till it was alienated to Crofts,
whoſe deſcendant Mr. Daniel Crofts died feiſed
of it in the 22d year of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1579,
leaving iſſue one fon John, and two daughters,
Helen and Margaret, and they, upon the death
of their brother, who was an ideot, becoming
joint heirs to this eſtate, fold it, in the 42d
year of that reign, to Mr. Stephen Hulks (c),
who was ſucceeded in it by his ſon and heir Mr.
John Hulks, and he died ſeiſed of it at the latter
end of the reign of K. Charles I, leaving iſſue
two fons, Stephen and Charles, to the latter of
whom he bequeathed this eſtate (d). His de-
fcendant Mr. Nathaniel Hulks dying without
iffue male, deviſed it by his laſt will to his two
daughters and coheirs, Mary and Anne ; the for-
mer of whom carried her part of this eſtate in
marriage to Mr. John Auſten, of St. Martin's Hill
near Canterbury, who died poſſeſſed of it in 1770,
leaving iſſue by her four fons and fix daugh-
ters (e). She ſurvived her huſband, and again
became entitled to this ſhare of Mere-court in
her own right, and afterwards, by the death of
her ſiſter Anne, who died unmarried, to her ſhare
of it likewiſe ; fo that ſhe is now poffeffed of the
entire fee of it.
Murſton is but a ſmall pariſh. It is, for the
moſt part ſituated on the north ſide of the great
London road, to the right of the hill as you go
down into Sittingborne from Canterbury, though
a ſmall diſtrict of it, in which is the parſonage-
houſe and glebe, is on the ſouth ſide, and ad-
joining to that road.
It extends towards the north as far as the
waters called The Swale, which ſeparate the main
land from
the Iſle of Shepey. Pare me
The village is ſituated midway between the
London road and the marſhes, and the church
and court-lodge about a quarter of a mile north-
ward from it, at a ſmall diſtance from which
are the marſhes.
The lands of this pariſh are very rich and
fertile. The air of it, from its low and watery
ſituation, is very groſs, and much ſubject to
fogs, inſomuch, that in winter it is hardly ever
free from them; when it is moſt fo, they remain
hovering over the lands for about three feet in
height, ſo that the heads of the cattle appear
juſt above them, and at a diſtance look as if
they were that depth in water.
The inhabitants are rarely without ſevere
agues, and their complections of a dingy yellow:
theſe diſtempers, if they ſurvive them, uſually
laſt till ſummer, and often times for ſeveral
years; and it is not unuſual to ſee a poor man,
his wife, and whole family of five or ſix chil-
dren, with agues on them, hovering over the
fire in their little cottage at the ſame time
and Dr. Plot remarks, that ſeldom any born
here, who continued at this place, lived to the
age
det
bootan ។
102
This character of unhealthineſs extends to
ſeveral of the neighbouring pariſhes on the
northern ſide of the road; which however is not
peculiar to this county, as all other parts of the
kingdom, of a like ſituation, are ſubject to the
ſame fatality.
co
Thomas, in the Eaſt Indies; Elizabeth ; Cælia ; Charles ;
Sarah; and Nathaniel.
(f) Mr. Petitt Fædary of Kent his Book. The terrier
and boundaries of the land in Murſton pariſh, and Hundred
of Middleton, ſurrounded by Luddenham pariſh as above-
mentioned, are inſerted in the ſurvey made of that manor
and hundred, by the oaths of a jury, ſummoned for that
purpoſe on the Queen's behalf, in 1575.
3
e of 21 years.
duen a terme
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE. 155
A Part of the pariſh of Murfton lies at ſome
diſtance from the reſt of it, entirely ſurrounded
by that of Luddenham, ſeveral other pariſhes in-
tervening. In this diſtrict lay the manor of
Herſt-hall, in Herſt, which was held in the reign
of K. Edward III. by John de Murſton, of Mur-
ston, who, in the 20th year of that reign, paid
aid for it, as the fourth part of one knight's fee,
which Stephen de Murſton before held in Herſte,
(6) See Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 213.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. Philipott, p. 241.
(d) Philipott, p. 242.
(e) Viz. Rebecca, who married the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Gurney, late Vicar of Seafalter and Curate of Whitftable;
Mary ; John, now of St. Martin's Hill in Canterbury; Anne;
In

The HISTORY of K E N T.
611
MILTON HUNDRED.
MURSTON.
In Frid-wood, ſouthward of Murſton parſonage,
and likewiſe in the neighbourhood of Faverſham,
there are ſeveral hollow caves dug in the ground,
much like thoſe at Crayford, mentioned in the
firſt volume of this hiſtory, p. 211, which ſeem
to have been hiding-places in the time of the
Saxons, where the inhabitants ſecured their wives,
children, and effects, from the ravages of their
enemies.
This pariſh is within the diviſion of Eaſt
Kent.
There are no charities belonging to it.
Robert Ruſſel, and Richard Hay, A.M. inducted
others, hac vice. Jan. 23, 1614, refig. 1630.
The King, by the mi mo
John Tray, A. B. inducted
nority of Cromer
Stede.
Feb. 20, 1530, obt. 1640,
The King, by the mi- George Bonham, A. M. June
nority of Edw.
23, 1641.
Hales, eſq;
Richard Tray, obt. 1664.
Sir Edward Hales, Samuel Symons, A. B. induct.
bart.
Nov. 25, 1664.
John Symonds, obt. 1694.
Sir Thomas Hales, of (n) Marc Hildeſley, A. M. in-
Bekeſborne, bt. and ducted April 26, 1694,
John Hales, eſq;
John Hales, of the (0) Thomas Allen, A.M. Aug.
Inner Temple, eſq;
26, 1710, obt. Dec. 17,
1732.
Sir John Hales, bart. (p) Thomas Leigh, A.M. in-
ducted Jan. 9, 1732, obt.
April 19, 1774.
Himſelf, patron.
(9) Egerton Leigh, inducted
O&t. 18, 1774. Preſent
Rector.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
relig. 1710.
SIT TINGBORN E.
Murſton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic.
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Sitting borne.
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints,
is a large building, conſiſting of three iſles and
three chancels, having a ſquare tower, with a
wooden turret, at the weſt end of it, in which
hang three bells.
The advowſon of the church of Murſton was
always eſteemed an appendage to the manor, and
as ſuch continued in the ſame owners, till ſir Ed-
ward Hales, bart. ſold it to Thomas Leigh, Cl.
Rector of this pariſh, who died ſeiſed of it in
1774, and his ſon the Rev. Mr. Egerton Leigh,
now Rector of Murſton, is the preſent patron
of it.
It is valued in the King's books at iol. 145. 2d.
the yearly tenths of which are 1l. is. (8)
The value of it is now computed to be about
260l. per annum.
In 1578, there were 42 communicants, and
10 houſes in this pariſh.
There are about 40 acres of glebe-land be-
longing to this rectory, the greateſt part of which
lies in Bizing-wood, near Oſpringe, entirely ſur-
rounded by the pariſh of Luddenham.
THE next pariſh weſtward from Murſion is
Sitting borne, antiently written Sedingbourne,
in Saxon, Sædungburna, i. e. the bamlet by the
bourne or ſmall ſtream(r),
This pariſh is included within the manor of
Milton, which is paramount over it, ſubordinate
to which is
THE MANOR OF GOODNESTON,
CHURCH OF MURSTON.
perhaps ſo called from its having been the pro-
perty of Goodwyne, Earl of Kent, who might
have ſecured himſelf here at Bayford-caſtle, in
the year 1052, when having taken up arms
againſt K. Edward the Confeſſor, he raiſed an
army, and ravaged the King's poffeßions, and
among them the town of Milton, which he burnt
to the ground(s).
On his death, it moſt probably came to his
ſon K. Harold, and after the fatal battle of
Haſtings, into the hands of the Crown, whence
it ſeems to have been granted to the eminent fa-
mily of Leyborne, of Leyborne in this county (t).
William, ſon of Roger de Leyborne, died ſeiſed of
it in the 3d year of K. Edward II, leaving his
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.orgseddy Rectors.
obslis ()George Cromer, reſig.1513.
Sisear butt w tw (i) William Stapleford, 1553.
210.0 Slon
(k) Edward Vaudrey, 1556.
19 (1) Symon Clarke.
Wm. Cromer, eſa; (m) Gawin Hyereck, inducted
June 6, 1583, obt. 1614.
donar en
(8) Ea. Theſ. p. 13.
(5) He was afterwards Archbiſhop of Armagh in Ireland.
(i) By the Queen's letters of preſentation. Rym. Foed.
vol. xv, p. 350.
(k) Ibid. p. 443.
(1) And a Six Preacher of the cathedral church of Can-
terbury. See Reg. Roff. p. 989.
(m) He was afterwards Rector of St. Mary's Hoo, and
Miniſter of Bredhurſt, where he lies buried. He died in
1657
(n) Alſo Vicar of Sitting borne.
() He was likewiſe Rector of Kingsdown near Sitting-
borne.
(p) And Rector of St. Margaret's in Canterbury, and
Curate of Iwade.
(9) Then Rector of St. Mary's, Sandwich, and Vicar of
Tilmanſtone, the former of which he reſigned on his induc-
tion to this rectory.
(r) Lamb. Peramb. p. 256.
(s) See Camd. Brit. p. 234.
(t) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
wife

612
HISTORY of K E N T.
The
MILTON HUNDRED.
55.
SITTINGBORNE.
wife Juliana ſurviving, who held it afterwards His fon Launcelot Lovelace was of Bayford, and
in dower. She died before the end of that year, purchaſed the manor of Hever in Kingsdown, near
being then ſeiſed of the manor of Godezwynſton, Farningham in this county. He left iſſue by his
held of the King in capite, by the ſervice of wife, daughter and heir of Eynſham, three ſons,
to his manor of Middleton, and ſuit to the Hun of whom, Richard, the eldeſt, was knighted,
dred of Middleton, in lieu of all ſervices, for one and was Marſhal of Calais, and dying in the
meſſuage, eight acres of arable, 60 acres of reign of K. Henry VII, was buried in this churh,
paſture, five acres of wood, and one mill (u). having married Elizabeth, daughter of fir James
Their grand-daughter Juliana, daughter of
Cromer, knt. remarried to fir William Finch, knt.
Thomas de Leyborne, who died in his father's life by whom he had no iſſue; William, the ſecond
time, became her grandfather's heir, and ſuc-
fon, became both his brother's and his father's
ceeded in this manor. From her great inheri heir ; and John, the third ſon, was anceſtor of
tance, ſhe was uſually ſtyled The Infanta of Kent,
Richard Lovelace, created by K. Charles I, in
and her three huſbands became ſucceſſively en-
his third year, Lord Lovelace, Baron of Hurley in
titled to it, each of whom, however, ſhe ſur-
the co. of Berks; which branch is now extinct
vived, and died without iſſue in the 41ſt year
in the male line,
of K. Edward III, when no one being found, William Lovelace, eſq; the ſecond ſon, became
who could make claim to any of her eſtates, this poffeſſed of Goodneſton, with Bayford, at which
manor, among the reſt of them, eſcheated to he reſided, and dying anno 17 Henry VII, left
the Crown (v).
iſſue by Lora his wife, daughter of Peckham, of
After which, this manor of Goodneſton, as it
Yaldham in Wrotham, two ſons, John and Wil-
was then called, ſeems to have been granted by
liam, which latter left iſſue a fon William, who
the Crown to Robert de Nottingham, who reſided
was Sergeant-at-law, and was anceſtor of fir Wil-
at a ſeat adjoining to this manor, called
liam Lovelace, of Betherſden, knt. whoſe grandſon
fir Richard Lovelace, of Woolwich and of Betherſ-
BAY FORD-CASTLE,
den, knt. dying in 1658, left iſſue an only daugh.
ter Margaret, married to Henry, fifth ſon of
where his anceſtors had reſided for ſeveral gene Lord Chief Juſtice Coke, anceſtor of the late
rations. Robert de Nottingham lived here in the Leiceſter (.
reign of K. Edward I, and dates ſeveral of his John Lovelace, efq; and William Lovelace his
deeds apud caftellum ſuum de Beyford, apud Good-brother, poffeffed this manor and ſeat between
neſton. Robert de Nottingham, his fucceffor, who them ; the latter of whom reſided at Bayford,
became poſſeſſed of the manor of Goodneſton, as where he died in the 2d year of K. Edward
above-mentioned, was Sheriff of this county in
VI, (a) leaving iſſue by Mary his wife, daughter
the 48th year of K. Edward III, and kept his
f William Harman, of Crayford, feven fons
, of
ſhrievalty at Bayford, in which year he died, and
whom Thomas Lovelace, eſq; his eldeſt ſon, in-
was found by the inquiſition taken after his herited his intereſt in this manor and ſeat.
death (w), to die feiſed of lands at Sharſted, Ped He procured his lands in this county to be
ding in Tenham, Newland, La Hirft, Higham in diſgavelled, by the act paſſed anno 2 and 3 Ed-
Milſted, Bixle, now called Bix, in Tong, and laſtly, ward VI, and afterwards, in the roth year of
Goodneſton, with Bayford, in Sittingborne ; all Q. Elizabeth, together with his couſin William
which deſcended to his only fon John Notting Lovelace, by a joint conveyance, alienated Good-
ham, who died without iſſue male, leaving Elea neſton, with Bayford, to Mr. Ralph Finch, of
nor his daughter his fole heir, who marrying
Kingsdown in this neighbourhood, whoſe fon Mr.
Simon Cheney, of Crall in the co. of Suſſex, ſecond Thomas Finch, of that place, paſſed it away by
ſon of fir Richard Cheney, of Shurland in the Iſle ſale to fir William Garrard, knt. who had been
of Shepey, knt. he became, in her right, entitled
Lord Mayor of London in 1555, whoſe anceſtors
to it (x). His grandſon Humphry Cheney alien had been of this pariſh for ſeveral generations
ated both Goodneſton and Bayford, at the latter before, and perhaps were ſeated at Fulſton in it,
end of K. Henry VI.'s reign, to Mr. Richard as many of them lie buried, in the chancel be-
Lovelace, of Queenhyth in London (y).
longing to that ſeat, in this church (6).
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. No. 56.
(v) The inquiſition after her death, was not taken till
anno 3 Edward III. See Rot. Efch. No. 57, and more of
this family above, under Leyborne, p. 208.
(w) He bore for his arms-Paly wavy of 2 pieces, gules
and argent.
The elder branch of this family, ſeated in Kent, bore for
their arms-Gules, on a chief indented argent, 3 martlets ſable;
whereas the Lords Lovelace bore the chief fable, and the
martlets argent.
(a). It was found by the inquiſition taken after his death,
that he died ſeiſed of a moiety of this manor, held in capite
by knights ſervice; and that Thomas was his ſon and heir.
Rot. Efch.
(6) Laurence Garrard died in 1493, and lies buried in
Sitting borne church, as does his fon Thomas, who died be-
fore
(x) See Milfted above, p. 590.
(y) Philipott, p. 310.
(z) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 287, 289. Viſtn.co.
Kent, pedigree of Lovelace. Coll. Peer. edit. 1735, vol.
iv, p. 217

The
613
HISTORY of K E N T.
SITTINGBORNE.
He died, poffèffed of Goodneſton and Bayford,
in the year 1571, and was buried in St. Mag-
nus's church in London, having married Iſabel,
daughter and heir of Julius Nethermill, of Co-
ventry in the county of Warwick, by whom he
left iſſue four fons; of whom, William, the
eldeſt, became his heir ; George, married Mar-
garet, daughter of George Dacres, eſq; of Cheſhunt
in the co. of Hertford, by whom he left an only
daughter, married to fir Dudley Carleton, created
Lord Carleton; John, the third, will be men-
tioned below; and Thomas was the fourth.
Sir William Garrard, knt. the eldeſt ſon, fuc-
ceeded his father in his eſtates in the pariſh of
Sittingborne, and reſided at Dorney in the co. of
Bucks. He married Elizabeth, daughter of fir
Thomas Rowe, knt. and Lord Mayor of London,
but died without male iſſue, on Nov. 16, 1607,
het. 70, and was buried in Dorney church (c);
upon which, fir John Garrard, knt. his next ſur-
viving brother, became his heir to the manor of
Goodneſton, with Bayford.
He had been Lord Mayor of London in 1601,
and dying on May 7, 1625, æt. 79, was buried
in St. Magnus's church, near his father (d). By
Jane his wife, daughter of Mr. Richard Partridge,
of London, who died in 1616, he left iſſue two
ſons, John and Benedi£t, and ſix daughters. dw
Sir John Garrard, knt. was of Whethamſted in
the co. of Hertford, and was created a Baronet on
Feb. 16, 1621 (e). He was twice married;
firſt to Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of fir Ed-
ward Barkham, knt. (f) by whom he had fix ſons
and eight daughters ; of whom only two ſons
and ſix daughters ſurvived him. His ſecond
wife was Elizabeth, widow of fir Multon Lam-
MILTON HUNDRÉD.
bard, of Sevenoke, knt. by whom he had no
iſſue (g). He was ſucceeded in this manor, and
Bayford, which was now become only a farm-
houſe to it, by his eldeft fon fir John Garrard,
of Whethamſted, bart. who married Joane, daugh-
ter of fir Multon Lambard, knt. above-mentioned,
by whom he had two ſons, John, who ſucceeded
him in title and eſtates, and Samuel, fucceffor to
his brother in citle, and Lord Mayor of London
in 1710, whoſe line is now extinct, and alſo five
daughters (b).
Sir John Garrard, bart. the eldeſt, married
Catherine, daughter and coheir of ſir James Enyon,
of the co. of Northampton, knt. widow of fir
George Buſwell, of that county, bart. He died
on Jan. 13, 1700, ät. 62, leaving an only
daughter and heir Mary (i), who carried the
manor of Goodneſton, with Bayford, among the
reſt of her inheritance, in marriage to Montague
Drake, of Shardeloes in Ag mondeſham, in the cc.
of Bucks, eſq;(k) who left iflue by her one fon
Montague Garrard, and a daughter Mary, mar-
ried to fir Redmond Everard, bart. He was ſuc-
ceeded in his eſtates by the former, who was of
Shardeloes, eſq; and in 1719, married Iſabella, the
daughter of Henry Marſhall, eſq; who died in
1744, by whom he left two fons, William, who
became his heir, and Thomas, LL.D. Rector of
Ag mondeſham, who died in 1775, leaving iſſue
four daughters.
William Drake, of Shardeloes, eſq; the eldeſt fort,
is the poffeffor of this manor of Goodneſton, with
Bayford. In 1747, he married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of John Raworth, eſq; by whom he has iſſue
William Drake, eſq; Member in the preſent Parlia-
ment with him for the borough of Ag monde ham(1);
fore him, in 1487. His deſcendant was William Garrard,
who reſided at Sittingborne, and left iſſue John Garrard, of
London, Grocer, who died in 1531, and lies búried there,
with Joane his wife; their fon was für William Garrard,
of London, knt. Citizen and Haberdaſher, Lord Mayor in
1555, as above-mentioned. Viftn. Bucks, 1634.
(c) He had iſſue by her ſix fons, of whom only the fifth,
Thomas, lived to maturity, and married Dorothy, daughter
of fir William Clerke, of Hitcham in the co. of Bucks, knt.
who died without iſſue; and likewiſe feven daughters, of
whom Mary was married to Kidderminſter, whoſe fole daugh-
ter and heir married fir Yobn Parſons, knt. Anne was mar-
ried to Hinde, Judith to Greſham, and Martha to Palmer.
(d) He is named on his monument Garrard, alias Gere
rard, and his ſecond ſon {pelt his name Gerrard.
(e) He bore for his arins-Argent, on a feſs ſable a lion
paſant of the field; which arms, borne by his anceſtors,
are carved on the roof of the cloyſters at Canterbury.
(f) She was married in 1611, and dying on April 17,
1632, æt. 39, was buried in Whethamfied church. Her
father was Lord Mayor in 1621, and Sheriff of the co. of
Hertford in the 19th, 2oth, and 21ſt years of K. Charles I.
(8) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno 1663,
for John Garrard, knt. and bart, is ſaid to claim to hold of
that manor, the ſcite of the manor of Bayford and Good-
neſton, and 200 acres of land, arable, meadow, and paſture,
in Bayford and Goodneflon, formerly in the holding of Daniel
Elliot, with its appurts, at the yearly rent of 36s. 82.
() Of whom, Elizabeth was wife of fir Nicholas Gould,
and afterwards of Thomas Neale, esg; Jane, of fir Thomas
Spencer, bart, the third daughter, of Sergeant Farrington;
and the fourth, of Richard Emerton, eſq;
(i) He had another daughter Iſabella, who died on April
10, 1677, and was buried at Whethamſted. See Collins's
Baronettage, vol. i, p. 492 et ſeq. Chauncy's Hertf. p.
523. Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 175; book v, p. 133,
139, 152.
(k) The family of Drake had reſided at Agmondeſham for
fome generations ; fir William Drake, knt, and bart. hav-
ing been ſo created on June 17, 1641, purchaſed the manor
of it about the reſtoration of K. Charles II. He died with-
out iſſue, and was ſucceeded by his nephew and heir fir
William Drake, knt. (fon of his next brother Francis Drake,
eſq;) who built, at his own expence, a town-hall and mar-
ket-place at that town. He married, in 1675, Elizabeth,
ſole daughter and heir of William Montague, Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, who afterwards married Samuel
Trotman, efq; of Sifton in the co. of Glouceſter, by whom
ſhe had a daughter, and died in 1724. He had iſſue by her,
Montague, who married the heir of Garrard, as above-men-
tioned, and a daughter Mary, married to fir John Tyrwhit,
bart.
The deſcendants of Elizabeth Mont ague above-mentioned,
are of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Stem.
No. 115, 425
.
() The family of Drake have been from time to time
returned
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614
The HISTORY of K E N T.
C HIL Τ Ο Ν
SITTINGBORNE.
Thomas Tyrwbit ; John, now Rector of Agmon-
deſham, and Charles Garrard; and two daughters,
Iſabella, and Elizabeth.
A Court Baron is held for the manor of Good-
neſton, with Bayford, which is held of the Crown,
by the yearly fee-farm rent of 8s.
Benowo
od TOT
is a manor ſituated in the ſouth-eaſt part of this
pariſh, about a mile's diſtance fouthward from the
town of Sitting borne. It was formerly accounted
a manor, and had owners of that ſurname, who
held the manor of Chilton'in Ah, near Sandwich,
both which William de Chilton held at his death
in the 31ſt year of K. Edward I, one of whoſe
deſcendants, in the beginning of K. Edward
III.'s reign, paſſed it away to Corbie, of Corbie-
ball in Eltham, whoſe deſcendant died feiſed of
this manor of Chilton, alias Childeſton, in the 39th
year of that reign (m). His ſon Robert Corbie
left iſſue an only daughter and heir Joane, who
carried this manor, among the reſt of her inhe-
ritance, to fir Nicholas Wotton, knt, afterwards
twice Lord Mayor of London, who having re-
tired to his ſeat at Boughton Malherb in this
county, died there in 1448, having before his
death purchaſed of William Maris a ſmall part
of this manor, which had been in poſſeſſion of
his anceſtors for ſome generations before (n).
His deſcendant fir Edward Wotton, of Bough-
ton Malherb, knt. was, in the iſt year of K.
James I, created Lord Wotton, of Marley in this
county, whoſe fon Thomas, Lord Wotton, dying
in the 6th year of K. Charles I, anno 1630,
without male iſſue, his four daughters became
his coheirs, of whom, Catherine, the eldeſt, car-
ried this manor in marriage to Henry, Lord Stan-
hope, ſon and heir of Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield,
who died in his father's life-time, anno 1o Charles
I, leaving one ſon Philip, and two daughters,
furviving.
Catherine, Lady Stanhope, on her huſband's
death, became again feiſed of this manor in her
own right, and carried it in marriage to her ſe-
cond huſband, John Vanden Kerkhoven, Lord of
Henulflet in Holland (0), by whom ſhe had one
Od 90
returned for Agmondeſham, ſome few intermiſſions only ex-
cepted, ever ſince its being reſtored to its privilege of fend.
ing Members to Parliament, as a borough, anno 21 James
1. See Willis's Notit. Parl, vol. i, p. 134. rudos
They bear for their arms-Argent, a wivern, with wings
diſplayed and tail nowed, gules.
(m) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N.9. Philipott, p. 311. See
more of the Corbies, under Eltham, vol. i. of this hiſtory,
p. 57.
(n) He was Sheriff of Kent anno 21 Henry VI, and kept
his ſhrievalty at fton, in the adjoining pariſh of Tunſtall
.
He was firit Eſquire to K. Henry V, and afterward to Car-
dinal Kempe. He died Aug. 31, 1459, and was buried in
Preſton church, near Faverſham. Philipott, p. 311.
(6) He claimed to hold of Milton manor, the court of
Chilton, with its appurts, in Sittingborne, at the yearly rent
of 335, 73d,
MILTON HUNDRED.
ſon Charles-Henry, who ſucceeded his father in
this manor, and by reaſon of his mother's de
ſcent, was created Lord Wotton, anno 2 Charles
II, and in 1660 was naturalized by Parliament.
He was likewiſe created Earl of Bellamont in Ire-
land, and dying without iſſue, he by his laſt
will bequeathed the manor of Chilton, among the
reſt of his eſtates, to his nephew Charles Stanbope,
ſecond ſon of his brother Philip, before-men-
tioned, then Earl of Cheſterfield, in tail male ;
remainder to Philip, Lord Stanbope, fon and heir
apparent to his brother, in like tail; remainder
to his brother Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, in like
tail, with divers remainders over (P).
Charles Stanhope, above-mentioned, changed
his name to Wotton, and poffefed this manor ;
but dying in 1704, without iſſue, it came by
the above entaila to Philip, Lord Stanhope, his
elder brother, who, on his father's death in
1713, ſucceeded as Earl of Cheſterfield, and,
about the year 1725, alienated it to Richard
Harvey, of Dane-court in Tilmanſtone, efq; on
whoſe death it deſcended to his ſon John Harvey,
eſq; whoſe fon the Rev. Mr. Richard Harvey,
F. S. A. (9) and afterwards Vicar of Eaſtry, died
poffeffed of it on March 6, 1772, leaving his
widow, daughter of Mr. Springett, ſurviving,
who is the preſent poffeffor of this manor, and
iſſue by her two ſons, John-Springett, now a Bar-
riſter-at-law, and Richard, and four daughters
Mary, Sarah, Frances, and Ann-Elizabeth (r).
There is no Court held for this manor. પીવી
enot xil bil sd 1
anotot pleo FUL STON,
2.No usbrie
called antiently Fogylſton, was a large manſion,
ſituated at a ſmall diſtance ſouthward from the
laft-deſcribed manor, which, from the burials
of the Garrards in the chancel belonging to this
eſtate in Sitting borne church, ſeems to have been
the early reſidence of that family in this pariſh.
However that be, in the reign of K. Henry VIII.
it was become the eſtate and relidence of John
Cromer, efq; the third ſon of fir James Cromer,
of Tunſtall, knt. who died in 1539 (s), and was
buried in this church, leaving his three daugh-
ters his coheirs (t); viz. Bennet, wife of Thomas
Tornem uron bis 193
(p) See more of the Wottons and Stanhopes, under Bough-
ton Malherb, p. 428, 430. dari mo bom
(9) He was of conſanguinity to Archhiſop Chichele, his
father John Harvey having married Margaret, daughter of
Gideon Maude, Rector of Hothfield, by Margaret, daughter
of Charles Toke, of Bere, in this county. See Stem. Chich.
No. 20-164.
They bear for their arms-Or, on a chief indented ſable, 3
creſcents argent. sila sa 10
(r) The two eldeſt of whom are married to Mr. Boys, of
Betſhanger, and Mr. Joynes, of Graveſend.
(s) See Somn. Gavelkind, p. 166. Weever, p. 279.
(+) The manuſcript and printed pedigrees mention his
wife, as Joane, daughter of Iſaac ; but in the manuſcript
account of Mr. Le Neve, of the ſeveral churches of the dio-
ceſe of Canterbury, taken in 1603, there is a drawing of
2015
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at it.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE,
h year of K. Edw. III. (v)
tiful, and befitting the royalt,
The HISTORY of K E N T. 615
SITTINGBORNE.
MILTON HUNDRED.
Alpburnham; Elizabeth, of Henry Bourne, of Shar- y1 quarter of a mile from the town, is a key, called
fted; and Grace, of Stephen Ellis, and afterwards Crown Key, of which great uſe is made by all the
of Nicholas Finch.
Fiataw subser HT
neighbouring country, for the exporting of their
Probably, by his will, or by a former entail, corn and wood, and the relanding of the ſeveral
on his dying without male iſſue, this ſeat de kinds of commodities from London and elſe-
ſcended to his nephew, fir James Cromer, of Tun where. It belonged formerly to Richard Chellyn,
Stall, knt, whoſe grandſon, of the ſame name, efq; of whom it was purchaſed by the preſent
dying without male iſſue in 1613, Chriſtian, one owner of it, Mr. John Huggins, who has built a
of his daughters and coheirs, married in 1624 good houſe there, with all other buildings and
to John Hales, eſq; eldeſt ſon of fir Edward Hales, ſtorehouſes, neceſſary for the traffic carried on
of Tenterden, knt. and bart, entitled her huſband
to the poffeffion of it, among the reſt of her large About a quarter of a mile ſouthward from the
inheritance. He died in his father's life-time, ſtreet, in the road to Tunſtall, is a good modern
in 1639, leaving iſſue a ſon Edward, who ſuc built houſe, called Glovers, belonging to Mr.
ceeded his grandfather in title and eſtate in 1654; Banniſter, in which he reſides.
in whoſe deſcendants it has continued down to The lands in this pariſh are'in general fertile,
for Edward Hales, of St. Stephen's near Canterbury, like thofe, already deſcribed, adjoining to it.
bart. the preſent owner of it (u).
To the fouthward of the ſtreet are many planta-
tions of hops, which are not ſo numerous as
heretofore, the low price of that commodity,
The priory of Leeds was poſſeſſed of lands in
as well as the increaſed price of labour, render-
this pariſh in the 12th year
ing them at preſent a moſt unprofitable culture;
and the grounds are now in general only kept
Stephen de Moriſtun gave half an acre of land
in this pariſh to the priory of Rocheſter (w). Inom
up as nurſeries for young plantations of fruit-
K. Henry VIII, in his 36th year, granted to
trees, to which they muſt ſoon, in their turn,
give place.
John Pordage, among other pren:iſes, a mill in
Sittingborne, to hold in capite by knights fer-
Q. Elizabeth, by her charter, bearing date Jan.
4, in her 16th year, incorporated the town of Site
Sir Thomas Wyat, knt. was poffeffed of ſome
tingborne, by the name of a Guardian and free Te.
eſtate here in the above-mentioned reign, which,
nants thereof; and at the ſame time granted to it
market weekly on a Wedneſday, and two fairs
anno 33 Henry
Henry VIII, he conveyed in exchange
to that King, in purſuance of an act of Parlia-
yearly, the one at Whitſuntide, and the other at
Michaelmas
, with many other privileges : which
ment paſſed for that
purpoſe (y).
charter was uſed for ſeveral years, and until the
STT PRESENT STATE OF SITTINGBORNE. Queen was pleaſed, through further favor to
buat statudo od to allow ads aoque pindaak in so
this place, to grant to it another more ample
The town of Sitting borne is built on each ſide
charter, April 20th, in her 4ift year,
of the great high road leading from London to
whereby ſhe incorporated this place, by the name
Dover, at the 40th mile-ſtone from London
of a Mayor and Jurats, and regranted the market
bridge, on an aſcent towards the weſt. It is a and fairs, with the addition of a great number
wide, long ſtreet, the houſes of which are moſtly of privileges, and among others, of returning
modern, being well built of brick, and faſhed. two Members to Parliament.
* bado
The principal ſupport of it has always been, " This charter does not appear ever to have
and ſtill continues to be from the inns, and been uſed, or the privileges in it exerciſed. The
houſes of reception in it for travellers, of which market, after having been uſed for ſeveral years,
there are many (2). i 21niseadh
was dropped, and only the two yearly fairs have
The church ſtands almoſt at the eaſt end of it, been kept up, which are ſtill held on Whit-Mon-
near which there riſes a clear ſpring of water in day and the two following days, for linen and toys,
the high road, which flows from thence north and on 087. 10th, and the four following days, for
ward into Milton creek, on which, about a linen, woollen, cloaths, hardware, &c. and on
OUR 100
the coats of arms, in one of the windows of this church, of (w) Reg. Roff. p. 118.
John Cromer, of Fuifton, eſq; and his two wives, Guldeford (*) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 19. i to
bo
and Grove, and their ſeveral quarterings; viz. Cromer quar-
() Augtn. off. book C. 20, deeds of purch. and exch.
tering Squirry, and impaling Guldeford quartering Halden,
in one fhield-and the like of Cromer quartering Squirry, and
(z) The inhabitants of this town boaft much of John
Northwood, of Northwood, eſq; having entertained K. Henry
impaling Grove, ermine, on a chevron gules 3 eſcallops or, in
V, on his triumphant return from France, at the Red Lion
the other.
Inn, in this town; and though the entertainment was plen-
(u) The greateſt part of this manfion has been pulled
down within memory, and a neat farm-houſe has been
the difference of the times, that the whole expence of it
erected on the ruins of it. See more of the Hales's and Cro-
amounted to no more than gs. gd. wine being then fold at
mers, under Tunſtall above, p. 576, 577.
2d. a pint, and other matters in proportion.
(v) Tan. Mon. p. 212;
the
vice (x).

616
of K E N T.
The
HISTORY
SITTINGBORNE.
the ſecond day of it, for the hiring of ſervants,
both in the town of Sitting borne, and in a field,
called Tbe Butts, at the back of the town north.
ward.
It appears by a ſurvey made by the Queen's
order, anno 8 Elizabeth, that there were in this
pariſh at that time, houſes inhabited 88, lack-
ing habitation 5, keys 2; Crowne Key, and Hol-
drege-bouſe Key, the latter appertaining to Ra-
dulph Micheall
.
Ships and boats 3 ; two of one tun, and one
of 24 tuns.
toda
About the middle of the town of Sittingborne,
on the ſouth ſide, there is a good family ſeat, which
was for many years the reſidence of the Lubing-
tons (a), many of whom lie buried in this church,
an account of whom has already been given,
under the pariſh of Rodmerſham, the manor of
which they poffeffed. At length Thomas Godfrey
Luſhington left it to reſide at Canterbury, where
he died in 1757 ; on which, his ſecond ſon,
the Rev. Mr. James Stephen Lushington, became
poſſeſſed of it, and alienated it ſome years after-
wards to Mr. John May, who reſided in it for
ſome years, and then, in 1776, conveyed it by
fale to Mr. George Adams, who has converted it
into an inn, and reſides in it himſelf.
This houſe has had the honor of receiving
under its roof, K. George I. and II, who con-
ſtantly lodged in it, whenever they went to viſit
their German dominions, and returned from
thence into this kingdom again.
This pariſh is within the eaſtern diviſion of
this county:
Lewis Theobald, the poet, made famous by
Mr. Pope, in his Dunciad, was born at Sit-
tingborne, his father being an Attorney at this
place(6).
MILTON HUNDRED.
any one in particular being right; confequently
each alters them as it ſuits his own hypotheſis
beſt. The reader will find more of this ſubject
under the deſcription of both Lenham (d) and
Newington (e).
In the year 893, the Danes having fitted out
a great number of ſhips, with an intention of
ravaging the coaſts of this kingdom, divided
them into two feets ; with one of which they
failed up the river Limene, or Rother, in this
county, and with the other, under the com-
mand of Haſtings, their Captain, they entered
the mouth of the river Thames, and landed at
the neighbouring town of Milton (f), where they
built a caſtle, at a place called Kemſley-down,
about a quarter of a mile north-east from where
the church of Milton now ſtands, which being
overgrown with buſnes, acquired the name of
Caſtle.rough. K. Alfred, on receiving intelli-
gence of theſe depredations, being then in Eaſt
Anglia, marched his forces towards Kent, and in
order to ſtop their incurſions, fome time after-
wards built on the oppoſite or eaſtern ſide of the
creek, about a mile from the Daniſh intrench-
ments, a fortification, part of the ditches of
which, and a ſmall part of the ſtone work, is
ſtill to be ſeen at Bayford-cuſtle, in this pariſh,
which has been deſcribed above (8).
walls of the ang
ANTIQUITI E S.
DELS BOTANY.
Gerarde, the famous herbaliſt, found on the
high road near this place,
Tragoriganum Dodonæi, goats marjorum of Do-
donæus (b).
Ruta muraria five ſalvia vita, wall rue, or que
maidenbair ; upon the walls of the church.yard
here (i).
Colutea minima five coronilla, the ſmalleſt baſtard
ſena; on the chalky barren grounds near Sitting-
borne (k), and lately likewiſe by Mr. Jacob (I).
Hieracium maximum chondrillæ folio afperum ;
obſerved by Mr. John Sherard, very plentifully
in the road from this place to Rocheſter (m).
Lychnis Saponaria di&ta, common ſopewort; by
the ſame perſon, on the ſame road (n).
Tithymalus Hybernicus, Iriſh Spurge ; between
this place and Faverſham (0). 15 til
Eryſimum fopbia di&tum ; found by Mr. Jacob,
on the road fides near Sittingborne (P), and on
the Standard Key (P).
Some few of our antiquarians have been in-
clined to fix the Roman ſtation, called, in the ſe-
cond iter of Antonine, Durolevum, at or near
Sittingborne ;
; among which are Mr. Talbot, Dr.
Horſley, Baxter, and Dr. Stukeley in his com-
ment upon his favorite Richard of Cirenceſter(c);
but they have but little to offer in ſupport of
their conjecture, except the diſtances made uſe
of in one or two copies, which are ſo different
in many of them, that there is no truſting to
and Milton, and direct their courſe northwards from thence
into the waters of the Swale, at no great diſtance from each
other. See Spelman's Life of Alfred, p. 44, 47.
(8) See Camd. Brit. p. 234, and vol. i. of this hiſtory,
р. Xxxix.
(a) In the ſurvey of Milton manor anno 1653, Thomas
Luſhington, formerly Auguſtine Luſhington his father's, claimed
to hold of that manor a houſe and four acres of land, late
a garden adjoining to it, formerly Robert Tomlyn's, in Sit.
tingburne, at the yearly rent of 9d.
(6) See the Dunciad, book i, 1. 282.
(e) Burt, on Anton. p. ix, 17.9. Horſley's Rom. Brit.
p. 425. Richard of Cirenceſter, p. 41, 43, 59. Lel. Itin.
vol. iii, p. 173, and Baxter's Gloſſary.
(0) See above, p. 451. (e) Ibid. p. 561.
(f) Secus Fontes Cantianos, which muſt mean the ſeveral
ſtreams of freſh water, which riſe at Bapchild, Sittingborne,
(5) Johnſon's Gerarde's Herbal, p. 668.
(i) Ibid. p. 1144. (k) Ibid. p. 1300.
(1) Jacob's Faverſham Plants, p. 47.
(m) Raii Synopſis, p. 166. (n) Ibid. p. 339.
(0) Hudſoni Flora Ang. p 210.
() Jacob's Faverdham Plants, p. 36.
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The H I S T OR YO of K E N T:
SITTINGBORNE.
Milton HUNDRED.
Oenanthe cicute facie lobellii, hemlock dropwort; The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael,
found by the ſame in the Water-lane, between is a large, handſome building, conſiſting of
Sittingborne and Millon (q).
three ifles and two chancels, and two croſs ones;
at the weſt end is a tower beacon ſteeple, in
CHARITIES.
which is a clock, and a ſet of climes, and fix
John Allen, of Sitting borne, by his laſt will; dated
bells (s).
Oct. 26, 1615(r), gave 40s. per annum, for the
On the ſtone font, which is an octagon, are
repairing of the alms-houſes, and for firing for carved the arms of Archbiſhop Arundel,-—a ſhield,
the poor living in them, to be paid out of having on it a croſs flory; and another with the
emblems of Chriſt's crucifixion on it.
Robert Hodſole, by will, in 1684, gave ios. On the 17th of July, 1762, the wind being
per annum to the poor, payable every Chriſtmas exceeding high, a fire broke out on the roof of
day yearly, out of Mrs. Rondeau's land.
this church, occaſioned by the plumbers, who
John Grant, by will, dated Nov. I, 1689, were repairing the leads, having left their fire
gave 20s. per annum, to be paid in corn and burning whilſt they were gone to dinner, which
bread on Jan. I, out of Mrs. Trott's farm. entirely conſumed the whole of it, except the
N. B. The church warden's and overſeers have
bare walls and the tower. All the monuments
a power to diſtrain for all the above-mentioned againſt the walls were deſtroyed, and many of
payments.
the grave-ſtones broken to pieces, by the falling
Five ſeams of boiling peas are yearly paid of the timbers of the roof on them.
from the parfonage, to be diſtributed to the poor In the beginning of the next year, a brief paſſed
on every Chriſtmas-day yearly.
the great ſeal for the rebuilding of this church,
Katherine Dicks; by her laſt will, left the fum which, with the contributions of the inhabitants,
of 251. to be put out on land ſecurity, the inte and a gift of sol. from Archbiſhop Secker, enabled
reſt of it to be laid out for ever in fix two-penny them to ſet about the rebuilding of it. This
loaves, to be given to fix poor widows, &c. who was ſtopped for ſome little time by the owners
attend divine ſervice, beginning every year on
of the three chancels, belonging to the Bayford,
the firſt Sunday after Chriſtmas-day.
Chilton, and Fulſton eſtates, refuſing to con.
The alms-houſes above-mentioned, belonging tribute to the rebuilding of them, which, on their
to this pariſh, are ſituated in Crown Key-lane. perſiſting in it, were rebuilt at the ſame coſt
that the reſt of the church was; and the whole
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
of it was afterwards completed and fitted up in
Sittingborne is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic a very handſome manner (u).
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of In this church there was, before the refor-
Sittingborne.
mation, a chantry, called Bufberb's chantry (U).
(9) Jacob's Faverſam Plants, p. 73.
part of them, been in the moſt abſurd manner removed,
(r) In the Fulton chancel in this church, there is a grave-
from the
graves over which they before lay, from one ifle,
ſtone, with an inſcription on braſs, for John Allen, who died and from one chancel of the church, to another part of it,
and ſome even from the church-yard, juſt as it ſuited the
(1) In this church, there were formerly memorials for workmen to make the pavement complete ; ſo that there is
John Cromer, of Fulſton, and Joane his wife. He died in now hardly a gueſs to be made, where the bodies lie, that
les die
1539. For John Septvans, of the Iſe of Thanet, eſq; ſon of the inſcriptions commemorate.
John Septvans, of this pariſh, efq; who died in 1458, and The graveſtones of the Luſhingtons, I believe, were none
for Katherine his wife. For James Bourne, efq; who died in of them removed. on en slood
1400. For Thomas, fon of Laurence Garrúrd, who died in The ſouth croſs chancel belonged to the eſtate of Fulfion
1487. For John Garrard, and Joane his wife. He died in in this pariſh ; againſt the weſt wall of it, there is a monu-
1531; and for for Richard Lovelace, knt. Marſhal of Calais, ment for Thomas Baniſter, gent, who died on Jan. 24, 1750,
whoſe fone was richly inlaid with brats.sti
æt. 52, leaving iſſue John, Thomas, and Elizabeth. His
In the windows of it were ſeveral coats of arms, among
others--- Argent, 3 lions rampant azure, on a chief ſable, Cheney, gent. who died on Nov. 29, 1519, leaving iſſue
a demi lion rampant argent. There were likewiſe the arms three ſons and two daughters, by Elizabeth his wife, daugh-
of Lovelace, Criol, Nottingham, Clinton, Northwood, Ley ter of John Afley, eſq; of the co. of Norfolk; and a braſs
borne, Garrard, and Bourne, and of John Cromer, eſq; and with an inſcription, for Laurence Garrard, who died on Jan.
his two wives Guldiford and Grove.
10, 1493.
There are not any of the inſcriptions or coats of arms, The ſouth-eaſtern chancel belonged to the Chilton eſtate ;
above-mentioned, now remaining; nor is there, indeed, any in the lower part of which are many graveſtones of the fa-
painted glaſs left in the windows of this church, the whole mily of Luſhington, whoſe burial-place this was. Dr. Lupa
of it having been deſtroyed by the fire in 1762, and the ington's monument; of which there are no remains left, was
windows have been ſince entirely refitted with modern placed againſt the ſouth wall, at the weſt end of the chan-
glaſs.
cel. In the upper part of this chancel is a vault, belong-
(u) It has been mentioned above, that from the firé, by ing to the Chilton eſtate, in which is only one coffin, of
which this church was burned down; the monuments Mr. Harvey, who died in 1751, and a great quantity of
againſt the walls of it were deſtroyed, and moſt of the bones piled up at one end of it.
graveſtones broken by the falling of the timbers. The lat The Archdeacon's Court, in which he holds his viſitation,
ter, in the rebuilding of the church, have, the greateſt is at the upper end of this chancel.
The
Vol. II.
cance super cento dº.
in 1615.
a

of of
K. Richard II, (w) and it remained part of the The
618
The HISTORY K E N T.
SITTINGBORNE.
MILTON HUNDRED.
The church of Silting borne belonged to the which is the only piece of glebe-land belonging
Benediktine nunnery of Clerkenwell, in London, to
to it.
which it was appropriated before the 8th year of The churchwardens of Sitting borné claim to
hold of Milton manor, one croft of land, called
revenues of it till its diſſolution, which hap-
The Buttes, with its appurts. in Sittingborne, at
pened in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII.'s
the yearly rent of 4d.
reign (x), in conſequence of the act then paſſed
for confirming to the King, and his ſucceſſors, CHURCH OF SITTING BORN E.
all ſuch religious houſes, which had been ſup-
PATRONS,
VICARS.
preſſed ſince the former act of the 27th of his or by whom preſented.
reign, or might be in future ſuppreſſed.
(2) Henry Willy, anno 6
This church thus coming into the King's
Richard II.
hands, ſeems to have remained part of the re The Crown. William Calthorpe, A. B.
venues of the Crown till Q. Elizabeth, in her
March 28, 1569, reſig.
3d year, having taken into her hands certain
1587.
manors, lands, &c. parcel of the revenue of the The Archbiſhop. (a) Robert Joye, A. M. Jan,
ſee of Canterbury, by her letters patent, dated
Pro 9, 1587, reſig. 1593.
July 12, that year, granted to Matthew, Archp.
bainil aprodis Edmund Littleton, A. M.
of Canterbury, and his ſucceſſors, certain rectories,
Sept. 21, 1593, obt. 1602.
parſonages, and other premiſes in lieu of them,
William Covell, S.T.P. Feb.
among which was this church or parſonage of
oog od sr boat I, 1602, refig. 1603.
Sitting borne, with the advowſon of the ſame, be-
Francis Foxton, S.T.B. Nov.
ing then valued at 131. 6s. 8d. Since which they
9, 1603, reſig. 1623.
have continued parcel of the poſſeſſions of the
Edward Garland, A.M. O&.
Archbiſhopric, and remain fo at this time.
3, 1623.
The parſonage has been from time to time The King, by lapſe. George Jones, 1662,0bt.17052
leaſed out on a beneficial leaſe for 21 years, at The Archbiſhop.nin (b) Mark Hildeſley, A. M.
the yearly rent of 131. 6s 8d. by the ſucceeding
April 24, 1705, reſig.
Archbiſhops. In 1643, John Olebury, gent. was gaignolad banojna 1710.
leſſee; in later times, Cockin Sole, of Bobbing, dostala do Jobn Swanne, A.B. May 1,
eſq; whoſe ſon John Cockin Sole, eſq; is the pre-
ELOISSA Shadraſh Cooke, A. M. Feb?
1710.
ſent lefſee of it.
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this par-
Pasitolo 1721, obt. 1722.
ſonage was valued at 231. 6s. 8d.
bris, Robert Tyler, A.B. Jan. 18,
In 1578, on a ſurvey of the dioceſe of Can-
1723
terbury, it was returned, that the parſonage of
Norſe, obt. June 10,
Sittingborne was impropriate to the Queen's Ma-
** 1736.
jeſty ; the vicarage alſo in her gift; dwelling prepagosto (c) Robert Tyler, A.M. relig.
houſes 80; communicants 300; the tenths 2os.
beb ontw
May 1740.
The vicarage is valued in the King's books
152 Dirt
(d) Jonathan Monkton, A.M.
at rol, the yearly tenths being 11. (y)
line May 23, 1740, reſig. Nov.
In 1640, it was valued at 561. Communi. to not sol 1742.
cants 380.
boboibor (e)Tbomas Bland, A.M.Nov.
The vicarage houſe is ſituated not far from
i boibo
26, 1742, obt. Aug. 23,
the north ſide of the church-yard, adjoining to
1766.
hee of
no
نام اور اولاد )
The middle chancel is the Archbiſhop's, and belongs to
the parſonage; in which there is a memorial for Mathew,
ſon of fir John, and grandſon of Archbiſhop Parker, who
died in 1645.
Swarot 59
The northern chancel is made uſe of as a veſtry.
The north croſs chancel belongs to the Bayford eſtate in
this pariſh. In it there is a graveſtone, with an inſcription
on it, for ſeveral of the children of Thomas Brockhull, of
Sittingborne, gent, and Rachell his wife, who died infants,
at the latter end of the laſt century; and in the north wall,
there is the effigies of a woman, lying at length, in the
hollow of the wall, with an arch, carved and ornamented,
over her, and midway between the arch and figure, a flat
table ſtone of Betherſden marble: the whole of it ſeems very
antient.
(v) Survey of Chantries, Augtn. off.
boll
(w) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 41.
(x) Sir Jordan Briſet gave about 14 acres of land to one
Robert, a prieſt, for him to build a religious houſe on,
upon which there was afterwards a priory founded for nuns,
of the order of St. Benedict, about the year 1100, to the
honor of God, and the affumption of Our Lady ; the re-
venues of which were afterwards fo much increaſed by dif-
ferent benefactors, that they amounted at the diffolution of
it to 282l. 16s. 5d. per annum, whole revenue, or 2621. 198.
clear annual income. Tan. Mon. p. 299.
(») Ect. Thef. p. 13.0
(z) Cartæ Antiq
(a) He reſigned this vicarage for that of Rainham.
(6) He was alſo Rector of Murſton.
(c) He ſeems to be the ſame perſon mentioned next but
one before, and to have taken this vicarage a ſecond time,
In 1726, he was preſented to the vicarage of Newington,
which, as well as this, he reſigned in 1750, on being pre-
ſented to the rectory of Tunſtall, and vicarage of St. Laurence
in the Iſle of Thanet.
(d) He reſigned this vicarage for that of Marden.
(e) He was alſo Rector of Little Warley in the co. of Efex.
Richard

The HISTORY of 2 K E N T. 619
THE
Μ Α Ν Ο R.
of it,
MILTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
(f) Richard Podmore, LL.B. De filva regis ht Wadard' tant qd' redd' 16.
Sept. 19, 1766, reſigned den' p. ann' & dimidia' dena' tenet qua' T. R. E.
1777.
q’da’ villan' tenuit. & Alnod Cild duas partes Cuida'
Samuel Evans, 1778. Pre villo' p vim abftulit
fent Vicar.
Æcclas & decimas huj' m' ten' abb' S’ Auguſtini
& 40 ſol de 4. Solins regis exeunt ei.
Which is :
MI L Τ Ο Ν,
In the Half Lath of Middeltune,
In Middeltune Hundred,
OR, more properly, Middleton, lies the next
pariſh north-weſtward from Sittingborne, laſt King William holds Middeltune. It was taxed at
deſcribed, and ſeems to have taken its name
24 ſulings; without theſe there are in demeſne four
from the Saxon Midletun, a name denoting its
ſulings, and there are three carucates in demeſne.
ſituation in the middle part of this county.
In this manor there are 300 and 9 villeins, with
74 borderers, having 167 carucâtes. There are fix
mills of 30 shillings, and 18 acres of paſture. There
are 27 Salt-pits of 27 Shillings. There are 32
Even ſo early as the reign of K. Alfred, when fiſheries of 22 ſhillings and 8 pence. Of toll 40
he divided this county into Laths and Hundreds, || Shillings; of paſure 13 Millings and 4 pence. Wood
this place was in his own hands as part of the for the pannage of 220 bogs; and the tenants of
royal demeſnes, and is therefore conſtantly men the Weald pay 50 Millings for trappings and horſes.
tioned, by our antient hiſtorians, by the deſcrip In this manor there are 10 ſervants. In the whole,
tion of villa Regia de Midleton, i.e. the King's in the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, it was
town of Midleton; on which account it ſeems worth 200 pounds by tale, and as much when
likely, that he annexed the Hundred to the ma Haimo, the Sheriff, received it, and the like now
nor of it, as to a place more eminent than any Of this manor, Hugo de Port holds eight ſulings
other within the bounds of it, and called it by and one yoke, which, in the time of K. Edward the
the ſame name (8).00
Confeſſor, were, with other ſulings, at a yearly rent.
Milton continued part of the antient demeſnes
There he has three carucates in demeſne.
of the crown of this realm at the time of William This land, which Hugo de Port holds, is worth
the Conqueror's taking poffeffion of it; accord 20 pounds, which were reckoned in the 200 pounds
ingly it is thus entered in the general ſurvey of of the whole manor. He who holds Middeltun pays
Domeſday, taken in the year 1080, being the 140 pounds by aſay and by weight, and likewiſe 15
15th of that Prince's reign, under the general pounds and 6 ſhillings, all but 2 pence, by tale.
title of Terra Regis, that is, The King's Antient
The Reeve pays Haimo the Sherif 12 pounds.
Of the King's woods, Wardard has as much as
In Dimidio Left de Middeltune.
pays 16 pence per annum, and holds half a denne,
In Middeltune Hund'.
which, in the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, a
Rex W ten Middeltune p quať 20.ti folins ſe defd.'
certain villein beld; and Alnod Cild took away two
Extra hos ſunt in dnio 4 ſolins & ibi 3 car' in parts by force from a certain villein.
dnio'. In hoc m' 300. ti &
villi cu 74. bord. The Abbat of St. Auguſtine holds the churches and
9.
bnt 167. Car'. Ibi ſunt 6. mold de 30 folid. & 18. tythes of this manor, and 40 ſhillings of the King's,
ac pti. Ibi 27 Salina de 27 ſolidis. Ibi 32 piſcaria
de 22 fol' & 8 den' De Theloneo 40. fol de paſtura. The manor of Milton, with the Hundred of
13. fol. & 4. Den'. Silva 220. porc. & ho’es de the ſame annexed to it, continued part of the
Walt reddunt 50 Sol. pro Ineward & averis. In royal demeſnes of the crown of England for ſe-
boc m' ſunt 10 ſervi. Int' totu' T. R. E. Valeb veral centuries after this; and though ſeveral
Vicecom',
grants for terms of years, and for the lives of
200 lib' ad numeru' & tnd qdo Haimo recep' &
different perſons, were made of it, yet the fee
mo fimiliter.
gusht
of it was never parted with, but remained uninter-
De boc m’ ten'Hugo de port 8. ſolins & unu' rupted in the Crown till the reign of K. Charles
jugu'. qui. T. R. E. erant cu alijs folins in cºſue I, as will be mentioned below. Indeed it was
tudine. Ibi ht 3. car'. in dnio'.
uſually granted from time to time to the ſeveral
b tra qua' ten'
ten” Hugo de port val 20 lib' q Queens of this realm, as part of their dowers, or
Coputant' in 200 tis lib' toti' m' Middeltun qui ten'
to others of the royal blood, and they procured
reddit. 140. lib' ad igne' & ad penſa’ & infup 15. divers exemptions and privileges to it, moſt of
which it enjoys at this period of time.
lib' & 6 fol. 2. denar'. minu' ad numeru' Haimoni In the reign of K. Stephen, it continued in
dat ppoſit 12. libros
the King's own hands, as appears by his ex-
Demeſne : <3, that is
four fulings are payable to bim.
SO
rew
DS
bo tra
Vice
3
(f) He reſigned this vicarage on being preſented to that
of Cranbrooke and Apledore.
(8) Lamb. Pcramb. p. 254. Madox's Firma Burgi,
p. 15
change

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The HISTORY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
change of land belonging to it, among others,
for the manor of Faverſham, to found the abbey
on there (b); and it did ſo in the reign of K.
John, in the 6th year of which the inhabitants
of Middleton gave the King 1o marcs, to uſe the
ſame liberties as they had done in the time of
K. Henry I.
In the 14th year of the reign of K. Henry II,
Milton, as part of the King's demeſnes, paid re-
ſpective aid to him (i).
Hugh de Montfort, nephew to K. Henry III,
had the cuſtody of this manor and Hundred,
for the King's uſe, in the 42d year of that
reign(k).
In the iſt year of K. Edward I, William de
Heure had the cuſtody of the manor of Middel-
ton committed to him, to hold during the King's
pleaſure (l); the year after which, the King
granted it, to hold likewiſe during his pleaſure,
to John de Burgo, Senior (m), who held the poſ-
ſeſſion of it for a few years only; for the King,
in his 9th year, granted this manor for life to
Queen Elianor his mother (n), who held it at her
death, which happened on June 25, in the 2oth
year of that reign (0). After which, he ſercled
it in dower on his ſecond wife Queen Margaret,
on his marriage with her in the 27th year of his
reign (D). She ſurvived him, and died ſeiſed
of it in the roth year of K. Edward II, during
which time ſhe claimed, and had, a further al.
lowance likewiſe of divers liberties and privi-
leges for this manor (9).
The next year the King granted it to his
Queen Iſabella, in dower (r), who, in the 13th
year of it, obtained of him a grant of a market,
to be held weekly on a Thurſday, at his manor of
Middleton, and a fair there yearly for four days,
viz. on the Eve and Day of St. Margaret, and the
next two days following (s).
She does not ſeem to have continued in the
poffeffion of this manor long after her huſband's
death, which happened in his 20th year, anno
1327 (); for K. Edward III. made a grant of
it to his Queen Philippa, in dower, in the 7th
year of his reign. About which time, the mill
within this manor, called South Milne, was the
King's priſon, and he granted the cuſtody of it
accordingly.
After which, ſhe obtained the confirmation
of ſeveral different liberties and privileges to it,
and then, in the 19th year of K. Edward III,
ſhe demiſed this manor, with the Hundred, and
all liberties belonging to it, except regalities,
to William de Clinton, Earl of Huntington, for a
term of years, at the yearly rent of zool. (u)
Queen Philippa died on Aug. 15, 1369, anno
43 Edward III, moſt probably in the poſſeſſion
of this manor(v), which ſeems to have remained
in the hands of the Crown, during the whole of
the ſucceeding reign of K. Richard II. (w) It
certainly was ſo at the death of that Prince, for
on the acceſſion of K. Henry IV, he granted it
in his iſt year, to Hugh de Watterton, Conſtable
of Queenborough caſtle, and again in his 7th year
to his fourth fon, Humphry, afterwards Duke of
Glouceſter, and Protector of the realm, and for
his love of his country, and many amiable qua-
lities, furnamed The Good (x). He was feiſed of
it at his death, which happened in the 25th
year of K. Henry VI, anno 1446. (y)
mit at
any one had
(5) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 688.
(i) Madox's Exchequer, p. 409.
() Fines, anno 6 Johan. m. 1.
(1) Pat. ejus an pt. 1, n. 17.
(m) Pat. anno 2 Edward I.
(n) Pat. ejus an.
(6) She was ſecond daughter and coheir of Raymund,
Earl of Provence, and was married with
great ſolemnity at
Canterbury, on Jan.14, 1236, by the Archbiſhop of Can-
terbury. See Sandford's Gen. Hift. book ii, p. 89.
(p) She was fifter to Philip IV, ſurnamed the Fair, K.
of France, and was married at Canterbury on Sept. 8, in
his 27th year. She died anno 10 Edward II, and was in-
terred in the Grey Friars in London, in the choir before the
altar; which monaſtery ſhe herſelf had built. Sandford,
Rot. 10.
ve Edward 111
(1) Q. Iſabella was daughter of Philip the Fair, K. of
France. She continued a widow for 30 years, and dying
anno 31 Edward III, was buried in the Grey Friars, London.
Sandf. Gen. Hift. book iïi, p. 145.
It was found by a jury, ſworn, &c. that there was a cer.
tain cuſtom in the Hundred of Middleton, that if
a child born in adultery, and could not on that acquit him-
ſelf on his trial, or if he confeſſed the fact, and was con-
victed, that he ſhould forfeit all his goods and chattels to
to the King; and by this cuſtom, the Bailiff of the Queen
ſeized all the goods of ſuch an adulterer, on account of the
taking of which he was then indicted; and he pleaded, tha
the cuſtom was ſuch, &c. Mich. 21 Edward III, B. R.
See Rolle's Abridgm. p. 562.
Edward III, pt. 1, m. 26.
(v) She was third daughter of William, Earl of Henault,
and was married to the King at York, in 1327. She was
buried in Weſtminſter abbey. Sandford ibid. book iii, p.
158, 172.
(xv) In the Tower Records, of the iſt year of K. Richard
II, claus N. 33, there is an exemption granted to the men
of the Hundred of Middleton, from all watch and ward on
the ſea coaſts, except in the iſland of Shepey. Harris's Hilt.
of Kent, p. 207
(x) See Pat. Hen. IV, an. 1, pt. 4, m. 17, and an. 7,
pt. I, m. I, and pt. 8, m. I, where the Lord of this ma-
nor had wreck of the ſea.
(y) See a full account of him and his marriages, vol. i.
of this hiftory, p. 410, note ().
(4) Pát.
19
book iii, p. 134.
He aſſigned it to her by letters patent, dated Sept. 20th
that
year, in purſuance of treaty, whereby he engaged to
ſettle on her in dower, lands, &c. of the yearly value of
15000l. Tournais, which he augmented of his own bounty
to 18000. Among other premiſes, he aſſigned the manor
and hundred of Middleton, with their appurts, of the yearly
value of 2401. beyond repriſes. Rym. Feed. vol. ii, p.
856.
(7) Plita Coronæ 6 Edward II, R. 48, R. 50, R. 51,
Dorso Wreccum.
(r) Rot. Pat, ejus an. pt. 2.
() Dated at York, Dec. 24. Rot. Claus, ejus an.
m. 10.
On

The
621
HISTORY of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
On his death without iſſue, the polfeffion of
this manor reverted to the Crown, K. Henry
VI. being found by inquiſition to be his couſin
and next heir. Immediately on which, the King
granted this manor and hundred to Margaret his
Queen, to hold during her life, without any
rent or account whatſoever (2), and ſhe poſſeſſed
it till the iſt year of K. Edward IV, when ſhe
was attainted in Parliament, together with K.
Henry VI, their ſon the Prince of Wales, and
others of their adherents (a).
After which, K. Edward IV, in his 4th year,
granted this manor, with the hundred, to his
youngeſt brother George Plantagenet, Duke of
Clarence (b), who, in the 18th year of that reign,
falling under the diſpleaſure of the King, his
brother, was attainted in Parliament of high
treaſon (c); upon which the poſſeſſion of this
manor and hundred reverted again to the Crown,
where it continued during the remainder of that
reign. After which, K. Edward V, in his iſt
year, granted the receiverſhip of it to William
Clifford, ell; the ſame having come into his
hands by the above forfeiture, and by virtue of
a certain act of Parliament (d).
After which I have not met with any further
grants of it, but in the 17th year of Q. Eliza-
beth, anno 1575, it was in the Queen's own
poſſeſſion (e), when a ſolemn inquiſition, by vir-
tue of a commiſſion iſſued to fir Roger Manwood,
Juſtice of the Common Pleas, and others for
that purpoſe, was had by a jury, ſworn to en.
quire concerning the cuſtoms, bounds, and rights
of her manors and hundreds of Milton and Marden,
in this county (f):
At length K. James I, by patent dated April
1, in his 7th year, granted this manor, with the
hundred of Milton, to Philip Herbert, Eurl of
Montgomery, for the term of 60 years, and his
ſucceſſor K. Charles I, by patent, dated Jan.
2, in his 10th year, granted the fee of it to fir
Edward Browne and Chriſtopher Favell, who foon
afterwards conveyed their intereſt in it to fir
Edward Leach and Edward Taverner, and they
paſſed it away by fale to Philip, Earl of Pembroke
and Montgomery, above-mentioned (8), who then
(z) By letters patent, dated at St. Edmundſbury, Feb. 24th
that
year, pat. p. 2, m. 27. Rym. Fed. vol. xi, p. 155.
(a) See Cott. Rec. p. 671. Q. Margaret was daughter
of Reyner, Duke of Anjou, titular King of Jeruſalem, &c.
and was married to K. Henry VI, at Southwick in Hamp-
ſhire, on April 22, 1445. By her ambitious intrigues, ſhe
brought on her huſband's and family's ruin; on the ac-
ceſſion of K. Edward, ſhe was attainted, and was ſent back
into France to her father, having been ranfomed by K. Lewis
XI, of France. See Sandf. Gen. Hift. book iv, p. 291, 298.
(6) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 162.
(c) About a month after which, he was drowned in a
butt of malmſey, in the Tower, by the conſent of the King
his brother, the Duke of Glouceſter aſſiſting thereat with his
own hands. See more of him, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 215.
(d) Harl. Mf. No. 433–61-62.
(e) In a patent or deputation, granted anno 27 Elizabeth,
to the Lord Cobham, Warden of the Five Ports, by the Lord
Admiral Howard, impowering him to claim fuch wreck of
the ſea as was not claimed by any particular grant, there is
an exception made of this place of Middleton, and the ſea
adjoining to it. Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 207.
(f) The bounds of the manor and hundred of Milton were
then preſented to be as follows:
From Queenborough to Warden, including the whole iſland
of Sheper, excepting part of Minſter pariſh ; from Warden
along the ſouth ſide of the iſland to the Faverſham grounds,
eaſi by Crogsdeep, and thence on the main land to Frognal
freſh marſh in Tenham, thence by Frognal-moat acroſs a
lane leading to Tong-mill, and thence to Radfield, and ſo
croſs the London road to Scuttington in Tong pariſh, and
thence by a lane leading to Torryhill, and ſo on to a place
called Pilchers, and South Groves, in Lenham, and thence
to woodland called Priors, and through the midſt of that
wood to a 'carrying way leading from Swanton-court to Tun-
fall, and thence by the way leading from Bredgar to Hol-
lingborne, and ſo along that highway to Holling borne, and
thence along the lane leading to Bicknor ; and thence to the
road leading from Maidſtone to Milton, then to Danguiſh-
well, and thence to the ſouth end of Greenftreet, and from
thence to a mark-ſtone in Robert Plott's garden hedge, and
thence along Foxes-lane to Foxes-land, leaving the vicarage
land of Stockbury eaſt, and thence by Blackdane, and ſo up
the highway to Lyggets-croſs, and ſo to Digg-croſs, and thence
along an old dike, called Jackatte Face, and ſo to Park-valley,
and thence to Cock-bill, and ſo along the highway to Orgattese
pytte, and ſo down the highway to the nether corner of Rowes
hill, and thence along the fouth ſide of Long-lane to the high-
way called Hode-lane, and thence, leaving a parcel of wood
belonging to the lordſhip of Bredhurſt' to the left, and ſo to
the highway leading from Parkefield to Bredhurſt, and ſo
down that highway to Labenfirice-gate, and thence to
Markoke, and ſo on, leaving the lordſhip of Gillingham on
the weſt, and thence to a certain highway leading from
Rocheſter and Sittingborne, and ſo croſs the ſaid highway to
I wydall-field, and ſo to Rainham mark, and thence to the
highway leading from Weſt Rainham to Gillingham, and
along the ſaid highway to a falt creek called Weft-hyde, and
ſo croſs a ſea called Harlet, to a marſh called Hayu all, and
ſo on to a falt-water courſe called Yenlett, and thence to
the mouth of the Medway, down the point of Sharpneſs, ſo
to Sheerneſs, and ſo along the ſouth ſide of the Iſland of She-
pey, including the ſame, to the grounds of Faverſham, to
the eaſt to a creek called Tenham alias Bapchild-creek, ta
a mark in Frognall marſh, where we began.
(g) Our genealogiſts begin the pedigree of this family
differently, ſome deducing it from Herbert, natural ſon to
K. Henry I, and others, perhaps with more probability,
from Henry Fitzherbert, Chamberlain to that Prince, who,
as appears from certain records, married Julian, the King's
concubine, daughter of fir Robert Corbet, of Alenceſter in
the co. of Warwick, which manor was beſtowed
upon
him
by the King
Herbert Fitzherbert, ſon of Henry above-mentioned, was
alſo Chamberlain to K. Stephen, and married Lucy, third
daughter of Milo, Earl of Hereford, and had with her the
foreſt of Dean in the co. of Glouceſter. His deſcendants ſet-
tling in Wales entirely loſt their original name of Herbert,
being called, according to the cuſtom of that nation, by
their own and their anceſtors chriſtian names: of theſe,
Thomas ap Gwillem, ap Jenkin, was ſeated at Llanſanfraid
in the reign of K. Richard II, and made a great addition to
his fortune by marriage with Maud, daughter and heir of
fir John Morley, knt. Lord of Ragland-caftle, wherein he
was ſucceeded by his fon and heir fir William ap Thomas,
knt. who reſided at Ragland-cafile in Monmouthſhire, in the
reign of K. Henry V, who knighted him for his valour in
the wars in France. He married Gladys, daughter of får
Dave
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622
The H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
in this county
zabeth, married to Charles Somerſet, Earl of Worceſter, an. Wir
MILTON.
MILTON HUNDRED.
became entitled to the fee as well as the poffeffion William, Earl of Pembroke, without ſurviving
of it. He had been, by letters patent, dated June iſſue, he ſucceeded him in titles and eſtates:
4, an. 3 James I, advanced to the dignity of a Baron In the 6th year of K. James I, he had been
of this realm, by the title of Lord Herbert, of elected Knight of the Garter, he was Lord
Shurland in the Iſle of Shepey, and Earl of Mont Chamberlain of the Houſhold to K. Charles T;
gomery (h). In the year 1630, being the 6th of Chancellor of the univerſity of Oxford, and
Charles I, on the death of his eldeſt brother Conſtable of Queenborough caſtle (i).
David Gam, widow of fir Roger Vaughan, by whom he had He was twice married ; firſt to Anne, daughter of Thomas,
three ſons, William Herbert, created Earl of Pembroke ; for Lord Parr of Kendall, and fiſter to Queen Catherine, wife
Richard Herbert, of Colbrook, knt. anceſtor of the Lords to K. Henry VIII, by whom he had iſſue two ſons, Henry,
Herbert of Cherbury, and the preſent Earl Powis ; and Tho who ſucceeded him as Earl of Pembroke ; and fir Edward
mas; and alſo a daughter Elizabeth. William, the eldeſt Herbert, knt. anceſtor to the late Marquis of Powis ; and a
fon, was a ſtout adherer to the Houſe of York, and no ſooner daughter Anne, married to Francis, ſon and heir of George
had K. Edward IV. afcended the throne, than, in reward Talbot, Earl of Shrewſbury.
for his great valour and fidelity, he called him to be of his His ſecond wife was Anne, daughter of George, Earl om
council, he being then a Knight, and beſides granted him Shrewſbury, and widow of Peter Compton, Sqs but he had
ſeveral lucrative offices. And, in further conſideration of no iſſue by her, who died in 1988, and was buried at Erith
his great ſervices, in the Parliament begun at Weſtminſter
.
Nov. 4th that year, being the iſt of his reign, he advanced Henry, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded his father as Earl of
him to the dignity of a Baron of this realm, and by other let Pembroke, and in 1574 was elected a Knight of the Garter,
ters patent, dated Feb. 3d following, in which are recited and afterwards Preſident of the Council for the marches in
his manifold ſervices, and eminent merits, he had granted
Wales. He died at his feat at Wilton on Jan. 19, 1601,
to him the calle, town, and lordſhip of Pembroke, with
and was buried in Saliſbury cathedral. He had three wives;
many other caſtles, towns, and lordſhips in South Wales, firſt Catherine, daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk,
and the adjoining parts. After which he was elected a
from whom he was divorced; fecondly Catherine, daughter
Knight of the Garter, and had other eſtates and honorable
of George, Earl of Shrewſbury, by whom he had no iſſue ;
offices conferred on him, and on May 27, anno 8 Edward
thirdly Mary, daughter of fir Henry Sidney, Knight of the
IV, was further advanced to the title of Earl of Pembroke,
Garter, a lady of great learning and virtue, to whom fir
with a further grant of lands at the ſame time. The year
Philip Sidney, her brother, dedicated his celebrated romance
after which, on an inſurrection in the North, on the behalf
of the Arcadia. She died far advanced in years, on Sept.
of the Lancaſtrians, he was ſent with a large force againſt 25, 1621, and was buried near her huſband, having theſe
beautiful lines inſcribed to her memory :
them; but being vanquiſhed and taken priſoner in the con-
flict, he, with his brother for Richard Herbert, and divers
Underneath this marble herſe,
other gentlemen, were brought to Banbury, where they loſt
Lies the ſubjeet of all verſe,
their heads. He left iſſue, beſides other children, a ſon
Sidney's fifter, Pembroke's mother :
William, who ſucceeded him as Earl of Pembroke; but the
Death, e'er thou haſt ſain another,
King being deſirous of dignifying his ſon Prince Ed-
Wife and fair and good as ſhe,
ward with that title, procured a reſignation of it from
Time ſhall throw his dart at thee.
him, and in lieu thereof created him Earl of Huntingdon, by They had iſſue two ſons, William, his ſucceſſor in honors,
letters patent, dated July 4th in his 17th year. He died and Philip, and a daughter Anne, who died young.
without iſſue male, leaving an only daughter and heir Eli William, Earl of Pembroke, the eldeſt, was, in the ift
year of K. James I, elected Knight of the Garter, and was
ceſtor to the preſent Duke of Beaufort. Thus ended the le afterwards made Governor of Portſmouth, Chancellor of
gitimate male line of William, firſt Earl of Pembroke, who the univerſity of Oxford, and Lord Chamberlain of the
likewiſe left iſſue by Maud, daughter and heir of Adam ap Houſhold; and having married Mary, eldeſt daughter and
Howel Graunts, a natural ſon ſir Richard Herbert, of Ewyas, coheir of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewſbury, had iſſue by her one
anceſtor to the preſent Earl of Pembroke, and fir William ſon Henry, who died in his infancy. He departed this life
Herbert, of Troyes.
on April 10, 1630, and was ſucceeded by Philip, Earl of
Which fir Richard Herbert left iſſue three ſons, of whom Montgomery, his brother and heir, who purchaſed the manor
William, the eldeft, was a great favorite with K. Henry of Milton, with its appendages, as above-mentioned, and
VIII, who conferred many favors on him, and made him was anceſtor to the prefent Right Hon. the Earl of Pembroke.
Chief Gentleman of his Privy Chamber, and of his Privy Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 255. Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 22 et
Council, and alſo one of his executors. He continued as ſeq.
much in favor in the next reign of K. Edward VI, being (5) See a further account of his lineage, in the laſt
made Maſter of the Horſe, in the 3d year of it he was note (8), and a character of him, and likewiſe of his elder
clected a Knight of the Garter, and made Lord Preſident brother, in Wood's Ath. Oxon. vol. i, falti, p. 172.
of the marches in Wales ; after which he was twice General (i) By Suſan his firſt wife, daughter of Edward, Earl of
of the forces ſent into Picardy, and twice Governor of Ca Oxford, he had iſſue feven ſons, James, and Henry, who
lais; and having by his continued ſervices highly merited
died
young ; Charles, who was made Knight of the Bath,
of the King, he was, on O&. 10, 1551, anno 5
Edward and married the Lady Mary, daughter of George, Duke of
VI, by letters patent, advanced to the degree of a Baron of Buckingham, but died at Florence in 1635, in his father's
this realm, by the title of Lord Herbert of Caerdif, and on life-time, before cohabitation ; Philip, who ſucceeded him
the next day created Earl of Pembroke. In the reign of K. in his honors; William, who died unmarried ; James, pof-
Philip and Q. Mary, he was conſtituted Captain-general ſeſſor of the manor of Milton ; and John, who died without
of the Queen's Army for the defence of Calais, and on Q. iſſue, having married Penelope, daughter and coheir of Paul,
Elizabeth's acceſſion to the throne, was ſworn of her Privy Viſcount Banning; and alſo three daughters, of whom,
Council, and was afterwards made Grand Maſter of her Anne-Sophia married Robert, Earl of Carnarvon. By Anne
Houſhold. He died at Hampton-couri anno 1569, being his ſecond wife, fole daughter and heir of George, Earl of
the 12th year of that reign, æt. 63, and was buried in St. Cumberland, widow of Richard, Earl of Dorſet, whom he
Paul's cathedral, where there was a beautiful tomb erected left ſurviving, he had no iſſue. Coll. Peer, vol. ii, p. 39.
By
to his memory.

Tbe
623
H I S T O R Y
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
By Suſan his firſt wife, daughter of Edward,
Earl of Oxford, he had iſſue feven fons, of whom
two only ſurvived him; Philip, who ſucceeded
him in his honors, and James Herbert, éſq; on
whoſe marriage, in 1645, with Jane, daughter
and fole heir of fir Robert Spiller, of Laleham in
the co. of Middleſex, knt. his father, the Earl,
ſettled this manor and its appendages.
By his wife, above-mentioned, he had iſſue
two ſons, Thomas and James, and likewiſe two
daughters, Mary, married to fir Robert Worſeley,
bart. and Jane, to fir Walter Clarges, bart, whoſe
fecond wife ſhe was.
Of the fons, Thomas, the eldeſt, died without
iſſue, and James Herbert, eſq; the other ſon, fuc-
ceeded at length to this manor, and was of
Kingſey in the co. of Buckingham, eſq; He died
in Nov. 1704, leaving iſſue by the Lady Cathe-
rine his wife, fourth daughter of Thomas, Duke
of Leeds, whom he married in 1675, a ſon James
Herbert, of Tythorpe in the co. of Oxford, eſq;
who died poffefſed of it in Aug. 1709. He left
iſſue two ſons, James and Philip, and two daugh-
ters, Sophia, married, in 1741, to Philip, Vif-
count Wenman, of the kingdom of Ireland, and
Anne.
James Herbert, of Kingſey, eſq; the eldeſt ſon,
fucceeded his father in this manor, and ſerved
in Parliament for the co. of Oxford. He died
in April 1721, without iſſue ; on which it de-
ſcended to his ſurviving brother Philip Herbert,
of Tythorpe, eſq; afterwards Member of Parlia-
ment for the city of Oxford, who died, likewiſe
without iſſue, in the year 1747; on which this
manor, among his other eſtates, devolved to his
two fifters, above-mentioned.
Philip, Viſcount Wenman, in right of Sophia
his wife, accordingly became poffefed of a
moiety of this manor, with its appendages, of
which he died poffefſed on Aug. 16, 1760 (k),
By the marriage of Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Mont-
gomery, with Suſan Vere, his firſt wife, their deſcendants
are of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. Stem. Chich.
No. 33, 34-252
(k) The family of Wenman; antiently written Wayneman
and Weynman, has been of long continuance in the counties
of Oxford and Berks; the firſt of whom, who can be men-
tioned with any certainty to continue the genealogy, is
Henry Wenman, of Blewbury in the co. of Berks, eſq; who
lived in the reign of K. Edward IV. Richard, his eldeſt
fon, dwelt at Whitney, and was merchant of the Staple at
Calais. He died anno 1533, and was ſucceeded by Thomas
Wenman, eſa; his eldeſt ſon, who was knighted by Q.
Elizabeth, and ſerved in Parliament at different times for
the county of Oxford, and the towns of Northampton and
Buckingham. He married Urſula, fole daughter and heir
of Thomas Gifford, of Twyford in the co. of Buckingham,
eſq; a direct deſcendant of Walter Gifford, Earl of Bucking-
bam, who, by the death of her brethren, entitled her huf-
band to ſeveral manors. By her he had iſſue five ſons and
four daughters; of whom, fir Richard Wenman, knt. was
his eldeſt ſon and heir, and married Iſabel, the eldeſt daugh-
ter and coheir of John, Lord Williams of Thame, who had
been ſo created in 1554, and on the diviſion of his eſtates,
Thame-park, with the manors belonging to it, devolved to
for Richard Wenman, in right of his wife, and has continued
the chief feat of his deſcendants ever fince.
Sir Richard died in 1572, and was buried at Twyford in
the county of Buckingham, which afterwards became for
ſome generations the burial-place of this family. He left
iſſue two ſons and two daughters ; of the former, Thomas
was the eldeſt, and Francis was anceſtor of the preſent Lord
Viſcount Wenman, as will be further mentioned below.
He was ſucceeded by for Thomas Wenman, knt. his eldeſt
ſon, who by Jane his wife, daughter of William Weſt, Lord
Delaware, had iſſue three fons and one daughter; of whom,
fir Richard, the eldeſt ſon, was of Thame-park, and was
knighted anno 38 Elizabeth, for his gallant behaviour at
the taking of Cadiz. He was Sheriff of the co. of Oxford
in 1627, and by letters patenit, dated at Canbury on July
30, 1628, anno 2 Charles I, was created Baron Wenman of
Kilmaynham in the kingdom of Ireland, and Viſcount Wen-
man of Tuam in the ſame kingdom ; before which, conclud-
ing that he had a right to the Barony of Thame, by the
marriage of his grandfather with Iſabel, the eldeſt daughter
of the Lord Williams, he preferred a petition for it to K.
James, in the year 1603; but no determination was taken
on it.
He died, æt. 67, in 1640, and was buried at Twyford,
having inarried Agnes, daughter of for George Fermour, of
the co. of Northampton, knt. by whom he had iſſue four ſons
and four daughters, Of the former, Thomas ſucceeded hina
in titles ; Edward died unmarried ; Philip, on the deaths
of his eldeſt brother Thomas, and Richard his ſon, became
Lord Wenman; and Edward died unmarried. Thomas, the
ſecond Lord Viſcount Wenman, married Margaret, daughter
and coheir of Edmund Hampden, of the co. of Bucks, efq;
by whom he had one only ſon and five daughters. He died
in 1664, æt. 68, as did his ſon Richard, who died in 1646,
having married Barbara, daughter of fir Edward Villers,
bart. by whom he had no iſſue.
On failure of the ſecond Viſcount Wenman's male iſſue,
the title deſcended to Philip his only ſurviving brother,
who died in 1686, æt. 76, without iſſue, his only daughter
Mary, wife of William Croſts, efq; having died without
iſſue before him ; but before his death he had procured
from K. Charles II, in Jan. 1683, a new entail of his
honors to his next heir male in reverſion, with the ſame
precedency as he then held them; by which limitation, the
title came to fir Richard Wenman, who became the fourth
Viſcount, being the ſon of fir Francis Wenman, of Cafwell,
bart. (by Mary his wife, youngeſt daughter of Thomas,
ſecond Lord Viſcount Wenman, above-mentioned,) who was
the ſecond ſon of fir Francis Wenman, knt. the ſon of Fran-
cis Wenman, of Caſwell, eſq; younger brother of fir Thomas,
and uncle of Richard, the firſt Viſcount Wenman, as has been
mentioned above.
Sir Francis Wenman, above-mentioned, father of Richard,
the fourth Viſcount, on Nov. 29, 1662, had been created a
Baronet, and by his marriage with Mary, the youngeſt daugh-
ter of Thomas, Viſcount Wenman, united the two families of
Thame-park and of Caſwell. After her death he married
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Fettiplace, eſq; by whom
likewiſe he left iſſue. He ſurvived both his wives, and
dying in 1680, was buried by them at Whitney, in a chapel
there, called Wenman's chapel, being the burial-place of
this branch of the family, as it has been of his deſcendants
ever ſince.
Sir Richard Wenman, bart. his fon, fo ſucceeding to the
title of Lord Viſcount Wenman,' as above-mentioned, mar-
ried Catherine, eldeſt daughter and coheir of fir Thomas
Chamberlayne, of the co. of Oxford, bart. who afterwards
remarried with James, firſt Earl of Abingdon, and laſtly,
with Francis Wroughton, of the co. of Wilts, eſq; by whom
he had iſſue one fon Richard, and two daughters, Catherine,
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K E N T.
The
of H I STORY of
MILTON.
leaving iſſue two ſons, Philip, now Lord Viſcount
Wenman, Member in the laſt and preſent Parlia-
ment for Oxfordſhire, who married Lady Eleanor
Bertie, daughter of Willoughby, late Earl of Abing-
don; and Thomas, late Fellow of All Souls col-
lege in Oxford; and one daughter Sophia, mar-
ried to William Humphry Wickham, of Swalecliff
in the co. of Oxford, efq; On the death of Lord
Wenman, his widow became entitled to his moiety
of this manor, for her life, which ſheftill poffeffes,
and her ſiſter Mrs. Anne Herbert, of the city of
Oxford, ſtill continues the poffeffor of the other
moiety of this manor, with the hundred of Milton,
and the manor and hundred of Marden likewiſe
annexed to it ().
There is a Court Leet and Court Baron held
for this manor and hundred annually on the Mon-
day fe'nnight after Eafter-day, and the Monday
ſe’nnight after Michaelmas-day; which court is
uſually ſtyled in records, The Court of Antient
Demeſne, for the Manor and Hundred of Milton.
The demeſne lands of the manor of Milton
amount to the quantity of 484 acres, and lie
interſperfed throughout the pariſhes of Milton,
Halftow, Newington, Minſter, Bredgar, Stockbury,
Tunſtall, Bapchild, and Sittingborne (m).
MILTON HUNDRED,
nuts growing throughout them, gained this ma-
nor the additional name of Chaſteners(n).
Stephen, ſon of Jordan de Shepey, who lived in
the reigns of K. Richard I. and K. John, ob-
tained a grant of this manor from the Crown,
and built himſelf a manſion here, which he
moated round, and encompaſſed it with a park,
well wooded, and ſtored with plenty of deer and
wild boars. Hence he aſſumed the name of De
Norwood, which all his deſcendants continued
to uſe.
Soun
Stephen de Norwood, above-mentioned, lived
to a very advanced age, and a little before his
death, gave two acres of land, in Nortbwode,
for the building of a chapel ; and 10 acres for
the maintenance of a Chaplain, who ſhould pray
for the ſouls of K. Richard and K. John, who
had given him that land for his fervices, and for
the ſouls of his wives Feidive and Joane, and his
father Jordan, and mother Cicele, and of his
brother William, in it for ever: and leaſt the
Chaplain of it ſhould be without a proper main-
tenance, he aſſigned for that purpoſe all his
ſmall tythes, as well of his tenements, as of his
mills, and half an acre of land about the
latter (0).
His ſon Roger de Northwood is in the liſt of
thoſe Kentiſh gentlemen, who were engaged with
K. Richard I, at the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine,
and lies buried in the church of Minſter in the
Iſle of Shepey, as does the Lady Bona his wife,
by whom he had iſſue fir Roger de Northwood,
knt. who was a firm adherent to K. Henry III,
NORTHWOOD CHASTENERS,
uſually called Norwood, is an eminent manor
here, which took its name as well from its ſitu-
ation in the northern part of this pariſh, as from
the large tract of wood-grounds cloſe beſide it ;
and theſe woods having large quantities of chef-
married firſt to the Hon. Robert Bertie, efq; fourth ſon of
James, Earl of Abingdon, above-mentioned; and ſecondly,
to fir William Opaldifton, of the co. of Oxford, bart, and
Mary, married to John Churchill Wickſted, eſq;
Which Richard, the fon, became the fifth Viſcount Wen-
man on his facher's death in 1689, and married Suſanna,
daughter of Seymour Wroughton. He died at Thame-park, on
Nov, 27, 1729, and was buried with his anceſtors at Whit-
ney, leaving two ſons, Philip and Richard; the eldeſt of
whom ſucceeded him in titles, and became the ſixth Viſcount
Wenman, and having married Sophia, eldeſt ſiſter of Philip
Herbert, efq; became in her right, on her brother’s death
without iſſue, poſſeſſed of a moiety of the manor of Milton,
with its appendages. He died on Aug. 16, 1760, leaving
iſſue two ſons and two daughters, as has been already men-
tioned above.
The deſcendants of this marriage are, in their mother's
right, of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Steni.
Chich. No. 33, 34-252.
The Lady Viſcounteſs Wenman bears for her arms, in a
lozenge-Wenman, party per pale, gules and azure, a croſs pa-
toncè or, over it, an eſcutcheon of pretence, for Herbert. Her
ſupporters-Two greyhounds gules, gorged with plein collars
See Willis's Buck. p. 329. Irith Peer. vol. ii, p. 365.
Stem. Chich. No. 252.
She has likewiſe a right to bear the feveral coats of her
anceſtors, quartered by her anceſtor Philip, Earl of Pem-
broke, viz. thoſe of Morgan, Gam, Affily, Cradock, Horton,
Cantelup, Parre, Roſe, Fitzhugh, Staveley, Forneux, Gray,
Marmion, Garnegut, St. Quintin, Grene, and Maplethorp.
Cook's Mr. Bar.
(1) The Herberts bear for their arms the ſame coat as the
Earl of Pembroke, viz. Party per pale, azure and gules, 3
lioncels rampant, argent, with a proper difference. .
(m) In the inquiſition taken anno 1575, the jury found,
that there belonged to this manor, in rents of afrize, pay-
able yearly, the ſum of 661. 11s. 1żd.-that there was yearly
paid to the Lord, at the two law-days, in money, by the
name of concealment and common fine, and common fine
alias burrough-filver, the ſum of 151. 11s. 3d. at each law-
day one moiety of the ſame: at each of which the tenants,
which came to it, with the Borſholders, and their fuiters,
had their dinners free; and ſuch tenants as came not to it,
were to be amerced. Alſo, that there ſhould be holden the
Hundred Court from three weeks to three weeks,' where the
Chamberlain of the ſaid hundred had the return of all writs,
and in that court impleaded all things that to a hundred or
manor did appertain. Alſo, that certain tenants of the
manor ought to have been paſtured yearly, in a field be-
longing to the manor, called Towne-mead, from St. George's
day unto Lammas-day, paying for each cow 2d, and for to
fith the wears next Seafalter, and other premiſes, which had
of long time been otherwiſe uſed, for the faid tenants had,
and did pay then, at the putting in of their kine, for every
cow 8d. and for every half cow 4d. without doing any
more or other fuit or ſuits for the enjoyment of it.
(n) Lambarde, in his Perambulation, p. 348, ſays, this
manor was of ſuch account in the days of K. Edward the
Confeffor, that 100 Burgeſſes of the city of Canterbury
owed their ſuit to it, as appeared by the book of Domeſday:
but I can find no mention made of this manor in that res
cord.
() Regift. Mon. Sti. Aug. Cant, cart. 454.
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The H f S T OR Yoof K E N T.
623
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
in the 4ift year of whoſe reign, he procured the
tenure of his lands to be changed from gavelkind
to knights ſervice ; before which he had, in the
32d year of it, entered into a compoſition with
Robert, the Abbat, and tbe Convent of St. Auguf-
tine's, near Canterbury, for the proſecution of
his father's purpoſe of the endowment of the
chapel above mentioned, which he had before
converted to his own uſe; and for the provid
ing for the indemnity of the mother church of
Milton, of which the ſaid Abbat and Convent were
have
patrons (P).
He died in the 13th year of K. Edward I, (9)
when he was found by inquiſition to have died
ſeifed of the manors of Northwode without Shepey,
and Northwode within Shepey, held of the King
in capite, by the ſervice of the 20th part of one
knight's fee (r). He was ſucceeded in this ma-
nor, as well as in that of Shorne, and his other
eſtates in this county, by his ſon fir John de
Northwood, of Northwood, knt. who was a man
of eminent accoune in that reign, in the 28th
year
of which he was, together with his eldeſt ſon,
of the ſame name, in the war in Scotland, and
they were both preſent with the King at the ſiege
of Carlaverock in that kingdom, when they were,
among many other Kentiſh gentlemen, knighted,
for their valour at it (s). He ſerved the office
of Sheriff of this county in the 20th, 28th, 33d,
and 34th years of that reign, and in the next
of K. Edward II, he received ſummons to Parlia-
ment, among the Barons of this realm, from the
6th to the 12th year of it.
He died in the 14th year of K. Edward II;(t)
having had iſſue by Yoane de Badleſmere his wife
three fons, of whom the eldeſt, fir John North-
wood, knt. died in his life-time, having married
Agnes, daughter of Willian de Grandiſon, by
whom he left one ſon Roger, who became his
grandfather's heir. Roger, the ſecond ſon, left
iſſue an only daughter and heir, who married
John Digg, of Barbam, in the reign of King
Richard II ; and Humphry, the third ſon, was
Knight of the Shire for Kent in the 13th year
of K. Edward II, and left iſſue fobn his ſon and
heir:
Roger Northwood ſucceeded his grandfather in
this manor, and was fummoned to Parliament in
the 34th year of K. Edward III, and died, as it
ſeems, on Nov, 5th in the year after (u), having
married Julian, daughter and coheir of Geoffry
de Say, by whoin he left iſſue a ſon fir John
Northtvood, knt. born anno 5 Edward III, who
ſucceeded to this manor, and received ſummons
to Parliament from the 37th to the 47th year of
that reign (v). He died poffefied of this manor
on Feb. 27, anno 2 Richard II, (70) leaving iſſue
by Joane his wife, daughter of Robert Hert, of
Faverſham, three fons, viz. Roger Northwood,
his fon and heir, then 23 years of
ca
age; William,
who left iſſue a fon John, who died without iſſue
anno 1416; and James, the third ſon, who was
anceſtor of John Northwood, efq; who was Con-
ſtable of Queenborough Caſtle in the 1ſt year of
K. Edward IV, and dying anno 1 2 Henry VII,
lies buried in Milton church.
Roger de Northwood, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded
to this manor, and left iſſue John de Northwood,
of Northwood, eſq; who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and coheir of - Jobn Frogenball, by whom he
had iſſue a ſon of the ſame name(x), who dying
without iſſue, his two ſiſters, one of whom mar-
ried John Barley, of the co. of Hertford, and the
other ſir John Norton, knt. became his coheirs (y),
and on the diviſion of their eſtates, the latter be-
came, in his wife's right, poffeffed of this ma-
nor (ž).
Sir John Norton, above-mentioned, in the be-
ginning of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, attended jir
Edward Poynings, Knight-banneret, when he went
(p) Plot’s Mfr. Papers.
(9) K. Edward I. fummoned by his writs, bearing date
Feb. 8, in his ift year, at Dover, feveral of his gentry and
their wives, in the ſeveral counties of Bucks, Bedford, Eſſex,
Suflex, Hertford, and Kent, to be preſent at his and the
Queen's coronation at Weftminſter, on the Sunday next after
the feaſt of St. Valentine the Martyr. In the county of Kent
they were directed to Johi de Northwode et Conforti ſuæ,
Roger le Sauvage, Reginaldo de Cobham, Thomas de Balliol,
Jobi de Norih wode jun. Johi Abel, Radulpho de Sandwico,
Johi de Campania, Henry de Leyburne, Rad. Sauvage, Gal.
frido de Saye, Ricardo de Rokeſle, Thomas de Bykenore, and
Willo de Baſynge et Confortibus fuis. Rym. Fæd. vol. iii,
P. 59.
(r) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N. 25.
(s) Philipott, p. 238.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(u) Rot. Eſch. an. 38 Edward III.
(v) See Cott. Records, p. 95, 99, 104, 115:
(20) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(x) They bore for their arms--Ermine, a croſs engrailed
gules. A collateral branch of this family was ſettled in the
Ife of Thanet, the deſcendants of which afterwards came
into the poſſeſſion of this manor, as will be further men.
tioned below.
round
Many of this family lie buried in Milton church, among
others of them, there were memorials in it of John North.
wood, who died anno 1400, and another of the ſame name,
who died anno 1430.
(y) The arms of Northwood, and of Norton impaling
Northwood, were formerly in ſeveral places in this church.
They were likewiſe in Newington church near Sittingborne ;
of Paynings impaling Northwood, in St. Peter's church in
Canterbury; of Norton, in Sheldwich church, and in the
cloyſters of Canterbury cathedral ; and of Northwood in the
chapter-houſe there.
(z) He was deſcended from Nicholas de Norton, who lived
in the reign of K. Stephen, and was poſſeſſed of much land
in the neighbourhood of Norton and Faverſham, as appeared
by the Chartulary of the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine near
Canterbury. His deſcendant Jobn, ſon of John Norton,
married Lucy, daughter and coheir of Marcellus at Leeze,
by whom he had' iſſue William Norton, who was, in her
right, of Sheldwich, and lies buried at Faverfoam, leaving
iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Mark Huſey, of
Chilfton, eſq; two ſons, Reginald, his heir, and Richard,
who
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626
HISTORY of K E N T.
The
county,
MILTON.
to the aſſiſtance of Margaret, Dutcheſs of Savoy,
Governeſs of the Low Countries, ſiſter to the Em-
peror, againſt the Duke of Guelders; and for his
good ſervices there, was, with others, knighted
by Charles the Young, K. of Caſtile, who was af-
terwards Emperor. In the 5th year of that
reign, he ſerved the office of Sheriff of this
county, and dying on Feb. 8, 1534, was buried
in the Northwood chancel in Milton church, where
his tomb ſtill remains. He left iſſue one fon
John, and a daughter Fridiſwide, who married
William Fineux.
John Norton, eſq; the ſon, ſucceeded his fa.
ther in this manor, and married Alice, only
daughter and heir of Edward Cobbe, of Aldington,
eſq; (a) by whom he had iſſue a ſon of the ſame
name, who likewiſe poffeffed this manor, and
by Eleanor his wife, daughter of John Shelley, of
Michelgrove in the co. of Susſex, eq; had iſſue
Thomas Norton, of Northwood, ejq; who married
Elizabeth, daughter of William Aubrey, LL.D.
by whom he had two ſons, Tbomas and Robert,
and a daughter Elizabeth, married firſt to Scott,
and ſecondly to Manning. The eldeſt fon, Tbo-
mas Norton, reſided at Northwood, where he kept
his ſhrievalty in the 17th year of K. James I,
and was knighted (b); but in the zoth year of
that reign, he alienated this manor to Manaſſes
Northwood, of Dane-court in the The of Tbanet,
efq; (c) who died poffeffed of it in 1636, æt. 70,
and was buried in St. Peter's church there, then
MILTON HUNDRED,
holding it of the King in capite by knights fer-
vice. He left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daugh,
ter of Mr. Richard Badcock, of Rocheſter, one ſon
Richard, and three daughters. Richard North
wood, eſq; fucceeded his father in the poffeffion
of this manor, which he quickly afterwards
paſſed away by fale to fir William Tufton, fourth
ſon of fir John Tufton, of Hothfield in this
knt. and bart. a younger brother of Nicholas,
the firſt Earl of Thanet (d). He had been created
a Baronet of Ireland on Jan. 18, 1622, and ap-
pointed Governor of Barbadoes, after which, he
reſided at Vintners in the pariſh of Boxley in this
county. He died poffeffed of this manor, leav.
ing iſſue by Anne his wife, daughter of Cecil
Cave, of the co. of Leiceſier, efq; three ſons,
Bennet, Charles, and William, and two daugh,
ters (e).
On his death, fir Benedi£t Tufton, bart. fuca
ceeded to the manor of Northwood, but dying
without iſſue, his next brother, fir Charles Tufton,
bart. became his heir and poſſeſſed of it (f), and
by deed, dated Feb. 28, 1661, alienated it to
Gilbert Roope, of Vintners, and George Charlton,
of Boxley, Tanner (g), and they, on Dec. 23,
1664, fold it again to Captain Stephen Mitchell,
of Rotberbithe in Surry, whoſe heirs inſtituted a
fuit in Chancery, to determine the property of
it; and it was ordered, by a decree of that court,
anno 30 Charles II, to be ſold: in conſequence
of which, it became veſted, about the year 1680,
who was of Sheldwich, and lies buried at Faverſham, hav-
ing married Joane Felton. Reginald Norton, ejq; the eldeſt
fon, was likewiſe of Sheld wich, and married Catherine,
daughter of Richard Dryland, and coheir of her mother's
inheritance, who was the daughter and coheir of Thomas
Quadring, of London. He had iſſue by her two ſons, John,
who married the daughter and coheir of John Northwood,
19; as above-mentioned, and William, who was anceitor
of the Nortons of Fordwich in
Fordwich in this county. He had like-
wife an illegitimate ſon, named Thomas Norton, alias Grene,
which latter name all his deſcendants took.
K. Henry VIII, by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year,
granted
to his new-founded Dean and Chapter of Canterbury,
the annual rent of 10l. iſſuing out of lands in the Hundred
of Middleton, late in the tenure of fir Foon Norton, knt. and
another penſion of 48s. iſſuing out of the ſaid Hundred;
which two ſeveral penfions were parcel of the late monaſ-
tery of St. Auguftine near Canterbury.
Theſe penfions have been loft to the Dean and Chapter
for many years paft.
(a) She afterwards remarried with John Cobham, alias
Brooke, efq; younger brother of William Brooke, Lord Cob-
bam, and dying on Sept. 9, 1580, lies buried in Newing-
ton church.
(6) See Philipott, p. 238. Mſ. pedigree of Norton.
Viitn co. Kent, 1619:
They bore for their arms-Gules, a croſs potent ermine,
and quartered with the coats of At Leez, At Bridge, Qua-
dring, Northwood, Grandiſon, Tregom, Ewias, Parker, Etlon,
Everingham, Frogenhall, Apulderfeld, ibid. augmentation,
Bourne, and Cobb.
Sir John Norton died in 1631, and was buried in St.
Mary Bredin church, in Canterbury, having married Eliza-
beth, daughter of John Bynde, of the co. of Suffex, efq; by
whom he had iſſue two ſons, Charles and Joha, and a daugh-
ter Elizabeth, married to fir James Hales, of the Dungeon,
knt.
(c) He was deſcended of a collateral branch of thoſe ale
ready mentioned, as the early poffeffors of this manor.
Richard Northwood, of Dane-court, left iſſue a ſon Alexan-
der, who died in 1557, as did his ſon, of the ſame name,
in 1587, leaving iſſue by Joane Kempe his wife, widow of
Roger Howlet, three ſons, Jofeph, who was married to Mar.
garet Naylor, of Kenvile ; Monofès, the ſecond fon, pur-
chaſer of this manor, as above-mentioned ; and Alexander,
the third ſon. Manojis Northwoed, efq; left iffue Richard,
who married Anne, daughter of Paul Brooke, of Nafh-court,
by whom he had two ſons, Alexander and Paul. The three
daughters of Manaſſes were, Mary; Sarah, married to Wila
liam Cleybrooke, of St. John's; and Suſan.
They bore for their arms, the fame coat as the North-
woods, above-mentioned, and in the il quarter, a wolf's
head eraſed gules. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. Northwood.
(d) See more of this family, under Hothfield.
(e) William, the third ſon, died without iſſue, as well
as his two brothers. Of the daughters, Margaret died un-
married in 1626, and Vere married fir Ihomas Beaumont,
of the co. of Leiceſter, bart. and on the death of her only
furviving brother Charles, without iſſue, became his heir.
Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619. Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 281. See
above, under Bcxley', p. 129.
(f) Philipott, p. 238. See more of this branch of Tuf-
ton above, p. 100, 129.
(g) In a ſurvey of Milton manor, taken in 1653, the
manor of Northwood, lying in Milton, Iwade, Bobbing,
Newington, Halflow, Bredger, Birden, Stockbury, Hartlip,
and Gillingham, was claimed to be held by fir Edward Dere
ing, knt. fir Bennet Tufion, bart, and H. Sandford, ela; by
the yearly rent of 21. 115.
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The HISTORY of K E N T.
627
(m) , p
in student
MILTON. WALA
MILTON HUNDRED.
in Mr. Matthew Crover, of Rotherhithe, gent. () of the Queen in capite; in the Mich. term of
who, with others, joined in the conveyance of it which year he levied a fine of all his lands, as he
to Mr. Thomas Houghton, of Iſington, gent. for did again in the 17th year of it. He died feiſed
the terin of his life; remainder to Suſan, then the of it in the 38th year of that reign, anno 1596,
wife of Mr. John Marſh, in tail general. She left and lies buried in the great chancel of this
an only daughter by him, of her own name, church, where there is a monument erected to
who carried this manor in marriage to Mr.
his memory, with the effigies of him, his two
Richard Davenport, gent. She ſurvived her huſ-
wives, and his ſon John Fynche (o), on it. His
band, and ſuffered a recovery of it anno 6 George deſcendants continued for many generations af.
1, and afterwards, by her laſt will, proved Dec. terwards in the poſſeſſion of it, and till it was at
4, 1734, deviſed it to her ſon John, in tail; re-
length alienated by one of them to Keat, and fir
mainder to her ſon Richard, in like tail, with
Jonathan Keat, bart. died pofſeffed of it in
divers remainders over.
1700 (p). His heirs fold it to Peachy, of Pets-
Mr. John Davenport levied a fine of this nianot
worth in the co. of Suſſex, whoſe deſcendant fir
in Eaſter term, 1742, to the uſe of him and his
Henry Peachý, knt. was, on April 24, 1733,
heirs for ever, and afterwards, by leaſe and re-
anno 9 George II, advanced to the dignity of a
leaſe, dated Jan. 24 and 25, 1753 (i), conveyed Baronet; with remainder, on failure of his iſſue.
it by ſale to Mr. John Le Grand, of Canterbury, male, to his brother John Peachy, of London,
gent. (k) who ſtill continues owner of it. 15
formerly a Governor in the Eaſt Indies, and in
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
failure of the like iſſue by him, remainder to his
brother James, of Titleworth in the co. of Suſſex,
GR O V EHURST,
eſq; in like tail (9).
now uſually called Grovers, is a manor ſituated Sir Henry Peachy died on Aug. 23, 1737, with-
fomewhat leſs than a mile north weſtward from out iſſue male, and was ſucceeded in title and
the town of Milton. It was once the inheritance eſtates by his next brother fir John Peachy, bart.
of a family of that name. Sir William de Grove who married the daughter of Mr. London, by
burſt poffeſfed it in the reigns of K. Edward I. whom he had two ſons, fir John, his ſucceſſor,
and II, as did his deſcendant fir Richard Grove and Henry, who died without iſſue, and three
burſt in that of K. Henry VII. At length Tho daughters (r). He died on April 11, 1744, and
mas Grovehurft, efq; (2) in the reign of K. Ed was ſucceeded by fir John Peachy, bart. his eldeſt
ward VI, alienated it to Clement Fynche (m), a fon.
branch of thoſe of Netherfield in the co. of Suflex, Sir John Peachy, bart. became poffeſfed of
who were deſcended from Vincent Herbert, alas this manor on his father's death, and died at
Finch, and anceſtors of the ſeveral branches of Weſt Dean in the co. of Suſſex, on June 30, 1765,
this family from time to time created Peers of
leaving no iſſue
no iſſue by his wife, the only daughter
this realm(n).
of Yohn Meres Fagg, of Glinſley in the co. of
It appears by the Eſcheat-rolls of the 3d year
Suſſex ; upon which he was ſucceeded in title ac-
of Q. Elizabeth, that he then held this manor cording to the limitation of the patent, by fir
(h) Matthew Crover, and Elizabeth his wife, Hil. term, twice married ; firſt to the daughter of William, and fifter
anno 7 William III, levied a fine of this manor.
and heir of Thomas Hoo, of the Hoo and Kimpton in the co.
(i) This deed was inrolled in Chancery anno 26 George of Herts, eſq; by whom he had two ſons and three daugh-
II, Hilary roll 89.
ters, who all, except Gilbert, the eldeſt, died without iſſue;
ni (k) He is the ſon of Mr. John Le Grand, ſon of John, ſecondly to Sujan, daughter of Mr. Richard Orlebar, of
ſon of Peter, by his wife Anne Lyzy, ſon of Anthony Le Grand, London, by whom he had no iſſue. He died on Sept. 17,
who lived in the reign of K. Charles I, by his wife Mary 1700, æt. 67, and lies buried in Kimpton church, with his
Le Clerk, whoſe father Julian Le Grand was a native of two wives, being ſucceeded in title and eſtates by his only
Bailleu, and left the Low Countries, with many others, on ſon fir Gilbert Hoo Keat, bart. who died in 1704, and was
account of his religion.
buried near his father. The title is now extinct. Cell.
.
Bar. vol. iii, p. 27,
of Chantries, Augtn. off.
They bore for their arms, Argent, 3 cats-a-mountains in
(n) See Coll. Peer. vol. ii, p. 301. Viftn. co. Kent, pale paſant, fable, which Guillim ſays, p. 197, was the
anno 1619, pedigree of Finch.
bearing of fir Jonathan Keat, of Paul's Walden in the co. of
(6) He married, firſt, Mary Shelley ; ſecondly, Grace Ken Herts, and of Grovehurſt in Milton, bart.
dall; by both of whom he had iſſue feveral children.
(9) This family had been for ſome time ſeated at Petf
They bore for their arms-Argent, a chevron between 3
worth.
Sir Henry Peachy, above-mentioned, married a
griffins paſant, falle.
daughter of Mr. Garret, by whom he had a ſon, who died
(p) He had been created a Baronet on June 12, 1660, young, and a daughter, married to Gawin Harris Naſh,
being deſcended from William Keate, of Hagborne in the
of Petſworth, eſq; His next brother, Bulfirode Peachy
co. of Berks, whoſe ſecond fon Ralf was of whaddon near Knight, eſq; died before him, in 1736, having married the
Saliſbury, and left iſſue four fons, of whom Gilbert, the
relict of William Woodward Knight, of the co. of Suſſex,
youngeſt, was of London, and married two wives; by the
eſg; by whom he had no iſſue.
firſt he had iſſue an only fon William, and by the ſecond, (r) Viz. Mary, married to Michael Sures, of Tring Grove
Elizabeth, daughter of Gilbert Armſtrong, he had iſſue fir in the co. of Hertford, efq; Henrietta, and Rebecca.
Jonathan Keat, bart, above-mentioned, who was likewiſe
James
oned
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628
The HISTORY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
Henry
0
fitcher, impaling Chiche, 3
MILTON.
ncrat
James Peachy, of Titleworth in the co. of Suſſex, Iwade. This ſeat has been eminent for having
bart, the preſent poffeffor of the manor of Grove owners of both thoſe names, who reſided here
burſt.
ſucceſſively, the former of them as early as the
He married the Lady Caroline Scott, daugh reign of K. Edw. III, (x) and continued owners
ter of the Earl of Deloraine, by whom he has of it for ſeveral generations. At length the
ifiuc (5)
daughter and heir of this name carried it in niara
riage to Ralph Chiche, whoſe fole daughter and
MANOR OF OWRE,
heir Margaret entitled her huſband Thomas Alefe,
to the poffeffion of it, who rebuilt this feat, and
uſually ſtyled in antient records, The Manor of
he died poffefſed of it in 1529, anno 21
the Court of Owre, is ſituated on the edge of the
VIII, and lies buried, with Margaret his wife,
marihes on Kemfley-down, at a ſmall diſtance
in the fouib chancel of Milton church (y). He
north-eaſtward from the laſt-deſcribed manor of
likewiſe died without iſſue male, leaving an only
Groveburſt.
daughter Catherine, who carried it again in mar.
In the 1ſt year of K. Richard II, this manor
riage to Richard Monins, of Saltwood Caſtle, eſq;
was granted to Alice de Preſton, and her heirs (t).
whoſe grandfon fir William Monins, knt, created
It afterwards paſſed into the family of Monins,
a Baronet in 1611(2), ſeems to have alienated
and John Monins, of Swanton, eſq; died ſeiled of
it to fir Juftinian Lewin, of Otterden, knt. who
it in 1568, holding it of the Queen in capite by
died poffefſed of it in 1620, leaving by Elizabeth
knights ſervice (u). On his death without iſſue,
his wife, daughter of fir Arthur Capel, knt. an
his brother fir Edward Monins, of Walderſhare,
only daughter and heir Elizabeth, who entitled
knt. became his heir, and poffeffed of this ma-
her huſband, Richard Rogers, of Brianſton in the
nor, which his fon fir William Monins, bart. af.
co. of Somerſet, efq; to the poffeffion of it. He
terwards alienated to John Finch, eſq; who held
likewiſe dying without male iſſue, his daughter
it in 1653 (0); at length one of his deſcendants
Elizabeth carried it in marriage to Charles Caven.
ſold it, together with the manor of Groveburſt
diſ, Lord Mansfield, eldeſt ſon and heir of Wil-
above-mentioned, to Keat, and fir Jonathan Keat,
liam, Duke of Newcaſtle, who died without iſſue
bart. (2) died poffeffed of it in 1700. His heirs
by her, and ſecondly to Charles Stuart, Duke of
ſold it to Peachy, in whole family it has con-
Richmond and Lenox (a), who, with his Dutcheſs,
tinued down, in like manner, to fir James Peachy,
by leaſe and releaſe, in the 14th year of K.
of the co. of Suſſex, bart. the preſent poffeffor
Charles II, alienated this eſtate to Thomas Lufb-
of it.
ing son, of Sitting borne, gent, whoſe grandſon Tbo-
There is no Court held for this manor.
mas Godfrey Lubington, of Canterbury, died poſ-
ſeffed of it in 1757, and by his laſt will be-
COLSALL, alias Chiches,
queathed this eſtate to his eldeſt ſon Captain
now moſt uſually called Colſon, is a reputed ma William Luſhington, who dying unmarried in
nor, the manſion of which is ſituated in the north-
1763, it came to his only ſurviving brother,
weſt extremity of this pariſh, though great part
of the lands belonging to it extend into that of
(s) He bears for his arms- Azure, a lion rampant, double and came afterwards into the poſſeſſion of Samuel Hunt, in
queued, ermine ; on a canton or, a mullet pierced yules. See right of his wife, whoſe only daughter carried it in mar-
Kimber's Bar. vol. iii, p. 108.
riage to the Rev. Mr. Charles Hinde, whoſe daughters be-
(1) Harris's Hiſtory of Kent, p. 208.
coming owners of it, pulled down the antient houſe, in
(4) Rot. Efch. ejus an. He was the eldeſt ſon of Richard
1768, and about two years afterwards conveyed the ſcite of
it, with the land belonging to it, to Mr. John Hind', of
Monins, of Saltwood Caſtle, eſq; Sir Edward Monins, his
ſecond ſon, and heir to his brother John, was father of fir
Milton, ſon of the Rev. Mr. Hinde above-mentioned, and
William Monins, of Walderſhare, knt, created a Baronet in he is the preſent poffeffor of it.
Tot slot bos
1611, which title, on failure of his ſon's male iflue, is now
(w) See Grovehurſt above, p. 627. silot din do 3110508
extinct. See more of them, under Swanton and Walder-
(0) Philipott, p. 199. This family hore for their armsa
Jhare.
Chequy or and fable, a chief argent, guttee de ſang.
(U) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno 1653, (y) On his monument were-till within theſe few years,
John Finch, eſq; claimed to hold of that manor, the manor his arms-Per fefs, a lion rampant between 3. crofjes pattee
of the Court of Owre, by the rent of 31s. 1 d. and other
3 lions
lions rampant, which latter are
lands in Milton, as therein mentioned.
ſtill remaining. In the hall of this ſeat, in ſeveral places,
George Edwards and Ambroſe Tomlyn's heirs claimed to there is the rebus of his name, being the large letter A,
hold 100 acres of land, parcel of the ſaid manor, by the and then a leaf.
yearly rent of 128. 91d. And Dr. William Steed, late the
(z) See an account of this family, under Walderſhare..
"heirs of fir William Steed, knt. claimed to hold 48 acres,
(a) See more of theſe families, under Otterden, p. 501,
parcel of the ſaid manor, by the rent of gs. 21d. 50 acres
502. In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken in 1653, Mrs.
being another parcel of the ſaid manor, at the yearly rent
Elizabeth Rogers, formerly fir Juftinian Lerin, knt. claimed
of 45, 7£d. and another parcel of the ſaid manor, called
to hold of that manor, the capital houſe called The Court
Kemſleydowne, at the yearly rent of 128. The part of this
of Colfall, with divers lands and tenements therero belong-
eſtate which belonged to Tomlyn, comprehended Oure-houſe,
ing, held by the yearly rent of 32s. 71d.
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church

The
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HISTORY
of K E N T.
MILTON.
church of Carliſle, and he is the preſent owner
of it(e).
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
year
The nunnery of Minſter in the Iſle of Shepey,
was poffeſfed of lands in this pariſh in the 22d
of K. Edward III. (f)
In the reign of K. Henry VIII, for Henry
Cheney, knt. held a water-mill, two gardens, and
fundry other premiſes in this and other pariſhes,
of the King in capite (8).
There was a houſe in this pariſh, called The
Green-houſe, which was the reſidence of the fa.
mily of Crux, deſcended from thoſe of Cruxhill
in Hartlip. Job Crux, efq; was refident here in
the beginning of the reign of K. Charles I, (b)
whoſe daughter Elizabeth married Mr. Thomas
Soutborije, gent.
THE TOWN OF MILTON.
The town of Milton, antiently called The King's
Town of Milton, as being part of the antient pof.
feffions of the Crown, is ſituated about a mile
from Sitting borne northward, at the head of the
navigable creek which runs from thence into
the water called The Swale, oppoſite to the INand
of Elmeley.
Its commodious ſituation for navigation, cauſed
it to be frequented by the Danes, in their pira-
tical excurſions into this county, particularly in
the year 893, when they landed here under the
command of Haſtings, their chief, as will be
further mentioned below; and its being part of
the royal demeſnes, was a cauſe of its being de-
ítroyed by Earl Godwin, who being at variance,
and under the diſpleaſure of King Edward the
Confeffor, came here, with a large force, in the
year 1052, and burned this town, then of good
condition, to the ground; and afterwards ran-
facked and ſpoiled many other of the King's
eſtates throughout the county (i). Since which
it does not feem to have been ever reſtored to its
former ftate, 10m
Its condition in the reign of Q. Elizabeth,
may be ſeen by the ſurvey, made by the Queen's
order in the 8th year of her reign, of the ſeveral
maritime places in this county ; by which it
appears, that there were then in this town,
houſes inhabited 130, perſons lacking habita-
tion 6, landing-places 4, viz. one called Fludd-
MILTON HUNDRED.
mill Keye, appertaining to fir Henry Cheney, knt.
the ſecond, Whitlock's Key; the third, Reynolds's
Key; and the fourth, Hamond Key, appertaining
to Thomas Hayward(k)-ſhips and veſſels 26, viz.
5 of one tun, 3 of two, 4 of three, 2 of four,
I of five, i of ſix, 2 of eight, 2 of ten, 1 of
twelve, 3 of fixteen, 2 of twenty- and perfons
occupied in trade and fiſhing 24.
Since which the town of Milton has confider-
ably increaſed, as well in the number of its
houſes and inhabitants, as in its wealth and trade.
The number of houſes at preſent is about 230,
which are fuppoſed to contain about 1200 in-
habitants.
The trade of it chiefly conſiſts in the traffic
carrying on weekly at the wharfs in it, where
the corn and commodities of the neighbouring
country are ſhipped for London, and goods of
every fort brought back again in return; and in
the fiſhery for oyſters, a further account of
which will be given below. Beſides which, the
feveral mills here do not contribute a little to
the benefit of this place : four of theſe are em-
ployed in the grinding of corn, and dreſſing it
into four; and the fifth, called Perrywinckle mill,
has been lately applied by Mr. Richard Wright
to the manufacturing of pearl-barley, which uſed
to be imported from Holland; and he is ſuppoſed
to be the only perſon in the kingdom, who has
brought that article to the ſame perfection as
the Dutch.
The town of Milton is governed by a Portreve,
who is chofen annually on St. James's Day, by
the inhabitants of the pariſh paying church and
poor's rates; whoſe office is, to overſee the mar-
ket, and preſerve good order within the town,
and to execute the office of Clerk of the Market
in all matters whatſoever, within the Hundreds
of Milton and Marden ;
and Marden; he likewiſe ſets the price
of all things which come to the keys, or any
other creek within the Hundred, being ſuch
things as head officers in other towns may ſet
the prices on, taking for the view and mereage
of every chaldron of coals 4d. and for that of
every wey of ſalt 4d. and for that of every boat
of fiſh brought in by aliens, if it be ſtaple fiſh,
one couple, and of freſh fiſh cried, a diſh.
The market, which is a very plentiful one for
all ſorts of butchers meat, is held on a Saturday
weekly (1), at the ſhambles in the center of the
in the came
(e) See more of the Luſhingtons, under Rødmerſham above,
p. 594. This eſtate at preſent confifts of 191 acres of
arable, meadow, and hop-ground, in the pariſhes of Mil-
ton and Iwade.
(f) Tan. Mon. p. 208.
(g) Viz. 60 acres of arable, 10 acres of meadow, 100
acres of paſture, 10 acres of wood, 20 acres of freſh-marſh,
soo acres of ſalt-marſh, and 56s. rent, in Mylton alias Myd-
delton, Oſpringe, Minfier, Upcburch, Iwade, Halfow, Stur-
mouth, Norton, and St. Peter's. Rot. Eſch. o H. 8. rot.
(b) To whom fir Richard St. George, Clar. July 10,
anno 7 Charles I, confirmed the family coat of arms, viz.-
VOL. II.
Argent, in a pale within a bordure fable, an eagle diſplayed
between 2 croſſes formee of the iſ. Harl. Mf. No. 1470-
21. 97. Guillim, p. 211.
(i) Lamb. Peramb. p. 255.
(k) Theſe four keys are ſtill in being; the firſt belongs
to Mr. Samuel Chambers, the ſecond is called The Town
Key; the third, Page's Key, from its being his property ;
and the fourth, Huggins's Key, for the ſame reaſon.
(1) K. Edward II, in his 13th year, granted a market to
be held weekly on a Thurſday, at his manor of Middelton,
and one fair there yearly for four days, viz. on the Eve and
Day
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630
K E N T
The HISTORY of
MILTON
town. Adjoining to them is the market-houſe,
having a clock, and a bell in the turret of it,
which not only is rung for the purpoſe of the
market, but for the calling of the pariſhioners
to church, for funerals, and for occaſional pa-
riſh-meetings.
At a ſmall diſtance northward from the ſham-
bles is a kind of Court-houſe, where the courts
of the manor are kept, and other meetings held;
at other times, it is made uſe of as the ſchool-
houſe; underneath it is the Town Priſon.
There is a fair, which uſed to be held on the
feaſt of St. Margaret, July 13, now, by the
alteration of the ſtyle, on the 24th of that
month, and the two following days.
The lands in this pariſh, near the town, and
eſpecially on the lower or northern part of it,
are very rich and fertile. Adjoining to theſe are
the marſhes, which extend to the waters of The
Swale.
The church ſtands about half a mile north-
eaſtward from the town, and adjoining to the
church-yard is the Court-lodge of the manor.
The lands in the ſouthern or upper part of this
pariſh are light and chalky. At the extremity
of it, on the London great road, there is a ham.
let, called Chalkwell, in which there are two good
modern-built houſes, one of which has a large
tan-yard belonging to it.
The ſchool of Milton is endowed with the an-
nual ſum of gl. an account of which may be
ſeen below, among the charitable benefactions
to this pariſh. The Maſter is appointed by the
Miniſter and Churchwardens. Nine or ten poor
boys are taught to read and write in it.
In the north-weſt part of this pariſh, among
the marſhes, there is a decoy for wild fowl, the only
one, that I know of, in this part of the county.
The fowl caught in it, are much eſteemed for
their ſize and flavor. Great numbers of them
are weekly taken and ſent up to Londen.
In this pariſh, at a ſmall diſtance northward
from Bobbing-place, is a farm called The Quintin
Farm, which ſhews that diverſion to have been
formerly uſed in it (m).
The whole of this pariſh is in the diviſion of
Eaſt Kent.
MILTON HUNDRED.
John, by his charter, dated May 19, in his 7th
year, to the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham, by
the deſcription of The fiſheries of Milton, which
the men of Sefalter then held by the yearly rent
of 20s. payable at his manor of Milton, and by
doing therefrom the cuſtoms and ſervice which
were wont to be to it (n).
K. Edward III, in his 4th year, confirmed
this grant(o), as did K. Henry VI;() and this
fiſhery remained part of the poffeffions of the
above-mentioned abbey till its diſſolution, which
happened in the 30th year of K. Henry VIII,
when it was ſurrendered into the King's hands,
together with all its poffeffions, to the uſe of
him and his heirs for ever; all which were con-
firmed to the King and his heirs, by the general
words of the act, paſſed the next year for that
purpoſe.
After which, the fee fimple of this fiſhery remain-
ed with the manor in the hands of the Crown,
till the roth year of K. Charles I, when it was
paſſed away, with it, by the words recited in
the grant then made of the manor, to fir Edward
Browne and Chriſtopher Favell, who ſoon after-
wards conveyed their intereſts in it to fir Edward
Leach and Edward Taverner, and they paſſed it
away by ſale to Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
and Montgomery, in whoſe deſcendants it has
continued down, in like manner as has been al-
ready mentioned, to Sophia, Lady Dowager Wen-
man, and Mrs. Anne Herbert her fifter, who are
at this time proprietors of this fiſhery, together
with the manor of Milton (9).
The Company of Fiſhermen, or Dredgers, of this
fiſhery, hold it by leaſe from the Ladies of the
manor, at the yearly rent of 100l. and four
buſhels of oyſters. They are governed by their
particular officers, under certain rules or bye-
laws, made by antient cuſtom at the Court Baron
of the manor.
There are now about 140 free-
men belonging to it, each of whom, after hav-
ing been free of it for ſix years, have a right to
take one apprentice, but no more at one time.
The oyſters produced from theſe grounds,
within the limits of this fiſhery, are uſually
called Milton Natives, and are eſteemed the fineſt
and richeſt flavored of any in Europe. They are
ſuppoſed to be the ſame that Juvenal particularly
deſcribes, in his 4th ſatire, as being reckoned
a delicacy even in his time (r).
The ſum uſually returned for theſe oyſters is
from 3000l. to 7000l. per annum. The Dutch
.
de I
THE FISHERY.
do 1930
The fiſhery belonging to the manor and hundred
of Milton, ſeems to have been granted by King
Day of St. Margaret, and the two following days; which ma-
nor was then in the hands of his Queen confort Iſabella.
Rot. Clauf. ejus an. m. 10.
(m) See an account of this diverſion, under Ofham,
above, p. 224.
(n) Rot. Cart. anno 7 John, m. 13, n. 117.
(.) Tan. Mon. p. 214.
() Rot. Cart. No. 4.
(9) Anno 26 Charles II, James Herbert, efq; obtained
2 freſh grant of this fiſhery, againſt which there was a quo
warranto brought in the reign of Q. Anne, on a petition
of the fiſhermen of Rocheſter and Stroud, to fhew by what
authority they, the ſaid grantees, kept courts within their
manor of Milton, and reſtrained the fiſhermen of thoſe and
the adjacent towns, from fiſhing and dredging for oyſters
within the ſaid hundred and manor: but on a trial had at
bar, a verdict was given for the defendant.
(r) In theſe words, ſatire iv, 1. 144 :
Rutupinove edita fundo
Ofrea, callebat prime deprendere morfu,
have

R of
gether.
be
part of the above ſums, and ſome-
The H 1 s T o R Y Y of K E N T. 63
MILTON.
MILTON HUNDRED:
have been ſuppoſed by many, to have engroſſed ſort, extending ſouthward almoſt as far as Binburg
this article of luxury; but they expend but a pound, on the weſt ſide of Stockbury-valley, for
ſmall
the ſpace of near five miles.
Theſe woods,
very
times none, for the ſpace of ſeven years to eſpecially thoſe in and near this pariſh, are noted
for the great plenty of cheſnut ftubs interſperſed
promiſcuouſly throughout them, which, from
ANTIQUITIES.
the quick and ſtrait growth of this kind of
In the year 893, the Danes, who had been wood, makes them very valuable. Theſe are
ravaging France and the Low Countries, being ſo numerous in them, as to give name to moſt
diſtreſſed for ſubſiſtence, turned their thoughts of theſe woods near Milton, which, beſides their
towards England, which they reſolved to plun particular names to each of them, are uſually
der: for this purpoſe they fitted out a great called by the general name of Cheſnut-woods (u).
number of ſhips, which they divided into two
Theſe cheſnuts are undoubtedly the indige-
fleets ; with one of which they ſailed up to Ap-
nous growth of the iſland, planted by the hand
ledore, and with the other, conſiſting of about of nature. They are interſperſed throughout
80 ſhips, under the command of Haſtings their the whole tract, without any form or regula-
Captain, they entered the mouth of the river
rity (v), and are many of them, by their appear-
Thames, and landing in the pariſh of Milton, ance, of great age; and by numbers of them,
built themſelves a fortreſs or .caſtle there (s), at which now ſeem almoſt worn out and periſhing,
a place called Kemſley-downe, in the marſhes, being made uſe of as the termini or boundaries, as,
about midway between the town of Milton and well of private property as of pariſhes, it is plain
the mouth of the creek, the ſcite of which is they were firſt pitched upon, in preference to
ftill viſible, and being overgrown with wood others, for that purpoſe, as being the Jargeſt
and buſhes, has obtained the name of Caſtle and moſt antient ones of any then exiſting; and
rough. It is of a ſquare form, and is ſurrounded as theſe are hardly ever cut down or altered,
by a high bank thrown up, and a broad ditch. they muſt have ſtood ſacred to this uſe from
There is a raiſed cauſeway, very plainly to be the firſt introduction of private property into
feen, leading from it towards the fea-ſhore. this kingdom, and the firſt diviſion of it into
they not only made their ex pariſhes (w).
curſions and plundered the neighbouring coun Dr. Plot ſays, that Herba Britannica, which
try, but ſecured themſelves againſt ſuch power Twyne and Johnſon think to be biſtort; Trifolium
as the King might ſend againſt them (1).
acetoſum or Oxys; Empetron, quæ eſt petrafindula
Britanniæ prope peculiaris, and Crocus (x), were
found at Milton by Scribonius Largus, when he
In the weſtern part of this pariſh, there are came into Britain with the Emperor Claudius.
ſeveral hundred acres of coppice-wood, which v Polygonatum, ſcala cæli, or Solomon's ſeal, grows
are adjoining to a much larger tract of the like
on Cheſnut-bill in this pariſh. 3
From this fortrefest
NATURAL
HISTORY.
and much
par compare
(s) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. xxxix. Afferius writes,
anno 892, Haftengus fecit fibi firmiſſimum oppidum apud
Middeltunam. Sax. Chron. anno 893, interpreted, Arcem
extruxit. Simon Dunelm, coll. 151, H. Huntingdon, lib.
5, Florence of Worceſter, p. 595, and Chron. Malros,
Fecit munitionem.' Spelman, in his Life of Alfred, ſays
Deni caftra validis operibus communiunt.
(t) K. Alfred, ſome time afterwards, in order to ſtop
theſe excurſions of the Danes, built over againſt this forti-
fication, on the oppoſite or eaſtern ſide of the creek, an-
other fort, part of the ditches of which, and a ſmall rem-
nant of the ſtone-work, are ſtill to be ſeen at Bayford Caſtle,
in the adjoining pariſh of Sitting borne. See Alfred's Life,
by Spelman, p. 47
(u) In the preſentment of the ſeveral rights and cuſtoms
of the manor of Milton, made in 1575, frequently men-
tioned above, is this entry: The Queen is ſaid to be poſ-
ſeſſed of 300 acres of wood, called Chefi nut-wood, within
the Hundred of Middleton.
Item. that the occupiers of the three water-mills, holden
of the manor, ſhould gather yearly for the Lord of it, nin
buſhells of cheftenottes in Cheftnott-wood, or pay 18d. by the
year.
K. James I, having given directions to George, Duke of
Buckingham, for enlarging his park at Eaſt Beaulieu in the
co. of Elex, for his Majeſty's better diſport and recreation in
hunting there, granted and beſtowed on him towards the
finiſhing of it, 1000 timber trees of oak, to be taken within
his woods, called Chefion alias Cheſtnut-woods, in or near
his manor of Milton alias Middleton, in the county of Kent.
Rym. Fæd. vol. xviii, p. 119.
(v) There is a ſmall piece of ground near the church of
Newington, in which the ſtubs of cheſnuts ſtand in regular
order in rows, which was planted by Cockin Sole, eſq; within
memory of ſome now living. This has been artfully ſhewn,
and as ingeniouſly made uſe of, by ſome, who have tried to
eſtabliſh the idea of the cheſnut-tree not being the indige.
nous growth of Britain. But the proofs are ſo manifeft, not
only in this county, but in many others, that there can be
no occaſion for argument, in a matter, where every per-
ſon's making uſe of his own obſervation andcommon ſenſe,
muſt convince him of their being really the indigenous
growth of this iſland.
(w) Four letters were printed in 1771, after having been.
read before the Royal Society, two of which were written
by Dr. Ducarel, and the other two by Mr. Thorpe, and Mr.
Haſted, to prove the cheſnut-tree's being the indigenous
growth of this kingdom, in anſwer to an idea of the Hon.
Mr. Daines Barrington, who had a wiſh to eſtabliſh a con-
trary opinion.
(x) Dr. Plot ſays, crocus ſativus, ſaffron, was heretofore
fown and gathered (as now at Walden in the co. of Eſſex ) at
Milton in Kent, and quotes for his authority, a manuſcript
rental of the manor of Milton, in the library of Chriſt Church,
Canterbury.
TITLES,

632
The HISTORY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
TITLE S.
care
old
peo-
,
John Knott, late of this pariſh, Baker, by his
laſt will, dated June 27, 1718, gave the yearly
ſum of 51. for the teaching of poor children to
Henry, youngeſt ſon of Robert Sidney, ſecond
read and write, payable out of the eſtate of Mr.
John Stanley, in Milton, now Mr. Thomas Grant's
William and Mary, created Baron of Milton,
eſtate.
and Viſcount Sidney of the Iſle of Shepey; and on
Catherine Arne Dicks, widow, late of this pa-
April 25, 1694, Earl of Romney.
riſh, by her laſt will, dated June 29, 1731, gave
K. William likewiſe made him, in 1692, joint
251. the intereſt of it yearly to be laid out in
Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent, with
bread, in fix two-penny loaves, each Sunday to
Fane, Earl of Westmoreland, whom he furvived,
be diſtributed by the Churchwardens to ſix poor
Lord Warden of the Five Ports, and Conſtable
widows, beginning on Chriſtmas-day.
of Dover Caſtle, Maſter General of the Ordnance,
John Knott, of this pariſh, gave 21 penny
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Firſt Lord of his
loaves for 22 Sundays, to begin on the third
Bedchamber, and of his Privy Council, Colonel
Sunday after Michaelmas, to ſuch poor
of the firſt Regiment of Foot Guards, and Lieu-
ple as ſhould be at church, and took no alms
tenant General of his Forces, and one of the
of the pariſh.
Lords Juſtices in 1697, whilft the King was in
Mrs. Mary Simms, of this pariſh, by her laſt
Holland. He was alſo of the Privy Council to
will, proved June 10, 1772, deviſed the reſidue
Q. Anne, and died unmarried, on April 8,
of her perſonal eſtate, after her debts and the
1704, in the 63d year of his age, and was bu-
legacies therein mentioned were ſatisfied, to
ried in St. James's church, Weſtminſter ; ſo that
the Miniſter and Churchwardens of Milton, to
his titles became extinct (y).
be put out to intereſt, and to be laid out in
bread for the poor, to be diſtributed for ſo many
ſucceſſive Sundays yearly as they ſhould think
Thomas Bradbury, gent. Iate of this pariſh, by
proper, to begin the firſt Sunday after Chrift.
his laſt will, dated March 1601, gave the yearly
mas-day.
profits of four acres of land in Sawyers-fields, to
be diſtributed to the poor by the Miniſter and
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Churchwardens on St. Thomas's Day.
Fulkes Taylor, late of this pariſh, Yeoman,
Milton is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic-
gave by his will, dated Sept. 11, 1616, the diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
yearly ſum of 51. to be diſtributed to the poor of Sitting borne.
of this pariſh on the ſame day, for the ſame The church, which ſtands about half a mile
purpoſes.
north-eaſtward from the town, is dedicated to the
Thomas Knott, late of this pariſh, Mariner, Holy Trinity. It is a large handſome building,
by his laſt will, July 30, 1673, gave the yearly conſiſting of two iſes and two chancels, the
fum of il. 2s. to be laid out in bread, and di. Southernmoſt of which belongs to the manor of
ftributed by the Churchwardens to the poor
of Northwood. It has a well built tower at the weſt
this pariſh, on 22 Sundays yearly, beginning on end (z), in which hang five bells.
the third Sunday after the feaſt of St. Michael. In the year 1070, being the 5th year of his
Thomas Kipps, gent, late of the city of Canter reign, William the Conqueror gave to the Abbat
bury, by will dated the 16th of Nov. 1680, gave and Convent of St. Auguſtine, near the walls of the
203. per annum, payable out of a tenement in city of Canterbury, the church of Middelton, and
Chart-ſtreet, in Great Chart pariſh, and the lands the tenths of all the products accruing from that
called Chillmaſh there, to be diſtributed to the manor, and the tenths of all its appartenances,
,
poor
of this pariſh, by the Overſeers, on Chriſt viz. of the land, wood, meadows, and water,
Was-day.
excepting the tenths of honey, and rent paid in
Elizabeth Morley, Spinſter, late of St. Andrew's,
money (a).
Holborne, by her will, dated Aug. 14, 1714, Pope Lucius XI, in the year 1144, at the pe-
gave to the Churchwardens icol. the intereſt of tition of Abbat Hugh de Trotteſclive, confirmed
it to be given towards the teaching of three the annual penſion of 10 marcs from this church
poor fatherleſs children to read and write. to that abbey, ſo that three ſhould be applied
CHARITIES.
() See Coll. Peet. edit. 2d, vol. ii, p. 152.
() In this church, among others, were formerly the
arms of Barry, Diggs, Finch, of the Five Ports, of Nor-
wood and Norton, with their ſeveral creſts, trophies, and
banners; of Mærten quartering Boteler ; one coat-Barry
argent and azure, on a canton of the ift a bird of the 2d-Ar-
gent, 3 bends azure, within a bordure 8 mullets ;-gules, a feſs
or between 3 mullets argent; and in one of the windows, a
man kneeling, with a coat of arms-6 lions rampant, 3 and
3, and underneath-Orate paia Guliel Savage Armigi.
Mauricius ap John, Rector of St. George's in Exeter, was
buried in the choir of this church, as appears by his will,
proved anno 1499.
(a) This gift was, confirmed by K. Henry I. in his 3d
year, K. Stephen, K. Henry II, K. Richard I. in his iſt
year, K. John in his 5th year, K. Henry III. in his 11th
year, and K. Edward I, II, and III. Decem. Script.
Chron. W. Thorn, col. 1788, 1796, 2123. Tan. Mon.
p. 205, Bis.
towards

Тbe HISTORY of K E N T. 633
MILTON HUNDRED.
ſhould receive his accuſtomed dues and procu.
MILTON. IN
towards the making of books, and the remain. in their poſſeſſion of it, accuſing them of ille-
ing ſeven to the uſe of the altar (b). lo sotsid gally converting the profits of it to their own
Some time after which, in the year 1168, uſe; of refuſing to preſent a fit Clerk to him
the conventual church of St. Auguſtine was for the governing of it, and of not permitting
the greateſt part of it, burnt; on which ac either him or his official to have the cuſtody of
count, Pope Alexander III. allotted the church
it, being then vacant. This diſpute was referred
of Middelton to the facriſty there, for the re to the Biſhops of London and Ely, and the Abbat
pair of that church (c). But they did not keep of St. Edmund's, Delegates of the Pope, who,
poffeſfion of it long, for in the year 1178, at having heard the merits of each party, were
the King's inſtance, they gave it up, and loſt about to give their ſentence on it, when by the
all property both in the church, and the advow mediation of mutual friends, and at the King's
fon or patronage of it (d). lsiv bris nisiw chod requeſt to the Archbiſhop, that he would not dif-
In the year 1182, a compoſition was entered turb or hinder the Abbat and his Convent in the
into between Richard, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, converting the church of Middleton to their
and Roger, Abbat of St. Auguſtine, concerning own proper uſes; he being peaceably inclined,
the privileges and exemptions of the latter ; and out of reſpect to the King, ratified this
when it was agreed, among other matters, that church to them, to be poſſeſſed by them for
the Archdeacon of Canterbury, or his official, (g). sidaad 10 is tuis bestod
There was a penſion of 40s. payable yearly
rations from the churches of St. Auguſtine, ex from this church, with the chapel appertaining
cepting thoſe of Minſter, Northborne, and Chil to it, to the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine, which,
telet, which ſhould be exempt from them, and with the other penſions from their ſeveral
the churches of Middleton and Faverſham like churches, was given up by agreement, anno
wiſe, when the monks ſhould again get poffef 1242, entered into between Robert, Abbat of it,
fion of the appropriation of them (e). One and Simon Langton, Archdeacon of Canterbury,
Four years after which, viz. anno 1186, Roger, for a compenſation to be received by them, oue
Abbat of St. Auguſtine, before-mentioned, demiſed of the profits of the church of Preſton (h).
to Agnes, Prioreſs of St. Sexburg of Shepey, certain
10 The Abbat and Convent having obtained froin
tythes which his monaſtery poffeffed, in right of
time to time many grants and extenſive privi-
the church of Middleton, in the pariſh of Bobbing, leges from the papal See, among which, was an
at the yearly rent of 1os. on condition that
exemption from all archiepiſcopal or other eccle-
all houſekeepers, which ſhould be on the eſtates
ſiaſtical authority, and ſubjecting them and all
from which thoſe tythes aroſe, whether they were
their poffeffions ſolely and immediately to the
married or not, ſhould yearly repair to the mo-
fee of Rome ; about the year 1295, ordained an
ther church of Middleton with their oblations,
inſtitution of ſeveral new deanties, and appor-
according to their ſeveral abilities, viz. on Chriſto | tioned the ſeveral churches belonging to his mo-
mas-day, the day of the Purification, and on Eaſter-
naſtery, to each of them, according to their
day; and where there ſhould not be any men, ,
vicinity; one of theſe was the deanty of Lenham,
then the widows or damſels, if any ſuch ſhould
in which this church of Middleton was, among
be, ſhould repair to the ſaid church, in like man others, included. This proceeding raiſed great
ner, in lieu of them. And in 1188, the ſame
conteſts between the Archbiſhops and Abbats of
Abbat demiſed to the Prioreſs, above-mentioned,
St. Auguſtine, from time to time, each appealing
the tenths of Weſtlonde, within the pariſh of the in his turn to the Pope. However, after more
faid Prioreſs, for the rent of 14s. ſterling, pay than five years altercation, the determination of
able yearly to the Sacriſt of St. Auguſtine (f). theſe diſputes was referred by the Pope to the
About the year 1198, the Abbat and Convent
Abbat of Weſtminſter, and others, who ſtripped
recovered the poſſeſſion of the church of Middle-
the Abbat of theſe exemptions, and he was de-
ton, which was then become vacant by the death
clared, by the Pope's bull, to be ſubject to the
of one Franco, the perſon to whom they had Archbiſhop's juriſdiction in all matters whatſo-
given it up, at the inſtance of K. Henry II, as
ever, in like manner as heretofore : which en-
above-mentioned. But they had kept it but a
tirely diſſolved theſe new deanries, and that of
ſmall time, before the Archbiſhop diſturbed them
Lenham among them (i).
(6) Decem. Script. Chron. W. Thorn, col. 1806.
(c) Ibid. col. 1815. Archbiſhop Theobald likewiſe con-
firmed this church to the monaſtery. Col. 2091.
(d) Ibid. col. 1828.
(e) Ibid. col. 1835. Pope Urban III. confirmed this
church to the monaſtery, anno 1185. Ibid. col. 1838.
By a compoſition entered into between Edmund, Arch-
biſhop of Canterbury, and Robert, Abbat of St. Auguftine's,
in the year 1237, the above compoſition of Archbiſhop
Richard's was confirmed. See ibid. col. 1882, alſo col.
1960, 2002, 2013, 2028, 2039, 2146, and 2199.
(f) Ibid. col. 1839. K. Richard I, Oct. 12, in his ift
year, confirmed the gift of his anceftors to the monastery
of St. Auguſtine, of the church and tythes of Middleton.
Ibid. col. 1840.
(8) Ibid. col. 1858 et ſeq. Letabase
(6) Ibid. col. 1851.
(i) Ibid. col. 1976 to 2003, Prynne's Records, p. 817
to 841.
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634 The HISTORY of K E N T.
ture to it, which the Rectors or Vicars of it
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
Notwithſtanding the Abbat and Convent ſeem things, which ſhould be neceſſary for the cele
bration of divine rights in the church aforeſaid.
to have have held the church of Middleton ap-
The burthen likewiſe of the payment of tenths
propriated to their own uſe, almoſt from the
firſt grant of it, yet there does not appear to and other impoſitions, whenſoever and by whom-
have been any regular endowment of a vicarage foever they might happen to be impoſed on the
to it, till the reign of K. Edward III, (k) when Engliſh church, or incumbent on the ſaid church,
for the taxation of 12 marcs, beyond the burthens
John Stratford, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, by his
inſtrument, dated at Lambeth, 8th id. March, allotted to the faid religious underneath, they
ſhould undergo at their own coſts and expences.
1345, anno 20 Edward III, ordained and de-
creed, that the Vicar of the church of Middelton, But the burthen of the reparation and rebuild-
and his fucceffors, Vicars in it, ſhould have the ing of the chancel of the church of Middelton,
uſual manſion of the vicarage, with the garden both within and without, and alſo the finding
adjoining to it, together with one acre of the and repairing of books and veſtments, and or-
glebe of the ſame, and that he ſhould have and naments of the fame church, which were wont or
take, in the name of the vicarage, all and all ought of right or cuſtom, to be found and re-
manner of oblations in the church of Middelton, paired by the Rectors of churches, and all other
and all places whatſoever, ſituated within the burthens, ordinary and extraordinary, incumbent
bounds and limits or tytheable places of the ſaid
on the ſaid church, the ſaid religious ſhould un-
church, howſoever made or to be made, or ariſ dergo and acknowledge for ever, &c. (1)
ing to it, or in it, or in future capable of ariſing The church and vicarage of Middelton, after
by any manner, cauſe, occaſion, or colour what this, remained part of the poſſeſſions of the mo-
ſoever; and that they ſhould have and take, in naſtery of St. Auguſtine, till the final diffolution
the name of the ſaid vicarage, all tythes of ſylva of it, which happened in the 30th year of K.
cædua, wool, lambs, calves, pigs, ducks, geeſe, Henry VIII, when it was, with all its revenues,
ſwans, pidgeons, cheeſe, milk-meats, herbage, ſurrendered into the King's hands, to the uſe of
apples, pears, and other fruit, growing in gar him and his heirs for ever, and the ſame was
dens and orchards, pulſe, fax, hemp, eggs, confirmed by the general words of the act paffed
ruſhes, merchandizes, and of all mills built, or
for that purpoſe next year.
which might in future be built, within the After which, the King, by his dotation-char-
bounds and limits or tytheable places of the ter, dated May 23, in his 33d year, ſettled both
faid church of Middelton, and all other ſmall the church appropriate of Middelton, and the
tythes whatſoever belonging or appertaining to advowſon of the vicarage, among other premiſes,
the ſaid church; and alſo all legacies left in fu on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of Chriſt
Church, Canterbury, with whom the inheritance
might of right or cuſtom take ; alſo, that the of the parſonage ſtill remains, the preſent leffee
Vicars, in right of the vicarage aforeſaid, ſhould of it being John Cockin Sole, eſq; but the advow-
have and take of the religious, the annual pen-
fon of the vicarage the Dean and Chapter retain
fion of 4os. ſterling, one ſeam or quarter of corn
in their own hands, and are the preſent patrons
and three quarters or ſeams of barley, on the of it.
feaſt of St. Michael, in the month of September, In the year 1384, this church was valued, on
at Middelton, by them to be yearly paid, on pain the taxation then made of the poſſeſſions of the
of the ſequeſtration of the fruits and profits of clergy in the dioceſe of Canterbury, among the
the ſaid church, belonging to the ſaid religious, ſpiritualities of St. Auguſtine's monaſtery, at the
to be laid on as often and whenſoever they ſhould fum of 261. 135. 4d. (m)
be deficient or ceaſe in the payment of the pen The vicarage of Milton is valued in the King's
ſion or barley aforeſaid, or ſhould not pay either books at 131. 2s. 6d. and the yearly tenths at
of them in the time aforeſaid.
il. 6s. 3d. (n)
But that the aforeſaid Vicars hould undergo In 1578, there were here, dwelling-houſes
the burthen of ſerving by themſelves, or ſome 108, communicants 374.
other fit Prieſt, the ſaid church in divine fer In 1640, this vicarage was valued at 8ol.
vices, in the finding of one lamp, which ought
Communicants 529.
to burn before the altar of St. Mary there, and The antient annual penſion of 40s. one quar-
the miniſtering of bread, wine, lights, and other ter of wheat, and three quarters of barley, fti.

to 841. Pope Boniface 1x, anno 1300, confirmed the ap-
propriation of this church, to the uſe of the repair of the
church of St. Auguftine,
(l) There had been Vicars inſtituted to it long before
this time, for Robert de Wikes, who ſtyles himſelf Vicar of
Middelton, by his deed dated at Canterbury, May 27, 1247,
granted ſeven deywerks of land, with the houſes built on
it, for the habitation of the Vicar of Middelten, for the
time being; and the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine,
6 non. March, 1286, had aſſigned a portion for the mainte-
nance of the Vicar here. See Ducarel's Rep. 2d edit. p. 80. .
(1) Decem. Script. Chron. W. Thorn, col. 2093.
The
ordination or endowment itſelf is remaining among the ar-
chives of Chriſt Church in Canterbury.
gode
(m) Ibid. col. 2161.
(n) Ed, Thef. p. 13.
pulated

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
635
do 70
nor
c" which
MILTON HUNDRED.
MILTON.
pulated to be paid by the religious as above Como Pro Thomas Turner, A. M. Mar.
mentioned, ſtill continues to be paid by the
14, 1672, obt. 1695.
leffee of the parſonage, under the Dean and
settleil William Turner, A. B. Mar.
Chapter, by the covenants of his leaſe.
the basis 21, 1695, obt. 1711.
In the time of Gilbert, Biſhop of Rocheſter, who
orties(r) John Smith, A.M. Sept.
came to that ſee anno 31 Henry II, Alanus,
B 28, 1711, obt. 1718.
Prior of the Brethren of the Hospital of Jeruſalem tp (s) Charles Hinde, A.M. Oet.
in England, and his chapter, agreed, that when-
oladino 10, 1718, obt. 1751.
ever their chapel of Rodmerſham ſhould be dedi met (1) Francis Gregory, A. M.
cated, and the cemetery conſecrated, by Gilbert,
July 23, 1751, reſigned
Biſhop of Rocheſter, above-mentioned, by com-
1764.
mand of the Pope, they promiſed and granted 2 ตัว "
Slibeavy (u) Oſmund Beauvoir, A.M.
to Roger, Abbat, and the Convent of St. Auguſtine,
April 1, 1765. Preſent
that they would diminiſh none of the mother
Si te Da Vičar.
church of Middleton's rights; eſpecially that of the
se to sotto salone
huſbond and houſwife of Rodmerſham, being to be багато іх во в BING
buried at Middleton, which ſhould never be with-
drawn or diminiſhed, and that neither in that LES the next pariſh, fouth-weſtward from
in
Milton laſt-deſcribed, at a very ſmall diſtance
Middleton, of right, either in tythings or in any northward from the high London road at Key-
obventions, it ſhould ſuffer any injury whatever. Street,
Which inſtrument was ſealed with Biſhop Gil-
bert's ſeal, as well as that of the chapter of the
brethren ().
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
The Churchwardens of Milton claim to hold
this pariſh, ſubordinate to which is the manor
of that manor, one clofe of paſture, called The
Butts, in this pariſh, by eſtimation one acre, by
bing.court, was the a
antient reſidence of the fa-
the yearly rent of 5d.
mily of Savage, or Le Sauvage, as they were
called in French, who were of eminent ac-
count, and poſſeſſed good eſtates in this part of
PATRONS,
VICARS.
Kent (v).
or by whom preſented.
() William, anno 29 Edw. I.
Ralph de Savage, the firſt owner of this manor,
Peter Dyngley, in 1464 and
whom I have met with, was preſent with K.
Richard I. at the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine. His
rat 1484.
William Petett, in 1499 and
deſcendants fir John de Savage, fir Thomas de Sa-
vage of Bobbing, and fir Roger de Savage, were
1 504
Thomas Auſten, in 1533.
with K. Edward I, with many other gentlemen
Dean and Chapter (q) Peter Potts, A. M. Feb.
of this county, at the ſiege of Carlaverock in
of Canterbury.
Scotland, in the 28th year of his reign, and were
22, 1577
The Queen.
John Igleden, S. T.B. Dec.
all honored there by that Prince with the degree
10, 1584.
of Knighthood (w).
Dean and Chapter Richard Colfe, A. M. July Roger Le Sauvage poffefſed this manor in the
of Canterbury.
13, 1585.
next reign of K. Edward II, and in the 5th
Anthony Kingsmill, A. M. year
of it obtained, to him and his heirs, free-
Sept. 8, 1585, obt. 1616. warren, and other liberties for his lands in Boba
Ifaac Colfe, A. M. Oct. 10, bynges, Middelton, Borden, Newenton, and Stoke-
1616.
'bury (x).
The King, by lapſe. The ſame, July 3, 1624. By Clarice his wife, daughter of the Lord De-
Dean and Chapter Fohn Hurt, A. M. July 6, laware, he left iſſue fir Arnold Savage, who ſuc.
of Canterbury. 1661, obt. 1672.
ceeded him in this manor (y). His ſon, by
THE
M A NOR
CHURCH OF MILTON.
(6) In the Archives of Chriſt Church, Canterbury.
() Prynne's Antient Records, p. 906.
(9) See Mores's Tunſtall, p. 56.
(-) See Preſion by Wingham, of which pariſh he was like-
wife Vicar.
(s) And Curate of Iwade.
(1) He had been before Rector of Brooke, and was after-
wards Rector of St. George and St. Mary, Burgate, in Can-
terbury, united, which he afterwards reſigned for the vi-
carage of Stone in Oxney. He is likewiſe perpetual Curate
of Thanington, and a Minor Canon of Chriſt Church, Can-
terbury.
(). A diſpenſation paſſed on Dec. 20, 1764, for his hold-
ing this vicarage with that of Littleborne. He is likewiſe
Curate of Iwade, and Head Maſter of the King's School
of Canterbury. He was formerly Fellow of St. John's col.
lege, Cambridge, and Vicar of Calne in the co. of Wilts.
11: (v) Leland, in his Itinerary, vol. vi, p. 27, ſays, this
manor belonged to the Molynes, before it came to the
Savages.
(w) Philipott, p. 81, 122.
(3) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 47.
(y) In the 25th year of K, Edward III, he was Knight
of
To

636 . | The H I STORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED,
10:20
BOBBING, OTWEM
Margerie, daughter of the Lord Poynings, was year of that reign, leaving iſſue two ſons, Lewis,
fir Arnold Savage, who was of Bobbing, knt. a
who ſucceeded him in his eſtates in this county,
man of eminent repute in his time, being and John, who was anceſtor to the Lords Clif-
Sheriff of this county in the 5th and oth years ford of Chudleigh.
of K. Richard II, in which latter year he, among Lewis Clifford, the eldeſt ſon, reſided at Bob-
others of good rank, attended John of Gaunt, bing-court, and married Anne, daughter of the
K. of Caſtile, in his voyage to Spain (z); in the Lord Molynes, by whom he had iſſue one fon
16th
year of it, he was made Conſtable of Queen Alexander, and a daughter Elizabeth, married
borough caſtle (a); and in the next reign of K. to William Leycroft. Alexander Clifford, eſq; the
Henry IV, he was choſen Speaker of the Houſe ſon, kept his frievalty for this county here in
of Commons twice, viz. in the Parliaments of the 5th year of K. Edward IV, and dying in the
10th year of K. Henry VII, anno 1494, was
buried in this church, as was Margaret his wife,
Nov. 29, 1410, and was buried in the South daughter of Walter Colepeper (e), by whom he left
chancel of the church of Bobbing, as was his iſſue ſix ſons, of whom, Lewis Clifford, the eldeſt,
wife Joane, daughter of Eckingham, by whom he ſucceeded him in this manor, and was Sheriff of
left iſſue a ſon Arnold, and a daughter Eleanor. this county in the 13th year of K. Hen. VII. He
Arnold Savage, eſq; the ſon, ſucceeded him in was twice married ; firſt to Mildred, daughter of
this manor.
He died without iſſue, on March Bartholomew Bourne, of Sharſted, eſq; by whom he
25, anno 1420, and was buried in the north had two ſons, Nicholas, who was of Sutton Valence,
chancel of Bobbing church, as was Katherine his || and left iſſue a ſole daughter and heir, married
wife, daughter of Roger, Lord Scales, who died firſt to fir George Harpur, knt. and ſecondly to
Nov. 7, 1537, by whom he left no iſſue (c), ſo fir Edward Moore, afterwards of Millefont in Ire-
that Eleanor his ſiſter, who had been firſt mar land, knt. (f)and Richard, who married Anne,
ried to fir Reginald Cobham, knt. by whom ſhe daughter of Stafford, Earl of Wiltſhire, by whom
left no iſſue, and was then the wife of William he had three ſons, George, of whom hereafter ;
Clifford, eſq; became his heir, as well in this Henry, who married Anne, daughter of fir Richard
manor as the reſt of his poffefſions (d).
Devereux, knt. by whom he had fir Nicholas Clif-
William Clifford, efq; above-mentioned, was ford, knt. who left an only daughter and heir.
Sheriff of this county, both in the 4th and 13th Richard, the third ſon, married Mary Digby-and
years of K. Henry VI. He died in the 16th he had alſo a daughter Catherine.
of the Shire for this county, and in the 29th of the fame
reign, he was conſtituted one of the Conſervators of the
Peace for this county. In the 12th and 15th years of K.
Edward II, and in the 12th year of K. Edward III, John
Savage ſerved as Knight of the Shire for it, as did Ralph
Savage in the 8th, 11th, 12th, and 13th years of it. See
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p.ci, cviii, cix.
(z) Rym. Fæd. vol. vii, p. 490. In the 13th year of
this reign, he ſerved in Parliament as Knight of the Shire
for chis county. See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p.cix.
(a) He was third in ſucceſſion ſince the firſt appointment
to that office. See Weever, p. 281.
(6) Philipott, p. 81. Cott. Records, p. 404, 425.
(c) Philipott, p. 81. Pedigree of Savage. Viftn. co.
Kent, 1575. The Savages bore for their arms- Argent, 6
lions rampant fable, 3, 2, and 1 ; which coat is ſtill remain-
ing on the roof of the cloyſters of Canterbury cathedral, in
the windows of the Chapter-houſe there, and in Wickham-
breux church. In one of the windows of Milton church, was
formerly the figure of a man kneeling, with the above coat,
only the lions placed 3 and 3, and underneath-Orate
P aia
Wi Savage Armigi.
The Savages of Rock Savage in Cheſhire, from whom de-
ſcended the Earls Rivers of this name, which title is now
extinct, bore the ſame arms as thoſe of Kent.
(2) The family of Clifford was deſcended from anceſtors
feated at Clifford Caftle in the county of Hereford, ſo early
as the beginning of K. Henry II.'s reign, ſeveral of whom
were fummoned to Parliament, among the Barons of this
realm, in the reign of K. Edward I, and afterwards. One
of them, Roger de Clifford, left iſſue ſeveral fons, of whom
Roger de Clifford became his heir; and far Thomas de Clifford
left a fon Jobs Clifford, who left iſſue two ſons, Richard,
LLD, Dean of York, Archdeacon of Canterbury, and af.
terwards fucceflively Biſhop of Worceſter and London, who
died in 1421, and was buried in his own cathedral; and
Robert Clifford, of Bobbing, efq; who kept his ſhrievalty for
this county there in the iſt year of K. Henry IV, and the
2d and 3d years of K. Henry V; in the 8th year of the
former of which, he ſerved as Knight of the Shire with Ar-
nold Savage. He died on March 9, 1422, and lies buried
in the nave of Canterbury cathedral.
But to return to Roger de Clifford, the eldeſt ſurviving
ſon of Roger, who married Matilda, daughter of Thomas de
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and died anno 13 Richard
II, having recived ſummons to Parliament to the time of his
death. He left iſſue three ſons; Thomas, his eldeſt ſon and
heir, from whom deſcended the Cliffords, Earls of Cumber-
land,-the Boyles, Lords Clifford of Lonſborough,-Thomas,
Earl of Thanet, Lord Clifford, and his daughter the Lady
Margaret Tufton, Lady Clifford, married to Coke, Earl of
Leiceſter.
Sir William Clifford, the ſecond ſon, died without iſſue;
and Lewis Clifford, the third ſon, was a man of note in the
military line, as well as in ſtate affairs, and in the 6th year
of K. Richard II, was made a Knight of the Garter. He
died anno 4 Henry IV, leaving iflue one fon William, who
married the ſiſter of Arnold Savage, efq; and in her right
became poſſeſſed of Bobbing, as above-mentioned. See
Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 335. Coll. Peer. 2d edit. vol. iv,
p. 194:
(e) There are ſeveral antient graveſtones belonging to
this family in the north chancel of this church; ſome en-
tirely robbed of their braſſes, others with remnants remain-
ing on them ; on one of them there are the figures, in braſs,
of a man and woman, the former having the ſurcoat of
Clifford on him, viz --Chequy, a fefs within a bordure.
(f) See above, p. 412.
The

The
HISTORY of
of K E N T.
637
wife (i). H
him (). 2
BOBBING. TOTUM
MILTON HUNDRED.
The ſecond wife of Lewis Clifford was Bennet, fon Anthony, and a daughter Frances, who died
daughter of fir John Guldeford, knt. widow of an infant. She died on Dec. 19, 1603, æt. 37,
James Iſaac, eſq; afterwards remarried to fir W
and was buried in St. Patrick's church, Dub-
***
liam Boys, of Bonnington, knt. by whom he had an
lin (mi). Inleidd gli on zivsel in
only daughter Anne, married to Cox.
She, by her laſt will, deviſed this manor, in
Nicholas Clifford, eſq; the eldeſt ſon of Lewis, equal ſhares, to her two ſons Henry and Conyers
as above-mentioned, poſſeſſed this manor of Bob- || Clifford, and her ſon Anthony St. Leger, after-
bing on his father's death, and ſold it preſently wards knighted, and of Wierton-houſe in Bough-
afterwards to fir Thomas Neville, knt. but Richard ton Monchelſea. They quickly afterwards joined
Clifford, eſq; the younger ſon, repurchaſed it of in the ſale of it to fir Edward Duke, of Cofington
in Aylesford, knt. (n) who not long afterwards
in it by his ſon George Clifford, eſq; who reſided paſſed it away by ſale to fir Richard Gurney, kni.
at Bobbing-court in the middle of the reign of Q. Alderman of London, who was afterwards, on
Elizabeth, and left iſſue by Urſula his wife, Dec. 14, 1641, created a Baronet, being then
daughter of Roger Finch, ſeven ſons and three Lord Mayor of that city (o). He alienated it to
daughters (b), of whom Henry Clifford, eſq; the his brother-in-law Henry Sandford, eſq; who died
eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in this manor, which poffeffed of it on Oct. 31, 1660, æt. 64, and
he afterwards alienated to his younger brother, was buried with his wife Elizabetb
, daughter of
fir Conyers Clifford, knt. and Dame Mary his Pankhurſt, of Marfield in the co. of Suſſex, in
19blisseite
the north chancel of this church, where there is
She was the daughter of Francis Southwell, of a monument erected for them, with their two
Windham-ball in the co. of Norfolk, eſq; and had buſts in white marble on it (P). He had iffue
been married firſt to Thomas Sydney, of this by her one ſon Henry, who died an infant, and
county, eſq; by whom ſhe had three daugh four daughters, Chrillian; Angelica, married to
ters (k), and afterwards to Nicholas Gorge, esq; Henry Thornhill, efq; Mary; and Frances, the lat-
by whom ſhe had no iſſue. Her third huſband ter of whom carried this manor in marriage to
was fir Conyers Clifford, of Bobbing-court, knt. | fir George Moore, bart. (q) who died poſſeſſed of
above-mentioned, who was Governor of Con- it on Sept. 11, 1678, and was buried in the
naught in Ireland, and a Privy Counſellor of that north chancel of this church. He died without
kingdom, by whom ſhe had two ſons, Henry and iſſue, leaving his widow ſurviving, and poffefied
Conyers, and a daughter Frances, who died of this manor, which ſhe the next year carried
young. She ſurvived him, and afterwards pof- || in marriage to Colonel Edward Diggs, who died
ſeſſed ſolely this manor, to which ſhe entitled without iſſue (r), and ſhe again married Colonel
fir Anthony St. Leger, knt. Maſter of the Rolls Robert Crayford, Governor of the fort of Sheer-
in Ireland, and a Privy Counſellor there, her nefs, who ſurvived her, and became poffeſſed of
fourth huſband, whoſe ſecond wife the was (1). this manor, which he afterwards, in the reign of
She had iſſue by him, who ſurvived her, one K. William, fold to Thomas Tyndale, of North
Mistrigusb smo v to it and
(g) See Lel. Itin. vol. vi, p. 27.
( He was ſon of Brien Gurney, and married Elizabeth,
(5) Viz. Henry, Alexander, Conyers, Lewis, Richard, Cle widow of Mr. Robert South. Being a ftedfaſt loyalift, he
ment, and George ; Elizabeth, Mary, and Catherine.
eid
was committed to the Tower, and ſuperſeded in his office
of Mayor, which was given to Ifaac Pennington. He bore
(i) Philipott, p. 82. The Cliffords, of Bobbing, bore
for their arms-Chequy or and fable, a feſs and bordure gules,
for his arms-Paly of 6, per feſs counterchanged or and
on the feſs, a creſcent argent, for difference; which coat they
azure. Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 90, book iii,
quartered with that of Savage. Theſe arms of Clifford are
p. 128, book v, p. 144. Guillim’s Heraldry, p. 194, which
coat was in alluſion to that borne by Hugh Gorney, a Nerman;
on the roof of the cloyſters of Canterbury cathedral, and in
created Earl of Gorney by William Rufus, who bore=Paly
St. Margaret's church in Canterbury, impaled with Savage.
6 or and azure.
gure. I
bos stored
The firſt Lord Clifford of this family, bore-Chequy or and
azure, a bendlet gules, which the elder brethren kept as () He bore for his arms-Ermine, on a fefs gules 2 boars
long as they continued; a ſecond ſon turned the bendlet into
heads couped or.
babolt
a bend, and placed on it 3 lioneux paſant or, from whom the (9) He was created a Baronet by letters patent, July 26,
Cliffords of Frampton are deſcended. Roger Clifford, ſecond 1665, being ſtyled of Maids Morton in the co. of Bucking-
ſon of Walter the firſt, for the bendlet took a feſs gules, which
Sir George Moore, and Frances his wife, levied a fine
was borne by the Earls of Cumberland, and others of that of two meſfuages, two gardens, two orchards, 100 acres of
branch. Thoſe of Kent added the bordure to the fejs, and a arable, 15 acres of wood, 100 of marſh, and a mediety
creſcent on it, for difference; and for Conyers bore the chequy of three meffuages, three gardens, three orchards, 440 acres
or and ſable, as appears by his coat of arms on an original of freſh marſh, 450 of falt marſh, and a third part of 305
picture of him, painted in 1595. See Camden’s Remains, acres of marſh with their appurts. in Bobbing, Milton, Chet-
p. 224.
rey, I wade, St. John Baptif and Birchington in the Iſle of
(k) Two of whom died unmarried, and the third, Tho Thanet; and likewiſe of the parſonage of Bobbing.
inulos
maſine, was the wife of fir William Godolphin, knt. TOY
He bore for his arms-On a feſs 3 fleurs de lis, between 3
mullets.
(1) He was third ſon of fir Anthony St. Leger, of Ulcomb,
knt. Lord Deputy of Ireland. See Ulcomb above, p. 422. (r) Fifth ſon of Thomas Digg's, of Chilham Caſtle, eſq;
(m) See Iriſh Peer. vol. iii, p. 181.
by Mary, daughter of fir Maurice Abbot, knt.ad 11
(n) See Aylesford above, p. 173.
lov VOL. II.
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638
The H IS TO RYO of K E N T.
daw
1V
BOBBING.
MILTON HUNDRED.
Nibley in the co. of Glouceſter, gent. whoſe ſon buried in the church of Bobbing (u), having had
William Tyndale, eſq; dying on Aug. 20, 1748, iſſue by Margaret his wife, eldeſt daughter and
æt. 80, was buried in the ſouth chancel of Bobbing coheir of Humphry Morley, of the co. of Suſſex,
church; leaving no iſſue, he by his laſt will de eſq; five ſons and two daughters.
viſed this manor in tail male to his collateral Sir John Tufton, knt, and bart. the eldeſt ſur.
kinſman, the Rev. William Tyndale, Rector of viving ſon, reſided entirely at The Mote, above-
Coats in the co. of Glouceſter, whoſe ſon Thomas mentioned. He was twice married; firſt to
Tyndale, of North Cerney in that county, eſq; is Margaret, third daughter and coheir of Thomas,
the preſent poffeffor of it (s). 10 || Lord Wotton, by whom he had no iſſue, and ſe-
The manſion of Bobbing-court, which was fi- | condly to Mary, fole daughter and heir of for
tuated exceedingly pleaſant, having a fine pro James Altham, of Markhall in the co. of Elex,
ſpect on every fide of it, ſtood almoſt adjoining Knight of the Bath, by neither of whom he had
to the ſouth ſide of the church-yard. It has any iſſue, and dying on Oct. 14, 1685, was bu,
been many years pulled down, but by the foun ried in Maidſtone church. tobus de SI
dations remaining, the walls of the garden, and | By his laſt will he bequeathed this feat to
the out-offices belonging to it, which are yet truſtees, to be ſold for the paynent of his debts,
ſtanding, it appears to have been a building of and they accordingly, in the year 1687, con-
a very conſiderable ſize and grandeur.
veyed it by fale to Major Thomas Cooke, of Fa-
There is a Court Baron regularly held for this verſam, who alienated it in 1692, to Mr. Tho-
mas Sole, of Milton, Shipbuilder. He married,
in 1688, Mary Cockin, of that pariſh, by whom
aid he left iſſue Cockin Sole, eſq; Barriſter-at-law and
was an antient ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated at
Recorder of Queenborough, who reſided here. He
the eaſtern extremity of it, adjoining to Milton, || died ſeiſed of it on Dec. 10, 1750, leaving iſſue
which ſeems to have been the antient reſidence
one ſon, and a daughter Catherine. He was
of the Cliffords, before they became poffeffed ſucceeded in this feat by his only ſon John Cockin
of the manor and court of Bobbing, as heir to Sole, eſq; who kept his ſhrievalty for this county
the Savages.
at it in the year 1756. He continued to reſide
branch , in
here till he removed to Norton-court near Faver.
Clifford, ;
jamin 1766pulled down al-
ther of Richard, Biſhop of Worceſter and London, | moſt the whole of this feat, ſo that the remains
fucceflively kept his fhrievalty for this county of it are but a mean farm-houſe, of which, to-
in this pariſh, both in the iſt year of K. Henry gether with the lands belonging to it, he ſtill
continues owner.
12
in the 8th year of which he was Knight of the * In 1754, he married for his firſt wife Cathe-
Shire for this county with Arnold Savage. He rine, only ſurviving daughter of Thomas Godfrey
died on March 9, 1422, and was buried in the Luſhington, of Canterbury, eſq; who died in 1766,
body of the cathedral of Canterbury (t).
by whom he has iſſue only one daughter (x).
It afterwards paffed into the name of Gorbam, Sir Thomas Wyatt, by his indenture, Nov. 20,
and thence into that of Tufton,
33 Henry VIII, conveyed to that King all
of K. Charles I, this ſeat was the property and his eſtates in this pariſh, among others, purſuant
reſidence of fir Humphry Tufton, knt. the ſecond to act of Parliament (y).
ſurviving ſon of fir John Tufton, of Hothfield in
PRESENT STATE OF BOBBING,
this county, knt, and bart. and next brother to
Nicholas, firſt Earl of Thanet. He reſided at
1. The pariſh of Bobbing is ſituated cloſe on the
times both here and at The Mote in Maidſtone, north ſide of the high London road, at the 39th
and on Dec. 25, 1641, was created a Baronet. inile-ſtone. It lies on high ground, with a de-
He died at Bobbing-place in Oct. 1659, and was
ſcent on every ſide from it. The ſoil is
very
manor.
BOBBING-PLACE
turion, and in the reign
anno
manor.
() The manor of Bobbing is held of the manor of Milton,
by the yearly rent of 145. 7žd. The family of Tyndale
was originally ſettled in Northumberland, whence a defcen-
dant of it removed to North Nibley in the co. of Glouceſter,
which efate Thomas Tyndale fold on his purchaſe of Bobbing
His ſon William Tyndale married a daughter of fir
Thomas Seabright, by whom he had one daughter, who
died before him, unmarried. Thomas Tyndale, efq; the
preſent poffeffor of this manor, married Elizabeth, third
daughter of Charles Coxe, of the co. of Glouceſter, eſq; by
whom he has iſſue one fon William, and a daughter Anne-
Carberine.
10
He bears for his arms-- Argert, a feſs gules, between 3
garbes ſable.
() See above, p. 636, note (d).
(u) See more of this family, under Maidſtone above, p.
100, and Collins's Peer. vol. iii, p. 280.
20 ao
In the ſouth iſle of this church, there is a monument,
having two buſts of white marble on it, for Charles Tufton,
who left a fon Humphry, and for Francis his brother, who
was never married, both the ſons of fir Humphry Tufton, of
Maidſtone, knt. and bart. and Margaret his wife, daughter
and coheir of Herbert Morley, of Glynde in the co. of Suſſex,
eſq; the ſecond brother of Nicholas, Earl of Thanet, and the
younger brothers of fir John Tufton, of Bobbing, knt. Charles
Tufton died, æt. 24, 1652, and Frances, æt. 21, 1657.
(*) He bears for his arms-Argent, a chevron gules, be-
tween 3 foles hauriant proper, all within a bordure engrailed
of the 2d.
(y) Augtn. off. box C. 20.
gravelly

The H I S T O R Y of
of K E N T. 639
MILTON HUNDRED.
all
quan-
BOBBING. NON
gravelly, and in ſome places ſandy, though there King, his heirs, and ſucceſſors for ever, the
is ſome good land round the extremity of it. clear yearly revenues of it being under that
The church, and remains of the court-lodge, fum.
ſtand nearly in the center of it, near which are This church becoming thus veſted in the
a few ſcattered houſes, which compoſe the vil Crown, ſtaid there till the King, in his 35th
(
year, granted the rectory of Bobbing, and
At the ſouth-weſt corner of the pariſh, on the manors, meſſuages, glebe, tythes, and heredi.
London road, there is a ſmall hamlet of houſes, taments whatſoever, in the pariſhes
in the pariſhes and fields
called Key-ſtreet, corruptly, no doubt, for Caii of Bobbing, Iwade, Halſtow, and Newington, to
Stratum, or Caius's Street, though the alehouſe the faid rectory belonging, to Thomas Green, to
in it having the ſign of the key, has raiſed an hold in capite by knights ſervice (b).
idea of its taking its name from thence. ži He was uſually ſtyled Thomas Norton, alias
In this ſtreet, there was antiently a ſpytall Green, being the natural ſon of fir John Norton,
bouſe, for the uſe of the poor and diſeaſed. of Northwood in Milton, knt. He died feiſed of
About a mile ſouthward from hence, on the this rectory in the 6th year of K. Edward VI,(c)
high road to Detling and Maidſtone, there is a leaving iſſue by Alice his wife, daughter and co-
gravel-pit of an unuſual depth and length, the r.of George Heveningkam, two ſons, Norton
hollowing of which muſt have been the work of Green, who left iſſue by Cicele his wife, daugh-
greac labour and length of time, inſomuch, that ter of Chriſtopher Roper, eſq; an only daughter
if I might be allowed the conjecture, I ſhould
and heir, married to fir Mark Ive, of Boxſted in
ſuppoſe it was made by the Romans, who took the co. of Elſex, knt. and Robert Green, who was
their materials from thence to make their road,
of Bobbing, gent. and by Frances his wife, daugh-
which ſtill remains viſible, from Key-ftreet to ter of Thomas Darrel, of Scotney, eſq; left iflue
Sitting borne, in its way to Canterbury; the three ſuns, Thomas; George; and Chrijtopher, who
tity of gravel, with which that way is raiſed,
reſided in Ireland, and left iſſue there. Thomas
being only to be ſupplied from ſo large a place Green, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, was afterwards knighted,
as this is.
910969
and died in the year 1624, leaving iſſue by Mar-
There was formerly a quintin in this pariſh, || garet his wife, daughter of Thomas Webbe, of
there being ſtill a field in it, called from thence this county, ela; four fons, Robert, Thomas, John,
the quintin-field (2).
and Jeremiah.
There is an antient and allowed fair, held Norton Green, efq; the eldeſt ſon, on his fa.
formerly on the day of St. Bartholomew, now, ther's death, became poffeffed of the rectory of
by alteration of the ſtyle, on Sept. 4, the pro Bobbing impropriate, with the advowſon of the
fits of which belong to the Lord of Milton vicarage ; on whoſe death it became the pro-
perty of Sir Mark Ive, in right of his wife, and
he preſented to it in the year 1607.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
He left iſſue one fon John Ive, éſq; who died
Bobbing is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdiction without male iſſue, leaving an only daughter
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit Anne, then an infant, by reaſon of whoſe nonage
ting borne.
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the Crown preſented to this vicarage in the 11th
The church, which is dedicated to St. Bar year of K. Charles I, anno 1635. In the next
tholomew, conſiſts of two ſmall iſles and two reign of K. Charles II, fir George Moore, of Bob.
chancels, having a tall ſpire ſteeple at the weſt bing-court, knt, owner of the manor of Bobbing,
end of it, in which hang five bells.
was poffeſſed of this rectory, with the advowion
The church of Bobbing was given by K. Henry of the vicarage. Since which it has remained in
III, in his 18th year, to the monaſtery of St. the like fucceſſion of owners as that manor,
Mary and St. Sexburgh in the Iſle of Shepey ; which down to Thomas Tyndale, of the co. of Glouceſter,
gift was confirmed by K. Henry IV, in his iſt eſq; the preſent poffeffor and patron of it.
year, by his letters of inſpeximus (a), and it con There is a fee-farm rent of 16s. rod. payable
tinued part of the poſſeſſions of it till the gene yearly to the Crown for this rectory.
ral diffolution of religious houſes in the reign of In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this church
K. Henry VIII, in the 27th year of which, this was valued at 61. 135. 4d. (d)
nunnery was ſuppreſſed, in conſequence of an In the year 1578, here were communicants
act of Parliament having paſſed that year for 118. In 1640, the vicarage of it was valued
the ſuppreſſion of all ſuch religious houſes, at 6ol. Communicants 88.
whoſe revenues did not amount to the clear There is no valuation of this vicarage in the
yearly value of 200l. and for giving them to the King's books,
2bir boyu
beri, Tooma
manor.
(z) See Ofham above, p. 224.
(a) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 153. Kilb. Surv. p. 31.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9. He was tenant of ic at
the diſſolution, at the yearly rent of 121.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
He bore for his arms-Gules, a
croſs potent ermine, within a bordure argent and fable.
(d) Stev. Mon, vol. i, p.41.
logists
In

640
of K E N T.
The
H IS TO RY
IWADE.
7
MILTON HUNDRED.
In the year 1186, Roger, Abbat of St. Au. part of it is within the Hundred of Tenham, and
guftine's monaſtery, near Canterbury, demiſed to the lands in it are held of that manor.
Agnes, Prioreſs of St. Sexburgh in Shepey, certain
tythes in this pariſh of Bobbing, belonging to
alias SO A ME S.
HOLMES,
that monaſtery in right of their church of Mid Helmes, or Holmes, now vulgarly called Soames,
dleton, at ios. per annum for ever, on certain is a manor which lies partly in this pariſh, and
conditions mentioned in their deed of it, as has partly in Milton ; the houſe of it being com-
been more fully mentioned above (e).
monly called The Moated Houſe, from a large
Theſe tythes were ariſing out of the hamlets moat having been formerly made round it. slis
of Wallinold, Turrifeld, Eaſtbrigħame, Berlinſhame,
This manor was antiently part of the poſlef-
and Wildrinſham, in this pariſh, as appears by
ſions of the family of Savage, ſeated at Bobbing
G
the Leiger-book of that monaſtery (f).
in this neighbourhood ; one of which, Arnold,
ſon of fir Thomas Savage, knt. died feiſed of it
CHURCH OF BOBBING, WA to
SAW in the 49th year of K. Edw. III, anno 1374(k),
and was ſucceeded in it by his ſon and heir fir
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
Arnold Savage, of Bobbing, knt. who died in the
Thomas Shawe, obt. 1607.
12th year of K. Henry IV, leaving iſſue one ſon
Sir Marcus Ive, of
TOIN
Arnold, and a daughter Elizabeth, who, on her
> Francis Reynolds, A.M. May
Boxſted in the co.
brother's death without iffue, became his heir,
20, 1607, obt. 1630. || being then the wife of William Clifford, eſq; who
of Elex, knt.
The Crown. (8) John Reader, Sept. 7,
in her right became entitled to this manor among
1635
the reſt of her inheritance (I).
William Scarlett, in 1663.
He had iſſue by her two ſons, of whom Lewis,
Sir George Moore,
the eldeſt, will be mentioned below; and John
(b) Titus Otes, A. B. induct.
of Bobbing-court,
was anceſtor to the Lords Clifford, of Chud-
March 13, 1672, reſig. leigh (m).
knt.
rü bilganito
Lewis Clifford, efq; the eldeſt ſon, died in his
The Crown, by lapſe. Thomas Conway, induct. Dec.
life-time, having had iſſue by Anne his wife,
14, 1689, reſig. 1690.
CO
daughter of the Lord Molynes, one fon Alexan-
Robert Crayford and
Robert Philpott, July 9, der Clifford, eſq; who reſided at this manor of
Dame Frances Moore
1690, obt. 1703. Holmes(m), during his father's life-time, at whoſe
his wife.
death he removed to Bobbing, and in his defcen-
Wm. Tyndale, gent. John Napleton, A. M. Nov.
dants it continued down to Henry Clifford, of
1703, obt. 1712.
Bobbing, eſq; who in the reign of Q. Elizabeth
ne slin () John Burman, A.M. Feb.
alienated it to Thomas Thomſon, of Sandwich,
10, 1712, obt. April 13,
whoſe deſcendant, of the ſame name, leaving
1726.
iſſue two ſons, Thomas, who was of Kenfield in
Richard Fletcher, A, B, in-
Petham, and Henry, who was of Royton-chapel
ducted 1726.
in Lenham, the latter of them became by his fa.
Ifaac Prieſt, inducted Aug,
.
ther's laſt will poſſeſſed of this manor (n).
5, 1753, obt. 1757.
He had iſſue by Dorothy his wife, daughter
Wm. Tyndale, Clk. Joſeph Parry, A. M. Oe.
of fir Robert Honywood, of Charing, knt. five fons
21, 1757. Prefent Vicar.
and three daughters, and dying in 1648, was
ſucceeded in his eſtate by his only ſurviving ſon
I W AD E,
Anthony, who was of Royton above-mentioned.
He died poffeffed of it in 1682, leaving iſſue an
SUALLY called Warde, lies northward
only daughter Dorothy, who married Mr. Richard
from Bobbing laſt-deſcribed, the pariſh of
Criſpe, of Maidſtone, gent. (0) Sometime after
Milton intervening, the greateſt part of which
which, it was at length ſold to Best, in which
lies within that Hundred, over which that manor
name it ſtill continues, being now the property
claims as paramount. The remaining, or eaſtern
of Thomas Best, of Chilfton in this county, eſą; ()
Colt
(e) See above, p. 633, under Middleton.
(m) See Collins's Peer. vol. vii, p. 108. See more of
c) Folio Chriſt Church, Mff.
them, under Bobbing, p. 636.
(8) The Crown preſented, by reaſon of the nonage of
(n) See Philipott, p. 238.
Anne Ive, patron of it. Rym. Fæd. vol. xix, p. 624.
() See more of this branch of the family of Thomfor,
(6) He reſigned this vicarage and removed into Suffex ;
and of the Crifpes of Royton, above, p. 442.
after which he became the famous diſcoverer of the Popiſh
(P) See more of the Beſis above, p. 131 and 435.
In
plot. See Rapin, vol. ii, p. 689.
the ſurvey of Milton manor, anno 1653, John Thomjon, late
(i) Alſo Vicar of Newington near Sitting borne, where he
Henry Thomſon, eſq; claimed to hold of that manor a dwell-,
ing-houſe, and certain land called Hulmes and Poitens, for-
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 39, ps. 2da.
merly in the tenure of William Spathurſt, at the yearly rent
() Philipott, p. 238.
of 115, d.
lies buried.
PREMISES

The
641
HISTORY
of K E N T.
IWADE.
MILTON HUNDRED,
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
The priory of Davington was poſſeſſed of lands
in this pariſh ſo early as the 17th year of K.
Edward III. (9)
The college or free chapel of St. Stephen in Weſt-
minſter was ſeiſed of lands in Iwade, with which
they continued till the iſt year of K. Edward
VI, when an act of Parliament paſſing for the
ſurrendry of all free chapels, chantries, &c.
this, among others, was ſoon afterwards dif-
ſolved, and the lands and poſſeſſions were ſur-
rendered into the King's hands, to the uſe of
him, his heirs, and ſucceſſors for ever (r). At
which time it appears, by the ſurvey then taken,
that their eſtate here conſiſted of a marſh called
Bynewull, then let at the yearly rent of 81. (s)
In the 2d year of that reign, the King granted
to fir Edward Wotton, knt. the marſh called Win-
wald-marſh, and all thoſe lands and tenements
in Iwade in the tenure of Solomon Wilkins, late
parcel of the poſſeſſions of the college of St.
Stephen, Weſtminſter, to hold in capite by knights
ſervice (t). He died ſeiſed of it in the 5th year
of that reign, upon which his ſon Thomas Wotton,
eſq; had livery of it (u).
The monaſtery of Boxley in this county was
poffefſed of lands and paſtures in this pariſh,
called Swaineſdowne, which at the diſſolution of
it in the 29th year of K. Henry VIII, was,
with the other lands and poſſeſſions of it, ſur-
rendered into the King's hands, and were con-
firmed to the uſe of him and his heirs by the
general words of the act of Parliament, paſſed
in the 31ſt year of that reign for this purpoſe.
After which, the King, by his indenture, in
his 32d year, granted theſe premiſes in Iwade,
among other lands, in exchange to fir Thomas
Wyatt, of Allington-caſtle, knt. and he covenanted
to grant an eſtate in fee of them to him, his heirs
and aſſigns, by letters patent under his great
ſeal, to hold by the roth part of a knight's fee,
by the yearly rent of 4s. as is therein men-
tioned (v)
In the 40th year of K. Edward III, fir William
Septvans was poſſeſſed of marſhes, called Lokefing
and Herſing marſhes, in this pariſh (w).
they do, the ſheep having in their livers little
animals breeding in the ſhape of plaiſe, occa-
ſioned, as it is believed, by their feeding on the
herb Spearwort, which grows there plentifully
among the graſs.
It has been remarked, that the thatch on the
roofs of buildings in this pariſh cannot be pre-
ſerved long; the rooks and other birds continu-
ally carrying it away; which circumſtance arifes
from the quantity of Aies harbouring in it, ow-
ing to its ſituation, much more than in other
places; and it is for the ſake of thoſe flies; that
the birds unthatch the buildings.
PRESENT STATE OF IWADE.
The pariſh of ſwąde, or Warde, is very ſmall,
and lies fo low and envelloped by the marſhes
as hardly to be known to any one, excepting
thoſe who travel into The Iſle of Shepey, to which
the road leads through this pariſh to the King's
Ferry. The village is ſituated on the road, and
the church cloſe on the eaſt ſide of it.
The lands in this pariſh are very even and
flat; and are almoſt all of them paſture-ground
and marſhes, which have great quantities of
ſheep continually feeding on them.
Its low and moiſt ſituation, cloſe to the large
tract of marſhes, and the waters of The Swale,
render it hardly ever free from fogs and noiſome
vapours; and in dry weather in ſummer, the
ſtench of the mud in the ditches and ponds; and
the badneſs of the water, contribute ſo much to
its unwholeſomneſs, that almoſt every one is
terrified from attempting to live in it; and it
is conſequently but very thinly inhabited.
There are at this time in it 16 houſes, and
about 60 or 70 inhabitants.
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CHARITI E S.

John Bunce, of Milton, Linen-draper, by his
laſt will, dated Nov. 27, 1681, left to the
poor
of this pariſh 40s. chargeable on an eſtate at
Iwade, belonging to Mr. John Murton, of Good-
neſtone, to be diſtributed among them by the
Churchwardens on St. John's Day.
MISCELLANI E S.
The name of Swaineſdown in this pariſh, is
plainly of Daniſh original, and there are ſtill the
veftigia of ſome antient fortifications or works
thrown up on it.
Dr. Plot ſays, the ſheep never rot in the
marſhes of this pariſh, but in thoſe of Tenham
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Iwade is in the ecclefiaftical juriſdiction of
the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit-
tingborne.
The church, which is a ſmall mean building,
conſiſts of two iſles and two chancels, having a
low pointed ſteeple, in which hang two bells.
It is dedicated to All Saints.
It was formerly eſteemed as a chapel to the
church of Tenham, and as ſuch, was given and
appropriated with it to the Archdeaconry of Can-
() Stev. Mon. vol. ii, appendix, p. 213.
(r) See more of this college, under Bredhurft above,
P: 527
(5) Survey of chantry lands, Augtn. off.
(C). Rot. Eſch. ejus an pt. 4.
Vol. II.
8 A
(u) Rot. Eſch, anno 6 Edward VI. See more of the
Wottons, under Boughton Malherb, p. 428.
(v) 'The deed was inrolled in the Augmentation-office,
July 20th that year. See Augtn, off. box A. 55.
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
terbury

642
K E N T.
The
of
HISTORY
MILTON HUNDRED.
The ISLAND of SHEPEY.
terbury, by Archbiſhop Stephen Langton, in the
year 1227(x).
By leaſe, dated Feb. 20, 1560, between Geo.
Hall, Archdeacon of Canterbury, and Anne Lyne,
Spinſter, of the Precincts of Chriſt Church, Can-
terbury, this curacy was augmented with the
ſum of 81. per annum (y).
The Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine, near
Canterbury, was poffeffed of the portion of tythes
of Coleſland in this pariſh, which Thomas, Curate
of this pariſh, releaſed all his right to, before
Selfrid, Biſhop of Chicheſter, in the year 1202,
anno 4 of K. John (2).
It is now a perpetual curacy, and is of the
yearly certified value of 81.
In 1730, it was augmented by lot, by the Go-
vernors of Q. Anne's bounty, with 2001. (a) as
it was afterwards with 200l. more on a diſtri-
bution of the like ſum from Mrs. Urſula Taylor's
legacy, paid to them by fir Philip Boteler, bart.
The Archdeacon of Canterbury is patron and
appropriator of it.
CHURCH OF
I WADE.
PATRONS,
CURATES,
or by whom preſented.
(6) Thomas, in 1202.
The Archdeacon of Thomas Morland, admitted
Canterbury. 1708.
(c) Charles Hinde, A.M. obt.
1751.
(d) Tbo. Leigh, A.M. 1751.
Francis Gregory, A.M. 1751,
reſig. 1766.
() Oſmund Beauvoir, 1766.
Preſent Curate.
it took from the number of ſheep continually
feeding on it (i).
Its circumference, including the little adjoin-
ing iles of Elmley and Harty, which lie at the
ſouth-eaſt ſide of it, and include about two-eighth
parts of the whole of it, meaſures upwards of
30 miles. It is about 13 miles in length, and
about ſix at its greateſt breadth.
The grounds of this iſand riſe from the ſhores
on the ſouth, eaſt, and weft bounds of it towards
its center; but on the north ſide, it ſeems, by
the height of the cliffs, to have once extended
much further. The cliffs are in length about
fix miles, and gradually decline at each end, the
more elevated parts continuing about two-thirds
as far as they extend, and they are, at the very
higheſt of them about Minſter, not leſs than
30
yards in perpendicular height above the beach
or ſhore, and conſiſting of clay, and being con-
ſtantly waſhed at their baſis by the tides which
beat againſt them, more eſpecially when driven
by ſtrong eaſterly winds, they are continually
waſting and falling down upon the ſhore , and
fo
great
is the loſs of land at the higheſt parts,
that ſometimes near an acre has ſunk down in
one maſs from that height upon the beach be-
low, with the corn remaining entire on the ſur-
face of it, which has afterwards grown and in-
creaſed to maturity, and been reaped in that
ftate, with but a triling loſs to the owner of it.
The greateſt part of the iſland conſiſts of graſs-
land, moſt of which is very rich and fercile;
the remaining or upland part of it, towards the
northern ſide, in the pariſhes of Minſter and Eaſ.
churcb, is equally fertile in corn, the incloſures
of which are ſmall, and ſurrounded with thick
hedge-rows of elm, and the whole face of the
country exceeding pleaſant in fine weather, being
interſperſed with much ſmall hill and dale, and
frequent houſes and cottages. The roads through-
out the iſland are very good all the year, owing
to the great plenty of fine gravel in it, and the
proſpects are very pleaſing and extenſive one very
fide. There is hardly any coppice wood through-
out the whole of it. Freſh water is very ſcarce
and what there is of it brackiſh.
is of it brackiſh. The air is
very thick and much ſubject to noxious vapours,
ariſing from the large quantity of marſhes in
and near it, which make it
very unwholeſome,
inſamuch, that few people of ſubſtance live in
it, eſpecially in the low or marſhy parts, where
the inhabitants are very few indeed, and conſiſt
The ISLAND of SHEPEY.
HE Iſland of Shepey is ſeparated from the
reſt of the county of Kent by a narrow
arm of the ſea, called The Swale. It is not cer-
tain by what name it was known to the Romans.
Ptolomy, in his geography, mentions two iſlands
in this part of Britain, which he calls Toliapis
and Counus (f); the former of which is ſuppoſed
by moſt of our learned men, among whom are
Camden and Batteley (g), to be this iſland, though
Lambard, Leland, and ſome others, think the lat-
ter, merely from the etymology of the name(b).
It was called by the Saxons, SCEAPIGE or
Ovinia, that is, The Iand of Sheep, which name
(x) Black Book of the Archdeacon.
(y) Lambeth MA.
(z) Regift. Mon. St. Aug, Cart, 513. See Decem. Script.
Chron. W. Thorn, col, 2029.
(a) Ext. Ther. p.9..
(6) See above.
(c) And Vicar of Milton near Sitting borne.
(d) Alſo Rector of Murſion, which ſee.
(e) Likewiſe Vicar of Milton, and of Littleborne, and
Head Maſter of the King's School in Canterbury.
( See Horſley's Brit. Rom. book iii, p: 360. Ptolemy
deſcribes the former of theſe iſlands in lon. 23. lat. 54. 15.
the latter in lon. 24. lat. 54. 30. What ſpace he allowed
to a degree is uncertain, but undoubtedly it appears to be
much leſs than we do.
(8) Camd. Brit. p. 233. Battely Antiq. Rhutup. p. 41:
(b) Lamb. Peramb. p. 266. Lel. Itin. vol. vii, p. 135-
(i) Baxter, in his Gloſſary, under the word Malata, adds,
“ Vervecum Patria, or the Iſle of Sheep, now named Shepey.
“ This is corruptly called, by the book of Ravenna, Malaca,
“ by the Britons called Vervex.” In Chron, de Mailros,
in anno 832, it is called Peleiga.
in

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
643
.
The ISLAND of SHEPEY.
in general of Lookers or Bailiffs, and fervants. of the court at the next law-day, with other re-
The garriſon and dock of Sheerneſs, and its en gulations therein mentioned.
virons, the reader will however of courſe except And as the uſual highway leading from the
from this obſervation, where there are many market town of Milton to it, was in ſuch decay,
gentlemen of property and ſubſtance conſtantly that neither man nor beaſt could paſs it without
reſident.
great danger, and the pariſh through which it
The water which Aows between this iſland
lay was not able to repair it, three Juſtices of
and the main land is called The Swale, and the the Peace, as therein mentioned, were enabled
two extremities of it, The Eaſt and West Swalė. | for the ſpace of 10 years to aſſeſs every land-
This water ſeems formerly to have been ac occupier dwelling out of the iſland, and within
counted a part of the river Thames, and to have four miles of the ferry, not exceeding the pro-
been the uſual (as being the ſafeſt) paſſage for portions above-mentioned, towards the repair of
the ſhipping between London and The North Fore the ways leading to and from the ferry. But
land ; accordingly Sandwich is frequently ſtyled great doubts ariſing, whether the Juſtices had
by our antient hiſtorians Lundenwic, or The power to aſſeſs the lands of thoſe occupiers
Thames Mouth, being the name given to it by the who dwelt beyond the four miles, being the
Saxons, and the town of Milton is ſaid by them greateſt part of them, notwithſtanding the lands
to ſtand on the ſouth bank of the Thames. Leland uſed by them were within that diſtance, on
in particular ſays, in his Itinerary, that town ſtands which account the roads remained ſtill unré-
on an arm of the Tamiſe; and he ſpeaks of the paired, and in greater decay than before; to
point againſt Quinborough entering into the mayne remedy this, another act paſſed in the 28th year
Tamys.
of that reign(k), by which it was enacted,
The uſual paſſage to it is by a ferry, com that from that time for ever, between the feaſts
monly called King's Ferry, by which carriages of Eaſter and Pentecoſt, any three Juſtices of
horſes, cattle, and paſſengers paſs and repaſs the Peace, dwelling within eight miles of the
to and from the iſland.
town of Milton, ſhould aſſeſs all lands and
The ferry-boat is moved forward by means of grounds lying without the iſle, and within four
a long cable, of about 140 fathoms or more, miles of the ferry, towards the repair and
which being faſtened at each end acroſs The amendment of theſe highways, as to them ſhould
Swale, ſerves to move it forward by hand. On ſeem reaſonable, notwithſtanding the owners or
the ſide oppoſite to the iſland there is a ſmall occupiers of them dwelt beyond that diſtance,
houſe of ſtone, in the room of one formerly ſo that they exceeded not the above proportion,
erected by one George Fox, who having ſtayed a the ſame to be employed in repairing ſuch roads,
long while in the cold waiting for the boat, and with power of diſtreſs in ſuch manner and form
being much affected by it, built it to ſhelter as was limited to the Ferry-warden by the former
others from the like inconvenience.
ſtatute, for the gathering of the before-men-
This ferry, before the making of the ſtatute tioned aſſeſſment within the iſle, &c.
of highways, was uſually repaired and main At the law.day above-mentioned, a Ferry-
tained, time out of mind, at the charge of all warden, two Ferrymen, and a Conſtable are yearly
the inhabitants and land-occupiers within the choſen, which officers have power to appoint a
whole iſe, by an aſſeſſment made at a court or Ferry-keeper, and to remove him on miſdemeanor,
law.day, holden yearly on the Monday next after and with the homage likewiſe to make rules and
the feaſt of Pentecoſt, at Kingsborowe, within the orders for the good government of the ferry.
iNand, in the name of the Kings of this realm, By theſe aſſeſſments, and the rents belonging
only for the maintenance of this ferry.
to it, the ferry has from time to time been main-
To enforce and further eſtabliſh which, it tained, as well as the highways adjoining to it
was enacted by the act of 18 Eliz. ch. 10, that through the marſhes, together with the wall
this court ſhould be held in manner and form and wharf againſt the ſea, and the houſe for the
as had been accuſtomed, and that the jury there Ferry-keeper, and his ſervant, for he has always
ſhould, at their diſcretions, reaſonably aſſeſs been obliged to keep one at the leaſt, to dwell
themſelves, and all other inhabitants and land in, and two large paſſage-boats and a ſkiff, with
occupiers of the iſland indifferently, towards the a cable to tow the boats from ſide to ſide with
maintenance of this ferry, and the ways leading fafety. The paſſage is coſt-free for all travel-
to it; ſo that no acre of freſh marſh, nor any
lers, except on four days yearly, viz. Palm-
10 acres of ſalt marſh, ſhould be rated above
Monday, Whit-Monday, St. James's Day, and
one penny in any one year ; with power for the Michaelmas-Day, on which a horſeman pays two-
Ferrywarden for the time being to diſtrain and
pence, and a footman one penny; and except on
recover the ſame, and that he ſhould lay the Sundays, and every night in the year after eight
ſame out on the repair and maintenance of the o'clock, at which times the Ferryman has been
ferry and ways, and give an account, as had long accuſtomed to take fix-pence of every
been accuſtomed, to the Steward, and homage
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The ISLAND of SHEPEY.
MILTON HUNDRED.
horſeman, and two-pence for every foot-paſſen like appointment for the banks, &c. betwixt
ger, at which times the inhabitants and land the city of Rocheſter and Whitſtaple, and for thoſe
occupiers pay equally the ſame. A horſe like in the Iſle of Shepey, and to make ſtatutes and
wiſe loaded with goods for ſale pays two-pence ordinances befitting the defence and preſervation
always at coming in (2).
of the ſea-coaſts, according to the laws and
For the ſpace of 84 years at leaſt after the act of cuſtoms of Romney-marſh, &c. (n)
the 18th year of Q. Eliz. there was little reſort to K. Edward III, in his 12th year, directed his
this ferry, except from the private buſineſs of the writs to the Biſhop of Rocheſter, Roger de North-
inhabitants of the iNand; but ſince the building of
a fort, and fixing a garriſon at Sheerneſs, and the Thomas de Cobham, Stepben de Cobbam, Philip de
eſtabliſhing of a dock-yard, a branch of the Pympe, Stephen de Albburie, Humphry de Northa
ordnance, and other appendages neceſſary to wode, and Ralph de Savage, reciting, that having
them, the traffic to and from the iſland has received intelligence that the Ifand of Shepey
greatly increaſed, the effect of which has been would ſoon be invaded by the enemies' feets,
ſenſibly felt in the increaſe of the expence and and being deſirous to prevent the ſame, and at
charge in maintaining the ferry, the boats, the the fame time of protecting the property of his
roads and every appurtenance belonging to it(m). || ſubjects; he therein commanded them to ſend
From this ferry into the county there are and to have ready their men-at-arms and archers,
three principal roads, one to the fouth-eaſtward according to the quantity of lands and tenements,
to the town of Milton, the ſecond ſtrait forward
which each of them poffeffed in the iſland, to-
towards the fouth through Iwade and Bobbing | gether with the men of the iſland, and others
into the great Dover road at Key-ſtreet, and the having lands and tenements therein, for the ſafety
third towards the ſouth-weſt through Haltow and
of the ſame againſt the impending danger,
Upchurch towards Gillingham and Chatham. that no damage might happen to it for want
There are two other ferries, of leſs account, to
thereof (o).
and from this iſland, one in the iſland of Elmley, And afterwards, in the 46th year of that reign,
and the other in that of Harty; but theſe are
writs of the like nature were directed to Richard
only for foot-paſſengers and cattle.
at Lees Chivalier, John Normaud Chivalier, and
In the 27th year of K. Edward III, Robert Richard Cheyne (p).
de Herle, William de Haldene, and Stephen Donet, K. Richard II, in his ift year, directed his
had a commiſſion to take view of all the banks, writs to the Sheriffs of Kent and Eſex, command.
&c. in The Iſle of Shepey, and other parts of ing them to erect beacons on the moſt conſpi-
Eaſt Kent therein mentioned, and to determine cuous places near the coaſts of the two councies,
all things touching their repair, according to the oppoſite to each other, that by the firing of
cuſtoms of the marſh-lands, formerly uſed in them notice might be given of any ſudden at-
tempt of the enemy. In conſequence of which,
In 48 Edward III, Robert Belknappe, Roger
there were many of them erected, and one in
Digge, and others, had the like commiſſion for particular here in Sbepey, and at Showbery in
thoſe betwixt Graveſend and Shepey, and thence Efex, oppoſite to it (9).
to Reculver and other adjacent places. And the The Iſle of Shepey had formerly a Court of Huff-
next year Nicholas Herynge, William Symme, Ri ings belonging to it (r), wherein were heard all
chard de Blore, and others, had the like for thoſe cauſes and pleadings, the laws, cuſtoms, rights,
in the King's marſhes of Slayhill, Werkewortha,
and franchiſes of this iſland, or whatever in any
Greneberge, Daundeleye, and Northmerſhe in The ſhape belonged or related to it.
Iſle of Shepey.
The cliffs on the northern ſide of this iſland
In 6 Henry VI, John Bamburgbe, William being compoſed of clay, and conſtantly waſhed
Cheyne of the Iſle of Shepey, and others, had the at their baſis by the tides, are continually waſt-

this county.
des, are com
(1) There is one perquiſite more, of long time uſed by
the Ferry-keeper, which is, a privilege to dredge for
oyſters, excluſive of all others, within the compaſs of the
ferry-loop, which extends one tow's length, that is, 60
fathoms, on each ſide of the cable. Some years ago, ,
he
was diſturbed in the enjoyment of it, by ſome of the Queen-
borough dredgers, who being called to account in law for
the treſpaſs, paid the charges, and ſubmitted without com-
ing to a trial.
(m) The horſe-boats have been built larger than for-
merly, and the prime coſt was advanced, 60 years ago,
from 15l. or 171. a piece to sol. or 6ol. and yet they wore
out in fewer years than before ; for in 92 years from anno
18 Eliz. there were but ſeven new horſe-boats built, the
cost of which altogether amounted to no more than 1631. 125.
but in the 38 years following, fix new ones coft 2631. 10s.
In thoſe 92 years, the aſſeſſments were five, at the full ex-
tent of id. per acre: but in the next 45 years, there have
been 25 rates of the like fort. The Ferry-keeper's wages
were beſides advanced from gl. to 241. per annum.
The greateſt part of the above account was extracted out
of the books and court-rolls belonging to the ferry, by the
Rev. Mr. Richard Forſier, of Crundal, in which the affef.
ments, diſburſements, elections of officers, preſentments,
and orders relating to the ferry, are yearly entered by the
Steward. See Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 280.
(n) Dugd. Imb. p. 44, 45, 47.
(c) Claus ejus an. p. 3, m. 33. Rym. Fæd. vol. v, p. 85.
(D) Rym. Fæd. vol. vi, p. 746. (9) Ibid. vol. vii, p. 155.
(r) Howel's London, P. 37.
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MILTON HUNDRED.
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Erektion
aliame
*
4 ve
Frankes
Lychnis Jupina maritima erice facies Smooth fea Salongarah
The HISTORY
of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 645
voly
The ISLAND of SHEPEY.
ing and falling down upon the ſhore, ảs has Cakile quibuſdum, aliis Eruca marina & Rapha-
already been taken notice of. Theſe cliffs be nus marinus, ſea rocket; near ditto.
Harty
long to the three manors of Minſter, Shurland, Centaurum minus, lefſer centory with a white
and Warden, the owners of which let them out flower ; near Minſter (V).
to the different proprietors of the copperas-works, Damaſonium ſtellatum Dalechampii, star beaded
Inverbang
who employ the neighbouring poor to collect water plantain ; at Eaſtchurch.
the pyrites or copperas-ſtones upon the beach, Kali geniculatum perenne frutticolius procumbens;
which they depoſit there in heaps, until a ſuffi perennial marſ famphire, or jointed glaſwort (w).
cient quantity is procured to load a veffel with Laftuca filveſtris minima, the leaſt wild lettuce;
to carry it away.
on the banks of the ditches near Sheerneſs.
Theſe cliffs produce beſides, in their bowels, ſo Linum filveſtre cæruleum perenne eretius flore
great a variety and quantity of foſſils, both native capitulo majore, perennial blue flax.
and extraneous, as are hardly to be parallelled, Lycbnis maritima repèns, fea campion (x).
Sitene
in a like ſpace of ground, any where : theſe, the
clay being continually waſhed away by the tides, beath; near Minſter.
are left expoſed on the beach, and are uſually Rhamnoides fruttifera foliis ſalicis, baccis leviter
picked up by the copperas-gatherers to ſell to flaveſcentibus, ſea buckthorn or fallow thorn (y). Itoppeopphet. Soekie groot
the curious; but thoſe found here have been Sinapi ſativum ſecundum, common muſtard.
ſo much impregnated with pyritical matter,
Spergula maritima flore parvo cæruleo, ſemine Abonneren Marino
that after ſome time the falts thereof ſhoot, and vario, Small flowered ſea ſpurrey; at Shellneſs (Z). Comenon avres
entirely deſtroy them.
Tragopogon purpureum, purple goats beard; in
a marſh near Sbeerneſs.
Mr. Jacob, of Faverſham, well known to the
learned as an able and curious antiquarian and
Trifolium cochleatum modiolis ſpinoſis, hedgebog
naturaliſt, has printed at the end of his Plantæ
trefoil or clover ; in paſtures near Sheerneſs.
Faverſhamienfes, a conciſe view of the foſſil bodies
Trifolium flofculis albis in glomerulis oblongis af-
of this iſland, collected by him during the courſe
peris, cauliculis proxime adnatis, oval beaded trefoil.
Trifolium ftellatum glabrum, ftar trefoil; on
of 30 years, the whole of which he difpoſed of
ſome years ago to Mr. Ingham Foſter, of London,
Shellneſs (a).
Merchant, where it forms no inconſiderable part
Caucalis nodoſa echinato femine, knotted parſley;
by the road fide at Minſter.
very
of that gentleman's very valuable cabinet (s).
Convolvulus maritimus foldanella diEtus, ſea bind-
The curious inveſtigator of natural hiſtory,
weed; on Shelineſs.
zw. Sherbimepingan
who travels into this iſland, will undoubtedly
Geranium pufillum ſupinum maritimum, ſea crenes
receive a further pleaſure in the obſervations he
bill; on ditto.
will continually be induced to make on the va.
Our antient herbaliſt Gerarde found in the mar-
riety of curious plants, which he will find grow-
ing over the whole face of it. Mr. Jacob has
ſhy grounds and ditches in the Iſle of Shepey, going xhepusot in offerte
.
from Shurland-houſe towards Faverſham, a ſmaller
publiſhed a catalogue of ſuch as he has obſerved
kind of cats-tail or typha minor (b); likewiſe
in the long courſe of his ſearches after them in
Jucobea marina, ſea rag-weed; near the King's
theſe parts, and they are inſerted among others
ferry in the road to Shurland, and at Queenborough
honora
in the following liſt, and where he found them:
caſtle (c).
Juftritt
* Alfine marina foliis portulace, sea chickweed;
Papaver cornutum flore luteo, the yellow borned
found on Shellneſs..vre 5.239.
Poppy ; in this iſand (d).
After maritimus flavus, critbmum chryfantbe Limonium, ſea lavender ; near the King's ferry, Ý
mum diftus, golden ſamphire ; in the marſhes
at the entrance into the iſland (e).
Juula round the iſland (u). An impreet, Sowali yol 8.6mm
i amalize legemidler Dale Tripolium vulgare majus & minus, the great and Aster Sorbrbim
Atriplex anguſtifolia maritima dentata, narrow-
Small ſea ſtarwort; in this inland (f).
* leafed oreche; near Sheerneſs.
Halimus vulgaris ſive portulaca marina, common
Atriplex maritima, jagged ſea orache ;
ſea purſlain; between the King's ferry and Shura
490
Sheerneſs, reimatie
,
land, by the ditch ſides of the marſh (8).
Atriplex maritima fruticoſa, ſea purſain; near Linum ſilveſtre latifolium & anguſtifolium, broad
Harty-ferry.
and narrow leafed wild flax; and chamælinum
Leasel headed
wat 37
ihrer sands
ma
near
x Х
(w) Ibid.
() See Mr. Jacob's introduction to his view of theſe
fofils, at the of his Planta Faverſhamienſes.
Among the Philoſophical Tranſactions, vol. 50, pt. i,
p. 396, is an account of ſome foffil fruits and other bodies
found in the Iſand of Shepey, and ſent to James Parſons,
M. D. by Mr. Jacob. It is dated Sept. 25, 1757 when
it was read before the Royal Society. There are two plates
added co it, each containing the figures of the ſeveral foſſils,
amounting in the whole to 46.
(u) Raii Synopſis, p. 174.
(v) Ibid. p. 286, Flore purpureo.
p. 136. (x) Ibid. p. 337.
(y) Hudſoni Flora Angl. p. 431.
(z) Raii Synopſis, p. 351.
(a) Hudſoni Flora Angl. p. 326.
(6) Johnſon's Gerarde’s Herbal, p. 45.
(c) Ibid. p. 280. (d) Ibid. p. 367. (e) Ibid. p. 411.
(f) Ibid. p. 413. (8) Ibid. p. 523.
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H I STORY
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kemirin
flow
The ISLAND of SHEPEY.
perpuſillum, dwarf wild flax ; in ſeveral places
throughout the iſand (b).
Glaux, or milkwort; between the ferry and
Sburland-boufe(i).
Anthyllis lentifolia, ſea pimpernel (k).
Soldanella marina, ſea bind-weed (1).
Abſinthium maritimum feriphio belgico ſimile,
latiore folio, odoris grati, was found near Sheer-
neſs by Mr. 7. Sherard (m).
Abſinthium firiphium tenuifolium marinum nar-
bonenſe; found by Mr. 7. Sherard near Sheer-
neſs (n).
Plantago gramineo folio birſuto minor, capitulo
rotundo brevi, the leſſer hairy round leafed plantain;
found by him near Sheerneſs (0).
Trifolium ftellatum glabrum, ſmooth ftar-beaded
trefoil, or teaſel-headed trefoil (P).
Linum anguſtifolium, narrow leafed flax; near
Minſter (q).
Sedum acre, wall ſtone-crop or pepper; found
near Sheerneſs (r).
, s
Ulva diaphana, diaphanous laver (t).
Beſides which, both Ray and Hudſon make
mention of ſeveral rare ſpecies of fucus, conferve,
coralline, ulve, potamogiton, ruppia maritima, bup-
leurum, frankenia, and ſome others, found in and
about this iſand, which it would take up too
much room to deſcribe particularly in this place.
Dr. Plot obſerves, that there are very few
rats or moles in the Iſland of Shepey, which, he
ſays, is owing to the earth being full of cop-
peras-ſtones, which are poiſonous to them, and
that this accounts for the number of mice in it,
who are generally found in greater numbers
where there are no rats.
The Bargander or chenalopex, is frequently ob-
ſerved in this iſland.
The Iſland of Shepey, from its ſituation, was
in antient times much expoſed to the invaſions
of thoſe nations which infeſted this kingdom.
The Saxons indeed made The Iſe af Thanet their
principal reſort; but the Danes in general made
this iſland their landing-place, and frequently
ſtaid whole winters in it, ſo that it became their
accuſtomed rendezvous whilſt in this kingdom,
and conſequently it felt continued ſcenes of
miſery and plunder, during the whole time of
their remaining here.
Though the Danes had infeſted and haraſſed
the coaſts of Britain for ſome years before the
acceſſion of Egbert to the Engliſh monarchy, yet
theſe parts of it remained free from their piracies
till the year 832, when they failed towards them
with a numerous fleet, and landing in the Iſland
of Shepey, met there with no oppoſition, for K.
Egbert had diſbanded his army. As the Danes
had no deſign of making conqueſts, they ac-
compliſhed their purpoſe of plundering the iland
and neighbouring country, and then returned
again to their ſhips (u).
In the year 849, the Danes are ſaid again to
have wintered in the Iſle of Shepey (v), as they
did again in 851, during the reign of K. Athel-
ſtan (w), after having again invaded this coun-
try, but during the courſe of the winter chey
ſeparated, one band of them remaining during
the reſt of it in this iſland, and the other in
that of Tbanet.
In 854, they again wintered in this iſland (x);
after which there is no further notice taken by
our antient hiſtorians of their viſiting it, which
I have no doubt but they did from time to
time, whenever they made their incurſions into
theſe parts of Britain, and that it ſhared in the
general devaſtation made of this county by theſe
piratical plunderers, till the year 1016, when
K. Edmund having encountered Canute, with the
Daniſh army, at Otford in this county, and gain-
ing a victory over them, purſued them as far as
Aylesford, in their retreat to the Iſle of Shepey,
where they collected the ſcattered remains of their
army (y).
Godwin, Earl of Kent, being at variance with
K. Edward the Confeſfor, came into theſe parts
in the year 1052, and having burned the neigh :
bouring town of Milton to the ground, after-
wards ranſacked and ſpoiled many of the King's
eſtates throughout the county, and among others
ſeveral in this iſand of Shepey (Z).
In the lower or Southern part of this iſland,
there are many large barrows or tumuli, which
the inhabitants of it call coterels, and are ſup-
poſed to be the graves of ſeveral of the Daniſh
leaders, who were ſain during their invaſions
of this kingdom. Offa, King of Mercia, one of
the moſt powerful Princes of the Saxon heptar-
chy, who died in the year 796, is thought by
ſome to have died in this iſland on his return
from Rome, whither he had been on a pilgrim-
age, though he was buried at Bedford (a).
(6) Johnſon's Gerarde's Herbal, p. 560. Hudſoni
Flora Angl. p. 134.
(i) Gerarde ibid. p.562. (k) Ib. p. 622. (1) Ib. p. 838.
(m) Raii Synopſis, p. 188. (n) Ibid. p. 189.
(0) Ibid. p. 316. (p) Ibid. p. 329.
(2) Hudſoni Flora Angl. p. 134.
(r) Ibid. p. 196. (s) Ibid. p. 266. (t) Ibid. p. 570.
(u) Chron. Sax. ejus an. Ethelwerd, lib. iii, cap. 2.
Flor. Worceſter, p. 580. Matth. Paris ſays anno 833,
Ralph Higden anno 831.
(v) Leland's Coll, vol. iii, p. 352.
(2) Flor. of Worceſter, p. 582, and Affer. Ann. p. 155,
ſay, this was the firſt time the Danes wintered here. Si-
mon Dunelm, col. 120.
(3) Chron. Sax, anno 854, Affer. Ethelwerd, Flor, of
Worceſter, and Roger Hoveden anno 855, that they win.
tered here the latter end of the year 854, and the beginning
of the year 855
.
(y) Flor, of Worceſter. Matth. Paris, and Sim. Dunelm.
(z) Lambarde’s Diet. p. 333.
(a) Lel. Coll. vol. iii, p. 330.
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erythin
I be H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The ISLAND of SHEPEY. .
TO
The churches of which pariſhes are all within
TITLES.
The Hundred of Milton, excepting the church of
Elizabeth, the widow of Francis Lennard, Lord Harty, which is within The Hundred of Faver-
Dacre, who died in 1662, ſiſter and coheir of Sham. That part of The Hundred of Milton within
Paul, Viſcount Banning, was by letters patent, the Iſland of Shepey, is within the juriſdiction of
dated Sept. 6, 1680, created Counteſs of Shepey, one Conſtable, appointed for it at the Court-leet
for her life. She died in 1686, leaving iſſue held for the manor and hundred of Milton (e).
three ſons and three daughters ; of whom Tho The whole of this iſland is within the diviſion
mas Lennard, Lord Dacre, the eldeſt ſon, had of Eaſt Kent.
been, in 1673, created Earl of Suſſex (6). HIV
Henry, youngeſt ſon of Robert Sidney, Earl of
Μ Ι Ν S Τ Ε R
Leiceſter, was on April 9, 1689, anno i William
and Mary, created Baron of Milton, and Viſcount | Is the principal parish in the Iſland of Sbepey. It
Sidney of the Iſle of Shepey, and on April 25,
lies on high ground near the middle of the
north ſide of it.
1694, Earl of Romney. He died unmarried, on
The pariſh takes its name from the monaſtery
April 8, 1704, in his 63d year, and was buried
founded very early within it, Minſtre in the Saxon
in St. James's church, Weſtminſter ; upon which
language ſignifying a monaſtery or religious houſe.
his titles became extinct (c).
John de Shepey, LL.D. a native of this iſland,
THE MONASTERY and MANOR OF MINSTER.
was firſt a Prebendary and then Dean of the
SEXBURGA, one of the daughters of Annas,
cathedral church of Lincoln, and dying in 1412, King of Eaſt Anglia, and widow of Ercombert,
was buried in the Dean's iſe there, under a
King of Kent (f), between the years 664 and
marble ſtone, having his portraiture in braſs 673, having obtained lands in this pariſh of her
on it (d). He was a man of much note, as
ſon K. Egbert, founded a monaſtery here, which
well at the latter end of K. Edward III.'s reign,
ſhe finiſhed and got well endowed for 77
as during that of K. Richard II, being em-
nuns, whom ſhe placed in it, K. Egbert himſelf
ployed by both thoſe Princes in their moſt
adding ſeveral lands to it, and ſhe became herſelf
weighty affairs both at home and abroad.
the firſt Abbeſs (8). Soon after which, about the
year 675, ſhe reſigned her government of it to
her daughter Ermenilda, who became the ſecond
part
of it only in the pariſh of Eaſtchurch being Abbeſs, and then retired, in the year 699, to
within The Hundred of Tenham, and The Iſland of the Iſle of Ely, to the monaſtery there, over which
Harty, which is within The Hundred of Faver-
her ſiſter Etheldred preſided (h).
ſham, as will be further mentioned below.
During the times of the Daniſh invaſions, the
It contains within its bounds the pariſhes of, religious of this monaſtery were ſubject to con-
1, Minster, with the ville of Sheerneſs. tinual inſtances of cruelty and oppreſſion, and
2, QUEENBOROUGH.
at laſt their houſe was in a great meaſure de
3, EASTCHURCH.
ſtroyed by them, and the nuns diſperſed. In
4, WARDEN.
which ſituation it ſeems nearly to have remained
5, LEYSDOWN.
till the reign of the Conqueror, who, on the
6, ELMLEY, and its ille ; and
Prioreſs of the nunnery of Newington near Sitting-
7, Harty, and its iſe.
borne having been ſtrangled in her bed, confif.
(6) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 361
(c) See an account of his preferments above, under Mil-
ton, p. 632
(d) See Willis's Cath, vol. ii, p. 11, 77, 224.
(e) In the ſurvey of the manor of Milton, taken on oath
by the preſentment of a jury, in 1575, anno 17 Elizabeth,
it was returned, that there was a rent payable yearly at
Lammas, called thereof Lammas-rent, which was paid only
by the inhabitants of the Iſle of Shepey, which was paid in
cheeſe and money, and amounted in the whole yearly rent
to the ſum of 51. 155. 2 d.
(f) Annas was one of the moſt illuſtrious Princes of Eaſt
Anglia. He died in 654, leaving iſſue two ſons and three
daughters, of the latter of whom Sexburga was the eldeſt.
She married K. Ercombert about the year 649, and had by
him two ſons, Egbert and Lothair, ſucceſſively Kings of
Kent, and two daughters, Ermenilda, married to Wulfer, King
of Mercia, who died in 675, upon which ſhe retired to this
monaſtery of Minſtre, of which her mother was then Abbeſs,
and ſucceeded her in that office-and Ertogotha, who became
a nun. See Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 88. Rapin's Hiſt. Eng.
vol. i, p. 56, 58.
(8) Tanner, in his Mon. p. 208, places the foundation
of this monaſtery about the year 675; Leland, Camden,
Speed, Weever, and others, fo late as the year 710, both
which are certainly erroneous ; for it muſt have been
founded before her fon K. Egbert's death, who died in
673. K. Egbert was born about the year 650; his father
K. Ercombert died in 664, and Sexburga is ſaid to have
founded this monaſtery after her huſband's death, on her
ſon's arriving at the age of maturity to take the reins of go-
vernment into his own hands, which ſeems to have been
about the year 670. See Lel. Coll. vol. i, p. 590. Camd.
Brit. vol. i, p. 233. Weever, p. 283.
(b) Etheldred, Abbeſs of the Iſle of Ely, died in 679, and
was ſucceeded by her ſiſter Sexburga, as above-mentioned,
who was then reſident in that monaſtery. She ſeems to
have died there on July 6, in the year 699, and was ſuc-
ceeded as Abbeſs by her daughter Ermenilda, who quitted
the rule of the monaſtery of Minſter for that of Ely. Theſe
three

648
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
of
HISTORY
MILTON HUNDRED,
proper
MINSTER in SHEPEY.
cated their poſſeſſions, and removed the few re 1291. 75. 104d. annual revenue, or 1221. 145. 6d.
maining nuns from thence to this ruinated mo clear yearly income, being then iol. leſs than
naſtery (i), which continued but in a very mean they amounted to near 200 years before, was
condition till the year 1130, when it was re ſuppreſſed, and, together with all its poffeffions,
edified and repleniſhed with Benediktine nuns, by became veſted in the hands of the Crown (p).
Wiliam Corboil, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and
The revenues of this monaſtery had decreaſed
dedicated to St. Mary and St. Sexburg (k).
from time to time ſo much, that at the diffolu.
K. Henry III, in his 18th year, confirmed to
tion of it there were but a Prioreſs and 10 nuns
the Prioreſs and nuns of this monaſtery, the || in it. To the Prioreſs, Alicia Crane, K. Henry
ſcite of it, and its appurts. together with the
VIII, on Nov. 20, in his 28th year, granted a
manor of Minfter and all other their lands and penſion of 141. for her life, towards her
poffeffions, and divers liberties and privileges, ſupport and maintenance (9). To
as therein mentioned (1). Which charter was The manor of Minſter alias Sexburg did not
again confirmed by K. Edward III, in his 3d remain long in the King's hands, for on Nov.
year, who likewiſe afterwards, in the ſame year, 12, anno 29 Henry VIII, the King, by his in-
granted to them an ample charter of confirma denture, granted it, together with the fcite of
tion of all their lands and privileges (m), and the the monaſtery, and all farms, lands, and pof-
grant of K. Henry III, above-mentioned, was feffions whatſoever belonging to it, to fir Thomas
likewiſe again confirmed by letters of infpeximus, Cheney, afterwards Knight of the Garter, Lord
by K. Henry IV, in his iſt year (n).
Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Treaſurer of
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 1384, the Houſhold, to hold in capite by knights
the temporalities of this monaſtery were valued
ſervice (r).
at 661. 8s. and the ſpiritualities at 731. 6s. 8d. Sir Thomas Cheney was likewiſe Treaſurer of
Total 1391. 145. 8d. (0)
the Houfhold to K. Edward VI, Q. Mary, and
In the 27th year of K. Henry VIII, an act of
Q. Elizabeth, and Conſtable of Queenborough
Parliament having paffed for the ſuppreſſion of
caſtle, and a Privy Counſellor. He died in the
all ſuch religious houſes, whoſe revenues did not
iſt year of Q. Elizabeth (s), and was ſucceeded
amount to the clear yearly value of 2001. and
in his eſtates by his only ſon Henry, afterwards
for giving the ſame to the King, this monaſtery, knighted, and created Lord Cheney of Tudding-
whoſe revenues amounted to no more than ton (t), who in Mich. term, in the 3d year of
three Abbeffes lie buried near each other in the monaſtery of
Ely. Dugd. Mon. vol. I, p. 88. Wharton's Ang. Sacr.
vol. i, p. 595 et ſeq. Lel. Coll. pt. ii, vol. i, p. 590.
Ex annal. Elien. Bentham's Hift. of Ely, p. 58 et ſeg.
(i) See Newington above, p. 550.
(k) Tan Mon. p. 208.
(1) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 152. Viz, among others,
foc and fac, and thol and theam, and infangenethef freed from
ali ſecular ſervice, and to be free from the ſuites of coun-
ties, leth and hundred, and the aids of Sheriffs, and of all
his Bailiffs, and of all matters belonging to them; and he
prohibited all perſons from vexing or diſturbing them, or
their poſſeſſions, or tenants, contrary to the liberty of his
charters, upon forfeiture of 10l. as the charter of K. Richard
his uncle, which they then had, really witneſled.
(m) Rot. Cart. anno 3 Edward III, No. 38 and 48.
(n) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 152.
(0) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 41.
(p) Tan. Mon. p. 208.
(9) Inrolment of Penſions, Augtn, off.
(-). Viz. all farms, lands, &c. called Swale, Taylenaſh,
Read, Brimbrough, Willat hope alias Leſtedhope, in Rodmer-
Jam, Bredgar, Milfted, Somerſell, Kingsdown, Irade,
Mynſter, and Halſtowe alias Halkſtowe, the wind-mill of
the monaſtery in the iſle, and ſundry premiſes in Caſtle-
bridge in Canterbury, and all fairs, liberties, &c. Deeds of
Purch. and Exch. Augtn. off. box A. 9, 11. Rot. Eſch.
ejus an. pt. 1.
Sir Thomas Cheney had, on April 10th that year, bought
of the King all ſuch ſtock, ſtore, and cattle as belonged to
the late monastery of St. Sexburg in Shepey, for 1981. fter-
ling. Augtn. off. Acquittances.
(1) He was buried with great ſtate, in a chapel which had
been the conventual church, adjoining to the north-east part
of the pariſh church of Minſter; but his fon Henry, Lord
Chaney, having on O&. 22, 1581, anno 24 Elizabeth, ob-
tained a licence to remove the coffins and bones of his father
and anceſtors from thence, he having ſold the materials of
the faid chapel to fir Humphry Gilbert, and placed them in the
pariſh church, the coffin of his father was, among others,
removed, and depoſited in the north chancel of it, where a
handſome monument was erected over him. See Strype's
Life of Grindall, p. 267.
(t) See more of this family, under Shurland in Eaſt-
church.
Henry, Lord Cheney, was poffeffed of much land in this
pariſh, which, with all the reſt of his eſtates, through his
profuſe manner of living, he was obliged to alienate from
time to time.
Of thoſe in this pariſh he had licence, anno 19 Eliz. to
alienate 200 acres of land, and 200 acres of marſh, in this
pariſh. to William and Robert Alleyn, and their heirs. Rot.
Eſch. ejus an. pt. 11.-One meſſuage and 400 acres of
land and marſh in it, to William, Henry, and Thomas Hen-
man. Ibid. Anno 21 Eliz. 40 acres of land in it, called
Wardſhill, to David Forminger. Ibid. pt. 1.-Two meſſu-
ages to John Venſtre, and his heirs. Ibid. pt. 1, pt. 7.--
A cloſe of pafture, called Holland, to Robert Edmunds.
Ibid. --A marſh called Wetmarſh, containing 40 acres, and
a parcel of ſalt marſh lying on the back wall of the marth
aforeſaid, containing feven acres, to Robert Liveſey and his
heirs. Rot. Eſch. an. 21 Eliz. pt. 5.-Anno 21 Eliz. he
alienated 10 acres of paſture, and nine acres of marh ſalt,
in Minſter, to William Carden, the ſame being held in capite.
Rot. Eſch. pt. 7.—He had licence to alienate 180 acres of
land and marſh to Thomas Stranſham, sene and his heirs,
anno 22 Eliz. Rot. Eſch. pt. 12.--He alienated, anno 22
Eliz. the mill called Minjier-windmill
, and four acres of
land, parcel of a cloſe called Blackroft, formerly called
Burnets, held in capite. Ibid
In Eaſter term, anno 17 Eliz. Henry, Lord Cheney, leried
a fine of all his lands.
chat

The HISTORY of 2 K E N T. 649
fir Thomas Hoby, O
above-
MINSTER in SHEPEY.
MILTON HUNDRED.
that reign levied a fine of all his lands, and about the middle of the next reign of K. James
quickly afterwards exchanged this eſtate with I. he fold it to Mr. Henry Richards, who on his
the Queen for other lands (u), who regranted deceafe bequeathed it by his laſt will to Gabriel
this manor, with the ſcite of the monaſtery, to Liveſey, of Holling borne, eſq; (2) High Sheriff of
this county in the year 1618. He left iſſue by
knt. (v) He married Elizabeth, daughter of fir Anne his ſecond wife, daughter of fir Michael
Anthony Cook, of Giddy-ball in the co. of Eſſex, Sondes, of Throwley, knt. one ſon Sir Michael Live-
knt. by whom he had two ſons, Edward and Sey, knt. (a) who about the year 1623, conveyed
Thomas-Pofthumus, both afterwards knighted, this manor, with the ſcite of the monaſtery,
and two daughters, who died young. He died to fir John Hayward, of Holling borne-bill, knt.
at Paris, where he was Ambaſſador, on July 13, ſecond ſon of fir Rowland Hayward, knt. Citizen
1566, æt. 36, leaving his wife with child of his and Alderman of London (6). He was Sheriff of
ſecond ſon there (w), who brought his body this county in the laſt year of K. James 1, and
home, and having built a chapel on the ſouth dying in 1636, without iſſue, ſettled it by his
ſide of the chancel of the church of Biſbam, laid laſt will, dated Aug. 15, 1635, upon his two
him in the vault underneath, to which ſhe re feofees, Richard Buller, of Cornwall, eſq; and Mr.
moved likewiſe the body of his brother from the Sergeant Clerk, of Rocheſter, in truſt for ſuch cha-
chancel, and laid them by each other (x). He ritable uſes as they ſhould think proportionate to
was ſucceeded in this manor and eſtate at Min the profits of the eſtate from time to time (c).
fter by his eldeſt ſon fir Edward Hoby, knt. who, In which ſituation it ſtill continues, the preſent
as Camden ſtyles him, was a famous and worthy truſtees of it being John Buller, of the co. of
Knight. In 1582, he was made Conſtable of Cornwall, eſa; and his brother, fir Francis Buller,
Queenborough caſtle, where he reſided (y), and knt, one of the Juſtices of the Court of King's
Cuftos Rotulorum of this county in 1596; but Bench (d).
(u) In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno 17 Eliz. rine Pinkney, from whom the Hobys of Biſham deſcended.
it was returned, That the rent of afliſe, or Lammas rent, Sir Edward Hoby died at Queenborough cafile, on March !;
payable to that manor out of lands and tenements, which 1616. See Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 416. Coll. Bar. vol.
were the Lord Cheney's, within this iſland, or elſewhere
within the Hundred, could not be found out with any cer The Hobys bore for their arms= Argent; 3 Spindles in fels
tainty, by reaſon of the exchange lately made of a great gules, threaded or, being the arms of Badland, the heireſs
part of his land, it was not known how much, with the of whom their anceſtor had married ; the antient arms of
Queen's Majeſty.
Hoby being-Gules, 3 halberts in pale argent, their ſtaves or,
(v) Philipott, p. 381. He was ſon of William Hoby, which they bore in the ſecond place. Sir Edward Hoby's
(the ſon of Gwalter Hoby, of the co. of Radnor,) who was arms are in a window of the Middle Temple Hall, with his
of Leominſter in the co. of Hereford, and was twice married; quarterings. See Dugd. Orig. p. 228.
by his firſt wife he had iſſue one fon, fir Philip Hoby, knt. (z) Philipott, p. 381.
of Biſham, of the Privy Council to K. Henry VIII, who (a) Th. family of Leveſey or Liveſey was originally of
died without iſſue ; and by his ſecond wife Catherine, daugh Leveſey in the co. of Lancafler, of which deſcended Edmund
ter and heir of John Fordun, he had iſſue three ſons, Wil.
Leveley, of Parva Markham in the co. of Nottingham, who
liam, Thomas, and Richard.
by his wife, the daughter of Nevil, had two ſons, Henry
William Hoby, the eldeſt ſon, was of the co. of Glouceſter, who ended in an only daughter, and Alexander, who mar-
and married the daughter of Hodykins, by whom he had two ried Anne, daughter of Freſhwell, of Slaby in the co. of
fons, Giles, of Hurſley in the co, of Glouceſter, who died Derby, by whom he had iffe Robert Leveley, of Strethan
without iſſue, and William, who was of Hales in that county, in the co: of Surry, eſq; Sheriff of Suſex and Surry
in
1592
and left iſſue a fon fir William Hoby, knt, who died without 1602. He was twice married ; firſt to Amy, daughter
iſſue, and a daughter Alicia.
of John Brooke, of London, by whom he had a daughter
Sir Thomas, the ſecond ſon, was knighted, and was Martha, married to fir Edward Peyton, knt. and bart. and
adopted heir to his eldeſt and half-brother for Philip, and ſecondly to Elizabeth, daughter of Maurice Berkeley, of
had this eſtate of Minſter granted to him by Q. Elizabeth, Wymondham in the co. of Leicefier, afterwards remarried to
Collins's Bar. vol. iv, p. 504.
Robert Pakenham; by her he had iſſue Edward, his ſon and
(w) She afterwards married John, Lord Rufell, ſecond heir ; William, who died without iſſue; and Gabriel, above-
ſon of Francis, Earl of Bedford.
mentioned. They bore for their arms-Argent, a lion ram-
(x) Coll. Bar. vol. iv, p. 509. Ath. Ox. vol. i, p. 150,
pant gules, between 3 trefoils ſlipt vert. Viftn. co. Kent,
where there is ſome account of him.
anno 1619, pedigree of Leveſey.
(6) See a further account of him under Hollingborne,
(y) He was an officer at the taking of Cadiz, and was
choſen to ſerve in Parliament ſeveral times, at the latter end
above, p. 468.
of Q. Elizabeth, and on K. James's coming to the crown
(c) In 1652, Francis Buller, efq; and Francis Clarke, gent.
was made a Gentleman of his Privy Chamber. He was a
late fir John Hayward's, held of the manor of Milton, cer-
tain lands in Minſter, at the yearly rent of 4s. 2 d.
perſon of learning, and wrote ſeveral books.
He was thrice married ; firſt to Margaret, daughter of
(d) The truſtees above-mentioned, in 1651, in purſu-
Henry Cary, Lord Hunſdon, by whom he had no iſſue ; ance of fir John Hayward's will, ſettled gol. per annum, for
whom his ſecond was is not known; his third was named
the relief of the poor of St. Nicholas's pariſh in Rocheſter, to
Umpton, by whom, Collins ſays, he had a fon Peregrine,
be paid out of this manor, and other premiſes in Shepey ;
anceſtor to Edward Hoby, created a Baronet anno 18 Car.
and theſe eſtates fill increaſing in value, the reſiduary
II, whoſe male line is now extinct ; but Anthony Wood, in
truſtee of them, in 1718, purchaſed out of their profits
his account of fir Edward, fays, that he left behind him a 6361. South Sea Stock, which he transferred to the Mayot
natural ſon, named Peregrine, born in 1602, by one Kathe-
and Citizens of Roshefter, for the perpetual ſupport of three
charity
VOL. II.
8C
vi, p. 509.
and 160
as

650
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The H I S T O R Y of
MILTON HUNDRED.
MINSTER in SHEPEY.
NEWHALL, alias BORSTAL,
Randal, the laſt of whom, Mr. Thomas Randal,
deviſed it by his laſt will to Mr. John Swift,
who has rebuilt the greateſt part of this feat,
and reſides in it.
RUS HIND ON,
is a ſmall manor in this pariſh, which in the 9th
year of K. Edward II. was in the poffeffion of
Fulk Peyforer, who that year died ſeiſed of it(e);
from which name it paſſed into that of Potyn,
one of whom, Nicholas Potýn. was poſſeſſed of
it in the reign of K. Richard II, and left iſſue
one only daughter Juliana, who carried it in
marriage to Thomas St. Leger, of Otterden, ſecond
ſon of Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb, Knight of
the Shire for the county of Kent in the 51ſt year
of K. Edward III. (f)
He kept his ſhrievalty for this county at Ot-
terden anno 20 Richard II, and dying in the roth
year of K. Henry IV, anno 1408, left iſſue one
daughter and heir Joane, and his widow Juliana
ſurviving, who died in the 5th year of K.
Henry V. Joane her daughter married Henry
Aucher, of Newenden, eſq; (g) who ſeems to
have paſſed away this manor before the end of
that reig', to fir William Cromer, knt. Lord
Mayor of London in the years 1413
and
1423,
and he died poffeffed of it in 1433. He, as well
as his deſcendants, poffeffors of this manor, re-
fided at Tunſtall in this neighbourhood; one of
whom, William Cromer, eſq; having engaged in
the rebellion raiſed by fir Thomas Wyatt in the
iſt year of Q. Mary, was attainted, by which
this manor, among the reſt of his eſtates, be-
came forfeited to the Crown (b), whence it was
foon afterwards granted by the Queen to fir Tho-
mas Cheney, Knight of the Garter, Treaſurer of
her Houſhold, &c.(i) who died poſſeſſed of it
in the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth, and was ſuc-
ceeded by his only fon Henry, afterwards knighted
and created Lord Cheney of Tuddington in the co.
of Bedford.
He levied a fine of all his lands in Mich. term
anno 3 Eliz, as he did again in Eaſter term anno
17 Eliz. and in the 20th year of that reign,
with the Queen's licence, alienated the manor
of Newhall to Richard Luck (k), whoſe ſon of
the fame name fold it to Mr. Henry Newton, as
he did ſoon afterwards to Mr. Fofias Gering, who
was poſſeſſed of it at the reſtoration of K. Charles
II. (1) After which it came into the name of
formerly called Rofingdone, is a manor here,
which in the reign of K. Henry II. ſeems to have
been in the poſſeſſion of that Prince, who gave to
the church of the Holy Trinity, now Cbriſt Church,
Canterbury, 151. rents in Rifſendon and other places
in this neighbourhood (1); after which it came
into the poffeffion of the family of Savage, ſeated
at Bobbing in this county, one of whom, John le
Sauvage, obtained a charter of free-warren for
his lands here, among others, in the 23d year
of K. Edward I. (n) Of one of his deſcendants
it was purchaſed by Queen Philippa, wife of
K. Edward III, who ſettled it, together with
the farm of Dandeley in this pariſh (o), on the
Maſter and Brethren of the Royal Hoſpital of St.
Katherine, near the Tower in London, and their
ſucceſſors, towards the enlarging and better en-
dowing of that hoſpital, to hold to them in pure
and perpetual alms (p).
By a ſurvey remaining in the Firſt Fruits
Office, taken in the 26th year of K. Henry
VIII, this manor of Roſing done was valued at
221. and the farm of Dandeley at 81. yearly in-
conie.
This hoſpital eſcaped the ſuppreſſion of ſuch
foundations in the reigns of K. Henry VIII.
and K. Edward VI, and conſiſts at this time of
a maſter, three brethren prieſts, three fifters,
and 10 beadſwomen, with officers and ſervants,
to whom the fee of this manor, with Dandeley
and other eſtates in this pariſh, now belongs;
but the poſſeſſion of them is leaſed by them at
an annual reſerved rent for three lives to diffe-
rent tenants (q).
This manor, conſiſting of a farm called
Ruſhenden-court, together with the yoke of Ruſh-
enden, is held of Milton manor by the rent of
31. 1os. 3 d. and 10 pounds of cheeſe, value
35. 4d. It was held in the 14th year of K.
Richard II. of the hoſpital by John of Gaunt,
Duke of Lancaſter, the King's uncle, as appears
by Rot. Eſch. N. 113.
OMA
nure of John Colfon and William Cromer, attainted of high
treaſon, to hold by knights ſervice. Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
pt. 10.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5. nos
(1) Philipott, p. 381.
(m) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 22.
(n) Rot. Cart. ejus an, N. 6.
(0) Strype's Stow's Survey, book i, p. 204. See pat.
15 Rich. II, p. 2, m. 15, pro maner de Riſhindon et ten. in
Minfire. Pat. 1 Hen. IV, p. 8, m. 10, pro eod. Tan.
Mon. p. 311.
() Philipott, p. 381.
(9) See more of this hoſpital under Rainham, above,
p. 534.
charity ſchools, to be called for John Hayward's charity
ſchools; two of them to be in St. Nicholas's pariſh in Ro-
chefier, and the third in that of Strood. See Rocheſter above,
p. 63.
Oto
(e) Philipott, p. 381.
(F) See Otterden above, p. 500,
(g) She ſurvived him, and afterwards married Robert
Capys, by whom ſhe had no iſſue. By her firſt huſband ſhe
had one ſon Henry Aucher, efq;
(h) See more of the Cromers under Tunfall above, p. 575.
(i) Anno 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, the Queen granted
to fir Henry Cheney, Knight of the Garter, &c. all that marth
called Stracje's Marſ, containing by eſtimation 100 acres
of land, in the pariſhes of Minſter and Leyſdown, in the te-
In

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651
RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
vice (v).
Te died ſeiſed of it
(u) Rot. Eren
The H I S T O MINSTER in SHEPEY.
MILTON HUNDRED.
In much later times it was held by Decroe for ton, held of the King in capite by knights fere
three lives, afterwards by Adam Edwards, ſince
that by Caleb Banks, of Maidſtone, eſq; whoſe He levied a fine in Mich. term that year of all
fon fir John Banks, bart. died ſeiſed of his in his lands, as he did again in Eaſter term in the
tereſt in it in 1699, leaving iſſue two daughters 17th year of it, and ſoon afterwards ſold his in-
his coheirs, of whom Elizabeth, the eldeſt, mar tereſt in this eſtate to Liveſey, who parted with
ried Heneage Finch, ſecond fon of Heneage, Earl it about the year 1604, to fir Julius Cæſar, knt.
of Nottingham, to whom, on the diviſion of their Maſter of the Rolls (w), who the next year ſet-
inheritance, the term in this manor was allotted. tled it on his eldeſt ſon Charles Cæfar, efq; He
In 1703, he was created Baron of Guernſey, and was afterwards knighted, and ſucceeded his fa-
ther as Maſter of the Rolls, and was of the
in 1719, and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon Privy Council both to K. James and K. Charles
Heneage, Earl of Aylesford (r), who in 1721, I. He died, æt. 53, anno 1643, and was buried
anno 7 George I, having procured an act of in the church of Benington in the co. of Hertford,
Parliament for the purpoſe (s), paſſed away his having been twice married; firſt to Anne, daugh-
intereſt in this manor to his next brother the ter of fir Peter Vanlore, knt. by whom he had
Hon. John Finch, whoſe only fon Savile Finch, three daughters, Jacomina, wife of Henry Ander-
eſq; is the preſent lefſee of it.
fon, of Pendley, eſa; the ſecond of Henry Leving-
ſton, of the co. of Hants, efq; and Anne ; ſecondly
DANEDALE, alias DANDELEY.
Jane, daughter of fir Edward Barkham, knt.
Lord Mayor of London, by whom he left iſſue
The farm of Dandele above-mentioned is fi-
two ſons, fir Henry, of Benington, knt. and Charles,
tuated in the weſtern part of this pariſh; in the
of Much Haddon in the co. of Herts, eſq; His
reign of K. Edw. VI, it was in the poſſeſſion of
lady ſurvived him, and poſſeſſed his intereſt in
fir Thomas Seymour, knt. Lord Seymour, and Lord
this eſtate, of which ſhe died ſeiſed in 1661, and
High Admiral of England, who being attainted
was buried at Benington beſide her huſband (x),
of high treaſon in the 3d year of that reign (t),
this eſtate being at that time part of the poffef-
this, among the reſt of his poffeſſions, became
ſions of St. Katherine's Hospital(y), of whom it
forfeited to the Crown, whence it was granted
was afterwards held by Garret, and Charles Gar-
that ſame year to fir Thomas Cheney, Knight of
ret paſſed away his intereſt in it to Philip Cres-
the Garter, &c. by the deſcription of All that
pigny, eſa; whoſe deſcendant Claude Creſpigny,
meſſuage called Dandele, in the tenure of fir
eſq; is the preſent leſfee of it.
William Poultney, knt. in the pariſh of Minſter,
late parcel of the poſſeſſions of fir Thomas Sey-
mour, knt. attainted, to hold in capite by knights Neats, alias Neats-court, is a manor in this
ſervice (u). He died feiſed of it in the iſt year pariſh, which in the beginning of Q. Elizabeth's
of Q. Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded by his only reign, was in the hands of the Crown, and was
ſon Henry, afterwards knighted, and created
granted by that Princeſs on Dec. 14, in her 5th
Lord Cheney of Tuddington, who in the 3d year of
year, by the deſcription of The ſcite of the ma-
that reign had livery of all his lands, and among nor of Netys, alias Netys-court, in the iſland of
them of one meſfuage and 300 acres of land and
Shepey, to Robert Merrywether, but it was only
marſh, called Daunley, with their appurts, in for a term, for in the 17th year of that reign it
Minſter, parcel of the poſſeſſions of St. Katherine's,
was again in the Queen's hands, who then granted
in the tenure of Thomas Harris and Thomas Hor-
it, at the yearly rent of 7ol. for a term of years,
hon
(r) See Aylesford above, p. 170.
to be accuſed of high treaſon, attainted, and beheaded on
(5) The act recites, that whereas by deed, dated Dec. 3, Tower-hill, on March 10, anno 3 Edward VI.
1712, there were ſettled on the marriage of Heneage, Earl
of Aylesford, then Lord Guernſey, with Elizabeth Fiſher, (zu) He was beſides Under-Treaſurer of the Exchequer,
Spinſter, daughter of fir Clement Fiſher, int. all that
and a Privy Counſellor, being the ſon and heir of Adelmare,
farm of lands called Holmes Place, and lands called Plots,
an Italian, deſcended of the antient family of the Dalmarii
in Minſter and Harty, and lands in Leyfdown, Bobbing, and there, and Doctor of Phyfic to Q. Elizabeth, who for his
Iwade-and likewiſe the manor or reputed manor of Ruſh great learning gave him the name of Cæfar. He died on
enden in Shepey, held by leafe from the Maſters, Brothers,
April 28, 1636, æt. 79, leaving iſſue four fons, fir Charles
and Siſters of St. Katherine's near the Tower, for three lives;
Cæfar, who ſucceeded him as Maſter of the Rolls, fir John,
it was enacted, that the ſaid premiſes and leaſe ſhould be
Thomas, and Robert. See Chauncy's Hertfordſhire, p. 81
fold, and other eſtates purchaſed in lieu of them.
Anno 1612, there was a fine paſſed from Liveſey to fir
(t) He was fourth ſon of fir John Seymour, bart. by his Julius Cæfar, of certain paſtures in Shepey.
wife Margery, daughter of fir Henry Wentworth, Knight of (*) Chauncy's Hertfordſhire, p. 81.
the Bath, and younger brother of Edward, Duke of Somer-
(y) In 1652, the Lady Cæfar, late for Charles Cæfar,
ſet, Lord Protector of the King and realm. On Feb. 16,
knt. claimed to hold of Milton manor, int, alia. lands called
anno 1 Edw. VI, he had been created Baron Seymour of
Sudley, and ſoon afterwards Lord Admiral of England : at
Danlie-farm, part of St. Katherine's Hoſpital near the Tower,
London.
length his ambitious and turbulent diſpoſition cauſed him
NEATS-COURT.
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652
K E N T.
Tbe
of
H IS TO RY
MINSTER in SHEPEY,
MILTON HUNDRED.
year
to John Bode and Elizabeth his wife; after which was granted, with divers lands and paſtures par.
the fee-ſimple of it remaining in the Crown,
cel of it, to fir Thomas Cheney, Knight of the
was by K. Charles I, in his iſt year, ſettled, on Garter, &c. to hold in capite by knights fer-
his marriage with Queen Henrietta-Maria, as vice (b). He died poſſeſſed of it in the ift
part of her dower.
of Q. Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded by his only
After which, her truſtees granted the manor-
ſon and heir Henry, afterwards knighted, and
created Lord Cheney of Tuddington, who, in the
houſe and lands belonging to it, by indenture
of leaſe, Dec. 10, anno 14 Charles I, in confi 3d year of that reign, had livery of his father's
deration of 450l. fine, the ſurrender of a former
eſtates, and among others of the manor called
leaſe, and 70l. os. o d. rent per annum, to fir
Calebill, with its appurts. in Minſer in the iſle
Edward Hale's, knt, and bart, and his ſon and of Shepey, 20 acres of land, 40 acres of paſture,
heir fir John Hales, knt. and their afligns, for
and 20 acres of marſh, in this pariſh, and divers
the term of 60 years, for three lives, viz. Ed. parcels of lands, called Notts, Mayotts and Cheter-
ward Honywood, ſon and heir of fir John Hony-
croft, in Leyſdowne, Eſtchurch, and Warden, in the
wood; Edward Hales, eſq; ſon of fir John Hales ; || faid iſland, held of the King in capite, and late
and Edward Hales, eſq; ſon and heir of Samuel
in the tenure of William Swaliaan ; and 20 acres
Hales : and there was reſerved out of the above. of land, and 20 acres of paſture, called Rakefields,
mentioned grant, all courts-baron and leets, ad Componnys, Elliots, and Wrecklands, near the ferry.
vowſons, mines, quarries, great trees, &c. walls, late parcel of the poſſeſſions of Wm. Bury,
After the death of K. Charles I, anno 1648,
Merchant (c). After which he exchanged Calebill
,
with the lands above-mentioned, with the Queen
the powers then in being ſeized on the royal
eſtates, and on the 16th of July following paſſed
among other eſtates in this pariſh and neigh-
an ordinance to veſt them in truſtees, that they
bourhood, and the fee of it remained in the
Crown till K. James I, in his 2d year, granted
might be forthwith ſurveyed and ſold, to ſupply
the neceſſities of the ſtate : accordingly, by the
it to Philip Herbert, younger brother of Wil.
ſurvey taken in 1650, it appeared, that the
liam, Earl of Pembroke, who was the next year
number, of acres belonging to this eſtate was
created Lord Herbert of Shurland, and Earl of
649. 2. O. and the yearly annual improved rent
Montgomery, and on his brother's death, with-
of it amounted to 3801. gs. od. and that the out ſurviving iffue, ſucceeded him as Earl of
three lives above-mentioned were then ſubfift-
Pembroke. He left iſſue two fons, Philip, who
ſucceeded him in honors, and James Herbert,
ing. Soon after which the fee of this eſtate was
ſold by them to Edward Downton and Edward
efq; on whom he ſettled this eſtate, among the
reſt of his poſſeſſions in this neighbourhood,
Finck, with whom it continued till the reſtora-
with which it has been long ſince ſo blended,
tion of K. Charles II, anno 1660, when the in-
heritance of it returned again to the Crown(z).
that the very name of it is forgotten; and in his
deſcendants it has continued down, in like man-
Since which it has come into the poſſeſſion of the
naine of Edwin ; Humphry Edwin, efq; lately
ner as thoſe already deſcribed (d), to Sophia,
owned it, and it is now the property of Mrs.
Lady Viſcounteſs Dowager Wenman, and Mrs. Anne
Mary Edwin, of St. Albans in the co. of Hertford.
Herbert her ſiſter, the joint poffeffors of it.
"geons bo funt in iis igytovil ben
1. This manor is held of the Crown, by the
bar PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE,
yearly fee-farm rent of 21. 16s. 8d.
dor
Nicholas Malmains held on the day of his
death, anno 24 Edward' III, of the King in ca-
is another manor here, which in the reign of pite 1035, 4d. annual rent, in the Iſle of Shepey,
K. Henry VIII. was in the poffeffion of William in the pariſh of Minſter (e).
va
Bury, who by deeds dated on Sept. I. and
IO, The Maiſon Dieu at Oſpringe, anno 42 Edward
in the 37th year of it, conveyed it to that King
III, poffefſed tenements in this pariſh (f).
in exchange for Culneham in the co. of Oxford(a).
In the roth year of Q. Elizabeth, Henry Poleng
This manor remained in the Crown till the
had the Queen's licence to alienate lands and
2d and 3d years of Philip and Mary, when it tenements at Ryſdall alias Rydſwall Télmarſh in
bort to
(z) Parl. Surveys, Augtn. off. and Roll of Partic. H. 6.
taining nine acres, lying near the new hedge in the ſaid
(a) Deeds of Purch. and Exch. Augtn. off. box D. 84,
iſland, late in the occupation of Owen Paſſelewe, which
B. 63. K. Hen. VIII, Sept. 20, in his 37th year, granted premiſes were parcel of the manor of Calehill, and parcel
to George Lovet the office of Bailiff or Collector of the rents
of the poffeffions of William Bury, excepting all timber-
of his manor of Calebill, with its appurts, in Minſter, to
trees, &c. to hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of 1288.
hold for the term of his life, with the yearly rent or wages
Inrolments, Augtn..off,
of 46s. 8d. Inrolm. Augtn. off.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5. (c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
K. Edward VI, Feb. 20, in his ad year, for a fine of 40s.
(d) See Milton above, p. 621.
let to Alexander Carden, Yeoman, his lands called Componny's,
Elliots, and Chequer, in the Iſle of Shepey; and his cloſe of (e) Rot. Eſch, ejus an.
land called Ragfield, containing 45 acres, and a piece con-
Tan, Mon, p. 222.
Minſter,
CAL EH I L L

The HISTORY
653
of K E N T.
MILTON KUNDRED.
MINSTER in SHEPEY.
Minſter, Iwade, Halſtow, and Upchurch, to fir
Henry Cheney, knt. (8)
Queen Elizabeth, May 17, in her 36th year,
demiſed, for the term of 31 years, to fir Edward
Hoby, knt. at the yearly rent of 6s. 8d. her mef-
ſuage or tenement, newly built by John Venſtre,
with the orchard adjoining, with all barns, fta-
bles, pidgeon-houſes, &c. belonging to it, fi-
tuated in the Iſle of Shepey, heretofore in the
occupation of John Deacon and Henry Davy, and
parcel of the poſſeſſions of John Venſtre, late of
Wevenhoe in the co. of Eſex, deceaſed (h).
The Queen, by indenture, March 28, in her
38th year, let for the term of 40 years to Joion
Hawkins, her tenement, with its appurts. called
Hughes tenement, lying in Minfire, with ſeveral
parcels of land, amounting in the whole to 31
acres, at the annual rent of 68s. 8d. all which
were lately in the tenure of Henry Elyot,
and then of the ſaid John Hawkyns, and were
lying in the pariſh of Minſter, and parcel of the
poffeffions of William Bury, Merchant, and ex-
changed by him, excepting all timber-trees,
woods, mines, quarries, &c. (i)
There is a houſe and lands called Hucking-
manor in this pariſh, which was formerly owned
by John Clarke, afterwards by John Knight, and
in the year 1652 was in the poſſeſſion of John
Tyce, and the heirs of Richard Harding, who
held it of Milton manor by the yearly rent of 6d.
and they afterwards ſold it to Thomas Hobſon.
Much other land in this pariſh is held of Mil-
ton manor, by rents as well of money as of
cheeſe.
The Governors of The Cheſt for fick and
maimed Seamen at Chatham, are poſſeſſed of
lands here called Scockles, containing by eſtima-
tion 340 acres, which formerly belonged to the
family of Leveſey, and are held of Milton manor
by the yearly rent of 6s. 8d. 00
nostrud
The manor of Newington near Sitting bourne
claims over a ſmall part of this pariſh.
The ville of Sheerneſs is ſituated at the weſtern
extremity as well of this pariſh as of the whole
iſland, a further account of which will be given
below. It was formerly accounted as part of
this pariſh, but it has long ſince been made a
ville of itſelf, and as to its civil juriſdiction, en-
tirely ſeparate from this pariſh.
The cliffs on the northern ſide of this iſland,
are likewiſe the northern boundaries of this pa-
riſh; Queenborough and Sheerneſs bound it to-
wards the weſt, and the inand of Emley ſouth-
ward.
In June 1756, a monſtrous fiſh, thought to
be a young whale, was driven on ſhore at this
place. It meaſured 36 feet and upwards in
length, 22 feet in circumference, and eight feet
from the eyes to the tip of the noſe. It was
20 .
K. ,
fair to be held here on Palm Monday (k), which
is ſtill continued for toys and ſuch like mer-
chandize.
In the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno
1652, the Churchwardens and Overſeers of the
poor of this pariſh were ſaid to hold of it, one
houſe, ſince down, and certain lands in Minſter,
formerly John Pett's, at the rent of 5d.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Minster is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Sitting borne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary
and St. Sexburg (as was the monaſtery,) is ſup-
poſed by ſome to have been the very church of
it, but by others, that it only adjoined to it; at
preſent it conſiſts of two iſles and two chancels.
The ſteeple is at the weſt end, being a large
ſquare tower, with a turret at the top, in which
there is a clock, and a ring of five bells. It
was formerly higher than it is at preſent, as ap.
pears by the remains. There was formerly a
building adjoining to the eaſt end of the north
chancel, as appears by a door.caſe
naments on the outſide of it (1).
In the year 1489, there was a chapel, dedi-
cated to St. John Baptiſt, ſituated within the
cemetery of Minſter in Shepey.
Cas svar
The church of Minſter ſeems to have been
part of the endowment of the monaſtery here at
the firſt foundation of it.
tion
PRESENT STATE OF MINSTER.
y a door-caſe and ſome or
The pariſh of Minſter is by far the largeſt
of any in the iſland. The village is ſituated on
high ground near the middle of it, with the
church, and ruins of the monaſtery cloſe on
the northern ſide of it; of the latter there is
little more than the gate-houſe remaining.
(g) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 11.
(5) Inrolments, Augtn. off. (i) Ibid.
(k) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 17.
(1) In the north chancel, on the ſouth fide, is the tomb of
fir Thomas Cheney, Knight of the Garter, &c.
On the north
fide, under an arch in the wall, on a grey marble, lies the
figure of a man hahited in armour.
In the ſouth or high
chancel, againſt the south wall, is an antient tomb, with
the effigies of a man lying at length croſs legged, and in
armour ; on his right ſide is the figure of a horſe's head,
carved alike in alabaſter, and fixed to the tomb. On a
VOL. II.
8 D
ſtone in the middle of the chancel, are the figures in braſs
of a man and woman ; his in armour, croſs legged, with
large ſpurs, his ſword by his fide, and this coat of arms-
Ermine, a pale engrailed, (perhaps it might have been origi-
nally a croſs, the reſt of it having been rubbed out); on her
mantle-3 bars wavy; under his feet a lion, under her's a
talbot ; the inſcription underneath is gone, except the
word Hic at the beginning of it. At the upper end of the
north iſle is a ſmall ſtone, ſeemingly very antient, with a
croſs bottony on it.
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K. Henry

Tbe
HISTORY of KE N T.
eſq; fon of Samuel, a younger ſon of fir Edward Hales, cre-
654
MILTON HUNDRED.
MINSTER in SHEPEY.
K. Henry III, in his 18th
his 18th year, confirmed
The church of Queenborough was formerly
this church with its appurts. among the reſt of eſteemed as a chapel to this church, but it has
the poſſeſſions of the monaſtery, to the Prioreſs long ſince been independent of it.
and Nuns of it; which charter was again con The cure of it is ſtill eſteemed as a dona-
firmed by K. Edward III, in his 3d year ;
and tive (q), the yearly ſtipend of the curate
being
the grant of K. Henry III. above-mentioned 161. 135. 4d.
was likewiſe again confirmed by letters of in In 1384, anno 8 Richard II, the church of
Speximus by K. Henry IV, in his iſt year (m). Minſter was valued at 131. 6s. 8d.
This church was very early appropriated to
In 1578, the communicants were 308.
the monaſtery here, the cure of it being eſteemed
In 1640, the ſtipend of the Curate was
as a donative, in which ſtate it continued at the 161. 135. 4d. Communicants 265.
time of the diffolution of the monaſtery, in pur-
It is not in charge in the King's books.
ſuance of the act of the 27th year of K. Henry
Roger, Abbat of St. Auguſtine’s near Cantera
VIII, when it came, together with the reſt of
bury, &c. in the year 1188, let to Agnes, Prioreſs,
the poſſeſſions of it, into the King's hands, where
and the Convent of St. Sexburg of Sbepey, certain
it remained till the King granted the rectory of
tythes, which they had within this pariſh, to
Minſter, with its rights, members, and appurts.
hold of them in perpetual ferme at 14s. yearly
and alſo the advowſon of the church there, to
rent, &c. Theſe tythes were the tythes of Weft-
fir Thomas Cheney, Knight of the Garter, &c. to
lande, which were thoſe of fir Adam de Shurlande,
hold in capite by knights ſervice (n).
knt, and of Adam Rufin (r).
He died ſeiſed of it in the iſt year of Q.
CHURCH OF MINSTER.
Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded by his only ſon PATRONS,
CURATES.
and heir Henry, afterwards knighted, and created
or by whom preſented.
Lord Cheney of Tuddington, who in the 3d year
Joſeph Mirthwaite,obt. 1758.
of that reign had livery of it, among the reſt of
(s) Egerton Leigh, LL. S.
his inheritance, and in Mich. that year, as well
1758. Preſent Curate.
as in Eaſter term in the 17th year of it, levied a
SH E E R N E S S.
fine of all his lands and hereditaments; after
which he alienated this rectory, with the ad 'HE VILLE OF SHEERNESS lies at the weſtern
vowſon of the church of Minſter, to Robert part of the pariſh of Minſter, at the north-
Leveſey, efq; in whoſe deſcendants it continued weſt point of the iſle of Shepey. It was once
ſometime afterwards, till at length it was ſold eſteemed as part of that pariſh, but it has been
to Gore, and William Gore, of Boxley, eſq; died long ſince created a ville of itſelf, and is entirely
poffefſed of the rectory impropriate, with the ſeparate from it as to its civil juriſdiction, tho
advowſon of this church, on July 29, 1768.
as to its ecclefiaftical juriſdiction it ſtill con-
He died without iſſue (0), and by his laſt will tinues
part
of it.
deviſed it to his relation Robert Mitchell, eſq; who This
part
of the iſland of Shepey, in the reign
dying likewiſe without iſſue in 1779, bequeathed
of K. Charles I, was no more than a watry
his eſtates to his three nephews, Robert, Chriſto ſwamp or moraſs, on the point of which, after
pher, and Thomas, ſons of his brother Thomas, the reſtoration of K. Charles II, there was
the eldeſt of whom, Robert Mitchell, eſq; is, I mounted a ſmall fort of 12 guns to defend the
believe, at this time the ſole proprietor of paſſage up the river Medway. In which ſitua-
them (p).
tion it rernained till the Dutch war broke out in
The eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction of this pariſh
that reign, when the general diſcourſe of the
extends over the ville of Sheerneſs, the popu-
whole kingdom turned on the importance of
louſneſs of which adds greatly to the burials in
this place, and the erecting a royal fort on it,
it, inſomuch that in ſome years of late, they
which might preſerve the navy, and at the fame
have amounted to between 2 and 300.
time be a great ſecurity to the river.
cantine
(m) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 152.
two acres of land contiguous to it, together with all the
(n) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 5.
nosso cold
great and ſmall tythes of the pariſh, of all kinds what-
ſoever.
(0) He was the youngeſt ſon of Gerard Gore, efq; by his
wife Tbomaſine, the eldeſt of the ſurviving daughters and
(9) A donative is a ſpiritual preferment, be it church,
coheirs of Edward Hales, of Chilſon in Boughton Malberb, chapel, or vicarage, which is in the free gift or collation
of the patron, without making any preſentation to the
ated a Baronet in 1611. William Gore, efq; was born in
Biſhop, and without admiſſion, inſtitution, or induction
1689, and married Mary, daughter of William Wyllis, of
by any mandate from the Biſhop or other, but the donee
London, efq; and fifter and coheir of fir William Wyllis, bart. may by the patron, or by any other authoriſed by him, be
put into poſſeſſion.
He was buried in Boxley church.
(p) 'In 1769, the parſonage of Minſter conſiſted of a
(r) Regiſt. Mon. Sci Aug. Carta 506.
dwelling-houſe, barns, &c. and 188 acres of arable, mea (s) And Rector of Murflon.
dow, and paſture belonging to it, and alſo a tenement and
The
THE
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I be HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
653
MILTON HUNDRED.
no mot to paſs
GOVERNOR S.
ſtanding which, very little
and having taken away all their men from Sheer- This yard is under the inſpection of the Com.
SHEERNESS.
The King took this charge upon himſelf, and fortification, under the inſpection of the chief
in the beginning of the year 1667, made two engineer above-mentioned, and became a rayal
journeys hither in the depth of winter, taking || fort, having a line of large and heavy cannon
an engineer and ſome officers of the ordnance mounted on it. Belides which, there were other
with him, that all things belonging to that office ſmaller forts built on each ſide of the river;
might be ſupplied from thence; and having higher up, for the future defence of it (u).
ſeen the work begun, he left at it his chief en Great improvements have been made from time
gineer fir Martin Beckman, whom he deſigned to time to the royal fort of Sheerneſs, and of late
for Governor of the fort, and committed the years eſpecially, it has been greatly augmented
overlooking of the whole, that all poſible ex and ſtrengthened, inſomuch that no feet, how-
pedition might be uſed, to one of the Commif ever formidable, can in future attempt to
fioners of the Ordnance, who engaged to look
it, without the hazard of being torn to pieces.
carefully after it, inſomuch that every body The fort and garriſon of Sheerneſs is under
thought the work had been finiſhed; notwith the command of a Governor, a Lieutenant-go-
vernor, a Fort- major, and other inferior officers.
done towards it; when the Dutch, on July 1oth
that year, made their memorable attempt upon
the royal navy of England, in the river Medway, Temp. Charles II. Sir Chicheſter Wrey, bart.
which was then in a moſt defenceleſs ſtate, there
Nathaniel Darell, efq;
being at that time, beſides the 12 guns here as 1673 Sir Charles Littleton, bart.
above-mentioned, only four that could be uſed 1706. Major General Charles Withers.
at Upnor, and ſcarce ſo many at Gillingham, for
1715 Brigadier General Alex. Grant.
the defence of it.
1717 •
Lieut. General Henry Withers.
There were a company or two of ſoldiers in-
1729.
General Lord Mark Ker.
deed here, under excellent officers, but the for-
Lieut. General Lord Cadogan.
tifications were ſo weak and unfiniſhed, and
Lieut. Gen. fir John Mordaunt.
all other proviſions ſo entirely wanting, that 1778. Lieut. General Francis Craig.
though every defence that was poſſible was made, The Governor's ſalary is 300l. per annum, and
yet the Dutch fleet no ſooner appeared within the Lieutenant governor's 1821. 108.
diſtance, but with their cannon they beat all the
Some years ſince the building of a royal fort
works flat, and drove all the men from their
here, a royal dock has been made and eſtabliſhed
ground, which as ſoon as they had done, with
adjoining to it, intended chiefly for the repair-
their boats they landed their men, and ſeemed
reſolved to fortify and keep it; when they had
ing of ſhips which may have met with any fud-
made themſelves maſters here, ſailing up the
den accident, and for the building of ſmaller
ſhips of war, ſuch as sth and 6th rates, ſmall
river, they broke through every means made
frigates, yachts, and ſuch like veffels, though
uſe of to oppoſe them, and having done conſi-
ſometimes ſhips of a larger ſize have been built
derable damage to the ſhipping, they fell down
here, but this has not been often.
the river again without any further moleſtation,
neſs, they failed away for the coaſts of Eſſex and
miffoner of the Navy reſiding at Chatham, who
has a Clerk of the Cheque and a Storekeeper
Suffolk (t).
reſident here under him.
This bold attempt of the Dutch gave ſuch an
alarm to the whole nation, as well for the ſafety
The numbers of perſons neceſſarily attendant
of the royal docks and magazinės at Chatham,
both on the fort and dock-yard, has occaſioned
as for the royal návy itfelf, from the defenceleſs the building of a town of ſeveral ſtreets in and
ftate of the river Medway, and the eaſy acceſs of near it, which is exceedingly populous, many
the enemy to it, that this fort of Sheerneſs was of the buildings being crouded with ſeveral fa-
immediately afterwards increaſed to a regular milies together in one houſe.
(t) Lord Clarendon's Life, vol. iii, p. 747, 751, 796,
8vo. edit. See vol. i. of this hiftory, pt. i, p. cxxviii.
(u) Col. Edward Vernon, the proprietor of the ground
on which the royal fort of Sheerneſs was erected by K.
Charles II, finding the importance of the place to the
public, infifted on a moſt enormous price for the purchaſe
of it; in conſequence of which, in 1683, he obtained of
the King a promiſe of a grant of the honor of Tudbury, and
ſeveral other eſtates belonging to the Crown, of a very
great value, in confideration of his releaſing his right to
this land, and of 7000l. paid to the Crown. After which
the King, by his letters patent, dated Nov. 1, 1683, for
the above-mentioned confiderations, granted and conveyed
the honor of Tudbury, the foreſt of Needwood, and ſeveral
manors, lands, parks, offices, tenements, and heredita-
ments, in the counties of Derby, Stafford, Leicefter, Nota
tingham, and Warwick, to Rupert Brown, Proctor in Dosa
tors Commons, and Samuel Boheme, of London, gent. as
trufees, and their heirs, to anſwer certain debts of the
faid Edward Vernon, and afterwards to him, his heirs and
aſſigns for ever.
After which K. James II, by his Attorney-general, pro-
ſecuted Col. Vernon's aſigns, on the plea of theſe grants
having been fraudulently obtained; but the ſuit was com-
promiſed, the King agreeing to pay them a ſum of money
on their giving up
the
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The

656
The HISTORY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
1
QUEENBOROUGH.
The Office of Ordnance has a branch eſtabliſhed the difficulties ariſing from the nature of the
here, whither thoſe of that office likewiſe eſta ground, and the lowneſs of the ſituation, ac-
bliſhed at Chatham are often, in time of war, quitted himſelf in this talk with his uſual ſkill
obliged to reſort, and to remain here for ſeveral and abilities (w), and erected here a large, ſtrong,
days together, to overſee the furniſhing of every and magnificent building, fit equally for the de.
Thip of war with military ſtores, as occaſion re fence of the iſland, and the reception of his royal
quires, to cheque the officers of the ſhips in their maſter. When it was finiſhed, the King paid a
demand of thoſe ſtores, and to ſee the proper
viſit to it, and remained here for ſome days (y),
return of them again when the ſhips are laid up. during which time he made this place a free
There is a chapel erected here at the expence borough, in honor of Philippa his Queen, naming
of government, for the uſe of the garriſon, &c. it from thence Queenborough, and by charter,
but all chriſtenings, marriages, burials, and bearing date anno 1366, he created it a corpo-
other eccleſiaſtical rites, are performed at the ration, making the townſmen Burgeſſes, and
mother church of Minſter, which has the entire giving them power to chooſe yearly a Mayor
eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction over this ville.
and two Bailiffs, who ſhould make their oath
The Chaplain is appointed from time to time of allegiance before the Conſtable of the caſtle,
by government to the cure of this chapel. and be Juſtices within the liberties of the corpo-
A market is held at Sheerneſs weekly on a ration, excluſive of all others; and endowing
Saturday.
them with cogniſance of pleas, with the liberty
of two markets weekly on Mondays and Thurſdays,
QUEENBOROUGH, and two fairs yearly, one on the eve of our Lady,
and the other on the feaſt of St. James, and bene-
TH
HE pariſh of which lies the next adjoining | fitting them with freedom of tholle, and ſundry
fouth-weſtward from that of Minſter, on the other bountiful privileges, which might allure
weſtern ſhore of this iſland, was ſo called in honor men to inhabit this place (z). Three years after
of Philippa, Queen to K. Edward III.
which, as a further favor to it, he appointed
a ſtaple for wool at it (a).
THE CASTLE and CIVIL JURISDICTION.
K. Henry VIII. repaired this caſtle in the year
There was an antient caſtle here, called The 1536, at the time he rebuilt ſeveral others in
Caſtle of Shepey, ſituated at the weſtern mouth of theſe parts, for the defence of the ſea-coaſts ;
The Swale, formerly, as has been already men-
but even then it was become little more than a
tioned, accounted likewiſe the mouth of the river manſion for the reſidence of the Conſtable of it.
Thames, which was built for the defence both of In which ſituation it continued till the death of
the iſland and the paſſage on the water, the uſual K. Charles I, in 1648 (b); ſoon after which,
one then being between the main land of the the powers then in being ſeized on this caſtle,
county and this iſland.
among the reſt of the poſſeſſions of the Crown,
This caſtle was begun to be new built by K. and on the 16th of July following paſſed an or-
Edward III, about the year 1361, being the
dinance to veſt the ſame in truſtees, that they
36th of his reign (v), and was finiſhed about fix might be forthwith ſurveyed and ſold, to ſupply
years afterwards, being raiſed, as he himſelf ſays the neceſſities of the ſtate; accordingly this caſtle
in his letters patent, dated May 10, in his 42d was ſurveyed in 1650, when it was returned,
year, for the ſtrength of the realm, and for the That it conſiſted of a capital meſſuage, called
refuge of the inhabitants of this iſland.
Queenborough Caſtle, lying within the common
This was undertaken under the inſpection of belonging to the town of Queenborough, called
William of Wickham, the King's chief architect, Queenborough Marſh, in the pariſh of Minſter, and
afterwards Biſhop of Wincheſter, who conſidering containing about 12 rooms of one range of

ng was
(v). See Lel. Coll. vol. i, pt. ii, p. 579.
(w) Lowth's Life of Wickham, p. 21.
(1) Afterwards, in 1375, whilſt the King was here, he
made ſeveral regulations and ordinances for the better go-
vernment of the admiralty and navy, which are dated
from Queenborough that year.
Nich. Hift. Libr. p. 219.
(z) Lamb. Peramb. p. 268.
(a) Lel. Coll. vol. i, pt. ii, p. 449. Strype's Stow's
Survey, book vi, p. 7.
(6) Mr. Johnſton, in his book intitled Iter Plantarum
Inveſtigationis ergo ſufeptum, anno 1629, tells us, that he
ſaw in this caſtle at that time, a noble large dining-room
or hall, round the top of which were placed the arms of
the nobility and gentry of Kent, and in the middle thoſe
of Queen Elizabeth, with the following verſes under-
neath:
Lilia virginium pectus regale leonis
28W 2 Significant ; vivas virgo, regaſque leo:
Umbra placet uultus, vultis quia mentis imago ;
Mentis imago placet, mens quia plena Deo :
Virgo deum vita, Regina imitata regendo,
Viva mihi vivi fiat imago Dei.
Qui leo de Juda eft, et flos de Jele, leones
Protegat et flores Elizabetha tuos.
Lillies the lion's virgin breaſt explain,
Then live a virgin, and a lion reign.
Piętures are pleaſing, for the mind they fbew;
And in the mind the Deity we view:
May ſhe who God in life and empire Shews,
To me th' eternal Deity diſcloſe !
May Jelje's flower, and Judah's lion deign
Thy flowers and lions to proiect, great Queen.
Soo A.D. 1593 .
building

The WHISTORY of K EN T.
657
11
QUEENBOROUGH.
buildings below ſtairs, and of about 40 rooms
from the firſt ſtory upwards, being circular
and built of ſtone, with ſix towers, and certain
out-offices thereto belonging, all the roof being
covered with lead. Within the circumference
of the caſtle was one little round court, paved
with ſtone, and in the middle of that one great
well, and without the caſtle was one great court
ſurrounding it; both court and caſtle being
ſurrounded with a great ſtone wall, and the out-
ſide of that moated round, the faid caſtle abutt-
ing to the highway leading from the town of
Queenboroug} to Eaſtchurch ſouth-and it con-
tained three acres, one rood, and eleven perches
of land. That the whole was much out of re-
pair, and no ways defenſive by the Common-
wealth, or the iſland on which it ſtood, being
built in the time of bows and arrows. That as
no platform for the planting of cannon could be
erected on it, and it having no command of the
fea, although near unto it, they adjudged it not
fit to be kept, but demoliſhed, and that the
materials were worth, beſides the charge of tak-
ing down, 17921. 12 d.
The above furvey fufficiently points out the
ſize and grandeur of this building, which was
foon afterwards fold, with all its appurts. to
Mr. John Wilkinſon, who pulled the whole of it
down and removed the materials.
The ſcite of the caſtle renained in his poffef-
fion afterwards till the reſtoration of K. Charles
II, anno 1660, when the inheritance of it re-
turned again to the Crown, where it has con-
tinued ever ſince.
There are not any of the remains of the caſtle
or walls to be ſeen at this time, only the moat
continues ſtill as ſuch, and the antient well in
the middle of the ſcite within it, a further ac-
count of which will be given below.
The ConstaBLES of this caſtle were men of
conſiderable rank, as appears by the following
liſt of them:
Anno 36 Edw. III. John Foxley was the first
Conſtable.
Anno 50 Edw. III. John of Gaunt, Duke of
Lancaſter.
3 og om de voll sud flott
(c) He had a grant of this office to hold for the King's
life and his own, and if he ſhould be the ſurvivor, then to
himſelf and the heirs male of his body; but he died firſt,
at Lovaine in France, anno 16 Richard II. See an account
of him in Collins's Hift. Coll. p. 242, &c. and vol. i. of
this hiſtory, p.
(d) He was Knight of the Garter, and having married
Elizabeth, Dutchefs of Exeter, fifter to K. Henry IV, was
as well on that account, as for his valiant behaviour as a
foldier, particularly in the battle of Aginconrt, created a
Baron in full Parliament, by the title of Lord Fanbope,
anno 1o Henry VI, and anno 20 of it, Baron of Milbrooke,
to enjoy that title as a free denizen of England. He died
anno 22 Henry VI, 1443, without iſſue. Dugd. Bar. vol.
ii, p. 212. Cott. Records, p. 614.
(e) He was a commander in the King's army in France,
where he was ſlain that year.
La VOL.II.
8E
MILTON HUNDRED.
Anno 8 Rich. II. Robert de Vere, Marquis of
Dublin and Earl of Ox-
ford, attainted anno
Richard II.(c)
Anno 16 Rich. II. Sir Arnold Savage, knt. obt.
12 Henry IV.
Anno 20 Rich. II. William Le Scroope, ſon of
the Lord Scroope.
Anno i Henry IV. William de Watterton.
Anno 4 Henry IV. John Cornwall, Baron of
Fanhope (d).
Anno 10 Henry IV. Thomas Arundel, Archbp.
of Canterbury.
Anno i Henry V. Gilbert de Umfreville (e),
obt. anno 9 Henry V.
Anno 28 Henry VI. Humphry Stafford, Duke of
Buckingham, obt. 27 July
anno 38 Henry VI.(f)
Anno 1 Edw. IV. John Northwood, eſq;
George, Duke of Clarence,
obt. 17 Edward IV.
Anno i Rich. III. Thomas Wentworth (g).
Anno 2 ejufd. regni. Chriſtopher Colyns (b).
Anno 1 Hen. VII. William Cheney.
Sir Anthony Brownė, knt.
obt. 22 Henry VII. (i)
Anno 2 Hen. VIII. Francis Cheney.
Anno 3 Hen. VIII. Sir Thomas Cheney, Knight
to of the Garter, 3c. obt. anno
f 1 Elizabeth.
Anno 1 Eliz. Sir Richard Conſtable, knt.
Sir Edward Hoby, knt.
Temp. Jac. I. Philip, Earl of Pembroke
estors and Montgomery, the laſt
Conſtable of this caſtle.
In the reign of Q. Elizabeth, the annual fee
of the Keeper of this caſtle was 291. 2s. 6d.(k)
the change or ta
TOWN OF QUEENBOROUGH.
2SV
2. ALTHOUGH Queenborough was formerly, whilſt
the caſtle was ſtanding a place of much more
conſequence than it is at preſent, yet as to its
ſize and number of inhabitants, it was much
leſs ſo; for in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, as
may be ſeen by the return made of it in the 8th
!
AC
*
(f) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 165. See more of him above,
under Tunbridge, p. 328.
(8) 'The docquet for his warrant is among the Harl. Mr.
No. 433-583
.
(b) The docquet for his warrant is among the Harl. Mf.
No. 433-908; among which ibid. No.-2094, is the doc-
quet of a warrant for timber to be delivered to Chriſtopher
Colyns, for certain reparations at the caſtle of Queneſurghe,
given 16 Feb. anno 2dº Richard III ; and ibid. No.-2139,
is a commiſſion, ſhewing that he had authority to take
maſons, ftones, &c. neceſſary for the works in the ſaid
caſtle, dated Landon, April 1oth the ſame year.
(i) He was the third ſon of Thomas Browne, Treaſurer
of the Houſhold to K. Henry VI, and was anceſtor to the
Lord Viſcount Montague. See above, p. 440.
(k) Peck's Deſid. Curioſ, book ii, p. 17.
year

658 The HISTORY of KENT.
MILTON HUNDRED.
more.
.
POTOM
boronday the 30th inſtant, in the e
QUEENBOROUGH.
year of that reign, it appears, that there were
The arms of the town of Queenborough are
here, houſes inhabited only 23 ; perſons lacking On a mount vert, a tower, with 5 Spires on
proper habitation 1; boats and ſhips 12, viz. argent.
4 of three tons, 4 of four, 2 of fix, i of eight, There is a copperas-work carried on in this
and 1 of fixteen ; and a key and landing-place place, which is the property of ſeveral different
to the town proper ; perſons occupied in carry-
perſons. o tama
ing things from port to port, and in fiſhing, 45. Though the water throughout the whole iſland
At preſent this town conſiſts of one principal of Shepey has been mentioned above to be
ex
wide ſtreet, the houſes of which are neat, and ceeding unwholeſome, and brackiſh, yet there
moſtly well built, in number about 120, or is one exception to be made to it, which is the
The market-houſe is a ſmall antient well above-mentioned on the ſcite of the caſtle
brick building, in the middle of the ſtreet, with
here, which contains a fine, wholeſome, clear
a room over it. The court-hall is the upper water, and that in ſuch plenty, that it not only
ſupplies the inhabitants of this place and its
part
of a mean plaiſtered dwelling-houſe, cloſe
to the church-yard, on the north ſide of the neighbourhood, and every department of go
ſtreet.
vernment, but thoſe ſhips of the royal navy
Notwithſtanding the above-mentioned increaſe
which touch at this place and have occaſion
both of houſes and inhabitants, it is, even now,
for it, to the great benefit of the public ;
but a poor fiſhing town, conſiſting chiefly of the water for this uſe before being fetched in
alehouſe-keepers, fiſhermen, and dredgers for
veſſels daily from Chatham, àt no ſmall trouble
oyſters; the principal ſource of wealth to it be-
and expence (m).
ing the election for Members of Parliament, The corporation have taken upon themſelves
which ſecures to ſome of the chief inhabitants to repair this well for ſeveral years paſt, at their
many lucrative places in the Ordnance, and own expence; notwithſtanding which, it ſtill
other branches of government.
continues the property of the Crown, there hav,
The corporation ſtill ſubſiſts, conliſting of a ing never yet been any grant made of it.
Mayor, four Jurats, and two Bailiffs, choſen Anno 7 George III, an act paſſed for the
annually by the free Burgeſſes of the town and better and more effectual maintenance and relief
pariſh (1)
.doll of the poor of the borough and pariſh of Queen.
The liberties of the corporation extend by
borough. ni bilo da to
water from the point of land joining to the Though Queenborough was made a borough
river Medway to King's Ferry. .
by K. Edward III. as above-mentioned, yet it
DONDA boru
(1) Among the Harleian Mff. No. 590, 10, are tran “ three feet deep with clay, and on that laid four courſe
ſcripts of many records relating to the town and caſtle of “ of bricks, for a platform for the men to ſtand on in their
Quinborough in Kent, examined and atteſted by Thomas boring, and we got an auger of two inches and an half
Heneage.
" to bore through the clay, when three men at a time be-
(m) The well of Queenborough had been uſeleſs for many
gan to bore, whom we hifted every three hours - The
years, having little or no water in it, though ſeveral at " boring which they fent us up was a very cloſe bluiſh
tempts had been made to reſtore it, when in the year 1723 clay, which continuing the ſame after three days and
it was more effectually opened by order of the Commiſ In half boring, we began to deſpair of meeting with
fioners of the Navy, a full account of which was commu water; but on
nica ted to the Royal Society by Mr. Peter Collinfon, F.R.S.
auger ſlipt down
on Jan. 8, 1729, in a letter from the King's officers at up came water, to our great fatisfaction; and in an
Sheerneſs and Chatham, to the Commiſſioners of the Navy, “ hour's time there was upwards of four feet water, which
dated Oct. 9, 1723, of which the following is an extract: “ roſe ſo faſt, that at 12 o'clock at noon, on O&. ift,
“ In obedience to
to your H
Honors' warrant of Sept. 16th
found
daily till
lait, we met at the well near Queenborough, where the " the 8th inſtant, when we found, at ſeven in the morn-
“ caſtle formerly ſtond, on Tueſday the 24th, and finding ing, 176 feet ſeven inches depth of water, which after-
“ but very little water at the bottom, on our founding, “ wards ſtill increaſed, though but ſlowly, the reaſon of
“ and it having a new curb lately fixed on the top, we pro * which, we apprehend, proceeded from the weight of
“ vided ourſelves with buckets and ropes, and lowered water which the ſpring through the hole of the trunk
“ down a man, who acquainted us, that it was cleaned, “ muſt force up, and the well being wider aloft than
" and the ground ſunk four feet deeper than the curb at “ below. What we think very extraordinary is, that we
“ the bottom. We then meaſured the depth of it, and " bored 81 feet below the foot of the trunk before we met
“ found it 200 feet, and artificially fteened the whole “ with this body of water, which by computation is 166
depth with circular Portland ſtone, which is all entire, « feet below the deepeſt place in the adjacent ſeas.
66 and ſtands fair. The mean diameter is four feet eight “ The water proves excellently good, foſt, ſweet, and
or inches; but obſerving not one drop of water came into “ fine; we put ſome ſoap to it, and it lathered finely; we
“ it, we reſolved to try if we could find any by boring; in “ boiled old peas in it, which it did well; and we have
“ order to which, we applied ourſelves to make the necef “ great reaſon to believe, that the ſpring ,will ſufficiently
ſary preparations, by getting a piece of timber of about fupply his Majeſty's ſhips as propoſed.” Which letter
• ſeven feet iong, and boring it through with a three inch was ſigned by Richard Froſt, James Young, and 10 more
“ and an half auger, which trunk we fixed at the bottom King's officers at Chatham and Sheerneſs. Phil. Tranf. vol.
" of the well, and faſtened it by quarters to the curb at
xxxvi, No. 411, p. 192.
or the bottom, to prevent its raiſing, and filled it all around
Medus to King's FC
an
were
the
had

The HISTORY of KENT.
659
ift.
roya 1685,
14th. ibid.
27th. ibid.
35th. ibid.
39th. ibid.
Flerbert,
QUEENBOROUGH.
MILTON HUNDRED.
had not the privilege of returning Burgeſfes to Years
s of the reign, &c. Names of the Burgeſſes in Parliament.
Parliament till the 13th year of Q. Elizabeth's 32d. At Oxford. William Glanville,
reign, in which year it made its firſt return of
ruda
1681.
Gerard Gore, eſgrs.
them.
In the time of K. JAMES II.
The following is a liſt of thoſe ſent to Parlia-
ment from that year to the preſent time.
. At Weſtminſter. Sir John Godwin, knt.
Caleb Banks, eſq;
In the time of Q. ELIZABETH
In the time of K. WILLIAM and Q. MARY.
Years of the reign, &c. Names of the Burgeſſes in Parliament.
13th. Parliament John Cobham,
at Weſtminſter. John Parker, efqrs, and
Robert Crawford, eſqrs.
John Cobham,
2d. ibid. 1690. Sir John Banks, bart.
William Butler, eſqs.
Robert Crawford, efq;
John Cobham,
7th. ibid. 1695. Caleb Banks,
51
Who William Parry, LL.D. to
Robert Crawford, eſqrs.
28tb. ibid.
Sir Edward Hoby, knt. Finsy
10th. ibid. 1698. Robert Crawford,
Miles Sandys, eſqrs.
Thomas King, efqrs. 1139 $
zijt. ibid. William Boys,
12th. ibid. 1700. The ſame.
Miles Sandys, eſqrs. I
13th. ibid. 1701. The fame.
John Cobham, eſqz
John Baynham, gent.
In the time of Q. A NNE.
mut
11 bis
Sir George Carew, knt.
Ift. ibid. 1702. Robert Crawford,
Michael Sandes, eſq;
Thomas King, eſqrs.
ng ano
43d. ibid.
Miles Sandys, éſq;
4th. ibid. 1705.
Sir John Jennings, knt. .
SO
Nicholas Troughton, gent.
Thomas King, efq;
03
7th. ibid. 1708. Sir John Jennings, knt.
In the time of K. JAMES I.
Henry Withers, eſq;
TOT
ibid. Sir Edw. Stafford, knt. gth. ibid. 1710. Thomas King,
Sir Michael Sondes, knt.
James Herbert, efqrs.
12tb. ibid. Sir Edward Hoby, knt. 12th. ibid. 1713. Thomas King,
cloud
Thomas Culpepper, eſq;
Charles Fotherby, eſqrs.
-90 astrol
101
18th. ibid, James Palmer,
to Lo In the time of K. GEORGE I.
William
nad
bos
21f. ibidores Roger Palmer, eſq;
ift. ibid. 1714. Philip Jennings, .b5enia
noints en
ខេប
Sir Robert Pooley, knt.
Thomas King, ears.
7th. ibid. 1722. John Cope,
In the reign of K. CHARLES 1. "O
0
bom99 20 21 to glory i won nguoi
James Littleton, eſqrs. (0)
ift.
ibid. Roger Palmer, efq; adw
aids in the time of K. GEORGE II.
mislo sa Edward Hales, gent,
is o los boonud 19116 gosto
Ibid.
11 ar doc Roger Palmer, diaq aidia ift. ibid. 1727. Sprigg Maneſty,
30.03
Robert Pooley, eſqrs. 10
toprenantot bon John Crowley, efars. (P)
3d. ibid. Roger Palmer, eſq;
7th. ibid. 1634. Sir Geo. Saunders, knt. (9)
Sir John Hales, knt.
Richard Evans, eſq;,
Sir Ed. Hales, knt, and bart. 14:6. ibid. 1741. Richard Evans,
.
12:29
Sir John Wolſtenholme, knt.
Thomas Newnham, eſqrs.
16th, ibid. mw Sir Ed. Hales, knt and bart. 21ft. ibid. 1747. The ſame. ci ssw sir
sils al llI van William Harriſon, eſg; (n) 28th. ibid. 1754. Sir Percy Bret, knt. Il sch
Charles Frederick, eſq;
In the time of K. CHARLES II.
13th. ibid. 1660. James Herbert, efq; 23
In the time of K. GEORGE III."
601 267
Sir William Wheler, knt. X
ift. ibid. 1761. Sir Percy Bret, knt.
13th, ibid. 1661. James Herbert, eſq;
Sir Charles Frederick, K. B.
Sir Edward Hales, bart.
7th. ibid. 1768. The fame. 10 YIR .
3ij. ibid. 1678. James Herbert, eſq;
14th. ibid. 1774. Sir Charles Frederick, K. B.
Sir Edward Hales, bart.
anito Sir Walter Rawlinſon, knt.
31t. ibid. 1679. The fame.
boon
20th, ibid. 1780. The fame.
wish Brionis
orts 20
Ditres,, bohside
270 191170 bis oor my
(r) They were turned out, and fir Michael Liveſey, bart. 6) He died anno 1728, and for George Saunders, knt.
and Auguſtine Garland, eſq; choſen under the Common was choſen in his room.
wealth in their room.
(9) He died in 1735, and Lord Archibald Hamilton was
6) On his death in 1723, David, Lord Forbes, was
choſen in his room.
choſen in his room,
I.
OU 10
Freind, efgrs. Il
14
03.03
15th. ibid. ontwo
2nw notes
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660
Тbe HISTORY of
of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
ed value of 30l.
QUEENBOROUGH.
By the charter of K. Charles , in his ad year, neatly kept. There is a high-raiſed ſeat in it.
anno 1626, the Burgeſſes in Parliament were for the Mayor and two Bailiffs. The whole of
to be choſen by the inhabitants, 'in number it was raiſed, paved, and ceiled, and the gallery
about 70; the returning officer to be the Mayor.
at the weſt end, erected by Thomas King, efq; the
But it was voted by a reſolution of the Houſe firſt time he was elected Member of Parliament
of Commons, on April 17, 1729, that the right
in 1695. It has a ſquare tower ſteeple at the
of election for this borough is in the Mayor,
weſtend, which ſeems much older than the church
Jurats, and Common-council only of this cor
itſelf, and at the top of it there is a ſmall wooden
poration,
turret, in which hang five bells. It was once
accounted as a chapel to the mother church of
The fair is now held here, by the alteration
Minſter, and belonged with it to the monaſtery
of the ſtyle, on Aug. 5, for toys, &c. but the
markets have been many years ſince diſuſed.
of St. Sexburg in that pariſh, but it has long ſince
been independent of it.
In the 3d year of K. Henry IV, the King
directed his letters patent to the inhabitants of
It is now efteemed as a donative, in the gift
of the corporation of this place, and is of the
ibe iſland of Shepey, taking notice in them, that
a certain ſea-bank therein, extending itſelf from
yearly certified value of 2ol. 2s. 6d. (6)
a certain place called Tremmod Ferye, unto an-
CHURCH OF QUEENBOROUGH.
other place called Corbelles, which before the
PATRONS,
building of Queenborongh caſtle had been only
CURATES.
or by whom preſented.
four feet in breadth, and, afterwards by K. Ed-
Edward Roberts, in 1706.
ward III, for the advantage of carts and wag.
gons paſſing from the above-mentioned ferry to
Robert Gunſley, in 1728.
the caſtle, was made 30 feet broad-—had ſuffered
(u) David Williams, 1738.
ſo much decay, that ſcarce a ſingle perſon could
(v) Theodore Delafaye, 17452
go upon it: and that the inhabitants were not
obt. July 26, 1772.
able to repair the ſame, without ſome affiſtance
John Bonar, 1773.
from others; he therefore, by the advice of his
Joſeph Hatberbill, 1775. Pre-
council, granted to them, for their better help
ſent Curate.
in undergoing the ſaid work, ſeveral cuſtoms to
be aſſeſſed and collected for the ſpace of the
EAST CHURCH
next three years, viz. for every horſeman, be-
ing a ſtranger, that ſhould come in or go out of
the iſland by the ſaid bank, id.-for every foot-
I E S the next pariſh eaſtward from Minffer,
from which ſituation it takes its name.
man, id.- for
horſe loaded, id. --and for
every
every one unloaded, id. (r)
A ſmall part of this pariſh was antiently ac.
Tot
counted to lie within The Hundred of Tenbam,
though now the whole of it is eſteemed to lie
Two gentlemen, who eſcaped on ſhore at this
within The Hundred of Milton.
place after ſhipwreck, gave 40l. to the
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
corpo-
ration, to be laid out, firſt for an annual ſermon
this pariſh, ſubordinate to which is the manor
of
6 velou todos
in this church, and the remainder for the behoof
oral 1990
of the poor of this pariſh.
Joſeph Sbield, eſq; Jurat, in 1690, bequeathed
This manor had antiently owners of this ſura
sol, to the poor of this pariſh.
name; the firſt of whom, that is mentioned as
There was formerly an boſpital here, called
being of note, is for Jeffry de Shurland, who re-
The Hospital of St. John of Queenborough, the pa-
fided here in the reign of K. Henry III, in the
tronage of which belonged to the Archbiſhop(s).
9th year of which he was Conſtable of Dover
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Cuſtle. His ſon was fir Robert de Shurland, who
was a man of eminent authority in the reign of
QUEENBOROUGH is within the ecclefiaftical K. Edward I, under whom he was Lord War-
juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and den of the Five Ports, and in the 28th year of
deanry of Sittingborne.
it attended that Prince at the ſiege of Carlave-
The church, which is dedicated to The Holy rock in Scotland, where, with many other Kentiſh
Trinity, is a handſome building, conſiſting of gentlemen, he received the honor of knight-
one ille and one chancel; it is decorated with a hood (w). In the 10th year of that reign, he
painted roof, and other ornaments, and very obtained a grant of liberties, among which
B
(-) Dugd. Hift. of Emb. and Draining, p. 46.
(u) And Rector of Bicknor.
(s) Regiſt. Archiepi Arundel, pt. 2.
(v) Rector of All Saints and St. Mildred's, Canterbury.
(1) Ee. Theſ. p. 14.
(«w, Philipott, p. 38.2,
CHARITIES.
the be
S HURL A N D.
ca
was

Тbe HISTORY of of
MILTON HUNDRED.
KE N T. 661
EASTCHURCH,
was wreck of the ſea (w), for his manor here, was ſworn of his Privy Council, and made a
as he did of free-warren in it in the 29th year Knight of the Garter, and in the 3d year of that
of it (y); ſoon after which he died, and was reign had ſummons to Parliament among the Ba
buried under a tomb within an arch in the ſouth rons of this realm, as he had likewiſe in the 7th
wall of Minſter church, with his effigies in mar and 11th years of it. He died without iſſue,
ble lying at length on it, and an horſe's head and was buried in Saliſbury cathedral, leaving
carved on the ſame on his right hand (2). his nephew fir Thomas Cheney, ſon of his brother
He died without male iſſue, leaving an only William, his heir.
daughter Margaret his heir, who marrying with William Cheney, above-mentioned, in the 17th
William, ſon of fir Alexander Cheney, knt. entitled year of K. Edward IV, had been Sheriff of this
him to the poffeffion of this manor, of which he county, as he was again in the 1ſt year of K.
died feiſed in the 8th year of K. Edward III, Henry VII, in which year he was likewiſe ap-
anno 1323. He left iſſue a ſon ſir Robert Cheney,
pointed Conſtable of Queenborough caſtle. He
who was knighted in the 35th year of that was twice married, and had iſſue by his firſt wife
reign (a), at which time his ſon Richard was 10 one fon, fir Francis Cheney, who ſucceeded his
years of age (b), who was afterwards of Shur father as Conſtable of Queenborough caſtle, anno
land, and married Elizabeth, daughter and co 2 Henry VIII, but died without iſſue ; and by
heir of Robert Cralle, of Cralle in the co. of Suſſex, bis ſecond wife, one ſon, fir Thomas Cheney above-
by whom he had two ſons, William, of Shurland, mentioned.
and Simon, who was of Cralle, and anceſtor of Sir Thomas Cheney was a man of great account
the Cheneys of Higham in this county, and of in his time: in the 7th year of K. Fenry VIII,
Warblinton in the co. of Suſex.
he was Sheriff of this county, and ſerved in
William Cheney, above-mentioned, poſſeſſed Parliament for it in the 6th of K. Edw. VI, (e)
this manor, and was afterwards knighted. He and in the iſt, zd, and 5th of Q. Mary. He
was Sheriff in the 13th year of K. Henry IV, was elected a Knight of the Garter in the reign
the ift of K. Henry V, and the ad of K. Henry of K. Henry VIII, by whom he was appointed
VI, (c) and was Knight of the Shire for this Conſtable of Queenborough caſtle, Governor of
county in the 3d year of K. Henry V. He died Rocheſter, Warden of the Five Ports, and Trea-
in the 21ſt year of K. Henry VI, and was bu furer of the Houſhold, in which office he con-
ried, as was Margaret his wife, in St. Benets tinued in the next reign of K. Edward VI, of
church, Paul's Wharf, London (d). He was ſuc whoſe Privy Council he was one, and at his
ceeded in this manor by his ſon fir John Cheney, death eſpouſing the cauſe of Q. Mary, he was
knt. who was Knight of the Shire in the 27th, made again Warden of the Five Ports. Q.
and Sheriff of this county in the 33d years of Elizabeth continued him Treaſurer of her Houſ-
K. Henry VI. He died in the 7th year of K. hold, and made him of her Privy Council. He
Edward IV, leaving iſſue by Eleanor his wife, reſided at Shurland, the manſion of which he had
daughter of ſir Robert Shottiſbroke, of the co. of new built (f), with great hoſpitality and fump-
Bucks, knt. two ſons, John, of Shurland, and tuous houſekeeping, till the time of his death,
William. The eldeſt ſon, fir John Cheney, in which happened in the Tower on Dec. 8, in the
herited this manor, and having been a firm iſt year of that reign, and was buried, with
friend to the Earl of Richmond, eſpecially in the great pomp and magnificence, in a ſmall chapel
battle of Boſworth, on his attaining the Crown, adjoining to the pariſh church of Minſter, in the
bolis
(x) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(y) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 10.
(2) The figure of the horſe's head (which ſeems either part
of the marble on which it lies, or at leaſt to have been firmly
fixed to it when the tomb was put up) has given riſe to a
tale, which has been reported among the common people for
many years, viz. That fir Robert having upon fome diſguſt
at a prieſt, buried him alive, ſwam on his horſe two miles
through the ſea to the King, who was then on ſhip-board
near this iſland, and having obtained his pardon, ſwam
back again to the ſhore, where being told, his horſe had
performed this by magic art, he cut off his head. About
a twelvemonth after which, riding a hunting near the ſame
place, the horſe he was then upon ſtumbled, and threw
him
upon
the ſcull of his former horſe, by which he was fo
much bruiſed, that it cauſed his death : in memory of
which, the figure of a horſe's head was placed by him on
his tomb. The foundation of which ſtory is by others ſup-
poſed to have ariſen from fir Robert Shurland's having ob-
tained the grant of wreck of the ſea, as above-mentioned;
which privilege is always eſteemed to reach as far into the
water, as upon the loweſt ebb, a man can ride in and touch
any thing with the point of his lance; and on this account
the figure of the horſe's head was placed by him. See Phi-
lipott, p. 382. Harris's Hift. Kent, p. 108.
He bore for his arms. Azure, 5 lions rampant argent, a
canton ermine; which arms are on the roof of the cloyſters
of Canterbury cathedral.
(a) At which time the manor of Ufton in Tunſtall was
eſeemed as an appendage to the manor of Shurland.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(c) William Cheney, Chief Juſtice of England, had fum-
mons to Parliament among the Barons of this realm, in the
4th and 6th years of K. Henry VI. Cott. Rec. p. 583
and 586.
(d) Strype's Stow's Survey, book ii, p. 222.
(e) Sir Thomas Cheney's lands in this county were diſga-
velled by the acts both of the gift of Henry VIII, and the
2d and 3d of K. Edw. VI. Robinſon's Gavelkind, p.299.
(f) He reſided before at Chilham Caſtle, which he is ſaid
to have pulled down, and to have brought the materials
hither for the rebuilding of this feat.
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ille

662
of K E N T.
The
HISTORY
MILTON HUNDRED.
EASTCHURCH.
iſe of Shepey. He had been twice married; first
to Fridwith, daughter and heir of fir Thomas Fro-
wike, Lord Chief Juſtice of England, by whom
he had iſſue one ſon John, who married Marga-
ret, daughter of George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny,
and three daughters, at length his coheirs ; Ka-
therine, married to fir Thomas Kempe, knt, Frances,
to Nicholas Criſpe, eſq; and Anne, to fir John Per-
rot, knt. His ſecond wife was Anne, daughter
and coheir of fir John Broughton, of Tuddington
in the co. of Bedford, knt. by whom he had an
only ſon Henry, who became his heir (g).
Henry Cheney, eſq; ſucceeded his father at
Shurland, among his other eſtates in this county,
and in the 3d year of Q. Elizabeth he had livery
of it among the reſt of his inheritance; in the
5th year of it he kept his fhrievalty for this
county at this feat, in which year he was
knighted; in the 14th year of that reign, he
was created Lord Cheney of Tuddington in the co•
of Bedford. By his expenſive method of living,
he acquired the name of The extravagant Lord
Cheney, and before his death had diſſipated the
great poffeffions which his father had left him,
and died without iſſue in the 30th year of Q.
Elizabeth, anno 1587 (b).
However, long before his death, having re-
moved to Tuddington, where he had built a moſt
magnificent ſeat, he exchanged the manor and
ſeat of Sburland, with other eſtates in the neigh-
bourhood of it, with the Queen, and the fee of
it remained in the hands of the Crown (i) till
K. James I, in his ad year, granted it to Philip
Herbert, younger brother of William, Earl of
Pembroke, who the next year was created Lord
Herbert of Shurland, and Earl of Montgomery (k).
On his brother's death without ſurviving iſſue,
he ſucceeded him as Earl of Pembroke, in the 6th
year of K. Charles I. He left iſſue two ſons,
Philip, who ſucceeded him in honors, and James
Herbert, eſq; on whom he ſettled this manor in
1645, on his marriage with Jane, daughter and
ſole heir of fir Robert Spiller, knt. in whoſe de-
ſcendants it has continued down, in like manner
as the manor of Milton and other eſtates in this
neighbourhood, already deſcribed, to Sophia,
Lady Viſcounteſs Dowager Wenman, and Mrs.
Anne Herbert her ſiſter, who are at this time
the joint poffeffors of it (1)
The tythes within this pariſh of the antient
lordſhip of Sbirlonde, belonged to the Abbat and
Convent of St. Auguftine near Canterbury, and their
right to them was folemnly adjudged by ſen-
tence given, by Robert de Malmayns, Commiſ-
ſary-general to Archbiſhop Walter Hubert, in the
reign of K. Edward II. (m)
The whole of this manor claims an exemption
from ail kind of tythes at this time.
NORTH WOOD
is an eminent manor in this pariſh, which was
in very early times the inheritance of Jordan de
pales of
part
it are its
(8) Sir Thomas Cheney ſeems to have had ſome fore-know-
ledge of his ſon's future extravagance; for by his laſt will he
deviſed his lands and manors to his fon Henry, and the heirs
of his body; remainder to Thomas Cheney, of Woodley, efq;
and to the heirs male of his body, upon condition, that he or
they, or any of theni, Mould not alien or diſcontinue ;
and it was a queſtion, anno 33 and 34 Elizabeth, in the
Court of Wards, between for Thomas Perot, heir general
to fir Thomas Cheney, and divers of the purchaſers of the
Lord Cheney his ſon,-If fir Thomas Perot ſhould be received
to prove by witneſſes, that it was the intent and meaning
of the deviſor to include his ſon and heir within thoſe words
of the condition,--he or they-or only, to reſtrain Thomas
Cheney, of Woodley, and his heirs male. But Wray and
Anderſon, Chief Juſtices, upon conference with the other
Juſtices, reſolved, that he ſhould not be received to ſuch
averment out of the will, for that it ought to be concerning
lands, in writing, and that conſtruction of wills ought to
be collected out of the words of the will in writing, and
not by any averment out of it. By which reſolution, the
purchaſers under the Lord Cheney's tiile were eſtabliſhed in
their ſeveral poffeffions, which had been ſecured to them
by fines levied by the Lord Cheney, both in Mich. term 3
Elizabeth, and Eaſter term 17 Elizabeth, of all his lands.
See Coke's Reports, pt. 5–68, p. 430.
(5) The Cheneys bore for their arms- Argent, on a bend
Sable, 3 martlets or; which coat, on their marrying the
heireſs of Shurland, they bore in the ſecond place, and that
of Shurland, in honor of the alliance, in the firſt : but the
Lord Cheney bore his own coat in the firſt place, and chat
of Shurland ſecond, and afterwards thoſe of Shotteforoke,
Broughton, Beard, Foſter, Peever, Loring, Beaple, Bloine,
Manfeck, Perrott, Hemgrave, Stonham, Burgat, Barnek,
Nome, Engaine, Darbney, Denlon, and Wanſton,
For his ſupporters-Two Thoyes vert, Spotted gules and or,
collared and chained or. O
Sir Thomus Cheney bore for his creft-On a wreath argent
and vert, 2 horns of a bull argent on the curled ſcalp or ;
but the Lord Cheney changed it to a Thoye paſſant, collared
with a ducal collar or. Cooke's Mfr. Baronage.
(i) March 1593, the Queen granted a leaſe to fir Ed-
ward Hoby, and Lady Margaret his wife, and Thomas-
Polhumus, for their three lives, of Shirland and other land
in Shepey, rented at 1361. per annum. Murdin's State
Papers, p. 803.
There had antiently been a park belonging to this
ſeat, which was diſparked when Lambarde wrote his Per-
ambulation in 1570. See Lamb. Peramb. p. 58. The
of it are ſtill remaining.
(1) The manſion of Shurland appears by the remains of it
to have been very grand and ſpacious. The front of it, which
is lofty, is built of hewn ſtone, and has a ſmall octagon tower
on each ſide of the principal entrance. It had embattle.
ments till within theſe few years, when the high winds de-
moliſhed ſeveral of them, and the reſt were taken down.
There was a quadrangle at the back of it, the north-wef
fide of which, with the front above-mentioned, is all that
is left ſtanding of it. The garden walls of ſtone, and ſome
few of the out-buildings, are fill in being. The front is
modernized and faſhed, and though it is made uſe of now
only as a farm-houſe, yet it is not inferior to many gentle.
mens ſeats in the different parts of this county.
In the year 1756, the ſeveral farms and lands belong-
ing to Lord Wenman and his ſiſter, in this pariſh, were
rented at the yearly rent of 2481. 105.
(m) Decem. Script, col. 2029.
Shepey,

Thie
663
HISTORY
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
EASTCHURCH.
MILTON HUNDRED.
died poffefied of it 1709, leaving iſſue two ſons,
Shepey, whoſe fon Stephen having fixed his reſi tioned, the rent of il. and 2d. and one weye of
dence at the manor of Northwood, in the neigh cheeſe yearly to the aforeſaid manor (r).
bouring pariſh of Milton, aſſumed the name of At length one of his deſcendants, John North-
Northwood from it, which circumſtance fixed wood, esq; (s) of whom, and of this family, à
that name on this manor likewiſe, as part of his more ample account may be feen, under the de-
pofieſſions ; theſe two manors being afterwards ſcription 'of Northwood manor in Milton, about
diſtinguiſhed in antient records, by the names of the latter end of K. Edward IV's reign, alien-
the manor of Northwood within Shepey, and the ma ated this manor to William Warner, ejg; (t) He
nor of Northwood without Shepey.
died feiſed of it in the 20th year of K. Henry
Jordan de Shepey died feiſed of this manor, VII, anno 1504, then holding it in capite by
and was buried in the church of Minſter, where knights ſervice, Humphry Warner being his ſon
his tomb ſtill remains, without any inſcription and heir (u), on whoſe death in the 4th year of
or character, though it had once the coat ar K. Henry VIII, William Warner his ſon fuc-
mour, which this family afterwards bore, on it. ceeded to it, and ſoon afterwards ſold it to fir
Stephen de Northwood, his ſon above-mentioned, Thomas Cheney, afterwards Knight of the Garter,
ſucceeded him in it, and reſided at his manor of
&c. who died feiſed of it in the iſt year of Q.
Northwood in Milton, as moſt of his deſcendants
Elizabeth, and was ſucceeded in his eſtates by
did afterwards. He left iſſue Roger de North-
his only fon Henry, afterwards knighted and
wood, who was at the fiege of Acon in Palefiine
created Lord Cheney of Tuddington, who in Mich.
with K. Richard I, and lies buried in the ſouth
term in the 3d year of that reign, levied a fine of
chancel of Minſter church, with the figures of
all his eſtates, and quickly afterwards exchanged
himſelf and of the Lady Bona his wife, ſiſter and
it, among other premiſes, with the Queen, and
heir of William de Wauton, inſcribed on braſs,
it remained in the hands of the Crown till K.
with their arms, on their grave-ſtone (n). They
James I, in his 2d year, granted it to Philip
left iſſue fir Roger de Northwood, knt. who lived
Herbert, younger brother of William, Earl of
in the reigns of K. Henry III. and K. Edward I,
Pembroke, who the next year was created Lord
Herbert of Shurland, and Earl of Montgomery (v).
in the latter of which, he was a Baron of the
Exchequer. He died anno
On his brother's death, without ſurviving
13
,
iffue, he ſucceeded him as Earl of Pembroke,
as appears by the inquiſition taken after his
anno 6 Charles I, and having married to his
death, of the manors of Northwood without Sbe.
pey, and Northwood within Shepey, held of the
firſt wife Set fan, daughter of Edward, Earl of
Oxford, he had iſſue by her ſeven fons, of whom
King in capite by the ſervice of the twentieth
two only ſurvived him; Philip, who ſucceeded
part of one knight's fee (c). Drew151
por
of w
him in his honors, and James Herbert, eſq; on
His ſon, fir John de Northwood, of North-
whoſe marriage, in 1645, with Jane, fole daugh-
vood and of Shorne, knt. was at the fiege of Car-
ter and heir of fir Robert Spiller, of Laleham in
laverock in Scotland with K. Edward I, was ſe-
the co. of Middleſex, knt. the Earl his father
veral times Sheriff of this county, and ſummoned
fettled this manor, among other eſtates in this
to Parliament among the Peers of this realm.
neighbourhood. His deſcendant James Herbert
He died anno 14. Edward II, feiſed of this ma-
nor, heid of the King in capite, as of his manor
James and Philip, and two daughters, Sophia,
of Middleton (p). His grandſon Roger de North-
married in 1741 to Philip, Lord Viſcount Wen-
wood paid refpective aid for this manor in the
man, and Anne. James and Philip Herbert, eſqrs.
20th year of K. Edward III, at the making the
each ſucceſſively poffeffed this manor, and both
Black Prince a Knight, as the zoth part of one died without iffue, on which it devolved, on
knight's fee, which John de Northwood before
the death of the latter in 1747, to his two ſiſters
held of the King in Shepey. Having likewiſe above-mentioned.
been ſummoned to
to Parliament, he died ſeiſed of
Pbilip, Viſcount Wenman, accordingly, in right
this manor anno 35 Edward III, (q) and was fuc-
of his wife Sophia, became poſſeſſed of a moielý
ceeded in it by his ſon fir John Northwood, knt.
of this manor, of which he died poffefred in
who appears to be the laſt of this family who re-
1760, leaving iſſue two ſons, Philip, now Lord
ceived ſummons to Parliament. He died anno 2
Viſcount Wenman, and Thomas, and one daugh-
Richard II, being then feiſed in his demeſne, as
ter Sophia (w), and his widow, the Lady Dowan
of fee, of the manor of Northwode in Shepey,
ger Wenman, ſurviving, who became entitled to
with its appurts. held of the King, as of the
bis moiety of this manor for the term of her life,
manor of Middleton, by the ſervice above-men-
and ſhe ſtill continues in the poffeffion of it ;
13 Edward I, feiſed,
.
, ,
(n) See above, under Minſter, p. 653, note (1).
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (P) Ibid. (9) Ibid. (r) Ibid.
(5) He was Conſtable of Queenborough caſtle, and dying
anno 12 Henry VII, was buried in Milton church.
(1) Philipott, p. 381.
(u) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(v) Philipott, p. 381. See more of the family of Her-
bert, under Milton above, p. 621.
(2) See more of the family of Wenman above, under
Milton, p. 623
and

664
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Tbe
of
HISTORY
MILTON HUNDRED.
EASTCHURCH.
and her ſiſter Mrs. Anne Herbert, of the city of
Oxford, ſtill continues owner of the other moiety
of it.
K IN GSBOROUGH
canas
llen
1
is a manor in this pariſh, which, as the name
denotes, was always part of the poffeflions of
the Crown, and being ſituated in the very midſt
of the iſland, and as ſuch moſt commodious for
the aſſembling of the inhabitants of it, has ever
been, and ſtill continues to be, frequented for
the holding of their general court and law-day, in
the King's name, on the Monday next after the
feaſt of Pentecoſt, before the Steward, and hom-
age there ſworn, for the choice of the Conſtable,
who has juriſdi&tion over the iſland, and for the
election of the Bailiff
, or Ferrywarden, as he is
uſually called, and two Ferrymen, and for the al-
ſelling of rates, and giving an account of the
expending of them, and other matters relating
to the ferry between the iſland of Shepey and the
main land, and the maintenance of that and the
roads leading to it(x); all which was eſtabliſhed
and enforced by an act of Parliament, paſſed in
the 18th year of Q. Elizabeth, as has been al-
ready more fully mentioned under the deſcrip-
tion of the ferry itſelf (y).
But the demeſne lands of this manor, called
Kingsborough farm, lying in this pariſh and Min-
ſter, were granted by Q. Elizabeth to Henry
Cary, eſq; afterwards created Lord Hunſdon, who,
in the beginning of the reign of K. James I,
paſſed it away by ſale to Swaleman (z), in whoſe
deſcendants it remained at the death of K. Charles
1, in 1648 ; ſoon after which it was fold by Mr.
Thomas Swalman (a) to Mr. Henry Allard, of Ro-
cheſter, in whoſe name it continued till Sarab
Allard paſſed it away to Benjamin Martin, as he
did to Mr. Danſey Sawkins, in whoſe two daugh-
ters the preſent property of it is now veſted.
MISES
falt marſh, and fix acres of wood, with their ap-
purts. in Eſtchurch, Leiſdown, and Warden (6).
Anno 22 and 23 Elizabeth, Thomas Strenſham
held certain lands in Eſchurch of the Queen in
capite, which he had paſſed to him by fine from
Henry, Lord Cheney (c).
Anno 23 Elizabeth, the Queen granted licence
to Henry, Lord Cheney, to alienate all thoſe cloſes
by eſtimation 59 acres of land, being the upper
part of Upprobam in this pariſh, to William Giller,
and Elizabeth his wife (d).
There was a tenement or parcel of land called
Foxlands, alias Kingslands, with its appurts. con-
caining 13 acres of land, which adjoined to
Foxlands farm-houſe in this pariſh (e), and was
part of the poſſeſſions of the Crown, as ſuch it
was ſettled, among other premiſes in jointure,
by K. Charles I, on his Queen Henrietta-Maria,
and was by her granted by letters patent, dated
July 10, 1637, at the yearly rent of 51. to Va-
lentine Clerk, for 60 years, or three lives, viz.
Francis, Edmund, and Elizabeth Ellis, and aſſigned
by him to Ellis Ellis, of Otham, eſq; who by his laſt
will, in 1638, deviſed it to his ſon and executor
Henry Ellis, who died feiſed of it 1643, and de-
viſed it to his executor fir Edmund Pierce, knt.
Theſe premiſes, on the death of K. Charles I,
in 1648, were ſeiſed on, among the reſt of the
poſſeſſions of the Crown, and being afterwards
veſted in truſtees, were ſurveyed and fold, to
ſupply the neceſſities of the ſtate ; when on the
ſurvey they were returned as worth 81. per aunum,
and were afterwards ſold to John Ridout, with
whom they ſtaid till the reſtoration of Charles
II, anno 1660, when they became again veſted
in the Crown (f); but I have not been able to find
out how this eſtate has paſſed ſince, or the ſeveral
intermediate owners of it, to Mr. Hill, of London,
the preſent poffeffor of it.

On
1001E PRESENT STATE OF EASTCHURCH,
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE,
In the reign of K. Henry VIII, William Burges
held of the King in capite fix meſſuages, four
cottages, 10 barns, and 800 acres of land and
(x) Lamb. Peramb. p. 268.
(y) See above, p. 643.
(z) Anno 19 Elizabeth, the Queen gave licence to Henry,
Lord Cheney, to alienate 20 acres of paſture, 30 acres of
arable, two acres of meadow in the pariſhes of Efichurch
and Minſter to John Swalman, yeoman. Rot. Eſch. ejus
an. pt. 3. Two of this family lie buried in Doddington
church, viz. James Swalman, who died in 1628, Juſtinian
his brother, and Thomas Swalman, gent. who died in 1658,
æt, 27. Anno 21 Elizabeth, the Queen pardoned John
and William Swalman, for having purchaſed, without li-
cence, of Henry, Lord Cheney, 55 acres of land in Eaſt-
church, held in capite. Ibid. pt. 7.
(a) Thomas Swalman claimed to hold of Milton manor in
1652, the yoke of Windham in this pariſh, by the yearly rent
of 45. 4d. in money, and four pounds of cheeſe, value
IS. 4d. in all 55. 8d. afterwards called Kingsborough farm.
The pariſh of Eaſtchurch is ſituated on high
ground in the middle of the eaſtern part of the
iſland. The village is nearly in the center of it,
and the parſonage-houſe in the valley, about a
econ
(6) Rot. Eſch. (c) Ibid.
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt, 12.
In the ſurvey of Milton
manor, taken anno 1652, Henry Ruffen, gent. late John
Upton, claimed to hold of that manor, int. al. part of the
manor of Rapham or Repham, at the yearly rent of
45.
His
daughter Jane Ruffen afterwards carried it in marriage to
Franklyn. Much other land in this pariſh is mentioned as
being held of Milton manor.
(e) K. Edward VI, in his ſecond year, let to farm to
Richard Awood, yeoman, his tenement called Foxendane,
and all his lands, &c. with their appurts. in the iſle of
Shepey, late in the occupation of William Ruffen, or his
afligns, and late parcel of the poſſeſſions of William Bury,
to hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of roos. Inrolm.
Augtn. off.
(Parl Surveys, Augtn. off, and Roll of Partic. H. 19.

quarter

1 he
66;
HISTORY
of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
EASTCHURCH.
quarter of a mile to the ſouthward of it. The
lands are moſtly paſture, and are in general very
rich and fertile (g).
Part of this pariſh extends into the iſland of
Emley.
Sir Brook Bridges is poffeffed of a good eſtate
in this pariſh, as is John Sawbridge, eſq; of an
eſtate called Swanley, being part of that pur-
"chaſed by him of James West, eſa;
A fair is held in this village yearly on May 31,
for toys, &c.
11 TITLES.
VO
Philip Herbert, younger brother of William,
irus
Earl of Pembroke, was by letters patent, dated
May 4, anno 3. James I, created Baron Herbert
of Shurland in the iſle of Shepey, and likewiſe Earl
of Montgomery (b).
Bol be
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints,
is a large handſome building, of three iſles and
three chancels, with a fat roof, leaded and fur-
rounded with battlements. The inſide of the
roof is wainſcotted and painted, and it is hand-
ſomely pewed with east country oak. The ſteeple,
which is at the weſt end, is a ſquare tower, in
which are five bells.
The preſent church ſeems to have been erected
ſubſequent to the gth year of K. Henry VI, for
there is a patent of that year for a piece of land
in this pariſh, to the Abbat and Convent of Boxley,
for the building of a new church here (i).
This church was in very early times appropria
ated to the Abbat and Convent of Dunes in Flan-
ders, and confirmed to it by Pope Cæleftine, in
the year 1196; but at a general congregation of
the monks, of the Ciſtertian order, at which the
Abbat of Clarevall preſided, it was agreed, with
the conſent of that Abbat and Convent, in confi-
deration of the great expence which the Abbat
and Convent of Boxley, in this county, were at,
in entertaining the brethren of their order, as
they went to, and returned from, their general
congregation beyond ſea; and alſo, that the
Abbet and Convent of Dunes, by reaſon of their
great
diſtance from Eaſtchurch made little or no
profit of it-to transfer, as far as in them lay,
this church to the Abbat and Convent of Boxley ;
for which purpoſe they obtained licence from
K. Henry III, dated March 25, in his 7th year,
that they might give 23 acres of land in Shepey, ,
and 36 acres of land in Eaſtchurch, and the ad-
vowſon of the church there, which they held to
their own proper uſes, to that Abbat and Convent,
and the fame was confirmed by Walter Reynolds,
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and the Prior and Con-
vent of Chriſt Church, Canterbury, in the year
CHARITIES.
1583, to the
Stephen Oſorne, yeoman, deviſed by will in
poor
of Eaſtchurch and Leyſdown,
in equal ſhares, and to the poor of Warden, 8s.
annually, an houſe and 10 acres of land in this
pariſh, the rent of which is 5l. 2s. 6d. per annum.
About four acres of land, near the ſtreet, has
been left to the poor of this pariſh, the rent of
which is 21. per annum.
Two acres adjoining to Barnland and Raybam,
were left to it, formerly part of fir Jokn Hay-
ward's eſtate, the rent of which is 31. 6s. per
c77 1772.
Richard Foſter, D.D. Vicar in 1721, gave
for the inſtruction of poor children, to learn to
read and write the catechiſm, an houſe, and
one acre and one rood of land in Ley down, the
Tent of which is 31. 195. per annum. The Maſter
to be nominated by the Miniſter and Church-
wardens.
Madarn Dade gave an annuity of 20$. to four
widows receiving no alms, which money is paid
out of fir John Lede's eſtate, the Green Man,
of the rent of 51. per annum.
1313 (k).
After which the Abbat and Convent of Bexley
obtained of K. Edward II, in his 7th year, a
licence of mortmain to appropriate this church
to their monaſtery, and to take the advowſon of
it; in conſequence of which, a perpetual Vicar
was endowed, and it appears by the regiſter of
Arckbiſhop Peckham, that the Abbat of Dunes had
preſented a Clerk to it. But in the
But in the year 1472,
anno 13 Edward IV, Pope Sixtus IV, at the
petition of the Abbat of Boxley, confirmed the
vicarage likewiſe of this church to that abbey,
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
EASTCHURCH is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Sitting borne.
(g) The ſcarcity of freſh water here and in this neigh-
bourhood, makes the inhabitants very careful in preſerv-
ing ſuch as falls from the clouds, for which purpoſe there
are numbers of ſpouts leading from the leads of the church
into large tubs, ſet round it in the church-yard underneath,
for the conducting the water into them; theſe have lids to
them, and are ſecured with locks, for the uſe of thoſe who
are at the expence of putting them up.
(6) The
patent of his creation is among the Harl. M.
No. 66–13. He afterwards, anno 6 Charles I, on his bro-
ther's death without ſurviving iſſue, ſucceeded him as Earl
of Pembroke, &c. See more of him under Milton, above,
(i) Tan. Mon. p. 214. Pat. 9 Hen. VI, p. 2, m. 4.
Claus 10 Hen. VI, m. 5, dorſo.
(k) It appears by the Tower records, that the convent of
Dunes was in poffeffion of this church anno 25 Edward ļ,
when, among other aliens, Walter de Dunes, guardian of
the church of Eafichurch, made fine, and gave ſecurity to
the King at Weſtminſter. Prynne's Records, p. 707.
De conceſione 11 ac. & dim. Abbat. & Convent de Dunis
in paroch. eccl. de Efichurch, & conceſſio 8 fol. vic de Ef-
church & fuccef: fuis ao. 1300. Aug. off, Chart Miſc.
D. 99.
p. 622.
VOL. II.
8 G
giving

666
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED,
biſhop
EASTCHURCH.
giving licence for them to ſerve the cure of it Sir Michael Liveſey's eſtates to his brother James,
by one of their own monks, amoveable at plea Duke of York, with an exception of the advow-
ſure. In which ſituation it remained on the dif ſon of this vicarage, the patronage or right of
ſolution of the abbey of Boxley, in the 29th year preſentation to which he, by his letters patent
of K. Henry VIII, when this church, with the in his 13th year, granted to fir Henry Palmer, of
vicarage of it, together with the reſt of the poſ Wingham, bart. and 11 other gentlemen of the
ſeſſions of the monaſtery, was ſurrendered into county of Kent (P), and to the longeſt liver of
the King's hands, and confirmed to him and his them, and to the heir of the ſurvivor of the
heirs, by the general words of the act of the 31ſt grantees, in truft, that they ſhould permit the
of that reign.
Vicar for the time being to enjoy all manner of
The church or rectory of Eaſtchurch, as well tythes and profits belonging to it, and ariſing
as the vicarage, remained in the hands of the within this pariſh ; and that they ſhould from
Crown till K. Henry VIII, by his letters patent,
time to time preſent a fit perſon to the Arch-
dated Sept. 8, in his 35th year, granted them
to be inſtituted Vicar of this church (9).
to fir Thomas Cheney, of Shurland, Knight of the
Henry Palmer, bart. became the ſurvivor
Garter, &c. (1) who died ſeiſed of them in the of the other grantees above-mentioned, and con.
Iſt year of Q. Elizabeth, leaving a ſon fir Henry
ſequently became poffeffed of the advowſon of
Cheney, afterwards knighted, and created Lord this vicarage, for the purpoſes above-mentioned,
Cheney of Tuddington, who in Mich, term that of which he died feiſed in 1706, without iſſue,
levied a fine of all his lands, as he did again
year
and by his laſt will deviſed his intereſt in it to
in Eaſter term in the 17th year of that reign, and
his nephew fir Thomas Palmer, bart. who fuc-
ceeded him both in title and eſtate. He died
in the 21ſt year of it, he alienated theſe pre-
miſes, with the Queen's licence, the ſame being
ſeiſed of it in 1723, having by his laſt will be-
held in capite by knights ſervice (m), by the de-
queathed it to his natural ſon Herbert Palmer,
ſcription of The church or rectory of Eaſtchurch,
eſq; who died likewiſe without iſſue, leaving his
and the ſcite or ſeat of the parſonage, with all
widow, Mrs. Bethia Palmer, ſurviving, who on
houſes and buildings on it, and one field of
his death became poſſeſſed of this advowſon,
paſture, containing 18 acres, adjoining, and fe-
which ſhe entitled her ſecond huſband, Lieute.
veral other fields therein named; and by another
nant-Colonel John Cofnan, to; he died in 1778,
indenture, likewiſe all the tythes ariſing within
and the again in her own right became entitled
this parith, excepting thoſe of certain lands
to it ; ſince which the has alienated it to Mr.
therein mentioned, and the vicarage of the
Barton, of the co. of Lancaſter, the preſent pro-
church, to Robert Liveſey, eſa; (n) and his heirs,
prietor of it.
whoſe grandſon fir Michael Liveſey, knt. and
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 1384,
bart.(0) made this parſonage-houſe his ſeat, ap-
this church was valued at 331. 6s. 8d. (r)
pointing from time to time a Curate for the fer-
It is valued in the King's books at 131. 6s. 8d.
vice of the church. He was a great Republican
and the yearly tenths at 1l. 6s. 8d. (s)
In 1640, the ſtipend to the Curate was 20l.
in the reign of K. Charles I, and was one of the
Communicants 156.
King's Judges at his trial, and one of thoſe who
The antient valuation and tenths, rated in the
figned the warrant for his execution, and though
King's books above-mentioned, the former as
he died before the reſtoration of K. Charles II,
firſt-fruits by the Vicar on his inftitution, and
yet immediately afterwards an act of Parliament
the latter from time to time yearly, were directed
palled for the attainder of him, among others,
by K. Charles II. to be paid into the Exchequer,
and the forfeiture of all his lands, goods, and
by which means they do not belong to the Arch-
chattels.
biſhop, but are parcel of the fund called Queen
This rectory and vicarage thus becoming for Anne's Bounty, and are yearly paid to it accord-
feited to the Crown, K. Charles II. granted all ingly.
10
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5.
() 'Ibid. See alſo anno 25, pt. 4.
(n) Harris's Hift. Kent, p. 108.
(.) He was created a Baronet by patent, dated July 11,
1637, anno 3 Charles I. Rym. Fæd, vol. xviii, p. 985.
And was the fon of Gabriel Leveſey, of Holling borne in this
co. eſq; Sheriff of Kent in 1618. He married in 1608, to
his ſecond wife, Anne, daughter of fir Michael Sondes, of
Throwley, knt., and dying on March 18, æt. 55, 1622,
was buried in the church of Eaſtchurch, as was his wife
likewiſe, under an handſome monument erected to their
memories, on which are both their effigies lying at full
length. By her he left only one ſon ſurviving, fir Michael
Leveſey above mentioned. See more of this family under
Minſter, above, p. 649, (a).
() Their names were, fir Thomas Peyton, fir Edward
Hales, fir Henry Palmer, fer John Tufton, fir Richard Hardres,
and fir Anthony Aucher, of Bishopſborne, Baronets,-fir Wil-
liam Mann, and fir Francis Clerk, Knights --John Bois, of
Fredvile, George Newman, of Rocheſter, Thomas Peke, of
Helles Court, and William Rooke, of Monkton, E/quires.
(9) By this grant were conveyed omnes domi terreque gle-
barum, but means were deviſed to convey them to another
poffeffor, ſo that the Vicar and his ſucceſſors have never
enjoyed them.
() Stey. Mon. vol. i, p. 39.
( E&. Theſ. p. 13.
The

The
667
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
DAVO
THE MANOR OF WARDEN
EASTCHURCH
MILTON HUNDRED.
The vicarage houſe, which is little more than Herbert Palmer, eſq; (2) Alexander Young, B. D.
a cottage, adjoins to the weſt end of the church a minor, by his guar Mar. 29, 1730, obt. Mar.
yard. There is no glebe-land whatever belong dian Elizabeth Hey. 21, 1755.
ing to it; ſuch lands as the Vicar is entitled to
Thomas Kinnaſton, (a) Thomas Hey, A.M. May
take tythes of, pay thoſe of every kind to him;
gent.
29, 1755. Prefent Vicar,
but there are ſeveral large farms and eſtates in
this pariſh, ſuch as Shurland, Little Bell farm,
w , A R D E N
and ſome others, which claim an exemption
from all tythes whatever.
In the 33d year of K. Edward III, the Abbat
| L"!
IES the next pariſh northward from Eaſt.
church. It is uſually called Warne by the
of Boxley obtained a charter of free-warren for
inhabitants and neighbourhood, and is within
his lands in this pariſh, among others places(t). the juriſdiction of the paramount manor of
There ſeems to be no rectory' or parſonage
Milton, ſubordinate to which is
now of this church and pariſh ; all that belongs
03 let EWS
to the parſonage-houſe is the above-mentioned
adjoining paſture of 18 acres, with ſome few
which, in the reign of K. Edward I, was in the
other lands, but there are no kind of tythes
whatever belonging to it. It was the property
poſſeſſion of the family of Savage, of Bobbing in
of Vice Admiral Francis Hoſier, who died in 1727,
this neighbourhood, one of which, John le Sau-
vage, obtained a charter of free-warren for his
and his heirs conveyed it to Mr. Edward Chap-
lands here, among others, in the 23d year of
man, whoſe ſon Mr. James Chapman is the
pre.
that reign (6).
fent owner of it.
In the 49th year of K. Edw. III, fir Richard
OF EASTCHURCH.
atte Leſe, knt. was in the poſſeſſion of it, and
by his will anno 18 Richard II, deviſed it to
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
Dioniſia his wife, and after her deceaſe to Lucy
(u) Robert Wharron, alias
Norton his ſiſter, then the wife of John Norton,
Bring bandon, relig. 1400. who was afterwards, in his wife's right, of Lees-
Henry Mole, 1400.
Court in Sheldwich (c).
(0) Thomas Burbage, in 1484.
Their fon William Norton, of Sheldwich, efq;
John Eades, about 1640, ſe-
left iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, two fons, Regi-
queſtered.
nald, from whom the Nortons of Northwood were
The King. Robert Wilkinſon, Cl. March deſcended (d), and Richard, who inherited this
manor by his father's laſt will, dated in 1468(e),
Anthony Wolrich, Cl.obt.1684. and was anceſtor to thoſe of Fordwich, in whoſe
Sir Henry Palmer, (w) James Jeffreys, S.T. P. deſcendants it continued down to Valentine Nor-
bart, and others. July 2, 1684, obt. 1689. ton, of Fordwich, gent. (f) who in the reign of K.
(x) William Mills, A. M. Charles I, alienated it to Edmund Tooke, of Dart-
Jan. 8, 1689, obt. 1699. ford (8); how long it continued in his defcen-
Sir Henry Palmer, (y) Richard Foſter, A.M. dants, I cannot learn, but that after ſome interme-
bart.
April 1699, obt. 1729. diate owners, it was ſold to fir Thomas Stevens,
CHURCH
4, 1660.
() Tan. Mon. p. 214.
(u) He exchanged this vicarage with his ſucceſſor for
that of Sutton at Hone.
(v) Wills, Prerog. off. Canterbury.
(w) Patrons, Henry Palmer, bart. John Tufton, bart. An-
thony Aucher, knt. and bart. John Boys, William Rooke, eſqrs.
and Francis Clarke, knt.
(x) Patrons, Henry Palmer, bart. Anthony Aucher, and
William Rooke, knt.
(»). Alſo Rector of Crundal. When Mr. Foſter came to
take poffeffion of this vicarage, he was oppoſed in it by an-
other Clerk, preſented by a perſon who claimed under the
Duke of York's grant above-mentioned, who was afterwards
obliged to give up his pretenſions to it.
(z) Rector of Wickkambreux, and Prebendary of Canter-
bury.
(a) Rector of Wickhambreux, and Curate of Swing field.
(6) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 6, Brothers Ralf Pritel-
welle and John de Tanet, then Treaſurers of Chriſt Church,
Canterbury, by their indenture, dated anno 1292, 21 Ed-
ward I, demiſed to farm to John Sauvage, the marſh of
Warindone in Shepye, and its appurts. with the feeding of
100 fheep, and one ram thereon, to hold for eight years, at
the rent of 455. per annum, for the three firſt years, and 50.
for the ſubſequent five years. The ſeal appendant has on
it this coat of arms, viz.-On a croſs 4 eagles ; over it an
eſcutcheon-On a chief 3 lions rampant. The legend-S.
JOHANNIS SAvvage. Apogr. Surrenden-library.
(c) She was the daughter of Marcellus atte Lees, of Sheld-
wich, and heir to her brother Richard. She afterwards
married William Langley, of Knolton.
(d) Chartularia Spect. man. de Knolton, Cart. 328, 334>
417
(e) See Northwood in Milton, above, p. 624.
(f) He left a ſon William, whoſe fon Thomas Norton, by
marriage with Beatrix, daughter and heir of William Bea
verley, of Tancre in Fordwich, became poffeffed of that feat,
where his ſon Valentine afterwards refided; whoſe grandſon
Valentine Norton, gent. fold this manor as above-mentioned.
See more of them, under Fordwich.
(g) Philipott, p. 383. He was the fourth ſon of George
Tooke, of Bere Court near Dover, efq; See more of him,
under Dartford, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 222.
By the ſurvey of Milton manor, taken anno 1652,
Tuke, gent. claimed to hold of it, one court-lodge in War.
den, at the yearly rent of 16s.

668
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
MILTON HUNDRED
Faverſham,
PRESENT STATE OF WARDEN.
died without illue, ca of it, in 1759, on
his 12th year, as it was afterwards by K. Henry I Pariſhioners uſually reſorting to the adjoining
WARDEN.
knt. who had been High Sheriff for the county The nunnery of Davington near
of Surry in 1727, in which year he was knighted. anno 17 Edward III, was poſſeſſed of two quar-
He afterwards reſided at Eltham in this county, ters of barley, fee-farm rent, worth by the year,
where he died in Sept. 1738, leaving iſſue one . .
fon Thomas, and a daughter Sarah, married in
è
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 13849
Aug. that year to James Welt, of Lincolns- Inn, the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine near Canterbury,
eſq; (b)
was poffeffed of premiſes in this pariſh and New.
Thomas Stevens, eſq; fucceeded his father in
ington, then valued at 21l. 179. 3d. per ann. (m)
this manor, among the reſt of his eſtates, and
, in ,
which it devolved to his ſiſter and heir-at-law,
The pariſh of Warden, or Warne, is ſituated
whoſe huſband, James Weft, eſq; in her right,
on the northern ſide of the iſland, the cliffs be-
became poſſeſſed of it, and afterwards paſſed it
ing the northern boundary of it. The village,
away by fale to John Sawbridge, of Ollantigh in
which conſiſts only of two houſes, ſtands nearly
this county, eſa; who is the preſent owner of
in the center of it, on high ground, having the
it (i).
church adjoining to it, near which the lands are
There is not any Court held for this manor.
moſtly arable. In the ſouth weſt part of it, next
to Eaftchurch, there is much broom and furze,
Simon de Wardune gave to St. Mary's Hoſpital
and below that, in the vale, much good paſture.
On the ſouth-eaſt part, next to Leyſdown, there
of Dover, commonly called The Maiſon Dieu, his
whole meſſuage with its appurts. and his park
is a deep watry vale, of near a mile in width, a
adjoining to it, and 100 acres of land in the part of which is ſalt-marſh, being overflowed at
fields of Wardune, with their appurts, with the
high water ; acroſs this marſh is the high road
from Warden to Ley down.
homage of William de Cupere, and Thomas his
brother, and Eſtrilda their mother, with the
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
whole ſuit and ſervice which they owed to him
yearly, and the rent of 19d. and five hens, and Warden is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
60 eggs, belonging to the tenement, viz. of tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Jordan Turche, Simon Turche, and Adam Turche; Sittingborne.se
and of Thomas Chaplain the rent of 13d. and four The church, which conſiſts of one iſle and a
hens, and five eggs; and of William le Cupere, chancel, with a ſmall turret at the weſt end, is
and Thomas his brother, the rent of 29d. and fix
a poor mean plaiſtered building. It is dedi-
hens, and 25 eggs; and of Witho Brunnighe, cated to St. James, and was for many years in a
and Jobn his brother, the rent of 25d. and four
dilapidated ſtate, inſomuch that there had not
hens, and 100 eggs; and of Jeffry Haldegod, been any divine ſervice performed in it, except
and Reginald, Adam, and Elphege his brothers, on the induction of a Rector, for a long time, the
the rent of 21d. and four hens, and 50 eggs :
which gift was confirmed by K. Henry III, in church of Leyſdown for that purpoſe; but it has
been, fome years ſince, put into ſome kind of re-
VI, in his 2d year, by his charter of inſpexi pair, and made but hardly fit for divine ſervice;
mus (k).
though the whole building ſeems ſo decayed by
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
(b) He was deſcended from the eminent family of Weſt,
Lords De la War, of which Thomas, Lord Dela War, in the
reign of K. Henry VIII, was a man of great note, and a
Knight of the Garter. He died anno 1525, having been
twice married, and leaving iſſue by Elizabeth, daughter of
Hugh Mortimer, two ſons, Thomas, Lord De la War, and
Knight of the Garter, and William, who both died without
iſſue, and four daughters; and by his ſecond wife Eleanor,
daughter of fir Roger Copeley, knt. three fons, fir Owen,
who ended in two daughters; fir George, anceſtor of the
prefent Right Hon. Earl De la War; and Leonard, who mar-
ried Barbara, daughter of fir William Gaſcoigne, knt. by
whom he had iſſue four fons and four daughters, of the
former only John ſurvived him, and refided at Banbury in
the co. of Oxford. He married Mary, daughter of Throg-
morton, by whom he left iſſue one ſon, Aholiab Weft,
who married Elizabeth, grand-daughter of Thomas Preſton,
LL.D. and Maſter of Trinity College, Cambridge. He died
in 1628, leaving iſſue one fon Richard Weft, efq; who left
iffue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheir of James
Hill, of Hill-Morton in the county of Warwick, eſq; four
fons, of whom only Richard, the third ſon, had iſſue. He
was of Priors Marſton in that county, and married Mary
Ruſſell, deſcended from thoſe of that name of Strenſham in
the co. of Worceſter, and by her he had iſſue james Weft,
of Alfcot in the co. of Warwick, efq; the poſſeſſor of this
manor in right of his wife Sarah, daughter of fir Thomas
Stevens, as above-mentioned. He repreſented the borough
of St. Albans in ſeveral Parliaments, and was Recorder of
it; he was likewiſe Secretary to the Treaſury, and Fellow
of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. He left iſſue one
ſon James, and two daughters, Sarah'and Henrietta, the
eldeſt of whom married on July 23, 1761, the Right Hon.
Andrew Archer, now Lord Archer.
He bore for his arms-Argent, a feſs dancette fable. See
Coll. Peer. vol. vi, p. 181 et ſeq.
(i) Mr. Sawbridge is owner of this whole pariſh, except
one tenement, and fix acres of land belonging to it.
(k) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, p. 86. Tan. Mon. p. 220.
See more of this hoſpital above, under Kingsdown, p. 591,
and ibid. note (v).
(1) Lewis's Hift. Faverſham, p. 79. Stev. Mon. append,
p. 218.
(19) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 332.
length

The
669
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
: in his career
WARDEN.
length of time, that it can ſtand but a very few
years.
This church was part of the antient poffef-
fions of the Crown, and continued ſo till K.
Henry III, by his charter, dated Feb.
9,
in his
19th year, granted it to the hoſpital of St. Mary
in Dover, above-mentioned, and the brethren
there, for ever, in free, pure, and perpetual alms,
to the maintenance of them, and of the poor re-
ceived into it (12); which gift was confirmed by
K. Henry VI, in his 2d year, by his charter of
infpeximus ().
This church remained in this ſituation till the
diſolution of the hoſpital in the reign of K.
Henry VIII, when it was ſurrendered, with all
its poffeffions, into the King's hands, as were
ſeveral others of the like fort, ſome years before
the act of Parliament paſſed for that purpoſe,
which was not till the 37th year of that reign.
After which this church was granted to fir Tho-
mas Cheney, Knight of the Garter, &c. whoſe fon
Henry, Lord Cheney, in the reign of Q. Eliza-
beth, exchanged it with the Crown for other
lands, and the Queen ſoon afterwards regranted
it to fir Thomas Hoby, of Biſham, knt. whoſe ſon
fir Edward Hoby, knt. bequeathed it by his laſt
will to his ſon Peregrine Hoby, efq; who was pof-
feffed of it in the latter end of the reign of K.
Charles I (P)
In the reign of K. William Ilt, it was in the
poſſeſſion of Godfrey Meynel, eſa; and afterwards
of Francis Hoſier, efq; Vice Admiral of the
White, who died feiſed of it on Aug. 27, 1727,
on which it came to his widow, Mrs. Diana
Hofier, and afterwards to their daughter Frances-
Diana Hoſier, who married Richard Hart, and
he died poffeffed of the patronage of this rectory
in 1761, leaving three daughters, Mary, Eliza-
be:h, and Diana Hoſier Hart, his coheirs, who
are now entitled to it.
The church of Warden is a diſcharged living,
in the King's books, of the clear yearly certified
value of 451. the yearly tenths of it being
gs. 61d. which were formerly paid to the Crown
Receiver (9)
1578, the communicants here were 20;
in 1640, they were only 16, and the yearly va-
lue of it 361.
MILTON HUNDRED.
The Crown. (s) Ralph Shawe, Oct. 10,
1553
Edward Goodale, March 33
1573
Sir Henry Cheney, Chriſtopher Akewe, April 15,
knt.
1574
Richard Shrimpton, Cl. Apr.
28, 1578.
Sir Edward Hoby, Robert Lullie, A.B. April 5,
knt.
1585, deprived 1595.
Jumes Barnard, June 20,
1595, obt. 1617
Peregrine Hoby, Oſmund Clutting, A, B. O&t.
gent.
31, 1617
John .. edes, May 19, 1640.
The King, by lapſe. (1) John Tudor, Cl. March
16, 1674, obt. 1689.
Godfrey Meynel, (u) Robert Eaton, Cl. July
eſq;
2, 1689, obt. 1702.
The Archbiſhop
(0) John Cumberland, A. B.
Jan. 1, 1703, obt. Jan.
17, 1731.
Foſeph Adſhead and (w) William Owens, July 31,
John Sackfield. 1731, obt. June 2, 1732.
John Burdus, gent. (x) John Fetherſton, July 18,
1732, refig. 1734.
Diano, widow of (y) John Woodrof, A.M.
Fr. Hofier, eſa; Sept. 26, 1734, relig.
09
1735.
Gilbert Allenfon, A. B. Nov.
obot
26, 1735.
Stad
The King, by lapſe. John Kirby, June 21, 1776.
Prefent Rector.
L E Y S D O W NdIn
L
I ES the next pariſh to Warden fouth-eaſt-
ward. It was called in antient Latin deeds
Leſduna, and in others Leyſdon, and took its
name moſt probably from the Saxon words
Lefwe, which ſignifies a paſture, and dune, en
open high ftuation.
This pariſh is within the paramount manor of
Milton, ſubordinate to which are the two manors
of Ley down within it, the moſt eminent of
which, ſtyled, without any addition or diſtinc-
tion to the name,
In
I. THE MANOR OF LEYSDOWN,
CHURCH OF
WARDEN,
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
RECTORS.
ſeems to have been given by K. Henry II, to
the church of the Holy Trinity, now Chriſt Church,
in Canterbury, as of the value of 251. yearly
rent (2), accordingly, the Prior of it, in the
(r) John Stowt, in 1463.
(r) William Malſby, in 1484.
(2) Dugd. Mon. vol.iii, p. 87.
(0) Tan. Mon. p. 220.
(o) See a further account of the family of Holy, and par-
ticularly of Peregrine Hoby, above, under Minfter, p. 649.
(9) E&t. Theſ. p. 2, 14.
(-) Wills, Prerog. off. Canterbury.
(s) Rym. Fød, vol. xv, p. 348.
(t) He was alſo Vicar of Leyfdown.
(u) (v) (w) (y) All theſe were likewiſe Vicars of Leyſ-
down,
(*) He was likewiſe Vicar of Leyſdown, and reſigned this
vicarage for that of Betherſden.
VOL.II.
8H
7th

670
of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
ISTORY
The H
MILTON HUNDRED.
manor.
and left iſſue a ſon Walter, wh.
LEYSDOWN.
7th year of K. Edward I, claimed, and was al it in the reign of K. Edward I, (c) in the 25th
lowed, all the privileges of a manor here (a). year of which reign he had ſummons to Parlic-
K. Edward II, by his charter, dated July 14, ment among the Barons of this realm. He died
in his roth year, granted to the Prior and Convent ſeiſed of this manor in the 5th year of K. Edw.
of Chriſt Church, and their ſucceffors, for ever, II,(d) and was ſucceeded by John his ſon and
free-warren in all the demeſne lands which they heir, who was Steward of the Houſhold to K.
were poſſeſſed of in this pariſh, among others,
Edward III, in whoſe wars in Scotland and in
in the zoth year of his grandfather K. Henry France he was continually employed, and by his
III.(b) In which ſituation this manor con ſingular valour gained great reputation. He
tinued till the diffolution of the above-men received ſummons to Parliament from the ift to
tioned priory in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, the 29th of that reign, ſoon after which he died,
when it was, with all the lands and poſſeſſions and, as appears by the inquiſition taken after
of it, ſurrendered into the King's hands, in his death, in the 33d year of that reign, ſeiſed
conſequence of the general words of the act of this manor, by the deſcription of 405. yearly
paſſed that year for this purpoſe, to the uſe of rent, with its appurts. in Leyſdown held of the
the King and his heirs for ever.
King in capite by the ſervice of paying for it,
The manor of Leyſdown did not remain long for ward to Dover caſtle, 30s, and by the fer-
in the hands of the Crown, for the King ſettled vice of the tenth part of one knight's fee, in lieu
it by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, on of all other ſervice (e).
his new-erected Dean and Clapter of Canterbury, By Catherine his firſt wife, daughter and co-
part of whoſe poffefſions it now remains.
heir of Bryan Fitzalan, of Bedall, he had iſſue
A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this
John his ſon and heir, and a daughter Maud (f),
By his ſecond wife, daughter of John Marmion,
In the 33d year of K. Henry VIII, Thomas Spyl he had iſſue two ſons, John and Robert, who
man was lefſee of this manor, from which name, both aſſumed their mother's ſurname. He was
in the beginning of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, ſucceeded in this manor by John de Grey, of Ro-
the intereſt in the leaſe of it had become veſted
therfield, the eldeſt ſon by the firſt wife, who
in Martin Purefey; in the reign of K. James I,
had ſummons to Parliament from the 31ſt to the
it had paſſed to Thompſon ; after which it came 47th of the reign of K. Edward III, the year
to Harris, in which it remained till the reign of
after which he died, being then ſeiſed of this
K. George II, when the term of the leaſe of it not
manor, held in manner as above-mentioned (8).
being renewed as uſual, it was ſuffered to expire, He had iſſue four ſons, John, who died in his
and the Dean and Chapter, in 1742, vefted it in life-time without iſſue, having married anno 35
truſtees, for their joint uſes, by whom it was the
Edward III, Elizabeth, daughter of fir Michael
next year aſſigned to the Rev. Mr. Julius Deedes,
Poynings, knt. Bartholomew, who ſucceeded him
a Prebendary of their own body, and again af-
as his heir ; Robert, and Richard.
terwards by his heirs to fir John Filmer, of Eaſt
Bartholomew de Grey, above mentioned, be-
Sutton, bart. who married Miſs Dorothy Deedes,
came poffeffed of this manor on his father's
his daughter, and he is the preſent leſjee of it,
death, but he died the next year, holding it in
manner as above-mentioned (b), and without
2. MANOR OF LEYSDOWN,
iſſue, ſo that Robert, his next brother, became
The other manor in this pariſh, called alſo
his heir, and poſſeſſed this manor.
He had
the manor of Leyſdown, was antiently part of the
ſummons to Parliament in the iſt year of K. Rich. .
poſſeſſions of that branch of the family of Grey, II, but not afterwards. He died feiſed of this
ſeated at Rotherfield in the co. of Oxford, a de manor in the 2d year of K. Henry IV,(i) leaving
fcendant of which, John de Grey, was owner of Joane his daughter his heir, afterwards married
(2) Libratas Redditus. Dugd. Mon. vol. I, p. 22. Kent were deſcended. Sir Robert, the eldeſt ſon, was poſ-
(a) Harris's Hift. Kent, p. 175. Mr. Somner, in his feſſed of Rotherfield by gift of his brother the Archbiſhop,
Treatiſe on Gavelkind, p. 28, ſays, that there was anti-
ently in this manor a cuſtumary rent paid, called weregavel, and was ſucceeded by Robert his ſon, who married Avice,
which was ſometimes more, ſometimes leſs, and that it was
daughter of William de St. Lice, and left iffue by her John
paid for the wears or kiddels, which the inhabitants of this his ſon and heir, owner of this manor, as above-mentioned.
place were privileged to pitch on the ſea-coaſts, for the
See more of the different branches of this family, vol. i. of
catching of fiſh, until it was forbidden by Magna Charta, to this hiſtory, pt. 1, p. lxx, and vol. ii, under Aylesford,
fet them in the Thames or Medway, or any place in Eng-
land, excepting the ſea-coafts.
(d) Rot. Efch. ejus an. N.
51.
(6) Regift. Eccl. Chriſti, Gant, cart. 134. Tan Mon. (e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
p. 201.
(f) She married firſt John de Botetourt, and ſecondly
(c) He was deſcended from fir obr de Grey, who had Tbomas de Harcourt.
iſſue three ſons, fir Robert, of whom hereafter; Walter, (8) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
Archbiſhop of York; and fir Henry, anceſtor of the Greys of (6) Rot. Eſch. anno 50 Edw. III,
Codnor, Wilton, and Ruthin, from which latter the Earls of (i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
p. 167.
to

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HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
MILTON HUNDRED.
LEYSDOWN.
to fir John Deincourt, knt. who had iſſue by her
one fon William, and two daughters, Alice, wife
of William, Lord Lovel, and Margaret, of Ralph,
Lord Cromwell, of Tatſhall; the former of whom
ſeems to have entitled her huſband to the poſ-
feſſion of this manor. He had ſummons to Par-
liament from the 3d to the 33d of K. Henry VI,
incluſive, in which year he died ſeiſed of it(k).
His grandſon Francis, Lord Lovel, was in the
22d year of K. Edward IV, created Lord Viſ-
count Lovel, and became afterwards a great
fa-
vorite of K. Richard III, on whoſe part he was
preſent at the battle of Boſworth, and after the
loſs of it Aed beyond-fea, but returning in ſup-
port
of Lambert Simnell, the counterfeit Duke of
York, he was ſain, fighting for him, among
others, in the battle of Stoke near Newark, in
the 3d year of K. Henry VII. (1)
In the iſt year of K. Henry VII, an act of
Parliament had paſſed for the conviction and
attainder of Francis, Viſcount Lovel, among others
of K. Richard's adherents, as did another for
his attainder in particular, in the 11th of
it; before which, however, this manor had been
granted by the Crown to William Cheney, of
Shurland in this iſland, eſq; (m) whoſe grandſon
Henry, Lord Cheney, exchanged it with Queen
Elizabeth for other lands (m). How it paſſed af-
terwards, I have not found; but it was in later
times poſſeſſed by fir Thomas Stevens, whoſe ſon
Thomas Stevens, efq; dying without iſſue in
1759 (n), his fiſter and heir Sarab, then married
to James Weſt, efq; entitled her huſband to it,
and he afterwards paſſed it away by ſale to John
Sawbridge, of Ollantigh, efq; the preſent poffef-
for of it.
year
much land about Linſted, Throwley, and other
places in that neighbourhood (o); they implanted
their name on part of this eſtate, which from
thenceforward was called Bartholemew's farm,
and continued proprietors of it till the reign of
K. Henry VII, when it was alienated to William
Cheney, of Shurland, eſq; whoſe grandſon Henry,
Lord Cheney, after his father fir Thomas Cheney's
death, had livery of it, in the 3d year of Q.
Elizabeth's reign, and in Mich. term that year,
levied a fine of all his lands, and ſoon afterwards
alienated it to Chriſtopher Sampſon, eſq; (P) who
afterwards reſided at Nutts. He left iſſue by
Mary his wife, daughter of Robert Sandes, three
fons, Anthony (9), Henry, and Chriſtopher, the
former of whom fold this manor, with Bartho-
lemew farm, and Churchfield, another part of it
likewiſe (r), with their appurts. to Stephen Of-
borne, afterwards of Nutts, eſq; deſcended from
the family of that name ſeated at Hartlip in this
county, who was owner of it in the 21ſt year
of Q. Elizabeth, anno 1578 ; ſoon after which
this eſtate, which then conſiſted of about
300
acres of land, ſeems to have been alienated to
different perſons. The manor of Nutts con-
tinued in the family of Oſborne, and on the death
of Stephen Oſborne, above-mentioned, deſcended
to his ſon John, who by Jane, daughter of The-
mas Cobbe, of Chilham, had iſſue two fons, Tho-
mas, who, about the time of K. Charles II.'s
reſtoration, died without iſſue, and William (5),
who both ſucceſſively became poſſeſſed of this ma-
the latter of them left iſſue one fon William,
whoſe only daughter and heir Anne carried this
manor in marriage to Mr. Leonard Brandon,
whoſe ſon Leonard Brandon ſucceeded to it on
his death, and he dying without iflue, it came
to his ſiſter Margaret Brandon, who deviſed it
to the four daughters of fir John Hinde Cotton,
bart. namely, Jane, the wife of Thomas Hart,
eſq; Elizabeth-Stuart, the wife of Thomas Bowd-
ler, efq; and Frances and Mary Cotton, and they,
about the year 1752, joined in the conveyance
of it to Edward Jacob, of Faverſham, efq; the
preſent poffeffor of it (t).
nor;
N
U
T
S,
as it is vulgarly called, but in antient court-
rolls written Notts, is a ſmall manor in this
pa-
riſh, which was ſo named from a family of that
name owners of it, who continued ſo for ſe-
veral generations ; but about the beginning of
K. Edward IV.'s reign it was alienated from
thence to Bartholemew, a family poſſeſſed of
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(2) Dugd. Bar. vol. I, p. 560. See more of the family
of Lovel, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 168.
(m) Philipott, p. 383.
(n) See more of the Stevens's under Warden, above,
p. 667.
() Philipott ibid.
(p) He was deſcended from Thomas Sampſon, who by his
wife, daughter of Frogenhall, left iſſue a fon John, of
Horfemonden in this county, who married Jane, daughter
of Clifford, by whom he had Henry Sampſon, of that pariſh.
He left iſſue by his wife Joane Norton, two ſons, Chriſto-
pher, purchaſer of this manor as above-mentioned, and
John, and two daughters, Elizabeth, married firſt to Humphry
E veas, and ſecondly to George Finch, and Alice, to Hendley.
They bore for their arms- Argent, a caſtle triple towered
jable, Viſin. co. Kent, pedigree of Sampſon.
(9) He married Abigail, daughter of fir James Hales, of
the Dungeon, knt. by Alice Kempe his wife, who was of con-
fanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No.
484.
(r) The widow Buck owned Churchfield at the reſtoration
of K. Charles II. It is held of Milton manor by the yearly
rent of 6s. 8d.
(s) Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Oſborne. They
bore the ſame coat of arms as thoſe of Hartlip.
(1) He is deſcended from anceſtors, who refided for ſeveral
generations in Eaſt-Kent, one of whom, Edward Jacob, Al-
derman and Chamberlain of the city of Canterbury, married,
in 1704, Jane, one of the two daughters and coheirs of the
Rev. Mr. Strangford Viol, of Upminſter in the co. of Efex, by
Jane, daughter of Richard Fogge, eſq; by which marriage all
their deſcendants are of confanguinity to Abp. Chichele. Mr.
Jacob left iſſue by her two fons, Edward, the purchaſer of
this

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The HISTORY of K E N T.
MILTON HUNDRED.
When Dr. John Cole, Warden of All Souls
College, founded the grammar School at Faverſham,
in the 18th year of K. Henry VIII.'s reign, he
gave to the Abbat and Convent there, for the
maintenance of it, among other premiſes, a mer.
ſuage, with 16 acres of land, and eight acres of
paſture, with their appuris. in this pariſh (2);
which eftate, on the diſſolution of that abbey,
in the 30th year of that reign, came, among the
reſt of the poſſeſſions of that houſe, into the
hands of the Crown, and though Q. Elizabeth,
in her 18th year, refounded the ſchool, yet this
part of its antient endowment was never given
back to it(a):
LEYSDOWN.
But Barthelemew's farm was ſold off by Oſborne
to Chriſtopher Finch, from which name it paffed,
in the reign of K. Charles I, to John Crooke,
and from thence again, about the year 1725,
to Thomas Stevens, efq; afterwards knighted (u),
whoſe ſon dying without iſſue, his fifter Sarah
became his heir, and entitled her huſband James
West, eſq; to the poſſeſſion of it, and he after-
wards paſſed it away, with his other eſtates in
this pariſh, by fale to John Sawbridge, eſq; the
preſent owner of it (v).
William Cheney, of Shepey, eſq; owner of Nutts,
and the other eſtates above-mentioned, by his
deed, dated on the feaſt of St. Martin, anno 10
Henry 7, 1411, demiſed, granted, and con-
firmed to John Woley and Robert de Rowe, War-
dens of Rocheſter bridge, a moiety of 41. annually
as a rent-charge, iſſuing out of certain lands and
tenements, with their appurts. in the village of
Leyſdown, to hold to them and their ſucceſſors,
Wardens of that bridge, as well for the keep-
ing of it, as for the maintaining of three Chap-
lains for divine celebration in the chapel-houſe
near the bridge, for ever, and for praying for
the ſouls of Stephen Petwyn and Warham St.
Leger, and all other the deceaſed benefactors of
it (m); which yearly rent-charge ſtill continues
to be paid to the Wardens for the time being,
and is applied, in like manner as the reſt of the
revenues of the Bridge, towards the ſupport and
maintenance of it. Shu si
PRESENT STATE OF LEYSDOWN.
The pariſh of Leyſdown is ſituated moſtly on
high ground. It is bounded by the iſle of Herty
on the ſouth, and the cliffs on the ſea ſhore on
the north. The lands are almoſt all paſture,
but between this place and Eaſtchurch, they con-
lift of large unincloſed downs. There is no vil-
lage, nor any thing further worth notice in it.
The manor of Newington extends into this
pariſh.
NATURAL
HISTORY.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Thomas de Gardinis died in the 2d year of K.
Edward III, feiſed in his demeſne, as of fee, of
a certain tenement, called Jardines, in Leyſdown,
by the ſervice of the third part of one knight's
fee, as was found by inquiſition, and that John
Giffard was his next heir (x), who died pofiefied
of it in the 34th year of that reign, as did his
fon Thomas Giffard, in the 17th year of K.
Richard II, and in the roth year of K. Henry
IV, Roger Giffard was found to die feiſed of a
certain marſh in Leyſdown, called Giffard's marſh,
held of Dover caſtle (y). i 15
In the year 1750, Mr. Jacob, of Faverſham,
diſcovered in this pariſh, the acetabulum of an
elephant, ſticking in the clay, which was partly
waſhed away from the cliff, and at the ſame
time other
parts of one, as one of the ſpinal ver-
tebræ, a thigh-bone four feet long, and num-
berleſs other fragments, too rotten to be taken
up entire. Some time after which, on a further
ſearch, he found an elephant's tuſk, and as it
lay entire to appearance took its dimenſions,
which were, in length eight feet, and in cir-
cumference, in the middle, 12 inches ; but it fell
to pieces in endeavouring to raiſe it. He alſo
found part of a ſcapula, its finus almoſt entire,
and three inches diameter, and ſome pieces of
the grinders, and a larger one, at another time,
in a different part of the iſland. The pyrites,
however, abounded ſo much in the clay, wherein
.
this manor, as above-mentioned, and the Rev. Richard
Jacob, Fellow of All Souls College, and afterwards Vicar
of Eaſt Malling, who in 1750 married Anne, daughter of
David Papillon, of Acriſe, ejq; by whom he left iſſue two
fons and a daughter; and alſo two daughters, Sarah, mar-
ried to Mr. Savage, and
and Anne. Edward Jacob, of Faver-
jham, efq; the eldeſt ſon, married in 1750, Mary, only
daughter of Mr. Stephen Long, of Sandwich, by whom he
has had iſſue three fons, Edward, Stephen-Long, and John,
and four daughters, Anne, married to Thomas Bridges, of
St. Nicholas in the Iſle of Thanet, efq; Mary, Jane, and
Sarah, which two laſt are deceaſed.
Mr. Jacob has long been a Fellow of the Antiquarian
Society, and is well known to the learned, as an an-
tiquarian and a naturaliſt, as well by his Hiftory of Faver-
Mham, his Planta Faverſhamienſes, Foſilia Shepeiana, and
other works, which he has from time to time publiſhed,
as by his collections in both thoſe branches of literature,
the uſe of which he has always readily affifted his friends
with, whenever they have made application to him for
that purpoſe.
He bears for his arms-Or, on a canton gules an eagle dif-
played of the ift.
In the reign of K. Henry VIII, William Bury conveyed
to that King by deed, dated Sept. 1, anno 37 Henry VIII,
a capital meſſuage, called Nutts, ſundry marſh-lands, and
other premiſes in Mynſtre in Shepey. Augen, off. Deeds of
Purch. and Exch. D. 84 ; but what connection it had with
Nutts in this pariſh, I don't know.
(u) Records belonging to Rochefer bridge.
(v) See Leyſdown manor, above. Bartholomew farm is
held of Milton pianor by the yearly rent of
(w) Archives of Rocheſter bridge.
(x) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. N.
29.
(y) Rot. Eſch. eorum ann.
(z) Lewis's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 17.
(a) Jacob's Hift. of Faverham, p. 55.
175. 2d.
theſe

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HISTORY of
K E N T.

MILTON HUNDRED.
LEYSDOWN.
theſe bones were embedded, that they certainly
prevented his finding any of them in a tolerable
perfect ſtate; but theſe fragments of them were
ſufficient to ſhew, that this elephant was as large
as that mentioned by Fentzelius, in the Philoſo-
phical Tranſactions (6).
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
revenues amounted to no more than 981. gs. 2 d.
clear income, and 1421. 8s. 9d. total annual re-
venue, was ſuppreſſed, and, together with all
its poffeffions, became veſted in the hands of the
Crown, whence the whole of them were, that
very year, exchanged by the King with the Archa
biſhop of Canterbury, for other lands, who again,
in the ſame year, exchanged them back again
with the King for other premiſes, an act of
Parl, then ſpecially paſſed for the purpoſe, hav-
ing enabled them ſo to do; but in this exchange,
among other exceptions, was that of all churches
and advowſons of vicarages, by which means
the appropriation of the church of Leyſdown, to-
gether with the advowſon of the vicarage, re-
mained part of the poſſeſſions of the Archbiſhopric
of Canterbury, and continues ſo at this time.
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church
of Leyſdown was valued at 81. per annum (f).
It is now a diſcharged living, in the King's
books, of the clear yearly certified value of 481.
the yearly tenths of it being ul. 15. od. (8)
In 1577, the communicants here were 24;
in 1640, the communicants were 46, and the
annual value of the vicarage 6ol.
In 1643, the rectory appropriate was held in
leaſe by Tho. Bradbridge, at the yearly rent of 1l,
LEYsdown is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Sitting borne.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Clement,
was, till within theſe few years, in a moſt dila-
pidated ſtate. The tower of it, which was of
good workmanſhip, embattled, and very anti-
ent, hung over towards the ſouth, more than
feven feet out of the perpendicular line, like
that of Florence ; and the body of the church
too, which appeared to have been formerly
much larger, had many years ſince fallen down,
ſo that divine ſervice was for ſome time per-
formed in a ſhed, built up for that purpoſe. In
the room of this there has been erected a ſmall
neat building, of one iſle, with a wooden turret
at the weſt end, in which there is one bell. It
ſeems not to extend ſo far weſtward as the for-
mer building, for there is the ſpace of two or
three yards between the weſt end of it and the
remaining part of the old tower, which joined to
the former church. This tower has been taken
down to within about eight feet from the
ground; what remains, however, ſufficiently
ſhews the antiquity and coftlineſs of it, and the
tremendous poſture in which it ftood.
The church of Leyſdown was given, with its
appurts. by Robert de Arfic to the priory of
St. Radigund, alias Bradfole, near Dover in this
county (c), with the conſent of Stephen Langton,
Archbiſhop of Canterbury; which gift was con-
firmed by K. Henry III, and by K. Edward II,
by his charter of inſpeximus, in his 8th year (d).
This church was appropriated to that priory,
and a vicarage endowed in it, anno 8 Henry III,
1223(e). In which ſtate it remained till the
diffolution of the above-mentioned priory, which
happened in the 27th year of that reign, in con-
ſequence of the act of Parliament, which had
paſſed that year, for the ſuppreſſion of all ſuch
houſes, whoſe revenues did not amount to the
clear yearly value of 2001. and for giving the
ſame to the King; by which this priory, whoſe
The King
CHURCH OF LEYS DOWN.
PATRONS, No Vocars.
or by whom preſented.
1,
The Archbiſhop of Nicholas Sympſon, A.M. July
Canterbury.
7, 1580.
John Cooper, Nov. 28, 1586,
reſig. 1613.
John Lyeham, A. B. Feb. 5,
1613.
George Robertſon, Cl. May 2,
1661.
The Archbiſhop Oneſephorus Paul, A.
June 15, 1668.
250d ausb
(b) John Tudor, LL.B. Apr.
See 15, 1670.
SAVITERE (i) Robert Eaton, A.M. Jan.
PO 23, 1689, obt. 1702.
(k) John Cumberland, Jan. I,
be bio 1702, obt. Jan. 17, 1731.
(1) Wm.Owens, A.M. June 3,
1731, obt. June 2, 1732.
(m) John Fetherſton, July 18,
Body Anavit 1732, reſig. 1734.
A. M.
με CODE POS
(6) Mr. Jacob, in a letter to Dr. Parſons, F.R. S.
dated May 24, 1754, gave an account of the above dif-
covery, which letter was publiſhed in the Philoſophical
Tranſactions, vol. xlviii, pt. ii, p. 626. The remedy
which has lately been applied to prevent the deſtruction of
theſe foſſil bones, &c. cauſed by their being ſo much im-
pregnated with pyritical matter, is, to coat them with a
very thin ſolution of carpenters g!ae, diſſolved, which has
been found to anſwer the purpoſe well hitherto.
(c) This abbey was founded in the year 1191, for monks
of the Premonſtratenfian order, and dedicated to St. Mary
and St. Radigund. It was ſituated at Bradfole in the pariſh
of Alkham near Dover. Tan. Mon. p. 218.
(d) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 244.
(e) See Ducarel's Rep. edit. 2d, p. 72,
(f) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 43.
(8) E&. Theſ. p. 14.
(b) (i) (k) (1) (m) (n) Alſo Rectors of Warden,
Vol. II.
81
John

674
of K E N T.
The
HISTORY
EMLEY.
MILTON HUNDRED.
(n) John Woodroofe, A. M.
May 7, 1734.
(0) William Howdell, A. M.
Mar. 14, 1735, obt. 1756.
John Ruſſell, Mar. 29, 1756,
reſig. 1757
John Taylor Lambe, Feb. 16,
1757
Liſc. M. Stretch, 1762.
Preſent Vicar.
E M L EY,
OR Elmeley, as it is frequently ſpelt in antient
records, is a ſmall iſland adjoining to that
of Shepey, of which it is indeed, in general terms,
accounted a part, being ſeparated from it only
by a very narrow water, called The Dray, on the
north ſide of it, the ſouth ſide being bounded by
The Swale, which flows between it and the main
land of the county. It is in length upwards of
three miles, and in breadth about two miles. It
conſiſts of one pariſh, of the ſame name as the
iſland, excepting a ſmall tract of land on the
northern ſide of it, which is within the bounds
of the pariſh of Eaſtchurch.
The paramount manor of Milton claims over
this iſland, as being within that Hundred, ſub-
ordinate to which the manor of Emley claims,
as did formerly that of Milfted over part of it,
as may be ſeen by the following account.
him, and afterwards married Robert Capys, to
whom Henry Aucher, eſq; her only ſon and heir
by her firſt huſband, confirmed a life-eſtate
in Elmele and other places, in the 19th year of
K. Henry VI.(s) After which he paſſed it
away to fir William Cromer, who was poffeffed
of a large eſtate in this place before, which had
antiently belonged to the Cobhams (t), and was
fold by one of them, about the beginning of
the reign of K. Edward III, to fir Walter Manny,
•knt, who died in the 46th year of that reign (u),
leaving an only daughter Anne, then the wife of
John de Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke, who died
poffeffed of it in the 49th year of it, leaving a
ſon John, who ſucceeded him in title and eſtate,
but was unfortunately killed at a tournament,
in the 13th year of K. Richard II, being then
only 17 years of age. He died without iſſue,
and this eſtate, which conſiſted of 1000 acres
of land, became the property of his heirs, Re-
ginald Grey and Richard Talbot, whoſe feoffee in
truſt, fir Robert Knollys, knt. by their direction,
conveyed the fee of them, in the 7th year of K.
Henry IV, anno 1405, to fir William Cromer, of
Tunſtall, knt. (V) whoſe ſon William Cromer, eſq;
afterwards purchaſed the manor of Elmele, as
above-mentioned ; his deſcendant fir James Cro-
mer, knt. died in 1613, leaving by his ſecond wife
three daughters his coheirs, of whom Chriſtian,
the youngeſt, married John, eldeſt ſon of fir
Edward Hales, of Tenterden in this county, knt.
and bart.
பான
Upon the partition of fir James Cromer's eſtates
among his only ſurviving daughters and coheirs,
for Martha, the ſecond, had deceaſed unmar-
ried, this manor was, among other eſtates in
this neighbourhood, allotted to Chriſtian, the
youngeſt daughter, who entitled her huſband
John Hales, eſq; above-mentioned, to the pof-
ſeſſion of it. He was afterwards knighted, but
died in his father's life-time, in 1639, leaving
iſſue a ſon Edward, who ſucceeded his grand-
father likewiſe in title and eſtate, in 1654, in
whoſe deſcendants this manor has continued
down to fir Edward Hales, of St. Stephen's, bart.
who is 'the entire poffeffor of it, as well as of
this whole iſland (w).
as may be feen by
THE
Μ Α Ν ο R.

this
This iſland was, great part of it, the de-
meſnes of the family of Peyforer, one of whom,
Fulk de Peyforer, died ſeiſed of this eſtate in the
5th year of K. Edward I, (P) from which family
it ſeems to have paſſed into that of Potyn, one
of which, Nicholas Potyn, was poſſeſſed of it in
the reign of K. Richard II, and left iſſue an only
daughter Juliana, who carried it in marriage to
Thomas St. Leger, afterwards of Otterden, ſecond
ſon of Ralph St. Leger, of Ulcomb (q). He died
feiſed of it in the oth year of K. Henry IV,(r)
leaving iſſue a daughter Joane, and his widow
Juliana, ſurviving, who died feiſed of it in the
5th year of K. Henry V; on which Joane their
daughter, above-mentioned, then the wife of
Henry Aucher, of Newenden, efq; entitled her
huſband to the poſſeſſion of it. She ſurvived
81
(c) Alſo Rector of Bircholt, by diſpenſation.
W) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(9) See Otterden above, p. 500.
(r) Rot. Efch. bb les
(s) Mr. pedigree of Aucher. See Murfon and Tong,
above, p. 605, 609.
(t) Sir John de Pulteney, knt. anno 18 Edward III, re.
leaſed to John, ſon of Stephen de Cobham, and to his heirs,
all right and title in the rent of zol. iſſuing out of the ma-
nors of Elmele, Alynton, and Tunſtall. Coll. Peer. vol. ii,
p. 617. See Penſþurft, vol. i, of this hiſtory, p. 408, and

PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
too
There were certainly other lands in this
iſland formerly than what belonged to the
Cadde
Tunſtall above, p. 573. See Rot. Eſch. anno 36 Edward
III. and IV, H. 4, poft mort. Reg. Cobbam.
(u) See an account of him above, p. 574. In the 44th
year of K. Edward III, William Champneis and Elizabeth
his wife were feoffees in truft for 1000 acres of marſh-land
in Elmele, which fir Walier Maney held for the term of his
life.
(v) Philipott, p. 377.
(w) See more of the Cromers and Hales's, under Tunfall
above, p. 575 et ſeq.
above-

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
675
MILTON HUNDRED.
,
EMLEY.
NDRED.
above mentioned eſtates; for I find in the ES There is a ferry for horſes and other cattle
cheat-Rolls, that Thomas Abelyn held at the time from this iſland over The Swale into the county,
of his death, anno 4 Edward I, of the King in and a ford acroſs the fleet, at low water, into
capite, the half of the paſture for 300 ſheep, in The Iſland of Shepey.
Elinele (X).
Nicholas Abelyn held lands in Elmele anno 6 THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Edward I. (y) Tại
Emley is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
John de Abyndon held the half of the marſh of
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sit-
Elmele. Another of that name died anno 37
ting borne.
Edward III, feiſed at his death of a moiety of a
The church, which is dedicated to St. James,
certain marſh called Elmele, held of the King in
has been many years in a dilapidated ſtate, for
capite, by the ſervice of the eighth part of one
though the walls and roof are entire, they are
knight's fee, as parcel of the manor of Milſted;
and by reaſon of the nonage of John de Abyndon,
quite bare on the inſide, without pavement or
deceaſed, was come into the King's hands (z).
ceiling, door or window, belonging to it; nor
In the roth year of K. Edw. III, John Mocking
has there been any kind of divine ſervice per-
formed in it for many years, except at the in-
died ſeiſed of lands in Elmele. Nicholas Mocking
held at the time of his death, a marſh here, par-
duction of a new Rector, the duty afterwards
being excuſed, by agreement between the Rector
cel of the manor of Milſted, which was held in
and occupier of it.
aapite by knights ſervice (a).
This church antiently belonged to the priory
John Mocking died, anno 46 Edward III,
of Leeds in this county, and John, Prior, and
feiſed in his demeſne, as of fee, of theſe pre-
the Convent of Chriſt Church in Canterbury, con-
miſes, held as above-mentioned, and it was
firmed the ſame to it, by their inſtrument, dated
found that Margaret, wife of Robert Shipbrooke,
in the year 1278, as well as the former con-
was his daughter and heir (b).
firmations of the Archbiſhops of Canterbury granted
James de la Pine died feiled of land in Elmele,
for that purpoſe (8). How it happened that
anno 37 Edward II]. (c)
theſe religious were diveſted of their property
K. Henry VIII, in his 37th year, granted to
in this church, I have not found; but in the
Fohn Wild, all tňofe freſh marſhes called Frierne,
alias Oldmarſh, containing 80 acres, and one
27th year of K. Henry VI. it was in the hands
of the Crown, for that year the King granted
tenement in the pariſh of Elmele, to hold in capite
the patronage and advowſon of his church or
by the 30th part of one knights fee (d). He
rectory of Elmele to the Warden and Fellows of
died ſeiſed of them anno 2 and 3 Philip and
All Souls College in Oxford, and their fucceffors(b),
Mary, when Thomas Wild was his ſon and heir (e),
and they continue patrons of it at this time.
who had livery of them anno 17 Elizabeth.
Humphry Eveas - died anno 37 Henry VIII,
There was a yearly penſion of 40s. payable
ſeiſed of 500 acres of marſh in the iſland of
out of the church of Elmele to the Abbat of St.
Elmele, which were formerly parcel of the ma-
Mary Graces near the Tower, London (i).
nor of Milſted, and held of the King in capite It is valued in the King's books at 51. and
by knights ſervice, and his four daughters were the yearly tenths at 1os. (k)
found to be his coheirs (f).
In 1578, there was only one dwelling houſe
si o baiono storie di
here ; communicants 6. In 1640, there were
PRESENT STATE OF Emlev. o vlg 2 10 communicants, and the rectory was then va-
The whole of this iſland, eſpecially the ſouth-
lued at yol. The preſent yearly value is ſup-
ern hills, conſiſts of very rich paſture. There
poſed to be about 80l.
are genearally feeding on it upwards of 6000
CHURCH OF EMLEY, on 2
Theep. It is held in leaſe, as it has been for
A
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented.
Mr. John and Edward Blaxland, of Graveney-
Court in this neighbourhood.
Warden and Fellows William Broke, LL.D. reſig.
There is no village, and only two houſes in-
of All Souls College. 1509.
deed in the whole iſland, which, as well as the
(1) John Cockys, LL.D. 1509,
church near them, ſtand near the center of it, on
reſig
high ground, ſo as to be eaſily diſcernible from
(m) William Cooke, LL. D.
the adjacent parts of the county.
1536,
dit
(3) Ext. from fee-farm rolls, temp. interregni. Roll 32
N. 3.
(4) Rot. Efch. N. 21.. (y) Ibid. N. 17. (z) Ibid. ejus an.
(a) Ibid. (6) Ibid. (c) Rot, Eſch. (d) Ib. ejus an. pc. 18.
(e) Ibid. ejus an. (f) Ibid.
(g) Regiſter of Leeds abbey, fol. 5, 1, 21.
(5) Pat. ejus an, p.1, m. 7. Tan. Mon. p. 441.
(k) Ed. Theſ. p. 13.
(1) See Wood's Ath. vol. i, fafti, p. 11.
(m) See Newcourt's Rep. vol, i, p. 443. Ath. Oxon,
vol. i, faſti, p. 58.
Warden

676
The
of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
HISTORY
HARTY.
Warden and Fellows (n) Francis Milles, Sept. 6,
of All Souls College.
1565, reſig. 1601.
Thomas Frith, A. M. Nov.
12, 1601, obt. 1632.
(0) Francis Manſell, Aug. 9,
1632, obt. 1661.
(P) John Preſtwitch, A. M.
July 3, 1661, obt. 1679.
Anthony Woolrich, A.M. Oct.
1, 1679, obt 1684.
John Aldworth, A.M. April
16, 1684, reſig. 1684.
Edward Winford, S. T. B.
Dec. 1684.
John Gibbs, reſig. 1687.
(9) Thomas Creech, S. T. B.
March 16, 1697, reſig.
1699.
Edward Digges, A. M. May
10, 1699, reſig. 1700.
Peter Preaulx, S.T. P. Aug.
13, 1700.
Francis Offley, relig. 1708.
Robert Bright, A.M. March
30, 1708, reſig. 1723.
Milo Weſt, A. M. May 23,
1723, relig. 1724.
Thomas Martin Fiddes, May
21, 1724, reſig. 1725.
Thomas Leigh, A.M. May
21, 1725, reſig. 1732.
Robert Chernock, A. M. July
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
towards the west, being ſeparated both from that
and the iſland of Shepey by a very ſmall narrow
water ; on the ſouth ſide of it is the water called
The Swale, which Aows between it and the main
land of the county. It is about two miles in
length, and one and an half in breadth, and con-
ſiſts of one pariſh, of the ſame name as the
iſland itſelf.
This iſland is within the bounds of The Hun.
dred of Faverſham(u), but being in a manner part
of the iſland of Shepey, the deſcription of it ſeems
more proper to be inſerted here, than to be de.
ferred to the deſcription of that Hundred here-
after.
It is called in antient records Harteigh, which
name ſeems to be derived from the Saxon words
Heord-tu, which fignifies the iſland filled with
berds of cattle, a name well adapted to the an,
tient and the preſent ſtate of it.
THE
MANOR
OF HAR TY.
26, 1732
William Stephens, LL. D.
reſig. 1746.
(r) Savage Tyndall, D.D.
Dec. 20, 1746, reſig. 1751.
(s) Thomas Bathurſt, A. M.
June 12, 1751, relig. 1765.
Thomas St. Loe, LL.D. Aug.
6, 1765, obt. 1766.
(1) John Long, B. D. Nov.
20,1766. Preſent Rector.
The manor of Harty, otherwiſe Saye's Court,
was, in the reign of K. Henry III, part of the
poffefſions of the family of Champion (v), who
wrote themſelves in Latin, De Campania, and were
ſeated at Champions Court in Newnham. Robert
de Campania held this manor in the above reign,
as half a knight's fee, of John de St. John (w);
his deſcendant John de Campania died poffeffed
of it in the reign of K. Edward III, and his
widow Mary paid reſpective aid for it in the
20th year of that reign, at the making the Black
Prince a Knight, as half a knight's fee, which
John de Campania held as above-mentioned.
They left iſſue three daughters and coheirs, of
whom Catherine married Robert Corbet, and Tho-
maſine married Thomas Chevin. They divided
his eſtates among them, but to whom this ma-
nor paſſed, I have not found; but the next
name that I have diſcovered to be poffeffed of
it, was Whalley, whoſe heirs ſold it to Cheney(x),
in which name it continued to fir Thomas Cheney,
Knight of the Garter, who died ſeiſed of it in the
iſt year of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, as will be
further mentioned below.
1
H A R T Yout
THE LONG HOUSE.
IS
S another ſmall iſland adjoining to that of
Shepey ſouth-eaſtward, oppoſite to Leyſdown.
It adjoins to the laſt deſcribed iſland of Emley
Coor
ANOTHER eſtate in this iſland, called Le Long
Houſe, was parcel of the poſſeſſions of the abbey of
(n) He was likewiſe Canon of Windfor. See Wood's
Ath. fafti, vol. i, p. 169.
() Ibid. faſti, p. 228. (p) Ibid. vol. ii, fafti, p. 230.
(9) The noted poet, who tranſlated ſo many of the claſ-
ficks, and other books, both in verſe and profe. See Wood
ibid. faſti, p. 1104.
(r) He reſigned this rectory on being preſented to the
rectory of Barking in Efex.
{s) He reſigned on being preſented to Welwyn in the co.
of Herts.
() in 1781, preſented to the rectory of Chelsfield.
() A Borſholder is annually choſen for Tbe Borough of
Harty, (which extends over the whole iſland) at the court-
leet for The Manor and Hundred of Faverſham.
(v) Book of Aid, anno 20 Edward III.
(w) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer. K. Ed
ward III, in his iſt year, directed his writ to Robert de Ken-
dal, late Conſtable of Dover caftle, &c. to reſtore to the
Lady of the iſland of Herye, fiſter of Thomas Rofcelyn, her
lands forfeited in the co. of Kent, in the reign of his father,
on account of the proſecutions of Hugh le Deſpencer the elder
and younger. Rym. Fod. vol. iv, p. 259. And writs were
accordingly directed for that purpoſe to the ſeveral Sheriffs
throughout England.
(*) Mr. Petit Fædary of Kent his Book.
Faverſham,

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677
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
A B B A T S
COURT.
THE
Μ Ο Τ Ε
1
HARTY.
Faverſham, of whom it was held as two parts of to John Kyne and Simon Lowe; they, in the 13th
one quarter of a knight's fee, by John de Criol(y), year of that reign, brought a writ of right for
in the reign of K. Edward I, as it was after the recovery of it againſt Thomas Paramour, but
wards by the family of Champion, or De Cam they were nenſuited, and the defendant was
pania, one of whom, John de Campania poffefſed it confirmed in his poffefſion of it by the court(c).
in the reign of K. Edw. III, whoſe widow Mary How long this eſtate continued in the name of
paid aid for it, in the 20th year of that reign, Paramour, I do not find; but it ſeems to have
at the making of the Black Prince a Knight, been in the poſſeſſion of Henry, Lord Cheney, in
by the deſcription of 400 acres of freſh marſh the 12th year of Q. Elizabeth, as will be fur-
and falt, called Le Long Houſe, parcel of the ther mentioned below.
manor of Weſtwood (2).
After which this eſtate paſſed into the family
A
of Poynings, whoſe heir-general, Alianore, daugh The Abbat and Convent of Faverſham, beſides
ter of Richard de Poynings, carried it in mar the fee held of them as above-mentioned, were
riage to fir Henry Percy, knt. Lord Percy, after in the poſſeſſion of an eſtate here called Abbats
wards Earl of Northumberland (a), in whoſe de Court, which, in the reign of K. Henry VII,
fcendants it continued till at length it was alien was valued at 81.6s. 8d. annual rent(d), at which
ated to Cheney (b), and fir Thomas Cheney, Knight time their tenant of it was Thomas Colepeper, eſq;
of the Garter, died ſeiſed of it in the 1ſt year of but it did not continue in the poſſeſſion of that
Q. Elizabeth, as will be further mentioned monaſtery till the final diffolution of it, for K.
below.
Henry VIII, in his 25th year, granted his li-
cence under the great ſeal to John, then Abbat
of Feverſham, to alienate to fir Thomas Cheney,
was another part of Harty manor, and was parcel Knight of the Garter, &c. and his heirs, the ma-
of the eſtate in this iſland belonging to the fa nor of Abbats Court, and 144 acres of arable,
mily of Champion above-inentioned, which was and 204 acres of freſh marſh, and 10 acres of
carried in marriage by Tbomaſine, daughter and falts, with their appurts, in the pariſh of St.
one of the coheirs of John de Campania or Cham Thomas within the iſland of Harty (e), and he
pion, in the reign of K. Edw. III, to Thomas Che died feiſed of this eſtate in the iſt year of Q.
vin, of Sholand in Newnham, in whoſe deſcendants Elizabeth, holding it at the yearly ſum of 40s.
it continued down to John Chevin, who, in the zd and 8d, in the name of tenths, as will be fur-
year of Q. Elizabeth's reign, by conveyance and ther mentioned below.
fine then levied, fold it to Mr. Thomas Paramour, come to ano Istovol 911 borrod
PER Y M AR SH.
by the deſcription of A manor or meſſuage, 60
acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 60 acres of The Dean and Canons of the collegiate chapel of
paſture, and 50 acres of marſh, with their ap-
St. Stephen in Weſtminſter, were poſſeſſed of an
purtenances, in the pariſh of St. Thomas the
eſtate in this iſland called Pery Marſ, conſiſt-
Apoſtle in the iſle of Harty, of the fee of William, ing of 20 acres of upland, and 100 acres of
Marquis of Wincheſter, capital Lord of it. by
marſh, which they continued in the poſſeſſion
"But it being alledged by John Chevin, that he of till the 1ſt year of K. Edward VI.'s reign,
was under age at the time of the above-men when this chapel being diſſolved, among others,
tioned alienation, the fine was reverſed, and he by the act of Parliament then paſſed, all the
having again paſſed it away in the mean time lands and poſſeſſions of it were ſurrendered into
do now
* 2015? ๆ
6) Book of Aid, anno 20 Edward III. Mr. Petit neceſſary to aſcertain the defendant's right; and the Judges
Fædary of Kent his Book.
themſelves would, no doubt, have been well pleaſed to
() Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
have ouſted the parties of this barbarous method of trial,
(a) See more of this family, under North Cray, vol. i.
had the cuſtom warranted them fo to do ; and it ſhews,
of this hiſtory, p. 151.
how much the example of it was diſliked, ſince the Queen
(6) Mr. Petit's Book above-mentioned.
thought fit to interpoſe and accommodate the matter; and
(c) Upon this writ of right, a trial by Battle was de- | this is one of the laſt inſtances in our books, of Battle joined
manded by Paramour, and awarded by the court, of which
in a Writ of Right. See a full account of it in Dyer's
a ponipous account is given in our law books, much too Reports, p. 301. Coke's Entries, p. 182. Speed's Chron.
long for inſertion here. It is fufficient to inform the rea p. 1166. Spelman’s Gloſſary, in verbo Campus. Robin,
der, that the champions of each party, properly accoutred,
fon's Gavelkind, p. 259.
met, at the appointed time, in Tothill-fields, Weſtminſter, be (d) Southouſe Mon. p. 55. Gosto 992
fore the Juſtices of the Court of Common Pleas, who were
(e) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1. By a rental of about that
to be Judges of the duel (when upwards of 4000 people were
time, of the poſſeſſions of this monaſtery, the ferme of
preſent) ; where, after much formal folemnity, and pro-
Abbats Court, the marſh lands, and lands called Julian's
clamation being made, the non-appearance of the deman-
marſh, was 201, 6s. 8d. per annum; out of which were paid
dants, Kyne and Lowe, was recorded, and a nonſuit prayed,
to the Shryve's torne, for a yearly rent, gd, and to the heirs
which was made, and the land was adjudged to Paramonr,
of Thomas Frogenhall 45. ud, and for a wall-ſcot yearly
with coſts of fuit: for the Queen had ſo ordered, that they
were not to fight; but every part of this form was adjudged
VOL. II.
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the
SHO
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678
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Tbe
of
H IS TO RY
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
HARTY.
the King's hands, to the uſe of him, his heirs,
and ſucceſſors for ever (f).
This eſtate did not remain long in the hands
of the Crown, for the King by his letters patent,
dated March 10, in his 3d year, granted it,
among other premiſes, to fir Thomas Cheney,
Knight of the Garter, above-mentioned, to hold
in capite by knights ſervice (g), and he died
ſeiſed of it in the iſt year of Q. Elizabeth's
reign, as will be further mentioned below.
The Benedi&tine nunnery of Davington, near
Faverſham, was poſſeſſed of lands in this pariſh,
as well as the church or parſonage of Harty ;
the former, in the 17th year K. Edward III,
conſiſted of 140 acres of paſture, which were
then valued, over and above the chief-rent paid
for it, 151. yearly, at 3d. per acre.
This nunnery being left without Prioreſs or
Nuns, on account of the ſcantineſs of the reve-
nues of it, eſcheated to the Crown in the 27th
year of K. Henry VIII, in which the lands and
poffeffions of it became veſted, and this eſtate
in Harty remained there, till the King, in his
35th year, granted it, among other poſſeſſions
of the nunnery, to fir Thomas Cheney, Knight of
the Garter, &c. to hold in capite by knights fer-
vice(b), and he died ſeiſed of it in the iſt year of
Q. Elizabeth, as will be further taken notice of
below.
Sir Thomas Cheney died ſeiſed of all the above-
mentioned manors and eſtates in the 1ſt year of
Q. Elizabeth's reign, as has been mentioned
above, under the ſeveral deſcriptions of them.
He was ſucceeded in them by his ſon and heir
Henry Cheney, eſq; afterwards knighted and created
Lord Cheney of Tuddington in the co. of Bedford,
who had livery of them in the 3d year of that
reign, and in Mich. term that year levied a fine
of all his lands. bawano o dos
After which, having procured the Queen's
licence for that purpoſe, he, together with Jane
his wife, by their indenture, May 26, anno 12
Elizabeth, alienated the manor of Harty, and
the rectory of St. Thomas the Apoſtle in the iſle of
Hartye, called Stanger, alias Stangarde, alias the
parſonage of Hartie, with its appurts, together
with the advowſon and right of patronage of
the vicarage and church, and the manor, mef-
fuage, or farm called Abbattes Court, with its
appurts. in this iſand; with Pery Marſh, and
19
(F) See a further account of this free chapel above,
under Bredhurji, p. 527.
(8) Rot. Eſch. ejus an pt. 3. (5) Ibid. pt. 5.
(i) See Coke's Entries, p. 105 et ſeq.
*() She was his ſecond wife : his firſt wife, by whom he
had no ſurviving iſſue, was Cicely, daughter of fir Symonds
Dewes, knt. and bart. By his ſecond wife he had iſſue fe-
veral children. His anceſtors had for many generations
been ſettled at Tolleſhunt Darcy in the co. of Eſex, and were
deſcended from the fame family as the Darcys, Earls of Hol-
derneſs. The title of Baronet has been ſome time extinct.
divers parcels of land, meadow, marſh, and
paſture belonging to it; and the meſſuage or
farm called The Long Houſe, with the lands, te-
nements, meadows, marſhes, &c. belonging to
it ; and the meſſuage or tenement called The
Mote, with its appurts, and all lands, tenements,
meadows, paſtures, marſhes, &c. with their
appurts, in this iſland, then or late in the te-
nure or occupation of Thomas Paramour, or his
aſſigns, and all other premiſes whatſoever in it,
which the above-mentioned fir Thomas Cheney
held or was poffeffed of in it, at the time of his
death, or which Henry Cheney or Jane his wife
had then, or had a right to at any time before, to
Richard Thornhill and Wolftan Dixie, their heirs
and aſſigns for ever ; after which, a fine was
levied by fir Henry Cheney and Jane his wife, in
Trinity term that year, of theſe premiſes, to the
uſe of the ſaid Richard Thornbill and his heirs
for ever (i).
His grandſon alienated that part of the above-
mentioned premiſes called Abbats Court, ſince
known by the name of Hall Farm, with Pery
Marſh and other lands, containing together about
430 acres, to Robert Cole, efq; who in 1662 ſet-
tled this eſtate on his fole daughter and heir
Jane, on her marriage with fir Thomas Darcy, of
St. Clere Hall in the co. of Eſex, who had been
created a Baronet on June 20, 1660 (k); he af.
terwards ſold it to Mr. Thomas French, who by
his laſt will deviſed it to be ſold, and it was
purchaſed in 1701 by Thomas Clark, of London,
Merchant, whoſe heirs ſold it in 1765 to Mr.
Thomas Buck, of Faverſham, on whoſe death in
1779, it became the property of his ſon of the
ſame name, who is the preſent poffeffor of it ().
But the remaining part of the ſeveral eſtates
of Henry, Lord Cheney, continued in the deſcen-
dants of Richard Thornhill, eſq; down to Richard
Thornhill, of Ollantigh, eſq; who, in the 4th year
of Q. Anne, anno 1704, having obtained an act
of Parliament for that purpoſe, fold the manor
of Harty, the rectory or parſonage of the church,
and the advowſon of the vicarage, the eſtate
called The Long Houſe, The Mote, ſince called
The Church Farm, a farm called Elliots, contain-
ing 150 acres of land (m), a parcel of marſh-
lands called Napletons, containing 40 acres, with
divers lands, marſhes, &c. part of the above-
deſcribed premiſes, to Mr. Jacob Sawbridge, of

SIS
They bore for their arms-Argent, 3 cinquefoils gules. See
Morant's Hift. of Eſſex, vol. i, p. 396, 459, vol. ii, p. 140.
(1) This eſtate claims an exemption from the
payment
of all kind of tythes.
(m) This farm does not ſeem to have paſſed from Henry,
Lord Cheney, to Thornhill; for in the year 1594 it was in.
the poffeffion of William Saker, of Faverſham, Jurat, who
by his will that year deviſed a yearly rent charge of 151. out
of it to the corporation of Faverſioam, to be applied as was
therein directed : however, it was afterwards fold to Thorn-
hill, and in the reign of K, Charles I. was in the poſſeſſion
of fir Timothy Thornhill.

London,

Tbe
679
H I S T OR Y of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
to it.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
;
1
HARTY.
London, who died poffeſfed of them in 1748, There is now no bridge between this iſland
and his grandſon John Sawbridge, of Ollantigh and that of Shepey, and the feet which divided
in this county, eſq; is the preſent poffeffor of them is become ſo very narrow, and has for fe-
them (n).
veral years paft been ſo much filled up, that,
The Company of Oyſter Dredgers of Faver excepting at high tides and overflow of the
Mam hire of Mr. Sawbridge, the right or privi waters, Harty has ceaſed to have any appear-
lege of laying oyſters on ſome part of the ſhore ance of an iſland.
of this iſland, at the yearly rent of 6s. 8d. and There are no parochial charities belonging
the like of Mr. Buck, at the yearly rent of 20s.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
The hoſpital of Herbaldown was, before the Harry is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
reign of K, Henry VI, poffeſſed of lands in
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Of-
Hartie.
Springe.
Thomas Ovyn gave to the Abbat and Convent of
The church, which is a ſmall building, con-
Feverſham 16 acres of land, with their appurts.
fiſting of a body, chancel, and two fide chan-
lying at Keyborough-bill in this iſland and
tries, with a pointed turret at the weſt end, is
Richard Colwell gave to the ſame abbey 86 acres
dedicated to St. Thomas the Apoſtle. It was for
of falt-marſh, called Julian marſh, in the parifh
merly part of the poffeffions of the Benediktine
of St. Thomas the Apoſtle in Harty (nn).
nunnery of Davington, near Faverſham, to which
John Caſocke, of Faverſham, efq; by his laſt
it was appropriated before the 8th year of K.
will in 1651, gave lands here called Finners,
Richard II, anno 1384, and it continued part
the rent of them, now amounting to 151. per
of the poſſeſſions of it at the time of its eſcheat-
annum, to be applied to the putting out of poor
ing to the Crown in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
when it was eſteemed as a parſonage appropri-
apprentices (c).
ond
ate, with the advowſon of the vicarage of the
church annexed. It was afterwards granted to
The iſland of Harty lies oppoſite to the pariſh fir Thomas Cheney, and by his ſon Henry ſold to
Richard Thornhill, eſq; whoſe deſcendant fold it
of Ore in this county, the waters of The Swale
flowing between them, over which there is a
to Jacob Sawbridge, eſq; whoſe grandſon John
ferry, called Harty-ferry. The grounds are en-
Sawbridge, of Ollantigh, is now entitled to it,
of all which a more ample account has already
tirely paſture, on which are conſtantly feeding
about 4000 ſheep. The center of it is riſing
been given above.
In the 35th year of K. Henry VIII, the yearly,
ground. The church ſtands nearly in the mid-
dle of it. There is no village, and only ſix
ſtipend to the Curate of Harty was 61. 135. 4d.
This church is ſet down in the King's books as
lookers cottages in the whole of it, theſe peo.
a rectory, and valued at 201. 6s. old. the tenths
ple, about 20 in number, being the only inha-
of which, being 21. os. 7 d. are paid to the Crown
bitants, the unhealthineſs of the air deterring
Receiver, and not to the Archbiſhop (q). The cure
all others from attempting to dwell in it.
of it has been many years eſteemed as a vicarage;
It appears by the Pleas of the Crown, in the
the Vicar has a ſtipend of 20l. per annum paid
- 21ſt year of K. Edward I, taken before the Ju-
to him, in lieu of tythes, and divine ſervice is
ftices Itinerant, that there was formerly a bridge
performed here, except in very ſevere weather,
leading from this iſland over into Shepey, and
once in a fortnight.
then called Tremſeth bridge, which had been
In 1578, there were communicants here 47 ;
broken down by a violent inundation of the ſea,
in 1640, communicants 50.
and the channel thereby made ſo deep, that a
new one could not be laid, nor the old one re-
CHURCH OF HAR TY.
paired; and therefore the inhabitants of Shepey,
PATRONS,
VICARS.
who before repaired it, maintained in the room or by whom preſented.
of it two ferry-boats, to carry paſſengers to and John Sawbridge, Wanley Sawbridge, 1760. Pre-
fro: (p).
ela:
ſent Vicar.
PRESENT STATE OF HAR TY.
(n) Mr. Sawbridge is owner of about two thirds of the
Ifand of Harty.
(nn) Southouſe Mon. p. 92. See above, p. 677, note (e),
(0) Lewis's Faverſham, 70, 71:
(1) Harris's Hift. of Kent, p. 146.
(7) Eet. Theſ. p. 2, 11.
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AVING deſcribed the whole of The Iſland in recompence, 12 plowlands lying at Creges
of Shepey, and its appendages of Emley and emeline (r), which K. Offa formerly gave to one
Harty, I return to the main land of the county of his Earls, named Ufa; and the King granted
of Kent, where the next Hundred adjoining to this land to the church of Chriſt, free from all
that of Milton, eaftward, is The Hundred of Ten ſecular ſervice, except the repairing of bridges
ham, which was ſo called in the 7th year of K. and the building of caſtles (s).
Edward I, the Archbishop of Canterbury being This manor continued part of the poſſeſſions
then Lord of it. hadi asmod.17 os bonitab
of the church of Canterbury when Archbiſhop
In the 20th year of K. Edward III.'s reign, Lanfranc came to the ſee in the year 1070, bem
on levying 4os. on every knight's fee, for mak-
ing the Black Prince a Knight, this Hundred
anſwered for five knights fees and the 40th part
the revenues of his church, between himſelf and
of one knight's fee.
log his convent, Tenham was allotted to the Arch-
This Hundred contains within its bounds the
biſhop, and his ſucceſſors, for their proviſion and
rolus 8-20 bar
ban
maintenance.
pariſhes of soling
After which the ſucceeding Archbiſhops ſo far
1, TENHAM. to nowavlar och vi gis
2, LINSTED; and sbsxans and improved the buildings of this manor-houſe, as
3, Doddington. d bra med encod's to make it fit for their frequent reſidence.
And the churches of thoſe pariſhes, and like-
Archbiſhop Hubert Walter, a moſt magnificent
wiſe a ſmall part t-of the pariſhes of Hedcorne,
prelate, the
expence
of whoſe houſekeeping was
Iwade, and Eaſtchurch, the churches of which
eſteemed nearly equal to that of the King, re-
are in other Hundreds. 9701S
ſided much at Tenham, where he died, in the
svods foviga
year 1205, and was carried from thence and
pinnor or Hill buried in his own cathedral at Canterbury (t).
Τ Ε Ν Η Α Μ.
15.20
2
ou bado Archbiſhop Boniface, anno 44 Henry III, 1259,
ni awobei suuda ein
obtained both a market and fair for his manor of
TENHAM, called in Saxon, Teynbam, is Tenhan (u), the former on a Tueſday weekly, and
ſouth
child, and gives name to the Hundred in which it Affumption of the Virgin Mary. Archbiſhop Walter
is ſituated.
1991 aspi vam poder to Reynolds was reſident here in the beginning of
bine
GH 1911 ore
40 USHIP ad o ments being dated from hence (v). Archbiſhop
CHE
The manor, which comprehends The Hundred John Stratford, who filled the ſee in the reign of
of Tenbam, was given by Cenulph, K. of Mercia, K. Edward III, entertained that Prince here in
at the requeſt of Archbiſhop Atbelard, by the de the month of February, anno 1345, being the
ſcription of 12 plowlands, lying at Tenham, to 19th of his reign, ſeveral of his letters patent
the metropolitan church of our Saviour at Can bearing date from Tenham in that time (w).
terbury; and he made this gift chiefly on ac In an antient taxation of the temporalities of
count of the Archbiſhop's having given to him the ſee of Canterbury, the manor of Tenham is
DIOGI
(m) This place has been underſtood to mean The flett or any power to make the above gift till then. He ſeems there.
pool of water between the iſlands of Emley and Harty, in fore to have made it by a deputed authority from K. Ofa:
Shepey, now and long ſince called Crogs-depe, which water the charter ſays vicario munere, which I interpret ſo. If this
parts the royalty of the Swale between Tenham' and Faver-
is not the caſe, the date muſt be erroneouſly tranſcribed for
Tam, and is likewiſe the bounds of the Hundreds of Middle 797, when Cerulph was actually King. See Rapin’s Hift. of
don and Faverſham. See Philipott, p. 336.
England, p. 55.
(s) The evidences of Chriſ Church, Canterbury, printed In the obitual of Chriſt Church, Canterbury, Archbiſhop
in the Decem. Script. col. 2211, and Dugd. Mon. vol. i, Athelard is recorded to have recovered ſome alienated lands
p. 19, mention this gift as having been made anno 791. to the church, among which were ſome at Tenham. Bat-
Ofa, King of Mercia, died ſo late as 796, and his fon Eg tely's Somner, pt. ii, p. 67.
frid, who ſucceeded him, reigned four or five months, fo (1) Somn. Cant. p. 127. Weever, p. 219.
that Cenulph not ſucceeding to the throne of Mercia before (u) Pat, ejus an. m. 37. Tan. Mon. p. 199.
the end of that year, and having then to march into Kent, (v) Somn, Cant. appendix, p. 18.
and conquer Eadbert Pren, King of it, could not have had (z) Rym. Fod. vol. v, p.422, &c.
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The
681
H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
TENHAM HUNDRED.
TENHAM.
valued at 851. 135. 5d. per annum, out of which
taxation, with that of the manors of Aldington,
Northflect, and Dale, 575. 6d. were to be de-
ducted, that ſum being yearly received from
thoſe manors by the nuns of St. Sepulchre in Can-
terbury (x).
The manor of Tenham remained part of the
fee of Canterbury, ſo far as I have learned, till
the reign of Q. Elizabeth (y), when it was ex-
changed with the Crown for other premiſes,
where it lay till K. James I, by patent, dated
Jan. 11, in his 5th year, granted it to John
Roper, of the adjoining pariſh of Linſted, eſq;
whom he afterwards, on July 9, 1616, in the
14th year of his reign, knighted, and created a
Baron of this realm, by the title of Lord Teyn-
ham, Baron of this pariſh of Teynham, in whoſe
ſucceſſors, Lords Teynkam, the property of this
manor has continued down to the Right Hon.
Henry Roper, the with Lord Teynham, who is
the preſent poffeffor of it (z).
The Court Baron for this manor is held yearly
on the Tueſday fe’nnight after Michaelmas-day (a).
FROG EN HALL,
நரியா
that of K. Edward II, when it became extinct.
In the next reign of K. Edward III, it was come
into the poffeffion of a family, to which it gave
both name and reſidence; for Richard de Frogen-
hall reſided here, and died feiſed of it in the 33d
year of that reign (d), as did his deſcendant John
Frogenhall in the 13th year of K. Henry IV. (e)
His ſon John reſided here, and died ſeiſed of
this manor in the 7th year of K. Henry V, anno
1418 (f); from him it deſcended to his ſon Wil-
liam Frogenhall, at whoſe death in the 18th year
of K. Henry VI, (g) it came to his ſon John
Frogenhall, who dying on Nov. 11, 1444, anno
23 of that reign, was buried in the ſouth chancel
of the church of Tenham, commonly called The
Frognall Chancel (b), where his figure, habited
in armour, in braſs, ſtill remains.
At length Thomas Frogenhall leaving no male
iſſue (i) by Joane his wife, daughter and heir of
William de Apulderfield, his daughter and heir
Anne carried this manor in marriage to Thomas
Quadring, of London (k), and he in like manner
leaving one fole daughter Joane, his heir, ſhe
entitled her huſband, Richard Drilund, of Cooks-
ditch in Faverſham, to the poffeffion of it. Ву
her, who was by his firſt wife, for by his ſecond
he ſeems to have left iſſue likewiſe, he had only
one daughter Katherine, who became heir to her
mother's inheritance, and marrying with Regi-
nald Norton, of Lees Court in Sheldwich, eſq; he
in her right became poſſeſſed of it, at the latter
end of the reign of K. Henry VII. His ſon,
fir John Norton, of Northwood, knt. ſeems to
have ſold this manor to fir Thomas Wyatt, knt. (1)
who by his indenture, dated Nov. 20, in the 33d
uſually called Frognall, is a manor ſituated near
the marſhes in the weſtern part of this pariſh,
about half a mile northward of the great London
road. It is frequently written in antient records
and deeds, Frogenball Valence, by which name
Leland likewiſe diſtinguiſhes it (f); by which
addition it ſhould ſeem once to have belonged
to the reſpectable family of Valence, or De Va-
lentia, two of which were ſucceſſively Earls of
Pembroke, from the reign of K. Henry III. to
53;-and
$ 103,
(x) Batteley's Somner, part ii, appendix, p. 30.
(y) It appears by the Rolls in the Augmentation-office,
of
grants, leaſes, &c. made in that reign, that Q. Eliza-
beth granted parcel of the manor lands to William Lewin,
LL.D. Roll 1, No. 2.-Sundry premiſes in this pariſh
to John Rooke. Roll 3, No. 29.-Parcel of the manor
woods to fir Drue Drury, knt. Roll 3, No. 51.-Parcel of
the manor lands to Tbomas Seare. Roll No.
another parcel of the manor woods to William Lewin,
LL.D. above-mentioned. Roll
,
34.
(z) See a full account of the Ropers, Lords Teynham, be-
low, under Lodge in Linſted.
(a) The quit-rents of this manor, for lands, &c. in Lin-
ſted, Tenham, Doddington, Iwade, Hedcorne, and Downwell,
amounted in 1760 to the yearly ſum of 351. 11s. 8d.
There are ſeveral different cuſtoms of the tenants of
this manor, principally in the Weald, mentioned in Som-
ner's Gavelkind, p. 18, 27. 74.
(c) Lel. in his Itin. vol. vi, p. 26, ſtyles it, in the margin,
Frogenbale Valaunce, and ſays, “ The maner of Frogenhale,
“ communely callid Frogenolle, yoinith to the quarteres of
Thong Caftelle in Kent, by Siding burne, and is of a xlyli.
rent by yere: of this very auncient houſe was a Knight
" that did great feates in France, and is written of-Frogen-
" halle, that is now, was funne to one of the Sainet John's
doughters, the beſte of that ſtokke: and this Sainet John
" of Bedforde or Northamptonſhir, had vi or vii doughters,
" that after were very welle maried.”
(d) Phillpott, p. 337.
(e) Rot. Eſeh, ejus an. a. Ibid. (g) Ibid.
(b) The inquiſition, as appears by the Eſcheat-rolls, was
not taken till anno 28 Hen. VIII, by reaſon of the troubles
of thoſe times. See Weever, p. 280.
The arms of Frognall, being-Argént, 3 bars ſable, are
fill remaining in the windows of the Frognall chancel, in
this church, and are carved in ſtone on the roof of Canter.
bury cloyſters.
(i) Thomas Frognall, eſq; obt. 1505, and by his will or
dered his body to be buried at Buckland, and deviſed his
manor of Buckland, and his other lands in Linfed, Tong,
Tenham, and Stone, to Joane his wife, for her life, and af
terwards to be diſpoſed of by his executors in deeds of
charity.
There were other coheirs of this name and family, viz.
Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Frogenhall, who,
in the reign of K. Henry VII, married John Northwood, of
Northwood. Another coheir of this name, about the ſame
time, married Edward Haut; and another daughter and
heir of William Frogenhall married Boteler, of Graveney:
(k) She is by Philipott, p. 337, named Joane, as he is
Robert; but the above names are taken from an atteſted
pedigree in manuſcript of Norton.
Quadring bore for his arms-Ermine, a feſs ingrailed gules.
See more of the Nortons under Milton, above, p. 625,(z).
(1) It appears by the King's Bailiff’s accounts, from
Michaelmas in the 31ſt, to the ſame feaſt in the 32d year of
K. Henry VIII, that the King took poſleflion of this ma-
nor, called in it Froggynhale Valence, among others, by
fale from for Thomas Wyatt, at Lady-day anno 31 of his
reign. In which account the receiver, Thomas Hendles',
charges
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682
The W HISTORY of KE N T.
TENHAM HUNDRED.
1733, having by his laſt will bequeathed it to
his brother William Taylor, eſq; whoſe eldeſt ſon,
James Taylor, of Sandford, eſq; is the preſent
owner of it (r).
There is a fee-farm rent of 41. yearly paid to
the Crown from this manor.
There is no Court held for this manor.
.
.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
TENHAM.
year of K. Henry VIII, paſſed away the manor
of Frogenhall, with its appurts. and all his lands
and poffefſions in Tenham, Tong, Linſted, Bap-
child, &c. among other premiſes, to the King
and his heirs, in exchange for other manors and
lands therein mentioned, purſuant to an act of
Parliament paſſed for that purpoſe, the year
before (m)
It continued but a ſmall time in the hands of
the Crown ; for the King, in his 37th year,
grañred it to Thomas Green, to hold in capite by
knights ſervice (n). He was uſually ſtyled Tho-
mas Norton, alias Green, being the natural ſon
of fir John Norton, knto, above-mentioned, the
former poſſeſſor of this manor. He died ſeiſed
of it in the 6th year of K. Edward VI, (o) leav-
ing iſſue two ſons, Norton Green, who left iſſue
an only daughter and heir, married to fir Mark
Ive, of the co. of Eſſex, knt. and Robert Green,
who was of Bobbing, gent. whoſe deſcendants
ſettled in Ireland; on his death this manor de-
ſcended to his eldeſt ſon Norton Green, and again
by the marriage of his only daughter and heir
to fir Mark Ive, knt. who was owner of it in the
reign of K. James I. Soon after which it was
alienated to Ralph Clerke, eſq; who reſided at
Frognall, where he died on May 30, 1619, æt.
62, and was buried in this church. His ſon
Ralph Clerke, eſq; likewiſe reſided here at the
latter end of K. Charles I.'s reign, and being
firmly attached to the King's intereſt, was ad-
judged, among other loyaliſts, by ordinance of
Parliament, paſſed in Nov. 1652, to have for-
feited this as well as all other his eſtates, for
high treaſon to the Parliament, with liberty,
however, of compounding for them (p), which
I ſuppoſe he did, as this manor continued in him
and his deſcendants from that time until the 9th
year of Q. Anne's reign, when George Clerke, eſa;
the poffeffor of it, having that year obtained an
act of Parliament for that purpoſe(q), fold it to
Mr. Joſeph Taylor, of London, Merchant, who by
his laſt will deviſed it to his nephew Joſeph Tay-
lor, eſq; of Sandford near Great Tew in the co.
of Oxford, who had been High Sheriff of that
county, and he died poſſeſſed of it on Jan. 24,
Archbiſhop Hubert Walter, who fat in the fee
of Canterbury at the latter end of K. Richard I.
and the beginning of K. John's reign, in his
general confirmation of the poſſeſſions of St.
Gregory's priory at Canterbury, confirmed to it
the tenth of wine at Tenham (s), a kind of dona-
tion which appears by others of the like kind
to other religious houſes, to have been eſteemed
at that time of no ſmall value.
In the 21ſt year of K. Edward I, John de Or-
leſtone and others, unjuſtly ſeized on the lands of
Richard Peyforer, in this pariſh, who then dwelt
ar Linjted, but judgment was given for him by the
Juſtices Itinerant, and the former was ordered into
cuſtody, until he had made ſatisfaction, &c. (t)
The nunnery of Davington, anno 17. Edward
III, was poſſeſſed of eight acres of land in this
pariſh, worth by the year, over and above the
rent, &c. at xii pence per acre, viii ſhillings;
which, after the eſcheat of it, was granted by
K. Henry VIII, among the reſt of the lands of
it, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. &c.
Sir Robert Poynings, knt. anno 25 Henry VI,
died ſeiſed of land in this pariſh, called North-
wood field (v).
K. Henry VIII, in his 32d year, granted to
fir Thomas Cheney, knt. 'among other premiſes
lately belonging to Thomas, Earl of Eſſex, at-
tainted, a marſh called Poynings marſh, by eſti-
mation 16 acres, and two pieces of upland con-
taining nine acres, in this pariſh, to hold in co-
pite by knights ſervice, in tail male (20); and in
the 4th year of K. Edward VI, the King granted
the ſame premiſes to hold to him and his heirs
in capite by knights ſervice (y). His fon Henry
Cheney had livery of his lands anno 3 Elizabeth,
and that year levied a fine of them; ſoon after
charges himſelf with 20l. for the laſt half year, for the rent
of it, conſiſting of 174 acres of arable, 200 acres by eſtima-
tion of freſh marſh, and 10 acres of meadow, lying in the
pariſhes of Tong, Bapchild, and Linfted; but that there
were no profits or perquiſites of court, none having been
held within that time.
(m) This indenture was inrolled in the Office of Aug-
mentation the fame day. See Augın. off. box C. 20.
(x) By the deſcription of All that manor of Frognall
Valenge, with its appurts, parcel of the poſſeſſions of fir
Thomas Wyatt, knt. in the tenure of John Steed; and all
thoſe arable lands, containing by eſtimation 174 acres, and
the ſeveral marſhes, both freſh and ſalt, in Tenham, Tong,
Bepchild, and Linſed. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
(0) By the deſcription of The manor and 300 acres of
land, in the pariſhes above-mentioned. Rot. Efch. ejus an,
() Scobel's Coll. pt. ii, p. 211.
(9) It was entitled, An act for the ſale of the manor of
Frognal, and other lands and hereditaments in the county
of Kent, the eſtate of George Clerke, efq; for payment of
debts, and ſettling an eſtate in Leiceſterſhire and city of
London, to the ſame uſes as the eſtate in Kent was ſettled.
(r) He bears for his arnis-Quarterly, argent and fable,
a croſs flory counterchanged, in the 1ſt quarter a ducal coronet
gules.
(s) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 374.
(t) Pleas of the Crown of that year.
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 7.
(y) Rot. Eſch. 4 Edw. VI, pt. 5.
(2) In the north chancel of this church is the figure of a
man in braſs, and an infeription for William Wreke, who
died April 9, 1533.
which

The
683
H I S T OR Y
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
TENHAM.
TENHAM HUNDRED.
Earl of our
few years.
for
which he fold the above premiſes to John
Wreke(z), who, in the 11th year of that reign,
alienated them to Richard Ball (a). He died
poſſeſſed of them anno 16 Elizabeth, and was
ſucceeded by his ſon and heir William Ball(b),
who the next year had livery of them, and in
both Eaſter and Mich. terms that year, levied
fines of theſe premiſes.
Tenham OUTLANDS, alias Nėw-GARDENS, is
an eſtate in this pariſh, adjoining to the north
ſide of the London road at Greenſtreet, which
was part of the demeſne lands of the manor
of Tenham, and part of the poffeſſions of the
Ropers, Lords Teynham, but in 1714 it had
been alienated from that family, and was be-
come the property of fir Robert Furneſe, of
Walderſhare, bart. who that year made a let-
tlement of it, on his marriage with his ſe-
cond wife Arabella Watſon, one of the daugh-
ters of Lewis, Lord, afterwards Earl of Rock-
ingham, whom he ſurvived, having had iſſue
by her one ſon Henry, his ſucceſſor in title
and eſtates, and a daughter Catherine, after-
wards married to Lewis, Earl of Rockingbam.
Sir Robert died poffeffed of it in 1733, and fir
Henry ſurvived his father but a ſhort time,
he died abroad in 1735, under age and unmar-
oor 101
ried, and his eſtates, by virtue of the limitations
in his grandfather's will, and his father's ſettle-
ments of them, became veſted in his three fifters,
viz. Anne, the only daughter of his father's firſt
wife Anne, daughter of Anthony Balam, eſq;
married to the Hon. John St. John, ſecond, but
at length only ſurviving ſon of Henry, Viſcount
St. John, which title, on his father's death, he
ſucceeded to; Catherine, whole ſiſter to fir Henry
by the Hon. Arabella Watſon above-mentioned,
ſecond wife, afterwards married to
Lewis, Earl of Rockingham ; and Selina, the only
daughter of his father's third wife, the Lady Anne
Shirley, daughter of Robert Shirley, Earl Ferrers,
who afterwards married Edward Dering, efq; now
fir Edward Dering, bart.--as coheirs of his fa-
ther fir Robert Furneſe, in equal ſhares and pro-
portions in coparcenary in tail general, with ſuch
remainders over as the ſame were limited to;
after which, Katherine, Counteſs of Rockingham,
Anne St. John, and their reſpective huſbands, in
Hilary term, 1736, ſuffered recoveries of their
reſpective two undivided parts, and afterwards,
by a decree of the Court of Chancery, at the
inſtance of them and the third fifter Selina, then
an infant, by her guardians, made anno 9 Geo.
II, a writ of partition was agreed to by them,
in which this eſtate of New-gardens was allotted
to Katherine, Counteſs of Rockingham (c), on whom,
by the ſettlement on her marriage in 1736, all
her undivided third part had been limited, ſhould
ſhe ſurvive her huſband without iſſue, to her
and her heirs for ever. Which partition was
confirmed by act of Parliament the next year.
51 The Earl of Rockingham died in 1745, with-
out iſſue, leaving his lady ſurviving, who then
again became pofſeffed of this eſtate in her own
right. She afterwards, in 1751, married Francis
North, Earl of Guildford, by whom ſhe had no
iffue, and dying in 1766, bequeathed this, a-
mong the reſt of her eſtates, to her huſband, the
Rigót Hon. Francis, Earl of Guildford, the pre .
ſent poffeffor of it (d).
At the ſouth-eaſt extremity of this pariſh, ad-
joining to Norton, is a ſmall hamlet of houſes,
called Lewfon-ſtreet, in which there is a capital
meſſuage called Lewfon-bouſe, which was for-
merly the eſtate and reſidence of a branch of the
family of Adye, and ſeveral coats of arms of them
and their marriages, in painted glaſs, were re-
emaining in the windows of it till within theſe
aboutte
sio Nicholas Adye, eſq; reſided here in the reign
of K. James I, on whoſe death it became the
property of his three daughters, Sarah, wife of
John Kennet, and Anne and Martha Adye, who
in 1638, alienated this eſtate, by a joint convey-
ance, to Mr. James Tong, from which name it
paſſed by fale, in 1676, to for James Bunce, of
Kemling, bart. whoſe eldeſt ſurviving fon, fir
James Bunce, of Kemſing, alienated it, in 1714,
to Mr. Joſeph Haſted, of Chatham, gent. whoſe
grandfon, Edward Hofted, of Canterbury, eſq;
is the preſent poffeffor of it. 98 V garsd
-9d on erinig drugd eftoo bus tuoda llami
Now und
PRESENT STATE OF TENHAM,
The pariſh of Tenham is ſituated northward of
the high London road at Greenſtreet, the northern
ſide of which is within the boundaries of it.
The church ſtands about a mile north-eaſt
from Greenftreet, and a little below it, the vil-
lage, a fmal diſtance northward of
the marſhes,
s, which reach to the waters
waters of the
Swale, which are the boundaries of this pariſh
on this fide. On a ſmall creek in theſe marſhes
is a key, called Conyers Key, for the ſhipping of
corn and goods from this part of the county.
Od
The air of this place is far from being heal-
thy, for lying ſo low, and near ſo large a tract
of marſhes, it is much ſubject to the unwhole-
ſome vapours ariſing continually from them, ſo
that the inhabitants are almoſt always ſubject to
agues and intermittents, and are, in general,
his father's for
vop" which are
savo
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 1. (6) Ibid. ejus an.
(c) By the deſcription of A meſſuage and farm at Ten-
bam, called New-gardens, two large barns, two ftables,
one granary, and one lodge, and 200 acres of land, arable
and pafture, old cherry orchard, and two acres of hop-
ground; the arable, &c. except about 50 acres, being
contiguous to the farm-houſe, in the occupation of Edward
Parker and Iſaac Kemp, at the yearly rent of 1051.
(d) See more of him, and the Furnejes, under Walder-
ſhare ; and of the Earl of Rockingham, under Sheldwich.
but

684
of K E N T.
The H I STORY
TENHAM HUNDRED.
In the year 1771, a Commiffron of Sewers paſſed
the great ſeal, for the levels of Tenham, Tong,
and Luddenham, which has this year, 1781, been
again renewed.
On the high London road, about a quarter of a
mile eaſtward from Greenſtreet, and about the ſame
diſtance northward out of it, there is a field called
Sandown, which is encompaſſed all around with
a bank, from which it riſes to an hill, on the
ſummit of which is a ſmall coppice of wood, in
which there is a tumulus or barrow, which, by
the hollowneſs at the top of it, ſeems to have
been plundered of its contents. Dr. Plot was
of opinion, that this work was thrown up by
the Romans. At a ſmall diſtance weſtward is a
green and hamlet of houſes, called Barrow-Green,
moſt probably from this circumſtance.
TENHAM.
but very ſhort lived. This has been the occa-
ſion of that well-known proverb in this county,
He that
* will not live long,
Let him dwell at Murſton, Tenham or Tong.
The land in this pariſh is exceedingly rich and
fertile, like that in the neighbouring pariſhes in
this tract, moſt of it being what is called in theſe
parts round tilt land, bearing ſucceſſively for
years together plentiful crops of barley, beans,
and wheat, without any help of fallows. It was
formerly noted for vaſt plantations of fruit-trees;
but theſe are almoſt univerſally diſplanted, to
make way for hops, which, from the little profit
of late years accruing from them, are ſoon likely
to give place again in their turn.
Lambarde ſays, that this pariſh, with 30
others
lying on each ſide of the great road from Rainham
to Blean-wood, was in his time the cherry-garden
and apple-orchard of Kent, and ſuch it undoubt.
edly continued till within memory, when the
lucre of planting hops prevailing, few of them
were ſuffered to remain. Tenham, he ſays, was
the parent from whence the other plantations
iſſued: for Richard Harrys, Fruiterer to K.Henry
VIII, having obſerved that thoſe plants, which
had been brought over by our Norman anceſtors,
had loſt their native excellence by length of time,
and that we were ſerved from foreign parts with
theſe fruits on that account, which he ſaw no
reaſon for, as neither the ſoil nor climate here
were unequal to the bringing of them to per-
fection, determined to try a plantation of them
here; for which purpoſe, having, in 1533, ob.
tained 105 acres of rich land, then called The
Brennet, he divided it into 10 parcels, and then
having, with great care, good choice, and no
ſmall labour and coft, brought plants from be-
yond the ſeas, he furniſhed this ground with
them in rows, in the moſt beautiful order. Theſe
fruits conſiſted of the ſweet cherry (e), from hence
uſually called the Kentifſ cherry; the temperate
Pippin, hence for the like reaſon called the Kentiſ
Pippin, and the golden renate (f), which forts,
eſpecially the firſt and laſt, have been long pro-
pagated from theſe, in great quantities, through-
out the ſouthern parts of this kingdom; but the
Kentiſh pippin is now hardly to be met with, even
in this county
107 321
o Bolisa Pals 21"
doll aboog bas fly09
(e) Pliny, in his Nat. Hift. book xv, chap. 25, ſays,
cherries were not in Italy before L. Lucullus's victory over
Mithridatus, K. of Pontus ; after which, in the year of Rome
689, he firſt brought them out of Pontus thither, 120 years
after which they were tranſported into Britain.gy
(f) Lamb. Peramb. p. 263. See ſome obſervations on
the above, in Dr. Bulleyn's life, Biog. Brit. p. 1020, note
[A].
(g) The ſouth croſs or chancel is called The Frognall
Chancel, as belonging to that eſtate. The north croſs is
called The Hinkley Chancel.
John Hencliff, of Tenham, by his laſt will, dated in
1463, deviſed to his two ſons John and William, between
them, an eſtate called Jonthanas Garden, and another called
TITLE S.
The pariſh of Tenham, or Teynham, gives title
of Baron to the Right Hon. Henry Roper, Lord
Teynham, whoſe anceſtor fir John Roper, knt,
was created Lord Teynham, Baron of Teynbam, by
patent, on July 9, in the 14th year of K. James I,
anno 1616, of whon: and his
and his deſcendants, Lords
Teynham, a full account will be given in the de-
ſcription of their ſeat, at Lodge, in the adjoin.
ing pariſh of Linſted.
slikama CHARITIE S.net
Ten ſhillings yearly, in lieu of corn, are paid
out of the great tythes to the poor of this pariſh.
Thomas Brooke, by his laſt will, dated in 1669,
deviſed to the poor of this pariſh, the ſum of
40s. to be paid yearly on Chriſtmas-day, out of
a farm at Deerſton-ſtreet in Tenham.
GEIST
bancare
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
SW19
Tenham is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Oſpringe.
10 993
w The church, which is large, is dedicated to
St. Mary. It is built in the form of a croſs (8),
and conſiſts of three iſles, a high chancel, and a
north and ſouth chancel, having a ſquare tower
at the weſt end, in which hang four bells. There
are remains of good painted glaſs in the win-
dows (h).
sBoqlarim bns lido
De to sito come borotal de
Lyttyl Cardyn; for which he directs, that they ſhould glaze
a long window on the north head of the church of Tenbam.
Wills, Prerog, off. Cant.
Weever, p.280, fays, there was a memorial in this church
for William Mareys and Joane his wife; but it has been
long ſince obliterated.
(b) Several of the windows have rich gothic canopies of
beautiful coloured glaſs remaining in them, which had no
doubt formerly figures, of equal beauty, underneath them.
In the ſouth window of the high chancel, is the portrait
of a girl, in blue, kneeling and pointing to a book, which is
held by a man, who likewiſe points with his hand to it ; at
the bottom was an inſcription, of which only remains--
Sedis aplce pokongtarii.
In

The HISTORY
o of
K E N T.
685
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno
is now of the
TENHAM.
TENHAM HUNDRED.
*
Archbiſhop Stephen Langton, by his inſtrument,
13844
dated Dec. 27, 1227, on account of the Nender this church was valued at 1331. 6s. 8d. (1)
income of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury, and It is a vicarage, and valued in the King's
the affection he bore towards his brother Simon books at iol. and the yearly tenths at il, and
Langton, then Archdeacon, united to it the
churches of Hackington, alias St. Stephens, and 4d. (m)
Tenham, with the chapelries of Doddington, Lin In 1640, it was valued at 6ol. Communi-
fted, Stone, and Iwade, then belonging to it, cants 100.
which churches were then of the Archbiſhop's This vicarage was augmented rol. per annum,
patronage, and this was confirmed by the chap by leaſe dated Feb. 10, 1672, between Samuel
ter of the priory of Chriſt Church directly after Parker, D. D. Archdeacon of Canterbury, and fir
wards (i).
William Hugeſen, of Linjted, knt. lefſee of the
In which ſituation the church of Tenham has
parfonage.
continued to this time, the Archdeacon of Can The family of Furneſe were afterwards lefſees
terbury being the preſent patron and appropriator
of the parſonage ; Henry Furneſe, eſq; ſold it to
of it.
Henry, late Lord Teynham, who, in 1754, alien .
The chapels above-mentioned, which are all || ated his intereſt in it to Mr. Kempe, the occu-
belonging to the Archdeaconry, have long ſince,
pier of it, whoſe ſon is the preſent leſfee of it(n).
excepting the chapel of Stone, become indepen-
There was a chantry in the church of Tenham,
dent pariſh churches, and as ſuch not ſubject to
which was ſuppreſſed, among other ſuch endow-
any juriſdiction of the church of Tenham. ments, by the acts of 37 Henry VIII. and i
Edward VI. In the ad year of the latter reign,
K. Edward III, in his 48th year, directed a
a ſurvey was returned of this ſuppreſſed chantry
commiffion to be made out under his gre
great
by which it appears, that the land belonging to
ſeal, for an enquiry into all dignities and
it lay in Frogenhall manor, then the property of
benefices eccleſiaſtical within the realm, which
Thomas Green, to which it paid 7d. per annum,
were then in the hands of Italians or other ſtran-
and to the Archbiſhop 75.7d. per annum, and that
gers, with the true valuation, and other parti-
the total yearly value of it was 18s. 8d. (0)
culars relating to them.
2
By virtue of which, it was returned, among
CHURCH OF TENHAM.
many others, That the Lord William, of the
Patrons,
holy church of Rome, Cardinal, was a ſtranger,
or by whom preſented. plisoidu
and did hold the Archdeaconry of Canterbury,
(bo) Robert Subin, obt. 1468.
and was not reſident; and that the true value of
De
all the yearly fruits, řents, and profits of it was
VAT (P) John Law, in 1488.
worth 700 florins.
The Archdeacon. Laurence Hollanden, July 22,
1570, obt. 1595.
And upon the like commiſſion in the next
reign of K. Richard II, it was returned, among
The Queen, during Charles Fotherby, S. T. B.
others, That the Lord Andomar de Rupy was
Oct. 9, 1595, relig. 1600.
The Archdeacon.
obert
Archdeacon of Canterbury, to which, among
John Graye, S.T.B. Nov.9,
others therein mentioned, belonged the church
1600, relig. 1600.
2.
of Tenham, worth by the year, after the taxation barudasis stod William Hull, S. T. B. Mar.
of it of 20 marcs, 13cl. 6s. 8d. the profits of
24, 1600, reſig. 1604.
all which premiſes fir William Latimer, knt. had
(9) Chriſtopher Paſhlye, A.M.
ods to be
received, together with the profits ariſing out of
Dec, 18, 1604, obt. 1612.
the juriſdiction of the Archdeaconry, worth by
Edward Hirſt, S.T.B. Aug.
the
year 201.(k)liga
1, 1612, obt. 1618.
35 totib sabato
In the north chancel, in ewo windows near the veſtry, a
(k) Fox's Martyrs, vol. i, p. 489.
fgure in an epiſcopal habit, mitred, &c. with theſe arms-
fl) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 39.
Ermine, 3
In the window of the veftry-room, a mitre, and theſe
(m) Ea. Theſ. p. 11.
arms-Per pale, and feſs counterchanged, azure and argent.
(n) The payment of iol. above-mentioned is yearly paid
(i) Somn. Cant. p. 156, appendix, p. 65. Somner ſays, by the leſſee to the Vicar, and the yearly rent of 341. to the
in the month of Feb. following, the Archdeacon made a Archdeacon of Canterbury, the rack rent paid to Lord Teyna
double charter to the monks, whether in conſideration of ham was 1851. per annum, and the ſum paid to him for the
uniting the above-mentioned churches, or wherefore elſe, purchaſe was 3500l.
appeared to him not; by one of which he conveyed to them (6) Surveys of Chantries, Augtn, off.
the tenths of Eylwarton, both great and ſmall, and by the
(00) He lies buried in the chancel of this church, with his
other engaging that neither himſelf nor his ſucceſſors ſhould
portraiture in braſs,
any thing at Hackington, to their prejudice.
At which time this church was let to farm at 100 marcs,
(P) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
and it had been ſometimes only for 80 marcs, as appears by
(9) And Vicar of Linfted, as was his ſucceſſor.
the Archdeacon's Black Book.
Vol. II.
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LINSTED.
TENHAM HUNDRED.
The Archdeacon
. * Ifaac Colfe, A. M. May 20, having for its proprietors ſucceſſively, the Cheneys
1618.
and Apulderfields, families of no ſmall repute in
John Gooffe, A.M. March
this county
Loo Sir Alexander de Cheney, of Patrickſborne in this
4, 1635, reſig. 1642.
county, the ſeat of this family, where they had
(r) Thomas Miller, A.M.
been fettled for ſome generations, was one of
Post morto di Nov. 4, 1642, obt. 1660.
thoſe Kentiſ gentlemen, who attended K. Ed-
Thomas Cator, A. M. Sept.
ward I, in his victorious expedition into Scot-
13, 1660, reſig. 1663.
land, in the 28th year of his reign, and being
Lawion, and (s) Henry Eve, S.T.P. Aug. preſent at the fiege of Carlaverock in that king-
II, 1663, obt. March 4, dom, was knighted by him there, with many
1685.
other of the gentry of this county (w). His
(1) Jeremiah Taylor,obt.1688. ſon William de Cheney died poffeffed of the manor
Thomas Stanton, A. B. Oet. of Badmangore, with its appurts, in the 8th year
oj riblot pa
26, 1688, obt. 1708.
of K. Edward HII, (x) having married Margaret,
(u) James Eve, A.M. July
-590
daughter and heir of fir Robert de Shurland, knt.
in whoſe right he became entitled to the ſeat of
29, 1708, obt. Mar. 1743.
Shurland, with many other eſtates in this coun.
centre P to rorud John Swinton, A.M. 1743,
ty (y). His ſon fir Robert Cheney, knt. fold it
wons dourado
reſig. 1753
before the 27th year of that reign, to William de
besar James Allet, A. M. Nov. 7,
Apulderfield, who made it his chief reſidence,
egongo do 1753, obt. July 15, 1776.
and kept his ſhrievalty for this county here in
sorg William Granger, A.M. Nov. the above mentioned 27th year of K. Edward
53 artignolad bi
15, 1776, obt. May 1778, III, and in ſeveral years of it afterwards (z).
to vi1907 sildid
(v) John Cautley, A.M. Oet. His great-grandfon fir William de Apulderfield was
1778. Preſent Vicar. a man of much note in the reigns of K. Henry
Oarson
VI. and K. Edward IV, but leaving no male
iſſue by Catherine his wife, daughter of Thomas
L I N S T E D.
St. Laurence
, Elizabeth, his only daughter, be-
came his heir to this manor, among the reſt of
HE next pariſh fouthward from Tenham is
his eſtates, which ſhe carried in marriage to fir
Linſted, over which the manor of the Hun-
John Fineux, knt. Chief Juſtice of the Court of
dred of Tenham claims, ſubordinate to which is
King's Bench in the reigns of K. Henry VII.
THE MANOR OF BADMANGORE, with THE MANORS and VIII. He died in Mich. term, in the 17th
essOf Lodge and newNHAM united,
year of K. Henry VIII, anno 1525 (a), leaving
iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, above-mentioned,
the former of which, though it is but little
his coheirs, Jane, married to John
known at preſent, either as to its name or ſitua Roper, of Eltham, eſq; (b) and Mildred, to James
tion, yet in early times was made eminent, by Diggs, of Barham, eſq; (c)
KD $ nous
(r) And Rector of St. Mary's, Sandwich.
Shire in the 18th, 29th, and 33d years of it. He married
4) He was likewiſe Vicar of Linſted, where he lies buried. Iſolda, widow of Thomas Abelyn, by whom he had iſſue
(1) And Rector of Buckland near Faverſham.
William de Apulderfield, who married Agnes, daughter of
(4) And Rector of Midley and of Buckland.
Richard Twite, eſq; and was ſeated at Badmangore as above-
(v) And Rector of St. Rumbold's in Colchefter, and of the mentioned, who kept his lhrievalty there in the 27, 28,
finecure of Hollingborne.
31, 34, 35, 36, 38, and 44th years of the reign of K.
(w) Philipott, p. 122, 266.
Edward III.
() Ibid. p. 223. Rot. Eſch ejus an.
i, of this hiſtory, pt. i, p. lxxxii, lxxxiv, cviii, cix.
(y) See more of the family of Cheney, and the different William Apulderfield, of Faverſham, by his laſt will, proved
branches of it, under Patrickſborne, and above, under Eaſt-
anno 1487, deviſed to Mildred his wife, her heirs and aſſigns
for ever, all his landş, tenements, rents, and ſervices, with-
(z) He was deſcended from Henry de Apulderfeld, of Apul-
in the pariſhes of Linfed, Doddyngton, Kingsdowne, and
derfeld in Cowdham, who, with his ſon Henry, were, with
Norton, Wills, Prerog, off. Cant.
10,
other Kentiſh gentlemen, with K. Richard I. at the fiege (a) He was made Chief Juſtice anno u Henry VII.
of Acon in Paleſtine, where, on account of their bravery, , See Spelman's Gloſſary, p. 343. See more of the family
they had granted to them an augmentation to their arms,
of Fineux, under Herne.
which they and their deſcendants continued afterwards to ( b) The origin of the family of Roper has been very fully
bear, viz.-Sable, a croſs or, voided of the field, their origi treated of in the iſt volume of this hiſtory, p. 55, under
nal arms being-Ermine, a fefs vaire or and gules. Another the deſcription of Eltham, where the eldeſt branch of it re-
of the ſame name accompanied K. Henry III. in his
expe mained till within memory, and the deſcent of it is there
dition into Gaſcony, and his ſon Henry de Apulderfield, with brought down to the above-mentioned John Roper, eſq;
John de Lovetot, ſat on a Commiſſion of Sewers as Juſtice for
(c) He was anceſtor of the Digg's of Barbam, and of Chil
Romney Marſh, anno 16 Edw. I. This Henry de Apulderfield
ham Caſtle, in this county, under both which places more
was Sheriff of this county part of the 26th year of K. Ed-
may be feen of them,
ward I, and the whole of the next, and was Knight of the
THE
two daughters his cohei
N. 58.
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HISTORY of K E N T.
wile fix daughters (e). * tertarters and lot
LINSTED,
TENHAM HUNDRED.
On the diviſion of their inheritance, this ma. Chriſtopher, the fon, ſucceeded his father in
nor, among others, was allotted to John Roper, title and eſtates, and became the ſecond Lord Teyn-
in right of his wife (d). He was Prothonotary ham. He died on April 16, 1622, æt. 60, and
of the King's Bench, and Attorney-General to was buried in the family vault above-mentioned,
K. Henry VIII. His firſt reſidence was at the having had a handſome tomb of marble, with
ſeat of his anceſtors at St. Dunſtan's near Canter his effigies in armour on it, in full proportion,
bury, but ſucceeding in right of his mother Mar put up to his memory by his wife Catherine, who
gery, daughter and coheir of John Tatterſal, to ſurvived him(i). She was the daughter of John Le
the manor of Welball in Eltham, he removed Bourne, of the co. of Hereford, efq; and had iſſue
thither, where he died on April 7, 1524, and was two ſons, John, who ſucceeded him as third Lord
buried with his anceſtors in St. Dunſtan's church Teynham, and William, who was of Stoke in this
above - mentioned, leaving iſſue by his wife county, and four daughters (k).
Elizabeth two ſons, William Roper, eſq; Clerk John, Lord Teynham, above-mentioned, was, in
of the King's Bench, who married Margaret, his grandfather's life-time, made a Knight of the
daughter of fir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor Bath, at the creation of the Prince of Wales, in
of England, and ſucceeded his father at Eltham, 1616 (1). He died on Feb. 27, 1627, as appears
where his poſterity continued for many deſcents by the inquiſition taken after his death (m), hav-
afterwards ; and Chriſtopher, anceſtor of the Lords
ing married Mary, daughter of William, Lord
T'eynham, of whom more hereafter; and like-
Petre, by whom he had iſſue three ſons and four
Toitto
daughters (n); of the former, Chriſtopher fuc-
Chriſtopher Roper, eſq; the ſecond ſon, ſuc ceeded him in ticle and eſtates, and became the
ceeded his father in the manor of Badmangore, fourth Lord Teynham; Francis married Anne,
and its appendages, at the manor houſe of which daughter of William Walker, of the co. of Here.
he reſided (f). By Elizabeth his wife, daughter | ford, eſq; and left iſſue; and William was drowned
and coheir of Chriſtopher Blore, of Rainham, eſq; in the Seine near Paris, being unmarried.
he had iſſue three ſons, John, Edmund, and Ger Which Chriſtopher, Lord Teynham, was twice
maine, who all left iſſue, and five daughters (g). married ; firſt to Mary, daughter of fir Frances
John Roper, eſq; his eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him Englefield, of the co. of Wilts, knt. by whom he
in this manor. He was knighted on July 9,
had a ſon Francis, who died young, and a daugh-
1616, anno 14 James I, and on the ſame day ter Frances, married to John Wildman, of the
created a Peer of this realm, by the title of co. of Berks, eſq; ſecondly to Philadelphia, daugh-
Lord Teynham, Baron of Tenham in this county, ter of fir Henry Knollys, of Grove-park in the co.
as a reward for his forward attachment to the of Hants, knt. widow of fir John Mill, knt. by
King's intereft, having been the firſt man of whom he had iſſue three ſons, Chriſtopher, tbe
note, who proclaimed the King in this county. fifth Lord Teynham ; Henry, who died young ;
He built the preſent feat of Linſted Lodge, and and Thomas; and one daughter Anne, married
incloſed a park round it, and afterwards made it to Bernard Howard, ela; He died on Oct. 23,
his reſidence. He died on Aug. 30, 1618, æt. 84, 1673, and was buried with his anceſtors at
and was buried in the vault which he had made, Linſted, and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon
in the ſouth chancel of this church. By his wife Chriſtopher, Lord Teynham, who in 1687 was
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Parke, conſtituted Lord Lieutenant and Cuſtos Rotu-
of Malmains, efq; he left iſſue one fon Chriſto lorum of this county. He died at Bruſſels, the
pher, and two daughters (h). Toats.
Gloria
next year, having inarried Elizabeth, daughter
10
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39. ON
poiar oro uod
(d) Philipott, p. 224.
ders; Catherine, married fir Robert Thorold, of the co. of
(e) See their names and ſeveral marriages, under El-
Lincoln, knt. and Elizabeth, married firſt John Plunkett, and
tban, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 5678).
ſecond Walter Bagnal, both of the kingdom of Ireland,
(f) The manor houſe ſtood on the eaſt ſide of the park, eſgrs.
but on the family's removing their reſidence from it, it was (1) Sir John Roper, knt. was made Knight of the Bath on
ſuffered to decay and run to ruin.
Nov. 4, 1616, at the creation of Charles, Prince of Wales.
(3) Viz. Sufan, married to Roger Herlackenden, eſq; (m) This inquiſition was taken on Aug. 4, 1628, anno 4
Mary, to Lewin Buffkin, eſq; Cecilia, to Norton Green, efq; Charles I, by which it was found, that he died ſeiſed of the
Jocoſa, to Walter Haſtings, eſq; and Gertrude, who died un. manor of Teynham alias Tenham, with its appurts. in Tenham,
married.
Linſted, Doddington, Newnham, Iwade, Norton, Hedcorne,
(5) His wife, who died before he was knighted, lies Downwell, and Selling, and likewiſe of the manors of Dean-
baried beſide him. In the chancel there is a noble altar Court in Fairfield, of Brenſet and Bockland, of Thorne and
tomb of marble, the effigies of him and his wife lying at Monkton in the iſle of Thanet, of Goſhall in Aſh, of North-
full length on it. Their two daughters were married, Eli Court, &c. in Stourmouth, of Newnham in Nernham, of
zabe:h to George Vaux, of Harrowden, and Jane to fir Ro Newnham in Wickham, of Malmains in Stoke, of Gallants in
bert Lovell, knt.
Eaſt Farley, and divers other lands in the county of Kent,
(:) Her figure, kneeling before an open book on a read and that Chriſtopher was his ſon and heir, aged ſeven years
ing-deſk, is over her huſband's monument. She died anno at that time.
(n) Of whom, Catherine died unmarried; Elizabeth mar-
(á) Viz, Bridget, married to fir Robert Harleton, of the ried fir John Arundel, of the co. of Cornwall, knt. Mary was
co. of Cambridge, knt. Mary was Abbefs at Ghent in Flan a nun at Ghent in Flanders, and Margaret died
young.
of
es
point of
1634.

of of
Κ Ε N
died young.
first to Carberine, daughter of Philip Smitb, vil
. He was ſucceeded by Henry, his eldelt fon
iffue by him.
uried in the
688
The V H I S T O R Y E Ν Τ.
LINSTED.
TENHAM HUNDRED,
of Francis Brown, Viſcount Montague, by whom cond daughter of fir Tirancis Head, bart, and wi-
he had four ſons and ſeven daughters (0); of dow of Moſes Mendes, efq; He died at Lions in
the former, Jobn, Chriſtopber, and Henry, were France in 1780-Francis, who married Mary Lyt-
all three ſucceſſively Lords Terbam, and Thomas telton ; Philip, who married Barbara Lyttelton,
ſiſter to Mary (r); and Thomas, now of Dodding-
Joba, the eldeſt ſon, became the fixib Lord ton, who is unmarried; and two other ſons who
Teyxbam, and dying unmarried, was ſucceeded died infants—and likewiſe two daughters, Mary-
in title and eſtates by his next brother Chriſto Catherine, married firft to James Newfham Craggs,
pher, Lord Teynbam, who likewiſe died unmar eſq; and ſecondly, in 1773, to Tbomas Moſtyn, eſg;
ried; upon which the title and eſtate deſcended and Winifred, now a nun at Liege. His Lordſhip
to Henry, the youngeſt and only ſurviving bro married, ſecondly, in 1766, Anne, daughter of Jobx
ther, who became the eightb Lord Teynbam, and
Brinkburſt, of the co. of Berks, eſq; who died in
conforming to the eſtabliſhed church of England,
Jan. 1771, by whom he had no iſſue; and laftly,
took the oaths and his feat in the Houſe of
on Sept. 7, 1772, Elizabeth, the relict of Mr.
Peers, on Feb. 29, 1716. He died on May 16th Tbomas Davis, whom he left ſurviving without
married ;
firſt
Vif-
,
count Strangford, who died on April 16, 1711,
above-mentioned, who is the preſent Right Hon.
by whom he had two ſons, Philip and Henry,
Lord Teynham, being the eleventh Lord in fuc-
ſuccellively Lerds Teynbam, and a daughter Eli ceſſion. His Lordſhip reſides at Linſted Lodge,
zabeth, married to fir Fobn Webbe, bart. He was
and is the preſent poffeffor of the manor of Bad-
married ſecondly to Mary, daughter of fir John
mangore, with thoſe of Lodge and Newnban
Gage, of Firle in the co. of Suſſex, bart. who died
united. He has been twice married ; firſt on
in Jan, 1717, without iſſue; and thirdly to the
June 2, 1753, to Mary-Wilhelmina, eldeſt daugh-
Lady Anne, ſecond daughter and coheir of Tho-
ter of fir Francis Head, who died in 1758, with-
mas Lennard, Earl of Suſſex, and widow of Richard
out iſſue (s); fecondly, on Oct. 1, 1760, to Eli-
Barret Lennard, of Belbouſe in the co. of Eſſex,
zabeth, daughter of Mr. Webber, and reliet of
eſq; (?) by whom he had iſſue two ſons, Charles
- Mills, of Twickenham, efq; by whom he
and Richard-Henry, and one daughter Anne (9). has iſſue two ſons, Henry, born in 1764, and
He was ſucceeded in title and eſtate by his
John, and two daughters (), Betty-Maria, and
eldeft ſon Philip, who became tbe ninth Lord Caiberine. vdibicom
Teynbam, who died at Paris on June 1, 1727,
His Lordſhip bears for his arms-Party per
oct. 19, unm
fefs azure and or, a pale and 3 roebucks heads eraſed
church of St. Andrew des Artes in that city; counterchanged (u). For his creſt -On a wreath,
upon which the title and eſtate devolved to his
a lion rampant ſable, holding a ducal coronet be-
next and only whole-brother Henry, tbe tentb tween bis paws or. And for his ſupporterson
Lord Teynban, who died at Bath, on April 29, the dexter fide, a buck or; on the finiſter, a tiger
1781, and was buried there. He was thrice
reguardant argent.
married; forft in July 1733, to Catherine, daugh-
பாடங்கள்
ter and coheir of Edmund Powell, of Sandford in
.dotura
the co. of Oxford, eſq; who di
died at Linſted Lodge
is a manor and antient ſeat in this pariſh, which
in Sept. 1765,
5. et. 56, by whom he had iſſue
in very early times was the reſidence of a
Henry, his ſucceſſor in title and eſtates, born in
family of that name, in which it continued till
1734; Jobs, who married Anna-Gabriella, fe-
about the reign of K. Henry V, when Richard
0.0090120
(o) Viz. Casherine, who died an infant; Elizabeth, mar-
(r) They were both nieces of Anne, the ſecond Lady Teym-
ried to Charks Jernegan, efq; who died without ifue in
ham, and daughter of Lancelot Lyttelton, efq; and have both
1736 ; Mary, and Philadelphia, were both nurs; Winifred
iſſue ſeveral children.no
was married to Tbomas Stoner, of the co. of Oxford, esq;
Frances to Rowland Belafiſe, ela; and Cat berine to William
(s) She was buried in the vault under St. James's church
in Weiminſter.
Sheldon, eſg;
(1) 'This branch of the family of Roper are of conſangui-
(P) She afterwards, in 1735, remarried the Hon. Robert
nh
Moore, fixth ſon of Henry, Earl of Drogheda.
nity to Archbiſhop Chichele, by ſeveral different marriages--
(1) Charles Roper, efq; the eldeſt ſon, was born in 1721,
By Henry Roper, Lord Teynham's marriage with Catherine,
nd was a
was a Captain of Dragoons. He married Gertrude, fifter daughter of Philip, Viſcount Strang ford. Stem. Chich. No.
and coheir of Jobs Trevor, of the co. of Suſſex, eſq; by
1 and 289. By John Roper, the Attorney-General's fam
whom he had two ſons, Trevor-Charles, and Henry, and a
ther's marriage with Margaret Tatterſal. Ibid. No. 24-
daughter Gertrude, married to Thomas Brand, of the co. of 367.
Herts, eſq; The ſecond ſon, Richard-Henry, was a pofthu (u) His Lordſhip likewiſe has a right to quarter with
mous ſon, and taking orders became Rector of Cloynes in thoſe of Roper, the ſeveral coats of Apledore, St. Laurence,
Vreland. He has been twice married, and has iſſue by both Taiterfal, Agulderfield, the ſame for ſervice, I wiie, Parke,
kis wives ſeveral children. Anne, the daughter, married and Hugdon, as appeared by a pedigree in the poſſeſſion of
Peter Tyler, of Ireland, faz by whom he had iſſue three Edward Roper, of Welball in Eltham, efq; atteſted and col-
fons and two daughters. For their conſanguinity to Arch lected by John Philipott, Somerſet Herald, in 1629.
biféop Chichele, ſee below, (), and Stem. Chich. No. 368.
Seward
- USD
SEW A RDS
ARD
and

7 be HISTORY
of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 689
Co. who reſided at Se-
of
LINSTED.
TenhaM HUNDRED.
Seward leaving an only daughter and heir Eliza reſided at the feat built by his farlier, as above-
beth, ſhe carried it in marriage to John Finch, mentioned, which he alienated to Mr. James
eſq; fecond ſon of Vincent Herbert, alias Finch, Hugeſſen, Merchant Adventurer of Dover, who
of Netherfield in the co. of Suſſex, whoſe eldeſt kept his ſhrievalty for this county at it in the
ſon William Herbert, alias Finch, was anceſtor of 17th year of K. Charles I. (Ý) He died poſſeſſed
the Finck's, Earls of Winchelſea and Notting of it on Oct. 2, 1646, and was buried in the
ham, and others of that name at different times chapel on the north fide of the chancel of Linſted
enobled.
church, which has continued the burial-place
John Finch, eſq; died poffeffed of Sewards on of his deſcendants to this time. He left iſſue
May 19, 1442, anno 21 Henry VI, and was by Jane his wife, fix ſons and one daughter, of
buried at Sevington in this county. He left iffue whom William Hugeſſen, eſq; the eldeſt, ſucceeded
him in this ſeat (%); but having removed his
wards, and by Elen his wife, daughter and heir reſidence to Provender, in the adjoining pariſh
of rton, this houſe was pulled down, but the
John Finch, of Sewards, efq; He married Agnes, feite of it remained the property of his defcen-
one of the daughters and heirs of Ellis, of Otham dants, down to William Weſtern Hugeſen, of Pro-
in this county, by whom he had two ſons, Her vender, eſq; whoſe two ſurviving daughters and
bert, who was of Linſted, from whom deſcended coheirs, Mary, married to Edward Knatchbull, eſq;
the Finch's of Linjted, Norton, Faverſham, and and Sarah, to fir Joſeph Banks, bart. have entitled
Wye, and other younger branches of that name; their reſpective huſbands to the poſſeſſion of
and Thomas Finch, the ſecond ſon, who was of it (a). o ji nebeid
Kingsdown, from whom deſcended thoſe of that But the manor and manſion of Sewards was ali-
pariſh and of Stalisfield (v).
enated by, fir Drue Drury's heirs, about the year
Herbert Finch, the eldeſt ſon, became poffeffed 1670, to William Finch, efq; though whether
of Sewards on his father's death, and from him he was a deſcendant of the former owners of this
it deſcended to William Finch, efq; who dying name, I have not found, and he died feiſed of
without iſſue male in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, it, as appears by the court-rolls of Tenham ma-
his only daughter and heir Catherine carried it nor, in 1672, whoſe heir, in 1677, alienated it
in marriage to fir Drue Drury, knt. Gentleman to Mr. John George, in which name it continued
Uſher of the Privy Chamber to Q.Elizabeth (w); till by a female heir, Jane George, it went in
who built a large and handſome ſeat in this pa marriage to Vincent Underdowne, of Dover, gent.
riſh, oppoſite to the church, and reſided in it. who was a Diſtributor of Stamps for the uſe
He left iffue by her, who died on Sept. 13, 1601, of government; but he becoming greatly in
æt. 45, and was buried in the north chancel of arrears on that account, an extent was iſſued
Linſted church, one ſon Drue, and three daugh from the Exchequer, and this eſtate continued,
ters (x). Which fir Drue Drury, knt, the ſon, till about the year 1773, in the hands of govern-
in the beginning of the reign of K. Charles I, ment (b), when all debts being ſatisfied, which
A lo storworld
(v) Philipott, p. 224. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree in the north chancel of Linfed church. A branch of this
of Finch. Le Neve's Mff. Papers. This branch of the fa family continued at Dover, where they remained, in the
mily of Finch bore the ſame arms as thoſe of Eaſtwell,
occupation of Merchants, after the reſtoration of King
Earls of Winchelſea, &c. viz.- Argent, a chevron between 3
Charles II.
griffins paſant ſable.
They bore for their arms- Argent, on a mount vert an oak
(7) He was the 5th ſon of fir Robert Drury, of Edgerly
proper, between 2 boars erect ſable, armed or.
in the co. of Buckingham, knt. the ſon of Robert Drury, of (z) Of the ſons, William, the eldeft, removed to Prox
Halted in the co. of Suffolk, esq; of the Privy Council to K. vender, and kept his fhrievalty there in 1671, in which
year
Henry VIII, ſon of Robert, fecond ſon of Nicholas Drury, he was knighted : John, the ſecond ſon, was a Merchant
of Saphams, Thurſton and Halſted in the co. of Suffolk, the
Adventurer of Dover, and died Jan. 12, 1634, æt. 22,
ſon of Nicholas Drury, of Thurſton, eſq; in the reign of K. having married Lea, daughter of Mr. Peter Fortrye, by
Edward III, deſcended lineally from John Drury, of that
whom he had a poſthumous fon John; James was the third ;
place, eſq; ſon and heir of Drury, one of the Norman nobles,
Jofias, the fourth, died in 1639, æt. 22, having married
who came in with K. William the Conqueror. Mf. pedi-
Mary, daughter of Mr. Ambroſe Roſe, of Chiſtlet, by whom
gree, drawn by Le Neve.
he had a daughter Jane; Peter was the fifth ; and Walter,
He bore for his arms-Argent, on a chief vert a Roman T
the fixth, died an infant. Mary, the daughter, married
between 2 mullets or.
Robert Everinge in 1622, and died in 1633. See a further
(x) She was his ſecond wife, his firſt being Elizabeth,
account of fir William Hugeſen and his deſcendants, under
daughter and heir of fir Philip Calt horpe, of the co. of Nor-
Provender in Norton.
in Norton
folk, knt, who had been twice married before, firſt to fir (a) There are fill the garden walls, and ſome other ſuch
Henry Parker, knt. ſon of the Lord Morley, and ſecondly to remains of it left,
for William Woodhouſe, of the co. of Norfolk, knt. il (6) In 1949, this eftate confifted of a farm called se-
Of the daughters, Elizabeth was married to fir Thomas wards, containing 120 acres of land. The manſion of it
Wing field, knt. Anne, to fir John Deane, knt, and the name
is a very large one.
of the third was Frances.
The arms of Under dorne were-Per croſs and Jaltier or and
(0) He was the ſon of James Hugeſſen, of Dover, Mer-
gules, on a chevron azure 3 roſes gules.
ant Adventurer, who died in 1637. æt. 80, and was buried
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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
1
knt. (c)
9009
TENHAM HUNDRED.
LINSTED.
were due to it, it was ordered by a decree of ſeſſed of many good eſtates in this part of the
that Court to be ſold, to ſatisfy the coſts and county, for ſeveral generations (e). After which
expences, which had accrued by the ſeveral it became the property of Mr. George Smith,
proceedings on it; and it was accordingly ſoon whoſe daughter Jane fold it to John Sawbridge,
afterwards ſold to Mr. John Smith Barling, of of Ollantigh, efq; the preſent owner of it.
Faverſham, gent. the preſent owner of it.
About half a mile from the London road, at
the north-eaſt corner of the pariſh, is a ſeat called
Nowdes, which was part of the poffeflions of the
The priory of Davington was poffeffed of land family of Greenſtreet likewiſe, in which it con-
nunnery,
tinued till Peter Greenſtreet, in 1703, alienated
hav-
ing married Mr. Thomas Barling, gent. he reſided
of it, anno 35 Henry VIII, to fir Thomas Cheney,
o
here, and died on Jan. 3, 1970, leaving iſſue
Sir Thomas Wyatt, purſuant to act of Parlia-
John Smith, to whom his grandfather, Mr. John
Smith, bequeathed this ſeat ; and Philip, now
ment, by indenture, Nov. 20, anno 33 Henry
of London, Surgeon, and one daughter Dorothy,
VIII, granted to the King and his heirs, all his
married in 1766 to Mr. Edward Dering, of Dodo
eſtate in this pariſh (d).
Henry Eve, D.D. Vicar of this pariſh and of dington. John Smith Barling, of Faverſham, gent.
the ſon, on his father's death, took poffeffion
Tenham, died on March 5, 1685, poffefſed of a
of this ſeat, in which he at times reſides, and is
capital meſſuage, called Edwards, in Linſted,
where he reſided. On his death it came to his
the preſent owner of it.
At Greenſtreet, on May 12, there is a fair
eldeſt ſon Henry Eve, gent. whoſe ſon Henry ſuc-
ceeded him in it, and his heirs, ſome
annually for horſes and cattle.
after-
years
This pariſh is wholly in the diviſion of East
wards, fold it to John Sympſon, of Canterbury,
Kent.
poffeffed it, on whoſe death it came to Mr. Baps Bartholomew Fowle, alias Linfed, a native of
this place, was the laſt Prior of St. Mary Overie,
tiſt Sympſon, the preſent owner of it.
London, being elected to that office anno 1513-
He was a learned man, and wrote a book, De
Ponte Londini (f).
The pariſh of Linſted lies to the ſouthward of
About twenty years ago, a large cheſnut tree
the London road, at the 430 mile-ſtone at Green-
was felled in Lodge park, which was fawed off
ſtreet, the ſouth ſide of which is within the
cloſe to the ground : in the center of it, where
bounds of it. The ground in it riſes towards the
the ſaw croſſed, was a cavity, of about two
ſouth. The village is ſituated near the center of it,
inches diameter, in which was a live toad, which
in the middle of which is the church. The lands
filled that ſpace entirely. The wood of the tree
about the village, and below it, are very rich
was, to all appearance, perfectly found all round
and fertile, with much hop-ground interſperſed
it, without any the ſmalleſt aperture whatever.
throughout the whole of it. In the upper part
The tree itſelf was ſix feet in circumference.
of the pariſh, they are chalky, and leſs fertile.
Linſted Lodge, with the park, is ſituated at
RI
the ſouth-eaſt extremity of it, on the weſt ſide of
John Weſton, of this pariſh, by his laſt will,
which is a ſeat called Dadmans, formerly Dod-
dated April 2, 1482, ordered, that his feoffees
mannys, ſo called from a family of that name,
ſhould make an eſtate to 12 the moſt ſufficient
which was, in the reign of K. Henry VII, in
men of the pariſh, their heirs and aſſigns for
the poſſeſſion of William Apulderfield, of Faver-
ever, in a tenement called Goddys-houſe, with a
ham, who by his will, anno 1487, deviſed it
garden and five roods of land adjoining, in the
to his brother Richard, for his life. The fee of
pariſh of Linſted; the profits of which to be ap-
it has for many generations belonged to the
plied by them to find an obit yearly for ever,
Ropers, Lords Teynham. It is inhabited by the
on the day of his anniverſary, in the church;
Hon. Philip Roper, his Lordſhip's younger bro and the reſidue of the yearly rents and profits,
ther. A little below Dadmans is an eſtate,
he deviſed to the repair of the church for ever.
called Bumpit, belonging likewiſe to the Right And he ordered, that his feoffees, or their aſſigns,
Hon. Lord Teynhan.
ſhould yearly permit the pariſhoners to occupy
At the north-weſt part of the pariſh, cloſe to
one piece of land, in a certain field called Chirche-
the ſouth ſide of the London road, near Radfield, fielde, to the making a place called a pleyng-place,
is an eſtate called Claxfield, which was the reſi.
on holy-days, and other fit days, for ever, on
dence of the family of Greenſtreet, who were poſ condition, that the pariſhioners, or their aſſigns,
PRESENT STATE OF LINSTED.
CHARITIES
(c) Rot. Efch. ejus an. pt. 5. Tan. Mon. p. 215.
d) Augin. off. box C. 20.
(e) Several of them lie buried in the middle iſle of this
church.
(f) See Pitſeus App. p. 839. Tan. Bibl. p. 294.
ſhould

The
691
HISTORY of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LINSTED.
ſhould keep the fence of it, and the profits of
the paſture of the piece of land to remain to
his houſe, called Weſton tenement, yearly for
TENHAM HUNDRED.
dated Aug. 2, anno 27 Charles II, reſerved the
additional penſion of vol. per annum to the Vicar
of Linſted and his ſucceſſors (k). OTSI
It pays no procurations to the Archdeacon.
ever (8).
Ten ſhillings, in lieu of corn, is yearly paid
to the poor of this pariſh by the lefſee of the
parfonage, by covenant in his leaſe.
There were 2os. per annum paid to the poor
of this pariſh, out of a farm called Theobalds,
near Erriot-wood. It was paid in 1695, by
Mr. Tong, of Sittingborne, as it has been ſeveral
times ſince, though it does not appear by
whom. This payment has been with-held for
ſome years paſt.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
60
LINSTED is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Oſpringe.
The church, which ſtands on the ſouth ſide of
the village, is dedicated to St. Peter and St.
Paul. It is a handſome building, and conſiſts
of three iſles and three chancels. The ſteeple,
which is a ſpired ſhaft, covered with shingles,
ſtands at the north-weſt corner of it : in it is a
ring of five bells (b).
The church of Linked was antiently eſteemed
as a chapel to the church of Tenham, as appears
by the Black Book of the Archdeacon of Can-
terbury, and was given and appropriated, with
that church and its appendages, in the year
1227, by Stephen Langton, Archbiſhop of Canter-
bury, to that Archdeaconry. It has long been
independent of the church of Tenham, and ſtill
continues appropriated to the Archdeacon of Can-
terbury, who is likewiſe patron of it.
It is a vicarage, valued in the King's books
at 81. 35. 11{d. and is of the yearly certified
value of yol. 125. 4d. the yearly tenths being
ol. 16s. 410. (i)
In 1640, it was valued at 100l. Communi-
cants 235.
Dr. Samuel Parker, Archdeacon of Canterbury,
at the inſtance of Archbiſhop Sancroft, by leaſe,
estone CHURCH OF LINSTED. bo
PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented.
(1) Robert de St. Waltone, in
I 280.
bollo (ll) James Balgrave, alias
Balgarvy, in 1484.
(m) William Coſte, in 1504.
(n) John Write, about 1530.
The Archdeacon of Euftace Ellis, Nov. 11, 1572.
Canterbury. Nicholas Goldſborowe, Oct.20,
1585, reſig. 1589. sho
tatus and (0) Chriſtopher Paſhley, A.M.
April 28, 1589, obt. 1612.
Sp) Edward Hirſt, S. T. B.
Aug. 1, 1612, obt. 1618.
DE datozoid (9) Francis Fotherby, A. M.
Seliwa na kipato Sept.14, 1618, fequeſtered
og is tal code 1649.
hot (r) Henry Eve, S. T. P. obt.
A touto March 4, 1685.
to file (s) William Wickens, A. M.
Eletrica grow aut obt. Se
obt. Sept. 6, 1718.
Charles Sturgis, A. M. Oet.
He events fino. 29, 1718, relig. 1726.
(t) John Irons, A. M. Aug.
7, 1726, obt. Nov. 1766.
(u) Henry Shove, A.M. Nov.
355 lei
14, 1766, reſig. 1767.
(V) Hopkins Fox, A.M. Oet.
20, 1767. Preſent Vicar.
D O DDINGTON.AT
NEXT
(EXT to that of Linſted South-eaſtward, is
the pariſh of Doddington, called in the re-
cord of Domeſday, Dodeham, which being with-
in The Hundred of Tenham, is ſubordinate to that
manor.
(g) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant. This is ſtill called The
Playſtool : it is a meadow of between three and four acres,
and is part of the eſtate of Mr. Baptift Sympſon. It is fitu-
ated oppoſite the vicarage-houſe. There is a houſe belong-
ing to Mr. Tappenden, of London, fituated at the end of the
vicarage meadow, called the School Houſe. The report of
the pariſh is, that there was once a free ſchool there, which
by fome means or other the pariſh has been deprived of.
(b) William Apulderfield, of Faverſham, was a benefactor
to this church; for by his will, proved ar- 1487, he directed
his wife Mildred to repair the buttreſſes of the wall of the
church.yard, on the eaſt ſide of it, and to new ſhingle the
chapel of our Lady in the church.
(i) Eet. Theſ. p. 11.
*(k) Kenn. Imp. p. 306.
(1) As appears by a deed in the Rev, Mr. Fox's poſſef-
(m) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant. What is remarkable, he
deviſed by the name of fir William Cofte, Vicar of Linfted,
to Joane his wife, all his lands, &c. as therein mentioned.
The will is dated June 4, 1504, and proved Dec. 18, 1505.
(n) Hiſtory of Rocheſter, p. 240.
() (p) And Vicars of Tenham.
(q) And alſo Vicar of St. Clement’s, Sandwich. See
White's Century, p. 4. Walker's Suff. of the Clergy, pt.
ii, p. 244, 266.
(r) And Vicar of Tenham. He lies buried in the chan-
cel of this church.
(s) And Rector of Eafling, where he lies buried.
(t) He lies buried in this church.
(u) He reſigned this vicarage for the rectory of Little
Mongebam, as he did that afterwards for the vicarage of
Doddington.
(v) And Rector of Rucking:
Ac
fion.
(llWills, Prerog. off. Cant.

692
The HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
TENHAM HUNDRED.
year
DODDINGTON.
At the time of taking the above record, || of the King, viz. of the barony of Crevequer,
which was anno 1080, being the 15th year of
and by the ſervice of the half and one quarter of
the Conqueror's reign, this place was part of a knight's fee, and ſuit to the court of Ledes
the poſſeſſions of Odo, the great Biſhop of Baicux, from three weeks to three weeks (w).
the King's half-brother; accordingly it is thus Richard de Sharſted lies buried in this church,
entered, under the general title of that prelate's
in the chapel belonging to this manor (x). Ro-
lands:
bert de Sharfted died poffeffed of it in the 8th-
ifd Fulbt ten de epo Dodebam. p und Solin se
of K. Edward III, anno 1333 (y), leaving
defd. Tra. l. .... In dnio e una Car. & 17. an only daughter and heir, married to John de
villi cu. "10 bord bnt. 2. Car. Ibi accla & 6. Bourne, ſon of John de Beurne, Sheriff of this
county ſeveral years
ſervi & dimid piſcar de. 300. ellécib. & in Can-
in the reign of K. Edward
1, whoſe family had been poffeffed of lands and
tuaria civitate. 5. bage. de. 7. fol. & 10. den.
T. R: Ei valeb. 10. lib. Epus mifit ad firma p 10
reſided in this pariſh for ſome generations be-
lib. Qdo fulbtus recep. 6. lib. & mo fimilit. . .
fore (Z). In his deſcendants this eſtate con-
Sired tenuit de rege. E.
tinued down to Bartholomew Bourne, who pof-
Which is: The ſame Fulbert holds of the Biſhop
ſeſſed it in the reign of K. Henry VI. His
Dodebam. It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable
ſon James Bourne ſucceeded him in it, and died
ſeiſed of it anno 7 Edward IV, anno 1467, and
land is ..... In demeſne, there is one carucate
and 17 villeins, with 10 borderers having two ca was buried in this church. He left iſſue by
rucates. There is a church, and fix ſervants, and Joane his wife, James his fon and heir, a ſecond
ſon John, and four daughters, Mildred, Foane,
balf a filbery of 300 ſmall fiſh, and in the city of
Canterbury five houſes of ſeven shillings and ten Thomaſine, and Iſabell. James, the eldeſt ſon,
pence. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor, it reſided at Sharſted, and was ſucceeded in it by
was worth 10 pounds. The Biſhop let it to ferm
Bartholomew Bourne, efq; his ſon, who likewiſe
for 10 pounds, when Fulbert received it, fix pounds,
reſided here in the reign of K. Henry VII, and
and the like now..... Sired held it of K. Edward.
left iſſue a fon Henry, and a daughter, married
to fir Lewis Clifford, of Bobbing, knt. Which
Four years after which, the Biſhop of Baieux
Henry Bourne was of Sharſted, eſq; and married
was diſgraced, and all his effects were confif-
Elizabeth, daughter of John Cromer, of Sitting-
cated to the Crown.
tatoua
borne, eſq; (a) by whom he had iſſue three ſons,
Part of the above-mentioned eſtate was, moſt
Francis, James, and John, and two daughters (b).
probably, the manor of
Francis Bourne, efq; the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded
dostop
to this eſtate, of which he died ſeiſed on Sept.
SH A R S T E D,
21, 1615, æt. 86, and was buried in Dodding-
or, as it was antiently called Saherſted, the ſeat
ton church, leaving iſſue by his firſt wife Bennet,
of which, called Sharſted-court, is ſituated on
daughter of John Dering, of Surrenden, eſq; three
the hill juſt above the village of Newnbam north-
ſons, James, John, and Thomas, and four daugh-
ward, but at the north-eaſt extremity of this
ters (c).
pariſh.
James Bourne, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, inherited
This manor gave both reſidence and name to Sharfted (d), which he, in the beginning of K.
a family who poſſeſſed it in very early times, Charles I.'s reign, alienated to Mr. Abraham
for fir Simon de Sharſted, knt. died ſeiſed of it in Delaune, of London, Merchant, who afterwards
the 25th year of K. Edward I, then holding it reſided at it.
T
COM
(w) Rot. Eſch. Eſch. ejus an. N. 42, anno 21 Edw. I.
He was one of the four Knights appointed by the King, to
enquire before the Juſtices Itinerant, of the King's claim to
the manor of Minſter, againſt the Abbat of St. Auſtin's.
(x) There is a black marble ſtone over him, of an an-
tique faſhion, and upon a fillet of braſs round the
verge
of
it, in old French capitals-Hic jacet Ricardus de Saberſiada,
with other letters, now illegible.
(y) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(z) Philipott, p. 132. See Down Court, below.
(a) She afterwards married Chriſtopher Tucker.
(6) Anne married to Chriſtopher Honywood, and Mary to
William Hales, of Reculver and Nackington, eſq; the fourth
fon of John Hales, of the Dungeon, one of the Barons of the
Exchequer, and brother to Thomas Hales, of Thannington,
e/q;
(c) Of whom Margaret married John Adye; Anne was mar-
ried fir/ to Thomas Gibbon, and ſecondly to Price, of the co.
of Hereford; and Jane, who was thrice married, firſt to Simon
Clarke, of the co. of Suffolk, ſecondly to Henry Tyrill, and
tbirdly to William Cheeſe. His ſecond wife was Elizaberh,
daughter of Auften, of Tenterden, and widow of Stephen
Sharpeigh, by whom he left a fon Thomas, and a daughter
Cecil, married firft to John Suckling, and ſecondly to Ber-
nard Utbert.
(d) He died anno 1634, æt. 72, and was buried in Fa-
verſham church. He married Joane, daughter of Stepber
Sharpeigh, of Cranbrooke, by whom he had five fons, James;
Thomas, ſlain at the iſle of Rhee ; Francis; and Henry; and
five daughters, Elizabeth, married Robert Adye, of Home-
fall, gent. Bennet, to Leonard Smith, of Harty; Bridget,
who died young; Mary, buried at Faverſham; and Sarah,
married to Walter Clarke, of Harrietham. William Bourne,
the third ſon, was of Linfed, gent. and married Elizabeth,
daughter of Duke, of Maidſtone, by whom he had a ſon
Duke, and two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. Duke
Bourne died in 1666, æt. 25, and was buried in Linſted
church, leaving iſſue by Rebecca his wife, daughter of Mr.
John Greenftreet, an only daughter Anne.
This family of Bourne, feated at Sharfed, bore for their
arms-Ermine, on a bend azure 3 lions paſſant-guardant or.
Hc

The HISTORY of K E N T
693
TENHAM HUNDRED:
DODDINGTON.
He was the ſon of Gideon Delaune, of Black Colonel, by deed of ſettlement, had entailed this
Friars, London, Merchant (e), by Judith Cham eſtate, with divers remainders over, Mr. George
berlaine his wife, by whom he had Abraham, Swift died before him, in 1732, likewiſe with-
above - mentioned, and a daughter Anne (f). out iſſue, ſo that it paſſed, as next in the entail,
Which Abraham married Anne, daughter of fir to Col. Delaune's nephew Gideon Thornicroft, ſon
Richard Sondes, of Throwley, knt. (g) afterwards of his ſiſter Mary, widow of Edward Thornicroft,
married to fir William Hugeſen, of Linſted, knt.(b) eſq; by whom ſhe had likewiſe three daughters,
by whom he had iſſue four ſons and four daugh Dorcas, Anne, and Elizabeth.
ters (i); of the former, William will be men Gideon Thornicroft, efq; poſſeſſed this eſtate
tioned below ; George was a Merchant Adven but a ſmall time, and dying in 1742, without
turer, and was, with his houſe in Lothbury, in iſſue, and being the laſt in the entail above-
London, and whole family, burned in a dreadful mentioned, he deviſed it by his laſt will to his
fire there, on Nov. 27, 1662; Michael, who mother, Mrs. Mary Thornicroft, widow (n), who
was of London, Draper; and Gideon, who died dying in 1744. by her laſt will deviſed to her
in 1709, æt. 73, and was buried in Linſted two maiden daughters, Dorcas and Elizabeth,
charch, having married Anne, daughter of fir this manor and ſeat, as well as all the reſt of
William Hugeſſen, knt. widow of Rodulph Wer her eſtates, excepting Churchill farm in Dodding-
kerlin, who died in 1719, æt. 84, and was bu ton, which ſhe bequeathed to her ſecond daughter
ried by her firſt huſband.
Anne, who had married in 1722 George Nevill,
The eldeſt ſon, fir Willianz Delaune, knt. re-
Lord Abergavenny (o). Stogiug 101 bismo
fided at Sharſted, where he died on June 30, They poſſeſſed this eſtate jointly till the death
1667, and was buried in Doddington church. of Mrs. Dorcas Thornicroft, which happened in
He was twice married ; first to Anne, daughter 1759, when ſhe by her will deviſed her moiety
and only heir of Thomas Haward, of Gillingham, of it, as well as all the reſt of her eſtates, ex-
efq; (k) by whom he had an only daughter Anne, cept the Grange in Gillingham, to her ſiſter Mrs.
heir to her mother's inheritance. His ſecond Anne Thornicroft, for her life, remainder in tail
wife was Dorcas, daughter of fir Robert Barkham, to her nephew Alured Pinke, eſq; Barriſter-at-
knt. of Tottenham High Croſs (1), by whom he law, ſon of Elizabeth, Lady Abergavenny, her
had a ſon William, born in 1665, and a daugh ſiſter, by her ſecond huſband, Alured Pinke, eſq;
ter Mary, married to Co!. Edward Thornicroft, Barriſter-at-law (p), ſo that Mrs. Anne Thorni-
of Weſtminſter (ll).
bai croft, above-mentioned, is now the ſole poſ-
William Delaune, eſq; the ſon, ſucceded to this feffor of this manor and eſtate, and reſides
eſtate. He was a Colonel in the army, and
at it.
Knight of the Shire for this county in the firſt
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
Parliament of K. George I, and died in 1739, ch John de Sharfted held of the Archbiſhop of Can.
without iſſue. He had, in 1721, married Anne, terbury, the 40th part of a knight's fee in Shar-
the widow of Arthur Swift, eſq; who had a ſon, ſted, at a place called Marſham, alias Bodynge,
George, by her former huſband (m), on whom the
belonging to that eſtate, and Archbiſhop Peckham
(e) He bore for his arms- Azure, a croſs of lozenges or, on
chief gules a lion pafant-guardant of the 2d, holding in his
dexter paw a fleur de lis ; which coat was aſſigned by Wil-
liam Segar, Garter, March 7, 1612, anno 10 James I, to
Gideon de Laune, of Black Friars, London. Guillim, p. 376.
(f) She married fir Richard Sprignell.
(g) By this marriage, his deſcendants are of conſangui-
nity to Arcbbiſhop Chichele. See Stem. Chich. No.
293.
(5) She died in Sept. 1669.
(i). Of the daughters, Anne was married to Henry Perch;
Elizabeth to Henry Hoyle, Merchant; Judith to Abraham
Chamberlaine, of the co. of Hertford; and Mary died an
infant.
(k) She died on Nov. 17, 1660, and was buried in this
church.
(1) She afterwards remarried with fir Edward Dering,
bart. and dying on O&. 31, 1720, æt. 84, was buried in
this church.
(11) This branch of the family of Thornicroft was ſituated
at Milcomb in the co of Oxford, and was a younger branch
of thoſe of Thornicroft in the co. of Cheſter. John Thorni-
croft, of London, efq; Barriſter-at-law, was younger brother
of Edward Thornicroft, of the co. of Chefer, eſq; and fa-
ther of John, created a Baronet on Aug. 12, 1701, anno
13 William III, and of Col. Edward Thornicroft above-
mentioned. The title of Baronet is now extinct,
They bore for their arms-Vert, a maſcle or, between 4
croſs-croflets argent. .
(m) And a daughter Catherine Swift, on whom Col. De-
laune ſettled ſome lands in Newnham, which had before be-
longed to the Hulks's.". She died in 1747, having deviſed
them to Mrs. Anne Thornicroft, who now poſſeſſes them.
(n) Lieutenant-Colonel Thornicroft was Governor of Alicant,
when that fortreſs was beſieged in 1709, and periſhed there,
by the exploſion of a mine, which the beſiegers ſprung
underneath the parade, where the Governor and ſome of
his officers were ſtanding, expecting the execution of it.
See Tindal's Contin. of Rapin, vol. iv, p. 181.
(o) George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, died on Nov. 15,
1723, without iſſue. Lady Abergavenny, in her life-tine,
made a deed of gift of this farm, to her ſon Alured Pinke,
eſq; who now owns it.
(p) Lady Abergavenny had by Mr. Pinke, who died on
Nov. 29, 1755, one ſon Alured, and a daughter Jane, who
died on Aug. 29, 1779, having married the Rev. Mr. Henry
Shove, by whom fe had iſſue one ſon, Alured Henry, late of
Hertford college in Oxford. Alured Pinke, efq; the fon, mar-
ried in 1758, Mary, ſecond daughter of Thomas Faunce, of
Sutton at Hone, eſq; by whom he has one fon Thomas.
He bears for his arms- Argent, 5 lozenges in pale gules,
within a bordure azure, charged with 3 croßes pattee fitches
Vol, II.
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694
The HISTORY of K E N T.
anno
III; for Archbishop Boniface, who came to the
samo one
h ve
| Frangebury
TENHAM HUNDRED,
DODDINGTON. T
court continued till about the latter end of K.
Edward I, received homage of him for
7
it; as did Archbiſhop Morton in the reign of K. Henry VI.'s reign, when it was alienated to
Henry VII, of John Bourne, for the like lands. || Dungate, of Dungate-ſtreet in Kingsdown, the laſt
Since which, I ſuppoſe, this land has been of which name leaving an only daughter and
united to the Sharfted eſtate, and has continued heir, ſhe carried it in marriage to Killigrew,
in the ſame owners to Mrs. Thornicroft, the who about the beginning of K. Henry VIII,
preſent owner of it.rosli barlad mod vply ending likewiſe in two daughters and coheirs,
bris mit einer one of whom married Roydon, and the other
DOWN E-COURT
Sadle eidDOWN
Cowland, they, in right of their reſpective wives,
is a manor in this pariſh, fituated on the hill in became poſſeſſed of it in equal ſhares. The for.
the northern part of it. In the reign of K. Ed-
ner, about the latter end of that reign, alienated
ward I, it was in the poffeffion of William de
his part to John Adye, of Greet in this pariſh,
Dodington, who'in the 7th year of it did homage
gent. a feat where his anceſtors had been reli-
to Archbiſhop Peckham for this manor, as half a dent ever ſince the reign of K. Edward III. (v)
knight's fee, held of him by the deſcription of
He left iſſue one ſonbahn, and a daughter
Certain lands in Doddington, called Le Downe. Joane, married to Tbomas Sare, of Provender in
His deſcendant Simon de Dodington paid aid for
Norton. Which John Adye, the ſon, poffefied
it, as half a knight's fee, in the 20th year of K. this moiety of Downe-court on his father's death,
Edward III, as appears by the Book of Aid and was reſident at Sittingborne. He died on
made for that purpoſe; from him it paſſed into May 9, 1612, æt. 66, and was buried in Dod-
the family of Bourne, of Biſhopforne, whoſe an dington church, leaving iſſue by Thomafine his
ceſtors were undoubtedly poſſeſſed of lands in wife, daughter and coheir of Richard Day, of
this pariſh (q), ſo early as the reign of K. Henry Tring in the co. of Hertford, gent. one ſon John,
and five daughters (w). I to stiao bria
fee of Canterbury in the 29th year of it, granted John Adye, eſq; the ſon, ſucceeded to this
to Henry de Bourne (r), one yoke of land, in the moiety of Downe-court, and reſided there, during
pariſh of Dudingtune, belonging to his manor of which time he purchaſed of the heirs of Allen
Tenham, which land he held in gavelkind, and the other moiety of it, one of which name had
might hold to him and his heirs, of the Arch become poffeffed of it by ſale from the executors
biſkop and his ſucceſſors, by the ſervice of the of Cowland, who by his will, proved in 1540,
20th part of one knight's
knight's fee, and by the rent had ordered it to be ſold, for the payment of
of 135. ožd. to the manor of Tenbem (s).
debts and legacies.
His deſcendant John de Bourne lived in the John Adye, above-mentioned, died ſeiſed of
of which the whole of this manor and eſtate, on Feb. 20,
he obtained a charter of free warren for his lands || 1660, æt. 80, and was buried in Nutſted church,
in Bourne, Higham, and Doddington (t), after of which manor he was owner. He was twice
which he was Sheriff of this county in the 22d married; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
and the two following years of it, as he was
Waller, of Beaconsfield, eſq; who died in 1619,
again in the 5th year of K. Edward III. (u) His and was buried in St. Andrew's church in Hol-
fon John de Bourne married the daughter and ſole
borne, by whom he had iſſue three fons and four
heir of Robert de Sharfted, by which he became
daughters; of the former, John, the eldeſt, died
poffeffed of that manor likewiſe, as has been
without iſſue; Edward, the ſecond, was of Bar-
already related, and in his deſcendants Downe ham in the reign of K. Charles II, and married
(2) Rot. Clauſ. ejus an. N. 2.
iſſue by Clemence his wife, a fon Thomas, who was of Greet,
(*) Philipott, p. 21, ſays, Henry de Bourne purchaſed and by Agnes his wife, left iffue two ſons, John, who was
lands and rents in this pariſh of Matilda, daughter of John of Greet, efq; and was purchaſer of the manor of Downl-
de Dodington, anno 47 Henry III.
court ; and Nicholas, whoſe grandſon John was a Barriſter-
(s) Lambeth Mr. C. N. 14, p. 170.
at-law in the reign of K. James I, and by Margaret his
(1) Rot. Clauf. ejus an. N. 2.
wife, daughter of Francis Bourne, of this pariſh, esq; left
(u) K. Edward III, in his ift year, directed his writ to
iſſue a ſon Brent Adye. Mff. pedigree of Adye, in the hands
the Sheriff of Kent, to reſtore to John de Bourne, all his of the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor.
manors, lands, &c. in this county, forfeited in his father's This family bore for their arms-Azure, a feſs dancette O',
reign, on account of the proſecutions of Hugh le Deſpencer
between 3 cherubims beads argent, crined of the 2d; which
the elder and younger. Clauf. ejus an. p. 1, m. 22.
coar was confirmed by fir John Segar, Garter, on May 20,
(v) He was deſcended from John de Greet, of Greet in
anno 11 James I, to John Adye, of Doddington, eſq; ſon and
this pariſh, who lived there in the 25th year of K. Edward
heir of John Adye, of Sitting borne, efq; and heir of John
III. His
His grandſon, ſon of Walter, lived there in the reign
Adye, the purchaſer of this manor. Guillim, p. 83.
of K. Henry V, and affumed the name of Adye. His ſon
(w) Viz. Mary married John Fell; Elizabeth, John Bix,
John Adye, of Greet, had iſſue two ſons, John, of Greet,
of Bapchild. She died in 1636, and was buried in St. Mil.
dred's church in Canterbury; Joane married Edward Led.
Edward IV, and was anceſtor of Henry Adye, who was of
ſham; Margaret died ſingle; and Joane married Thomas
Town Malling, gent. John Adye, ejq; the eldeſt ſon, had
Wood, of Tunfall.
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The H I S T O R YI Of T K E N T.
695
whoſe defcendant fold
e poffeffiono
+ Kingsdown near
bn Wilkinſon, of
TENHAM HUNDRED.
DODDINGTON. «T
Lech, daughter of Peter Fortrey, of Greenwich, land is :::There are two villeins, having one
who died in 1678, by whom he had a ſon James, carucate, and it paid fix ſhillings in the time of K.
who died an infant in 1663, and four daughters, Edward the Confeſſor, and afterwards, and now
who became his coheirs (x). His third ſon was it is worth 40 ſhillings. Ulviet held it of K. Ed-
Nicholas, of whom mention will be made below. ward. Plastof. io 09, Auto
The ſecond wife of John Adye was Mary, daugh Four years after which, about the year 1084,
ter of Solomon Cole, of Life in the co. of Hants,
the Biſhop was diſgraced, and all his poffeffions
eſq; by whom he had two ſons, Thomas, and Solo-
were confiſcated to the Crown. ni bsiitsasont
mon, who was of Eaſt-Shelve in Lenham, and two
In the reign of K. Edward I, this eſtate was
daughters, Anne and Roſe.it
2D towote become the property of the family of Gerund
Nicholas Adye, eſq; the third ſon above-men for Hugh de Gerund died ſeiſed of it in the 22d
tioned, ſucceeded to Downe-court, and married
year of K. Edward I, anno 1293 (a). His de-
jane, daughter of Edward Deſbouverie, eſq; by ſcendants continued in the poffeffion of it till at
whom he had two ſons, John, of whom here length Richard le Gerund, in the beginning of
after, and Nicholas, who was of the co. of Suſſex, K. Edward III.'s reign, leaving an only daugh-
Cl. and married the daughter of — Aucher, ter and heir Maud, ſhe carried it in marriage to
M. D. by whom he had only three daughters, fir Henry de Chalf hunt, knt. who died poſſeſſed
Penelope, wife of Thomas Smith, of London, Su of it in the 45th year of that reign
of that reign (b). His ſon
Jan, and Elizabeth; and two daughters, Jane, Thomas de Chalfhunt died feiſed of it three years
who died fingle, and Elizabeth, married to Charles afterwards, as did his ſon and heir Henry, in the
Cotton, brother of fir Robert Cotton, of Cumber 9th year of K. Rich. II, an. 1385 (c). Soon after
mere in the co. of Cheſter, eſq; ne seu lacus which this eſtate was conveyed by fale to Robert
John Adye, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded to this le Hadde, who, as well as his deſcendants, refided
manor, at which he reſided till he removed to at Wrenſted, now called Rinſted, Court in Frin-
Beakſborne (y), at the latter end of K. Charles ſted (d), and they
continued owners of it till
II.'s reign, about which time he ſeems to have Henry Hadde, of Frinſted, eſq; in the beginning
alienated it to Creed, of Charing, in which name of Q. Elizabeth's reign, alienated a con
a conſidera-
it continued till it was ſold to Bryan Bentham,
ble part of it to Buck, who in the toth year of
of Sheerneſs, efq; who deviſed it to his eldeſt ſon
16 mai
Edward Bentham, of the Navy-office, efq; (2) it, in King Charles I.'s reign, to Mr. Thomas
ſince whoſe death it is by his will become vetted Finch, of Kingsdown, but that part of Ringle-
in truſtees, to fulfil the purpoſes therein men-
Stone which remained in t
tioned.
70-99) 9 ni motorn.
mily of Hadde was, by Mr. Henry Hadde, noč
7 GOSSI ALI
many years after
onlig art ban
the conveyance made by him
on lidw on
of the other part as above-mentioned, fold tě
-- i dts medias? 10 do sna to toda EW
antiently written Rongoftone, and Ruggeſting is
Archer
, from which name it was alienated to
an eſtate, which was formerly of ſome account. Thatcher, who paſſed it
paſſed it away by fale, at the
Part of it ſituated at the ſouth-weſt extremity
latter end of Q. Elizabeth's reign, to Allen,
of this pariſh, and a much greater part in that
whoſe fucceffòr Mr. Chriſtopher Allen, of Bor-
of Hollingborne, and at the time of the taking of den (e), married, firſt, Suſan, daughter of Mke
the general ſurvey of Domeſday was part of the Thomas Knatchbull
, of Maidſtone, by whom he
poſſeſſions of Odo Biſhop of Baieux, under the ſeems to have had no iſſue; and ſecondly, in
general title of whoſe lands it is entered in it the year 1624, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Tho.
as follows: dood agni > ads ni boulev ei 11
Ricard ten de epo Rongoftone. p uno ſolin fe defd. tioned above. He afterwards ſettled it on his
Traes. Jbi. 2. villi but, I. car. & reddt: 6.. daughter in marriage with Mr. Giles, whoſe
fol
. 1. R. E. & poft. &
& poft. & mo, val. 40. folid. Ul widow, in the next reign of King Charles II,
ct tenuit de rege. E. ting
is
bulsy 901 70 alienated it to Francis Barrell, eſq; Sergeant-at-
Which is : Richard holds of the Biſhop, Ron. law, and Recorder of Rocheſter. He died ſei-
0151
gofione. It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable ſed of Ringleſtone in the year 1679, and was
Fando od bontot, W33
(x) Viz. Leah and Anne, married to Boys and Marſh; (z) They bear for their arms-Quarterly argent and gules,
hoc inte
Mary, to John
of Shelve, and died in 1912, æt. a croſs patonce counterchanged; in the 1ſt and 4th quarters, a
71; Roſamond, to George Elcock, of Barham, e/13
,
roſe gules, barbed vert; in the ad and 3d çuarters, a flar of
to William Hugejjen, of Provender, efq; Sujannah, to Ruſhe 32 points or.
Hi ont bosri, 94
Wentworth, and died in 1681, and was buried at Nutſed; (a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (6) Ibid. ejus an. N. 14.
and Dorothy, married to Henry Eve, of Canterbury, eſq;
(c) Ibid. N. 14.
(9) He was twice married ; firſt, in 1673, to Elizabeth, (d) See a further account of them under Frinfled, p. 512.
fecond daughter of fir Nicholas Stuart, of the co. of Hants, (e) Philipott, p. 133. See more of the Allens, under
bart, who died at Harteley Manduit in 1675, and was buried Borden, p. 568, note (a).
con il 998
he had iſſue one daughter and heir Mary,
Chriſtopher Allen died Feb. 28, 1642, æt. 49. In this
married to Henry Stevens, of Cullum-court near Henly upon
church is a memorial for Raylidge Allen, of Down-court,
Thames, Sergeant-at-law.
who died June 17, 1591.
ſucceeded
it paſſed it away to
to Pord, where
RINGLES TONE.
of it is ſituated
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696
The H 1 S T O R Y Of T K E N T.T
TENHAM HUNDRED.
DUHOIT
DODDINGTON.
ſucceeded in it by his eldeſt ſon Francis Barrell, Ten ſhillings are paid yearly at Chriſtmas, out
of Rocheſter, eſq; whoſe only ſon and heir Francis of the parſonage, to the poor of this pariſh.
Barrell, of London, éſqdied poffeffed of it, The Rev. Mr. Somerſcales, Vicar of this pariſh,
leaving iſſue only by his firſt wife Anne, daugh- by his laſt will bequeathed an Exchequer annuity
ter of Thomas Pearſe, of Rocheſter, eſa; (f) two of 141. to be applied to the inſtructing of poor
daughters, viz. Anne,
e, married in 1758, to the
children in the Chriftian religion. iw bnost
Rev. Mr. Francis Dodſworth (g), and Catherine, Forty ſhillings are payable yearly at Michael-
ſince married in 1772 to the Rev. Mr. Frederick
mas, out of a field formerly called Pyding, now
Dodſworth, younger brother of the former. His St. John Shotts, now belonging to Alured Pinke,
third wife, Mrs. Frances Barrell, ſurvived him, eſq; towards the repair of the church. zvezdtub
and now poſſeſſes this eſtate, at whoſe death it
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
will become veſted in his two daughters and to bas
SMOOC
coheirs, and their reſpective huſbands, above DODDINGTON is within the ecclefiaftical jurif-
mentioned.
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury
, and deanry
od se ha as readingstal
of Ospringe. 1o w odwdiVi bris 1971
dgusb vino na ginsel giore Il buwber
oj gs: PRESENT
PRESENT STATE OF DODDINGTON.bns
The church, which is dedicated to St. John
batishoq beib on w
Baptiſt, conſiſts of a body and chancel, with a
This pariſh is very narrow, but it extends chapel or chantry on the ſouth ſide of it, belong.
along the valley, called Newnham-valley, from ing to the Sharſted eſtates At the weſt end is a
north-east to ſouth-weſt, upwards of three miles. low pointed ſteeple, in which hang fix bells (b).
The village is ſituated in it, at the north-eaſt end The church of Doddington was antiently
of the pariſh; on the hill above it, northward, fteemed as a chapel to the church of Tenham, as
ſtands the church, and vicarage houſe cloſe to
appears by the Black Book of the Archdeacon
it. The north-eaſt winds, which blow through of Canterbury, and it was given and appropriated
the above-mentioned valley, make it very cold with that church and it appendages, in the year
and bleak.od neboden
1227, by Stephen Langton, Archbiſhop of Canter!
At the north-eaſt end of the village, next to bury, to that Archdeaconry. It has long ſince
Newnham, is a good houſe, called Wbitemans, been independent of the church of Tenbam, and
which formerly belonged to the family of Adye, ſtill continues appropriated to the Archdeacon
and then to that of Eve, of one of whom, Mr.
of Canterbury, who is likewiſe patron of the vi-
James Eve, it was purchaſed, in 1772, by the
carage of it. d Inweit di Asob glow
Rev. Mr. Francis Dodſworth, who has almoſt re-
,
- Richard Wetherſhed, who fucceeded Archbiſhop
built it, and now refides
on to liste Langton in the ſee of Canterbury in 1229, con-
The lands of this pariſh on the hills, are
mitt
firmed the gift of Maſter Girard, who whilſt he
very barren, and
and much covered
covered with flints, nor was Rector of the church of Tenham, at the in-
are, they much leſs ſo in the long valley under-
ftance of Hugh, ſon of Herevic, granted to the
neath. The high road from Faverſham through
chapel of Dudintune, that the tythes of 20 acres
Newnham valley to Hollingborne-hill and Maid-
of the aſfart of Pidinge ſhould be taken for the
ſtone, runs through this village, and the whole
uſe of this chapel, for ever, to be expended by
length of this pariſh.
bortser (Systegh
the diſpoſition of the Curate, and two or three
It is in the diviſion of Eaſt Kent. item impel pariſhioners of credit, to the repairing of the
sii gribirou op band sint oal berteved of emot books, veſtments, and ornaments neceffary to
14by se
the faid chapel (i). Dal lortu 7o sisista
Forty ſhillings, deviſed by one of the family
It is valued in the King's books at 151. and
of Adye to the poor of this pariſh, are payable
the yearly tenths at ul. 108. od. (k) ***
01 bis
In the viſitation of Archdeacon Nicholas Harps-
yearly out of Capel-hill in Leyſdown, the eftate
of John Sawbridge, and John Ruck, eſqrs.
field, in 1557, this vicarage was returned to be
Dejangis of the value of 12l. pariſhioners 60, houſhold-
Twenty ſhillings per annum are payable oue
of the eſtate in Doddington, late belonging to
* In 1569, at the viſitation of Archbiſhop Par-
,
Earl of Efing bam, and now to the Rev. Mr.
ker, it was returned, that the chapel of Dod-
Francis Dodſworth.
zatets isda to modo
dington uſed to be let to farm for 401. and
His ſecond wife was Frances, daughter of Thomas
and Prebendary of York, Vicar of Minſter in Thanet and of
Bowdler, efq; by whom he had no iſſue; and his third,
this pariſh.
Frances, one of the daughters and at length coheirs of
William Hanbury, of Little Marcle in the co. of Hereford,
The arms of Dodſworth, of the co. of York, are-Argent,
eſq; by whom he
he had iſſue only one ſon Francis, who died
a bend engrailed ſable, between 3 annulets gules.
His third wife was of confanguinity to Archbp. (5) About the year 1650, the ſteeple of this church was
Chichel. See Stem. Chich. No. 393. See mo
ſet on fire by lightning, and much damaged.
Barrells, under Frindſbury, vol. i. of this hiitory, p. 546, (i) Ex archiv. Eccliæ Chrifti, Cant. Mfr. Wharton, p.
where correct note () by this note and the text above. 61. Ducarel's Rep. p. 35, edit. 2d.
(8) He is Treaſurer of the cathedral church of Saliſbury,
anders-Insgen
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DODDINGTON.
fometimes for leſs; that there were here com-
municants 113, houſholders 35,
In 1640, the vicarage was valued at 301.
Communicants 107.
Dr. Samuel Parker, Archdeacon of Canter-
bury, at the inſtance of Archbiſhop Sancroft, by
leaſe, dated Aug. 2, anno 27 Charles II, re-
ferved an additional penſion of 10l. per annum
to the Vicar of Linſted and his ſucceſſors (2).
It pays no procurations to the Archdeacon.
It is now a diſcharged living in the King's
books (II).
(9) John Baker, A. M. May
7,1585, obt. Mar.1, 1615.
Ofmund Clutting, A. B. Apr.
19, 1615, reſig. 1619.
Nathaniel Chambers, A. B.
Aug. 30, 1619.
William Dunbar, A.M. July
toisi
30, 1661.
CHURCH OF DODDINGTON.
PATRONS,
VICARS,
or by whom preſented.
(m) Bartholomew, in 1484.
(n) Charles Garlick, in 1569.
The Archdeacon of (0) Thomas Holland, Jan.1572.
Canterbury. (2) John Hopton, May 30,
1575.
(r) Daniel Somerſcales, A.M.
June 9, 1694, obt. June
20, 1737
(s) Henry Shove, A.M. 1737,
obt. Dec. 8, 1771
(1) Henry Shove, A. M. Oet.
31, 1772, obt. June 10,
sador 1773.
(u) Francis Dodſworth, A.M.
nostalo siyo Dec. 31, 1773. Preſent
Vicar.
(1) Kennet's Imp. p. 306.
(II) E&t. Thef. p. li.
(m) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(n) And Vicar of Newnham. (o) Ibid.
() Ibid. He lies buried in Newnham church.
(1) And Vicar of Newnham.
(r) Ibid. He died, æt. 79, and was buried in Dodding-
ton church.
(s) He was likewiſe Vicar of Rainham.
(1) Son of the former. He had been Rector of Little
Mongebam.
(u) And Vicar of Minſter in Thanet, by diſpenſation,
See above, p. 696.
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libris board games
The
H U N D RE D of F A V E R S H A M
LI
IES the next eaſtward from that of Mid-
dleton. It is written in the book of Domeſ-
day, Favreſhant, by which name it was called
in the 7th year of K. Edward I, the King and
the Abbat of Faverſham being then Lords of it.
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, on levy-
ing 4os. on every knight's fee, for the making of
the Black Prince a Knight, this Hundred anſwered
for 15 knights fees, the half, the third, and the
40th part of a knight's fee.
The Hundred of Faverſham, as it has been long
fince written, contains within its bounds the
pariſhes of,
1, FAVERSHAM in part.
2, DAVINGTON.
3, Ore.
4, LUDDENHAM.
5, Stone.
6, BUCKLAND.
7, NORTON.
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vino bond bisl elisi
8, NewNHAM,
9, EASLING
god sa
10, THROWLEY.
11, Stalisfield, with Boresfield (v)!
12, BADLESMERE. od
13, L.EVELAND. - band
buonanotte das
14, SHELDWICH.
to en
15, OSPRINGE in part.
16, PRESTON.
17, GOODNESTON; and
18, Harty in the Iſle of Sheper.
And the churches of thoſe pariſhes, excepting
Oſpringe, and likewiſe a part of the pariſh of
Selling and Ulcomb (7), the churches of which
are in other Hundreds.
Two Conſtables have juriſdiction over this
Hundred.
The whole of it is within the diviſion of Eaſt
Kent.
(v) This dilapidated church is now united to that of
Otterden. See above, p. 503.
(w) Viz. ſo much of it as is within the borough of Kings-
north. See above, p. 425.
The
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698
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
4.
lib
faid Piers, through the marſh towards the north to the las
The TOWN and PARISH of F A V ERSHA M.
The town and part of the pariſh of Faverſham of the taking of the general ſurvey of Domeſday,
has long ſince been made a ſeparate juriſdi&tion which was in the year 1080, being the 15th
from this Hundred, being within the limits and year of the Conqueror's reign, in which it is
liberties of the Cinque Ports, and a member of entered, under the general title of Terra Regis,
the town of Dover, and having its own Confta that is, The King's untient Demeſne, as follows:
bles and officers, under the juriſdiction of its In Leſt de Wiwarlet, in Favreſhant Hund.
own Juſtices.
Rex W. ten Favreſhant. p. 7. folins ſe defd. Tra e
17. Car. In dnio ſunt 2x.
Ibi 30. villi cu 40.
The TOWN and PARISH of FAVERSHAM,
bord. Ent 24. Car. Ibi 5. ſervi. & 1. molin de
20. fol. & a&. ac. pti. ſilva 100. porc. & de pa-
CALLED, according to Lambarde, in Saxon, Atura filvæ. 31. fol & 2. den. Mercatu de
Fafreſham, and Fafresfeld (x), in the record
& 2a. Saline de 3. ſolid. & 2. den. & in Cantuar.
of Domeſday, Favreſhant, and in ſome few others, civitate 3 es. Hage de 20. denar, ad hoc M. ptin.
Fefreſham, lies almoſt adjoining to the great Lon-
In totis valent T. R. E. valeb. 60. lib 5. folid min.
don road, on the north ſide of it, at a very ſmall & poft 60. lib. modo val qter 20 ti, lib.
diſtance from the 47th mile-ſtone.
Which is : In the lath of Wiwarlet, in Favre-
The town itſelf, and ſo much of the pariſh as mant Hundred,
is within the bounds of the corporation, is ſub King William holds Favrebant. It was taxed
ject to the liberties of it, and of the Cinque Ports, at ſeven ſulings. The arable land is 17 carucates.
and is exempt from the juriſdiction of The Hun In demeſne there are two. There are 30 villeins,
dred of Faverſhamn, but the reſt of the pariſh, with 40 borderers, having 24 carucates. There
together with the rectory, is within the liberties are five ſervants, and one mill of 20 fillings, and
of that Hundred, which has been always eſteemed
two acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
as appurtenant to the manor of Faverſham(y). 100 bogs, and of the paſture of the wood 31 shil-
Although from the ſeveral diſcoveries which lings and two pence. A market of four pounds,
have been made of Roman antiquities in this and two falt-pits of three fillings and two pence,
neighbourhood, it is plain, this place could not and in the city of Canterbury there are three houſes
be unknown to that nation, during their ſtay in of 20 pence belonging to this manor. In the whole
this iſand, yet there is no mention made of it value, in the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, it
by any writer during that period; and it ſeems, was worth 60 pounds all but five billings, and af-
even in the time of the Saxons, to have been a terwards 60 pounds, and now it is worth four
place of but little conſequence, notwithſtanding times 20 pounds.
it was then a part of the royal deneſnes, as ap-
THE MANOR and ABBEY OF FAVERSHAM.
pears by a charter of Cenulpb, King of Mercia,
dated anno 812, wherein it is ſtyled the King's
The manor of Feverſham, with the Hundred
little town of Fefreſhan (z); and in one of Atbel-
of the ſame appurtenant to it, remained part
of
wolf, King of the Weſt Saxons and of Kent, in
the poſſeſſions of the Crown till about the be-
anno 839, where it is ſaid to be made only in villa
ginning of K. Stephen's reign, when it was
de Faveriſham(a). However, it was of note ſuffi-
granted to William de Ipre, a foreigner, whom,
cient, perhaps as being the King's eſtate, even in for his faithful ſervices againſt the Empreſs
the time of K. Alfred, at the firſt diviſion of this
Maud, the King, in his 7th year, created Earl
county into thoſe ſmaller diſtricts, to give name
of Kent (c); but within a few years afterwards,
to the Hundred in which it is ſituated (6).
reſolving to found an abbey here, he, with his
Faverſham continued part of the antient de Queen Matilda, about the year 1147, exchanged
meſnes of the Crown of this realm at the time
.
the manor
manor of Lillecbirch, with its appurts. at
(x) Lamb. Peramb. p. 270.
courſe of the river which ſeparates the franchiſe of the
(y) By a ſurvey of the boundaries of this town, taken
church of Canterbury, down to a place towards the ſouth,
in the reign of K. Edward I, it appears, that they were called The Thorn, at Ewelle-fiete, before-mentioned. With-
then much the fame as at preſent. In it, they are deſcribed
in which bounds the Abbey had eight acres of land, in St.
to begin at a place called The Thorn, at Ewelle-flete, and to Andrew's croft, and four acres and a half of land belong-
extend from thence to the north of the Abbey, and fronı ing to the Almnery of the ſaid Abbey.
thence directly towards the ſouth to a ſtile called Dead-
(z) In partibus fuburbanis regis oppidulo Fefreſham dico.
mannyſtile, and from thence towards the eaſt to land called See Somn. Cant. p. 124.
Coloker ; thence down to a tenement which was Solomon (a) Decem. Script. col. 1776. Villa fignifies a pariſh,
Fitzbafilyls; thence down Peinel-lane, and fo to a ſtone,
or country village.
which is the boundary in Kingsfeld, and from thence to (6) Lambarde, Camden, and Leland ſay, that K. Athelftan
Key-Areet, (now the high London road,) which is to the held a parliament or meeting of his wife men at Faverſham,
fouth; from thence to the river which runs through Oſpringe,
about the year 903 (no doubt for 930), in which divers
and from thence down to the mill of the Maiſon Dieu, which laws were enacted. See. Chron. Joh. Bromton, Decen.
is towards the north ; thence to the gate of the heirs of Script. col. 848.
Piers de la Broke, which is towards the north-eaſt, and (c) See a further account of him, among the Earls of
from thence, to the river which runs by the mill of the Kent, vol. i. of this hiſtory, pt. i, p. lix,
5790
Higham

I be
699
H I S T O R Y of
of K E N T.
The TO W N and PARISH of F A V ERSHA M.
Higham in this county, which was of the Queen's them all their other poſſeſſions, with all liberties
inheritance, and other premiſes beſides, in his and free cuſtoms, in as ample a manner as any
manor of Middleton, for this manor and Hun church within the realm was poſſeſſed of any ſuch
dred, which having again taken poſſeſſion of, whatſoever, as the ſeveral charters which they
he, together with his Queen, in the latter end then had relating to them might teſtify.
of that year, or the beginning of the
K. John likewiſe, by his charter, dated at
obtaining liberty to remove Clarembald, then Oſpringe in his 16th year, confirmed to the Abbat
Prior, and 12 other monks from the Cluniac and Monks of St. Saviour's, Faverſham, then of the
priory of Bermondſey in Southwark hither, founded order of Clugni, their abbey, and the manor of
an abbey at a ſmall diſtance from the town of Faureſham, with the Hundred and all its appurts.
Faverſham (d), on the north-eaſt ſide of it, and which they had of the gift of K. Stephen, and
appointed Clarembald Abbat of this new founda the fair above-mentioned, and all the reſt of
tion, which was dedicated to St. Saviour; and their poſſeſſions, and ſundry liberties belonging
for their ſupport he granted to him, and the to them(i); and K. Henry III, in his with
monks of it, of the order of Clugni (e), the manor year, confirmed to them, then of the order of
of Faverſham, with all its appurts, and ſeveral
Clugni, all the above poſſeſſions, as well as the
other premiſes, in perpetual alms, with divers
feveral charters of his predeceſſors above-men-
liberties to the fame, as may be further ſeen in
tioned, and the ſeveral liberties contained in
the charter itſelf (f).
them (k).
Soon after the above mentioned period, theſe
By the munificence of the royal founder, the
religious ſeem to have changed their order from
building of this abbey was not long before it
that of Clugni, to the rule of St. Benediet, of
was compleated (g), at leaſt the church of it
which they certainly were in the next reign of
ſeems to have been finiſhed before the year
K. Edward I, in the very beginning of which,
1151, when Queen Matilda died, and was buried
though by what means does not appear, this
in it, as was Euftace, Earl of Bologne, her eldeſt
abbey was funk into an abject ſtate of poverty,
ſon, about 15 months afterwards, and King
and the Abbat and Convent were become ſo greatly
Stephen himſelf at the latter end of the year
indebted to merchants and others, that the King,
1154(b).
to preſerve them and their houſe from ruin, as
His ſucceſſor, K. Henry II, at the requeſt of their revenues would not for a long ſpace of
his kinſman William, Earl Warren, confirmed time be ſufficient for the payment of their debts,
to the monks of Fauereſham, of the order of
by his patent, dated in his 3d year, took them
Clugni, the abbey which K. Stephen had founded and all their lands, goods, and poffeffions what-
in that manor, the manor itſelf, with its appurts. ſoever, under his ſpecial protection, and com-
in perpetual alms, and ſundry liberties to their mitted them to the charge and management of
tenants, the ſame as they enjoyed in the time of Fulk Peyforer and Hamon Doges, during his plea-
K. Henry I, his grandfather, and likewiſe one
ſure, for the diſcharge of their debts, and the
fair for eight days yearly, to begin at the feaſt
affording them a neceſſary ſupport during that
of St. Peter ad Vincula ; and he confirmed to
time (1).
(d) The ſpace where Court or Abbey-ſtreet now ſtands
was then unbuilt, and this was therefore, in the reign of
K. Edward III, diſtinguiſhed by the name of the new
Town, as the reſt of it, built before, was by that of The old
Town.
(e) The Prior and Monks of Bermondſey, of the order of
Clugni, were ſubordinate to the abbey de Caritate in France,
and conſequently Clarembald and his 12 monks continued
fo, though they were removed hither; but at the requeſt of
K. Stephen and his Queen, Peter, Abbat of that monaſtery,
immediately afterwards, whilſt this abbey was building,
abſolved them from all obedience and ſubjection which
they before owed to him, to the church of Clugni, or to
the church de Caritate; ſo that neither the Abbat of Clugni,
nor the Prior De Caritate ſhould in future claim any thing
of their abbey, but that it ſhould be as free as the abbey of
Rading then remained, which was erected by monks of their
order : accordingly Abbat Clarenbald afterwards received
his benedi&tion from Archbiſhop Theobald publicly, in the
preſence of Q. Maud and many others. Dugd. Mon, vol.
i, p. 689. Somn. Cant. p. 124.
Pope Innocent III. confirmed the ſubjection of this abbey
to the fee of Canterbury, by his bull anno 1198, being the
2d of his pontificate. Regiſter of Chriſt Church, Cant.
( Degd. Mon. vol. i, p. 687,688.
(8) The Queen, anxious for the carrying forward of this
work, frequently Atayed at the Abbey of St. Augufline's, Can.
terbury, that ſhe might be at hand to viſit it, and give the
neceflary orders about it. Decem. Script. col. 1366.
(h) Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 40, 41, 43. On the diffolu-
tion of this abbey in the reign of K. Henry VIII, the King's
body, for the lucre of the lead in which it was coffined,
was taken out and caſt into the neighbouring creek.
Speed's Chron. from Stow, p. 481. Moſt probably the
remains of the Queen and Prince met with the ſame uſage.
(i) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 688.
baru
(k) Ibid. p. 689. The Abbat fined in 25 marcs for five
palfreys to the King, that is, he preſented the King with
ſo much, for his confirmation of the poſſeſſions given to
this abbey by K. Stephen, Q. Maud, and other benefactors,
according to the true meaning of their reſpective charters.
Madox's Exchequer, p. 285.
(1) Prynne, vol. iii, p. 161. In one of the regiſters of
the monaſtery of St. Auguftine's, Canterbury, there is a moſt
melancholy letter from one of the monks of this abbey to
the Sacrift there; in which he tells him, that having often
repreſented to him the miſerable poverty of his houſe, he
then informed him, that for three weeks paſt, they had
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700
The H I S T O R Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
A BBATS OF FAVERSHAM.
The TOWN and PARISH of F A VERS H A M.
Notwithſtanding this humiliating ſituation, K. Henry VI, in his 20th year, granted to
the Abbat of Faverſham, holding his abbey and
them a like confirmation of their poffeffions, to-
lands, conſiſting of 16 knights fees, of the King gether with the fiſhery of Middleton, with all
in chief and by barony (m), was a Lord of Parlia liberties, &c.(r)
ment, and was obliged, on receiving the King's
writ of ſummons, to attend it; accordingly Sel-
den tells us, he was called to 12 ſeveral Parlia 1. Clarembald, Prior of Bermondſey, received
ments in the reigns of K. Edward I. and II, but his benediction as Abbat of Faverſham from Arch-
never after the 18th of the latter reign; and biſsop Theobald, on Nov. II, 1147, at the high
though there has been no diſcharge of his atten altar of the church of Canterbury, having firſt
dance found, yet it may well be ſuppoſed, that there made his profeſſion of canonical obedi-
poverty, the length and trouble of the journey, ence to the Archbiſhop and his ſucceſſors, at which
and the expences attending it, might be the ex were preſent, Q. Maud herſelf, with the Biſhops
cuſes alledged by him, and the reaſons for his
of Worceſter, Bath, Exeter, and Chicheſter (t).
being omitted in all future writs of ſummons on 2. Guerricus, Prior likewiſe of Bermondſey,
this occaſion (n).
was elected Abbat on his death, and in the year
K. Edward I, in his iſt year, granted to the 1178(u), made his profeſſion of obedience at
Abbat and Convent of Faverſham, the cuſtody of Canterbury to Archbiſhop Richard, and received
their abbey, during the vacancy of the Abbat(o), benediction from him.
and in his 25th year, free warren within all their 3. Algarus ſucceeded him, and was Abbat be.
demeſne lands in their manor here (P).
fore Archbiſhop Richard's death, which happened
K. Edward II, in his gth year, confirmed the in 1183, to whom he made profeſſional obe-
manor of Faverſham, the fair, and divers other
dience, and received benediction from him.
lands and liberties to the Abbat and his ſuc-
4. Nicholas was the next Abbat, and in 1214
ceffors (9).
received the benediction from Archbiſhop Stephen
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 1384, Langton. During his time, viz. in the year 12352
the ſpiritualities of this abbey within the dioceſe Iſabel, ſiſter to K. Henry III, being married to
of Canterbury were valued at 781. 11. 2d. and the Emperor Frederick, came to this abbey, with
the temporalities within the ſame at 1551. 6s. 2d. her numerous train, in her way to Sandwich,
Total 233l. 178. 4d. per annum (99).
where ſhe took ſhipping (v).
() Pat. I, Edw. I, m.
Tan. Mon. p. 214.
p) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 4. (9) Ibid. N. 48.
(99) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 39.
(-) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 4. Among other privi-
leges, common to other religious houſes, thoſe of Jančiuary,
Jepulture, and letters of fraternity, were enjoyed likewiſe by
this abbey.
(s) Decem. Script. col. 1365.
(t) Decem. Script. col. 1446.
(u) He ſigned as Abbat on id. May 1177. See Reg.
Roff. p. 411.
not had a grain of barley to ſupport their houſhold, nor
could they make any nalt, nor low their lands; for that
none of their neighbours would let them have any corn,
upon the credit either of their words or bonds : and, what
was ſtill worſe and diſgraceful, to men of their profeſion,
they were forced to procure drink either in alehouſes, or
ſuch as was bought in the town among their enemies, and
even that was in a manner taken by ſtealth. Therefore he
earneſtly entreats him to afford him ſomewhat becoming for
his fubfiftance, that he might not periſh, &c.
(m) A Barony did not conſiſt of any certain number of
knights fees, or was it of any certain value : it confifted
merely in the tenure itſelf, by which the lands were held.
See Madox's Baronies, p. 107, 91.
The knights fees belonging to this abbey lay in the pa-
riihes of Budleſmere, Buckland, Prefton, Goodneſton, Eaſling,
Luddenham, Oſpringe, Newington, Throwley, Harty, Norton,
Newnham, Hurfi, and Kingston, in this county. Southouſe
Mon, p. 66.
(~) Selden's Titles of Honor, p. 730. Ceke, in his
Comments upon Littleton, fays, there were in England 113
monaſteries founded by the Kings of England, whereof ſuch
Abbats and Priors as were founded to hold of the King per
Baroniam, and were called to Parliament by writ, were
Lords of Parliament, and had places and voices there ; and
of them in the time of K. Henry VIII, there were only 27
Abbats and two Priors ſummoned. K. Stephen founded this
abbey, and dedit Abbati et Monachis et ſuccefforibus fuis mon.
de Feverſham fimul cum Hundredo &c. tenend per Baronian,
&c. who, albeit, he held by a Barony, yet becauſe he was
never (that he found) called by writ, he never ſat in Parlia-
ment; and this foundation was ſo pleased in Chancery, in
Eaſter term, anno 30 Edward I, Inſtit. 1, Sect. 137, p.
97. And Reyner ſays, theſe Abbats, who had not ſeats in
Parliament, yet were accounted among the ſpiritual Barons
of the reakın. p. 21,
(v) The King fent letters to all the ſeveral neighbour-
ing monaſteries, injoining them to furniſh her with ſump-
ter horſes and drivers, at their peril. See Math. Paris,
anno 1235, p. 350.
Mr. Lewis, in his Hift. of Faverſham, gives a ſucceſſion
of Abbats after this Nicholas, which cannot be at all recon-
ciled to the account above, which is taken from Willis's
Mitred Abbeys, vol. i, p. 100. The former ſays, that
Nicholes was ſucceeded by
Peter, as he was by another
Peter de Rodmerſham, whoſe profeflion ftands next to that
of the former in the regiſter, and was made by him to Arch.
biſhop Boniface, 14 kal. Jan. 1244, and that it ſeemed as if
during this Abbat's time, that Aichbiſhop viſited this abbey
twice, in 1250 and 1253, when probably he viſited his
dioceſe.
John made his profeſſion as Abbat to Archbiſhop Boniface
in 1254, and received his benediction.
Peter de Hardeſlo, in the vacancy of the ſee by the death
of the above-mentioned Aichbiſhop, made his profeffion of
obedience to the Sacriſt of the priory of Chriſt Church, 4
non. March 1271.
In whoſe room was elected John de Ro-
menhale, &c.
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5. Geoffry ſucceeded him.
nounced againſt them, on his allegiance, others
6. Peter de Linſtede was his ſucceſſor, but to wiſe he would proceed ſeverely againſt him, for
whom he made his profeſſion does not appear.
this high contempt (x). He was ſucceeded by
He was elected Abbat in the year 1244, and re-
12. Clement, who made his profeſſion of ca-
figned his charge on Dec. 1, 1266.
nonical ſubjection as Abbat to Archbiſhop Robert
7. John de Hoſapuldre ſucceeded him, and had
Winchelſea, in 1305.
the temporalities reſtored on June 25, 1267, anno
13. Thomas de Wengham was elected Abbat in
52 Henry III, the conge delire being dated on
1319.
Dec. iſt preceding. He died about the year 14. John de Lye was elected in his room, in
1270.
1326.
8. Peter de Erdecloſe, or Hardreſo, fucceeded, 15. John, in 1355
the conge d'elire being dated Jan. 13, 1270.
He
21 16. William de Maydeſtán is mentioned as Ab-
had the temporalities reſtored to him on Feb. bat in an indenture dated anno 38 Edward III,
29th following. He died in 1272, and was ſuc 1363, and in 1367 the Prior of Chriſt Church in
ceeded by
Canterbury ſent his letters to this Abbat, in be.
9. Peter de Rodmerſham, who had the tempo half of Walter de Maydeſtan, a monk of this
ralities reſtored to him on Dec, 26, 1272. abbey, who deſired to be admitted into that
10. John de Romenbale was on his death elected
friory; which requeſt he granted, and abſolved
by the monks for their Abbat, on Nov. 7, 1275,
him from his obedience to him and this abbey.
anno 3 Edward I, the conge delire being dated 17. Robert de Faverſham was elected Abbat in
Sept. 22d preceding; which election Robert K
Kil-
1369.gil gor
warby, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, vacated that 18. Robert de Elbam was elected in 1400.
year, and, with the King's aſſent, provided in his
19. John de Chartham, in 1427.
room Oſwald de Eſtry, one of his own monks(w),
20. Walter Gore, who was elected Abbat in
who made his profeſſion of canonical ſubjection
1458, voluntarily reſigned into the hands of the
to the Archbiſhop the ſame year, anno 3 Edward
Archbiſhop his dignity of Abbat, on Sept. 6, anno
1. Moſt probably, this Oſwald was the Abbat
14 Henry VII, 1499, which he might probably
of Faverſham, who was preſent at the interment
do on account of his great age ; for in a charter
of Archbiſhop John Peckham, in Chriſt Church,
of confirmation granted by K. Edward IV, in
Canterbury, on Dec. 19, 1292, in which year he
his 4th year, Walter is ſaid to be then Abbat,
feems to have died.
which is 36 years before the time of his reſig-
II. Geoffrey de Boston ſucceeded him, the conge
delire being dated May 15th following, and he
21. John Shepey, alias Caſtelocke, who had the
received the royal affent to his election on June
King's writ to reſtore to him the temporalities
2oth that year, anno 19 Edward I, and the tem of this abbey, on Feb. 17, anno 15 Henry
poralities were reſtored to him Sept. 30th fol VII, (%) was the laſt Abbat of this houſe (a).
lowing. He was Abbat in the zoth year of that
His name (though erroneouſly ſtyled the Prior
reign, anno 1301, for he was then impriſoned
of Faverſham) is among thoſe divines and others
in Dover caſtle by ſir. Robert de Burgherh, Con-
ſtable of it, and Warden of the Five Ports.com li of both Houſes of Convocation, who met in the
Ports, and chapter-houſe of St. Paul's, in 1529, being the
his officers, upon a judgment given againſt him 21ſt of that reign, to give their opinion of the
in the Court of Shipway, the chief court of all King's marriage with Q. Catherine, his brother's
the Cinque Ports, for ſome treſpaſſes committed widow, when the Abbat did not appear in his
by him within that juriſdiction ; upon which own perſon, but by his proxy, the Abbat of
the Archbiſhop cited the Conſtable to appear in Hyde, in Hampſhire, who was of the number of
his court, and in default excommunicated him, the affirmants, That to marry a wife known by the
which cauſed the King to iſſue his writ of pro brother, departing without iſſue, was prohibited by
hibition to the Archbiſhop for his preſumption the divine law, and indiſpenſable by the Pope (b).
againſt his crown dignity, and cuſtom of the In the 26th year of that reign, on Dec. 10,
realm, commanding him forthwith to abſolve
1534, the Abbat of Faverſham, Robert Faverſham,
them, revoke all his citations and ſentences de Prior, John Harty, Sacriſt, and four monks, ſigned
nation (y).
(70) See Prynne, vol. iii, p. 161.
(*) Rot. Claaf. ejus an. m. 13, dorſo. See Prynne,
vol. iii, p.916.
(y) Southouſe Mon. p. 22.
(z) Ibid. It was the office of the Archdeacon of Can-
terbury to inſtall the Abbat of Faverſham, either in perſon
er by his official, for which his fees were the Abbat’s pal-
frey, and to ſtay at the abbey for two nights and a day, at
the Abbat's expence, and to have, meat and drink for ten
of his ſuite, if he choſe it. Battely's Somn. pt. ii, append.
p. 57:
(a) The above accounts of the Abbats of Faverſham is
moſtly taken from Browne Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. i,
p. 100, and from his additions at the end of Tanner's Mo-
nafticon. It differs ſo much, as has been already mentioned,
from Mr. Lewis's account of them, in his Hiſtory of Favera
Jham Abbey, that there is no reconciling them to each
other.
(6) Fiddes’s Life of Wolſey, appendix, col. 90, p. 1956
tbe
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HISTORY of K E N T.
The
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LD LOI
The TOWN and PARISH of FAVERS H A M.
the act of fucceſſion and the King's ſupremacy (c); careleſs in thoſe things, which they truſted would
which is the laſt public inftrument I meet with not be the caſe, the King, as their lord and heir
relating to this monaſtery, preceding the diffo of the founder, had a right to admoniſh them,
lution of it, in the general ſtorm which fell on and in caſe of want of reformation in them, to
the religious houſes throughout the kingdom, reſume the poſſeſſions and abbey into his own
when the Abbat and his Convent withſtood for ſome hands. Upon this pretence, at laſt, the Abbat and
time the threats and menaces of the King's power, Convent were moſt unwillingly brought to com-
and every art which was made uſe of to induce ply with the King's emiffaries, and to ſurrender
them to ſurrender their abbey and poffeffions ; their abbey, of the order of St. Benedict, and all
but as their characters and behaviour were irre its manors, lands, poffeffions, revenues, rights,
proachable, the King's viſitors had no pretence immunities, and privileges (e), into the hands
whatever to force them to it (d). Beſides, the of Richard Layton, LL.D. one of the Maſters
Abbat, it is ſaid, pleaded, that his abbey was of Chancery, commiſſioned for the purpoſe,
of a royal foundation, and that the royal founder, for the uſe of the King and his heirs, by an in-
with his Queen, and the Prince his ſon, lay all ftrument brought to them ready drawn up, to
there interred, and that, according to the deſign which they put their common ſeal, in their
of the foundation, continual ſuffrages and com chapter-houſe, on July 8, in the zoth year of
mendations by prayer were there uſed for their that reign, anno 1538, and it was ſigned by the
fouls, and hoſpitality, alms, and other works Abbat and eight more of the religious of it; and
of charity diſpenſed for the ſouls of the foun the ſame was afterwards confirmed by the general
ders, their heirs, and all Chriſtians whatever. words of the act, paffed the year afterwards for
If, therefore, they were found negligent and
this purpoſe ().
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The
Seal of
「鄉​鄉​鄉​终
​* * *
Faversham
Abbey.
J. Munde fonty
TO EDWARD JACOB ESQ. of Faversham Esithio Make is gratefully inscribed
(c) Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 505.
(d) See Southouſe Mon. p. 142.
(e) Mr. Lewis, in his Hiſtory of Faverſham, p. 34, ſays,
Pope Innocent III, by his bull, dated in 1210, exempted
the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham from the payment of
tythes of their lands.
This is one of thoſe religious houſes which, by the ſtatute
of
31 Henry VIII, is capable of exemption of tythes ; for
ſuch being ſurrendered into the King's hands, in as free
and ample a manner as the religious themſelves held and
enjoyed them, they were afterwards granted by the King
to laymen, and others, with the like rights, immunities,
and privileges. See Burn's Eccleſ. Law, vol. iii, p. 382.
(f) It was ſigned in the margin by John Shepey, Abbat ;
Robert Faverſham, Prior ; John Harty, Sacriſt; Jobn Sel-
lyng, Scelerar; John Lynſted ; Dunfan Chartam, Subprior;
William Frytynden, Ralph Ulcum, and Peter Sedyngborne.
This ſurrender is ſtill remaining in the Augmentation-office.
See a copy of it in Rym. Fæd. vol. xiv, p. 616.
The Abbat had afterwards, on July 24th that year, a
penfion of 100 marcs allowed by the King for his ſupport
and maintenance, to hold to him during his life, or until
he ſhould be promoted to one or more benefices, of the ſame
or greater yearly value. On the like terms, Robert Chil-
lynden and Thomas Cove, monks there, had yearly penſions
of 100s. each—John Fylpott, Dunſan Goodhewe, William
Coydon, Ralph Poft alias Ulcombe, and John Taylor, monks
there, had like penſions of 41. each ; and Peter Mynto, monk
there, of five marcs ſterling. Inrolments, Augtn. off.
In 1553, there remained in charge, out of the revenues
of this abbey, 31. 6s. 8d. per annum in fees, and 41. 6s. Sd.
in annuities, beſides the following penſions :-to Thomas
Cove 51. Ralph Poli 41. Dunſtan Goodbewe 41. and to Peter
Mynto 31. 6s. 8d. Willis's Mitred Abbies, vol. ii, p. 101.
The name of Cafielock, which was the family name of
John, the laſt Abbat of Faverſham, though he changed it
to that of Shepey, on his receiving the tonſure, as was uſual
on ſuch occaſions, continued in repute in this town for many
generations after this, till at laſt it expired, by the death
of John Caſtelock, grandſon of Fobn, ſon of William, bro-
ther to the Abbat above-mentioned, whoſe monuments are
ſtill to be ſeen in the church of Faverſham. See more of
them, under Bapchild, above, p. 597.
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In the 14th year of K. Henry VII, the yearly in a little meadow, and converted into a dwell:
revenues of this abbey were 2531. 16s. 10}d. (8) ing-houſe, as is the porter's lodge (I).
to
It was endowed at its diffolution with 2861.
The abbey being thus, with the manor and
125. 67d. clear annual income (b), or 3551. 158.
all its poffeffions, ſurrendered into the King's
2d. total annual revenue (i).
hands, the ſcite and adjoining lands remained
there but a ſmall time, for the King, in conſi-
The arms of the Abbey of Faverſham were
deration of a ſum of money, granted by his let-
Gules and azure, 3. demi lions paſſant-guardant,
ters patent, dated May 16, in his 31ſt year, the
conjoined to 3
demi ſhips bulls, a croſier erect in the
ſcite of the late abbey, with certain meſſuages,
middle, all or (k).
lands, meadows, &c. lately demiſed by him to
There are now hardly any, even of the ruins, John Wheler (m), to fir Thomas Cheney, knt.
of this abbey, and its numerous buildings left. Warden of the Five Ports, &c. and his heirs,
The two gate-houſes remained till within theſe few to hold in capite by knights ſervice, by the 20th
years, but becoming dangerous through age, part of one knight's fee (n).
they were lately taken down. The oratory or Sir Thomas Cheney, in the 36th year of the
chapel belonging to the almnery is yet ſtanding, ſame reign, alienated the above-mentioned fcite
Focsanirala
(g) of which the manor of Faverſham, and the demeſne paia Theobalde E vias; and the deviſed that her croſs of gold,
Jands were 421. 115. 8d.-the rent of upland 5 21. jos.od. which ſhe wore about her neck, be offered to the ſhrine of St.
the cuſtom belonging to the manor 22 acres and a half Richard in Chycefter; her beads of gold to St. John hys hed
the rent of the town of Faverſham 2ol. os. 3d.-and the in Amyas, and her ring of gold with the rubye to the ſepulchre
farm of the town 61. 16s. 4d. Southouſe Mon. p. 55. of the three Kings of Coleyne ; and ſhe ordered her executors
(5) According to both Dugdale and Speed. Tan. Mon.
to purchaſe lands to the value of 1ol. above all charges or
repriſes, and with the yearly rents and profits thereof, ſhe
214
willed that the reparations of her alms-boules be kept, the
(i) Jacob's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 35, -176. gnoms
renewing of the bedding of the ſaid houſe be made, and the
(k) Keyneri Apot. Benedict. p. 215.00
reward of him that ſhould have the governance and overſight
(1) An account of the ſtate of the ruined buildings of of it to be yearly paid ; and this ordinance touching the ſaid
this abbey, as they were about 100 years ago, may be ga alms. houſe to be made ſure, as long as by her executors
thered from Mr. Southouſe, who tells us, in his Monafticon, and council could be.
that in the facriſty ſtood the abbey church, but that it was ſo Richard Goore, of Faverſham, gent. by his laſt will, proved
totally demoliſhed, that there was not ſo much as one ſtone
in 1504, ordered his body to be buried in this monaſtery,
left, to inform pofterity where it ſtood. There were two cha-
beſide the chapel of St. Anne.
pels belonging to it, one dedicated to St. Mary, the other the
Robert Browne, ejq; Comptroller of the Houſhold of The-
pietie rood chapel. The refectory then remained entire, and
mas, Earl of Arundel, by his will, dated 1509, ordered his
was made uſe of as a ſtore-houſe, but fir G. Sondes afterwards
body, if he died at Faverſham, to be buried in this abbey,
pulled it down.
On the caſt part of this ſtood the Abbat's
before the rode of pity, in the overhande of the church, &c.
lodge, as it ſhould ſeem, an antient chamber or two of
Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
which were ceiled with' oaken wainſcot, after the manner
(m) K. Henry VIII, by indenture, May 10, in his 31ſt
of ſome chancels. On the weſt ſide of the refe&ory ſtood a
year, let to John Wheler, gent, the houſe and ſcite of the
building of ſtone, which opened with two doors into it,
monaſtery lately diſſolved, with all houſes, barns, build.
and with another into the cloſe northward, which he gueſſed
ings, &c. and certain lands therein mentioned, all lying
to be the interlocutory or parlour, to which the monks retired
within the pariſh of Faverſham, and parcel of the poſſeſſions
after meals. The kitchen, which is now totally raſed, then
of the ſaid late monaſtery, and in the hands and occupation
of the Abbat thereof at the time of its diſſolution, except
of timber, 30 feet long; the foundation of it, of ſtone, was
all trees and woods, and all buildings which the King had
dug up in 1652, to help pave the broad ſtreet in the town,
already ordered to be pulled down, and carried from off the
called Court-ſireet ; under it an arched vault was diſcovered,
ſaid premiſes,-to hold for 21 years, at the yearly rent of
which ſerved as a drain or ſewer, to convey the ſullage from
31. 185. 8d. Inrolments, Augen. off.
the kitchen. There was likewiſe a calefastory, where the
monks uſed to warm themſelves. Beſides theſe buildings,
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 6. Theſe premiſes are thus
there was a malthcuſe, bakehouſe, brewhouſe, and cellar, the
deſcribed in the grant of them: The ſcite, together with
tattered ſkeletons of which were then in being. The ſtables
all houſes, edifices, barns, ftables, dove-houſes, orchards,
belonging to the abbey ſtood in the Abbey-cloſe, at ſome gardens, and the out-yards of the monaſtery, containing
distance from the other offices, among which was one called
by eſtimation 12 acres, one garden called the ofrey-garden,
the palfrey-fiable, for the Abbat’s nags and geldings, which one cloſe adjoining to the brewhouſe, by eſtimation nine
stood on the ground where fir George Sondes afterwards built
acres, one meadow called Thorne-mead, 10 acres, one piece
the preſent farm-houſe.
of paſture there, three acres, one piece of land with a tene.
Theobalde Evias, of Faverſoam, widow, by her laſt will,
ment built on it, one cloſe adjoining to the grange there,
proved in 1479, ordered her body to be buried within the one garden called the dove-houſe garden, of two acres, and
monaitery of St. Saviour of Faverſham, and among other
one cloſe lying between the monaſtery and the pariſh church
of Faverſham, containing fix acres.
pequeſts deviſed, to the new making of a window in the
chapiter houſe there 20s, and to the aforeſaid monaſtery her
In the Augmentation-office is the inrolment of an Acquit-
tance, dated March 10, anno 31 Henry VIII, to fr Thomas
great cloth of tapitre-works, to do worſhip to God in their
Cheney, knt. Treaſurer and Lord Warden, for the ſeite and
prefbyterye, and on the fepulchre next the high altar there,
demeſnes of this monaſtery, the marſh of Negdon, late be-
on high days; and to the ſame likewiſe her veltment of
green velvet embroidered, with its appurts. a chalice, two
longing to it, and for a tenement within the precinct of
the Black Friars, London. Sum 1431. 155. 10d. in part of
crewets, a bell, and a paxbrede, all of ſilver, to the intent
that they ſhould ſerve only in her chapel there; and the ordered
2831. 155. rod. and 11th Nov. 32d Henry VIII, a bill for
the remainder of the ſaid money.
that there ſhould be embroidered is the faid vestment-rate
.
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of thas
'The TOWN and PARIS H of F A V ERSH A M.
and premiſes, with the King's licence, to Mr. manor of Faterſham, with the Hundred, and the
Thomas Ardern, of Faverſham; gent: (0) who was
reſt of the demeſne lands belonging to it, by
baſely murthered in his own houſe here, by the purchaſe from John Diggs, eſq; ſecond ſon of fir
contrivance of his wife and others, on Feb. 15) Dudley Diggs, of Chilham-caſtle, knt, and Maſter
1550, anno 4 Edward VI.(P) He died ſeiſed of the Rolls, who had ſettled it on his ſon foon
of them, leaving an only daughter and heir after the grant of it to him from the Crown, in
Margaret; who on his death became entitled to the reign of K. Charles I, where it had remained
them (q). She afterwards married Thomas Brad-
from the time of the diffolution of the mona-
burne, who had livery of them in the 2d year of ſtery (t).
Q. Elizabeth, and in Mich. term that year
levied Sir George Sondes, was afterwards created Earl
a fine of theſe lands, ſoon after which he died, of Faverſham, and died without ſurviving male
for at the end of that year, his wife Margaret iſſue, leaving two daughters his coheirs, of
again poſſeſſed them in her own right. She died whom Catherine; the youngeſt, married Lereis
ſeiſed of them in the 18th year of that reign, Watſon, Earl of Rockingham, who in her right
when it was found that Nicholas Fathers, alias became entitled to this manor and hundred, with
Bradborne, for ſo he is called in the inquiſition, the demeſne lands, the fcite of the abbey, and
was her ſon and heir. He had livery of them, the other premiſes above-mentioned, of all which
being held in capite by knights ſervice, anno 22 he died ſeiſed in 1924, and was ſucceeded by
Elizabeth, and ſeems the next year to have ſold his grandſon Lewis (fon of Edward, Viſcount
them to John Finch, gent. for in the 25th year Sondes) both in titles and eſtates. Which Lewis,
Earl of Rockingham, died without iſſue in 1745,
bert Streynſham and Richard Dryland, for having and his only brother Thomas, Earl of Rockingham,
purchaſed, without licence, of fohn Finch, dying likewiſe without iſſue, deviſed them,
gent. (r) the ſcite and divers parcels of land of
among the reſt of his eſtates, to the Hon. Lewis
the late monaſtery at Faverſham, and the houſe Monfon, ſecond ſon of John, Lord Monfon, by
in which the ſaid John Finch dwelt, ſituated on Margaret, youngeſt daughter of the first Lewis,
the north ſide of the monaſtery (s).
Earl of Rockingham, his anceſtor. He after-
After which they became the property of
wards took the name of Watſon, and in 1760
George Streynſham, who left iſſue two daughters
was created a Peer of this realm, by the title
his coheirs, one of whom married fir Edward of Lord Sondes, Baron Sondes of Lees Court,
Maſter, of Eaſt Langdon, knt. and the other Ap-
and he ſtill continues the proprietor of this
pleford, the latter of whom, as her part of her
manor and hundred, with the demeſnes, ſcite
inheritance, entitled her huſband to this eſtate, of the abbey, and other premiſes above-men-
which at length came to her deſcendant Edward
tioned (u).
Appleford, of Wincheſter, eſq; who alienated it to There is a Court Leet and Court Baron ſtill
Sir George Sondes, of Lees Court, in Sheldwich, knt. held for this manor (V).
who was become likewiſe the proprietor of the
(0) Rot. Eſch. pt. 3.
(p) The account of this horrid murther, for which Alice
Ardern and her accomplices were executed at different
places, is fully related in Hollingſhed's Chronicle, p. 1703,
printed in the Appendix at the end of Lewis's Faverſham,
p. 52, No. xiii, and in the Appendix at the end of Mr.
Jacob's Hift. of Faverſham, from the Wardmote-Book,
Appendix, p. 197, No. viii.
(2) Rot. Eſch, anno 5 Edward VI. The deſcription of
theſe premiſes, in the inquiſition then taken, is as follows:
The ſcite, orchard, and garden, and 12 acres called le or-
chards and le ſextry lands, and a meſſuage called le gate-
houſe, with a garden called 'le Eftrye garden, and one ſtable,
and nine acres of land adjoining, in the tenure of John Cal-
telock, and the cloſe adjoining, called le Graunge there, and
10 acres of meadow called Thorne-meadow, and one parcel
of meadow of three acres, and one tenement built thereon,
in the tenure of John Pole, gent. and one garden called le
dove-houſe garden, of two acres, and a croft of fix acres
called le almerie croft, to hold in capite by knights ſervice,
and one meſſuage, garden, and dove-houſe, ſituated in le
Well-fireer in Faverſham, near the houſe of Richard Colwell,
late demiſed to farm to Richard Dryland, and all that mef-
ſuage called le corner houſe near the Fiſh-market, to hold in
capite by knights ſervice.
Anno 32 Henry VIII, Thomas Ardern was pofſeffed of a
great houſe in Preſton-freet in Faverſham, as appears by
the Eſcheat-rolls of that year, pt. 20. And he was like-
wife poffeffed of a water-mill, called Flood-mill, formerly
belonging to the abbey of Faverſham.
He bore for his arms-Ermine, a feſs chequy or and azure.
(r) The Finch's ſettled at Faverſham, were deſcended
from Herbert Finch, of Linfed, whoſe younger ſon was of
Kingsdown, deſcended from John, ſecond ſon of Vincent
Herbert, alias Finch, of Netherfield in the co. of Suſſex, in
the time of K. Richard II, by Iſabel, daughter and coheir
of Richard Crall, whoſe eldeſt fon William Herbert, alias
Finch, was anceſtor of the Finch's of Eaftwell, and of the
Earls of Winchelſea, Nottingham, Aylesford, &c.
Several of theſe Finch’s lie buried in this church, and in
Preſton.
They bore for their arms- Argent, a chevron ingrailed be-
tween 3 griffins palant fatle.
(s) Rot. Eſch. pt. 10.
(t) Lewis's Hiſt. of Faverſham Abbey, p. 23. Philipott,
p. 155.
(11) See more of him, and of the Watſons and Sondes's,
under Lees Court in Sbeld-wich.
(v) The manor of Faverſham extends over the whole
Hundred, and contains within its bounds, the town and
pariſh of Faverſham, the boroughs of Harrje, Ore, Ewell,
Selgrave, Oldzoldyſchelde, Chetham, Brinnyf one, Badlyſmere,
Oldebouldyſland, Rode, Graveny, and Bourdfeld, and the
lands of Monkendane in the pariſh of Monketon.
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Κ Ε
705
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bridge, for
iffue bir
1458.
I be HISTORY of The TOWN and PARISH of F A V ERSHA'M.
Potyn, who feems by his laſt will to have deviſed
COOKS DITCH
it to his widow Alici.2, for her life (a); remain-
is ſituated almoſt adjoining to the eaſt ſide of der to his feoffees, William Makenade and Stephen
the town of Faverſham. It was formerly of ſome Bettenham, and their heirs, in truſt, that they
account, as being the antient ſeat of the family ſhould give and amortiſe this manor, then of
of Dreylond, or as they were afterwards written, the yearly value of 10 marcs, or 61. 138. 4d.
Dryland; John, ſon of Stephen Dreylond, reſided above all repriſes, to the Wardens of Rocheſter
here in the reign of K. Edward III, in the 25th Bridge and their ſucceſſors, for the ufe of the fame;
year
of which he demiſed land in a place called and K. Richard II. granted his licence, by his
Crouchfield, to William Makenade, and in the deed writ under his Privy Seal, dated Feb. 6, in his
ſtyles himſelf of Cokeſditch, and in his deſcen 22d year, 10 the above-mentioned feoffees for
dants Cookſditch continued down to Richard Dry that purpoſe, after the death of the ſaid Alicia(6),
land; who reſided here at the beginning of K. Since which it has continued part of the poffef.
Henry VII.'s reign (w). He was twice mar ſions of the Wardens and Commonaltie of the ſaid
ried, and left iſſue by his firſt
It wife
Joane, daugh-
the repair and I maintenance of it.
TO
ter and heir of Thomas Quadring, of London, only The leaſe of it was granted by the Wardens,
one daughter Katherine, who became heir to her &c. to Creed, for three lives; but thoſe being
mother's inheritance, which the carried with extinct, a leaſe of it was granted by them in
Cook ditch likewiſe, in marriage to Reginald Nor-
1761, for 21 years, to Mr. John Murton, the
ton, of Lees Court in Sheldwich, eſq; (x) who had preſent leflee of it.
A Court Baron is held for this manor, the
wood in Milton, knt. and William Norton, to
yearly quit-rents of which amount to il. 158.
whom by his laſt will he deviſed Cookſditch. He 10 d. (c) rol blog or to chiede
afterwards reſided at it, and married Margaret,
daughter and heir of Matthew Martyn, by whom
2 ravna
he was anceſtor of the Nortons of Fordwich in is à manor ſituated at the eaſtern extremity of
this county, one
unty, one of whom, about the reign of
this pariſh, next to Goodneſton, which, in the
K. James I, alienated it to Parſons, who not reign of K. Richard II, was in the poffeffion of
long afterwards conveyed it to Aſhton, whoſe the family of Boteler, of the adjoining pariſh of
daughter and heir carried it in marriage to Buck, Graveney, in which name it remained till Anne,
who owned it at the time of the reſtoration of only daughter and heir of John Boteler, eſq; car-
K. Charles II. (y) In his deſcendants this eſtate ried it in marriage to John Martyn, one of the
continued till the beginning of the preſent cen Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, who
tury, when it was, by one of them, alienated died poſſeſſed of it in
to Mr. Jenkin Gillow, whoſe nephew Mr. Stephen
leaving his widow again entitled to it. She af
it in 1436, anno 15 Henry VI,
Gillow, of St. Nicholas in Thanet, died poffeffed
terwards remarried Thomas Burgeys, eſq; whom
of it in 1774,
and was ſucceeded in it by his ſon
Mr. Stephen Gillow, who has rebuilt the houſe, By her laſt will ſhe deviled her manor, called
as well as the offices belonging to it, and he now Ewell-court, in the pariſhes of Faverſham and
reſides in it (Z).
Gravene, to her ſon Richard Martyn, in tail ;
remainder to her fons Robert and John, provided
LAN Ġ DON
an annuity be firſt granted out of it, of five marcs
is a manor in this pariſh, which in the reign of yearly, to the ſaid John Martyn in tail, remain-
K. Richard II, was in the poſſeſſion of Nicholas der to Robert (d). After which this manor be-
3012 do
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W
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LL
of Favorſham and Preſton, held of fir Edrward Poynings, as
of his manor of Weftwood, by knights ſervice; and that
Richard and Matthew Dryland were his ſons and heirs.
They bore for their arms-Gules, gutty de larme, a feſs
nebule argent.
(w) Philipott, p. 156. In the reign of K. Edward IV,
one of this family, John Dryland, left iſſue a daughter
Conftance, who married fir Thomas Walfingham, of Chefil-
burſt, knt. In the 5th year of K. Henry VI,
, John Dry-
land was Knight of the Shire for this county. In the sth
of Henry VII, Reginald Dryland married Chriſtian, daugh-
ter and coheir of John Haut, of Pluckley, efq; and widow
of Fohn Dering. He died anno 23 Henry VII. Richard
Dryland lies buried with Catherine his wife, daughter of fir
Maurice Brune, knt. in St. George's church, Botolph-lane,
London. He died anno 1487. Richard Dryland was Mayor
of Faverſham ſeveral years during the reign of K. Henry
VIII, as was John Dryland twice in the reigns of K. Ed.
ward VI. and Philip and Mary, which John left a ſon,
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Ciriac Petit, of Bough-
ton Blean, who died in 1591, and lies buried there.
I find by the Eſcheat-rolls of 21 Henry VII, that Wil.
liam Dryland then died feiſed of 140 acres of arable, and
four acres of paſture, with their appurts, in the pariſhes
(x) See more of the Nortons above, under Northwood in
Milton, p. 625.
(y) Philipott, p. 156.
(z) They bear for their arms-Argent, a pale fable, be-
tween 4 fleurs de lis gules.
(a) He left an only daughter and heir Juliana, who
married Thomas St. Leger, of Otterden. See Otterden above,
p. 500.
(6) Archives of Rocheſter bridge. Among the Harleian
MR. No. 1006-37, is one De ſervitiis tenentium Man, de
Langedone in Hundredo de Feverſham. Fol. 208.
(c) This manor extends over premiſes in Faverſham,
Graveney, and Boughton Blean, held by five ſeveral tenants.
(d) Wills, Prerog. off, Cant.
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706
Tbe HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
field to
The TOWN and PARIS Hof FAVERS H A M.
came ſeparated in the hands of different owners; had been, however, diminiſhed by the ſeveral
one-third part of it, in the beginning of the reign grants which had been at times made of different
of K. Henry VIII, appears to have come into parts of it(K), particularly, the Queen, in her
the poſſeſſion of John Cole, Warden of All Souls 4th year, had made a grant of 35 acres in Ewell-
college in Oxford, who, by indenture, in the 18th
to Edward Fagge, eſq; the parts remaining
year of that reign, gave his intereſt in it, by lying neareſt to the town; theſe being inter-
the deſcription of All his part of the manor or mixed with the others, were, on Sept. 18, anno
tenement of Ewell, with the appurts. of one 26 Elizabeth, ſeparated and divided, by agree-
garden, and 170 acres of land, called Ewell ment made between the Governors and Edward
lands, in Faverſham and Goodneſton, and 35 acres Fagge, eſq; above-mentioned, owner of the reſt
of land, lying in Ewell-field, to the Abbat and
of this manor (i). That part of Ewell manor,
Convent of Faverſham, in truſt, for the mainte which was allotted to the former ftill continues
nance of the ſchool, which he had then founded veſted in the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty of
in this pariſh. At the diffolution of the abbey Faverſham, Governors of the School, for the ſup-
foon afterwards, in the 30th year of that reign, port and maintenance of it (k).
this eſtate, with the reſt of the poſſeſſions of it, The third part of the above-mentioned rent of
came into the hands of the Crown (e). five marcs, being 11. 2s. 2{d. and the third part
K. Henry VIII, in his 34th year, by inden of an halfpenny, is ſtill paid as a rent-charge
to Thomas Walcot, his houſhold out of this eſtate, by the Mayor, &c. of Faver.
bis third part of his manor of Ewell, with its Sham, to the owners of the other part of Ewell
appurts. in Faverſham, late belonging to the manor, they having purchaſed the whole of it,
monaſtery there, and all meſſuages
, lands, rents, of the heirs of Norton.
profits, &c. belonging to it, and late in the oc The other
er two-third parts of Ewell manor, which
cupation of Nicholas Scott, to hold for 21 years, included the court-lodge, in the reign of Q.
- at the yearly rent of 14s. 8 d. (f)
Elizabeth, was the property of Mr. Edward
The annual rent of 5 marcs payable as above Fagge, of Faverſham, gent. above-mentioned,
-mentioned, out of the lands and tenements,
who died in 1618, leaving two daughters his
called Ewell-court, the third part of which was coheirs (2). How this eſtate paſſed from them
then in the King's hands, by the diſſolution of afterwards, I have not ſeen ; but in K. Charles
the above-mentioned monaſtery, was, in the reign II.'s reign it was become the property of John
of K. Edward VI, become the property of Valen- | Pennington, of Agmondeſham in the co. of Bucks,
tine Norton, Anne Brent, Clement Norton, and Wil. who, in the year 1691, ſuffered a recovery of it,
liam Norton, the heirs of John Marten, deceaſed, then conſiſting of 335 acres of land, lying in
to them and the heirs of their bodies for ever ; the ſeveral pariſhes of Faverſham, Hernbill, Grav-
which being duly proved, before the King's ney, and Goodneſton. His truſtees under his will,
Chancellor of his Court of Augmentation, it fold it in 1723, under a decree of the Court of
was ordered and decreed, on May 27, anno 3
Chancery, to Mr. Thomas Gillow, of St. Nicho.
Edw. VI, that they, and the heirs of their bodies,
las in Thanet, whoſe grandſons, Mr. Thomas and
ſhould have and enjoy the third part of the ſaid
Stephen Gillow, are now poffeffed of it in undi-
vided moieties.
yearly rent, to be paid to them and their
at the hands of the Receiver of the ſaid
THE MANOR OF KINGSMILL,
Court, and that they
that they ſhould receive all arrears
of the ſaid annuity for the ſpace of ſeven years
is a ſmall manor ſituated in the ſouth-weſt part of
paſt(g). doidy with
this pariſh, which, in the beginning of K. George
Q. Elizabeth, having at the petition of the in II.'s reign, belonged to Mr. John Ingham. In
habitants of this town, by her charter in her 18th 1749, it was veſted in Matthezo Cox, eſq; and af-
year, again endowed the ſchool above-mentioned, terwards in Richard Chauncy, eſg; whoſe heirs,
ſeems to have granted to the Governors of it, for about two years ago, fold it to the Maſter-general
its ſupport, all that was remaining in the hands and principal officers of the Board of Ordnance,
of the Crown of its former endowment, which
who are at this time feiſed of the fee of it.
0.
(e) Lewis's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 17. Dogo
hold in ſeveralty to them and their ſucceſſors 34 acres, 3
Inrolments, Augtn. off. (g) Ibid.
roods, and 34 perches of land, therein particularly de-
(5) Lewis's Hift. p. 51.
fcribed, in lieu of the ſaid 35 acres, Poynings-marſh and
(i) Jacob's Hift, of Faverſham, p. 54.5
certain lands therein deſcribed, containing 67 acres more,
(k) This agreement recites, that the ſaid Mayor, &c. and that Edward Fagge and his heirs ſhould hold in ſeveralty
were poſſeſſed of Poynings-marſh, 35 acres in Ewell-field,
the boundaries of which were not well aſcertained, and of (1) Edward Fagge, efq; married Anne, daughter of Ri.
one-third part of the manor of Ewell, with 170 acres of chard Theobald, of Seal, eſq; widow of Thomas Nevinſon, of
land belonging to it; and that Edward Fagge, of Faver Eaſiry, efq; by whom he had one fon Michael, killed abroad
foam, gent. was feiſed of the other two-thirds of the ſaid in the Dutch wars, and buried at Utrecht. He died anno
manor; and that a partition being ſettled to be made be 1618, and was buried in Faverſham church, leaving his
tween them, it was agreed, that the Mayor, &c. thould two daughters, Mary and Anne, his coheirs.
heirs, at
wobv
all the reſidue of the ſaid lands.
A Court

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 1707
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
w St.
growth of
The TOWN and PARISH of F A V ERSH A M.
A Court Baron is held for this manor (m). There was a farm, called Le Nethercourt farni,
from its being ſituated in the nether court of the
monaſtery, part of the poſſeſſions of which it
K. Henry VIII, in his 32d year, granted to was, conſiſting of a meſſuage, barns, &c. and
Thomas Ardern, gent. a meſſuage and ſtable ad-
207 acres of land, in the tenure of William Mar.
joining, called Le Nether Green, and a parcel of Mall and John his fon, by leaſe under the ſeal of
land in Faverſham (n).
the Abbat and Convent, anno 27 Henry VIII, for
Sir Thomas Cheney, Knight of the Garter, &c. nine years, at the yearly rent of gl. 7s. od. as
had a grant, in the reign of K. Henry VIII, of
the price of 21 quarters of corn, at 6s. 8d. per
34 acres in Southfield, in the tenure of Robert
quarter; and of 21l. for the price of 126 quarters
Coldwell
, and the tythes of them, to hold in capite of barley, at the price of 35. 4d. per quarter ;
by knights ſervice. His fon Henry, Lord Che and of 40s. for the price of 20 hogs, at 28.
ney, had livery of 50 acres of land in Southfield each ; and of 4s. for 12 capons, at 4d. each.
and Gatefield, to hold by the like ſervice, and
In all, 391. 45. od. Which rent of wheat, bara
likewiſe of one meſſuage there, once Le Abbat’s
ley, hogs and capons, payable yearly to the
Court (o).
bus
King for the ſaid farm, he, by his indenture
K. Henry VIII, in his 37th year, by inden-
in his 32d year, demiſed to fir Anthony
ture, demiſed to Thomas Ardern, gent. his wood, Leger, knt. for 21 years, at the yearly rent of
commonly called Faverſham Bleane, otherwiſe
301. 45. od.(u). o loration
Boughton Bleane, and the land, eſtate, and foil
of its containing by eſtimation 1100 acres, late THE CIVIL JURISDICTION.
belonging to the monaſtery of Faverſhum, diffol-
The Town of Faverſham is within the limits
ved, excepting 1200 oaks growing in it, of the
of the Cinque Ports, being eſteemed as a limb or
40, 60, and 80 years, of which 1200
member of the town of Dover, one of thoſe ports.
oaks, 400 ſhould be valued at 8d. and the other
Of what antiquity theſe ports and antient towns
800 at 4d. a piece; and alſo, except to the King,
when enfranchiſed, or at what times their
&c. all trees and wood growing therein, beyond
members were annexed to them, has not been as
the growth of 20 years, to hold for 21 years, at
yet, with any certainty, diſcovered, and, there.
the yearly rent of 221. (P)
fore, they are held to enjoy all their earlieſt li-
K. Edward VI, April 22, in his 7th year,
berties and privileges, as time out of mind, and
granted, by letters patent, to William, Earl of
by preſcription.
Pembroke, and William Clarke, ſundry woodlands
called Boughton Blean, a yearly rent of 198. 44d.
It is, however, certain, that at the time of K.
Edward the Confeffor, the Five Ports were en-
iſſuing out of certain lands, called Woodleez
franchiſed with divers liberties, privileges, and
money, in Faverſham; and 55. 10d. out of
woodlands about the hill called Brick-park, to
cuſtoms, peculiar to themſelves : for the better
hold in capite by knights ſervice (9). Which
conducting of which, they had the eſtabliſhment
premiſes afterwards were alienated to Lovelace,
of one grand court, called The Court of Shipway,
from its being almoſt always held at a place of
whoſe deſcendant fir William Lovelace, knt, alien-
ated them to Sondes and Hawkins, and their de-
that name near Hyth; in which the general bu-
ſineſs relating to the whole community was tranſ-
ſcendants poſſeſs them at this time.
Thomas Ardern, of Faverſham, gent. was poſ-
acted before the Warden, as principal and chief
feſſed of lands late belonging to the abbey there,
over them. Nevertheleſs, though they acted
called Sextry lands and Waſh-houſe cloſe, which
here jointly, like a County Palatine as to the go-
deſcended to his daughter Margaret, whoſe de-
vernment, for the defence of the liberty of the
fcendant John Bradborne alienated them, in the
whole, yet every particular corporation in each
15th year of Q. Elizabeth, together with nine
town acted ſeverally and diſtinctly, according to
acres called le Abbat's garden, to John Finch (r),
its own privileges, charters, and cuſtoms within
whence they were paſſed by deed, March 7,
their own particular limits, without any control
or interference from this court, or the reſt of the
anno 20 Elizabeth, to John Bennet.
K. Edward VI, by indenture in his 7th year,
community (v).
demiſed to Richard Colwell (s), his field called The Five Ports, as being from their ſituation
Prieſt-field, in the tenure of Nicholas Scott, and moſt expoſed to the depredations of enemies, were
parcel of the late abbey, to hold for 21 years, at
firſt incorporated for their own mutual defence,
the yearly rent of 335. ()
and were afterwards endowed with great pri-

are,

(m) It extends over ſeveral houſes, with their appurts.
n Weſ-ftreet, Eaſt-ftreet, and Abbey-ſtreet, in the town of
Faverſham.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. p. 2. (o) Ibid. pt. 6.
(p) Inrolments, Augtn. off.
(1) Angtn, off. box H. 16. (r) Ibid. pt. 1.
(s) There was a family of this name reſident in this town
in the reigns of K. Henry VIII, and Q. Elizabeth. They
bore for their arms-Argent, 3 chevronels ſable, on each 3
bezants.
(t) Inrolments, Augtn. off. (u) Ibid.
(v) Jeake's Treatiſe on the Five Ports, p. 11, 22, 72,
121, 122.
vileges.

708
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
he Mayor ; for
The TOWN and PARISH of FA VERSHA M.
vileges, for the public defence of the nation, and Theſe were from King Henry III, Edward I,
the King's ſervice. The force they were enjoined Henry V. and VI, Edward IV, Henry VIII,
to raiſe and keep in readineſs for this purpoſe was
and Edward VI. K. James II. confirmed the
57 ſhips, properly furniſhed and accoutred for a two laſt, with ſome variations ; but as this char.
certain number of days, to be ready at the King's
ter was rather forced upon the town, at a con-
fummons, at their own charge (w), and if the fiderable expence, than by their own applica-
ftate of affairs required their aſiſtance any longer,
tion, and the revolution ſucceeding, no parti-
they were paid by the Crown. But becauſe the cular attention was ever paid to it (y).
expence was in after-times found to be too bur-
Before the diffolution of the abbey of Faver.
thenſome for theſe Five Ports, ſeveral other towns Jam, this town ſeems to have continued under
were added as members to them, that they might a mixed form of juriſdiction: the Abbat, as Lord
bear a part of the charge, for which they were of the manor, was entitled to the ſame ample
recompenced with a participation of their pri privileges that the Kings of England, formerly
vileges and immunities. All which were con Lords of it, had exerciſed within it, and which
firmed to them by Magna Charta, by the name were by cuſtom of long time become appurte.
of the Barons of the Five Ports, and again by one nant to it; all theſe became veſted in the Abbas
general charter by K. Edward I, which, by in by the ſpecial grant of the royal founder K.
Speximus, has received confirmation, and ſome Stephen, and conſequently, the town, as being
times addicions, from moſt of the ſucceeding within the manor, was alike ſubject to the Lord's
Kings and Queens of this realm.
juriſdiction over it. bas
Faverſham, ſtyled both a town and a port at However unwilling the inhabitants were to
different times in antient records, is a corpora ſubmit to the Abbat's exerciſing theſe privileges
tion by preſcription. In the oldeſt charter now over them, and interfering in the government of
remaining, which is that of the 36th year of their town, their endeavours to oppoſe it pro-
K. Henry III, wherein the members of it are duced no other effect than continued quarrels,
ſtyled, according to the uſual language of thoſe and a bitter enmity towards the religious, who,
times, Barons, that is, Freemen, there is con notwithſtanding the contumelies they under-
tained a confirmation of all their former antient went, remained firm in the preſervation of their
rights and privileges. In the 42d year of the rights.
above reign, which is as far as can be traced by In the reign of K. Richard I, they obliged
evidence, the juriſdiction of this town was then the inhabitants to compound with them for the
in a Mayor or Alderman, and 12 Jurats. In liberty of ſending their ſwine to pannage, and
a charter of K. Edward 1, the Barons of it are
in the next reign of K. Edward III, there was
acknowledged to have done good ſervices to him a long conteſt, multis retroa£tis temporibus, faith
and his predeceffors, Kings of England; and in the record, between them, which ended in favor
the 2
le 21ſt year of that reign, there is an entry of of the Abbat; for by it, the townſmen ſubmitted
the Mayor and Jurats aſſembling in their Hall-
to nominate annually three perſons out of their
mote, or Portmote Court, as it is elſewhere called,
body, to execute the office of Mayor, and pre-
together with the Lord Abbat's Steward, and ſent them to the Lord Abbat in his court or hall
there ſealing a fine with the town's ſeal, of a
of pleas, for him to appoint one of them to that
meſſuage and garden in Faverſham, according to
the uſe and cuſtom of the ſaid court, by which One great diſpute between them ſeems to have
DIE
it is evident, that this court was of ſome anti-
quity at that time (x).
in an agreement made between the contending
This town has been favored by the different parties, in K. Richard I.'s reign, that part which
Kings of this realm, with no leſs than 17 different was executed by the Abbat ſtyles him only Al-
charters, beſides thoſe granted from time to derman: and in another diſpute, left to reference
time to the Cinque Ports in general, confirming in K. Edward I.'s reign, the bond of each party
its antient privileges, and granting new ones. ſtill remaining, that on the Abbat’s part ſtyles


office (2).
e

(w) Theſe ſhips were to contain 1340 men, and 57 boys,
in all 1197 perſons ; of which number, Dover, and its
ap-
pendages of Folkftone, Faverſham, and Margate, were to find
21 ſhips, and in every ſhip 21 men, and one boy, called
& gromet.
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, anno 1346, this
town ſent, in the expedition made by that King, to the
fiege of Calais, as their quota, two ſhips, and 53 mariners,
though by an exemplification, bearing date anno 33 of the
above reign, the quota of Faverſham was allotted to be one
fhip only. Since which time the nation having enlarged
the royal navy, as well in the number as the fize and proweſs
of their warlike ſhips, the whole number has not been de-
manded of the Ports, but two or three or more, which, not-
withſtanding, to equip, has been equivalent in charge to
the fitting out of the old total, conſidering their burthen ;
and ſometimes, in lieu of ſhips, a ſum of money has been
accepted in groſs, from the whole Ports. Twice in Q.
Elizabeth's reign, they ſent out five ſerviceable ſhips; and
in the ad of Charles I, at the King's command, the Ports
ſent out two ſerviceable ſhips for three months, which coſt
them 18251. 8s. od. Jeake ibid. p. 25, 29.
(*) Jacob's Hiſt. of Faverſham, p. 16, 17,
p. 19, 20. (z) Ibid. p. 9.
o) Ibid.
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him Alderman, while that on the townſmen's Notwithſtanding there was a ſolemn agrée.
ſtyles him Mayor.
ment entered into, between the Abbat and the
The extreme poverty of the abbey ſoon after Commonalty of this town, in the 4th year of K.
this, left them in a moft humiliating ſtate, and Edward II, concerning the rights and privileges
totally unable to withſtand the innovations of claimed by each party (d), yet the fame inceſſant
their adverſaries ; accordingly we find, in the litigations continued between them, one being as
reign of K. Edward I, the above-mentioned reſolute not to give up his right, as the other
cuſtom of chooſing the Mayor before the Abbat not to ſubmit to them: but the oppoſition to
broken through, and the freemen electing a the Abbat's claims never ended with impunity
Mayor, and as ſoon as he had nominated the 12 to the townſmen, for the annual payment of a
Jurats, by virtue of his office, immediately pro certain ſum was always the reſult of the con-
ceeding with him to the abbey for the Abbat's teſt. aholi
approbation, which courſe ſeems to have been
Though the Mayor, as has been already men-
conſtantly purſued till the diffolution of the tioned, was obliged to have the Abbat's appro-
abbey (a).
(1) solo zidato
bation, and take an oath of fealty to him and his
The inhabitants of Faverſham do not ſeem to church, yet the Abbat appointed a Bailiff, or
have confined their oppoſition and diſlike to the in his abſence, another officer, called a Seneſchal
Abbat and Convent here only, the religious of St. or Steward, who accompanied the Mayor in all
Auguſtine near Canterbury, patrons of the church his tranſactions, whoſe names were conſtantly
of Faverſham, ſeem equally to have been par placed after the Mayor's, and before the Jurats;
takers of both: for anno 28 Edward I, 1301, and the Chamberlains of the town were obliged
on a diſpute concerning the burial of a perſon annually to paſs their accounts in the abbey.
of the town in this church, the whole com Theſe claims and privileges, exerciſed by the
monalty here, of both ſexes, with the Mayor at Abbat, ſeem, after the diffolution of the abbey,
their head, with a great noiſe, and found of to have been kept up, and every part of them
horn, roſe upon the few monks, and others, uniformly uſed, by K. Henry VIII. afterwards,
who were attending here on this account, and as I.ord of the manor of Faverſham, and they
being armed with ſwords, hatchets, clubs, ſtones, were quietly ſubmitted to from that time, till
and other ſuch weapons, they beat, wounded, his granting away many of them to the Mayor and
and maimed the inonks and their attendants, Cornmonalty, by his new charter in the 37th of his
broke open the church, deſtroyed the furniture reign ; for the King in his 36th year, reſting
in it, and then attempted to ſet fire both to that here one night, in his journey towards the ſiege
and the parſonage-houſe (b). But their un of Bulleine, upon an humble prayer and appli-
quiet and riotous behaviour at laſt coſt them cation then made to him by the corporation and
dearly, for in the zoth year of that reign they inhabitants, the enſuing year granted to the town
were amerced, not only in the King's court, but a new and more ample charter, not only con-
in that holden before Robert de Burgberſe, War firming by it, all the former rights and privileges,
den of the Cinque Ports, and upon a quo war-
but the additional ones of a court leet, the markets,
ranto they were found guilty of certain treſpaſſes, and fair, and ſeveral others, which before apper-
which they had done to the King, in prefump tained to the Abbat, as Lord of the manor ; and
tuouſly uſurping ſundry royal liberties, without he granted to
to thein, to hold their town, and all
any grant thereof from the King, by which their the liberties therein mentioned, by the yearly
charter became forfeited; for the renewal of fee-farnı of 81. which rent continues to be paid
which, and pardon for the above amerciaments, at this time, and by this charter, the corporation
PS od 29
on 25 b
they were fined in 500 marcs (c).
is at preſent governed (e).
dok su STORT 10
(6.03.196mi ont to
somib woord 105ins hribe ylortobra
(a) Jacob's Hift. Fav. p.96. In the 35th year of Hen. VI,
commandments, and truly to maintain and keep to his
Richard Brayton being then Mayor, an order of wardmote
power, the freedom and rights of the 'monaſtery, and this
was made, by which a fine was impoſed on fuch as ſhould was enjoined on the penalty of 100l. Lewis's Hiſt, Favera
not be at Guildhall-green at the election of a new Mayor, or
to ending on toda tus
departed before they had preſented the Mayor elect to the 9 (6) Prynne, vol. iii, p. 824. The Regiſter of St. Aug.
Abbat to be ſworn. But in the 3d year of K. Henry VIII,
Mor. fays, it happened on Thurſday, March 16, 1300.
Laurence Streynſam, ejq; a gentleman of good family and
Cart. 222.
os os
of II
eſtate, being choſen Mayor, refuſed to be ſworn before the (c) Madox's Exchequer, p. 290. Of this fine they were
Abbat, and to take the uſual oath of obedience to him ;
on which the Abbat fued him, in the Star Chamber, where in the payment of it by degrees into the Exchequer, viz.
Streynham was fined for his contempt of the Abbat's jurif 201. at Eaſter, anno 32 Edward I, zol. at Michaelmas fol-
diction; and it was decreed, that he ſhould, within eight
lowing, and thus from year to year 151. Ibid. p. 291,
days, according to the antient cuſtom, take ſuch an oath, note (x). The largeneſs of the fine was not laid in reſpect
before and to the Abbat, for the execution of his office of to the wealth of the place, but the enormity of the crimes.
Mayor, in the ſame manner and form in which the Mayors
(d) Pat. Rolls ejus an. m. 25.
um
heretofore uſed to take it, and as was contained in a cer-
(e) Jacob's Hift. of Faverſham, p. 11, 19. It appears
tain Engliſh bill annexed to the decree, viz. truly to obey
by the Tower Records, anno 7 Henry IV, that the King
the Abbat and Convent, Lords of the town, in all lawful
then granted to the Mayor of Faverſham, to have a mace
ſham, p. 49.
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By this charter, the corporation is made to Mayor and Jurats, who are Juſtices within their
conſiſt of a Mayor, 11 Jurats, and 24 Commoners; own liberties, excluſive of all others.
the Mayor being elected yearly on Sept. 3oth, Beſides which, by this charter, they are em-
who by his office is Coroner within the liberties powered to make laws for the governing of their
of the town; he holds likewiſe a Court of Clerk town, and to alter them when neceſſary; to pur-
of the Market, and a Court of Pie-Powder, when chaſe lands, notwithſtanding the mortmain act,
requiſite; he holds a Court of Portnote, in which and to alienate them again; to have two law
fines and recoveries have been acknowledged, and days, with the profits of them; to have the goods
all pleas and ſuits touching the ſame, and all and chattels of felons, and all deodands, waifs,
manner of pleas and ſuits, as well perſonal as and ſtrays; and to have markets and fairs, and
mixed, have been therein determined, and much the profits of them, and a court of pie-powder,
buſineſs uſed formerly to be tranſacted in it, but and to erect a gaol on any part of the waſte of
lately it has been but little attended to.
the manor, within the liberties of the town; all
The Court of General Seſſions of the Peace and which privileges were enjoyed by the late Abbat
Gaol Delivery, together with the Court Leet or
of this place (f).
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THE PRESENT STATE OF FAVERSHAM.
FAVERSHAM is ſituated in the moſt fruitful
part of this county, on a navigable creek. It
conſiſts of four principal ſtreets, forming a
ſomewhat irregular croſs, the northernmoſt of
which, called Court or Abbey-ſtreet, leading to the
ſcite of the late abbey, is remarkably broad and
handſomely built. In the center of the town
borne before him, with the arms of the Five Ports on the
top of it. K. Henry VI, in his 25th year, granted by his
letters patent, that the inhabitants of Faverſam ſhould
anſwer no where but in the Court of Shipway, not before
the Admiral of England; and that they ſhould be exonerated
from all rent to the Conſtable of Dover caſtle. Cart. 25
Henry VI, N. 39.
(f) Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 69. Anno 18 Henry
VIII, a diſpute aroſe between the Lord Warden and Admiral
of the Five Ports and the Abbat, whether the latter was ſub-
ject to the juriſdiction of the Lord Admiral; but the Lord
Warden's Deputy, having inſpected the ſeveral grants to
the abbey, awarded under the ſeal of the office of the
Admiralty of England, that by virtue of the fame, the
lands, poffeffions, and all and ſingular the ports tam per
terras quam aquas et mare, and the tenants, farmers, and all
others within the lordſhips or ſeigniores of the liberty of the
ou
ſtands the market-place, and guildhall over it,
erected in 1574(8). The markets, which are
plentifully ſupplied, are held weekly on a Weds
neſday and Saturday. The fairs are held annually
on Feb. 25, and Aug. 12, for three days each.
The fiſh-market is likewiſe kept under the
market-houſe. The gaol, which indeed hardly
deſerves the name of one, is ſituated at a ſmall
diſtance north-eaſtward of the market-place (b).
Hva
monaſtery, as well in Kent as elſewhere, were wholly ex-
empt from all kind of juriſdiction and power of the Admi-
ral of England for the time being, and of his officials, ſo far,
that all puniſhments, deodands, fotfams, jetſons, lagons,
and wrecks, and all other contingencies whatſoever, per tere
ras, aquas et mare, did by preſcription time out of mind
pertain to the Abbat and Convent. Southouſe Mon. p. 80.
(g) The guildhall before this time was over the gaol in the
Market-Street, built in 1571, and uſed as ſuch upon quitting
the oldeſt guildhall upon Tanners-green. On the area before
the preſent market-houſe were formerly three rows of ſham-
bles, which were purchaſed of the proprietors and taken
down by the corporation, who continue to pay the annual
quit-rents of 245. 4d. for them to the Lord of the manor.
(b) The gaol was antiently ſituated on the oppoſite or
weſt ſide of the river, the ruined walls of which ſtill re-
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two
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One
fre.
The TOWN and PARISH of FAVERS H A M.
S
This town is ſituated on the navigable creek or nor is it known when, but certain it is, they
arm of the Swale, three miles from the mouth
have been paid time immemorial (1).
of it, which receives into it a rivulet riſing There are three keys or wharfs belonging to
about two miles ſouthward, in the adjoining pa-
this town, named Town-Key, Standard-Key, and
riſh of Oſpringe, which affords a neceſſary back-
King's Head-Key (m). 19 od 300
water to it. 01. 2018,
The principal ſhipping trade is now carried
Leland, in his Itinerary, written in the time
on from this port by ſix hoys, which go alter-
of K. Henry VIII, ſays, “ The towne is en-
nately every week to London with corn, amount-
“ cluded yn one paroche, but that ys very large.
.
ing in very plentiful years to 40,000 quarters of
- Ther cummeth a creke to the towne that
different ſorts yearly. Colliers likewiſe, of 100
« bereth veſſels of xx tunnes, and a myle fro
tons burthen, which ſupply not only the town
“ thens northeft is a great key cawled Thorn
but the neighbouring country with coals, and
“ to diſcharge bygge veſſels. The creke is
larger veſſels, which import fir timber and iron
os fedde with bakke water that cummeth fro
from Poliſh Pruſia, Norway, and Sweden,
“ Ospring.” (i)
quently
y refort hither, the principal proprietors
The ſtate of this place, returned by Q. Eli and merchants concerned in them being inhabi-
zabeth's command, in the 18th year of her reign, tants of this town. Beſides which, there are
ſeems to have been much more flouriſhing; for ſeveral fiſhing veſſels, and others, employed in
it appears by it, that there were then here, carrying wool, fruits, and other traffic to Lon-
Houſes inhabited 380, no perſon lacking habi don and other parts (n).
bai
tation, ſhips or veſſels 18; two of 5 tons, three There is a branch of the Cuſtoms eſtabliſhed
here, as one of the out-ports, under the direction
16, one of 18, one of 25, one of 28, one of 35, of a Collector, Surveyor, &c. and of the Exciſe-
and one of 45; and perſons occupied in merch-
office, under a Superviſor and other inferior af.
andize and fiſhing 50.
.
ſiſtants, whoſe authority extends likewiſe over
VO
Upon comparing the above-mentioned ſtate Sitting borne, Milton, Herne, Whitſtaple, and Reo
of Faverſham with the preſent, though the houſes culver.
may not perhaps have increaſed ſo much in num-
This town at preſent conſiſts of about 460
QUOCO
ber as might be expected, yet upon
the whole houſes, which contain about
2500
inhabitants.
it is greatly improved; for veffels of 80 tons Many of the houſes are large and handſome, and
burthen and upwards (of which ſize
ich ſize are the com-
the inhabitants of good condition, and wealthy
mon corn-hoys) come now up to the keys at
in general. It is now in a very flouriſhing and
common tides, and even thoſe which do not draw
increaſing ſtate, owing to the ſpirit of improve-
above eight feet of water, at common ſpring ment both of the corporation and principal in-
tides. A conſtant attention has always been habitants, whoſe commendable exertions for the
paid to the preſervation and improvement of the
public utility cannot be too much praiſed, and,
navigation of this creek, by the corporation,
it is to be hoped, will induce ſome of the neigh-
who take the whole expence of it on them-
bouring towns, who want it full as much, to
felves (k).
todos os diw
follow ſo good an example (o).
To enable them to do this, was perhaps the
Since the town has been paved, and the in-
origin of port-dues or tolls, granted by ſome of the
habitants, from their increaſe of wealth, have
Kings whilſt they were poffeffed of this manor,
been enabled to afford better houſekeeping, and
S1W Sud
Vs
stoso
(i) Lel. Itin. vol. vii, p. 144.
SOMO
years, viz, coaſting veſſels, excluſive of fiſhing ſmacks, be
(k) Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 64. See their revenue
longing to this
port 29,
from
40 to 150 tons; coals imported
for doing this, below, p.718, from Mr. Hatch's charity.
DU
12154 chaldrons; oyſters exported to Holland and Flanders,
(1) Upon a diſpute of the right of the corporation to in 31 veſſels, 11456 buſhels, value 33941. packs of wool
theſe droits, a trial was had at Maidſtone, by a ſpecial jury, ſhipped for London and Exeter 2573- Ships entered inwards
in 1764, when they had a verdict in their favor, and by it from foreign parts, viz. from France with oyſter-brood, from
the ſame was confirmed to them, and afterwards entered 4 to 7; from Norway with deals and timber, from 5 to 9 ;
up, as of Trinity term 1764, upon the 779th roll. There from Sweden with the like, tar, and iron, from 1 to 3 ;
had been formerly, in 1578, a quo warranto iſſued to try from Polija Pruſſia with deals and timber from 1 to 3. This
the right of the corporation to droits for timber, which was account includes thoſe veſſels alſo belonging to Milton,
tried in the Exchequer, before Chief Juſtice Manhood, next Whitfiaple, and Herne, which are under the control of the
year, and a verdict was given in their favor.19
Cuſtom-houſe here.
(m) The antient and formerly the only key on this creek,
( ) Part of the town was firſt paved in 1549, and the
was much lower down on it, at a place called Thorn, which
reſt of it in 1636. In 1773, the town was laid open to the
has been diſuſed for many years, as the largeſt veſſels uſed
Londen road, by a ſpacious avenue from thence into Preſton-
for the trade here can now go up ſo much higher, to the
ſtreet, at an expence of 300l. and a bridge was erected-over
the ſtream at the bottom of Weft-freet ; beſides which, all
preſent keys nearer the town.
the roads to this town have been widened and greatly
(n) The following was the ſtate of the ſhipping in 1774,
improved, at a conſiderable expence, within theſe few
being the annual average of the imports and exports for ſix
years,
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The TOWN and PARISH of FAVERSHA M.
a larger quantity of ſea-coal has been burned by vate owners till Thomas Pearſe, eſq; about the year
them, it has not been near fo unhealthy as for 1760, conveyed theſe premiſes by his truſtees to
merly; for no doubt but its low ſituation amidſt Charles, Duke of Marlborough, Maſter-general of
the noxious vapours of fo large a tract of the Ordnance, and others, for the uſe of the pub-
marſhes, cannot but render it at moſt times lic, ſince which all the ſeveral numerous houſes,
unwholeſome.
buildings, and works belonging to this manu-
The ſeveral Kings and Queens of this realm, factory, have been rebuilt in the moſt ſubſtantial
and other royal perſonages, ſeem frequently to and expenſive manner, fu as to render it as com-
have refted themſelves at this town in their jour plete and extenſive as poſſible for the purpoſe;
neying to and fro, particularly Mary, widow of the mills being worked ſeveral by the Oſpringe
Lewis XII, King of France, and ſiſter of K. rivulet, and the others by horſes, and the whole
Henry VIII, on her return from that kingdom under the direction of a Storekeeper, Clerk of
in 1515. K. Henry VIJI, in 1522, paſſed thro' the Survey, Maſter Fire-worker, and others;
here with the Emperor, whom he was conduct the three firſt of whom have handſome houſes
ing, with a numerous train of nobles and for their conſtant reſidence here.
others, to Greenwich, and that King lay here one The mills and ſeveral works and ſtorehouſes,
night on his journey to the ſiege of Bullein, in are almoſt adjoining to the weſt ſide of the town,
1545. K. Philip and Q. Mary paſſed by this which has more than once ſeverely ſuffered by
town in 1557. Q. Elizabeth came here in 1573, the exploſions of this dangerous commodity.
and Jay two nights in the town. K. Charles II, Beſides accidents which happened formerly,
on his reſtoration in 1660, viſited this town, whilſt theſe mills were in private hands, two
and dined with the Mayor ; and laſtly, that un dreadful ones have taken place lately; one in
fortunate monarch K. James II. was unwillingly 1767, when the ſtove, in which were 25 barrels
brought to this town on Wedneſday, Dec. 12, of gunpowder, blew up, and the exploſion was
1688, endeavouring to eſcape into France (P). ſo great as to be heard ſeveral miles diſtant, by
There is a branch of the Ordnance eſtabliſhed which many windows in the town were ſhattered
here, partly in this pariſh and partly in Oſpringe to pieces, and much other damage done ; but
and Davington. A manufactory of gunpowder has the moſt horrid accident happened on April 17,
been eſtabliſhed here ever ſince the reign of Q. 1781, when, about ten o'clock in the morning,
Elizabeth, which continued in the hands of pri the corning.mill and duſting-houſe, in which


1
I 2,
were
mente debout de gerade of Hinchaling with
(d) An authentic account of this tranſaction, as given
by Capt. Richard Marſh, of Faverſham, who was an eye-
witneſs of the whole of it, is printed in Mr. Jacob's Hiſtory
of Faverſham, of which the following is an extract :
“ The nation was already in a ferment, and every one
upon his guard to ſecure ſuſpicious perſons, eſpecially
“ ſtrangers; at which time, the Faverſham failors obſerving
“ a veffel of about 30 tons burthen lying at Shellnejs, to
“ take in ballaſt, reſolved to go and board her; accord-
ingly they went in the evening, with three ſmacks and
“ about 40 men, and three files of muſqueteers, and in
" the cabin of it they ſeized three perſons of quality, of
“ whom they knew only ſir Edward Hales; from them they
“ took 300 guineas, and two gold medals, and brought
" them all three on ſhore beyond Ore, on Wedneſday, Dec.
1638, about ten o'clock in the morning, where they
e met by a coach, and about 20 gentlemen of the
“ town on horſeback, and brought to the Queen's Arms at
" Faverſham, where Capt. Marſh ſeeing the King come
“ out of the coach, and knowing his perſon, told them, to
* their no ſmall ſurpriſe, thac they had taken the King
priſoner, upon which the gentlemen owned him for their
Sovereign; then the king ordered the money taken
« from him to be diſtributed among them that took him,
" and wrote a letter to Lord Winchelſea, to come to him,
• who arrived from Canterbury that night, at which the King
“ was greatly rejoiced, as having one with him, who knew
“ how to reſpect his perſon, and awe the rabble and the
* failors, who had carried themſelves very bruriſh and in-
** decently to him. He deſired the gentlemen very much
$ to convey him away at night, in the Cuſtom-houſe boat,
“ and preſſed it upon their conſciences ; for if the Prince
of Orange Thould take away his life, his blood would be
required at their hands. But they would by no means
*• admit of this, ſaying, they muſt be accountable for him
Be to the Prince, and it would be a means of laying the na-
- tion in blood. After which he was carried from thence
to the Mayor's houſe, where he continued, under a ſtrong
guard of ſoldiers and ſailors, until Saturday morning fol-
“ lowing, at ten o'clock.
“ The King having, during that time, ſent to the Lords
“ of the Council, acquainting them, that the mob had poſ-
« ſefled themſelves of his money and neceſſaries, and de-
“ firing them to ſupply him with more; upon which the
“ Earls of Faverſham, Hillfoorough, Middleton and Yarmouth,
“ with about 120 horſe-guards, beſides fumpter horſes,
coco and coaches, were ſent to him. They were ordered,
“ if poſſible, to perſuade the King to return to Whitehall,
“ but not to put any reſtraint upon his perſon, if he choſe
“ to go beyond the ſeas. The Lords came to Sitting borne on
“ Friday evening, but were met by fir Bafil Dixwell, who
“ commanded the horſe-guards in town, under the Earl
of Winchelſea, with ſome other perſons of quality, and
perſuaded the Lords to leave the guards at Sittingborre,
" and they would conduct his Majeſty there the next morn-
« ing, which was done, with much order and ſatisfaction,
“ both to the King and people. The King lay that night
" at Rocheſter, and went the next day to Whitehall.
Joe
« Sir Edward Hales, and the reſt of the popith priſoners,
were kept in the court-hall, only fir Edward was re-
“ moved to Maidſtone gaol, within a few hours after the
King's departure stor og
..." There were about ten popiſh Prieſts and others, and
" three Proteſtants, who remained priſoners at Faverſoam,
“ under a ſtrong guard, until Dec. 30, when ſome were
“ conducted to the Tower, others to Newgate, and ſome
“ were releaſed.”
Another account of this matter, from an eye-witneſs
likewiſe, which in almoſt every material thing agrees with
the above, is printed in Tindal's Continuation of Rapin,
vol. i, introd. p. xxii, note (1). See another account in
Harl. Mf. No. 6852.

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and that the Abbat and his ſucceſſors ſhould admit
yet the chief of them remain
The TOWN and PARISH of FA VERSHA M.
were about 70 barrels, containing 7000 pounds || the inhabitants of this town and neighbour-
weight of powder, were, by ſome unknown ac hood.
cident, blown up, and the fragments of every The lands in this pariſh and neighbourhood
part of the buildings ſcattered around in the air
are perhaps as rich and fertile as any in this
to a conſiderable diſtance, ſome of the timbers
county, being part of that fruitſul vale ſo often
being carried, by the force of the exploſion, taken notice of above, extending from Sitting borné
over the town of Faverſham, and ſticking in the to Boughton Blean. The adjacent grounds on the
ground on the oppoſite ſide of it, ſtill in flames.
eaſt, ſouth, and weſt ſides of the town are, how-
Three men, who were at work in them, loft
ever, moſtly hop-plantations, which ſeem, like
their lives ; two were blown to atoms, and the thoſe in the neighbouring pariſhes, to be giving
body of the third was found in a field, without place to thoſe of fruit ; but about 10 years ago,
the head, legs, or arms. The exploſion cauſed the cultivation of madder was introduced in
a pillar of flame and ſmoke, which aſcended a them, and many, allured by the proſpect of
conſiderable height in the air before it expanded, great gains, made plantations of it, at a very
and was ſeen in the iſle of Thanet. The air for near conſiderable expence, and a mill was erected
the ſpace of a mile round was ſo impregnated with for the purpoſe of grinding the roots; but from
ſulphur, as almoſt to prevent perſons breathing various diſappointments, and unforeſeen diſad.
in it, but with great difficulty. The noiſe of vantages, they have been deterred from proſe,
it was heard at 20 miles diſtance, and even at cuting the growth of it, and I believe they have
Canterbury, 11 miles off, it gave the ſenſation of for ſome time entirely diſcontinued it.
an earthquake.
The town of Faverſham bears for its arms“
The fruit-trees, flowers, and other produce of Gules, 3 lions paſſant-guardant in pale, per pale or
the adjoining gardens, were entirely blown away, and argent (9).
and the ground left bare, and furrowed, as if
plowed up afreſh'; the boughs of the larger trees
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were torn off, and the trunks left bare, and
Dr. John Cole, one of the Chaplains of the
ſcorched black. All the ſurrounding mills, royal chapel, and Warden of All Souls college,
working houſes, dwelling-houſes, and buildings, by his indenture, Dec. 10, anno 18 Henry VIII,
,
were either wholly or in part unroofed; in ſome
conveyed to the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham,
the floors were broken up, and the chimneys and their ſucceſſors, divers lands and tenements
thrown down, in others the window-frames and
in this and the neighbouring pariſhes of Good-
whole fronts of houſes were forced outwards; the
glaſs in the windows was univerſally ſhivered downient and maintenance of a ſchool, wherein
to pieces, and in many the furniture of the
the novices of the abbey ſhould be inſtructed in
houſes rendered uſeleſs.
grammar; and he directed that the Warden and
The houſes in the weſtern part of the town, Fellows of the above-mentioned college ſhould
from the direction of the wind, ſuffered moſt, nominate the Schoolmaſter from time to time,
for had the wind fet towards the town, the
whole of it, muſt have been inevitably deſtroyed; him, and allow him 1ol. a year wages, together
but this proved fatal to the neighbouring pa with meat, drink, a gown, a chamber, and four
riſh of Davington, where the houſes and build loads of fewel.
89000
0 1
ings ſuffered equal to any of thoſe already men-
Wory weddings
It was not long after this endowment, thac
tioned, and the tiles on the roof and ſteeple of
the abbey of Faverſham was ſuppreſſed, and the
the church were raiſed up and removed in ſmall
ſchool, as part of it, became involved in the
heaps all over it. The ſcene of ruin and defola-
ſame ruin; upon which the lands above-men-
tion, which preſented itſelf on every ſide, with tioned became, with the reſt of its poffeffions,
the terrors of the inhabitants in general, and the veſted in the Crown, and though ſeveral parts
lamentations of the poor for the loſs of their
of them were granted away at different times,
little property, was beyond any adequate de-
fcription, and perhaps was hardly ever before
the reign of Q. Elizabeth.
equalled in this kingdom, and I hope will never
be ſo ſeverely felt here again, though the re-
The inhabitants of the town, ſoon after the
diffolution, had petitioned K. Henry VIII. to
membrance of it will not very ſoon be loft to
re-endow the late ſchool, but without ſucceſs;
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Tolled code barrena
called Surrendens croft, containing ſeven acres, in Fever-
(r) Viz. a meſſuage and 16 acres of land, and eight acres Mam; one marſh called Poynings marſh, containing to acres,
of paſture in Leyfdown in Shepey, one meſfuage and 20 acres
of land in Hernhill, another meſſuage and 19 acres of land
and 35 acres a
acres of land lying in Ewell field in Feverſham; and
part of the manor or tenement called Ewell, with its
in ditto; two crofts of land called Gyblotts and Lovecote, appurts. of one garden, and 170 acres of land called Ewell
containing three acres, and one croft of land called Martyn
lands, in Feverſham and Goodneſtone. Lewis's Hift. Faver-
lands, containing four acres, in ditto ; one piece of land
p. 27
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Тbe H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
or federe
The TOWN and PARISH of FA V ERSH A M.
but on Q. Elizabeth's reſting here for two nights
is reſerved by the Governors, and generally paid
in her 16th year, they took that opportunity || to him once in five years, the whole of the in-
ſtrongly to follicit the Queen, by their humble come being appropriated to the Maſter and the
petition, to erect and endow a grammar ſchool for ſupport of the ſchool (s).
the good education and inſtruction of their youth,
In the year 1582, fome years after the grant,
and thoſe of the neighbouring parts, according
the ſchool-bouſe was erected, on the north ſide of
to the purpoſe and intention of Dr. Cole, in his
the church-yard, by a general benevolence, and
foundation of one in the late abbey, and to ſet-
an aſſeſſment
upon
the whole town (u), and John
tle upon it ſuch of thoſe lands as he had endowed
Smith, of Sturrey, eſq; gave the walk before it,
it with, which were ſtill remaining in the hands
which is well gravelled, and ornamented with a
of the Crown; to which the Queen conſented,
row of trees.
and by her charter, dated July 14, in her 18th
year, granted, that the Mayor, Jurats, and Com-
monalty of the town of Faverſham, and their ſuc-
Elias Mede, A. M.
ceſſors, ſhould be Governors of the revenues of
Robert Stone.
the ſaid ſchool, to be called The free Grammar
(v) William Rawleigh, LL. B.
School of Elizabeth, Queen of England, in Faver-
John Croſs, A. M. in 1613.
Mam, and that they ſhould be a Corporation for Nicholas Billingſley.
that purpoſe, and have a common ſeal for all Penitence Nicholls.
matters relating to it; and further, that the
(w) Foſhua Childrey, D. D.
Warden, or Sub-Warden, and fix Senior Fel-
John Reader.
lows of All Souls college, ſhould nominate the
(x) John Sherwin, A.M.
Schoolmaſter, and remove him from time to
Thomas Lees, A. M.
time; and that they, or the major part of them,
Stephen Bowdage Lloyd, A. M.
together with the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty, Daniel Hill, B. D.
aforeſaid, or the major part of them, ſhould Francis Frederick Giraud, B.D. preſent Maſter,
make rules and ſtatutes for the government and
direction of the Schoolmaſter and Scholars, and
for the ſtipend and ſalary of the Maſter, and the
Upon Sept. 9, 1716, two charity ſchools were
diſpoſition of the rents and revenues of it;
and
eſtabliſhed for the cloathing and inſtructing of
upon a vacancy of Maſter, if one ſhould not
'10 poor boys, and 10 poor girls of this town,
be appointed by the Warden, &c. within two
which have ever ſince continued to be ſupported
months, the Archbiſhop ſhould appoint one. Ac by an annual ſubſcription of the principal inha-
cording to this grant, orders were made and
bitants, and by divers other benefactions, as
eſtabliſhed, by Robert Hoveden, Warden of All
may be ſeen in the liſt of the charities to this
Souls in 1604, by which the ſchool is at preſent
town and pariſh.
governed.
The eſtate, which was in the Crown, belong-
ing to the former ſchool, ſeems to have been,
The oyſter fiſhery here, by which upwards of
much of it, granted away before this, there then
one hundred families are principally ſupported,
remaining only thoſe parts of it near the town.
and the whole town greatly benefitted, ought
The endowment now conſiſts of one hundred
not to go unnoticed. Theſe oyſters, which may
acres and upwards, which lie in Exell.
Ewell.field, Poyn well be called the only ſtaple commodity of this
ings-marſh, Ewell-marſh, Ewell-ponds, Black-lands,
town, are taken within the fiſhing-grounds be-
Honey-croft, Horey hole, and a ſmall ſalt-marſh
longing to the manor of Faverſham, and are, no
adjoining
1000
doubt, of the ſame kind, as are all thoſe caught
lands are now let at upwards of 821. along this coaſt, quite from Queenborough to
per annum, out of which the Maſter is paid an
Reculver, as thoſe which were ſo highly eſteemed
annual ſalary of 6ol. and the reſidue, after re-
by the Romans as a great delicacy, under the
pairs and other incidental charges are deducted;
names of Rhutupian and Britiſh oyſters, by which
Liwagon
(s) Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 53 et
the great rebellion, and was here at the reſtoration after-
(2) The ſchool-houſe conſiſts of a large upper ſchool-
wards. He was created D. D. and had the rectory of Up-
room, and a ſmaller one for the Maſter, 'under which is a
in the co. of Dorſet ; in 1663 he was collated to the
ſmall one for a library, which was begun to be formed by
Archdeaconry of Saliſbury, and next year to a Prebend
Mr. Rawleigh, the Maſter, and ſince increaſed by the gift
of that church, being accounted a learned and religious
of Mr. Meno field, Mayor, by ſuch books as the Governors divine, and a great virtuoſo. He was author of ſeveral
have from time to time purchaſed, and others.
books, and among others of Britannia Baconica, or the
(v) Formerly Fellow of All Souls college. He by his laſt Natural Rarities of England. He died on Aug. 26, 1670,
will left ſeveral books to
books to the library of this ſchool, and as at Upway and was buried in the chancel of the church there.
fuch may be ſaid to be the founder of it.
Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 467.
**(z) He was born at Rocheſter, and was afterwards of
(x) Afterwards Rector of Luddenham.
Magdalen college, Oxford. He taught here in the time of
they
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they are deſcribed by Juvenal, Pliny, Auſonius, which rent is ſtill continued to be paid to the
and other antient writers.
Crown for them, to the Company of free Dred-
But as theſe beds do not afford native oyſters gers of this place, which ſtill ſubfifts as ſuch,
ſufficient for the demands made for them, large by the name of the free Fiſhermen and free Dred-
quantities of ſmall ones, called brood, are an germen of the Hundred and Manor of Faverſham,
nually laid on theſe ſhores, which are collected under proper rules for their regulation and good
from different parts of the ſea, even from the conduct, each of whom, before he is admitted,
Land's End in Cornwall to Scotland and France, having ſerved ſeven years to a freeman, and be-
in order to increaſe and fatten, and be meliorated ing at the ſame time a married man. The Com-
of their faltneſs, by the conſtant flow of the freſh pany is under the juriſdiction and protection of
waters from the Thames and the Medway (y). the Lord of the manor, as tenants of it, and he
The Dutch give a preference to theſe oyſters appoints a Steward to hold two courts, called
of the Faverſham grounds, before all others along Admiralty Courts, or Water Courts, annually, and
this coaſt, and have, time out of mind, kept up
others, as they may be requeſted by the te-
a conſtant traffic here for them, never deal nants upon extraordinary occaſions, where all
ing with any others, whilſt they can purchaſe
matters relating to their good government are
here thoſe ſuitable for their conſumption, at an
tranſacted (a).
equal price to thoſe of the adjoining grounds,
and generally laying out upwards of 3000l. an-
This place has given title to ſeveral eminent
nually for them.
families.
Theſe oyſter-grounds, as they are termed, Sir George Sondes, of Lees Court in Sheldwich,
ſeem to have been granted as early as the reign Knight of the Bath, was, in conſideration of his
of K. Henry II, by the yearly rent of 239. 4d.(2) faithful ſervices both to K. Charles I. and II,
T I T L E S.
and fry
(y) Oyſters are produced and grow in all ſeas and ſalt
water ; one oyſter brings forth many thoufands; the young
or ſpawn of them are increaſed in numberleſs quantities,
between May and Auguſt yearly, in which time none are
taken or marketed. That ſeaſon is called their fickneſs
,
in which they are not fit to be eaten. The ſpawn, or brood
oyſters, are not ſubject to deſtruction, as the
eggs
of many other ſorts of fiſh are, nor are they bait or food to
any other fiſh, nor are they marketed for conſumption if
taken till of due fize, but laid again in the fiſheries to
grow; and the oyſter ſpawn is diſtributed all over ſeas,
rivers, and waters, by the flux and reflux of the tide; for
when the eggs, or ſpat, as the fiſhermen call it, are firſt
fed, they riſe in a very ſmall bubble like oil, or glew, and
float on the ſurface of the waters, and are moved to and
fro till by the air, and ſun, they are brought to maturity,
and the ſhell formed, and then, by their natural gravity,
they ſubfide, and always remain at the place where they
fall.
(z) In a recital of the poſſeſſions of the abbey of Faver-
Jam, of about the time of the diſſolution, there is an entry
as received, by eſtimation, of their tenants, for the yearly
ferme of fiſhing within their liberties of the ſea, and for
ſnout-wears, which they held of the King, by the fee-farm
of ıl. 135.4d. out of which was paid to the King's manor
of Mylton yearly one pound.
(a) The boundaries of this fiſhery have been at different
times confirmed by the authority of the Court of Chancery.
By a ſurvey made in the 6th year of K. James I, by a com-
miflion from the Exchequer, upon the oaths of the tenants
and others, it appeared, that theſe ſea commons and fiſhing
grounds, began from the place called Tenham Robbs, upon
the ſouth-and-by-weſt, to a place called the Blackſhore, along
Tenham-gut eaſtward, thence along by Ride-ferryway down
to a place called Stinkefnaſe, by the ſouth ſide, to a channel
called Howflete, between the ſand and the land, where in
times there has been a fathom deep at low-water, which
channel in times paſt has come out above the beacon at Fa-
verſham creek's mouth, and from that beacon to a place called
Laynes, and ſo eaſt to the Weſthole, and thence to the Eaſt-
bole, and thence to a place called the Spitcricks, and from
Spitcricks to a place called the Hope, and thence eastward
to a place called the Naſe-grounds, lying on the eaſt ſide of
the channel, and thence to Kimber-crick, to a place called
the great Bales-poole to little Bales-poole, and from thence
down along the west ſide of the Pollard to a place called
the Weares, upon the eaſt fide, and from thence to Hamp-
ton-pirts, and ſo into the ſea, being the bounds likewiſe of
Faverſham Hundred.
By a decree likewiſe of the High Court of Admiralty in
1655, the tenants of the manor of Faverſham were adjudged
to have a right to dredge on Harty ſhore, the Nebbe, Eoft-
Swale, Beacon-ground, Nele-ground, and Pollard-ground for
oyiters, excluſive of the fiſhermen of Milton, Stroud, and all
others.
The bounds of the Faverſham fiſhing-grounds eaftward,
adjoining to that of Senfalter, as ſettled by commiſſioners
in Chancery in 1735, were as follows, viz. The fiſhery of
Hearn and others (that is, of Seaſalter) at the weſt part
thereof, was bounded by a certain creek called Kimber-creek,
where was placed a buoy at low-water mark, and ſo to an-
other buoy placed on the north-eaſt point of the ſhoal called
the Pollard, and ſo to another buoy at the head of the
Pool or Swatch, and from thence to another buoy placed at
the eaſternmoſt bounds of the fiſhery by the Wiare, and the
Faverſham fiſhery was bounded by the above-mentioned
fiſhery.
In the 33d year of Q Elizabeth, in the Exchequer, is a
certificate of fir Thomas Fludd, knt. and William Baynham,
efq; by virtue of the Queen's commiſſion annexed, in a
cauſe wherein Richare Thornhill, efq; was defendant : by
which they certified, that he the ſaid Richard Thornhill, for
the cauſes therein mentioned, owned that he in future
would be contented to accept, in favor to the fiſhermen of
the Hundred of Faverſham, only to the right which he had
to the ooze lying on the north fide of the old channel to the
landward, and to ſuffer them and their ſucceſſors under
the Queen, to enjoy, fith, and uſe the place called the
Nebhe, and all the fiſhing lying ſouthward from the north
ſide of the ſaid channel, as in former time they had been
accuſtomed, utterly diſclaiming the ſame, or challenging
any right thereto; and further, did there grant to them,
all ſuch right as he had in and to the ſaid ooze, lying on
the north ſide of the ſaid channel, they therefore paying
yearly 6s. 8d. and he paid beſides all the charges of the
commiſlion, that no variance might thereafter ariſe for the
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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
HISTORY of
The TOWN and PARISH of F A V ERSHA M.
created by the latter, on April 8, in his 28th Charles Duncombe, knt. Lord Mayor of London
year, anno 1676, a Peer of this realm, by the
in 1709, was created a Baron of this realm, by
title of Earl of Faverſham, Viſcount Sondes of Lees. the title of Lord Faverſham, Baron of Downton
Court, and Baron of Throwleigh, for the term of in the co. of Wilts, by letters patent, dated July
his own life, with remainder to Lewis, Lord
7, 1747, anno 21 George II. He was thrice
Duras, Baron of Heldenby. He was twice mar married; firſt to Margaret, daughter of George,
ried; firſt to Jane, daughter and heir of fir Ralph Lord Willoughby de Broke, Dean of Windſor, who
Freeman, knt. by whom he left no ſurviving iſſue; died in 1755, without ſurviving iſſue ; ſecondly
and ſecondly to Mary, daughter of fir William Vil to Frances, ſeventh daughter of Peter Bathurſt,
lars, of Brokeſby, bart. (b) by whom he had iſſue of Clarendon Park, eſq; by whom he had a daugh-
twodaughters his coheirs, Mary, married to Lewis, ter Frances (g). She died in 1757. Thirdly to
Lord Duras above-mentioned, and Katherine, to Anne, third daughter of fir Thomas Hales, of
Edward Watſon, Lord Rockingham. He died on Bekeſborne, bart. by whom he had one daughter.
April 16, anno 30 Charles II, 1677(c). He died on June 18, 1763, without male iſſue,
Lewis de Durfort, Marquis of Blanquefort, and on which the title became extinct.
brother to the Duke de Duras, in France (d), li-
PERSONS OF NOT E.
neally deſcended from the famous Galliard de
Dureford, Lord of Duras, whom K. Edward IV, Hamo de Faverſham, a learned and famous
for his ſpecial ſervices made a Knight of the Franciſcan friar, was born here, and became pro-
Garter, was naturalized by act of Parliament, vincial of his order, firſt in England and after-
anno 17 Charles II, and being then Captain of wards at Rome. He died, advanced in years, at
the guard to the Duke of York, attended him in Anagnia in Italy, in the year 1244 (h).
the ſea fight againſt the Dutch in 1665, and in Simon de Faverſham is mentioned as being the
conſideration of his behaviour there, and other Paſtor of the Britiſh church in the county of
ſervices, was created, anno 24 Charles II, 1672, Kent, but it is not ſaid in what part of it. He
Baron Duras of Holdenby in the co. of Northamp wrote ſeveral books (i).
ton. In 1678, on the death of George, Earl of Stephen de Faverſham, in 1324, was a monk of
Faverſham, his father-in-law, he ſucceeded by Chriſt Church, Canterbury, and the firſt of the
entail to that title, and in the iſt
year
of K. ſort who read divinity in that monaſtery (k).
James II, was elected Knight of the Garter, and There was a family of this name, ſeveral of
in 1688 made General of the King's army, in whom lie buried in the church of Faverſham ;
which poſt he continued at the revolution (e). one of them, fir John Faverſham, had an annuity
He died on April 8, 1709, without iſſue, and of 40 marcs granted to him by K. Rich. III; (1)
was buried in the Savoy church in the Strand, and Agnete, wife of John Faverſham, was buried
on which the title became extinet.
in it in 1417 (m).
On April 30, anno 5 George I, 1719, Erengard John Thornbury, of Faverſham, was Sheriff of
Melufina Schuylenberg, Dutcheſs of Munſter in Ire Kent, anno 24 Henry VI.
land, was created Counteſs of Faverſham, Baroneſs Henry Page, of Faverſham, efq; was Comman-
of Glaftenbury, and Dutcheſs of Kendall, and in der in chief of the navy of the Five Ports in
1723, Princeſs of Erbeſtein in the empire of the reign of K. Henry IV, when he took 120
Germany, on whoſe death the titles became ex French ſhips deeply laden. He died anno 13
Henry VI, and lies buried in this church.
Anthony Duncombe, only ſurviving fon of An John Wilſon, the moſt noted Muſician in Eng-
thony Duncombe, eſq; younger brother of fir
land, created Doctor of Muſic at Oxford in 1644,
tinct (f).
(6) She died on Sept. 9, 1688.
(c) Camd. Brit. p. 235.
(d) Son of William Alphonſus de Durfort, Marquis of
Duras, by his wife Elizabeth de la Tour D'Auvergne, youn.
geſt brother of the Dukes and Marſhals de Duras and de
Lorge in France, and nephew of the Marſhal de Turenne.
(e) He was Maſter of the royal hoſpital of St. Katherine,
near the Tower, at the time of his death. Strype's Stow's
Survey, book i, p. 205.
(f) Her niece, Meluſina de Schuylenberg, was, in 1722,
created Counteſs of Walfingham, and Baroneſs of Aldborough,
for her life. She afterwards married Philips Earl of Chef-
terfield, by whom the had no iſſue. Coll. Peer. vol. v,
p. (57)
(g) She is, by her mother, of conſanguinity to Areh.
biſhop Chichele.
Şee Stem. Chich. No. 275.
(b) Collect. Anglo Minorit. p. 10, 31, 35, 44, 49, 50.
(i) Ibid. p. 505. Cat. of Oxford MI. No. 759, pt. ii.
Merton Coll.
(4) Lel. Coll. vol. i, p. 274.
(1) Harl. Mf. No. 433, 407.
(m) Beſides the above, I find mention of Adam da Favere
mam, who was Archdeacon of Efex in 1271.
William de Faverſham, who was commiſſioned by K. Ed-
ward I. to viſit the royal chapel of Haflings.
Simon de Faverſham, who was Chancellor of the univer-
fity of Oxford about 1304.
Thomas de Faverſham, who is mentioned in a charter of
K. Edward II, anno 19, relating to Tunbridge.
Joane, the wife of Thomas Faverſham, who was aſſeſſed
for two men at arms, for the ward of Grayſon, anno il
Edward III.
Richard de Faverſham is called Lord of Gravene in an in-
ſcription on a tomb in Graveney church, and John Faver-
foam's name appears on a tomb in the fame church, feem-
ingly of the 13th century.
was

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
717
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The TOWN and PARISH of FA VER SHA M.
was born at Faverſham anno 1595, and died in Limnopeuce, bippuris vulgaris, mares tail; in
1673, æt. 78, omnibus titulis et bonoribus acade-
the powder-mill waters.
micis in profeſſione muſicæ par, et in theoria et praxi Lyſimachia lutea, yellow willowherb or looſe-
mufice maxime peritus, as he is called in the public ſtrife ; on the ſwampy ground near Stone-bridge.
regiſter of convocation. He was buried in the 7. Mentha ſpicata, ſpearmint ; on the ſide of the
little cloyſters at Weſtminſter abbey (n). bila river oppoſite the powder-ſtove.
Mentha rotundifolia, round leafed borſemint ; in
the meadow behind Kingsmill.
Ar the fouth-eaſt extremity of this pariſh, as Polygonum amphibium, perennial willow leafed
well as in other particular parts of this county, arſmart; on the ſides of the abbey ditches.
there are ſeveral chalk-pits, the moſt noted of Apium petroſelinum, common parſley; on the weſt
theſe being called Hegdale-pit, of a great depth, wall of the church-yard.
which though narrow at the top, yet more inward Syfimbrium amphibium, the water radiſh; about
are very capacious, having, as it were, diſtinct the powder-mill waters.
rooms, ſupported by pillars of chalk. Several Cochlearia armoracia, horſeradiſh; on the banks
opinions have been formed concerning the intent of the river above the Nuice.
and uſe of them; ſome that they were formed by Ribes nigrum, black currants or Squinoney ber-
the digging of chalk, for the building of the ries; in the boggy ozier-ground near Stone-bridge.
abbey, as well as afterwards from time to time, Ruta muraria, wall rue, white maidenhair, or
for the manuring of the neighbouring lands; tentwort; on the buttrices near the ſouth door
others that the Engliſh Saxons might dig them, of the church.
Thib ad
for the ſame uſes that the Germans did, from 2. Sinapis alba, white muſtard; by the way ſide
whom they were deſcended, who made uſe of in the Brent marſh.
TO
them, according to Tacitus, as a refuge in win Symphitum officinale, comfrey; on the banks of
ter, as a repoſitory for their corn, and as a place the powder-mill waters.
of ſecurity for themſelves, their families, and Thalietrum flavum, meadow rue; in the ſhoot.
their property, from the ſearches of their ene ing meadow ſtream. ebal bilish
ugra
Aſplenium trichomanes, Engliſh black maidenheir;
On Nov. 8, in the year 1774, a moſt remark on the walls of the church and abbey. rom to
able fiſh, called mola ſalviani, or the ſun-fiſh, was
Crithmum ſpinoſum, thorny ſamphire, Dr. Mer-
caught on Faverſham Flats, which weighed about
rett ſays, is found below Faverſham (q).
19 pounds and a half, and was about two feet Orchis five chamæorchis latifolia Zelandiæ; found
diameter. It is a fiſh very rarely ſeen in our
in Faverſham moors, but rarely (>). nie
narrow ſeas (oo).
Peucedanum, ſulphur wort or bog's fennel ; be-
tween Faverſham and the ſea (s).
Near the weſt end of the bridge, oppoſite the
Storekeeper's houſe of the Royal Powder-mills,
Tithymalus Hibernicus, Iriſh Spurge; found be-
there is a ſtrong chalybeate ſpring, which on trial
veen Faverſham and Sittingborne, by Mr. 7.
Sherrard (t).
has been proved to be nearly equal to thoſe of
Orobanche flore minore, branched brown rape;
Tunbridge Wells (p).
near Faverſham (u).
y
Chenopodium ere&tum, chryſanthemi ſegetum folio;
found by Mr. Ray between Faverſham and Nag-
Mr. Jacob, in his Plante Faverſhamienfes, has
given the liſt of a number of uncommon plants,
which he has obſerved within the bounds of this eigi ni CHARITIE s.
pariſh, among which the following are deſcribed
The charitable benefactions to this pariſh are
by him as the moſt rare.
very numerous, of which the following is a lift.
Chenopodium vulvaria, ſtinking orache; under Robert Belleſden, a conſiderable benefactor to
walls about the town. Nim Bolinao
the abbey, gave three ſmall tenements in Church-
Borrago oficinalis, borrage; on the old walls lane for poor widows, to be nominated by the
near the town.no
Vicar.
Convolvulus major, or ſepium, great bindweed Robert Fale gave by his will, anno 21 Henry
with a reddiſh purple flower; in the Brent hedge. VIII, to the Maſter and Fellows of St. John's col-
Lepidium latifolium, dittander or pepperwort ; lege in Cambridge, as much of his lands as ſhould
near the King's Head Key in the town.
be of the yearly value of 31. for the finding of
mies(0).
Too
2.
y teen in
tween
Sluon
DO
BOTANY.
den (v).
9002
p. 86.
(n) Wood's Ath. vol. ii, faiti, p. 41.
(6) Camd. Brit. p. 236. See Crayford, vol. i. of this
hiſtory, p. 211.
(00) See a deſcription and figure of it in Willoughby's
Iechyographia, p. 151, fig. 1. 26.
(p) Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 26.
(9) Merrett's Pinax, p.31, and Hudſ. Flor. Ang. p. 112.
b(r) Merrett ibid.
(s) Ibid. p. 93, and Hudſ. Flor. Angl. p. 116.
(t) Hudſ. Flor. Ang. p. 210, and Raii Synopſis, p. 206.
(u) Hudf. ibid.
p.
266.
(v) Raii Synopſis, p. 155. o o o os voit
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718
The HISTORY of a K E N T.
* Mr. Robert Sione, Maſter of the ſchool here,
Mayor, Jurats, and comes
The T OWN and PARIS H of F A VERSHA M.
one fcholar there for ever, who ſhould be a man's purchaſe a bell-falt, of ſilver, for the Mayor's
ſon of the Hundred of Faverſham, ſuch as the table ; 1ol. to the Vicar, &c. and alſo 1000l.
Abbat and Vicar of Faverſham ſhould appoint. towards erecting and endowing fix alms-bouſes,
Mr. Henry Hatch, Merchant Adventurer and for ſix poor widows, and appointed his execu-
Jurat of this town, by his will anno 25 Henry
tor to lay out 400l. on the buildings, and the
VIII, gave ſeveral eſtates in the counties of reſidue in purchaſing lands, within ten years
Kent and Suſſex (w), to the Mayor, Jurats, and
after his deceaſe, and to give ſecurity to the
Commonalty, and their ſucceſors, for ever, requir-
corporation for the due performance of the
ing them to obtain licence of mortmain, and to
truſt (2)
apply the rents and profits thereof to the uſe
Catherine Latchford, of Davington, by her will
and maintenance of the haven and creek, the
in 1615, gave 501. to the corporation, the in-
highways within a mile of the town, and the
tereſt of it to be applied to the putting out a
ornaments of the pariſh church(x).
poor apprentice annually.
John Foad, by his will in 1633, gave to the
Thomas Ardern, gent. by his will dated in
1549, gave ſome houſes and lands to the corpo-
corporation, his houſe behind the Middle-romer
ration, to the annual value of 4os. appointing
for ever, to be employed for an alms-houſe, for
three widows to inhabit and dwell in for ever.
a ſermon to be preached every year, in comme-
moration of the ſeveral benefactors to this pariſh,
Thomas Muſtard, Citizen of London, by his
the rents
and for an encouragement for others to do the
will, gave three houſes in this town,
ſame, the reſidue to be expended in bread, to
of them to be expended in bread for the poor,
be diſtributed to the poor (y).
to be diſtributed upon every Sunday or Friday
Thomas Streynſham, of Faverſham, gent. by his
after morning ſervice, at 2s. 6d. each time.
will, dated in 1985, ordered his executor to
Samuel Preſton, Jurat, by his will in 1640,
diſtribute to the poor people of Faverſham, the
gave 4os. per annum for ever, towards the weekly
leEture. 28
firſt half year's rent of a farm of 161. per annum,
in Luddenham, Buckland, and Murſton; and he
Stephen Hayward, gent. of Faverſham, gave
charged all the ſaid lands with a rent.charge of
four ſilver faggons, of the value of 1201. for
the uſe of the communion-table.
31. per annum, to be diſtributed in wood, coals,
or money, once every year for ever, to the ſaid
John Caſtelock, eſq; by his will in 1651, gave
lands in the Iſle of Harty, called Finners, the
poor.
William Saker, Jurat of Faverſham, by his
rents of which he ordered to be expended in
will, in 1594, gave a yearly rent of 151. out of
putting out children
ElliotsIſle Harty,
Spillethis
10l. of it to be applied to the relief of the poor
gave a piece of land called Allens, containing
of Faverſham, and 51, to the maintenance of a
four acres, at the upper end of North-lane in
weekly le&ture.
Boughton Blean, the profits of it to be diſtributed
Robert Allen, who was Mayor in 1601, gave
in bread, to 12 poor widows, every Sunday in
a houſe in Partridge-lane, now made into two
the afternoon, at 12d. each Sunday.
tenements, for
William Spillet, ſon of the laſt-mentioned Ed.
ward, by his will in 1670, gave two meſſuages
his will, in 1604, gave a houſe and garden,
or tenements and land, in Boughton-ſtreet, to the
behind the Middle-row, for a houſe of correc corporation, the yearly profits of it to be be-
tion.
ſtowed towards putting out poor apprentices, or
Thomas Mendfield, eſq; who died in his may-
for the relief of poor widows.
oralty, by his will, dated in
bJohn Trowts, Jurat, gave by his will in 1673,
Commenalty
, 20 marcs, co
two annuities, to be paid out of his houſe and
10.2170190
of (w) Viz. his lands in Hartye, called Elliots, Walts, and (y) This charity produced a law-ſuit, which ſeems to
Caleys; hislands and tenements in Faverſham therein named,
have been compromiſed with Mr. Ardern's daughter and
and thoſe lying in Iklyſbam, Gefiling, Odemer, and Brede,
heir, and the eſtates were ſold; what recompence the cor-
in the co. of Suſſex. This will is extant in the Prerog. off.
poration had, I don't find, but the donor's intent is ful.
Canterbury.
filled at the of the corporation.
ovog
(z) Theſe houſes were erected in due time; but as no
Shortly after the deceaſe of the teftator, the corpo-
eftate was purchaſed within the time appointed, the execu-
ration obtained a licence of mortmain, after which the be-
tor was called upon to fulfil the teſtator's bequeſt, when
quelt was litigated in the Court of Chancery for a number
upon
advice of council, the corporation accepted of 450l.
of years; but at laſt the fuit was determined in their favor.
in lieu of the bool. the whole of it being become very pre-
Since which this eſtate has been of great advantage to the
carious. Shortly after, no eſtate having been purchaſed,
town and pariſh, by enabling them, as the eſtates have im-
the money was lent upon bonds to different perſons, and
proved in value, fully to anſwer the benefits to both intended
the whole is ſaid to have been by that means loſt; never-
by the donor. Theſe eſtates, when they came into the hands
theleſs, the corporation continues to pay the originally ap-
of the corporation in 1574, on the death of Mr. Hatch's
pointed annuity of 241. to fix poor widows, and keeps the
widow, were let at 661. 138 4d. per annum; at this time
houſes in repair, the expence of which is always confider-
they amount to upwards of 25cl. yearly rents.
able; in 1760 it amounted to upwards of 100l.
Fartridge
poor widows.
the
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I be 1 HISTORY of KE N T.
719
Stephen Harod, Bartholomeo
et IST
The TOWN and PARISH of F A VERS H A M.
malt-houſe in Court-ſtreet; one to the Vicar of this Mr. Stephen Smith, by his will, dated Dec. 8,
church, for the preaching of a ſermon on Good 1729, gave 200l. to purchaſe an annuity of 61.
Friday yearly; the other to be diſtributed to 40 or more, if that ſum was not ſufficient to be ap-
poor widows, or other poor people, who ſhould plied, 205. to the Vicars for ever, for reading
come and hear divine ſervice on that day yearly, in the church on the evening of the day before
unleſs prevented by ſickneſs or old age.
Chriſtmas, and 58. a piece to the clerk, ſexton,
Mark Trowts, ſon of the ſaid John, by his organiſt, and bell-ringers, for their ſervices on
will, dated in 1679, among other bequeſts, ſet that day, and the reſidue of the annuity to be
tled two annuities of 40s. per annum each, pay. diſpoſed of after the ſervice on Chriſtmas Day, in
able out of his eſtates in Faverſham and Herne ; the afternoon, to poor people, each perſon to
one of them to the Miniſter of Faverſham, for have not leſs than one ſhilling, nor more than
his reading divine ſervice, and preaching a two ſhillings (b).
ſermon on St. Mark's Day; the other to be Richard Marſh, eſq; by his will in 1751, gave
diſtributed on the ſame day to the poor of Fa-
2000l. for the benefit of the Company of Dredgers.
verbam. .
Mary, Lady Dowager Gower, daughter of Tho-
Mr. Thomas Knowler, Mayor in 1688, gave
mas, late Earl of Thanet, fettled 200l. in govern-
two alms-houſes, unendowed, for two poor wi-
ment ſecurities upon Lewis, Lord Sondes, Lord
dows, at the end of Tanners-ſtreet, in the preſen-
of the manor of Faverſham, and Mr. Richard
tation of the heirs of John Knowler, eſq;
Marſh, then Vicar, and their ſucceffors in the
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, by her will, gave 2ol.
manor and vicarage, in truſt, for the benefit of
yearly, the intereſt of it to be applied to the uſe
the charity ſchools of this town (c).
Mr. James Berry, by his will, gave bol. the
of the charity Schools for ever.
intereſt of it to be equally divided in the ſupport
Dorothy, Lady Capel, Baroneſs Dowager of
of the charity ſchools, and to the poor in bread.
Tewkſbury, by her will in 1719, gave lands in Mr. Ifaac Jones, three times Mayor, gave by
Preſton, in trust, for diſtributing the annual in-
his will, 10 guineas to the charity ſchools, and
come of them to twelve charity ſchools, of which
icl. to the poor.
that in the town of Faverſham to be one.
Anne Jones, daughter of the above-mentioned
Thomas Napleton, efq; by his will in 1721,
Iſaac, gave 51, to the charity Schools.
gave to the Mayor and Commonalty, all his lands
Beſides which, Jane Laurence, Mark Trowts,
and tenements in Faverſham and Hernehill, in
truſt, to found an hoſpital at Tanners-green, for
Pyſing, Michael Jones, and Mrs. Anne Terry, gave
fix poor old men, who ſhould each of them have
fundry ſmall benefactions both to the church
51. yearly in money, and every two years a new and poor of this town (d).
coat (a).SLOS
a. 10
huis
Richard Iſles, Citizen and Sailmaker of Lon-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
don, by his will in 1721, gave out of his eſtates FAVERSHAM is within the eccleſiaſtical jurifi
called Kingsfield lands, to the Miniſter for preach diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
ing a funeral ſermon on Feb. 11, 20s. to the of Oſpringe.
Clerk 55. to the Sexton for making clean his The church, which ſtands cloſe to the eaſt
tomb 2os. to the poor in two-penny and three-
CA
penny loaves ios. and alſo of three yearly an-
of our Lady of Faverſham. It is built in the form
nuities of 5l. for ever, to three poor fiſhermen of a croſs, of flints, with quoins of alhler ſtone.
of Faverſham, freemen of Harty ſhores, who do
It had, until 1755, when it was taken down, a
not take alms; and if either of the ſaid poor large ſquare caftellated tower in the middle of it,
men ſhould have a wife, who ſhould furvive
and there remains now another low tower at the
him, the ſaid annuity ſhould be paid to her dur north ſide of the weſt front, upon which is erected
ing her life.
a frame of timber, covered with ſhingles (e).
(a) This charity has been fince raiſed in value, ſo as to
enable the corporation to pay, at this time, to the poor
men iol. a year each.
(b) No annuity being purchaſed, Mr. George Smith, the
teſtator's nephew, paid 200l. which were placed out on go-
vernment ſecurity, and produce an annual intereſt of 61. 15s.
(c) An annuity of 51. had been given by her father,
which ſhe continued after his death, till ſhe made this ſet-
tlement.
(d) See Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 130 et ſeq.
(e) Behind this tower, within the outer walls, is a ſtrong
timbered room, formerly called The Trefary, in which, be-
fore the reformation, were carefully depoſited the goods
and ornaments of the church ; over it was the chamber for
the ſextons. On the ſouth ſide of the weſt front is a room,
formerly open to the church, in which was taught reading
and writing; under it is a neat chapel, with ſtone arches,
ſupported by three pillars in the middle. Over the youth
porch there is another ſtone room, the window of which is
grated with ſtrong iron bars.
Edward Thomaſjon, of Faverſham, by his will, dated in
1494, deviſed 6ol. to the edifying of a new ſteeple in Fa-
verſham. Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
Mr. Henry Hatch, whoſe extenſive charity to this town
has already been mentioned, by his will, dated in 15333
bequeathed a ſum of money, at the diſcretion of the Mayor
and his brethren, in making a new jewel-houſe for the
church of Faverſham.
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720
The HIS TORY of K E N T.,
.
in the
le of rana
The TOWN and PARIS H of F A VERS HA M,
In 1440, there were placed in it five new of all the products accruing from that ma-
bells, and in 1459 a ſixth was added ; theſe re nor, and the tenths of all its appurts. viz.
mained till 1749, when they were caft into a of the land, wood, meadows, and waters, ex-
new peal of eight.
cepting the tenths of honey, and rent paid in
The church ſeems to have been built in the
money (b).
latter end of the reign of K. Edward I, or the Sometime after which, in the year 1168, the
beginning of the reign of K. Edward II, by a conventual church of St. Auguſtine was, the
ſilver penny of one of thoſe Kings being found greateſt part of it, burnt; on which account
under the baſis of one of the piers, which ſup Pope Alexander III. confirmed and appropriated
ported the middle tower. In the eaſt window of the church of Faverſham, with the chapel of St.
the great chancel, were ſome time ſince remain James of Sheldwich annexed, to the reparation of
ing two ſhields of arms, viz. Gules, 2 lions pal-
it (i).
ſant-guardant, or a label of 5 points azure; and In the year 1182, a compoſition was entered
Argent, a lion rampant ſable, within a bordure of into between Richard, Archbiſhop of Canterbury,
tbe zd bezante.
and Roger, Abbat of St. Auguſtine´s, concerning the
In the year 1754, the body of the church, as privileges and exemptions of the latter, when it
well as the roof of it, on a ſurvey, being deemed was agreed, that the Archdeacon of Canterbury,
in a dangerous ſtate, a faculty was obtained to or his official, ſhould receive his dues and pro-
pull it down, which was accordingly done, un curations from the churches of St. Auguſtine,
der the plan and directions of Mr. George Dance,
ſuch as had been accuſtomed for 30 years paſt,
of London, Architect, at the expence
of 2300l.
excepting of the churches of Minſter, Northborne,
beſides which, 4001. were afterwards expended and Chiftlet, and of the churches of Faverſham
in an organ, and 100l. more in other ornaments, and Middleton, when the monks ſhould again
and gol. in improving the great chancel, which get pofleffion of the appropriation of them (k).
through age was become very unſighely; ſo In the reign of K. Henry II, as Thorn writes,
that the whole of it is now made equal to, if not the Abbat of St Auguſtine's had, at the King's
the moſt elegant and ſpacious, of any pariſh requeſt, preſented a Clerk of the King's nomi-
church in this county, and is extenſive enough
nation to this church, on condition of his paya
to afford convenient room for all the pariſhioners ing annually the Tum of ſix marcs to the monks
of it, though what is very remarkable for ſo as rectors of it; but it is more probable, from
large a town and pariſh, there is no other place the above compoſition, that they were not then
in it for public divine worſhip, of any ſort or in the pofieffion of it; that the King claimed
ſect whatſoever (f).
Bad Ismail
the preſentation to it in his own right, and that
This church meaſures from eaſt to weſt, in the Abbat made no oppoſition to it (l).
cluding the chancel, 160 feet, the width of the Upon the death of the above Clerk, K. John,
body 65 feet; the length of the iſles from north in his 3d year, anno 1201, claimed the patron-
to ſouth 124 feet, and their width 46 feet
, age of this church; but the monks entered their
Before the reformation, beſides the high altar proteft before the Archdeacon's Official, and ex-
hibited in ſupport of their claim, their charters
dedicated to The Holy Trinity, and the other of K. William, K. Henry II, and K. Richard,
to St. Thomas, and ſeveral in the ines and and of Archbiſhops Theobald and Hubert, and the
chancels (g).
bu
confirmation likewiſe of Pope Cæleſtine, expreſsly
K. William the Conqueror, in his 5th year, inhibiting them from alienating this church from
на
their own proper uſes, and from conferring it on
any ſecular, and made their folemn appeal in this
bury, the church of Faverſham, and the tenths affair to the Pope.
Wyver be
bing
- 90
en When the church was new built, and the body and 1788, 1796, 1840, 2123. Tan. Mon. p. 205. Theobald,
ifles were new paved, the grave-ſtones, both with braſies Archbiſhop of Canterbury, confirmed it afterwards. Decem.
and without, were removed from the places where they !ay Script. col. 1828, 2091. And it was, together with its
into other open and conſpicuous parts of it.
privileges of exemption, confirmed to the Abbat and Con-
See an account of the antient epitaphs in this church, vent by the Popes Eugenius III, Adrian IV, Alexander III,
Weever, p. 275, Lewis's Hift. Faverſham, append. p. 1, Urban III, and Boniface IX, ſeveral times. Frag. Sprot.
and Harris's Hift. Kent, p. 122 ; and a chronological liſt of
thoſe perſons known to have been buried in it, Jacob's Hift. (i) Decem. Script. col. 1815, 2091.
Faverſham, p. 146, appendix, No. 3.
(k) Tan. Mon. p. 205.
(g) James Dryland, of this pariſh, ejq; fettled an annual (1) Decem. Script col. 1835. Pope Urban III confirmed
penſion of 6s 8d. for fix chaplains to keep his obit, on this church to the monaſtery anno 1185. Ibid. col. 1838.
every vigil of St. James the Apoſtle, in this church.
By a compoſition entered into between Archbiſhop Edmund
(b) Decem. Script. col. 1788, 2091. This gift was con and Robert, Abbat of St. Auguſtine's, in 1237, the above
firmed by K. Henry I, in his 3d year; K. Stephen, K. compoſition of Archbiſhop Richard' was confirmed. See alſo
Henry II, K. Richard i, in his ift year; K. John, in his col. 1882, 1960, 2002, 2013, 2028, 2039, 2146, and
5th year; K. Henry III, in his with year; and K. Edward
3199
I, II, and III. Decem. Script. Chron. W. Thorn, col.
After
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p. 131 et infra.
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Tbe H IS TO RY
of
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churches ſhould receive
The TO W N and PARISH of F A VERSHA M.
After which the King preſented a Clerk to it, profits of it for the time it was ſo, as he did like-
and the Abbat and Monks ſtrongly oppoſed his wife of the other churches of their patronage(0);
inſtitution, and having taken poſſeſſion of the as ſuch he, on the above-mentioned vacancy,
church and parſonage, much ſevere altercation took poffeffion of it, and the monks entered
paffed between the King and them, during which their proteſt againſt it, and appealed to the
they tried every means to mollify him, as well Pope, alledging, that although this church had
by entreaties, as by a large ſum of money, but been vacant, yet neither the cuſtody nor the pro-
all in vain ; at laſt, the King, enraged at their fits of it belonged to the Archbiſhop, or the Arch-
oppoſition, and finding that neither his com deacon, but to themſelves; and further, that it
mands nor threats availed any thing with them, was not vacant, for that they were in poffeffion
cauſed a writ to be directed to the Sheriff of of the parſonage of it, as a canonical title of
the county, commanding him, without delay, their receiving all the profits of it, and uſed it
to eject the monks and their aſſociates, both as in their own right, and held the whole
from the church and parfonage, which, on their of to themſelves, for their own uſes, having
making a violent reſiſtance, was effected, not ſometimes granted it to ſecular prieſts, fome-
without many blows, and ſome bloodſhed (m2). times at a greater, and at other times at a leffer
During this contention, the Archdeacon's Of penſion, but never to any one to farm; that on
ficial had ſuſpended the church, and de fa£lo ex the preſentation of a Clerk, as above-mentioned,
communicated the monks, as well as their ad at the inſtance of K. Henry II, to whom they
herents concerned in this diſturbance, and he had granted it at an annual penſion of fix marcs,
likewiſe interdicted burials in the church-yard; they had taken poſſeſſion of the church lawfully
upon all which the monks appealed to Rome, in their own right.
and Pope Innocent III. iſſued a commiſſion of This diſpute was referred by Pope Innocent to
Delegates to take cognizance of every' injury certain delegates, but by the mediation of mu-
they had ſuſtained on theſe accounts, whom
the tual friends
, and at the King's requeſt to the
King inhibited from acting, and at the ſame Archbiſhop, that he would not diſturb the Abbat
time confiſcated all the eſtates of the abbey held and Convent, either in the diſpoſing or con-
of him in capite.
verting of this church to their own proper
After much altercation, threatnings, and pro uſes, he being peaceably inclined, and out of re-
hibitions, on the King's part, and appeals, ſpect to the King, ratified this church to them,
and bulls of the Pope, on the monks part, the to be poffeffed by them, as above-mentioned,
King, by the Archbiſhop's advice, who was now for ever (p).
become mediator for them, ſeems to have re-
In the next reign of K. Henry III, anno 1238,
laxed from that firmneſs and reſolution he had
a compoſition was entered into between Edmund,
hitherto ſupported his claim with, and to have
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, and Roger, Abbat of St.
admitted them to his preſence, when, in the
Auguſtine's, for the accommodating of all dif-
moſt ſuppliant manner, they intreated him of
putes concerning their reſpective privileges and
his pity to reſtore what he had taken from
juriſdictions, and among others of thoſe relating
them, and, after the example of his anceſtors,
to the pariſh churches of their patronage, and
of his bounty to confirm to them their liberties
of this of Faverſham eſpecially, all which were
and eccleſiaſtical rights, and eſpecially the church
by it finally adjuſted ; and it was agreed by it,
of Faverſham ; and the inore eaſily to obtain
that the Parſons or Vicars of their ſeveral
their petition, they offered the King 200 marcs,
and a handſome palfrey for his own uſe, both
Archbiſhop, or his official, at the preſentation
which he refuſed, till he had conſulted the
of the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine, who
Archbiſhop on it, whoſe advice being wholly in ſhould have the poſſeſſion of ſuch church during
favor of the monks, the King, though he re the vacancy, and until ſuch inftitution, and the
fuſed their money, yet, at their preſſing en-
putting into corporal pofleſſion by the Arch-
treaty, accepted of their palfrey, and then re-
deacon, ſaving the Archdeacon's juriſdiction, if
ſtored all their poffeffions, and in recompence he ſhould go or ſend to thoſe churches; and
of the loſſes the monaſtery had ſuſtained through further, that this church, with its chapel, ſhould
his means, he confirmed to them the charters
be free in future, as well from all payments as
of his predeceffors, as well of this church as of
from procuration to the Archdeacon, and his
their ſeveral rights and liberties (n).
officials, and it was agreed, that the profits ariſ-
At the ſame time that K. John had this con ing from their vacant benefices, as well as ſeque-
tention with the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguf ſtrations, ſhould be equally divided between the
tine, the Archdeacon of Canterbury claimed the Abbat and the Archdeacon, and he at the ſame
cuſtody of this church, as being vacant, and the time having inſpected the ſeveral privileges of the
SC03
(17) Decem. Script. col. 1843 et ſeq.
(n) Ibid. col. 1843 to 1856. (0) Ibid. col, 1845.
(p) Ibid. col. 1857 to 1862. Regift. Mon. Sci Aug.
Cant, cart. 141, 142, 147, 156, 157.
Vol II.
8 X
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The
H I STORY of
The TOWN and PARISH of F A V E R S H A M.
Popes, and of his predeceſſors, Archbißops of Can chat houſe, ſituated within the pariſh of the ſaid
terbury, and the ſeveral authentic charters of the church, according to an agreement between the
Kings of England, granted and confirmed with Vicar of it and the ſaid Maſter, but that the
the conſent of the Archdeacon, notwithſtanding Vicar and his fucceffors ſhould undergo, at his
the claims of his predeceſſors, this church, with and their own expences and charge, the burthen
its chapel, and the tenths, which by reaſon of it of ſerving by themſelves, or two fit prieſts in the
they had been uſed to take of old, with all their divine ſervices of this church, the burthen alſo
appurts, to be poffefed by them quietly, with the of miniſtering bread and wine, two wax proceſ-
liberty above-mentioned, to their own uſes (9).
fionals, and other candles, which ſhould be ne-
In the next reign of K. Edward I, a vicarage ceſſary for the celebrating of divine rights there,
was endowed in this church by Archbiſhop John and alſo the finding of ruſhes, to ſtrew the church
Peckham, who by his inſtrument, dated at Lan with in ſummer, and the payment of tythes and
beth, 8 id. March, 1305, decreed, with the con other impofitions, which might be laid on the
ſent of the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine,
church of England, at any time, or by any one,
patrons of it, that the then Vicar of the church, or which ſhould be incumbent on the church
Robert de Honyton, and his ſucceſſors, Vicars in of Faverſham itſelf, for the taxation of 101. but
it, ſhould have the uſual houſe of the vicarage
that the burthens of repairing and amending the
- adjoining to the church-yard, with its appurts.
chancel of this church, both within and with.
to hold freely and exempt from all rent and le out, and alſo the finding and repairing of books,
cular ſervice, and that they ſhould have and veſtments, and ornaments of the church, which
take, in the name of their vicarage, all manner ought or were wont, either by right or cuſtom,
of oblations in the church of Faverſbam, and in to be found or repaired by the Rectors of
all places whatſoever ſituated within the bounds,
churches, and ſtraw to ſtrew the church with
liinits, or tythings of it, made or to be made in winter time, and all other burthens, ordinary
upon any account whatſoever, and all, and all and extraordinary, incumbent on the church,
manner of oblations, of whatever fort, made or not aſſigned above to the Vicars of it; the reli-
to be made, in the firſt maſs of the
firſt maſs of the 13 maſters
gious ſhould for ever undergo and acknow-
and miſtreſſes inhabiting certain tenements in ledge, &c. (s)
the bamlet of Schelwych, either whilſt they were Ibe Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine, as
living or on their deaths, of whatever ſort, made appropriators, were entitled to the tythes of a
or to be made, in the chapel of that hamlet field on the nortb ſide of the church of Fa.
annexed to this church, and made or to be verſham, which, as they had no way of car-
made within the tything of that pariſh; the rying them off, but through the grounds of
names of which tenements were therein fpecifi the abbey of Faverſham, were of little or no
cally named (r).
profit to them: this bred continual diſputes be-
And alſo, that they fould take and liave, in
tween them, cill at laſt, in the year 1293, an
the name of their vicarage, all iythes of hay, agreement, by the mediation of their mutual
wool, lambs, pigs, flax, hemp, apples, pears,
friends, was entered into, by which the Abbat and
pulſe, cheeſe, milkmeats, ducks, pidgeons, mer Convent of Faverſham, for themſelves and their
chandizes, eggs, and of all mills then ſituated, fucceffors, granted licence to the Abbat of St.
or which might afterwards be, within the pa Auguſtine, and his fervants, to carry out, in
riſh of the ſaid church, and alſo of beans and the time of autumn, without any hindrance or
,
of ſuch ſown or increaſing elſe where; and the gate of the Abbat and Convent of Faver-
alſo, that they ſhould have and receive, in the Sham, which was on the north part of the field,
name of their vicarage, from the Maſter of the until they ſhould provide another fit and com-
Maiſon Dieu for the time being, 5s. for the ſmall petent way for the Abbat of St. Auguſtine for
tythes ariſing from the cloſe and orchard of that purpoſe ; nor ſhould the Abbat and Con-
(2) Dec. Scrip.col. 188zet ſeq. Tan. Mon.p. 205. In the
year 1245, an agreement was made between Robert, Abbat
of St. Auguſtine, and the brothers of the hoſpital of Of-
pringe, concerning the burial of the latter in the church of
Faverſham. Decem. Script. col. 1893. See a further ac-
count of it, under Oſpringe.
(r) Viz. the tenement called Longcanon, which the Lady
Elizabeth, widow of fir Ralph Sanzaver, knt. then held, the
buildings of which were pulled down; the tenement of
John Ateſole, which Margaret, reli& of John de Harefield
then held; the tenement of Thomas le Vader, which Sicele
Niele, kis beir, then held; the tenement which Lury Silom
kelaił, alias Lile, then held ; the tenement of John Ate
Halke, which Thomas his ſon then held; the tenement for-
merly of Richard Chyld, which Robert Draylonde then held
by purchaſe ; the tenement of Walter de Kyngejlonde, which
John de Kyngeflonde then held by purchaſe, the buildings of
which were pulled down ; the tenement of Robert Lord,
which J. his ſon then held; the tenement of Richard de
Kingeſlonde, which Bartholomew his heir then held; the
tenement of Bartholomew Springet, which Roger Dik then
held ; the tenement of William de Schobeſole, which he as
yet held hiniſelf; the tenement of Peter ate Leſ, which the
ſame Roger Dik then heid; and the tenement of Guenora de
Baille, which the fame Roger Dik then held.
(5) Decem. Script. col. 2091. Cotton Library in the
Britiſh Muſeum, marked Fauftina A. 1.
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ca
The TOWN and PARISH of FAVERS H A M.
vent of St. Auguſtine, or his ſucceſſors, claim altercation, concerning the juriſdiction of the
any right or property of going or returning parties over this church, which laſted for ſome
through the ſaid gate or way, when another years, and after ſeveral proceſſes and appeals to
was provided for them, but only free ingreſs Rome, carried on at a great expence, neither party
and egreſs in the time of autumn, for the inclining to give up the ſmalleſt part of their
purpoſe above-mentioned, as was therein ex-
claims, the matter was left in the ſame ſtate of
preſſed (t).
contention as at firſt, to the ſcandal of both
It appears by a diſpute, which was litigated
parties, and the diſturbance in a great meaſure
anno 1297, being the 26th year of K. Edward of the public peace (y).
1, that the church of Sheldwich was then eſteemed
In the year 1307, there was an agreement
as a chapel, annexed and belonging to the church
entered into between the Abbats of St. Auguſtine
of Faverſham (u), and it continued ſo in the 21ſt
and Faverſham, concerning certain tythes and cu-
year of K. Richard II. (v)
ſtoms in this pariſh and elſewhere, by which it was
The Ábbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine having
obtained from time to time many grants and ex-
agreed, that the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſ-
tine, and their ſucceffors, ſhould receive out of
tenſive privileges from the fee of Rome, among
the manor of the Abbat and Convent of Faver-
which was an exemption from all archiepiſcopal
ſpam, with its appurts. in Faverſham, ſix marcs
authority, about the year 1295, ordained an in-
ftitution of ſeveral new deanries, and apportioned
of annual rent, and the benefit of two cows feed-
ing with their cows at Faverſham, in manner as
the ſeveral churches belonging to their mona-
was therein expreſſed, and of ſeven heifers feed-
ſtery to each of them, according to their vici-
ing with their’s at the Blean, in like manner, and
nity; one of theſe was the deanry of Lenbam, in
of ſix hogs, at the time of pannage, with their's
which this church of Faverſham was, among
in pannage yearly, and that they ſhould receive
others, included. This proceeding raiſed great
ſeven carriage loads of bruſh faggots, each load
conteſts between the Archbiſhops and Abbats of
drawn by two
St. Auguſtine, each appealing in his turn to the
Blean
horſes, in their wood of
yearly, all which, they acknowledge, the Abbat
Pope, who referred the ſettling of it to the Abbat
and Convent of St. Auguſtine, and their prede-
of Weſtminſter, and others, who ſtripped the
ceffors, had continually taken by the charter of
Abbat of theſe exemptions, and he was declared
William the Conqueror, which having inſpected,
by the Pope's bull, to be ſubject to the Arch-
they thereby ratified and confirmed. And they
billbop's juriſdiction in all matters whatſoever,
further releaſed all right and claim, which they
in like manner as before, which entirely dif-
11. i then, or at any time afterwards might have, in
folved the new deanries, and that of Lenham
the advowſon of the pariſh church of Faverſham,
among them (w).
with its appurts. canonically appropriated to the
In the year 1301, anno 28 Edward I, Peter
religious of St. Auguſtine as aforeſaid ; and that
de Mildeftede having been preſented and inſtituted the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine, for them
to the vicarage of this church, and taken his and their monaſtery for ever, releaſed and quit-
oath of canonical obedience to the Abbat, after claimed to the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham,
wards took a freſh oath of obedience to the Arch and their ſucceſſors, all the right and title which
biſhop, as his ordinary, for which, and for other they then had, or might have, in the tythes ariſ-
malpractices, the Abbat excommunicated him, ing from Melefeld and Suthfeld, and certain fields
and took upon himſelf the cure of this church, but newly affarted at Lamberiſlonde, viz. Eaftrete,
and of the pariſhioners, and cauſed it to be ſerved Weſtrete, Muchefeld, and le Coumbe, whenever,
by his monks and proper prieſts. Soon after and as long as thoſe lands ſhould be cultivated
which, on the death of one of the pariſhioners, in their own hands ; ſaving nevertheleſs, and re-
the corpſe, at the deſire of Peter de Mildeſted, ſerved to the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine,
was intended to be buried at Preſton ; but the and their ſucceſſors, the tythes ariſing from one
monks of St. Auguſtine aſſembling at the houſe acre and an half in Melfeld, and one acre in
where it lay, cauſed it to be carried to this Suthfeld, which thoſe of Faverſham had pur-
church, which ſo enraged the people, that, with chaſed, and of the lands lately tilled, affarted
the Mayor at their head, with a great noiſe and and to be affarted, purchaſed already and thoſe
found of horn, they afſembled, and with force of in future to be purchaſed, ſo that their privi-
arms drove the monks, and their aſſociates, out leges, if any ſuch they had at that time, ſhould
of the church and town; of which riot a further not be diminiſhed in any thing (2).
notice has already been taken above (x). Upon Walter Reynolds, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, at
which, the Archbiſhop ordered the church and ce his primary viſitation in 1313, cited Ralph, the
metery to be interdicted; this brought on a long Abbat of St. Auguſtine, to ſhew cauſe why he
(t) Decem. Script. col. 1959.
() Ibid. col. 1967. (v) Ibid. col. 2199.
(w) Ibid. col. 1976 et feq. Prynne's Records, p. 817
(x) See above, p.
(1) Decem. Script. col. 1979 to 2002.
(z) Ibid. col. 2006, 2028.
was

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om
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om all four
carrying to
w there any
was,
'The TOWN and PARISH of FAVERS H A M.
was preſent, to perform his obedience there, on confirmed by the general words of the act paſſed
account of the churches appropriated to his for that purpoſe next year (f).
monaſtery; upon which the Abbat produced the
After which the King, by his dotation-char.
ſeveral bulls, charters, and inſtruments, which
ter, fettled both the church appropriate of Fe-
exempted him from it, with which the Arch-
verſham, and the advowſon of the vicarage,
biſhop being ſatisfied, granted to him his letters
among other premiſes, on his new-founded Dean
of exemption from making his appearance the
there
and Chapter of Chriſt Church, Canterbury, with
on that account (a).manau du bas
whom the inheritance of the parſonage ſtill re-
Archbiſhop Simon Mepham, in the 4th year of K. mains, the preſent leſſee of it being Mr. John Bax,
Edward III, claimed the ſame appearance from of London (g); but the advowſon of the vicarage
the Abbat, and cited him to produce his bulls, the Dean and Chapter retain in their own hands,
charters, and inſtruments of exemption ; upon and are the preſent patrons of it.
which the Abbat appealed to the Pope, whoſe de
In the year 1384, this church was valued, on
legates, after three years continual trouble, and
the taxation then made of the poſſeſſions of the
enormous expence, decided in favor of the Abbat,
clergy in the dioceſe of Canterbury, at the ſum
and taxed the Archbiſhop in 12101. which the for-
mer had actually expended, during that time, in
of 361. 135, 4d. yearly income (b).
The vicaracter
b
vicarage of Faverſham is valued in the
Archbiſhop Thomas Arundel, on the like default
King's books at 381. 185. 3d. and the yearly
tenths at 21. 135. 9d. (i)
at his primary viſitation in the year 1397, made
the like citation ; but on the inſpection of the In 1578, the communicants here were 845.
Abbats charters, &c. of exemption, he pro At the Archbiſhop's viſitation at Faverſham
nounced his definitive ſentence in their favor, , anno 1630, the Churchwardens, &c. returned,
and diſmiſſed them from all future attendance that there was a vicarage-houſe, and about 40
on that account (bb).
rods of land about it, and an acre of paſture
Upon a ſurvey of the poſſeſſions of St. Au ground.
In 1640, it was valued at cool. per annum,
peared to belong to this church, 33 acres of and in 1732, including the offerings at Eaſter, at
glebe land (c), and that 38 acres belonging to the like ſum. Communicants 1500. da to bude
the abbey of Faverſham paid tythes to that Abbat
Hud 2009
and Convent (d).
CHURCH OF FAVERSHAM.
HASTANE
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this church Patrons, birlw 900
was valued at 361. 135. 4d. yearly income (e).
2sub won or bo
The church and vicarage of Faverſham, after
(k) Oſborne de Camere, in the
this (the chapel of St. James of Sheldwich being to be s 8
reign of K. Henry II, obt.
ſeparated from it, and having before this become
bodni bas bar
an independent pariſh church) remained in the
aid souls busos
Simon Fitzrobert.
ſame ſtate, and parcel of the poſſeſſions of the
Herebert.
odcard 03
Sino
monaſtery of St. Auguſtine, till the final diffolu-
de overib
bado Vicars.
tion of it, which happened in the 30th year of K.
carlso rot bad idi (1) Peter de Mildeftede, in
wirid beispituimenog 1301.
ſurrendered into the King's hands, to the uſe
dáudo il to 9 Robert de Honyton, the firſt
of him and his heirs for ever, and the ſame was
bovulad oni bole endowed Vicar, in 1305.
be
(a) Decem. Script. col. 2013.
24 OO 2 DA
non2
(f) K. Henry VIII, in his 36th year, granted to An-
(6) Ibid. col. 2039. (56) Ibid. col. 2199.
thony St. Leger, among other premiſes, a barn with its ap-
(c) Helto Fitz Richard, with the aſſent of Haſche his wife, purtenances, formerly belonging to the rectory of Faver-
gave to the church of St. Mary of Faverſham, and to the Sham, and all thoſe tythes ariſing from and within the borough
Parſon of the fame, of which church he was a pariſhioner, of Rode, to hold in capite by knights ſervice. Rot. Eſch.
16 acres of land of his demeſne of Sericheſam, and he did ejus an. pt. 8.
it in recompence of the great loſſes, which the church had (g) In 1646, the Lady Darel was lefſee of this parſonage,
received on his account. This deed was addreſſed to Arch at the yearly rent of 321. 6s. 8d. and 50l. fine every ſeventh
biſhop Theobald, and witneſſed by Clarembald, Abbat of Fa year.
verſham, Alward the Prior, &c.
(b) Decem. Script. col. 2162.
Daniel de Crevequer confirmed the above gift by his deed, (i) Ea. Theſ. p. 11.
the ſaid land lying within his fee. Q. Maud, wife of K. (k) On his death K. John claimed the patronage of this
Stephen, directed her writ to the Sheriff of this county, church, and preſented Simon, Archdeacon of Wells, againſt
that ſhe had given to Helmide, the nun, an acre of land, for which the Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine entered their
the building of an houſe in alms at Faverſham, cloſe to the proteft, and appealed to the Pope. However, after much
cemetery, between the church of St. Mary and the chapel altercation, the King gave up his right to it, and confirmed
of St. Gregory; and after her death the willed, that the this church to the Abbat and Convent, a full account of
church of Faverſham ſhould have the ſaid land for ever. which has been given above, p: 720.
Regift. Mon. Sci Aug. cart. 225, 230, 460.
(1) See an account of the Abbat's proceſs againſt him,
(d) Decem. Script. col. 2203. (e) Ibid. col. 2162.
P: 723
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The HISTORY OF KE N T.
725
1
09
od
from w
1, 1662,
FAVERSHAM.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
HAM
SSD: nuo (m) William Thornbury, ad-
Tuo met vla (r) William Chafy, A.M. ind.
- og det er mitted about 1430, obt.
-94 a videdor Dec. 12, 1778, reſig. 1780.
(my mois 1448.
od sada zbowo: Richard Hålke, A. M. June
Hallo 23-ils du (n) John Redborne, A. M.
abnowola W319 VOGT
17, 1780. Preſent Vicar.
wenye to Ebrud obt. Feb. 23, 1531. oil
op to 2 TOO SÓ 5
svadero hoy Clement Norton, in 1539.101
D A V I N G T O N.
354 bobotot ont (0) Laurence Maptyd, March
ghtblind 9, 1554. Esta
for us
THE next pariſh
h weſtward is Davington,
The Crown. brodd Thomas Taylor, admitted Oct.
over which the paramount manor of Fa-
Op 16, 1570.
verſham claims juriſdiction, ſubordinate to which
Dean and Chapter Mark Elfrytbe, admitted Oct.
is the manor of Davington.
of Canterbury. 911112, 1574, obt. 1594. gai
syurga
John Spencer, B.D. admitted THE MANOR and PRIORY OF DAVINGTON.
Mar. 4, 1594, relig. 1599.
This manor, in the reign of K. Stephen, was
10.10 Yosed Randolph Yardley, S. T. B.
... in the poſſeſſion of Fulk de Newnham, who in
no Oct. 30, 1599.desila
the 19th year of that reign, anno 1153,
founded
etter (P) William Maſter, A. M.
on the ſcite of it a priory for nuns of the Bene-
zero lo sy bg si Aug. 30, 1605, reſigned
dietine order, which was dedicated to St. Mary
1606.
Magdalen, and he at the ſame time gave to them
Polegur svodi John Philips, A. M. inftit.
this manor of Davington, among other lands,
anayetoa che tu ognutter April 19, 1606, obt.1640.
for their ſupport and maintenance (s).
Thomas Hurt, S.T. B. Dec.
od tistiys
K. Henry II. took this foundation under his
sighting to do 8, 1640, obt. 1642.
patronage, which he has been eſteemed as
yabasit bir elbigni John Jeoffray, S. T.P. ind.
the founder of it by fome (t). K. Henry III,
Feb. 27, 1642, ſequeſt.
on April 22, in his
in his 39th year, confirmed to
theſe nuns all their poffeffions, with ſundry li-
to enlar
Nathaniel Wilmot, ejected
berties and privileges (u).
1662.
90,00 Sorg obrisolob
Their original number was 26, but in the
om blot browser
Francis Worral, A. M. Dec.
reign of K. Edward III, from the ſcantineſs of
(
their revenues, they were reduced to 14. In
les final do Giles H.
Giles Hinton, S. T. P. Mar.
the 17th year of the above reign, the Prioreſs
gnib boris. babi 3, 1665, relig.
and Nuns preſented a petition to the King, re-
Got ni band 2
(9) John Gamlyne, A.M. obt.
preſenting, that from their great poverty they
di sorgusb, 1715;
1715. Foto
were unable to ſatisfy the King's public aids,
Shadrach Cooke, A.M. July
without depriving themſelves of their neceſſary
lori :)
22, 1715, obt. 1724. 1. 16
fubfiftance; upon which the King directed his
Histort issbile Henry Archer, S.T.P. Apr.
writ to John de Vielton, then Sheriff of the
2, 1724, obt. Feb. 16,
county, directing him to make enquiry into the
truth of it (v), who returned, that notwithſtand-
i wymawia nube Richard Marſh, A. B. July
ing their reduced number, they had not a com-
best toasts op diw 14, 1744, obt. Aug. 31,
petent means of ſubſiſtence, nor could they live
900 bas jio
297301 to bolup Hai bus
1778.
Ilir svo balls Jill upon the revenue of the convent, but had the
SN 51 bato 27 ON
(m) Mr. Jacob fays, he died in 1480, and was buried
ali to issued
empted from all ſuits of counties and hundreds, from views
in Faverſham church.
of frank-pledge and law-days, from the tourne and aid of
(n) He was buried in the chancel of this church.
Sheriffs, and all other his bailiffs and officers.
(0) Maſter of Corpus Chriſti or Bennet college, Cam-
Visegola
This charter was pleaded by their Attorney, Richard de
to bed || Roylaund, in their
Roylaund, in their behalf anno 7 Edward I.
(p) And Vicar of Ticehurfl. He had been Chaplain to
It appears by the ledger book of this priory, that John
Archbiſhop Abbot, and had the character of being an excel-
de Davington poſſeſſed lands in this pariſh in the reign of
See Walker's Suff. of Clergy, pt. ii, p. 282. K. Henry III, and was a benefactor to the priory.
Lloyd's Mem. p. 531. 1971 og ind
Simon de Holt held half a knight's fee in Davington in the
(9) And Vicar of Preton.
reign of K. Edward I.
con 3d both britia
(r) He reſigned this vicarage on being preſented to that Itin. Kanc. 21 Edward I, John and Thomas Everard
of Sturry, and is Minor Canon of Canterbury cathedral. ll brought a writ of right againſt Robert de Champaigne, for
(s) Tan. Mon. p. 215. Lewis's Hif. Faverſham, p.77.
lands in Davington, as of gavelkind; but a verdict was
Ledger of Davington priory.
1 .
given againſt the demandants. See Robinſon's Gavelkind,
(t) Kilburne's Surv. p. 74. Lamb. Peramb. p. 274.
Southouſe Mon. p. 146.
In the 14th year of K. Edward III, Mary, wife of John
de Champaigne, died feiſed of lands in Davington. Rot.
(u) Cart. ejus an. m. 5. Philipott, p. 130. Dugd. Eſch. ejus an.
Mon. vol. i, p. 501.
The privileges and immunities (v) See Cat. of Bodleian Mf. Cod. Rog. Dodſworth Mf.
granted were, that they and their ſucceſſors, wherefoever
5056, vol. cxv, 28. Inquis de terris et poſel. Prioriſ. et mon.
they were poffeffed of any lands, ſhould be for ever ex-
de Davyngton anno 17 Edw. III, f. 158.
organigral zivis1643.
181
202 2001 file contaminad 11.4744.
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726
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Τ.
som
al number of
Cant.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
DAVINGTON. nav
charity of their friends to ſupply them. From fore the Eſcheator of the county, that there
which repreſentation, moſt probably, their pe were neither prioreſs nor nuns left in it, to per-
tition had the deſired effect ; however that be, form the ſervice of the foundation (2).
To
they, from their extreme poverty, afterwards The priory of Davington, with all its poffef-
acquired the name of the poor nuns of Daving ſions, coming thus into the hands of the Crown,
ton (w).
remained there till the 35th year of the above
To the above-mentioned petition they annexed reign, when the King granted the ſcite and pre-
, ſo
, ,
a mutilated paper contains, the reſt being torn and orchards, the manor of Fiſhborne, and divers
off, amounts to no more than 211.
135.
iod. (x)
premiſes in Fiſhborne, Faverſham, and other
pa-
which was nearly the whole amount of their in riſhes mentioned in the grant, all lately belong-
come, as appears by a valuation taken in the 8th
ing to it, with all their appurtenances, liberties,
year of the next reign of K. Rich. II, anno 1384,
and privileges, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. to hold
when their ſpiritualities, viz. the churches of
in capite by knights ſervice (a).
Hercheghe, Nyewyngham, and Davyngton, were He died ſeiſed of them in the 1ſt year of Q.
eſtimated at 12l. per annum, the church of Bur-
Elizabeth, leaving iſſue a ſon Henry, afterwards
defeld at 535. 4d. and their temporalities at 141.
knighted, and created Lord Cheney of Tuddington,
6s. 8d. Total, 281. 195. gd. yearly revenue (y).
who had livery of them in the 3d year of that
About the year 1326, Archbiſhop Walter Rey reign (d).
nolds preſcribed certain rules and ordinances for
He, in the 8th year of the above reign, alien-
the better government of the nuns of this priory, ated the manor or capital meſſuage of Daving-
which being in the French tongue for their better ton, and the ſcite of the priory, with all build-
underſtanding, has made it ſuppoſed by ſome, ings, lands, &c. belonging to it, one meſſuage
that they were French women (yy).
W
and 140 acres of land in Davington, and ſundry
As the neceſſaries of life increaſed in value, other premiſes, with their appurts. and all li-
their poverty became more diſtreſſing; their berties, privileges, and immunities belonging to
little income, fo far from being ſufficient to them, parcel of the poffeffions of it, to John
Bradbourn, deſcended from thoſe of the co. of
at the foundation of the priory, became after Derby, who two years afterwards ſold them to
wards unequal to the ſupport even of the 14, Avery Giles, and his ſon Francis paſſed them
to which they were reduced in K. Edward III.'s away by ſale, in the 20th year of that reign, to
reign, and it
it appears that they afterwards con Mr. John Edwards, who reſided here, and dying
tinued diminiſhing in number, till at laſt, in on June 9, 1631, æt. 87, was buried in this
the reign of K. Henry VIII, this priory was church. He left an only daughter Anne, by
become quite deſerted, ſo that it eſcheated to
,
the Crown, tanquam locum profanum et diſolutum, of Rochford in the co. of Eſex, gent. (e) whoſe
in the 27th year of it, it being then found, be grandſon John Bode, esq; reſided here
. He
totni Turda TriDatib pintog
(w) Southouſe Mon. p. 147.3 onwalesoni 10 000
as oriw (woni to o acres of land in Norton ; one croft
, by eſtimation 24 acres,
(x) Lewis's Hift. Faverſham, p. 78. b5u691 is goi
in Hagdale; and the manor or capital meſſuage of Daving-
(y) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 41.
1, P: 44istado2 10 206930916|| belonging to it, and one acre of land in Hamfield ; one water
ton ; one meſſuage in Davington, with 140 acres of land
(z). Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, 'p. 114.409891 sdi aogel mill, called Ore mill, in Ore; 20 acres of land in Ore, and
(a) Sir Thomas Cheney was then tenant of the ſcite of
20 acres in Oſpringe ; 30 acres in Monkton near Newnham;
this priory, with all its poffeſſions, under the Crown, at
30 acres in Broadfield; fix acres in Selling ; fix acres in Har-
the yearly rent of 201. They are deſcribed as lying in bledown; three acres in Alk; and 116s, rent, in Newmbam,
Fyfhborne, Faverſeam, Overpreſton, Newnham, the Iſle of Monkton, Oſpringe, Faverſham, Ore, and St. Peter's in Tha-
Harty, Elling, Monkton, Burdevyle, Minffer in Shepey, Har-
net, and 40 acres of wood lying ſeparately in different pa-
baldowne, Norton, Luddenham, Sittingborne, Sandwich, Tha-
riſhes, parcel of the poſſeſſions of the priory of Davington,
net, Aſh, Selling, Linfted, Stourmouth, and Oſpringe. Rot.
of the King in capite by knights ſervice.
44 4. หน่วไป
Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5.
6 bsn og
(e) Philipott, p. 130.
2,2 103W ..
By the liberties granted as above-mentioned by King The family of Bode had poſſeſſed good eſtates in the
Henry III. to this priory, of being quit from ſuit at all county of Eſex for ſeveral generations. Henry Bode, of
counties and hundreds, the proprietors have ever ſince Rayly in that county, was twice married; by Margaret his
claimed an exemption from ſerving the office of Conſtable, if firft wife he left iffue a fon John, anceſtor of the Bodes of
choſen at the leet or bundred court.
the county of Kent; and by his ſecond wife Anne, daugh-
See more of the Cheneys above, p. 6614
ter of John Strangman, of the co. of Eſex, he had a ſon
.
Tobode
(d) Rot. Efch. ejus an. By this livery may be ſeen the
Henry, of Rayley, where his deſcendants continued for fe-
different poſſeſſions of the late priory granted to Cheney, viz.
veral generations. John Bode, of Rochford, the eldeſt ſon,
100 acres of arable land, 100 acres of paſture, and 100 acres
was twice married; firſt to Anne, daughter of Mr. John
of marſh, in Rydſwall and Tayleneſs in Irade; 20 acres in
Edwards, of Davington priory, who died in 1638, by whom
Tenham, in a field called Swalden; one meſſuage in Canter.
he became poſſeſſed of Davington priory, and had iſſue by
bury, and certain tythes in the pariſh of Norton, value
her one ſon Thomas, who died without iſſue ; and ſecondly
26s. 8d. the rectory of Newrham, with the tenths, and
to Joane, daughter and heir of Edward Strangman, of Had-
40
ley
whom they went in marriage to Mr. John Bode
,
)
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The
HISTORY 727
K E N T.
of
of 1.
- Tents of which an
it away by
DAVINGTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
died about the time of the reſtoration of K. Charles
I love
DA VINGTON-HALL,
II, leaving his widow, Margaret Bode, ſurviv-
ing, who became pofſeffed of them, and held a or Court, was once likewiſe accounted a ma-
Court Baron here in 1662. After which his daugh nor, the ruins of the manſion of which yet re-
ter and heir Mary, by his firſt wife, daughter main, at a ſmall diſtance from the church. In
of fir Edward Boys, of Fredville, knt. became en the reign of K. Edward III, this ſeat was part of
titled to them. She died poffefſed of them about the poffeffions of the Strabolgies, Earls of Athol,
the year 1700, on which they came to the Rev.
and owners of the honor and caſtle of Chilbam,
Mr. John Sherwin, Rector of Luddenham, who
one of whom was probably the builder of it,
died poffeffed of them on Jan. 17, 1713, and by their coat of arms, which remained fixed up
was buried in Davington church. He deviſed
in the ſtone-work of the great hall, when this
them by his laſt will to his nephew, Mr. William feat was pulled down (b).
Sherwin, of Deptford, who died in 1725, and was
David de Strabolgie, the laſt Earl of Athol of
afterwards fucceeded in them by his fon Mr. John
this name, died poſſeſſed of it in the 49th year
Sberwin, likewiſe of Deptford, ſince whoſe de-
of K. Edward III, anno 1374, leaving iſſue by
ceaſe his ſon, Mr. William Sherwin, gent. is be-
his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Henry, Lord Fer-
come encitled to the manor and ſcite of this
rers, two daughters his coheirs (i), of whom
priory, with the other lands and premiſes in this
Elizabeth, the eldeſt, became the wife of fir Tho-
pariſh, as above-mentioned.
mas Percy, knt. a younger ſon of Henry, Lord
There is a Court Baron ſtill held for this ma-
Percy (k), and Philippa of John Halſham, of Hal-
nor, the quit-rents of which amount to 18s. gd.
Mbam in the co. of Suſſex; the latter of whom be-
per annum (g).
came entitled to this eſtate, as part of his wife's
The priory joined to the north ſide of the inheritance. She furvived him, and died ſeiſed
church; great part of it is yet remaining, and of it in the 19th year of K. Richard II, leaving
is made uſe of as a farm-houſe.
of as a farm-houſe. The weſt front the poſſeſſion of it to Fohn Halſbam her ſon, on
is almoſt entire; the hall or refectory, (in which whoſe death in the 2d year of K. Henry V, (1)
there is the frame of the organ, and a gallery at his ſon fir Hugh Halſham became entitled to it,
one end,) and a part of the cloyſter, neatly and he, in the beginning of the reign of K.
ceiled with cheſnut wood, ſtill remain. Several Henry VI, paſſed it away by ſale to Mr. James
other buildings belonging to it were much ſhat Dryland (m), whoſe daughter and ſole heir Con-
tered, by the blowing up of the ſtove of the ſtance carried it in marriage, firſt to fir Thomas
powder-mills, ſome years ago, and were taken Walſingham, of Scadbury in Chefilhurſt, knt, who
down ; but there are ruins of them fill to be died anno 7 Edward IV, and ſecondly to John
feen round about it. The walls ſurrounding the Green, efq; and dying in the 16th year of that
court, orchard, and church-yard, built of Aints was ſucceeded in it by her ſon by her firſt
and rag-ſtone, are partly entire, though in a huſband, fir James Walfingham, knt. who kept
very decaying ſtate. The whole building was his ſhrievalty for this county at this ſeat of Dav-
again much ſhattered and ſome parts of it ington-ball, in the 12th year of K. Henry VII.(n)
torn to pieces, in a ſurpriſing manner, by the His ſon fir Edmund Walfingham, of Scadbury,
late terrible exploſion of the powder-works in knt. in the beginning of the next reign, paffed
OD Doriga
62169
o
die-robwolds of gmignolodiasoilo
Bey in the co. of Efex, by whom he had two fons, William, deſcription of Chilham, below. They bore for their armsam
of whom hereafter, and Edward, who died without iſſue, Paly of 6 fable and or.
and a daughter Judith, married to James Oſborne, of the (i) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
co. of Eſſex. William Bode, of Rochford, efq; the eldeſt ſon, (k) She afterwards married fir John Scrope, knt.. 0557
died in 1591, leaving iſſue by his wife Grace, daughter of (2) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 31,and N. 8. gr
George Thrimble, of Eſex, one fon John Bode, who was of (m) Sir Hugh Halpam died anno 21 Henry VI, leaving
Davington priory, who married, firſt, Mary, daughter of an only daughter and heir Joane, who married Jobon Lewka
for Edward Boys, of Fredville, knt. by whom he had two nor, of the co. of Suffex, efq; and he, the year after, con-
daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, which laft died in 1638, veyed all the right and intereſt which he had or might have
unmarried ; and ſecondly, in 1614, Mary, daughter of Henry in this eſtate, in his wife's right; to Mr. Job Dryland. See
Heyman, of Selling, eſq; who died in 1620, and was buried
Philipott, p. 130.
by abis
in Faverſham church, by whom he had a daughter Rebecca, (n) See more of the Walfinghams, under Chefilburſ, vol.
born in 1620 ; his third wife Margaret ſurvived him.
i. of this hiſtory, p. 99.
They bore for their arms-Sable, 2 chevronels between 3 (o) Ralph Symonds, who died anno 33 Henry VIII, had
eſcallops argent. Viftn. co. of Kent, 1619, pedigree purchaſed of Richard Dryland, of Cook ditch in Faverſham,
Bode. See Morant's Effex, vol. i, p. 280, 347,
land in the manor of Fiſhborne, in this pariſh.
(8) It is remarkable, that out of 15 eſtates held of this This place gave name to a family, owners of it; for in
manor, a meſſuage and five acres of land only are ſituated the reign of K. Henry II, John de Fiſhborne was a witneſs
in Davington, the reſt of them being in Faverſham and to a charter of lands called Mefewell, given to the abbey of
Ospringe.
Faverſham. Another of the fame name held half a knight's
(b) Philipott, p. 130. See an account of the Strabolgies,
fee in Fiſborne, of John de Campania, in the reign of K.
Earls of Athol, in Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 95, and in the
Edward I. William ate Forſtall paid aid for this eſtate in
the
1781. tener
KUSH
.

728
The HISTORY of a K E N T.
vington-ball to Coppinger, whoſe fon
daughter and heir Anne,
up a part of the
DAVINGTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
ſeiſed of it anno 33 Henry VIII, whoſe widow || this neighbourhood, was ſettled by fer Roger on
afterwards pofſeffed it (P); his heirs, in the be his lady, and ſhe is at this time entitled to the
ginning of Q. Elizabeth's reign, alienated Da poffeffion of it (u).
having,
PRESENT STATE OF DAVINGTON.
about the beginning of K. James I.'s reign,
mortgaged it to Freeman, they both joined in This pariſh is ſituated moſtly on high ground.
the conveyance of it to Mr. John Milles, of Nor The church and priory ſtand on the brow of the
ton, who afterwards reſided here (9).
hill, at the ſouth-east verge of it, about a quarter of
a mile north-weſtward of the town of Faverſham,
who in 1627, marrying with John Milles, of the on the oppoſite ſide of the rivulet. A ſmall di-
co. of Hants
, eſq; ſon of fir Jobn Milles
, knt. ſtance to the north-eaſt of the church is the vil-
entitled him to this eſtate (r). He afterwards || lage of Davington, and the Hall on the oppoſite
conveyed it to his brother Dr. Milles, who, in the ſide of it. The land near the church and vil.
reign of K. Charles I, alienated it to his rela lage, and towards the ſouth-weſt part of the pa-
tion Mr. Thomas Milles, whoſe ſon, of the ſame riſh, is moſtly paſture. In the lower or north.
name, pulled down this antient manſion, and at weſt part of it, the arable land is exceeding rich
and fertile.
adjoining to it, as a fufficient dwelling for the At the north-weſt extremity of this pariſh are
farmer or occupier of it, which remains at this Ore mills, being ſo called from their contiguity
time, and afterwards paſſed it away by ſale to to that pariſh. They formerly belonged to the
Tbomas Twiſden, of Bradbourne in Eaſt Malling, priory here, and eſcheated with it to the Crown,
eſq; Sergeant-at-law (s), afterwards one of the
in the 27th year of K. Henry VIII, after which,
Judges of the Court of King's Bench.
in the 35th year of it, they were granted, by the
He was the ſecond ſon of fir Willian Twyfden, deſcription of A water-mill, called Ore mill, and
of Eaſt Peckham, bart, by Anne his ſecond wife, likewiſe 20 acres of land in Ore, then rented at
daughter of the firſt Counteſs of Winchelſea, and 41. per annum, to fir Thomas Cheney, whoſe ſon
was created a Baronet in 1666, and in his de Henry, afterwards Lord Cheney, ſucceeded to
ſcendants this eſtate of Davington-hall continued them. They are now the property of Mr. Stepher
to his great-grandſon fir Roger Twiſden, bart. Gillow, of Cook ditch. They are ſituated at the
who died poſſeſſed of it in 1772. By Elizabeth
head of Ore creek, and have been for many years
heado
his wife, daughter and heir of Edmund Watton, employed in the manufacturing of gunpowder,
of Addington, eſq; and widow of Leonard Bar by private hands, conſiderable quantities being
tbolemew, eſa; he had iſſue three ſons, Roger, Wil-
ma
made here for the uſe of the Eaſt-India Company.
liam, (t) and John-Papilion, of whom the eldeſt They have been, within theſe few
years,
much
ſucceeded him in title and eſtates. Which augmented and improved, at a very great ex-
Roger Twiſden, bart. died on Oct, 4, 1779, leav pence, by Miles Peter Andrews and Frederick
ing his lady Rebecca, the daughter of Iſaac Wil Pigou, eſqrs. the preſent lefſees and occupiers of
daſh, of Chatham, eſq; by Rebecca Tiburſt his
bol
wife, big with child, which proved to be a On the brow of the hill, near the eaſt bounds
daughter, born on Jan. 4th next year. He of this pariſh, there were diſcovered ſome few
was ſucceeded at Bradbourne, and the principal years ago, in digging the foundations for ſome
part of his eſtates, by his next ſurviving brother, offices belonging to the Royal Powder-mills, ſe-
now for. John Papillon Twiſden, bart, but this veral of which are ſituated within it, more than
eſtate of Davington-ball, with other premiſes in 20 Roman urns and other veſſels, of various ſizes


which fir
them. 230

the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the making of the Black
Prince a Knight; after which it paſſed into the name of
Dryland, and was alienated from one of that name to Sy-
monds, as above-mentioned. This eſtate formerly paid 6s.
for its quota to Rocheſter caſtle, and the ſervice remained.
He died ſeiſed of it anno 33 Henry VIII, when it was found
likewiſe to be held of the Abbat of Faverſham. His heirs
afterwards paſſed it away to Thornhill, who poſſeſſed it in
the reign of K. James I, but how it has paſſed ſince, I have
not been able to learn.
(P) This appears by a rental of the poſſeſſions of the late
priory here, of the 35th year of K. Henry VIII.
(4) He was ſon of Richard Milles, of Hothfield, by his
wife Margery Godfrey. Richard Milles, the ſon, was twice
married; forft to Joane, fifter of Robert Glover, Somerſet
Herald, by whom he had Thomas above-mentioned ; and
Jecondly to Margaret, daughter of John Knight, of Hyth,
by whom he had iſſue two ſons. Thomas Milles was of Da.
vington Hall. He was Head Cutomer of Sandwich, Keeper
of Rocheſter Caſtle, and Eſquire of the Body to K. James I.
He married Anne, daughter of John Polhill, of Otford, gent.
(who had been ewice married before, firſt to Thomas Gilman,
of London, Mercer, by whom ſhe had no iſſue ; and ſecondly
to William Nutt, Counſellor-at-law, by whom ſhe had only
one fon). She died at Davington in 1624, and was buried
in St. George's church in Canterbury.
They bore for their arms-Ermine, a fer de moline ſable,
on a chief azure a pair of wings conjoined of. Viftn. co. of
Kent, 1619, pedigree of Milles.
(r) At the time of her marriage ſhe was only 12 years of
age, and he 20. John Milles, of Davington, was knighted
by K. Charles I, at Bewley, on Aug. 5, 1628.
(s) Philipott, p. 130.
(t) He married Miſs Kirkman, but died without male
iſſue before his father.iod
(c) See more of this family under Bradbourne in Eaſt
Malling, p. 213.
son


and

I be WHISTORY of KENT
729
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
BOTANY.
the clergyman for
DAVINGTON.
and different coloured earths, and in the envi. The priory having eſcheated to the Crown,
rons of this ſpot, ſeveral ſingle urns have been with all its poſſeſſions and appurts, in which
likewiſe dug up, as well as ſome coins of the this church was included, as has been already
Roman Emperors, from Veſpaſian down to Gra mentioned, the King, in his 35th year, granted
tian, which makes it propable, that this place the whole of it, with all its poſſeſſions, appur-
was once a Roman burial-ground, of which more tenances, immunities, privileges, &c. by which
will be ſaid, under the deſcription of the adjoin this church paſſed likewiſe, to fir Thomas Cheney,
ing pariſh of Oſpringe.
knt. who then became feiſed of it in as ample a
manner as the Prioreſs and Convent or the King
had been before. From him the property of
Mr. Jacob, in his Planta Faverſhamienſes, has this church has continued in the ſame ſucceſ-
enumerated the following ſcarce plants, which ſion of owners that the priory itſelf has, and is
he has obſerved in this pariſh.
now, with that, in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Sher:
Ceraſtium aquaticum ; in Davington brooks. win, the impropriator of it. The
Fumaria claviculata, climbing fumitory; in moiſt Divine ſervice is performed in this church at
hedges in this pariſh.
the will of the proprietor, but generally once in
Salvia Verbenaca, common Engliſh wild clary ; a month, and he pays the Clergyman for offi-
in the church-yard.
| ciating in it.
Rumea ſanguineus, blood-wort ; in Davington The proprietor claims exemption for this
brooks.am
church from the juriſdiction of the Archdeacon,
Galanthus nivalis, the ſnow-drop; in the paſ or any other ordinary, and accordingly regularly
tures here.
oppoſes their viſiting of it. 1971. DA
Meliſa officinalis, common garden balm ; under It is certified as a curacy, of the clear yearly
the hedges.
value of 201.(e)
49
Achillea ptarmica, baſtard pellitory or ſneeze-
wort.lulanapido hominsgat
CHURCH OF DAVINGTON. 'st
9 Verbaſcum lychnitis, boary or white mullein ; on
PATRONS,
y a'zim tesis blog
CURATES.
the old walls here (v).
pe wind
or by whom preſented. It too
The King
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
(f) Richard Mills, Cl. July
How to
12, 1625. Da
DAVINGTON is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ Bode, widow. Francis Worral, induct. 1666.
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
COT (8) John Sherwin, A.M. obt.
.
Jan. 17, 1713
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary Tot avoda od 30 (h) Thomas Lees, jun. A. M.
Magdalen, is a ſmall building of two iſles. The To bi boshlab es March 9, 1713, obt. Sept.
weft door of it is an elegant circular arch of .nwogo os bose 1728. 9736
ftone, enriched with pillars on each ſide, and sd or 5 to 10 (i) Robert Harriſon, obt.1755.
a variety of ornaments over it. The ſteeple, yd gan dd 30 Richard Halke. Preſent Cu-
which is ſquare, with a pointed top to it, tiled, sodw to tvog brate. noismai
ſtands at the ſouth-weſt corner of it (d). It was eth yd bail nigga bisitas
built adjoining to, and indeed under one roof, -12.20 zarla rio O R Esvagor barnet
with the priory, to which it likewiſe ſerved as - Hagin Otogaziora trase
a conventual church. dai leida jud aitor's of
LIE
SI ES the next pariſh north-weſtward from
Of this church and church-yard, the Prioreſs Davington, and is ſo called from the etymo-
and Convent were ſeiſed in their demeſne, as of fee, logy of it in the Saxon language, fignifying a
to their own proper uſes, the fame being ſo ap fenny or marſby place. Pro 910 10 10
propriated to them at their foundation, by which
- lohib lange dallio dainalodai
they were obliged to find three prieſts and two
clerks, to perform divine ſervices in it, and to pay
It was part of the vaſt poſſeſſions of Odo,
them
wages,
and ſupport them in their diet, by
Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent, the Con-
the
year and week, fufficient for that purpoſe.
queror's half-brother, under the general title of
.110
value o gol.com
MOON
THE
E MAN
M A N O R.
ang
feemed of children about eight or nine years old.
(e) EA, Thef. p. 12.,
(f) He was preſented by the King's letters patent to the
rectory or chapel of Davington. Rym. Fæd. vol. xviii,
p. 647.
(v) Jacob's Plantæ Faverſhamienfes. There are ſeveral
other plants and herbs mentioned as having been found by
Mr. Jacob in this pariſh, but as they are ſuch as are not
uncommon, they are for that reaſon omitted above.
(d) At the further end of the ſouth ille, againſt the ſouth
wall, near the altar, was an antient tomb in the wall,
which was opened, and among the bones incloſed in it, was
amanuſcript bock,which being expoſed to the air immediately
crumbled to duſt. On the north wall of the north iſle, next
the door, was another ſuch tomb, which was opened a few
years ago, and there were found in it many bones, which
(8) He was Rector of Luddenham, and patron and pro-
prietor of this church, in which he lies buried.
FOTO
Alſo Rector of Goodnefton.
(i) And Rector of Luddenham, and perpetual Curate of
Ore.
VOL. II.
8 Z
whoſe

Tbe
730
HISTORY N
of Τ.
127.1919
manor.
PREMISES OF
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
it was?
PRESENT STATE OF ORE.
CROSTEN
Which is : Adul
were manſionon, vol. ii, p. 546. Theſe preceptories
of Κ Ε Ν FAVERSHAM HUNDRED
ORE.
:
whoſe lands it is thus entered in the general
Clinton and Say, who, on Dec. 4th next year,
ſurvey of Domeſday, taken about the year 1080. reconveyed it back again to the King (m).
boenload In Left de Wiwarlet. sbuzida How it paſſed from the Crown afterwards, I
In Faureſhant Hd. Donostante
have not found, but that at length it came into
Ada ten de epo Ore. P. 2 ſolins ſe defd. tra. e'. 4. the poffeffion of the family of Short, one of
car. In dnio. e. una. E3 10. villi cu 10. bord bnt. which, Samuel Short, efq; owned it in 1722, and
2. car. Ibi dimid eccla & un molin de. 22. Solin. it continued down
down in
his deſcendants to Philip
& 2. piſcariæ fine Cenſu. & 1. ſalina de 28. den. Sbort, eſq; who was ſucceeded in it by Mr.
filva. 6. porc. T.R. E. valeb. 4. lib. & poft. 60.
Charles Maples Short, who died a few years ago
at Jamaica, on which it became veſted in Mr.
fol. medo. 100. ſolid. Turgis tenuit de rege. E.
Which is: Adam holds of the Biſhop (of Baieux)
Humphry Munn, gent. in right of Lydia Short his
wife, and he is the preſent poffeffor of it.
Ore. It was taxed at two ſulings. The arable
A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this
lands are four carucates. In demeſne there is one,
and 10 villeins, with 10 borderers, having two
Montering
carucates. There is half a church, and one mill of
22 ſhillings, and two fiſheries
fiſheries without tallage, and
one ſalt-pit of 28 pence. Wood for the pannage of K. John, in his 7th year, confirmed to the
fix hogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſor
priory of Leſnes in this county, the whole marſh
worth four pounds, and afterwards 60 mil-
of Ores, of the gift of Robert de Dover(n).
K.
lings, now 100 Shillings. Turgis beld it of
K. Edward VI, on March 31, in his iſt year,
Edward.
granted to Richard and William Freſton, four
And a little afterwards there is another entry
cottages in this pariſh, parcel of the late come
as follows: tots els
mandery of Swingfield (0).
wa SIA
Ada ten de epo. unu jugu in Ore, & p. 1. jugo
Den ans
ſe defd. Tra. e'. 1. car. Hanc ten. 4. villi mo' ad
firma'. & reddt. 20. fol. & tntd ſep. valuit. Ibi
This pariſh is ſituated obſcurely, at the very
Eccla e. Leuuold tenuit de rege. E.
edge of the marſhes; the waters of the Swale are
its northern boundaries, on its fouth is Byſing-
Ore, and it was taxed at one yoke. The arable wood, which lies between it and the
land is one carucate. Four villeins now bold this
road, from which it is diftant
ta ferme, and pay 20 ſhillings, and it was worth fo about a mile. The village is ſituated near the
much ſeparately. There is a church. Leuuold held middle of the pariſh, on a ſmall aſcent, having
it of K. Edward.
the church about a quarter of a mile to the
. Four years after the taking of the above ſur north-weſtward of it, and Oré-court at the like
vey, the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and all diſtance from that, at the edge of the marſhes.
his poſſeſſions were confiſcated to the Crown. The creek, which is navigable up to the village,
Upon which the manor of Ore came to be whence it runs north-eaſt, and at a little more
held immediately, or in capite of the King, by
than half a mile's diſtance joins the Faverſham
the above-mentioned Adam de Port, of whoſe
creek, and flows with it about the like diſtance,
heirs it was afterwards again held by Arnulf
till it meets the waters of the Swale. tus ebas
Kade, who gave this manor, with that of Sta The vicinity of the marſhes, and the lowneſs
lisfield, and their appurts. to the Knights Hoſpi-
of its ſituation, make this pariſh very unhealthy,
,
ſo that in
,
eſtabliſhed at Swingfield in this county (k). Ygol
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The manor of Ore continued part of the poſ -
ct gaied or
Door myo tiod 03
ſeſſions of theſe Knights till the general diffolu The following ſcarce plants have been ob-
tion of their hoſpital in the 32d year of K.
ſerved in this pariſh by Mr. Jacob.
$19w york
Henry VIII, when this order was ſuppreſſed by Vinea major, or the greater perriwinkle.ediul
an act then ſpecially paſſed for that purpoſe, Equiſetum ſylvaticum, wood horſe-tail; in the
and all their lands and revenues were given by ſwampy ground near Ore-mill. Low bus 159Y
it to the King and his heirs for ever (I).
Salvia verbenaca, common Engliſh wild clary;
This manor ſeems to have remained in the in the church-yard.
se dostane
hands of the Crown till K. Edward VI. granted Myoſotis ſcorpioides, water ſcorpion.graſs; on
it, on Nov. 16, in his 5th year, to Edward, Lord
the ſides of the mill-pond. In otona part de 2013
Vro
to bag tort)
(1) Rec. in Scacc, anno 16 Hen. VIII, paſch. rot. 1, pro
were manſions, fituated at convenient diſtances on their
libertat in man. de Ore. Tan. Mon. p. 303.
ſeveral eſtates, in each of which they had a ſociety of their (m) Augin. off. deeds of purchaſe and exchange, G. 34
brethren placed, to take care of their pofleffions in each re-
and G 2.
ſpective neighbourhood.
(n) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 302.
( ) Augtn, off. deed F. box 49.
Nymphes
on the London road
rom" and the Beacon-hill,
B O T A NY..

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
731
ſeven years.od
au
to St. Peter,
Holution of
na oregory,, and
V
ORE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
170 gra vona iw to soiscuit
Nymphæa lutea, yellow water-lilly; in the mill the Archbiſhop, among the reſt of the revenues
pond.
of the priory of St. Gregory, in one great leaſe,
Pedicularis paluftris, great marſh red rattle or (in which all advowſons and nominations to
louſe-wort ; near the mills.
churches and chapels were however excepted,)
Cochlearia armoracia, borſe-radiſ; on the banks as it has been by his fucceffors from time to
of the ſtrean.
bobopou
time ſince, for 21 years, at the yearly rent of
Roſa eglanteria, ſweet briar; near the Stray. 551. which term has been uſually renewed every
Valeriana locufta, late flowering lambs lettuce or
corn ſallad; in the corn fields between Ore and Philip, Earl of Cheſterfield, was lefſee of theſe
Harty-ferry.
premiſes as heir to the Wottons, fince whoſe de-
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
ceaſe without iſſue in 1773, the leaſe of them
Villany ori
has been ſold by his executors to George Gipps,
Ore is within the eccleſiaſtical' juriſdiction of of Canterbury, efq; who is the preſent poffeffor
the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Ospringe,
of them. Mr. Stephen Cock, of Ore, is the preſent
The church, which is dedicated to
leffee under him for the parſonage of the church
is a ſmall building, of one iſfe and one chancel, of Ore, at the yearly rent of 341, of mois
having a pointed ſteeple at the weſt end, in or It pays, procurations to the Archdeacon 5s.
which are two bells.
og glemt now
and to the Archbiſhop at his viſitations 2s. When
This church, which was antiently accounted
the church of Ore was ſeparated from that of
only as a chapel to that of Stalisfield, belonged Stalisfield, I have not found but it has long
to the priory of St. Gregory in Canterbury, per been an independent church of itſelf.
haps part of its
of its original endowment by Arch-
biſhop Lanfranc, in the time of the Conqueror, of St. Gregory, ſerved as a curacy by the religious
and it
it was confirmed to it, among its other poſ-
of it; ſince which it has been eſteemed as a per-
ſeſſions, by Archbiſhop Hubert, about the reign petual curacy, of the patronage of the ſucceſlive
of K. Richard I. (P).
03 SORT
Archbiſhops of Canterbury, and continues fo at
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church this time. fi boxa stold 'emisemol be
of Ores was valued, on the taxation of it, lat 41.
9. In 1640, the communicants here were 47.
at which time there was a yearly penſion paid 1 The lefſee of the parſonage pays the Curate of
from it of 1os. to the priory of Rocheſter, and an.
this church, by the covenants of his leaſe, the
other of 8s. to the priory of Leeds (q). dodol yearly ſum of 151.
5101
This church remained part of the poſſeſſions Before the year 1755, it had been augmented
of the above-mentioned priory till the diffolution by the Governors of Q_Anne's Bounty with the
of it in the reign of K. Henry VIII, in the 2ych
fúm of 2001. and divine ſervice was performed
year of which, an act having paſſed for the ſup here only once a fortnight ; ſince which it has
preſſion of all ſuch religious houſes, whoſe re been augmented with 10001.
are with 1000l
. more, and it is now
venues did not amount to the clear yearly value performed here once a week (r).
to you w brak da
ច។ នេះ?
of 200l, and for giving them to the King, this
CHURCH OR ORE. Adobu
priory was thereby diffolved, and the ſcite of it,
together with all its lands, poffeffions, and re-
Tone PATRONS, outro
or by whom preſented.
10 ROTOTNI bolta
venues, ſurrendered into the King's hands, to
Ous (s, Robert Harriſon, obt. 1755.
the uſe of him and his heirs for ever, by John Archbiſhop of Can- (t) Francis Frederick Geraud,
Symkins, Prior of it.d gaivodo) edit sou ni
09
terbury,
tion abA.M.
A. M. Preſent Curate.
a The church of Ore remained with the other
poſſeſſions of the priory in the Crown but a ſmalt 10 1897 iial al ni ti to baliol boiberia
ign L UDDEN H A Magistas
time, for an act paſſed that year to enable the
ELW II nerwuod to 316 i 10 es 3333
King and the Archbiſhop of Canterbury to exchange LIES the next pariſh north-weſtward from
the ſcite of the late diffolved priory of St. Radi-
Ore, and was, in the reign of the Con-
gund near Dover, with all its poffeffions, lately
queror, called Cildrefnam, by which name it is
given by the King to the Archbiſhop, for the ſcite deſcribed as part of the eſtates of Odo, Biſhop of
Baieux, under the general title of his lands, in
the ſurvey of Domeſday, taken in the 15th year
manor of Howfield in Chartham.
of that reign.
This church becoming thus part of the por Ansfrid' ten' de epo? Cildreffam. p uno folin se
ſeſſions of the ſee of Canterbury, was demiſed by defd'. Tra e.
3. capol pin dnio. e una. & 4.2
i Tot plan
110qilide (un)
(P) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 374. i to pissit te je
another eſtate was purchafed, conſiſting of a houſe, build-
(9) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 40. Reg. Roff.
in strand 33 acres of land, in Boughton under Blean. The
(r) Of the above ſum of 12001, in the year 1764, 2601.
remaining
were laid out in the purchaſe of an eſtate, of a houſe,
() Rector of Luddenham, and Curate of Davington.
buildings, and 22 acres of land, in Oſpringe; and in 1770,
(t) Vicar of Preſton near Faverſham, and Maſter of Fa-
verſham ſchool.
10 1011. 2017
mora
CURATES.
4. villi
p. 108,
Sindoro
yet
hands.
boiund
cu. 2.

732
Τ Η Ε
M A NOR
, .
The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
LUDDENHAM.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
cu. 2. bord'. bnt. 1. cår. & dimid. Ibi. 5. ſervi. ſituation of which is now forgotten, at his death
& 2. ac' pti. Silva. e. Sz nil redd'.
anno' i8 Henry VI.(2) John de Frogenhall died
Which is: Ansfrid bolds of the Biſhop of Baieux ſeiſed of it, with its appendage above-menti.
Cildreſam. It was taxed at one ſuling. The ara oned, in the 23d year of that reign, leaving
ble land is three carucates. In demeſnė there is one Margaret his wife ſurviving, who died poffeffed
carucate and an half. There are five ſervants, and of it in the 3d year of K. Edward IV, upon which
two acres of meadow. There is wood, but it pays Thomas Frogenball ſucceeded to it, and married
notbing.
Joane, daughter and heir of William de Apulder-
Upon the Biſhop's diſgrace, about four years field, by whom he had iſſue one daughter and ſole
afterwards; this eſtate came to the Crown, heir Anne, who carried this manor in marriage to
among the reſt of his poffeffions, whence it Mr. Thomas Quadring, of London, and he in like
was granted by the King, among other lands, manner leaving one ſole daughter and heir Joane,
to Fulbert de Dover, for his affiſtance, under ſhe entitled her huſband Richard Dryland, of
John de Fienes, in the defence of Dover caſtle. Cookſditch in Faverſham, to the poffeffion of it.
Theſe lands were held of the King in capite He alienated the appendage of Biſhopſbuſh above-
by barony, the tenant being bound by his tenure mentioned, to Criſpe, who paſſed it away to Mr.
of them to maintain a certain number of fol William Hayward, from which name by Abigail,
diers, from time to time, for the defence of the daughter and coheir of Samuel Hayward, eſq; it
caſtle (u).
went in marriage to Mr. Thomas Sowthouſe, gent.
Of Fulbert de Dover and his heirs, this place who poſſeſſed it at the end of K. Charles I.'s
was held, as one knight's fee, of the honor of
reign (a); but both the name and fituation of
Chilham, which they made the caput baronie, or the eſtate have been for ſome time ſo totally for-
chief ſeat of their barony.
gotten, that the moſt diligent enquiries cannot
trace out either of them.
But the manor of Luddenbam itſelf went with
In the 13th year of K. John, the manor of
Katherine, the ſole daughter and heir of Richard
Luddenham was in the poſſeſſion of a family who
Dryland, in marriage to Reginald Norton, of Lees
had ſometime before fixed their name on it.
Court in Sheldwich, from which name it paſſed
William de Luddenbam then held it, as one by ſale, in K. James I.'s reign, to Francis Cripps,
knight's fee, of the honor of Ckilham, in manner
eſq; who ſold it to Kirton (b), from which name
as above-mentioned (v). His heirs, in the next
it paſſed, in K. James II.'s reign, to John Briant,
reign of K. Henry III, fold this manor to the
eſq; whoſe heirs paſſed it away, in K. George I.'s
Northwoods, one of whom, fir Roger de North-
reign, to Mr. John Blaxland, and his heirs alien-
wood, in the 41ſt year of that reign, procured
ated it, about the year 1753, to Beverſham Fila
licence to alter the tenure of his lands from
mer, of London, eſq; a younger ſon of fir Robert
gavelkind to that of knights ſervice, of which there
Filmer, of Eaſt Sutton in this county, bart.
is a recapitulation in the Book of Aid, and
He was of Lincoln's Inn, Barriſter-at-law, and
among them mention is made of
of.90 acres of Maſter of the Niſ Prius office in the Court of
marſh land, which lay partly in his manor of
King's Bench, and at length, from his long and
Luddenham, and partly in Iwade (w).
great experience in the law, and his unimpeached
From the family of Northwood, this manor
integrity, became one of the moſt noted and able
paffed into that of Frogenball; John de Frogen-
Conveyancers that this kingdom ever produced.
ball died ſeiſed of it in the latter end of K. Ed.
He died unmarried, very rich and full of years,
ward III.'s reign, leaving his widow Foane pod
por-
in June 1763 (c), having by his laſt will diſtri-
ſeſed of it, who afterwards married Nicholas de | buted all his perſonal effects among his nephews
Tye. She died ſeiſed of it in the 15th year of
and nieces, and deviſed this manor, among the reſt
that reign, it being then held of the King in of his lands in this county and elſewhere, to his
capite, as of his caſtle of Dover, when it was
eldeſt nephew, fir John Filmer, of Eaſt Sutton,
found that John de Frogenhall was her ſon and
bart. who is the preſent owner of it (d).
heir (x), who died likewiſe ſeiſed of it in the A Court Baron is held for this manor. . bary
iſt year of K. Henry IV,(y) and was ſucceeded
oid 541 PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
by another of the ſame name, anno 7 Henry V.
His ſon William Frogenhall poſſeſſed it, with an The Abbat of Weſtminſter was poffelled of lands
appendage to it called Biſhopſbuſh, the name and in this pariſh, valued anno 1384 at 20s. per ann.(e)
(u) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 118. ot be (c) He was buried in Eaft Sutton church. See more of
Ich seiner
(v) Red Book in the Exchequer.
the Filmers, under Eaſt Sutton above, p. 418.
(w) Philipott, p. 225.
(d) At the court held for the manor of Chilham, the te.
nant of this manor is conſtantly preſented by the jury for
(*) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (y) Ibid. (z) Ibid. 1910-17
default of ſervice, as being held of it under the notion of
(a) She died in 1669, and he in 1676 ; they were both
one knight's fee, and he is always amerced at 2s, the pay-
buried in Faverſham church,
rutis TESOL
10 Topo
ment of which is never with-held by him.
(6) Philipott, p. 226.
food to
Ibe
201 20
RO

The HISTORY of
733
of K E N T.
an
LUDDENHAM.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
The priory of Davington was feiſed of lands in reſs of its ſituation occaſions its being but very
Luddenham, which, in the 27th year of K. Henry thinly inhabited, thoſe who riſk their lives in it
VIII, eſcheated to the Crown among the reſt of ſeldom attaining beyond the age of 30 or 40
its poſſeſſions, and were with them granted,
years at the most.se
anno 35 of that reign, to fir Thomas Cheney, There are not any parochial charities.is
knt. (f).
There are ſome parts of this pariſh which lic
John Roper, Ralph St. Leger, efars, and others (8), at ſome diſtance from the reſt of it, ſeveral other
joined in the donation of 20 acres of marſh land, pariſhes intevening: in Perry-field, almoſt op-
lying in Egginſworth, alias Weldmarſh, in this pa poſite to the road leading from the high London
riſh, to the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham; road into the town of Faverſham, there are 22
which lands were deviſed by them, anno 30 acres of land, and between Goodneſton and Bough-
Henry VIII, for 20 years, to John Driland, at ton under Blean, there are 32 acres of land be-
the yearly rent of 335. 4d. (5)
longing to this pariſh. There are many inſtances
There is a principal eſtate called Ham, in this of the like in different parts of this county, and
pariſh and Preſton, which for ſeveral generations in this neighbourhood in particular there are ſe-
belonged to the family of Roper, Lords Tèynham, veral. A part of the pariſh of Mürfton near Sit-
and was alienated in 1766 by Henry Roper, late ting borne lies within this pariſh of Luddenham, and
Lord Teynham, to Mr. William Chamberlain, of entirely ſurrounded by it; ſeveral other pariſhes
London, gent. the preſent owner of it (i).
intervening between this part of Murſton and the
Naſhes is likewiſe an eſtate in this pariſh, reſt of it (1). Part of Preſton pariſh lies near
which formerly belonged to the Coppingers; Am Davington-hill; Upleez farm, the property of Lord
broſe Coppinger poffeſſed it in the reign of Q. Romney, which lies weſtward of Ore, is in Faver.
Elizabeth, whence it paſſed to the Brewfiers, who jam pariſh ; and part of Oſpringe pariſh lies ſur-
were owners of much land at Linſted, Tenham, and rounded by the town of Faverſham and its liberties.
other parts of this neighbourhood; from them
it was ſold to Mr. James Taſſell, of Linſted ; af-
B 0 TAN Y. CON EF 103
You
ter which it became the property of Dr. David Mr. Jacob has taken notice of the following
Jones, and afterwards of Mr. Anthony Ingles, of ſcarce plants here.
Afhford, gént. who in 1776 conveyed it by fale In Byfing-wood; Aſplenium adiantum nigrum,
to Mr. James Tappenden, of Faverſham, gent. the common black m
black maidenhair.
preſent owner of it (k).
Angelica ſylveſtris, wild angelica.
Thomas Streynſam, of Faverſham, gent. was Fagus caftanea, the cheſnut tree.
poffeffed of a farm of 161. per annum in this pa Hypericum montenum, imperforate St. John's wort.
riſh, out of the profits of which, by his laſt will Senecioerucifolius, boary perennial ragwort, with
in 1585, he deviſed 31. per annum for ever, to groundſel leaves.
the uſe of the poor of that pariſh.
Galeopſis tetrabit, nettle bemp or bemp-leaved
dead nettle.
Aretium lappa, greater burdock with woolly heads;
The pariſh of Luddenham is ſituated very low near Luddenham-court.
and flat; the arable lands in it, which conſiſt Lotus corniculata, the greater birds-foot trefoil ;
of about 396 acres, and the upland, meadow, near Byſing-wood.
and paſture, of about 200 acres, are very rich Lyſimachia nummularia, money wort ; in moiſt
and fertile ; near one half of it is marſh land, hedges in this pariſh.
which reaches to the waters of the Swale, which Ophrys nidus avis, birds-neſt orchis; in Byſing-
are its northern boundary.
wood.
10 lat
The church ſtands nearly in the middle of it,
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
with the parſonage-houſe, which has a mote
round it, near half a mile ſouthward of it, cloſe LUDDENHAM is ſituated in the eccleſiaſtical
to Byfing-wood. There is no village, and not juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and
more than 10 houſes in the pariſh, the unhealthi-
deanry of Oſpringe.
Dung mot di dlowaist
Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
tract of land, lying in the pariſhes of Luddenham, Stone, and
(g) Viz. John Morton, eſq; Thomas Hankewell, Johnate
Buckland, in the hands of many different owners.
.
Stocke, and John Turner. See Southouſe Mon. p. 91.
(i) It confifted, in 1766, of 102 acres of upland, 204
(b) In other grants, theſe lands are deſcribed as lying
acres of marſh, and 24 acres of ſalts, let to ſeveral tenants,
in Wildmarſh, alias Wolmarſh, in the pariſhes of Stone and
at the yearly rent of 2751. 1os. od.
of Buckland adjoining, and as late belonging to the abbey
(k) The Tappendens were for ſeveral generations reſident
of Faverſham. Theſe were granted, anno 36 Henry VIII,
at Sittingborne in this county, where ſeveral of them lie
to Anthony Aucher, inter alia, to hold in capite by knights
buried, and are ſaid to be extracted from the Denne of Tap-
ſervice. He died anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, and they
penden in Smarden, under which a further account of them
came into the poſſeſſion of Humphry Gilbert, in right of
may
be ſeen. They bear for their arms-Or, 2 lions paſſant
Anne his wife, as grand-daughter and next of kin to him.
in chief, and 1 in baſe rampant, azure.
Rot. Eſch.
(1) See above, p.
610.
Weldmarſh, or Wildmarfh, ſeems to have been a large
VOL II.
The
PRESENT STATE OF LUDDENHAM.
9 A

734
The
HISTORY of ke N T.
FAVERSHAM KUNDRED.
In 1640, there were communicants 68. The
yearly value of it 100l.
It is now eſteemed of the clear yearly value
of about 1ool.
There is a modus claimed for 531 acres of the
marſh lands in this pariſh, alınoſt all of which
are at 2d. though there are ſome few at 4d.
per acre.
* a
CHURCH
OF LUDDENHAM.
OS PATRONS, v budin
RECTORS,
or by whom preſented.
Od
(m) Wm. Stone, reſig. 1396.
El John Mulle, March 29,
1396.
The Crown. Philip Stybblyne, Sept. 2,
1568. i
Albert Baſſett, Nov. 3, 1580,
obt. 1590.
LUDDENHAM.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
is a ſmall building, conſiſting of one iſle and one
chancel, having a tower ſteeple on the north ſide
of it, in which hang three bells.
This church was formerly an appendage to the
manor of Luddenham, and as ſuch came into the
poffeffion of Wm. de Luddenham above-mentioned,
Lord of it, who, as appears by the leiger-book
of the abbey of Faverſham, gave this church to
the Albat and Convent there, which he did by
placing his knife on the altar in the church of
their convent, and this with the conſent of his
daughter and heir Matilda, and of Gyſle his wife,
in the preſence of the convent, and many of the
clergy and laity, which gift was confirmed after-
wards by fir William de Inſula, who married his
daughter; notwithſtanding which, William de In-
fula their ſon, laid claim to it as part of his in-
ritance, and a ſuit was commenced in the be-
ginning of K. John's reign, by him againſt the
Abbat and Convent, to recover the poſſeſſion of
it, which ſeems to have been determined in his
favor, and the religious were forced to be con-
tented with the penſion of 66s. 8d, to be paid
to them yearly out of it(k). Which penſion
they continued to enjoy from it till the time of
their diſſolution, in the 30th year of K. Henry
VIII, when it came, with the reſt of their pof-
feſſions, into the King's hands, where it did not
remain long, for he ſettled it, among other pre-
miſes, in his 33d year, on his new founded Dean
and Chapter of Canterbury, who continue to re-
ceive it from the hands of the Rector of the
church of Luddenham at this time.
The determination of the above-mentioned
ſuit againſt the religious, did not put them out
of hopes of, ſome time or other, recovering the
poſſeſſion of this church, the appropriation of
which to their own uſes they got to be inſerted
in a confirmation of fome of their poſſeſſions by
Pope Gregory X, in the year 1274; but this did
not avail them any thing, for this church ſtill
continued unappropriated, as it does at this time,
being eſteemed a rectory, the patronage of which
has been for a great length of time in the
Crown.
The church of Luddenban is valued in the
King's books at 121. 8s. 4d. and the yearly
tenths at il. 45. rod. (1)
In 1578, here were communicants 54. The
Crown patron. 5 to earlieres
Peter Jackſon, A. M. March
15, 1590, reſig. 1604.
St Joſeph Davis, A.M. Oct. 29,
O
wao 1604.
Els nos John Prieſtley, A. M. Jan.
in food16, 1618.
- (n) Samuel Wilkinſon, A.M.
bisa me to go Aug. 19, 1625.
lo 20 Gen Ni %
() Edward Burton, S.T.P.
olapovico
Dec. 14, 1632, relig. 1638.
(2) James Gentleman, A. M.
July 30, 1638.
od 19 (9) Nath. Newbury, A. M.
cooperatis yo May 8, 1645.
hawishi i ri Edward Archbold.
James Cowes, A. M. April
bra 10, 1661.
(r) John Sherwin, A.M. Jan.
23, 1674, obt. Jan. 17,
wol yor basuit ai k 1713.
Snoorin. Ji (s) Robert Harriſon, A. M.
Wielgus, March 3, 1713, obt. 1755-
did you not () Wbeler Twyman, May 26,
to 1755, obt. Nov. 25, 1779.
(u) William Gurney, Feb. 1,
Prefent Rector.


S T ONE
10 000
CALLED in antient Latin deeds Stanes,
and now uſually Stone near Faverſham, to
diſtinguiſh it from two other pariſhes of the ſame
name in this county, (one of which is ſituated
.bg
() Southouſe Mon. p. 19, 54, 84. og
ma
baco.
(1) Ext. Theſ. p. 11.
(se) William Stone exchanged this rectory with his fuc-
ceffor for that of Skimpling in the co. of Norfolk.
(m) Preſented by the King's letters patent. Rym. Fæd.
vol. xviii, p. 647.
(c) By the reſignation of the laſt incumbent. Ibid. vol.
xix, p. 343.
6) Ibid. vol. xx, p. 312.
syds 996
(9) He was preſented under the great ſeal of England.
See Wood's Ath. vol. i, faſti, p. 267.
(-) And Curate of Davington, of which he was patron,
where he was buried.
(0) Curate likewiſe of Davington and Ore.
(0) Allo Vicar of Sturry by diſpenſation in 1757.
(6) Alſo Rector of Badleſmere with Loveland, united by
diſpenſation in 1780.
near

The HISTORY of K E N T.
735
K. Charles II, and till that of K. George II ; after
grandſon
redors
STONE.
FAVERSHAM HUND?:).
near Dartford, and the other in the iſle of Oxney,) The year after the diſſolution, viz. on Nov.
is the next pariſh ſouthward from Luddenham. 10, in his 32d year, the King demiſed to Richard
The principal manor in this pariſh, ſituated at Darington the manor of Elwerton, with its ap-
the nerth-west part of it, is called
purtenances, late belonging to the diſſolved priory
of Chriſt Church, and all the live and dead ſtock
E L WER TO NEDid to on it, and all the tythes, as well of the demeſne
lands as of the tenants of it, in as ample a man-
in Domeſday, Ernolton, and in antient deeds Eyl-
wartone, by which name it was given by King
ner as the ſaid Richard Darington lately held the
Edmund, ſon of Queen Ediva, to the monks of
fame to farm, excepting all catalls, waifs, roy-
Chriſt Church in Canterbury, for the uſe of their
alties, &c. belonging to it, to hold for 21 years,
refectory (v), and it was confirmed to them in
at the yearly rent of 321. (a)
the time of K. Stephen, and Archbiſhop Theobald,
When this manor came into the poſſeſſion of
in the ſhrievalty of Ralph Picot, to be poffeffed
the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, it was de-
by them without any additional burthens to be
miſed by them from time to time for three lives.
laid on it (w).
The Clarkes held it in the reigns of Q. Eliza.
beth and K. James I; the Sidneys in the reign of
In the year 1227, anno 12 K. Henry III,
Simon Langton, Archdeacon of Canterbury, with
which it was held by the Teniſons, Anne, widow
the conſent of his brother the Archbiſhop, for the
conſiderations therein mentioned, conveyed to
of Dr. Edward Teniſon, Biſhop of Oſory in Ireland,
held it at her death, on April 8, 1750 (b). By
the monks of Chriſt Cburch all the tythes of
her laſt will ſhe left her intereſt in it, after the
Eylwarton, great and ſmall, lying within the
death of Margaret St. Eloy her daughter, to her
precincts of the chapelry of Stone, which at this
time paſs under the name of dominical or demeſne
heirs for ever (c), whoſe truſtees, in 1760, con-
tythes, i. e. the tythes of the demeſne of the
veyed this leaſe to him, being then of Syfonby in
manor (x).
K. Edward II, in his 10th year, granted to
the co. of Leiceſter, efq; and he, in 1762, aſſigned
it over to Samuel and William. Smith, of London,
the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church, free-war-
Merchants, who, in the vear
year 1774, again aſſigned
ren in all their demeſne lands which they pof-
their intereſt in it to Mr. John Waller, of Faver-
ſeſſed in Eylwarton, among other places, at the
ſham, gent. the preſent poſſeſſor of it.
time of the charter granted to them by his
There was a chapel here, called the chapel of
grandfather K. Henry III. (y)
our Lady of Eylwarton...
Robert Hathbrand, who became Prior of Chriſt
Church in 1338, anno 13 Edward III, among
MGA PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE. no ho
other improvements which he made to the pol-
ſeſlions of it, incloſed the marſh land, called
The Biſhop of Baieux, at the time of taking
Elwarton marſh, belonging to this manor (Z).
the general ſurvey of Domeſday, was poffeffed of
an eſtate at this place, which is thus deſcribed
In which ſtate this manor ſeems to have con-
under the general title of his lands in it.
tinued till the diffolution of the above-mentioned
priory in the 31ſt year of K. Henry VIII, when
defd. Tra'. e. 3. car'In dnio. e' una. & 8
it was ſurrendered, among the reſt of the pof-
villi cu'. 2. car& dimid. Ibi. 2. Salina. @ in
feſſions of it, into the King's hands, where it
civitate Cantuaria. 1. maſura de 21 den'.
did not remain long, for the King ſettled it, by
T.R. E. valeb. 4. lib. & poft. 40. fol. modo.
his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, on his
.
new-created Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, part
rege. tenuit
m ten-Rannulf' 10. acs. quæ jacent juxta civitate'
.
of whoſe poffeſſions it now remains.
& reddeb. 42. den'. T. R. E.
an
any earn
.
(v) Et efi de vi&tu eorum. Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 21.
Edmund was eldeſt ſon of K. Edward the elder, by his ſe-
cond wife Ediva, or Edgiva as ſhe was ſometimes called.
He ſucceeded to the throne on the death of his brother-in-
law K. Æthelſtan, in the year 942, and dying in 948, was
ſucceeded by his brother Edred. Rapin, vol. I, p. 99 et ſeq.
(w) Bib. Cot. Fauſtina, b. vi. 20, by the name of El.
wardintune. Pope Urban III, 7 kal. April, 1187, con-
firmed to them, among their other poſſeſſions, the manor of
Eylwarton, with the tythes of it. Regiſt. of Chriſt Church,
Canterbury.
(*) Somn. Cant. p. 156.
(y) Regiſt. Chriſt Church, Cant. cart. 134. Tan. Mon.
p. 201.
(2) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 382.
**(a) Inrolm. Augtn. off.
(6) She lies buried in the nave of Canterbury cathedral.
She had iſſue one fon Edward, and a daughter Margaret,
married to Peter St. Eloy. Thomas Teniſon, the fon, was
LL.D. and Prebendary of Canterbury, and dying May 7,
1742, æt. 41, was buried near his mother. He was twice
married ; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of John, then Biſhop
of Oxford, and afterwards Archbiſhop of Canterbury; and ſe.
condly to the daughter of Thomas Smith, of Nottingham, eſq;
(c) He was the eldeſt ſon of Thomas Teniſon, LL.D. and
Archdeacon of Carmarthen, the only ſon of the ſaid Anne,
by Edward, Biſhop of Oſory. Anno 27 George II, an act
paſſed for veſting the leaſe granted by the Dean and Chap-
ter of Canterbury to Anne Teniſon, widow, deceaſed, of the
manor of Elverton, with its appurts. in Peter St. Eloy and
Samuel Smith, in truſt, for Thomas Teniſon, an infant, and
his heirs, and for other purpoſes therein mentioned.
Which

736
то
The H I STORY of K E N T.
STONE,
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
Which is : The fame Ansfrid bolds of the Bifhop
(of Baieux ) Ernoltun. It was taxed at one ſuling.
The arable land is three carucates. In demeſne tbere
is one, and eight villeins, with two carucates and
an half. There are two falt-pits, and in the city
of Canterbury one houſe of 21 pence.
In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor it was
worth four pounds, and afterwards 40 shillings,
now 100 ſhillings. This manor Burnod keld of K.
Edward. Of this manor Rannulf beld 10 acres,
which lie near the city, and paid 42 pence in the
time of K. Edward.
Four years after taking of the above ſurvey,
the Biſhop was diſgraced, and all his eſtates were
confiſcated to the Crown; but how that above-
mentioned has paſſed ſince, or who now poſſeſſes
it, I have not been able to learn.
In a chartulary of Chriſt Church in Canterbury,
mention is made of Henry de Eylwarton, ſon of
William,
m, who in 1257, anno 41 Henry III,
granted his whole meſſuage, which he had at
Eylwarton of John his brother, in exchange be.
tween them, for another meſſuage which he had
by eſcheat after the death of his father, of Alicia,
formerly wife of Godefrid ate Water, of Eylwar-
tune, who releaſed all her right of free bench to
half an acre, &c. and Richard Blundel, ſon and
heir of Nicholas de Eylwarton, is mentioned anno
1293, 21 Edward I. (d)
Orri, domain nya
The church or chapel of Stone has been for a
great length of time deſecrated; the foundations
of it yet remain on the north ſide of the field, on
the north ſide of the high London road, in the
vale between Judde and Beacon hills. The ſhire
or bridle road from Faverſham to the top of the
latter hill, goes cloſe by the north ſide of it.
The walls of it have ſeveral Roman bricks
mixed among the flints. The church ſeems to
have been about 32 feet long, and the chancel
24, and about 12 feet broad. By the remains of
a piece of wall; the tower ſeems to have ſtood
between the church and chancel.
It is remarkable, that in the dotation-charter
to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury under the
great ſeal, dated May 23, anno 33 Henry VIII,
the rectory and vicarage of Stone near Faver-
Mam, is granted to them inſtead of that of Stone
in the iſle of Oxney, which is totally omitted,
though they have enjoyed the latter ever ſince
under that charter.
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PRESENT STATE OF STONE.
THE
HE next pariſh eaſtward from 'Stone is
Buckland, called in Domeſday, Bocheland,
ſituated ſomewhat leſs than a mile northward of
the great London road, at the
44
mile-ſtone.
This place took its name from the tenure of
it, being ſo called from the Saxon words boc, or
books, and land, that is, land held by writing or
charter, being free and hereditary, and paſſing
by livery and ſeiſin. It is uſually called Buckland
near Faverſham, to diſtinguiſh it from a pariſh
of the ſame name near Dover in this county.
The pariſh of Stone lies cloſe on the north ſide
of the London road, at Beacon-bill, at the 45
mile-ſtone, having for its northern boundaries
the waters of the Swale and the pariſhes Ore and
Luddenham. The uplands are very fertile; be-
low Elverton it has much marſh land, which ex-
tends to the Swale. It has nothing further worth
mentioning in it.
The manors of Selgruve, Copton, and Hony-
marſh, claim over part of this pariſh.

Τ Η Ε
MA NO R.
MANOR
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Stone is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Of-
pringe.
The church was always accounted as a chapel
to that of Tenham, as appears by the Black Book
of the Archdeacon of Canterbury, and was given
and appropriated with that church, as an appen-
dage to it, in the year 1227, by Stephen Lang-
ton, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, to that archdea-
conry. In which ſtate it continues at this time,
the Archdeacon being appropriator of it, and
the great and ſmall tythes of it, excepting thoſe
of Elverton as above-mentioned, included in the
leaſe granted by him of the parſonage of Tenham,
by the deſcription of the chapelry of Stone, be.
longing to it.
At the time of the taking of the general ſur-
vey of Domeſday, in the 15th year of the Con-
queror's reign, anno 1080, this place was part
of the poſſeſſions of Odo, the great Biſhop of
Baieux, the King's half-brother, and Earl of
Kent, under the title of whoſe lands it is en-
tered in it as follows:
Oſon' ten' de epo? Bocheland. p. 3. jugis ſe defd'.
Tra'e'. 1. car'. In dnio. e una. 3. villi' cu'. 2.
bord' bnt dimid' Car'. ibi 8 ſervi. .. Seuuard
tenuit de rege. E. . . T. R. E. valeb'. 4. lib”,
& poſt. 3. lib. & mo?.70. Solid.
Ifde Oſón' ten' un' jugu' de epo in eod' m. & p.
1. jugo ſe defd'. T.R. E. valeb'. 20. ſol. & poft
& mo' val. 1o. fol. Leuuard' tenuit de rege. E.
Which is : Oſbern holds Bocheland of the Biſhop
S.
(of Baieux). It was taxed at three yoke. The
arable land is one carucate. In demeſne there is
one, and three villeins, with two borderers having
half a carucate.
There are eight ſervants.
Seuuard beld it of K. Edward. .... In the time
of K. Edward the Confeſſor it was worth four
(d) Cart. 1622, 1642, 1668.
pounds

The
737
HISTORY of KE N T.
!
BUCKLAND.
pounds, and afterwards three pounds, and now 70.
ſhillings.
The ſame Oſbern bolds one yoke of the Biſhop, in
the ſame manor and it was taxed at one yoke. In
the time of K. Edward the Confeffor it was worth
20 ſhillings, and afterwards, and now, it was and
is worth 10 fhillings.
And a little further thus:
Turſtin' de Girunde ten' in Bochelande. 1. jugu’
de epo & pro 1. jugo ſe defd. Ibi. e. un vills'
reddens. 6. ſolid'. val' & valuit ſemp'. 12. folid'.
I urgot tenuit de rege. E.
Which is: Turſtin de Girunde holds in Bochelande
one yoke of the Biſhop, and it was taxed at one yoke.
There is one villein paying fix ſhillings. It is and
was worth always 12 ſhillings. Turgot held it of K.
Edward.
odw
Four years after the taking of this ſurvey,
the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and all his
poffefſions were confiſcated to the Crown.
After which, one part of the above-mentioned
eſtate in Buckland ſeems to have been granted to
the family of Crevequer, of whom it was held by
the Peyforers, who likewiſe held in it one quar-
ter of a knight's fee here, of the Abbat of Faver-
sham, by knights ſervice, the feignory of which
had been granted to that abbey by ſome good
benefactor to it (e).
It appears by the certificate of Daniel de Cre-
vequer, of the knights fees which he held in ca-
pite, returned in the reign of K. Henry II, by
that King's command, that Richard Peyforer held
the third part of a knight's fee of him, of the
old feoffment de veteri feodo (f), ſuch as had been
made before the death of K. Henry I, being ſo
diftinguiſhed ; and it appears that in the reign of
K. Edw. I, Rich. Peyforer held of Hamo de Creves
quer one quarter of a knight's fee in Buckland (g).
In the reign of K. Edward II, John de Wil.
loughby held lands in this pariſh of Geoffry de
Lucy; theſe were held in the 20th year of K.
Edward III, by John de Buckland, who paid aid
for them, as half a knight's fee in Buckland, at
the making of the Black Prince a Knight, at
which time it appears likewiſe by the Book of
Aid, that the Lady of Buckland paid aid for one
quarter of a knight's fee, which yohn de Wil-
loughby before held in Buckland, of the caftle of
Leeds; which laſt conſiſted of certain lands and
woods, called Ringley-wood, parcel of the manor
of Buckland.
All which ſeem ſoon afterwards to have come
into the poffeffion of a branch of the family of
Apulderfield, commonly called Apperfield, one of
whom, William de Apulderfield, died in the 33d
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
year of K. Edward III, feiſed of the manor of
Buckland, held of the King as of his caſtle of
Leeds (h), as of the honor of Crevequer, by the
ſervice of three quarters and one half of the quar*
ter of one knight's fee.
His ſon of the ſame name died feiſed of it in
the 47th year of that reign, holding it as above-
mentioned for the term of his life, the reverſion
of it being veſted in Sybill, who was wife of
Richard de Frognale, and it was found likewiſe
that John de Frognale was the ſon and heir of the
ſaid Sybill, and he died in the 49th year of it,
ſeiſed of this manor, with the advowſon of the
church of Bokeland, held in manner as above-
mentioned, by the ſervice of three quarters of
one knight's fee. He left iſſue one ſon John,
and his wife Joane ſurviving, who poſſeſſed a
third part of this manor for her life. She after-
wards married Nicholas de Tye, and died anno
15 Richard II; upon which her ſon John Fro-
genhall became poſſeſſed of the whole of this
manor, with the advowſon of the church,
in which he was ſucceeded by his ſon of the
ſame name, who poſſeſſed it at his death in the
iſt year of K. Henry IV, anno 1399, leaving
iſſue John his ſon and heir, then two years
old (i), who died feiſed of it in the 7th year of
K. Henry V, (k) leaving a fon William, who
died poſte fred of it in the 18th year of K. Henry
VI.(1) His ſon John Frogenhall
, eſq; died anno
23 of that reign, 1444, and was buried in the
church of Tenham. He left iſſue a ſon Thomas,
who died ſeiſed of this manor in 1505, and by
his will, proved that year, ordered his body to
be buried in this church, and deviſed this ma-
nor, with its appurts. and other lands lying in
Linſted, Tong, Tenham, and Stone, tó Joane his
wife for her life, and afterwards to be diſpoſed
of by his executors in deeds of charity (m). After
which I find Edward Northwood to have died
ſeiſed of an intereſt in this eſtate anno 2 Henry
VIII, as did Thomas Godding in the 25th year of
that reign (n), and his heir paſſed it away to
Henry See, or At See, as he was ſometimes called,
of Hern in this county, who was poffefſed of the
whole of this n:anor, with the advowſon of the
church, at his death in the 30th year of it, leav.
ing
g Anthony his ſon and heir, who died in the
35th year of that reign, when it was found that
Elizabeth and Mary his ſiſters were his coheirs.
William See was pofſeffed of it at his death in
the 36th year of that reign, when John See was
found to be his ſon and heir. In the 7th year
of K. Edward VI, fir William Craford, of Monge-
ham, knt. ſon and heir of Edward Craford, by
1
(e) Southouſe Mon. p. 66, 73.
Libr. Rubr. Scacc. f. 84.
(g) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (i) Ibid. (k) Ibid.
(1) Ibid. Margaret his wife died in the 3d year of K.
VOL. II.
Edward IV, feiſed of this manor of Buckland, held in ca-
pite by knights ſervice, as were all the other poſſeſſions of
her late huſband William Frogenball.
(m) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant. de
(n) Inquiſ. poft mort.
9 B
Mary,

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The
HISTORY
H I STORY of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDR20.
BUCKLAND.
Mary, one of the ſiſters and coheirs of Henry See
above-mentioned was found by inquiſition to
hold the third part of all the lands and tene-
ments which were Anthony See's, of the King in
capite, in right of his mother (m).
In the 1ſt year of Q. Elizabeth, John See had
livery of the manor of Buckland, with the ad-
vowſon of the church, and 65 acres of land and
wood in Norton, Stone, Luddenbam, and Oſpringe,
held of the Queen in capite by knights ſervice(p).
In Trin, term, anno 4 Elizabeth, he levied a fine
of all his lands, as he did again in Eaſter term
in the 17th year of it. His deſcendant Edward
See, of Herne, gent. about the 10th year of K.
James I, alienated the manor, with the advow-
fon, then holden in chief, to Thomas Mendfield
and Dorothy his wife. He died in 1614 (9), and
his widow afterwards poffeffed it. Henry Saker,
of Faverſham (r), became afterwards ſeiſed of it,
whoſe eldeſt ſon Chriſtopher, by Margaret his wife,
daughter of John Finch, of Linſted, fold it, be-
fore the end of that reign, to fir Bafil Dixwell,
of Folkeſtone, knt. and bart. who died in 1641,
without iſſue, and the title became extinct, and
he left his eſtates to his nephew Mark Dixwell,
eſqs who married Elizabeth, daughter of Mat-
thew Read, of Folkeſtone, eſq; and had iſſue by
her one fon Bafil, who on June 19, 1660, was
advanced to the dignity of a Baronet (s). He,
by deed, dated July 16, 1664, alienated the ma-
nor, with the advowſon of the church of Buck-
land, and Buckland-farm, with other lands and
appurts, in this pariſh, to Richard Read, efq; who
on July 5, 1676, conveyed the fame to Henry
Eve, of Linſted, D. D. who died poffeſfed of this
eſtate in 1685(t). His eldeſt ſon Henry Eve,
M. D. Succeeded him in it, and dying in 1686,
inteſtate, it became the property of his three
ſons, Henry, James, and Charles Eve, in equal
thirds. Henry, the eldeſt ſon, died in 1702, leave
ing one ſon Henry Eve, of Riverhead in Sevenoke,
who purchaſed of his uncle James his third part,
and dying in 1726, his two thirds of it deſcended
to his only daughter and heir Dorothy, who in
1753 carried them in marriage to her couſin
Charles Eve, of Hoxton-Square, gent. the youngeſt
fon of James Eve above-mentioned. He fur-
vived her, and in 1770, fold them to Mr. Tho-
mas Gillow, of St. Nicholas in Thanet, the preſent
poffeffor of them (u). agrino 19
(-) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 2.
(p) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(2) Hobart's Reports, p. 70. Edward See ſold the ma-
nor of Buckland, being holden in chief, to Thomas Mend-
field and Dorothy his wife, and the heirs of them, and levied
a fine of the ſaid manor to A. B. to their uſe during their
lives, the remainder to the uſe of Thomas in tail; remainder
to the uſe of a ſtranger in tail. Thomas died, and it was
reſolved by Hobart and Tanfield, that Dorothy was not to
ſue livery of any part of the ſaid land, for it was no ad-
vancement to her from her huſband of his lands within the
ſtatute. Thomas Mendfield lies buried in Faverſham church,
in which pariſh he, by his laſt will, endowed fox alms-
boufes. He bore for his arms-Argent, a fefs engrailed, in
chief 3 fleurs de lis fable.
Bandoexsilly
(r) Philipott, p. 91. He had iſſue two ſons; Chriſto-
pher above-mentioned, and William. Chriſtopher died in
1623, and was buried in St. George's church in Canterbury,
leaving iſſue by Mildred his wife, daughter of William
Courthope, of Stodmarſh, one ſon Chriftopher, who died
without iſſue in 1617, and was buried in the ſame church,
and a daughter Dorothy, who died in 1669, having been
twice married; first to John Watſon, of Canterbury, and
ſecondly to Robert Waller, alias Warren, M.D. See Viſtn.
co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Saker.
They bore for their arms-Sable, a bend engrailed between
2 bulls beads eraſed or.
(s) Charles Dixwell, of Coton in the co. of Warwick, had
iffue two ſons, William, anceſtor of fir William Dixwell, of
Coton, created a Baronet in 1716, which title is now extinct;
and Bafil, who having a large eſtate deviſed to him by his
uncle, fobn Herdſon, of Folkeſtone, removed thither, and
afterwards to Brome. He was created a Baronet in 1627,
and dying unmarried, the title became extinct. Baſil Dix-
well, efq; ſon of Mark, was created a Baronet in 1660, as
above-mentioned, and was father of fir Bafil Dixwell, of
Brome, bart. who dying in 1750, without iſſue, that title
alſo became extinct.
See more of this family, under Folkeſtone and Barham.
(1) Henry Eve, D.D. died on March 5, 1686, æt. 68,
and was buried at Linfied. He left iſſue Henry Eve, M.D.
who married Dorothy, daughter of Edward Adye, of Bar,
ham, efq; and dying in 1686, was buried at Linfted;
and a younger ſon Charles, who died in the Eaſt Indies.
The former left iſſue three ſons, Henry, who was of Linffed, ,
and married Elizabeth Hoyle; he died in 1702, and was
buried there, leaving iffue one fon Henry, and three daugh-
ters, viz. Dorothy, married to William Burroughs, A. M.
by whom ſhe had two daughters, Anne and Dorothy, the
latter of whom married Capt. Bellenden ; Elizabeth married
Thomas Barling, of Linſted, Attorney-at-law; and Anne mar-
ried Wilkinſon. Henry Eve, the ſon, was of Riverhead in Se-
venoke, and died in 1726, leaving iſſue one daughter and
heir Dorothy, who married, in 1753, her couſin Charles Eve,
of Hoxton-Square, and dying in 1755, æt. 31, was buried
at Linfed.
James, the ſecond ſon of Henry Eve, M. D. was A. M.
Vicar of Tenbam, &c. and married Suſanna, youngeſt daugh-
ter of Tbomas Turner, of Ileden in this county, ela; he died
in 1743, leaving iſſue two ſons, Henry, who was of Bough-
ton under Blean, and had iſſue by his wife Elizabeth Jarvis,
of Doddington, one fon Henry-Charles
, and three daughters,
Caroline, Elizabeth, and Amelia,- and Charles Eve, the fe.
cond, who was of Hoxton-Square, gent. and in 1753 married
his couſin Dorothy, daughter and heir of Henry Eve, of Ri.
verbead, as above-mentioned. Charles, the third ſon of
Henry Eve, M. D. was of Canterbury, Attorney-at-law, and
married Lucy Brockman, of Cheriton, and died in 1736, hava
ing had iſſue two ſons, Charles Eve, of Deptford, who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Brian Bentham, of Sheerneſs, efq; and
Henry, who died at Jamaica, without iſſue, and two daugh-
ters, Dorothy, married to Thomas Quiree, of Boughton, and
Lucy, to Mr. Taylor, of Canterbury.
wilt olan
They bore for their arms-Quarterly, ſable and or.
(u) He is deſcended from Mr. Richard Gillow, who by
his wife, daughter of Jenkin, had iſſue ſeveral children,
viz. fix ſons and two daughters, of whom Thomas died
about 1754, leaving iſſue a ſon Stephen married to Mary,
daughter of Mr. Robert Eafon, fenior, of Ramſgate, gent.
he died in 1774, having had ifue by her three fons and
four daughters ; of the latter of whom only Sarah ſurvived ;
of the ſons, Robert, the eldeſt, is deceaſed ; Mr. Thomas
Gillow,




RECTORS.
PRESENT STATE OF BUCKLAND,
obt. 1592.
Saker, gent.
28, 1642.
8,"?
patronage
, -,
The HISTORY of K E N T. 739
BUCKLAND.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
The remaining third part of this eſtate, which of London, who now poſſeſſes them ; but the re-
was inherited by Mr. Charles Eve, Attorney-at maining third part of it, being the third turn of
law, of Canterbury, the younger ſon of Henry preſentation, remained with Mr. Charles Eve,
Eve, M. D. as above-mentioned, was ſold by and he is the preſent proprietor of it. TUG
him, in 1747, to truſtees, for the uſe of John
distortio obil silecego sila
Taddy, of Southwark, Druggiſt, whoſe widow
CHURCH OF
BUCK L AN D.231
Suſanna, and only ſon Chriſtopher Taddy, of Pa-
PATRONS,
ter-nofter Row, London, are the preſent owners or by whom preſented.
of it.
John See, gent. Thomas Colſon, induct. Mar.
Coul 71566.00
This pariſh is very ſmall; the lands of it are
Edward Hills, gent. John Taylor, Oct. II, 1587,
very rich and fertile, the ſame in deſcription as
thoſe of the neighbouring pariſhes; the marſhes
b Nicholas Goldſburgh, A.M.
bound it on the north ſide, as the high London
road does towards the ſouth.
Edw. See, of Herne, John Hunt, A. M. Dec. 8,
There are but two houſes in this pariſh; the gent.
1610, obt. 1635.
church ſtood cloſe on the eaſt ſide of them. Robt. Ewell, Cl. by
The manor of Copton extends into this pariſh. the demiſe of Doro- John Thompſon, A. M. Aug.
thy Mendfield, wi 20, 1636, refig. 1642.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
dow, and Chriſtoph.
So
BUCKLAND is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Sir Baſil Dixwell, Edward Browne, A.M. Oct.
Oſpringe.
bart.
The church, which was dedicated to St. Ni-
riotti(x) Henry Eve, D. D. obt.
cholas, has been in ruins for many years (V).
March 4, 1685.
It is a rectory, and valued in the King's Henry Eve, gent. (y) Jeremiah Taylor, A. M.
books at 441. 55. and the yearly tenths at 11s.
1686, obt. 1688.
4d.(w)
Dorothy Eve, wi. Edward Fiſher, A.M, Feb.
In 1678, there were only fix communicants
dow,
19, 1688, reſig. 1707.
Eliz. Eve, widow,
The church of Buckland, as appears by the
mother of Henry (2) James Eve, A. B. I
above account of the manor, paffed from time
16, 1707, obt. 1743.
Eve, a minor.
to time as an appendage to it, till the family of
Eve alienated the manor, with the farm and
(a)William Burroughs, 1743,
.670.19019190 4
lands of Buckland, as above-mentioned, but they
reſerved the advowſon of the church to them Charles Eve, of Ro- (6) Mathias Unwin, Aug. 10,
ſelves, and it continued in their poffeffion till
tberbith in Surry.
1754, obt. 1776.
the year 1754, when two thirds of the
Charles Eve, of Hox- William Lupton, A.M. May
of this church, being two ſucceeding turns of the
18, 1776. Preſent Rec-
preſentation to it were ſold to Mr. John Unwin,
TOROVE to nosite
Gillow, the ſecond ſon, is the preſent poſſeſſor of this eſta Mr. James Tappenden, of Faverſham, gent, and ſeveral other
of Buckland, and married his firſt-couſin Anne, daughter of children.
Capt. Robert Eafon, of Ramſgate, by whom he has a ſon John and Henry both died fingle.)
Thomas, and two daughters, Anne and Margaret ;-and Mr. And Margaret married John Tappenden, of Sitting borne,
Stephen Gillowthe
he third fon, is the of Cookſditch
by whom he had iſſue John Tappenden, of London, Merch-
in Faverſham, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr.
John Pamflet, of Shoart in Thanet, by whom he has three garet, who married her firſt-couſin Jenkin Gillow, as has
daughters, Elizabeth, Catherine, and Anne.
been mentioned above.
Elizabeth married Mr. Jobn Stephens, of Frognal, gent. (v) The ſteeple, which was a ſpire, was ſtanding in
by whom ſhe had two daughters, Margaret, married to 1719. The north and south walls of the church are now
William Tappenden, of Sittingborne, 'Turkey Merchant, and ſtanding, and the weſt end, where was formerly the ſteeple,
Mary, married to Mr. Thomas Johnſon.
in which was one bell. The eaſt end is quite down, and
Jenkin Gillow married Frances, daughter of Francis Hol-
4401
the whole roof of the church fallen in, and the inſide a heap
loway, of London, Merchant, and died without iſſue.
of rubbiſh
Richard married and had iſſue.
(w) E&. Theſ. p. 11.
Francis married Anne, daughter of Francis Holloway,
(x) And Vicar of Tenham. He reſigned this rectory on
above-mentioned, by whom he had iſſue two ſons and a
his being inſtituted to that of Midley.
daughter, viz. Jenkin, who married his firſt-couſin Margaret (1) And Vicar of Tenham.
Tappenden, and died without iſſue; Francis, who died (z) Alſo Rector of Midley, and Vicar of Tenham.
abroad, without iſſue; and Anne, who married her firſt (a) And Rector of Midley, as were his two next ſucceſſors.
couſin John Tappenden, of London, Merchant, by whom ſhe (b) Alſo Rector of Bonnington, which he reſigned for that
had iſſue Margaret, who married, in 1780, her relation of Midley.
here.
obt. 1754.
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NORTON

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Widow of Edward
cm, 1on of Adam de Port,
The HISTORY of K EN
740
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
NORTON
manor, as did the Lady Champion or de Campania,
NORTON.
in the 20th year of K. Edward III, when the
paid aid for it, at the making of the Black
SOUTHWARD from Buckland, but on Prince a Knight, as one knight's fee in Norton
the oppoſite ſide of the high London road, and Newenham, held of John de St. John, at
lies Norton (c).
which time there was a rent of 3os. paid from it,
for ward to Rocheſter caſtle. After this family
was become extinct here, which was ſoon after,
of which, in the reign of the Conqueror, was part
wards, the Frogenballs were become poffefſed of
of the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, the
it, one of whom, Yoon de Frogenhall, died feiſed
King's half-brother, accordingly it is thus en of it, as appears by the Eſcheat-rolls in the
tered in the ſurvey of Domeſday, under the ge-
reign of K. Henry IV; from which name it
neral title of that prelate's lands :
paſſed by marriage into that of Boteler, whence
Hugo de portb ten' de epo Nortone. p. 4. Solins ſe
it was again carried in marriage by Anne, daugh-
defd'. Tra. e'. 4. car'. In drio ſunt. 3. car'. &
ter and ſole heir of John Boteler, of Graveney, to
18. villi cu’. 6. bord' bnt. 5. car'. Ibi
Jobn Martin, one of the Judges of the Common
accia
3.
Pleas, who died poſſeſſed of it on Oct. 24, 1436,
&
3. molini fine Cenfu. & 2. piſcar'. de. 12. den'.
and was buried in that church. One of his de-
Silva 40. porc'. T.R. E. valeb'. 8. lib'. & poft.
6. lib'. modo 12. lib'. Oſuuard tenuit de rege. E.
ſcendants ſold this manor, in the reign of K.
Henry VII, to Fynche (g), whoſe deſcendant
Which is : Hugo de Porth holds of the Biſhop
Nicholas Fynche left iſſue a ſon and heir George
(of Baieux) Nortone. It was taxed at four ſulings.
The arable land is four carucates. In demeſne there
Fiynche, eſa; who reſided at Norton-court. He
are three carucates, and 18 villeins, with ſix bor-
died poſſeſſed of it on Aug. 28, 1584, and was
buried in this church, having been twice mar-
derers, having five carucates. There are three
ried; firſt to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Samp-
churches, and three mills without tallage, and two
fiſheries of 12 pence. Wood for the pannage of 40
fon, of Horſmonden, widow of Humphry Eveas ;
bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, it
and ſecondly to Dorothy, the
was worth eight pounds, and afterwards fix pounds,
Scott, of Camberwell (h). He had iſſue only by
his firſt wife, one daughter and heir Mary, who
now 12 pounds. Oſuuard held it of K. Edward.
carried this manor in marriage to fir Michael
Four years after the taking of this ſurvey,
Sonds, of Throwley, knt. who in the latter end
the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and all his
of Q. Elizabeth's reign, ſold it to Mr. Thomas
poffeffions became confiſcated to the Crown.
Milles, who afterwards reſided here for ſome
Upon which Hugo de Port, who before held
time, till he removed to Davington ball
, but dy.
this eſtate of the Biſhop, became immediate te-
ing without male iſſue, his only daughter and
nant to the King for it, as his ſupreme Lord. heir Anne carried it in marriage to John Milles,
of the co. of Hants, eſq; ſon of fir John Milles,
aſſumed the name of St. John (d), of which fa-
knt. (i)
mily, as Lords paramount, it was held by Hugh He afterwards conveyed it to his brother Dr.
de Newenham, and afterwards by his ſon Fulk de
Milles, who in the reign of K. Charles I, alien-
Newenham, whoſe daughter Juliana, in the reign ated it to his relation Mr. Thomas Milles
,
of K. Henry II, carried this manor of Norton
the co. of Suſſex (k), and he afterwards, in the
in marriage to fir Robert de Campania or Chan-
next reign of K. Charles II, alienated it to Mr.
pion, who reſided at Champions-court in Newen-
Baptiſt Piggott, afterwards of Norton-court, geni.
ham, as part of her inheritance (e). His deſcen-
who died poffeffed of it on Sept. 20, 1677, æt.
dant of the ſame name held it in the beginning
59, and was buried in this church, having been
of the reign of K. Edward I, of Robert de St. twice married; firft to Margaret, daughter of
odw
John, as one knight's fee in Norton (f).
John Minn, of London, Grocer, by whom he had
John de Campania held it at the latter end of five children, of whom Mary, his ſole heir, mar.
that reign and in the 31ſt year of it had a ried in 1669 to Benjamin Godfrey, of London,
charter of free-warren granted to him for this Merchant, was the only ſurvivor at his death.




(c) This place ſeems to have taken its name of Nortune,
that is North Town, from its ſituation northward of Newn-
bam, both places belonging to the Biſhop of Baieux, and
held of him by the ſame tenant Hugh de Port.
(d) See an account of them above, p. 571, note (w).
(e) See Reg. Roff. p. 508.
(f) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(8) Philipott, p. 256. He was deſcended from Herbert
Finch, of Sewards in Linfted, the eldeſt ſon of John Finch,
of that place, e/?; whoſe anceſtor of the ſame name was the
ſecond ſon of Vincent Herbert, alias Finch, of Netberfield in
the co. of Suſſex, whoſe eldeſt ſon William was anceſtor of
the Finch's Earls of Winchelſea and Nottingham, and others
of that name, at different times enchled. See above, p. 689.
(b) She was daughter of John Bere, of Dartford, and
was firſt married to John Heys, of the co. of Efex; ſecondly
to Edward Scott, of Camberwell; thirdly to George Fynche;
and fourthly to fir Thomas Scott, of Smeeth, knt. See Viftn.
co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Bere.
(i) See Davington above, p. 728.
(k) Philipott, p. 256.
He


The H İ STORY of K E N T.
741
liam Robinſon, of London, Merchant, who died
Con gent. 63
who
NORTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
His ſecond wife was Katherinė, daughter of Wil they were extinct here before the reign of K.
Edward III, when Lucas de Vienna or Vienne was
in 1684, by whom he left no ſurviving iſſue (1). in the poffeffion of it. His deſcendant Edward
On his death, Benjamin Godfrey above-mentioned de Vienna paid aid for it, together with certain
became, in right of his wife, entitled to this lands in this pariſh, called Viend-garden (3), at
manor, and reſided at Norton-court (m), of which the making of the Black Prince a Knight, as
he died poſeſſed on March 13, 1704, dt. 73, one quarter of a knight's fee, which Lucas de
and was buried in this church, having had iſſue Vienna before held in Norton of John de Cham-
by her four fons and five daughters; of the for- || paigne, and he of John de St. John. From this
mer, he left only John and Baptiſt ſurviving, name this ſeat paffed into that of Quadring,
which latter dying in 1705, was buried beſide who was poffeffed of it in the beginning of the
his father; and of the latter, Catherine, the only reign of K. Richard II, and thence again about
daughter who lived to maturity, married Ste the latter end of that of K. Henry IV, to the
phen Luffington, of Sittingborne, eſq; and died in antient family of Goldwell, of Great Chart, and
1700(n), leaving iſſue only one ſon Thomas God from them to the Drylands, of Cookſditch, one
frey Luſhington. Upon which the fee of it be-
of which name alienated it, in the reign of K.
came veſted in John Godfrey, éſq; the only ſur Henry VIII, to Robert Atwater, eja: a. Juſtice
viving ſon, who reſided here, and was a gentle. of the Peace of this county, and he tranſmitted
man of literature, and well verſed in antiquities,
it by fale to fir James Hales, knt. one of othe
eſpecially ſuch as related to this county. He Juſtices of the Court of Common Pleas, and ſon
died in 1737, without iſſue (o), having by his of John Hales, of The Dungeon near Canterbury,
laſt will deviſed this manor to his nephew Tho one of the Barons of the Exchequer. He died
mas Godfrey Luffington, of Sitting borne, efq; above-
3
3
mentioned, who afterwards reſided at Canterbury, and Mary, whoſe deſcendant, in the next reign
where he died in 2757, leaving iſſue by Dorothy of Q. Elizabeth, paſſed it away by ſale to The-
his firſt wife, daughter of John Giſburne, of the mas Sare, who afterwards reſided here (t). babi
co. of Derby, eſq; three ſons, and one daughter He was the eldeſt ſon of Laurence Sare, of
Catherine, then the wife of John Cockin Sole, of
Bobbing, efq; on whom he had ſettled this
of John Adye, of Greet in the pariſh of Dodding-
manor in 1754, on her marriage in his life-
ton, by whom he had one fon Adye, and three
time (P).
daughters (v). Adye Sare, ejq; the ſon, likewiſe
John Cockin Sole, eſq; becoming thus poffeffed reſided here, and was twice married ; first to
of Norton-court, removed hither about the year
Sarah, daughter and coheir of Thomas Archdale,
1765, and he ſtill continues owner of this ma-
of London ; ſecondly to the daughter and coheir
nor and ſeat, at which he occaſionally reſides (q).
of Bowyer, of Saliſbury. By the laſt only he had
Norton-court is charged in the caſtle-guard
rental of Rocheſter caſtle with 295, one part of
in 1613, and was buried in Norton church; and
which, being 18s. is paid by Mr. Sole, and the Archdale, and three daughters, Suſan, Sarah, and
other part by Mr. Richard Mount, for his eſtate
Jane, who afterwards became his coheirs (w).
of Ruſhitt, as being once part of the demeſnes His heirs ſeem to have ſold this feat to Mr.
of this manor (r).
James Hugeſſen, of Dover, Merchant Adventurer,
who died poſſeſſed of it on March 24, 1637, æt.
8o, and was buried in Linfted church, in which
is an antient ſeat in this pariſh, ſituated about pariſh his ſon Mr. James Hugeſſen reſided, at
half a mile eastward of the church, which was the manor of Sewards, where he kept his fhrie.
once the reſidence of a family of that name, one valty for this county anno 17 Charles I. He
of whom, Jobn di Provender, was poſſeſſed of died poſſeſſed of Provenders on Oct. 2, 1646,
it in the reign of K. Henry III, as appeared by and was buried in the chapel on the north ſide
an old dateleſs deed of about that time; but
of Linſted church, which has continued the bu,
of Philip
P R O V E N D ERS
Guill. p. 229.
(i) He bore for his arms--Argent, 3 pickaxes fable.
(m) He was the 14th and laſt ſurviving ſon of Thomas
Godfrey, of Hodiford in Sellinge, efq; deſcended from the
Godfreys of Lyd in this county, whoſe arms he bore, viz.
Sable, a chevron between 3 pelicans beads eraſed or.
(n) She died in childbed of her only child Thomas God-
frey, at, 27, and was buried in Sittingborne church.
() Anne his wife ſurvived hini, and died in
1747,
and
was buried befide her huſband in this church.
(p) She died in 1766, leaving iſſue an only daughter.
See more of the Luſsingtons under Rodmerſham, f. 594.
(9) See more of him under Bobbing, above, p. 638.
() See below, p. 743.
(1) Viz, 10 acres of land, paſture, and wood.
(t) Philipott, p. 256. The Sares bore for their armsam
Gules, 2 bars ermine, in chief 3 martlets or ; which coat was
confirmed to Adye Sare, of Norton, eſq; by William Camden,
Clar. on Feb. 7, anno 10 Jan. 1.
(u) James, the ſecond ſon, died without iſſue.
(v) Viz. Margaret, married firſt to Robert Baker, of
Hallow, and afterwards John Mackelly, M. D. Suſan to
Robert Barnham, of Boughton Monchelſea ; and Jane to Ni-
cholas Adye, of Lewfon in Tenham.
(w) Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Sare.
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HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of Peter Gott, 19
бар
NORTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
rial-place of his deſcendants ever ſince (x). He was of Stodmarſh, and anceſtor of William Hu.
left iſſue by Jane his wife, ſix ſons and one géljen, now of Stodmarſ), eſq; and Edward, died
daughter (y), of whom William Hugeſen, eſq; the without iſſue. The three daughters all died
eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded him in this ſeat, to which he unmarried.
removed, and kept his ſhrievalty at it in the 24th William Hugeſſen, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded
year of K. Charles II, anno 1671, in which year his father at Provenders, where he reſided, and
he received the honor of knighthood. He died died there on Jan. 18, 1753, æt. 72, having
in 1675, having been three times married ; firſt
been twice married; first to Martha, daughter
to Elizabeth, daughter of fir Jobn Hipiſlye, kut.
who died in 1642 ; ſecondly to Margery, daugh iſſue; and ſecondly to Dorothy, daughter of Fran.
ter of fir William Brockman, knt. and thirdly to cis Tyſen, of Hackney, eſa; who died in 1749, by
Anne, daughter of fir Richard Sondes, knt. widow
whom he had iſſue an only ſon and heir William
of Abraham Delaune, eſq; She died in 1669. dr. Weſtern Hugeſſen, eſq; who reſided at Provenders,
He had iſſue by his firſt wife two ſons, John, where he died on June 3, 1764, æt. 29, leaving
who died before him, in 1670, leaving iſſue, as iſſue by Thomaſine his wife, ſecond daughter of
will be mentioned below, and James, who died
fir John Honywood, bart. three daughters his co-
in 1654, and three daughters (z). John Huges heirs, Dorothy, Mary, and Sarah. His widow
ſen, above-mentioned, married Chriſtian, daugh ſurvived him, and poſſeſſed this ſeat till her
cer of Samuel Hales, of Davington, efq; a younger death, which happened on Jan. 17, 1744, at.
ſon of fir Edward Hales, knt. and bart, who ſur 39, on which their three daughters became en-
vived him. By her he had iſſue three ſons, Wil. titled to the property of it; of whom Sarah, the
liam, who became his grandfather's heir, James, youngeſt daughter, is fince deceaſed, in Nov.
and Edward, and two daughters, Martha and
2777, æt. 14, unmarried; upon which her two
Aletbea, who died unmarried.
ſiſters Dorothy and Mary, are become jointly en-
William Hugeſſen, efq; above-mentioned, re titled to this ſeat, among the reſt of their inhe-
ſided at Provenders, where he died in 1719 (a), ritance. Dorathy married on March 23, 1779,
having had iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter Jofeph Banks, of Reaveſby-abbey in the co. of Lin-
of James Adye, three ſons and three daughters ; coln, eſq; ſince elected Preſident of the Royal Society,
of the former, William became his heir, John and on March 24, 1781, created a Baronet (b);
Proda
(*) Philipott, p. 256, fays, in right of Mr. Hugeſſen, of in which he was perſonally concerned. He was born in.
Dover's, purchaſe of this eſtate, after the deceaſe of her
on Feb, 2, and was firſt educated at Eaton,
mother, it was to devolve to Mrs. Jane Hugeſſen, deſcended from whence he went to Chriſt Church, Oxford. His firk
from a ſecond ſon of that family, and that the entitled her voyage was made in 1765, to Newfoundland and Liſbon,
huſband Mr. John Roberts, ſon of fir John Roberts, of Can whence he returned in ſpring 1766, in the Niger frigate,
terbury, to the poſſeſlion of it, but dying without iſſue, commanded by for Thomas Adams, fince deceafed. About
the
property
of it returned to the Hugeffens of Linfed, by midſummer 1768, he embarked on a voyage of diſcovery,
the entail formerly made of it.
with Dr. Solander, and other ingenious perſons, in the En-
(y) See an account of them, and of this family, above,
deavour, Capt. Cook, which was fitted out for the purpoſe
of obſerving the tranſit of Venus over the dik of the Sun,
which happened on June 3, 1769. On his return, he was
(z) Viz. Fane ; Anne, married first to Rodulph Wec-
kelin, who died in 1667, æt. 84 ; ſecondly to Gideon De-
called upon to make another voyage, in a manner fo Aatter-
laune, esg; who died in 1709, æt. 73. She died in
ing to himſelf, that he did not heſitate to provide a confi-
,
derable eſtabliſhment with the celebrated painter Zoffani,
æt. 84; and Elizabeth, who died in 1665.
ho died in 1665.107 bob cw as his draftſman; but the ſhip not anſwering the conveni-
(a) Anno 4 and 5 Q. Anne, an act paſſed, to enable ences intended for him and his people, he was under the
truſtees to make proviſion for payment of the debts of Wil-
them,
liam Hugeſſen, efq; and for raiſing portions for his younger with thoſe conveniences, which were to enable them to an-
fons, and for making good the intended ſettlement on the
ſwer the purpoſes of ſcience, and alone tempted him to
marriage of William Hugeſſen the younger, gent. Tot viſit the unknown ocean. Rather than thus do his work
(6) He was grandſon of Joſeph Banks, of Reaveſoy-abbey, by halves, he determined to decline the whole, diſſatisfied
efq; who died in 1726, leaving iſſue one ſon Joſeph, and a as he was with having performed part of what he intended,
daughter Mary, married to fur Francis Whichcote
, bart.
a ſacrifice which he had willingly made to
had willingly made to his fity
ſituation in
whoſe firſt wife ſhe was. Joſeph Banks, the ſon, was of life, unknown to every one, on his firſt outſet.
Reaveſby-abbey, eſq; and was Member of Parliament for Diſappointed as he was, he employed ſome of his draful-
Peterborough, and High Sheriff of the co. of Lincoln in men and others, in a ſhort voyage to Iceland in the year
1736. He died in 1761, leaving iſſue three fons, Jofeph, 1772, where he was fortunate enough to find the iſland of
afterwards created a Baronet as above-mentioned, William, Stoffa, which Mr. Pennant, who at the ſame time made a
who took the name of Hodgkinſon, and married in 1757 tour to the Weſtern Iſlands, for the ſole purpoſe of viſiting
Miſs Williams, and Robert; and three daughters, Lettice, them, miſſed of; the tour of which was printed by him
Elizabeth, and Margaret. I
from Mr. Banks's foul journal, incorrect as it was, and
Sir Joſeph Banks was the firſt man of ſcientific education, which had been lent to him, as a teſtimony that chance
who undertook a voyage of diſcovery, and that, the firfi, alone, and not any intention of interfering with his purſuit,
which turned out ſatisfactory to this enlightened age. He had led him into this track.
was in ſome meaſure the firſt, who gave that turn to ſuch His ſhort ſtay in Iceland developed the fingular wonder
voyages, or rather to their commander Capt. Cook, as of Geiſer, and the ſummit of Hecklas, which had rarely,
guided-and directed as well thoſe which came after, as that if ever, been viſited by the natives; for an account of

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743
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE:
fervice. mat%, . to he
in it:
the
ro
the
NORTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
and Mary married on July 27, 1780, Edward Teynham this eſtate of Stuppington has continued
Knatchbull, only ſon and heir of fir Edward down to the preſent Right Hon. Henry, Lord Teyn-
Knatchbull, of Merſham in this county, bart. (c) bam, the preſent owner of it.
whoſe reſpective huſbands, in their right, are
now jointly entitled to it.
William de Vyane, in the reign of K. Edward
STUPPINGTON,
III, held one quarter of a knight's fee in Nor-
antiently written Stependone, is an eſtate in this ton, of the Abbat of Faverſham (g).
parish on the ſouthern extremity of it, and about The priory of Davington poffeffed 40 acres of
half a mile eaſtward of Lodge-houſe, which was
land in this pariſh, which came to the Crown
formerly eſteemed a manor, and of ſuch account
on its eſcheat anno 2Henry VIII, and was
as to be recorded in the general ſurvey of Domes-
afterwards granted anno 35 of that reign, with
day, taken in the year 1080, at which time it
the ſcite and reſt of the poffeffions of it, to fir
Thomas Cheney, knt. to hold in capite by knights
Biſhop of Baieux, and Earl of Kent, under the
dog ow
general title of whoſe eſtates it is thus entered
PRESENT STATE OF NORTON. GADA
Hugo de Porth ten' de epo Stepedone. Oſuuard The pariſh of Norton lies on high ground,
teneb T. R. E.
P '
riſing towards the ſouth. The church, with
ner
Jug' min'. Tra. e. 2. car'. In dnio e. cu' Norton-court, ſtands on the north weſt edge of it,
1. fervo & 5 bord'. val. 30. ſolid.
adjoining to Lewefon-ſtreet. The northern boun-
pin
Which is : Hugo de Porth holds of the Biſhop dary of it is a little beyond the high London road
of Baieux Stepedone. Ofuuard beld it in the time northward, about half a mile ſouthwerd of which
of Edward the Confeſſor, and then it was taxed at is the parfonage, and a ſmall diſtance above that
one Suling all but one yoke. The arable land is two Provenders, and not far above that there is a
carucates. In demeſne there is
with one
houſe and eſtate called Ruſhitt, the property and
ſervant and five borderers. It is worth 30 Thil reſidence of Mr. Richard Mount, about a mile
lings.
from which, ſtill farther ſouthward, is Stup-
Four years after which, the Biſhop was diſ pington,
graced, and all his poffeffions were confiſcated This pariſh is much longer than it is in
to the Crown.
breadth; the eaſt ſide of it is entirely wood-
Upon which, Hugo, who had before been the
valley. The lands in the lower or northern part
Biſhop's tenant, came to hold it immediately, or
of it are exceeding fertile, but as they extend
in capite, of the King; of his deſcendants, who
had aſſumed the name of St. John (d), it was
fouthward, they become gradually leſs fo, being
held ſucceſſively by the Cheneys (e) and Apulder-
both chalky and much covered with flints.
There
fields, the latter of whom, about the end of K.
are no parochial charities belonging to it.
Y
Edward IV.'s reign, ending without male iſſue, brustgeid
от
Elizabeth, only daughter of ſir William de Apul-
body
og bored
derfield, of Badmangore in Linfied, knt. carried
Mr. Jacob obſerved the bypericum androje-
this eſtate in marriage to ſir John Fineux, knt. mum, tutſan or park-leaves, in a hedge near
Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench, who died
vender's wood in this pariſh. gu pads to to
poſſeſſed of it in 1525, leaving two daughters
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. 9V
his coheirs, of whom Jane, the eldeſt, carried
bas
102
ic in marriage to John Roper, of Eltham, eſq; (f) Norton is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
who gave it to his ſecond ſon Chriſtopher Roper, tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
of Badmangore in Linſted, eſq; whoſe ſon fir John Ofpringe.
ahom nedoved os tager
Roper, knt. removed his reſidence to his new The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
built ſeat of Lodge, and was, anno 14 James I,
conſiſts of one iſle and a chancel, having a ſquare
created Lord Teynham, in whoſe deſcendants Lords tower at the weſt end, in which hangs one bell.
enottolog
which, I refer you to Troilles Letters, a young Swede, Since his return from Iceland, he has lived in no parti-
who, being here on his travels in England, choſe to accom cular public ſtation, till
till Nov. 30, 1779, when, on the
pany Mr. Banks in this voyage, and who fince his depar reſignation of fir Fohn Pringle, he was elected Preſident of
ture home has been made Biſhop of Lincopen in Sweden. the Royal Society, and on March 24, 1781, he had the dig-
Botany has been Mr. Banks's favorite ſcience from his nity of a Baronet conferred on him.
early years, and he has ſince his laſt voyage engaged in a (c) See Merſham for a further account of the Knatchbull
Botanical Work, which it is probable will very ſoon be
family.
publiſhed, as he has already near 700 folio plates prepared
(d) See above, p. 571, note (v).
5tI JOT
TO
for it, the purport of it being an account of all the new (e) See Rot. Eſch. anno 8 Edw. III. Poft mort. Wi de
plants diſcovered in his voyage round the world, which
are ſomewhat more than 800.
(f) See above, p. 686. (8) Ibid. p. 68.
buah
B O T A N Y.
mear Pro-
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Thę

744
Tbe H I S T OR Y of K E N T.
3
t of the
NORTON
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
The church of Norton was antiently an appen-
St. Andrew there, canonically into the parſonage
dage to the manor, and as ſuch was the property
of the church of St. Mary of Norton, ſo that they
of the family of Newenham. Hugh de Newenham, ſhould always have a perpetual Vicar in it, who
Lord of the manor of Norton, about the latter ſhould poſſeſs the ſame, with its appurts. and
end of the reign of K. Henry I, being admitted, ſhould pay to them yearly 20s. only, in the name
with his wife and fon Fulk, into the ſociety of of an annual penſion; and every Vicar, in order
the convent of Rocheſter, to be partaker of the to his being inſtituted to it, ſhould be elected
benefits of it, gave, with the conſent of his ſon, and preſented by the Biſhop and Monks, and ſo
to the monks of St. Andrew there the church of to be inſtituted perpetual Vicar in it by him and
Northtune, with all the land belonging to it, his ſucceſſors, ſaving always to the church of
and the half of the tythe of the demeſne of the Rocheſter the ſaid annual penſion (II).
aw
manor, and all other its appurts. in perpetual - On Biſhop Gilbert de Glanville's coming to the
alms (b); and it was recorded, that the monks ſee of Rocheſler anno 31 Henry II, there aroſe
received yearly from thence one marc of fil a diſpute between him and the monks of St. An-
ver; which gift was made in the preſence of drew, the Biſhop laying claim not only to ſeve-
Archbiſhop Ralph, who confirmed the ſame to ral of their manors, but to the advowſons of
them(i).
their ſeveral churches : this was carried on with
Fulk de Newenham confirmed this church, with great heat and virulence for ſome years, till at
all its appurts. likewiſe, to them in perpetual
laſt the monks were forced to ſubmit themſelves
alms; and he conſented, and the Archbiſhop to his clemency and award, by which he ſtripped
granted his authority, that Nicholas his Chap them of many of their poſſeſſions, and among
lain ſhould pay to them yearly, in the name of
this church, ios. annual penſion, and that after for be decreed, that in all ſuch churches as be-
his ſeceſſion, the whole church of Nortune longed to the church of Rocheſter, ſituated out
ſhould paſs to the perpetual uſes of the monks, of the biſhopric, when any of them ſhould be-
with all its goods, freely and quietly from all come vacant, the Biſhop ſhould have the election
his heirs, which donation was confirmed by of the perſon to be inſtituted, and after that the
Archbiſhops Theobald and Richard, among the reſt Biſhop and monks together ſhould preſent him
of the poffeffions of that monaſtery (ii).
to the Biſhop of the reſpective dioceſe, ſaving
Robert de Campania, the ſon o
of Robert de Cam-
in churches to be paid to the
pania, by Juliana his wife, daughter of Fulk de monks, to the performance of which, the perſon
Newenbam above-mentioned, and Lord of the inſtituted ſhould take an oath in the chapter-
manor of Norton, gave and confirmed, with the houſe of Rocheſter (m); which penſions, and that
aſſent of his mother Juliana, his wife, and his of 2os. in particular from this church, he after-
heirs, to the monks of St. Andrew, to their own wards, by a ſeparate inſtrument, confirmed to
proper uſes, the church of Northtune, with all
them (n).
its goods, viz. in lands, tythes, and oblations, Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, and John, Prior
and all other appurts. freely and quietly from of St. Andrew in Rocheſter, ſued out a writ of
all his heirs, and as Fulk de Newenham, his grand Quare Impedit in the 33d year of K. Henry III,
father, had confirmed it to them; to which were againſt John de Campania, then Lord of the ma-
witneſſes Galeran, Bp. of Rocheſter, and others (k). nor of Norton, and heir of the donor of it to the
And there was a final concord made in the King's church of Rocheſter, who had entered a caveat
Court of Exchequer at Weſtminſter, in the 29th againſt their right of preſenting a Clerk to it;
year of K. Henry II, between the Prior and but the Biſhop and Prior recovered their right of
Monks of Rocheſter, and Juliana, daughter of Fulk preſentation againſt him, with coſts, on the trial
de Newenham, and Robert de Champeynes her ſon, then had for the purpoſe, this church being
by which the gift made by them was acknow-
then valued at 28 marcs.
leged to have been made, in manner as above. It appears by ſeveral records, that from the
mentioned (1) After which this church was, by time of the above-mentioned decree of Biſhop
Archbiſhop Richard, again confirmed to the church Gilbert de Glanville, the Biſhops of Rocheſter en-
and monks of St. Andrew, among the reſt of their joyed the ſole right of preſentation to this
poffeffions, as it was by K. Henry II, and Arch church, excluſive of the Prior and Convent; and
biſhop Baldwin, in the 1ſt year of K. Richard 1. this appears further, among the rights and pri-
Hubert, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the 1ſt vileges of the biſhopric of Rocheſter, taken in
year of K. John, admitted and inſtituted Gilbert, the year 1360, in which there is an account of
Biſhop of Rocheſter, and the Prior and Convent of thoſe churches which belonged to the joint pre-






992
(4) Ibid. pa so
(5) Text. Roff. p. 180. Reg. Roff. p. 2, 116. In the
Textus Roffenfis above recited, it is- The half of the tythe of
every thing within the pariſh, dimidian decimam de omni re
quæ ad villam pertinebat.
(1) Reg. Roff. p. 507. (ii) Ibid. p. 507, 508, 410.
P. 507
w (1) Madox's Excheq. p. 57, 144.
Togue
(ll) Reg. Roff. p. 44, 45, 46, 48, 508.
() Ibid. p. 53. (n) Ibid. p. 529.
ſentation
The
245
HISTORY
of K E N T.
FAVE RSHAM HUNDRED.
revenues of the priory made for that year.
How the property of theſe tythes came to be
veſted in the Rector, or the compoſition for them
annihilated, I cannot find ; but the Rector of
Norton now enjoys the tythes of this whole
pa-
riſh, both great and ſmall, without any exemp:
tion, and without any compenſation or payment;
made to him in lieu of any tythes whatſoever.
CHURCH OF NORTON.
NORTON.
ſentation of the Biſhop and the Chapter, wherein
it is ſaid that the chapter had no other right,
but only to affix their ſeal, the Biſhop nominat-
ing and preſenting, and the Chapter putting their
ſeal; which churches were thoſe of Rotberfield
in the dioceſe of Chicheſter, Mixtury and Henle
in the dioceſe of Lincoln, and Stourmouth and
Norton in the dioceſe of Canterbury (o).
The church of Norton remained, after this, a
rectory, of the patronage of the Biſhops of Roche-
ſter, uninterrupted by any claims from the monks
of St. Andrew's, and continues ſo at this time, the
Right Rev. the Biſhop of Rochefter being the pre-
fent patron of it.
The annual penſion of 20s. above-mentioned,
decreed to be paid from this church to the monks
of St. Andrew's, ſeems, ſometime before the dif-
ſolution of their monaſtery, to have been leſſened
to but half that ſum. After that event, which
happened anno 32d Henry VIII, this penſion
of 1os. came into the King's hands, among the
reſt of the revenues of it, and was, on June 20,
in the next year, ſettled by his dotation-charter,
on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of Roche-
ster, who are at this time entitled to it.
This rectory is valued in the King's books at
101. 185. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 11. is.
iod. (P)
In 1640, it was valued at 100l, Communi-

in 1454.
PATRONS,
RECTORS.
or by whom preſented.
Fulk de Newenham. (s) Nicholas, about 1135.
Walter, Biſhop of (t) Walter de Porteſmue, obt.
Rocheſter. 1304.
(u)Valentine ate Pathe, in
1365.
Job, Biſhop of Ro- (c) Edward Trevor, preſented
cbefter.
The Crown, hac vicé. Nicholas Goldſborough, A.M.
June 1, 1581, obt. Nov.
22, 1610.
Bishop of Rocheſter. (w) William Laud, S.T.P.
Dec. 5, 1610, reſig. 1617
Edmund Jackſon, S. T.B.
Aug. 23, 1617.
(*) John Goffe, S.T. P. ad.
Tomitted March 4, 1660,
obt. Nov.
Nov. 20, 1661.
(y) Henry Parkburſt, S.T.P.
May 14, 1662, obt. 1669.
Edward Lake, A. M. Feb. 5,
1669, relig. 1683. in de
Richard Simpſon, A.M. June
giolono blu
2, 1683, obt. Sept. 1734.
Thomas Robinſon, LL. B.
induct. March 22, 17359
obt. May 23, 1761.
Thomas Taylor, A. B. June
Do good at 6, 1761, obt. 1765.
ad el barrette (2) John Derby, A,B. April
11, 1765, reſig. 1767.
William Strong, A.M. 1767.
Preſent Rector.
obt.
cants 30.
Web One moiety of the tythes of the manor of Nor.
ton has been mentioned as having been given,
Er with the church of Norton, to the monks of St.
Andrew, Rocheſter, by the family of Newenham.
The other moiety of them ſeems to have been
given by Juliana de Newenham, about the reign
of K. Henry II, to the Benediktine priory of Da-
vington in this neighbourhood, and were valued
anno 17 Edward III, at 6os. (9)
Theſe tythes remained with the priory at the
time of its eſcheating to the Crown, anno 27
Henry VIII, and were afterwards, in the 35th
year of that reign, granted to fir Thomas Cheney,
Knight of the Garter, &c. whoſe ſon Henry had
livery of them, among the reſt of his inheritance,
in the 3d year of Q. Elizabeth (r).
idq
Theſe tythes at that time were compounded
for at the yearly ſum of 26s. 8d. which was paid
to the poffeffor of Davington priory by the Rector
of this pariſh, as appears by a rental of the late
1
N E W N H A M.
I bois
THE
“HE next pariſh ſouth-eaſtward is Netenham,
antiently written Newenham, which figni-
fies The New Town.
Sang on
x
6) Ken
Kennett's paroch. Antiq. p. 419. 139
) Ea. Theſ. p. 11.
(9) Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 79.
(r) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(s) He is ſtyled perpetual Vicar. Reg. Roff. p. 507.
(t) Reg. Roff. p. 509.
(u) Decem. Script. col. 2139.
(v) Reg. Roff. p. 510.
(w) He reſigned the rectory of Cuxton on being preſented
to this of Norton, to which he was inducted by proxy, and
held the vicarage of Weft Tilbury with it. In Aug. 1617,
he was inducted to the rectory of Ibbotſtock in the co, of
Leiceſter, and reſigned this of Norton. He was afterwards
Archbiſhop of Canterbury. See Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p: 55.
(x) See Hackington alias St. Stephens, of which place he
was Vicar, and Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, pt. ii,
p. 252. He was preſented to this church on March 13,
1652, and again legally in 1660. Wood's Ath. vol. ii,
1
p. 261.
(y) Wood's Ath. vol. ii, faiti, p. 146.
(2) He was preſented to the rectory of Southfleet in 1766,
and was one of the Six Preachers of the church of Cantera
bury, as is his ſucceſſor.
VOL. II,
9 D
THE

746
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The HISTORY of
NEWNHAM.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
THE MANOR OF NEWNHAM
pre-
was antiently part of the poſſeſſions of a family
which aſſumed its furname from it. Hugh de
Newenham was Lord of it in the reign of K.
Henry I, and then held it of the St. Johns, who
were the King's tenants in chief for it.
He was a benefactor to the priory of St. An-
drew in Rocheſter, to which, among
other
miſes, he gave the church of the adjoining pa-
riſh of Norton (a). Thomas, ſon of Bartholomew
de Newenham, was a benefactor to the abbey of
St. Radigunds near Dover, to which he gave one
carriage load of hay to be taken yearly from his
meadows in Newenham (b). Fulk de Newenham
ſucceeded his father Hugh, above-mentioned, in
the poffeffion of this manor.
In the 19th year
of K. Stephen, anno 1153, he founded the nun-
nery of Davington in this neighbourhood, to
which he gave lands in this pariſh, as well as the
church of Newnham, which before this was ap-
purtenant to the manor (c).
His daughter Juliana carried this manor in
marriage to fir Robert de Campania, or Champion,
as the name was afterwards called, who refided
at the manor houſe, called from thence
e man
CHAMPIONS-COURT,
which name it has retained to this time (d). His
fon fir Robert de Campania (e) was one of thoſe
Kentiſh gentlemen, who attended K. Richard I.
at the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine, where he was,
with many others of them, knighted. Robert de
Campania is recorded to have held one knight's
fee in Newnbam and Norton, of Robert de St.
John, in the reign of K. Edward I. (f) His de-
ſcendant John de Campania, or Champion, was one
of thoſe Knights, who were preſent with that
King at the ſiege of Carlaverock in Scotland, in
his 28th year, and in the 31ſt of that reign had
a grant to him and his heirs of a market, on a
Thurſday weekly, a fair yearly on the feaſt of
the apoſtles St. Peter and St. Paul, in his manor
of Newnham, and free warren in Norton and
Newnham (g). In the iſt year of K. Edward III.
Margery, widow of John de Champaigne, obtained
the King's writ to the Sheriff of this county, to
reſtore to her all ſuch eftates as had been for-
feited in his father's reign, on account of the
proſecutions of Hugh le Deſpencer the elder and
younger (b). V
The Lady de Champaine, or Champion, widow
of John de Champaine, paid aid for this manor
in the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the mak-
ing of the Black Prince a Knight, as one knight's
fee in Newnham and Norton(i). At length this
family ended in three daughters and coheirs, of
whom, Catherine was married to Robert Corbet,
and Thomaſine to Tbomas Chevin ; the former of
whom, on the diviſon of their inheritance, be-
came, in right of his wife, entitled to this ma-
nor (k). agatzl 91
This name at length terminated in two daugh-
ters and coheirs, Joane, married to Samuel Slapp,
and Elizabeth to Ralph Hart (1), who, in right
of their wives, poffeffed it in undivided moieties ;
but on the death of Joane, fole daughter and
heir of Samuel Slapp, and his wife above-men-
tioned, without iſſue, the whole fee of this ma-
nor came into the poſſeſſion of Richard Hart,
ſon of Ralph Hart and his wife above-mentioned.
His ſucceſſor, about the beginning of K. James
I.'s reign, alienated it to fir Henry Spiller, knt.(m)
bahcel portuoddajo zida
Julian, fiſter of fir John de Chaumpaine, with Roger de Toke-
ton, poffeffor of the manor of Sileham in Rainham, and other
eſtates in the Hundred of Middleton, there is a feal appendant
,
with a coat of arms, viz.-Vairy, and circumſcribed,-s.
JOHis DE CHAUMPAINE. Coll. Peer. voll iii, p. 277.
Anno 35 Edward III, Reginald Cobėham was found to
feiſed
of
,
feld, by the ſervice of paying one ſparrow-hawk yearly to
the manor of Neuenham, and 25. yearly in money,
(k) Philipott, p. 245. He was deſcended from the Cor-
bets of the co. of Salop, wheſe anceſtor of that name came
a with the Conqueror
, of which family there have been
three Jummoned to Parliament, in the reigns of K. Edward
I, II, and III, and in later times, two branches raiſed to
the dignity of Baronets, viz. Corbet of
Corbet of Stoke in the co. of
Salop, anno 1627, and Corbet of Leighton in the co. of
Montgomery, anno 1642. The former bóre for their arms-
Or, a raven fable ; the latter, as being the younger branch,
bore-Or, 2 ravens proper, within a bordure ingrailed gules,
bezantee. The raven was the coat armour of all the Cor-
bets in general, though borne in different numbers, and
with various diſtinctions. See Collins's Baronetage, vol.
ii, p. 74, 312.
Joy Join
(1) He bore for his arms- Azure, 3 harts heads cabofhed or.
(m) His deſcendant fir Robert Spiller, of Lalebam in the
co. of Middleſex, knt. ended in an only daughter and heir
Jare, married in 1675, to James-Herbert, of Tythorpe in
the



bouleva
(c) Reg. Roff. p. 2, 507.
30(6) Regiſt. Sci Radig. cart. 1099.
(c) In ſome extracts taken from a leiger-book of Chriſt
Church in Canterbury, in the time of K. Edward I, by
Henry de Efry, Prior there, it is ſaid, that Fulco de Newen-
bam had iſſue a ſon named Edwin, and a daughter Juliana;
the former left iffue a fon Solomon, who had iſſue a ſon John
de Newenham,
(d) It is now valgarly called Champyn-court, and is fitu-
ated on the hill, about a quarter of a mile-northward of
Newnham village.
(e) In the leiger-book of Chrift Church above-mentioned,
Juliana de Newenham is faid to have had iſſue a ſon Robert
de Campania, who had iſſue a fon für Solomon de Campania,
who poſſeſſed the manor of Woodchurch in the Iſle of Thanet.
(f) Book of Knights Fees in the Exchequer. At which
time he is ſaid to have held the like in thoſe pariſhes, of
the Abbat of Faverſham. Southouſe Mon. p. 67.
(8) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 1.
(6) Clauſ. 1 Edw. III, p. I, m. 21.
(i) There was a family of this name, feated in the reign
of K. Henry DI. at Tburleſton in the co. of Leiceſter, who
bore for their arms--Or, fretty fable, who afterwards added,
upon every joint of the fret, a croſs-croflet argent.
heirs of William, in the reign of K. Edward III, married
Foucher, Haffings, and Daundeline. Burton's Leic. p. 288.
To an antient deed of 26 Edward I, for the marriage of



The co-

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do 1911
volle
,
The H Í S T O R Y of Κ Ε NEWNHAM.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
who, in the next reign of K. Charles T, con Champions-court in this pariſh, as has been al-
veyed it to Rodulph Weckerlin, eſq; (n) who re ready mentioned, in the deſcription of that ma-
fided at Champions-court, after having been a nor. From the name of Chevin it paſſed by fale
great traveller in different parts of the globe. to Maycott (9), and Richard Maycott died ſeiſed
He died poffeffed of it, et. 50, on Dec. 22, of it anno 30 Henry VIII ; after which it came
1667, and was buried in the north chancel of into the poſſeſſion of the family of Adye; of the
Linſted church (c), from whoſe heirs it at length adjoining pariſh of Doddington, in which it re-
paffed by fale, in the reign of Q. Anne, to mained till Foane, daughter of John Adye, eſq;
Jacob Sawbridge, of London, afterwards one of the carried it in marriage to Thomas Sure, of Pro-
South-Sea Diretors in the fatal year 1720. He venders in Norton, esq;. He left iſſue a fon Adyè
died poffeffed of it in 1748, and his grandſon Sare, of Provenders, eſq; who, in the latter end
John Sawbridge, of Ollantigh in Wye, efq; is the of Q. Elizabeth's reign, ſold it to Mr. James
preſent owner of it.
Hugeſſen, of Dover (r); from which name it
A Court Baron is held for this manor, which pafled to Skeere (s), where it remained till Mr.
extends over part of the pariſh of Newnham. John Skeere dying without male iſſue; it deſcended
SHOL A N D, ou vrst al
by his laſt will, in 1746, partly to Mr. Edward
Dering; of Doddington, who had married Eliza.
commonly called Shulland, is an eſtate in the
beth, one of his daughters, and partly to his
fouthern part of this pariſh, being ſituated about
other daughter and coheir Barbara, then un-
married, who purchaſed the other part of Mr.
juſt before you enter
Dering, and ſo became poffeſſed of the whole of
20
da la 290
the village of Doddington.
it, which ſhe by marriage, in 1752, entitled her
In the reign of K. Edward I, Jeffri de Sco-
huſband Thomas Godfrey Luſhington, eſq; to the
nyngton was in poſſeſſion of this eſtate, which he
poſſeſſion of. He died in 1757, without iſſue
held as one quarter of a knight's fee, of Robert
by her, on which ſhe again became entitled to
de Campania, and he again of Robert de St. John,
it in her own right, and afterwards ſold it to
the King's immediate tenant (p). His deſcen-
Mr. William Loftie, of Canterbury, gent. (t) who
dant Richard de Sconyngton paid aid for it, in
died poffeffed of it in 1778, and by his laſt will
the 20th year of K. Edward II, as a quarter of
fee which Alexander de Sconyngton
deviſed it to his ſecond fon Mr. William Loftie;
a knight's fee,
who afterwards exchanged it, for other lands in
before held, in manner as above-mentioned:
Romney Marſh, with his brother Mr. Robert
After which, this eſtate paſſed into the family of
Loftie, of the kingdom of Ireland, the preſent
Bourne, ſeated at the almoſt adjoining feat of
owner of it (11).
Sbarſled, from whence it went again by
Chevin, deſcended from the Chyvenes or Chevins,
of Chevene-court in Marden. One of this family,
The Benedi&tine nunnery of Davington poffeffed
of Sboland, viz. Thomas Chevin, married Thoma-
lands in this pariſh(v). woda besig is
fine, daughter and coheir of John Champaine, of
Istroq ab esw Hinw doloro daude
the co. of Oxford, elg: They bore for their arms-Sable,
a They bore for their arms- Argent, on a bend vert, between
croſs voided between 4. mullets pierced or.
e lion rampant in chief fable and 3 oak leaves in baſe of the
(n) Philipott, p. 245.
od 199 2d, as many eſcallop-ſhells of the 14.
(1) He was ſon of Mr. Paul Loftie; of Smeeth; by his
family in Upper Germany,
and married Anne,
wife Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Turner; of Grays Inn, elgi
fir William Hugepen, of Provenders, knt. She afterwards by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of fir Edward Boys, of
married Gideon Delaune, eſq; who died in 1709, whom ſhe Fredvile, knt. Mr. William Loftie married Margaret; eldeſt
likewiſe ſurvived, and dying on Nov. 13, 1719, æt. 84, daughter and coheir of Mr. John Skeere, of Doddington,
was buried near her two huſbands, in Linfed church. above-mentioned, by whom he had iſſue four fons, John,
(p) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer. He like Vicar
of St. Dunftans, Canterbury, who married Charlotte,
wife is recorded to have held one-fourth of a knight's fee daughter of Mr. John Billington ; William, of Canterbury,
in Sholand, by knights ſervice, of the Abbat of Faverſham. Surgeon, .who married Heffer, daughter of Mr. Henry
Southouſe Mon. p. 68. Ob
ismistabswisiis
gent, both of whom have iſſue; Robert-
(9) Philipott, p. 245.00(s) Ibid. 2m9lti modwyd Charles, of the kingdom of Ireland, married to Hefter
(s) In this church are ſeveral memorials of the Skeeres Browne, of that kingdom ; and Arthur Skeere, of London,
Of Jeffry Skeere, of Shulland, obt. 1602, and of
and of Patience his married to Mary, daughter of Captain Parr-and a daugh-
wife, obr. 1611 ; of their ſon Jeffry Skeere, of Doddington, ter Margaret, married to Mr. George Legrand, of Canter.
obt. 1667, at, 70, and of Anne his firft wife, obt, 1622,; bury, Surgeon.
Dorothy his ſecond wife, okt. 1625, and for Richard Skeere,
They bear for their arms-Sable, a chevron ermine between
the ſon of Jefry, obt. 1679, æt. 48, which Richard was
3 trefoils Nipi, argent.
father of Mr. John Skeere above-mentioned, who by Cle-
(u) Mrs. Thornicroft, of Sharſted, has a manor called
mence Tylden, of Milped, his wife, had iſſue three daughters
Sholland, alias Shorland, which extends over part of Newna
his coheirs. He died in 1746, æt. 70.
ham and part of Doddington, but it has no connection with
There are likewiſe ſeveral memorials of them in Dodding-
the above deſcribed eſtate of Sholand.
ton church, and among others, of Joane, wife of Jeffry (v) Tan. Mon. p. 215. Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 36. Rot.
Skeere, and daughter of Mr. James Norton, gent. obt, 1651,
Eſch, anno 35 Henry VIII, anno 3 Eliz.
and of Alice, widow of Jefry Skeere, obt. 1669, æt.72.
The
av fale to
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE:
ale
Seydogs
lcone, daughter of
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The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
1193,
PRESENT STATE OF NEWNHAM.
Sno
Dari
18
donor, the Prioreſs reſigned it into Archbiſhop
NEWNHAM.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
The Maiſon Dieu in Oſpringe was poffeffed of cel. The ſteeple, which is low and pointed, is
lands here in the 28th year of K. Edward III.(w) covered with wood, in it hang four bells.
The Homeſtall is an eſtate, ſituated in the val Fulk de Newenham, Lord of the manor of
ley, at the north-eaſt extremity of this pariſh, Newnham, with the church appurtenant to it,
partly within it, and partly in that of Doddington,
on his foundation of the Benedi&tine nunnery of
about three-quarters of a mile from the village Davington near Faverſham, in the year 1153,
of Newnbam, which was formerly the habitation gave the church of Newnham as part of his en-
dowment of it; but the Abbat of Faverſham af-
of gentlemen. Robert Adye, gent. deſcended
from thoſe of the adjoining pariſh of Dodding terwards claiming it by a like gift from the ſame
ton, reſided here in the reign of K. Charles I,
and married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of || Hubert's hands, who came to the fee in
James Bourne, of Sharſted, eſq; After which for him to diſpoſe of it as he might think fit.
it became the property of the Nicholſons, who Upon which the Archbiſhop, in conſideration of
reſided at it (x); ſince which it has become the their poverty, and prompted by charity, granted
eſtate of Mr. Allen, of Canterbury, whoſe widow it to the nuns there, to be poffeffed by them to
is the preſent poffeffor of it.
their own proper uſes for ever, paying neverthe-
leſs yearly to the monks of the abbey of Faver-
Man the penſion of two marcs and an half, or
The village of Newnham is ſituated on the 33. and 4d. which he ſpecially aſſigned to the
road which leads through the valley from Fa firmary of their abbey (y).
verſham and the London high road to Holling borne In the reign of K. Edward III, on a valuation
bill and Maidſtone. The church ſtands on the of the revenues of the nunnery of Davington, the
ſouth ſide of it.
parſonage of Newnham was eſtimated at 66s. 8d.
The lands in this pariſh, which is long and yearly value (z). It continued part of the pof-
narrow, are poor and moſtly covered with Aints; feſſions of the nunnery at the eſcheat of it to the
much of it, towards the north-eaſt part, is wood Crown, in the 27th year of K. Henry VIII, at
land, and that but of an indifferent fort.
which time this parſonage, with the glebe-lands,
The fair is held yearly on St. Peter's Day, was demiſed by indenture to Henry Bourne, efq;
June 29, for linen and pedlary wares.
at the yearly rent of 201.2007
It continued in the Crown till the 35th year
of that reign, when the King granted it, among
MR. JACOB has obſerved the ſcarce plant, po the reſt of the poſſeſions a
poſſeſſions of the priory of Daving-
tentilla argentea, tormentil cinquefoil, in a road ton, to fir Thomas Cheney, Knight of the Garter,
hedge near the village,
&c. (a) after whoſe death, his only ſon and heir
Henry, afterwards Lord Cheney, had livery of it,
anno 3 Elizabeth (b).
The only parochial charities are a poor-houſe
In 1578, William Lovelace, eſq: Sergeant-at-
in this pariſh, and about an acre of land, called
law, was both impropriator and patron of this
The Alders, in the pariſh of Weſtwell, but by
church, which was afterwards poſſeſſed in moie-
whom given is unknown.
Hinn
ties, with the alternate preſentation of the vicar-
There is a ſmall charity ſchool here, for the
age by Thomas Adye and Thomas Sare, gents. Af-
teaching of the poor children of the pariſhes of
ter which, one moiety, with the alternate right
Newnham and Doddington to read and write, but
of preſentation, together with the parſonage-
I cannot find it has any endowment.
houſe (c), became the property of Mr. Jobs
13
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Hulkes, gent, who reſided here, and dying on
tista ba yoti usb Jan. 13, 1651, æt. 72, was buried in the chan-
NewNHAM is within the ecclefiaftical juriſdic cel of this church. His ſon Mr. John Hulſe, as
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of he wrote his name, ſucceeded him in it, and
10 1500
Oſpringe.
married Elizabeth, daughter of Tbomas Southouſe,
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter eſq; afterwards remarried to James Dixon, eſq; (d)
and St. Paul, conſiſts of three ifles and a chan by whom it ſeems he left no iſſue, for dying on
Abre emobi.it o pas
Si lo alsioren Ist Sys noturo in
(sv) Tan. Mon. p. 222.
odylab Mot bist, (2) Lewis ibid. p. 79.
dober 10292595 B 110
(*) In Daddington church there are memorials for Nicho (a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 5. (i) Ibid. ejus an.
las Nicholſon, gent. who died in 1679, æt. 8o, and for Anne
1 (0)
(c) This houſe, which ſtands on the weſt ſide of the vil-
his wife, who died in 1658, æt. 47 ; for Bridget, firft wife lage, at the fouth end of it, has been for ſome time known
of Nathaniel Nicholſon, of Linfied, gent. daughter of John
by the name of The Calicoe-boufe, from the red and white
Allen, of Eaſtchurch, Yeoman, who died in 1681, æt. 25, plaiſtering on the front of it.
kaving had iſſue one fon and three daughters; alſo for (d) She died on Sept. 5, 1904, and was buried beſide
Elizabeth his ſecond wiſe, daughter of George Amherſt, of her former huſband in the chancel of this church. Theſe
Marden, who died in 1683, æt. 27, having had iffue one
Hulkes, or Huljes, bore for their arms-Sable, 3 piles argent,
as appears by their graveſtones in this church.
() Lewis's Hif. Fav. p. 36, append. p. 49, No. x.
wondo de cozo woliv
Feb.

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Тbe H IS TO Ř Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
749
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
NEWNHAM.
Feb. 2, 1681, æt. 40, he by his laſt will deviſed Adye Sare, of Nor- John Baker, A.M. May 29,
it to his couſin John, ſon of Mr. Charles Hulſe, ton, gent.
1609, obt. Mar. I, 1615.
late of Chartham, deceaſed, in tail male.
Thomas Mills, reſig. 1623.
He was afterwards of Newnham, and married John Hulks, of Richard Ames, A. M. Sept.
Jane, daughter of William Merryday, of Brooke, Newnbam, gent. 10, 1623, reſig. 1627.
gent. (e) by whom he had one ſon John Hulſe,
(k)Nathaniel Chambers, Mar.
on whoſe deceaſe, before he came of age, it
6, 1627.
paſſed by his will, proved on Sept. 13, 1713; The King, by lapſe. Sampſon Steele, Dec. 23, 1771.
to his three brothers Edward, Nathaniel, and
Preſent Vicar.
Stranjham Hulſe, from one of whom it was alien-
ated to Col. William Delaune, of Sharſted in Dod-
E A S L IN G.
dington; ſince which it has deſcended, in like
manner as that ſeat, to Mrs. Anne Thornicroft,
of Sharſted, the preſent poffeffor of this moiety of | The next pariſh ſouth-eaſtward from Newn-
ham, lying on the hills, is Eaſing, written
the parſonage, and the alternate preſentation of
in old deeds likewiſe Eſing, and Iſeling.
the vicarage of the church of Newnham (f).
This place, at the time of the taking of the
The other moiety of the parſonage of Newn-
general ſurvey of Domeſday, in the 15th year of
ham, with the alternate preſentation to the vi-
the Conqueror's reign, was part of the vaſt poſ-
carage, is now become the property of Mr.Wil-
ſeſſions of Odo, the great Biſhop of Baieux and
liam Hills, of the Borough of Southwark.
Earl of Kent, under the general title of whole
Theſe moieties of the tythes of the parſonage
lands it is thus entered in that record :
are ſeparated by metes and bounds, and have
Herbert tenuit de epo Nordeſlinge. Tra e'. 1.
been ſo of long time by an antient agreement car'. p dim' ſolin' ſe defd'. Ibi. 2 bord' reddt 2.
drawn up for that purpoſe.
Solid'. T.R. E. &. post. valuit. 20. fol. modo. 25
It is a vicarage, of the clear yearly certified
ſol. Turgod tenuit T. R. E.
value of 151. the yearly tenths of which are Hæc. 2. m tenuit Herbt' fili' Juonis de epo Baioc',
HIS. 3d. which uſed to be paid to the Crown.
And a little below,
receiver, but now, from the above certified va-
Rogeri' fili' anſchitil ten' de epo Eſinges p uno
lue, it is diſcharged both from firſt-fruits and
ſolin' ſe defd'. Tra e'. 1. car'. Ibi. eº. in dnio , .
tenths (g).
& un' bord bt dimid' car'. Ibi cccla & I molin',
In 1640, it was valued at 201. Communi-
de 10. ſolid. & 2. ac'. pti. T.R. E. valeb'. 60.
cants 86.
sol. & poft. 20. fol. modo. 40 folid. Unlot tenuit
This vicarage has been augmented with the
de rege. E. & potuit ire quo voluit cu' tra.
ſum of 6ool. now in the hands of the Gover-
Fulbť ten' de epo Eſlinges. p. 5. ſolins fe defd'.
nors of Q. Anne's Bounty (h), and it is now
T. R. E. & mo p 2 bs. @ fic fecit poſtq' eps dedit
worth, excluſive of the above augmentation,
m hugoni filio Fubbti. Tra. e'. 6. car'. In dnio funt.
about 451. per annum.
2. car'. & 30ta villi bnt. 3. car'. Ibi cccla &
In the windows of this church is this coat of
28. ſervi. & 1. molin'. de 10. fol. Silva 30.
-Per chevron ſable and ermine, in chief 2 porc'. T. R. E. valeb'. 1o. lib'. & qdo recep'. 6.
boars heads couped or; and another, being the like lib'. modo. 4. lib. & tam. epus. habuit 8. lib.
coat, impaling—Argent, on a bend azure
3
boars Sired tenuit de rege. E.
beads couped or.
Which is : Herbert held of the Biſhop of Baietix
Nordeſlinge. The arable land is one carucate. It
was taxed at half a ſuling. There two borderers pay
PATRONS,
two Millings. In the time of K. Edward the Con-
or by whom preſented.
feſor, and afterwards, it was worth 20 ſhillings,
Wm. Lovelace, eſa: Char. Garlick, June 16, 1570. ROW 25 Millings. Turgod held it in the time of K.
(i) John Hopton, reſig. 1609. Edward the Confeffor.
CHURCH OF
NEW NHAM.
VICARS
(e) She died May 22, 1711, æt. 28, and was buried in
the chancel here.
() See Doddington above, p. 693.
(g) Eet. Theſ. p. 12.
(1) Of which ſum 200l. was an augmentation from Q.
Anne's Bounty, after which, in 1766, 2001. more was
added from the ſame fund, on a diſtribution of the like ſum
from the legacy of Mrs. Urſula Taylor, paid to them by the
hands of ſir Philip Boteler, bart. as executor to Dr. Quarles,
who was executor to Mrs. Taylor, who by her will in 1722
deviſed the remainder of her perſonal eſtate, on certain
events, which afterwards happened, to the Governors of Q.
Anne's Bounty, in addition to their augmentation of ſmall
livings, which reſidue of her perſonal eſtate fir Philip Boteler
paid into the Governors hands, to be applied by them in
ſums of 200l, together with the like ſum from their fund,
for the augmenting of ſuch ſmall livings as ſhould be named
by himſelf, many of which were in this county.
(i) And Vicar of Doddington, as was his ſucceſſor, wha
lies buried in this church.
(k) And Vicar of Doddington. It appears, that ſince Mr.
Chambers's death, this vicaråge has been held by ſequeſtra-
tion till Mr. Steele was preſented to it in 1771.
Three of
the Miniſters who held it in ſequeſtration were, Daniel So-
merſcales, A. M. 1697, obt. June 30, 1737, who was like-
wiſe Vicar of Doddington, where he lies buried; Samuel
Allen, obt, 1759; and Henry Shove, obt. Dec. 8, 1771.
VOL. II.
9 Ę
There

750
HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Tbe
Sir William de Clinton, afterwards created Earl of
EASLING
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
Theſe two manors, (one of which was Throw paramount by a family of the name of Eſling (),
ley, deſcribed immediately before in this re one of whom, Ralph de Eſling, died ſeiſed of it
cord) Herbert, the ſon of Ivo, beld of the Biſbop
in the 26th year of K. Edward I, anno 12979
of Baieux.
then holding it, as one knight's fee, of the honor
And a little below,
of Chilham ().
Roger, ſon of Anfchitil, held of the Biſhop, Es He left iſſue an only daughter and heir Alice,
linges. It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable who carried this manor, with that of Denton alias
land is one carucate. There is in demeſne ... Plumford, in marriage to fir Fulk de Peyforer,
and one borderer has half a carucate. There is a
who, with fir William de Peyforer, of Otterden,
church, and one mill of 10 ſhillings, and two acres accompanied K. Edward I, in his 28th year, at
of meadow. In the time of K. Edward the Con the ſiege of Carlaverock in Scotland, where, with
feſor it was worth 60 ſhillings, and afterwards 20 many other Kentiſ gentlemen, they were both
Mhillings, now 40 ſhillings. Unlot beld it of K. Ed knighted (P).
ward, and could go where he pleaſed with his land. Sir Fulk de Peyforer, in the 32d year of the above
Fulbert beld of the Biſhop, Eflinges. It was reign, obtained a grant to him and his heirs of
taxed at five ſulings in the time of K. Edward the a market weekly on a Friday, and one fair yearly
Confeſſor, and now for two, and ſo it did after the on the feaſt of the exaltation of the Holy Croſs at
Biſhop gave the manor to Hugh, ſon of Fulbert. The Efling, and free warren for his lands there (9).
arable land is fix carucates. In demeſne there are two
Before the end of which reign, the property of
carucates, and 30 villeins having three carucates. theſe manors was transferred into the family of
There is a church, and 28 ſervants, and one mill of Leyborne, and it appears by an inquiſition taken
10 billings. Wood for the pannage of 30 hogs. In
in the įſt year of K. Edward III, that Juliana,
the time of K. Edward the Confeffor it was worth the widow of William de Leyborne, who died anno
10 pounds, and when he received it fix pounds, now 3 Edward II, was poffeffed of them at her death,
four pounds, and yet the Biſhop had eight pounds.
and that their grand-daughter Juliana, daughter
Sired bell it of K. Edward.
of Thomas, who died in his father's life-time,
The three eſtates deſcribed above, included was heir both to her grandfather and father's
North Eafling and its appendages, Hunting field poffeffions, from the greatneſs of which in this
and Diven manors, with other eſtates in this pa and other counties, ſhe was uſually ſtyled The
riſh, then eſteemed as part of them.
Infanta of Kent (r).
About
poco
furvey, the Biſhop of Baieux was diſgraced, and all in her right became entitled to theſe manors. He
his poffeffions were confiſcated to the Crown.
died in the 18th year of K. Edward II, after
Fulbert de Dover, mentioned above as tenant to which ſhe married Thomas le Blount, and laſtly
the Biſhop of Baieux for one of theſe eſtates, appears
afterwards to have held all three of them of the Hunting don, who paid aid for the manor of North-
King in capite by barony, the tenant of them be-
court alias Eſling, at the making of the Black
ing bound by their tenure to maintain a certain Prince a Knight, as one knight's fee, which
number of foldiers from time to time, for the Fulk Peyforer before held in Eſling of the barony
defence of Dover caſtle (1).
of Chilham, and he died ſeiſed of it, with Den-
Of him and his heirs they were held, as four ton alias Plunsford, in the 28th year of K. Edw.
knights fees and an half, of the honor of Chil III, (s) leaving his widow Juliana ſurviving,
ham, which they had made the caput baroniæ, or who died likewiſe ſeiſed of them anno 41 of the
chief of their barony (rn). That part of the above ſame reign, and leaving no iſſue by either of her
mentioned eſtates, called in Domeſday Nordes huſbands, theſe manors, among the reſt of her
linge, was afterwards known by the name of eſtates, eſcheated to the Crown, for it appears
by the inquiſition taken that year, after her
THE MANOR OF EASLING, alias NORTH-COURT,
death, that there was no one who could make
which latter name it had from its ſituation in claim to her eſtates, either by direct or even by
reſpect to the others, being held of the Lords collateral alliance (t).
(1) By the tenure of theſe lands, they were bound like-
wiſe to repair a tower in Dover caſtle, called turris Dei
inimica. Bib. Cott. Veſp. A. 5, folio 68, N. 22.
(m2) See the inquiſitions, taken anno 5 Edward II, of the
pofieflions of Bartholomew de Badleſmere ; anno 2 Edward
III, after the death of Bartholomew de Badleſmere ; and anno
12 of that reign, after the death of Giles de Badleſmere his
fon.
(2) John de Efling and Ralph de Efling, in the reign of
K. Henry III, are ſaid to have held each of them one
knight's fee in Eaſling, of the Abbat of Favermam. See
Lewis's Hift. Fay. p. 28.
(c) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
() Philipott, p. 146, 122. Fulk de Peyforer, moſt proba-
bly father of fir Fulk above-mentioned, was Sheriff of this
county anno 43 Henry III. They bore for their arms--
Argent, 6 fleurs de lis azure.
(2) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 81. In the 6th year of K.
Edward II. he was Knight of the Shire for this county. See
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. cviii.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 86. See more of her and the
Leybornes above, under Leyborne, p. 206.
(s) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. (1) Ibid. No. 47.

After


Tbe
731
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
EASLING
After which the manors of Eaſling alias North-
court, and Denton alias Plumford, continued in
the hands of the Crown till K. Richard II.
veſted them in John, Duke of Lancaſter, and
others, feoffees in truſt, for the performance of
certain religious bequeſts deviſed by the laſt
will of K. Edward III, then lately deceaſed.
They, in compliance with K. Edward III.'s will,
purchaſed of the Crown, in the beginning of the
reign of K. Richard II, theſe manors among
others towards the endowment of St. Stephen's
chapel in the King's palace at Weſtminſter, which
had been begun by K. Stephen, and was by K.
Richard II. afterwards, in his 22d year, com-
pleted and made collegiate, to conſiſt of a Dean,
Canons, and other Miniſters (u).
Theſe feoffees, in the 5th year of the fan:e
reign, demiſed theſe manors to the Dean and
Canons for 40 years, that they being in the actual
poffeffion of them (v), they might be granted to
him in mortmain for ever, which he did, to them
and their ſucceſſors for ever, by his letters pa-
tent in his 21ſt year, in part of the exoneration
of the ſum of 500l. to be yearly taken at his
treaſury, till he could endow them with as much
in lands and rents (w).
In which ſituation theſe manors continued till
the iſt year of K. Edward VI, when, by the act
paſſed that year, they were ſurrendered into the
King's hands, to the uſe of him, his heirs and
ſucceſſors for ever (x). The year after which
they were ſurveyed, by order of the King's Court
of Augmentation, when it was returned, That
the manors of Northcourt and Denton alias Plum-
ford late belonged to the free chapel of St. Stephen,
Weſtminſter, and were in the occupation of Henry
Adye ; that they paid a rent yearly to the King's
Exchequer of 45s. and 8d. to Thomas Cheney,
Lord of Chilham manor, 25. and to the Vicar
of Eaſing 9 d. (y)
After which, K. Edward VI, by his letters
patent, dated March 10, in his 3d year, granted
theſe manors, among others lately belonging to
the above-mentioned free chapel, to fir Thomas
Cheney, knt. Privy Counſellor and Treaſurer of
his Houſhold, with all and ſingular their liber-
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
ties and privileges whatſoever, in as ample à
manner as the Dean and Canons held them, to
hold in capite by knights ſervice (2). He died
ſeiſed of them in the ift year of Q. Elizabeth,
anno 1559, leaving iſſue by his ſecond wife Anne;
daughter and coheir of fir John Broughton, of
Tuddington in the co. of Bedford, knt. one ſon and
heir Henry, afterwards knighted, and in the 14th
year of that reign created Lord Cheney of Tudding-
ton in the co. of Bedford. He had livery of his
inheritance anno
3 Elizabeth (a), and in Micho
term. that year levied a fine of all his lands. 910
He paſſed theſe manors away by fale, in the
8th year of that reign, to Martin James, eſq;
Prothonotary of the Court of Chancery, and af-
terwards a Juſtice of the Peace for this county(6),
who levied a fine of them in Eafter term anno 17
Elizabeth. He died poffeffed of them on the laſt
of Feb. 1592 (c), leaving iſſue by Thomaſine his
wife, daughter of John Coppinger, efq; two ſons
and two daughters, and was ſucceeded in theſe
manors by Henry James, efq; his eldeſt ſon, whoſe
grandſon Walter James, eſq; was poffeffed of
them at the time of the reſtoration of K. Charles
II; his heirs ſold them, in the latter end of that
reign, to Mr. John Grove, of Tunſtall, gent. who
died poſſeſſed of them in 1678, as did his grand-
ſon John Grove, gent. in 1755, leaving iſſue two
fons Pearce and Richard, who became his heirs
in gavelkind, but theſe manors of Eaſting alias
North-court and Denton alias Plumford, with other
eſtates in this and the adjoining pariſh of Oſpringe,
became the property of Richard Grove, eſq; the
younger ſon, late of Cambridge, but now of
The Temple in London, who is the preſent por-
feffor of them (d).
The manor of North-court pays a yearly fee-
farm rent of il. 6s. 1 d. to the Crown.
04-yiudiI MANOR OF HUNTINGFIELD.
The manor of Hunting field-court, ſituated in
the eaſtern part of this pariſh, was, at the time of
the taking of the general ſurvey of Domeſday,
part
of the poſſeſſions of Odo, the great Biſhop of
Baieux, as has been already taken notice of above,
and on his diſgrace became, with the reſt of his
the chapel, by K. Henry IV. and VI, in their iſt years,
and by K. Edward IV. in his iſt year. K. Henry VI,
in his 27th year, granted and confirmed fundry liberties
and privileges in all their poſeſſions. Dugd. ibid. Coke's
Ent. p. 105.
(y) Augtn. of. Survey of Chantries.
(2) Rot. Eſch. anno 3 Edw. VI, pt. 3. Coke's Entries,
(u) See a further account of this foundation under Lang-
ley and Bredhurſt above, p. 401, 527.
(v) Some little time after which, the King, by means
of fome falſe fuggeſtions made uſe of by for Simon de Burleigh,
knt. diſpoſſeſſed the Dean and Canons of theſe manors, and
granted them to him and his heirs, but on his attaint in the
joth year of that reign, they came again to the Crown,
and the King in his 12th year, at the petition of the Dean
and Carons, granted the rents and profits to them as part
of their endowment, until he ſhould otherwiſe alter it, or
provide for them, after which, in his 21ſt year, he granted
the fee of them to them and their fucceffors for ever, as
above-mentioned. See p. 752, note (m).
(w) Dugd. Mon. vol. iii, pt. ii, p. 64. et ſeq.
(x) Coke's Entries, p. 104, &c.
Thcfe manors and
eftates were confirmed, among the reſt of the poffeffions of
P. 106.
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (b) Ibid. pt. 4.
(c) He was buried in the ſouth chancel of this church,
under a monument, on which are the effigies of himſelf and
his wife. He bore for his arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th, vert,
a dolphin naiant ; 2d and 3d, Ermine, on a chief gules 3
croſſes or.
(d) See more of this family under Tunfall above, p.
581.
eſtates,

752
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
HISTORY of
2.
EASLING.
eſtates, confiſcated to the Crown, about the year
1084.
After which, Fulbert de Dover appears to have
held it, with others in this pariſh, of the King
in capite by barony, by the tenure of ward to
Dover caſtle for the defence of it (e).
Of him and his heirs it was held as one
knight's fee, of the honor of Chilham, which
was the head or chief of their Barony.
Simon de Chelsfield held it of them, as Lords
paramount, in the reign of K. Henry III, as
one knight's fee (f); but at the latter end of
that reign, this manor was come into the pos-
ſeſſion of that branch of the eminent family of
Hunting field ſettled in this county, deſcended
from thoſe of Suffolk, in which county and in
Norfolk they had large poffeffions.
Hence this manor aſſumed the name of
Hunting field-court, and it appears by the roll of
knights fees, taken at the beginning of the reign
of K. Edward I, that Peter de Hunting field then
held it, He reſided at times both here and at
Weft Wickham in this county, of which manor
he was likewiſe poffefed, though it ſeems when
he was Sheriff of this county in the 11th, 12th,
and 13th years of that reign, he kept his Thrie-
valty at Hunting field-court (g). In the gth year
of it he obtained a charter of free warren for his
lands at Eſlynge and Stalesfeld, to him and Imayne
his wife and their heirs (h); and in the 28th
year of it, he was one of thoſe gentlemen of this
county who attended the King in his victorious
expedition into Scotland, and aſſiſted at the ſiege
of Carlaverock in that kingdom, for which ſer-
vice he, with others of them, received the honor
of knighthood. He died in the 7th year of K.
Edward II, anno 1313, leaving iſſue by the Lady
Imayne his wife (i) Sir Walter de Hunting field his
fon and heir, who having obtained ſeveral liber-
ties for his manor of Wickham, and liberty to
impark his grounds there (k), ſeems to have de-
ſerted this place, which in the next reign of K.
Edward III, was ſold either by him or by his
fon fir John de Hunting field, knt. (I) to one of the
family of Sawſamere, and in the 20th year of that
reign, the Lady Sawfamere, Dna de Sawſamero,
libido be
(e) See above, p. 749.
(f) Simon de Chelsfield held one knight's fee in Eaſling,
of the Abbat of Faverſham. See Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 28.
(g) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 107.
(6) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 77.
(i) She was buried in the church of the Grey Friars in
London. Strype's Stow's Survey, book iii, p. 134.
(k) See Wickham, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p 107.
(2) He was ſummoned to Parliament in the 37th, 38th,
and 420 years of K. Edward III, among the Barons of this
realm, but he died, without iſſue, before the end of that
reign.
(m) See Rot. Eſch an. 36 Hen. VIII, pt. 19. Philipott,
p. 147. Anno 2 Henry IV, upon the petition of John,
ſon and heir of fir John de Burley, knt. the coufin and heir of
fir Simon de Burley, knt. the King revoked the judgment
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
as ſhe is written in the Book of Aid, paid re-
ſpective aid for it, at the making of the Black
Prince a Knight, as half a knight's fee, which
Peter de Hunting field before held in Efling of the
Barony of Chilham.
But before the end of that reign, it had paſſed
into the name of Halden, for it appears by the
Eſcheat-rolls that William de Halden died in the
50th year of it, feiſed of Eafling manor, called
Hunting field held of the caſtle of Chilham ; ſoon
after which it became the property of fir Simox
de Burleigh, knt. who being attainted in the 12th
year of K. Richard II, this manor, among the
reſt of his poffeſfions, came to the Crown (m);
how long it remained there, I have not found,
but in the reign of K. Henry VI. it was in the
poffeffion of fir James Fienes, who anno 25 of
that reign, by reaſon of his mother's defcent,
was created Lord Say and Sele, and was afterwards
in ſuch high favor with that Prince, that he
made him Lord Treaſurer of England, and be-
ſtowed other great and lucrative offices on him;
but becoming unpopular, from his being ſo great
a favorite, he was ſeized on in the inſurrection
raiſed by Jack Cade and his rebellious followers,
and beheaded by them in the 20th year of that
reign. He was at his death poſſeſſed of this
manor, which by his laſt will, dated April 12,
anno 27 Henry VI, he deviſed to his ſon fir Wil-
liam Fienes, knt. (n) who became likewiſe Lord
Say and Sele, but the unhappy contention which
then ſubſiſted between the Houſes of York and
Lancaſter, in which he riſqued not only his per-
fon (o), but his whole fortune, brought him
ſoon afterwards into great diſtreſſes, and necef-
fitated him to mortgage and ſell the greateſt part
of his lands. How this manor was diſpoſed of,
I have not found, but within a very few years
afterwards it appears to have been in the hands
of the Crown, for K. Richard III, in his iſt
year, granted to John Water alias Worke Heraulde,
an annuity of 81. 6s. 8d. out of the revenues of
his lordſhip of Hunting field (P), and afterwards
by his writ, dated on Jan. 4, anno 1484, in the
ſame year of his reign, on the reſignation of
John, Garter, principal King at Arms, and Thomas,

againſt the ſaid Simon in anno u K. Rich. II, and reſtored
him to his blood, ſaving that the laſt will of K. Edward III.
might be performed touching the abbey of our Lady of Grace
on Tower-bill, the free chapels of St. Stephens and the Friars
Preachers of London ; and anno 5 Henry IV, the King on a
like petition, by aſſent of the Lords, wholly reſtored the
ſaid John to all his hereditaments of the ſaid Simon, in pof-
ſeſſion, reverſion, or uſe, except therein excepted, and ex-
cept where the King for any of the ſaid lands was bound by
warrantry, in which caſe the ſaid John ſhould ſue his fcire
facias. See Cotton's Records, p. 408, 432.
(n) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 245.
See more of this fa-
mily, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 328.
(0) He was ſlain in the battle of Barnet in 1471, anno
12 Edward IV.
(o) Harl. Mf. No. 433-322.

Clarencieux,

I be HISTORY of K E N T.
753
HUNTINGFIELD-COURT.
EASLİNG.
2
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
Clarencieux, King at Arms in the ſouthern parts,
he committed to Richard Champeney, alias called
Glouceſtre King of Arms, the cuſtody of the manor
But the remaining third part of the manor of
of Huntyng feld in the county of Kent, to hold
Hunting field in the hands of the Crown in the
for 20 years, at the yearly rent of 10l. and 12d.
reign of Philip and Mary, as above-mentioned,
which was then paid to him for it, and 12d. per in which was included the manſion of Hunting-
annun as a further increaſe of rent, and main-
field-court, with the demefne lands adjoining to
taining the buildings, incloſures, &c. (9) it, continued there till it was granted, in the
But the fee of this manor ſeems to have re-
beginning of the next reign of Q. Elizabeth,
mained in the Crown till K. Henry VIII, in his
to Mr. Robert Greenſtreet, who died poſſeſſed of
35th year, granted it to John Guildford and
it in the 14th year of that reign, holding it in
Alured Randall, eſąrs, by the deſcription of The capite by knights ſervice (vv). George Greenſtreet,
manor of Hunting field with its appurts. ſituated gent. his ſon and heir, ſucceeded him in it, and
in the pariſhes and fields of Eaſing, Stalisfeld, on his arriving at full age, had livery of it anno
and Truleg), to hold in capite by knights ſer 20 Elizabeth, the ſame being held in capite by
vice(r). John Guildford was the next year be knights ſervice; from him it deſcended to Mr.
come the ſole proprietor of it, and then, with
Matthew Greenſtreet, of Eaſing, gent. who had
the King's licence, alienated it to fir Thomas
iſſue two fons, Thomas and Joſeph, the former
of whom inherited this eſtate, and by his wife
7th year of K. Edward VI, to John Wild, of
Patience Bunce, widow, had one fon Matthew
St. Martin's Hill, Canterbury, eſq; by the deſcrip Greenſtreet, of Perry-court in Preſton, gent, who
tion of The manor of Hunting field, with its mem-
married first in 1661, Anne, daughter of Mr.
bers and appurts. in Eſling, Sheldwich, Whitſtaple,
John Greenſtreet, of Preſton, gent. and ſecondly in
Roculver, and Ulcombe (t). However, it
However, it appears
1687, Mary Holland, widow. By his firſt wife
that he was not poſſeſſed of the entire fee of it he had iſſue a ſon Matthew, who was likewiſe of
at his death, which happened in 15.54, for he by Preſton in the reign of K. William and Q. Mary,
his laſt will deviſed his two thirds of this manor, and married Mary Law, widow, by whom he
beſides tbe third part due to the Queen, after his had an only daughter Anne, who carried this
wife's death, to his ſon Thomas Wild, then an in eſtate in marriage to Mr. Richard Tafell, of Lin-
fant, in tail general for ever (u), whoſe fon John ſted, and he alienated it in the year 1733, to
Wild, of St. Martin's Hill, eſq; alienated his ſhare, Edward Hafted, of Hawley near Dartford, eſq;
or two thirds of it, which included the courts, fines, whoſe father Mr. Joſeph, Hafted, of Chatham,
amerciaments, and other privileges belonging to gent. was before poſſeſſed of a ſmall part of the
it, to Martin James, eſq; Prothonotary of the demeſne lands of Hunting field manor, which had
Court of Chancery, owner of the manor of North been in Q. Elizabeth's reign become the pro-
court, alias Eaſling, as above-mentioned, whoſe
perty of Mr. Joſias Clynch (w).
great-grandfon Walter James, efq; poffeſſed it Edward Hafted, efq; died on March 23, 1740,
at the reſtoration of K. Charles II, (v) at the æt.38, poſſeſſed of Hunting field-court, leaving iſſue
latter end of which reign his heirs ſold it to Mr. by Anne his wife, daughter and at length coheir
John Grove, of Tunſtall, gent. who died poffeſſed of Mr. George Tyler, of London, one ſon Edward,
of it in 1678, and his great-grandſon Richard and a daughter Anne, married to Captain James
Grove, of London, eſq; is the preſent proprietor of Archer, in the Eaſt India Company's ſervice (x),
this manor, as well as North-court, and having on his death he was ſucceeded in this eſtate by
been for fo many years united in the ſame owners, his only ſon and heir Edward Hafted above-men-
theſe manors are now conſolidated, one Court be tioned, now of Canterbury, eſq; who is the pre-
ing held for both, the ſtyle of which is The
ſent poffeffor of it (y).
manor of Ealing alias Northcourt, with that of The foundations of Aint and ſtone, which
Hunting field annexed, in Eaſling, Ulcomb, and have continually been dug up near this houſe,
Sheldwich.
ſhew it to have been formerly much larger than
æt. 34, was buried in a vault in the ſouth chancel of New-
ington church.
(9) Rym. Feed, vol. xii, p. 210.
(r) Ror. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 10.
(s) Ibid. pt. 19. (t) Ibid. pt. 8.
(u) He completed his full age anno 17 Elizabeth, and
had then livery, among the reſt of his inheritance, of cer-
tain rents in Eaſling, parcel of the inanor of Hunting field.
Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(v) Philipott, p. 47.
(vv) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(w) He died in 1632, æt. 78, and was buried in the
church of Eaſing
(x) She ſurvived him, and dying without iſſue in 1762,
(v) The family of Halſted, Hauſted, or Hafted, as it was
variouſly ſpelt, was of eminent note in very early times,
as well from the offices they bore, as their ſeveral poſſeſſions
in different counties. Richard de Hauſted lived in the reign
of K. Stephen, and was then poſſeſſed of Halſted and other
lands in the county of Eſex. Agnes Hauffed was a benefactor
to the priory of Davington in this county, in the reign of
K. Henry III, as appears by the leiger-book of that priory,
and Rowland de Ayfed, which I take to be the ſame name,
was a witneſs in that reign to a deed of compoſition, relat-
ing
VOL. II.
9F
TORY of
The HISTORY
754
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
EASLING.
it is at preſent. There was once a chapel and a de Dover appears to have held it, with others in
mill belonging to it, the fields where they ſtood this pariſh therein mentioned, of the King in
being ſtill known by the name of chapel.field and capite by barony, by the tenure of ward to Dover
mill.field, which anſwers the deſcription of this
caſtle for the defence of it, and of him and his
eſtate given in Domeſday.
heirs it was held, as half a knight's fee, of the
honor of Chilham, which they made the caput
baronie, or head of their barony."
Diven is a manor, ſituated almoſt adjoining In the reign of K. Henry III, John Dive held
to the church of Eaſling, which is ſo corruptly this eſtate as above-mentioned, of that honor ;
called for Dive-court, its more antient and pro in the reign of K. Edward I. it was in the poſ-
per name. This eſtate was likewiſe one of thoſe ſeſſion of his deſcendant Feffry de Dive, and in
deſcribed above in Domeſday, as being part of the 20th year of K. Edward III, at the making
the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, on whoſe of the Black Prince a Knight, Andrew Dive paid
diſgrace it was, among the reſt of his eſtates, aid for it, as half a knight's fee, in Eaſing, held
confiſcated to the Crown; after which, Fulbert of William de Wilton, as of the barony of Chilham,
DI V EN
MANOR.
adjoining |

ing to the advowſon of Swanſcombe church in this county.
Robert de Halſted poſſeſſed lands in the county of Leiceſter
anno 18 Edward I, and bore the original arms of this fa-
mily, which, with diſtinctions, the different branches of it
have borne ever ſince, viz..Gules, a chief chequy or and
azure. John de Hauſted, of the co. of Northampton, was
the King's Seneſchal in Gaſcony, in the 5th year of K. Ed-
ward III, and received fummons to Parliament among the
Barons of this realm, in the 6th, 8th, and 9th years of it,
and bore the ſame coat of arms as thoſe above-mentioned.
A branch of this family was in early times ſettled at
Rowley in the co. of Lancaſter, a deſcendant of which, Lau-
rence Halfed, was of Sunning in the co. of Berks, efq; and
bore the above coat of arms, with the addition to the field
of-an eagle diſplayed ermine; beaked and legged or, which coat
was confirmed to him by for William Segar, Garter, in 1628,
as it was again to his great-nephew, of the ſame name, in
1688, by for Thomas St. George, Garter; which laſt Laurence
Halfted was of Rowley, above-mentioned, and Deputy-
Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London.
William Haufted was Keeper of the King's Exchange
in London, in the 5th year of K. Edward II, from whom
theſe of Kent hold themſelves to be deſcended; of whom
Fohn Hauſed alias Hafted, Cl. was born in the county of
Hants, and is ſaid to have been Chaplain to Q.Eliz. however
he was a perſon who was certainly much in favor with her,
and whom he fo far diſpleaſed, by entering into the ſtate of
marriage, that he retired into the Iſle of Wight, where he
was beneficed, and dying there about the year 1996, was
buried in the church of Newport. He left iſſue by his wife,
daughter of George Clifford, of Bobbing in this county, eſq;
and fifter of fir Coniers Clifford, knt. Governor of Connaught
in Ireland, two ſons and a daughter Elizabeth, married to
Moſes Petitt, of Canterbury, gent. John Haufied, one of the
ſons, reſided after his father's death in the Idle of Wight,
where he died, at the beginning of K. Charles I.'s reign,
having had iſſue by Jane Hacket his wife three ſons and two
daughters ; of the fons, Moſes Haufted, or Haſled, as he
latterly wrote his name, was the ſecond ſon, and ſettled
under the protection of ſome of his uncle's relations at Can-
terbury, as did Mary-Anne his fifter, but afterwards remov-
ing to London, he died there, having been twice married ;
firf, in 1657, in St. Peter's church in Canterbury, to Mary
Goſlin, who died in 1678, and was buried in St. George's
church in Canterbury, having had iſſue Joſeph, born in
1662, of whom hereafter, and two ſons who died young.
His ſecond wife was Mary, daughter of - Edwards, of
Faverſham, gent. by whom he left iſſue a fon Nathaniel,
Citizen of London, who married Anne Miller, of the town.
of Nottingham, by whom he had only two daughters.
Joseph 'Hafted, the only ſurviving fon by the firſt wife,
was chief Painter to the Royal Navy at Chatham, during the
whole reign of Q. Anne, in which office he acquired a very
handſome fortune, with the faireft reputation. He reſided
chiefly at Chatham, and dying on Jan. 22, 1732, was
buried in the ſouth chancel of the church of Newington near
Sitting borne, leaving iſſue by Catherine his wife, daughter
of Mr. Richard Yardley, of London, who ſurvived him, one
ſon Edward, born in 1702, who was the purchaſer of
Huntingfield-court, as above-mentioned. He followed the
profeſſion of the law, and being a member of Lincoln's Inn,
was called to the bar. He married Anne, daughter and
coheir of Mr. Joſeph Tyler, of London, by Elizabeth his firſt
wife, daughter and fole heir of John Dingley, of London,
Goldſmith, eldeſt ſon of Allan, who was the only ſon of
Charles, third ſon of fir John Dingley, of Wolverton in the
Iſle of Wight, knt. who lived in the reign of K. James I,
deſcended lineally of Thomas Dingley, who held lands in
Eatonbridge in the county of Kent in the reign of K. Ed.
ward III.
By her he had iſſue one fon Edward, and a daughter
Anne, as has been mentioned above; which Edward, now
of Canterbury, and the preſent poſſeſſor of Hunting field-
court, was born on Dec. 20, 1732, and was firſt fent to
Eaton-ſchool, and was afterwards a ſtudent of Lincolns Inn.
He married in 1755, Anne, third daughter of Mr. John
Dorman, of Sutton-at-Hone, by Dorothy Miller his wife, by
whom he has iſſue five fons, Edward, now of Oriel college,
Oxford, A. B. Francis, an officer in the army; George, of
Tunbridge in this county; Charles, and John; and two
daughters, Anne and Catherine.
He bears for his arms the antient coat of the family of
Halſted or Hauſted, with the addition of an eagle diſplayed
in the field, viz.-Gules, an eagle diſplayed ermine, beaked
and legged or, a chief chequy or and azure ; and in right of
his mother, daughter and coheir of Tyler, he quarters the
arms of Tyler-Sable, on a feſs or 3 crefcents gules, between 2
lions pafant-guardant or, Spotted fable; and in right of her
mother Elizabeth, heir of Dingley, the arms of Dinglez-
Argent, a feſs azure, in chief 2 mullets of the 2d, between 2
hurts, which colours Charles, third ſon of fir John Dingley,
changed from thoſe borne by his anceſtors and elder brother,
i. e. from fable to azure, and he quarters likewiſe the ſeve-
ral coats quartered by the above-mentioned fir John Dinge
ley, viz. the arms of Wolverton, Comin of Hampſhire, Fof-
cott, Cheyduit, Fitzberbert of Wolverton, Corbet, Milo Earl
of Hereford, Drew de Balun Lord of Bergavenny, Lord New-
march Baron of Brecknock, Stokes, Brimpton, Creſwell of
Frogpool in Chefilhurſt, and Lunsford.nl
The latter part of the above account is taken from pa-
riſh regiſters, from family papers and letters, and from
pictures, which by tradition are original portraits of the
perſons above-mentioned. For the former part of it, ſee
Morant’s Hift. Effex, vol ii, p. 250; Reg. Roff. p. 657 ;
Burton's Leic. p. 144, 145; Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p.
126 ;
Howel's Londinop. p. 312. Rym. Fæd. vol. iv, p. 488.
Guillim’s Herald. p. 412. i byty




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I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν T.
of
by
p. 694.
EASLING,
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
when it paid ward annually to Dover caſtle. In titled her huſband to the poſſeſſion of her fa-
this name the manor of Diven continued till the ther's moiety of this manor, with other iands in
beginning of the next reign of K. Richard II, Doddington, upon the diviſion of his eſtates
when it was alienated to "Sharp, of Nin-place in
among them. sibil 901
20ton
Great Chart, in which it remained till the latter He left iffue an only daughter and heir Mary,
end of K. Henry VII, when it was conveyed to who married Thomas, Lord Howard of Effing-
Thurſton, of Challock, from which, ſome years ham (c), who died poffefſed of this moiety of
after, it was paſſed by ſale to John Wild, efq; Diven-court in 1725, leaving iſſue by his firſt
who, before the reign of Q. Elizabeth, fold it wife above-mentioned, two daughters
his co-
to Gates, and he alienated it to Norden, who
heirs, Anne, married to fir William Yonge,
conveyed it to Bunce, where it remained after
Ercote in Devonſhire, Knight of the Bath and Ba-
the death of K. Charles I, in 1648 (Z); foon | ronet, and Mary, married to George Venables Ver-
after which this manor was ſold to John Adye, of hon, of Sudbury, afterwards created Lord Vernon;
Down-court in Doddington, eſą; who died poffefſed by his ſecond wife he had no iſſue (d).livob 21
of it in 1660, and his two ſons, Edward and
He was ſucceeded in this eſtate by Francis his
Nicholas, ſeem afterwards to have poſſeſſed it in brother and heir, who was by letters patent,
undivided moieties (a).
Dec. 8, 1731, anno 5 Geo. II, created Earl of
"Edward Adye was of Barham, eſq; and left Effingham, and taking to a military life, became
iſſue by Leab his wife, daughter of Peter Fortrey, a Brigadier General of his Majeſty's Forces. He
eſq; ſeven daughters his coheirs, of whom Su was twice married ; firſt to Digna O'Farrel,
Janna, married to Ruiſhe Wentworth, eſq; (b) en daughter of Major General O'Farrel, of the
{
bris
(z) Philipott, p. 147.
ſeveral times during his life-time, who died before him,
(a) See an account of the Adyes, under Doddington above, leaving iſſue an only daughter and heir Elizabeth, married
to John Mordaunt, afterwards Earl of Peterborough; and
(6) Son and heir of fir George Wentworth, a younger
Charles, ſucceffor in his honors; and three daughters. His
brother to Thomas, the noted but unfortunate Earl of Straf-
fecond wife was Margaret, daughter of James Stuart, Earl
ford.
of Murray, by whom he had iſſue two ſons, James, who
died
(c) He was deſcended from Thomas Howard, the ſecond
young, and fir Charles Howard, knt. fucceffor to his
Duke of Norfolk, by Agnes his ſecond wife, fiſter and heir
half-brother Charles as Earl of Nottingham, on his death
of fir Philip Tilney, of Boſton in the co. of Lincoln, knt, of
without male iſſue in 1642, but he likewiſe dying without
which marriage the Lord William Howard, the eldeſt ſon, was
iſſue in 1681, that title became extinct, and the title of
his direct anceſtor, and lived in the reign of K. Henry VIII,
Lord Howard of Effingham devolved on Francis Howard, of
K. Edward VI, and Q. Mary, by the latter of whom, in her Great Bookham in Surry, eſq; great-grandſon of fir William
ift year, on March 11, 1554, he was created a Peer of this Howard, of Ling field in Surry, knt, fecond ſon of Williams
realm, by the title of Lord Howard of Effingham, and ſoon
who had been created Lord Howard of Efingham; by Mar-
afterwards Lord High Admiral, Privy Counſellor, and
garet his ſecond wife, daughter of fir Thomas Gamage, as
Knight of the Garter, &c.
He was not leſs in favor with
above-mentioned. Which fir William Howard died in 1600,
Q. Elizabeth, who continued him in his office of Lord anno 42 Elizabeth, leaving iſſue by Frances his wife, daugh-
Chamberlain, after which ſhe employed him in her weigh-
ter of William Goldwell, of Great Chart, efq; three fons,
tieft affairs of ſtate, till his death, which happened Jan. 21,
Edward, Francis, and Charles, all honored with knight-
1573, in the 14th year of that reign, being full of
years
hood. Sir Edward, the eldeſt, died without iſſue in 1620,
and honor, of moſt approved fidelity, and unſhaken
and fir Francis his brother became his heir, who died in
courage.
By his ſecond wife Margaret, daughter of fir Thomas Gamage,
1651, and by Jane, daughter of fir William Monſon; knt.
of the co. of Glamorgan, knt. he left iſſue ſeveral fons and
left iſſue feven fons and one daughter, the eldeſt of whoni,
daughters, of whom Charles, the eldeft, ſucceeded him as for Charles Howard, knt. died in 1672, æt. 57. He mar.
Lord Howard of Efingham; fir William Howard, the ſecond ried Frances, daughter of fir George Courthope, of the co. of
fon, was anceſtor of the preſent Earl of Effingham; and the
Suſſex, knt. by whom he had two ſons, Francis, who on the
other two died young. Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham,
death of Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, without iſſue,
the eldeſt ſon, was a man likewiſe of moſt extraordinary
ſucceeded him as Lord Howard of Effingham, and George,
worth, and much truſted and employed by Q. Elizabeth,
father of Lieutenant General Charles Howard, who died in
who made him Knight of the Garter, and of her Privy Coun. 1753, the father of Lieutenant General George Howard,
cil, and then Lord Admiral of England in 1585, in which
now living. Which Francis, Lord Effingham, was Gover-
poít, for his gallant behaviour in the defeat of the Spaniſh
nor of Virginia in the reign of K. Charles II, and died in
Armada in 1588, and other ſervices, eſpecially at the taking
1694, having married Philadelphia, daughter of fir Thomas
of Cadiz, he was, on Oct. 22, in the 38th year of that
Pelbam, bart. by whom he had iſſue three fons, Charles,
who died, æt. 18, anno 1694 ; Thomas, Lord Howard of
reign, anno 1596, created Earl of Nottingham ; after K.
James's acceſſion to the throne, he was made Lord High
Efingham, who married Mary, danghter of Ruiſhe Went-
worth, efq; and in her right became poſſeſſed of the moiety
Steward of England for the time of the coronation, ſent
Ambaſſador to Spain, and continued in his poſt of Lord
of Diven manor, as above-mentioned; and Francis, created
Earl of Effingham, who on his death became his heir ; and
High Admiral, which he held till the 16th year of that
alſo three daughters.
reign, when being worn out with fatigue he reſigned it,
He bears for his arms the ſame coat as the Duke of Nora
and had other marks of favor con ferred on him. He died,
folk, a mullet only for difference.
et. 87, anno 1624, and was buried beſide his father, in the
family vault of the Howards, under the chancel of Rygate
(d) Viz. Elizabeth, daughter of John Rotherham, of the
church in Surry.
co. of Eſex, efq; widow of fir Theophilus Napier, of the co.
By his firſt wife Catherine, daughter of Henry Carey, Lord
of Bedford, bart. and afterwards remarried to fr Conyer
Hunjdon, he had two ſons, William, fummoned to Parliament
Darry, K. B.
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Tbe
HISTORY of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
ap-
A R N O L D S.
arno
mar-
EASLING.
kingdom of Ireland, by whom he had one ſon
Thomas, his ſucceſſor in titles and eſtate. By
his ſecond wife Anne, ſiſter of Robert Briſtow, ela;
he left no ſurviving iſſue. He died on Feb. 12,
1743, and was buried at Great Bookham in the
co. of Surry. Thomas his ſon, Earl of Effing-
ham (e), afterwards alienated this moiety of
Diven-court to Oliver Edwards, eſg; of the Six
Clerks Office, as will be further mentioned
below.
o bien en eation,
The other moiety of this manor, which, on the
death of his father, came into the poffeffion of
Nicholas Adye, of Down-court in Doddington, eſq;
was deviſed by him to his eldeſt ſon John Adye,
of Down-court, eſq; who in Mich. term anno 23
Charles II, ſuffered a recovery of it, by the de-
fcription of A moiety of the manor of Diven alias
Divens alias Dive, with its appurts. as alſo the
moiety of one meſſuage, two gardens, 100 acres
of arable, 20 acres of paſture, 40 acres of wood,
and 45. rent, with its appurts. in Eaſling alias
Iſling, and Oſpringe (ee).
He left an only daughter and heir Mary, m
ried to Henry Cullum. Sergeant-at-law; but be-
fore that event, this eſtate ſeems to h have been
paſſed away by him to Thomas Diggs, of Chil-
ham-caſtle, eſq; whoſe deſcendant of the ſame
name, in 1723, conveyed it, with all the reſt of
his eſtates in this county, to Mr. James Colebrook,
Citizen and Mercer of London, who died pof-
felled of this moiety of Diven-court in the year
1752, having firſt in 1741, ſettled it on the mar-
riage of his eldeſt ſon Robert Colebrooke, eſq; with
Henrietta, eldeſt daughter of Lord Harry Pawlett,
in tail male (f). She died in 1753, without iſſue,
and he afterwards, in 1756, married Elizabeth,
one of the four daughters and coheirs of John
Threſher, of Bradford in the co. of Wilts, eſq;
who, in the year 1774, joined with him, as did
his younger and only ſurviving brother fir George
Colebrooke, bart. in behalf of himſelf and his three
infant ſons!g), being the next in the remainder
in tail of this eſtate, to procure an act of Parlia-
ment which paſſed that year, by which this
moiety of Diven-court was veſted in truſtees, in
order to be ſold, which it accordingly was, by
leaſe and releaſe, in the year 1775, to Thomas
Heron, of Newark upon Trent, eſq; who about

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the year 1776, joined with Oliver Edwards, esa;
the proprietor of the other moiety, as has been
mentioned above, to Mr. Charles Chapman, of
Faverſham, the preſent poſſeſſor of the entire
manor of Diven, with the lands, woods, and
purtenances belonging to it. visit to be
2. The caſtle-guard rent payable to the honor
of Chilham for this manor was 26s. iod, the
half of which became extinguiſhed by a moiety
of the manor coming into the poffeſſion of the
owners of that honor, to which the other half of
the rent continued to be paid by the Earl of
Effingham, and afterwards by Mr. Edwards.
bonatog baibody
aboa
Toshoco Ti
ni The manor of Arnolds, which is ſituated about
a mile eaſtward from the church of Eaſing, was
likewiſe part of the eſtates of the Biſhop of Baieux
mentioned above, and on his diſgrace was, with
the reſt of them, confiſcated to the Crown, of
which it was held afterwards in capite by barony, by
Fulbert de Dover, by the tenure of ward to Dover
caſtle, and of him and his heirs it was held, as
half a knight's fee, as of the honor of Chilham,
which was the head of their barony.
Of them it was held by Arnold de Bononia,
whence it acquired the name of Arnolds alias
Eſling. His ſon John Fitzarnold afterwards por-
feſſed it in the reign of K. Edward III; (b) af.
ter which Peter de Hunting field was owner of it,
but in the 20th year of K. Edward III, the
Lady Champaine or Champion, and the Eerl of
Oxford paid aid for it, as half a knight's fee,
held of the barony above-mentioned. How it
paſſed afterwards, I have not ſeen, but in the
next reign of K. Richard II, it was become part
of the endowment of the Dean and Canons of the
collegiate free chapel of St. Stephen's, Weſtminſter,
with whom it remained till the fuppreſſion of it
in the iſt year of K. Edward VI, when it came
into the hands of the Crown ; after which it
became the property of Gates, and after that of
Terry, in which it continued ſeveral years, and
by that acquired the name of Arnolds alias Terrys,
from which name it was ſold, in the reign of Q.
Anne, one part to the Rev. Wm. Wickens, Rector
of this pariſh (i), whoſe ſon Mr. William Wickens,
ſucceeded to it on his death in 1718. He died

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(e) He was, at the time of his death in 1763, Lieutenant
General of his Majeſty's Forces, and, as was his father,
Deputy Earl Marſhal. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter Beckford, of Jamaica, eſq; by whom he left ſurviving
Thomas, now Earl of Effingham, Richard, and four daughters.
(ee) Treatiſe of Fines and Recoveries by Brown, 8vo.
p. 351, vol. ii, Mich. 23 Car. 2 Regis Rot. 220 Kanc.
( By this ſettlement, Chilham, with the other eſtates,
were limited by him to Robert for life, and afterwards to
his iſſue, in tail male, by her or any other wife, remainder
to his own right heirs; but by another ſettlement, dated in
1745, and fine levied in Hilary term, 20 Geo. II, they were
limited to Robert for life, and his iſſue in tail male, remain-
der to fir James Colebrooke his next brother, in like manner;
remainder to fir George Colebrooke his youngeſt brother, in
like manner; remainder to James, the father's, own right
heirs.
(8) Sir James Colebrooke, bart. died in 1761, leaving
iſſue only two daughters, Mary, married to John Aubury,
eſq; and Emma, to Charles Bennet, Earl of Tankerville.
(5) John Fitzarnold is ſaid to have held in that reign,
half a knight's fee in Eſling, of the Abbat of Faverſham.
See Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 28.
(i) He was buried in this church, æt. 74. He bore for
his arms-Party per pale or and fable, a chevron coupee be-
tween 3 trefoils, all counterchanged.
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HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
EASLING.
without male iſſue, and by his will deviſed it to
his two daughters, one of whom, marrying Elvy,
he bought the other ſiſter's ſhare in it, and his
widow ſurviving him now poſſeffes both of
them; another part was ſold to Chapman, and a
third to Avery. Since which it has become
more inconſiderable, by the two parts laſt-men-
tioned having been again parcelled out, ſo that
now it is ſunk into that obſcurity, as not to be
worthy of any further mention of it.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
the Rectoř, Churchwardens, and Overſeers of
the poor for the time being, or any three of
them, the Rector being one, ſhould think fit to
direct, nominate, and appoint, the rent of which
land is now 15s. per annum.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
PRESENT STATE OF EASLING.
The pariſh of Eaſling lies on the hills, on
very high ground; it has very little level land,
being moſtly ſteep hill and dale. The land in
general is very poor, and much covered with
Aints. It has a conſiderable quantity of coppice
wood, eſpecially in the eaſtern parts of it. The
village is ſituated nearly in the center of it,
through which the road leads from Newenham
valley to Otterden. The church ſtands on the
zaft ſide of the village, and the parſonage houſe
at the north end of it.
At the ſouth end of the village is a large well-
timbered houſe, called Gregories, formerly of
ſome account, being rebuilt in 1616. It was
afterwards poffeffed by Mr. Hoſkins, whoſe heirs
diſagreeing, it was ſold in Chancery to Mr.
Parmeter, many years Clerk of the Cheque at
Chatham, who on his deceaſe left it by will to
his fifter, as ſhe did to her brother Mr. Parmeter,
in which name it ſtill continues, Mr. Samuel Par-
meter being the preſent owner of it.
A fair is held here yearly on Sept. 14.
On St. Andrew's Day, Nov. 30, there is yearly
a diverſion called Squirril-hunting in this and the
neighbouring pariſhes, when the labourers and
lower kind of people aſſembling together, form
a lawleſs rabble, and being accoutred with guns,
poles, clubs, and other ſuch weapons, ſpend the
greateſt part of the day in parading through the
woods and grounds, with loud ſhoutings, and
under the
pretence
of demoliſhing the ſquirrils,
ſome few of which they kill, they deſtroy num-
bers of hares, pheaſants, partidges, and in ſhort
whatever comes in their way, breaking down the
hedges and doing much other miſchief, and in
the evening betaking themſelves to the alehouſes,
finiſh their career there, as is uſual with ſuch
fort of gentry.
Easking is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of
Oſpringé.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary,
conſiſts of three iſles and a ſouth chancel, called
St. Katherine's. The ſteeple, which is a low
pointed one, ſtands at the west end; there are
fix bells in it.
Alicia de Eſling, wife of Robert de Eſchequer,
and Lady of the manor of Eſling, petitioned
Archbiſhop Theobald, in the reign of K. Stephen,
to grant the church of Eſlinges, ſituated on her
eſtate, to the monaſtery and canons regular of
Ledes, in perpetual alms, and ſhe granted the
temporalities to them for ever, in his preſence;
and Gervaſe the prieſt, who poſſeſſed the church
canonically, and held the parſonage of it, that
her petition, and his ſubſequent confirmation of
it might effectually take place, freely reſigned it
into the Archbiſhop's hånds, with all its appen-
dages, on condition, that as long as he lived he
ſhould freely and quietly poſſeſs it of the Canons,
in their name, and not in his own, but that on
his feceſſion it ſhould afterwards return as their
right and property for ever, and remain to be
managed and poſſeſſed to their uſes, and at their
diſpoſal, and this was done as well by his free
leave, as by the petition and preſentation of the
ſaid Alicia, Lady of the eſtate ; therefore, the
Archbiſhop inveſted the Canons canonically in
the church of Eſlinges, and granted it to them
to be poſſeſſed for ever, and confirmed it to
them, ſaving in all things ſpiritual cuſtoms ;
and they, with his affent, afterwards granted it
to the ſaid Gervaſe, to be held by him freely in
their name as long as he lived. Which inftru-
ment was confirmed by Archbiſhop Hubert, in the
reign of K. Richard İ.
Notwithſtanding which, there was no vicar-
age endowed here, nor did the Canons of Ledes
ever enjoy the parſonage of it; but Stephen Lang-
ton, Archbiſhop of Conterbury, who ſucceeded Arch-
biſhop Hubert, with the conſent and approbation
of Wm. de Eſlinges, patron of this church, granted
to the Canons of Ledes 20s. yearly, to be received
from it in the name of a benefice; and he ordain-
ed, that beyond that ſum, the Canons ſhould
not claim any thing further from it, but that
whenever it ſhould become vacant, the ſaid Wil-
liam de Eſing ſhould preſent a proper perſon for
the government of it, ſaving the penſion above-
mentioned to the Canons to be paid by the par-
ſon of it for the time being. But it ſhould ſeem
that after this, they had not given up all preten-
fions
CHARITIES.
Edward Grefwold, by his laſt will, dated April
13, 1677, gave 2ol. for the benefit of the poor
of Eaſing, to be laid out in land or otherwiſe,
by the direction of his executors, who in 1680
purchaſed of Samuel Jemmet, of Rolvenden in this
county, gent. a piece of land, called Pinkes-croft,
in Eaſling, containing two acres, in truſt, for the
uſe and benefit of ſuch poor, aged, and impo-
tent perſons of this pariſh, not any ways charge-
able to the ſame, or the pariſhioners of it, as
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758
H I STORY of K E N T.
The
cants 100.
EASLING.
fions to it, for they obtained, 70 years after
this, viz. in 1278, of John, Prior, and the Con-
vent of Chriſt Church, Canterbury, a confirmation
of the Archbiſhops Theobald and Hubert's charters
to them, in which this church is particularly
mentioned (k). How long it continued in the
hands of the family of Eſling, I do not find, or
in thoſe of private patronage ; but before the
22d
year
of K. Edward III, it was become part
of the poſſeſſions of the college founded by fir
John Poultney, in the 19th year of that reign, in
the church of St. Laurence, Canon-ſtreet, Lon-
don (I), with which it remained till the ſuppref-
fion of the college, in the reign of K. Edward
VI, (m) when it came, with the reſt of the poſ-
ſeſſions of it, into the hands of the Crown.
After which, it ſeems to have been granted
to fir Thomas Moyle, of Eaſtwell, knt. whoſe ſole
daughter and heir Catherine married fir Thomas
Finch, of that place, knt. and he dying in 1563,
ſhe again married Nicholas St. Leger, eſq;, who
in her right preſented to this rectory in 1574,
anno 17 Elizabeth ; after which, fir Moyle
Finch, knt. and bart. the eldeſt ſon of fir Thomas
and the Lady Catherine, ſucceeded to it, who
died in the year 1614, leaving Elizabeth his wife,
daughter and heir of ſir Thomas Heneage, knt. ſur-
viving, who was poffeffed of it in 1617. She
was afterwards, by K. James I, in his 21ſt year,
created Viſcounteſs Maidſtone, with limitation to
her heirs male, and K. Charles I, in his 4th year,
conferred on her the title of Counteſs of Winchel-
ſea, in whoſe deſcendants, Earls of Winchelſea
and Nottingham, this advowſon continued down
iel, Earl of Winchelſea and Nottingham,
who died poffefſed of it in 1769, without male
iſſue, leaving his four daughters his coheirs. He
was ſucceeded in titles by his nephew George
Finch, efq; only ſon of his next brother William ;
but this advowſon, with Eaftwell, and the reſt
of his Kentiſ eſtates, he bequeathed by his laſt
will to his nephew George Finch Hatton, efq; only
ſon of his third brother the Hon. Edward Finch
on. 4
Hatton (n), who is the preſent owner of it.
The penſion of 2os. payable from this church
to the priory of Ledes, continued to be paid to it
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
till its ſuppreſſion in the reign of K. Henry
VIII, when it came, with the reſt of the poffef.
fions of it, into the hands of the Crown; after
which it was ſettled, among other premiſes, by
that King, in his 33d year, on his new-erected
Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter, who are now en-
titled to it.
This rectory is valued in the King's books at
161. and the yearly tenths at il. 125. (0)
In 1587, the communicants here were 87.
In 1640, it was valued at 120l. Communi-
It is now worth upwards of 200l.
per annum.
279
G CHURCH OF EASLING.
1909 do
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
IT RecrORS.
1959 () Gervaſe, in the reign of
K. Stephen.
(9) Stephen, in the 44th year
Sibiu
wabunt of K. Henry III.
.
Cologne
(v) Peter de St. John, in 1348.
(s) Roger Greneford, in 1460.
Nicholas St. Leger, (1) John Welfall, D.D. May
efq;
15, 1574, obt. 1617.
Lady Eliz. Finch, (u) Edward Simpſon, S.T.P.
widow. Jan. 2, 1517, obt. 1652.
() Samuel Femmet, obt. 1677.
Heneage, Earl of William Wickens, A.M. Mar.
Winchelſea. 8,1677, obt. Sept. 6,1718.
M (7) Richard Bowes, LL.D.
Oct. 20, 1718, obt. April
1745
Earl of Winchelſea (*) Philip Twyfden, ind. May
and Nottingham. 11, 1745, reſig. 1745.
(y) Roger Moſtyn, A.M. Mar.
11, 1746, relig. 1752.
(z) Maurice Gleyre, May 8,
1752, obt. Dec. 7, 1781.


to
STALISFIELD,
COMMONLY called Starchfield, adjoins
to the pariſh of Eaſling ſouth-eaſtward. It
is called in Domeſday, Stanefelle, which is the
(k) Regift. of Ledes Abbey, wherein theſe ſeveral decrees
are reſpectively recited,
In 1348, anno 23 Edward III, Peter de St. John, Re&tor
of this church, refuſed the payment of this penfion, but
by a definitive ſentence and decree of Archbiſhop John Strat-
ford, he was adjudged to pay it, which, notwithſtanding,
he continued to refuſe; on which, Archbiſhop Simon Iſip,
in 1350, again decreed the payment of it, under pain of
the greater excommunication. Reg. Roff. p. 371.
(1) Tan. Mon. p. 319.
(m) See a further account of this college, vol. i. of this
hiſtory, p. 73.
(n) He aſſumed the name of Hatton purſuant to the will
of Anne his aunt, who died in 1764, and was the youngeſt
daughter of Chriſtopher, Viſcount Hatton, and fifter of Wil-
liam, Viſcount Hatton, who died in 1762, unmarried.
See more of the Finch's and Hattons, under Eaftwell.
(6) Ea. Theſ. p. II.
(p) See above, p. 757.
(2) Reg. Abbatia Sti Radig. cart. 238.
(r) Reg. Roff. p. 371.
(s) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(t) He lies buried in this church. See more of him,
under Apledore, of which he was Vicar.
(u) See Granger's Biog. Brit. vol. ii, p. 403.
(v) See Wood's Ath. vol. ii, p. 607.
(w) Alſo Vicar of New Romney.
(2) He was youngeſt ſon of fir William Twyfden, of Eaſt
Peckham, bart.
(y) He was a younger ſon of fir Roger Mofyn, bart. by
his wife Eſſex, daughter of Daniel, Earl of Notiingbam. He
reſigned this rectory on being beneficed in the county of
Cheſter.
(2) He was a native of Lauſanne in Switzerland.de

fame

Tbe HISTORY OF Κ Ε Ν Τ.
759
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
flinty ſoil of it.
THE
M À NO R.
cates.
STALISFIELD.
.
fame as Stonefield, a name well adapted to the which, K. Edward VÍ, on July 20; in his 4th
year, made a grant of this manor to him and
bis heirs, to hold by the like ſervice (c). He
immediately afterwards paſſed it away by fale
This place, at the time of the taking of the to fir Anthony Aucher, of Biſhopſborne, knt. whoſe
general ſurvey of Domeſday, in 1080, was part ſon fir Anthony Aucher, knt. about the beginning
of the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under of K. James I.'s reign, ſold it to Salter(d), whoſe
the general title of whoſe lands it is thus de deſcendant fir Nicholas Salter, knt. poffefled it
ſcribed in it:
at the reſtoration of K. Charles II ; his ſon Ni-
Iſde' ada' ten' de epo Stanefelle. P. 2. ſolins ſe cholas Salter, of Stoke Poges in the co. of Buck-
defd'. Tra. e'. 4. car'. In dnio. e'. 1. car'. &3 10. ingham, éſq; died in the reign of K. William and
villi bnt. 2. car'. Ibi æccla. & 6. Jervi. &. 2. Q. Mary (e), leaving iſſue one fon John, who
ac pti. Silva. 60. pore'. T. R. E. valeb'. 60. was of London, Surgeon, and three daughtersz
fol'. & poft'. 40 ſol'. modo. 100. fol. Turgis tenuit towards the raiſing of whoſe portions, he by his
Com'.
laſt will ordered this manor to be ſold, which it
de Goduino
accordingly was, in 1699, to Mr. Richard Webbe,
Which is : The ſame Adam (de Port) holds of of Elebam in this county; he, in Dec. 171,
the Biſhop Stânefelle. It was taxed at two ſulings. after ſome controverſies at law for the poffeffion
The arable land is four carucates. In demeſne there of it (F), alienated, for the ſum of 2050l. all his
is one carucate, and 10 villeins, having two caru right and title to it to the truſtees, for the per-
There is a church, and fix ſervants, and two formance of the laſt will of Dame Sarah Bar.
acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of 60 bogs. rett, widow of fir Paul Barrett, knt. Sergeant-
In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor it was worth at-law, who had deceaſed in the beginning of
60 ſhillings, and afterwards 40 shillings, now 100
Shillings. Turgis held it of Earl Goduin.
She was the only daughter and heir of fir
On the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, about four George Ent, of London, knt. M.D. and Preſident
yeårs afterwards, this, among the reſt of his of the College of Phyficians, and widow of
poffeffions, came into the hands of the Crown, Francis Head, efq; eldeſt ſon of ſir Richard Head,
fo that Adam de Port, above-mentioned, became bart. who died in his father's life-time.
the King's immediate tenant of it, of whoſe heirs She had iſſue by her firſt huſband one ſon fir
it was again held afterwards by Arnulf Kade, Francis Head, bart, and a daughter Sarab, mar-
who gave this manor, with that of Ore and its
ried to John Lynch, of Grove, eſq; father of John
appurts, to the Knights Hoſpitallers of St. John of
Lynch, D. D. Dean of Canterbury, who left iſſue
Jeruſalem, and it was aſſigned by them to the
fir William Lynch, K. B. and John Lynch, D.D.
juriſdiction of their preceptory eſtabliſhed at
Prebendary of Canterbury.
Swinfield in this county (a).
Sir Francis Head, bart. the fon by Margaret
This manor continued part of the poſſeſſions Smithſøye his wife, had iſſue four ſons and one
of theſe Knights till the general diſſolution of
daughter, viz. ſir Richard Head, bart. who died
their hoſpital, in the 32d year of K. Henry VIII, unmarried; fir Francis Head, bärt. James, who
when this order being ſuppreſſed by the act then died before his brother Francis, without iffue ;
ſpecially paſſed for that purpoſe, all their lands John, D.D. Archdeacon of Canterbury, who ſuc-
and revenues were given by it to the King and ceeded to the title of Baronet on his brother
his heirs for ever. After which this manor did Francis's deceaſe without male iſſues and Anney
not remain long in the hands of the Crown, for the daughter, married William Egerton, Preben-
K. Henry VIII, in his 36th year, granted it to dary of Canterbury. By her ſecond huſband, fir
fir Anthony St. Leger, and bis heirs male, to hold Paul Barrett, ſhe had an only daughter Anne;
in capite by knights ſervice (b), who by the act married to fir William Boys, knt. M.D. whoſe
of the 2d and 3d of Edward VI, procured his ſurviving daughter Mary married fir Francis
lands in this county to be diſgavelled. After Head, bart. the younger of that name, as above-
that year:
(a) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 546. See an account of
theſe preceptories, under Ore, above, p. 730. In the 20th
year of K. Edward III, the Prior of St. John's paid reſpec-
tive aid, at the making of the Black Prince a Knight, for
this manor, with that of Ore, as one knight's fee and an
half, which Reginald de Cornbill before held, in Stalis felde
and Ores, of the ſaid Prior.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 8. Before which, K. Henry
VIII, by his indenture, dated Jan. 15, in his 32d year,
had demiſed to Ralph Fane, eſq; among other premiſes,
this manor with its appurtenances in Stalisfield, to hold for
21 years. Inrolm. Augtn. off. pt. 4.
(c) Rot. Eſch, ejus an. pt. 7. Augtn. off, deeds of pur-
chaſe and exchange, box G. 21. See more of him above,
p. 475
(d) Philipott, p. 301.
(e) They bore for their arms-Gules; 10 billets, 4, 3, 2,
and i, a bordure engrailed argent, charged with 16 hurts and
torteauxes alternately.
(f) Mr. Webhe employed one Walter Reading, an Attor-
ney, to negotiate this purchaſe for him, and depoſited a
ſum of money for that purpoſe in his hands; but Reading
bought it in his own name, and took poſleſſion of it, upon
which Webbe ſued him, and put him in priſon ; but the ex.
pence of the proſecution obliged him to part with his in-
tereſt in it to Lady Barreti's truftees, as above-mentioned.
mentioned,

760
HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
. Whom Henry
STÁLISFIELD.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
mentioned, by whom he left iſſue only three year of that reign, leaving iſſue a daughter Joane
daughters.
and his widow Juliana furviving, who died ſeiſed
It was neceſſary to particulariſe the iſſue of of it in the 5th year of the next reign of K.
Lady Barrett by both her huſbands, to explain Henry V; (k) on which, Joane their daughter
more clearly the truſts of her will, which were, above-mentioned, then the wife of Henry Aucher,
to her 'male iſſue by her firſt huſband in tail male, of Newenden, eſq; entitled her huſband to the
remainder to the iſſue of Sarah her daughter by poffeffion of it. She ſurvived him, and after-
the ſame huſband in like tail, remainder to her
ſeveral daughters and their heirs in fee; by vir Aucher, eſq; her only ſon and heir by her firſt
tue of which limitation, her grandſon fir Francis huſband, in the 19th year of K. Henry VI, con-
Head, bart. at length ſucceeded to this manor,
firmed a life.eſtate in ſeveral of his manors in
and on his death in 1768, without male iſſue,
this county (1). In the deſcendants of Henry
his next brother fir John Head, bart. and Arch Aucher, eſq; this manor continued till the reign
deacon of Canterbury, became poſſeſſed of it,
of Q. Elizabeth, when it was alienated to fir
and died without iſſue in 1769, leaving his wi-
Michael Sondes, then of Eaſtry, knt. (m)
dow Lady Jane Head, daughter of Dr. William
He was the ſecond ſon of Anthony Sondes, of
Geekie, Prebendary of Canterbury, ſurviving, on
Throwley, knt. and on his elder brother fir Tho-
whom he had ſettled this manor in jointure; ſhe mas Sondes's death, in 1592, without male iſſue,
died in 1780, on which the property of it, under
ſucceeded him in his feat at Throwley, as well as
the above will, became veſted in Lady Barrett's
the reſt of his intailed eſtates in this county. He
next heir male fir William Lynch, of Grové, Knight
afterwards reſided at Throwley, where he died in
of the Bath, who was her great-grandſon, being 1617, anno 16 James I, having had iſſue by
the eldeſt ſon of John Lynch, D.D. Dean of Can Mary his firſt wife, only daughter and heir of
terbury, the ſon of John Lynch, eſq; by Sarab his George Finch, of Norton, fix ſons and fix daugh-
wife, her daughter by Francis Head, eſq; who, ters; of whom the eldeſt ſon fir Richard Sondes,
to bar all further remainders, has, with his bro-
of Throwley, knt. ſucceeded him in this manor,
ther Dr. John Lynch, Suffered a recovery of this
which he ſettled in his life-time on his eldeſt
manor, and he is the preſent poffeffor of the fon George Sondes, on his marriage with Jane his
fee of it (g).
firſt wife, daughter and coheir of fir Ralph Free-
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
George Sondes, eſq; was afterwards made a Knight
DARBI ES-COURT,
of the Bath, and removed his reſidence from
is a manor ſituated in the north-weſt part of this Throwley to Lees-court in Sheldwich, after which,
pariſh, which took its name from a family who in 1676, anno 28 Charles II, he was created Earl
reſided at it, and were of the rank of gentlemen of Faverſham, Viſcount Sondes of Lees-court, and
in very early times, for in the antient regiſters Baron of Throwley, for life, remainder to Lewis,
and rolls of Kentiſh gentry, their coat armour is Lord Duras, his ſon-in-law. He died next year,
thus deſcribed—Party per chevron embattled or without ſurviving male iſſue, leaving by his ſe-
and azure, 3 eagles counterchanged. In the 20th cond wife Mary Villars two daughters his co-
year of K. Edward III, Sara de Darbye paid aid heirs, of whom Mary was married to Lewis,
at the making of the Black Prince a Knight, for Lord Duras, above-mentioned, who died in 1709,
one quarter of a knight's fee, which William de without iſſue ; and Katherine, to Lewis Watſon,
Darbie and the heirs of Thomas Franklyn held Lord, afterwards in 1714, created Earl of Rock-
before in Winfield of Reginald de Cornbill(). And ingham, who each ſucceſſively, in right of their
of this family was John Darbie, who was Alder reſpective wives, inherited this manor, and the
man of London, and Sheriff in 1445, anno 24 latter died ſeiſed of it in 1724, and was fuc-
Henry VI, who built the ſouth iſle of St. Dionis ceeded in it by his grandſon Lewis, ſon of Ed-
Backchurch in that city, and was otherwiſe a ward, Viſcount Sondes, his ſon. Which Lewis,
good benefactor to it; in memory of which, the Earl of Rockingham, died without iſſue in 1745,
above mentioned coat of arms was put up in the and his only brother Thomas, Earl of Rocking-
windows of it (i).
hum, dying likewiſe without iſſue, deviſed it,
But the manor of Darbies-court was alienated
among the reſt of his eſtates, to the Hon. Lewis
by one of that family, in the beginning of the Monfon, ſecond ſon of John, Lord Monſon, by
reign of K. Henry IV, to fir Ralph St. Leger, of Margaret, the youngeſt daughter of the firſt
Otter den, knt. who died ſeiſed of it in the 10th
Lewis, Earl of Rockingham, his anceſtor. He

man, knt.
(g) The farm of Stalisfield-court conſiſts of about 174
acres of arable and paſture, of about 431. yearly value;
beſides which, there belong to this eſtate near 100 acres of
woodland.
(b) There is a hamlet and valley adjoining to Darbies-
court, once part of it, called at this time Wing field, and
Wingfield-valley.
(i) Philipott, p. 301. Strype's Stow's Survey, book i,
P.152.
(k) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(1) Mfr. pedigree of Aucher.
(m) Philipott, p. 301.
afterwards

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 761
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
this pariſh, called Starckfield-green.
STALISFIELD.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
afterwards took the name of Watſon, and in The church, which ſtands near the center of
1760 was created Lord Sondes, Baron Sondes of the pariſh, is dedicated to St. Mary. It it built
Lees-court, and he ſtill continues the owner of in the form of a croſs; the ſteeple ſtands in the
this manor (12).
middle of the ſouth ſide. In the north wall of
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
the north chancel is an antient tomb, with the
effigies of a man in armour lying at length on it.
In the eaſt window of this church are theſe
The priory of Ledes was poſſeſſed of 24 acres coats of arms—Sable, a chevron gules between 3
of woodland, called Rigsell, in this pariſh, Char-
clotoworker's handles or ; another, the coat broke,
ing, and Burfield, which were held by fir Anthony impaling, Quarterly azure and argent, per feſs
Aucher, knt. at his death anno 4 and 5 Philip indented, ſurmounted by a battune or and azure.
and Mary, in capite by knights ſervice ; which The church of Ore was antiently accounted
premiſes were held anno 16 Eliz. by Humphry as a chapel to this of Stalisfield, but it has been
Gylbert and Anne his wife, grand-daughter and long ſince ſeparated, and become a diſtinct
heir to the faid fir Anthony, by the like ſer-
church independent of it.
vice (0).
The church of Stalisfield belonged to the priory
There is an eſtate in this pariſh and Eaſling,
of St. Gregory in Canterbury, perhaps part of its
belonging to the hoſpital of St. Bartholomew in original endowment by Archbiſhop Lanfrank in
London, called Holbean-farm, but moſt commonly the reign of the Conqueror, and it was con-
Holborne ; it conſiſts of 110 acres of arable, and firmed to it, among the reſt of its poffeffions,
60 acres of wood, and is ſituated in the north-eaſt by Archbiſhop Hubert, about the reign of K.
part of this pariſh. It is ſaid formerly to have
Richard I.(00)
belonged to the north chantry of this church, and In the 8th year of K. Richard II, the church
was a few years ago let at the yearly rent of 321. of Stalisfield was become appropriated to the
A farm, called Hawkſneſt, in this pariſh, va above-mentioned priory, and a vicarage endowed
lued at 5l. 175. 6d. belongs to the poor of the of it, the former being then valued at 121. and
pariſh of Egerton.
the latter at 41. on the taxation of them (p).
The church, with the advowſon of the vicar-
age, remained part of the poſſeſſions of the
This pariſh is ſituated upon high ground near above-mentioned priory till the diffolution of it
the ſummit of the chalk-hills above Charing, to
in the reign of K. Henry VIII, in conſequence
which it adjoins northward. The lands in it are of the act paſſed in the 27th year of it, by which
very barren, moiſt, and much covered with it was ſuppreſſed, and the ſcite of it, together
flints. It has much hill and dale in it, and is, with all its lands, poſſeſſions, and revenues, ſur-
the greater part of it, covered with coppice rendered into the King's hands, to the uſe of
wood, which is moſtly beech, and is uſually
him and his heirs for ever.
CO2
bo
felled at 16 or 18 years growth, and even then, The church of Stalisfield, with the patronage
from its ſort and the great diſtance from mar of the vicarage, remained, among the other poſ-
kets, it is not of any great worth. From its ſeſſions of the priory, in the Crown but a ſmall
high ſituation it is very bleak and cold, and the time, for an act paſſed that year to enable the
inhabitants in general poor. The village is fi King and the Archbiſhop of Canterbury to ex-
tuated round the green, in the weſtern part of change the ſcite of the late diffolved priory of St.
Radigund near Dover, with all its poffeffions,
lately given by the King to the Archbiſhop for
the ſcite of the late diſſolved priory of St. Gre-
Roger Payne, late of Otterden, eſq; by his laſt
d all its poſſeſſions, excepting the manor
will, proved in 1706, gave 20l. chargeable of Howfield in Chartham.
on his eſtate at Otterden, to the poor houſe-
This church becoming thus part of the rea
keepers of this pariſh ; which money is placed
venues of the fee of Canterbury, was demiſed by
out at intereſt at the rate of 41. per cent. the
the Archbiſhop, among the reſt of the revenues
yearly diſtribution of it being veſted in the of the above-mentioned priory, in one grand
Miniſter, Churchwardensy and Overſeers of this
leaſe, in which, all advowſons and nominations
pariſh for the time being,
of churches and chapels were however excepted,
and it has been continued under the ſame kind
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
of demiſe from time to time ever ſince, for the
This pariſh is ſituated within the eccleſiaſtical term of 21 years, at the yearly rent of 551.
juriſdiction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and which term has uſually been renewed every ſe-
deanry of Oſpringe.
ven years.
PRESENT STATE OF STALISFIELD,
.
CHARITI E S.
gory, and
ob
TH109005200
(n) See more of the Sondes's under Throwley, and of the
Watſons under Lees-court in Sheldwich.
(0) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(00) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 374.
(p) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 40, 42,
VOL. II.
9 H
Philip,

762
The HISTORY of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
STALISFIELD.
Pbilip, Earl of Cheſterfield, was lefſee of this The Archbiſhop. Henry Weſt, A. B. Jan. 2,
parſonage as part of the above premiſes, as heir
1597, obt. 1629.
to the Wottons, ſince whoſe deceaſe in 1773, the
Phineas Coſby, A. M. Dec.
leaſe of them has been ſold by his executors to
30, 1629, relig. 1641.
George Gipps, of Canterbury, efq; who is the pre-
Robert Trott, A.M. Aug. 13,
ſent leſſee under the Archbiſhop for the parſonage
1644, obt. 1664.
of Stalisfield, among the reſt of the poſſeſſions of
Thomas Conway, A. M. April
the priory of St. Gregory, as above-mentioned, and
28, 1665, obt. 1691.
the Rev. Mr. Wanley Sawbridge, Vicar of this pa-
Joſeph Lupton, A. M. Aug.
riſh, is the occupier of it, at a yearly reſerved
rent under him(q).
4, 1691, obt. 1692.
The parſonage pays a quit-rent of 6s. 10d. to
(v) John Symonds, A.M. Feb,
the manor of Stalisfield.
16, 1692, obt. Feb. 21,
The vicarage of this church appears to have
1748.
been endowed before the 8th of K. Richard II,
Benjamin Dawney, July 8,
by the taxation then made of it.
1748, obt. Oct. 23, 1778.
It is valued in the King's books at 5l. 6s. 8d. in pot (m)Wanley Sawbridge, A.M.
and the yearly tenths at 1os. 8d. and is now of
March 16, 1780. Preſent
the yearly certified value of 531. 185. 3d.(r)
Vicar.
In 1587, there were 61 communicants here.
In 1640, it was valued at only 35l. and the
THROW L E Y
communicants were then increaſed to 160.
Archbiſhop Juxon, by indenture anno 13
Charles L
IES the next pariſh north-eaſtward from
II, and by another anno 28 of that reign, aug.
Stalisfield. It is called in the record of
mented it with 251. per annum, to be paid by the Domeſday, Trevelei, in later records Truley and
lefſee of the great tythes.
Thruley, in Latin ones Trulega and Truilla; it is
The Archbiſhop continues patron of this vi-
now written both Throwley and Throwleigh.
carage.
MANOR.

Τ Η Ε
PORTION OF TY THES
(15 cm
CHURCH OF
10
This place, at the taking of the general fur-
THERE was a portion of tythes in this pariſh,
vey of Domeſday, about the 15th year of the
Conqueror's reign, was part of the poffeſſions
of the value of 1os. which was given ſoon after
of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of Kent, the
the conqueſt to the priory of St. Andrew in Ro-
King's half-brother, under the general title of
chefter by Humphry Canute; and this gift was af-
whoſe lands it is thus deſcribed in it:
terwards confirmed by D. de Monci, his deſcen-
dant, to be holden in like manner as the ſame
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PATRONS,
VICARS.
or by whom preſented. diiw
taxed at three ſulings. The arable land is eight
The Crown. (t) John Abbey, admitted May
carucates. In demeſne there is one, and 24 villeins,
with five borderers having fix carucates and an balf.
120, 1561. do
There is a church, and five ſervants. Wood for
(u)William Gyles, March 21,
misto the pannage of 20 bogs, and in the city three houſes
1571.
Robert Wyſkar, Mar. 3, 1579.
of 32 pence. In the time of K. Edward the Con-
feffor it was worth ſeven pounds, and afterwards
Thomas Reade, May 31, 1583, || Fix pounds. Ulnod held it of K. Edward.
On the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, about four
Thomas Harriſon, A.B. Apr. years afterwards, this, among his other eſtates,
II, 1588.
becane confiſcated to the Crown.

obt. 1587
12.9
(2) The parſonage conſiſts of a houſe, buildings, yard,
and ſmall orchard, 94 acres of land, and nine acres of wood,
let together with the tythes of corn, at 751. per annum ;
beſides which, there are 16 acres of woodland more in the
hands of the leflee of the parſonage, worth 31. 105. per
(t) He had the Queen's letters of preſentation to the vi-
carage of Stawkesfelde on that day. Rym. Fæd. vol. 15.
(u) He had the like letters of preſentation to this vicar-
ge on the death of the laſt incumbent. Rym. Fæd. vol.
xiv, p. 699.
(v) He was likewiſe Rector of Otterden.
(w) He is likewiſe Rector of Thunderſley in the co. of
Elſex, to which he was preſented in 1757.
annum.
P. II.
(r) Eet. Ther.
(1) Reg. Roff. p. 116, 620, 410, 46, 506.
After

ORY RY
of of
was ſucceeded
The IH IS TO K E N T. 763
THROWLEY.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
After which it was held of the King in capite the reſt of the eſtates in Kent; and Margery
by barony, by Jeffry de Peverel, who was one of entitled her huſband Simon de Norwood to Gat-
the eight Captains aſſociated with Fobn de Fienes, ton, and all the other eſtates in the county of
for the cuſtody of Dover caſtle, each having Surry (b).
competent lands aſſigned to him for that pur-
William de Dene had a charter of free warren
poſe, which together made up the barony of Pe for his lands in Tbruley, in the roth year of K.
verel, as it was called, from his holding it, the
Edward II.(c) His wife Elizabeth died anno
tenant being bound by his tenure of them to
14 Edward III, as he did the next year, then
maintain a certain number of ſoldiers from time
holding this manor by the law of England, as of
to time for the defence of that caſtle (x). After the inheritance of Elizabeth his late wife de-
which each Captain diſtributed his lands among ceaſed, of the King in capite, as of the caſtle of
others, for their aſſiſtance to him in the like
Dover, by the ſervice of one knight's fee, and
ſervice.
paying for each 20 weeks 2os. to the ward of
In the reign of K. Henry III, Robert de Gat that caſtle (d). Thomas de Dene was his ſon and
ton, who took his name from the lordſhip of heir, who poſſeſſed this manor in the 20th year
Gatton in the county of Surry, of which his an of K. Edward III, when he paid aid for it, at
ceſtors had been ſome time owners, was in pof the making of the Black Prince a Knight, as
feſſion of the manor of Thrule, of which he died one knight's fee, which Edmund de Gatton before
ſeiſed in the 38th year of that reign, holding it, held in Throwleghe of the King in capite. He
as one knight's fee, of the King, of the honor died ſeiſed of it in the 23d year of that reign(e),
of Peverel, by the eſcheat of that honor (y). He leaving iſſue by Martha his wife four daughters
his coheirs, of whom Benedikta, the eldeſt, mar-
Gatton, who reſided here, and ſerved the office ried John de Shelving, and entitled him to the
of Sheriff of this county in the 14th year of K. poffeffion of this manor; on his death likewiſe
Edward I. He died in the 20th year of that without male iſſue, his two daughters became
reign, holding it in his demeſne, as of fee, of his coheirs, of whom, Joane married John Bramp-
the King in capite, as two knights fees, together ton alias Detling, of Detling-court, and Ellen mar-
with Shamelesford, which was a member of it, ried John de Bourne, the former of whom, in
and was held of him as half a knight's fee by his wife's right, became poſſeffed of this manor.
Roger de Shamelesford, this manor being holden He left only one daughter Benedikta his heir,
by tlie ſervice of 40s. per annum to the ward of who carried it in marriage to Thomas at Town,
Dover caſtle, viz. for each 20 weeks 20s. and who was poſſeſſed of much land about Char-
by the ſervice of repairing a certain turret or ing (f); he removed hither in the reign of K.
houſe within the caſtle of Dover (z). He Henry VI, and built a ſeat for his reſidence in
ifrue four fons, Hamo, Robert, John, and James,
, this pariſh, about a quarter of a mile from the
of whom Hamo, the eldeſt, ſucceeded him in church, which he named, from himſelf, Town-
this manor, of which he died ſeiſed in the 29th place (g), foon after which he died, leaving his
year of that reign, holding it of the King in poffeffions to his three daughters and coheirs,
capite, as of the above mentioned honor, and
of whom Eleanor was married to Richard Lewk-
making ſuit from thence to the King's court of nor, of Challock ; Bennet to William Watton, of
Oſpringe, from three weeks to three weeks (a). Addington, and Elizabeth to William Sondes, of
He left iſſue one ſon Edmund, then only half a this pariſh and of Ling field in the co. of Surry,
Som13
year old, and two daughters, Elizabeth, who in which county his anceſtors had been feated
became the wife of
wife of William de Dene, and
Mar as early as the reign of K. Henry III, at Dark-
gery of Simon de Norwood. Which Edmund af ing, where their ſeat was nained, from them,
terwards deceaſing before he came to maturity, Sondes-place (b). Upon the diviſion of their
his two ſiſters became his coheirs, and divided inheritance, Town-place, with the lands belong-
his inheritance, of which Elizabeth entitled her ing to it in Throwley, was allotted to Richard
huſband William de Dene to this manor, and all Lewknor, who ſold it to Edward Evering (i),
Ats
He left
(3) He had 14 knights fees and a quarter (of which all
but four lay in this county) given him for this purpoſe, for
each of which he was to find a knight, and of theſe knights
three at a time were to enter the caſtle, and perform ward
there for one month, until they had all completed their
turns. Each of the eight had the charge of a particular
tower or turret in the caſtle, which he was to defend and
to repair at his own charge.
(y) Rot. Eſch. anno 39 Henry III, N. 39. He bore for
leis arms-Chequy or and azure. Robert de Gatton is ſaid to
have held one knight's fee, of the Abbat of Faverſham, in
Throwleigh. See Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 28.
(2) This was a turret, called turris Gattoniana, or Gat-
ton's tower. See Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 35:
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 58. udstil
kilom. 09
(6) See above, p. 136, 427. Toid to Isonas
(c) Philipott, p. 340.
it to boliqu?
(d) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (e) Ibid.
(f) He bore for his arm s-Argent, on à chevron fable 3
croſs-croflets ermine, which coat is in the windows of Ken-
nington church, impaled with Ellis, of that place.
(8) Philipott, p. 340.
(b) Among the Harleian Mf. in the Britiſh Muſeum, is
the pedigree of Walter Sondes, temp. Hen. IV, No.6111-36.
(i) He was the eldett ſon of Nicholas, third ſon of John
Evering; of Evering in Alkham.
and

764 The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
THROWLEY.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
and his daughter and heir Mary marrying in
having been twice married ; firſt to Cicele, daugh-
1565 with John Upton, of Faverſham, entitled ter of fir John Tufton, knt. and bart. who died
him to the poſſeſſion of this eſtace, which he on June 18, 1584, and was buried as above(n),
very ſoon afterwards alienated to Shilling, from
and ſecondly to Margaret, daughter of William
whom it as quickly afterwards paſſed by fale
Brooke, Lord Cobham ; by the latter of whom he
only left iſſue, viz. one daughter Frances, mar-
to Anthony Sondes, of this pariſh, eſq; whoſe
anceſtor William Sondes had married Elizabeth,
ried to fir John Levefon, knt. whoſe two daugh-
ters, Chriſtian and Frances, were married to fir
daughter and coheir of Thomas at Town, above-
Peter Temple, and to fir Francis Gower. On his
mentioned, on the diviſion of whoſe inheritance
death without male iſſue, his only brother fir
he had become poſſeſſed of the manor of Throw-
Michael Sondes, of Eaſtry, knt. ſucceeded to this
ley, and the antient manſion of it, which ſtood
manor and ſeat of his anceſtors, in which he af.
cloſe to the weſt end of the church-yard, in which
terwards reſided.
he afterwards reſided, and dying in 1474, anno
He was Sheriff of this county in the 26th year
15 Edward IV, was buried in the north chapel
of Q. Elizabeth's reign, and died in the 16th year
of the church of Throwley, in a place there de-
of K. James I, having been twice married ; firſt
figned and ſet aſide for that purpoſe(k). He left
10 Mary, only daughter and heir of George Fynch,
iſſue five fons, Regineld, Richard, Thomas, John,
of Norton, eſq; by whom he had ſix ſons and
and William, and two daughters, Benedikta, mar-
ſix daughters. She died on Sept. 23, 1603,
ried to Richard Martin, of Faverſham, and Agnes.
and was buried in the ſouth chancel of this
By his laſt will he deviſed his eſtates in this pa-
church (0). His ſecond wife was Anne, widow
riſh to his eldeſt ſon Reginald Sondes, who after-
of Reynold Parker, of Chatham, efq; who died in
wards reſided at Throwley, and married Eliza-
1615, and was there buried.
Of the fons,
beth, daughter and coheir of William Porter, of
Richard was the eldeſt, George, Thomas, Robert,
Nottingham, by whom he left iſſue Robert Sondes,
and Hobbie died before him, without iſſue, and
of Throwley, eſq; Sheriff of this county anno 13
William, the fifth fon, ſurvived him ().
Henry VIII. He died in the 21ſt year of that
Sir Richard Sondes, knt. the eldeſt ſon, reſided
reign, directing his body to be buried in the
at Throwley, where he died in the 8th year of
ſouth chancel of this church, before the Trinity K. Charles I. His firſt wife was Suſan, daugh.
there, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife, daugh-
ter of fir Edward Montagu, knt. (9), by whom
ter and coheir of John Watno, of London, Anthony
he had three ſons, George, Edward, and Anthony,
and three other ſons, and a daughter Anne, mar-
and two daughters (r). His ſecond wife was
ried to John Drayner, of Smarden. Anthony Sondes,
Catherine, daughter of fir Rowland Hayward, of
eſq; the eldeſt ſon, in the 31ſt year of K. Henry
London, knt. widow of Richard Scott, eſq; whọ
VIII, procured his lands in this county to be
ſurvived him, by whom he had iſſue Michael,
diſgavelled, by the act then paſſed. He died in
and five other ſons, and two daughters, Caiberine
1575, having married Joane, daughter of fir
and Martha.
John Fineux, knt. Chief Juſtice of the King's
He was ſucceeded in this manor and ſeat, with
Bench, by whom he had iſſue two ſons, Thomas
the reſt of his eſtates, by his eldeſt ſon fir George
and Michael, and two daughters (m).
Sondes, who was made a Knight of the Bath ac
He was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon fir Thomas the coronation of K. Charles I, ſoon after which
Sondes, knt. Sheriff of this county anno 22 Eliz. he began to rebuild his ſeat of Lees-court in
who founded the ſchool in this pariſh by his laſt Sheldwich, and fixed his reſidence there, under
will. He died on Feb. 7, 1592, æt. 48, and the deſcription of which a more particular ac-
was buried in the ſouth chancel of this church, count of him and his deſcendants may be ſeen (s).
tocht
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(4) This appears by his laſt will, and that he was pof (6) There is an altar-tomb erected to her memory, with
feſled of lands in Darking, Wef Beechworth, Lingfield, and both their effigies kneeling, which had once a canopy over
Ryegate, in Surry; and though he directs his body to be them, like that above mentioned.
buried, as above-mentioned, in Throwley church, yet he (P) Of the daughters, Elizabeth was married to George
orders a memorial of himſelf to be put up in the church of Waller, ela; Jane firſt to Edward Fludd, of Berfied, efq; and
Ling field in the co. of Surry.
ſecondly to for Thomas May, krt. Paulina to fir Maximilian
Richard Sondes, gent. his ſecond ſon, died a batchelor on Dalyſon, knt. Anne to fir Gabriel Leveſey, knt. Martha to
Dec. 4, anno 1 Elizabeth, and was buried in the ſouth Richard Pixe, of Nottingham, eſq; and Judith.
chancel of this church, where his effigies in braſs, and in (9) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See
Scriprion yet remain.
Stem. Chich. No. 115; as was his ſecond wife Catherine,
(m) Elizabeth was married to fir Maurice Barkley, of Ben-
Ibid. No. 150.
fon in the co. of Somerſet, eſq; and Paulina to John Palmer, (m) Elizabeth, married to Cholmley, and Anne to Abra-
of the co. of Middleſex, efq; both of whom lie buried in ham Delaune, remarried to fir William Hugeſen, of Proven.
St. James's church, Clerkenweli.
ders, knt.
(n) There is a handſome altar-tomb erected over them,
(6) The family' of Sondes bore for their arms-- Argent, 3
on which are their effigies in a kneeling pofture, which were
blackmores heads couped, between 2 chevronels Jable, which,
.formerly covered with a canopy and other ornaments, long
with the ſeveral quarterings borne by them, are painted on
knce gone to ruin,
their monuments in this church.


Some
T

The
765
HISTORY of K E N T.
THROWLEY.
Some years after which, this feat was entirely
pulled down, and the park adjoining to it diſ-
parked (1).
Sir George Sondes was afterwards, anno 28
Charles II, created Earl of Faverſham, Viſcount
Sondes of Lees-court, and Baron of Throwley, and
dying next year without ſurviving male iſſue,
his two daughters became his coheirs, of whom
Mary was married to Lewis, Lord Duras, Marquis
of Blanquefort in France, afterwards, by the en-
tail of his father-in law's patent, Earl of Faver-
jham, and Katherine to the Hon. Lewis Watſon,
afterwards Earl of Rockingham, who each ſucceſ-
fively, in right of their reſpective wives, inherited
this manor and eſtate, and the latter of them died
feiſed of it in 1724. He was ſucceeded in it by
his grandſon Lewis, ſon of Edward his ſon, Lord
Viſcount Sondes; which Lewis, Earl of Rockingham,
as well as his only ſurviving brother Thomas, Earl
of Rockingham, dying without iſſue, the latter of
them deviſed it, among the reſt of his eſtates, to
the Hon. Lewis Monfon, ſecond ſon of John, Lord
Monſon, by Margaret the youngeſt daughter of
Lewis the firſt Earl of Rockingham. He after-
wards took the name of Watſon, and in 1760 was
created a Peer of this realm, by the title of Lord
Sondes, Baron Sondes of Lees-court, and he is the
preſent poffeſſor of this manor, with Town-place
and the eſtate belonging to it (u).
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
The Denne of Toppenden alias Tappenden, in
Smarden, in the Weald of Kent, is an appendage
to the manor of Throwley, and is held of it.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
into the caſtle of Leeds, of which he was Con-
ſtable, that having taken him priſoner, he cauſed
him to be executed at Canterbury in the 16th
year of his reign (x). By the inquiſition taken
after his death, which was not till anno 2 Ed-
ward III, (y) at which time both the proceſs
and judgment againſt him was reverſed, it was
found that he died ſeiſed of this manor, among
others, which were then reſtored to his fon Giles
de Badleſmere, who was ſo high in the King's
favor, that in the 7th year of that reign, though
not then of full age, yet doing his homage, he
had livery of all his inheritance, and having
been ſummoned to Parliament, he died in the 12th
year of K. Edward III, anno 1337, being then
ſeiſed of this manor of Wylrington (2). Upon
his deceaſe without iſſue, his four fifters became
his coheirs, and upon a partition of their inhe-
ritance (a), this marior fell to the ſhare of Mar-
gery, wife of William, Lord Roos of Hamlake,
who ſurvived her huſband, and died in the 37th
year of K. Edward III, poffeffed of it, as did
her only ſurviving ſon Thomas, Lord Roos, anno
7 Richard II. (b) His grandſon John, Lord
Roos, died feiſed of it in the 9th year of K.
Henry V, (c) leaving no iſſue by Margaret
his
wife, daughter of fir Philip Le Deſpencer, knt.
by Elizabeth his wife, grand-daughter of fir John
Tibetot, knt, who married Margaret, another ſiſter
and coheir of Giles de Badleſmere ; which Margaret
ſurvived him, and had this manor afligned to
her as part of her dower (d). She afterwards
ma ied Roger Wentworth, efq; whom ſhe like-
wiſe ſurvived, and died anno 18 Edward IV,
when it was found, that Henry Wentworth, eſg;
ſon of Philip her eldeſt ſon by her ſecond huſ-
band, who died in her life-time, was her next
of kin (e).
On the death of John, Lord Roos, her firſt
huſband, without iſſue, the reverſion of this
manor, after her death, became veſted in The .
mas his next ſurviving brother and heir, who
died anno 9 Henry VI, leaving a ſon Thomas,
then an infant, who afterwards became a firm
friend to the Houſe of Lancaſter, for which he
was attainted anno i Edward IV, and his lands
were confiſcated to the Crown (f).
On the death of Margaret, the widow of
Roger Wentworth, eſq; the manor of Wulrington,
but whether by grant or purchaſe, I have not
found, came into the poſſeſſion of Richard Lewk-
WILD ER TON,
alias Wolderton, called alſo in antient deeds
Wilrinton, is a manor in this pariſh, which was
once part of the poffefſions of the eminent fa-
mily of Badleſmere (v), of which Bartholomew de
Badle mere was poſſeſſed of it in the reign of K.
Edward II, with whom he was much in favor,
and for his ſervices in the Scottiſh wars, obtained
in the 9th year of it many liberties and fran-
chiſes for his different manors and eſtates, among
which was that of free warren in the demeſne
lands of this manor of Wolrington (w). Having
had fummons to Parliament from the 3d to the 14th
year of that reign, he afterwards aſſociated bim-
ſelf with the diſcontented Barons, in which
time, the King became ſo highly incenſed againſt
him, for his having denied the Queen entrance
(1) The foundations of this ſeat ſtill remain, and the diſ-
parked lands ſtill retain the name of Throwley-park.
(u) See more of him, and of the Watſons, under Lees-
court in Sheld
wich.
(v) There was antiently a chapel at this manor of Wil-
rintune, as appears by a charter, dated anno 1217, in the
treaſury of St. Bertin's monaſtery at St. Omers, concerning
the privilege of a bell to it.
(w) Rot. Cart. anno 9 Edward II, N. 57
(x) Dugd. Bar, vol. ii, p. 58.
(») Rot. Efch. ejus an. (z) Ibid.
(a) Viz. Maud, wife of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and
widow of Robert Fitzpain ; Margaret of fir John Tiptoft;
Elizabeth of William Bohun, Earl of Northampton, and widow
of Edmund Mortimer; and Margery of William, Lord Roos.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(c) He was ſlain with the Duke of Clarence, in a battle in
Anjou, on Eaſter Eve that year.
(d) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 549 et ſeq. See vol. i. of this
hiſtory, p. 286, 287.
(e) See above, p. 66.
() See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 286.
VOL. II.
91
nor,
766
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Tbe
HIS TÖ RY of
(4) This estate conſiſts of a capital manſion-houſe, build.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
THROWLEY.
nor, of Challock, owner likewiſe of Town-place, iſſue by Margaret Seth his wife two fons, Joba
as above-mentioned, who fold it to Edward and James, and two daughters, Catherine and
Evering (8), whoſe daughter and heir Mary mar Anne. John Upton, the eldeſt ſon, inherited this
rying in 1565 with Mr. Jobn Upton, of Faver manor, and married Anne, daughter of Mr.
jham, entitled him to the poffeffion of it(b). Stephen Bunce. He died in 1664, and by his
He joined with his brother Nicholas Upton, in
laft will deviſed it to his daughter Anne, wife of
1583, in the ſale of the manor houſe, with all Charles Caſtle, gent. who in 1688 deviſed it to
the demeſne lands belonging to it, excepting one
her brother-in-law George Naylor, and George
ſmall piece called the manor-croft, and a moiety
Wbite, the former of whom becoming ſolely pof-
of the manor, which, from its ſituation, from felfed of it, in 1705 deviſed it to his nephew
that time was known by the name of novit Mr. Jobn Dalton, of St. Edmundſbury, gent, for
his life, and afterwards to his ſon Thomas Dalton,
NORTH-WILDERTON,
and his iſſue, in conſequence of which it de-
fcended to Benjamin Sbuckforth, of Diſs in the
to Anthony Terry, of North-Wilderton, yeoman (i), co. of Norfolk, who in the year 1741 fold it to
upon whoſe death it came to his four fons, Ar Mr. Giles Hilton, of Lords in Sheldwich, on whoſe
nold, William, Thomas, and George Terry, who in death it deſcended to his three ſons, John, Wil.
1601 made a partition of their father's eſtates, liam, and Robert Hilton. John, the eldeſt, at
in which this manor was allotted to Arnold his death in 1780, deviſed his third part to his
I erry (k) and William his brother, from whom brother Robert for life, with remainder to his
it deſcended to Anthony Terry, of Oſpringe, who nephew John in tail. William's third part, at
in 1689 fold it to Mr Thomas Knowler, of Fa his death, deſcended likewiſe, as well by will as
verſham, who deviſed it to his ſiſter Abigail for otherwiſe, to his brother Robert in fee, ſo that
her life, and after her death to John Knowler, of Mr. Robert Hilton is now become the ſole pro-
Oſpringe, gent. in fee. She afterwards married
prietor of this manor, and is the preſent poffel-
John Bates, and they, together with John Know for of it.
ler above-mentioned, about the year 1694, joined
PRESENT STATE OF THROWLEY.
in the ſale of it to Mr. Edward Baldock, of Ayles-
ford, and Bennet his wife. He ſurvived her, The pariſh of Throwley is ſituated upon high
and by deed of gift, in 1717, veſted the fee of ground; there is much hill and dale in it, but
it in his ſon Edward Baldock, who paſſed it away the hills are not ſo frequent as in the laft-de-
to Mr. Thomas Greenftreet, of Norton, whoſe niece ſcribed pariſhes, and the valleys are much wider.
Elizabeth marrying with Mr. Thomas Smith, of There is much coppice wood in it, eſpecially in
Gillingham, entitled him to the poffeffion of this the northern and ſouth-weſtern parts of it. The
manor, which he ſtill enjoys.
lands are much addicted to chalk, and are in
A Court Baron is held for this manor. It pays
general much covered with flints, though there
a yearly fee-farm rent of 1s. 6d. to the Crown. are ſome of the level lands, eſpecially in the
diſparked grounds of Throwley park, which are
S O V T H-WILDERTON.
tolerably fertile, and much more ſo than the reſt
in this pariſh. The church ſtands nearly in the
But the remaining moiety of the manor, with
center of it, with the ruins of the ancient ſeat of
a ſmall croft called the manor-croft, lying at the
the Sondes's cloſe to the weſt end of it.
weſt end of Hockſtet -green, remained with John
There are ſeveral greens or forſtals through-
Upton, and thence forward acquired the name
out the different parts of this pariſh, and a
of Soutb alias Great Wilderton. He left iſſue by
larger one called Wilgate-green, round which are
Mary Evering his firſt wife two ſons, John and
ſeveral houſes, two of which are farm-houſes,
Thomas, the eldeſt of whom poffeffed this eſtate,
the eſtates of which belong to Mr. Pbilerenis
of which he died ſeiſed on May 24, 1635, æt. Willis, of London, and a third to a conſiderable
53, and was buried in Faverſham church, leaving farm belongs to the Right Hon. Lord Vane (I).
78) He was the eldeſt ſon of Nicholas, third ſon of John Edwards; and thirdly Martha, daughter of Thomas Hales.
Ivering, of Evering in Alkham.
They bore for their arms-Quarterly Jable and or, in the
(b) Philipott, p. 340. He was deſcended from William if and 4th quarters, a croſs flory argent, each charged with
Upton, of Faverſham, who died in 1423, and was buried a trefoil azure. Viſtn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigree of Upton.
in the church there, as was Alice his wife before him in (i) By the name of North-Wilderten, alias Wolrington,
1419, by whom he left iffue John Upton, of Faverſham, alias Wilberton, alias Wildreington. The houſe is ſituated
gent. who died in 1430. His fon Thomas died in 1447, in the vale, at a ſmall diſtance weſt ward of Wilgate-green.
leaving iſſue Stephen Upton, whoſe fon John, by Elizabeth (k) He left by Barbara his wife a ſon Vincent Terry.
his wife, daughter of Nicholas Finch, of Norton, had two
fons, Nicholas, who married Alice Wood, and John Upton, ings, &c. a cottage, and 240 acres of land, and was pur-
above-mentioned, who had three wives; firſt Mary, daugh chaſed, with many other premiſes in this neighbourhood,
ter and heir of Edward Evering, of Wilderton, which ſhe of Edward Thomas and James Chapman, who ſold it to
brought to him in marriage ; fecoxdly Alice, daughter of Cbriftopher Vane, Lord' Barrard, who dying in 1723, was
ſucceeded

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of
THROWLEY.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
pier of it.
There was a family named Wolgate, from whoſe 1) thority, as to the latter ; indeed, the continued
reſidence here this green ſeems to have taken its oppoſition he met with from the Britons, during
name of Wolgate or Wilgate-green. · After they his ſhort ſtay here, afforded him hardly a poſli-
had remained here for fome generations they bility of ſeeing any other parts of this country
ended in a daughter, for Mr. Ralph Wolgate dy than thoſe near which he landed, and in the
ing in 1642, his daughter Anne married Mr. direct track through which he marched towards
William Genery, and entitled him to her father's Coway ſtakes ; too ſmall a ſpace for him to form
poffeffions here, at Pofiers in Borden, and other any affertion of the general products of a whole
parts of this county (m). The Woodwards ſeem country, or even of the neighbouring parts to
afterwards to have poffeſſed their eſtate here, him. Of thoſe he paſſed through, the foil was
ſeveral of whom lie buried under a tomb in not adapted to the growth of the beech tree; from
Throwley church-yard (n).
which we may with great probability ſuppoſe,
Diad
About half a mile diſtant fouth-weſtward from
there were none growing on it, nor are there any
Wilgate-green is a late erected ſeat, called, from throughout it, even at this time, a circumſtance
its high ſituation and extenſive proſpect from
which moſt likely induced him to ſuppoſe, and
it, Belmont; it was built in the year 1769, by
afterwards to make the affertion above-men-
Edward Wilks, eſq; Storekeeper of the Royal
tioned (0).
Powder-mills at Faverſham, who incloſed a pad The flints, with which the cold unfertile lands
dock or fhrubbery round it, and occaſionally of this pariſh, as well as ſome other parts of the
reſided here, till he alienated it in 1779 to John county, are covered, have been found to be of
Montreſor, eſq; the preſent proprietor and occu great uſe in the bringing forward the crops
growing on them, either by their warmth, or
The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury is poſſeſſed ſomewhat equivalent to it. Heretofore the oc-
of wood and other lands in the north-eaſt part of cupiers of theſe lands were anxious to have them
this pariſh, the leſſee of which is Thomas Smith, picked up and carried off from their grounds,
of Faverſham, eſa;
but experiencing the diſadvantage of it in the
failure of their crops, they never practiſe it them-
felves, and ſubmit to the ſurveyors of the high-
The coppice woods in this pariſh conſiſt moſtly
ways taking them off with great reluctance.
of beech, as they do in general on the continued In this pariſh there are quantities of the great
range
of chalk-hills throughout this county, in
whitiſh aſh coloured Mell ſnail, which are of an
ſome places extending two or three miles in unuſual large ſize; they are found likewiſe near
width, and in others much more.
The large
Darking in Surry, and between Puckeridge and
tracts of ground in this and other counties, over Ware in the county of Hertford. They are not
ſpread with the beech tree, the random ſituation originally of this iſland, but have been brought
of their ſtubs, and other circumſtances which from abroad, many of them are at this time
occur in viewing them, are ſtrong proofs of their
obſerved in different parts of Italy.
being the indigenous growth of this iſland, not-
PRI
withſtanding Cæſaris peremptory aſſertion, in his
Commentaries, of there being none here in his In the reign of K. Stephen, there was an alien
time. The Britons, he ſays, had every material priory eſtabliſhed in this pariſh, as a cell to the
for uſe and building, the ſame as the Gauls, ex Benedi&tine abbey of St. Bertin at St. Omers, the
cepting the fir and the beech. The former there capital of Artois in Flanders, William de Ipre,
is poſitive proof of his being groſsly miſtaken in 1153, having given this church, with that of
in, which will in ſome meaſure deſtroy that im Chilham, to it for that purpoſe, which gift was
plicit credit we might otherwiſe give to his au confirmed by K. Stephen the ſame year (P).
NATURAL
HISTORY.
Τ Η Ε
P R I ORY.
ſucceeded in it by his ſecond ſon William, Viſcount Vane,
whoſe fon the Right Hon. William, Viſcount Vane, is the pre-
ſent poffeffor of it. See Shipborne above, p: 253.
(m) See Borden above, p. 567.
(n) In 1652, Arnold Lees and others held the reeveſhip
of Wilgate-green, at the rent of gs. id. of the high court
of the diffolved monaſtery of St. Auguſtine’s, Canterbury, as
appears by the ſurvey then taken of the revenues of that
court, remaining in the Augmentation-ofice. Parl. Sur-
veys.
() The ingenious Mr, Whitaker, in his Hiſtory of Man-
cbefter, though he pays the higheſt veneration to Cæſar's
authority, is obliged to give it up in relation to the fir tree,
and yet, on the greatneſs of that authority, adopts the
fame ſentiment of the beech not being in this iſland at the
time of Cæſar's ſtay in it, and, conſequently, not the indi.
genous growth of Britain. I am ſorry to differ fo much in
opinion from an hiſtorian I greatly reſpect, whoſe work I
eſteem, in point of merit, among the firſt of our local hiſ-
tories; but I am ſo thoroughly perſuaded of Cæſar's miſ-
take, equally the ſame in relation to the beech as to the
fir, that I cannot give this point up, unleſs more convinc-
ing arguments are made uſe of, than thoſe which have as
yet been urged againft it.
() The charter of this gift is in the treaſury of the mo-
naſtery of St. Bertin, as are all the others hereafter men-
tioned relating to this church and priory.
I heobald, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, confirmed this gift
in 1153, as did K. Henry II, and Archbiſhop Thomas Becket
in 1165; Archbiſhop Richard confirmed it in 1175; Henry
de Inſula and his wife, in 1176, acknowledged the right
of the abbey to their tythe of Throwley; Archbiſhop Bald-
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cuſtody of his houſe and poſſeſions committed || Serapias longifolia, white flowered baſtard helle-
, ,
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
THROWLEY.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
There are very few formal foundations of This priory, with its poffeffions, ſeems to have
theſe cells, the lands of them being uſually remained in the hands of the Crown till K.
granted to ſome monaſtery abroad, as an increaſe Henry VI, in his 22d year, ſettled them on the
to their revenues, after which, upon ſome part monaſtery of Sion in the co. of Middleſex, founded
of them they built convenient houſes, for the by his father K. Henry V, (u) with which they
reception of a ſmall convent. Some of theſe continued till the general ſuppreſſion of religious
cells were made conventual, having a certain houſes, this being one of thoſe greater monaſ-
number of monks, who were moſtly foreigners, teries diffolved by the act of the 31ſt year of K.
and removeable at pleaſure, ſent over with a Henry VIII, by which all ſuch, together with
Prior at their head, who were little more than their poſſeſſions, were given to the King and his
ſtewards to the ſuperior abbey, to which they heirs for ever (v). After which, how this priory
returned the revenues of their poſſeſſions annu was diſpoſed of by the Crown, may be further
ally; others were permitted to chuſe their own
ſeen below, under the deſcription of the par-
Prior, and theſe were entire ſocieties within fonage of the church of Throwley.
themſelves, and received their revenues for their There was a rent of 41. 185. 40. reſerved from
own uſe and benefit, paying perhaps only a yearly the parſonage of Throwley, by K. Henry VIII.
penſion as an acknowledgement of their ſubjec nomine decima, which was granted by Q. Eliza-
tion, or
or what was at firſt the ſurpluſage to the beth, in her 3d year, to Matthew, Archbiſhop of
foreign houſe.my
Canterbury, among other premiſes, in exchange
slov
The cell at I browley was of the former fort, for divers manors, lands, &c. belonging to that
for which reaſon, during the wars between Eng-
ſee, which rent ſtill continues part of the re-
land and France, as their revenues went to ſup venues of it (w).
port the King's enemies, theſe kind of houſes
were generally ſeized on by the King, and re-
Ο Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ.
ſtored again upon the return of a peace (q). Mr. Jacob, of Faverſham, has taken notice,
In the 25th year of K. Edward I, Peter, Prior in his Plantæ Faverſhamienſes, of ſeveral ſcarce
of Triwle, as it was ſpelt in the record, made plants in this pariſh.
fine to the King at Weſtminjter, and had a privy Aquilegia vulgaris, common columbine ; in Bad-
ſeal for his protection, by which he had the
to his care, to retain them during the King's bore.
pleaſure, anſwering to his Exchequer for the Prenanthes muralis, ivy leafed wild lettuce; in
profics of them, according to the directions of
hedges near Wilderton.
him and his council (r).
Thymus ſerpyllum, lemon thyme ; on Badgen
The ſcite of this priory was that of the par downs.
ſonage of the church of Throwley, which, with Ulmus glabra, the wych hazel or broad leafed
that of Chilbam, ſeems to have been all their elm ; in the hedges of this pariſh.
poffeßions in this kingdom. Theſe were valued The orchis myodes, or fly ſatirion, grows in the
in the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 1384, ſide of the path in a ſmall wood midway between
each at 401. annually, and their temporalities at the church and Wilgate-green.
20s. 6d. (s) at which time the parſonage of Throw-
ley was become appropriated to this cell, and a
vicarage was endowed in it. In which ſituation
There is a free ſchool, the houſe of which is
this priory remained till the general ſuppreſſion ſituated adjoining to the church-yard eaſtward,
of the alien priories throughout England, in the which was founded by fir Thomas Sondes, of this
2d year of K. Henry V, anno 1414, which was
enacted in the Parliament then held at Leiceſter, will deviſed a houſe and 61. per annum to the
and all their houſes, revenues, &c. were given Maſter of it, to dwell in, and as a recompence
to the King and his heirs for ever (t).
non noinig
for his pains; but having charged his executors
ewin confirmed the church of Throwley in 1186 ; Stephen,
(v) The monaſtery of Sion in the pariſh of Iſle worth was
Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in 1210, granted his letters of founded by K. Henry V. anno 1411, of the order of St.
confirmation for all their poſſeſſions in England, and in Auguſtine, as reformed by St. Brigit, Queen of Sweedland;
K. Henry III. granted his letters of privilege to them and confifted of 85 perſons, viz. 60 nuns, whereof one to
for this church and its appurtenances.
be Lady Abbeſs ; 13 prieſts, one of whom to preſide by the
(9) Tan. Mon. præf. p. xxvii. Dugd. Warw. p. 24, 25. name of confeffer; four deacons, and eight' lay-brethren.
See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 76.
It was dedicated to our Saviour, the Virgin Mary, and the
(r) Prynne's Records, p. 707.
above-mentioned St. Bridgit, and was endowed at the dif-
(s) Decem. Script. Thorn. col. 2167.
folution with 19441. us. 8/d. total revenue, and 17311.
(t) Though this act is not in the ſtatute book, it is nien 8s. 4 d. clear yearly income. Tan. Mon. p. 324.
tioned among the parent rolls of the 3d year of King (w) The only remains left of this priory are ſome few
Henry V. See vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 77.
foundations, and two walls of Aint, which ſupport a build-
(u) Tan. Mon. p. 222, 324.
ing ſtanding behind the parſonage-houſe and garden,
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The
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H IS TO RY', of
K E N T.
THROWLEY.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
it; called Bell-born, the donor of which is un-
known.
There were three alms- houſes in this pariſh, the
gift of one of the Sondes family; one of them
was ſome time ſince burned down, and has not
been rebuilt, but Lord Sondes allows the perfon
nominated to it, the value of it in money
yearly.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
and not his heirs to the fulfilling of this be-
queſt, and charged the payment of the above
fum, among other charitable legacies, on ſeveral
leaſehold eſtates, the terms of which expired in
his nephew fir Richard Sondes's time, and the
houſe having tumbled down for want of repairs,
for George Sondes, ſon of fir Richard above-men-
tioned, thought it unreaſonable, as he had none
of the eſtates, that he ſhould be bound to main.
tain the ſchool; however, he voluntarily paid
the Maſter his falary, and gave him a houſe to
live in, both which have been continued by the
poffeffors of Throwley manor to this time, as far
as I can learn, as of their own free gift.
The preſent Right Hon. Lord Sondes appointed
the preſent Schoolmaſter as ſuch during pleaſure,
and pays him a ſalary of 121. per annum, beſides
which, he allots him an houſe and garden, worth
about 61. per annum, which his Lordſhip repairs
from time to time, and for which no parochial
or church-dues are paid. There are at preſent
14 boys taught reading, writing, and arithmetic,
gratis, in this ſchool, which though taken moſtly
from the pariſhes of Throwley, Badleſmere, and
Leveland, are not confined to be taken from
thoſe pariſhes.
THRowley is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſ.
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Oſpringe.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Michael,
conſiſts of three iſles and three chancels. The
ſteeple is a ſquare tower, and ſtands in the center
of the ſouth ſide of it, in which there hangs a
peal of fix bells, given in 1781, at the expence
of Mr. Montreſor, of Belmont in this pariſh (x).
An account of the antient patronage of the
church of Throwley has already been given, as
firſt belonging to the alien priory here, and then
to the monaſtery of Sion in the co. of Middleſex,
to the time of the diffolution of the latter in the
31ſt year of K. Henry VIII; the year after
which, the King granted the rectory, with the
advowſon of the vicarage of the church of
Throwley, to the Prebendary of Rugmer in the
cathedral church of St. Paul, London, to hold to
him and his ſucceſſors for ever, in exchange for
lands belonging to that Prebend, to be incloſed
CHAR I TI E S.
The ſum of 40s. a year is received yearly
on St. Barnabas's Day, towards the relief of the
poor of this pariſh, payable from a farm in
(*) In the ſouth iſle, at the weſt end, is a memorial for
Francis Hoſier Hart, gent. obt. 1761, leaving three daugh-
ters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Diana Hoſier. In the middle
ifle, againſt the ſouth wall, is a ſmall monument for Stephen
Bunce, of this pariſh, ela; one of the Antients of New-Inn,
who died there in 1634, and was buried in St. Clement's
church, London. He married Anne, daughter of Arthur
Barham, of Maidſtone, efq; by whom he had four ſons and
four daughters. In the middle chancel there are two ſtalls
of wood, which are not fixed to any place, and in the north
ifle three more of the like fort, joined together, with a
deſk before them, which ſeem to have been removed from
the chancel, and were both intended for the uſe of the re.
ligious of the priory here. In the middle of this chancel is
a memorial for Dr. Thomas Horſmonden, Patron and Rector
of Purleigh in the co. of Eſſex, Prebendary of Lincoln, &c.
who died anno 1632, æt. 57. In the ſides of the north chan-
cel are two handſome tombs, without inſcriptions, one of
which is that of William Sondes, who died anno 1474, as
has been mentioned above. The ſouth chancel was allotted
by his ſon Reginald for the burial-place of himſelf and his
deſcendants, his tomb being on the north ſide of it, with
the ſeveral eſcutcheons of the arms, quarterings, and im-
palements of him and his anceſtors on the ſides of it; the
tombs of fir Thomas and fir Michael Sondes, brothers, with
their firſt ladies and their effigies kneeling, in white ala-
baſter, ſtand at the upper end, and are well preſerved. On
the pavement is the figure of an old man, with a long beard,
in braſs, with an inſcription for Richard Sondes, gent. obt.
anno 1 Elizabeth. Near the weſt end is a handſome altar-
tomb of black marble ſet over a ftone, ſeemingly with in-
tent to hide the inſcription on it; however, ſome few of
the letters appear on the margin. This tomb is erected to
the memory of fir George Sondes, Earl of Faverſham, his
lady, and others his deſcendants. Againſt the weſt wall is
a ſmall monument, with a buft of white marble, for Tho-
mas, third ſon of fir Richard Sondes, by his ſecond wife,
daughter of fir Rowland Hayward, obt. 1668, æt. 59.
Theſe, with many more of this family, as appears by the
pariſh regiſter, are buried in the vault underneath, but
the family of Watſon burying at Rockingham, this vault has
not been opened for many years. The north and South
chancels above-mentioned belonged, one to the poffeſfors
of Throwley-manor, the other to thoſe of Town-place, but
which to each, I cannot aſcertain, but they both belong
now to Lord Sordes.
There were formerly in the windows of this church, the
coats of arms of Sondes, Finch, and Gatton, and in the
north window this inſcription-Pray for the good eſtate of
Alice Martyn, the which did make this window, mccccxlv.
In the church-yard, at the weſt end of the north ifle,
there is a circular door-caſe of ſtone, having ſeveral bor-
dures of Saxon ornaments carved round it.
In the church-yard is an altar-tomb for William Woodward,
of Wilgate-green, gent. obt. June 28, 1681, æt. 49, and
Anne his firſt wife, daughter of Capt. Tafjell, of Linfed,
gent. who died on March 15, 1661, æt. 27, leaving one
daughter Martha. His ſecond wife was daughter of Henry
Chapman, of Bower in Molaſh, gent. by whom he had two
fons and five daughters. She died Jan. 12, 1723, æt. 84,
leaving one daughter Anne living, the wife of Ingrabam
Marfh, of Newington near Hyth.
It appears by the will of William Sondes, eſq; anno 1474,
that this church had then conſtantly burning in it lights,
dedicated to St. Michael, the Holy Trinity, the Holy Croſs,
$t. Mary, St. Thomas, St. Chriſtopher, St. George, St. Ka-
therine, St. Margaret, St. Mary Magdalen, and St. Nichom
las.
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HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
RECTORS.
THROWLEY.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
within the King's park of Marybone in the co. of John Hotham, D.D. (i) Walter Williams, A. M.
Middleſex, in purſuance of an act of Parliament
Prebendary. - March 12, 1779. Preſent
which then paſſed for that purpoſe. Since which,
Vicar.
this parſonage and advowſon have continued part
of the above-mentioned Prebend to this time, ons
L E V E L A N D
The former is leaſed out by the preſent Preben-
dary John Hotham, D.D. to the Right Hon. Lord Is the next pariſh eaſtward from Throwley, and
Sondes, but the advowſon of the vicarage he re. was part of the antient poſſeſſions of the fee
tains in his own hands, and is the preſent patron of Canterbury, being held of the ſeveral Arch-
of it.
biſhops by knights ſervice. loer
A vicarage was endowed here on the 10th of
Accordingly it is entered in the ſurvey of
the kal. of Sept. 1 367, anno 42 Edward III, by Domeſday, taken about the 15th year
of the Con.
Archbiſhop Simon Langham, at which time the
queror's reign, under the title of Terra Militum
chapel of WyIrington belonged to it (y).
Archiepi, as follows:
It is valued in the King's books at 71. 11s. 8d. bir
In Faverſha' Hund
and the yearly tenths at ol. 155. 2d. (z)
Ricard'ho'(k) archiepi ten' de eo Levelant p uno
In 1578, there were 180 communicants here. ſolin' ſe defd'. Tra é..
In dnio. 1. car'. &
In 1640, it was valued at 45l. communicants 2. villi cu'. 1, borď hnt. 1. car'. Silva. 5. porc'.
220. minna aina to e moto AM
I. R. E. & poft' val 30. fol. mo. 20. fol".
Which is : In Faversham Hundred, mon
CHURCH OF THROWLEY.ORA
to mondo
Richard, tenant of the Archbiſhop, holds of him
PATRONS,
Levelant. It was taxed et one Juling. The arable
w by whom preſented.
hignolo
land is .... In demeſne there is one carucate,
(a) Roger Vele, Parſon of
and two villeins, with one borderer, having one
cronol ads on Tbrouleye, an. 22 Edw. I.
carucate. There is wood for the pannage of five
VICARS.
bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeffor, and
(b) Thomas Boteler, in 1463. afterwards, it was worth 30 ſhillings, now 20
(c) Peter Playce, obt. 1573. foillings.
Robert Avis, A.M. Tbomas Birkhead, July 16,
-
This Richard had a grant of it from Archbiſhop
1573.
Lanfranc, to hold of him and his fucceffors by
Michael Sondes, eſq; (d) William Copell, S. T. B.
leion
LP: || knights ſervice, to him and his heirs, and his
Oct.9, 1597, obt.
deſcendants, from their intereſt in this place,
Sir Michael Sondes, William Pulley, A. M. July
moſt probably aſſumed their ſurname from it.
knt.
(e) William Annand, induct.
July 15, 1649.
In the reign of K. Richard I, Nathaniel de
Matth. Smallwood, (d) George Robertſon, A. M.
Leveland held it of the Archbiſhop as one knight's
S.T.P. bac vice, Nov, 6, 1662, obt. 1688.
The Crown, hac vice. Richard Sale, Cl. Sept. 11,
fee, in the 9th year of which, he and his ſon
1688.
Robert fined in 60 marcs to the King, to have
the custody of the King's houſes at Westminſter,
(f) Benjamin Hollingworth,
reſigned 1696.
and of the Fleet-priſon, which had been their in-
Jonathan Bernard, Oct. 28,
heritance ever ſince the conqueſt, and that they
might not be hindered therein by the counter-
om 1701, obt. Feb. 1, 1715.
fine of Oſbert de Longchamp (1). At length their
James Barker, Pre- (8) John Willis, LL. B. Aug.
deſcendant Margaret de Leveland carried this ma-
bendary of Rugmer. 27,1715, obt. Feb.1, 1757.
nor in marriage to Giles de Badleſmere, who was
Tho. Archer, Pre- (b) Johnſon Lawſon, A. B. a Fuſtice Itinerant at the beginnirg of K. Henry
bendary of Rugmer. March 5, 1757, obt. Nov. III.'s reign; but marrying her without the
25, 1778.
King's licence (m), he could not obtain his par-
ORG
.
wy29, 1605.
THE
M A N O R.
y) Ducarel's Rep. p. III, 2d edit.
(2) Ed. Theſ. p. 11.
(a) He is ſo called in a record of that time, yet there was
a Vicar here long before that, for in the treaſury of St.
Bertin's there is a petition of the pariſhioners of Throwley,
for the removal of their Vicar, for divers cauſes therein-
mentioned, dated in 1186, anno 33 Henry II.
(6) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(c) And Rector of Leveland, as was his ſucceſſor.
(d) He was buried in this church, as appears by the re-
giſter.
(e) And Rector of Leveland. Wood's Ath, vol. ii, p.
833, faki, p. 108, 122.
( He was likewiſe Vicar of Sheldwich, which he re-
ſigned, as well as this vicarage, for that of Stone in the Iſle
of Oxney.
(8) And Vicar of Sheldwich.
(b) And Dean of Battle in the county of Suffex.
(i) Alſo Vicar of Harrow near Edgware in the county
of Middleſex.
(k) Homo, in antient records, ſignified generally a boma-
ger, or one that owed fealty.
(1) Madox's Exchequer, p. 356.
(m) This appears by pat. 40 Henry III, memb. 8. She
was his ſecond wife, and feems to have had no iſſue by him,
See more of him under Badleſmere.
don

The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
771
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
the reſt of her
inheritance (w), and in het
LEVELAND,
don till about three years before his death, and de Northwood was found to die feiſed of the ma-
not then without great interceſſion. He was nor of Leveland in the 35th year of K. Edward
ſlain in a battle againſt the Welſh, in the year III. (r) Before the end of which reign, Richard
1258, anno 43 Henry III, and ſhe ſurvived him,
de Poynings was become poſſeſſed of all their
and afterwards remarried with Fulk de Peyforer, joint intereſts in this parilh, and he died feiſed
who had been Sheriff of this county in the 430 of the entire fee of the manor of Leveland in the
year of K. Henry 1II; he poffeſſed this manor i Ith
year
of K. Richard II. (s) On his death,
in her right, and died feiſed of it in the 5th year Iſabel his widow, daughter and heir of Robert,
of the next reign of K. Edward I. (n)
Lord Fitzpain, held it in dower till her deceaſe,
She ſurvived him likewiſe, and died without which happened in the 17th year of that reign;
iſſue by either of her huſbands, ſo that Ralph de upon which, Robert de Poynings, their ſon and
Leveland was found by inquiſition to be her next heir ſucceeded to it, and died poffeffed of it in
heir (0), and ſucceeded likewiſe to the cuſtody the 25th year of K. Henry VI.'s reign, anno
of the palace at Weſtminſter, and the Fleet. After 1446(t). He had iſſue two ſons, the eldeſt of
his deceaſe without iſſue, Stepben de Leveland his whom Richard, whoſe fole daughter and heir
brother and heir held both thoſe places, and left Eleanor married fir Henry Percy, afterwards Earl
an only daughter and heir Joane, who was firſt of Northumberland on his father's death (u), died
married to John Shenche, by whom ſhe had a ſon
in his life-time, and Robert de Poynings, the
John, and afterwards to Edward Cheyne, who in younger and only ſurviving ſon, was father of
right of her inheritance became poffefſed of a fir Edward Poynings, who died without legiti-
life-eſtate in this manor, and likewiſe in the mate iffue in the reign of K. Henry VIII.(V)
bailiwic of the cuſtody of the King's palace at
.
Robert de Poynings, the father, died ſeiſed of
Weſtminſter, and ſurviving her, died ſeiſed of this manor, as above-mentioned, in the 25th
both in the 13th year of K. Edward III, upon year of K. Henry VI, being ſlain at the ſiege of
which, John Shenche, ſon and heir of Joane by Orleans ; upon which, Eleanor, the only daugh-
her first huſband as above-mentioned, ſucceeded ter of his ſon Richard, then the wife of fir Henry
as well to this manor as to that office, of both Percy, knt. Lord Percy, was found to be his heir,
which he died ſeiſed in the 2zd year of K. Ed and he had that year a ſpecial livery of it, among
ward III, leaving Margaret his daughter his ſole
heir (P).
was likewiſe ſummoned to Parliament as Lord
The above-mentioned eſtate in Leveland cer Poynings, which title he bore till the 33d year
tainly did not contain the whole of it, for Bar of that reign, when on his father's death, who
tholomew de Badleſmere had ſome property here was flain at the battle of St. Albans, he ſucceeded
in the beginning of K. Edward II.'s reign, for to the title of Earl of Northumberland, in whoſe
in the 9th year of it he obtained, among other deſcendants this manor continued down to
liberties for his eſtates, free warren in his de Henry, Earl of Northumberland, who had livery
meſne lands in this pariſh (9); and the family of of it in the 19th year of K. Henry VIII.'s reign,
Northwood had likewiſe a conſiderable intereſt on his father's death. In the 27th year of which
here in the next reign of K. Edward III. but reign, an act paſſed for aſſuming to the King
whether from marriage with the family of Bad and his heirs all the Earl's lands and poſſeſſions,
leſmere, John de Northwood having married Joane, in caſe of failure of heirs of his body; and the
one of the daughters of Guncelin de Badleſmere, Earl by his deed, dated Aug. 31ſt next year,
brother to Giles above-mentioned, by his firſt gave, granted, and confirmed to the King all
wife, I have not found, but his grandſon Roger his manors, caſtles, lands, &c. within the realm
(n) Philipott, p. 216.
() He did homage to Archbiſhop Peckham for this manor.
(P) Philipott, p. 216.
(7) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 57.
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 13, ps. 2da. .
(s) Rot. Eſch. anno 12 Rich II, N. 148. He was the
younger brother of Thomas, grandſon of Thomas Poynings,
who married Agnes, eldeſt daughter and coheir of ſir Richard
de Rokeſley.
(t) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(u) He ſucceeded, in right of this marriage, to the ba-
ronies of Poynings, Bryan, and Fitzpain, by the former of
which titles he had ſummons to Parliament during his father's
life-time.
(v) Sir Edward Poynings was a perſon much in favor
both with K. Henry VII. and VIII, being Governor of
Dover caſtle, Lord Warden of the Five Ports, and Knight
of the Garter. He died in the 14th year of K. Henry VIII,
anno 1522, having married Elizabeth, daughter of fir John
Scott, by whom he left no iſſue, though he had ſeveral na-
tural children. He died not only without legitimate iſſue,
but without any collateral kindred, who could make any
claim to his eftates. Pbilipott, p. 217, ſays, he inherited
this manor from his father Robert, who ſucceeded to it on
his father Robert de Poynings’s death, and that this manor,
among the reſt of fir Edward Poynings's eſtates, eſcheated
to the Crown for want of heirs, as above-mentioned ; but
this is not true, for Henry, Lord Poynings, in right of his
wife Eleanor, fole daughter and heir of Richard, elder bro-
ther of Robert, fir Robert Poynings's father, had certainly a
ſpecial livery of the manor of Leveland in the 25th year of
K. Henry VI, among her other inheritance, and it after-
wards deſcended to the Earls of Northumberland ſucceſſively
as above-mentioned.
(w) Pat, anno 35 Henry VI, p. i, m. 13,
of Eng-

772
Κ Ε Ν. Τ.
Tbe
of
HISTORY
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
The high turnpike road from Aſhford through
Challock and Sheldwich to Faverſham runs along
the eaſt ſide of this pariſh, at a very ſmall diſtance
from the church eaſtward.
CHARITIES.
LEVELAND.
of England, to hold to him, his heirs, and ſuc-
ceffors, for ever (*).
The Earl of Northumberland dying the next
year without iſſue, this manor, with his other
eſtates, became veſted in the Crown, where it
remained till the King granted it to fir Robert
Southwell, knt. Maſter of the Rolls (XX), who, in
the 2d year of K. Edward VI, alienated it, with
much other land in this neighbourhood, to fir
Anthony Aucher (y), and he not long after paffed
it away by fale to Anthony Sondes, of Throwley,
eſq; (z) whoſe great-grandſon ſir George Sondes,
of Lees-court in Sheldwich, Knight of the Bath,
was, anno 28 Charles II, created Earl of Faver-
Mam, and next year died feiſed of this manor.
On his death without ſurviving male iſſue, his
two daughters became his coheirs, of whom
Mary was married to Lewis, Lord Duras, after-
wards Earl of Faverſham, and Katherine to the
Hon. Lewis Watſon, afterwards Earl of Rocking-
bam, each of whom ſucceſſively in right of their
reſpective wives, inherited this manor, and the
latter of them died ſeiſed of it in 1724. He was
ſucceeded in it by his grandſon Lewis, ſon of
his fon Edward, Viſcount Sondes, which Lewis,
Earl of Rockingham, as well as his only ſurviv-
ing brother Thomas, Earl of Rockingham, dying
without iſfué, the latter deviſed it, among his
other eſtates, to the Hon. Lewis Monfon, ſecond
ſon of John, Lord Monfon, by Margaret the
youngeſt daughter of Lewis the firſt Earl of Rock-
ingham. He afterwards took the name of Wat-
fon, and in 1760 was created a Peer of this realm,
by the title of Lord Sondes, Baron Sondes of Lees-
court, and he is the preſent poffeffor of it (zz).
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
Arnold Bonſe, of Trevlegth, by his laſt will
directed his feoffees to enfeoffe the Wardens of the
church of Lyvelonde in two acres of land lying in
the pariſh of Trowle, between the rectory of
Lyvelonde towards the eaſt, and the land of Thou
mas Eaſden fouth, and the lands of William Nor.
ton weſt and north, which land of old time be-
longed to the church of Lyvelonde, and was un-
juſtly taken from it by his anceſtors, and with-
held to that time, which will was dated 1465,
"
anno 5 Edward IV.
obodu spyle
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Leveland is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Oſpringe.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Lau-
rence, is a ſmall mean building, conſiſting of
one iſle and a chancel, with a low pointed wooden
turret on it (a).
Lanfranc, Archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the reign
of the Conqueror, on his founding the priory of
St. Gregory in Canterbury, gave to it, among
other premiſes, the tythes of the lordſhip of
Leveland, which he had granted to Richard (6).
How long theſe tythes remained with the priory,
I have not found, but as they are not inſerted
among the poſſeſſions of it in Archbiſhop Hubert's
confirmation of them, in the reign of King
Richard I, it is reaſonable to ſuppoſe they did
not belong to it at that time (c); and it ap-
pears that they were poſſeſſed by the ſaid Rich-
ard's deſcendants, one of whom, Nathaniel de
Leveland, Lord of the manor of Leveland in the
year 1206, gave the chapel of Leveland with five
acres of land to the Benedi&tine monaſtery of St.
Bertin at St. Omers, the capital of Artois in Flan-
ders; but I think it could not be under the
cognizance of their cell eſtabliſhed at the adjoin-
ing pariſh of Throwley, as there is no mention
made of it in the ſeveral taxations and valuations
of its revenues.
PRESENT STATE OF LEVELAND
The pariſh of Leveland is ſituated much like
thoſe laſt deſcribed, only it has leſs coppice
wood, and is much leſs inclined to chalk, hay-
ing ſome tolerably good level land towards the
ſouth-eaſt. The church ſtands nearly in the cen-
ter of it, and the court-lodge near it, all the
other houſes in this pariſh, excepting two, be-
ing ſituated on the weſt ſide of Badleſmere-lees.
The pariſh is ſmall, and has not any thing fur-
ther worth mention in it.
(x) This deed was acknowledged in Chancery the ſame
day, and afterwards inrolled in the Augmentation-office.
See more of the Percy's, Earls of Northumberland, under
North Cray, vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 152.
(**) See more of him above, under Mereworth, p. 269.
(y) Philipott, p. 217.
(z) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. ps. 6.
(zz) See more of him and the Watſons, under Zres-court
in Sheldwich.
(a) Againſt the north wall of the chancel, there is a mo-
nument with the figure of a woman kneeling at a deſk,
behind her a man in armour, and theſe two eſcutcheons of
arms-Argent, a croſs fable between 4 fleurs de lis gules, im-
paling-Per chevron embattled argent and ſable, in chief 2
cafles, in base an eſcallop or the ſecond-Paly of 6 ſable and
or, in the ift, 3d, and 5th, a buck's head eraſed of the 2d,
impaling as before. The inſcription-To the memory
of
Mrs. Katherine Rooper, widow, deſcended of the family of
the Whithornes, of the co. of Somerſet, firſt married to The-
mas Herdſon, efq; by whom ſhe had iffue two daughters,
Barbara and Anne, twins, who died infants, and one fon
Francis, who died Dec. 13, 1606, æt. 35, and lyeth here
buried. Secondly, ſhe was married to Edmund Rooper, efq;
by whom ſhe had no iſſue.
(6) Dugd. Mon. vol, ii, p. 373. (6) Ibid. p. 374.
In the
1

The
773
HISTORY of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
poffeflions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, the King's
half-brother.
THE
M A N O R.
BADLESMERE.
In the 7th year of K. Henry III, anno 1222,
this church having been newly erected, was
conſecrated, but how long it continued among
the revenues of St. Bertin's, I have not ſeen ;
but it is probable, till the 2d year of K. Henry
V, when the poſſeſſions of all the alien priories
throughout England were given to the King and
his heirs for ever. After which, I have not
found any account of it till the reign of Q.
Elizabeth, when it was come into the poſſeſſion
of the family of Sondes, of Throwley, in the de-
ſcendants of which the patronage of this rectory
has continued, in like manner as the manor of
Leveland, down to the Right Hon. Lewis, Lord
Sondes, the preſent patron of it.
This rectory is a diſcharged living in the King's
books, of the clear yearly certified value of 30l.
the yearly tenths of which are 8s. (d)
In 1598, the communicants here were 21; in
1640, they were 36, and the yearly value of
4.
it fol.
CHURCH OF LEVEL AND US
RECTORS.
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
The Queen, by lapſe. Jon Hopton, Mar. 24, 1586.
(e) Wm. Birkhead, obt. 1597.
Michael Sondes, eſq; William Copel, S.T.B. June
28, 1597, reſig. 1603.
Sir Michael Sondes, Thomas Taylor, A. B. May
knt.
27, 1603, obt. 1604.
Bartholomew Newman, A.M.
Feb. 21, 1604, relig. 1608.
(f) William Pulley, A. M.
June 14, 1608.
some
William Annand, in 1651.
Sir George Sondes, William Bagnall, A.M. May
Knt. of the Bath.
6, 1662, obt. 1713.
Hon. Edw.Watfon. () Edward Nicholls, A. M.
Nov. 2, 1713, obt. Mar.
10, 1726.
Lewis, Earl of Rock- (i) James Bernard; A. M.
ingham.
Oct. 5, 1726, obt. 1763.
Lewis, Lord Sondes. (k) William Gurney, A. M.
May 6, 1763. Preſent
Rector.
We gobolvrom
bebas
B A D L ES M E R E.
ACCORDINGLY it is thus entered, under the
general title of that prelate's lands, in the ſur-
vey of Domeſday, taken about that time:
Iſde' anfrid' ten' de epo' Badeleſmere. p uno ſolinº
se defd'. Tra e. 2. car' & dim' In dnio
. e' una.
& 10. villi bnt. I. car' & dim'. Ibi eccla & 2.
ſervi. & piſcaria de. 12. den. Silva. 4. porc. T.
R. E. valeb'. 60. fol. & poft'. 60. ſol'. modo
lib'. Hoc m reclamat abbº S. Auguſtini. qa' habuit
T. R. E. & hund' atteſtant ei. Sz fili' hois dicit
patre ſuu' ſe poſle vertere ubi voluerit. & hoc no
annuunt monachi,
dos
Which is : The ſame Anfrid holds of the Biſhop
(of Baioux) Badeleſmere. It was taxed at one ſu-
ling. The arable land is two carucates and an half.
In demeſne there is one, and 10'villeins, having one
carucâte and an half. There is a church, and two
ſervants, and a fiſhery of 12 pence. Wood for the
pannage of four hogs. In the time of K. Edward
the Confeſſor it was worth 60 ſhillings, and after-
wards 60 ſhillings, now four pounds. The Abbat
of St. Auguſtine's claimed this manor, becauſe he
had it in the time of K Edward the Confeſſor, end
the Hundred witneſſed for him, but the ſon of the
tenant ſaid, his father could turn himſelf over
wherever be would, and this the monks did not
deny.
Four
years
after this, the Biſhop of Baieux fell
into diſgrace, and the King ſeized on this eſtate
among the reſt of his poffeffions.
After which, the King having made a new
arrangement for the defence of Dover .caſtle,
Badleſmere was given to Hugh de Crevequer, who
was one of the eight Knights aſſociated with
John de Fienes, for the guard of that important
fortreſs, each having competent lands aſſigned
to him for that purpoſe. Theſe lands, thus
granted to Hugb de Crevequer, together made up
the barony of Crevequer, as it was called, and
were held of the King in capite by barony, the
tenant of them being bound by his tenure to
maintain a certain number of oldiers from time
to time, for the defence of that caſtle ; after
which each Captain diſtributed his lands among
others, for their aſſiſtance to him in the like
ſervice (I).
Of his heirs this manor was held by the emi-
nent family of Badleſmere, who took their ſur-
name from their poffefling of it. Guncelin de
THE next adjoining pariſh to Leveland, ſtill
further eaſtward, is Badleſmere, uſually
called Baſmere, which, in the 15th year of the
reign of William the Conqueror, was part of the
19
were fequeftered in 1749, on his inſanity, and continued
ſo till his death.
till
(k) He was Vicar of Selling, which he reſigned on being
preſented to the rectory of Luddenham, which he holds with
the above.
(d) Ee. Theſ. p. 11.
(e) And Vicar of Throwley, as was his ſucceſſor.
(f) He was Vicar of Throwley, as was his ſucceſſor, who
had been before Vicar of Selling, which he refigned on
being inducted to the rectory of Badleſmere.
(5) And Rector of Badleſmere, as were his two next ſuc-
ceflors.
(1) He had been before Vicar of Selling. His two livings
VOL. II.
| . The lands thus granted to Hugb de Creanguer con-
fifted of five knights fees, all lying in this county,
for
which he performed ward to Dover caſtle for the ſpace of
24 weeks, according to his turn.
Badlejmere,
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The
774
HISTORY of
of KENT.
BADLESMERE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
Badleſmere, with his brother Ralpb, accompanied and a ſpecial charter of liberties within his ma-
K. Richard I. to the ſiege of Acon in Paleſtine. nors, and free warren in all his demeſne lands
Guncelin de Badleſmere held this manor, as above in this manor of Badleſmere among others (p); in
mentioned, in the reign of K. John, and was the 11th year of K. Edward II, he was once
,
more made Governor of Ledes caſtle, two years
de Badleſmere, who was ſain in a conflict with after which, he obtained the King's licence to
the Welſh in the 43d year of K. Henry III, anno found a priory within his manor here (9), and
1248 (m). The former left iſſue one fon Bar in the 14th year of it he was conſtituted Go-
tholomew (n), and two daughters, Joane, married vernor of Tunbridge caſtle, and having been for
to John de Northwood, and another to John de ſeveral years Steward of the King's Houſhold (r),
Coningsby.
he had, in reward for his ſervices, the grant of
Bartholomew de Badleſmere afterwards poffeffed the caſtle of Ledes in fee, in exchange for other
this manor, and on his death was ſucceeded in lands which he had purchaſed.
it by his ſon Guncelin, who was Chief Juſtice of
But this great and powerful Baron, after hav-
Cheſter in the 2d year of K. Edward I. He died
ing had ſuch continual favors heaped on him,
in the 20th year of that reign, then holding this and having been ſummoned to Parliament from the
manor of the King in capite, as of the barony of
3d to the 14th of that reign, during the latter
Crevequer, by the ſervice of one knight's fee,
year withdrew his allegiance, and joined the
and paying for each 22 weeks to the ward of
Earl of Lancaſter and the other diſcontented
Dover caſtle 6s. 8d. and making ſuit to the Barons; for which he had a full pardon granted
King's court of Ledes (o). He left iſſue by to him, of all treaſons, forfeitures, &c. on Aug.
Margaret his wife, heir of Ralph Fitzbernard,
20, anno 15 Edward II; but within a ſmall
one fon Bartholomew de Badleſmere, who from the ſpace of time afterwards, Queen Iſabel being
greatneſs of his wealth and poffeſſions, afterwards denied, by thoſe who were intruſted with the
acquired the title of The rich Lord Badleſmere care of it, entrance into his caſtle of Ledes, in
of Ledes, of which caftle, in the 5th year of K. which ſhe intended to lodge, the King became
Edward II, he was appointed Conſtable, and highly incenſed againſt him, and immediately
obtained of the King a grant in fee of the caſtle beſieged the caſtle and took it, with Margaret
and manor of Chilham, among other lands; after his wife, Giles his infant ſon, and all his chil-
which, in the gth year of that reign, he per dren in it, who were ſent priſoners to the Tower,
formed ſuch good ſervice in the Scottiſh wars, and all his lands were ſeized into the King's
that he obtained ſeveral more grants of lands, hands (s). After which, flying into the North,
(m) His ſecond wife was Margaret, heir of Leveland, by
whom he had no iſſue. She married, ſecondly, Fulk de Pey-
forer, who was Knight of the Shire anno 35 Edward I, and
lies buried in the White Friars in Canterbury.
(n) Camden’s Brit. p. 234.
(0) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 48. He lies buried in Bad-
leſmere church, where his effigies lying croſs-legged, cut in
wood, was remaining in Philipott's time.
(P) Rot. Cart. ejus an. No. 58. Ho Tot i o
(7) Dugd. Mon. vol. ii, p. 351. K. Edward II, in his
13th year, gave licence to Bartholomew de Badleſmere, that
he might in his manor of Badleſmere, which was held of
him in capite, found a houſe of canons regular; and that he
might, of the demeſnes of that manor, grant to them
24
acres, to be poſſeſſed by them and their fucceffors, of the
faid Bartholomew and his heirs, in pure and perpetual almas,
for their inhabiting and building there a church, and other
buildings at their will, with a non-obſtante to the ſtatute of
mortmain. But by the troubles, which immediately after
this enſued to the Lord Badleſmere, nothing further was
done towards it till the 4th year of K. Edward III, when
the King confirmed the above to this endowment, together
with the advowſons of this church of Badleſmere, with thoſe
of Whitfaple, Redlingweld, Old Romney, Northfield, and
Charleton in this county, Northmyms in the co. of Herts,
and Luddington in the co. of Huntingdon ; notwithſtanding
which, it appears by theſe premiſes afterwards from time
to time continuing in the poſſeſſion of lay proprietors, and
by no further notice or mention being to be found of this
priory, that the deſign of erecting it fell to the ground, and
that nothing further was afterwards done towards it. See
Tan. Mon. p. 225.
(r) He was witneſs to the charter by which K. Edward
II, in his 12th year, confirmed the right and privileges of
the city of London, and there ſubſcribed himſelf Steward of
the King's Hoſtel. In the 1ſt year of K. Edward II, he had
been conſtituted Governor of Briſtol cafele, as he was again
in the 6th year of it, the year after which he was ſent Am-
baſſador to the Court of Rome.
(s) See a full account of this tranſaction above, under
Leeds, p. 474. How highly the King reſented this uſage
of the Queen will appear by the writs, dated O&t. 16th that
year,
directed to the Sheriffs of Eſex, Southampton, Suſſex,
and Surry, reciting, that the ſervants of B. de Badleſmere
had denied the Queen entrance into his caſtle of Ledes, and
obſtructed the ſame with force and arms, and that he had
owned in his letters to him ſince, that it was done with his
knowledge, that they had uſed the Queen ill, and killed
ſome of her ſervants ; to puniſh which, the King intended
to be perſonally there with Adomar de Valentia, Earl of
Pembroke, John Britain, Earl of Richmond, and other Earls
and great men of the realm ; wherefore he commanded the
Sheriffs to ſummon all and each, as well Knights as Eſquires,
to be with the King at the caſtle on the Tueſday next before
the feaſt of St. Luke enſuing, and he promiſed to content each
of them according to their ſtate and quality, and that the
faid Sheriffs ſhould cauſe to be levied 1000 of the beſt men
of their counties, and bring them in perſon to that caſtle on
the above-mentioned day, to do what ſhould be then or-
dered by the King there ; and that they hould cauſe to be
proclaimed throughout their bailiwics, that the King did
not direct his motions thither either to make war, or to
diſturb the peace of the realm, but merely to puniſh the
above diſobedience and contempt; and likewiſe public pro-
clamation to be made, that all men within their bailiwics,
as were between the ages of 16 and 6o, ſhould furniſh them-
ſelves

The
775
HIS Í OR Y of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
BADLESMERE.
the King ſent a ſtrong power to arreſt him and
his accomplices, who being overtaken at Bur-
rowbridge, received a total defeat, and were taken
and hanged at different places; the Lord Bad-
leſmere in particular was ſent to Canterbury, to
be drawn and hanged, which execution was per-
formed at the gallows of Blean near that city,
and his head being cut off, was ſet on a pole
at Burgate in that city (ss).
The inquiſition of his lands was not taken till
the 2d year of K. Edward III, (t) by which it
appears that he died ſeifed, among others, of
this manor of Badleſmere, leaving iſſue by Mar-
garet his wife, fiſter and coheir of Richard de
Clare (tt), who ſurvived him, and died anno 5
Edward III, a fon Giles, and four daughters,
Maud, married firſt to Roger Fitzpain, and fe-
condly to John de Vere, Earl of Oxford ; Margery
to William, Lord Roos, and afterwards to fir
Thomas Arundel; Elizabeth firſt to Edmund Mor-
timer, and ſecondly to William Bohun, Earl of
Northampton; and Margaret to fir. John Tibetot,
knt.
Giles de Badleſmere, the ſon, found ſuch favor
with the King, that, the proceſs and judgment
againſt his father having been reverſed, he had
his manors and lands reſtored to him, and in
the 7th year of that reign, though he had not
then accompliſhed his full age, yet, doing his
homage, he had livery of his lands, and having
been much truſted and employed by the King
in his wars, and having received ſummons to Par-
liament from the gth to the 12th year of that
reign, he died without iſſue in the latter of
them (u), being then ſeiſed of this manor, and
leaving his four ſiſters his coheirs ; upon the di-
viſion of their inheritance, this manor among
others was aſſigned to Maud, the eldeſt ſiſter,
wife of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, who in her
right became poffefſed of it (v), and he accord-
ingly paid aid for it, in the 20th year of K.
Edward III, at the making of the Black Prince
felves with proper arms, according to their ſtate and degree, which took its name from the town of Vere in Zealand,
without delay, and that they ſhould be ready with them to where they had flouriſhed as Earls of Guiſme for ſeveral ge-
attend the King, on his fummons for that purpoſe. Clauſ. nerations, of whom Alberic, or Aubrey de Vere, came over
15 Edward II, m. 26, d.
into England with William the Conqueror, as appears by
And the King, by his writ dated the next day, directed to
the next day, directed to || the roll of Battle-abbey, and was rewarded by him with
the Barons, Knights, and all others of the county of Kent, divers lord ſhips in Middleſex, Eſex, and Huntingdon, which
commanded that they with all their powers ſhould attend his are recorded in the ſurvey of Domeſday. He married Bea-
faithful and well-beloved David, Earl of Atboll, and John trix, fiſter to the Conqueror, and in the reign of K. Henry
de Weſton, holding the place of Thomas, Earl of Norfolk, in I. founded a priory at Colne in Eſex, for the fepulture of
the King's Houſhold, with horſes and arms to that caſtle, himſelf, his wife, and their deſcendants.
there to wait at his
expence.
Pat.
p. i, m. 12.
He had five ſons, of whom Geoffry died in his life-time,
And the ſame day another writ was directed to the Sheriff and Alberic the next ſon became his heir, who was in ſuch
of Kent, commanding him to ſummon all and fingular, as
eſteem with K. Henry I, that in the beginning of his reign
we!l horſe as foot, within his bailiwic, to attend the above-
he made him Lord Great Chamberlain of all England, to
mentioned perſons, or either of them, in like manner as
hold in fee to himſelf and his heirs. He was killed at Lon-
above expreſſed. Rym. Fed. vol. iii, p. 897, 898.
don, in the conteſts between the King and the Empreſs
(ss) His body was afterwards buried in the White Friars
Maud, leaving iſſue by Adeliza, daughter of Gilbert, Earl
church, Canterbury. Weever, p. 238.
of Clare, five ſons and three daughters, one of whom was
090
lo
Robefa, married firſt to Pagan de Beauchamp, and ſecondly
(t) This delay aroſe from their having been ſeized into
the King's hands, nor were they reſtored till the i ft year
to Jeffry de Mandevill, Earl of Effex; being a woman of
great piety, ſhe erected on the northern edge of the county
of K. Edward III, when the King directed his writs to the
of Hertford a croſs, and under it a ſubterraneous chapel for
ſeveral Sheriffs of Kent, London, Bucks, Wilts, Northampton, retirement in her devotions, near which a town was after-
Salop, Bedford, Suſſex, Suffolk, Hertford, Eſſex, Rutland, and
wards built, called from her Roheſia's Town, now Royſton,
Warwick, to reſtore to Margaret his widow, all manors,
of which Dr. Stukeley has written a full account and de-
lands, &c. forfeited in thoſe counties,&c. Clauf. 1 Edw. III,
ſcription.
p. i, m. 22. Rym. Fæd. vol. iv, p. 259 et ſeq. The
Alberic de Vere, the eldeſt ſon, and the third of that name,
above ſhews the wide extent of his poffeffions in different
for his ſervices to the Empreſs Maud, was by her and her
parts of the kingdom.
ſon K. Henry II, by their charters, made Earl of Oxford.
(tt) The other ſiſter Maud married Robert de Clifford.
His great-grandſon Robert de Vere, fifth Earl of Oxford,
(u) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 58. He was buried in the
died anno 24 Edward I, and by Alice his wife, daughter
White Friars church in Canterbury, as was his wife Eliza-
and heir of Gilbert, Lord Samford, by whom he likewiſe
beth, daughter of William de Montague, Earl of Saliſbury, inherited that barony, had iſſue ſeveral fons and daughters ;
who ſurvived him, and was afterwards remarried firſt to of whom Robert, the eldeſt, ſucceeded him as fixth Earl of
Hugh le Deſpencer, and again to Guy de Brian. She died
Oxford, and died anno 5 Edward III, having had iſſue by
w
anno 33 Edward III. Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 395. Wee.
Margaret his wife, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of
ver, p. 238.
March, one fon Thomas, who died in his life-time, ſo that
The Lord Badleſmere, in the reign of K. Edward III, held
his nephew John, married to Maud, fifter and coheir of
three-quarters of a knight's fee, of the Abbat of Faverſham,
Giles de Badleſmere, and widow of Roger Fitzpain, as above-
in Badlefmere. Southouſe Mon.
p.
66.
mentioned, became his heir, and ſucceeded to the Earldom,
The Badleſmeres bore for their arms- Azure, a feſs between being the ſon of fir Alphonſus de Vere, knt. his next brother.
a gemelles gules; which coat was afterwards quartered by the
Collins's Hift. Coll. p. 214 et feq.
om
Veres, Earls of Oxford, Manner's, Dukes of Rutland, the Lord They bore for their arms-Gules and or, in the ift quarter
Scroope, Nevill, Lord Latimer, the Lord Wentworth of Net a mullet argent; which arms are in ſeveral places on the roof
slefied, and other noble families.
of the cloyſters, and in the windows of the cathedral of
(v) Philipott, p. 59. He was deſcended of a family Canterbury
a Knight,

776
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
BADLESMERE.
offended the great nobility by his haughty cara
a Knight, as three-quarters of a knight's fee,
which Bartholomew de Badleſmere before held in riage towards them, who were already too highly
incenſed at his being fet above them in title and
Badleſmere of Hamo de Crevequer.
He was a nobleman of high courage, and
the King's eſteem, though not at all ſuperior in
performed great and exemplary ſervices in the wiſdom or courage, they raiſed their powers,
wars in France, during which he died in the and being headed by the Duke of Glouceſter, the
Engliſh army encamped before Rheims, on Jan. King's uncle, declared, the cauſe of their affem-
24, anno 34 Edward III, æt. 47, (VV) and was bling was to bring the Duke of Ireland to juſtice
ſucceeded in his honors and eſtates by Thomas and to rid the King of him, and ſuch like traitors.
his eldeſt ſon and heir, at that time 23 years The Lords being thus powerful, cauſed the King
old (w).
to ſummon a Parliament in his 17th year, in
which the Duke was called upon to anſwer cer-
Maud his wife ſurvived him, by whom he had
likewiſe Aubrey, who ſucceeded to the title after tain articles of high treaſon exhibited againſt
the deceaſe of his nephew Robert, Duke of Ire-
him by them, and not appearing, he was forth-
land, one other ſon, and two daughters (x).
with baniſhed, and all his poffeffions confiſcated,
Thomas his eldeſt ſon, the eighth Earl of Ox-
excepting his entailed lands, which only were to
remain to his right heirs (a).
ford, ſucceeded him as above-mentioned (y), and
had married in his father's life-time Maud,
He had married Philippa, daughter of Ingelrans
daughter of Ralph de Ufford, Chief Juſtice of de Coucy, Earl of Bedford, by whom he had no
Ireland. On his mother's death, in the 40th
iſſue, ſo that Alberic or Aubrey de Vere, his uncle,
year of K. Edward III, he became feiſed of this younger brother of Earl Thomas, became his
ca
manor, of which he died poſſeſſed in the 43d heir, and ſucceeded anno 16 Richard II, by
year of that reign, leaving one ſon Robert, who
afſent of Parliament, to all thoſe lands by fine
ſucceeded him as Earl of Oxford and Baron of
entailed before the attainder of the Duke his
Badleſmere, and as heir to all his poſſeſſions, nephew; but neither he nor the Duke became
who afterwards became ſo great a favorite with poſſeſſed of this manor, which was ſtill held in
K. Richard II, for the gracefulneſs of his per-
dower by Maud the Duke's mother; in which
fon, and his unlimited compliance with the year he had, by afſent of Parliament, granted
King's humour, for he had no other merit, and and reſtored to him, and the heirs male of his
was a man of very mean abilities, that no accu body, the title of Earl of Oxford, being before
mulation of wealth and honors was thought ſuf ſtyled fir Aubrey de Vere, knt. (b) and being in-
ficient to teſtify the King's great affection for firm, the office of Lord High Chamberlain of
him, which was ſo wantonly laviſhed on him as England was next year beſtowed by the King on
at laſt brought on the deſtruction of both; for John Holand, Earl of Huntingdon, for his life,
beſides grants of lands, and great offices of truſt and in the 21ſt year of that reign, the judgment
and emolument, he was in the 9th year of that
given in the 9th of it againft his nephew the
reign created in Parliament Marquis of Dublin, a Duke of Ireland, in Parliament, was in that then
title unknown in England, with the land and held revoked and annulled.
olou rol
dominion of Ireland, in as ample a manner as This Earl Alberic, who was likewiſe Baron of
the King himſelf held it, and in the proceſs of Badleſmere by deſcent from Maud, fiſter and co-
the next year Duke of Ireland, with ample grants heir of Giles de Badleſmere, married Alice, daugh.
of lands to ſupport his new dignities (2). Being ter of John, Lord Fitz-Walter, by whom he had
thus puffed up with wealth and honors, he grew iſſue Richard, his ſon and ſucceſſor, and John,
proud and inſolent to all, and having too much who died unmarried, and a daughter Alice, mar-
Das soll
biog
(vv) He was found to die ſeiſed of the manor of Badles King's life and his own, and if he ſhould be the ſurvivor,
mere, with its appurts. held of the King in capite, as of his then to himſelf and the heirs male of his body. Collins's
caſtle of Dover by the ſervice of paying to the ward of that
Hift. Coll. p. 242.
caſtle 135. 44. yearly for all ſervice. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. He bore for his arms-Quarterly, ift and 4th, azure, 3
(w) John, Earl of Oxford, by his will, ordered his body
crowns or, a bordure argent ; 2d and 3d, Vere, as above-
to be buried in the chapel of our Lady within the priory of
mentioned; which firſt coat was granted to him by K.
Colne, on the ſouth ſide of the choir, at the head of John
Richard II, to bear as a mark of his favor during life, and
and Robert his ſons, who dying in his life-time, were there
fo long as he fhould poſſeſs the lordſhip of Ireland. Pat. 9,
interred.
roll 2, memb. 1.
(*). John, the third ſon, died without iſſue; Margaret (a) Upon his baniſhment, being likewiſe attainted and
married firſt Henry de Beaumont, and ſecondly fir John Deve outlawed, he fled beyond ſea, and lived in great diſtreſs
reux; and Iſabella married for fir John Courtney, and ſe-
penury till his death, which happened at Lovaine anno
condly fir Oliver Dinham.
16 Richard II, being killed by the hurts he received
(1) Maud his mother held the manor of Badleſmere in
there from a wild boar in hunting ; after which his body
dower, of which ſhe died ſeiſed anno 40 Edward III, and
being brought to England, was, in the King's preſence,
it then came into the poſſeſſion of her fon Earl Thomas.
folemnly interred at Colne in Elex. Collins's Hift. Coll.
(2) In the 8th year of K. Richard 11. he had a grant of
p. 245.
the caſtle of Queenborough in this county, to hold for the
(6) Cott. Rec. p. 347.
sem
and
ried

The
777
H I S T O R Y of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED
BADLESMERE.
ried to fir John Fitzlewis, knt. and died in the iſt
year of K. Henry IV,(c) anno 1399, ſeiſed of
this manor, of which Alice his wife, who ſur-
vived him only one year (d), had an aſſignment
for her dower, excepting 400 acres of land and
paſture therein held in gavelkind (e).
He was ſucceeded by Richard his eldeſt ſon,
11th Earl of Oxford, and Baron of Badleſmere,
who in the reign of K. Henry V, was elected
Knight of the Garter, ſoon after which he died
feiſed of this manor, in anno 4 Henry V, (f)
having directed his body to be buried with his
anceſtors in the conventual church of the priory
of Colne in the co. of Elex(g). He left iſſue by
Alice his wife, who ſurvived him, one of the
daughters and heirs of fir Richard Sergeaux,
knt. (b) two fons, John, who ſucceeded him in
titles, and Robert (i), whoſe grandſon ſucceeded
at length to the Earldom of Oxford. John, the
eldeſt ſon, then nine years of age, ſucceeded his
father as 12th Earl of Oxford, and as Baron if
Badleſmere, and in the 7th year of K. Henry VI,
being then in ward, and having married Eliza-
beth, daughter of fir John Howard the younger,
knt. without licence, he was obliged to make
fine for his pardon, and before the end of that
year, making proof of his age and doing his
homage, he had livery of his lands.
During the reign of K. Henry VI, he con-
tinued a firm friend to the Houſe of Lancaſter,
inſomuch, that when K. Edward IV. attained
the crown, that King, in the 1ſt year of his
reign, calling a Parliament, wherein K. Henry
VI. and all his lineage were diſinherited, cauſed,
among others of that King's friends, this Earl
Fobn, then far ſtricken in years, and Aubrey his
eldeſt ſon, to be attainted and afterwards be-
headed on Tower-hill, and their bodies were af-
terwards buried in the church of St. Auguſtine
Friars, London (k).
en-
(c) By the inquiſition taken anno 2 Henry IV, he was
found to die feiſed of the manor of Badleſmere, with the
advowſon of the ſame, and 198 acres of arable, 40 acres of
paſture, 24 acres of wood, 24s. rents of aſſiſe, and the rents
of five cocks, 31 hens, and 280 eggs, in Badlefmere. Rot.
Eſch. ejus an.
(d) She died feiſed of this manor anno 2 Henry IV. Rot.
Efch. ejus an.
(e) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 196.
(f) He was found to die feiſed of this manor of Badlef-
mere, with the advowſon of the fame. Rot. Efch.
(8) On his ſucceeding to the - Earldom of Oxford, the
Commons on his behalf in Parliament, anno 1 Henry IV,
prayed, that having married Alice, the daughter of the
King's fifter, he might be reſtored to the office of Cham-
berlain of England, being his due inheritance, and taken
away by violence by K. Richard II; but the King did not
aflent to it. Anno 2 Henry II. it was enacted, that if this
Richard, when he came of age, ſhould conſent that Philippa
Dutcheſs of Ireland, might enjoy her dower out of the en
tailed lands aſſured to her by Earl Aubrey his father, then
he ſhould have to him and his heirs, all thoſe lands which
were the Duke of Ireland's, in demeſne and in reverſion,
and in the King's hands on March 1ſt preceding ; about
which time Maud, widow of Earl Thomas, and mother of
Robert, Duke of Ireland, ftill ſurviving, cauſed it to be
reported, that K. Richard was ſtill alive; upon which ſhe
was committed to priſon, and her goods confiſcated to the
Crown. But the King, at the Queen's requeſt, pardoned
her, and reſtored her to all her lands, tenements, fees, ad-
vowſons, goods, and chattels. She died anno 14 Henry
IV, leaving Robert de Willoughby her next heir, viz. fon
of William, ſon of Alice, ſiſter of Elizabeth, mother of her
the faid Maud.
Anno 8 Henry IV, Richard, Earl of Oxford, upon his
affent that the Dutcheſs Philippa ſhould enjoy her dower,
he had granted to him and his heirs, all thoſe lands and
tenements, which by the forfeiture of Duke Robert came to
the Crown, excepting ſuch as had been diſpoſed of by him-
ſelf or K. Richard II, and in the Parliament then held,
had ſpecial livery of all thoſe lands which ſhe, the ſaid
Philippa, held in jointure (ſhe being then dead it ſeems),
and of all thoſe lands of which Earl Aubrey his father died
feiſed, he being then of full age.
(1) She was widow of Guy St. Aubin; ſhe married thirdly
Nicbolas Thurley, efq;
(i) He married Joan, widow of Nihholas, Lord Carew,
daughter and coheir of fir Hugh Courtney, knt, and had iſſue
John, who by Alice his wife, daughter and heir of Walter
Kilrington, of the county of Cornwall, had iſſue John, who
after the death of John, Earl of Oxford; ſucceeded to that
Earldom, as may be ſeen below.
(k) He had iſſue ſeveral children, of whom Aubrey, the
eldeſt ſon, having ſuffered death with his father John, the
ſecond ſon ſucceeded him, and underwent great hardſhips
for his loyalty to the Lancaſtrian party. Anno 9
Edward
IV. K. Henry regaining poſſeſſion of his crown, John,
Earl of Oxford, attainted by K. Edward, was reſtored in
blood, dignities, and antient poſſeſſions; but this calm
laſted but a little time, for K. Edward regaining the crown
ſoon afterwards, he was, anno 14 Edward IV, with his
brothers George and Thomas, attainted in Parliament, but
pardoned for their lives. On K. Henry VII. attaining
the crown, he was for his memorable ſervices, by act of
Parliament anno 1 of that reign, reſtored in blood, and to
all his antient poſſeſſions then in the King's hands, among
which the manor of Badleſmere was not included, made of
his Privy Council, Knight of the Garter, &c.
At length
the Earldom of Oxford deſcended in the nanie of Vere down
to Henry, the 18th Earl, who died at the Hague in 1625,
and was brought over and buried in Weſtminſter abbey,
leaving no iſſue by Diana his wife, daughter of William
Cecil, Earl of Exeter, upon which much diſpute was had
in the Parliament held anno 2 Charles I, between Robert,
only ſon and heir of Hugh, only ſon of Aubrey, ſecond ſon
of John de Vere, fifth Earl of Oxford, and Robert, Lord Wila
loughby of Ereſby, concerning the right and titles of Earl of
Oxford, and Baron of Bolebeck, Sandford, and Badleſmere,
and that of Lord Great Chamberlain of England, which
Robert de Vere laid claim to as heir male of the family, and
Robert, Lord Willoughby, as fon and heir to Mary, heir fe
male, being ſole daughter of John Vere, 16th Earl of Ox-
ford, by his ſecond wife, daughter of John Golding, efq3
but the Earldom was adjudged to Robert de Vere, who had
ſummons to Parliament accordingly on April 14, anno 2
Charles I. He was ſlain at the fiege of Maeſtricht in 1632,
and was ſucceeded as 17th Earl of Oxford by his ſon Aubrey
de Vere, Lord Badlefmere, &c. Knight of the Garter, &c. who
died in 1703, æt. 78, without male iſſue, leaving an only
daughter Diana his heir, who married Charles Beauclerk,
Duke of St. Albans. Collins's Hiſt. Coll. p. 268 et ſeq.
The family of Vere may juſtly be ſaid to have been one
of the moſt antient, noble, and illuſtrious in Europe. From
Alberic de Vere, the firſt who ſettled in England with the
Conqueror, deſcended a numerous race of illuſtrious per-
fons, who obtained the higheſt honors, and became emi-
nent,
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Upon which, John his next ſurviving ſon,
became his heir, and taking upon himfelf the
title of Earl of Oxford, continued firm to King
Henry's intereſt, whoſe friends having procured
a powerful armament by the aſſiſtance of the
French King, anno 9 Edward IV, the Earl landed
with them, and K. Edward leaving the kingdom
precipitately, K. Henry was again put in pof-
feffion of the crown; upon which, in the Par-
liament then held K. Edward was declared a
traitor, and uſurper of the crown, and John,
Earl of Oxford, reſtored in blood, dignity, and
antient poffeffions; but this did not laſt long,
for K. Edward landing ſoon afterwards again
regained the crown by the battle fought at Bar-
net, in which the Earl of Oxford bore a confi-
derable part, after the loſs of which he fed into
foreign parts, and in the Parliament begun at
Weſtminſter anno 14 Edward IV, he was, with
his two brothers George and Thomas, attainted,
but pardoned as to their lives.
From the act of attainder paſſed againſt his
father, in the ift year of the above reign, the
manor of Badleſmere ſeems to have been veſted
in the hands of the Crown, and to have remained
there till K. Richard III, on July 25th in his iſt
year, having that day conſtituted John Howard,
Duke of Norfolk, Lord High Admiral, granted
to him, among many others, in ſpecial tail, the
manor of Badleſmere (1); but he did not long
enjoy thoſe great poffeffions, for next year he
was Nain, with the King, at the battle of Bof-
worth, where he commanded the van guard, on
Aug. 22, 1485, from whence he was conveyed
to Thetford, and there buried, after which he
was attainted in Parliament, in the iſt year of
the next reign of K. Henry VII. (m)
After which, whether the manor of Badleſmere
being thus vefted in the hands of the Crown, re-
verted to its antient proprietor in the perſon of
John, Earl of Oxford, who had been attainted
anno 14 Edward IV, as above-mentioned, and
was by act of Parliament paſſed anno i Henry
VII, the ſame year that the Duke of Norfolk was
attainted, reſtored in blood, titles, and poffef-
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
ſions, or whether it afterwards came into the
poffefſion of the Duke's only ſon and heir Tho-
mas Howard, Earl of Surry, by his firſt wife Ca-
therine, daughter of Richard, Lord Molynes, which
I think the moſt probable, I cannot aſcertain,
but if the latter, it will be neceſſary to take
notice, that the Earl of Surry having been con-
fined a priſoner in the Tower for three years and
an half, was taken into favor, and in the 4th
year of that reign, and in Parliament reſtored to
the title of Earl of Surry, after which he was
made of the King's Privy Council, and rein-
ſtated into the order of the Garter, after which
he was employed and ſerved the King with great
honor and fidelity, for which he had, in the 22d
of that reign, a ſpecial livery granted to him of
all the manor and lands of which the Duke of
Norfolk his father died ſeiſed, and at the King's
death, being Lord High Treaſurer of England,
he was in ſuch truſt and confidence with him,
as to be appointed one of the ſuperviſors of his
will. In the next reign of K. Henry VIII, he
was appointed of the young King's ſelect council,
and had his patent of Lord Treaſurer renewed,
and was the next year made Earl Marſhal of
England for life. In the 4th year of that reign,
he, by his great prudence and valor, gained the
memorable victory over the Scots at Floden-field,
for which eminent ſervice he had an augmentation
added to his arms, to him and his heirs male,
and on Feb. Iſt enſuing he was advanced to the
honor and dignity of Duke of Norfolk, with a
grant of divers lands in ſpecial tail.
He died at his caſtle of Framlingham on May
21, 1524, anno 16 Henry VIII, and was buried
in the priory of Thetford, with great folemnity.
He was ſucceeded in titles and eſtates by his
eldeſt ſon by his firſt wife Elizabeth, daughter
and ſole heir of fir Frederick Tilney, knt. who
had been in his life-time created Earl of Surry,
Knight of the Garter, having been Lord Deputy
of Ireland, and afterwards Lord Treaſurer, Ge-
neral of the King's armies againſt the Scots, &c.
He had the ſame year that his father died ſpecial
livery of all his lands, but notwithſtanding his
performing afterwards great and ſignal ſervices


nent, as well in the management of the ſtate, as for their
valor and conduct in the wars. His ſon Alberic was by K.
Henry I. made Lord Great Chanıberlain of England, and
his grandſon of the ſame name was created in 1137, by the
Empreſs Maud, Earl of Oxford, a title which was confirmed
by her fon K. Henry II, a dignity enjoyed by his defcen-
dants for 20 generations, from that time to the year 1703,
a circumſtance, I believe, attending no other family what-
ever. Beſides the great office and title above-mentioned,
hereditary in this family, ſome of them diſcharged the
office of Portreve of the city of London, of Lord Chief
Juſtice, Chancellor, High Admiral, and Conſtable of Eng-
land, ſeveral of them were renowned Warriors and Gene-
rals, and four of them were Knights of the Garter; immenſe,
for a long time, had their riches and poſſeſſions been ; John
the 7th Earl, who died anno 34 Edward III, had in Efex
49 knights fees, in Suffolk 17, in Cambridgeſhire 18, in
Huntingdonſhire 7, in Kent as many, and in other counties
many more. They ſuffered much in their poffeffions dur.
ing the troubles of the civil wars, for their adherence to the
Houſe of Lancaſter, but more ſo by Edward the 17th Earl,
who lived in the reign of Q. Eliza, and married the daughter
of William, Lord Burghley, in revenge to whom, for hav-
ing denied his requeſt to ſave the life of his friend Thomas,
Duke of Norfolk, he forſook his daughter's bed, and ſold
and conſumed nearly the whole of his vaſt inheritance.
See a full account of this family, in Biog. Brit. vol. vi,
p. 4017-3998.
(1) Pat. anno i Richard III, pt. 1.
(m) See a full account of the Duke of Norfolk, and of the
family of Howard and its ſeveral branches, under Wicka
ham, vol. i. of this hiftory, p. 170. See Collins's Peer.
vol. i, p. 6o.

both
The
779
HISTORY
of KEN T.
BADLESMERE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
both as a ſoldier and a ſtateſman, yet through of Bourn, whoſe deſcendants were Baronets, and
the King's jealouſy of his greatneſs, which was remained there till within theſe few years ; Tho-
not a little fomented by the nobility, whom he mas died without iſſue, and William was of New-
had embittered by ſome expreſſions of contempt ington. He died anno 4 and 5 Philip and Mary,
which he had made uſe of concerning them, as feiſed of this manor, held in capite by knights
new-raiſed men, he was, on Dec. 12, in the 38th
was, on Dec. 12, in the 38th ſervice (q), in which he was ſucceeded by John
year of that reign, ſuddenly apprehended and Aucher, the eldeſt ſon, of Otterden-place, who
committed to the Tower, and both he and his by his firſt wife, daughter of fir William Kellawny,
fon the Earl of Surry were attainted by ſpecial knt. left iſſue an only daughter and heir Anne,
bills in Parliament; the Earl was ſoon after who, in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, marrying
wards beheaded, and a warrant was ſigned for with ſir Humphry Gilbert, knt. entitled him to
the execution of the Duke on Jan. 28, 1546, the poſeſſion of this manor (s), which he fold
but the King dying that day, his executors did in the 23d year of that reign to fit Michael
not venture to enforce the ſentence at ſo critical Sondes (t), afterwards of Throwley, knt. whoſe
a juncture (n).
grandſon ſir George Sondes, of Lees-court in Sheld-
This manor, thus coming to the Crown, wich, Knight of the Bath, was in the reign of
among the reſt of the Duke's poffeßions, ſeems K. Charles II. created Earl of Faverſham, and
to have been granted to fir Robert Southwell, knt. died the next year, anno 29 of that reign, feiſed
Maſter of the Rolls to K. Henry VIII, whoſe
of this manor. He left iffue two daughters his
brother fir Richard had been the chief accuſer coheirs, of whom Máry was married to Lervis,
of the late Earl of Surry (0). He immediately Lord Düras, who ſucceeded his father-in-law as
afterwards, anno 2 K. Edward VI, alienated Earl of Faverſham, and Katherine to Lewis Wat-
this manor of Badleſmere, with 2000 acres of son, Earl of Rockingham, each of whom fuccef-
land in Badleſmere, Sbeldwich, Selling, Challock, fively, in right of their reſpective wives, inherited
Throwley, and Leveland, to fir Anthony Aucher, this manor, and the latter of them died feiſed of
of Otterden, knt. (p) who by Affra, daughter of it in 1724. He was ſucceeded in it by his grand-
William Cornwallis, eſq; had iſſue three fons,
ſon Lewis, ſon of his ſon Edward, Viſcount Sondes;
John, who was of Otterden ; Edward, who was which Lewis, Earl of Rockingham; as well as his
(n) Though by the King's death the Duke's life was pre-
Sir Humphrey Gilbert was equally diſtinguiſhed in the
ſerved, yet his enemies were ſo powerful, that he was by reign of Q. Elizabeth, by his eminent abilities and great
name excepted out of K. Edward's general pardon, and he
courage, being uſually ſtyled in the Latin writers of that
time
remained a priſoner in the Tower till the day of Q. Mary's egregius Miles. He was deſcended of an antient fa-
triumphant entry into London, when, without any pardon
mily in the co. of Devon, and was ſecond ſon of Otho Gil-
or reſtitution, he was allowed to be Duke of Norfolk, and
bert, of Greenway, eſq; by his wife Katherine, daughter of
had ſuch of his lands reſtored to him as then remained veſted
for Philip Champerron, of Modbury in that county, who afa
in the Crown, and had not been granted from it.
terwards married Walter Ralegh, of Fardel, eſq; and by him
(0) Coll. Peer. vol. i, p. 92. Anno 2 and
was mother of the famous fir Walter Ralegh, knt.
Edward
3
VI, the lands of fir Robert Southwell were diſgavelled by the
His elder brother fir John Gilbert, knt. was ſettled in the
act then paſſed.
county of Devon ; his brother Adrian was likewiſe knighted,
This family of Southwell, according to Mr. Camden, takes
Sir Humphry's genius led him to the ſtudies of coſmography,
its name from the town of Southwell in the co. of Notting-
navigation, and the art of war, in all which he ſo far im-
ham, where they were firſt ſeated. Mention is made in
proved himſelf, as to gain eminent reputation. In Ireland
records of Simon Southwell in the reign of K. Henry III, he by his merit acquired the honorable poft of Commander
of fir John Southwell in the reign of K. Edward I, and of
in Chief, and Governor of the province of Munfier, and
ſeveral others down to K. Henry VI, when they ſpread
did confiderable ſervice to his country; but what rendered
him moſt famous was his great ſkill in mathematics, which
themſelves in Norfolk, Suffolk, and other counties. John
induced him to undertake a voyage for the diſcovery of the
Southwell, who ſerved in Parliament for Lewes in Suffex in
the laſt-mentioned reign, married the daughter of Samon
north-weſt paſſage to the Eaft-Indies, and to plant unknown
countries, to facilitate which, he publiſhed more than one
alias Pride, by whom he had two ſons, John, of Norwich,
diſcourſe ; for theſe adventurous deſigns he procured a pa-
who was anceſtor of the Lords Southwell of the kingdom of
tent from the Queen in 1578, wherein he had full powers
Ireland, and of thoſe ſeated at Kings-Weſton in the co. of
to undertake ſuch diſcoveries, and to inhabit and pofſefs
Glouceſter; and Robert, who married Iſabel, daughter of John
Boyſe, of the co. of Norfolk, efq; by whom he had Richard
any lands which were at that time unſettled by Chriſtian
Southwell, efq; who by Amy his wife, daughter and coheir
Princes, or their ſubjects. With this view he made two
of fir Edmund Wychingham, of Woodriſing in the co. of Nor-
voyages to Newfoundland, and made ſeveral diſcoveries; but
whilſt in thoſe ſeas, the veſſel in which he was being too
folk, knt. obtained that manor, to which he removed from
ſmall to refift the ſwell of them, about midnight on Sept.
Felix-hall in the co. of Elex. He was father of fir Robert
Southwell, knt. who died without iſſue, ſo that his ſecond
9, 1583, ſhe was ſwallowed up and never ſeen more, fir
fon Francis became his heir, and was father of fir Robert
Humphry and all the crew periſhing in her.
He had iſſue five ſons and one daughter of the former,
Southwell, knt. Maſter of the Rolls above-mentioned. See
above, p. 269.
für John Gilbert, his eldeſt ſon, through default of heirs
male, became the heir of the family, and was of Greenway
They bore for their arms-Argent, 3 cinquefoils gules,
and Compton in the co. of Devon. Britiſh Biog. p. 2191.
charged with 6 annulers or.
(P) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 6. (9) Ibid. ejus an.
They bore for their arms- Argent, on a chevron fable 3
(s) Anno 18 Eliz. term Pafch. he levied a fine of all
roſes of the ift, ſeeded or.
his lands.
(1) Rot, Eſch, ejus an.

oniy
780
H I S T OR Y of K E N T.
Tbe
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
PRESENT STATE OF BADLESMERE.
BADLESMERE
only ſurviving brother Thomas, Earl of Rocking-
who in the 14th year of that reign, anno 1523,
ham, dying without iſſue, the latter deviſed it, ſold it to Reynold Snode (y), of Sheldwich, gent.
among
his other eſtates, to the Hon. Lewis Mon whoſe ſon Samuel Snode became ſeiſed of it on his
Son, ſecond ſon of John, Lord Monſon, by Mar father's death in the 11th year of Q. Elizabeth;
garet, youngeſt daughter of Lewis the ist Earl he fold it to Gabriel Giles, of Sheldwich, who in
of Rockingham. He afterwards took the name || the 25th year of it alienated it to Thomas and
of Watſon, and in 1760 was created Lord Sondes, Henry Unkle, the former of whom, in 1591, con-
Baron Sondes of Lees-court, and he is the preſent veyed it to Mildred, widow of the latter, and
poffeffor of it (u).
ſiſter of Nicholas Pemble, and ſhe, in the 41ſt
A Couri Baron is held for this manor.
year of Q. Elizabeth, marrying with Arthur
Franklyn, of Badleſmere, gent. he, in her right,
WOODS.CO U R T
became poſſeſſed of it, and by fine levied in 1599,
is a manor in the north-eaſt part of this pariſh, ſettled it upon their iſſue, which was Arthur
which was antiently, from the poffeffors of it, Franklyn, from whom it deſcended to Mr. John
called Godiſands. William de Godiſand held it in Franklyn, who dying inteſtate it came to his
the reign of K. Edward I, as half a knight's fee, kinſman Mr. James Franklin, who in 1743 de-
as did his deſcendant Richard de Godiſand at his viſed it by his laſt will to his eldeſt ſon Mr.
death in the 19th year of K. Edward III, then Arthur Franklyn, gent, who reſided in it, and in
holding it with its appurts. in his demeſne, as of the year 1764 paſſed it away by fale to the
fee, of the King in capite, by the ſervice of one Right Hon. Lewis, Lord Sondes, the preſent owner
fparrow-hawk, or 2s, at the King's Exchequer of it.
yearly (v). He was ſucceeded in it by his ſon It pays a fee-farm rent to the Crown of 13s.
and heir William de Godiſland, but before the end and one halfpenny.
of that reign, this family ſeems to have been
extinct here, for Robert at Wood died ſeiſed of
it in the 6th year of K. Richard II, anno 1382, The ſoil of this pariſh towards the weſt, is
as it was then found by inquiſition, at which much more fertile than the oppoſite ſide of it,
time it had acquired from him the name of the being level much like that of Leveland adjoin-
manor of Atwoods; and that the ſcite of the ſaid ing, but the eaſtern part of it is very hilly,
manor, together with 50 acres of land, paſture, chalky, and much covered with fints. The north-
and wood, which were parcel of it, was held of eaſt part of it has much coppice wood in it.
the King in capite, as of his caſtle of Dover, by The turnpike road from Faverſham towards
55. rent to the ward of that caſtle yearly, at the Challock and Aſhford paſſes along the weſt ſide of
end of each 20 weeks, and that William Attwood,
this pariſh ſouthward; at one field's diſtance
his uncle, was his next heir, then of 40 years from which eastward, about the middle of the
of age or more (w).
pariſh, ſtands the Court-lodge, called Baſmere-
Guido atte Wode, of the pariſh of Boston, was court, a mean farm-houſe, with the church al-
poſſeſſed of it in the reign of K. Edward IV,
moſt adjoining to it northward.
in the 6th year of which he died, and was buried In the next field, fouth-eaſtward of the church,
in Boston church, before the high croſs. By his the foundations of the antient ſeat of the Bad-
laft will he deviſed this manor, called Woodys-
leſmeres are eaſily traced out, by the different
court, with its appurts. in Badleſmere and Sheld-
colours of the corn, and from the number of
wich, to his wife Joane for life, remainder in fee apartments in it appears to have been a very
to his brother Thomas atte Wode (x), except one large and noble manſion ; among them is a large
piece of land called Geroldy dane, which he or pond, called the Cellar-pond, which, as its name
dered to be ſold. Thomas atte Wode above-men implies, was no doubt the place where the cel-
tioned was of Ickham, and died poſſeſſed of this lars of this ſeat were formerly. At the ſouth-
manor three years afterwards, as appears by his wejt extremity of the pariſh there is a green,
called Baſmere-lees, over which the above-men-
After this name was gone from hence, this tioned road paſſes. There are ſeveral houſes
manor was become the property of Sayer, one round this green, thoſe on the north-eaſt, one of
of whom, John, ſon of Henry Sayer, of Faver which is the parſonage, are only in this pariſh,
ſam, in 1517, anno 8 Henry VIII, conveyed the reſt being in thoſe of Leveland and Sheld-
it to John Cheney, of Eaſtchurch in Shepey, gent.
wich,
will that year.
(u) See more of the Watſons and Sondes's, under Lees-
court in Sheldwich.
(v) Rot. Eſch. ejus an.
(w) Ibid.
(x) His will was proved on Aug. 22, 1465, by which it
appears that he died feiſed of lands and tenements in Wyk-
ham-Brews, Hykham, Littleborne, and Wykham, and lands
called Aftynges and Ealdbury in Boston, all which he ordered
to be fold.
(y) This family was of good account in theſe parts
of
Kent ſo early as K. Henry III.'s reign. Iſabella de Snode is
mentioned, among the gentry of this neighbourhood, as
living at that time, in the Leiger-book of Davington priory,
and there is yet, not far from hence, a hamlet of houſes,
called, from them, Snode-fireet.
A fair

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The Ħ I S T OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ. 181
BADLESMERE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRÉ D:
A fair is held here on St. Leonard's Day, now Crown, and it, in ſtrictneſs of law, reverted to,
by the alteration of the ſtyle, on Nov. 17th and was in the King's diſpofition ; but the
yearly.
Crown ſeemingly diſpenſed therewith, for the
The Abbat of Faverſham was ſeiſed of lands in
this pariſh (2),
this aſſumed and uſed among their titles, that of
Sir Thomas Randolph, knt. an eminent ſtateſ Baron of Badleſmere.
man in Q. Elizabeth's reign, was born in this At length, after the death of Henry, Eurl of
pariſh in 1523, being the ſon of Avery Randolph, Oxford and Baron of Badleſmere, in 1625, there
of Badléſmere, and was much favored and diſtin aroſe a diſpute concerning theſe titles, which
guiſhed by the Queen, being employed by her was, on April 25, 1626, by folemn adjudica-
in no leſs than 18 different embaſſies. He was tion of Parliament determined, that the Earldom
twice married, one of his wives being the filter belonged to the heir male Robert Vere, and that
of fir Francis Walfingham, by whom he left a nu the Barony of Badleſmere was wholly veſted in the
merous iſſue. He died at his houſe in London King, to diſpoſe of at his pleaſure; which judg-
in 1590, æt. 67, and was buried in his pariſh ment the King approved of (b).
church of St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, there (a).
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
T I T L E S.
BADLESMERE is within the ecclefiaftical jurif-
Bartholomew de Badleſmere was by writ ſum diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry,
moned to Parliament, in the zd year of K. Edward
of Oſpringe.
II, among the Barons of this realm, by the title The church, which is dedicated to St. Leo-
of Bartholomew de Badleſmere, of Badleſmere, Che nard, is but a very ſmall mean building, con-
valier, as he was afterwards till the 14th year ſiſting of one ille and one chancel, with a ſmall
of it; which barony deſcended to his ſon Giles de turret at the weſt end, in which hangs one bell ;
Badlefmere, and he was accordingly ſummoned to there were formerly three bells here, but two
Parliament by the like title, from the gth to the
were taken down and fold many years ago, to-
12th year of K. Edward III, in the latter of wards the repair of the church.
which he died without iſſue, leaving his four
In the chancel is a memorial, in old Engliſh
filters his coheirs, upon the diviſion of whoſe in letters, for Barbara, late wife of John Writhe,
heritance, the manor of Badleſmere was aſſigned
alias Diet, Garter King at Arms, daughter and
to Maud, the eldeſt, whoſe huſband John de Vere, heir of John Caſtlecombe, of Cricklade in the co.
Earl of Oxford, in her right became ſeifed of it, of Wilts, who died Oct. 4, 1483.
and was likewiſe Baron of Badleſmere ; which There was formerly a ſmall chapel adjoining
barcny continued in his deſcendants down to the to the ſouth ſide of it, the foundations of which
heir-general of John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, ſtill remain, but it was fallen to ruin before the
and Baron of Badleſmere, who died without iſſue in middle of the laſt century, in this chapel or
the 4th year of K. Henry VIII. He was fucceeded chancel, which had a door opening into the
in thoſe titles by his nephew, ſon of his younger
middle of the iſle of the church, were the tombs
brother ſir George Vere, knt. deceaſed, John, of ſeveral of the family of Badleſmere.
the 14th Earl of Oxford, and Baron of Badleſmere, This church has ever been an appendage to
who dying likewiſe without iſſue, the Earldom the manor of Badleſmere, for though Bartholomew
the
Veres, in the perſon of fir John Vere, grandſon part of the endowment of the priory they in-
of Robert, ſon of. Richard, ioth Earl of Oxford;
tended to erect in this pariſh, yet as that deſign
but the Barony of Badleſmere deſcended to the never took place, this church has continued in
three ſiſters of the laſt Earl John, viz. Urſula, the poſſeſſion of the ſeveral proprietors of the
married to George Windſor, and afterwards to manor from that time to the preſent, and as
Edward Knightly, of the co. of Northampton ; ſuch is now become veſted in the Right Hon.
Dorothy to John Nevil, Lord Latimer; and Eli Lewis, Lord Sondes.
zabeth to fir Anthony Wing field, knt. but this dig. It is a rectory, and a diſcharged living, of the
nity being entire and not dividable, they became clear yearly certified value of 461. the yearly
incapable of it, otherwiſe than by gift from the tenths being 10s. 21d.
(z) Tan. Mon. p. 214.
(a) See Wood's Ath. vol. i, p. 244. Biog. Brit. vol. v,
p. 34.90.
(6) See a full account of this claim and determination
in Collins's Proceedings on Baronies. At the time above-
mentioned, the office of Great Chamberlain of England, which
had for many deſcents been veſted in the Veres, Earls of
Oxford, was claimed as well by Robert de Vere, Earl of
Oxford, above-mentioned, as by Robert, Lord Willoughby
of Ereſby, who claimed likewiſe that Earldom and the Baronies
poſſeſſed by the late Earl, as his couſin and next heir, viz.
as ſon and heir of Mary, late wife of Peregrine, Lord Wil-
loughby of Ereſby, deceaſed, fiſter of Edward de Vere, Earl
of Oxford, father of Henry, laft Earl of Oxford, deceaſed ;
and by the adjudication of the Houſe of Lords above-men-
tioned, though the Earldom was adjudged to the heir male,
Robert de Vere, yet the office of Great Chamberlain was ad.
judged to the Lord Willoughby.
Vol. II.
IN
In 1578,

782
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
RECTORS
SHELDWICH
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
In 1578, there were communicants here 34 ; a family which, from their reſidence at the Lees
in 1640, it was valued at 8ol. per annum, com here, aſſumed the name of At-Lefe, their maa-
municants 40.
ſion here being called Lees-court, a name which
this manor itſelf ſoon afterwards adopted, being
CHURCH OF BAD LES MERE.
called
Patrons,
or by whom preſented.
THE MANOR OF LEES-COURT, alias SHELDWİCH.
(c) Peter Playce, March 26,
Sampſon Ate-Leſe was poffeffed of it in the 27th
1560, obt. 1573.
year of K. Edward I. His ſon, of the fame
Wm. Aucher, gent. Richard Yate, March 31, name, left iſſue ſeveral children and Lora his
1579, obt. 1630.
wife ſurviving, who afterwards married Regineld
Sir Rich. Sondes, of Robert rate, S. T. B. Feb. de Dike, who in her right reſided at Lees-court,
Tbrowley, knt. 22, 1630.
where he kept his ſhrievalty in the 29th year of
(d)William Bagnall, obt. 1713. K. Edward III.'s reign (ii).
Hon. Edw.Watſon. (e) Edward Nicholls, A. M. Sir Richard At-Leſe, the eldeſt ſon, at length
Nov. 2, 1713, obt. Mar. ſucceeded to the poffeffion of this manor, and re-
10, 1726.
ſided at Lees-court. He ſerved in Parliament for
Lewis, Earl of (f) James Bernard, A.M.Oet.
this county in the 40th year of that reign, and
Rockingham. 26, 1726, obt. 1763. the next year was Sheriff of it. He died on Aug.
Lewis, Lord Sondes. (8) William Gurney, A. M.
20, 1394, anno 18 Richard II, and was buried,
May 6, 1763. Preſent
with Dioniſia his wife, in the north chancel of
Rector.
Sheldwich church, where their effigies and in-
ſcription in braſs ſtill remain. He died without
SH E L D W I CH.
iſſue, and by his laſt will deviſed his manor of
Leſe, among others, to his wife Dioniſia for life,
THE
"HE next pariſh northward from Badleſmere remainder to John, ſon of Richard Dane, and his
is Sheldwich, which is written in antient heirs male, and in default of ſuch, then to the
charters Schyldwic, by which name it was given heirs male of Lucy his niece, one of the daugh-
in 784 by Alcmund, K. of Kent, to Wetrede, Ab ters and coheirs of his brother Marcellus At-Leſe,
bat, and the Convent of Raculf Ceftre, or Reculver, then the wife of John Norton, eſq; (iii)
as 12 plow-lands, with all its appurts. free from
By the above will, this manor at length came
all ſecular ſervice and all regal tribute, except-
into the poſſeſſion of their ſon William Norton,
ing the repelling of invaſions, and the repairing eſq; who reſided both at Lees-court and at Faver-
of bridges and caſtles (b).
Mam, where he died in the 9th year of K. Ed-
This monaſtery ſeems in 949 to have been ward IV, and was buried in the church of Fe-
annexed to Chriſt Church in Canterbury by K. verſbam, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his wife,
Edred (i); but this eſtate of Sheldwich does not daughter of Marc Huſey, of Chilſton, eſq; twe
appear ever to have come into the poſſeſſion of fons, Reginald, who by his laſt will became his
the latter, no notice being taken of it in any of heir to this manor, and Richard, who was like-
the charters or records relating to it, nor have
wiſe of Sheldwich, and dying anno 1500, was
I ſeen how it paſſed afterwards, till the time of buried in Faverſham church (k). Reginald, the
its becoming the property of the family of Atte eldeſt ſon, was of Lees.court, and left iſſue two
Leſe, in the reign of K. Edward I, when this fons, John, who ſucceeded him in this manor,
eſtate, which ſeems to have comprehended the and William, who was of Faverſbum, and anceſtor
manor of Sheldwich, was become the property of
to the Nortons of Fordwich in this county. John

(c) He had the Queen's letters of preſentation to this
rectory, and was likewife Vicar of Throwley.
(d) He was likewiſe Rector of Leveland.
(e) He was likewiſe Vicar of Selling.
(f) He was likewiſe Rector of Leveland; his two livings
were ſequeftered in 1740, and continued ſo till his death.
(g) He reſigned the vicarage of Selling on being inſti-
tuted to this rectory, and now holds it with the church of
Leveland; in 1980, he was preſented to the rectory of Lud-
denham, which he holds with the above.
(5) Decem. Script. col. 2211.
(i) Somn. Cant. append. No. xxxix.
(ii) They appear, by the chartulary of the manor of Knol-
ton, to have had four fons, Richard, above-mentioned ;
Marcellus, who married firſt, anno 33 Edward III, Anne,
daughter of John de Bregge, by whom he had two daugh-
ters, Lucy, married to John Norton, and Cecilie to Valentine
Barrett; he married fecondly, anno 15 Richard II, Margery,
daughter of Chriſtopher Shokkeburgh.--Thomas and Peter
were the other two ſons.
They bore for their arms-Gules, a croſs-croflet ermine.
(iii) Sir Richard at Lefe, by his laſt will deviſed to Dionifa
his wife, the manors of Lefe, Wardonne, and Reyhamme, for
life ; after which, he deviſed the manor of Leſe to John, ſon
of Richard Dane and his heirs male, and in default of ſuch,
then to the heirs male of Lucy Norton, to whom he deviſed
after his wife's death the manor of Wardonne, and the ma-
nor of Reyhamme to Cicelie Barrett ; and he ordered that his ,
manors of Sapingdon and Herſt ſhould be fold, and that a
piece of land, called Southbote, ſhould be given to Reginald
Kengeſonde for his life, and afterwards to Richard, ſon of
William de Enſinge. Dated anno 18 Richard II.
(k) Several of this family have been Mayors of the town
of Faverſham. See Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 118 et ſeq.
and more of the Nortons, under Milton above, p. 625,

Norton,

The
783
HISTORY
K E N T.
of
-
SHELDWICH.
Norton, eſq; the eldeſt ſon, lived in the reign of
K. Henry VIII, and reſided at firſt at Lees-court,
but marrying Joane, one of the daughters and
coheirs of John Northwood, of Northwood in
Milton, eſq; he removed thither, and dying in
1534, was ſucceeded by his ſon fir John Norton,
of Northwood, knt. whoſe grandſon fir Thomas
Norton, of Northwood, knt. about the reign of
K. James I, alienated this manor to fir Richard
Sondes, of Tbrowley, knt. whoſe ſon fir George
Sondes, Knight of the Bath, ſucceeding him in
it, pulled down the old manſion of Lees-court,
and erected upon the ſcite of it, ſoon after the
death of K. Charles I, the preſent manſion of
Lees-court, the front of which is built after a
deſign of Inigo Jones, to which he afterwards
removed.
He was a man of great power and eſtate in
this county, being a Deputy-Lieutenant, and
Sheriff of it in the 13th year of K. Charles I,
in which year the difficult buſineſs of thip-money
was agitated, in the levying of which he con-
ducted himſelf with ſuch juſtice and moderation,
as gained him much reputation and eſteem of
the gentry (I). Being a man ſtrictly loyal in his
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
principles, he underwent during the uſurpation
much perſecution, as well in regard to his per-
ſon as eſtates, having been ſeveral times impri-
ſoned, his eſtates ſequeſtered, and his houſes
plundered more than once for his delinquency;
however, he was at laſt ſuffered to compound
for 3500l. (m)
After the reſtoration, he was, in recompence
of his former ſufferings for the royal cauſe,
created by K. Charles II, by his letters patent,
dated April 8, in his 28th year, anno 1676,
Earl of Faverſham, Viſcount Sondes of Lees-court,
and Baron of Throwley, for his life, with remain-
der to his ſon-in-law Lewis, Lord Duras, and his
heirs male, the year after which he died, on
April 30, 1677, at his ſeat of Lees-court, and was
buried in the family vault in the fouth chancel of
Throwley church. Sir George Sondes had been
twice married ; firſt to Jane, daughter and heir
of fir Ralph Freeman, of Aſpeden in the co. of
Herts, knt. Lord Mayor of London anno 9
Charles I, (n) by whom he had iſſue two ſons,
George and Freeman, who both died unmar-
ried in 1655 (0). He married ſecondly Mary,
daughter of fir William Villars; of Brokeſby,
K.
(1) Mr. Twyſden, in which a full account is given of
his proceedings in this buſineſs.
(m) Sir George Sondes, in the Narrative which he printed
in 1655, on the death of his two ſons, which is rather an
apology for his own conduct on ſome accuſations of immo-
rality, brought againſt him by the fanatic miniſters of thoſe
times, ſays, he had three fair houſes in his own hands, all
well furniſhed, and at leaſt 2000l. per annum about them,
his lands all well ſtockt; that he had at leaſt 100 head of
great cattel, half an hundred horſes, ſome of them worth
40 or gol. a piece, beſides 500 ſheep and other ſtock, about
1000 quarter of wheat and malt in his garners, and 10
barnes, none of the leaſt, all full of good corn, and great
quantities of flax and hops; that as to his houſekeeping,
his houſe was open at all times to rich and poor, 20 poor
people at leaſt were relieved in it weekly, the loweſt pro-
portion in his houſe, whether he was there or not, was
every week a bullock of about 50 ftone, a quarter of wheat,
and a quarter of malt for drink, which made about a barrel
a day for his houſhold"; that he had employed for near 30
years labourers and workmen continually, to the amount
of at leaſt 1000l. a year.
He ſays, that in the time of the troubles he had been
injured in his goods and eſtates near 40,000l. in value, all
that he had as above-deſcribed having been ſeized and taken
at one time, together with his plate and jewels, and the
rents and profits of his eſtates for ſeven years together,
during the two firſt years of which neither himſelf nor his
children had any thing out of them, and at laſt to prevent
his eſtates being ſold he was forced to compound for them,
by paying the ſum of 3500l. for his delinquency ; beſides
which, he ſuffered much in his perſon, being impriſoned for
ſeveral years, at firſt on ſhipboard, and afterwards, with
many other royaliſts, in Upnor caſtle near Rocheſter.
(n) Chauncy's Hertf. p. 122. She died anno 1637,
and was buried with her infant-daughter Suſanna in the
vault in this church.
() The unhappy cataſtrophe of theſe fons, however un-
willingly mentioned, muſt not be paſſed over in ſilence,
the elder being murthered by the younger on Aug. 7,
1655, the moſt probable ſtory of which is, that the latter,
then aged about 19 years, being of a ſulky and untoward
difpofition, became envious of his brother, not only for his
being preferred for his better qualities in his father's affec-
tion, and the good will of others, but that being his elder
brother, he was an obſtacle to the conſummation of his
wiſhes with a young lady, to whom he at that time paid his
addreſſes. Theſe
Theſe appear to have been the motives (for the
ſtory of his committing this horrid crime on account of a
quarrel he had with his brother ſome months before, in re-
lation to a doublet, for which he had been perfectly recon.
ciled to him ſoon afterwards, ſeems to have been made uſe
of by him, in his confeſſion before the Juſtices, entirely as a
pretence to conceal his real motives, for ſo it
appears both
by his father's and Mr. Boreman's narratives). He committed
this foul deed on his brother in an upper chamber in this
houſe, whilft he was aſleep in bed, by a deadly blow on the
head with the back of a cleaver, (which he had taken from
the kitchen a day or two before, and had hidden for this
purpoſe,) which blow he followed by others with a dagger,
which he carried about him for the ſame intent; upon
which he was put into the cuſtody of a Peace-officer, a
guard was ſet over him, and the next day he was conveyed
to Maidſtone gaol, the aflizes being then holding there; the
day after which, being Thurſday the 9th, he was brought
to the bar, (having been before examined before for Michael
Liveſey, fir Thomas Style, and other Juſtices,) and his in-
dictment being read over, he pleaded guilty, ſhewing a
great deſire to ſuffer death for his barbarous action, and
appeared whilſt at the bar with fo compoſed a behaviour,
as filled the Judges, Juſtices, and the whole Court, which
was crowded with the other gentlemen of the county, with
much aftoniſhment. After which, being carried back to
the gaol, he was put into the dungeon allotted for the con-
demned malefactors, and next day condemned to die ;
Judge Crooke, at the time of his pafling ſentence, ſeriouſly
admoniſhing him to conſider and repent of the foulneſs of
the deed he had committed, preſſing him to declare the
motives he had for it, for the clearing of his conſcience and
the ſatisfaction of the country. He replied, that he had
already done it, before the Juſtices at his examination ; and
being further preſled if he had nothing more to ſay to teſtify
his remorſe, he then, being flow of ſpeech and of a reſerved
nature, made no anſwer, but delivered a petition to the
Under

784
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
reſpite for
SHELDWICH.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
bart. (p) by whom he had two daughters, who of this manor, upon which that, together with
became his coheirs, of whom Mary, the eldeſt,
the reſt of the eſtates in this county late belong-
married Lewis de Duras, Marquis of Blanquefort ing to fir George Sondes, became the property of
in the kingdom of France, and Baron of Holdenby Lewis, Lord Rockingham, by virtue of the limi.
in this kingdom, and Catherine, the youngeſt, tation made of them on his ſecond daughter Ca-
married in 1677 Lewis Watſon, efq; afterwards therine, on failure of iſſue by his firſt daughter
on his father's death Lord, and then Earl of Mary, which Catherine was afterwards married
Rockingham (2).
to Lord Rockingham, but had deceaſed in 1695.
On fir George Sondes's death, this manor, with
He reſided afterwards at Lees-court, and after
the reſt of his eftaces in this county, deſcended his marriage had ſucceeded his father, on his
to Lewis, Lord Duras, in right of his wife Mary. death in 1691, as 3d Lord Rockingham. In 1705
He had been naturalized by act of Parliament in he was by Q. Anne made Lord Lieutenant and
1664, and created in 1672 Baron Duras of Hol Cuftos Rotulorum of this county, which offices
denby in the co. of Northampton. On the death he held till his death ; on K. George's acceſſion
of his father-in-law without male iſſue, he ſuc he was by letters patent, dated Oct. 19, 1714,
ceeded, by limitation of the patent, to the title
advanced to the titles of Earl of Rockingham, Vif-
of Earl of Faverſoam. In the rſt year of K. count Sondes of Lees-court, and Baron of Throwley,
James II, he was elected a Knight of the Garter,
to him and his heirs male. He died on March
and in 1688 made General of the King's forces, 19, 1724, and was buried at Rockingham, hav-
in which poft he continued at the revolution. ing had iſſue two ſons, Edward and George (1),
He ſurvived his wife fome years (r), and died and four daughters; of the latter, Mary married
on April 8, 1909, without iſſue (s), and feiſed Wrey Sanderſon, of the co. of Lincoln, grandſon
Under-Sheriff, Mr. Eede, which was read, and was for a ing anno 26 Elizabeth, was ſucceeded by his fon and heir
for a few days only, that he might by a more peni-
fir Edward Watſon, knt, who married Arne, daughter of
tent remorſe and ſorrow of conſcience, make his peace
with Kenelm Digby, of the co. of Rutland, eſq; by whom he had
God, and reconcile himſelf to his deſervedly and highly
two fons, Lewis and Edward, and three daughters, mar-
offended father. To this petition the Judge condeſcended ried to Norwich, Grant, and Mayney, and died in 1616.
fo far, as to reſpite his execution till Wedneſday the 15th, His eldeſt ſon fir Lewis Watſon, knt, was created a Baronet
and afterwards till Tueſday Aug. 2ift the week after, being anno 19 James I, and afterwards, for his loyalty and fer-
the day fortnight on which he had murthered his brother,
vices to K. Charles I, in his troubles, was created Lord
when he was conveyed from priſon, in a mourning habit, Rockingham by letters patent, dated at Oxford Jan. 28,
on horſeback, many gentlemen attending him, with two anno 20 Charles I. He married firſt Catherine, daughter
divines, Mr. Boreman, and Mr. Higgons Rector of Hunton ; of Peregrine, Lord Willoughby of Ereſy, by whom he had
when he came to the place of execution, being diſmounted an only child, which died young. He married ſecondly, in
from his horſe, he ſtood for more than half an hour, whilft 1620, Eleanor, daughter of fir John Manners, knt. and
a diſcourſe was made by the former on the heinouſneſs of ſiſter of George, Earl of Rutland, and dying in 1652, left
his crime, to which was added a prayer, which ended, he iſſue by her one ſon Edward, and six daughters; which
went up the ladder, and ſtanding in the midſt of it, with Edward, Lord Rockingham, married Anne, eldeſt daughter
great meekneſs he deſired the prayers of thoſe preſent, and of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and died in 1691.
with erected hands and eyes he beſeeched God to forgive His Lordſhip had iſſue by her four ſons and four daughters;
his fins againſt his father and brother, and praying in a
of the former, Lewis was created Earl of Rockingham, and
few words for a bleſſing on his diſtreſſed father, he cloſed
married Catherine, youngeſt daughter of fir George Sondes,
all with a reſignation of his ſoul into the hands of his Maker,
as above-mentioned; Edward died unmarried ; Thomas was
ſaying in a low voice, God's will be done; after which words heir to his uncle William, Earl of Strafford, by his laſt will,
the Executioner did his office, and his body, after it had in purſuance of which he aſſumed the name and arms of
hung a good while, being cut down, was put into a coach Wentworth, whoſe fon was created Earl of Malton, and af-
and carried to Berfied, where it was interred in the church. terwards Marquis of Rockingham, and dying in 1750, was
This account is taken from a Narrative of his Life and ſucceeded by his ſon, the prefent Right Hor. the Marquis of
Death, publiſhed the ſame year by the Rev. Mr. R. Bore Rockingham; and George, the fourth ſon, died unmarried.
van above-mentioned, fir George Sondes himſelf likewiſe Arne, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Strafford, was of con-
publiſhed that year a Narrative of the Life and Death of fanguinity to Archbiſhop Chicheley. Stem. Chich. No. 98.
his two Sons, in vindication of himſelf from ſome malicious Her deſcendant Lord Sondes claims the like conſanguinity,
afperfions thrown out againſt him, on this and other ac in right of his grandmother Anne, daughter of Charles Wren,
of the Iſle of Ely, eſq; Ibid. No. 259.
(p) She died anno 1688, and was buried beſide her huſ-
(r) She died in 1687, and was buried in the vault in this
band.
church. On her death, the Houſe of Lords adjudged the
eftates of the Sondes's to her ſurviving huſband, the Earl of
(9) He was then 25 years of age, and ſhe was 19.
The family of Watfor was originally of the county of
Faverſham, though ſhe had never been with child. The
late Daniel, Earl of Winchelſea, a man as wiſe and expe-
Cambridge, a branch of which afterwards ſettled at Lyding-
rienced as moſt of his time, uſed to affirın, that there were
son in the co. of Rutland, of which place was Edward Wat-
but two inſtances on the Journals of that Houſe, which
son, efq; who refided there in the reign of K. Edward IV,
and left iſſue ſeveral children by his first wife Emma, daugh-
could caſt the leaſt imputation on the honor of it, and that
this was one of them.
ter and coheir ot Anthony Smith, eſq; brother of William,
Biſoop of Lincoln. Edward Watfon, efq; his eldeſt ſon, had (s) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 484. See more of him above.
his chief refidence at Rockingham-caſtle in the co. of North,
p.716. He bore for his arms-Quarterly, it and 4th, are
bampton, and married Dorothy, daughter of fir Edward gent, a lion rampant gules; 2d and 3d, argent, a bend azuri.
Montague, kne. Chief Juſtice of the King's Bench, and dy (1) He died without iſſue in 1735.

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and

The H I S I O Ř Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
785
:
upon
omnes
SHELDWICH.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
and heir apparent of the Viſcount Caſtleton ; Anne But this manor, with the ſeat of Lees-court,
died young ; Arabella married Henry, ſon and and the reſt of his eſtates in this county and
heir of fir Robert Furneſe, bart. and Margaret in elſewhere, were deviſed by him to his firſt-couſin
1725 John, Lord Monſon, anceſtor of the preſent Lewis Monfon, ſecond ſon of John, Lord Monfon,
Lewis, Lord Sondes, as will be further mentioned by Margaret his wife, youngeſt daughter of
below.
Lewis, 1ſt Earl of Rockingham, and aunt to Earl
Of the fons, Edward, Viſcount Sondes, the eldeſt,
Thomas above-mentioned, whom he enjoined to
died on March 20, 1721, in his father's life-time,
take on him the ſurname, and uſe the arms of
and was buried in Throwley church, having mar Watfon (W); which Lewis Monfon Watſon was
ried in 1708 Catherine, the eldeſt of the five born in 1728, and in 1754 was choſen to re-
daughters and coheirs of Thomas Tufton, Earl of preſent this county in Parliament, in which
Thanet (u), by whom he left iſſue three ſons, and year he was appointed one of the Auditors
a daughter Catherine, married in 1729 to Edward of the Impreft, and by letters patent, bear-
Southwell, of Kings Weſton in the co. of Glou-
ing date. May 20, 1760, anho 33 George II,
ceſter, efq;
91028
zona aid
was created a Peer of Great Britain, by the
Lewis, the eldeſt fon, ſucceeded his grandfa-
title of Lord Sondes, Baron of Lees-court, to him
ther in the poſſeſſion of his eſtates and as'ud Earl
and his heirs male. In 1752 he married Frances,
of Rockingham, and in 1737 was made Lord
ſecondo furviving daughter of the Hon. Henry
Lieutenant and Cuſtos Rotulorum of this county.
Pelham, who died in 1777, by whom he had
He died on Dec. 4, 1745, having married in
iſſue four fons, Lewis-Tbomas, born in 1754;
1736 Anne, da
daughter of fir Henry Furneſe, of | Henry, now an officer in the army; Charles,
Walderſhare, bart. afterwards remarried in 1967 who died young; and George, now a youth at
1751
Eton ſchool.
to Francis, Earl of Guildford (v), by whom he
els to loondong orti
had no iſſue,
which this manor, among The Right Hon. Lewis, Lord Sondes, is the
the reſt of his intailed eſtates, deſcended to his preſent poffeffor of the manor and ſeat of
next and only ſurviving brother Thomas, (Ed Lees-court, at which, as well as at Rockingham-
ward the youngeſt having before deceaſed un caſtle in the co. of Northampton, he occaſionally
married,) who became the 3d Earl of Rocking-
reſides. rin
ham, and ſucceeded his brother likewiſe as Lord He bears for his arms--Quarterly, ift and 4th,
Lieutenant and Cuſtos Rotulorum of this county. Watſon, argent, on a chevron engrailed azure, be-
He enjoyed his honors but a ſhort time, for he tween 3 martlets ſable, as many creſcents or ; 2d
died in the Feb. following, 1746, unmarried,
and 3d, Monfon, or, 2 chevrons gules. For his
upon which the title of Earl, &c. became extinct, ſupporters-On the dextér fide, a griffin argent,
and the Barony of Rockingham deſcended to his gorged with a ducal coronet or ; on the finiſter, a
kinſman Thomas Watſon Wentworth, Earl of Mal bear proper, gorged with a belt buckled, with prap
ton, afterwards created Marquis of Rockingham. pendent, argent, charged with 2 creſcents or. For
tot arribats
2 Son
(u) She was of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chichele. See the ſecond, was created by K. Charles I. Viſcount Caſtle
Stem. Chich. No.
74.
maine, but left no male iſſue.
(v) See Walderſhare.
Bet
Sir John Monſon, bart. the eldeſt ſon, became in 1645
poſſeſſed of Broxburn in the county of Lincoln, which be-
fr) The family of Monfon, or Munſon, as they were an-
came the family reſidence of his deſcendants. His ſon for
tiently written, were ſeated in the county of Lincoln as early
John Monfon, knt. died in his life-time, leaving a numerous
as the reign of K. Edward III, when they were denomi-
iſſue, of whom the eldeſt ſurviving fons for Henry and fir
nated of Eaſt Reſon in that county, foon after which they
William both fucceeded to
fucceeded to the title of Baronet, and died
without iffue ; the latter of whom was in fucceeded in
titles by his nephew for John Monfon, Knight of the Bath,
family was fir William Monſon, an Admiral of the Engliſh
and heir of George his youngeſt ſurviving brother; which
Navy in the reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I, a man
fir George Monfon, bart. married Anne, daughter of fir Charles
of untainted reputation for conduct and bravery, who lived
Wren, of the Iſle of Ely, eſq; by whom he had iſſue five fons,
till the year 1642, but his iſſue is extinct in the male line.
the four youngeſt of whom died unmarried ; the eldeſt fir
He compiled large Tracts on Naval Affairs, in fix books,
John Monfon, was made Knight of the Bath in 1725, and
which are publiſhed in a Collection of Voyages, printed in
1727
ſucceeded his father in title and eftate. In 1728
1703
and
1745
he was by letters patent, dated May 28th that year, anno
At length the principal line of this fanıily, of whom fe-
i George II, created Lord Monfon, and afterwards made a
veral had been from time to time knighted, and had ſerved Privy Counſellor. He died in 1748, having married the
in different Parliaments, deſcended down to fir Thomas,
Lady Margaret Watſon, youngeſt daughter of Lewis, if
eldeſt ſurviving fon and heir to fir Fohn Monfon, and bro-
Earl of Rockingham, who ſurvived him, and dying in 1752,
ther of the Admiral above-mentioned, who was created a was buried beſide her huſband, at South Carlton in the co.
Baroret on June 29, 1611, and had the character of a per-
of Lincoln. 'They left iſſue three fons, John, now Lord
fon of fine breeding and a moſt accompliſhed gentleman. Monfon; Lewis, poffeffor of Lees manor and court, created
He died in 1641, and was buried with his anceſtors at South
Lord Sondes, as above-mentioned ; and George, who was a
Carlton, having married Margaret, daughter of fir Edmund
General in the Army, and died a few years ſince in the
Anderſon, Chief Juſtice of the Common Pleas, by whom he
Eaft Indies.
had iſſue four fons and three daughters ; of the former, for The arms of Monfon are mentioned above, as quartered
John, the eldeſt, will be mentioned below, and for William, by Lord Sendes. See Collins's Peer. vol. vii, p. 237 et ſeq.
wor
in
on Vol. II.
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SHELDWICH.
his creft-Agriffin's head eraſed argent, gorged as
the dexter Supporter above-mentioned(x).
COPESHAM
SOL E.
3
Copeßam Sole, alias Copſhole farm is an eſtate
in this pariſh, which remained for ſeveral cen-
turies in the poſſeſſion of the family of Belk,
written originally Bielke, and deſcended out of
Sweden (y). Stephen de Belk is mentioned in the
Teſta de Nevil, as having paid reſpective aid for
land in this part of Kent at the marriage of
Iſabel, fiſter to K. Henry III, in the 20th year
of that reign(z). Valentine and John Belk were
of Sheldwich in the reign of Q. Elizabeth, in
the gth year of which they purchaſed, with the
Queen's licence, of Edward Liveſey ſeveral par-
cels of land in this pariſh and Selling (a), and in
Eaſter term, in the 17th year of that reign, they
levied a fine of all their lands.
John, the eldeſt ſon of Valentine Belk, gent.
reſided at Sheldwich, and died poffeffed of this
eſtate on March 30, 1633, æt. 67, and was bu-
ried in the great chancel of this church. His
ſon William Belk, D. D. was Prebendary of Can-
terbury, and dying in 1676, at. 74, was buried
in that cathedral, leaving by Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of fir Thomas Hardres, knt. (6) a ſon
Thomas Belk, D. D. who ſucceeded his father in
that dignity, and married in 1677 Anne, daugh-
ter of fir Henry Oxenden, kut.(c) He died in 1912,
æt. 72, and was buried near his father, having
by his laſt will deviſed this eſtate to his neice
Mary, daughter of his brother Mr. Anthony Belk,
Auditor to the Chapter of that church. She in
1713 married Mr. Bryan Bentham, of Chatham,
gent. (d) whoſe fons Edward and Bryan afterwards
became ſeiſed of it under their mother's marriage
ſettlement; Edward in 1752 conveyed his moiety
to his brother Bryan, and he by his laſt will in
1767 deviſed the fee of the whole of it to his bro-
ther Edward for life, remainder to his nephew,
ſon of Edwurd-William Bentbam, who alienated
it, with Southouſe lands in this pariſh likewiſe, in
1775, to the Right Hon. Lewis, Lord Sondes, the
preſent poffeffor of it (e).
Sheldwich church, on the high road, which had
formerly owners of that name, in which it con-
tinued till the reign of K. Richard II, when it
was come into the poffeffion of Giles (f), one of
whom, in the preceding reign, had been Steward
to the Abbat of Leſnes, in which name this ma-
nor continued till the year 1678, when Chriſtian
Giles marrying Mr. Thomas Hilton, of Sheldwich,
gent. (g), entitled him to the poffeffion of it. He
afterwards reſided here, and was ſucceeded in it
by his ſon Mr. Giles Hilton, gent. who in 1702
married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Law,
by whom he had three ſons and three daugh-
ters(b); of the former, John ſucceeded him in
this manor; William was of Faverſham, and mar-
ried Mary Oldfield, by whom he had no iſſue;
and Robert was of Selling, and left iſſue by his
wife Elizabeth Chambers, of the ſame place, two
ſons, Thomas Gibbs Hilton, of Boughton Blean,
who married Anne, daughter of Mr. Stepben
Jones, of Faverſham, by whom he has iſſue four
ſons, and John, who married Eleanor, daughter
of Mr. John Cobb, of Sheldwich, and two daugh-
ters, Elizabeth-Farewell and Chriſtian (i). Mr.
John Hilton, the eldeſt ſon, reſided at Lords,
where he died unmarried in 1780, being much
noted for his generous houſekeeping and old
Engliſh hoſpitality. By his laſt will he bequeathed
this manor to his brother Mr. Robert Hilton for
life, remainder in tail to his nephew Mr. John
Hilton, ſecond ſon of his brother above-men-
tioned, which Mr. Jobn Hilton, ſince his fa-
ther's death on May 8, 1782, is become the
poffeffor of it, and now reſides in it.
S EL GR A V E,
now uſually called Selgrove, is a manor ſituated
both in this pariſh and in that of Preſton, but it
has of long time been ſeparated into moieties, and
has become two diftinet manors, of which that ly-
ing within this pariſh, at the north-east extremity
of it, was formerly the property of the family
of St. Nicholas, one of whom, Laurence St. Ni-
cholas, paid aid for it at the making of the Black
Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward
III, as one quarter of a knight's fee in Sheld-
wich, which he held of the honor of Glouceſter.
After which it ſeems to have come into the pos-


Scul
LO
R
DS
is a manor ſituated about a mile Southward of
(2) Coll. Peer. vol. iii, p. 392. Dugd. Bar.vol.ii, p. 474.
(y) They bore for their arms-Gules, a chevron between 3
leopards faces argent. (2) Philipott, p. 316.
(a) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 9.
(6) She died in 1701, and was buried beſide her huſband.
(c) She died in 1733, and was buried in the cathedral
of Canterbury.
(d) He left iſſue two ſons, and a daughter Mary, mar.
ried to Mr. Charles Eve, of Deptford.
(e) In 1774 this eſtate conſiſted of a capital meſſuage,
called Copejkam Sole, alias Copfhole-farm, and all thoſe lands
called Soutbouſe-lands, in Sheld wich and Throwley, then let
at the rent of 50 guineas per annum.
(f) They bore for their arms-Per pale azure and gules, a
grifin paſant or.
(8) He was the fon of Mr. Thomas Hilton, of Faverſham,
gent, at which place his anceſtors had been for ſome gene-
rations, as appears by the pariſh regiſter, before which they
reſided at Throwley, in the regiſter of which they are like-
wiſe mentioned, almoſt at the beginning of it in 1558, be-
ing the laſt year of Q. Mary's reign.
(b) Viz. Chriſtian, married firſt to Mr. Pullman, of Gil-
lingham, and ſecondly to Mr. Thomas Francis, of Canterbury,
by whom ſhe had a ſon Thomas; Elizabeth to Mr. Stephen
Cock, of Ore, by whom ſhe had a daughter Elizabeth, mar-
ried to Mr. Bonnick Lipgeatt, of Faverſham, gent. and Su-
fanna to Samuel Furmfton, of Faverſham, Surgeon.
(i) The former married Mr. Thomas Francis, of Canter-
bury, her firſt-couſin, by whom ſhe has iſſue ſeveral chil-
dren; and the latter is unmarried.
feflion

The
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H IS TO RY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
SHELDWICH.
feſſion of Roger Norwood, of Northwood in Mil-
ton, in whoſe deſcendants it remained for ſeveral
generations, and till it came at length into the
name of Barley, from one of whom it was alien-
ated to Clive, of Copton in the adjoining pariſh
of Preſton. Soon after which, this manor ſeems
to have come into the hands of the Crown, and
K. Charles I, in his 7th year, granted it to fir
Edward Hales, of Tunſtall, knt. and bart. in fee,
who ſoon afterwards conveyed it to fir Dudley
Diggs, of Chilham-caſtle, knt, who died poffeffed
of it in 1638 (k); his two ſons, Thomas and
John Diggs, eſqrs. about 1641, alienated it to fir
George Sondes, Knight of the Batb; ſince which
it has deſcended, in like manner as Lees-court in
this pariſh, deſcribed above, to the Right Hon.
Lewis, Lord Sondes, the preſent owner of it.
A Borſholder is choſen yearly for this part of
the manor of Selgrave, by the name of the Bor-
fholder of the borough of Selgrave, at the Court
Leet holden for the hundred and manor of
Faver fan.
The ſheerway, called Portway, alias Porters, alias
Selgrave-lane, leading from Copton to Whitebill
in Oſpringe, ſeems to ſeparate this moiety of the
manor from the other.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
ſeſſed it, as appears by the chartulary of Knolton
manor in the 49th year of K. Edward III. How
long it continued in his deſcendants, I have not
found, but in much later times it came into the
poffefſion of the Chapmans, of Molaſh, from which
it was alienated, with other eſtates in this neigh-
bourhood, by Edward, Thomas, and James Chap-
man, to Chriſtopher Vane, Lord Barnard, who
died ſeiſed of it in 1723, leaving iſſue two ſons,
Gilbert, who ſucceeded him in title and in his
eſtates in the North of England, and William,
who poffeffed his father's ſeat of Fairlawn, and
the reſt of his eſtates in this county, having been
in his father's life-cime created Viſcount Vane of
the kingdom of Ireland. He died poffeffed of
this manor in 1734, leaving iſſue an only ſon
and heir William, the preſent Right Hon. Lord
Viſcount Vane, who is the inſtant owner of it (m).
E PHER
is an eſtate in the north-eaſt part of this pariſh,
which takes its name from the green or forſtal of
that naine near which it is ſituated, and was for
many deſcents in the poſſeſſion of the family of
Ruck, one of whom lies buried at Rye, and was
a perſon of ſome note in the reign of K. Henry
VIII, being Bow-bearer to that Prince, and bore
for his coat armour, as appears by his grave-
ſtone—Sable, a plain croſs argent between 4 fleurs
de lis or. The laſt of this name, who poſſeſſed
this eſtate, was Nicholas Ruck, who about the
latter end of Q. Elizabeth's reign dying without
iſſue, gave it to his nephew Mr. Nicholas Oliver,
who ſoon after the death of K. Charles I, paſſed
it away,
with other eſtates in the adjoining pa-
riſh of Selling, to the Preſident and Fellows of
Corpus Chriſti college in Oxford, in whom it ſtill
continues veſted (n).
SHEPHERDS
ose
FORST AL
HUNTING FIELD
is a ſmall court held in this pariſh, which ſeems
to be an appendage to the manor of that name
in Eaſling, and to have continued with it part of
the poffeffions of the free chapel or college of St.
Stephen in Weſtminſter till its diffolution in the
iſt year of K. Edward VI; ſince which it has
continued in the like chain of ownerſhip as that
in Eaſling to the family of Grove of Tunſtall, in
which it ſtill remains, being now the property
of Richard Grove, of London, eſg; (2)
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
LI T Τ Ε S,
The manor of Littles, antiently called Lydles,
which is ſituated in the north-weſt part of this
pariſh, and in thoſe of Throwley and Preſton ad-
joining, was formerly owned by the family of
At-Leſe, one of whom, Richard At-Leſe, pof-
The family of Badleſmere was poſſeſſed of
lands in this pariſh. Bartholomew de Bedleſmere,
in the 9th year of K. Edward II, procured a
grant of free warren for his demeſne lands in this
pariſh among others (o), and by the inquiſition
taken of his poffeffions, ſome years after his
(A) Sir Dudley Diggs, knt. by his laſt will, dated in 1638,
left the ſum of zol. to be paid yearly to two young men and
two maids, who on May 19th yearly ſhould run a tye, at
Old Wives Lees in Chilham, and prevail; the money to be
paid out of the profits of the lands of this part of the manor
of Selgrave, which efcheated to him after the death of Lady
Clive. Theſe lands, being in three pieces, lie in the pa-
siſhes of Preſton and Faverſham, and contain about 40 acres,
and are commonly called The Running Lands. Two young
men and two maids run at Old Wives Lees in Chilham yearly
on May iſt, and the ſame number at Sheldwich Lees on the
Monday following, by way of trial, and the two which prevail
at each of thoſe places run for the rol. at Old Wives Lees, as
above-mentioned, on May 19th, a more particular account
of which will be given under the deſcription of Chilham,
(1) See above, p. 753.
(m) On the marriage of Lord Vane, in 1735, with Fran-
ces his preſent wife, he ſettled this eſtate, by the deſcrip-
tion of The manor, lordſhip, or farm called Littles, with
its appurts. in Sheldwich, Throwley, and Preſion, and the
capital meſſuage called Littles, with its appurts. containing
140 acres of land in thoſe pariſhes, among other premiſes
for the purpoſes mentioned in the deed of ſettlement, and
an act paſſed anno 22 George II, for the further ſettlement
of them, the particulars of which, and a further account
of the family of Vane, ſee above, under Shipborne, p. 253.
(n) Philipott, p. 317. This college was founded by
Richard Fox, Biſhop of Wincheſter, in 1513, in which he was
greatly aſſiſted by Hugh Oldham, Biſhop of Exeter. It was
endowed with lands, which amounted but a few
to 3821. per annum, and upwards. It now conſiſts of a
Preſident, 20 Fellows, and 20 Scholars, two Chaplains,
two Clerks, &c. Tan. Mon. p. 442.
(0) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 57 et feq.
death,
years after

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HISTORY of K E N T.
The
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
"dow at
SHELDWICH
death, viz. anno 2 Edward III, it was found was created Earl of Faverſham, and by the entail
that he was at that time ſeiſed of lands here apud of the patent afterwards to Lewis, Lord Duras,
le Woodgate (P), as was Margery his widow at her his ſon-in-law, who dying without iſſue, thoſe
death anno 5 Edward III. (9)
titles became extinct. After which, Lewis Wat.
A branch of the family of Southouſe, of Selling, || fon, Lord Rockingham, was in 1714 created Earl
reſided for ſome generations in this pariſh. Ro-
of Rockingham, Viſcount Sondes of Lees-court, &c.
bert, ſon of Henry Southouſe, of Selling, by his
whoſe grandſons, Lewis and Thomes, dying with-
laſt will, proved in 1475, anno 16 Edward IV, out iſſue, that title became extinct; but the lat-
deviſed to John his ſon his tenement in Sheldwich, || ter of them leaving his eſtates, and this of Lees
remainder in tail male, to his ſon Robert, and his court among them, to his relation the Hon. Lewis
heirs for ever; in after times, Henry, ſon of
Monfon, he changed his name to Watſon, and in
Henry Southouſe, of this pariſh, died in 1705, æt.
æt. || 1760 was created Lord Sondes, Baron of Lees-court
83, and left iſſue by Sarah his wife, daughter of
in Sheldwich, which title he ſtill enjoys, as has
George Hickes, of Eaſt Sutton (r), three ſons, been already fully mentioned above.
ebabnya 23
Henry, George, and John, and a daughter Eliza-
beth. He was ſucceeded in his eſtates here by
his eldeſt ſon Henry, who died in 1720, æt. 44, MR. JACOB has obſerved the following ſcarce
leaving iſſue one ſon and four daughters. Part plants in this pariſh: gulado
of their lands, called Southouſe, came afterwards Buxus, the box tree ; ſome very large trees of
into the poſſeſſion of Mr. John Hilton, of Lords, || which are in this pariſh.
who fold them to the Right Hon. Lord Sondes, the • Hieracium Jabaudum, buſhy hawkſweed, with
preſent poffeffor of them. Another parcel of broad rough leaves ; in the hedges of this pariſh.
them, called Soutbouſe-lands, came into the hands Saponaria officinalis, common ſoap-wort; beyond
of the owners of Coperfole-farm in this pariſh, the church.
.
and were owned with it by Mr. Brian Bentham, o Marrubium vulgare, white horehound; on the
whoſe grandſon Edward-William Bentham, in
Lees.
ono sto
1775, paſſed them away to the Right Hon. Lewis,
Rubus Idæus, the raſpberry buſh ; in Stocking
Lord Sondes, the preſent poffeffor of them. wood, near Lees-court.


BOTANY.
.,
PRESENT STATE OF SHELDWICH.
CHARITIES.
modòs dos
THERE is the ſum of 40s. a year, payable on
St. Barnabas's Day, out of a farm called Bell-
horn in Throwley, towards the relief of the poor
of this pariſh, the donor of which is unknown.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
The pariſh of Sheldwich lies on high ground,
for the moſt part on a chalky ſoil, having much
poor land in it, and that much covered with
flints, though in that part of it northward of
Sheldwich-lees, there is ſome land tolerably level
and fertile. In the eaſtern part there is much
coppice wood. The church ſtands nearly in
the center of the pariſh, on the eaſt ſide of the
turnpike road leading from Faverſham to Aſh-
ford, which goes through this pariſh fouthward.
About a quarter of a mile ſouth-eaſt from the
church is Sbeldwich-lees, on each ſide of it are
ſeveral houſes, and at the north-eaſt corner of it,
Lees-court, beyond which, about a mile eaſtward,
is the green, called Shepherds Forſtal.
SHELDWICH is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Oſpringe.
The church, which is dedicated to St. James,
is a handſome building, conſiſting of one iſe
and one chancel, with a chapel in the middle of
the ſouth ſide of the iſle, and a ſmall chapel on
the north ſide of the chancel. The ſteeple, which
is a tower, ſtands at the weſt end, having a bea-
con-tower on the top, on which is a ſmall leaden
ſpire and vane. There are four bells in it (s).
The church of Sheldwich or Cheldwich, as it
was antiently written, was once accounted only
as a chapel to the church of Faverſham, as an
T I T L E S.
Lees-Court in this pariſh gave the title of
Viſcount Sondes of Lees-court, to fir George Sondes,
of Lees-court, who at the ſame time, anno 1676,
1
() Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (9) Ibid.
(-) Sarah, wife of Henry Southouſe the elder, died in 1703,
æt. 60, and was buried beſide her huſband in this church,
as was Henry their eldeſt ſon, one of whoſe daughters,
Mary, married Richard Read, of Throwley, and died in
1777, æt. 65, and was buried near her father.
(s) In the ſouth chancel are two arches in the ſouth wall,
which ſeem to have been for tombs.
On the pavement is
a braſs plate, with the figures of a man and woman, for
John Cely and Iſabel his wife; he died on O&t. 9, 1429;
there is only one part of a coat of arms leít, being a coat
full of eyes, impaling a coat gone. In the iſle are memorials
for Sour houſe, and in the great chancel for Belk, and one
with a braſs plate, having the figure in braſs of a woman,
for Joane, once wife of William Marrys, obt. O&. 31, 1431,
under her a coat nebulee, and at one corner a coat per pale
and fefs indented. In the north-eaſt chancel, a ſtone with the
figures of a man and woman in braſs, with a lion under his
feet, for fir Richard Atte-Leſe, knt. and Dioniha his wife ;
he died on Aug. 20, 1394. Near it is a large ſtone, with
very old French capitals round the edge of it, but moſtly
obliterated. The coat of arms of Atte-Lefe is in ſeveral
places

The HISTORY of K E N T 789
.
SHELDWICH.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
appendage to which it was given, with it, by Dean and Chapter Thomas Hewton, 1567. I
William the Conqueror in his 5th year, anno of Canterbury. Richard Armſtrong, Oct. 5,
1070, to the abbey of St. Auguſtine near Canter-
1571.
bury, and was included in the ſeveral confirma-
Richard Taylor, April 18,
tions made afterwards of that church to the
1580.
above-mentioned abbey. When this chapel be.
William Cowell; 1582, obt.
came an independant church, I have not ſeen,
1624.
but it was certainly before the 8th year of K.
Abraham Bromidge, A. M.
Richard II, when it was rated as a diſtinct vi-
March 18, 1624.
carage, to the tenth and the parſonage of it, was
Percival Ratcliffe, 1666, obt.
become appropriated to the above-mentioned
1667.
abbey, to which the patronage of the vicarage
Ifaac Batès, A.M. Dec. 4,
likewiſe belonged. In which ſtate this church
1667.
continued till the general ſuppreſſion of religious The Crown, by lapſe. William Sale, A. B. March
houſes, when it came with the reſt of the pol-
14, 1689.
feſſions of the abbey, anno 30 Henry VIII, into Dean and Chapter. Francis Greene, May 14, 1691;
the hands of the Crown, after which, the King,
reſig. 1694.
by his dotation.charter, in his 33d year, ſettled
() Benjamin Holling worth,
both the church appropriate of Sheldwich, and
A. M. June 15, 1694;
the advowſon of the vicarage, among other pre-
refig. 1696.
miſes, on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of
John Nichols, reſig. 1714.
Canterbury, with whom the inheritance of the par-
(x) John Willis, LL. B. Jan.
fonage remains, the preſent leffee being the Right
25, 1714, obt. Feb. 1,
Hon. Lord Sondes ; but the advowjon of the vicar-
1757
age the Dean and Chapter retain in their own
(y) Jobn Tucker, A. M. Nov.
hands, and are the preſent patrons of it.
17; 1757, obt. Dec. 12,
moob :༣ ནྟི རྒྱུ པ , ད
It appears by the endowment of the vicarage
1776.
of Faverſham, in 1305, that the Vicar of that
Benjamin Symonds, May 31,
pariſh was entitled to all manner of oblations to
1777, obt. 1781.
be made by the 13 inhabitants of certain tene-
Matthias Rutton, Dec. 1781.
ments in the hamlet of Schelwych, in the chapel
Preſent Vicar.
of that hamlet annexed to the above mentioned
church, and to be made within the tything of
Ö S P R I N GE
Schelwych pariſh, the names of which tenements
have been already ſpecifically named above,
under the deſcription of the church of Faver: Li IES the next pariſh north-weſtward from
Sheldwich. It is uſually written in antient
Mham, to which the reader is referred (t).
records Ospringes, and takes its name from the
It is a vicarage, of the clear yearly certified
ſpring or freſh ſtream which riſes fouthward of it.
value of 401. the yearly tenths of which are
The Town of Oſpringe, as it is called, is a fran-
In 1987, the communicants here were 120;
chiſe ſeparate from the Hundred of Faverſham, hav-
in 1640, it was valued at 401. communicants
ing a Conſtable of its own, but the reſt of the pariſh
is within the juriſdiction of that Hundred.
160.
The Vicar receives an annual payment of 51.
M A N O R.
from the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, in aug.
mentation of his vicarage.
This place, at the taking of the general ſura
It is exempt from the payment of procura-
vey of Domeſday in the year 1080, was part of
tions to the Archdeacon.
the poſſeſſions of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux, under
the title of whoſe lands it is thus deſcribed in it:
CHURCH OF SHELDWICH.
In Faureſhant Hund'
PATRONS,
Hugo nepos Herbti ten' de epo Oſpringes. Ñ 7. folins
or by whom preſented.
& dimº ſe defd'. Tra. e'. 20. car'. In dnio non ſunt
(v) Thomas, anno 29 Edw. I. car'.
135. 8d. (u)
THE
VICARS.
places of the north windows of the iſle. There were for-
merly in the windows of this church the following arms :-
Azure, a feſs gules between 6 lions rampant argent-Per pale
and fefs indented, or and azure-Azure, a croſs between 20
billets argent—Gules, 3 creſcents argent-Gules, an eagie diſ-
played argent, and gules, a croſs-croflet ermire.
(t) See above, p. 722, from Decem. Script. col.
2091.
(u) Ect. Theſ. p. 12.
(v) Prynne, p. 906.
(w) He was likewiſe Vicar of Throwley, which he rea
ſigned with this, for that of Stone in Oxney.
(x) And Vicar of Throwley. He was ſuſpended ab officio,
and the profits fequeſtered, in 1750.
(y) And Rector of Ringwold, and Second Maſter of the
King's School in Canterbury,
Vol. II.
9 P
Tbi.

790
The HISTORY of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
los escolar
(of
Huic marimiz
Baieux) Oſpringes.
both in his 15th and 17th
OSPRINGE. OVAT
villo cu. 6. bord”. bnt. 11. car. Ibi | berland, delivered the great ſeal to him there(a).
eccla. & 1. molinº de 11. Solid & 8. den'. & piſ But K. Henry III, on Feb. ii, in his 9th year,
caria de. 10. den & ſalina de. 4. den'. & 13. ac' having raiſed his great favorite Hubert de Burgh
pti. Silva qt 20. pore.
to the dignity of Earl of Kent, at the ſame time
De tra huj'm ten Herb dimid Solin' & 3 virg'.
granted to him and Margaret his wife, in fee,
& ibi ht in dnio. 1. car'. & I. villm cu'. 10. bord'
this manor among others (b); upon his death
however, it returned to the Crown, and the
bntes. I. car.
ones.
King, by his letters patent, dated Oct. 15th that
Richard' de Maris ten' dimid folin' de hoc m. &
year, being the 19th of his reign, anno 1235,
ibi ht. 6. villos & 1. bord cu’. 1. car. & qda?
granted it to the truſtees of his intended Queen
Turſtin' ten'. 1. jugu' qd reddº. 5. Solid. Totu' m
T.R. E. valeb'. 20. lib'. Qdo berbt" recep' 15. lib'
Eleanor, daughter of Raymund, Earl of Provence,
among other eftates, by the name of the ville of
Ospringe, as a dower, (nomine dotis,) for ſo long
Jura de 30. denar'. Hoc m tenuit.
time as the Queen Iſabella his mother ſhould fur-
Which is: In Favreſant Hundred,
vive him, and at her death the ſame to return
Hugh, grandſon of Herbert, holds of the Biſhop
to his heirs (c), which it had done before the 27th
year of K. Ėdward I, anno 1299 (d), when that
and an balf. The arable land is 20 carucates. In
Prince affigned, among other premiſes, as a
demeſne there are no carucates.
dower to his Queen Margaret, fiſter of the King
There are 29 villeins, with fix borderers, hav-
of France (e), this manor, with its appurts. be-
ing 1L carucates.
There is a church, and one mill
ing then of the yearly value of 60l.
of 11 ſhillings and eight pence, and a fifbery of 10
From the Queens of England continuing in
pences and a ſalt-pit of four pence, and 13 acres of
the poffeffion of this manor, it acquired the
meadow. Wood Sufficient for the pannage of of the Manor of Oſpringe, alias Queen-court.
20 bogs. A
Q. Margaret ſurviving the King her huſband,
Of the land of
land of this manor, Herbert holds half a
died anno 10 Edward II, ſoon after which this
Juling and three rods, and has there in demeſne one
manor and the court-lodge, with other demeſnes
and one villein, with 10 borderers, bav-
of it called Queen-court, ſeem to have been ſepa-
ing one carucate.
rated by grants made of them to different per-
Richard de Maris holds half a ſuling of this ma ſons, and to have become two diftin£t manors ;
has there fix villeins, and one borderer, the former appears to have been that year granted
with one carucate, and one Thurſtan holds one yoke,
to fir John Pulteney, kozt. to hold in fee of the
which pays five ſhillings. The whole manor in the
Crown, by the ſervice of a roſe, together with
time of K. Edward the Confeſor was worth 20 the advowſons of all churches which formerly
pounds, when Herbert received it 15 pounds, now belonged to it, to hold in focage by the former
20 pounds. To this manor there belonged in Can-
acknowledgment (f). He was a perſon of no
terbury one manſion of 30 pence. The manor held...
ſmall account, who was afterwards much in
Four years after which, on the Biſhop of Baieux's favor with K. Edward III, and celebrated by
falling under the King's diſpleaſure, this among our hiſtorians for his piety, riches, and magni-
the reſt of his eſtates was confiſcated to the Crown;
ficent manner of living. He was four ſeveral
after which it remained for ſome time part of the years Lord Mayor of London, and beſides this
royal demeſnes ; K. Henry II. held it in demeſne, manor was poſſeſſed of that of Penſhurſt, and
in the 14th year
r of whoſe reign it paid aid at ſeveral others in this county and elſewhere.
the marrying of the King's daughter, 81. 6s. 8d. He died in the 23d year of K. Edward III,
by the hands of the Sheriff, which ſum was cer and by the inquiſition taken after his death, he
tified by the Juſtices Itinerant (z). alarm was found to hold for the term of his life the
K. John was at his manor of
Oſpringe in the manor of Oſpringe of the King in focage, by the
month of October,
ſervice of one roſe yearly at the feaſt of St. Joon
years ; in the former of which Maſter Richard de Baprift, for all ſervice, remainder to his right
Mariſco, Archdeacon of Richmond and Northum heirs; and that William de Pulteney was his ſon

name
carucate,
nor, and has
10 K.
(z) Madox's Exchequer, p. 409. In the 6th year of K.
Richard I, the town of Ospringe was amerced 10 marcs, for
not raiſing a hue and cry, on a Jew's being killed. Ibid.
p. 386.
(a) Ibid. p. 46. Rolls in the 'Tower, N. 49. In the
Tefta de Nevil is a long cuftumal of the manor of Oſpringe,
taken in the reign of K. Henry III.
(6) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 694. See more of him, vol.
i. of this hiſtory, p. lx.
lx. Titi
DOT
in the Tefta de Nevil, to have been an efeheat to
the Crown of the honor of Peverel Dover, that Hugo de Burgo
held it, and that it was worth 401. without the ſtock on it.
See Harl. Mfr. No. 313-6.
(c) Rym. Fæd. vol. i, p. 345. balance 0
(d) K. Edward I. was here in the month of Auguſt, in
his gth year, anno 1281, as appears by his letters patent
dated from hence at that time. Rym. Fæd. vol. ii, p. 177.
(e) Which, according to treaty, was to be of the yearly
value of 15000l. Tournais, and he of his bounty augmented
to 180ool. accounting 41. Tournais for ul. Sterling. Rym.
Fæd. vol. ii, p. 857-
(f) In the 19th year of that reign, the King granted to
him, that Thomas, ſon of William de Dene, ſhould be ac-
countable to him for all thoſe knights fees, which lay in
Throwley, Boughton Malherb, and Wormfell, and held of
Queen-court and Oſpringe. Philipott, p. 261.
and

It is ſaid in

The
H 1 s To R Y ( of KÊN TT
791
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
William Pultenen is
OSPRINGE.
and heir (g), by Margaret his wife, who was af in the 17th year of K. Edward IV, and again
terwards married to fir Nicholas Lovaine, knt. in the iſt year of K. Henry VII, whoſe fon Iho-
Upon his death, the manor of Oſpringe, with mas, by his ſecond wife, became at length heir
his ocher eſtates, became veſted in truſtees, for
both to his father and uncle above-mentioned,
and was afterwards knighted. 01 201
Rogu
fant, who having attained his full age, after- Sir Thomas Cheney, who was of Shurland, and
wards, anno 36 Edward III, by the name of fir poſſeſſor of this manor, was a man of great aca
William Pulteney, knt. granted to the above-men count in his time, being, among other honors
tioned fir Nicholas Lovaine, knt. and Margaret and preferments, Knight of the Garter, Lord
his wife, in cafe he ſhould die without heirs, all Warden of the Five Ports, and Treaſurer of the
his lands and tenements in England (b). He died Houſhold to K. Henry VIII, and afterwards;
without iſſue in the 40th year
r of that reign,
in the reign of K. Edward VI, a Privy Coun:
having before veſted all his eſtates in feoffees to fellor(n), in the 3d year of whoſe reign he ob
the above uſes among others, and they after- | tained a grant of the manor and manſion of oed
wards conveyed the manor of Oſpringé, together Honoo arood, siis sed on
30da on toit'w 2016
with all other eſtates, of which fir John Pulteney
QU E E N-CO U R Tres bob
died feiſed, to fir Nicholas Lovaine and Margaret for it ſeems to have been eſteemed a manor from
his wife, and their heirs for ever (i). He was the time of its being ſeparated from that of
fucceeded in this manor by his fon of the ſame
Oſpringe above-deſcribed in the reign of K. Ed-
name, who married Margaret, the eldeſt daugh. ward it, with the demeſne lands belonging to it
ter of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and widow
in Oſpringe and the adjoining pariſhes, which in
of Henry, Lord. Beaumont, by whom he had no
the above mentioned reign of K. Edward II,
iſſue. She ſurvived him, as ſhe did likewiſe her
had been granted to Fulk Peyforer, from which
third huſband fir John Devereux, knt, and died name it ſoon afterwards was transferred into the
in the 10th year of K. Henry IV, being then
family of Leyborne ; and in the 20th year of the
ſeiſed of this manor, in which ſhe was ſucceeded
next reign of K. Edward III, fir William de Clin-
by Margaret, ſiſter and heir of her ſecond huſ-
ton, Earl of Huntingdon, huſband of Juliana de
band Nicholas Lovaine, who was twice married;
Leyborne, paid aid for it at the making of the
firſt to Richard Chamberlain, of the co. of Oxford, Black Prince a Knight, as the half quarter of
eſq; and ſecondly to fir Philip St. Clere, of Aldham
one knight's fee, which Fulk Peyforer before held
St. Clere in Ightham, knt.(k) who becoming en-
of the King in Oſpringe. He died ſeiſed of it
titled to it in her right, died poffeffed of it in anno 28 Edward 1IT, leaving |
his widow Juliana
the reign of K. Henry V, as did Margaret his ſurviving, who likewiſe died ſeiſed of it in the
wife anno 1 Henry VI ; upon which Thomas St.
41ſt year of the ſame reign, and leaving no iſſue,
Clere, their ſon, ſucceeded to it, and was ſeiſed
this eſtate, among the reſt of her demeſnes, ef-
of it at his death in the 12th year of K. Edward
cheated to the Crown, for it appears by the in-
IV.(1) He left an only daughter and heir
quiſition taken that year after her death, that
Eleanor, who married fir John Gage, knt. anceſtor
there was no one who could make claim to her
of the Lord Viſcount Gage, of the kingdom of eſtates, either by direct or even by collateral
Ireland, and fir Thomas Gage, of the co. of Suf-
alliance (o).
lan bான
folk, bart. (m)
After which, this manor of Queen-court ſeems
Soon after which it was alienated to William || to have remained in the hands of the Crown till
Hungate, who, as appears by the Eſcheat-rolls of
the beginning of the next reign of K. Richard
that year, died anno 3 Henry VII, ſeiſed of the
II, when it was purchaſed by the feoffees in
manor of Oſpringe alias Queen-court, held of the truſt, for the performance of the laſt will of K.
King in capite by the ſervice of one roſe yearly, if
Edward III, towards the endowment
it ſhould be demanded. Not long after which it Stephen's chapel in Weſtminſter, which was after-
was become the property of William Cheney, of wards, anno 22 Richard II, completed and made
Sburland, elq; younger brother of fir John Cheney, collegiate, for a Dean, Canons, and other Mini-
of Shurland, knt. who was Sheriff of this county fters (00). Part of the poſfeſſions of this foun-
ein
1
of S
St.
09
(8) By his laſt will, he ordered his body to be buried in
the church of St. Laurence, now called St. Laurence Poultney,
Londen, in which he had founded a college, beſides which
he founded the White Friars in Coventry, and made other
pious benefactions during his life, and bequeathed many
more by his laſt will. See more of him under Penſhurſt,
vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 408.
(b) See Collins's Peer. edit. 3d, vol. iii, p. 614 et ſeq.
(i) Part of this manor feems to have remained afterwards
in the name of Poultney till the oth of K. Edward IV. Sir
Nicholas Lovaine obtained an exemplification by patent,
CAT
anno 38 Edward III, of the knights fees lying diſperſed in
ſeveral places belonging to this manor of Oſpringe.
(k) See vol. i. of this hiſtory, p. 408, and above, p. 247.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. N. 46. Coll. Bar. vol. i, p. 503.
(m) Kimb. Bar. vol. ii, p 247. Irish Peer. vol. iii, p.286.
(n) See more of him, and of the family of Cheney, above,
p. 661.
9:47.
( ) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. No.
47 best
1200 otti
(00) Nicholas Potin was lefſee of Queen-court, and reſided
here anno 21 Richard II, at which time he was Sheriff of
this county, Philipott, p. 262. Issues bus
dation

792
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
OSPRINGE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
dation Queen-court remained till the iſt year of which happened in 1707, when it deſcended to
K. Edward VI, when by the act paſſed that year, their only daughter and heir Mary, then the wife
this chapel and its revenues were furrendered of fir Jobn Stonebouſe, of Radley in the co. of
into the King's hands, to the uſe of him and his Berks, bart. (r) who in her right became entitled
fucceffors for ever (°).
to it, and in 1712 alienated it to fir Robert Fur-
After which, K. Edward VI, by his letters
neſe, bart, who died ſeiſed of it in 1733, 'leav.
patent, in his 3d year, granted Queen-court, with ing iſſue by his ſecond wife Arabella Watſon, one
its appurts. and 20 acres of land called Court. of the daughters of Lewis, Lord, afterwards Earl
downe, to fir Thomas Cheney, knt. as above-men of Rockingham, one fon Henry, his fucceffor in
tioned, to hold in capite by knights ſervice, with title and eſtates, and a daughter Catherine, af-
all and fingular their liberties and privileges | terwards married to her firſt-couſin Lewis, Earl
whatſoever, in as ample a manner' as the Dean of Rockingham (s).
and Canons before held the ſame, ſo that he then Sir Henry Furneſe, bart. ſurvived his father
became poffeffed of the entire fee of both theſe but a ſhort time, for he died abroad, under age
manors, which from that time became conſoli and unmarried, in 1735; upon which he was
dated as one manor, with the manſion of Queen fucceeded in this manor by Catherine, Counteſs of
court, and the whole of the demeſne lands and Rockingham, his ſiſter, whoſe huſband the Earl
appurtenances belonging at any time to | died in 1745; without iſſue, and afterwards in
either of them. His ſon fir Henry Cheney, of 1751 remarried with Francis, Earl of Guildford,
Tuddington, afterwards Lord Cheney, ſold this by whom ſhe likewiſe had no iſſue, and dying
manor of Oſpringe alias Queen-court, with the in 1766 bequeathed this manor, an:ong the reſt
manfion and lands belonging to it, in the 14th of her eftates, to her huſband the Right Hon.
year of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, to Richard Francis, Earl of Guildford, the preſent poffeffor
Thornbill, Citizen of London (9), whoſe deſcendant of it.
of the ſame name fold it, in the reign of K. A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for this
Charles II, to Henry Melliſ, of London, Turkey manor, on the firſt Monday after the feaſt of St.
Merchant, afterwards of Sanderſted in the co. of Michael, at the former a Conſtable and Borſbolder
Surry, eſq; who died poſſeſſed of this manor are choſen yearly, for the juriſdiction of the
about the year 1697, leaving Elizabeth his wi liberty of the town of Oſpringe (t).
dow ſurviving, who enjoyed it till her death,

other
(P) See a further account of this foundation, under Lange
ley and Bredhurſt above, p. 401, 527, and Coke's Entries,
P. 104, &c. The year after which, this manor was fur-
veyed, by order of the Court of Augmentations, when it
appears that it had been demiſed hy the Dean and Carons,
anno 30 Henry VIII, to Thomas Baker, for 26 years.
(7) By indenture, Dec. 9, anno 14 Elizabeth, a fine
was levied in the Eaſter term following of this manor of
Queen-court, late belonging to the free chapel of St. Stepben,
by the deſcription of The manor of Queen-court alias Ospringe,
with its appurts, and fix meſſuages, four tofts, four cottages,
one water-mill, two pidgeon-houſes, eight gardens, eight
orchards, 1000 acres of arable, 100 acres of meadow, 40
acres of paſture, 200 acres of wood, 300 acres of heath and
acres
furze, 100 acres of marſh, and il. rent, with their appurts.
in ſpringe, Queen-court, and elſewher
and elſewhere. After which, fir
Henry Cheney, then Lord Cheney, granted and made over to
him all and fingular liberties, franchiſes, royalties, &c.
within the fame, which he had ever poſſeſſed or had in any
ſhape a right to ; which liberties were claimed by Richard
Thornbilt, efq; and judgment was given for them in his
behalf, by the Barons of the Exchequer, on a trial had in
Micb. term, in the 17th year of that reign. Coke's Entries,
p. 107 et ſeq. See above, p. 533.
(s) of the anceſtors of this family mention has been made
in the former part of this volume. Of whom William Stone-
boufe, cſq; was created a Baronet on May 7, 1628, anno 4
Charles I, and died in 1631, leaving iſſue by Elizabeth his
wife, daughter and heir of John Powell, of Wales, eſq; ſeveral
fons and daughters ; of whom, for Joon, the eldeſt, died
foon after his father ; for George, the next brother, ſuc-
ceeded him in the title ; and William was of Cockthorp in
the co. of Oxford, and left iſſue. Sir George Stonehouſe, bart.
above-mentioned, left iffue by Margaret, daughter of
Richard, Lord Lovelace, three ſons, George, John, and
James, and one daughter. Sir George, the father, furren-
dered his father's patent of Baronet, and had a new one,
dated May 5, anno 22 Charles II, to himſelf for life, re-
mainder to his ſecond ſon John and his heirs male, remain-
der to James his third ſon in like tail, with precedence ac-
cording to the former patent, intending thereby to exclude
his eldeſt ſon, whom he had diſinherited; but after his de-
ceaſe, the eldeſt ſon for George Stonehouſe claimed and en-
joyed the firſt title, as did his ſon fir George, and grandſon
for John, who dying without iſſue that title became extin&t.
Sir John Stonehouſe, the ſecond ſon of fir George above-
mentioned, his eldeſt brother, being difinherited, enjoyed
his father's eſtate and the title granted 22 Charles II, and
by Martha his wife, daughter and fole heir of Robert
Brigges, of the co. of Derby, efq; widow of Mr. Richard
Spencer, had iſſue fer John Stonehouſe, who by Mary His
wife, daughter and ſole heir of Henry Melliſh, eſq; became
poſſeſſed of Queen-court, as above-mentioned. By her he
had iſſue two daughters, Martha, married to Arthur Van-
fittart, of Shotteſbrook in the co. of Berks, and Mary. His
ſecond wife was Penelope, daughter of fir Robert Daſhwood,
of the co. of Oxford, bart, by whom he had a numerous
iſſue, and dying in 1733, was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon
for John, who dying unmarried, the title came to his bro-
ther, the preſent fir James Stonehouſe, of Radley in the co.
of Berks, bart.
They bore for their arms- Argent, on a fejs fable, between
3 hawks volant of the ad, a leopard's face between 2 mullets.
or. See Kimber's Bar. vol. ii, p. 298.
(s) Sir Robert Furreſe, had three wives, by each of whom
he left iſſue. See below, under Walderſhare.
(1) This manor extends into Oſpringe, Graveney, Goode
neſtone, Cofmus Blean, Skottenton in Chilbam, Selling, Sta-
plehurſt, Frittenden, the dens of Blacking ley and Hockeridge in
Cranbrooke, and the den of Hamwold in Woodnejhorough.
A Reeve is annually choſen at this manor.
PLUMFORD
The HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
793
OSPRINGE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.

, the
and Selina, the
PLUMFORD and PAINTERS
whoſe fon fir Robert Furneſe, bart. made a fec.
tlement of them, in 1714, on his marriage with
are two eſtates in this pariſh, which were both
Arabella, one of the daughters of Lewis Watſon,
forinerly accounted manors, and belonged, like
Lord, and afterwards Earl of Rockingham, whom
that of Queen-court laſt-deſcribed, to the free
he ſurvived, having had iſſue by her one ſon
chapel of St. Stephen, Weſtminſter, on the ſup-
Henry, his ſucceſſor in title and eſtates, and a
preſſion of which in the iſt year of the reign of daughter Catherine, afterwards married to Lewis,
K. Edward VI, the former of theſe manors was Earl of Rockingham. Sir Robert died poffeffed
granted, among other premiſes, to fir Anthony
of them in 1733, and fir Henry ſurvived his fa-
Aucher, knt. (u) who ſold it to Thomas Colepeper, ther but a ſhort time, for he died abroad in
efq; and he ſoon afterwards alienated it to John
1735, under age and unmarried, and theſe ma-
Greenſtreet, of Claxfield in Linſted (v), who in the nors among other eſtates, by virtue of the limi-
8th year of Q. Elizabeth, purchaſed of ſir Henry tations in his grandfather's will, and his father's
Cheney, knt. the manor of Painters (w), which ſettlements of them, became veſted in his three
had been granted by K. Edward VI, in his 3d ſiſters, viz. Anne, the only daughter of his fa-
year, to his father fir Thomas Cheney, knt. two ther's firſt wife Anne, daughter of Anthony Balam,
years after the ſuppreſſion of St. Stephen's chapel eſq; married to the Hon. John St. John, afterwards
as above-mentioned, to hold in capite by knights Viſcount St. John; Catherine, his whole-liſter by
ſervice (x). He died poffefſed of both theſe his father's ſecond wife above-mentioned, after-
manors about the 21ſt year of Q. Elizabeth, wards married to Lewis, Earl of Rockingham ;
anno 1578, in which year his ſon Peter Green-
ſtreet had livery of them (y). He died in the wife, the Lady Anne Shirley, who afterwards mar-
28th year of that reign, leaving iſſue two ſons, ried Edward Dering, eſq; now fir Edward Dering,
Fohn and Simon ; to the former of whom, he by bart. as coheirs of his father fir Robert Furneſe,
his laſt will, dated March 5th that year, be bart, in equal ſhares in coparcenary in tail general,
queathed his manor or tenement called Plum with ſuch remainders over as the ſame was limited
ford, and lands called Court-downe, containing to; after which, Katherine, Counteſs of Rocking-
27 acres, two parcels of land called Downings, ham, and Anne St. John, and their reſpective
containing 10 acres, and another parcel called huſbands, in 1736, ſuffered recoveries of their
Reds, containing four acres and an half; and to reſpective two undivided parts, and afterwards
the latter his manor called Paynters alias Bayefield. by a decree of the Court of Chancery, at the
John Greenftreet levied a fine, both in the 16th inſtance of them and of their faid ſiſter Selina,
and 17th year of Q. Elizabeth, of the manor of then an infant, by her guardians made anno 9
Plumford and the other premiſes, which at length George II, a writ of partition was agreed to by
deſcended down to Mr. Peter Greenftreet, gent. them, in which theſe manors of Plumford and
in whom the manor of Pointers had likewiſe by Painters, with other lands adjoining, were al-
deſcent become veſted (Z), and he alienated them, lotted to Katherine, Counteſs of Rockingham (a),
with ſeveral other premiſes in this and the ad on whom, by the ſettlement on her marriage in
joining pariſhes, to fir Henry Furneſe, of Walder 1736, all her undivided third part had been li-
ſhare, bart. who died poſſeſſed of them in 1712, mited, ſhould ſhe ſurvive her huſband without
1
(z) Rot. Eſch. anno 2 Edw. VI, p. 3. (v) Rot. Eſch.
(w) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 4.
(x) Ibid. anno 3 Edw. VI, p. 3. Coke’s Entries, p. 105.
In which claim of liberties mention is made of Plumford,
as having belonged to the chapel of St. Stephen, and granted
after its diffolution anno 3 Edward VI, to fir Thomas Che-
ney; but I apprehend the Plumford there mentioned to be
the manor of Denton alias Plumford deſcribed above, under
Eaſling, p. 750, and a different eſtate from that here men.
tioned.
(y) By the inquiſition taken after his father's death, he
was found to die feiſed of the manor of Plumford, with its
appurts. in Oſpringe and Preſton, two meſſuages, four
gar-
dens, 120 acres of arable, 20 acres of meadow, 40 acres of
paſture, and 20 acres of wood in Oſpringe, held of the
King in capite by knights ſervice, and the manor of Pain-
ters in Of;ringe, and a parcel of land called Court-downe,
containing 20 acres, in Oſpringe, and lands called Heath
alias Everland-heath, by eſtimation 20 acres of arable, lo
acres of meadow, 20 acres of paſture, and 60 acres of wood
in Oſpringe, held as above-mentioned.
(7) See more of the Greenftreets above, under Eaſling and
Linfied, p. 690, 753. John Greenſtreet, gent. lies buried in
this church, obt. July 7, 1671, æt. 33; arms--Greenfireet, im-
paling ermine, a lion rampant, on a canton a ſpread eagle gules;
as does Peter Greenftreet, of this pariſh, gent, obt. April 5,
1677, æt. 33, and left iſſue Peter and Anne. They bore
for their arms-Barruly of 8 pieces, argent and azure, on a
canton of the ad an eagle diſplayed with 2 necks or ; which
coat was confirmed to Peter Greenftreet, of ſpringe, with
the charge on the canton altered from a martlet, by for John
Borough, Garter, on June 23, 1642. Guillim, p. 405.
(a) By the deſcription of The manor and capital meſſu-
age of Plumford, with the buildings and lands thereto bei
longing, containing 279 acres, in Oſpringe, Preſton, and
Luddenham, of which 12 acres were wood land in Oſpringe,
19 freſh marſh in Luddenham, and 74 arable in Preſton,
tythe-free, and a ſmall tenement, and three acres of land,
near the ſpring-head in Oſpringe, all which were let at 100l.
per annum, out of which was payable a fee-farm of 1s. 8d.-
the Red Lion inn in Oſpringe, with other lands and tenements
there, of the yearly value of sil. 1os. od..the manor and
capital meſſuage called Painters, with the buildings, lands
and appurts. belonging to it in Oſpringe, containing 176
acres of arable, paſture, and wood, then let at sol. per
annum, beyond which was paid by the tenant yearly to the
poor of the pariſh of Oſpringe the ſum of 21.
10
VOL. II.
9 Q
iſſue,
)
794
HISTORY of K E N T.
Tbe
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
had n
A part
OSPRINGE.
iſſue, to her and her heirs for ever ; which par Brogdale, it continued down to Mr. John Know-
tition was confirmed by act of Parliament paſſed ler, gent. who died ſeiſed of it in 1676, and de-
the next year. The Earl of Rockingham died in viſed it by his laſt will to his grandſon Mr. Johan
1745, without iſſue, leaving his lady ſurviving, Knowler, ſon of Robert his ſon, who moſt pro.
who then again became poffeffed of theſe manors bably died before him, and left iſſue beſides a
in her own right; ſhe afterwards, in 1751, mar daughter Mary, married to Mr. Robert Lukyu,
ried Frencis, Earl of Guildford, by whom ſhe of Oſpringe, by whom ſhe had Mr. Robert Lukyn,
no iſſue,
, and dying in 1766 bequeathed
now of Paverſham. Mr. John Knowler, gent, the
them, among the reſt of her eſtates, to her huſ grandſon, reſided at Brogdele, of which he died
band the Right Hon. Francis, Earl of Guildford, poffeffed in the year 1700, leaving by Mary his
the preſent owner of them (6).
e pro
wife, who ſurvived him, and died poſſeſſed of this
of the above-mentioned eſtate of Pain- || ſeat in 1710, one ſon John Knowler, of Canterbury,
ters alias Bayfield, uſually called Bavell, ſituated eſq; Barriſter-at-law, Recorder of that city, and
near Bavells forftal, was alienated from the name Steward of the town of Faverſham. He died pof-
of Greenftreet to that of Pordage, in which it con ſeſſed of Brogdale, then converted into a farm-
tinued ſome time, and until it was ſold to A Mr. houſe, in 1763, leaving iſſue by Mary his wife,
Whatman of London, whoſe heir ſold it to Knowler, daughter and heir of Mr. John Ruffell, of Hawk-
as he did to Dewy, of the co. of Surry (f), from
kurſt, who ſurviving him, died in 1781 (e), two
thence by a daughter it went in marriage to Par- | daughters his coheirs, of whom Anne, the eldeſt,
ker, whoſe deſcendant John Dewy Parker, of the married Henry Penton, of Wincheſter, eſq; and Mary,
co. of Surry, is the preſent poſſeſſor of it. the youngeſt, the Right llon. Henry Digby, Lord
Digby, and they, in right of their wives, are
BROG DA LE,
reſpectively entitled to this eſtate in undivided
or Brokedale, is an antient ſeat ſituated in the
moieties (f). w to 1911 91 03
eaſiern part of this pariſh, near Whitebill, which
do 17. OM betsb ellip i en
BROOK, alias weSTBROOK,
in early times gave name to a family who reſided
at it, one of whom, John de Brokedale, is men now uſually called Brook-farm, is an eſtate in
tioned as ſuch by Southouſe, in his Monaſticon this pariſh, lying at Brook-forſial, near W bitebill,
Faverſhamienſe. After this name was extinct which was ſo called from its nearneſs to the brook
here, this ſeat came into the poffeffion of the or ſtream which runs near it, on which there was
Clerks; John Clerk, of Brokedale, reſided here a mill, which with its appurts. was given to the
anno 7 Richard II, 1383, as appears by a re abbey of Faverſham as early as the reign of K.
leaſe given by Robert, Abbat of Faverſham, to Henry II, by William, that Prince's younger
him, in which he is ſo named, and is ſtyled brother (g), and the fame was confirmed to it,
Bedellus noſter de Upland in Hund. de Faverſham(d). among other eſtates, by that King (b), but whe-
How it paſſed afterwards, I have not found ; but ther it continued with the Abbat till its diffolu-
in the reign of K. James I. it was become the tion, I have not found.
property of Head and Clive, who in that reign In the reign of Q. Elizabeth, this eſtate was
ſold it to Mr. John Knowler, of Faverſham, who come into the poſſeſſion of the family of Drayton,
was Mayor of that town in 1734, having mar in which it continued till William Drayton, of
ried Mary, the eldeſt daughter of Francis Pordage, Oſpringe, gent. who died on Jan. 18, 1686(i),
of Rodmerſbam, efq; by whom he had ſeveral chil. by his laſt will ſettled it upon his kinſman
dren, and in his deſcendants, who reſided at Drayton Roberts, then an infant, the grandſon

3
> 2
(b) See more of him and of the Furneſes under Walder-
Share, and of the Watſons above under Sheldwich, p. 784.
(c) Harris’s Hift. of Kent, p. 228.
and no se
(d) Lewis's Hift. Faverham, p. 14.
(e) They were both buried in Faverſham church, as were
moſt of his anceſtors and relations above-mentioned, ſeveral
of whom were from time to time Mayors of Faverſham,
particularly, there is a memorial in the church for Eliza-
beth, wife of John Knowler, gent, daughter of William Hen-
man, who died on Aug. 10, 1678, æt. 24, alſo Robert,
John, Alderſey, Mary, and Elizabeth, his children by his
ſecond wife Mary-for Robert Knowler, gent. eldeſt ſon of
John Knowler, gent. of Faverſham, who had iſſue by Ka-
therine his wife, who ſurvived him, four children, John,
Robert, Mary, and Catherine, obt. June 6, 1675, æt.75.
Katherine his wife, eldeſt daughter of Boys Owre, gent.
died Dec. 28, 1690, æt. 67, and was buried near him-
and for John Knowler, Mayor, who had two wides, Joane
and Elizabeth, and had iſſue by the firf four fons, John,
Robert, Edward, and Thomas, and three daughters, Sarah,
Suſan, and Pleaſe, oht. 1640, æt. 67--for John Knowler,
Jurat, eldeſt ſon of John above-mentioned, three times
Mayor of Faverſham ; he had 14 children, and left fur-
viving only three daughters, Elizabeth, Suſan, and Mary,
obt. 1676, et. 30--and for John Knowler, of Brogdale, obt.
May 23, 1700, et. 47. See Bapchild above, p. 597.
.
(f) See more of him under Bapchild above, p. 597.
(g) He was third ſon of Geoffry, Earl of Anjou, and Maud
the Empreſs. He died in 1163, at Roan, and was buried
there. Sandf. Gen. Hift. p. 37.
(6) Dugd. Mon. p. 687. Southouſe Mon. Fav. p. 74.
(i) He lies buried in this church, as does Mary his wi-
dow, obt, Feb. 26, 1699, æt. 81. Her firſt huſband was
John Underdown, of Birchington. Mr. William Drayton was
by his laſt will a benefactor to the poor of this pariſh, which
fee below. He bore for his arms-Guttee, a flying horſe.
He bears for his arms- Argent, on a
ns-Argent, on a bend azure, between
2 cotizes wavy ſable, 3 mullets or.
of

The
795
H IS TO R Y of
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
OSPRINGE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
che
delſe.
00 COT
TO SHO
of
HUNDRED.
of joſeph Roberts, of St. Dunſtans, gent. by Eli to ſecular perſons, in which ſtate it continued
zabeth his firſt wife, daughter of Mr. Richard till the reign of K. Henry VIII, when Fiſer,
Drayton, gent. (k) he alienated this eſtate in 1709 Biſhop of Rocheſter, obtained the hoſpital, and
to Mr. Laurence Ruck, of Whitehill, gent. (1) whole of its revenues in this pariſh and
who by his laſt will in 1714 bequeathed it to where, for the better endowment of St. John's
his kinſman Adam Ruck, of Folkeſtone, for life, college in Cambridge, the letters patent for this
remainder to Laurence, ſon of the ſaid Adam, and purpoſe bearing date on Aug. 1, anno 11 Henry
he dying about the year 1745, it deſcended to VIII, which were confirmed by the Archbiſhop,
his eldeſt ſon Joſeph, and upon his death about the Archdeacon, and the Prior and Convent of Chriſt
1750, to his three brothers and coheirs in gavel Church in Canterbury (o).
kind, Laurence, George, and Thomas, who paſſed The manor of Elvyland becoming thus part of
it away by fale to Mr. Thomas Buck, of Faver-| the revenues of St. John's college, has been leaſed
jham, gent. who died ſeiſed of it in 1779, and out by it from time to time on a beneficial leaſe
his four daughters, Martha, Suſanna, Mary, wife for a term of years, and continues ſo at this
of Mr. John Toker, gent. and Gracey, are now
time.
jointly entitled to this eſtate.
10
The Wraytles were for years tenants of this
The nunnery of Davington, in the reign of K.
manor, afterwards the Queſteds, by a daughter
Henry III, was poffeffed of a meſſuage at Weft-
f which name it went to Alleh,
name it went to Allen, whoſe deviſees
broke, within the manor of Oſpringe, of the gift
are the preſent leſfees of it.
of Wolter de Bridge, and 25. 7d. yearly rent there A Court Baron is held for this manor.
in the ſame manor, of the gift of Stephen de The family of Leyborne was poffefſed of lands
Giringes, and fundry other premiſes therein men at Everland, called Everland-Hothe, which, with
tioned in that manor, all which were confirmed
Queen-court above-mentioned, came in like man-
to it by K. Henry III, in his 39th year (m). ner, in the reign of K. Richard II, into the pof-
feffion of the Dean and Canons of the free chapel
E L V Y LAND,
AN
of St. Stephen, Weſtminſter, as part of its endow-
corruptly ſo called for Elverland, is a manor ment, with which they continued till the diffo.
ſituated on the hills in the ſouth-weſt part of this lution of the chapel in the iſt year of K. Edward
pariſh. It ſeems in early times to have been VI, when they came, with the reſt of the re-
part of the poffeffions of the eminent family of venues of it, into the hands of the Crown, and
Criol, for fohn, a younger ſon of Bertram de were granted anno 3 of that reign, to for Thomas
Criol, was owner of it in the beginning of the Cheney, and afterwards paſſed through the ſame
reign of K. Henry III. (n) It afterwards be owners as Painters above-deſcribed, to Catherine,
come part of the poffeffions of the hoſpital or Counteſs of Rockingham, by the deſcription of ſe-
Meiſon Dieu founded in that reign in this pa veral pieces or parcels of land, called Hoche alias
riſh, at Oſpringe-Street, of which a further ac Elverland, Hoach alias Heath, containing 44
count will be given below.
acres, uſually occupied with the manor of Pain-
In the roll of knights fees, taken in the next ters, the remarried in 1751 with Francis, Earl
reign of K. Edward I, the Maſter of this hoſpital of Guildford, by whom ſhe had no iſſue, and
is charged with the 40th part of a knight's fee dying in 1776 bequeathed them to him, among
in Everland, held of Nicholas de Girunde, and he the reſt of her eſtates, and he is the preſent
paid aid for it accordingly, in the 20th year of owner of them.
15 Jank bsrebkiv Hellished
K. Edward III, at the making of the Black
OW: an old viasy
3000 3001 HANS L E T T s.
Prince a Knight. This manor continued part
Easton )
of the poffeffions of this hoſpital till the reign At a ſmall diſtance north-weſt from the above
of K. Edward IV, in the 22d year of which it manor is an eſtate called Hanſetts, which gives
eſcheated to the Crown, having become deſolate name to an adjoining green, uſually called Han-
there being no members left in it. After which Sells or Hanſetts-forſtal. This eſtate was antiently
the King, by his letters patent, granted the part of the poffeffions of the family of Greenftreet,
cuftody or guardianſhip of ic and its revenues owners of much land in this and the ſeveral ad-
1
(k) Drayton Robert's was born in 1673, being the ſon of
Edward Roberts, efq; Barriſter-at-law, by his ſecond wife
Elizabeth, daughter of fir Thomas Teddeman, knt. He died
in 1712, leaving iſſue ſeveral children. See a further ac-
count of him and his iffue, under St. Dunftans near Can-
terbury, where they reſided.
(1) He married Amey, daughter of William Thompſon, of
Somerſham in the co. of Huntingdon, ſon of Thomas Thompſon,
of Petham, efq; by Phæbe his wife, daughter of Wm. Ham-
mond, of St. Albans, eſq; by which marriage his deſcendants
are of conſanguinity to Archbiſhop Chicheley. See Stem.
Chich. No. 299.
They bore for their arms-Sable, a croſs argent, between
195
4 fleurs de lis or.
obradot 103 103
(m) Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 78.
(n) Dugd. Bar. vol. i, p. 771. Nicholas de Criol was
poſſeſſed of lands in Oſpringe, ſo late as 21 K. Edward I,
and was then allowed to have free warren in his lands there;
and Elizabeth, daughter of William Nowell, held lands here
of the King that year, by the ſergeancy of paying every year
a pair of gilt Spurs, as appears by the pleas of the crown,
before the Juſtices Itinerant of that year.
(0) See Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 83.
joining
796
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The
H I STORY of
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED
Mary, in marriage with William Hammond, of
St. Albans in Nonington, eſq; upon whoſe death
it deſcended to their only ſon Anthony, and from
him to William Hammond, of Canterbury, eſq;
who dying inteſtate, it came to his ſiſter Eliza-
beth Beake, widow, who in 1750 fold it to Mr.
Thomas Mantell, of Chatham, Surgeon, and he
in 1757 alienated it to Edward Jacob, of Faver-
sham, eſq; the preſent poſſeſſor of it (u).
р
UT WOOD
OSPRINGE.
joining pariſhes, one of whom Thomas Greenſtreet,
of Oſpringe, gent. was owner of it in the reign of
K. James I, as appears by the laſt will of John
Brewſter, of Tenbam, in 1620, who deviſed by
it an annuity of 31. iſſuing out of this eſtate of
Thomas Greenſtreet, of Oſpringe, gent, called Han-
Netts, to his ſon Thomas and his heirs for ever;
from this name it paſſed by fale to Arthur What-
man, eſq; who in 1671 gave it by will to Ward
and Sifill, and they joined in the ſale of it in
1677 to Thomas Peirce, of Challock (p), whoſe
deſcendant Thomas Peirce deviſed it by his laſt
will to Thomas and Henry his ſons, the latter of
whom bought his brother's part, and then in
1744 left it by will to his ſiſter Frances, wife of
Mr. William Netberſole, for life, remainder to her
children, Thomas, Richard, William, Frances, and
Suſanna ; the eldeſt of whom, Mr. Thomas Ne-
therſole, in 1763, purchaſed the other ſhares of
it, and afterwards, in 1776, alienated the entire
fee of it to Mr. John Hope, of Ewell, the preſent
owner of it.
C A D E S
is a manor in this pariſh, ſituated on the hill,
about a mile ſouthward from Oſpringe church,
which was formerly called Lorendens, from the
family of Lorenden in Challock, who were once
the poffeffors of it (9); after which it came into
the name of Cade, and it appears by the Tefta de
Nevill, that Arnold Cade poffefſed it in the reign
of K. Henry III, whence it acquired the addition
of that name to it, being called Lorenden alias
Cades, by which it continued to be known fo late
as 1630. In the 10th year of Q. Elizabeth, anno
1567, this manor was in the poffeffion of Tho-
mas Wood, of Ospringe, who then alienated it by
the above name to Mr. John Greenftreet, of Of-
pringe (r), who fold it in the 12th year of K.
James 'I, 1613, to Mr. John Platt. Arthur
Whatman, eſq; died ſeiſed of it in 1674 (s), and
by his laſt will dated that year, left a benefaction
yearly from his two farms in Oſpringe, called
Cades and Cokes, to be paid for ever to the poor
of Boughton Blean pariſh (t); after which it be-
came the property of Richard Penner, and then
of John Buller, eſq; whoſe daughter carried it in
marriage to John Dintry, of Wye, and he in 1685
alienated it to Thomas Turner, of London, efq;
and he in 1704 ſettled it on his eldeſt daughter
is an eſtate lying in the weſtern part of this pariſh,
which was once accounted a manor (v), and an-
tiently belonged to a family who aſſumed their
name from Vienne in Dauphine, in the kingdom
of France, one of whom, William de Vienne, or
Vienna, held this manor in the reign of K. Ed-
ward I, as one quarter of a knight's fee (w);
his deſcendant Lucas de Vienna died ſeiſed of it
about the 17th year of K. Edward III, (x) and
his widow paid aid for it in the 20th year of
that reign, at the making of the Black Prince a
Knight, as one quarter of a knight's fee, held
of the King at Putwood in Ospringe; but in the
30th year of it John de Porkelfwode, as appears
by a releaſe of that date, was become proprietor
of it, and he, with Robert de Eaſt Dane, a place
likewiſe in this pariſh, are recited as witneſſes
to another deed, of about the fame age ; how-
ever, in the next reign of K. Richard II, the
Quadring's were become poſſeſſed of it; from
whence it went by ſale, about the latter end of
K. Henry IV.'s reign, to the antient family of
Goldwell, of Great Chart(y), one of whom, games
Goldwell, who was conſecrated Biſhop of Norwich
in 1472, anno 11 Edward IV, becoming pof-
ſeſſed of it, ſettled this manor on a chantry, which
he then obtained licence to found in the ſouth
chancel of Great Chart church, in which he lies
buried (2).
This manor continued the eſtate for the fup.
port of this chantry till the diffolution of it in
the iſt year of King Edward VI, by the act
paſſed for the general ſuppreſſion of all ſuch
foundations ; but this manor, notwithſtanding,
never came into the hands of the Crown, but
was concealed by the poffeffors of it, upon which
Q. Elizabeth, in her roth year, iſſued her writ
to William Cromer, eſq; the Sheriff of this county,
to cauſe enquiry to be made by inquiſition con.
buri
(0) Mr. Thomas Peirce, of Challock, by his laſt will,
dated Jan. 15, 1707, deviſed an annuity of 31. per annum
for ever, to be paid to his poor relations or kindred chiefly
of the name of Peirce.
(9) Richard Parker, of Oſpringe, deviſed by his laſt will,
proved in 1470, all his lands and tenements called Lurrin-
dennys, in Oſpringe, to Catherine his daughter, her heirs and
alligns for ever ; but if ſhe died before marriage, then the
+60
fame to be ſold for charitable uſes. Wills, Prerog. off.
(r)
(s) He lies buried in this church, as does Martha his
wife, who died in 1669.
(t) See Lewis's Hift. of Fav. p. 88.
(u) See more of him above, p. 671.
(v) It conſiſts at preſent only of a tenement and ſome
woodland, and is ſituated on the eaſt ſide of the road lead.
ing through Sindal-valley to Holling borne.
(w) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(x) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(y) Philipott, p. 264.
(z) In the writ and inquiſition mentioned below, anne
10 Elizabeth, it is ſaid to have been founded by Nicholas
Goldwell, Clerk.
-) See above, p. 793.
cerning

The H IS TO RY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
797
2
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
10 1
de Oſprenge on
to his
OSPRINGE.
cerning it; by which it was returned, That the and K. John, in his 2d year, granted to Gilbert,
manor of Putwood, with its appurts. and 80 Biſhop of Rocheſter, and his ſucceſſors, five acres
acres of land, in Oſpringe, Norton, Stone, Otterden, of his demeſne wood in Oſpringe, to hold in free,
Hernbill, Linſted, and Tenham belonged to the pure, and perpetual alms ; after which, Henry de
chantry, in the church of Great Chart, called Sandford, Biſhop of Rocheſter, in the reign of K,
Goldwells chantry, founded by Nicholas Goldwell, Henry III, granted to Nicholas, ſon of Gervas
Cl. and that it was worth in the whole beyond
,
repriſes 41. 6s. 8d. and that the ſame then be. his land, with the wood he had in Ospringe,
longed to the Queen, and had been unjuſtly which was within that manor, and five acres of
with-held from her from the time of the diffo wood, which K. John gave as above-mentioned
lution of the chantry, but by whom they were
wholly ignorant (a).
and their heirs of him and his ſucceſſors by hea
What proceedings were afterwards had in re-
reditary right for ever, at the rent of half a
lation to it, I have not found, but the Crown marc ſterling, and by making ſervice to the Lord
ſeems to have taken poffeffion of it, for the of the fee, as yearly due and accuſtomed, and
Queen, in her 12th year, granted it to Hugh
to him and his ſucceſſors ſuch and ſo much fer-
Townſell and Ralph Piſtor, to hold by the like
vice as belonged to the zoth part of one knight's
ſervices (b), by which it was held before. It
fee, whenever a ſcutage ſhould happen (e).
had been for ſome time before in the p
poffeffion
The Prior and Convent of Rocheſter afterwards
of the Hales's, as tenants to it, but at the latter became poſſeſſed of lands in Oſpringe, which
end of Q. Elizabeth's reign, it appears to have
ſeem exactly to anſwer thoſe above-deſcribed,
been alienated to Mr. Thomas Sare, of Proven but whether the ſame, I am not certain ; how-
ders in Norton, whoſe heirs ſold it to Mr. James
ever that be, they were poſſeſſed of lands here
ſoon after the above time, and continued fo at
Hugeſſen, of Dover, who died in 1637, and by
his laſt will bequeathed this manor to his ſecond
the time of the ſuppreſſion of the priory in the
ſon, whoſe deſcendant Mrs. Jane Hugeſſen entitled
32d year of K. Henry VIII, when it was, with
her huſband Mr. John Roberts, ſon of fir John
all the lands and revenues of it, ſurrendered
Roberts, of Canterbury, knt. to the poffeffion of
into the King's hands, who next year ſettled
it, but on his death without iſſue, the property
them on his new-founded Dean and Chapter of
of it, by the intail made of it, became veſted in
Rocheſter, with whom the inheritance of theſe
lands ſtill continue. i owo inside
that branch of the family ſeated at Provenders
in Norton (c); after which it deſcended, in like On the abolition of Deans and Chapters, foon
manner as that ſeat, to William Weſtern Hugeſſen,
after the death of K. Charles I, and their lands
of Provenders, eſq; who died ſeiſed of it in 1764,
being ſold, this eſtate at Oſpringe came into the
leaving by Thomafine his wife three daughters
poffeffion of one Daniel Judde, a buſy commit-
his coheirs. His widow ſurviving him pofleſſed
tee-man and ſequeſtrator of the royaliſts eſtates
this manor till her death, which happened in
during thoſe unhappy times, who imagining his
poffeffion would continue firm to him and his
1774, on which their three daughters became
heirs, built for his reſidence, about the year
entitled to the property of it, of whom Sarah, ,
the youngeſt, is ſince deceaſed, and her two
1652, the preſent elegant ſeat, after a deſign of
Inigo Jones ; but the Dean and Chapter being re-
fiſters, Sarah and Dorothy, ſince married, the
eſtabliſhed on the reſtoration of K. Charles II,
former to fir Joſeph Banks, of the co. of Lincoln,
bart, and the latter to Edward Knatchbull, eſa;
this man was ouſted from this eſtate, which
from thence acquired the name of Judde's Folly.
only ſon and heir of fir Edward Knatchbull, bart.
.
In later times it was held in leaſe, under the Dean
have entitled their huſbands to their reſpective
and Chapter, by Clayton Milbourne, eſq; Member
ſhares of it, and they now poſſeſs it in undivided
of Parliament in 1708 for the town of Mona
moieties (d).
mouth (f). He died ſeiſed of it in 1726, leaving
JUD DE - HOUSE,
iſſue two ſons and one daughter, and Elizabeth
his widow ſurviving, who afterwards poffeffed
commonly called The Folly-houſe, is an elegant
it, and about the year 1765 fold her intereſt in
feat, ſituated on a hill about a mile from Oſpringe-
it to fames Flint, eſq; High Sheriff of this county
firect, on the ſouth of the high road, to which the
in 1772, who now reſides here, and is the
pre-
avenue from it leads.
fent leſfee of it (g).
The church or priory of Rocheſter was in very This eſtate pays a reſerved rent of 61. and a
antient times poffeffed of lands in this pariſh, couple of wild-fowl to the Dean and Chapter,
(a) Pafch. 1o Eliz. in Scacc. ex parte Rem. Theſ. Rot.
277.
See Coke's Ent. p. 438.
(6) Rot. Eſch. ejus an, pt. 3.
(c) Philipott, p. 264.
(d) See more of the Hugeffens above, p. 741.
VOL. II.
(e) Reg. Roff. p. 2, 512, 513.
(f) He bore for his arms, Argent, a croſs-moline pierced
ſable. They were originally of Frampton in the county
of
Gloucefier. See Atkins's Glouc. p. 232.
(g) His arms are-Vert, 3 flint fones proper.
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The
HISTORY of
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
S Y N D AL
1
36
OSPRINGE.
and is held by leaſe for 21 years, renewable The priory of Mottenden in Hedcorne was pof-
every ſeventh year.
ſeſſed, anno 48 Edward III, of lands in this
pariſh, which continued part of its revenues at
the ſuppreſſion anno 27 Henry VIII, after which
is a houſe and eſtate, ſituated about half a mile the whole of it was granted, in the zoth year of
weſtward from Judde-houſe, in the valley called that reign, to Thomas, Lord Cromwell, afterwards
Newnham alias Syndal, but corruptly for Syn-
Earl of Eſex (m). 10
dane-valley, on the road leading from Oſpringe Walter le Cock, ſon and heir of Thomas le Cock,
over Holling borne-bill to Maidſtone, at one field's
of Oſpringe, was aſſeſſed as an aid at 6s. 3d. for
diſtance from the high London road.
the 16th part of one knight's fee in that pariſh,
This eſtate, as well as others ſituated in Syn in the memorandums of the Exchequer, of the
dal valley, takes its name from thence. It was 14th year of K. Edward I, of Eaſter term, viz.
formerly the property of the Uptons of Faver-
for the ſcite of a
ſcite of a meſſuage and certain lands late
foam, one of whom, Mr. John Upton, owned it
Walter Cock's, in Springe. Thomas le
Thomas le Cock, of
in the 12th year of K. James I; after which it
Ospringe, held at the time of his death, anno 13
became the eſtate of Mrs. Anne Hayward, who | Edward III, the ſcite of one meſſuage and 20
carried it in marriage to Mr. John Wood, who
acres of land in Oſpringe, of the King in capite,
deviſed it to his only daughter Zutphania, and
by the ſervice of 19d. per annum, and paying
The entitled her huſband Robert Owre, gent. to ward to Dover caſtle, and Walter le Cock was his
the poſſeſſion of it. She ſurvived him, and in
and"
ſon and heir. Theſe premiſes afterwards con.
1662 alienated it to Oneſephorus Rood, of Oſpringe, tinued in his deſcendants, for anno 16 Henry
gent. who left iſſue two ſons, Onefephorus, who
VII, Richard Cokkys died ſeiſed of them, hold-
died unmarried in his life-time, and Emery, who
ing them in capite, but by what ſervice was
became his heir, and died poſſeſſed of this eſtate
not known, and Richard Cokkys was his ſon and
in 1727(8); his ſons ſucceſſively poſſeſſed it af-
heir (n).
03 2002 beding
terwards, of whom Oneſephorus, the eldeſt, dying
This land, ſtill called Cokes, in 1671 was in
unmarried, his younger brother Emery became
the poffefſion of Arthur Wbatman, eſq; who by
his heir, and in 1753 deviſed it to his eldeſt ſon
Mr. Emery Rood (b), who reſided here, and fold || his laſt will that year deviſed a yearly benefac-
tion to be paid from it for ever, to the poor of
this eſtate in 1781 to John Montreſor, of Belmont,
Boughton Blean pariſh.
eſq; the preſent owner of it(k).
Sir Thomas Wyatt, anno 33 Henry VIII, con-
veyed all his eſtates in this pariſh to the King,
purſuant to act of Parliament (p).
It appears by the confirmation of K. Henry
III, of the poſſeſſions of the priory of Davington,
that the Prioreſs and Nuns there were feiſed of
lands, rents, and their appurts. within the ma The pariſh of Oſpringe is very large, extend-
nor of Oſpringe, of the gift of Gervaſe de Beſevyle, ing near five miles from north to ſouth, and
Robert de Sylegrave, and Emma his wife, of Walter about two miles only in breadth. The ſtreet is
atte Bregge, at Weſtbroc, of the gift of Simon de ſituated at the north ſide of it, on the high Lon.
Gerunde, of annual rents of the gift of Guncelin don road, which croſſes this pariſh eaſtward. The
Fitz Richard, Lucy de Horneclyve, Ernulph Fitz north ſide of the ſtreet is within the pariſh of
Hyroney, Hanger Taylefer, and William Coc, and l'averſham, which includes the north ſide of the
all that land, with its appurts. of the gift of London road from the 47th mile-ſtone weſtward
Robert Le Wred, all within the manor of Of almoſt as far as the ſummit of Judde-bill, and
pringe (i); which premiſes were granted, among the liberties of the town of Faverſham extend over
the reſt of the poſſeſſions of the priory, after its the above-mentioned ſpace as far weſtward as
diffolution, anno 35 Henry VIII, to fir Thomas the rivulet in Oſpringe-ſireet. Thus the pariſh
Cheney, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (1). || of Faverſham intervenes and entirely ſeparates
20
USES
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
PRESENT STATE OF OSPRINGE.
(g) He left iſſue two ſons and three daughters, viz. Ca-
therine, married to Robert Mathews, of the co. of Salop;
Martha to Richard Mount, of Norton, and Elizabeth to
Lewis Goodchild.
(b) 'The youngeſt ſon One ſephorus died ſingle.
(i) The houſe is in Oſpringe pariſh, but the greateſt part
of the land is in that of Stone. In 1780, this eſtate
con.
tained 204 acres of arable, paſture, and woodland, in the
pariſhes of Oſpringe and Stone.
(k) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 501.
(1) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt.5. See Davington above, p.726.
(m) See above, under Hedcorne, p. 392. Rot. Eſch. 36
Hen. VIII, pt. 12. 2 Edw. VI, pt. 3. 3 Eliz.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. In the reign of K. Edward II,
Richard Kanciis, and Bafilia relict of Roger Cock, held the
half of a quarter of a knight's fee in Oſpringe, as appears
by the books of knights fees. At the making the Black
Prince a Knight, in the 20th year of K. Edward III, the
heirs of John Barrett paid reſpective aid for the half of one
quarter of a knight's fee, which Thomas Tokeyns, of Oſpringe,
held in Oſpringe of the King. Which premiſes Mr. Petit,
Fodary of Kent in his Book, ſays, were found to be held
in capite anno 16 Henry VII, after the death of Richard
Cocks, and that they afterwards came into the poſiefion of
John Giles, of Leveland.
(0) Augtn. off, box C. 20.
from

The
HISTORY of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
799
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
OSPRINGE.
from the reſt of it, that part of Ospringe pariſh to Stalisfield, and joining the above-mentined
at the northern extremity of it, in which are the ſtream, which it conſiderably increaſes, foon
Storekeeper's houſe of the Royal Powder-mills, afterwards flows with it into Faverſham creek.
part of the offices and the gardens belonging to In Feb. 1674, it began to run, but ſtopped again
it, and ſome of the mills; and in the town of before Michaelmas ; it broke forth in Feb. 1712,
Faverſham, that pariſh again intervening, there and run with ſuch violence along the high road,
is a ſmall part of Weſt-Street, containing ſeveral that trenches were cut through the lands to carry
houſes, which is within the pariſh of Ospringe. off the waters of it, but it ſtopped again before
At the eaſt end of Oſpringe-ſtreet, though in Fa Michaelmas. It had continued ſeveral years dry,
verſham pariſh and liberties of the town, there till at length it broke out afreſh in 1753, and
is a handſome new built houſe, erected within
continued to run till the ſummer 1778, when it
theſe few years by Mr. Bonnick Lipyeatt, who re ſtopped, and it has remained dry ever ſince.
fides in it; and ſtill farther eaſtward, within the
The hamlet of Whitebill above-mentioned is
bounds of the pariſh of Oſpringe, being on the ſituated about a mile ſouth-eaſtward from OS-
ſouth ſide of the London road, there is another
pringe-ſtreet; in it are two houſes, both formerly
good houſe, called, from the antient oratory or owned by the family of Drayton, who had re-
chapel formerly adjoining to it (a), but pulled ſided in this pariſh for ſeveral generations. Ro-
down within theſe few years, Chapel-bouſe, now
bert Drayton reſided here anno 7 K. Edward IV,
belonging to Mr. John Simmons, who reſides
in which year he died, and was buried in the
in it. Is as
church-yard of Oſpringe, having by his laſt will
The ſmall rivulet which croſſes Oſpringe-ſtreet deviſed to Margaret his wife his tenement called
riſes at Weſtbrook, at a ſmall diſtance ſouthward Smythes, with its lands and appurts. at Whitebill, ,
of the hamlet of Whitebill, and directing its courſe remainder to his ſon William and his heirs for
north-weſt and afterwards north, at about a mile ever; and his tenement in which he dwelt there
and a half diſtance, a little below Queen-court to John his ſon, and other lands to Robert his
turns a mill, erected but a few years ago, for fon. After this family became extinct here, one
the manufacturing of madder, though now made of theſe houſes, now but of little account, came
uſe of for the grinding of corn, and having into the poſſeſſion of Rood, and eſcheated for
paſſed Oſpringe-Street it turns a gunpowder-mill, want of lawful heirs, a few years ago, to the
in the occupation of government, but ſituated Lord of the manor, and now as ſuch belongs to
on the lands belonging to St. John's college, the Earl of Guildford; but the other ſtill continues
Cambridge, thence it flows acroſs the highway on of ſome note, and the reſidence of a gentleman's
to the Royal Powder-mills, and having paſſed family, for after the Draytons were extinct here,
the Storekeeper's houſe, it turns a corn-mill, it became the property of Wreight, one of which
called King's Mill, cloſe at the weſt ſide of Fa name Henry IVreight, gent. died poſeſſed of it
verſham town, after which it ſupplies the reſt of in 1695, æt. 72, and was buried in Faverſham
the government mills and works, and thence church. His ſon Henry Wreight, eſq; reſided
flowing northward it runs into Faverſham creek, here, and died in 1773, having married Suſan,
to which it is a very neceſſary and beneficial daughter of William Craford, eſq; by whom he
back-water.
left ſurviving only one ſon, Captain William
There is a nailbourne or temporary land-Spring, Wreight, who died poffeffed of it in 1779,
leay-
ſuch as are not unuſual in the parts of this ing by Jane Gordon his wife two daughters, Suſan
county eaſtward of Sitting borne, for I know of and Elizabeth, and one ſon, Mr. Henry Wreight,
none on the other ſide of it, which run but once of Faverſham, who are now jointly entitled to
perhaps in ſeveral years, their failing and con the inheritance of this feat and eſtate.
tinuance having no certain periods, the break About a mile weſtward is a new-built houſe,
ing of them forth being held by the common called The Oaks, erected within theſe few years
people to be the forerunner of ſcarcity and dear on the ſcite of an antient one called Nicholas,
neſs of corn and victuals. This at Ospringe, formerly belonging to the family of Drayton, of
when it breaks out, riſes about half a mile ſouth this pariſh, by Mr. John Toker, who now reſides
ward of Whitehill, near Kenaways, in the road
in it (r).
their prayers
(7) It was dedicated to St. Nicholas ; in it was a Prieſt,
who attended to ſay maſs for the ſafety and good ſucceſs of
paſſengers, who likewiſe themſelves offered
up
here for the like purpoſe, and leſt their benefactions to hini
for his pains in it.
(r) It has been mentioned above, p. 798, note (n), that
Thomas Tokeyns held lands in this pariſh fo early as the reign
of K. Edward II; it is not improbable, from the ſimilarity
of the name, that he was anceſtor of the Tokers, now of this
pariſh, who have been of long time ſettled in theſe
parts,
and are of good account, as well for their property as rank
of life.
Stephen Toker, of Stuppington near Canterbury, left iſſue
a fon John, and a daughter Mary, married to Mr. Wreight,
of the Iſle of Thanet. John Toker married Bennet Blaxland,
by whom he had iſſue five ſons and one daughter, of whom,
Stephen died unmarried, John married Mary Thomas, Mary
married Thomas Elvy, William by Anne Thorpe his wife left
iſſue two daughters, Bennet was married to Edward Cra-
ford, of Sitting borne, and Anne to John Downe ; Edward, by
Margare:

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H IS TO RY
OSPRINGE.
The borough of Chetham, in this pariſh, was
given to the abbey of Faverſham by Richard de
Lucy, and confirmed to it by K. Henry II, K.
John, and K. Henry III.(s) The rents of aſ-
fiſe received from this borough at the ſuppreſſion
of the abbey in the reign of K. Henry VIII, were
40s. It ſtill continues an appendage to the
manor of Faverſham. There was then yearly
paid from it 11s. id. to the Abbat and Convent
of St. Auguſtine, Canterbury (t).
A Borſholder is choſen yearly for this borough
at the court leet of Faverſham nianor.
There is another ſmall borcugh in this pariſh,
called the borough of Brimſtone, for which a Bor-
fholder is elected annually at the court leet of
Faverſham manor (u).
The lands in this pariſh are various, both as
to their fertility and ſoil; thoſe lying north and
north-eaſtward of the church, are level and
very
fertile ; above or ſouth of the church, as they
extend foulbward they grow more hilly, the ſoil
chalky, very poor, and ſtony. In the eaſt and
forth-eaſt parts of it there is much coppice
2TH DOS
wood.
Sot airdo
A fair is held yearly in Ospringe-Street on
May 29th.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
ground round it. The whole of Judde-bouſe and
gardens are contained within it. The form of
it ſeems to have been a ſquare, with the corners
rounded, and to have contained between three
and four acres of ground within its area; the
common people call it K. Stephen's caſtle, but
it is certainly of a much older date. q ilsmi?
At a ſmall diſtance from it, on the oppoſite
or north ſide of the high road, there are ſeveral
breaſt-works caſt up acroſs the field facing the
weſt. At the bottom of the hill in the next field
to this are the ruins of Stone chapel, in which
numbers of Roman bricks are interſperſed among
the Aints, and in the midſt of the ſouth wall of
it is a ſeparate piece of a Roman building, about
a rod in length, and near three feet high, com-
poſed of two rows of Roman tiles of about 14
inches ſquare each, and on them finall ſtones
hewn, but of no regular ſize or ſhape, for about
a foot high, and then tiles again, and ſo on al.
90)

ternately. when die Berg
ANTIQUITI e s.
Much has already been ſaid in the former
part of this volume, of the different opinions
of our learned antiquarians, where the Roman
ſtation, called in the 2d Iter of Antonine, Duro-
levum; ought to be placed. Moſt of the copies
of Antonine make the diſtance from the laſt ſtacion
Durobrovis, which is allowed by all to be Re-
chelier, to the ſtation of Durolevum to be xiii or
xvi miles, though the Peutingerian Tables make
it only vii. If the number xvi is right, no place
bids ſo fair for it as Judde-hill, in this pariſh,
which ſeems to have every probable circumſtance
in favor of it. The Romans undoubtedly had
ſome ſtrong military poſt on this hill, on the
ſummit of which there are the remains of a very
deep and broad ditch; the ſouth and eaſt ſides
are ſtill entire, as is a ſmall part of the north ſide
at the eaſtern corner of it, the remaining part of
the north ſide was filled up not many years ſince.
The weſt ſide has nothing left of it. Cloſe within
the ſouthern part of it is a high mount of earth,
thrown up to a conſiderable height above the
When the new road from the ſummit of the
hill weſtward was dug down, quantities of frag-
ments of Roman culinary ware, and a coin of
Vefpafian were found intermixed with many par-
cels of oyſter ſhells, and in the garden of Judde-
boule, at different times, coins of Hadrian, M.
Aurelius, Arcadius, and others, have been dif-
covered And at about a mile's diſtance from
this hill north-eal ward, on a hill in the pariſh
of Davington, almoſt adjoining to the town of
Faverſham, within theſe few years a Roman bu-
ricl-place has been diſcovered, and many Roman
coins, urns, and other relics of antiquity dug
up there, as there has been at different times ar
Faverſham and other places adjoining to it, eſpe-
cially along the London high road (v).
Beſides which, the vicinity of this place to
the ſtream at Oſpringe is another argument in its
favor, and cne ſtill more, its nearneſs to Faver-
fkam, for Bede notes in ſeveral places, that the
villæ regie of the Saxons were moſtly placed upon
or near where in former ages the Roman ſtations
had been before.
And yet, notwithſtanding all theſe circumſtan-
ces in favor of the Durolevum having been here,
there has been ſo much urged in favor of New-
ington likewiſe, that it is but fair to leave the
preference of either to the reader's option, to
place this ſtation at whichever place he thinks
proper (w).
Margaret Ford his wife, left iſſue two ſons, Edward Toker,
now of Stuppington, ejq; and John Toker, gent. and Richard
married Sarab Reynolds. John Toker, gent. the ſecond ſon of
Edward, is the preſent poffeffor of The Oaks above-men-
tioned, and married Mary, daughter of Thomas Buck, gent.
by whom he has iſſue three ſons, Edward, Thomas-Richard,
and Richard.
(s) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 687.
(1) Jacob's Hift. Faverſham, p. 180. This borough ex-
tends over Beacon-farm, on the ſouth ſide of the London road,
at the 45th mile-ſtone, in Oſpringe and Slone, and very
little
beſides.
(u) This borough extends over the Red Lion Inn in Of
pringe-freet, ſome land, an houſe and oaſt behind the bowl-
ing-green northward of it.
(v) Numbers of theſe, as well as drawings of others,
which have been dug up in this neighbourhood, are in the
poſſeſſion of Mr. Jacob, of Faverſham.
(w) See above, under Newirgton and Lenham, p. 451
and 561.
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HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
OSPRINGE.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ.
Pimpinella major, great burnet Saxifrage ; in a
thick hedge beyond Whitehill.
Mentha pulegium, penny royal; in a ſmall pond
at Elvyland.
Chryſosplenium oppoſitifolium, golden ſaxifrage ;
in Judde wood.
Saxifraga granulata, white faxifrage or ſea green;
upon Beacon-bill.
Tanacetum vulgare, common tanſey ; by the way
ſide near Queen-court.
Verbaſcum nigrum, Sage-leafed black mullein ; in
the chalk fields.
Linum tenuifolium, narrow-leafed wild flax";
upon Beacon-bill.
Primula veris, great comfip; in thick hedges
beyond Whitehill.
THE HOSPITAL or MAISON DIEU.
Mr. Jacob has obſerved the following ſcarce
plants in this pariſh :
Acer pſeudo platanus, the greater maple or fy-
camore tree; near Hanſets-forſtal.
Lyſimachia nemorum, yellow pimpernel; in Judde
wood.
Campanula rotundifolia, the leſer round leafed
bell-flower ; by the way ſides in this pariſh.
Aſtragalus głycyphyllos, wild liquorice or liquorice
wetch; near Whitebill.
Berberis vulgaris, the berberry or pipperidge
buſ ; in a hedge beyond Queen-court.
Bupleurun rotundifolium, thorow wax; in the
fields near Brogdale.
Leonurus cardiaca, motherwort; near Cockſet in
Oſpringe.
Vicia bracca, tufted vetch; in the hedges of
Beacon farm.
Vinca major, the greater periwinkle ; in hedges
near Syndall farm. It grows likewiſe plentifully
at Eaſling and at Ore.
Dipſacus pilojus, ſmall wild teaſel or shepherds
rod; in the road hedge leading from Plumford
to Badgen downs.
Erica tetralix, croſs-leafed beath; at the bottom
of Judde wood.
Serapias latifolia, broad-leafed baſtard hellebore,
a variety in Offringe woods.
Hieraclum umbellatum, narrow - leafed bruhy
bawkweed ; in Oſpringe chalk-pits.
Galeopſis, tetrahit, white-flowered bemp leafed
deadnettle; in hedges between Plumford and Bad-
gen downs.
Fumaria claviculata, climbing fumitory; in moiſt
hedges.
Lathyrus ſilveſtris, narrow-leafed everlaſting pea;
in the hedges of the Beacon farm.
Saponaria officinalis, common ſoapwort; in the
hedges near Syndall.
Ophrys nidus avis, birds-neſt orchis; in Judde
woods.
Orchis militaris, the man orchis; on the chalky
banks near Whitebill.
Orchis purpurea, the purple man orchis; in Judde
woods.
Orchis morio, female orchis ; in a meadow near
Codes; ſome of a roſe colour, ſome white, and a
very few with double flowers.
Orchis monorchis, yellow or muſk orchis; on
the chalky banks of the parſonage meadow.
Satyrium viride, frog ſatyrion or orchis ; on dry
graffy banks near Whitehill.
Orphrys Spiralis, triple ladies traces ; in the par-
fonage meadows.
There was an Hoſpital or Maiſon Dieu hereg
the principal houſe of which, as well as the
church of it, was ſituated cloſe to the ſtream on
the north fide of Ospringe-ſtreet, though there
were two buildings or chambers belonging to it
on each ſide of the ſtream, almoſt oppoſite.
This hoſpital was founded by K. Henry III;
about the year 1235, and dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. It conſiſted of a Maſter and three regular
Brethren, of the order of the Holy Croſs, and
two ſecular Clerks, whoſe office was to celebrate
maſs for the ſoul of the founder, and the ſouls
of his royal predeceſſors and ſucceffors, and alſo
to be hoſpitable, and give entertainment to the
poor and needy paſſengers and pilgrims ; and
there was a chamber in it, wherein the King
uſed to repoſe himſelf when he paſſed this way,
which from thence was called Camera Regis or
the King's Chamber, and they were eſpecially to
relieve poor lepers, a diſtemper at that time,
from the continued feeding on fiſh, exceedingly
common among the lower people, and eſpeci-
ally among the religious; for which purpoſe,
and to prevent infection, there were aparta
ments provided in another houſe, built on the
other ſide of the lane over againſt the hoſpi-
tal, ſome of the walls of which are yet re-
maining (x).
In the year 1245, Robert, Abbat of St. Au-
guſtine's, Canterbury, granted to the Brethren of
this hoſpital wearing the habit, and the diſeaſed
who happened to die in it, but to none elſe, the
right of burial, ſo that all emoluments accruing
on that account in any ſhape ſhould be yielded
to the church of Faverſham, without diminution,
and that no prejudice ſhould ariſe from it in any
ſhape to the Vicar of Faverſham, the ſeveral in-
ſtances of which are particularly recited in this
inſtrument, eſpecially in relation to the reſort to
(*) Tan. Mon. p. 222. Southouſe Mon. p. 148. Lewis's
Hift. Faverſham, p. 81.
Alexander Roger, of Oſpringe, by his laſt will, proved in
1474, directed to be buried in the church of St. Mary the
Virgin of Meſyndew of Ospring, and deviſed to the brothers
of it, for the burying of his body in the nave of the ſaid
church, 6s. 8d. Wills, Prerog. off. Cant,
VoL, II.
95
the
802
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
of
HISTORY
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
John's college was afterwards confirmed by the
King by other letters patent, dated Aug. iſt in
his with year, and confirmed likewiſe by the
Archbiſhop, the Archdeacon, and the Prior and
Convent of Canterbury, and it remains at this time,
with all its poſſeſſions, part of the revenues of
the above-mentioned college.
There are ſome remains ſtill left of this hof-
pital; the walls of the two chambers on the ſouth
ſide of Oſpringe-Street, which are the under part
of two dwelling-houſes ; thofe of the hoſpital
itſelf, on the oppoſite ſide, which now incloſe
an alehouſe; and thoſe of the church adjoining
to it, now in ruins, are ſtill remaining, being
built of fint, with aſhlar ſtone window and door
caſes. In a ſmall window-frame of the hoſpital
itſelf were carved two ſhields, on one of which
was a ſingle, and on the other a double, croſs,
viz. one upright and two tranſverſe pieces; but
this is now ſo incloſed by the ignorance of the
workmen, as hardly to be diſcovered.
CHARITIES.
OSPRINGE.
the mother-church of Faverſham on the chief
feſtivals yearly; for which privilege the Brethren
were to pay yearly to the Abbat of Faverſham
12d. free rent at Eaſter, and one wax taper of
two pounds to the church of Faverſham on the
day of the Affumption (y).
Upon che death of the Maſter, the Brethren
were to chooſe one of their own body to be pre-
fented to the King for his conſent, and after-
wards to be inſtituted by the Arcbbiſhop.
The revenues with which this houſe was en-
dowed, lay at Elverland in Oſpringe, and other
parts of this pariſh, in Faverſham, Boughton
Blean, Preſton, Stone, and Ore, at Lorenden in
the pariſh of Challock, at Hokeling, Rydemarſ,
Ryde, and other places in Shepey (2). Part of
their poffeffions were likewiſe, the appropriation
of the parfonages of Hedcorne and Oſpringe, with
the advowſon of the vicarage of the latter.
In the 52d and 53d year of K. Henry III, the
King, of his eſpecial grace, pardoned the Maſter
of this hoſpital the laſt tallage aſſeſſed on him
and his tenants (a).'
In the 22d year of K. Edward I, Peter, then
maſter of it, paid a ſubſidy to the King, and
had a ſpecial protection granted to him (b).
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno 1384,
on a taxation, the revenues of this hoſpital were
valued, the church of Hedcorne at 131. 6s. 8d.
the temporalities at 511. 55. od. per annum (c).
In which ſtate this hofpital continued till the
reign of K. Edward IV, when Robert Darrel, the
Maſter of it, dying, and one of the brethren
very ſoon afterwards, the remaining two bre-
thren ſurmiſing that their deaths were occaſioned
by the plague, forfook the houſe, and took no
order to chooſe any other in their room ; by
which means the King became entitled to it by
eſcheat, as was found by inquiſition June 6, in
the 20th year of his reign, and it became part
of the revenues of the Crown; after which he,
by his letters patent, committed the cuſtody or
guardianſhip of it to ſecular perſons; and K.
Henry VIII, in his 6th year, granted the cuſtody
of it to John Underbill, Clerk, to hold during his
life ; but John Fiſher, Biſhop of Rocheſter, by his
intereſt with the Queen, and through Cardinal
Wolfey's means, obtained a grant of this hoſpital
and its poffeßions, to the Maſter and Fellows of
St. John's college in Cambridge, for ever, the letters
patent for that purpoſe bearing date on March 10,
anno 7 Henry VIII, and John Underhill, in confi-
deration of his reſignation of it, had the ſum of
401. paid him in hand, and a yearly penſion of
301. ſettled on him for life. This grant to St.
of
There are 20s. payable at Lady-day yearly
out of a houſe, now divided into two tenements,
and an acre of land lying in Smarden.
William Drayton, of this pariſh, gent. gave by
his will in 1686, the annual rent of 1os. to the
Miniſter of Oſpringe, for a ſermon to be preached
on Palm-Sunday, and 41. 1os. od. yearly to the
poor of this parith, to be diſtributed to them on
that day, the ſame to be paid out of a farm
here, called Nicholas.
Jobn Greenftreet, of Canterbury, gens. by his
will, dated April 2, 1671, gave to the poor
this pariſh for ever, 4os. to be yearly paid upon
Dec. 1, and to be diſtributed by his brother, his
heirs and aſſigns, with the advice and aſſiſtance
of the churchwardens and overſeers, the ſame to
be yearly paid at Michaelmas, out of his farm,
called Painters, in this pariſh, now belonging
to the Right Hon. the Earl of Guildford.
Arthur Whatman, eſq; by his will, dated Nov.
11, 1671, gave 50s. per annum, payable on Nov.
5th to the churchwandens and overſeers, out of
a farm in Doddington, called Upper-Greet, to be
diſtributed to the poor at their diſcretion.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, in 1720, gave a large
ſilver fagon, and two ſalvers, for the uſe of the
communion.
Mr. John Smith, Cordwainer, by will dated May
5, 1629, gave 50s. to be yearly paid to ſuch poor
perſons of this pariſh as took no relief, to be
paid at Michaelmas, out of a houſe lying in that
part of the pariſh which was within the town
30. In
(y) Decem. Script. col. 1892.
(2) Anno 25 Henry III, Roger de Lingsted had a grant
of theſe lands at Challock and in Shepey for life, as likewiſe
of all the fiſhery, meſſuages, relief, revenues, and homage
appertaining to them, as appears by patent that year, memb.
42
and
51 Henry III, there was a confirmation of
lands and privileges to this houſe. Philipott, p. 262.
(a) Madox's Exchequer, p. 692.
(6) Prynne, p. 594.
(s) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p.41.
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and liberties of Faverſham, and then known by
the ſign of the Bell, and ſince by that of the
Queen's Arms, to be diftributed by the Vicar and
Churchwardens every Chriſtmas-day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, in 1757, gave the braſs
branch now in the church.
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
This pariſh is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Oſpringe.
The church ſtands within the juriſdiction of
the town of Oſpringe, about half a mile south-
ward from Oſpringe-Street. It is dedicated to St.
Peter and St. Paul. It is an antient building,
conſiſting of three iſles and a chancel. The
ſteeple was formerly at the west end, and was
built circular of fints, ſuppoſed to be Daniſh,
with a ſhingled ſpire, of upwards of 50 feet
high, on the top of it, in which were four bells;
but in ringing them on Oct. 11, 1695, on K.
William's return from Flanders, it ſuddenly fell
to the ground, and providentially no one was
hurt by it (d).
In the eaſt part of the church-yard, there was
once a chapel, ſaid to have been built by fir John
Denton, of Denton in this pariſh and Eaſling, the
foundations of which are ſtill viſible (e).
It appears by the Teſta de Nevil, taken in the
reign of K. Henry III, that the church of Of-
pringe was in the King's gift, and was afterwards
given by K. John to John de Burgo, who then
held it, and that it was worth 40 marcs. After
which, in the 8th year of K. Richard II, anno
1384, it was become appropriated to the Abbat of
Pontiniac, and was valued at 131. 6s. 8d, at which
time there was a vicarage here of his patronage
likewiſe (f). It afterwards became part of the
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
poffeffions of the Hoſpital or Maiſon Dieu at of
pringe-Street, but by what means, or when, I have
not found, and it continued ſo till the eſcheat of
the hoſpital anno 20 Edw. IV; after which, the
parſonage appropriate of this church of Ospringe;
together with the advowſon of the vicarage, was
by means of Fiſher, Biſhop of Rocheſter, obtained
of K. Henry VIII, in manner as has been already
mentioned, for St. John's college in Cambridges
the Maſter and Fellows of which are at this time
entitled to them, the parſonage being let by
them on a beneficial leaſe; but the advowſon of
the vicarage they retain in their own hands.
The leffee of this par ſonage, in the reign of Q:
Elizabeth, was Robert Streynſham; eſq; (g) who
rebuilt the houſe and offices belonging to it. He
left iſſue by Frances his wife, daughter of Wil-
liam Witeman, of Harrow in the co. of Middleſexy
two daughters and coheirs, of whom, Audrey,
the eldeſt, carried her intereſt in it in marriage
to Edward Maſter, eſa; eldeſt ſon of James Maſter,
of Eaſt Langdon, eſq; (b) who reſided here. He
was afterwards knighted, and on his father's
death in 1631 removed to that ſeat, built by his
father (i), in whoſe deſcendants it continued till
it was at length alienated to Buller, of Cornwall,
whoſe ſon ſold his intereſt in it to Markham, as
he did to Mr. Robert Lyddel, of London, Mer-
chant, brother of fir Henry Lyddel, who in 1715
aſſigned his intereſt in it to Ralph Terrey, of
Knolton, Yeoman, whoſe ſon Mr. Michael Terrey,
of Ospringe, deviſed it to his only daughter
and heir Olive, who married Nathaniel Marſh,
of Boughton Blean, eſq; and his ſon Terrey
Marſo, now of that pariſh, eſq; is the preſent
leffee of it.
The vicarage of Ospringe is valued in the
King's books at iol. os. od. and the yearly
tenths at il. os. od.(k)
(d) There are no remains left of any painted glaſs in the
windows of this church, though there was formerly much
in moſt of them ; particularly, in the window of the north
iſle was once the figure of a mitred Biſhop, on the rack,
with a knife on the table by him, and of another perſon
tied to a tree, and wounded with arrows. In another was
a label to the memory of Robert Seton, and of a woman
kneeling; and there was not many years ago remaining in
the eaſt window, at the end of the ſouth iſle, forming a
kind of chancel, the effigies of a Knight in his tabard of
arms, with ſpurs on his heels, in a kneeling poſture, look-
ing up to a crucifix, painted juſt above him, of which there
remained only the lower part. The Knight's arms-Azure,
3 harts heads cabofhed or, were thrown under him, and at a
little diſtance ſome part of his creſt-An hari's head attired
fall or, with a crown about his neck azure, and underneath-
Pray for the foul of Thomas Hart. This fir Thomas Hart was
poffeffed of an eſtate in this pariſh, which he purchaſed of
Norwood. The Greenſtreets of Selling lately claimed this
chancel, and ſeveral of them lie buried in it.
There was a chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas, in this
church.
(e) In the will of Robert Drayton, anno 1466, mention
is made of the light of St. Mary, within the chapel in the
church-yard of Oſpringe.
(f) Stev. Mon. vol. i, p. 41.
(g) He was Fellow of All Souls college, LL. B. and Sea
cretary to the Earl of Pembroke, and afterwards purchaſed
this parſonage, where he reſided. He lies buried in this
church, and bore for his arms-Or, a pale dancette gules.
(5) James Maſter, eſq; lies buried in this church. He
was firſt of Sandwich, and afterwards built a ſeat for him-
ſelf and his pofterity at Eap Langdon. He was twice mar-
ried, and had 14 children ; at length worn out with age,
he betook himſelf hither to his eldeſt ſon Edward, who was
afterwards knighted. He died on April 7, 1631, æt. 84.
Arms-Mafier, impaling 3 ſwords croſſed argent, handled or,
for Norton. In this church is likewiſe a memorial for Wil.
liam Mafter, gent. his ſecond ſon, who died in 1620, æt.
45, leaving iſſue a ſole daughter and heir Catherine ; like-
wiſe for Alice, wife of Robert Mafter, efq; daughter and
coheir of Samuel Hayward, of Harty, ela; widow of Çafl-
lock, obt, 1659, æt. 53.
(i) He lies buried in St. Michael's chapel in Canterbury
cathedral, having had 15 children by his wife above-men-
tioned, obt. 1648, æt. 74. The male deſcendants of this
family are now extinct in this county. See more of them
under Eaſt Langdon.
(k) Ect. Thef.
P. II.
In

804
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
Тbe
of
H IS TO RY
OSPRINGE.
In 1640, it was valued at 6ol, when there
were communicants here 226.
The vicarage is endowed with all vicarial
tythes, woad only excepted, and alſo with thoſe
of hay, ſaintfoin, clover, and coppice woods.
There are about 27 acres of glebe-land belong-
ing to it.
The vicarage-houſe is ſituated in the valley,
at a ſmall diſtance eaſtward from the church, and
the parſonage-houſe near a mile fouthward of
that.
In the year 1079, Herbert, ſon of Ivo, with
the conſent of Odo, Biſhop of Baieux and Earl of
Kent, his Lord, gave to the Abbat and Convent
of St. Auguſtine, the tythes of five manſions or
eſtates, of which one was at Ospringe (l), but
William Peverel, the Lord of the fee, urjuſtly
detained the ſame from them (on).
Oſpringe was formerly the head of a rural
deanry, of which inſtitution it will be neceſſary
to give ſome account here.
The office of rural Dean was not unknown to
our Saxon anceſtors, as appears by the laws of
K. Edward the Confeffor ; they were called both
Archipreſbiteri and Decani Temporarii, to diſtin-
guiſh them from the Deans of cathedrals, who
were Decani Perpetui (az).
The antient exerciſe of juriſdiction in the church
ſeems to have been inſtituted in conformity to like
ſubordinations in the ſtate. Thus the dioceſes
within this realm ſeem to have been divided into
archdeaconries and rural deanries, to make them
correſpond to the like diviſion of the kingdom
into counties and hundreds; hence the former,
whoſe courts were to anſwer thoſe of the county,
had the county uſually for their diſtrict, and
took their title from thence, and the names of the
latter from the hundred, or chief place of it,
wherein they acted ; and as in the ſtate every
hundred was at firſt divided into ten tythings
or fribourghs, and every tything was made up
of ten families, both which kept their original
names, notwithſtanding the increaſe of villages
and people—ſo in the church the name of deanry
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
continued, notwithſtanding the increaſe of per-
ſons and churches, and the diſtricts of them
were cantracted and enlarged from time to time,
at the diſcretion of the Biſhop, the rural Dean
of Oſpringe having juriſdiction over the whole
deanry of it, conſiſting of 26 pariſhes. He was
in antient times called the Dean of the Biſhop, be-
cauſe appointed by him, and had alone the in.
ſpection of the lives and manners of the clergy
and people within the diſtrict under him, and was
to report the ſame to the Biſhop; to which end,
that he might have a thorough knowledge of
the ſtate and condition of his reſpective deanry,
he had a power to convene rural Chapters,
which were made up of the inſtituted clergy, or
their curates as proxies of them, and the Dean
as Preſident of them, where the clergy brought
information of all irregularities committed with-
in their reſpective pariſhes (O). Thoſe upon or-
dinary occaſions were held at firſt every three
weeks, in imitation of the courts of manors, held
from three weeks to three weeks, and afterwards
each month, and from thence were called kalende,
but their more ſolemn and principal chapters
were aſſembled once a quarter, where matters of
greater import were tranſacted, and a fuller at-
tendance given. They were at firft held in any
one church within the diſtrict, where the miniſter
of the place was to procure and provide enter-
tainment and procurations for the Dean and his
immediate officers, and they were afterwards
held only in the larger or more eminent pa-
riſhes (p). Beſides this another principal part
of his duty was, to execute all proceſſes of
the Biſhop, or of the officers and miniſters under
his authority ; but by the conſtitution of the
Pope's Legate, Oiho, the Archdeacon, in the
reign of K. Henry III, was required to be fre-
quently preſent at them, who being ſuperior to
the rural Dean, did in effect take the preſidency
out of his hands ; and theſe chapters were after-
wards often held by the Archdeacon's officials,
from which may be dated the decay of rural
deanries, for the rural Dean was not only dif.
couraged by this, but the Archdeacon and his

(1) Regiſt. Sci Aug. cart. 297.
(mn) Stev. Mon. vol. I, p. 316.
(n) Beſides theſe, there were in the greater monaſteries,
eſpecially thoſe of the Benedidine order, ſuch officers called
Deans, and there are Deans ſtill remaining in ſeveral of the
colleges of the univerſities, who°take care of the ſtudies
and exerciſes of the youth, and are a check on the morals
and behaviour of ſuch as are members under them.
() By ſpecial delegation they had occaſionally the
pro-
bate of wills, the granting of adminiſtration of the goods
of perſons inteftate, the granting inſtitutions and inductions,
the cuſtody of vacant benefices, and ſometimes the deciſions
of teſtamentary, matrimonial, and cauſes of divorce. They
had a ſeal of office, which being temporary, they had only
the name of the office, and not, as other ſeals of juriſdic-
tion, the name of the perſon alſo, engraved on it. The
ſeal belonging to this deanry had on it, the Virgin Mary
crowned, with the ſcepter in her left hand, and her child,
with a glory round his head, in her right, and round the
margin-Sigillu Decani Decanatus de Oſpreng.
(p) The part of their office of inſpecting and reporting
the manners of the clergy and people, rendered them ne-
ceſſary attendants on the epiſcopal fynod or general viſita-
tion, in which they were the ſtanding repreſentatives of the
reſt of the clergy within their diviſion, and they were there
to deliver information of abuſes committed within their
knowledge, and conſult for the reformation of them; for
which they were to have their expences, called from hence
fynodals, allowed them by thoſe whom they repreſented,
according to the time of their attendance. That
part
of
their ofice, of being convened to provincial and epiſcopal
fynods, was transferred to two Proxlors, or repreſentatives
of the parochial clergy in each dioceſe; and that of infor-
mation of fcandals and offences, has devolved on the
Cburokwardens of the reſpective pariſhes.
official,

The HISTORY
805
of
of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
John Willington, S.T.B. Feb.
2, 1640, obt. 1643.
Peter Lane, A.M. March 7,
1643
(1) Thomas Cator, A.M. obt.
1678.
Jonathan Barnard, A.B. Apr.
1, 1679, obt. 1714.
Charles Bowtell, S.T.B. Nov.
3, 1714, obt, 1718.
1989 John White, B. D. Oet. 17,
1718, obt. 1755.
- jantes allia, (u) Edward Barnard, S.T.P.
hoc into de April 19, 1756, relig. Jan.
1777:
Jeremiah Jackſon, A.M. May
24, 1777. Preſent Vicar.
la OCS
P R E S T O N.
OSPRINGE.
official, as might naturally be ſuppoſed he would,
drew the buſineſs uſually tranſacted there to his
own viſitation, or chapter, as it might be termed.
By which interfering of the Archdeacon and his
officials, it happened, that in the age next be-
fore the reformation, the juriſdiction of rural
Deans declined almoſt to nothing, and at the
reformation nothing was done for their reſtora-
tion by the legiſlative power, ſo that they be.
came extinct in moſt deanries, nor did this of
Oſpringe ſurvive the earlieſt decline of them,
Where they ſtill continue, they have only the
name and ſhadow left, and what little remains
of this dignity and juriſdiction, depends greatly
on the cuſtom of places, and the pleaſure of
dioceſans().
od TH
In the 31ſt year of K. Edward I, Richard
Chriſtian, Dean of Ospringe, being ſent to execute
fome citations of the Archbiſhop at Selling, was
fet upon by the people there, who placed him
with his face to his horſe's tail, which they made
him hold in his hand for a bridle, in which poſ-
ture they lead him through the village, with
ſongs, ſhouts, and dances, and afterwards hav-
ing cut off the tail, ears, and lips of the beaſt,
they threw the Dean into the dirt, to his great
diſgrace, and the hindrance of the execution of
his office ; for which, the King directed his writ
to the Sheriff, to make enquiry by inquiſition
of a jury concerning it (r).
momentos Shaneb
U CHURCH OF OSPRINGE. bound
PATRONS,
VICARS.
er by whom preſented,
(s) Bartholomew Lovell, in
1474
Maſter and Fellows Robert Bolton, A.M. March
of St. John's cold
18, 1577
Lege, Cambridge. Laurence Parkynfon, Aug. 4,
1582, obt. 1617.
John Snell, S.T.B. June 25,
1617, obt. 1623.
Thomas Smith, S.T.B. Jan.
BE13, 1623, reſig. 1625.
William Martial, S. T. B.
April 24, 1625.
Francis Blechenden, S.T.B.
Jan. 20, 1638, reſig. 1639.
Thomas Maſon, S.T.B. 1639,
reſig. 1640.
THE
*HE next pariſh eaſtward is Preſton, wric-
ten in antient records both Preſtentune and
Preſtetone, which name it is ſuppoſed to have
taken from its belonging to the church, that is
to ſay, Prieſts Town. It is now called Preſton
near Faverſham, to diſtinguiſh it from another
pariſh of the ſame name near Wingham in this
çounty.
wit dan COP TO N.
abal sro
PRESTON was given, by the name of the prin-
cipal manor in it, called Copton, antiently writ-
ten Coppanftane, together with its appendage of
Ham-marſh, by Cenulph, K. of Mercia, after hay-
ing made the kingdom of Kent tributary to him,
in the year 822, to Wlfred, Archbiſhop of Canter
bury, L. S. M. that is, libere ſicut Middleton, en.
dowed with the ſame liberties and franchiſes as
Middleton originally was (v).
After which, by the conteſts which were then
carried on by thoſe petty Kings, each of whom
as he happened to grow ſuperior in power, con-
ſtantly difpoffeffed his neighbours of their do-
minions, this manor appears to have been wreſted
from the church of Canterbury, and to have been
again reſtored to it in 941, under the name of
Preſtantun, by K. Edmund, Edred his brother,
and Edwy ſon of K. Edmund, who gave it to the
monks of Chriſt Church, for the uſe of their re-
fectory (2). In which ſtate it continued at the
time of the taking of the general ſurvey of Domes-
() See Burn's Eccleſ. Law, vol. ii, p. 106. Harris's
Hif. Kent, p. 227. Alſo a full account of this office, in
Kennet's Antiq. p. 632 et ſeq.
(r) Prynne, p. 987.
1) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(1) Walker's Suff. of Clergy, p. ii, p. 309.
(2) Rector of Pauls Cray, Canon of Windſor, Head-
Maſter of Eaton School, and afterwards Provoſt there. He
died in 1781.
(v) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 19.
(w) Et eft de Vi&tu eorum. Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 21.
Decem. Script. col. 2221. Edmund and Edred were fons of
K. Edward the elder, by his ſecond wife Ediva, or Edgiva,
as ſhe was ſometimes called. He ſucceeded to the throne
on the death of his brother-in-law K. Æthelftane, and dy-
ing in 648 was ſucceeded by his brother Edred, by the
unanimous voice of the people and clergy, his fons Edwg
and Edgar being then ſet aſide on account of their minority,
Rapin, vol. i, P. 99, 103.
Vol. II.
9T
day,

806
I be HISTORY of a K E N T.
naftery were, and
e time of the
31ſt vear
PRESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
day, in the year 1084, when it was thus entered A Court Leet and Court Baron is held for theſe
in that record, under the title of Terra Mona manors, which extend into Davington, Ludden-
chorum Archiepi, or lands of the Archbiſhop's ham, Stone, and Buckland pariſhes; at which
monks, as all the lands belonging to that mo court a Borſholder is choſen for the borough of
Copton and Stone.
and bondage
In Favreſhant Hd.
In the 29th year of K. Henry VIII, the Prior
Ipfe archieps ten’ Preſtetone. p. uno ſolin' ſe defd'. and Convent had demiſed by leaſe for 21 years to
Tra. e'. 6. car. In dnio ſunt. 3. & 13 villi cu'. Thomas Harrington, their manors of Copton, Sel-
14. bord bnt. 3. car'. Ibi accla & 1. fervus. & I. grave and Hamme, with their appurts. near Fa-
moldº fine cenſu. & una piſcaria de. 250. anguillis. verſbam, and all their live and dead ſtock there-
Ibi, 2, ac'. pti. Silva, 5. porc'. T. R. E. & poft'. on, at the yearly rent of 221. and 41 quarters
valuit. 10. lib', modo. 15. lib'.
of good, heavy and ſweet corn, of the raſe mea-
Which is : The Archbiſhop himſelf holds Preſte fure, and 42 quarters of barley, of the like ſort
tone. It was taxed at one ſuling. The arable land and meaſure, excepting all eſcheats, ſtrays, waifs,
is fix carucates. In demeſne there are three, and 13 &c. Which leaſe, after the diſſolution of the
villeins, with 14 borderers, having three carucates. priory anno 32 Henry VIJI, being ſurrendered
There is a church, and one fervant, and one mill into the King's hands, he granted to him `an-
without tallage, and one fiſhery of 250 eels. There other leaſe for
leaſe for 21 years, of theſe premiſes, at
are two acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of
to como
five bogs. In the time of K. Edward the Confeſſor, In the 17th year of Q. Elizabeth, Thomas El-
and afterwards, it was worth 10 pounds, now 15 meley was leffee to the Dean and Chapter for theſe
to 93961
manors; but in the 33d year of that reign Tho.
In the 22d year of K. Edward I, anno 1293, mas Clive held them in leaſe, and reſided at
Cop-
there was an agreement made between the Prior ton, as did his ſon fir Chriſtopher Clive, knt. (c)
and Convent and for John de Rokeſle, Lord of West In the reign of K. James I, fir Humphry Tufton
wood manor, concerning the ſeveral ſervices due held them, as did his deſcendants till the middle
from him as ſuch to the Prior and Convent, for of K. Charles II.'s reign, when the leaſe of
their manor of Copton (x).
naton fring
them was become veſted in Dr. James Jeffreys,
K. Edward II, in his roth year, granted to Prebendary of Canterbury, who dying in 1688,
the Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church, free war was buried in that cathedral, in whoſe deſcen,
ren in all their demeſne lands, which they pof dants the poſſeſſion of theſe manors have con-
feffed in Copton and Ham, among other places, tinued down to James Jeffreys, eſq; the preſent
lefſee of them.
his grandfather K. Henry III. (y) About which
Banes
time the manors of Copton and Ham were valued
at 251. yearly income (z).
It has been mentioned above, under the de-
In which ſtate theſe manors continued till the
fcription of the pariſh of Sheldwich, that the
diffolution of the priory of Chriſt Church in the manor of Selgrave is ſituated both in that pariſh
ev
and this of Preſton, but that it has been of long
ſurrendered, among the reſt of the poffeffions of time ſeparated into moieties. Of the moiety in
it, into the King's hands, where they did not
Sheldwich, an account has been already given
remain long, for the King fettled them by his
there; of the moiety in this pariſh, the family of
dotation-charter, in his 33d year, on his new Northwood ſeems to have been poffeffed, from
erected Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, part of one of whom, about the latter end of K. Edward
whoſe poffeffions they ſtill remain (a).
III.'s reign, it was alienated to Ralph de Spi-


of the yearly rent of 431. (6)
- it was worn
pounds. to


SEL GR AV E.
(x) Whereas the former demanded of the latter certain ſer-
vices from the lands and tenements which he held in Preſton,
and in the manor of Copton, it was agreed, that he ſhould
plow, low, and harrow half an acre of the Prior and Con-
vent, at the winter's feed; and that he ſhould mow, and
carry into their barn, one acre of corn in autumn ; and
mould harrow for them, one acre of oats in ſeed-time, &c.
and ſhould drive, and drive back again, the Prior and Con-
vent's hogs in this manor to wood and from wood, in the
time of pannage; and the Prior and Convent, for a new
rent of 2s. 8d. per annum, releaſed theſe ſervices to fir John
Rokeſle, knt. Regiſt. Chriſt Church, Cant, cart. 1701.
(y) Regiít. Chriſt Church, Cant, cart. 134. Tan. Mon.
p. 201.
(z) Batteley's Somner, pt. ii, append. No. xxiii, p. 50.
(a) The manor houſe is ſituated very near the eaſt fide
of the high road leading from Faverſham to Sheldwich
and Aſhford, about a mile from the London road. Ham
is called in the dotation-charter of the Dean and Chapter,
Hanymarſh
(5) Conventual leaſes in the Augtn.off. bundle Kent
7
(c) Thomas Clive, of Copton, gent. left iſſue by his wife,
daughter of John Lacey, one fon Chriſtopher, and five daugh-
ters; Sufan, married to Thomas Carter, of Crundal; Abi-
gail to Richard White; another daughter to John Crux ;
Alice to William Hayward, of Harty; and Mary to Valentine
Petit, of Dandelyon. The ſon Jar Chriſtopher Clive was of
Copton, knt. and married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Coutry, of Bekejborne, by whom he had iſſue three fons,
Thomas, Chriſtopher, and William, and a daughter Zut-
phania, born at Zutphen in Guelderland, married to John
Wood, jan. of Faverſham, gent. by whom ſhe had one only
daughter Zutphania.
They bore for their arms-On a fefs 3 mullets between 3
wolves heads eraſed. Viftn. co. Kent, 1619, pedigr. Clive.

1
gurnell,

The HISTORY of K E N T.
807
PRESTON.
es
Faversham HUNDRED.
ournell (d), who at his death bequeathed it to his to Thomas de Poynings, ſeems to have entitled
wife Elizabeth Spigurnell (e), who fold it, about her huſband to the poſſeſſion of it, who in the
the 19th year of K. Richard II, to the Prior and 2d year of K. Edward III. obtained a charter of
Convent of Chriſt Church in Canterbury (f), with free warren for all his demeſne lands in this ma-
which it continued till the diffolution of the nor of Weſtwood among others (b).
odwo
priory anno 31 Henry VIII, when it was ſur He died ſeiſed of it anno 13 Edward III, (i)
rendered, among the reſt of the poſſeſſions of it, and was ſucceeded in it by Michael his eldeſt ſon,
into the King's hands, where it did not remain who in the 20th year of that reign, paid aid for
long, for the King, in his 33d year, ſettled it it at the making of the Black Prince a Knight,
by his dotation-charter on his new-founded Dean as three quarters of a knight's fee, which John
and Chapter of Canterbury, whoſe inheritance it
de Rokeſle held in Weſtwood of Hamo de Crevequer.
ſtill remains.
2465 で​は
​of that
A Court Baron is held for this manor.
reign, then holding it with its appurts. of the
It has been conſtantly held in leaſe under the King in capite, as of the caſtle of Dover, by
Dean and Chapter, by the fame leſſees as the ma knights ſervice, by the ſervice of paying to that
nors of Copton and Ham, above-mentioned, under caſtle, at the end of each 24 weeks, 35. 4d. (k)
the deſcription of which an account of them may He had iſſue by Foane his wife, whº died that
be ſeen. James Jeffreys, eſq; is the preſent leſee year, two ſons, Thomas and Richard, the eldest
of it.
Moistavas
of whom fucceeded to this manor, and was af.
The ſhyreway or !ane, called Portway, otherwiſe terwards knighted, and dying in the 49th year
Porters, otherwiſe Selgrave-lane, leading from Cop of the fame reign, holding this manor as above-
ton to Whitebill in Oſpringe, ſeems to ſeparate this mentioned (?), was ſucceded by Richard his bro-
moiety of it from the other on the ſouth ſide of
ther, then 17 years
of
age (m), on whoſe death
this lane. At the entrance of it, next to Copton, anno 11 Richard II, his wife Iſabel, who ſur-
under a yew-tree, is a liole, where the manor vived till the 17th year of that reign, became
court is called on, and this place appears to have entitled to a third of it, as part of her dower (12);
been the ſcite of the antient manor houſe. but upon her death, Robert de Poynings, their ſon
and heir, became poſſeſſed of the entire fee of this
WESTWOOD
manor, of which he died ſeiſed on Oet. 2, anno 25
is an eminent manor in the eaſtern part of this Henry VI, (0) He had iſſue two ſons, of whom
pariſh, which was antiently part of the poſſeſ Richard, the eldeſt, died in his life time, leav-
fions of the family of Rokeſle, by whom it was ing a daughter Eleanor, married to fir Henry
held of the barony of Crevequer, by the tenure of Percy, knt, afterwards Earl of Northumberland,
performing ward to Dover caſtle, according to and Robert de Poynings, a younger ſon, who be-
their proportion of land, which was for the ſpace came entitled to this manor, of which he died
of 20 days. In the reign of K. Edward II, fir ſeiſed in the gth year of K. Edward IV, and
Richard de Rokeſle became by inheritance the was ſucceeded by his ſon and heir fir Edward
owner of it, holding it as three quarters of a
Poynings, knt. who was much in favor with K.
knight's fee, of the above-mentioned barony (g). Henry VII, and VIII, being Lord Warden of
He died without male iſſue, leaving by Joane, the Five Ports, and Knight of the Garter. He
fifter and heir of John de Criol, two daughters died in the 14th year of the latter reign, 1522,
his coheirs, of whom Agnes, the eldeſt, married not only without legitimate iſſue, but without
(d) Philipott, p. 262.
(e) Anno 39 Edward III, Ralph Spigurnell and others
were impowered to enquire into the defect of the fea-walls,
by which the great inundation happened for the ſpace of
two miles from Cliveſend to Stonar, in Thanet. Dugd.
Imb. p. 44•
croft, and being there fo entombed, ſhould never be re-
moved, or the name of the tomb ever altered, but be ho-
norably kept, with many other clauſes relating to it. And
to perpetuate the memory of it among their ſucceſſors, they
cauſed it to be inrolled in their martyrology, that upon
her
obit day it might be annually recited. Somn. Cant. p. 100.
This monument is now in ruins, having lately been care-
leſsly demoliſhed among others, by the workmen throwing
their ſcaffolding boards and other lumber againſt it, this
part of the church being allotted to them by the Dean and
Chapter for that purpoſe.
(8) Roll of Knights Fees. See more of the Rokeſles, vol.
i. of this hiſtory, p. 150.
(6) Rot. Cart. ejus an. N. 84.
(i) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 133.
(k) Rot. Efch. ejus an.
(1) Ibid.
(m) Ibid. He was then found to hold it of the King,
as of his honor of Ledes, by the like ſervice as above-men.
tioned.
(n) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. (c) Ibid.
Sir Ralph Spigurnell was anno 38 Edward III. appointed
Admiral of the King's Fleet, both in the north and South
parts of England. He lies buried in the Grey Frivors church
in London. Spelm. Gloff. p. 15. Strype's Stow's Survey,
book iii, p. 134
19
Rich. II, p.1, m. 24.
Tan. Mon. p. 201.
Joane Burwaſchs, Lady Mohun, of Dunſtar, who lies buried
in the undercroft of Canterbury cathedral, by indenture,
dated anno 19 Richard II, made between her and the Prior
and Convent, gave them 350 marcs perling, with ſundry
utenſils and accoutrements neceſſary for her chantry, on
condition of their founding a perpetual chantry there for her ;
and they covenanted, that when ſhe died, her corpſe ſhould
be laid in the tomb ſhe had prepared, at her own coſt, and
cauſed to be fet up near the altar of our Lady, in the under-
(f) Pat.
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The H I STORY of K E N T.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED,
1344
Agmondeſham, jes
PRESTON.
any collateral kindred, who could make claim to Iſde' Ansfrid' ten' de epo Machebevet. p uno jugo
his eſtates, ſo that this manor, among his other ſe defd'. Tra e'. dimid' Car'. Ibi Junt. 2. villi
eſtates, eſcheated to the Crown(P), and was after redd'. 50 denar'. T. R. E. valeb'. 50. den'. mo
wards granted to Tho. Cromwell, Earl of Eſſex (q), val'. 60. den'. Seuuold' tenuit T. R. E.
on whoſe attainder and execution in the 32d year Which is: The ſame Ansfrid holds of the Biſhop
of that reign, anno 1540, they reverted again of Baieux, Machebevet. It was taxed at one yoke.
to the Crown, after which the King, in his 36th The arable land is half a carucate. There are two
year, granted this manor, parcel of the poffef villeins. paying 50 pence. In the time of K. Ed-
fions of Thomas Cromwell, attainted, to John ward the Confeſſor it was worth 50 pence, now it
Limſey, to hold in capite by knights ſervice (r). || is worth 60 pence.
is worth 60 pence. Seuuold held it in the time of
He died ſeiſed of it in the 38th year of that K. Edward. Stor
reign, and was ſucceeded by his ſon Edward Four years after which the Biſhop of Beieux
Limſey, who in the 38th year of Q. Elizabeth, was diſgraced, and all his eſtates were confiſcated
with the Queen's licence, alienated this manor to the Crown,
with its appurts. and three meſfuages, and 500 After which this manor was held by a family
acres of land in Weſtwood, Preſton, Sheldwich, who reſided at it, and took their ſurname from
and Faverſham, to John Gerard and his heirs (s). it. Peter de Makenade reſided here in the 9th
He was afterwards knighted, and was Lord year of K. Edward II, and left iſſue by Emma
Mayor of London in 1601, and on his
and on his brother his wife ſeveral children; on the partition of whole
fir William Gerrard or Garrard's death in 1607, inheritance, made anno 14 Edward III, Willianz
without male iſſue, ſucceeded to his eſtates at de Makenade ſeems to have ſucceeded to this
Sitting borne in this county. He died
eſtate, and was Sheriff of this county in the 33d
æt. 79, and left iſſue two ſons and fix daughters, year of that reign, in which year he died, leav-
of whom the eldeſt, fir John Garrard, knt. in ing iſſue three ſons, John, William, who died
herited this manor, and being of Whethamſted in without iſſue, and Thomas, and three daughters.
the co. of Hertford, was created a Baronet in John de Makenade, the eldeſt ſon, inherited Make.
1621, whoſe grandſon fir John Garrard, bart. nade, and died without iſſue, leaving this manor
died in 1700, leaving an only daughter and heir by his laſt will to William, fon of his brother
Mary, who carried this manor, with his other William (u), who died in the 8th year of K.
eſtates in this county in marriage to Montague Henry IV, without male iſſue, ſo that Conſtance,
Drake, of Shardeloes in the co. of Bucks, eſq; || his only daughter, became his heir, who carried
whoſe grandſon William Drake, of Shardeloes in it in marriage to John Waterſhip, by whom ſhe
had iſſue two daughters, Margaret, married to
for that borough, is the preſent owner of it (t). Henry London, and Joane to Thomas Mathew ;
A Court Baron is held for this manor, which the latter of whom, on the diviſion of their inhe-
extends into the pariſhes of Faverſham, Selling, ritance, became poſſeſſed of this manor (w).
Sheldwich, Oſpringe, Badleſmere, Hernhill, Chil His heirs ſold it to Bryanſtone, and Thomas Bry-
ham, Charing, Ewell near Dover, and into the anſtone, alias Brumſton, of Makenade, gent. by his
Iſland of Harty (u),
laſt will, veſted it in fcoffees, who purſuant there-
to, by deed anno 5 Henry VI, ſettled it on John
MACK N AR,
Brumfton his ſon, and his iſſue, in tail. He died
corruptly ſo called for Makenade, is a manor at the in 1494, leaving Margery his wife ſurviving, and
north-eaſt corner of this pariſh, which was at the three fons, Thomas, William, and John, and two
time of the taking of the general ſurvey of Domes daughters, Iſabel and Mildred. By his laſt will
day, in 1084, part of the poſſeſſions of Odo, he deviſed his place of Macknar, with its appurts.
Biſhop of Baieux, under the general title of whoſe to Margery his wife for life, remainder as by his
lands it is deſcribed in it, by the name of Ma father's will was directed. In conſequence of
chehevet, as follows:
which, Thomas, his eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded to it,
ed in 1625,
u.
(p) Dugd. Bar. vol. ii, p. 136.
(9) Anno 31 Henry VIII, the lands of Thomas, Lord
Cromwell, were diſgavelled by the act then paſſed.
(r) Viz. all that manor of Weſtówood, and all thoſe meſ-
ſuages in Sellinge and in Gesfield, parcel of the poſſeſſions of
Thomas Cromwell, attainted, in the tenure of Richard Col-
well; and lands called le Beech, in Hernhill, in the tenure
of William Rolfe; and lands called Dodmeade, in Hernhill,
in the tenure of William Driland; and lands in Chilham,
called Poynings and Erth, in the tenure of John Baker ; all
parcel of the poſſeſſions of Tbomas Cromwell, attainted, to
höld in capite by knights ſervice, Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt.5.
(s) Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 11.
(1) See a further account of the Gerrards or Garrardi,
and of the Drakes, under Sittingborne, p. 612, 613,
(u) Anno 14 Eliz. Martin James purchaſed of Ralph
Johnſon, inter alia, certain arable lands in a field called
Makenhead-field, in Preſton and Faverſham, called Weft-wood-
field, by eſtimation 18 acres, and one clofe called Harpf-
downe, in Faverſham, by eſtination eight acres, which were
parcel of the manor of Weftwood. Rot. Eſch. ejus an. pt. 2.
Term Pa/ch, anno 17 Eliz. he levied a fine of his lands in
Preſton and Faverſham.
(v) Pedigree of Makenade, in 1587, in the poſſeſſion of
Martin James, then the poſſeſſor of this eſtate, now in the
Britiſh Muſeum. Harl. Mf. No. 245-25.
William Makenade was Recorder of London in 1392.
Strype's Stow's Survey: book iii, p. 160.
(2) Philipost, p. 272.
whoſe
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PRESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.

rege E.
bebrowley, of John
whole heirs conveyed the manor of Makenade by & poft. & mo' vaľ. 16 ſolid'. Wlui tenuit de
deed on Sept. 22, anno 26 Henry VIII, to
Chriſtopher Hales, of Canterbury, gent. after which Iſdeansfrid ten' de epo. Perie. p dimid' ſolin' se
it became the property of Thomas Colepeper, of defd'. Tra.e', 1. car Iti. 3. bord'. & una maſura
Bedgbury, eſq; who on Feb. 9, anno 1 and 2 in civitate de. 16. denar'. T. R. E. & poft. & mo'
Philip and Mary, in conſideration of Sool. ſold val. 24. ſolid. Ulveva tenuit de rege
E.
the manor and ſeveral lands in Preſton, Hernhill, Which is : The ſame Ansfrid holds of the Biſhop
Graveney, Selling, and Boughton under Blean, and of Baieux, Perie. It was taxed at one yoke. There
land late Lord Cromwell's, containing 15 acres is one borderer, paying five pence. In the time of
of Makenade-field, in Preſton and Faverſham, and K. Edward the Confeffor, and afterwards, and now,
eight acres in Faverſham called Harpſdane, to it was and is worth 16 ſhillings. Wlui held it of
Randolph Johnſon, gent. () who died ſeiſed of it K. Edward.
on Aug. 11, anno 1o Elizabeth. His ſon Ralph
The ſame Ansfrid held of the Biſhop, Perie. It
Fobifon, by deed on Nov. 2, anno 13 of that reign, was taxed at half a ſuling. The arable land is onė
conveyed this manor by ſale to Martin. James, carucate. There are three borderers, and one man-
gent. Prothonotary of the Court of Common
fion in the city of 16 pence. In the time of K. Ed-
Pleas, who died in 1592, and was fucceeded in ward the Confeffor, and now, it was and is worth
it by his eldeſt ſon Henry James, eſq; whoſe ſon
24 Millings. Ulveva held it of K. Edward.
fir Henry James, knt. in 1637, anno 13 Charles The two defcriptions above-mentioned ſeem
1, joined in ſettling it on his brother John James, deſigned for two different eſtates, for in the be-
and his iſſue, whoſe fon Walter James, of Maid ginning of the record mention is made of Piria
ſtone, eſq; (y) in the 12th year of K. Charles II,
et alter Piria, i.e. of one Piria and of another
conveyed it to Richard Garford, of London, Sta Piria; which of them relates to this, I am not
tioner. He left iſſue an only daughter and heir able to diftinguiſh, but one of them certainly
Mary, who married firſt fir Samuel Sterneil, alias does.
Starling, knt. and Alderman of London, after On the Biſhop of Baieux's diſgrace, four years
whofe deceaſe, on her marriage in 1670, anno after the taking of this ſurvey, this manor,
26 Charles II, with George Villiers, Lord Viſ among the reſt of his eſtates, became confiſcated
count Grandifon, ſhe made a ſettlement of this to the Crown. After which it was granted to
manor, which in 1704 was become veſted in the eminent family of Crevequer, who held it,
Mary White, of Boughton Blean, who married Fleet with other lands, of the King in capite by barony,
wood Tildefley, gent. who the next year alienated by the ſervice of maintaining a certain number
it to Edward Giles, of Giſourne in Selling, Yeo of ſoldiers from time to time for the defence of
man, who reſided there, on an eſtate purchaſed Dover caſtle.
Of them this manor was held, by the like fer-
Norton, of Northwood, in the 37th year of K. vice, by a family who took their name from it.
Henry VIII. Edward Giles dying inteſtate, this Randal de Pirie held it, as one knight's fee, in
manor deſcended to his two fons and coheirs in the 13th year of K. John, as appears by the ſcu-
gavelkind, George and Edward, the latter of whom, tage then levied (2). William de Pirie held it in
in 1716, fold his moiety to his brother George,
like manner in the reign of K. Edward II, as
who died at Makenade in 1753, leaving an only one knight's fee, of Nicholas de Selling, and he
daughter and heir Mary, the widow of John of Hamo de Crevequer (a). John Perie, his dea
Morgan, of Faverſham, gent. whoſe fon Mr. ſcendant, afterwards held it, but in the 20th
George Morgan is the preſent owner, and having year of K. Edward III, it ſeems to have paſſed
rebuilt this houſe, now reſides in it.
into other hands, for that year, upon levying
the aid for making of the Black Prince a Knight,
PERRY-COURT,
the heirs of John de Barrett, William de Apulder-
field, the Lady Sawfamere, the heirs of Robert de
called in Domeſday, Perie, is an eſtate in this
Okmanton, and their coparceners, were charged for
pariſh, which at the time of the taking of that
one knight's fee, which John de Pery before held
ſurvey, was part of the poffeflions of Odo, the
in Pery, of Nicholas de Sellinge.
great Biſhop of Baieux, under the general deſcrip-
By the above entry it appears, that this
tion of whoſe lands it is thus entered in it:
manor was then divided in the hands of dif-
Iſde' ansfrid ten' de epo Perie. puno jugo ſe ferent owners, but the manor of Perry itſelf,
defendeb'. Ibi. e' un' bord' redd. 5. den' T.R. E.
with the manſion and demeſne lands round it,
(**) Anno 26 Henry VIII, Anthony Sondes releaſed this
manor to Thomas Bryanſtone, for his life. Anno 1 and 2
Philip and Mary, fir Thomas Moyle, of Eaſwell, knt. re-
leafed his claim in it to Randolph Johnſon, of Rainham ; and
the ſame year, Thomas Colepeper, efq; releaſed his claim in
it to the ſaid Johnſon.
(y) See more of him under Eaſling above, p. 751.
(z) Lib. Rubr. col. 2, p. 157.
(a) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer. William de
Pyrie held one knight's fee in Pyrie of the Abtar of Faver
mam. Southouſe Mon. p. 66.
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deſcended
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Κ Ε Ν Τ.
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of
H IS TO RY
PRESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
deſcended to Robert, grandſon of John Barrett
above-mentioned, whoſe ſon Thomas had died in
his father's life-time, anno 9 Edward III. Robert
Barrett, eſq; died in the gth year of K. Richard
II, poffefſed of Perry-court, and of lands like-
wiſe at Hawkhurſt in this county (b), leaving
iſſue two ſons, Valentine and John, the latter of
whom, by marriage with Alice, ſiſter and coheir
to her brother John de Belbouſe, became poffeffed
of Belhouſe in the pariſh of Alveley in the co.
of Eſſex, where his deſcendants continued for
fome generations afterwards (c).
Valentine Barrett, above-mentioned, inherited
Perry-court, where he reſided, and dying pof-
feffed of it on Nov. 20, 1440, anno 19 Henry
VI, was buried in the chancel of Preſton church,
where his portraiture in braſs, habited in ar-
mour, with his ſword and ſpurs on, ſtill re-
mains, as does that of Cicele his wife, who died
two years afterwards (d). She was the youngeſt
daughter and coheir of Marcellus at Leſe, and
coheir likewiſe to her uncle fir Richard ate Leſe,
of Lees-court in Sheldwich, knt. and was married
to him about the 15th year of K. Richard II, (e)
They left iſſue an only daughter and heir Joane,
who married John Darell, of Calehill, efq; whoſe
firſt wife ſhe was (f). Their grandſon fir John
Darell, of Calehill, knt. left iſſue two ſons. fir James
Darell, and John Darell, gent. (g) who divided
this eſtate between them ; the latter of whom,
in the iſt year of K. Henry VIII, alienated his
part of it to Stephen Fennins, and he, in the 6th
year of it, conveyed it to Thomas Michell, who
two years afterwards alienated it to Robert Dok-
ket, and he in the 10th year of that reign, con-
veyed it to Allan Percy, who ſold it to Richard
Parke, of Malmains in Stoke, eſa; who having pur-
chaſed the other moiery of it that year of fir James
Darell, became the ſole proprietor of the fee of
this manor (h). His daughter and ſole heir Eli-
zabeth carried this manor in marriage to Jobn
Roper, of Linſted, eſq; (i) who in the 25th year
of Q. Elizabeth, ſettled it on his ſon Chriſtopher
Roper, eſą, who had that year livery of it(k),
and he afterwards alienated it to William Finch,
of Sewards in Linſted, efq; who dying without
male iſſue, his only daughter and heir Catherine
carried it in marriage to fir Drue Drury, knt.
(6) Simon de Cecele and John Retforde, anno 23 Edward
III, granted to Robert Barret lands called Youngs, which
they had of the gift of William Jone, lying upon the denne
of Cecele in Hawkhurſt, bounded as in the deed is mentioned.
The deed is in the poſſeſſion of the Right Hon. Lord Dacre.
(c) His direct deſcendant Edward Barret was created Lord
Newburg in 1627, and dying without iſſue in 1645, by
his laſt will deviſed his eftates to his kinſman Richard Len-
nard, with an injunction for him to take the name, and uſe
the arms of Barret, whoſe grandfather Henry Lennard, Lord
Dacre, had married Chryſogona, grand-daughter of fir John
Baker, of Silſinghurſt, knt, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter
and ſole heir of Thomas Dyneley, of Wolfreton in the co. of
Hants, and widow of George Barret, the direct anceſtor of
Edward, Lord Newburg, above-mentioned ; which Thomas
Dyneley was deſcended from Robert, ſon of William Dyneley
alias Dingley, of Wolverton, who lived afterwards at South
Fofcott in the co. of Berks, which he had in right of his
wife Margaret, daughter and heir of Foſcott, by whom he
had iſſue Robert above-mentioned, and Stephen, anceſtor of
the Dingleys of Wolverton and Swaſion in the Iſle of Wight,
of whoſe deſcendants ſome notice has already been taken
above, p. 754.
Richard Lennard accordingly took the name and arms of
Barret, and was anceſtor of the preſent Right Hon. Thomas
Barret Lennard, Lord Dacre.
This family of Baret, Barret, or Barrett, as the name is
variouſly ſpelt, is of a very antient and reſpectable account
in this kingdom. The anceſtor of it is recorded in the Battle
Abbey Roll, as one of thoſe who came over with William,
Duke of Normandy, and was preſent at the fatal battle of
Haſtings in 1066. His deſcendants afterwards ſpread them-
felves over almoſt every part of Britain, and into Ireland.
Valentine Barret above-mentioned, of Perry-court, bore for
his arms- Argent, a feſs dancette gules, in chief 3 mullets
pieces argent
; might per-
haps be the elder brother, as his arms appear by the antient
pedigrees to have been thoſe of his father and anceſtors.
To one or other of theſe coats thoſe of the ſeveral branches
of the Barrets, ſettled in different counties of England, ſeem
in general to bear ſome allufion, viz. either mullets with a
chief, or feſs dancette ; or a fefs, or bars counterchanged per
pale, as appears by the ſeveral books of heraldry, and dif-
ferent local hiſtories, in moft of which there is ſome men-
tion made of the name of Barret, and in the Britiſh Muſeum,
among the Harleian Mf, there are ſeveral pedigrees of
them.
(d) His name is fpelt on his grave-ſtone Baret. Weever
has erroneouſly inſerted his memorial, as well as that of
William Mareys, Eſquire to K. Henry V, and afterwards to
Henry, Cardinal of England, who died Aug. 31, 1470, as
being in Lenham church, inſtead of this of Preſton; which
error the reader is deſired to correct in this hiſtory above,
p. 454, 455, note (p).
(e) See more of them under Lees-court in Sheldwich,
p. 782,
(f) He was ſecond ſon of fir Marmaduke Darell, of Sefay
in the co. of York, and Steward to Archbiſhop Chichele, and
elder brother of fir William Darell, Under-Treaſurer of
England, of Littlecote in the co. of Wilts, knt. He pur-
chaſed Calehill in this county anno 4 Henry IV, and by his
wife Joane above-mentioned was anceſtor to the Darells
now of Calehill. He married ſecondly Florence, daughter
of William Chichele, brother to the Archbiſhop, whoſe third
huſband he was, (ſhe having before been married to for
Nicholas Peche, knt. and John Burton, efq;) By her he had
iſſue the Darells of Scotney, now extinct. See Calehill, and
Scotney, for a further account of this family,
(8) Philipott, p. 272. The pedigrees of this family
make no mention of this ſecond brother John Darell.
(5) He was found to die feiſed anno 3 and 4 Philip and
Mary, of a capital meſſuage called Perry-court, and two
ſhops or ſhambles, 60 acres of land, and 60 acres of paſture,
in Preſton and Faverſham, held in capite by knights ſer-
vice, and that Elizabeth Parke was his daughter and heir.
And ſhe had livery of them anno 5 Elizabeth. Rot. Eſch.
eorum an.
i, ,
Teynham. See a further account of him and his deſcen-
dants above, p. 687-
(k) Chriſtopher Roper, ſon and heir of Elizabeth Parke,
held the manor or meffuage called Perye or Pery-court of
the King, as of the barony of Crevequer, and paying ward
to the caſtle of Dover, as by his livery anno 25 Eliz.
Gentleman
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directions fet down in her will; to which truſt
and uſe this eſtate continues appropriated at this

time (O).
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE:
Gentleman Uſher of the Privy Chamber to Q.
Elizabeth (1), who in the reign of K. James I,
alienated it to Thomas Bennet, eſq; (m) who died
ſeiled of it in 1622, and was ſucceeded in it by
his eldeſt ſon Richard Bennet, of Kew in the co.
of Surry, whoſe only daughter Dorothy, by his
ſecond wife, carried it in marriage to fir Henry
Capel, ſecond ſon of Arthur, Lord Capel, and
afterwards himſelf, on April
himſelf, on April 11, 1692, created
Lord Capel of Tewkſbury (n). She ſurvived him,
and died poffeffed of this eſtate, which had then
loft even the reputation of a manor, on June 6,
1721, at her houſe at Kew.green in Surry, leav-
ing no iſſue by him. By her laſt will, dated
April 18, 1719, and proved June 21, 1721,
ſhe deviſed this eſtate, by the deſcription of
her farm and lands called Parry alias Perry-court,
with the lands belonging to it in Preſton, Faver-
sham, Oſpringe, and Luddenham, to certain truſtees
therein mentioned, and their heirs, for the bene-
fit of the twelve charity ſchools of Kew-green, Rich-
mond, and Mortlake, in the co. of Surry; Brent-
ford-Butts, and Ealing, in the co. of Middleſex ;
Cheltenham, and Tewkſbury, in the co. of Glou-
ceſter ; Faverſham, in the co. of Kent; Haltwiſle,
in the co. of Northumberland; St. Andrew's, Hol-
borne, where ſhe was born; and Chiſwick, and
Hammerſmith, in the pariſh of Fulham, in the
co. of Middleſex, the clear profits of it to be paid
by her truſtees and their heirs yearly to them,
in equal proportions, according to the rules and
The priory of Modenden in Hedcorne was feiſed
of lands in this pariſh anno 48 Edw. III, (p) as
was the priory of Davington in the ſame reign (9).
In the reign of K. Henry VII, fir John Fineux,
Chief Juſtice of the Common Pleas, who had
been Bailiff of Faverſham abbey, gave to the Abbat
and Convent of it 32 acres of land lying in Heg-
dale in this pariſh (r), which land belonged to it
at the time of its diffolution in the 30th year of
K. Henry VIII.
There was a family named Hart, who were
ſettled in this pariſh ſo early as the reign of K.
Edward III. Thomas le Hert appears to have
been Mayor of Faverſham in the 2d year of that
reign, and in the 25th year of it, anno 1350,
Robert and Thomas, fons of Stephen le Hert,
gave to Jobn, ſon of Edmund Brewere, and
Idonia his wife, their meffuage which was once
Simon Chriſtian's, in the pariſh of Preſion, in
Preſton-ſtreet (s).
At a ſmall diſtance north of the London road,
and but a little way ſouth-weſt from the church,
is a gentleman's ſeat, called Preſton-houſe, which
formerly belonged to the Finch's, deſcended from
Vincent Herbert alias Finch, of Netherfield in the
co. of Suſſex, and a younger branch of thoſe of

(1) See more of him and his deſcent, under Sewards in
Linfied, above, p. 689.
(m) Philipott, p. 272. He was deſcended from Thomas
Bennet, of Clapcot near Wallingford in the co. of Berks, who
left iſſue three ſons, of whom Thomas, the youngeſt, was
Lord-Mayor of London, and knighted anno 2 James I.
Richard Bennet, of Clapcot, efq; the eldeſt ſon, had iſſue
three fons, Richard, from whom thoſe of Moreden in Surry
derive their deſcent; fir John Bennet, knt. from whom the
preſent Earl of Tankerville is deſcended ; and Thomas, the
third ſon, Alderman of London, the purchaſer of this eſtate,
who died in 1622, leaving iſſue two ſons, Richard, who
by his firft wife left an only daughter Jane, married to
fames Scudamore, eldeſt ſon and heir of John, Lord Scuda-
more, and by his ſecond wife an only daughter Dorothy, mar-
ried as above-mentioned to fir Henry Capel, Knight of the
Bath, created Lord Capel of Tewkſbury, and died without
iſſue; and Thomas, the ſecond ſon, who was ſeated at Ba-
berham in the co. of Cambridge, and created a Baronet on
Nov. 22, 1660, which title is now extinet.
They bore for their arms-Gules, a befant between 3 demi
lions rampant, couped argent.
(n) He was deſcended from fir William Capel, knt, Lord
Mayor of London, ſecond ſon of John Capel, of Stoke Ney-
land in the co. of Suffolk, ela; His father Arthur Capel, eſq;
was anno 17 Charles I, created Lord Capel of Hadham in the
co. of Herts, and afterwards ſerved the King with the
higheſt courage, virtue and fidelity, for which, after the
ſurrender of Colchefier to the rebels, he was bafely put to
death, in 1649. He had married Elizabeth, daughter and
heir of fir Charles Morriſon, of Caſhiobury in the co. of
Hertford, knt. by whom he had iſſue four ſons and four
daughters, of whom Arthur, the eldeſt, anno 13 Charles
II, created Earl of Ejjex, and was anceſtor of the preſent
Earl; and Henry, the ſecond ſon, was afterwards created
Lord Capel, as above-mentioned. He bore for his arms-
Gules, a lion rampant between 3 croflets fitchee or, with a
proper difference.
6) The truſtees mentioned in the will were, the Hon.
Samuel Molineux, efq; fir Philip Jackſon, of Richmond, knt.
John Lely, of Kew-green, efq; and Chriſtopher Appleby, of
the Middle Temple, London, gent. and their heirs, the ſur-
vivor or ſurvivors of them ; the money to be paid yearly in
the chapel of Kew-green on May 12, immediately after
divine ſervice is ended, and in caſe no ſuch ſchools ſhould
be ſet up, the directs the twelfth part of Kew ſchool to be
applied to the putting out apprentices the children of the
poor inhabitants of that pariſh, and the other eleven parts,
in default of any one or more of the ſaid ſchools being ſet
up, to be divided among ſuch as are, and if there are no
ſuch, then to the ſupport of fix widows of clergymen of the
church of England; and when her truſtees ſhould be re-
duced to two or one ſurviving, that then they or he ſhould
convey this eſtate to eight or ten other new truſtees, and
their heirs, upon the like truſts, to be nominated out of the
moſt wealthy and ſubſtantial inhabitants of Kew, the per-
ſon who ſhould enjoy her manfion and eſtate of Kew, and
the miniſter of the ſaid chapel to be two of them; and the
directed that the like method ſhould be obſerved of appoint-
ing and making new truſtees for her intended charity for ever
afterwards,
(0) Tan. Mon. p. 221.
(9) Lewis's Hift. Fav. p. 79. (r) Ibid. p. 38.
(5) The ſeal appendant to this deed, which is in the
Surrenden library, is-Quarterly, in the 1A quarter a mullet,
in the 2d, and in baſe a fag's head cabofhed; the legenda
Sigil Robti Hert.
Eaft well.
812
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
The
of
HISTORY
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
24, 1576, and was buried in the high chancel of
this church (w), to whoſe memory, and that of
his deſcendants, a moſt ſumptuous monument of
ſtatuary marble was erected in 1629, by his
ſecond ſon Richard Boyle, afterwards Earl of
Cork (x).
PRESENT STATE OF PRESTON.
a
PRESTON.
Eaſtwell. They reſided here in the reign of Q.
Elizabeth, and ſeveral of them lie buried in this
church (t). At length, about the latter end of
K. Charles II.'s reign, this ſeat, with the eſtate
belonging to it, was ſold by one of this family
to John Brinkburſt, of Great Marlow in the co.
of Bucks, eſq; whoſe ſon Thomas Brinkburſt, eſq;
reſided here, and afterwards alienated it to
Onſlow Burriſh, eſq; who parted with it to Stephen
Beckingham, eſq; whoſe ſon of the ſame name ſtill
owns the farm or eſtate formerly part of it (u).
But Preſton-houſe itſelf, with the gardens and
appurts. belonging to it, was fold by him to
Thomas Dawes, eſq; who reſided here ; after
whoſe death his only ſurviving fon Medley Darcy
Dawes, gent. and Sarab his ſiſter, (who had a
life-eſtate in it,) together with Stephen Philpot
her huſband, joined in the ſale of it, in the year
1769, to Thomas Smith, jun. eſq; who reſided at
it, ſince whoſe deceaſe his two ſons, John and
George Smith, now infants, are become entitled
in equal Mares to the inheritance of it (v).
The noble family of Boyle was once ſeated in
this pariſh, and, as I conjecture, at Preſton houſe
above-mentioned, before the Finch’s purchaſed
it ; however that is, Roger, fecond ſon of Roger
Boyle, the ſecond ſon of John Boyle, of the co.
of Hereford, reſided at Preſton, and married Joane,
daughter of John Naylor, of the city of Canter-
bury, gent. He died at his houſe here on March

The high road from London to Canterbury
croſſes this pariſh, in the northern part of it.
The greateſt part of it lies to the ſouth of that
road, in which Perry-court, Copton, Weſtwood,
and Macknar are ſituated. On the north ſide, at
ſmall diſtance, is the church, and the vicarage
cloſe to it, and not far from that Preſton-houſe.
A ſmall part of the town of Faverſham, as you
enter it from the London road, is within it, being
the eaſt ſide of the ſtreet from thence called
Preſton-Street.
The lands in the northern part of this pariſh
are level, and very fertile, but, like the other
neighbouring pariſhes, as they lie more ſoutherly,
they are leſs ſo, and more inclined to chalk and
Aints.
Β Ο Τ Α Ν Υ.
The following ſcarce plants have been ob-
ſerved by Mr. Jacob, growing in this pariſh:
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightſhade or dwale ;
among the buihes
the buſhes under Preſton-houſe wall.
(t) In this church, at the eaſt end of the iſle, is a monu-
ment, with the figures of a man and woman kneeling at a
deſk, with an inſcription for Thomas Finch, eſq; and Bennet
Maicott his wife, daughter of William Maicott, gent. She
died in 1612; he in 1615, æt. 72. It was erected by John
Finch, of Grovehurſt, his nephew. Arms under him-Quar-
terly, ift and 4th, Finch; 2d and 3d, argent, on a faltier
a plate, between 4 bears heads eraſed fable, muzzled or ; under
her-Quarterly, ift and 4th, ermine, on a canton gules, a buck
tripping or; 2d and 3d, per pale indented fable, and ermine,
a chevron gules, 3 croſs-croflets fitchee or. Between them,
both the ſame coats impaled.
On a grave-ſtone near it is the figure of a woman in
braſs, and a memorial for the above-mentioned Bennet Finch,
of Preſton, gentlewoman, daughter of Maycott, of Faverſham,
gent. She had iſſue one ſon, who died young. A memorial
likewiſe for John Finch, of Preſton, eſq; obt. 1669. Arms-
Finch, impaling a chevron between
3
lions rampant; and a
memorial for Mary, wife of Thomas Southouſe the elder, esq;
formerly wife of John Finch, of Preſton, efq;. She died in
Arms-Southouſe, impaling a chevron between 3
lions rampant.
(u) This eſtate was then of the value of 200l. per annum.
(v) Thomas Smith, of Faverſham, eſq; by his wife, daugh-
ter of Plott, left iſſue two ſons and a daughter, viz. Tho-
mas, who by the daughter of Samuel Shepherd, eſq; had iſſue
two ſons, as above-mentioned ; and John, now of Preſton,
gent.
ing. married Mr. Faver-
foam, gent.
(w) She died at Faverſham on March 20, 1586, and was
buried beſide him.
(x) On it, in full proportion, lie the effigies of Roger
Boyle, efq; and his wife Joane, whoſe bodies are buried
near it. At the eaſt end, is the figure of a Biſhop, in his
robes kneeling, being that of his eldeſt ſon Dr. John Boyle,
Biſhop of Cork, Cloyne, and Rofs, in Ireland, who married
Elizabeth, one of the daughters and heirs of Marthew Lacy,
by whom he had iſſue three ſons and four daughters. At
the weſt end is the figure of his ſecond ſon fir Richard Boyle,
knt. Lord Boyle, Baron of roughall, Viſcount of Dungarvon,
and Earl of Cork, and Privy Counſellor of Ireland, kneeling
in his robes. He was born in Canterbury in 1566, and married
Catherine, only daughter of fir Geoffry Fenton, knt. by whom
he had five ſons and eight daughters. On the fore part of
the tomb are inſcriptions to perpetuate the memory of Eliza-
beth, eldeſt daughter of Roger and Joane Boyle, married to
Piers Power, eſq; and of Mary, the 2d daughter, who mar-
ried fir Richard Smyth, knt. and of Hugh, the youngeſt ſon,
who travelling into foreign kingdoms was ſtain in the wars,
before he had iſſue. And oa a bordure of white marble, laid
in the verge of a flat ſtone of black marble, is a memorial
for Richard Boyle, grandſon of Richard, Earl of Burlington
and Cork, and the Lady Elizabeth Clifford, fole daughter and
heir of Henry, late Earl of Cumberland, and eldeſt ſon of
Charles, Lord Clifford and Dungarvon, and the Lady Jane
Seymour, daughter of William, Earl of Somerſet. He died
at Canterbury on April 9, 1675, æt. nine years and eight
months, and was buried here.
His deſcendants were afterwards ennobled by the ſeveral
titles of Earls of Burlington, Cork and Orrery, Viſcounts Car-
leton and Boyle of Kinelmeaky, and Lords Carleton and Clif-
ford. Michael Boyle, next brother to Roger Boyle, was firſt
of
terbury, for two of his children were born within the pre-
cincts of the cathedral church there, viz. Edward in 1618,
nd Mary in 1619, where the former died that ſame year.
This monument is now in a moft ruinous ſtate, the decayed
fragments, both of the figures and inſcriptions, lying fcat-
tered over every part of it, ſo that unleſs it has the affif-
tance of a ſpeedy repair, it will very ſoon be beyond the
power of art to recover it,
Anchufa

Tbe
HISTORY OF KENT.
813
CHARITIES.
mentioned, rema; .
PRESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED
Anchuſa ſemper virens, evergreen alkanet. with another chancel on the ſouth ſide. The
Lycopſis arvenſis, ſmall wild buglofs.
ſteeple, which is a low pointed one, in whichi
Lathyrus latifolius, broad-leafed everlaſting pea. hang three beils, ſtands in the middle of the
Vinca minor, periwinkle ; in the hedges of this South fide (y).
pariſh.
The church of Preſton was part of the antient
Medicago lupulina, melilot trefoil; in the paths
poffefſions of the fee of Canterbury, and remained
ſo till Archbiſhop Stratford, in the 14th year
near Weſtwood.
of K. Edward III, anno 1340; exchanged it
for that of Boughton under Blean with the Abbat
and Convent of Faverſhain for the manor of
A MESSUAGE and one acre of land near Kiln.
Tring in the co. of Hertford (Z). After which
grove, or the Slone-ſteps, was bequeathed to the
the Archbiſhop appropriated the church of Preſton
fror of this pariſh, but by whom is unknown.
to that abbey, with a reſervation of the advow-
It was let by the Churchwarden and Overſeer,
ſon of the vicarage, and a portion of the great
with the conſent of the pariſhioners, in 1697,
tythes, towards the endowment of it, and re-
for 99 years, at 155. per annum, for the uſe of
ſerving a penſion out of it of two mercs and an
the poor of the pariſh.
half ſterling yearly to the Sacriſt of Chriſt Church,
Mr. Thomas Smith, late of Weſtwood, left by
Canterbury, towards the repair of the church
will July 6, 1730, to the poor of this pariſh there
e(a); and the ſame was confirmed foon af-
301. the intereſt of it to be applied to put poor terwards by a bull of Pope Boniface 1.
children of the pariſh to School; and John Smith,
In the 8th year of K. Richard II, this church
of Faverſham, eſq; to enlarge the charity of his
was valued at 15l. IIs. 2d.
brother, in lieu of that ſum, gave a piece of land, In which ſtate this church remained till the
containing half an acre, on which there is a
diffolution of the abbey in the 30th year of K.
dwelling houſe and hop-oaſt. Theſe premiſes
Henry VIII, when it came, with the reſt of the
were let in 1736 for 99 years, at 50s. a year, revenues of it, into the King's hands, where it
which rent is applied towards putting the poor remained but a ſhort time, for that Prince, in
children of this pariſh to ſchool.
his 33d year, ſettled it on his new-erected Dean
Mrs. Elizabeth Sykes, widow of Dr. Sykes; and Chapter of Canterbury, with whom the inhe-
Vicar of this pariſh, in 1762 left by her laſt ritance of it remains at this time.
will the intereſt of 200l, which ſhe ordered to
James Jeffreys, eſa; is the preſent leſlee of the
be placed in the public funds, to Mrs. Mary parfonage, under the Dean and Chapter.
Simmons, of Perry-farm, and after her death the
This parſonage had been let to ferme by the
fame to be applied to put out poor children to Abbat and Convent ſometime before, at the yearly
School in this pariſh. Mrs. Simmons died in 1780. rent of 131. 6s. 8d. but at the time of the diffo-
The Rev. George Sykes, A. M. late Vicar of lution of the abbey it was in their own hands.
Preſton, left by his will in 1763, 100l. to raiſe The adyowſon of the vicarage, according to
out of the public funds an annual fum, to be the reſervation of Archbiſhop Stratford as above-
given in bread annually to the poor of this pariſh.
ined part of the poſſeſſions of
He died in 1766.
the fee of Canterbury, and does ſo at this time,
Mrs. Mary Simmons, of Perry-farm, left 1001.
his Grace the Archbiſhop being the preſent patron
of it. WOT
to be placed in the public funds, and the pro-
duce of it to be diſpoſed of in bread to the poor It is valued in the King's books at 81. 125. 6d.
of this pariſh. She died in 1780.
and the yearly tenths at 175. 3d. and is of the
bosc
yearly certified value of 771. 175. 11d. (6)
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
02.10.
In 1640, it was valued at 70l. Communi-
Preston is within the eccleſiaſtical juriſdic-
cants 6o.
tion of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry of Seventy-four acres of land in this pariſh, be-
Oſpringe.
longing to the manor of Plumford, the property
The church, which is dedicated to St. Cathe of the Right Hon. the Earl of Guildford, are
rine, is ſmall, conſiſting of an iſle and a chancel, free.
to breve
(y) There are ſome few remains of painted glaſs in the nument for Mrs. Silveſter, wife of John Borough, eldeſt
windows of the chancel, and ſeveral grave-ftones in it, the daughter of Robert Denne, of Denne-hill, gent. obt. May 18,
braſſes of all which are miſling, excepting thoſe of Valentine 1609, æt. 27. In the chapel, on the ſouth fide of the
Baret and Cicele his wife, and William Mareys, as men church, there are ſeveral memorials of the Hulſes of Charte
tioned above, and that of Emmola Lee. On an atchievment
againſt the ſouth wall, under a coat of arms, is a memorial (z) Tan. Mon. p. 200, 214.
for Frances, one of the daughters of Thomas Wilkins, of (a) The Archbiſhop's inſtrument is dated 17 kal. June,
Beckes in Tong, gent. wife firſt to Thomas Finch, of Eaſt 1340, and the Abbat of Faverſham's conſent and confirma-
well, eſq; and ſecondly to John Spencer, of Chart, gent. obt.
tion the ſame day.
April 27, 1634, ai. 63. Againſt the ſouth wall is a mo (6) E&, Theſ. p. 11.
VOL. II.
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CHURCH
814
H I S T O R Y of K E N T.
The
GOODNESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
CHURCH
OF PRESTON.
belonged to Godwin, Earl of Kent, being termed
in antient writings Goodwinſtune, i, e. Godwin's
town or village.
VICARS.
THE
M A N O R.
PATRONS,
or by whom preſented.
(c) William Lee, in 1440.
(d) John Sturrey.
(e) John Forſter, in 1509.
(e) Richard Malpas, in 1537•
The Archbiſhop: William Ruffell, inducted
March 20, 1562.
William Ruſſell, A.M. Dec.
27, 1572.
Richard Window, William Jesuppe, Dec, 14,
Notary Public.
1577
William Jeluppe, May 16,
1579.
The Archbiſhop.
Laurence Hollenden, Sept. 10,
1579
(f) Peter Jackſon, A. M.
April 15, 1595, obt. Jan.
24, 1617.
John Ridley, Feb. 12, 1617.
Nathaniel Wilmot, ejected
1662.
Dean and Chapter (8) Francis Worrall, A. M.
of Canterbury. Dec. 31, 1662, obt. Oct.
1671.
The Archbiſhop: John Crocker, April 15, 1672,
obt, Dec. 1683.
(5) John Gamlin, A.M. June
7, 1684, obt, 1715.
(i) George Sykes, A.M. Oct.
15, 1715, obt. June 9,
1766.
(k) Francis Frederick Geraud,
A. M. preſented 1766.
Preſent Vicar.
This place was held in the reign of K. Henry
III. by Simon de Turville, of the Earl of Leiceſter,
as Lord paramount, who held it again of the
King in capite by knights ſervice (l). Of his
ſucceſſor Nicbolas de Turville this eſtate was again
held in the reign of K. Edward II, by one of
the family of Chiche, which had been feated at
the manor of the Dungeon in Canterbury for ſome
generations, in which city they were of eminent
account, being poſſeſſed of the fee of the alder-
manry of Burgate there (m).
In the 20th year of K. Edw. III, at the making
of the Black Prince a Knight, Thomas Chiche, of
the Dungeon, paid reſpective aid for the manor of
Goodneſton, as three quarters of one knight's fee,
which the heirs of Stephen Chiche held in Good-
neſton of Nicholas de Turville. Thomas Chiche, his
ſon, was Sheriff of Kent in the 15th year of K.
Richard II, and was grandfather of Valentine
Chiche, of the Dungeon, eſą; who poſſeſſed this
manor likewife. He married Philippa, one of
the daughters and coheirs of fir Robert Chichele,
knt. next brother to Henry, Archbiſhop of Can-
terbury, a man of great wealth and eminence,
having been Lord-Mayor of London both in the
years 1411 and 1421. By her he left iſſue three
daughters, Margaret, firſt married to Clovill, of
the co. of Eſex, and ſecondly to John Judde, of
Tunbridge ; Emelyn, to fir Thomas Kempe ; and
another married to Martyn (n), who on their
father's death became jointly entitled to this
manor. The two former of them alienated their
intereſt in it, about the beginning of K. Henry
VIII.'s reign, to Oxenbridge (o), as the latter did
to Pordage, of Rodmerſham (p). Soon after
which, the whole property of it, excepting the
third part of the advowſon of the church of
Goodneſton, ſeems to have become veſted in the
name of Finch, and foon Finch having in Eaſter
term, anno 17 Elizabeth, levied a fine of it, paſſed
it away to Mr. Robert Fagge, deſcended from
GO O D N EST ON
IES the next pariſh eaſtward from Preſton,
and is the laſt to be deſcribed in this Hun.
dred. It ſhould ſeem by its name once to have
LIEs the
(c) Emmola Lee, fifter of Maſter William Lee, Vicar of
this church, who died Oct. 31, 1440, lies buried in the
chancel of it, where her effigies and infcription in braſs ftill
remain.
(d) At the eaſt end of the vicarage-houſe, adjoining to
the church-yard, was a ſmall chapel, now converted into
part of the dwelling-houſe, in the eaſt window of which
were painted the figures of St. Anthony with his Pig, and
of St. Catherine, under whom was the portraiture of a
Vicar of Preſton, habited in a purple cope, and kneeling,
with a label from his mouth, on which were theſe words-
Virgo Katharina peccantibus efto benigna, and underneath
him-Dus Johns Sturrey, Vicarius de Preſlon. Above the
figures of the two faints, were the two coats of Arundel, and
of Dryland. See Lewis's Hift. Fav. appendix, p. 28.
(e) Wills, Prerog. off. Cant.
(f) He lies buried in the chancel of this church.
(8) He was likewiſe for ſome time Vicar of Faverſham,
which he reſigned in 1665.
(b) And Vicar of Faverſham.
(i) Likewiſe Rector of Hawkſwell in the co. of Eſſex by
diſpenſation in 1736. In 1757, a diſpenſation paſſed for
his holding Byleigh in the co. of Eſex with Preſion.
(k) He is perpetual Curate of Ore, and Maſter of the
grammar-ſchool of Faverſham.
(1) Roll of Knights Fees in the Exchequer.
(m) Philipott, p. 169. Somn. Cant. p. 53, 79.
(n) Philipott ibid. Stem. Chich. No. 1.
(c) The manor of Goodnejton with its appurts. of the King
in capite, held by Robert Oxenbridge, of the gift of fir Ro-
bert Oxenbridge, knt. by fine without licence. Rot. Eſch.
anno 1 Edward VI.
(0) Rot. Eſch. See ibid. 10 Eliz. pt. 11.
the

815
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Ilmay and
; Michael was
of Boughton
The H IS T'OR Y of Κ Ε Ν Τ.
GOODNESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
the Fagges of Willeſborough (9). He died pof Holland againſt the Spaniards, one fon Edward,
feſſed of this manor, and was ſucceeded in it by and a daughter Anne, who on the death of her
his ſon Mr. Edward Fagge, of Faverſham, gent. brother without iſſue became entitled to this
who anno 21 Elizabeth had livery of it (r). He manor (t). She firſt married fir William Sprina,
died in 1618(s), having married Anne, daughter gate (u), and afterwards Mr. Iſaac Pennington,
of Richard I heobald, of Seal, eſq; widow of Tho eldeſt ſon of fir Iſaac Pennington, knt. Lord-
mas Neviſon, of Eaſtry, eſq; by whom he had Mayor of London in 1643 (v), who in her right
one fon Michael, killed abroad in the Dutch became poffefſed of this manor, which continued
wars, and buried at Utrecht, and two daughters, in his deſcendants till at length Mr. Pennington,
who became his coheirs, Mary, married to fir of Philadelphia, becoming entitled to it, con-
Edward Partrich, of Bridge, knt. whoſe firſt wife veyed it by ſale, about the year 1748, to Mr.
ſhe was, and Anne, to fir John Proude, knt. be. Michael Lade, gent. whoſe eldeſt ſon John Lade,
ing his ſecond wife. The former died without now of Boughton Blean, eſa; is the preſent pofo
,
iſſue, and the latter left iſſue by ſir John Proude, feffor of it (w).
who was killed in 1628, at the ſiege of Groll in Court Baron is held for this manor.
Guelderland, being in the ſervice of the ſtates of
(9) In the court-rolls of Braborne manor, mention is cuſtom of the times, ſpelt Le Lad, and afterwards variouſly,
made of one Andrew Fagge, who held lands there of that Lad, Ladd, Ladde, and Lade. At length John Ladd, of Ele-
manor in the reign of K. Edward III.
ham, who died anno 1527, leaving iſſue ſeveral fons, Thor
(r) Edward, ſon and heir of Robert Fagge, was found
mas, the youngeſt of them, ſettled at Barham, where his
to hold the manor of Goodneflon, with its appurts. in Good-
grandſon Vincent Lad likewiſe reſided, and died in 1625,
leaving iſſue by Agnes his wife, daughter of Vincent Denne,
nefton, Graveney, and Hernehill, and 80 acres of arable, 10
ejq; feveral fons and daughters, of whom Robert, the eldeſt,
acres of paſture, 40 acres of freſh marſh, and 200 acres of
was anceſtor of the Lades of Boughton, and Thàmas was an-
ſalt marſh belonging to it, held of the King by knights
ceſtor to the Lades of Warbleton in the co. of Suflex, of
ſervice, as of the honor of Leiceſter, viz. three parts of one
whom for John Lade who, was created a Baronet in
and
knight's fee, of which he had then livery. Rot. Eſch. ejus
1730,
fir John Lade, the preſent Baronet, are deſcended. Robert,
an. & anno 17 Eliz.
the eldeſt ſon of Thomas above-mentioned, firſt ſpelt his
(s) He lies buried in Faverſham church.
name Lade. He was bred to the law, and was made Re-
(t) Sir John Proude was deſcended from William Proude, corder of the city of Canterbury in 1663. He died in 1666,
alias Preude, whoſe ſon John left iſſue William Proude, who and was buried at Barham, of which place he ſtyled him-
by the daughter and heir of Serles, of Wye, left iſſue two felf. He married in 1619 Mary, daughter of William
fons, Henry, whoſe fon William was ſlain in 1632, leaving Lovelace, of the Friars in Canterbury, eſq; who died in 1669,
a fon William, who had an only daughter Dorothy, married and was buried near her huſband. By her he had ſeveral
firſt to Nether/ole, and ſecondly to Chriſtopher May, of Green children, of whom Lancelot Lade, the eldeſt, was a Barriſter-
wich, eſq; whoſe ſole ſurviving daughter Anne married Wil at-law, and dying in 1687, was buried at Barham. By
liam Broadnax, efq; grandfather of Thomas Knight, now of Elizabeth Barret his wife he had iſſue ſeveral children, of
Godmerſham, efq;-and Serles Proude, Attorney-at-law, the whom Vincent will be mentioned below, and Philip was of
ſecond ſon, married Anne, daughter and coheir of Payne, Barham, gent. and by Katherine Nether fole his wife had iſſue
of Chilham, remarried to German Roper, by whom he had two ſons and four daughters. Vincent Lade, the eldeſt fon,
Thomas Proude, of Egerton, and fir John Proude above-men-
was of the Archbiſhop's Palace in Canterbury, and afterwards
tioned, who firſt married Elizabeth Kirkman, and ſecondly of Burgate. He died in 1730, as did Anne his wife, daugh .
Anne Fagge.
ter of Kite, of Hoad-houſe in Blean, in 1720, and were both
They bore for their arms-Azure, 3 otters in pale or, each buried in the cloyſter-yard of the precincts in Canterbury,
holding in its mouth a fiſh argent. Viftn. co. of Kent, 1619, having had iſſue 13 children, of whom only four fons and
pedigree of Proude. Many of this family lie buried in St. three daughters ſurvived to maturity; of the ſons, John,
Alphage's church in Canterbury, where they reſided for ſe-
the eldeſt, was an Alderman of the city of Canterbury, and.
veral generations.
dying in 1766 was buried near his father, leaving iſſue by
(u) He bore for his arms-Party per feſs undeè
fefs undeè argent and Mary his wife, daughter of William Frend, two daughters
gules, a feſs between 3 creſcents, all counterchanged.
(v) Philipott, p. 169. He was a man who proved one of firſt of Burgate in Canterbury, and afterwards of the town of
the King's bittereſt enemies in the city, and ſtuck at no Faverſham, gent. where he died and was buried in 1778,
thing that promoted the ends of the Parliament, and his æt. 81.
own private intereſt at the ſame time ; however, on the re By his fir A wife Elizabeth Evel he had iſſue two daugh-
ſtoration of K. Charles II, he was committed to the Tower, ters, who both died infants ; by his ſecond wife Elizabeth
and convicted of high treaſon, where his death prevented Dadd, of Hernehill, widow, he left two ſons, John, of
his receiving the condign puniſhment due to his diſloyalty. whom hereafter; and Michael, Barriſter-at-law, who mar.
He was ſon of Mr. Robert Pennington, of London, Merchant, ried Sophia, Lady Dowager Cranſton ; and one daughter
and bore for his arms-- Argent, 5 fuſils in feſs azure. See Elizabeth, married to Mr. Benjamin Browne. John Lade,
Strype's Stow's Survey, book v, p. 144.
(w) The family of Lade or Lad is of good antiquity in manor of Goodneſton, married in 1757 Hefter, fole daughter
this county, in ſeveral parts of which they were poſſeſſed and heir of Mr. Hills Hobday, of Faverſham, gent. who died
of lands, which ſtill bear their name. In Snodland near in 1778, by whom he has iſſue three fons, John Hobday
Rocheſter, and in Acris, there are eftates ſtill called Lads, Jate of Trinity college in Cambridge; William, a ſtudent
which had owners of that name in K. Edward I.'s reign ; in Jefus college in the ſame univerſity ; and Charles,
and in Eleham, where they were reſident, at leaſt as early as an officer in the 59th Regiment of Foot; and one daugh-
K. Edward IV.'s reign, as appears by the regiſters of their ter Hefter, married to William Stacey Coaſt, of Chart-
wills, which begin at that æra, there is one ſtill called from
ham Deanrs, ſq; by whom ſhe has iſſue two ſons and a
them Ladwood. Their name was at firſt, according to the daughter.
He
;
1
816
HISTORY of K E N T.
The
GOODNESTON.
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
PREMISES OF LESSER NOTE.
Simon de Turville gave the mill of Goodwine-
ſtone to the Abbat and Convent of Faverſham,
which gift was confirmed by K. Henry II, and
K. John, and by K. Edward II, by letters of
inſpeximus, in his oth year (x).
In the Book of Aid, made anno 20 Edward
III, on the making of the Black Prince a Knight,
John de Faverſham, Thomas de Gravene, and the
heirs of Richard de-Gravene, paid reſpective aid
for one quarter of a knight's fee, which John
de Gravenball held in Godwinſtone of Nicholas de
Turville. Part of theſe premiſes afterwards came
into the poſſeſſion of the Martyns, of Graveney,
and in the 1ſt year of K. Edward VI. were held
by Stephen Reames, and Elizabeth his wife, one
of the daughters of Robert Martyn, by the de.
ſcription of Certain rents called Poplar-court,
held of the King, as of his Dutchy of Lancaſter,
by knights ſervice; and another parcel, being
a moiety of the annual rent's of divers lands called
Poplar-court, was held in like manner by Richard
Argall, and Joane his wife, another of the ſaid
daughters, as appears by his livery anno i
Maria(y).
In the 20th year of K. Edward III, Chriſtopher
Southouſefon held two acres of land lying near the
parſonage-barn of Godneſtone, parcel of that ma-
nor, of the King by knights ſervice, as of the
Dutchy of Lancaſter.
The hospital of St. Nicholas in Harbledown was
poffeffed of rents in this pariſh, part of its
antient poffeffions, as appears by the muniments
of the hoſpital. obou boulanger ad llw
The church, which is dedicated to St. Bara
tholomew, conſiſts of one iſle and a chancel, with
a ſmall wooden ſpire at the weſt end, in which
hangs one bell.
It appears by the Tower Records of 1279,
anno 8 Edward I, that Richard le Dagh, and
Eleanor his wife, fold their lands here, and the
advowſon of the church, to Stephen Chiche, Cia
tizen of Canterbury, with a part of Blean wood,
and ſome land lying below it(z).
After which, the patronage of this church
ſeems to have followed the like ſucceſſion of
owners that the manor did, till the reign of Q.
Elizabeth, when it became veſted with it in
Judde, Kempe, and Martyn; at the latter end of
which, the two turns of preſentation to it, which
had belonged to the two former, became veſted
in Fagg, and the third turn in the Pordages, of
Rodmerſbam, ſucceſſors to the Martyns at Grave-
ney-court; in which ſtate they continued in 1640.
In 1678, the Penningtons, owners of the manor,
poſſeſſed two turns, and the Whites, of Vintners
in Boxley, who had become poſſeſſors of Grave-
ney-court, the other turn, from which name it
paſſed to that of Blaxland, of Graveney.court,
where it ſtill continues. But the two turns be.
longing to Pennington were ſold with the manor,
about the year 1748, to Mr. Michael Lade, of
Faverſham, gent. whoſe ſon John Lade, of Bough-
ton, eſq; owner of Gocdneſton manor, is at this
time entitled to them.
This church is a rectory, and a diſcharged
living in the King's books, of the clear yearly
certified value of 30l. the yearly tenths of which
are ios. 3d. (a)
b. In 1578, there were communicants here 33 ;
in 1640, 24 only, the value of it being then
40l. per annum.
This rectory is endowed with all tythes what-
ſoever. There is a houſe and three acres of
glebe land belonging to it. M
919
An acre of land, called the Church Acre, be-
longs to the church, but it is not known who
bonect
PRESENT STATE OF GOODNESTON.
02 PRE
The pariſh of Goodneſton, which is but ſmall,
lies on the north ſide of the high London road, at
a ſmall diſtance weſtward of the 49th mile-
ſtone. The village is ſituated in the center of
the pariſh, with the church on the weſt ſide of
it. It extends northward, including the marſhes
within its bounds, to the waters of the Swale.
The lands in it are level, and exceedingly fer-
tile, as much ſo indeed as any within this
tract of country. There are no charities be-
longing to it, nor any thing further worth
mention in it.
gave it.
To srodows servono
CHURCH OF GOODNESTON.
borne
THE ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
Patrons,
Rectors.
or by whom preſented
...?!
Hot 995 (b) William Benet, in 1490.
Jobn Johns, in 1537.
Edw. Fagge, gent. John Fortbe, A.M. Dec. 5,
1584. 1
"GOODNESTON is within the eccleſiaſtical jurif-
diction of the dioceſe of Canterbury and deanry
of Oſpringe.
He bears for his arms-Argent, a fefs wavy between 3
eſcallops fable; which coat was granted to Robert Lade, of
Grays Inn, eſq; above-mentioned, by fir William Segar,
Garter, with which he quarters thoſe of Mumbray, gules,
a lion rampant argent, ducally collared and chained fable, over
all an eſntccheon of pretence, for Hobday, gules, 5 fuſils
in fefs azuri, between 3 mullets pierced argent.
(x) Dugd. Mon. vol. i, p. 687, 688.
(1) Rot. Eſch.
(z) Harris's Hift. Kent, p. 133.
(a) Ect. Theſ. p. 11.
(6) He was buried in the porch of this church, Wills,
Prerog. off. Cant.
The.
The
817
HISTORY
Κ Ε Ν Τ.
of
FAVERSHAM HUNDRED.
obt. 1731.
Thomas Pijley and Richard Eliot, June 13, 1729,
Mary his wife.
Daniel White, eſq; (d) Charles Norris. A. B.
Feb. 12, 1731, obt. 1767.
Michael Lade, eſa; (e) Athelſtan Stevens, A. B.
May 18, 1767. Preſent
Rector.
GOODNESTON.
Tho. Cranmer, of David Plott, A. B. Aug. 13,
Canterbury, gent. 1593, reſig. 1599.
Edward Fogge, of John Shepperd, Oct. 22, 1599,
Eatry, eſq; reſig. 1608.
Edward Fagge, of John Hunt, A.M. Jan. 30,
Faverſham, eſq; 1608, obt. 1635.
Maria and Anna
Fagge, daughters Michael Hunt, A.B. May
and heirs of Edw. 21, 1636, obt. 1641.
Fagge, efq;
The King, by the James Oxenden, A.M. Dec.
minority of Edw.
30, 1678.
Proude, efq; in Thomas Cater, Cl.... obt.
ward
1678.
Daniel White, of (c) Thomas Lees, A. M. Dec.
Vintners, eſq; 28, 1678, obt. Nov. 25,
1724.
Thomas Lees, obt. Sept. 1728.
The Iſland and pariſh of Harty is within this
Hundred of Faverſham, but lying contiguous and
almoſt as part of the land of Shepey, the deſcrip-
tion of it has already been given above, p. 676,
in the account of that iſand.
The borough of Rode, in the pariſh of Boughton
Blean, is likewiſe in this Hundred, an account
of which will be given in the deſcription of that
pariſh, at the beginning of the third volume of
this hiſtory.
(c) Alfo Curate of Davington.
(d) In 1733 he was preſented to the vicarage of Bra-
borne, and the perpetual curacy of Nackington
(c) And Vicar of Graveney.
THE END OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

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ALLINGTON,
182
E.
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363
EASLING,
749
AYLESFORD,
166
EASTCHURCH,
660
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BAPCHILD,
FARLEIGH, Eaſt,
143
BARMING, Eaſt,
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293
153
FAVERSHAM,
698
BERSTED
486
FRINSTED,
511
BICKNOR,
517
G.
BIDBOROUGH,
362
BIRLING,
194
GILLINGHAM,
w79
BOBBING,
635
GOODNESTON near Faverſham
BORDEN,
565
GRAINE St. James,
in 89
BOUGHTON MALHERB, VG
H.
MONCHENSIE,
HADLOW,
BOXLEY,
311
HALSTOW, Lower,
BREDGAR,
The 1583 | HARRIETSHAM,
BREDHURST,
HARRIETSHAM, Dode 546
527
455
HARTLIP,
BRENCHLEY,
365
537
HARTY, Iſe of,
BROMFIELD,
676
484
HEDCORNE,
BURHAM,
161
391
HOLLINGBORNE,
BUCKLAND near Faverſham,
463
HORSEMONDEN,
384
C.
HUCKING,
519
HUNTON,
298
CAPEL,
321
CHATHAM,
65
I.
CHART SUTTON,
403 IGHTHAM,
246
IWADE,
D.
640
MAH
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396
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DETLING,
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136
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591
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647
607
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LIST of P A R I S H E S.
L.
R.
LAMBERHURST,
page 375
RAINHAM,
page 532
LANGLEY,
400 ROCHESTER, St. Clement,
LEEDS,
472
St. Margaret,
LENHAM,
437
St. Mary,
LEVELAND
770
St. Nicholas,
49
LEYBORNE,
206 RODMERSHAM,
593
LEYSDOWN,
669 RYARSH,
202
LINSTED,
686
S.
LINTON,
141
LOOSE,
138
SHEERNESS, Ville of,
LUDDENHAM,
SHELDWICH,
731
782
SHIPBORNE,
251
SITTINGBORNE,
SNODLAND,
MAIDSTONE,
190
94
STALISFIELD, with Boresfield
MALLING, Eaſt,
STANSTED,
232
STOCKBURY,
MEREWORTH,
520
264
MILSTED,
-
STONE near Faverſham,
734
MILTON near Sitting borne,
416
SUTTON VALENCE,
MINSTER in Shepey,
409
MURSTON,
T.
TENHAM,
680
N.
TESTON,
289
NEWINGTON near Sittingborne,
THROWLEY,
762
NEWNHAM,
745
THURNHAM,
493
NETTLESTED,
286
TONG,
NORTON,
740
TROTTESCLIVE,
229
TUDELEY,
353
TUNBRIDGE,
322
TUNSTALL,
OFHAM,
571
CAMEL
ORE,
729
OSPRINGE,
789
ULCOMB,
Job 421
OTHAM,
490
OTTERDEN,
MNES
UPCHURCH,
542
500
AUTO
GT
P.
WARDEN,
H-OHO 667
PADLESWORTH near Rocheſter, 193
WATRINGBURY,
280
PECKHAM, Eaſt,
Fiona 293
WICHLING,
-
Weſt,
WOLDHAM,
- 156
PEMBURY,
355 WORMSELL, A+ 10 515
PRESTON near Faverſham,
805 WROTHAM, OG
234
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Harty, p. 677
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BADELL M. in Tudeley, p. 353
Abbats Court, in Faverſham, p. 707
Bakechild, church of, p. 600
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Abbats-thorpe Wood, p. 281
Baldinge Wood, p. 281
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Acriſe, p. 17.3
Banfies, a houſe in Borden, 568
Bapchild Court, p. 600
Addington, in Thurnham-ſee Aldington noqot birth
BARDEN M. in 1 unbridge, p. 335.
cod.
Addreſley M. in the co. of Salop, p. 473
Manor, p. 361 ()
House F. in Tunbridge, p. 336
Ægelefthrep-now Aylesford, p. 166
ha Barkeſore F. in Lower Halſtow, p. 548 (*)
Aigleffa-now Eccles M. in Aylesford, p. 172
Alaunodunum and Alaunia-now Allington, p. 1821
Baringjet, now Barnjet, p. 152
ALBANS alias Wimblingbury M. in Eaſt Peckham, p. 276
Barming, Weft, tythes of, p. 292 (r). Pariſh of, p. 296.
Vineyard at, p. 403 (6)
Aldinges-now Yalding
,
Alhallows, in Hoo, p. 63
OTV
BARMINGJET, alias West BARMING, P. 153
church of, p. 288, 289
ALDHAM, Weft, alias St. Clere's M. in Ightham, p. 247
Barnden, little tytheward of, in Tunbridge, p. 349
Aldham M.ſee Yaldham
ALDINGTON COBHAM, alias EAST COURT M. in Thurn-
M. in Brenchley, p. 374
ham, p. 495-496-498 (*)
BARNES GARDEN M. in Leeds, p. 482
Aldington Septvans, alias Weſtcourt M. in Thurnham,
BARNEFIELD, Weft, alias Little, bundred of, p. 390
p. 495-497-498 (x)
Motor BARNJET, alias Weſt Barming, p. 152
Allington, manor of, p. 681
Barnland, in Ealchurch, p. 665
Allens, in Boughton Blean, p. 718 1 di
Allefolven chapel, at the end of Rocheſter Bridge, p 21
Barnmill, tytheward of, in Tunbridge, p. 351
ALLINGTON M. in Aylesford, p. 174
BARONS PLACE, in Mereworth, p. 270
Barrow Green, in Tenham, p. 684
ALL SAINTS College, alias NEWARKe, in Maidfone,
Bartholemew Yelker, yoke of, in Hartlip, p. 538 (y)
p. 113
BART HOLEMEWs F. in Leyſdown, p. 671, 672
ALMNERY GREEN, an eſtate in Chart Sutton, p. 405
Barty Lands, in Berfled, p. 488
Almerye Wood, an eſtate in Leeds, p. 481.
Baſmere-ſee Badleſmere
Alnoitone-now Elnothington M. in Hollingborne, p. 464
Bafſer, alias Berkeſore M. in Lower Hallow, p. 546.
Alnothington, Court of, p. 573
Farm, p. 547 (9)
Alyngton, manor of, p. 573 (m), 674 (1)
Baſing, in the co. of Hants, p. 571 (w), 602 (6), 608 (1)
Amberfield, yoke of, in Stockbury, p. 521 (+)
BATTLE HALL S. in Leeds, p. 482
AMBREE M. in Rocheſter, p. 51, 59
Baveden, denne of, in Horſemonden, p. 81. Hamlet of,
AMBREL, alias ALMONRY TANTON, portion of tythes, in
Stockbury and Borden, p. 524, 570
Bavell, an eſtate in Oſpringe, p. 794
AMERYE, alias ALMNERY GREEN, an eſtate in Chart Sut-
no BAXTON, alias Bexon M. in Bredgar, p. 584
ton, p. 406
Bayefield, alias Painters M. in Oſpringe, p. 793
Amherſt's Redoubt, at Chatham, p. 73
BAYHALL M. and S. in Pembury, p. 356
Apledore, p. 631
BAYNDEN S. in Horſemonden, p. 388
ARNOLDS M. in Eafling, p. 756 DUCOM
BAYFORD Castle, in Sitting borne, account of, p. 612
ASHDEN M. in Lenham, p. 443
Bayford Cafle, p. 611-613-631 (t). Marſh, p. 544 (6).
Afhford, lands in, p. 409, 490. Townſhip of, p. 530
Chancel, in Sittingborne church, p. 617
Aftynges, lands in Boughton Blean, p. 780 (x)
Beacon F. in Oſpringe, p. 8oo (t)
Auborne M. in Eaſt Peckam--fee Albans
Beaulieu, Eaſt, in the co. of Effex, p. 80 (k), 631 (u)
Audintone—now Aldington, in Thurnhammer
Beaulies, borough of, in Ightharn, p. 246
AUGUSTPITT3, an eſtate in Horſemonden, P 387
Beaulieu, in Lamberhurit, p. 377. Priory of, in Nor-
AYINGTON M. in Newington near Sittingborne, p. 558
niandy, p. 388
Aylesford, antient demeſne in, p. 12–156+298–365–384.
Beulys COURT, alias WOLDHAM HALL M. in Wolda
Manor of, p. 54, 214. Pariſh, lands in, p.
12-311-646. Priory, p. 164
Beccanceld—now Bapchild
AYLESFORD, M. of the Parfonage of, p. 181
Beckenham, pariſh of, p. 311, 600 (0)
Priory, account of, p. 169
Bedgbury, Q. Elizabeth at, p.429 (f)
---, HOSPITAL, or Maiſon Dieu, account of, p. 179
or
Bedinge, fiſhery at, p, 551 (1)
BeDMANTON, borough of, in Wormſell, p. 516, 552
B.
Beech le, lands in Hernhill, p. 808 (r)
Begeham M. in Lamberhurſt, p. 377, 494 (*)
Babyngden, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Bell, yoke of, in Hartlip, p. 537 (0)
Bachanchild, p. 600 (0)
Bellhorn F. in Throwley, p: 769, 788
Badelhulle, p. 374
Bell, Little, F. in Eaſtchurch, p. 667
Badleſmere, borough of, p. 704 (v). Lees, p. 772, 780. Belmont S. in Throwley, P 707
Pariſh, p. 808.
Belsring Green, p. 321
BADLES MERE PRIORY, account of, p. 774
Bencrouch M. in Pembury, p. 358
Badleſmere's, „antient ſeat of, p. 780
Bennie Court, in Tong, p. 606
BADMANGORE M. in Linfed, p. 686
BENSTEDE M. in Hunton, p. 298
VOL. II.
Bereherſe,
p. 388
ham, p. 159
9Z

IN DE X of P LA CE S.
4

D
p. 631
A
p. 276
BINBURT manor of, p. 498. Pound, p.
Bercherſe, marſh of, in Chatham, p. 71
Bowyer Wood, p. 96(t)
BERENGRAVE F. in Rainbam, p. 534
Bowbeech, p. 310
Ferfield, lands in Hedcorn, p. 392 (1)
BOWRIDGE, alias PepeNBURY Parva M. p. 355
Bergavenny, caſtle and lordſhip of, p. 196 (9)
Boxfield, yoke of, in Borden, p. 568
Berham Court-now Telton Houſe, p. 290
Boxley ABBEY, account of, p. 122, 126
Boycot, alias BOYCOURT M. in Ulcomb, p. 424
BERKESORE, alias Basser M. in Lower Halſtow, p. 546
Berkeley Caſtle, in the co. of Glouceſter, p. 424 (a)
Boyton M. in Eaft Sutton, p. 419
BRADBOURN S. in Eaſt Malling, p. 213
Berlinghame H. of, in Bobbing, p. 640
Bradeſted, manor of, p. 324-325-328-329
Berlingas, lands in, p. 16, 18
Bernielinge-fee Barming
Bradhurſt, manor of, p. 533. See alſo Bredhurſt
Betherſden, pariſh of, p. 30 1
Bradfole Priory-fee St. Radigund's
Brambles M. in Horſemonden, p. 388
Bettenham, in Cranbrook, p. 369
Priſon, in Maidſtone, p. 110
Beule Bridge, p. 375
BRAMPTON M. in Ditton, p. 186
Bewle River, p. 380-381 (9)382
Brandeſcompe Mill, in Leeds, p. 479
Bewly M. in Boughton Malherb, p. 435, 460. Portion of
Brandt Bridge, in Eaſt Peckham, p. 279, 304
tyt hes in the ſame, p. 436
BREDGAR COLLEGE, or CHANTRY, account of, p. 586
Bex, alias BEXLEY COURT, in Tong, p. 604
Bredhurſt, chapel of, p. 471
Bexon, alias BAXTON M. in Bredgar, p. 584
BRENCHLEY and HORSE MONDEN, hundred of, p. 385
Bicknor, pariſh of, p. 621 (f)
Brennet, The, in Tenham, p. 684
Bidborough, poor of, p. 348 Jelgion 10 Brenſet, manor of, p. 292 (™), 687 ()
Bigon HEATH, in Lenham, p. 451
Brentford Butts, charity ſchool of, p. 811
Bigons, alias DIGONS S. in Maidſtone, p. 101
Brewers Place, in Mereworth, p. 271, 295
Billingherit, lands in Bromfield, p. 485
Brick Park, lands in Blean woods, p. 707
Billington, priory of, p. 544
Brickendens, in Chart and Sutton Valence, p. 405 (8)
in Thurnhamp
,
Brimbrough lands, p. 648 (r)
Binney, p. 551 (»).
Brimſtone, borough of, in Oſpringe, p. 800
Bircholt Barony, hundred of, p. 530
Brion, cafle of, in Normandy, P: 3222T
BRISHING, alias BrisiNG M. in Langley, p. 402
Birlingham-now Birling, Q Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
Briſhing, ſtream, p. 140
Biſhopíbeech, p. 310
Brittons F. in Gillingham, p. 89 DoWNA
Bifhopſbuſh, in Luddenham, P. 732
Bixle, in Tong, p. 606, 612 ***
Brynniſtone, borough of, P 704 (V) and lived
Broadford S. in Horſemonden, p. 387
Blackdane, p. 621 (f)
Blacketts, in Tong. p.606
qehwol blalaga
Broadhempton, parfonage of, in co. of Devon, p. 63, 117
BROADOAK S. in Brenchley, p. 373 SM yaltabb
Black fennys, in Teſton, p. 152
Broadoak Green, in Milſted, p. 590 -- Login
Blackingley, denne of, p 792 (t)
Broadſtreet, in Hollingborne, p. 470 wortelgrá
BLACKPITTS, alias Guildfords M. in Eaſt Peckham,
Brockley, religious houſe at, p. 378 biteriana A
Blacktoft, alias Burnets, lands in Shepey, 648 (+)
BROGDALE F. in Oſpringe, p. 794 zile MARIE
Brokefield, in Chatham, p. 71
Blazewood, in Aylesford, p. 181
Broteham-now Wrotham, p. 232, 234.
Howell
Blean, p. 311
Brook Court, alias BOROUGH Court, in Ditton, p. 188
alias Boughton Blean Wood, p. 816
Gallows of, p. 474
Brook, elias WESTBROOK F. in Springe, p. 794
Brombridg, ward of, in Tunbridge, P. 350 KOTA
Blechenden, allias CRUTTENDEN M. in Hedcorn, P. 395
Bromleherges, p. 310-20
Blengate, hundred of, p. 19, 21
Bloeſworthe, p. 378 (a)
Bromley, palace at, p. 30. College, p. 44
Bromes, in Lomewood, p. 288 (u)
BLOOR'S PLACE, in Rainham, p. 534
Blower's Key, in Rainham, p. 535
Bromfield, land in, p. 475. Chapel of, p.483, 484
Wood, in Leeds, p. 481 month
BOARDFIELD, alias Bor ESFIELD M. and H. in Otterden,
BROMPTON, ville of, p.71, 87 ortugalo svona
p. 503
Broweſwood, in Tunbridge, p. 339 (1)
Boardfield, manor and church of, p. 503 (r). Lands in,
p. 504. Hamlet of, in Otterden, p. 508.
Brun felle--now Bromfield, p. 4840
Borough of, p. 704 (v)
Buckenwald, foreſt of, near Tunbridge, p. 370 (1)
Bobbing, manor of, p. 516-583-635. Tythes in, p. 633
Buckingham's Lands, p. 314
BOBBING Place, in Bobbing, p. 638 bis 991 stored
Buckland, Little, F. in Maidilone, p. 96 (t). North and
Bocheland, manor of, p. 687 (m), 736
South, in the ſame, p. 104
Botton Monchelſea, p. 396
BUCKLAND, Great, F. in Maidſtone, p. 104 on A
LITTLE, F. in Maidſtone, p. 105
no Malherb, manor of, p. 515. Q. Elizabeth at,
M. in Aſhurſt, p. 363
Dar
p. 429 (f)
Bogelei, manor of, in Boughton Malherb, p, 460
Buckland, manor of, p. 68:
Bogherſt, an eſtate in Snodland, p. 192 (t)
Buds meſfuage and lands, in Aldington by Thurnham, p.
BOKINGFOLD M. in Yalding and Brenchley, P. 369
489, 498
Boley, The, in Rocheſter, p. 52
Budds H. in Shipborne, p. 254
Boltone, -now Boughton Monchelſea, p. 396
Bugley-~now Bewley manor, in Boughton Malherb, p. 437
-, --now Boughton Malherb, p. 427
BULLY HILL S. in Rocheſter, p. 51. Land on, p. 52(7)
Bonyers Land, p. 462 (f)
Bumpitt S. in Linfed, p. 690
Borden Hall, alias Court, p. 568, 570
Bunces Court, alias POLLARDS S. in Otterden, p. 506
Bores-ifle S. in Tenterden, p. 387 (c)
Chapel, in Otserden church, p. 507
Borfhelderhill, p. 309
Burchetts Wood, in Ightham, p. 248 (w)
Burdefield, church of, p. 504, 726
Rents in, p.448 (8).
BOROUGH COURT M. in Ditton, p. 188*
BOROUGH GREEN, H. of, in Wrotham, p. 239
503 (w). Manor of, p. 746 (1)
Borough Green, borough of, in Ightham, p. 246
Burgate, in Canterbury, p. 474. Aidermanry of, p. 814
Boroughbridge, in the co. of York, p. 474
Burham, lands in, p. 16, 18
BORSTALL M. near Rocheſter, p. 52
Burbam Downs, in Burham, p. 164
Borfall, alias Borchaitalle, lands in, p. 16–18–52–53.
Burne, land of, in Tunbridge, p. 342
Mill, p. 38
Burnham, in the co. of Effex, p. 347
Borstall M. in Minſler in Shepey, p. 650
Burntwick, marſh of, p. 544 (0)
Boſeleu-now Boxley, p. 122
Burſcombe, manor of, p. 432 (c)
Boftals, lands in Bredgate, p. 87
BURSTON M. in Hunton, p. 300
Boughley-now Bewley M. in Boughton Malherb, p. 435 Burſherb's Chantry, in Sittingborne church, p. 617
Boughton Mount S. in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399, 401
Buſton, alias Buriceſtune-fee Burſton
Boughton Blean, poor of, p. 798. Church of, p. 813
Butſbridge, p. 309
Malherb, manor of, p. 515. Knights fees in, Butts, a field in Sittingborne, p. 616, 618. In Milton,
P: 770 (f). Place, p. 433 (i). Quarries, p.
Byndwards Marſ, in Iwade, p. 641
147
Quarry_ſee Boughton Monchelſea, p. 396 Bynnewall Marſh, in the ſame, p. 641
Bounds S. in Bidborough, p. 362
Bynne and Stone, yoke of, p. 576 (1)
Bounds, New or LITTLE, S. in Tunbridge, p. 341
Bynnen lands, p. 575 (e)
Rounds, Old, a feat in Bidborough, p. 341
Byrchletts Wood, in Brenchley, p. 366 (w)
Bourn F. in Woldham, p. 159(r)
Byfing Wood, near Oſpringe, p. 611, 730
lands in, p. 694
CADES
p. 635

I NDE x of PL A CES.
5
Cambridge, foundation of Christ and St. John's colleges Chigley Manor, in Goudhurd, p. 381
P: 671
2.1
C.
Childrens, a ſeat in Tunbridge, p. 342 (*)
Chilham, caſtle of, p. 661 (f), 752.
661 (f), 752. Caſtle and honor
Cades M. in Oſpringe, p. 796
of, p. 727. Manor of, p. 732 (d). Manor
Cades F. in the fame, ibid.
and caſtle of, p. 473 (9)-602-774. Honor of,
Cage, park of, in Tunbridge, p. 330. Lands in, p. 350
p. 732–750–752–754-756.
Church of, p.
Calcote, nionaftery of, p. 379
767, 768. Pariſh of, p. 808
Sicords
Calehill, hundred of, p. 391, 443, 530
CHILLINGTON M. in Maidſtone, p. 103
Calehill M. in Minſter in Shepey, p. 652
Chillmaſh, in Great Chart, p. 632
Caleys lands, in Harty, p. 718 (2)
CHilson, alias CHILSTON M. in Boughton Malherb, p. 434
Calicne Houſe, in Newnham, p. 748 (c)
Portion of tythes, in Boughton Malherb, p. 435
CALLIS Court,alias Carews Court M. in Ryarſh, p. 204
Chilſon, lands in, p. 444. roke of, in Tunſtall, p. 581(*)
CALVERLEY S. in Tunbridge, p. 342
Chilton M. in Sitting borne, p. 614
Calverleys, in Tunbridge, p. 359
Chilton, in Afh near Sandwich, p. 614. Chancel in-Sit-
p. 617
in, p. 41. Jefus college in, y. 348. St.
John's college in, p. 347 (d)
Chiflet, land in, p. 438, Church of, p. 633, 720
Cambreys lands, in Linſted, p. 444 (*)
Chiſwick, charity ſchool of, p. 811
Camp, Great and Little-ſee Comp, p. 240
ball Church Court, an eſtate in Murſton, p. 575 (0)
Canterbury, Almonry of St. Auguftine's monaſtery in, p. Churchfield F. in Aylesford, p. 172().' 'In Leyſdown,
Moto
524 (x). Priory of St. Gregory in, account
of, p. 445 (g). Caſtle, p. 14.
1. biotowe
Manſions Churchgate F. in Shipborne, p. 253 (ee)
in recited in Domeſday, p. 509-549-551 (n)
Churchill F. in Doddington, p. 693
Church Marſh, in Gillingham, p. 88
obor
-692-698-736-790. Catle-bridge in, p.
648 (r)
Church Yoke, belonging to Leeds Manor, p. 478 lix
Canons Court M. in Watringbury, p. 283, 285
Cildrelham-now Luddenham, p. 731
Canons Barns, lands in Thurnham, p. 499
Clare, honor of, p. 264-316-317-338-359-384 tobtevilo
Capells Court, in Ivychurch, p. 141
CLAXFIELD, an eſtate in Linſted, p. 690
Elroyli
now Linton Place, p. 141 od bleedble
Coundball Claymes, in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 405 (8)
chapel of, p. 255, 350 M enible words Claypitts Mejuage, in Hollingborne, p. 467 (m) bonto
Capel, manor of, p. 292 (-)
grillrYible Clerkenwell, nunnery of, in London, account of, p. 618 (*)
Dod
Capell, an eſtate in Horſemonden, p. 387
Clements M. in Town Malling, p. 218
p
Capel Hill, in Leyſdown, p. 696 hits
Cleygate, p. 309
Cardinals Lands, p. 288 (u)
Cliff, lands in, p. 16–18–265 (6)-536
Carews Court M. in Ryarſh, p. 204
Cobhambury, manor of, p. 37
Caring, land in Maidſtone, p. 106, 109 (z)
Cobham, alias Eſtcourt Manor, in Thurnham, p. 497 (3)
Park Gate, p. 74, 75
Carmelites, priory of, the firſt in England founded at
Aylesford, p. 167
Cockheath, account of, p. 142–293-400
Caritate, de, abbey of in France, p. 699 (e)
Cock Hall, p. 553 (0)
Cockhill, p. 621 (f)
Cafteye Lands, in Thurnham, p.494 (V) 499
Cativeneway, p. 309, 310
Coddington, p. 462
Caſtle Wood, p. 96 (t)
CODESTED, alias CowsTED M. in Stockbury, p. 522
Caſtle Hill, in Brenchley, p. 372 (s), 373
Cokes, land in Oſpringe, p. 796, 798
Colbridge, manor of, p. 428 (á), 432 (c). Caſtle, p. 433
Cafle Rough, in Milton, p. 616, 631
CATTS Piace M. in Brenchley, p. 369
COLBRIDGE M. in Boughton Malherb, p. 433
CAUSTONS M. in Hadlow, p. 317
Colemonth, in the hundred of Hoo, p. 90
Cecele, denne of, in Hawkhurſt, p. 810 (6)
Colne Priory founded, p. 775 (v)
CeLERERS COURT, alias AMBRE COURT M. in Rocheſter,
Coloker, Innd in Faverſham, p. 698 (y)
Colyns, alias Oldhole, in Otham, p. 491
p. 51
Certh-now Chart by Sutton, p. 403
Coleſbroke, lands in Lenham, p. 439 (m)
Ceteham-now Chatham, p. 64
Coleſlande, in Lenham, p. 439 (m). Portion of tythes, in
Chalk, or Cealca, lands in, p. 16, 18
Iwade, p. 642
CHALKWELL H. in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 630
COLSALL, alias Chiches, alias COLSON M, in Milton
CHAMPIONS Court, in Newnham, p. 746
near Sitting borne, p. 628
Chantry Magiſtrale, in Weſt Peckham, p. 259 (e), 322 Colwebregges, alias Colebridge Manor, in Boughton Mala
CHASTRY F. in Hedcorne, p. 394
herb, p. 433
Chanon-Row Wood, in Leeds, p. 481
Combe, land in Hollingborne, p. 469
Combes, alias Lower MILGATE S. in Berſted, p. 487
Chapel Fields, in Rainham, p. 535
CHAPEL HOUSE, in Oſpringe, p. 798
Combwell, priory of, p. 494
Comp, Great and Little, H. in Wrotham, p. 240
Charing, royal manor of, p. 503 (r). Pariſh of, p. 452, 808
CHARLETON, LITTLE, alias CHARLETON Court M. Compen Wood, p. 237
in Eaſt Sutton, p. 419
Componnys, lands in Shepey, p. 652
Charleton, advowſon of the church of, p.774 (9)
Comport, alias Comford Park, in Birling, p. 195
Charpes Croft, an eſtate in Murſton, p. 575-(e)
Condingebery, p. 374
CHART M. in Watringbury, p. 281
Conyers Key, in Tenham, p. 683
Chart Garden, in the ſame, p. 281 (2)
Cookftone, alias Cuckleſtane, lands in, p. 16, 18
---- Sutton, lands in, p. 519 (2)
COOksDITCH, in Faverſham, p. 705
Cooling, p. 311
and Longbridge, hundred of, p. 530
Street, in Great Chart, p. 632
Coperſland, lands at, p. 507.
Chartway Street, p. 420
Copes F. in Frinſted, p. 513 (i)
CHATHAM and GILLINGHAM, hundred of, p. 65
COPESHAM SOLE, alias COPSHOLE, an efate in Sheldrich,
Chatham, manor of, p. 289-294-369. Head of the barony
of Crevequer, p. 66-472-473
COPGrave M. in Brenchley, p. 367
alias Cætham, lands in, p. 16, 18
Coppanftane—now Copton Manor, in Preſton, p. 805
hoſpital of St. Bartholomew in, p. 34
Coppingland, p. 309, 310
Cheeks COURT, in Tong, p. 604
Copton, manor of, p. 736, 739
COPTON M. in Preion, p. 805
Chegworth Mill, in Ulcomb, p. 425
CHEKESWELL M. in Brenchley, p. 367
Corbet, yoke of, in Borden, p. 568
Cheldwich-fee Sheldwich, p. 788
Corpus Chriſti, fraternity of, in Maidſtone, p. 115. In
Ulcomb church, p. 427
Cheltenham, charity ſchool at, p. 811
Cheney's Court, in Chart Sution, p. 406—408 (5)
Coſmus Blean, pariſh of, p. 792 (1)
Cosenton M. in Aylesford, p. 173
Chequer, lands in Shepey, p. 6;2(a)
Chesley Street, in Newington near Sittingborne, p. 560
Coſenton, alias Cufintune, lands in, p. 16, 18
Chefnut, alias Cheſton Woods, near Milton, p. 631 (u).
CossiNGTON, alias HEYDON M. in Horſemonden, p. 389
Cheſnut Wood in Newington, p. 631 (v)
Cothelles, in Shepey, p. 660
Chetercroft, in Shepey, p. 652
Cotynne, lands in Tong, p. 606 (u)
County Town of Maidſtone, p. 109
Chetham, borough of, in Oſpringe, p. 704 (v), 800
Chichele-now"Chelley Street, in Newington, p. 560
County Houſe, on Pinnenden Heath, p. 132
Courtdene, lands in Hollingborne, p. 464 (e)
Chicks-now Cheeks Court, in Tong, p. 604
Courtdowne, lands in Oſpringe, p. 792
Chillenden, p. 144
Childeſton, alias Chilton Manor, in Sitting borne, p. 614
Courthill, P: 59
--, now Chilſon M. in Boughton Malherb, p. 434
Courtlodge F. in Boxley, p. 130
p.786
COURTLODGE,

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COURTLODGE, an eſitate ir Yalding, p. 305
Dodſhere, p. 309, 310
Cow Marín, in St. Nicholas's, Rocheſter, p. 59
Doncaſter, hoſpital of St. Nicholas at, p. 378 (5)
Cowpers, lands, p.428 (a)
Donſton, yoke of, in Bapchild, p. 599 (1)
Cowsted M. in Stockbury, p. 522. Portion of tybes in Dover Cašle, lands held of, p. 162-363-427-ibid. (1.-459
the ſame, p. 523
509-510-511-515-516-102 (7-603-60-
COYALs, alias Criols M. ix Borden, p. 566
670-672–732-75c-ibid. (1)-752-7: 4-75
Cranbrook, bundred of; p. 391
736-63-73 (22-774-776 (o)-780-98-
Cranbrooke, manor of, in Newington, p. 523, 559
807-810 (k)
Crancheberi—now Crombery M. in Hadlow, p. 316, 317 Dover, caſtle and port of, p. 14. Members of, p. 698.
Cregeſemeline, p. 68o. Where ſituated, ibid. (r)
Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (1). Caſtle, iurris Dei
Creſ Park, in Trotteſclive, p. 230
Criols, alias Corals M. in Borden, p. 566 Vision Dountöns, alias Bountons Court Manor, p. 237
---- M. in Brencbley, p. 366
Downe, alias Downe Court M. in Lenham, p. 449
Crockhurſt, borough of, p. 97. Land of, p. 355
Downe Court Manot
; in Doddington. p. 694**
Croft, alias Y AUGER, in Hartlip, p. 537 My Downings, lands in Oſpringe, p. 793
.
Crogſdepe, a fleer ſo called, p. 621 (f), 680 (r)
Drane Farm, in Ighiham, p. 248 (22)
102
Crokenhill, manor of, p, 552 (s)
Dray, the water in Shepey, p. 674
Crombery, alias GOODWINS M. in Hadlow, p. 316 Dudeſland, lands in, p. 16, 18
CRONGEBER I-*-now CROMBERY M. in Hadlow, p. 316
Dungate, in Kingſdown, p. 591 (v) lubab 3501 3.
γτΠοεπίΑ
Crouch, an eſtate in Wrotham, p. 240
Dunhamford, hundred of, p. 21
Crouchfield, in Berſted, p. 489, 499. In Faverſham, p. 705 Dunks, alias Old Farm, in Lamber hurf, p. 381
Crown Key, in Sittingborne, p. 615, 616 Trino Dunſtall, lands in, p. 394 (g). Pariflhi of, p. 579 (4), 581.
1-
Croydon, Q. Elizabeth at, P.,429 (f)
--See alſo Tunſtall
Cruxhill, in Hartlip, p. 539 (2)
-dvd-spoo
20 V
Durentilland, p. 309
Culneham, in the co. of Oxford, p. 652 secs
Culverden, p. 309
Culverhawe, in St. Margaret's, Rocheſter, p. 602X GO
Culvers Valley, land in Upchurch, p. 546
Ealdbury, lands in Boughton Blean, p. 780 (x)
Cumbden, denne of, p. 438 (x)
Ealdham-now Yalding M. in Wrotham, p. 237
Cupperſand, p. 309
2hr lowes
Ealding-fee Yalding
Curthope, lands of, p. 383
OD 20.700
Cutnell, an eſtate in Tunítall, p. 575(e)43) gulo
Ealing, charity School of, p. 811
Eaſling, lands in, p. 503 (r), 504 Yobt
Cutts, a meſſuage in Brenchley, p. 366 (w) bora wide
Eaſtchurch, pariſh of, p. 647-657-672-674-680
Eaſt Park, wood in Leeds, p. 479
TD.
Nails SD EAST COURT M. in Gillingham, p. 81, 82
East COURT M, in Detling, p. 137 Ytonte
Dachurſt Manor, in Tunbridge, p. 325–327–328–329–332
EAST LANE M. in Maidſtone, p. 103
DACHURST M. in Tunbridge, p. 332
EAST Lenham M. p. 443. Portion of tytbes in, p. 444
DACHURST, alias HILDENBOROUGH M. Demesnes oft
EAST HALL, in Murſton, p. 609
in Tunbridge, p. 333
.no
EastmErE M. in Eaſt Peckham, p. 277 rowe
Dachurſt Place, in Tunbridge, p. 334 (s)
TEH
Eaſtwick Salt-marſ, p. 19
DADMANS S. in Linfted, p. 650
Eccles, Acleſle, Jands in, p. 16, 18 I
Dale, manor of, p. 681
bido ECCLES M. in Aylesford, p. 172
Dane, ſeveral lands called, in Hartlip, &c. p. 540
Edinghurſt, p. 310.
mon
Dane Court F. in Gillingham, p 82
Eddintune-now Addington, p. 225
DANDELEY, alias DANEDALE F. in Minſter in Shepey, p. Edwards, an tftate in Linfed, p. 690
650, 651
Egerton, land in, p. 503 (r). Poor of, p. 761
Dane House, in Hartlip, p. 539
pon
Egginſworth, alias Weldmarſh, in Luddenham, P.733
Dane, Little, land in Hollingborne, p. 470
Ehteham--now Ightham
Dane Marſh, in Gillingham, p. 87
Eihorne, hundred of, p. 550
Daneover Street H. in Yalding, p. 306
Eilesford, lands in, p. 16, 18
Danguiſh Well, p. 621 (f)
Eldehaye, in Mereworth, p. 264
Darbies Court M. in Stalisfield, p. 760
Elderden, in Chart Sutton, p. 405
Darent, manor of, p. 92
Eleham, Ladwood in, p. 815 (20)
Darkenhole, p. 309
Elentun-now Allington, p. 182
Darland F. in Gillingham, p. 87
b, od
Elherit, p. 295
Dartford, land in, p. 19. Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (1
Ellerſden, denne of, in Chart, p. 144 Los
DAVINGTON PRIORY, account of, p. 725
Ellesford, lands in, p. 54
--- HALL M. in Davington, p. 727, 728 Elliots, in the Iſle of Shepey, p. 652. In the Ife of Harty,
Daundeleye, marſh of, p. 545, 644
Daunley-now Dandeley, in Shepey, p. 651
Elmele, manor of, p. 500 (t)-573 (m-575(e)-674(+)
Deans Bottom, in Bicknor, p. 526
Elmley, Illand of, p. 606-629-642-653 Ferry into, p.
Dean Court, in Fairfield, p. 687 ()
644. Land in, p 609 (). Marſh of, p. 388
foreſt of, in the co. of Glouceſter, p. 621 (8) ELNOTHINGTON M. in Holling Luine, p. 464. Ibid. p.
Deanmead End, in Gillingham, p. 87
469, 488
Delce, Little, M. p. 19. Land in, ibid. Great, manor ELPTRICKS F. in Horfemonden, p. 386 (9)
of, ibid.
Eltham, p. 311
Delce, Great, M. and Lower Delce F. near Rocheſter, Elverland Heath, in Oſpringe, p 793 (9), 802
p. 54
Elvindenne, p. 355. Manor of, p, 552 (s)
-------, Great, and Little Delce, in Rocheſter, tythes ELVYLAND M, in Oſpringe, p.795
of, p. 56
ELWERTON M. in Stine rear Faverſham, P 735
UPPER or LITTLE, M. in Rochefter, p. 56 Ely, monaſtery of, p. 647
Deerſton Street F. in Tenham, p. 684
Emley, Iſle of, p. 665, 680 (r)
Dennemannetbroke, p. 305, 344
Englewood, foreit of, p 207
Denton, Denituna, lands in, p. 16, 18
Episford-now Aylesford, p. 166
Denton, alias Plumford, manor of, p. 750
Eridge, in Suflex, Q. Elizabeth, at, p. 429 (1)
Deptford, chief of the barony of Magminot, p. 494 (V) Ernolton-now Elwerton M. in Stone near ravertham, p.
Digg Croſs, p. 621 (f)
Diggs Marſh, alias Slayhills, in Upchurch, p. 544
Erth, lands in Chilham, p. 808 (r)
DIGONS, alias BIGONS S. in Maidſtone, p. 101
Elledes-now Leeds, p. 472
Ditton, Dietuna, lands in, p. 16-18–179. Manor, p. 292(r) Ellinges--now Ealling, P: 750
Diven M. alias Dive COURT, in Eaſling, p. 750, 754 Elnoiland-now Snodland, p. 190
Detling, tenths and glebe of the chapel of, p. 121
Effedene-now Nafhenden Manor, near Rocheſter, p.53, 54
Dock, ROYAL, at Chatham, account of, p. 72. At Sheer Effeden--now Afhden Mancr, in Lenham, p. 443
neſs, account of, p. 655
Effex, lands in, p. 77 (6)
Deck, Olly, at Chatham, account of, p. 72
Elbregg, in Canterbury, p 551 (»)
Doddington, lands in, p. 503 (r). Chapelry of, p. 685 Efbrighthame H. in Bobbing, p. 6,0
Dodeham-now Doddington, p. 691, 692
Efthall, manor of, p. 500 (1)
Dodingbury, in Pembury, p. 310, 359
Eftlenham, p. 438
Dodmannys-now Dadmans, in Linſted, p. 690
Eftochioberge-now Stokenbury, in East Peckham, p. 2
Dodmead, lands in Hernhill, p. 808 (r)
Efrey, tenths of, p. 121
Ellſels

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PLACE S.
Enrelve, in Lenham, p. 445
Eton College, account of, p. 564 (v)
Everland, alias Everland Hothe, in Oſpringe, p. 795
Evotys, lands in Lenham and Witchling, p. 444 (x)
Evythyes, lands in Chart, p. 405 (7)
Ewell, manor of, p. 292 (r), 713(-). Borough of, p.
704 (v). In Lenham, p. 451. Flete, in Fa-
verſham, p. 698 (y). Pariſh of, near Dover,
Ewell, PRECINCT of, in Town Malling, p. 217
MANOR, in Weſt Farleigh, p. 295. Brook, in
the ſame, p. 297
Manor, in Faverſham, p. 705
Ewehurſt, lands of, p. 383
EYHORNE, hundred of, p. 390. Ibid. p. 517
Eyhorne- now called Iron Street, in Hollingborne, p. 469.
Lands in, p. 467 (m). Green, in Hollingborne,
P. 808
Frethenfted, church of, p. 514 (1)
Freyhaneftede--now Prinfted, p. 511
FRID FARM, an eſtate in Otterden, p. 504
Fridd Wood, in Borden, p. 565, 568. In Murſton, p. 611
Frierne, alias Old Marih, in Emley, p. 675
Frindſbury, Freordelberi, lands in, p. 16–18–19-53–63–
64–265 (6)-311. Manor.of, p. 53
Frith Wood, in Gillingham, p. 80 (k)
Frith, North, p. 314 (r)
Frittenden, lands in, p. 179, 792 (t)
FROGENHALL, alias FROGNALL VALENCE M. in Tena
ham, p. 681
Frogenhall, manor of, p. 682 (n), 685
Frognall, in Tenham, p. 621 (f). Chancel of, in Ten-
ham church, p. 684 (g)
FroGNAL, or FrogENHALL, in Newington near Sitting-
borne, p. 556
Frognale, tenement of, in Newington, p. 556 (V)
FROMANS; alias GOODWINS M. in Hadlow, p. 316
Fromonds manor, in Hadlow, ibid.
Fulltone, yoke of, p. 576 (1)
Fulston, alias FOGYLTON, in Sittingborne, p.614
Fultton chancel, in Sittingborne church, p. 617
Frychiſland, p. 310
Fryderynden, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Fryſleherft, denne of, idid.
Fryths---now Frid Farm, in Otterden, p. 504
Fylcheſtow, cell of, in Suffolk, p. 38
p. 469
Eylesforde, court of, p. 307
Eylwarton, tenths of, p. 685 (i)
Eylwartone--now Eylwerton Manor, in Stoné near Fa-
verſham, p. 735
Eynsford, p. 311, 349
Eyotts-now Hollingborne Hill, a ſeat in Hollingborne,
p. 468
F.
Fafresfield-now Faverſham, p. 698
FARBORNE, EAST, M. in Harriet nam, p. 457
West, M. in the ſame, p. 459
Farborne, manor of, p. 432 (c)
FAIRLAWNE S. in Wrotham, p. 241. Ibid. p. 253 (ee)
FAITH, Sr. free chapel of, in Maidſtone, p. 121
FAIR SEAT, alias FAIRSE E, S. in Stanſted, p. 233
Falkſheath, berough of, p. 139
Fannes F. in Crundal, p. 114
FANT, viile of, in Maidſtone, p. 105
House S. in the ſame, ibid.
Farleigh, Fearnlega, lands in, p. 16, 18
--------, Eaſt, manor of, p. 66-141-278-296-311-373-
388
Weſt, manor of, p. 290–302-552. Borough of,
p. 302
FAVERSHAM, the hundred of, p. 697
---, hundred of, p. 421-425 (e)-503-647-676(u)
-680 (r)
---, manor of, p. 620, 800.
Ville of, p. 438.
Pariſh of, p. 808. Antient demeſne of,
p. 698. Fiſhing-grounds in, p. 621 (f).
Grammar ſchool in, p. 672. Charity
ſchools in, p. 811. Town, boundaries of,
p. 698 (y). Extent of the liberties of, p.
798. ABBEY, an account of, p. 698. Church
of, p. 594 (s)-633–788–801. Vicarage of,
p. 789
Faureſhant-now Faverſham, p. 697
Fawkham, Falceham, lands in, p. 16, 18. Manor and
rectory of, p. 292 (r)
Fearnlega-fee Farleigh
Fefretham-now Faverſhan, p. 698
Felborough, hundred of, p. 530
Ferby, lands in Berfted, p. 488
Ferbourne, Eft, p. 456
Fereborne, p. 455, 459
Fereden, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Ferinland roke, belonging to Leeds manor, p. 478
Filcher, alias Filter M. in Bredgar, p. 588
Field Farm, in Shipborne, p. 253 (ee)
Fill, manor of, p. 432 (a)
Finners, lands in Harty, p. 679, 718
Fish HALL S, in Hadlow, p. 318
Fiſhborne Manor, p. 726. Account of, p. 727 (0)
Five Ports, p. 632 (2)
Flamited, rectory and parſonage, in the co. of Hertford,
Flete, manor of, p. 230, 473
Flood Mill, in Faverſham, p. 704 (9)
Fludd-mill Key, in Milton, p. 629
Fogleſtone, alias Fulſtone, manor of, p. 575 (0)
Folkham, manor of, in Frinſted, p. 513 (i)
Folly Houſe--now Judde Houſe, in Oſpringe, p. 797
Ford S. in Wrotham, p. 238
Fortune--now ROYDON HALL S. in Peckham, p. 274
Foukes M. in Mereworth, p. 281
Fowkes M. in Weft Peckhum, p. 270
Foxes Lane, p. 621 (f).. Land, ibid.
Foxendane, in the Iſle of Shepey, p. 664 (e)
Foxlands, alias Kingſlands, in Eaftchurch, Shepey, p. 664
Freckenham, in the co. of Suffolk, p. 31, 157
Fredeneſtede-now Frintted, p. 511
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GALLANTS M. in Eoft Farleigh, p. 145
Gallants, manor of, in the ſame, p. 687 (m)
Gare, de la ---now Gore manor, in Upchurch, p. 542
Gaſcoigne Walk, in Tunfall, p. 582 (8)
Gatton, manor of, in Surry, p. 763
Gattons Tower, in Dover caftle, p. 763 (1)
Genlade, a water in the hundred of Hoo, p. go
Gennings Court-ſee Jennings Court
GENNINGS S. in Hunton, p. 301
Geroldyfdane, p. 780
Gesfield, p. 808 (r)
Giffards Marſh, in Leysdown, p. 672
Gildenhill, manor of, p. 552 (s)
Giles, yoke of, in Bredgar, p. 585 (w)
Gilleſland, lordſhip of, in Cumberland, p. 162, 163 (0)
Gilleſted, alias Yelíted manor, in Stockbury, P: 522
Gillingham, half hundred of, p. 64. Manor of, p. 306–
388–552 (s)-621 (f). Lands in, p. 16, 18.
Fort, p. 655
Giltonhill Farm, p. 292 »).
Giſbourne, an eſtate in Selling, p. 809
Gilleardeſland, lands in, p. 16, 18
Glouceſter, honor of, p. 786
Glovers S. in Sitting borne, p. 615
Glovers, in Sittingborne, p. 617. Wood, in Leeds, p. 481
Godards-now Thurnham caſtle, p. 498
Goddards Hill, in Boxley, p. 131(0;. In Thurnham, p.498
Goddys Houſe, in Linſted, p. 690
Godewynſtone, manor of, in Sittingborne, p. 612
Godfrey, yoke of, at Yelſted in Stockbury, p. 522 (f)
GODISLANDS, alias Woods COURT M. in Badleſmere,
p. 780
p. 796
p. 116
Godhurſte, lordſhip of, p. 498
Godwell, in Ofham, p. 222
GODWELL M. in Ofham, p. 224
GOLDWELL, an eſtate in Hadlow, p. 317
Golder, yoke of, p. 235 (r)
Goldſland, p. 309
Goldſmiths lands, p. 237
Goldwell, in Great Chart, p. 306. Ward of, in Hadlow,
p. 319, 320. Chantry, in Great Chart church,
Goodmans, lands in Otterden, p. 507
Goodmeſheath, p. 309
Good Neston M. in Sittingborne, p. 611
church, near Wingham, p. 554 (m). Pa-
riſh of, p 792 (t)
Goore, tenement of, in Dunttall, p. 579 (K)
Gore COURT S. in Otham, p 491
S. in Tunfall, p. 579
M. in Upchu ch, p. 542
Gore, manor of, p. 543 (g)-544-545
Goſhall, manor of, in Aſh, p. 687 (m)
GOULDS M. in Maidſtone, p. 100
CHANTRY, in Maidfione church, p. 100-122-128
Grange M. in Gillingham, p. 83, 693
The Nether, in Boxley, p. 130.
The Upper,
in the ſame, p. 130 (1)
S. in Leyborne, p. 2:0
GRAINE, Iſland of; p. 89. Manor of, p. 90
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Graine, lands in the Iſle of, p. 81
Gravene, borough of, p. 704 (v). Manor of, P. 716 (m).
Pariſh of, p. 792 (t)
GRAYNEY, alias GRAVENEY M. in Hartlip, p. 538
Graveſend, p. 644
Greane, manor of, p. 19
Greenhouſe, in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 629
GreenStreet H. in Tenham and Linfled, p. 621 (f), 633
Greenwich, Q. Elizabeth's Alms-houſe or Hoſpital in, p.
366, 367
--------, Ef, manor of, p. 402-494 (8)-606. Q. Eli-
zabeth at, p. 429 (f)
GREENWAY Court M. in Holling borne, p. 465
Greet S. in Doddington, p. 694. Upper, a farm, in the
fame, p. 802
GRENCH, alias GranGE M. in Gillingham, p. 83
Greneberghe, marſh of, p. 545, 644
Grenewothe, marth of, in Upchurch, p. 544
Grenoway, tenement of, in Hollingborne, p. 465 (0)
GRIGORIES, an eſtate in Ealling, p. 757
Grove, an eſtate in Boxley, p. 130
Grove End, a feat in Tunſtall
, p. 576
Lands, p. 575 (e)
Groveherft M. in Horſemonden, p. 387
GROVERS, alias GROVEHURST M. in Milton near Sitting-
borne, p. 627
Gundulph's Tower, in Rocheſter calle, p. 13
H.
Hackington, alias St. Stephen's, church of, p. 685
Haddis Tenement, alias Almery, in Chart Sutton, p. 405
Hadeneſham-now Cheneys Court, in Chart Sutton, p.
406, 408
Hadlow, manor of, p. 308-318-321-327–328-329-330.
Borough of, p. 308, 311-321
Hadlow, manor and borough of, p. 308. Manor, in Tun-
bridge, p. 332, 336. Place S. in Hadlow, p.
314
Hæfelholt, lands in, p. 16, 18
Hagdale, in Faverſham, lands in, p. 726(d)
Haihorne--now Eyhorne hundred, p. 390
Haiſden, tytheward of, in Tunbridge, p. 351
HALE PLACE S. in Looſe, p. 140
Hale Borough, in Wrothan, p. 235-242–244
HALFYOKE M. in Maidſtone, p. 105. Farm, p. 147
Halgelto, and Halegeftowa-now Halltow, P: 546, 548
Haliwelto, paſtures in, p 448 (8)
Halfto, lands in, p. 19, 563
Halimote, in Newington near Sittingborne, p. 549
Haliwell H, in Upchurch, p. 545
HALkwell M. in Pembury, p. 356
HALi Place M. in Eaſt Barming, p. 150
Hall, alias Otter den PLACE M. and S. in Otterden,
p. 505
Hall Farm, alias Abbats Court, in Harty, p. 678
Halling, Heallinges, lands in, p. 16–18–311. Palace, p.
30, 38. Vineyard at, p. 370 (6-403 (c)
Haltwiſle, charity ſchool of, p. 811
Halygarden, in Burham, p. 164, 169
Ham, manor of, p. 292 (r)
Ham, alias West COURT M. in Upchurch, p. 543
hamlet of, in Upchurch, p. 543, 545
Ham, an eſtate in Lüddenham and Preſton, p. 733
Ham Marſh, in Preſton, p. 805
Hamond Key, in Milton, p. 629
Hamme, lands in, p. 571 (w)
Hammerſmith, charity ſchool of, p. 811
Hamons atte Deane, yoke of, in Stockbury, p. 525
HAMPDEN M. in Hedcorn, p. 395
Hampton, borough of, in Weft Peckhan, p. 256
HAMPTONS S. in Weſt Peckham, p. 259,
Hamwold, denne of, in Woodneſborough, p. 792 (1)
Hanlo, manor of, p. 324, 325
HANSLETTs, an eſtate in O/pringe, p. 795
HARBILTON M. in Harrietſham, p. 460
Hardres, lands in, p. 311
Hareſland, p. 309
Harflet, alias Sharpneſs Marſh, p. 544 (0)
Hariardeſham-now Harrietíham, p. 455
Harlet, water of, p. 621 (f)
Harnden, in Chart, p. 405 (8)
HARRIETSHAM PLACE, alias Stede HILL S, in Harriet-
Sham, p. 457
Harrietſham, alms-houſe in, p. 468. Lands in, p. 503 (r)
Harpyſdown, lands in Faverſham, p. 808 (u), 809
HARTLIP PLACE S. in Hartlip, p. 539
Harty, Iſle of, p. 642-647-652-680 (r)-808-817. Bo-
rough of, p. 676 (ú), 704 (v). Shore of, p.
715 (2)
HASELLETTs, alias RADMANDEN M. in Horſemonden, po
389
Haflewood S. in Boughton Malherb, p. 486
Haflow-now Hadlow
Haſtings, Cinque Port of and its members, p. 83, 84
Haftingland, p. 309,
Haſtinge Key, in Rainham, p. 535
Hathdune, lands in, p. 16, 18
Hawkins's Hoſpital, at Chatham, account of, P. 77
HAWKSNEST F. in Stalisfield, p. 761
HAWKWELL M. in Pembury, p. 356
Hawkſwood, in Burham, p. 107-108-164
Haydherft Denne, in Marden, p. 81
HAYSDEN M. in Tunbridge, p. 337
Hayfden, lytheward of, in Tunbridge, p. 349
Haywall, marſh of, p. 621 (f)
Heahden, denberi of, p. 190
Healveaker, p. 48
Hedcorn, land in, p. 420. Pariſh of, p. 680. Parſonage
of, p. 802
Hedenham, manor of, p. 13
Hegdale Pit, near Faverſham, account of, p. 717.
Lands
in, p. 811
Hegſtraft, p. 310
Helle, alias Hill Green House S. in Stockbury, p.
525
Helmanhyrít, denberie of, p. 190
Helmes, alias Holmes Manor, in Iwade, p. 640
Hemited, Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (1)
Henhurſt, lands in, p. 16, 13
in Staplehurit, p. 137 (n). In Wef Farleigh and
Yalding, p. 295. Lands in, p. 305
Henle, church of, in the dioceſe of Lincoln, p. 745
Herbreton-now Harbilton Manor, in Harriettham, p. 462
Hercheghe, church of, p. 726
Herclope, lands in, p. 534
Heregedelham---now Harrietíham, p. 462
Herfell, wood of, p. 310
Heringſheath, p: 309
Herlemanſland, p. 310
Hermitage, in Aylesford, p. 96 (t). Account of, p. 177
Hernhill, pariſh of, p. 808
Herft Woods, p. 224-262-271
Manor, in Otterden, p. 418 (f)
HERST M. in Olterden, p. 506
Herſt, land in Hollingborne, p. 469
Herst HALL, in Herft and Murſion, p. 610
---, manor of, p. 782 (iiii)
Herſing Marſh, in Iwade, p. 641
Hertford, houſe of friars at, p. 392 (8)
Hefcenden-now Naſhenden manor, near Rocheker, p. 53
Hextalls Court, in Eaj Peckham, p. 277.
-- Manor, in the co. of Stafford, ibid,
Heyden, alias Cossington M. in Horſemonden, p. 389
Highden, p. 309, 310
Hicham COURT, alias GREAT HIGHAM M. in Milfted,
p. 590
Higham, Heagham, lands in, p. 16–18–63-64
Court, in Milfted, p. 591, 612. Lands in, p. 694
Highamden, p. 144
HIGHLANDS M. in Pembury, p. 358
Highfted, yoke of, p. 576 (1)
Hilden, borough of, p. 308
HILDEN M. in Tunbridge, p. 334
Manor of, p. 332. Manor and farm of, p.
335 (f). Manor and houſe, p. 552 (s). Green,
p. 335. Tytheward of, in Tunbridge, p. 351
HILDENBURGH, diftrict of, in Tunbribge, p. 332
Hildenborough, in Tunbridge, p. 349
HILL GREEN HOUSE S. in Stockbury, P: 525
Hill Green, in Stockbury, ibid.
Hillden, denne of, in Goudhurſt, p. 144
Hinkley chancel, in Tenham church, p. 68478)
Hirſt, La, land at, p. 612
Hith, hoſpital at, p. 38
Hloſe, Hlofan-now Looſe, p. 178
Hoade, alias Oade Street H. in Borden, p. 568
Hoch, lands in Thurvham, p. 494 (V), 499
Hoche, alias Elverland, in Oſpringe, p. 795
Hockbury, p. 310
Hockenbury, denne and farm of, in Hedcorn, p. 420
bridge, p. 426
Hockeridge, denne ofi, p. 792 (1)
Hode Lane, p. 621 (f)
HODLEICH M. in Lamberhurf, p. 377
Hoggeshaws, alias M1-LSTED M. in Milled, p. 589
Hoilingeborde--now Hollingborne, p. 463
Hokeling, land in Shepey, p. 802
Hokyngbury, p. 309
Holanbeorge, Holling borne, p. 190
HOLBean, alias HOLBORNE F. in Stalisfield, p. 761
Holborough mill, p. 38
HOLBOROUCH,

Ι Ν D E X of
PLACES.
9
p. 811
, in , p.
HOLBOROUGH, an eſtate in Snodland, p. 190. A hamler
in the ſame, account of, p. 192
Holborne, St. Andrew's charity ſchool of,
HOLBROOK M, in Boughton Monchelſea, P: 399
Holburie, yoke of, in Tunfall, p. 581 (x)
Holdredge-houſe Key, in Sittingborne, p. 616
Hole, alias Horeys, yoke of, in Borden, p. 567 (s)
Holeberge—now Holborowe, in Snodland, p. 190
Holirode Street, in Town Malling, p. 220, 221
Holland, yoke of, in Tunſtall, p. 581 (x)
--------, land in Shepey, p. 618 (6)
Hollenden, p. 3?0. Diftria of, in Tunbridge, p. 332
Holling borne, manor of, p. 16-18-176-519-528. Lands
in, p. 427, 519 (2).' Church of, p. 528.
Pariſh of, p. 621 (f)
HOLLINGBORNE HILL S. in Holling borne, p. 468
Holme manor, in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 412 ()
Holmes, alias Soames M. in Iwade, p. 640
Holmes Place, in Shepey, p. 651 (5)
Holmill, alias Harrietſham, p. 432 (c)
Holme Milt, alias Bentley M. in Harrietſam, p. 460
Homeſparke lands, p. 428 (a)
HOMESTALL S. in Eaſt Barming, p. 151
-, in Newnham and Doddington, p. 748
Honymarih, manor of, p. 736
fee Hamme Marſh, in Preſton, p.
Hoo, lands in, p. 19. Lordſhip of, p. 125. Hundred
of, p. 256 (w), 260, Manor of, p 260
Horden, denne of, p. 126 (0)
Herdo Common, paſture of, in Birling, p. 201
Horegate, p. 309
Horſegate, in Hadlow, p. 309, 310
Horſemonden, manor of, p. 324-388-389
HORSHAM M. in Upchurch, p. 543, 547
Horsnells Crouch, alias CROUCH, in Wrotbam, p. 240
Horfted, lands in, p. 16, 18
Horsted M in Chatham and Rochefer, p. 69
HoTHe M. in Horſemanden, p. 387
Hothfield, Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (1)
Houkinge-now Hucking, p: 519
How Court, lands in Thurnham, p. 499
Howfield manor, in Chartham, p. 445-731-761
Hroffceafter, caſtle of, p. 12, 229
Hucking, pariſh of, p. 464. Chapel of, p. 471
HUCKING, alias RUMPSTED M. in Hucking, p. 519
Hucking manor, in Minſter, p. 653
Huggins's Key, in Milton, p. 629 (k)
Hugh's tenement, in Minher, p. 653
Hulmes, land in Iwade, p. 640 (P).
Hundreds, the Seven, bailiwick of, p. 74 (s)
Huntingdon-now Hunton
HUNTINGFIELD M. in Ulcomb, p. 425
Huntingfield manor, in Eaſling, p. 7.50
HUNTINGFIELD Court M. in Eafling, p. 751
-------, Manſion of, in the ſame, p. 753
HUNTINGFIELD M. in Sheldwich, p 787
Huntings, lands in Eaſt Sutton, p. 420
Hwetonftede, denberie of, p. 190
Hyde, Weſt, ſalt creek of, p. 621 (8)
Hydore Lane, in Rainham, p. 536
Hylth, manor and park of, p. 286, 287
I.
Jack at Face, a place ſo called, p. 621 (
Jardines tenement, in Leyſdown, p. 672
JENNINGS COURT M. in Weft Barming, P: 154
Jennins Court M. in Yalding, P. 305
Jervas, lands, p. 295 (xx)
Imdiana King, yoke of, in Borden, p. 567 (s)
Jonathans garden, in Tenham, p. 684 (8)
Jordans Hall, in Maidſtone, p. 101
Jotes Placem-now Yokes Place, in Mereworth, p. 268
Ipſwich, college at, p. 353, 378
Iron Latcb farm, in Holling borne, p. 569.
Iron Street-ſee Eyhorne Street, in Hollingborné, p. 469
Illeham, pariſh of, in the co. of Cambridge, p. 38
Jllingham, manor of, p. 265 (6)
Itam, alias Weſt Park, in Wrotham, p. 239
Ivetigh, denne of, a diftri&t in Chart Sutton, p. 405
JUDDE House S. Oſpringe, p. 797
Julians marih, in Harty, p. 677 (e), 679
Ivyhatch, borough of, in Ightham, p. 246
Iwade, pariſh of, p. 680. Lands in, p. 732
Kempe's chantry, in St. Paul's church, London; p. 461
KEMSLEY Streer, in Bredhurſ, p. 528
Kemlley Downe, in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 616,
628 (v). Aicount of, and the remains
on it, p. 631
Kenaways, in Oſpringe, p. 799
Kenelworth caſtle, Q Elizabeth at, p. 225
Kents CHANTRY F. in Hedcorn, p. 394
KENWARDS F. in Yolding, P. 306
Kerſany manor, in River, p. 494 (V)
Keiton, pariſh of, p. 311
Kew, charicy ſchool of, p. 811
Keyadeleff, p. 309
Keyborough Hill, in Harty, p. 679
KeycoLe F. in Newington near Sitting borne, p. 559
Keycol Hill, account of, p. 561
Keyles, yoke of, in Tunſtall, p. 579 (n)
Key Street, account of, p. 561
Ker Street H. of, in Bobbing, p. 639
Key Street, near Faverſham, now the bigh London road, p.
689 (3)
Kimeſland, P. 310
KINGSBOROUGH M. in Eaſtchurch, p. 664
F. in the fame, ibid.
Kingfdown, pariſh of, near Wrotham, p. 243
Kings Ferry, p. 535-547-641-658. Account of, p. 643,664
King's Head Key, in Faverſham, p. 711
Kingsmill M. in Faverſham, p. 706, 799
KINGSNORTH M. in Ulcomb, p. 425. Borough of, p.
421, 697
Kingſnoth wood, in Leeds, p. 481
Kingſwood, p. 403-426-485
Kits Cory House, p. 69. Account of, p. 177
Knightriders Streer, in London, p. 556 (a)
Knockeden, p. 144
Knockwere pooles, p. 309, 310
Knole, Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
Knolles, land in Brenchley, p. 373
Kyngeſdone, lands in, p. 571 (7)
Kynvellgrove coppice, in Pembury, p. 355 (m)
Kypinges, lands at, in Frinfted, p. 512 (5)
Kyriel, manor of, in Borden, p. 567 (P)
Kyteſcroft, p. 310
806
L.
Labenſtrice gate, p. 621 (8)
Laborne, P311
Lads F. in Snodland, p. 192, 815 (2)
----, lands in Acriſe, p. 815 (w).
Laddes, houſe and lands ſo called, in Boughton Monchel-
ſea, p. 405 ()
Ladwood, in Eleham, p. 815 (W)
Lakefield, in Town Sutton, p. 420
Lamberhurſt, church of, p. 293
Lamberiſlonde, lands at, p. 723
Lambert, borough of, in Tunbridge, p. 333
Lamberts, meſuage called, p. 404 (S)
Lambeth, Biſhop of Rochelier's palace at, p. 36. Manor
of, p.91; 92
Lambden-now Walter's Folly, in Chart Surton, p. 405
Lambes, houſe and land in Boughton Monchelſea, p.4c515)
Lamporte, alias Langporte M. in Tunbridge, P: 332
Lancaſter, Dutchy of, p. 402-491-816
Langebregge, near Markewell; p. 453
Langeden manor, p. 19
LANGDON M, in Faverſham, p.705. Priory of, p. 520
Langdon, Weſt, abbey, account of, p. 607
Langley priory, in the co. of Hertford, account of, p. 67.
Langley, ſtream rifing at, p. 140. Heath, p. 403. Lands
in, p. 519 (2)
Lanhadrón park, in the co. of Cornwall, p. 568
LARKFIELD, hundred of, p. 54-156-214-298–306-384
Larkhale, p. 309
Laughton, in the co. of Suſſex, p. 163
Laurochesfel-nów Larkfield, p. 156
Layſdown, borough of, in Shepeý, p. 552
Ledani Caftrum-now Leeds, p. 472
Ledhoc, bamlet of, p. 152
Jeeds; inanof of, p. 66%23c-486. Manor and caſtle of,
p. 602. Cäftle of, p.65-171-370-478-737. De.
fcription of, p. 478. Länds held of, p. 513. How
nor of, p. 513, 807 (m). King's court of, p. 692,
774. Park of, p. 485. Fright, p. 479
----- ABBEY, or Priory, p. 479
Lees yoke, p. 478
LEES Court, alias SHELDWICH M. in Sheldwich, D.782
Leghe, church of, p. 344
Leiceſter, honor of, p. 815 (1)
Leigh, alias HiLDÉN BOROUOH Mi in Leigh, p. 331
Leighfieldm-now Littlefield hundred, p. 256, 257
Leleburns
K.
Karters Hythe, a Key, in Upchurch, p. 545
Keamehatches, lands in Eait Peckham, p. 279
KELSHAM, an efiate in Hedcorn, p. 393

Ι Ν D E X
P LA CE S.
of
Leleburne-now Leyborne, p. 205
Len, river, its riſe, p. 451
Lenham, p. 293.
LENHAM, West, M. p. 438. Manor of, p. 461. Lands
in, p. 513. New deanry of, p. 454–633-723
Lenum, water of, p. 451
Lerham, Lertham-now Lenham, p. 438
Leſdune--now Leyſdown, p. 669
Leſe, manor of, in Sheldwich, p. 782
Lested S. in Chart Sutton, p. 406
Lefted hope, alias Willathope, lands called, p. 648 (-)
Leuua Ricardi de Tonebriga, p. 308
Levenhoath, manor of, p. 379
LEVENOKE M. in Newington near Sitting borne, p. 556
LevesHOAT HE, alias LEWISHOATHE M. in Horſemonden,
p. 386
Leuetone, near Chatham, land in, p. 71
Lewſon Street H. in Tenham, p. 683
Leyborne, Lilleburne, lands in, p. 16, 18
LEYBORNE CASTLE, account of, p. 206
Leyſdown, village of, p.
Leyſton, in the co. of Suffolk, p. 607 (x)
LIDSING M. in Gillingham, p. 86. HAMLET, in the fame,
p. 89
Lilintuna--now Linton, p. 141
Lilleborne—now Leyborne, p. 206
Lillechurch, manor of, p. 698
Lilly H. in Watringbury, p. 284
Limene, river, p. 616
Lindridge cauſeway, in Lamberhurſ, p. 382 (1)
Lingfield college, account of; p. 377 (s)
Lingville farm, in Shipborne, p. 253 (ee)
Linſted, chapelry of, p. 685. Lodge and park, p. 687,690
Linton Place S. in Linton, p. 141
Linton, p. 144
Lifle Dieu, abbey of, in Normandy, account of, p. 545
Littleborough, in Stroud, p. 6
LITTLEFIELD, hundred of, p. 256, 311
Littles M. in Sheldwich, p. 787
Livituna chapel, p. 148
Lodge, alias Weſt Park, in Wrotham, p. 239
Lodge land, p. 420
Lodge M. in Linſted, p. 686
LODINGFORD, alias BerMONDSEY M. in Yalding, p. 305
Lodingford H. in Yalding, p. 306
LODDINGTON H. in Maidſtone pariſh, p. 121.
Tenths
of, ibid.
Lokeſing marſh, in Iwade, p. 641
Lomewood, alias Bromes M. in Nettleſted, p. 287
Lomewood, p. 309. inte
London, St. Paul's church in, benefaction to, p. 44.
St.
Helen's nunnery, account of, p. 151 (5), Blue
coat hoſpital, account of, p. 516 (f). Chriſt's
hoſpital, account of, ibid. “Alnis-houſes in St.
Helen's, p. 346
Longcanon tenement, in Sheldwich, p 722 (r)
Longeſbroke, in Yalding, p. 307
LONGHOUSE, in Harty, p. 676, 678
LONGsole, free chapel of, in Aylesford, p. 177
Looſe, tenths of the chapel of, p. 121.
Manor of, p. 141
Lords wood, in Milſted, p. 590, 598
Lords M. in Sheldwich, p. 786
Lorenden, in Challock, p. 584, 802
LorendENS M. in Oſpringe, p. 796
Lubeck well, in Newington, p. 550 (e)
Lucas's tenement, in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 405 (8)
Lucies M. in Newington near Sitting borne, p. 550-553-557
------, borough of, in the fame, p. 556
Luddenham, land in, p. 793 (a)
Luddeſdon, Hludeſduna, lands in, p. 311, 618
Luddington, in the co of Huntingdon, advowſon of the
church of, p. 774 (?)
Lullingſtone caftle, manor of, p. 237
Lundenwic-now Sandwich, p. 643
Lurrindennys, lands fo called, in Ofpringe, p. 796 ()
Lydeſing, in Chatham, p. 67. Manor of, p. 68. Farm,
at Gillingham, p. 87
Lydiesnow Lietles manor, in Sheldwich, p. 787
Lyggets croſs, p. 621 (f)
Lyghe, free chapel of, p. 342
Lyllingſton--now Linton, p. 141
Lymekyll wood, in Otterden, p. 503' (r)
Lyttylfelde, hundred of, p. 339 (f)
Lyttylhall M. alias Starkeys, in Woldham, p. 158
MADAMS, alias MERIAMS Court, in Frixfied, p.513
Madis, ad Madum-now Maidſtone
Mædettuna, lands in, p. 16, 18
Mæreuurtha-now Mereworth. Lands in, p. 16, 18
Maiden, alias Cranbrooke wood, in Newington near Sit-
tingborne, p. 559 (2)
Maidſtone, free ſchool of, p. 30. All Saints college in,
account of, p. 114. Hundred of, p. 94, 298.
Juriſdiction of the corporation of, p. 490
MAISON Dieu, hospital of, in ſpringe-freet, p. 803
-----, mill of, 'in Oſpringe, p. 698 (y)
Makenade manor---fee Macknar, p. 808
Malata, Malaca—now the Iſle of Shepey, p. 642 (:)
Maldens, in the co. of Surry, college at, p. 37
Mallengetis-now Malling, p. 216
MALLING ABBEY, account of, p. 216. Prebendary founded
in, account of, p. 220 (v). Lands in, p. 16, 18
Malling, Weft, p. 156. Manor of, p. 368
Malmains manor, in Stoke, p. 687 (m)
Mannings, a capital meſſuage in Shipborne, p. 253 (ee)
MANNS, in Bredgar, p. 585
Mapulderhurſt, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Marbery, p. 309
Mardale field, in Rainham, p. 535
Marden, p. 144. Townſhip of, p. 274. Hundred of, p
531, 550. Church of, p. 551 (m)
Piace, in Chart Sutton, p. 405 (8)
MARESBARROW, in Rainham, p. 533. Farm of, p. 540
MARESCALLS--now MASCALLS M. in Brenchley', p. 367
Markoke, p. 621 (f)
Marley, alias Marleigh manor, p. 432 (c)
MARLEY Court M. in Harriet nam, p. 460
Markſtoke, p. 309, 310
Marourde--now. Mereworth
Marſham, alias Bodynge, in Sharſed, p. 693
Martin Abbey, manor, in Tunbridge, p. 332, 333
Martins Chapman, lands in Halſtow, p. 547
Marybone, the King's'park in, in co. of Middleſex, p.770
MASCALLS M. in Brenchley, p. 367
Materiſh Crouch, p. 310
Mattefelde, p. 374
Mayotts, in Shepey, p. 652
Meapeham, lands in, p. 16, 18
Medway river, head of it at Ewell in Lenham, p. 451
p. 658, 670 (a). Mouth of, p. 621 (f)
Megwad—now Maidſtone, p. 94
Meletune, manor of, p. 324
Mellinges-now Malling, p. 216
Meopham, P: 311
Mercells, lands in Hedcorn, p: 392 (1)
Merden, p. 389
Mere, alias Meres Court M. in Rainham, p. 527-528-
532-533. Manor of, p. 527. Borough oj; p.
532-534 (6)
Court, in Murſton, p. 609
Meredale, in Rainham, p. 534 (6)
Mereham Court, alias Madams Court, in Frinſted, p.
511, 512
Mereſbarrow, in Rainham, p. 527
Merethorne--now Merelbarrow, in Rainham, p. 527-528
--532-533
Mereworth, p. 311. Houſe, account of, p. 267 (p). Ma-
nor of, p. 316
Meriams, alias MADAMS Court, in Frinſted, p. 513
Merlea--now Marley, in Harrietham, p. 436, 460
Merley Court portion of tythes, in Harrietſham, p. 461
Merrud - ſee Mereworth
Merſham, rectory of, p. 556 (a)
Merſtone, p. 571 (7)
Merton college, p: 37.
priory of, in the co. of Surry, account of, p. 205 (b)
Meſewell, lands, p. 727 )
Metlinges-now Malling, p. 212
Middlehale, wood in Leeds, p. 481
Midliffe yoke, in Tunſtall, p. 579 (n)
Middleton, alias Milton, hundred of, p. 520-550–620 (t)-
621 (f)-625 (2)-580 (r). Lath of, p. 619.
Fiſhery of, p. 700. King's court of, p.
521-567-573 (b). Mill of, p. 599. Church
of, p. 595, 720. Manor of, p. 37-533(z)-
543-578 (d)-612-663-669
----, fee allo Milton
Mildentune, manor of, p. 549, 550
MILGATE S. in Berſted, p. 486
Lower, alias Combes S. in the ſame, p. 487
Milhale H. in Aylesford, p. 107, 108
Mill F. in Gillingham, p. 89
Milfete Key, in the ſame, p. 87
Mill yoke, belonging to Leeds manor, r: 478
Milited, manor of, p. 609 (v)-674-675. Land in, p. 514.
Poor of, ibid.
M.
Machehevet--now Macknar, in Prefon, p. 808
MACKNAR, alias MAKENADE M. in Prejlon near Faver-
jham, p. 808
Milton

I N D E X
of P L A A CĒ S.
pey, ibid.
Milton, Meletuna, lands in, p. 16, 18
516–563–672. Lands in, p. 503 (»). Pas
-------, near Sittingborne, p. 80 (k)
alias Middleton, hundred and manor of, p. 531
rilh of, p. 451-452-668. Priory of, p. 550.
Prebends in, p. 563 (t)
-, manor of, p. 532–535 (V)-536 (0)-538 (y)-542-
alias Slayhill marih, in Halſtow and Upchurch,
543 (8)-546-547-549-550-551 (n)-553-5560
559 (c)-564-565-566-568-570-576 (1)-579,
p. 544 (1)
Newland, land at, p. 612
(g), (b)-588-590-593-596-600-605 (0)-606 Newmarín, in Upchurch, p. 544 (0)
611-614 (0)-618-635-638–640-650-651 (9) NewNHAM Court M. in Boxley, p. 127, 125
653-660-664 (a)-667-669-672 (0)-674 Newnham M. in Linſted, p. 686
Town of, p. 611-616-643-646
M. in Newnham, p. 687 (m). In Wickham, ibid.
by Graveſend, p. 311
lands in, p. 503 (-), 693 (m). Rectory of, p.
Minis Hill, in Frinſted, p. 514
726 (d)
Minſter, manor of, in Shepey, p. 63-468 (1)–645. Bo Newnham, alias Syndal Valley, p. 696–748–798
rough of, p. 552. Monaltery of, p. 647 (F). Newfole, p. 310
Church of, p.656, 660. Pariſh of, p. 621 (f) Nicholas farm, in Oſpringe, p. 799, 802
in Thanet, church of, p. 633, 720. Manor of, Niſell Hoath, borough of, in Tunbridge, p. 333
p. 692 (w)
Nizell manor, in Tunbridge, p. 332
Mixbury church, in the dioceſe of Lincoln, p. 745
Nordeſlinge-now Earling, p. 749
Moat borough, in Ightham, p. 246
Noke, lands at, in Hartlip, p. 538 (y)
-- M. and S. in the fame, p. 249
Northborne, church of, p. 633, 720
MOATHALL M. in Berſted, p. 486, 487
North borough, in Hedcorne, p. 391 (a)
MOATED House, in I wade, p. 640
North Court manor, in Stourmouth, p. 637 (m)
Moatlands, in Hadlow, p.318 (8). In Brenchley, p. 368 North Court, alias EASLING M. in Eaſling, p.750
Modingden, alias Mottenden, in Hedcorne, p. 391
North Dean, alias Norton Green, in Stockbury, p. 523
Modinton, à meſſuage, in Hollingborne, p. 469
North Eaſling H. in Eaſing, p. 750
Monkendane, lands in, p. 704 (v)
Northfield, advowſon of the church of, p.774(9)
MONKETON, M. and H. in Otterden, p. 504, 508
North Aleet, p. 311. Lands in, p. 16, 18. Manor of, p.
---, manor of, p. 687 (n), 704 (v)
681. Rectory, p. 114 (t), 122
Monkſcote, lands in, p. 504
NORTHFRYTH, an eſtate in Tunbridge, p. 313-330-331-35®
Moore Court, in Ivychurch, p. 412 (d)
Northmerſhe, in Shepey, p. 545, 644
Moore Street H. in Rainbam, p. 535
NORTH MILL, in Leeds, p. 482
Morris Court M. in Bapchild, p. 597
Northmyms, in the co. of Herts, advowſon of the church
Mortlake, charity ſchool at, p. 811
of, p. 774 (9)
Molton-now Múrſton manor, in Hollingborne, p. 467 Northwode manor, without Shepey, p. 625. Within She-
More, The, S. in Maidſtone, p. 97
Mote, le, a meſſuage, in Brenchley, p. 368
Northwood, alias Norwood manor, in Milton near Sitting-
Leeds caſtle ſo called, p. 472
borne, p. 6.2
More F. in the Iſle of Harty, p. 677, 678
M. in Eaſtchurch, in Shepey, p. 662
Meteneye marſh, p. 535
Northwood, in Wormſell, p 516
Mottenden, manor and priory of, in Hedcorne, p. 391.
field, in Tenham, p. 682
Account of, ibid.
Northwoodſee alſo Norwood
------, Great and Little, in Hedcorne, ibid. Norton Place M. in Chart Sutton, p. 404
Mount, manor of, in Cobham, p. 16 (0)
lands in, p. 726 (d), 746. Tythes in, p.
Multon-mead, in Eaſt Peckham, p. 274 (u)
726 (d): Church of, p. 746
Mun farm, in Upchurch, p. 545,
Norwood, alias NORTHWOOD Chafteners M. in Milton,
Muncton, church of, and lands in, p. 503 (r)
Murley Court, in Harrietſham, p. 461
Norwood field, in Hollingborne, p. 464 (e)
Murston M. in Holling borne, p. 467
NOTTINGHAM Court, alias HIGHAM M. in Milſed,
Muiton-fee Murfton
P. 590
Mynching wood, in Tunſtall, p. 580
Notis--now Nutts manor, in Shepey, p. 652, 671
Nowdes S. in Linfled, p. 690
Nuborough Court, in Tong, p. 605 (0)
N.
Nunpit well, in Newington, p.'550 (e)
Nuts M. in Leyfdown, in Shepey, p. 671
NASH H, in Leeds, p. 482
Nyewyngham, church of, p. 726
Nysells S. in Wratham-now WROTHAM PLACE, P. 236
meſfuage and lands at, p. 483 (z)
Naſhes, an eſtate in Luddenham, p. 733
NASHENDEN M. in St. Margaret's, Rocheſter, p. 19, 53.
0.
Tythes of, p. 56
Natynden, P 311
Neats Court, in Minſter in Shepey, p. 651
Oade, alias HOADE STREET hamlet, in Borden, p. 568.
Nedettede-now Nettleſted
Farm, in the ſame, p. 569
Needwood, foreſt of, p. 655 (1)
OAKS S. in Oſpringe, p. 799
Negdon, marſh of, p. 703 (n)
Ockley, Acle, lands in, p. 16, 18
Nepecker, hamlet of, p. 227
Offeham. lands in, ibid.
Neſſe, land in Emley, p. 19
Ofufanhille—now Ovenhill, in Boxley, p. 16()
Nefhenden manor, near Rocheſter, p. 6
Oldberry Hill, in Ightham, p. 332 (6). Mead, in Pem.
NETHER COURT F. in Faverſham, p. 707
bury, p. 359
Nether Green, a meſſuage, in the ſame, ibid.
Oldborough manor, in Maidſtone, p. 102. Borough of,
Nettleiteda, lands in, p. 16–18–311
in Ightham, p. 246
Nettleſed manor and advowſon, p. 292 (~)
OLDBOROUGH-now OLDBERRY Hill, in İghtham, p.
Estate, in Stockbury, p. 524. Portion of tythes,
250
ibid.
Oldbury Hill, in the co. of Wilts, p. 250(s). In the co.
Netys, alias Netys Court, in Shepey, p. 651
of Glouceſter, ibid.
Neuenham, manor of, p. 746 (i)
Oldebouldyſland, borough of, p. 704 (V)
Neupicar, borough of, in Wrotham, p. 235, 242
Old Court, manor of, p. 552 (s)
NewBARROW, alias NewBURGH, in Tong, p. 605
OLD FARM, alias Dunks S. in Lamberhurſt, p. 381
Newchurch, lands in, p. 117
Old Forge farm, in Tunbridge, p. 341
Newenden, townſhip of, p. 530
Oldgoldyſchelde, borough of, p. 704 (v)
Newenham, alias the Rectory of Thurnham, manor of,
Oldham-pow Woldham, p. 156, 157
Oldhaie, alias Holehaie farm, in Mereworth, p. 265, 27
p. 449
Newetone-now Newington near Sittingborne, p. 549
Oldhilve, manor of, p. 446 (0)
Newewere, fiſhery of, in Graine, p. 91
Old Place, in Maidſtone, p. 106
NEWERK, or College of All Saints, in Maidſtone, p. 113
Oldwives Lees, in Chilham, p. 787 (k).
NewGARDENS, alias TenHAM OUTLANDS, in Tenham,
Olecombe--now Ulcomb, p. 421
Ore, mill at, p. 726 (d). Lands at, ibid. Boroughof, p.
Newhall, alias BORSTAL M. in Minſter in Shepey, p.650
704 (v. 'Manor of, p. 759 (a). Church of, p.761
NewHOUSE, in Rodmerſbam, p. 594
ORE Mills, in Davington, p. 728
Newhythe H. in Eaſt Malling, p. 107–108–214. Chapel Orgatteſpytte, p. 621 (f)
of, p. 214, 215
Orlanfon manor and advowſon, p. 292 (-)
Newington, near Sittingborne, manor of, p. 294-399-
Orpington, yoke of, in Tong, p. 605 (0)
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PLACES.
22
PECKHAM. Prithes of, lands in, p. 16, 18
Orpington, Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 ()
Oſpringe, manor of, p. 391, 428 (a), 456, 512. Court
of, p. 427, 763 Oratory at, p. 798. Mai-
fon Dieu or hoſpital, account of, p. 801. Pa-
rifh of, p. 808
Oterafhe-now Otteridge, in Berſted, p. 488
Otford, battle at, p. 179
Pariſh
---, manor of, p. 237. Honor of, p. 332.
of, p. 311
Otham Hole, lands in Otham, p. 491 (s)
Otham, borough of, in Clapham, p. 551
Otringeberge-now Watringbury
Otringedene-now Otterden, p 500
OTTERHAM, alias ATTRUM H. in Upchurch, p. 543. A
Key in the ſame, p. 545
OTTERIDGE, in Berſted, p. 488
Ottham, in the co. of Suſſex, religious houſe at, p. 378
OvenHille, alias OverHILL F. in Boxley, p. . 16 (9),
18, 129
Ovinia- now Shepey, p. 642
OwRE M. in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 628. Owre
Houſe, in the ſame, ibid. (v)
OXENHOATH M. and S. in Weft Peckham, p. 260. Borough
of, p. 256
Oxford, All Souls college in, p. 543 (f). Baliol college,
p. 44. Cardinal college, p. 272. Corpus Chrifti
college, account of, p. 787 (n). Magdalen col-
lege, p. 44. Merton college, p. 558. St. Fri-
defwide's priory, P. 344. St. John's college, p.
347: Univerſity college, p. 116. Alhmolean
muſeum, p. 566 (6)
Univerſity, p. 346-347-556-558
P.
Padlefworth, lands in, p. 16, 18
Pædleſwurtha---now Padleſworth
Page's Key, in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 629 (k)
PAINTERS F. in Oſpringe, p. 793, 802
PARADISE F. in Hartlip, p. 540
Paringent-now Barnjet, p. 152
Park Corner, land, p. 420
Parkfield, p. 621 (f)
Park House S. in Maidſtone, p. 96 (t), 103
San
------, in Boxley, p. 131
Parkland, in Hadlow, p. 320 (2)
Park Valley, p. 621 (f)
Parkwood, in Otterden, p. 503 ()
Paroche, precinct of, p. 217
PARROCKS M. in Brenchley, p. 368
Parſons Walks wood, in Otterden, p. 503 (r)
Patchgrove wood, in Ightham, p. 248 (W)
Patreches, a tenement ſo called, p. 556 (y)
Pattenden, borough of, p. 139
Patynden neſmell, p. 395
Paulsford, alias Padleſworth, p. 193
Payton Street, in Lower Halftow, p. 535
Peckenden, denne of, p. 144
Peckham, Eaſt, manor of, p. 144-288 (v)-373–388
Welt
, preceptory of, p. 259-270-595
M. in Hadlow, P: 317, 237
Peckmantton, manor of, p. 552 ()
Pedding, lands in Tenham, p. 612
PELICANS S. in Watringbury, p. 283
Pelleforde--now Padleſworth, p. 193
Pelleſholte, in Wrotham, p. 244
Pencourt M in Holling borne, p. 462, 468
Pendfield, in Thurnham, p. 497 (1)
et dolotocolo
Penderigg, meadow of, p. 355
Penſhurſt, p. 309, 310. Manor of, p. 790
Manor of, p. 790.000
Halymote, manor of, p. 332
Pepenbury--now Pembury, p. 355
---, pariſh of, p. 159 (f). Manor of, p. 339 (f).
Rectory of, ibid. Chapel of, p. 164
PEPINGSTRAW, in Ofham, p. 222
Perie--now Perry Court, in Prellon, p. 809
Perítede, p. 190
Pery MARSH, in the Iſle of Harty, p. 677, 678
Perry Court F. in Preſton near Faverſham, p. 809
Perrywinckle mill, in Milton, p. 629
Pele ga--now Shepey, p. 642 (i)
Petham, lands in, p. 490
Pettes, manor of, p. 324
Petts farm, in Burham, p. 78
-----, alias Potts Court M. in Bapchild, p. 598
Pevenahe-now Puniſh farm, in Snodlaná, p. 192
Peveneſte, p 310. Iland of, p. 309
Peveníey calle, in the co. of Suſſex, p. 475
Peverel, Honor of, p. 54-427-455-456-459-461-512(V)-
515 (0)-790(a)
PHILIPOTTS F in Turbridge, p. 335
Pockenden alias PINNENDEN HEATH, account of, p. 132
Pidinge, Affart of, p. 696
Pilchers, land in Lenham, p. 621 (f)
Pompes Court M. in Looje, p. 139. In Eaft Farleigb,
p. 146, 287
Pimpe, hamlet of, p. 153. Manor of, p. 294
alias Weſt Barming nianor, p. 154
Pinden, Pinnendene, lands in, p. 16, 18
PINNENDEN HEATH, account of, and of the famous allean.blog
there, p. 132
aſſembly at, p. 22-39-91-135-
132-136-216-229-551 (92)
Pinpa-ſee Pimpes Court, in East Farleigh, p. 146
Pippingheath, manor of, p. 305
Piria---now Perry Court, in Prellon, p. 809
Pitstock, alias Pistock S. in Tunfall, p. 580
Pizzon Well H. in Warringbury, p. 281(2), 284
PLAXTOOL, a diſtriet in Wrotham, p. 240. Chapel of, pa
Plecy, college of, in the co. of Eſſex, p: 371
Plots, lands in Shepey, p. 651 (1)
Pluckley, pariſh of, p. 301.
Lands in, p. 523 (0)
PLUMFORD F. in ſpringe, p. 793. Manor of, p. 813
Plumited, alias Lernes marſh, p. 564
Pluſlingherſi, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Pokeſhaulle, poor hoſpital of, near Sittingborne, p. 606(r)
POLLARDS, alias Bunces COURT S. in Otterden, p. 506
Polledcroch. p. 512 (5)
Polley Street, in Detling, p. 138
Poneihe-now Puniſh, in Snodland, p. 192
Pontefract caſtle, p 474
POPESHALL F. in Hartlip, p. 537
Poplar Court, rents in Graveney, p. 816
Portway, alias Porters, a ſheerway in Sheldwich and Prelom,
p. 787, 807
Posiers M. in Borden, p. 567, 767
Polterne park, in Tunbridge, p. 330. Lands in, p. 350.
Tytheward of, p. 351
Potokks, lana's at Greenttreet in Hollingborne, p. 470
Potts, alias Petts Court manor, in Bapchild, p. 598
Potts-aſh alias Potaſh, a meſſuage in Holling borne, p. 467(n)
Pottens, lands in Iwade, p. 040 (P)
Potyns, alias the Crown Inn, in Rocheſter, p. 19
Poueneſſe--now called Puniſh, in Snodland, p. 192
Powder Malls, Royal, in Oſpringe, p. 798
Poyles F. in Borden, p. 566
Poynings marſh, in Tenham, p 682. In Faverſham, p.
906(k), 713 (1), 714. Lands in Chilham,
p. 808 (r)
Preceptory, alias The Manor of WEST PECKHAM,



p. 258
Preſtefelde, in Rocheſter, p. 22-7-59
PRESTON M. and S. in Aylesford, p. 174
Preſton near Faverſham, land in, p. 66-458-793(a)
Preston House S. in Preſion near Faverſham, p. 811
PRIGLES M. in Pembury, p. 358
Prior, lands in Otterden, p. 507
Priors, woodland, p. 621 (f)
Pritelwell, in the co. of Exilex, priory of, p. 254
PROVENDERS S. in Norton, p. 741
Pryland, wood in Leeds, p. 481
Pue, chapel of our Lady of, p. 99 (9)
Pulleyn M. in Horjemenden, P 387 (v)
Punghurſt, in Chatham, p. 79
Punith farm, in Snodland. p. 192
PUTTENDEN, alias SHIPBORNE M. in Shipborne, p. 251
Puttenden farm, in Shipborne, p. 253 (ee), 309
Purwood F. in Ofbringe, 796
Pyding, alias St John Shotts field, in Doddington, p. 696
Pympe manor, in Yalding, p. 287
Pyſinge, land in, p. 571 (w)

Q.
Queenborough, pariſh of, p. 621 (1)-643–714. Hoſpital
at, p 060 Caſtle, p. 622, 714
Castle, deſoription of, p. 656
Queens Court M. with Berengrave F. in Rainham, p-
534, 535
Queen Court M. in ſpringe, p. 790, 791. Knights
fees held of it, p. 790 (f)
Queendowne, in Hart ip, p. 535 (p)
WARREN, in the ſame, p. 539
Quintin farm, in Milcon near Sittingborné, p. 630


R.
Radfield H. in Bapchild, p. 598, 621 (93. Free chapel
in, account of, p. 599
RADMANDEN, alias HASELLETTS M. in Horſemonden, p. 389
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PLACE S.
Ruthyn, lordſhip of, p. 412
Rychemonds, lands in Wormſell, p. 516
Ryde, land in Shepey, p. 802
Rydemarſh, land in the ſame, ibid.
Rydſwall marſh, in Iwade, p. 726 (d)
Rye, Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
Rumpſted, p. 309
Ryngeſlowe, hundred of, p. 2t
Ryfdall, alias Ridſwall Telmarſh, in Minſter in Shepey,
p. 652
S.
Rainham, Weft, p. 621 (f). Mark, ibid.
Randalls, lands in Town Sutton, p. 420
Rapham, alias Repham manor, in Eaſtchurch, p. 664 (d)
Raih, alias Ryarſh, p. 202
Rayham, in Eaſtchurch in Shepey, p. 665
Rayton, alias Royton manor, in Lenham, p. 441
Read, lands, p. 648 (-)
Reading, abbey of, p. 699 (e)
Reculver, P: 714
Reddenne, land in Brenchley, p. 355, 373
Redhilve, manor of, p. 446 (0)
Redleaf, p. 310
Redleghe, rent in, p. 230
Redlingweld, advowſon of the church of, p. 774 (7)
Redwell, borough of, in Ightham, p. 246
Renham-now Rainham, p. 664 (d)
Reyers--now Ryarſh, p. 205
Reyhamme, manor of, p. 782 (iii)
Reynolds's Key, in Milton, p. 629
Richmond, ſchool at, p. 811
Ricroft, land in Hollingborne, p. 464 (e)
Ridlehe, manor of, p. 211
Riefche--now Ryarth, p. 202
Rigſell, wood in Stalisfield, p. 761
Ringleftone farm, in Doddington and Hollingborne, p. 695
Ringley wood, parcel of Buckland manor, p. 737
RINGS M. in Woldham, p. 6, 158
RINGSTED COURT S. in Frinfied, p. 512
Ripple M. in Hollingborne, p. 466
Rillendon-now Ruthindon, in Shepey, p. 650
Rifhette, p. 310
RISHFORDs, alias RUSHFORDS M. in Hedcorne, p. 394
Ritherden, p. 309
Robertſbridge abbey, account of, p. 376
Rocheller, The hundred of, p.1, 53
city of, p. 644. Land in, p. 464. Houſes in,
p. 172-549-551 (n). The King's manfion in,
p. 26(e). Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
CASTLE, decfcription of, p. 12
Lands held of,
(194-204-227
(h,
Bridge, account of; p. 15. Lands contributory
to the repair of it, p. 16-19-22-53–
71-87–110-130-159-162-17 3–189-
192--194--200--209-219-224-23:-
242--262--271--279–284-288-469
--, chapel or chantry at the foot of it, ac-
count of, p. 21. Endowment of, p. 672
St. Mary's pariſh, p. 48. St. Nicholas's, p.
49-649 (d). St. Margaret's, p. 52–57-62.
St. Clement's, p. 48
DIOCE'S E, account of, p. 31-32. See of, p. 157
the Biſhop's palace there, account of, p. 30
cathedral church, account of, p. 28
priory, account of, p. 2 (b)-22-28–157-158-216
archdeaconry of, p. 27
Rode, borough of, p. 704 (0)-724 (f)-817
Rodes, chapel of, in Greenwich, p: 99 (9)
Rodfield, alias Radfield, in Bapchild, p. 599 (1)
Rodmerſham, chapel of, p. 635
Roeden, burcugh of, in Brenchley, p. 144-244-373
Rolfe atte Denne, joke of, p. 586 (e)
Rome HOUSE S. in Chatham, p. 70
Romeiled, lands in Hucking, p. 519 (2)
Romney marſ, p. 644
Romney, Old, church of, p. 774 (9)
Rongoftone--now Ringleſtone, p. 695
Rose Court M. in Graine, p. go
Roſeacre, a houſe in Berſted, p. 489, 499
Rofingdone-now Ruſhindon, in Shepey, p. 650
Rother, river, p. 616
Rotherfield, church of, p. 745
Roughway, borough of, p. 235, 242
Rowes Place F. in Aylesford, p. 173
Roweſhill, p. 621 (f)
ROYDON HALL S. in Eaſt Peckham, p. 274
Royton, alias Roheſia's Town, in the co. of Hertford, p.
ROYTON M. in Lenham, p. 441. Chapel of, p. 441, 453
Ruffins mead, p. 211
Ruggeſon-now Ringleſtone, p. 695
Rugierhill, borough of, p. 166-302-365-384
RUMPSTED, alias HUCKING M. p. 519
Ruohide, p. 310
RUNHAM M. in Lenham, p. 442
----, land near, in Lenham, p. 462, 469
Running lands, in Preiton near Faverſham, p. 787 (k)
RUSXFORDS, alias RISHFORDS M. in Hedcorne, p. 394
KUSHINDON M. in Minſter in Shepey, p. 650
RUSHITT F. in Norton, p. 741, 743
Ruſſerkin yoke, belonging to Leeds manor, p. 478
Sædungburna-now Sittingborne, p. 611
Saherfted—now Sharíted, p. 692
ST. BARTHOLOMEW's Hospital, in Chatham, account
of, p. 75
in Rocheſter, p. 6.
St. Bertin, abbey of, at St. Omers in Flanders, p. 767
St. Cleres, borough of, in Ightham, p. 246
---, alias West ALDHAM M. and S. in Ightham,
p. 247
St. Helens M.'in Eaft Barming, p. 151, 292 (-)
St. James's hoſpital, in Tong, p. 606
St. John's manor, in Sutton at Hone, p. 237
St. John Shotts, alias Pyding field, in Doddington, p. 696
St John of Jeruſalem, hoſpital of the Knights of, p. 730
St. Katherine's ſpital, or hoſpital, in Rocheſter, account
of, p. 61
hoſpital, near the Tower, London, account
of, p. 534
St. Laurence Poultney college, London, p. 758
St. Leonard borough, in Town Malling, p. 216-219. Cell
of, p. 220
St. Radigund, priory of, near Dover, p. 445-673-731-
761. Abbey of, p. 567, 746
St. Thomas, Martyr, chapel of, p. 350
ST. VINCENTS S. in Addington, p. 227
SALTS PLACE S. in Looſe, p. 140
309
Sandhurſt, land in, p. 462
Sandown field, in Tenham, p. 684
Sandway, in Lenham, market at, p. 451
Sandwich, port of, p. 290, 643
Sapingdon, manor of, p. 782 (iii)
Sathenegabail.-now Aylesford, p. 166
SATIS S. in Rocheſter, p. 51
--, p. 62. Q. Elizabeth's reception there, p. 51 08
Sawyers fields, in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 632
Saye, honor of, p. 459.
wy
Sayes Court, alias HARTY M. p. 676 kroglasi
Sceapige -- now Shepey, p. 6422
Scelfe—now Shelve, in Lenham, p. 438, 445
Schelwych, hamlet of, p. 722, 789
Puno no osv
Schiburne, chapel of, p. 350
Schyldwic--now Sheldwich, p.782 stiut iba
Scokles, lands in Minſter, p. 653 millele
Scorner M. in Lamberburſt, p. 3800?
Little, farm, in the ſame, p. 381
SCRAY, Tłe lath of, p. 530 8r.
Scriborne--now Shipborne
Scudington, alias Scuttington, in Tong, p.606(s), 621(f)
Seaſalter, wears at, p. 624 (m). Manor of, p. 630
Seleſburne, p. 455
Selfa-now Chalk, p. 156
Selgrave, manor of, p. 736. Borough of, p. 704 (v), 787
M. in Sheldwich and Preſton, p. 786, 806
SELLERS M. in Woldham, p. 159
Orbima
Selling, pariſh of, p. 697-792 (1)-808
Selſey, ſee of, p. 601 (1)
12.9
bristand
Selttid, manor of, p. 552 (s) 8 p
Selwood wood, p. 281
Seriſchefam, demeſne of, p. 724 (c)
HD
ชุฯd 32
SETTINGTON M. in Chatham, p. 70 2900
Sevenoke, ſchool at, p. 348 odcoitortu bastabos
Sevington, tenements in, p. 512 (s) 339 2 ssa?
Sewards M. and S. en Linfted, p. 688 M 2012
Shadſcroſs, in Frinſted, p. 512 (s)
sbostibona, boli
SHALES Court M. in Maidſtone, p. 102
Shamelesford, p. 763
Sharnden manor, in Emley, p. 19
SHARPNASH, alias SHARPness, in Upchurch, p. 543
--, manor of, p. 544
Sharpneſs, p. 621 (1)
Sharítede, in Chatham, p. 67 yalamad 4 790
SHARSTED M. in Chatham, p. 68 %
Court M. and S. in Doddington, p. 692 2202
chancel, in Doddington church, p. 696
manor of, p. 504. Land at, p. 612
Sharynden, p. 19
775 (V)
SHAWSTED,

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SHAWSTED, alias SHARSTED M. in Chatham, p. 68
Sheerneſs fort, p. 72, 621 (f). Garriſon and dock, p.
643, 644
ville of, in Shepey, p. 654. Fort, account of, ibid.
Sheldewyke, p. 311
Sheldwich, chapel of, p. 720, 724. Church of, p. 723.
Pariſh of, p. 808
Lees, account of the race at, p. 787 (k)
Shelve MANORS, account of, p. 445
-, Weft, manor, in Lenham, p. 445-446-504 (d)
Old, in Lenham, p. 446
----, M. in Lenham, p. 447
Middle, alias Red Shelve-now called Old Shelve,
in Lenham, p 447
Shelve, Eaft, alias Cobham manor, p. 445-446448
Shepex ISLAND, defcription of, p. 642
Iſle of p. 19-531-535-550-552 (m)-602-610
620 (w)-621 (f)-641
--------, church of St. Sexburg in, p. 551 (n)
--------, nunnery of Minfter in, account of, p. 580
caſtle of, p. 656
SHEPHERDS FORSTAL, in Sheldwich, p. 787
SHEPWAY COURT, an efiate in Maidfone, p. 100
Sherth, p. 310
Sherwinhope--now Scray lath, p. 530
Shipway, court of, p. 701-707-709(e)
Shire Town of Maidſtone, p. 109
Shirlonde manor-fee Shurland, p. 662
Shofford, alias The Moat S. in Maidltone, p. 97
SHOLAND, alias SHULLAND F. in Newnham, p. 1747
Sholland, alias Shorland M in Newnham and Dodding-
ton, p. 747 (u)
SHOREHAM DeANRY, account of, p. 31
Shorne parſonage and vicarage, p. 26 (d). Lands in, p.
64. Manor of, p. 625
Shottenton, in Chitham, p. 792 (t)
Showbery, in the co. of Effex, p. 644
Shurland, manor of, p 578 (a), 645. Efate in Eaſt.
church, p 667
--- M. in Eafichurch, p. 660
Shynglecroſs, a tenement, in Kingſdown near Sittingborne,
p. 591 (1)
Siburne-now Shipborne
SIFLESTON M. in Ditton, p. 186
Silam Court, in Rainham, p. 534 (k)
SILHAM, alias SILEHAM M. in Rainbam, p. 533-534(b)-
746 (1)
Silver Street, in Bredgar, p. 587
Sion, monaſtery of, in the co. of Middleſex, account of,
p. 768 -
Sifinghurſt, Q Elizabeth at, p. 429 (1)
Sittingborne, & Elizabeth at, ibid. K. George II. at,
p. 616. Cheap entertainment of K. Henry
V. at, p. 615 (2)
Skypton caſtle, in the co. of York, p. 473 (9)
Skifte mead, in Hollingborne, p. 469
Sladis bridge, in Eaſt Peckham, p. 279
Slakke, land in Lenham, p. 453
Slayhills, marſh of, p. 544-545-644
Slaywrithſmede, p. 309
Smalaland, land in, p. 16, 18
Smallbridge, in Horſemonden, p. 388
Smarden, land in, p. 802
Smeeth, land in, p. 526
SMEE 1 hs, an eſtate in Horſemonden, p. 387
Smithelbourn, p. 309
Smithſdown, p. 310
SMITHS HALLS in Wef Farleigh, p. 295
Smithe's tenement, in Oſpringe, p: 799
Snagſbrook, a meſſuage in Hollingborne, p. 467 (m)
Snargate, lands in, p.519 (2)
Snatynden, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Snave, lands in, p. 469
Snockherſt, lands in Hollingborne, p. 464 (e)
SNODBEAN, in Ofham, p. 222
Snode, lands in Hollingborne, p. 464(e)
Snode Street, hamlet of, p. 780 (7)
SNODHURST M. in Chatham, p. 70
Snodland, Snodilanda, lands in, p. 16, 18
Snolledge, alias Snodhurft manor, in Chatham, p. 70
Snout wears, in Faverſhamn, p.715 (2)
SOAME3, alias Holmes M. in Iwade, p. 640
Somergate, p. 309, 310
SOMERHILL S. in Tunbridge, p. 340
Sondes Place, at Darking in the co. of Surry, p.763
Sopers, wood in Brenchley, p. 366 (w)
SORANKS M. in S'anſted, p. 233
Sore M. in Wrotham, p. 240
Sornden, a tenement in Lenham, p. 439 (m)
SOUTH M. in Tunbridge, p. 336
alias SOUTHBOROUGH diftria, ir Tunbridge, p. 336
South, borough of, p. 308
Southberton, p. 173
Southborough ward, in Tunbridge, p. 350. Tytheward
of, p. 351
Southbote, land, p. 782 (iii)
Southfield, in Faverſham, p. 707
Southfleet mañor, p. 26 (d). Lands in, p. 16–18–311
Southfrith, p. 330. In Tunbridge, p. 340. Manor of,
341. Park of, p. 350
SOUTHFRYTH, diftri&t of, in Tunbridge, p. 337
South Groves, in London, p. 621 (f)
Southerdon, manor of, p. 432 (c)
Southlands, in Sheldwich, p. 786, 788
Southmilne, in Milton, p. 620
SOUTHOLMENDEN M. in Hedcorne, p. 394
Southouſe, lands in Sheldwich, p.786, 788
Southparke, lands, p. 428 (a)
Southparke, wood in Leeds, p. 481
South Street, in Stock bury, p. 525
SPELMONDEN S. in Horſemonden, p. 385
SPILSTED, an eſitate in Eaſt Peckham, p. 277
Sprivers M. and S. in Horſemonden, p. 386
Spurt falt-marſ, p. 19
Stains farm, in Upchurch, p. 545
Stair ward, in Hadlow, p 503 (r)
Stalisfield, lands in, ibid. Manor of, p.730. Church of,
p. 731
Standard Hill, in Newington, account of, p. 561
Key, in Faverſham, p. 711
Standgate Creek, p. 547
Stanecroft, land in Wichling, p. 510
Stanefelle-now Stalisfield, p. 758
Stanes--now Stone near Faverſham, p. 734
Stanford, lands, p. 288 (2)
Stangar, alias tangard, alias Harty rectory, p.678
Stannerland, in Stockbury, p. 521 (1)
Stanſted manor, p 232 (cc). Pariſh, p. 243
Staplehurſt, p. 792 (t)
Starch field ſee Stalisfield, p. 758
Staresfelde, manor of, p 5c0 (t)
STARKEYS M. in Woldbam, p. 158
Stedehill feat, in Harrietſham, p. 457
Steed-ftreet, in Harrietſham, p. 456 (1)
Stelling, p. 311
Stepedone-now Stuppington, in Norton, p. 743
Stephen, K. his caſtle at Judde-hill in Oſpringe, p. 800
Stephurſt, borough of, in Hedcorne, p 391 (a)
Stickmouth, near Yalding, p. 306
Stidals bridge, in Eaſt Peckham, p. 279
Stoberfield borough, in Brenchley, p. 144, 373,
Stochingeberge-now Stockbury, p. 520
Stock bury, lands in, p. 519 (2). ' Valley, p. 525, 631.
Church, p. 525. Vicarage, p. 621 (f)
STOCKSHILL M. in Brenchley, p. 372
Stockwell, yoke of, p. 478
Stodmerhill manor, 'in Brenchley, p. 372
Stoke, Stoches, lands in, p. 16, 18
juxta Clare, in the co. of Suffolk, priory of, p.254
Stokebridge, p 309
Stokenbury borough, in Eaſt Peckham, p. 144–278 (0)-279
-----, account of, p. 278
Stone, Stanes, lands in, p. 16, 18
borough, in Maidſtone, p. 110. In Faverſham, p. 806
and Bynne, yoke of, p. 576 (1)
---, chapelry of, p. 685
STONEACRE F. in Otham, p. 492
STONEHOUSE, in Berſted, p. 488
Stourmouth, lands in, p. 444 Church of, p. 134 (x)-745
Stracies marih, in Miniter in Shepey, p. 650 (1)
Strangeland wood, p. 313
Stray, water in the hundred of Hoo, p. 90. In Lower
Halſtow, p. 547
Streetwell, in Lenham, p. 451
Stretgate, p. 309
Stroud, chantry' in, p. 21 (w). Hofpital of, p. 26, 36.
Pariſh of, p. 62. Town of, p. 71
Strutton ſtreet, in Berſted, p. 488. Tythes of, p. 489
Scubble Hill, land in Lenham, p. 462
STUDMORE M. in Brenchley, p. 372
Stunts F. in Horſemonden, P 386 (9)
SIUPPINGTON F. in Norton, p. 743
Sturry, manor of, p. 432 c)
Styles, lands in Lamberhurit, p. 381
Sudtone-now Town Sutton, p. 409
Sunnynglygh, p. 309, 210
Suthelmingdene, p: 394 (9)
Suthgate borough, in Rocheiter, p. 52
Sutton Valence manor, p. 405, 415
---- Haſtings--now Sutton Valence, p. 411 (0)
CASTLE, in Touin Sutton, p. 414
PLACE, alias CLENKARDS S. in Town Sutton, p.413
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Honor of, p.
Sutton park, in Chart Sutton, p. 408
BARN, alias BARON M. in Borden, p. 565
yoke, in Borden, p. 566
Swaineſdowne, in Iwade, p. 641
Swalden field, in Tenham, p. 726 (d)
Swale, the water of, p. 90-601-606-610-629-630-641-
642–643–648 (~)-656-674-675-676-679-680(r)-
711-730–733-736-816
Swanley, an eſtate in Eaſtchurch in Shepey, p. 665
Swanſcombe, manor of, p. 15–173(w)-194–204.--227;
Pariſh of, p. 31. Church of, p. 753 (y)
Swanton, Swanatuna, lands in, p. 16, 18
--- Court M. in Mereworth, p. 270
alias Swan Court F. in Bredgar, p. 584
Court, p. 621 (f)
Swingfield, preceptory of, p. 730, 759. Church of, p.
P
584 (1)
Swinſland, p. 309
SYNDALL F. in Lenham, p. 450
alias Syndane valley, p. 514
F. in Oſpringe, p. 797
Syndrell, wood in Brenchley, p. 366 (w)
Trolley pariſh---fee Trotteſclive
Trotteſclive, lands in, p. 16, 18. Palace, p. 30, 38.
Manor of, p. 473
Truilla, and Trulega--now Throwley, p. 762
Tudbury, honor of p. 65 5. (u)
TUNBRIDGE, The Lowy of, p. 308
- Town, borough of, ibid. Foreſt, p. 309.
Manor of, p 308, 311.
367 Cattle of, p. 308–314 (c)-474 (s).
Vineyard at, p. 403 (c). Priory of, p.
323-374-379.
Church of, p. 255
Tunlaferherſt, denne of; p. 438 (u)
Tunſtall, manor of, p. 568-583-586-674 (t). Pariſh of,
p. 621 (f)
TUNSTALL House S. in Tunſtall, p. 581
TURKEY MILLS, The Old, near Maidſtone, p. 132
Turrifeld, hamlet of, in Bobbing, p. 640
Tutſham, manor of, p. 292 (?).
alias Totesham Hall M. in Weſt Farleigh,
p. 295
TWIDALL N. in Gillingham, p. 82. Key, p. 87. Field,
p.
621 (f)
Twiſden, denne or borough of, p. 275 (a)
TWYFORD, The hundred of, p. 273-284-289
mil1, P. 303 (y)
T.
V.
Vaga, a Britiſh river, p. 94
Vagniacæ, p. 94--24"-452 (1)
Vanes S. in Brenchley, p. 367
Uckham - ſee Ulcomb
Veles, alias SNODLAND M. in Snodland, p. 191
Vervex--now Shepey, p. 642 (i)
UFTON M. in Tunfall, p. 578, 614 (m)
VICTUALLING OFFICE, at Chatham, P: 73
Viend garden, in Norton, p_741
Vienne, in Dauphiny, p. 796
VINTERS S. in Boxley, p. 128
Ulcomb, pariſh of, p. 697
UPBERY M. in Gillingham, p. 85. F. in the fame, p. 88
Upleez farm, in Faverſham pariſh, p. 733
Upnor caille, p. 655, 783 (m)
Upper Court, p. 58, 59
Upproham, lands in Eaſtchurch in Shepey, p. 664
Vyeleftun, manor of, p. 324
83 cm
W.
Tancre, in Fordwich, p. 667 (f)
Tangas--now Tong, p. 602
Tappenden, denne of, in Smarden, p. 733 (k), 765
TATLINGBURY M. in Tudeley, p. 353
Tattelmele, p 141
Taylenaſh, lands, p. 648 (r)
Tayler eſs marſh, in Iwade, p. 726 (d)
TENHAM, The hun red of, p. 680
--, P. 391–395-640-647-660
manor of, p. 694. Church of, p. 641-696–736
alias Bapchild creek, p. 621 (f)
Terry's Lodge farm, in Wrotham, p. 238 (d)
Terſton, manor of, p. 66
Tefton, Terſtane, lands in, p. 16, 18
Teston House, alias BERHAM Court S. in Teflon,
p. 290
Tewkſbury, charity ſchool of, p. 811
Tamiſe, river, p. 643
Thames, river, p. 90–616-643-656-670 (a)
Thanet, Iſle of p. 646
Theobalds farm, in Linfted, p. 691
Thong caſtle, near Grimſby in the co. Lincoln, p. 601 ()).
In the co. of Kent, p.681 (c)
Thorne, alias Thorneland, a meſſuage in Aylesford, p. 176
Thorne Castle, in Thurnham, p. 498
Creek, in Faverſham, p. 711. Manor of, p.
687 (m)
Thornyſdowne, lands in Hucking, p. 520
Thorpe's farm, in Gillingham, p. 81 (u)
Throwley, manor of, p. 515 (a)-750-769(x). Knights
fees in, p. 790 (f)
--, ALIEN PRIORY of, p. 767
Thudelei-now Tudeley, p 353
Thurnham, manor of, p. 486
Thwang---now Tong, p. 601
Tilbury in the co. of Eſſex, manor of, p. 19
Tilmanſtone, church of, p. 584 (1)
Tinterne abbey, in Wales, p. 323 () ?
TIPPERIDGE M. in Pembury, p. 359
. ---, manor of, p. 356 (s)
Tivedale--now Tudeley, p. 353
Toliapis, iſland of, p. 642
Tong manor, p. 552 (s). Lands in, p. 571 (zu). Mill,
p. 621 (f)
caſtle, tradition of the building of, p. 601
Torryhill, in Milſted and Lenham, p. 587, 621 (f)
TOTESHAM M. in Wefi Farleigh, p. 295
TOTTINGTON M. in Aylesford, p. 171
Totyogton, yoke of, p. 165
Town, tytheward of, in Tunbridge, p. 351. Key, in
Faverſham, p. 711
Place, in Throwley, p: 763, 769 (*)
Toxenhoathfee Oxenhoath
Toyfomede mill, p. 309
Tracies, an eſtate in Newington near Sitting borne, P. 557,
558 (v)
Tremmod ferry, in Shepey, p. 660
Tremſeth bridge, in Shepey, p. 679
Tremworth, p. 311
Trenchelands, in Tunbridge, p. 339 (f)
TRENDHURST, denne of, in Palding, p. 306. Lands in,
TreveleiThrowley, p. 762
Tring manor, in the co. of Herts, p. 813
Trinity Houſe, in Deptford, p. 64
WACHLING STONE, The hundred of, p. 308, 352
--- --, p. 256 (9)-257–310-
339 (f)
WADESLADE M. in Chatham, p. 67
Wadſden, lands, p. 428 (a)
Waibroke, court of, p. 207
Walches, land at Rocheſter, p. 19
Waldeſland, alias Walſlade manor, in Chathan, p. 68 (1)
Walland, level of, p. 519 (z)
WALLEND F. in Graine, p. go
Wallinold hamlet, in Bobbing, p. 640
WALTER's Folly, an eſtate in Chart Sutton, p. 405
Walton, church of St. Felix at, p. 38 (u)
Walts, lands in Harty, p. 718 (2)
Wanſhurſt, borough of, p. 139
Warbilton, honor of, p. 367
Warde pariſ-fee Iwade, p. 640
Warden, pariſh of, p. 621 (f). Manor of, p. 645
Wardendowne paſture, in Dover, p. 552 (s)
WARDENS S. in Watringbury, p. 283
Wardens alias Egerton, 'manor of; p. 432 (c)
Warderlade, in Chatham, p. 67
Wardonne, manor of, p. 782 (iii)
Wardſhill, lands in Shepey, p. 648 (1)
Warindone, marſh of, in Shepey, p. 667 (6)
Warne alias Warden, pariſh of, in Shepey, p. 667
Warren, in Addington, p. 227
Waflett, alias Wadeflade manor, in Chatham, p. 67
Waterditch farm, in Otterden, p. 504 (d)
Waterftreet hamlet, in Lenham, p. 451
Watling, manor of, p. 552 (5)
Watts’s hoſpital, in Rocheſter, p. 52
Watringbury, Oteringberiga, lands in, p. 15-16-18
Place s. in Watringbury, p. 282
WAVERING M. in Boxley, p. 127
Wavynes, lands in Lenham and Wycheling, p. 44+ (%)
WEALD, boundaries of, p. 242-255-262-271-278-284-
289-293-301-399-407-414-420-426-427-437
--, dennes in, p. 551 (n)
Week, borough of, in Maidſtone, p. 110.
Manor, near
Maidſtone, p. 121 (8)
Weldmarih,
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Weldmarſh, alias Eggiſworth, in Luddenham, p. 733
Welford's tenement, in Tong, p. 606
Wellhall, in Eltham, p. 687
Well, alias Conduit field, in Chatham, p.71
Welling, tythes of, p. 77 (6)
Wellpett, land in Newington near Sittingborne, p. 564
Welmarſh, land in Elmeley, p. 576 (1)
Weneſmanneſbroke, in Yalding, p. 307
Werke, marſh of, p. 545
WESTBERY M. in Watringbury, p. 283
WESTBROOK, alias BROOK FARM, in Oſpringe, p. 794
lands at, in Oſpringe, p. 798. Spring
riſes at, p. 799
West Court M. in Gillingham, p. 81. F. in the ſame,
M. in Detling, p. 137
...-, alias WROTHAM WATER, an eſtate in
Trotteſclive, p. 231
manor, in Thurnham, p. 498 (*)
alias Ham M. in Upchurch, p. 543
Weltenhanger, Q. Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
Weſterham, lands in, p. 16, 18
Weſthale meadows, in Leeds, p. 480
Weſtheath, alias Weſtwood, in Gillingham, p. 80 (k)
Weithilve, manor of, p. 445 (0)
Weitlonde, tenths of, in Miniter in Shepey, p. 633
Weſtminſter, St. Stephen's chapel in, p. 509-527-641.
Account of, p. 509
Weſton tenement, in Linſted, p. 691
Weſt Park, in Trotteſclive, p. 230
----, alias IGHTHAM Park, in Wrotham, p. 239
Weft-ſtreet, borough of, in Maidſtone, p. 110
Weltroterindenne, in Brenchley, p. 374
Weſtſelve, in Lenham, p. 445
Weſtwell, land in, p. 748
Weſtwood manor, p. 677-705 (w)-808 (1)
M. in Prefion near Faverſham, p. 807
Wetham, alias Weltham Green, in Upchurch, p. 545
Wetmarſh in Shepey, p. 648 (1)
Whitcliffe, foreſt of, p. 330
Whitlock’s Key, in Milton near Sittingborne, p. 629
Whitemans S. in Doddington, p. 696
Whititaple, p. 64. Church of, p. 774 (7)
Whites farm, in Gillingham, p. 89
WHITEHILL H. in Oſpringe, p. 799
Whornes Place manor, near Rocheſter, p. 514
Wicheling, lands in, p. 503 (r). Chapel of, p. 511 (6)
Wickham-Breaux, church of, p. 636 (c)
Werton House S. in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 398
Wightreſham, manor of, p. 114
WIL DERTON M. in Throwley, p. 765
North, M. in the fame, p. 766
SOUTH, alias GREAT WILDERTON M. in
the ſame, 'p: 766
Wildfoors, alias Chicks COURT, in Tong, p. 606
Wildmarſh, alias Wolmarſh, in Stone and Buckland, p.
733 (b)
Wildringham hamlet, in Bobbing, p. 640
WILGATE Green H. in Throwley, p. 766, 767
Willathope, alias Leitedhope lands, p. 648 (7)
Willoughby manor, in the co. of Warwick, p. 423 (v)
Wimbledon manor, in the co. of Surry, p. 445 (h)
Winceheift, denne of, lands at, in Goudhurit, p. 81
Wincheleſmere-now Wichling, p. 508, 509
Winchelinges—now Wichling, p. 508
Wincliff wood, p. 330
Windham yoke, in Eaſtchurch in Shepey, p. 664 (a)
Wingfield, borongh of, in Wrotham, p. 235. Manor, p. 237
M. in Wrotham, p. 240
H. in Stalisfield and Eaſling, p. 760
Wingham bailiwick, rents in, p. 552 (1)
Winwald marſh, in Iwade, p. 641
WISPERHAWKE M. in Hedcorne, p. 395
Witherenden, p. 374 (k)
Wiwarlet--now Seray lath, p. 530-698-730
Woberry, yoke of, in Tunítali, p. 579 (5)
Wogebogh, p. 309
Wolbeech, p. 310
Wolderton-- ſee Wilderton, p. 765
WOLDHAM HALL, alias Beutyś COURT M. in Woldo
ham, p. 159
HOUSE S, in Woldham, p. 159
----, land in, p. 179. Mancr of, p. 361
Wolgate-now Wilgate Green, in Throwley, p. 597
Woodchurch, manor of, in Thanet, p. 746 (e)
WOODFOLDE M. in Yalding, P: 304
Woodgate, lands at, in Sheldwich, p.788
Woodland, chapel of, near Wrotham, p. 243
Woodleez Money, land in Faver/ham, p. 707
Woods COURT M. in Badleſmere, p.780
WOODSTOCK, alias Pistock S. in Tunfiall, p. 580
WOODSTREET House, in Bapchild, p. 600
Workeworthe, marſh of, p. 644
Wormdale, alias Brent, an eſtate in Newington, p. 588 (u)
Wormſell, manor of, p. 433. Knights fees in, p. 790 (f)
WORNEDALE, alias Borden M. in Newington near Sit-
tingborne, p. 558
Worthe, marſh of, p. 545
Woſtonland, p. 310
Wotton's lands, p. 428 (a)
Wrecklands, in Shepey, p. 652
Wrens, an eſtate in Borden, p. 568, 575(e)
Wrenfted, alias Frinſted, p. 511
manfion houſe of, in Frinſted, p. 512
Wrotham, lands in, p. 16-18-311
--, The hundred of, p. 232
WROTHAM M. and PALACE, p. 235
Little, difriet of, p. ibid.
Place S. in Wrotham, p. 236
---- Lees, in Hollingborne, p. 464 (e)
Wulcombe--now Ulcomb, p. 421
Wuldeham, lands in, p. 16, 18
WYARTON, borough of, in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399,55%
Wychden—now Boughton Mount S. in Boughton Mon-
chelſea, p. 399
Wye, p. 502 (P), (9), 566 (5). Hundred of, p. 530
Banks, land, p. 507
Wyfleherſt, denne of, p. 438 (u)
Wylrington chapel, in Throwley, p. 770
Wyncheling—now Wichling, p. 508
Wyndefall, wood in Tunbridge, p. 339 (f)
Wyneleſbrook, p. 309, 310
Wynfield, in Wrotham, p. 244




Y.

Yalding, lands in, p. 179. Manor of, p. 325, 329 (f)
YALDHAM, EAST, alias GREAT YALDHAM M. in Wrot.
ham, p. 237. Diſtrict of, p. 237. Portion
of tythes in, p. 238
YAUGER, alias Croft, an eflate in Hartlip, p. 537
Yelsted, alias GILLESTED M. in Stockbury, p. 522
-- Street, in Stockbury, p. 525
Yenlet, North, water of, in the hundred of Hoo, p. go.
Salt water of, p. 621 (f)
Yoke, le, land at, in Frinſted, p. 513
YOKES PLACE S. in Mereworth, p. 268
Court M. in Frinfted, p. 513
chancel, in Frinſted church, p. 514
Youngs, lands, p. 810 (6)

INDEX

( 17 )
IN DE X of
of P E R S O N S.
* The preſent poffeffors of manors and eſtates; and their places of reſidence, are marked in ROMAN
ŚMALL CAPITALS ;—and the references to the deſcents, and accounts of perſons and families, and
the prelent incumbents of livings, in italics.
M. ſtands for manor, S. for ſeat, F. for farm, and Cl. for clericus, or clergymena
A
200
1
ALLEN,
A.
BBEY, JOHN, cl. p. 762
Abel, John, p. 535; 625 (9)
Abelyn's, p. 567-588-609-675
ABERGAVENNY, George LORD, podeljes Birling M. p.
The parfonage and advowſon of
the vicarage of Birling, P. 201. Ryarſh
M. p. 204. Tipperidge M. in Pembury,
p. 359
Abergavenny, Nevills, lords, p. 166-170-201-202-204-
243–258–265-269-272-353-359-388.
Account of, p 196, 266 (6)
Elizabeth Lady, p. 85, 693
Abergaven ay, Beauchamps, lords, p. 265, 269
Abergavenny---ſee alío Bergavenny
Abercorn, Hamiltons, Earls of, p. 435, 440. Account of,
ibid (1)
Abingdon, Berties, Earls of, deſcent of, p. 488
Abingdon, abbat of, p. 23
Aby gdon’s, p. 675
Acres, Lady Joane of, p. 302–312-325-338
Adam, William, p. 424
ſon of Hubert, p. 550
------'s, p. 456
Adams, Fitzherbert, cl. p. 426. George, p.616. Hum-
phry, p 80 (i) John, p. 536. Richard, cl. p.
215, 453. William, a famous ſeaman, p. 87. Sir
Thomas, p. 742 (6)
Adamſon, William, cl. p. 537, 564: Account of, ibid. (x)
Adda.... p. 225
Adelmere, Monk of Ely, p. 422
Adelold, p. 289-298-460-472-485-511
Adlam's, p. 86
Adrian. Emperor, p. 131
Adſhead, Joſeph, p 669
Adulph, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Adye, Solomon, p. 448. Robert, p. 748. Thomas, ibid.
------'s, p. 683–694-696–747-755-756. Account of the
family of, p. 694 (V)
Ægelnoth, p. 91
Ælfige, p. 156
Ælfric, ibid.
Ælfitane, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 190
Heahítaine, p. 156
Ælfwine, p. 91
Æthelitane Etheling, p. 427, 463
Æthelwulf, K. p. 190
Agelred, p. 226
Alabaſter, William, D.D. p. 464
Alanſon, William de, anceſtor of the Dalyfons, p. 259
Alanus, Prior of St. John's, p. 595
Albermarle, Baldwin de Betun, Earl of, p. 404, 409.
Account of, ibid. (v)
Albermarle, Earl of, p. 447
--, General Monk, Duke of, p. 72
Albert Capellanus, p. 549
Albini, William de, p. 14, 202. Deſcent of, ibid. (2)
Albrincis, or Averenches, p. 66-246-384-473
Alburton, Thomas de, p. 543
Alcher, or Ealher, Earl of Kent, p. 422
Alchin, John, cl. p. 519
Alchorne's, of Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399. Account
of, ibid.
Alcmund, King of Kent, p. 782
Alcock, Stephen, p. 82, 128
---, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40
Alderſey's, of Bredgar, p. 518-544-552-585. Account of,
p. 585 (0)
Aldhani's, p. 237, 247
Aldithley--ſee Audley
Aldon, Thomas de, p. 162-186-187-195-196-474 (5)
Aldworth, John, cl. p. 676
Aldret, p. 302
Alefe, Thomas, p. 628
Aleff, John, cl. p. 471. Account of, ibid. (0)
Alexander, -----, cl. p. 251
Alfer, anceſtor of the Auchers, p. 422
Alfred, King, p. 3-616-63: (1)
Alfiane, Biſhop of Rochefter, p. 33
Algarus, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 700
Allanore, Queen, p. 71-369 e)-534
Alicia, firſt Abbeſs of Mailing, p. 216 (f)
Aliſander, Williamı, p. 193
Alkham, Thomas de, p. 160.
Arnald de, p. 501 (2)
Alkin, Thomas Verrier, cl. p. 300 (rf), 454
Alkhorne, Mrs. p. 306
Allard, Joſhua, cl. p. 224
Thomas, p. 664
deviſees of, lefees of Elvyland in OJpringe,
---, Mrs. pole les the Homefall F. in Newnham and
Doddington, P 748
Allen, Charles, cl. p. 51-250 m)-601. James, p. 126,
151. Edmund, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 42
Allen, Sir John, Lord Mayor, account of, p. 249 (k). John,
p. 382-552-617. Robert, p. 718. Richard,
p. 559, 568. Samuel, cl. p. 749 (k). Thomas,
cl. p. 593, 611. William, cl. p. 263, 298
Allen's, p. 127 (7) 36 ()-605-648 (1)-695
's, of Borden, p. 568. Account of, ibid.
------'s, of Ightham, p. 249
------'s, of Stockbury, P 524
Allenſon, Gilbert, cl. p. 669
Allet, James, cl. p. 596, 686
Aliate, Baffianus de, p. 290
Allington, Sir Giles, p. 182. William, Lord, p. 431
Allfworth, Stephen, p, 593
Almerico, Paolo, p. 267 (p)
Alnod Cilt, p. 123–146–172~182~222–226–294-298-619
Alphew, Margaret, p. 246
Alret, p. 149
Alſton's, Baronets, p 538. Account of, ibid. (0)
-'s, of London, p. 557
Alured, p. 202
Aluric, p. 460
Aluuin, p 455-485-490-496-500
Alyfe, Parſon, p. 472 (*)
Ames, Richard, cl. p. 749
Amherſt, Sir Jeffry, p. 260. Jeffry, p. 314, 318.
cl. p. 389. Dorothy, p. 359. Richard, p. 364.
Charles Selby, of Bayhall, p. 358. Charles, p.
359, 360
's, of Bayhall, account of, p. 358 (0)
's, of Barming and Farleigh, p. 147-150-154–295.
Account of, p. 145
AMHURST, John, polefes BARNJET, alias West BAR-
MING M. and reſides there; p. 154. The
Court-lodge F. in Eaſt Farleigh, p. 145. Eaſt
Barming M. p. 150
AMHURST, STEPHEN, poſeljes West FARLEIGH M. and
reſides there, p. 295
Amhurſt's, of Boxley, p. 126. Account of, ibid. (v), 145
AMHURST, JOHN, pol lès Boxley Abbey S. in Boxley, p.
127. Carers alias Callis Court M. in Ryarſh, p. 205
Amias,

18
PERSON S.
I N D E X
of
---
Atkinſon, Iſaac, cl. p. 518
At-Lefefee Leſe
Atterbury, Lewis, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 45
Atta-Celar, alias At-Celere, family, p. 159
Atton, George, cl. p. 549
Atwater, Robert, p. 441-449-741
At-wood's, p. 102-154-780. Mary, p. 482
Atworth, Henry, cl. p. 51
Auberville, Joane, p. 246. William de, p. 607 (*)
-'s, p. 520, 522
Aubrey, Elizabeth, p. 626
Auburie, Walter, p. 533
Aucher, Sir Anthony, p. 392-609-761. Baronet, p. 666(p)
-567 (w), (x)-733(b)-772-793. Henry, p. 609
-650-674. William, p. 782
-----'s, p. 422-501-605-759–760-779. Deſcent of, p.
4.22, 501
Audley, Hugh de, p. 303-305-306-311-326–338–344–
365-367. Created Earl of Gloucelter, p. 327
-------'s, p. 337
Audley, Touchet’s, Lords, deſcent of, p. 329 (2). Mer-
vin, Lord, p. 459. Lord Chancellor, p. 337.
Edmund, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40
Auger, Richard, cl. p. 122
Aulen, Henry, p. 50. Henry, cl. p. 332 (6)
Henry, cl. p. 255. Francis, p. 126, 238. De-
ſcent of, p. 387. Edward, p. 126, 204. Ro-
bert, p. 470. John, p. 387 (c). Peter, p. 395.
James, p. 425. Thomas, cl. p. 635, John, of
St. Martin's, Canterbury, p. 610
AUSTEN, FRANCIS-MOTLEY. poſeljes Wing field M. and
Crouch, in Wrotham, p.240. Barnes Place, in
Hadlow, p. 318
AUSTEN, John, podeljes Grovehurf M. with other eſtates,
and BROADFORD S. in Horſemonden, and reſides
there, p. 388
Austen, Mrs. of Canterbury, poffefjes Mere Court, in Mur-
fton, p. 610
Auſten's, p. 1 26-305-394. Of Grovehurſt, account of, p.387
Avennes, John de, p. 410
Averell, ---------,
------, cl. p. 286
Averenches, William de, p. 66. Maud, p. 473.-—-See
alſo Albrincis
AVERY, --------, poffeljes part of Arnolds M. in Eaſling,
p. 756
Avis, Robert, A. M. p.770
Awood, Richard, p. 664 (e)
Axe, James, cl. p. 527
Axminſter, abbey of, p. 427 (d)
Ayerít's, p. 116
Aylesford, Earls of, p. 528–559–551. Defcent of, p.592(x)
AYLESFORD, Right Hon. EARL OF, podeljes Shales Court
M. in Maidſtone, p. 103. Great Buck-
land, an eſtate in the fame, p. 105. Newn-
ham Court M. in Boxley, p. 127. The
upper Mills, in the ſame, p. 132 (b). The
Friars, in Aylesford, and reſides there, p.
171. Eccles M. p. 172. Rowes Place,
an eſtate in the ſame, p. 174. The advow-
son of the rectory of Ditton, p. 189. Breda
hurf M. p. 528. Merecourt M. in Rair.
ham, p. 528, 533. Woodlands, in New-
ington near Sitting borne, p. 559 (0)
Ayloffe, Joſeph, p. 517
Aymes, John, cl. p. 141
Aynſcombe, Mary, p. 399. Thomas, p. 481
Ayres, Elizabeth, p. 118, 119
Ayſcough, Sir Francis, p. 260, 377
Ayfted, Rowland de, p. 753 (9)
to go
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Amias, Walter, p. 411 (1), 417 (t)
Ancaſter, Berties, Dukes of, their defcent, p. 489
Anderſon, Robert, p. 81. Henry, p.651. Chief Juſtice,
P 662 (8)
Andrews's, p. 101
Andrews, Peter-Miles, p. 728
Andros, Elizabeth, p. 487. Account of the family of, ibid.
(a), 491 (v)
Angoleſme, Alicia, daughter of Guy Earl of, p. 325
Angood, Thomas, cl. p. 484
Annand, William, cl. p. 770, 773
ANNANDALE, George MARQUIS of, podeles Northfrith,
an eſtate in Tunbridge, p. 331
Annandale, Johnſton's, Marquiſes of, p. 331
Annas, King of Eaſt Anglia, account of; p. 647 (f)
Anſchitill, p. 182-222-750
Archdeacon, p. 47–436-460-461
Anſelm, Archbishop, p. 80-91-212-214-546
Ansfrid, p. 133-731-732–736-773–808-809
Anſgotus, p. 167. Of Rocheſter, p. 496
Antoninus, Emperor, p. 81
Apledore's, p. 688 (u)
Apperfield's— ſee Apulderfield's
Appleby, Chriſtopher, p. 811 (6)
Appleford's, p. 704
Aprice, Hagh, cl. p. 25
Apulderfield, Henry de, cl. p. 79, 609. Thomas de, p.
454. Joane, p. 681, 732. William, p.
690, 69! (b)
's, p. 69-605-686–737-743-809. Account of,
p. 686 (2)
Archbold, Edward, cl. p. 734
Archdale, Sarah, p. 741
Archdecne, Eleanor, p. 554
Archer, Henry, cl. p: 725. Thomas, p. 770. Captain
James, p. 563 (s), 753
's, p. 513-514-695
Ardern, Thomas, p. 404-707-718. His cruel murther,
p. 407. (p)
Argall, Richard, p. 169, 816. Thomas, bis lands dif-
gavelled, p. 418
of Eaſt Sutton, account of, p. 418 (d)
Armagh, George Cromer, Archbiſhop of, p. 575, 611 (5)
Armand, Robert de, p. 57
Armine, Elizabeth, p. 282, 512
Armſtrong, Richard, cl. p. 789
Arnold, Robert, p. 84 (i). Elizabeth, p. 227. Stephen,
p. 279
-'s, p. 82–83-557
Arnulf, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
Arran, Earl of, p. 268
Arſic, Sir William, p. 206. Manaſſer, p. 571. Robert
de, p. 572 (a), 673
's, p. 572
Arundel,
----, p. 543
Arundel, Archbiſhop, p. 95-114-122–244-328-474-586-
6:7-657–724. His chantries, in Maidítone and
Christ Church, Canterbury. p. 122
William de Albini, Earl of, p. 323 (d)
Richard Fitzalan, Earl of, p. 411, 417
Fitzalan's, Earls of, p. 258-264–269
Earl of, p. 14-191-198
antient Earls of, whence deſcended, p. 202 (2)
Arundel, Sir Thomas, p 775
Arcelin, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 35
Aſhburie, Stephen de, p. 644
Afhburnham, Edward, cl. p. 351. Laurence, p. 456.
Thomas, p. 615
's, of Aſhburnham, p. 380
Aſhton, --, p. 705
Afhway, William de, p. 401
Aſkewe, Chriſtopher, cl. p. 669
Aſpale’s, alias Haſpalle’s, p. 54
Aftall, Richard, cl. p. 251
Aſtily's, p. 623 (k)
Afley, Sir John, p. 117. John, p. 125, 578. Sir Ed-
ward, p. 96, 579 (8)
Jacob, p. 96. created Lord Aſtley, p. 185
Aftley, Lords, p. 96-185-579
's, p. 127. Account of different branches of, p. 184, 579
Aftrey, Thomas, p. 491
Aftry's, p. 402. Account of, ibid. (?)
Aftyn, Stephen, p. 139
Ateſole, John, p. 722 (r)
At-hall, alias de Aula, family of, p. 159
Athelard, Archbiſhop, p. 600, 680 (s)
Athelſtan, King, p. 7-646–698 (b)
Athelwolf, King, p. 438-443-698
Athol, Strabolgie's, Earls of, p. 727
Athulf, King, p. 222
Atkins, Abraham, p. 218. Jane, p. 387

-'s,

B.
Babb, Simon, cl. p. 222
Bacon, Sir Francis, p. 372
Lord Chancellor, Viſcount St. Albans, p. 459
Badcock, Stephen, cl. p. 471. Elizabeth, p. 626
Badefell, Gilbert de, p. 309
Badleſmere, Bartholomew, p. 326–356–369. Account of,
p. 473 (?). William, p. 326. Guncelin,
p. 473 (272). Maud, p. 2173 775 (v). Joane,
p. 456-494-625-771
t's p. 66-70--370--473-602. Account of, p.
602, 781
Badleſmere, Vere's, Barons of, p. 781
Bagnall, Helen, p. 578. William, cl. p.773, 782
Baieux, Odo, Bihop of, p. 4-12-22-33-35-54-56-6;-
67-82-122-132--136-146-152-161-171-172
-182-186-193-195-202–206–2:6–222–225-
235-257-278-280-286-289-294-298–311-
353-

IN D Ex of PE R S O N s.
19
p. 538
p. 569
9
p. 318.
p. 41
. , p. , , , ,
,
353-396–400-401-403-409-416-435-438 Barrell, Mrs. Frances, polejes Ringlefioné, in Dod.
445–447-448-435-457-459-460-462-463–
dington and Holling borne, p. 696
10 464-472-484-490-493-495-500-509-511 -----'s, of Rocheſter, account of, p. 696 (8)
Edi
520–550–57: (w)--602 (5) --607-592-695 Barrett, Joane, p. 380 (r). Cicele, p 466 (r), 476.
729-731-735-735-740-743-749-754-756-
Beatrix, p. 380 (p). John de, p. 798 (n), 8-9.
759-762-773–789-804-808-809
Valentine, p. 465, 782 (ii), 8130). Robert,
Baieux, Archdeacon of, p. 35
p. 810 (6)
Baille, Guenora de, p. 722 (r)
Edward, Lord Newburg, p. 810 (c)
Baily, Alderman. p. 62
--'s, of Perry Court, and of Alveley in the co of
Bainke, John, cl. p. 472
Eſſex, account of, p. 810 (c). Of Ickham,
Baker, Sir John, of Siſſinghurſt, p. 144-146-255-274-
p. 759
281-299–322.
Mr. John, p. 429 (f). Chry Barrington, Mr. John, p. 118. Sir William, p. 246.
ſogona, p. 810 (c)
Hon. Daines, p. 631 (2)
------'s, of Siſlinghurſt, p. 140-145-147–150-154-282-
Barrow, ------,
cl. p. 215. Maurice, p. 476. Henry,
.
290-294-300
p. 541. -- ---, p. 557. Mary, p. 593
-------'s, of Snodland, p. 192
----'s, of Borden, p. 569 (s). Of Hartlip, account of,
-------'s, p. 318
Baker, George, p. 125 (). John, p. 161 (9).
BARROW, Mrs. pofilles Grayney M. in Hartlip, p. 538
cl. p. 697, 749,808 (r). Thomas, cl. p. 463,
--, William, of Borden, account of his charities,
515, 792 (p). Robert, p. 406. Edward, p. 511.
Francis, cl. p. 546. Jane, p. 567. William, Barrowby, William, M. D. p. 139
cl. p. 583
Barry, Thomas, LL.D. Dean of Rocheſter, p. 177
Baker, Thomas, cl. p. 138
Bartholemew, Edward, p. 50.
cl. p. 152, 225.
Bakechild, Turſtan de, p. 599
Leonard, p. 214, 227, 242, 728. John-
Balam, Anne, p. 450, 683, 793. Matilda, p. 450 (7)
Knowe, p. 359. Philip, p. 263 (ee)
Balcanqual, Walter, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27, 76, 136
p,
BARTHOLEMEW, LEONARD, peleles the advowſon of the
Baldock's; p. 105, 452 (x), 766
rectory of Ryarſh, p. 2c6. ADDINGTON
Baldwin, Archbiſhop, p. 91, 92, 548
M. and reſides there, p. 227. The ad-
Molsce 20.
Balgrave, James, cl. p. 691
vowſon of the rectory of Addington, p.
di jod
228.
Baliol, Hugh, p.410
Sore M. in Plaxtool, p. 241
Ball's, p. 683
--'s, of Oxenhoath, p. 130, 239, 241, 261,
10
Balliol, Thomas de, p. 625 (9)
300, 359, 592, 671
Balun, Walter, p. 303
Barton, Richard, p. 97 (u). Thomas, p. 317. Walter,
-------, Drew de, Lord of Bergavenny, p. 753 (y)
-----, p. 407. John, cl. p. 463. Eliza-
Bamburgh, John, p. 194, 644. Elizabeth, p. 194, 428
beth, p. 345 (P)
Bamme's, of Gillingham, account of, p. 84. Mrs. Kathe-
-'s, of Hadlow, p. 314.
Of Sevenoke, p. 368
rine, p. 87
Barton, John, polejes Hadlow M. p. 314
Bangor, Biſhops.of, p. 24, 28, 37, 39, 47
THOMAS, polles Maſcalls and Copgrave M. in
Baniſter, Ralph, p. 303. Account of his treachery p. 329
Brenchley, p. 368
(f). Thomas, p. 617 (u)
Mr. pobeljes the advowſon of the vicarage of Eaft-
BANISTER, Mr. polejes Glovers S. in Sitting borne, and
church, p. 666
reſides there, p. 615
Elizabeth,
Bank, Thomas, p. 417
Baſden, Thomas, cl. p. 148
Banks, Sir John, bart. p. 103, 105, 117, 127, 170, 528, Baſing's, p. 54, 56, 194. William de, p. 625 (1)
533, 558. Caleb, p. 170. Mary, p. 342, 502 Baſſage's, p. 369
-----'s, p. 174, 651
Bafie, of the co. of Suffolk; p. 188
BANKS, Sir Joseph, bart. poleſes a moiety of the ſcite of a Baffet, Ralph Lord, p. 168, 327, 328. Mr. p. 498. John,
houſe in Linſted, p. 689. Of Provenders S. in
cl. p. 582. Albert, cl. p. 734
Norton, p. 743. Of Putwood M. in Oſpringe, p. Batcheler, William, p. 513.
cl. p. 515, 591.
797 Created a BARONET, p. 742 (b). Account
Chriſtopher, cl. p. 593, 607
of him and his ſeveral voyages, ibid.
Bateman, Catherine, p. 282. Edmund, cl. p. 471. John, ,
Banning, Elizabeth, daughter of Paul, Viſcount, p. 647
.
Banſon, William, cl. p. 280
Barden's, p. 335
Bate, Stephen, cl. p. 390. Anne, p. 247
Bardenham, Roger de, ibid.
Bates, Ifaac, cl. p. 519, 789. John, p. 766
Barefoot's, p. 233
Bath and Wells, Bijhops of, p. 28, 36, 43, 196 (p). 700
Bargrave, Mary, p. 406
Bathurſt, Robert, p. 386. Catherine, p. 413. Thomas,
---'s, p. 464
Barham, Arthur, p. 121. Henry, of Tefton, p. 223, 232,
BATHURST, RICHARD, Fl. foteljes Pulleyns M. in Herjen
261. Account of, p. 290.
cl.
monden, p. 387 (0)
Nicholas, p. 125 (5)
-'s, defrent of, p. 386 (r)
--'s, of Maidſtone, p. 101, 103. Account of, p.
Battle, Abbats and Priors of, p. 23
9. 101 (+). See alſo Berham
Baringsford, cl. p. 361
BaventRoger, p. 254
Barkenall,
's, p. 241, 251
Barker, Reginald, p. 67. Sufanna, p. 481. James, p.770 Bawens, Mr. p. 577
. brol HV
Barkham, Dorcas, p. 85,693. Elizabeth, p. 613. Jane, Bax, John, leffee of Faverſham parſonage, p. 724
p. 651
Baxter, John, cl. p. 225
Barking, Anne, Abbeſs of, p. 203
Bayley, Robert, cl. p. 51. Benjamin-Neale, P. 394, 5 20
Barklay, William, cl. p. 519
Baylle, John, cl. p. 471
Barklet,
Baynard, Mary, p. 191
most sia rior
Barley, John, p. 456, 509, 510, 513, 625
Baynes, Adam, p. 86
1900
-------'s, p. 787
Bayſden, Richard, p. 141
BARLING, JOHN SMITH, poſeljes the M. and S. of Sewards Beake, Elizabeth, p. 796
Reald's, P. 317
and reſides there, ibid. Account of, ibid. Beale, of London, p. 101. Sir John, p. 101, 103, 137.
Dua
Barlow, William, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 43
Richard, p. 141
Barmelinges, family of, p. 149, 152, 154
Of Bredgar, p. 587
Les
Barnard, Vanes, Lords, p. 105, 255, 270, 351, 467, 787 Bealing, Heien, p. 587
James, cl. p. 669. Jonathan, cl. p. 805. Ed. . Beafle's, p. 662 (5)
Bearcrofi's, p. 68
betonu
ward, cl. ibid.
--------'s, p. 589
Beard's, p. 662 (5)
Barnes, Juliana, p. 282. John, p. 388. -----; of Wye, Beatrix, filter of William the Conqueror, p. -75 (v)
p. 442, 449
Beauchamp, Maud, p. 195. Elizabeth, p. 196 William,
Barnet, John, cl. p. 39
created Lord Abergavenny, p. 258. Phi-
Barnham, Francis, p. 67, 454. Benedict, p. 372, 379,
lippa, p. 327
459. Elizabeth, p. 398. Anne, p. 442 Beaufitz's, p. 82, 83, 89, 535, 557
-'s, p. 101, 397, 466, 467, 458. Account of, p. Beaufort, Duke of, p. 304 if). Deſcent of, p. 621 (8)
466 (d)
Margaret, p. 329 Joane, p. 339, 603
Barrell, Francis, p. 63. Francis, Sergeant-at-law, p. Beaumonts, of the co. of York, p. 262.(0). Richard, p.
695. Robert, cl. p. 122. Edmund, cl. p.
267. Henry, Lord, p. 791
136, 593
Beauport, Siltilt, Barons of, p. 439 (00)
Beauvoir,
Vol. II.
·
P. 599 (1)
-----’s, p. 599
p. 396,
-, P. 99 (s)
--, p. 238
.
------'s, p. 140.
10D

20
I N D E Xof. PER S O N S.
------, p. 646
Beauvoir, Oſmund, cl. p. 635, 642
Becco, Stephen de, p. 506 (w)
Beck, Anthony, Biſhop of Durham, p. 326, 573 (5)
-----, Theophilus, cl. p. 202-255-364
Becket, Archbiſhop, p. 14-35-290-323-550-600
Beckingham's, p. 812
Beckman, Sir Martin, p. 655
Beckwith, Leonard, p. 555
Bedeford, John, p. 363 (), 512
Bedford, John Duke of, p. 98. Jaſper Duke of, p. 197
(t). William Earl of, p. 60
Thomas, p. 555:
Beeke, Chriſtopher, cl. p. 527
Beeſton, Richard, cl. p. 308
Begham, Abbat and Convent of, p. 218–323–355-356–
360–361-373–377-379-386
Beklande, John de, p. 161 (7)
Belcher, Edward, p. 520, 539
BELCHER, William, poleſes S. in Ulcomb, p. 426.
Bunces Court, alias Pollards S. in Otterden,
p. 507. The fourih part of Hucking alias
Rumpſted M. in Hucking, p. 520
----
ELIZABETH, pole[fes a moiety of Hucking alias
Rumpted M. in Hucking, p. 520
-----
--'s, p. 394-426-442-507-519. Account of, p. 426
Bele, ------, p. 194
Belemeyns, Sir John, p. 342
BELFORD, General WILLIAM, poſlelſes the Grove in Boxley,
p. 130. Account of, ibid. (t)
Belhouſe, Alice, fifter of William, p. 810
Belk's, of Sheldwich, p. 786, 788 (s)
Belknap, Robert, p. 69, 395, 644. Juliana, p. 114.
Anne, p. 428
---'s,
's, p. 86
p. 426
p. 816
Berwick, Duke of, p. 4
Berry, James, p. 719
Bertie, Hon. Robert, p. 623 (k). Lady Eleanor, p. 624
---'s, of Berlted, p. 488. Firſt ſeated there, ibid. Ori.
gin of their name, ibid.
Bertyn, Simon, p. 488-489-498
Befevyle, Gervas de, p: 798
Beſſett, Robert, p. 161 (9)
Beſt, Thomas, of Chatham, p. 395-543-584: Thomas,
of Chilſon, p. 177 (-)-435-443-454. Deſcent of,
p. 435 (P)
Best, Thomas, podeljes part of Eccles M. in Aylesford, p.
173. Bletchenden alias Cruttenden M. in Hedcorne, p.
395 CHILSON M. and reſides there, p. 435.
Leffee of Chiljon portion of tythes, in Boughton Mal.
herb, p. 435. Pobeles Bewley M. and leſjee of Bew-
ley portion of tythes in the ſame, p. 436, Polefes
Lenham M. p. 441. Roylon M. in Lenham, p. 442.
Lands in Eaſt Lenham, p. 444. The parſonage and
ad-vowſon of the vicarage of Lenham, p. 454. Otter-
ham in Upchurch, p. 543.
Bexon M. in Bredgar,
p. 584. Soames M. alias the Moated-houſe, in Iwade,
p. 640
Best, James, pofleſjes Rome-bouſe in Chatham, p.70. A
Seat in Boxley, and reſides at it, p. 131. The War.
ren lands in Boxley, p. 131, 132
of Chatham and Boxley, p. 131, 173, 640. Ac-
count of, p. 131
Beſwicke's, of Spelmonden, p. 385, 386. Account of, p. 385
Bette, John, p. 161 (9)
Betenhame, Stephen, p. 69 (1)
Bettenham, Stephen, p. 705. Henry, p. 483 (z)
BETTENSON, Sir RICHARD, bart. poßeles a moiety of
Wadeſlade in Chatham, p. 68. Parrocks
M. in Brenchley, p. 368
Mrs. podeles the tythes of Little Wrotham,
P. 236
Bettenſon, Sir Edward, p. 368
Beverſnam, Elizabeth, p. 419. Sir William, ibid. (1)
Beulton, Robert de, p. 220.
cl. p. 222
Beuly's, of Woldham, p. 159
Bewly, Peter, p. 188
Bexley, Robert, Abbat of Begeham, p. 379
Bexon, John de, p. 584
Bickerſtaff, Sir Charles, p. 192
Bickley, Samuel, cl. p. 225, 601
Bicknor's, p. 517
Bidlake, Thomas, p. 405
's, of the co. of Devon, p. 406 (1)
Bielke's--fee Belke's
Bigod, Roger, p. 38 (u)
Billingſley, Nicholas, cl. p. 714
Bing, Robert, p. 210. George, p. 245
BING, Henry, peleles Yokes Court M. in Frinſted,
and reſides at it, p. 514. And the advowjon of
Frinſted rectory, ibid.
Bingle, JANE, lefſee of Upbery portion of tythes in Gilling,
bam, p. 89
Birbeck, Charles, cl. p. 527
Birch, Abraham, cl. p. 161
Bird,
----, p. 335
Birkhead, Thomas, cl. p. 770. William, cl. p. 773.
Richard, p. 464 (e)
Birtrick, of Meopham, p. 190
Bishop, Mr. P. 373. John, p. 443 (t). William, knighted,
p. 478. Chriſtian, p. 523, 559. Thomas, p. 576
---- Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
Bix, p. 596, 599. Account of, p. 596
Blackborne, William, cl. p: 383, 384. John, cl. p.484
Blackſtone, Sir William, p. 347
Blackwell, heirs of, p. 610
Blackwood, Chriſtopher, cl. p. 527
Bladen, Thomas, cl. p. 537
Blague, Thomas, Dean of Rochelter, p. 27
-------’s, p. 100
Bland, Rev. Thomas, p. 539, 581, 589 (e), 618. John,
BLAND, WILLIAM, pofelles Hartlip Place, in Hartlip, p.
539
Rev. RICHARD, podeljes TunSTALL House, and
reſides there, p. 581
-'s. p. 539
Blanquefort, Lewis de Durfort, Marquis of, and Earl of
Faverſham, p. 716, 784. Account of, p. 716
Blakebroke, Thomas de, p. 305
Blaxland, John, p. 732
---'s
-'s, of Graveney Court, p. 816
BLAXLAND, John and EDWARD, of Graveney, lefees of
Emley Iſle, p. 675
-'s, of Graveney Court, pollefs one-third part of
the advo'w fon of Goodneſlon rectory, p. 816
Blechenden,
Bell, John, p. 118. William, cl.
Bellamont, Charles-Henry, Earl of, p. 431
Bellaſis, Honora, daughter of John Lord, p. 199
Belleacre, John de, p. 270
Bellefden, Robert, p. 717
Bendevile's, p. 257, 310
Benedict, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 36, 318
Benefaéta, Richard de, p. 322 (6)
Benet, Ralph, cl. p. 601. William, cl.
Benetis, Lancelot, p. 2CI
Benkin, Richard, p. 161 (9)
Bennet, John, p. 223, 707
's, of Kew, p. 811. Deſcent of, ibid. (m)
Benolt, Thomas, Ciarencieux King at Arms, p. 83
Benſon, Edward-Beckenham, cl. p. 437
Benftede, John de, p. 298
Bentham, Bryan, p. 695
Bentham, EDWARD, the Truſtees of, polleſs Downe Court
in Doddington, p. 695
's, of Sheerneſs, p. 786, 788
Bentley's, p. 526
Beornord, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 52, 190
Berdmere, James, p. 321
Bere, John, p. 606
Beresford, Michael, p. 394.
------, cl. p. 571. Robert,
cl. p. 542
Bereford, William, p. 565
Bereforth, Robert, p. 556 (1)
Bergavenny, John de Haſtings Lord of, p. 207. Sir Wil-
liam Beauchamp Baron of, p. 196(2), 197:
George Nevill Lord, p. 197 (t). Edward
Nevill Lord, p. 265. Nevill's Lords, p.
196, 269, 304. Deſcent of, p. 196. Nevill,
Lord, entertains Q. Elizabeth, p. 429 (f)--
See alſo Abergavenny
Berham’s, alias Barham’s, p. 290. Account of, ibid. and
292 (2)
Berkeley, Sir Thomas, p. 262. Thomas, of Spetchley,
p. 381. .
Robert, p: 355. Sir Maurice, ac-
count of, p. 424. Joane, p. 503. Anne, p.
552
---------'s, P: 204, 331, 425. Account of different branches
of, p. 424 (a)
's, of Spetchley, account of, p. 356 (9)
Berkeley, Maurice Lord, p. 455
-, George; cl. p. 280. Samuel, cl. p. 493
BERKELEY, Robert, of Spetchley, poteſſes a moiety of
Halkwell M. in Pembury, p. 356. Of Pepen-
bury Magna and Parva M. in Pembury, ibid.
Of the rectory and advow
fon of the vicarage of
Pembury, p. 360
Bermondſey, Prior and Convent of, p. 193–200–201–305–
699-700
Bernard, William, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28. Samuel, cl.
p. 471. Johnathan, cl. p. 770. James, cl.
p. 773, 782
Berney, Robert, p. 372
Berewic, John de, p. 369 (e)-376-439-490 (i)-551
------'s. p. 514
cl. p. 571

I N D E X
21
of 9 P E RSONAS.
Blechenden, Elizabeth, p. 118. Edwin de, p. 435. Fran-
cis, cl. p. 805
Blefenfis, Peter, p. 35
Bliſs, Thomas, p. 117, 121, 306
Block, - P. 592, 596
Blodlowe, Thomas, p. 159
Bloine's, p. 662 (b)
Blondell, Joane, p. 241
Blondevill, Sir Peter, p. 334
Bloor, Mary, p. 334. Chriſtopher, p. 534, 536, 537.
His lands diſgavelled, p. 534 (F). William, p. 534
(8) Olimpia, ibid. (h). Elizabeth, p. 605
Blore, Richard de, p 545, 644. Elizabeth, p. 687
Blount, Thomas le, p. 207, 281, 401, 458, 750
Blundel, Richard, p. 736
Blunt, Walter, p. 89. Richard alias Leigh, p. 232
------'s, of Wrickleſmarſh, p. 88. Account of, p. 86
's, p. 191
Bocland, Conſtance, p. 457
-------'s, p. 104
Bocton, Henry de, p. 400. Jeffry de, Abbat of Faver-
ſham, p. 701
Bode, John, p. 652. Mrs. p. 729.
's, of Davington, P 726. Account of, ibid. slo
Boethius, f. 569 (i)
Bogeherſt, Walter de, p. 192
BOGHURST, John, and OTHERS, poljefs Sharpted M. in
Chatham, p. 69
Boheme, Samuel, p. 655 (u)
Bohun, Elizabeth, p. 434
Bokeland, Henry de, p. 158.
., cl. p. 231
Bois, Joan, p. 184 (a). John, p. 666 (P), 667 (a)
Bolle, William, p. 443 (t)
Boleyn, Thomas, cl. p. 115
Bolyn, Alicia, p. 501
Bologne, Euſtace Earl of, p. 13, 699
Bolton, Robert, cl. p. 805
Dukes of, defcent of, p. 602 (6)
Bonar, John, cl. p.
660
Bonham, Dorothy, p. 250. George, cl. p. 472, 611
Boniface, Archbiſhop, p. 80-109–113–142-148–309-311-
324-384-395-680-694-700 (v)
Bononia, Arnold de, p. 756
Bonſe, Arnold, p. 772
Booth, Hugh, p. 184 (2). Nathaniel, p. 334. Jane, p.
335. Ralph, p. 610
Booth, CHARLES, pofles BAYNDEN S. in Horſemonden,
and reſides there, p. 388
Boothby, Sir William, bart. p. 559
Borafton, John, cl. p. 228
Bordene, William, cl. p. 79. William, ibid. Philip, p.
567. Olbert de, ibid.
Boreman, John, podeles Kents Chantry, alias the Chan-
try F. in Hedcorne, p. 394
-, Rev. Mr. p. 783 (m)
Borough, Sir Edward, p. 448, 496, 504. John, p. 813
(). Thomas, Lord Burgh, p. 496
Borrett, Thomas, p. 137. Suſan, p. 249
Borſtall, William de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23. Ernulf
de, p. 53. Robert de, ibidlo Hori
Bofcawen, Hon. Edward, p. 249
Boſco, Jeffry de, p. 56
Dr. Andelezolled
Boſeham, John, cl. p. 583
Boftock, Edward, p. 307
Boſvile, Thomas, p. 126, 128. Margaret, p. 126
--'s, of Bradborne, p. 68, 368 del
Boſwell, Lady Margaret, p. 347. "Sir William, ibid, and
348
Boteler, John, p. 120 (9). Robert, cl. p. 148. Henry,
p. 481 (n). Thomas, cl. p. 770.
Sir Philip,
bart. p. 292, 296, 306, 484, 642, 749 (h). Sir
William, p. 239. Anne, p. 267, 300
's, of Tefton, Baronets, p. 67, 151, 154, 187, 287,
290, 291, 293, 305.
Account of, p. 291
's, of Graveney, p. 632 (z), 705, 740
's, p. 448
Botreaux, Anne, p. 196, 299
Botred, a Biſhop, p. 600 (n).
Bottleſham, William de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39,
Bourne, John de, cl. p. 99 (s). Mildred, p. 412, 609,
636. Henry, p. 615. James, p. 617 (s). Henry,
p. 748. Elizabeth, ibid. John de, p. 763. Tho.
mas, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24. Daughter of
John le, p. 687
--'s, :p. 127-412 (6)-692-694-747. Account of, p. 692
----'s, p. 397
Boutetourt, Berkeley Lord, deſcent of, p. 424 (a)
Bouverie, Sir Jacob, created Viſcount Folkitone, p. 100.
Mrs. Elizabeth, p. 151-154-155 (1)–188–292
(r)-305-413 (r). Account of the family of, p.
292 (s). Sir Chriſtopher, p. 404 (d)
MRS. ELIZABETH, posiljes lands parcel of Wef
Barming M. p. 154. The tythes of Weſt Bar-
ming, p. 155 (t). The M. and advowſon of
the rectory of Netilefted, p. 287, 288. TESTON
M. and HOUSE, and reſides there, p. 290. The
parfonage and advowjon of the vicarage of Teſton,
p. 293. Toteſham and Evvell M, in Weſt Far-
leigh, p. 296. Henhurſt lands in Valding, p.
306. Yalding M. p. 304. Kenwards F. in
Yalding, p. 306. Langley M. p. 402. The ad-
O vowſon of Langley reftory, p. 403. Chart Sutton
M. p. 404 Norton Place M. in the ſame, p.
405. Town Sutton M. p. 413. Leljee of the
parfonage of Chart Sutton, p. 408
Bowdler, Thomas, p. 671
Bowes, Sir Martin, p. 281. Richard, cl. p. 758
Bowle, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 44
Bowles, ------, cl. p. 255
Bowtell, Charles, cl. p. 805
Bowyer, Sir James, bart. p. 523 (u)
of Saliſbury, daughter of, p. 741
Boxley, Abbat and Convent of, p. 26-106-127–130-131
133 (1)-176-188-389-543-641-644-665-667
----, liſt of Abbats of, p. 123
---, John Wormfell, Abbat of, p. 1150
Walter, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
Boyce, ------, cl. p. 51. George, ci. p. 542
Boycot's, of Ulcomb, p. 424
Boyle, Hon. Richard, p. 340
-'s, Lords, Cliffords of Lonſborough, defcent of, p.
636 (d)
--------, family of, ſeated at Preſton near Faverſham, ac-
count of different branches of, p. 812
Boys, John, of Hode Court, p. 260. John, p. 464 (e).
William, p. 585. Sir William, p. 637.
M.D. p. 759
AMU
p. 136
's, p. 464
Braboue, Hugh de, p. 280
swabond
Bradborne, Thomas, p. 704. John, p. 707, 726
Bradbridge, Thomas, p. 6737
Bradbury's, p. 81 Thomas, p. 632
Bradegare, Robert, cl. p. 113, 471, 586
Bradeham, Wiliam, cl. p 546
Bradfield, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 37, 360 dond
Bradford, Samuel, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 46
Archdeacon of Rochefter, p. 48
Bradſhaw, James, cl. p. 79. John, p. 340 ()
Bradwardine, Thomas, Archbiſhop, p. 95
Brag, Thomas, cl. p. 583
Brailsford, Matthew, cl. p. 471
Braiofa, William de, p. 410
Brakenbury, Robert, p. 137, 249, 330 (8)
Bramiche, William, cl. p. 596
Brampton, John, alias Detling, p. 397, 763. Family of,
V
-----'s, p. 186
Branch, William, cl.
P.
601
Brand, Thomas, cl. p. 286. Thomas, of the county of
Herts, p. 688 (9)
Brandon, Broadnax, p. 522 (e)
------'s, p. 671
Branthwait Elizabeth, p. 296
Bratill, John, p. 388 (1). Margaret, ibid.
Bray, William, p. 459
Brayton, Richard, p. 709 (a)
Brecknock, Earl of Holderneſs, p. 328
Bredgar, Maſter, &c. of the college of, p. 464-469-516
2:518-520-525-567-581
--, John, Prior of Leeds, p. 480
Bredgare, Robert de, cl. p. 584, 588. Hugh de, pi
584 (k)
Bredon, Simon de, cl. p. 113
Bregge, John, el. p. 89. Andrew, cl. p. 582 (1). Wal-
ter at, p. 798
Brembre, Sir John, p. 258. Sir Nicholas de, p. 264
Brenchley's, p. 368
Brent, Falcatius de, p. 323(3). James, cl. p. 546.
Anne, p.706
----'s, p. 183
Brereton, Richard, cl. p. 546, 555 (s)
Breding
361
95 idiot
Botyll, Robert, p. 165
Boughton, --, p. 377
Bovill, Maud, p. 384
Bounker, William, cl. p. 583
Bounde, John, jun. p. 362
Bounds,
Bourchier, Sir Thomas, p. 115, 325 (s), 475, 483 ().
John, p. 521. Eleanor, p. 204. Archbiſhop,
p. 134 (y). Henry, Earl of Eſſex, p. 357 (6)
's, p. 328 (r)
Bourchier, Hugh Stafford, Lord, p. 327 (5)
--,
cl. p. 363

22
of IP E R S O N S.
I N D E X
.
Breſling, William, p. 309
Breton's, p. 536
Brett, Alexander, p. 184 (z). Sir Robert, p. 151, 221,
14811(k). Nicholas, cl. p. 396. Thomas, p. 484
----'s, p. 213, 218
Brewer, John, p. 130, 811. Margaret, p.1 191. Tho.
mas, gent, cl. p. James, p. 567
-------'s, of Ditton, account of, p. 188. Of Weſt Far-
leigh, p. 270, 295, 304. account of, p. 295
Brewſter's, p. 733, 796
Brian, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 231-00-
Briant, John, p. 732
Bridge at, ------, p. 626 (6)
Bridger, Mr. p. 382
Bridges, Henry, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 48. Giles,
p. 281. , Edward, p. 504, 505, 508. Edward
Timewell, cl. ibid.
to?
Rev. EDWARD Timewell, poſeljes the advow-
ſon of Otterden rectory, with the chapels of Board-
field and Monkton annexed, p. 504-505-508
Bridgewater, John, Archdeacon of Rochetter, p. 47
Brigge, Richard, Lancaſter King at Arms, p. 417
Briggs, Henry, cl. p. 141. Dr. William, of Town Mal-
ling, p. 219. George, p. 223
Bright, Robert, cl. p. 676
Brightling, John, p. 348
Brinkhurit, Anne, p. 688
--------'s, p. 812
Brinton, Thomas Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39, 262
Brion, Gilbert Earl of, p. 149, 302, 608 (6)
Briſcoe, John, p. 399
Briſet, Sir Jordan, p. 618 (*)
Briffinges, Thomas de, p. 402. Sarah, ibid.
Briſtol, Governors of, p. 473(9), 602
-------, Biſhops of, p. 41
Digby's Earls of, defcent of, p. 597 (a)
Briſtow, Henry, p. 349. Anne, p. 756
Britmund, p. 551 (n)
Briton, Richard, p. 290 (a)
Britwald, Archbiſhop, p. 600 (n)
Broadhurſt,
--, p. 351
Broadnax, William, p. 815 (*)
Brocket, p. 126 (m)
Brockhill or Brockhull, Henry, p. 460-496-497 (9)-498.
Thomas, p. 69 (y), 617 (s). Ralph, cl. P: 514
o's, p. 158-466-497. Account of, ibid .
Brockley, Canons of, p. 494 (*)
Brockman, Sir William, p. 112. William, p. 505. Mar-
gery, p. 742
Brockwell, p. 452 (x)
, , p. 794
Broke, Sir William, p.256 (1)-339(f)-352. Gilbert, p 469.
John, ibid. John, cl. p. 101. William, cl. p.675
Broke, Adam at, p. 257. Dioniſia, p. 257
Brokholls, Joht, cl. p. 161
Brokeley, Nicholas, cl. p 519
Bromfield, William de, p. 485. John, p. 569
---------, poor of, p. 470 1103
Bromidge, Abraham, cl. p. 789
Bromley, Sir John, p. 277
Brooke, Joſeph, p. 51 (0)
JOSEPH, podeles Satis S. in Rocheſter, and reſides
there, p. 52. Land on Bully-hill, and part of the
caſtle ditch in Rochefer, ibid. (x). Leffee of Lower
Hallow parfonage, p. 548
ak
-------, Philip, p. 52 (z). Francis, p. 5o, 63. Arthur,
p. 63. Francis, ſon of Fulk Lord, p. 61 (6)
FRANCIS, polejes and reſides at a Seat in Town
Malling, p, 219
..-., Sir William, deſcent of, p. 559. Sir Henry, alias
Cobham, p. 212-217-221
alias Cobhanı, Mary, p. 198, 560 (f)
.-.-.-., Elizabeth, p. 104, 183. Alice, p. 306. Thomas,
p. 684. Margaret, p. 764. George and Wil.
ſiam, p. 184 (*). William, of Hartlip, deſcent
of, p. 540. John de la, p. 309
's, of Rocheſter, deſcent of, p. 52 (y)
Brooks,
p. 321. John, p. 381
Broome, John, cl. p. 508
Brotherton, Margaret, p. 203. Thomas de, p. 574 (6)
Brouch's, p. 101
Broughton, Anne, p. 510-562-751. -.--.--, P.
p. 662 (b)
Brown, Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40. Thomas,
p. 147 (f): Lucy, p. 227. Catherine, p. 198.
Charles, cl, p. 222. Edward, cl. p. 403. Sir
Edward, p. 531. 621, 630, 739. ------, P. 407.
Nicholas, cl. p. 416. Ambroſe, p. 379 John,
p. 552 Sir George, p. 597, William, cl.
p.
601. Elizabeth, p. 688. Robert, p. 703 (1).
Jonathan, cl. p. 484. Heirs of, p. 610
Sir Anthony, p. 358. Created Viſcount Monta-
gue, ibid. (1). Defcent of, p. 657 (i)
Browne,
alias Cordon, Richard, Archdeacon of Rocheſter,
p. 47
's, p. 147-192-224-379-419. Cf Beechworth, p.
283-597-004. Account of, p. 597
Browne, MRS. ELIZABETH, poleſjes BAY HALL M. in
Pembury, and reſides there, p. 358
-'s, of Bayhall, ibid. Of Buckland, p. 372. Vif-
counts Montague, &c. account of the family of,
P. 440 (r)
Browning, Thomas, p 309
Brownwell, Robert, cl. p. 225
Bruchelle, alias Brenchley, Sir William, p. 368 (w)
Bruer, Robert, p. 130
Brumpton's, p. 808
Brunnighe, Witho, p. 668
Brus, Robert de, p. 323 (1)
Brutin, Richard, of Gillingham, p. 89
Bryan, William, p. 243
Bryanſtone, Thomas, p. 809 (*)
's, alias Brumiton's, p. 808
Brydeſdale, John, cl. p. 165(6), 166
Buckrell's, p. 55
Buckeridge, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 43, 50
Buck, Nicholas, p. 252 (O). Sir John, p. 282. William,
cl. p. 472. Peter, p. 522. "The Widow, p.671 (r).
Thomas, p. 678, 795
THOMAS, poffefjes Hall F. alias Abbats Court, with
Perry Marſh in Harty, p. 795
MARTHA, SUSANNA, and MARY, with OTHERS,
poljefs Brack F. in Oſpringe, ibid.
------'s, of Cockſditch, p. 705
Buckerell's, p. 55
Buckingham, Edward Stafford, Duke of, p. 139-315 (1) -
330-332–337Baron of T unbridge, p. 343-
Humphry Siafford, Earl of, p. 328–37: (c)
-657. Henry Stafford, Duke of, p. 287.
George Villiers, Duke of, p. 80 (k)-340-
477 (e)-631 (u). John Villiers, Earl of,
p. 341. Hobart's, Earls of, ibid (y). Wal-
ter Giffard, Earl of, p. 623(k). Rohefia,
daughter of, p. 322. Mary, daughter of
Edward, Duke of, p. 197. Anne, Dutcheſs
of, p. 287, 340. Stafford's, Dukes of, p.
149-154-249-303-313-316-330 (m)-333–
357–362-366-367-197. Henry, Duke of,
account of, p. 329. Stafford, Duke of, his
contention for precedence, p 329 (2) Tocal
Earls of, p. 313-340-371 (y)
Buckingham's, p. 68
Buckingham ſhire, John Sheffield, Duke of, p. 393 (v).
L Sheffield's, Dukes of, p. 341 (y)
Buckhurſt, Lord, p. 429 )
Buckland, Samuel, p. 547. John de, p. 737
---.'s, of Buckland in Maidſtone, p. 104
BUCKNAL, THOMAS-SKIP, podefjes Ham, alias Weſt Court
€18.9 et M. with its appendages in Upchurch, P: 544
Bufkin, Lewin, p. 121, 402, de
's, p. 140-402-491. Account of, ibid. tomo
Buiric, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
D
Bukynham, John, p. 21
22
Bull, Suſan, p. 282
Buller, John, p. 470, 796. Richard, p. 649. Francis,
p. 649 (c)
Buller, John, and Sir FranCIS, Truffees, polefs Min.
Cost fier M. in Shepey, p. 649
200
is, of the co. of Cornwall, p. 803
Bulleyn, Sir Thomas, created Earl of Wiltſhire and Or-
mond, p. 247. Lady Anne, p. 248
--------, Q. Anne, p. 350 (8) Det
TO
Bullock, ----r., p. 194
Bulltrode, Captain, p. 578
Bunce, Rachael, p. 266-267-301. James, p. 507. Simon,
p. 508 (g). Catherine, p. 593, John, p. 641.
Patience, p. 753. Anne, p. 766. Stephen, p.
767 (x). ------, p. 755
's, of Otterden, p. 442, 506. Of Kemfing, p.683.
Deſcent of different branches of, p 505 (t). Of
Kemſing and Eaſt Greenwich, defcent of, p. 506
Bungey, John, Prebendary of Canterbury, p. 607
Burbache, John, cl. p. 587
Burbage, Thomas, ci. p. 667
Burbige's, p. 130
Burden, John, p. 131 (1) (2), 393 (c) (d)
Burdett, Sir Hugh bart. cl. p. 565. piccount of, ibid. (()
Burdus, John, p. 669
Burgh, Hubert de, p. 14-295-323. Margaret, p. 324.
Earl of Kent, p 582-591-790. John
de, p. 196 (P)-303-312-326-338-620-803. Fa-
miiy of, p. 572. Thomas, Lord, his land's dif-
gavelled, p. 448-496-504. Sir William, Lord,
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s to
Burgh, Burrough's Lords, p. 448-496-504
Richard, Earl of Clanrickard, Viſcount Tunbridge
and Baron of Somerkill, p. 343. Margaret, daugh-
ter of Ulick, Marquis of Clanrickard, p. 340
Burges, Eliſeus, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 48.
cl. p. 41. John, p. 97 (w), 125(b). Elizabeth,
p. 317. William, p. 664
Burges, Robert, of Lyghe, poleſjes Goldwell in Had-
low, p. 317
Burgeſs, Thomas, p. 318 (8)
Burgeſſche---ſee Burgherſh
Burgeys, Thomas, p. 705
Burgham, Daniel de, p. 531
Burgherſh, Bartholomew de, p. 97-187-474(s). Robert
de, p. 186-187-701-709
Burgoyne, Margaret, p. 237
estilo erylstis
Burhric, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 216 16
Burleigh, William Lord, Lord Treaſurer, : 76–331-439–
440 (P). Account and deſcent of, p. 439 (00)
Burley, or Burleigh, Sir Simon de, p. 6—208-401-433-
518-527-532-542-584 (q)-751–752. Sir John
de, p. 752 (m)
Burleſton, William, p. 284
Burlington, Henrietta, daughter of Richard Earl of, p.61
Burman, John, cl. p. 565, 640. Henry, p. 566
Burnell, Hugh, p. 608
Burnet, Richard, p. 214
UNTV 1199
Burnod, p. 736
Burrell, Iſabella, p. 260
Burrish, Onſlow, p. 812
Burroughs, Elizabeth, p. 250. William, cl. p. 739
Burſton, de, family of, p. 300
Burton, Richard, cl. p. 301. Chriſtopher, cl. p.471(ee).
Sir Thomas, bart. p. 597 (a). Edward, cl. p.734
SAMUEL, poßefles Runham M. and Place, in
Lenham, p. 443
--------'s, p. 304. Of Runham, p. 442
Burton, Abbat of, p. 23
Burville, Henry, cl. p. 31 (V)–126 (r)–206-263-393 (c).
George, cl. p. 212
Rev. George, poffefjes a S. in Boxley, and Kel.
foam in Hedcorne, p. 393
Bury, William, Chief Baron, p. 341, 652. William, p.
653-664- (e)-671 (t). Emma, p. 341
Bufwell, Sir George, bart. p. 613
Buttiller, Nicholas, p. 291 (f). Thomas, cl. p. 583.
Thomas, p. 417--See alſo Boteler
Butler, Joſeph, p. 169. cl. p. 175. Francis, p.
542. John, cl. p. 286, 527. Elizabeth, p.
383. Anne, p. 422. James, p. 482 (r)
Buttonſhaw, Thomas, cl. p. 206, 228
Butts, Thomas, p. 543
Bye, Deodatus, cl. p. 508
Bykenore, family of, p. 517, 571 (w). Thomas de, p.
Byng, George, created Viſcount Torrington, p. 372 (-)
-----'s, of Wrotham, p. 232-235-336-723. Account of,
p. 235
Bynham, Edward, p: 125 (5)
Byſet, Richard, p. 158
Calthorpe, Judith, p. 467. William, cl. p. 618
Calverley, John, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
Cam, Elizabeth, p. 315
Caman, William de, p. 309
Cambridge, Chancellors of, p. 40. Mafters of Bennet col-
lege in, p. 46, 725. Maſter of Clare-Hall
in, p. 27. Head of St. Michael's Hall in,
p. 40. Maſters of Pembroke-Hall in, p. 28-
40-42–43. Maſter of Peterhouſe college in,
P. 39. Maſters of Queen's college in, p. 41.
Maſters of St. John's college in, p. 28-43-
45-47-583(c). Maſter and Fellows of St.
John's college, p. 717
-----------, Master and Fellows of St. John's college in,
pollefs the parſonage of Hedcorne, p. 396. El-
vyland in Oſpringe, p.795. Lands in Oſpringe,
P. 799: Maiſon Dieu hospital in the ſame, p.
802. The parſonage of Oſpringe, p. 803
-----------, Richard de Coningſborough, Earl of, p. 338.
William, p. 603
Camden, William, p. 600 (0), 601 (7). Baptiſt Noel Vil-
count, p. 194, 430
Camera, Olbern de, cl. p. 724
Campania, John de, p. 625(9), 727(0). Robert de, P. 747
's, P: 744-745-746. See alſo Champions
Campbell, John, created Baron of Chatham, &c. p.75
Campion's, P: 139
Campleſhon, John, cl. P: 537, 546
Camvill, Thomas de, p. 370
Canterbury, Archbiſhops of, p. 5-14-16-18-28 (x)-31-32-
34-36-39 (z)-64-80-90-94-95-99 (s)-102
-103 (e)-110-114-121-122-136-138-141-
156-16-208–211-212-217-222-223 (x)
224-230-233-234-245-273-298-301-308-
311-322–330~352-365-376-384-391–395–
421-422-427-429 (f)--445-454-471-484-
486-517-536-537-542-546-550~551 (n)-
565-582 (m)-586 (1)-596-607-617 (s)-618
620 (0)-633-660-666-669-673-680-685-
693–699 (e)-700-714-723-731-770-802-
813–814
---, have the privilege of a mint,
P: 7: The cuſtody of Rocheſter caſtle, p. 14.
Viſitors of Sir John Hawkins's hoſpital, p.
77. Their ſervices to the Earls of Glouceſter,
p. 325. Agreement between them, p. 384
CANTERBURY, The ARCHBISHOP of, pol Des the parſon-
age of Maidſtone, and nomination of the per-
petual curacy of the fame, p. 121. The
Jonage and advowſon of the vicarage of Det-
ling, p. 138. The advowjon of Wrotham
rectory and vicarage, p. 245. Of Hunton
rectory, p. 301. The ad vowſon of Hedcorne
vicarage, p. 396. The patronage of Eaſt
Lenham, p. 445. The parſonage of Leeds,
and ad vowſon of the perpetual curacy of the
fame, p. 484, 486. The patronage of the fine-
cure rectory and advowſon of the vicarage of
Holling borne, p. 471.
The advowjon of
Rainham vicarage, p. 536. The advowfone
of Tunſtall rectory, p. 582. Bredgar college
or chantry, p. 586. The parfonage of Tong,
p. 607. The parſonage and advowſon of Sit-
ting borne vicarage, p. 618. The advorfor
of the vicarage of Ley/down, p. 673. The
parfonage and patronage of the perpetual cua
racy of Ore, p. 731. The parſonage and ad-
vorjon of the vicarage of Stalisfield, p. 761,
762. The advowſon of the vicarage of
Preſion near Faverſham p. 813
Canterbury, Edmund, Archbiſhop of, p. 526-633 (c)-720
(1)-721. Henry Chicheley, Archbiſhop of
and Cardinal, p. 460. John. p. 24-122(x)-
201-735 (b), Matthew, p. 80-120-484-
486-;86-618-768. Richard, p. 323–383-
499-582-633-720. Simon, p. 215. Stephen,
p. 541. Thomas, p. 328 (r), 408 (1). Wil-
liam, p. 14-383-401 (8) (6)_408-423-445
(g)-536-559-580 (8)
-----, Archdeacons of, p.34-35-36-42~245 (t)-460-
461-479-529-548-607-633-636 (d)--685-
697-701 (2)--721
CANTERBURY, ARCHDEACON of, pfefes the parſonage
and patronage of the perpetual curacy of
Iwade, p. 642. The parfonage and ad vow-
Son of ihe vitarage of Tenham, with the
chapels annexed to it, p. 685, 691. The par-
fonage and advoufon of the vicarage of
Doddington, p. 696. The parſonage of Stone
chapelry, p:736
Richard, Archdeacon of, p. 408. George
Hall, p. 642
Canterbury,
------,
The para
625 (9) ****
C.
Cacot, Francis, cl. p. 161
Cade, William, p. 568). Jack, p. 575. Arnold, p. 796
Cadogan, Lieutenant General Lord, p. 655
Cænulf, King of Mercia, p. 52
Cæfar, Sir Thomas, p. 99. Dr. p. 166 (u)
-'s, p. 82, 651. Account of, p. 99, 651
Cage, George, cl. p. 136. Robert, cl. p. 308. William,
p. 488, 499. John, p. 499
Cage, Lewis, podeljes and refides at MILGATE S. in Ber.
fied, p. 487
Mrs. widow of John, pobedes Combes alias Lower
Milgate, in Berfted, p. 487
---'s, of Berſted, p. 487-494-495. Account of, p. 487
Caius, Dr. p. 556 (a)
Calamy's, p. 139
Calcraft, John, pobeles Leeds Abbey, and Barnes Gar.
den M. in Leeds, p. 482. The parfonage of
Leeds, p. 484, 486. Stockbury M. p. 522
Calder, James, afterwards Baronet, p. 104, 130. Account
of, p. 104
Sir Henry, barf. p.:Defes and reſides at the PARK
House in Maidſtone, p. 104. Podedes the Nether
Grange F. in Boxley, p. 130
Caldham, Gabriel, p. 151
Cale, John, p. 150, 152
Callant, Garret, p. 102 (5)
-'s, of Rocheſte., p. 525
Callowhill, Richard, p. 151
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P: 736
Cave, ----
P: 341. Anne, p. 626 Monster
DET boat
-a?
60. Maſter,
Canterbury, Prior and Convent of Chriſt Church in, p. 14-
40 (9)-95-99 (s)—139–144-156-176-222-
234-257-273-274-278 (c) -279-280-290-
294-298-419-421-426-427-443-455-463–
464-466-469-488-519-546–548–551 (n)-
576 ()-680-735-758-782-805-806-807
--, Priors of Chriſt Church in, p. 23, 34, 273,
296, 310, 701. Henry, Prior of, p. 290.
John, p. 675. Nicholas, p. 298. Sacriat of,
p. 700 (v), 813. School belonging to, p.
556 (a). Prior and Convent of the Holy
Trinity in, p. 650, 669, 670
---, Dean and Chapter of, p. 280, 4 26, 549; 625
(z), 635, 725, 807 if), 814. Benefaction
to, p. 44. Miſtake in their dotation charter,
Canterbury, Dean and Chapter of, polles Looſe M.
p. 139. The parſonage and advowſon of Eaft
20808 Peckham vicarage, p. 279. Boyton M. in
to be Eaft Sutton, p. 419. Hollinghorne M. p.
y la tugs Downe in Hucking, p. 520. Berkejure alias
464. Lands in Berfled, p. 488., 9 bornys-
Bafer M. in Hallow, p. 547. The par-
Dressiedo Jonage and advowſon of Lozer Halftovi
carage, p. 548. The parfonage and advow-
Son of the vicarage of Milton near Sitting borne,
p. 634. Leyfdown M. p. 670. The parson
.
age and advowson of Faverſham vicarage,
P. 724. A penfion from Luddenkam reflory,
P: 734. Eluerton M.in Stone near Faver
Ses finum, p.735. Lands in Throwley, , P, 767;
SOF) The parfonage and advowfon of Sheidwich
vicarage, p. 789. Copton M. with Ham-
marſh in Preſion, p. 806. Selgrave M. in
the ſame, p. 807. The parſonago of Preſton
near Faverſham, p. 813
Canterbury, Deans of, p. 28, 245 (a) (y)
Abbat and Convent of St. Auguſtine near,
p. 21-323–438-439-441-443-446-452-453
-454-462-472-492-516-523-550-551-553
-363-564-570-595-619-625 (2-632-634–
635-640-642-662-668-692 (w)--709-720-
721-722-723-724-773-789--800-804
----------, Abbat of, p. 76 ()-450-454-509-513-625
-633 (e)-720-721-722-723-801
--------, Prior and Canons of St. Gregory in, p: 444,
445, 453, 682. Priors of,
p,
&c. of the hoſpital of St. James in, p 587.
Prioreſs and and Nuns of St. Sepulchre's
priory in, p. 99 (s), 681
---- Caſtle, Governors of, p. 14
Cannvile, Robert de, p. 473 (m)
Canons, alias Chiltern Langley, Prior and Canons of, p.458
Canute, King, p. 87, 646. Humphry, p. 762
Cantelowe, Katherine, p. 575
Capaville, Olbert de, p. 436
Capel, Elizabeth, p. 501, 628. Dorothy, p. 719
--'s, deſcent of, p. 811 (n)
Capel, Lady Dorothy, Trustees of her CHARITY
SCHOOLS polefs Perry Court in Preſton near Faver-
pam, p. 811. Account of her and them, ibid.
Capella, de, alias Capell, a family, p. 141
Capgrave, John, the famous Friar, account of, p. 367 (c)
Capys, Robert, p. 501 (6)-605-609-650 (g)-674-760
Carden, alias Cawarden, Thomas, p. 377. William, p.
648 (t). Alexander, p. 652 (a)
Cardone, John, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
Cardyff, John, Prieſt, p. 93
Carew, Anne, p: 553. Sir Matthew, p.576. Martha, p. 608
---'s, of Beddington, p. 90, 136 (0) Deſcent of, p. 204
Carey, Henry, created Lord Hunſdon, p. 664
------'s, account of the family of, p. 240 (1)
Carliſle, Biſhops of, p. 27, 46. Deans of, p. 45. Charles
Howard, Earl of, p. 163(P)
Carleton, Sir Dudley, created Lord Carleton, p. 613
Carmichael, John Lord, p. ICO
Carney, John, p. 295–304-567
Carr, Robert, cl. p. 122. William, cl. p. 185. Sir Ro-
Ebert, created Viſcount Rocheſter, &c. account of him,
Carter, Thomas, cl. p. 79. --- ---, P. 158. William, p. 282.
Rev. Mr. p. 344 (x). Arnold, cl. p. 409, 490.
Thomas, of Crundal, p 806 (4)
Cartwright, Hugh, p. 212, 214, 218, 221, 270. Jane,
p. 212, 218. Rhoda, p. 268. Anne, p. 239
Caryl, Jane, p. 246
Caſaubon, Meric, p. 561, 5650)
Calley, David, p. 175
Carlocke, John, p. 679. Deſcent of, p. 597
Caffiughurit, -----, P. 335
Calilion, John, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28
Caſtle, Charles, p, 766
delade M.
Caftlecombe, Barbara, p. 781
Caſt lehaven, Mervin Earl of and Lord Audley, p. 3724
379. Defcent of, p. 329 (2)
Caſtlelocke, John, alias Shepey, Abbat of Faverſham, p.
701. John, p. 704 (q), 719
St-'s, p: 702 (f).
Caſtlemaine, Monſon Viſcount, account of, p. 785 (w)
Caſtleton, Viſcount, p. 785
Cafyer, Elizabeth, p. 470, 485
Cateby, Hugh de, p. 205
Catherine, wife to King Henry VIII, p. 621 (8)
Catlet, William, p. 604 (a)
Catling, Hugh, p. 275, 288
Cator, Thomas, cl. p. 686, 805, 817. dum &
Catt, Hugh de, p. 369
Cattelyn, John, cl. p. 583
to godi&o
Cavendiſh, Mary, p. 268
Caunton, Elizabeth, p. 543. Richard, cl. p. 583
Cauſton, Hugh de, p. 317. John, cl, p. 471, 686 m
Cawne, Sir Thomas, p. 237, 251 (y)
Cawarden, alias Carden, Thomas, p. 377
Cawthorne, Rev. Mr. p. 346. James, cl. Mafter of Tun.
bridge ſchool, p. 348
Cayſer, Elizabeth, p. 483
Cecele, Simon de, p. 810 (5)
Cecil, Sir William, p. 19. Lord, account of his creation,
p. 429 (12)
Cely, John, p. 788 (s)
Cenulph, King, p. 438–680-698-805 writto nel
Ceolnoth, Archbiſhop, p. 222
Cetham, Domini de, p. 472
Chadwick, Valentine, cl. p. 280
Chafy, William, cl. p. 725
Chalfhant's, p. 363-511-695
Chaloner's, p. 467
Cham, George, p. 304
Chamberlaine, Thomas, cl. p. 51. Charles, p. 199. Eli-
(1) ECE-0---
Szabeth, ibid. Penelope, p. 333. Judith,
p. 693. Richard, p. 791
CHAMBERLAINE, WILLIAM, pollefes Newbarrow, alias
Newburgh M. in Tong, p. 605. Ham,
in Luddenham and Preſton, p. 733
Chamberlain, Lords, p. 329
CHAMBER'S, ABRAHAM, podeljes Wadeſlade M. in Chat-
ham, p. 68. Bicknor M. p. 518. Wood-
plock alias Piftock M, in Tunfall, p. 581.
Sutton Barne M. in Borden, p. 566
Samuel, p. 629 (k). Nathaniel, cl. p. 697,
749. Elizabeth, p. 786
Chambre, Robert de, cl. p. 225. Robert, p. 482
Champaigne's, p. 725 (u). John de, p. 741
Champaine's, of the co. of Leicefter, acconnt of, p. 746 (1)
Lady, p. 756
Champeney, Richard, alias Glouceſtre King at Arms, p. 753
Champeyney, Roger de, p: 744
Champion's, p. 676-677-740
Champneis, Sarah, p. 394, 520, 537. William, p. 674 (u).
Juſtinian, one of the Kentiſh Petitioners, p.
441 (v). Family, of Boxley, p. 129 (2)
Champs, John, p. 358 (0)
CHANCELLORS, LORD, p. 37-38-40-64-119 (a)-187-
379-552-591-687-777 (k)
Chandois, George Lord, p. 170. Edward Lord, p. 184.
Giles Lord, p. 331 (r)
Chaplain, Thomas, p. 688
Chaplin's, P: 377
Chapman, James, p. 125 (h). William, p. 220. Tho.
mas, p. 297 (r), 305. Stephen, p. 569. James,
Edward, p. 667. Defcent of, p. 507
CHAPMAN, JAMES, pobeljes Meriams alias Madams Court in
Frinſled, p. 513. Manns in Bredgar, p. 586.
The parſonage houſe in Eafichurch, with lands
belonging to it, p. 667
--, CHARLES, podeles Diven M. in Eaffing, p. 756
CHAPMAN, ------, podefjes part of Arnoids M. in Eaſling,
p. 757
----’s, p. 293-513-766(1) ---787
Charles II, King, at Rocheiter, p, 4
Charles, William, p. 83. Robert, p. 335
-'s, p. 54-56-194-226
Charleton, de, a family of East Sutton, p. 419
Charlton, Mrs. p. 28). George, cl. p. 285, 286. George,
626. Edward, p. 467 (m)
Charlton's, of Boxley, account of, p. 131, 393
Chartham, Nicholas de, cl. p. 79. Thomas, p.604 (a).
John de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 701
Chatham Dock, the Commiſſioner of, p. 64
John Campbell, created Baron of, &c. p. 75.
Lady Heiter Pitt, created Baroneſs of, ibid.
William Pitt, created Earl of, account of bim
and his deſcendants, p. 75
IL Chauncy,
P. 60
p.

INDEX of PERSONS.
25
p. 380
20
2000
's, p. 85, 88, 407, 578, 590, 612, 686, 743, 791,
CHEST, GOVERNOR 915
Chauncy, Richard, p. 706
Church, Alicia, p: 501
పాడిన
Chaune's, p. 362
Chyld, Richard, p. 722 (r)
--'s, of the co. of Hertford, p. 444
Cinque Ports, Wardens of, p. 14, 66, 83, 97, 118, 167,
Chauns, Solomon, p. 507
182, 186, 197 (2), 207 (6), 208, 246,
Check, at, p. 604
2257, 295, 299, 329, 355, 366, 386 (i),
Checkfell's, p. 604
446, 473 (k), 510, 521 (k), 533, 566,
Cheke, Robert, cl. p. 583
573, 580, 621 (e), 632, 648, 660, 661,
Cheker, Adam, p. 309
.....
701, 709, 771 (u), 791, 807
Chekere, John de la, p. 226, 278
--------, Deputy Warden of, p. 577 (s)
Chelsfield, Simon de, p. 752
Ciriton, de, family of, p. 56
Cheney, Wm. p.617(u), 644,657,661,671,672. Richard, Clagget, Nicholas, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28
p. 644. Edward, p.771. John, p. 780. Eliza Clampard, Thomas, p. 284
beth, p. 380, 466, 471, 476. Francis, p. 657 Clancarty, Earl of, p. 340
Sir Thomas, p. 504-505-510-528–533–580-592 Clanrickard, Richard Burgh Earl of, p. 339. Created
--598-648-650-651-652–653-654–657-663-666
Baron of Somerhill, Viſcount Tunbridge,
-669-676-677-678-679-682-690-703-707-726 love and Earl of St. Albans, p. 340.
Ulick
-728-729-733-743-745-748-751–793-795-798 broke Burgh Marquis of, p. 340, 343
His lands diſgavelled, p. 661 (e). Suit concern Clare, Gilbert de, p. 14, 337: Richard de, p: 305, 342,
ing his will, p. 510 (0), 662(8). Thomas, of
.9 1.344, 378. Baldwin de, p. 323 (v). William de
Woodleigh, p. 510 (v), 662 (g) uremo
Margaret, p. 775. Earls of, p. 149, 264,
Henry Lord, p. 85–88-504-505-510-528-533–
€ 323.
Account of, ibid. Family of, p. 302, 323,
580-590-629--648--650--651--652--653--654- 20365: Account of, p 323 BONDIAL
662--663--664--666--669--671--677--678-679 Clarembaid, Prior, p. 699, 700. Abbat of Faverſham,
682--707--726--728--729--745--748--751–792
p. 700, 724
Harald
----, account of the family and its different branches, p. Clarence, George Duke of, p. 197 (t), 531, 621, 657.
590, 661, 662
Thomas, p. 256, 352. Lionel, p. 258, 270,
338. Philippa, daughter of, p. 603
Clarencieux, Thomas, King at Arms, p. 753
792,793
ebbe
Cheolmund, Bihop of Rocheſter, p. 33 agihasisho
Clarendon, Hyde's Earls of, p. 61
Chepynden, Simon, cl. p.517 da to
Clarevall, Abbat of, p. 665
Cherche, Roger at, cl. p. 1930. nor VEVNO
Clarges, Sir Walter, bart. p. 623
Chernock, Robert, p. 676
Clarke, Symon, cl. p. 64. Humphry, p. 97 (x), 424..
Cherry, Thomas, cl. p. 116
van 10
George, p. 130. Humphry alias Woodchurch,
Cheriley, Abbats of, p. 34
p. 585 (d).
p. 300, 587. Godfrey, p.
Cheſewyke, Jeffry de, p. 462999
426. john, cl. p. 384. Chriſtopher, p. 462.
Cheſlyn, Richard, p. 615
Arthur, cl. p. 511. Francis, p. 587, 649 (c).
John, p. 653. Thomas, p. 678. William, p. 707
Scokles, in Minſter in Shepty, p. 653
CLARKE, GODFREY BAGNAL, podeljes Ulcomb M. p.424
Cheſter, Ranulph, Earl of, p: 323. Biſhops of, p. 28 (6),
The TRUSTEES poliefs the advowjon of Ulcomb
Cena 132, 136 (v), 302 (m). Deans of, p. 43210
1 ristory, p. 426
su
Cheſterfield, Philip Earl of, p. 432, 434, 445, 461, 614,
's, of the co. of Derby, p. 424. Of Bredgar, ac-
0.731, 762. Account of, p. 432. Katherine,
count of, p. 585. /-------'s, p. 735
-'s, p. 735 til
Counteſs of, p. 437. Stanhope's Earls of, Claxton, Hammond, p. 232 (cc) Polo
p. 431, 458
Cleave, William, p. 306. Thomas, p. 367 0.4 dlo
Chetham, Richard, Prior of Leeds, p. 417, 480 do Clenkard, Archibald, p. 413
15
Chetwind Matthew, p. 277
Clements, of Ightham, p. 249. Margaret, p. 592.00
s, p. 193
Todo loro Clere, Reginald de, p. 546 Hollowblo
Chevin, Thomas, 676, 746
Clerke, Sir Francis, p. 211, 666 (p), 667 (2) Sir Wil.
-------'s, p. 677, 747
liam, of Ford, account of, p. 239. William, cl.
Cheyduit, p. 753 (y) 10
p. 583. Sir John, of Ford, p. 291. John, ejq;
Cheyneſtere, John, p. 595 (x)
Base
cl. John, cl. p.426. Thomas, cl. p. 517
Sir
Chiche, Margaret, p. 336. Ralph, p. 628. Stephen,
Rowland, p. 604. Mr. Sergeant, p. 649. Va-
lentine, p. 664. Alice, p. 227. Cecilia, p. 457
's, p. 814
's, of Ford in Wrotham, p. 147. Account of, p.
Chichele, Archtiſhop, p. 49, 95, 346, 380, 543.
Wil-
238. Of Rocheſter, p. 209. Of Ulconib. p. 423.
liam, p. 380. Philippa, p. 814
Account of, ibid.
Chicheſter, Biſhops of, p. 26 (f), 27, 39, 40, 42, 47, 600, --’s; alias Nortop's, p. 224. Of Woodchurch, p.
St. Richard in, p. 703 (1)
424. Of Frogenhall, p. 682. Of Brogdale, p.
---, Dean and CHAPTER of, polejs the parſonage
794. Deſcent of different branches in ſeveral coun-
and advowſon of the vicarage of Bapchild, p. 601
ties, p. 423 (2)
Chidcroft, family of, p. 375 019
Clerkenwell, Prioreſs and Nuns of, in London, p. 618
Chidocke, Sir John, p. 223
Clermont, Adeliza, daughter of the Earl of, p. 323
Chiffinch's, of Northileet, p. 55, 238 do we nero
Cleybrooke, Anne, p. 434
Child, Francis, p. 464, 465, 466
Cleyton, Jaſper, p. 290.00€
CHILD, ROBERT, podeljes Rochefier Caſle, p. 15. Leljee Clifford, William, of Bobbing, p. 194, 249 (6), 531, 609,
of the demefines of Holling borne M. p. 464. Poffefjes
621, 692. Lords, of Chudleigh, deſcent of, p.
Elnothington M. in Hollingborne, p. 465. Green-
412, 636
way Court M. in the fame, p. 466
's, of Bobbing, p. 187, 404, 412, 522, 558, 596,
Childre, Arnold, p. 606 (r) laod
610, 636, 638, 640. Account of, p. 636
Children, William, p. 335. George, p. 342, 3499)
Clinche, John, cl, p. 607. Joſias, p. 753
George, podeljes Budds in Shipborne, p. 254. Clinton, Sir William, p. 162, 196, 207, 298. Created
Part of Dachurſt demeſnes in Turbridge, p. 334.
Earl of Huntingdon, p. 208, 269, 281, 299,
Account of the family of, p. 342 (k)
401, 458, 517, 750. Sir John, p. 162, 195
Childrey, Dr. Joſhua, p. 568. Account of, p. 714 (2)
208. Gervas, p. 300
Chiltern Langley, Prior and Canons of, p. 458
---'s, p. 299, 300, 617 (s) di
Chilton, family of, p. 614
Clinton and Saye, Lords, p. 163, 196, 299, 730. As-
CHILWELL, JONATHAN, podeles Peckhams M. in Hadlow,
count of, p.299
p. 318
Clitherow, Elizabeth, p. 398 Intias
Chineferth, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Clive, Alice, p. 84. John, p. 150. Lady, p. 787 (4)
Chirche, Jacob, cl. p. 115. James, cl. p. 500
---'s, of Copton, p. 787, 794. Account of, p. 806
Chiltlet, Petronella, p. 512
Clotworthy, p. 1918
tetsons
Cholmeley, Sir George, p. 555. Account of, ibid.
Clough, John, cl. p. 527. William, cl. p. 189
Choute's, alias Chute's, of Betherſden, p. 505
Clovill, p. 336, 814
Chowne, Sir George, p. 252. Dame Mary, p. 26303 Cloyne, Biſhop of, p. 280 (v)
's, p. 239, 241, 261, 317. Account of, p. 241 Clugni, Abbat of, p. 699(e) niliw i rose
Chowning. Thomas, cl. p. 484
Clutting, Ormond, cl. p. 669, 697
Chriſtian, Mary, p. 594. Simon, p. 811
Clyfe. John, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24.2.2
Chriſtmas, of Eaſt Sutton, p. 404 1f). Edward, cl. p.517 Clyve, Simon de, Prior of Rocheſter, ibid.
Chriſtopher, Angelus, p. 565
COASTE, WILLIAM-STACY, pofelles Chillington in Maid-
Chute's, alias Choute's, of Betherſden, p. 505. Edward,
ftone, p. 103
be
p. 529. Mary, p. 592
Coates, Arthur, p. 447
122
p. 816
.
642, 700.
697)
Cobbe,

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INDEX of
PERSON S.

----
0
573 (8). William de, p. 448. Margaret de,
Cobbe, Edward, p. 459. Anne, p. 560. Alice, p. 626.
Jane, p. 671. Eleanor, p. 786
Cobham, Sir Thomas, p. 15, 448, 496, 503. Thomas,
p. 184(*), 513(3). Thomas de, p. 644. Sir
Reginald de, p. 327(6), 357, 558, 636. Re-
ginald de, p. 509, 625 (9), 746 (e). Regi.
nald Lord, p. 377 (s). Stephen de, p. 129,
573 (1), 644. Henry de, p. 327, 473 (k),
p. 286 (b). John de, p. 5, 14, 15, 17, 19,
21, 177. John, p. 674 (). John, alias Brooke,
p. 560, 563 (s)
po....., Henry Brooke, Lord, p. 90, 104, 115, 257, 352.
John Lord, p. 90. William Lord, p. 257,352,
368. George Lord, p. 2, 24, 26, 104, 115.
George Lord, p. 256(1), 339(f), 352, 355(b),
368, Lady Frances, p. 104. Brooke's Lords,
p. 93. Lord, p. 429 (F) 6 Stadten
....a's, of Cobhani, p. 90, 103.
Of Roundall, p.
129, 182, 183, 573. Account of, p. 129. Of
Sterborough, p. 448, 496. Account of p. 503.
Of Aldington, p. 496. Account of, ibid. Of
Britov. Allington, p. 674
Cobham-Hall, proprietor of, p. 64 og
Coc, William, p. 798
Cock, Eugenius, p. 505. Stephen, p. 731
-----'s, of Oſpringe, p. 798
Cocks, Thomas, p. 68. Richard, p. 798 (n). John, p.
335 (i). Mary, p.552
Cocks, Šir CHARLES, bart. pofleffes Newington M. near
Sitting borne, p. 553
...'s, of the co. of Worceſter, Hereford, and Glou.
cefter, account of, p. 552, 553
Cockin, Mary, p. 638
Cockman, Thomas, cl. p. 215, 231
Cockyns, John, cl. p. 675
Cod, Thomas, p. 60. Elizabeth, p. 335
Codd's, of Watringbury, account of, p. 283
Codeſed, alias Cowfted, family of, p. 522
Coke, Annetta, p. 487. William, p. 492 (z). Henry,
6
Coking, Mary, p. 407
Cokkys's, of Oſpringe, p. 798
Colby, p. 60
Colcal, Charles, cl.
p.
182
Colchefter, Monks of, p. 436
Coldwell, John, cl. p. 583. Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27,
591. Robert, p. 707
Cole, Thomas, el. p. 116. Thomas, p. 581 (x). Dr.
John, p. 672. ------, Warden of All Souls col-
lege, p.713, 714. John, p.706. Robert, p. 678.
Mary, p. 695
COLE, JOHN, polles SPRIVERS M. in Horſemonden, and
refides there, p. 387
Colebrond, Zachariah, p. 568
Colebrooke's, of Chilham-caſtle, p. 756
Coleman, Thomas, p. 225
Colepeper, Thomas, p. 17, 102, 128, 392. His lands
diſgavelled, p. 174 (s), 254, 330 (m), 354,
394, 399, 474, 677, 793, 809. Sir Tho-
mas, p. 395, 466 (x), 476.
Walter, p.
145 (w), 159 (d), 254, 278, 296, 306,
474 (s). John, his lands diſgavelled, p.
174 (s), 360 (d), 378. John Spencer, p.
356, 464, 465, 466. Sir Alexander,
p.
128. Alexander, p. 372. Nicholas, p. 558
---------, p. 543. Sir Cheney, ibid.
William, p. 261. Sir Richard, of Oxen-
hoath, p. 223, 332. Francis, p. 481. Ali.
cia, p. 104, 457. Iſolda, p. 237. Eliza-
beth, p. 266, 290, 441. Margaret, p. 412,
435, 636. Anne, p. 399, Cicele, p. 457.
---, daughters of Sir John, p. 471 (ee)
--, John Lord, p. 435 (m), 466 (u), 476. Ac-
count of, ibid. Thomas Lord, p. 460. Lords,
defcent of, p. 466 (r), 476 (6)
's, p. 241, 278, 359, 403, 459, 470, 471 (ee).
Of Aylesford, p. 150, 169, 188, 223, 232,
240, 295. Account of, p. 169. Of Bedg-
bury, p. 358. Of Bayhall, p. 361. of
Oxenhoath, p. 187, 188, 258, 260, 261,
270, 316, 317. Account of the jeveral branches
of, p. 174, 356, 476 (s). William and Tho-
mas, two of the Kentiſ petitioners, p. 441 (v)
Colepepyr, Sir William, bart. p. 169, 175. Sir Richard,
p. 535 (r). -------, daughter of John, p.
539
Colfe, Richard, cl. p. 635. Iſaac, cl. ibid. and 686
Coliere, -------, cl. p. 463. Richard, cl. p. 607
Collard, Chriſtopher, cl. p. 546
Collen, Richard, p. 125 (5)
p. 612
Collier, John, p. 125 (5)
Collins, John, p. 110. Richard, cl. p. 166
's, of Shipborne, account of, p. 254
Collinſon, Laurence, cl. p. 593. Peter, p. 658 (m)
Coloigne, alias Coluny, Joane, p. 146. John de, p. 286
-'s, p. 486
Colſon, John, Mathematical Profeffor, p. 64, 535
's, p. 535
Colt's, of Borden, p. 570, 571
Columbels, Ralph de, p. 54, 152, 294. Rayner de, p.146
Columbers, John de, p. 183. Family of, p. 573
Coluny, alias Coloigne, family of, p. 486
Colwell, Richard, p. 679, 704 (), 707, 808 (-)
Coly, Thomas, cl. p. 587
P70%
Colyear, Sir David, created Earl of Portmore, &c. p. 170
(x). Defcent of, P: 393
Colyn, John, p. 177. Richard, p. 490, 491 (0)
Colyns, Chriſtopher, p. 657
Comberton, William, cl. p. 115
Combwell, Prior, &c. of, p. 381, 499, 500
Comford, Hugh, p. 234 (r)
Comin, of the co. of Hants, p. 753 (y)
Comyn, John, of Badenah, p. 410
Comyns, Mary, p. 55
Coningſby, John de, p. 774
Conny's, of Rocheſter, p. 192. Account of, p: 521
Conſtable, Sir Marmaduke, p. 330 (8). Sir John, p. 372,
379, 459, 657
Conſtables, High, of England, p. 98, 329, 603 (!)
Conſtance, Goisfrid, Biſhop of, p. 132
Conway, Thomas, cl. p.si, 588, 596, 640, 762
--'s, p. 511
Cooke, Mr. of Stepney, p. 150. Thomas, p. 220 (v).
Major Thomas, p. 638. Samuel, cl. p. 263,
272. George, p. 276. Sir Robert, bart. p.
331. Shadrach, cl. p. 618, 725. William, cl.
. 675
Cooper, John, cl. p. 673
Copel, William, cl. p. 770, 773
Copgrave, de, family of, p. 367. John de, p. 369 (e)
Coppelhull, Willianı, p. 465
Coppinger, John, p. 176. John, cl. p. 558 (). Tho.
mafine, p. 751
----'s, P.728, 733
Corbet, Roberi, p. 676, 746. Defcent of, ibid. Eliza-
beth, p. 554
Corbie, Robert, p. 494
's, p. 428, 515, 614
Corbin, p. 257
Corboil, 'William, Archbiſhop, p. 91 (d), 297, 648
Cork, Richard Boyle Earl of, account of, p. 812
Cornelius, Alys, p. 295
Cornhill, William de, p. 95. Reginald de, p. 759(a), 760
Cornwall, John Earl of, p. 117. Piers Earl of, p. 303.
Richard Earl of, p. 410. Iſabel, daughter of
Richard Earl of, p. 455
Cornwall and Glouceſter, Margaret Counteſs of, p. 312
Cornwallis, Hon. James, cl. p. 245, 246. James, cl. p.
437 ------, cl. p. 293. Affra, p.501, 779
Colbey, Phineas, cl. p. 143, 472, 762
Coſenton, alias Coſington, Sir Stephen de, p. 168, 180, 181
's, p. 158, 173, 278. Account of, p. 173
Coſnan, Colonel John, p. 666
Coſte, William, cl. p. 691
Coting, William, p. 596
Cotingham, Thomas, Abbat of Begeham, p. 378
Cotton, William, of Oxenhoath, p. 187, 188, 223, 317,
318, 373
-'s, of Oxenhoath, p. 261, 317, 318
Cotton, Thomas, p. 256(i). Thomas, of Weft Peckham,
p. 339 (f), 352. John, p: 232 (cc), Sir John,
p. 449. Daughters of Sir John Hinde, bart. p.
671. Mary and Frances, ibid. Charles, p. 695.
Coty John, p. 565
Coucy, Philippa, daughter of Ingelran, Earl of Bedford,
P: 776
Covell, William, cl. p.618
Coveney, Richard, p. 106. Nicholas, p, 130 (m)
Coventry and Litchfield, Archdeacons of, p. 36, 37
Covert, Richard, p. 102, 354, 418 (a). Edward, p. 210.
William, p. 481 (g), 484, 495 (r)
-'s, of Leeds Abbey, p. 128, 129, 481, 482. Ac-
count of, p. 129
Courtney, Archbiſhop, p. 95, 104, 113, 114, 119, 120,
138, 140, 143, 148, 328, 565(e). Account
of. p. 120. Henry Lord, p. 197 (2), 2010).
Edward, p. 603
Courtone, Richard de, p. 224
's, p. 223, 224
COURTHOPE, Alexander, podeljes Lilly H. in Warring-
bury, p. 284
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Crover, Matthew, p. 627
Crow, p. 91
Crowland, Agnes, p. 593
-, p. 594 (s)
Crown, The, podeljes the advorson of Bicknor rectory, p.
518. Kingsborough M. in Eaſtchurch in Shepey,
p. 664. The ad-vowſon of Luddenham re&lory, p.
734
Croydon, Richard, p. 84
Crux, family of, p. 539 (Z), 629
Cullum, Henry, Sergeant at Law, p. 756
Culpeper, Thomas, p. 128 (1), 339 (f), 359, 372, 464,
471, 476, 499. Alexander, p. 350. Walter,
p. 367Sir Richard, p. 373. Francis, p.460.
Cheney, p. 457, 468, 476. Sir John, p. 476.
Martin, M.D. p. 601. William, cl. p.511.
-, p. 501 (a), 429 (f). Margaret, p.
441. Elizabeth, p. 471, 523. Judith, p.476.
Cecilia, p. 487, 497
's, p. 184 (*)
's, alias Colepeper's, of Oxenhoath, p. 261. Of
Greenway Court, p. 465, 468. Defcent of,
p. 465. Of St. Stephens, deſcent of, p. 466 (r).
See Colepeper's
Culverden, Jeffry de, p. 309. William, p. 310
Cumberland, Francis Clifford Earl of, p. 198. Clifford's,
Earls of, their deſcent, p. 636 (d)
John, cl. p. 669, 673
Cupere, William de, p. 668
Curbeſpina, Ralph de, p. 195, 459
Cure, George, p. 386
Curle, Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 43
Curling; George, p. 224
Currant, William, p. 225
Curta, Robert de, p. 309
Curteis, Tbomas, cl. p. 245, 246, George, p. 406, 508
's, of Otterden, account of, p. 502
Curtis, Cæſar, cl. p. 527, 542
Curtenay, de, p. 205
Curthope, Robert, p. 322
Curton, John, p. 309, 310
Curva ſpina alias Crookthorne, Ralph de, p. 91, 132, 161,
195, 493
Culter, Benjamin, cl. p. 286. Sir Thomas, p. 282
Cutts, Sir Henry, p. 117.
p. 128. John, created
Lord, p. 495 (n). Sir John, p. 498
Cutt, alias Cutts, family, p. 495
Robert, p. 425
COURTHOPE, George, of Uckfield, podeljes Barnes M.
with the rectory and advowſon of the vi-
carage of Brenchley, p. 375
Henry, cl. ibid.
's, of Brenchley, p. 374. Account of different
branches of, p. 375. Of Horſemonden,
p. 387. Deſcent of, ibid.
Cowell, William, cl. p. 789
Cowes, James, cl. p. 734
Cowland,
---, p. 694
Cowper, John, p. 161 (9). John, cl. p. 225. Stephen,
cl. p. 354. Caſſian, p. 481
Cowſtede, Nicholas, p. 525 (d),
Cox,
--, p. 412. ------, p. 637. Matthew, p. 706
----'s, of Stanſted, p. 233
Cradock, Dorothy, p. 358. Thomas, cl. p. 537, 607
---'s, p. 623 (R)
Craford, alias Crayford, Robert, p. 637, 640. Sir Wil-
liam, p. 737. Suſan, p. 799
Cragge, William, cl. p. 472, 484. James, p. 688
Craig, Lieutenant General Francis, p. 655
Crainford, Nicholas de, cl. p. 89
Cralle, Elizabeth, p. 590. Iſabel, p. 704
Crane, Alicia, Prioreſs of Minſter, p. 648
Cranmer, Archbiſhop, p. 90-95-110-114-120-122–133- ||
140–208–212–217-221–234–245 (a)-350 (8)
368
CRAWFORD, GIBBS, polefjes Dunks, alias Old Farm, in
Lamberhurſt, p. 382
Creed,
------, p. 447. Thomas, cl. p. 676
's, p. 695, 705
Crefli, alias Creſcie, family of, p. 202–230-455-457-461
Creſſy, Stephen de, p. 231
Crepito, De Corde, the Latin name of Crevequer, p. 65
CrespiGNY, CLAUDE, Leſlee of Dandeley F. in Minſter in
Shepey, p. 651
Creſpigney, Philip, p. 651
Creffwell, Chriſtopher, p. 506
Crevecuer-ſee Crevequer
Crevequer, Daniel de, p. 53, 293, 724(c). Robert de, p.
71, 78, 230, 231, 293, 297, 3335 482, 485,
488, 536, 773. Hamo, p. 171, 264, 295,
298, 369 (e), 489. Called only Hamo in
Domeſday, p. 264, 776, 807, 809. -----
; p. 327, 473 (k). Elene, p. 366, 566
's, p. 65-67–70-79-152—246–289–294–298~369
375-376-383–384-472-478-479-480(9-483
485-486-536–737-809
Crew, Crew's Lords, p. 538. Account of, ibid. John; cl.
p. 542
Criol, Bertram de, p. 15, 55, 66 (z), 384, 473 (i). Wil-
liam, p. 15. John, p. 325, 677. Nicholas, p. 520,
(1). 807
.---'s, p. 246, 366, 446, 521, 566, 617 (s), 795. Ac-
count of, p. 446
Cripps, James, p. 514. Francis, p. 732
CRISPE, THOMAS, lefee of Looſe M. p. 139
--, Richard, p. 640. Nicholas, p. 662. Elizabeth,
p. 68. Frances, p. 126. Mary, p. 399. ------,
p. 102.
------, P. 732
’s, p. 139. Of Royton, p. 442
Crocker, John, cl. p. 814
Legia
Crofts, Daniel, p. 610
Croker, Temple-Henry, cl. p. 251
Crombwell's, p. 511
Cromer, William, p. 565, 571 (w). 610, 611, 650 (i),
674, 796. Alexander, cl. p. 583. George, cl.
p. 611. Jane, p. 235. Grace, p. 457, 612,
Site,092. John, of Fulfton, p. 614 (1), 617 (5)
p. 575, 605, 608, 614, 650, 674. Account
of, p. 575
Cromp, Benjamin, cl. p. 400, 542.
John, cl. p. 122)
500, 517. Thomas, p. 518. Pierrepont, cl. p.
512, 518
CromP, Rev. Mr. Pierre PONT, pellefles Frinfed M.
with RINSTED COURT S. in Frinfied, and re-
fides there, p. 513. Afhdon M. in Lenham, p. 443
's, account of, p. 512 (e)
Cromwell, Thomas, Lord Cromwell and Earl of Effex, p.
355, 360, 388, 392, 394, 417, 798, 808,
809. His lands diſgavelled, P: 355 (k). Ralph
Lord, p. 671.
---, daughter of, p. 357
Crondal, Jane, p. 241
Crooke, John, p. 672. Judge, p. 783 (m). Dorothy, p.
442, 449
----'s p. 162, 442
Crookthorne, Ralph de, p. 91, 132, 161, 195, 493
Croſs, Frances, p 276. John, cl. p. 714
Crouch, John, cl. p. 390
Croucher, John, p. 420


;
D.

Dacre, Sir Humphry, created a Baron, p. 162. Joane,
ibid. Richard Fienes Lord, p. 162, 163. Gre.
gory Lord, p. 163. Of the South, Thomas Fynes
Lord, p. 163. Of the North, or of Gilleſland,
Lords, p. 163. Henry Lennard Lord, p. 163(6),
397. Thomas Lord, created Earl of Suflex, p.
647. Right Hon. Thomas Lord, p. 379(w). De-
ſcent of, p. 8:0 (c). Lennard's Lords, ibid.
Anne Lennard, Baroneſs, p. 91. Elizabeth Len-
nard Lady, created Counteſs of Shepey, p. 647
Dacres, Margaret, daughter of George, p. 613
Dade, Madarn, p. 665
Daffy's, of Rumford in the co. of Eſſex, p. 372 (5) .
Daggeworth, Nicholas de, p. 226. John, ibid.
Dagh, Richard le, p. 816
Dalby, Thomas, cl. p. 193
Dale, Chriſtopher, cl. p. 60
Dalison, WILLIAM, lefèe of Snodland M. with Holbom
rough, p. 191. Poffefjes a S. in Plaxtool in
Wrothan, p. 241. Pofeſſes and reſides at
HAMPTONS S. in Weft Peckham, p. 260
Mr. p. 242. Thomas, cl. ibid. Frances-Iſa-
bella, p. 270
------'s, account of, p. 25910
Dalling’s, p. 318
toesbies drea
Dalton's, p. 766
Damianus, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 32
Damory, Roger, p. 303–312–326-338
Danby, Katherine, p. 519
Dance, George, Architext, p: 720
Dandemer, John, p. 483 (z)
Dane, John, p. 782
Daniel, William, p. 259, 270. Lionel, p. 269
Dapifer, Hamo, alias Crevequer, p. 65 (u)
Darbie, Edward, cl. p. 588
--'s, p. 760
Darby, Edward, cl. p. 185
-------'s, of Eaſt Farleigh, p. 147
Darcy, Mary, p. 199. Frances, p. 253. Sir Thomas,
created a Baronet, p. 678



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10 F
Darell,

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PE R S O N S.
IN DE X
of
.
p.
Darell, Sir Robert, p. 235. Robert, cl. p. 802. Sir
Richard, p. 417. John, p. 249 (6). John, of
Calehill, p. 810. Account of, ibid. Stephen, p.
386. George, ibid. Hugh, p.567. Nathaniel,
p. 655. Thomas, of Scotney, p. 275, 288, 381,
376 (b), 388. His lands diſgavelled, p. 381 (u).
Henry, p. 376(b). Elizabeth, p. 170, 392. Iſa-
bel, p. 265, 381. Frances, p. 544, 639. Lady,
P: 72478)
DARELL, Henry, lejjee of Berkeſore alias Boffer M, in
Lower Halſtow, p. 547. Podales lands there,
ibid.
's, of Calehill, p. 547. Deſcent of, p. 380, 810.
Defeent of the different branches of, p. 380 (s). Of
Shelve, p. 446, 447. Of Scotney, p. 385. De-
ſcent of, p. 380
Darington, Richard, p. 735
Darlington, Vanes Earls of, p. 252 (1), 254, 265, 381
Darnell, Benedict, p. 309
Darnley, natural ſon of K. James II, p. 393 (v)
Dartford, the poor of, p. 87. Priorefs and Convent of, p.
219, 251, 252, 598
Dartnall, Robert; p. 588
Dashwood, Sir Francis, bart. p. 148, 266, 278, 305, 321,
322, 353, 354, 407: Has the Barony of Le
Deſpencer confirmed to him, p. 258, 268, 277,
301. Defcent of, p. 268. Robert, created a
Baronet, p. 333
Sir Henry bart. polejes the fee-farm of the ma-
nors of Dachurſi, alias Hildenborough, Martin
Abbey, Lamport, and Nizell, in Tunbridge, p.
333
DAVENPORT, Mr. poffefes Walland F. in Graine, p. 91.
The falt works in the ſame, p. 92
------'s p. 627
Davington, Prioreſs and Nuns of, p. 92, 504, 505, 584,
641,668, 678, 679, 682, 690, 733, 743,
745, 746, 747, 748, 753 (), 798, 811
Davis, Robert, p. 78. John, M.D. p. 117. John, cl.
122, 272, 280, 298, 304, 493. John, D.D. p.
295. John, p. 295, 304, 580(p). William,
cl.
255, 351. Richard, cl. p. 363. Joſeph, cl. p.
734. Priſcilla, p. 282. Elizabeth, p. 688
Daundeline, family of, p. 746 (1)
Davy, Henry, p. 653
Daw, Raby, p. 196 (5)
Dawes's, p. 812
Dawlinge, Richard, cl. p. 514
Dawney, Benjamin, cl. p. 762
Dawſon, Samuel, cl. p. 251
Day, John, cl. p. 122. Thoms, Prior of Leeds, p. 480.
William, p. 570. Thomaſine, p. 694
Deacon, ------, cl. p. 289. John, p. 653
Deane, Archbiſhop, p. 19
Deakins, Thomas, p. 349
Deedes, Dorothy, p. 419, 670. Rev. Julius, p. 670
Deincourt, William, p. 66. Elizabeth, p. 196. Sir John,
p. 671
Dekins,
De la Doueſpe, Paul-Ezekiel, cl
. p. 149
Delafaye, Theodore, cl. p. 605, 660
1757
Delahaye, Hugh, p. 275, 288
Delamaine, Henry, p. 14
Delaune, Abraham, p. 742. Colonel William, p. 749
-----
---'s, p. 84, 504. Account of, p. 691, 692
Delaware, Clarice, daughter of Lord, p. 635
Weſt's Lords, account of, p. 668 (5)
Delce, de, family of, p. 54, 55, 56
Delind, Humphry, p. 213, 218, 221
Delves, George, p. 585
Denbigh, Robert Dudley Baron of, p. 339 (5)
Dene, Stephen de, p. 15. Ralph de, p. 378. William a,
Sp. 406. William de, p. 427, 515, 763. Thomas
de, p. 427, 515, 763, 790 (f). Silveſter, p. 260
Denna Fracta, family of Twyfden ſo called in Latin, p. 275
Denne, John, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 48, 384 (-).
John, cl. p. 60, 122, 384
Denham, Benjamin, cl. p. 152. Sir John, p. 559
Dennis, Anthony, cl. p. 161. -----, daughter of, p.513
Denton, William, defcent of, p. 350. Sir John, p.
's, of Tunbridge, p. 351
S
Denyngſtone, John de, cl. p. 193, 231
Denwey, Thomas, cl. p. 587
Deptford, poor of, p. 77 (6)
Derby, Stanley's, Earls of, p. 259 (). Defrent of; p. 554
(6), 574 (n). William de Ferrers Earl of, p. 410.
John, cl. p. 745
Derente, Richard de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
Dering, Richard, p. 275, 523 (0). John, p. 391 (d),
567 (1). Edward, cl. p. 354. Edmund, p. 450,
510, 683, 793. Sir Edward, bart. p. 450, 495,
499, 536, 588. Jane, p. 101. Joyce, p. 510,
692
Dering, Sir EDWARD, bart. pd Nesthe M. and parſonage
of Thurnham, p. 495. The parfonage of Thurn-
ham with its appendages; p. 499. The parfon
age of Rainbam, p. 536. Filcker, alias Filter
M. with the parſonage and advowjon of the vi-
carage of Bredgar, p. 588
-------, Edward, of Doddington, p. 449, 626(3), 690,
747. Account of, ibid
---'s, of Shelve, p. 447, 449. Account of, p. 447
Dering's, polleſs Weft alias New Shelve M. in Lenbam, p.
447. Shelve Cobham alias Eaſt Shelve M. in
p. 449
Henry, cl. p. 490, 500, 549, 562, 565. Mary,
p. 499
's, of Egerton, account of, p. 446(t), 447 (u)
Derry, Biſhops of, p. 28, ibid.(z)
Delbouverie, Sir Edward, p. 292. Sir Chriſtopher, p.
405, 406, 407, 413. Jane, p. 695. Wil-
liam, p. 292 (s), 413 (1)
-------’s, p. 492, 404.
Account of, p. 413. Change
their name to Bouverie, ibid. (s)...See
alfo Bouverie
Deſpencer, Sir Philip le, p. 66. Hugh de, p. 303, 312,
326, 338, 676 (w), 694 (u), 746. Account
of, p. 266 (6). Lord le, p. 268 (w), 272.
Mary, Baroneſs le, p. 145, 300, 354
DESPENCER, Right Hon. FRANCIS Lord le, poljefles the
parſonage of Eaſt Farleigh, p. 148. The
parſonage of Aylesford, p. 181. Weſt Peck-
ham M. p. 258. Mereworth M. and Houſe,
p. 263. The advowſon of Mereworth rec-
tory, p. 272. Blackpitts M. in Eafi Peck-
ham, p. 277. Hextol Court in Eaft Peck-
ham, p. 278. Burſon M, in Hunton, p.
301. Woodfold M. in Yalding, P: 305. The
principal manſon and eftate in Capel, p. 321.
The parſonage and odvowjon of Capel, p.
322. Badſell M. in Tudeley, p. 353. Tu-
deley M. with that of Tatlingbury in the
fame, p. 353. The parſonage and the advoma
Son of Tudeley vicarage, p. 354. Cheneys
Court M. in Chart Sutton, p. 407
Dethic, Elizabeth, p. 170
Detling, alias Brampton, John, p. 397. Sir William de,
P. 473 (m)
--, de, family of, p. 136
Devereux, Sir John, p. 791. Joane, p. 608. Anne, p. 636
Deuntley, John, p. Ico
Devonſhire, Rivers’s Earls of, p. 98. Edmund Courtney
Earl of, p. 338
Dewe's, of Lamberhurſt, account of, p. 383
Dewy's, of the co. of Surry, p: 794
Deyer, James, cl. p. 51
Dicks, Catherine, p. 617, 632
Digby, Sir Edward, p: 333. Anne, ibid. Mary, p. 636
Direy, Right Hon. Henry LORD, P Dufjes a moiety of
Morris Court in Bapchild, p. 597. Of Brogdale
in Oſpringe, p. 794
Digby, Lords Digby, account of, p. 597 (a). Family, ac-
count of different branches of, ibid.
Digge, Roger, p. 641. John, y: 625, 704. Bryan, p.
563 (s). Colonel Edward, p. 637. Edward, cl.
P 676. James, p. 686.
Sir Dudley, p. 787
Diggs's, p. 194, 513 (i) 544, 632 (z), 756, 787. of
Newington, p. 559. Account of, p. 560
Dik, Roger, p. 722 (r)
Dike, Reginald de, p. 782
Dingley's, alias Dyneley's, p. 515. Of Wolverhampton,
p. 753 (v)
Dintry, John, p. 795
Dioran, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Diſpenſator, William, p. 234
Ditchfield, Edward, p. 97 (x)
Ditton, Ralph de, p. 97, 186
de, family of, p. 223
Dive, family of, p 754
Dixie, Wollon, p. 528, 533, 678
Dixon, cl. p. 51. John, p. 99. Humphry, fi
334. Robert, cl. p. 527, 583. Pierce, cl. p.
522, 525, 527, 542. Grace, p. 522, 527. James,
s, p. 452 (x). Of Tunbridge, account of, p. 334
Dixwell, Sir Bafil, p. 712 (P), 738, 739
-'s, account of, p. 738
Dobbe, Walter, p. 379
Dobbes, John, Abbat of Boxley, p. 124
Dodington, William, p. 274
----, de, family of, p. 694
Dodman, ------, P. 542
Dodſworth, Francis, cl. p. 471,697. Frederick, cl. P. 529
DODSWORTH,




", p. 341

803
p. 748

IN
29
D E X
P E R O N S.
of
Dunftan, Archbiſhop, p. 156
Dunſter, Anthony, p. 382
Duppa, Brian, Biſhop of Wincheſter, p. 468 (u). Baldo
win, p. 469 (w), 471 (ee)
Rev. Mr. RICHARD, podefjes HOLLINGBORNE
Hill S. in Hollingborne, and reſides there, p. 469
------'s, of Hollingborne-Hill, account of, p. 468
Duras, Lewis Lord, p. 716-760-765-772-779-783–788
Durham, Biſhops of, p. 17, 19, 43 (12). Robert Nevill,
Biſhop of, p. 196 (s). Anthony Beke, Biſhop
of, p. 312, 326. Crew, Biſhop of, p. 538(s).
-, Deans of, p. 27. Archdeacons of, p. 39
Durrant, ------, p. 414
Dygge, John, of Barham, p. 509-510-513
's, family of, p. 513
Dyggys, Thomas, of Newington, p. 548 (w)
Dyke, Sir Thomas, bart. p. 334, 335, 349. Sir John,
p. 335. Thomas, p. 372 (b)
------'s, of Lullingſtone, p. 335
Dymoke, Urſula, p. 429
Dyneley's, alias Dingley's, of Wolverton in the Iſle of
Wight, defcent of, p. 810 (c)
Dyngley, Peter, cl. p. 635
E.
DODSWORTH, Rev. Francis, porelles an eſtate in Dod-
dington, p. 696. WHITEMANS S. in Dod.
dington, and refidest here, ibid.
Dodfworth's, p. 696
Doges, Haman, p. 699
Dokket, Robert, p. 810
Dolben, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 45
Dolman, John, cl. p. 93
Donam, Robert de, cl. p. 185
Donatt, Matthew, cl. p. 564-
Doncaſter, James Viſcount, p. 76
Donet, Stephen, p. 644. Margery, p. 422
Donett's, of Rainham, p. 468, 533
Donraile, St. Leger's Viſcounts, deſcent of, p. 423 (u)
Dorcheſter, Counteſs of, p. 170 (r)
Dorkinhole, Ralph, p. 310
DORMAN, Mrs. Mary, peleles part of Halfyoke M. in
Maidſone, p. 106. The Homeſtall S. in Barm-
ing and reſides there, p. 151
Dormer, William, cl. p. 511
Dorſet, Thomas Sackville Earl of, p. 363. Sackville's
Earls of, p. 358, 364. Thomas Grey Marquis,
account of him, p. 99. Duke of, p. 422
Dorset, His GRACE THE Duke of, pol. Des the patron-
age of Aſhurſt rectory, p. 364
Double, John, p. 19
Dove, Mary, p. 503
Dover-carle, Conftables of, p. 14-55 (e)-83-97–118–167
182-186-197 (2)-208–257-329-352-358(v)
366–386 (1)-473 (k)-510-573, ibid. (f)-632
-576 (w)-701. Governors of, p. 208–299–
366-416-566-608–771(x). Lieutenants of, p.
265-295-300-577 (s). Keeper of, p.446 ()
Dover, Richard, Suifragan Biſhop of, p. 68, 458. Mal-
ter and Brethren of the Maiſon Dieu in, p.591(v),
663, 659. Earl of, p. 314 (2)
-------, de, family of, p. 553–730–732-750. Royce de,
P: 553. Priors of, p. 35
Doune, John de la, p. 200
Doycra, Thomas, Prior of St John's, p. 165, 350
Dowell, Thomas, p. 224
Downard, Mr. p. 373
Downe, Hamon de la, p. 374. John, p. 799 (-)
Downton, Edward, p. 652
Downe's, of Downe Court, p. 449
Doyly, Samuel, cl. p. 51
Drake, Sir William, p. 405, 406, 407. Henry, p. 97(x).
Sir Francis, p. 77
------'s, p.402, 404,413,613,808. Account of, ibid. (A)
Drake, WILLIAM, porefjes Goodneſton M. with Bayford in
Sittingborne, p. 613. Wefi-wood M. in Preſton
near Faverſham, p. 808
Draylonde, Robert, p. 722 (-)
Drayner, Edward, cl. p. 228, 263. John, p. 764
Drayton, ---
--, p.
186. William, p. 802. Robert, p.
803 (e)
's, p. 794, 799
Dredgers Company, at Milton near Sittingborne, p. 630
Drew, Matthew, p. 332 (c)
Dreylond's— ſee Dryland's
Driland, Richard, p. 681. William, p 808 (r)
Drogheda, Earl of, deſcent of, p. 412 (6) (d)
Droinore, John, Biſhop of, p. 50
Butivet
Drue, John, cl. p. 575
Drury, James, p. 147. William, cl. p. 211. Sir William,
p. 287. Sir Drue, p. 681 (y), 810
DRURY, Mrs. MARY, pof?fjes and reſides at a Seat in
Ea7 Farleigh, p. 147
--- 's, account of the family of, p. 689
Dryland, Wynand de, cl
. p. 193. James, p. .441, 720
(g), 727. John, 565, 727 (m). Richard, p.
704, 727 (0), 732
------- 's, of Cookfditch, p. 70;, 741. Account ofp. 705
Duep--fee Deladoueſpe
Dublin, Robert Vere Marquis of, p.776
Ducarel, Dr. p. 631 ()
Duckeſbury, John, p. 467
Dudley, Sir John, p. 355, 360 18
Duke, Sir Edward, p. 637. Jane, p. 125. Lady, p.
Eadbald, King of Kent, p. 32
todo
Eades, John, cl. p. 667
Eadgife, mother of King Edmund, p. 216 (d)
Eadred, King, p. 421
Eadric, p. 156
E.alhere, or Alcher, Earl of Kent, p. 48, 422
Eardulf, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33, 156
Eare, Richard, p. 125 (5)
Earl Marſhal, p. 208 (0)
Eaſtchurch, George, p. 487 (8)
Eaſtdane, Robert de, P. 796
Eaſtgate, John, cl. p. 60
Eaſthall, family of, p. 609
Eaton, Robert, cl. p. 673
Eckingham, Joane, p. 636
Edda, p. 225
Éddeva, p. 311, 353
Eddid, p. 445, 549
Edelſtan, p. 234
Edgecombe, Richard, created Lord Edgecombe, p. 450 (W)
Edgiva, Queen, p. 143
Editha, Queen, P: 549
Ediva, Queen, p. 143-273-443
Edmund, King, p. 219-220-421-646-805
Ironſide, King, p. 87, 179. King of the Eaſt
augaus Angles, p. 216. Son of Queen Ediva, p. 735
---------, St. Archbiſhop, p. 324 (1)
Edmunds, Robert, p. 648 (t)
Edmundſon, Thomas, cl. p. 596
Edred, King, p. 156, 782. Brother of King Edmund,
p. 216 (d), 805
Edridge, Edmund, p. 87
Edwards, Richard, p. 332 (c), 359. John, cl. p. 542,
726. William, cl. p. 571. George, p. 628
(v). Adam, p. 651. Oliver, p. 756
Edwin, p. 235. Humphry, p. 652
EDWIN, Mrs. Mary, polefes Neats Court in Minfter, p.652
Edynden, John, p. 483 (z)
Edwy, ſon of King Edmund, p. 805
Edyall, Henry, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
Eede, Mr. p.783
E fingham, Howard Earl of, p. 755 (s), 756, 696
Egbert, King, p. 190, 646, 647
Egerton, Anne, p. 759
Elcock, cl. p. 362
Eldred, John, p. 559
Eldridge, James, p. 351
Eleanor, Queen, p. 290, 294, 544, 620. Account of, ibid.
Wife to K. Henry III, p. 790
Elfet, -----, p. 544 (0)
Elfrythe, Mark, cl. p. 725
Elham, Robert de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 701
Elizabeth, Queen, at Rocheſter, p. 4, 19. Her reception
there, p. 51
Eliot, Elizabeth, p. 553. Richard, cl. p. 817
Elliot, Miſs, the celebrated actreſs, verſes on her tomb, p.
349 (rr). Daniel, p. 613 (8)
Ellis, Agnes, p. 283, 689. Mildred, p. 497. Stephen,
p. 615. Eultace, cl. p. 691
-----'s, of Otham, p. 492, 664
Elmeley, Thomas, p. 806
Elmham, Gregory de, cl. p. 180, 181, 182
Elmſted, William de, p.537
Elmitone, Sir John, cl. p. 426. Richard, p. 434 (f)
Elnothington, William de, p. 465
Elveva,
521 (1)
------'s, p. 173, 521
Duling, p. 82
Dun, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Dunbar, Thomas, cl. p. 697
Duncombe, Anthony, created Lord Faverſham, account of,
P: 716
Dunlaugh, Nicholas, cl. p. 308
Dune, Hamo de la, p. 449
Dunes, Abbat and Convent of, in Flanders, p. 655, Wal-
ter de, p. 66; (k)
Dungate, of Dungate-ftreet, p. 694
Dunmoll's, p. 263

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PE R S O N S.
I N D E X of
F.
Elveva, p. 520
Elvy, Mrs. pofelës part of Arnolds M. in Eaſling, p. 756
Elward, William, cl. p. 519
Elwick, William, cl. p. 529. Robert, cl. p. 588
Ely, Biſhops of, p. 40, 43, 45, 329, 633. Richard, Ab-
bat of, p. 322 (r). Archdeacon of, p. 26(f)
Elyot, Henry, p. 653
Elys, John, of Otham, p. 492; 510. Adam, p. 558 (t)
-, alias Ellis, of Otham, family of, p. 492
Emmerton, William, p. 103, 137
Emmes, William, p. 68
EMMETT, WILLSHIRE, polefes and refides at WIARTON
S. in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399
Empſon, John. p. 247. Jeffry, p. 535
Engeham, Vincent, p. 497 (9)
Engelt, Richard, cl. p. 25
Enif, William, p. 191 (2)
England, Chief Juſtices of, p. 14, 122 (x)
Englefield, Mary, p. 687
Engliſh's, of the co. of Suſſex, p. 104
Enlinge, Richard, p. 782 (iii)
Ent, Sarah, p. 759
Enyon, Catherine, p. 613
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2
Evans, Laurence, p. 70. Samuel, cl. p. 619 baribia
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Eweyn, John; p. 471 (ee)
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Maud del, p. 226
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Anne Dutcheſs of, p. 422. Elizabeth Dutcheſs
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Eynſham,
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Faircloth, p. 314
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482. Bromfield M. and the Warren in Bromfield,
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Thomas Lord, p. 140-460-466 (-)-486. Lords,
,
account of; and different branches of the family,
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Fale, Robert, p. 717
Falkland, Lucius Viſcount, p. 240, 318. Account of, p.
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Falleſley, John de, p. 162, 195
Falmouth, Earl of, p. 340. Berkeley Earl of, deſcent of,
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Fane, Sir Ralph, p. 251–252-255-319-362. Ralph, p.
214 (r)-259 (8)-319 (9)-322-330(m)-350 (b)-516-
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Sir Thomas, p. 102-198-258-265-272-300-304-
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dom of Weſtmoreland. p. 268 (r)evos
---., Sir George, p. 181, 291. George, p. 102, 300,
332 (c), 359, 374. Mildmay, p. 272, 301. Rich-
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-----, Lady Mary, p. 252-272-315-320. Reſtored to the
dignity of Baroneſs Le Despencer, p. 258. Lady
Mary, p. 407. Frances, p. 213. Catherine, p.
268. 374 (P). Elizabeth, p. 319
----, Sir Francis, created Baron Burgherſh and Earl of
Weſtmoreland, p. 258, 266
Viſcount Fane, of Ireland, defcent of, p. 265, 266.
John, created Lord Catherlough, p. 267
alias Vane, family of, p. 145-148-252-265-305-
318-336-350-351-354-362-381. Account of, p.
252, 265
--'s, of Mereworth and Burſton, p. 265-300-304. De-
Scent of, p. 265. Of Badfell and Tudeley, p.
265, 353. Deſcent of, p. 265. Of Hadlow and
Tunbridge, p. 277-315-316-317. Of Winchel-
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Fanhope, John Cornwall Baron of, account of, p. 657
Fanſhaw, Henry, p. 233, 291. Frances, p. 541 (8)
Farbrace, Henry, cl. p. 251
Farewell's, p. 464
Farley, Henry, p. 507 87
Farleigh, Eaſt, poor of, p. 105
Farman, p. 234
Farmer, Richard, p. 248
Farmingham, ------, P. 311
Farnaby, Sarah, p. 362
Farrington, Sergeant, p. 613 ()
Faryndon, Robert de, cl. p. 245
Fathers, Nicholas, alias Bradburne, p. 704
Faucon bridge, William Lord, deſcent of, p. 196 (5)
Favell, Chriſtopher, p. 531, 621
Faverſham, Abbat and Convent of, p. 425-504-579 (k)-
592-630-672-677-679-706-707–713-718–
ins
727 (0)--733(b)-734-781-800-802-811-
813-816 902
Abbat of, p. 506-697-737-743–746 (f)-747
(P)-748–750 (n)-752 (1–756 (b)-763 (y)-
775 (u)-794-809 (a). Abbats of, p. 111(n)
-597 (w)-701-794. Liſt of, p. 700
---------, Corporation of, p. 678 (m), 714. Company
of Oyſter Dredgers in, p. 679
----, MAYOR,
MAYOR, &c. of, GOVERNORS of the Free
GRAMMAR SCHOOL at, podejs part of Ewelt
M. in Faverſham, p. 7067 dost
dos dad
Vicar of, p. 718
a.
Faverſham, de, ſeveral eminent perſons of that name, p.
716, 816
Sir George Sondes, Earl of, p: 712(P), 769(*).
Lewis Duras Earl of, p. 712 (P)
FAUNCE, Rev. EDMUND, podeles the rectory impropriate of
Graine, p. 93
Sir Robert, p. 179. Bonham, p. 192
Fayrechild, William, cl. p. 596
Fearne's, of Bredgar, p. 584
Featherſtone, John, p. 470
Feild, Robert, cl. p. 298
Feilding, Beau, p. 341
Fenne, Margaret, p. 197, 269
Fenys, Sir John, p. 163
Fermor, Lady Charlotte, p. 119
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Foord, John, p. do
Ferral, John, cl. p. 375
Fitzbenedict, Joane, p. 183
Ferre, Guido, p. 66
Fitzbernard, Ralph, p. 602, 603. Margaret, p. 774
Ferrers, Guy, p. 326. Sir Henry, p. 115. Henry, p. Fitzeilgar, John, p. 92
278, 367 (k), 368. Sir Edward, p. 278. Élea-
Fitzgerald, Maurice, p. 410
nor, p. 207. Elizabeth, p. 727
Fitzgilbert, Richard, alias de Tonebrige, p. 149, 302,
13
-------'s, p. 147, 318, 331, 367
308. Account of him and his deſcendants,
Ferres, Elizabeth, p. 238
p. 322
Fetherton, John, cl. p. 669,
673 Ebro.
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Fitzhamon, Robert, p. 13, 460, 461. William, p. 434,435
Ffylde, John, cl. p. 47114
Fitzharding, Robert, changes his name to Berkeley, p.
Fiddes, Thomas Martin, cl. p. 676
Fidge, Thomas, cl. p. 166
Berkeley's Viſcounts, deſcent of, p. 424 (a)
Fienes, John de, p. 65–363-472-493-509-511-602-608 Fitzhelt, William, p. 526
732–763–773. William de, p. 162, 195. Sir Fitzherbert, William, cl. p. 321
Richard de, ibid. Roger de, p. 196. Elizabeth,
----'s, p. 621 (g). Of Wolverton, p. 753 (y)
p. 299, 575
Fitzhubert, Adam, p. 401-403-409-416-435-445
Sir James, Lord Say and Seal, p. 196(6), 299, 752 Fitzhugh, Lord, p. 182
Fitzhyroney, Ernulph, p. 798
Fifacre, Thomas, p. 177
Fitzjacob, John, p. 149
Filcheftre Cell, Warden of, p. 24
Las 10 Fitzjames, Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40. Sir James,
Filepote, William, p. 177
p. 213, 218, 221
Filiot's, p. 90
Fitzlewis, Sir John, p. 777
Filmar, Robard, of Wichling, p. 510(v). Annys, ibid. Fitzpain, Iſabel, p. 171, 771. Roger, p. 775
Filmer, Dorothy, p. 399. Beverſham, account of, p. 419 Fitzrichard, Helto de, p. 724(c). Guncelin, p. 798
(m), 732. Sir John, p.419(m), 480 (r). Dame Fitzrobert, Peter, p. 283.' simon, cl. p. 724. William,
Ji Elizabeth, p. 420
13
p. 445
Filmer, Sir John, bart. poffefjes Hodleigh M. in Lamber Fitzroy, Richard le, p. 553 (6)
hurſt, p. 377. Little Charleton M. in Eaſt Sutton, Fitzſimond, --, daughter of, p. 190292
wap. 419. EAST Sutton M. and Place, and Fitzſtephen, Roger, p. 75 (n)
reſides there, ibid. Leffee of Eaft Sutton parſon Fitzturold, Ralph, p. 172–226=235-278-427
age, p. 421. Polelles Kingsnoth M. in Úlcomb, Fitzurſe, Randal, p. 290. Family change their name to
p. 425., Wichling M. p. 510. Leffee of Leyſ-
Berham, ibid.
down M. p. 670. Polelés Luddenham M. p. Fitzwalter, Lord, p. 248(6). Robert, p. 17. Alice, p.
732
776. William, p. 465 (0)
's, of Eaſt Sutton, p. 377, 418, 419, 420, 421, ------'s, origin of, p. 322 (r), 553 (6). Lords, des
425-510. Account of, p. 418. Of Herft in VOO fcent of; p
608
Otterden, p. 506
Robert Radcliffe Lord, p. 330 (i)
Filtneſs, Henry, p. 272
Fitzwaren, Sir Fuik, p. 196, 299
Finch, George, p. 119, 758. Iſaac, cl. p.527. Nicho-
William Bourchier, Lord, p. 328 (*)
las, p. 615. Edward, p. 652. Chriſtopher, p. Fitzwilliam, Chriſtopher, p. 388 (1)
672. Thomas, p. 813 (). Jane, p. 125. Lady Fitzwilliams, John, p. 128 (1)
Anne, p. 213. Anne, p. 188, 275. Eleanor, p. Flanders, Philip Earl of, p. 14
429. Olivia, p. 443, 512. Joice, p. 592. Ur Fleet, William, p. 421
lula, p. 637. Elizabeth, p. 695. Margaret, p. Fleming, Joane, p. 434
738. Mary, p. 760, 764. Clement, p. 627 Fletcher, Thomas, p. 83, John, p. 105, 169(e). Jane,
-----, Sir William, of the Mote, p. 575 (b), 612
p. 145. Richard, cl. p. 640
--'s, of Eaftwell, p-758
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John, podeljes Dane Court F.in Gillingham, p. 83
Charles, of Chatham, p. 518. Thomas, of Preſ Flint, James, lefee of Judde House in Oſpringe, and
ton, p. 812 (1)
refides at it, p. 797
----'s, of Preſton, p. 81
Flood, Thomas, p. 125 (6)
Thomas, of Kingſdown, p. 590 (i), 593, 695. Floyd's, of Otham, p. 130, 147.:
M Ralph, p. 592 (Z), 593
9190000 Odont Fludd, Alabaſter, p. 139. Priſcilla, p. 491. Sir Thomas,
-----'s, of Kingſdown, p. 590(i), 592, 612. Account of,
p. 715 (a)
p. 592
who produk
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John, of Grovehurſt, p. 628 landet radio
Otham, account of p. 491
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's, of Sewards in Linſted, acconnt of, p. 689. Of
p. 249 (6)
Norton Court, deſcent of, p. 740984 broj Folkes, Frances, p. 295. Elizabeth, p. 282
-----, John, of Faverſham, p. 707 grondm A obtadito Folkſtan, John de, cl. p. 59, 60
------'s, of Faverſham, account of, p. 704 (r) dti rodio Folkſtone, Elizabeth Viſcounteſs Dowager, p. 287–290-
--'s, p. 92, 93, 8140-102
She 292-296-305
---, John Savile, p. 170 (t). Hon. John, p. 559, 651. FOLKSTONE, Right Hon.
Right Hon. ELIZABETH, VISCOUNTESS
John, p. 704
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FINCH, SAVILE, pofeffes. Wornedale, alias Borden M. in
Barming, p. 151. Ditton M. with Bramp-
Newington near Sitting borne, p. 559. Lefee of
ton and Syflefton in the ſame, p. 188
Ruſhindon M. in Minſter in Shepey, p. 6510 Fontibus, Adam de, p. 318.
----, cl. p. 321
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Finch, Heneage, created Earl of Aylesford, &c. p. 103–
, 452
Finch, 105–127-140-174-528-533-558-637&c:
Foote, Benjamin Hatley, p. 142 (1), 432. Francis Hen-
------, Lady Elizabeth, created Counteſs of Winchelſea,
to 110 9134276
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kbsd Tu &c. p. 97, 118, 758. Account of her deſcendants, Foote, BENJAMIN HATLEY, poſeljes Snodhurſ M. in
p. 118
Chatham, p. 70. Horſted M. in the ſame, ibid.
------, Heneage, created Baron Fitzherbert of Eaſtwell, p.
Wef Court M. and Eaſt Court M. in Detling,
ut avou 118. Lord, Baron of Daventry, p. 119 (a). Sir
1371.01.2010 Vivo
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-'s, deſcent of the different branches of, p. 689
Forde, John at, p. 218. Thomas, p. 483 (2) avroy
Fineux, William, p. 626. Sir. John, p. 686, 743, 811. Ford's, p. 695.
Joane, p. 764. saus 1KM Selva
Fordimell, William, cl. p. 570
Fingal, Peter Earl of, p. 577 ra hua 26 MOHT
Forminger, David, p. 648 (1)
Fiſhbourne, Richard, p. 283. .-..-'s, p. 727 (0) Forſtall, William ate, p. 727 (0). Richard, cl. p.415(x).
Fiſher, John, p. 106. John de, p. 318. Alexander, p.
John, cl. p. 814 183 not
117. Sir Clement, p. 170. Richard, p. 314 (r). Forſter's, of Borden and Tong, account of, p. 568
Henry, p. 319, 346. Andrew, p. 346.
Forteſcue, Anne, p. 67. Elizabeth, p. 126. Sir John,
29. P. 347. Edward, cl. p. 739. Alicia, p. 265,
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Foſter, Thomas, p. 147. John, p. 442. Îngham, p.
Fitzadam, Simon, b. 283, 441. Bartholomew, p. 283
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Foxley, John, p. 657
Garter, John, principal King at Arms, p. 752 118
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Dr. Archdeacon of Bedford, p. 542 (9). Thomas, --------'s, P: 427. Account of, p. 515, 763 doen
cl. p. 141, 571. Thomas, cl. p. 527s doista Gaveſton, Piers de, Earl of Cornwall, P-303–312–326–338
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Franklyn, Walter, p. 101. Mr.
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ai swasn the bleſſed Virgin Mary, at Harrietſham, p.
duke 262.
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Rocheſter, p. 42
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Geekie, Jane, p. 760.00 sd 10
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French, p. 105. Samuel, cl. p. 222. Thomas, Gerney, John, cl. p. 517 EAN:
Gerneys, John, p. 161 (9) adesila
Frendeſbury, William, Prior of Tunbridge, p. 345. Ro Gerrard, Mary, p. 413. Laurence, p. 606 808
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p. 672 000 boltani at biswse 20
to ea
Fryer, Stephen, p. 483 (z). Henry, p. 485, 492 (e) lo? Gifford, Mary, p. 250. Margaret, p. 315011Jane, p. 592
Fryſel, William, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24 a les Gilberd, Ambroſe, p. 565. novetio mot
Gilbert, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 152-200-317. Mr. p. 276.
Samuel, p. 121. Chriſtopher alias Domine, p.
Sir Humphry, p. 501-648 (5)-733 (6). Account of,
amores 103
22P: 779dot
oft SIVE Ndot
CHRISTOPHER, lefee of Upbery M. in Gillingham, Gilbole,
-, P. 501
qara dand
and Upberry alias Gillingham rectory, p. 86 Giles, Mr. p. 695. Gabriel, p. 1980. John,' p. 798 (2)
CHRISTOPHER, podeljes St. Faith's chapel in ?s, p: 726–786-809 is one og
Maidſtone, p. 121.84
DA endino 1 Gilford, William, p. 585 (w) I u M stobris »
Fuller, David, p. 103. John, cl. p. 1432 308 dot boot'
Gill,
Mr. p. 132. Elizabeth, p. 466993999 H dari
Fuldham's, p. 55-69–70
bintain 91001
Gillet, William, p. 664 852-Ai-O
-0.1
Furneſe, Sir Henry, created a Baronet, p. 450 (w). Henry, Gillingham, de, family of, p. 81. Thomas de, p. 82.
të M P. 785, Anne, ibid.TAH NIMANS, TOO tablak William, a learned Monk, p. 87.- Our Lady
Baronets, p: 450-685--792--793• Account of,
of, p. 89
811.
p. 450
MOV
Gillow, Thomas, p. 588, 706 & Sainsy 999999H
Furnival, Thomas Nevill Lord, p. 196 (s)1
Stephen, pollefes CookSDITCH in Faverſham,
Fynamore, Stephen, cl. P: 1771
(1) SI
and refdes there, p.705. Ore Mills in Davington,
Fynchynfeld, Walter de, P: 541 (k) s. 38 do obro
mot att
Fynes, Sir Thomas, p. 163
cod. 26102
17102t
THOMAS, of St. Nicholas, podeljes two-thirds of
ora .q .lo stille Wellemibio?
Buckland M. near Faverſham, p. 7380
G. 840. hiva nognito I
THOMAS and STEPHEN, pollefs two-thirds of
(3) 2119.10 busroisi ors-991 usitiw shio1 (Ewell M. in Faverſham, p. 706 511 to
Gage, Sir John, p. 381, 499) 791. Margaret, p. 381.
'S, P: 70521 Account of, p. 73801.9 esistol 1913
Gilman, John, cl. p.511 gol ute
Mary, p. 688
9A 055110
Gipford, Olbert, p. 167 DE RIE:9. V10 il
Gainſborough, Baptift Earl of, p. 432 (8)
Gipps, George, lejjee of Eat Lenham parfonage, p. 445.
Galfridus, cl. p.: 135
018.bondo -301611
Of Ore parſonage, p.73 1. Stalisfield parſonage, p.762
Gallend, Thomas, p. 334
dosly91107 Girard, Maſter, p: 696 to the lobbiem to
Galloway, Richard Burgh Viſcount, p. 340
M 3105101
Giraud, Francis-Frederick, clə p. 714-731-814 01
Gamlin, John, ohn, cl. p. 725, 814
Tilor
Girunde, Turſtin de, p. 737. Nicholas de, p. 795
Gammon, William, p: 395
Giſborne, Dorothy, p. 594, 741 3s .
GAMMON, Rev. Austen, poledes Southolmonden M. in
Glanville, Biſhop Gilbert de, p. 30–31-35–36-49-57-58
Hedcorne, p. 395
v dredio
-134-157-160-180-189–229–307–744
Gardiner, William, cl. p. 593. Thomas, p. 609 doo
Alexander de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
800
More
(Acetadono
HGlanville,
p. 678
11
mot
223TVO 394
AOD 9 dol
P: 728
9

INDEX a of PERSON S.
33
of, p. 461.
.
p: 5
O O 318, 325 (s), 337, 342, 410.
Lord, of Ruthin, P: 411, 417, 575. Sir Reginald
Glanville, William Evelyn, p. 238. William, p. 249, 134 Cranbrooke M. in Newington near Sitting borne, p:
434. Francis, p. 249
9mel tiswith
2
559
ICA
Glendower, Owen, p. 412-417-575
90 90H Goring family, account of different branches of, p. 523
Gleyre, Maurice, cl. p. 758190 to gott som Gorney, Hugh, created Earl Gorney, p. 637)
Glouceſter, Biſhops of, p. 27, 46
PAS-
Goſefune, Elfric, p. 590
Earl of, p. 186–187-251-262-264-269–270 Goffon, ---, p. 331
298–304-395–308–309-310-311-316*335– Goſlin, Iſaac, cl. p. 161 4 0 Tepelsinat boltin
4362–366-367-372–373–385
Goftling, James, p. 2726 Nyiss
------, Robert Earl of, p. 14, 461, 473 (f): Account
Gofnold's, p. 209
Gilbert de Clare Earl of, p. Gotier, Willian, cl. p. 211
.9
Richard, Gott, Samuel, p. 482. Martha, p. 742
(p. 311, 329, 342, 380, 384. Richard de Goulding, Henry, p. 80 (1)
Clare Earl of, and of Hertford, p. 355, 360, Goulſon's, p. 305. Account of, p. 296
373. Ralph de Monthermer Earl of, p. 302, Goufall, Sir John, p. 427. Alice, p. 428
312, 326. Hugh de Audley Earl of, p. 303, Gower, Jane, p. 61. John, p. 466, 497. Mary, Lady
325 (5), 327, 365. Clares Earls of, p. 146,
Dowager, p. 719. Sir Francis, p. 764
186, 286, 287, 323, 336. Account of, p. --, Earls, deſcent of, p. 424 (%)
323. Clares Earls of, and of Hertford, p. Gowſell, Sir Robert, p. 204
302, 303, 311, 312, 337, 365, 3843 Grace, St. Mary, Abbat and Convent of, p. 208–211-281
------, Thomas Duke of, p. 264(9), 312. Humphry
Grafton, Robert, cl. p. 245
Duke of, p. 367 (c), 620. Richard Duke Grainvile, Roger, p. 161(9)
of, p. 196 (s), 197 (t), 357
Grandiſon, Agnes, p. 456, 625
goed alglobos
Duke of, p. 371, 621 (c), 776. Duke of 8.---------, George Villiers Viſcount, p. 809
(Q. Anne's fon) p. 382 (k). Eleanor Dut. Grangeman’s, p. 565
20 chefs of, p. 475
Granger, William, cl. p. 686
Thomas, cl. p. 583. Thomas, p. 424 Grant, John, p. 617. Thomas, p. 632 ORE
Goad, John, Maſter of Tunbridge ſchool, p. 348
Grapineil, family of, p. 232
Trados por
Goatley, Searles, p. 96 (t)
Grave, William, cl. p. 400
Gobyun, John, p. 459
Graveney, Stephen de, p. 538
Godardus, a Saxon, p. 498
-'s, p. 816
R2 Faskolos
Godden, Robert, p. 209 (6). Nathaniel, cl. p. 593. Gravenhall, John de, ibid.
dis
Martha, p. 118. Maryan, p. 243
Gray, Walter de, p. 572 (a). Archbiſhop of York, p. 572
's, p. 209-494-499-504-505
(y). John, cl. p. 685. ----- daughter of Sir
Godding, Thomas, p 737
James, p. 449
Greaves, Robert, p. 589
Godfrey, Edward, p. 489
, 499. John, p. 63. Tho-
mas, p. 585
Gregory, Sir Edward, p. 78. Francis, cl. p. 635, 642
-------'s, of Norton Court, p. 740, 741
Green, Francis, cl. p. 148, 789. Alianor, p. 356. Tho.
Godewot, John, p. 535
ch
mas, cl. p. 542, 685. Thomas, p. 599. ----
Godifred, p. 144, 444. Dapifer, p. 443
sobitorist .
p. 570. John, p. 727
Godil, p. 280
alias Norton, Thomas, p. 544. Norton, p. 565
Godiſland's, p. 780
--'s, of Bobbing, p. 682. Account of, p. 544
Godric, p. 54, 146–193-222-298-445
gotist
---'s, alias Norton's, p. 544. Account of, p. 639
Godfalve, Elizabeth, p. 252, 315. ------, p. 277
Greenftreet, John, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24. William,
Godwin, Earl of Kent, p. 65-206-396–455-460-185-
p. 81, 82. Thomas, p. 766. John, p.
495-611-629-646–759–814
2 bout
...- s, P.
690-753-793-794-795-796
--, p. 102-171-235
---'s, Biſhops of Rocheſter, p. 33
al blot
Greet, John de, of Greet in Doddington, p. 694 (V)
---------, John, p. 316
12
Gren, John de, p. 91
Goff, John, p. 125 (h), 485. John, cl. p. 745
Greneford, Roger, cl. p. 758
Goisfrid, p. 234
Grenewaye, Nicholas, cl. p. 454. William de, p. 465.
Golding, Mr. Thomas, p. 177 (r). Thomas, p. 209.
Adam de, p. 469. Nicholas, cl. p. 484
VULCIS
Sir Thomas, p. 275
-'s, P. 469 (9),
GOLDING, Mr. THOMAS, pobeffes a part of Eccles M. in
288.9 SH
Greſley, Thomafine, p. 380
Greſwold, Edward, p. 757
300 valde Aylesford, p. 172
1526ORT
Gretle, Robert de, p. 359 (6)
soylimusi loods
----, Miſs Frances, podeljes Tottington M. in' Ayleſ-
ford, p. 172
Grey, John Lord, p. 15. 2.-- Lord, p. 54. Reginald
--------, John, podeljes an eſtate in Ditton, p. 188
Lady, p. 289, 319
de, P. 326. Reginald, p. 674. Sir John, of
's, p. 150-154-172-188
Groby, p. 136. Lady Elizabeth, Queen of Eng-
Goldſborowe, Nicholas, cl. p. 691-739-745
land, p. 98. "Lady Jane, p. 371. Nicholas, D.D.
Goldſmith, Richard, p. 276. John, p. 394. -----, P.
Maſter of Tunbridge ſchool, p. 348
odo
557. Anne, p. 501
's, of Codnor, p. 167, 169. Account of, p. 167
9
-’s, P.404. Of Rotherfield, account of, p. 670. De-
!
Goldwell, -----, p. 436. James, Biſhop of Norwich,
ſcent of different branches of, ibid.
Griffin, Thomas, cl. p. 571
p. 479
-I ......'
s, of Great Chart, p. 741, 796 W noitus:H
Griffith, Maurice, Bihop of Rocheſter, p. 42. Archdea-
Gole, John atte, p. 161 (9)
con of Rocheſter, p. 47 odst. 12
Goodherft, Jane, p. 480 (s) bude
Grigorie, Thomas, cl. p. 472
Goodhugh, Robert, p. 348
BAD mot 9901H
O...
Grinie, John, cl. p. 537
Goodland, Michael, p. 569 9 budois 2
Grimes, cl. p. 251–280-321
Goodman, Godfrey, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27
3981H
sognia
Grimfditch, Dorothy, p. 505
Goodwin, Henky, poffeljes Hayſden M. in Tunbridge,
"Un, 19vkg ээЯ
Grinſted, John, p. 88
ma
? p. 337
Enconi LOISSA
Grocyn, William, cl. account of, p. 115
---bu, Henry, p. 351
Grof hurſt's, p. 389
Goodyer, John, cl. p. 565, 601 13:10 H 2104877
Groombridge, John, P: 337
Gooffe, John, cl. p. 686.198oitgailiul lorem
Groſshurſt, alias Grovehurſt
, family of, p. 387
Gookin's, p. 464
118 Tiada
Grove, Robert, p. 125 (b). John, p. 438
Goore, Richard, p. 703 (1) TAG AM 1AAH
Grové, RICHARD, podeljes Hunting field M. in Ulcomb, p.
Gore, alias at Gore, family of, p. 579
425. Pofiers in Borden, p. 567. Northcourt,
Gerard, p. 434. Williani, of Boxley, account of,
armor
deid alias Eaßling M. with Denton alias Plumford in the
p. 654. Walter, Abbat of Faverſham, P: 701
Jame, p. 751. Hunting field M. in Eaſling, p.
--'s, of Tunitall, account of, p. 579
753. Hunting field M. in Sheldwich, p. 787
Gordon, George, of Rocheſter, p. 166. Jane, p. 799
--'s, of Tunſtall, p. 425-567-581-751–753-787
Mrs. podeljes BULLY-HILL House in Rocheſter,
Grovehurit, Anne, p. 277
3. Se and reſides there, p. 51
's, alias Grotherft's, p. 386–387-627
PATIO
--------'s, of Rocheſter, ibid.
Grygiby, Alexander, p. 143
Gorge, Nicholas, p. 627
W boom
Gualeran, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 35-189-200
Gorham's, p. 638
bil
Guelders, Duke of, p. 626
..
Goring, Mary, p. 481. Sir Charles, bart. p. 559
Guerricus, Abbat and Prior, p. 700
CHARLES, pofelles Cowfted M. in Stockbury, p.
Guernſey, Heneage Lord, p. 170-171-651 (s)
523. Cowfted portion of tythes in the jame, p. 524.
Gueſt, Édmund, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 42
34a
Guildford,
796, 802
...L's, p. 147
07
-20.3

34
Ι Ν D Ε Χ of PERSON
S.
's, p. 239
Tergamo
117, 660
Edward, of Chil.
Guildford, Sir Henry, p. 313 478. Account of, p. 313. Halfted's, alias Halted's, p. 753 () rw, collirana
Henry, p. 401(k). Defcent of, p. 475. Sir Halywell, John, p. 1884
Richard, p. 355 (F). Sir Edward, p. 355, Hame, John le, p. 71, 286. William de, p. 439 (m)
360. Mr. of Hemſted, p. 429 (f). John, Hamo, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 165-190-192-200-220-
p. 753
255-319
follo
Hamo, who he was, p. 264
Guildford, Francis Earl of, p. 785
Hamilton, Lord William, p. 254. Sir William de, cl. p.
---,
Right Hon. FRANCIS EARL OF, pofſeffes New
326. Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth, p. 434. Wil-
Gardens, alias Tenbam Outlands, in Tenbam, Kliam, one of the Kentiſh Petitioners, p.441 (v).
P. 683. Oſpringe, alias Queen Court M. in
James, of Chilſon, p. 476 (6)
the ſame, p. 792. Plumford and Painters in ........'s, of Chilſon, p. 434 (i), 435, 436, 440, 444.
the ſame, p. 794. Elvyland in the fame, p.
Account of the family of, p. 440 (1)
795. A houſe at Whitebill in Oſpringe, p. Hammond's, of St. Albans, p. 796
799. Land in Preſton near Faverſham, p. 813 Hamo, Vicecomes, p. 132
Guiſme, Earls of, p. 775 (v)
Tavo
Hamon, p. 173
Guldeford, Mary, p. 128. Elizabeth, p. 576. Bennet, Hampden, Robert, p. 481
p. 637. John, p. 249 (6). George, p. 358. Hamund's, alias Clerke's, p. 423(u)
Sir Henry, account of, p. 417. Henry, p. Hanby, Sir John, p. 377. Lady, p. 382
10-B0576 (3) budd
Hancock, Thomas-Saul, cl. p. 472, 517
.....'s, p. 358
Hancorn, Rev. Mr. Richard, p. 469
Gull, John, of Ightham, p. 250
Handlo's, p. 444
Gundulph, Bihop of Rocheſter, p. 5-13-22-23-29-30-
Hanger, Sir George, p. 103, 137
31-32–34–75-157-160-179–180-216-218
Hankewell, Thomas, p. 733 (8)
(8)-229-236-368
Harange, John, p. 191
Gunnore, Counteſs, p. 182 (a)
Harbledown Hoſpital, Maſter and Brethren of, p. 816
Guns, Thomas, cl. p. 202
Harcourt, Sir Simon, p. 381
Gunſley, Robert, p. 30, 60, 63, 116. Robert, cl. p. Harding, a noble Dane, p. 424 (a). Richard, p. 653
-a's, p543
------'s, p. 116
Hardres, Thomas de, p. 151(1). ------, Luca de, p.
Guodchepe, Thomas, alias Plumſted, p. 223
439 (m) Sir Richard, bart. p. 509. William
Gurney, William de, p. 228. Thomas, cl. p. 601. Wil-
de, p. 666 (P). Elizabeth, p. 786
also liam cl. p. 588, 734, 773, 782. Sir Richard, Hardeſhull, Joane, p 148. Elizabeth, p. 176, 356
bart. deſcent of, p. 637
Hardreſlo, Peter de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 700 (v)
------'s, P. 226
Hardy, Nathaniel, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28, 30. Na-
Gutherwulf, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
thaniel, cl. p. 211. Joſeph, cl. p. 396
Guy's Hoſpital, Governors of, p. 26 (d)
Hardwick, Philip, afterwards Earl and Lord Chancellor,
Gyfford, John de, p. 298
P: 552 (4)
Gylbert, Humphry, p. 761
Harefield Marſh, p. 722 (r)
Harlackenden, Walter, p. 579
's, of Tunſtall, p. 579
H.
Side
Harland, Henry, p. 83, 87
Harlegh, John, cl. p. 114 -
Hadde, John, p. 408 (1). Arnold, . 513, 514. Henry, Harlow, Edward, p. 50
p. 514
Harman, Mary, p. 612
Haddys, Thomas, p. 406
Harnigſton, Anne, p. 423 ont con
....-.'s of Frinſted and Chart Sutton, p. 158–363-405– Harod, Stephen, p. 719
(512-695. Account of, p. 512
Harold, King of England, p. 65
HADDOCK, NICHOLAS, Polefles and reſides at WROTHAM Harpur, Sir George, p. 184(4), 404, 412, 567, 636.
PLACE, p. 236
His lands diſgavelled, p. 404, 412. Defcent of,
's, account of, p. 236
ibid. George, p. 518, 586. Henry, cl. p. 351.
Hadloe, John, p. 335, 336
Nicholas, p. 405, 406. Sir Edward, p. 412.
--, de, family of, p. 314
Sir Thomas, p. 431
Haimo, p. 286. ------, Sherif, p. 186, 619 voto
's, of Sutton Valence, p. 404 0 ได้ 44 10
Haines, Thomas, cl. p.571
blow
Harpsfield, Nicholas, Archdeacon of Canterbury, p. 696
Halbrook, family of, p. 399
Harries, John, cl. p. 517
✓
Haldegod's, p. 668
Harrietſham, poor of, p. 470
Halden, William de, p. 752
brol
Harrington, Stanhope's Earls of, defcext of, p. 430 (1)
Haldene, William de, p. 644
Thomas, p. 806
Hales, Sir Edward, p.93–194-400-402-404-405-406-407 Harris, Dr. p. 29(d). Thomas, of Barming, p. 147,
-408-43C-434 (g). Created by K James II. Earl
152, 498 (*). Thomas, of Tunbridge, p. 314(c).
of Tenterden, &c. p. 577. Sir Edward, p. 611,
Thomas, of Bredgar, p. 585 (w). Thonias, p.
P
651. Rev. Arthur, p. 105, 147, 148. Robert,
ſon, p. 434, 444. Deſcent of, p. 434
p. 281. Mark, p. 537 (P). Catherine, p. 444.
HALES, Sir EDWARD, bart. podeljes Murſton M. p. 6o9.
du mom Elizabeth, p. 803. John, cl. p. 591, 670
Fulſton M. in Sitting borne, p. 615. Emley M.
's, p. 105, 151
and Iſle, p. 674
Harriſon, William, cl. p. 89. Thomas, p. 125 (6). Tho-
Sir John, p. 408, 436 (c), 581. Sir John, of
mas, cl. p. 166. Edward, cl. p. 484. I
Ro-
St. Stephens, bart. account of, p. 478 (w).
bert, cl. p. 729, 731, 734 s 9600
John, p. 436, 576, 608. John, of Coventry, Harrope, John, cl. p. 48
o punto
created a Baronet, p. 576 (). Robert, of Than Harrys, Richard, fruiterer, p. 684 9j bi bodo
nington, created a Baronet, ibid. William, of Harſnet, Mr. p. 482 I to
Reculver and Nackingron, p. 456, 585, 692(6). Hart, John, 67, 252.
cl.
p. 251. Thomas, p.
Deſcent of, p. 585. Chriſtopher, p. 106, 609,
321, 671. Sir Thomas, p. 803 (d). Sir Perci-
809. Sir Chriſtopher, p. 521(y), 533, 542.
val, p. 429 (f) Joane, p. 494. Richard, p.669.
Deſcent of, p. 543 (a)
Francis Hofier, p. 769 (3) sol
Londol czy boo
Nicholas de, Prior of St. John's, p. 165 (-). ------'s, of Lullingſtone, p. 334
to do to
Thomas, p. 609. Samuel, p. 437.
c
, P. ------'s, p. 746, 811
oslour
459. Elizabeth, p. 126. Mary, P: 406. Anne, HART, MARY, ELIZABETH, and Diana-Hoster, pos-
p. 716. Chriſtian, p. 742. James, cl. p.
ſeſs the advowfon of Warden rettory, p. 669
409, 490
Harty, John, Sacrift of Faverſham Abbey, p. 701
--'s, of St. Stephens, p. 412, 609, 611, 615, 652, Harvey, Robert, p. 69, 70. Richard, p. 191. Thomas,
674, 797
P 334 (s), 335
Mr. p. 617 (5)
's, p: 434 (i), 436. Of the Dungeon, p. 436, 741 HARVEY, Mrs. podeljes Dachurſt Place in Tunbridge, p.
---'s, deſcent of the different branches of, p. 456, 576
334 (s). Hilden M. in the ſame, p. 335
Halford,
Mrs. polejes Chilton M. in Sitting borne, p. 614
Halke, John ate, p. 722 (r). Richard, cl. p. 725, 729
o's, of Tilmanſtone, p. 614
Hall, alias at Hall, family of, p. 150
Harwood, William, cl. p. 517
Robert, cl. p. 212. Henry, cl. p. 280. Eliza. Haſelridge, Richard, p. 334
9
beth, p. 104
Haſpalle, Geoffry, p. 55 ia
том, але
Hals, John, p. 196 (0)
's alias Aſpale's, p. 54
Halſham's, p. 727
29 || Haffell, William, cl. p. 390, 472
Hafted,
**
DOO
--, cl. p. 251
--

Í N D E X
35
of
PERSON S.
361
roo
Hafted, Joſeph, p. 563(5), 683. Edward, p. 563 (s),
753. Mr. p. 631 (w)
EDWARD, of Canterbury, le fee of Horſham M. in
Upchurch, p: 543. Of lands in Lower Halſtow,
p. 547. Poliéfes lands in the ſame, ibid. Hunt-
ing field Court; with the demeynes of that manor in
Eaſling, p. 753. Lewfon Houſe F. in Tenham, p.
683
1:753
's, p. 543. Account of the family of, p. 753 (y)
Haſtings, the Dane, p. 616, 629, 631
- John de, p. 67 (f), 207, 269 (y), 281, 302 (9),
401, 410, 416 (m), 424 (w), 458, 517, 584
(P), 750. Hugh de, p. 574 (r). Lady Ca-
therine, p. 503, 508. Elizabeth, p. 411.
Lady Elizabeth, p. 506(2), 508. Family of,
p. 84, 404, 410, 416, 417, 575, 746 (i).
Account of, p. 410, 411
Haftrecht, Jacob Van, p. 247 (y)
Haſwell, Sybilla-Chriſtiana, p. 503
Hatch, Henry, p.718, 719(e)
Hatfelde, Edmund, cl. p. 58, 60
Hatfield, William of, p. 338 (w)
Hathbrand, Robert, Priør, p. 735
Hat berbill, Joſeph, cl. p. 660
Hatley, Benjamin, p. 101 (6), 137. Dr. Griffith, p. 147
(f). Roſe, p. 447
's, account of, p. 101
Hatley, JAMES, poleſes Bigons in Maidſtone, p. 101
Hatton, Anne, p. 119
George-Finch, polejes tbe advowſon of the
rectory of Eaſing, p. 758
-'s, account of, p. 758 (n)
Haule's, p. 101, 103. Account of, p. 101
Haufted's-fee Haſted's, p. 753 (v)
Haut, Nicholas, p. 54. Jane, p. 125. Richard, p. 249.
Joane, p. 252. Edmund, p. 397. Elizabeth, p.
423. Francis, p. 585. Alicia, p. 575
---'s, p. 128–249-399
Sloogilio
Haughton, Mr. p. 386-519-585
Haukinge, John, cl. p. 409
Haward, Thomas, p. 87. Sir John, p. 665. Anne, p.
693. Stephen, p. 718
-------'s, of Gillingham, account of, p. 84. Of Hartie,
.
p. 732
.
Hawes, Frances, p. 253, 468
Hawkins, Sir John, account of, p. 77. John, p. 653
---------, Heirs of, polleſs woods in Boughton Blean, p.707
Hawkſworth, John, cl. p. 400
Hawley, James, M.D. p. 209, 211. Account of, p. 209
-----, Henry, poſeljes Leyborne M. and re&tory, and the
GRANGE S. in Leyborne, where he reſides, p.
bilo
209-210-211
's, p. 210
Hay, Hugh de la, p. 282 (9). Thomas de la, p. 572(y).
Richard, cl. p. 611M
---'s, de la, p. 282
Hayes, John, P. 139. Edward, cl. p. 542 molto
Hayter, William, p. 581
bak bol
Hayward, Sir John, p. 63-468–649. His charities, ibid.
(d). Deſcent of, p. 468. Sir Rowland, p. 287.
James Rowland, cl. p. 463. Thomas, p. 629.
Catherine, p. 764. Anne, p. 798
HAZARD, RICHARD, polejes Tong Caffle and M. p. 604.
Eaſthall in Murſton, p. 609
Hazelwood, Thomas, Canon of Leeds, account of, p. 479
(m). Thomas, p. 483 (2) 02,
Head, Sir Richard, p. 4, 63, 87. Francis, p.31. Me-
ric, eſq; cl. p. 211, 426. Alderman, p. 300.
Mary-Wilhelmina, p. 688. Anna-Gabriella, p.
ibid.
------, p. 794
-----'s, Baronets, p. 759, 700
Hearne, Thomas, the Antiquarian, p. 29 (d)
Heath, Nicholas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 41. Thomas
de la, p. 310.
Sir Robert, p. 232 (cc). Wil-
liam, p. 317
26
-'s, P. 425
Heathfield, Joſeph, cl. p. 508
Hedcorne Chantry, Maſter, &c. of, p. 581
Hedd, William, p. 459
Hedges, John, cl. p. 149. John, cl. 354
Hedyrſete, Thomas de, cl. p. 89
Hele, Roger, p. 393 (x)
Helias, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
Helle, Roger, p. 67 (8). William de la, p. 71
Helmide, the Nun, p. 724(c)
Helpringham, John de, cl. p. 582
Hemington, Henry, cl. p. 351 no
Hencliš's, of Tenham, p. 684 (8)
Henden, Sir Edward, p. 115, 121.
Sir John, p. 137
Hendley, Sir Walter, p. 102, 103, 354. Walter, p. 106,
300(V), 392. Thomas, p. 101, 493. Helen,
p. 265. Elizabeth, p. 374
Hendley's, of Cranbrooke and Otham; p. 103: 381. Aco
count of, p. 491, 492 128
Hendfley, alias Hendlebury, Thomas, p. 100
Hendreiſe, Mrs. p. 569
Héngham, Odomarus de, p. 522
Hengiſt, the Saxon Chief, p. 601
Henley, Thomas, p. 96 (o). John, p. 491
Henley, WILLIAM, podéſes the M. and the advowſon of
· Otham reétory. p. 491, 463: Gore COURT
in Otham, and reſides at it, p. 492.
Robert, of the co. of Bedford, p. 129, 405
Henham, Mr. Iven, lefee of Woldham M. p. 158
Henhurſt, family of, p. 305
Henman's, p.450, 589, 648 ()
Hennand, Thomas, p. 395
Henneage, Elizabeth, p. 758
Henry VIII, King, at Faverſham, p. 709 Eros
Henſhall, Edrus, cl. p. 375
Herbaldown, Mafter. &c. of the hoſpital at, p. 679
Herbert, Vincent, alias Finch, p. 592 (x) -627-689-704
(-)-740/8)-811. Hugh, grandſon of, p. 396–
445-455-509-511-790. Son of Ivo, p. 462-
749-804
---, Lord, of Cherbury, p. 304. Elizabeth, p. 304.
i Mary, p. 440. James, p. 630 (q), 746 (m.
Philip, p. 652, 662, 663. Created Earl of
Montgomery, ibid. 665 het do
HERBERT, Mrs. Anne, podeles a moiety of the manor of
Milton, with the Hundreds of Milton and Mars
den annexed, p. 624. Of Calehill M. in Min-
fter, p. 652. Of the Fiſhery of Milton; p.
630. Of Shurland M. and S. in Eaſtchurch,
p. 662.' Of Northwood M. in the fame, p.
664
Herbert's, of the co. of Oxford, p. 531-621–62 3-662-
663. Account of the different branches of, p. 621
Herebert, cl p. 724
Hereford, Biſhops of, p. 39-40-42–110. Deans of, p. 39
(a)-110-115 (a). Humphry Bohun, Earl of,
p. 265-329-603 (i) (I). Humphry Stafford,
Earl of, p. 328 (s). Milo Earl of, p. 753(y):
Henry Duke of, p. 203 RoH esit
Herenden, Bennet, p. 481
Herewiſe, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 42 warga
Herfrid, p. 762
Herlackenden, Sir Thomas, p. 476
's of Woodchurch, p. 576 (0)
Herle, Robert de, p. 644
Hermenthorpe, John, p. 258, 264
Herne,
cl. p. 493. William de, cl. p. 582
Heron, Roger, cl. p. 115. Sir William, p. 162. Sir
William, Lord Say, p. 195. William, p. 275,
288. Giles, p. 337 (d). Anne, p. 291. Tho-
mas, of Chilham Caſtle, p. 513 (i), 756
Herris's, of Crizey in Eſſex, p. 425
Hert, Joane, p. 456-509-513-625 ob H
.----'s, of Faverſham, p. 811
Hertford, Richard de Clare, Earl of, p. 305-307-344
374-378 (et). Clare's Earls of, p. 323, 349.
Account of, p. 323
Hertlepe, John de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
Hertlepoole, John, cl. p. 471
Hertley, Robert, Abbat of Begeham, p. 378. John de,
Prior of Rocheſter, p. 39
Herring, Thomas, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28
Herynge, John, p. 192. Nicholas, p. 535, 545, 644
Hervey, John, of Beechworth, p. 292 (s)--402-404-406-
413. Stephen, p. 320. George, p. 555
John, the Heirs of, poffefs Almnery Green in
Chart Sutton, p. 406
's, p. 406, 413
Herye, Lady of the Ipand of, p. 676 (w)
Heſcenden, Eadric de, p. 53
Heſdine, Arnulf de, p. 57
TORT
Heffe, Margaret, daughter of Signior Jean de, p. 477 H
Hethe, Hamo de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24, 541 (k)
---, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 38, 230, 370(*)
Heton, Anne, p. 418
Heveningham, Henry, p. 431. Alice, p. 544, 639
Hever, Joane, p. 448, 496. Elizabeth, p. 497 H
Heure, William de, p. 620
Hewet, Catherine, p. 235. William, p. 117
William, p. 117 cm
Hewton, Thomas, cl. p. 789 ndol sa bao
Hextal, William, p. 277, 336 HOLODOWY
-------'s, of Eaft Peckham, p. 277–336–368-387
Hey, Thomas, cl. p. 667. Elizabeth, ibid.
Heyborne, Thomas, p. 80
Heyman, Peter, cl. p. 3962re
Heyward, Sir Rowland, p. 407.
Hickes, Sarah, p. 788
Tron A
Hickford, John, cl
. p. 251. YM
Hide, Welt, p. 547
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IN D E X
P E R S O N S.
P. 301. Richard,
0961
769(x)
----
po
Higgons, John, p. 82. Theophilus, cl. p. 301.
her numerous iſſue, p. 422 (8). Dorothy,
cl.
p. 351. Rev. Mr. p. 783 (m)
p. 640. Thomaſine, P. 742
Highlord, John, p. 97 (x)
Mtoto
Honywood's, of Hampſted and London, deſcent of, p. 218.
Hildefley, Mark, cl. p. 611, 618
Defcent of different branches of, p. 442 (f).
Hill, John, p. 125 (5). ------, cl. p. 471. Daniel, cl. p. 60,
of Charing, p. 442, 449, 452 (*). Of
the co. of Effex, defcent of, p. 449
215, 228, 308, 714. Thomas, cl. p. 215. Richard,
p. 361 (t), 417. Frances, p. 232. Penelopė, p. 559
Hoo, Men of, p. 16, 18
William de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23. Henry de,
----, John, poljeles Foxlands in Eafichurch, p. 664
--.-'s, of Sutton, and the co. of Cornwall, p. 341
p. 485
----, Ralph de la, p. 310
Hooker, John, p. 97 (u). John, p. 332, 369. Thomas,
Hilles, Philip, cl. p. 136. George, p. 137
P. 342, 349, 351, 567
Hills, Edmund, cl. p. 298. Edward and George, p. 512,
JOHN, polelles and reſides at BROADOAK S. iz
513, 514. Edward, p. 739. Alice, p. ÇOI
Brenchley, p. 373
WILLIAM, poleſes Syndall F. in Lenham, p. 450
Thomas, pofilles Tunbridge M. and Caple, p.332
William, of London, poflefjes a moiety of ihe parfon-
's, of Tunbridge and Brenchley, deſcent of, p. 332-
age and advowſon of the vicarage of Newnbam, p. 749
351 ()-373
Hilſey, John, Bishop of Rochefter, p. 41
Hooper, Francis, cl. p. 212. George, of 'Tunbridge, p.
Hilton, John, of Lords, p. 788
349. Walter, of Stockbury, p. 482-521-526
ROBERT, podeljes South alias Great Wilderton M.
605. Jane, p.522. Account of the family of, p.526
in Tbrowley, p. 766
Hopday, John, p. 336
JOHN, pofefes Lords M. and S. ir Sheldwich, and
Hope, SARAH, lefee of Boyton M. in Eaſt Sutton, p. 419
reſides at it, p. 786
John, poſjefjes Hanflets F. in Oſpringe, p. 796
-'s, of Sheldwich, p. 766. Account of, p. 786
Hoppen, Simon, p. 515
Hinde, George, of Chatham, p.70
Hopton, Thomas, p. 554. John, cl. p. 697-749-773
JOHN, podeljes Owre Houſe in Milton near Sitting.
Horden, William, p. 543
borne, p. 628
Fiorfa, the Saxon General, p. 69-177-601
Hindford, John Earl of, p. 100
Horſburdenne, William, p. 316, 317
Hindman, ------, p. 247
Horne, James, p. 249(b). Thomas, Maſter of Tunbridge
Hinton, Giles, cl. p. 517, 726or skole
ſchool, p. 348. Samuel, cl. p. 492, 493. Wil-
Hipiſlye, Elizabeth, p. 742
liam, ci. p. 493. Dr. George, cl. p. 493 (t).
, ,
Juliana, p. 560
186
-------'s, of Eaft Lenham, account of, p. 444
Hobfon, Thomas, p. 653
Horneclyve, Lucy de, p. 798
Hoby, Sir Edward, p. 88 (t)-653-657
Horſemonden, Rector of, p. 389. Richard, cl. p. 426.
--..-s, p. 649-662 (i)-669. Account of, p. 649 odnoH
Daniel, cl. p. 426. Anthony, p. 457 (v).
Hodges, ...-, cl. p. 286. Augustine, p. 294
Daniel, D.D. p. ibid. Dr. Thomas, po
Hodiole, Robert, p. 617
#lo zinadar5H
Hodſon, Henry, cl. p. 396499-500
ototoh}| Horſepoole,
Horſepoole, William, account of, p. 104 (+). John de, p.
".
C....---, Rev. Henry, podeljes the adverſon of the vicar-
127, 134
age of Thurnham, p. 499E-70$.
Horſted, William, p 6
oh.. dobila
Hoeſe, Henry de, p. 367 (6) **
Horton, Thomas, p. 651 .8.9 Stort berwbt
alias Huſſey, family of, p. 367, 434
-------'s, p. 623(k)
Hoggard, Martin, cl.
P:
166
toborto Hoſapuldre, John de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 701
Hoggeſhaw's, of Milfted, p. 58910 Doo Siu91H
19th || Hoſier, Vice Admiral Francis, p. 667, 669. Diana, ibid.
Holbeach, Henry, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 41 biuro
's, p. 069
Holbrooke, Richard, p. 71
கie sbruiloskott
Hoſkins, Mr. p. 757
doti antaweł
's, p. 560, 563 (s) Hoboo W
Hoſpitallers, Knights, p. 164-176-243-258-318-319–321
HOLDEN, RICHARD, pollefjes Looſe alias Pimps Court M.
-323
Jerowie H1
p. 140. Pimps Court M. in Eaſt Farleigh, p. 147 Hotham, Elizabeth, p. 282. John, D.D. p.770
Èlizabeth, p. 254.
Elias de, p. 309-19
1991 Hoveden, Robert, Warden of All Souls college, Oxford,
3s, p. 140 ? ? són
p. 71+
Holdenby, Lewis Duras created Baron of, account of, p.784
Hovenden, Richard, p. 424
Holderneſs, Darcy's Earls of, p. 678 (*)
Hougham, Robert de, p. 15
Holdſworth, Jude, cl. p. 607. Elizabeth, ibid.
-.-'s, of Hougham, p. 127, 397
Holedene, Jeffry atte, p. 367
Y la ed into Houghton, Jane, p. 295. Mr. p. 386. Thomas, p. 627.
Holeweye, John de, p. 192.499807 319H
Robert de cl. p. 724
Blob
's, p. 191
Hous, Thomas, p. 544 brgib
Holford, Carew, p. 349
Ob bisco biotito Howard, Lady Frances, p. 60. Lord Edmund, p. 187,
Holles, Elizabeth, p. 253, 346
188. 223, 232, 261. Katherine, p. 197• Sir
Holand, Sir Thomas, p. 256, 352. Edmund Earl of Kent,
Robert, p. 265. Lord Admiral, p. 621 (e). Ber-
ibid. Eleanor, p. 338, 603
bagnard, p. 687. Thomas Lord Effingham, created
Holland, William, cl. p. 148. Thomas, cl. p. 697. Mary,
Earl, defcent of, p. 755. Elizabeth, p. 777.
p. 753. Hezekiah, cl. p. 416. Henry, jun.
Thomas created Duke of Norfolk, p. 778
architect, p. 407 (d)
und -'s, P. 204. Account of the family of, and its different
Hollanden, Laurence, cl. p. 685, 814
branches, p. 755 ()
hool
Hollingborne, Vicar of, p. 520. Rectors of, p. 529
Howdell, William, cl. p. 674mon
RECTOR of, polefes the patronage of Bred Howe, THOMAS, podeljes a houſe in Kingsdown, p. 593
hurſt curacy, p. 529
Howell, Sir John, p. 240. Benjamin, p. 492
Holingeburne, Jeffry de, p. 469 (y)
HUBBLE, BENJAMIN, podefjes and reſides at a S. in Town
Holling broke, Ellen, p. 689
Malling, p. 219
Hollingworth, Benjamin, cl. p. 770, 789
's, account of, p. 219 (P)
HOLLOWAY, JOHN, pofeljes Seitington M. in Chatbam, Huberd, William. cl. p. 263
p. 70
ab 91
Hubert, Archbiſhop, p. 92-445-662-729-748. Adam, ſon
Holman's, p. 387
of, p. 500
, do
Holme, Edward, cl. p. 202, 210. Richard, cl. p. 583 ... -'s, p. 425
Holmes, John, ci. p. 148
Hudſon, William, p. 433. Michael, cl. p. 511
Holmedon, Robert, p. 347
Hugeſien, Sir William, p. 685, 693. William-Weſtern,
Holt, Simon de, p. 725 (u)
p. 689. James, p. 747. Anne, p. 693
Holway, Charles, cl. p. 596 ISH, siguinsvalt
WILLIAM, of Stodmarſh, lefee of Stockbury par-
Holwis, Letitia, p. 161 (9)
forage, p. 526. poflefles Cbeeks Court in Tong
Homer, Richard, p. 87
and Murfton, p. 6o;
Honyton, Robert, cl. p. 722
's, p. 797. Of Linited and Provenders, account
Honywood, Sir John, bart. p. 351
of, p. 689, 741, 742. Of Stodmarſh, account
HONYWOOD, Sir John, bart. poffefſes Town Malling M,
of, p. 742
with Ewell annexed, and Malling Abbey, Huggins, Joho, p. 615
be
Hughes, Lewis, ci. p. 193. Grifold, p. 198.gallo !
Sir Robert, p. 445. Robert, p. 454, 460 Hulkes, John, of Newnham, p. 394-748–749 nimit
General PHILIP, podeljes Downe M. in Len-
--'s, p. 610, 693 (m)
ham, p. 4499
Eved. 14 214ะหม่ เรา Hull, William, cl. p. 685
Anthony, p. 451, 452. Edward, p. 652.
RICHARD, pepeljes relfted M. in Stockburz, p. 522.
Mary, p. 399. Mary, account of her and
Hill-green Houſe in the ſame, p. 525
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IN D E X of
37
PERSON S.
Imple, Agnes, p. 185
Infanta of Kent, Juliana de Leyborne, p. 281-299-401-
41 CM 458-517-532-542-612-750
Inge, William de, p. 232, 246. John, p. 246 (P), 706
Ingleden, John, cl. p. 635
Ingles, Anthony, p. 733
Inglethorpe, Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 37–180-319
Innis, Peter, cl. p. 166. Gilbert, cl. p. 122
Inſula, Henry de, p. 567 (v). Sir William de, p: 734
Henry de, p. 767 (P)
Jocelyn, Brigadier General George, p. 143, 276. Sir Ro-
bert, bart. p. 142 (i). John, cl. p. 471. Wil-
liam de, cl. p. 582
John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 34, 35, Abbat of Boxley,
p. 124. Mauritius ap, p. 632(z)
Johns, John, cl. p. 816
Lone
Johnſon, Robert, cl. p. 25. ------, P. 331, 336. Ellen,
p. 377 -------, P 393. Stephen, p. 405(8).
Thomas, el. p. 437. Iſaac, cl. p: 517. Ralph,
u
,
Hulle, Nathaniel, p. 394
------'s, of Newnham, p. 748, 749. Of Chartham, p.
813 (3)
Humez, John, p. 167
Humphreys, Mary, p. 449
Humphry, Richard, p. 555 (s)
Hundbache, Thomas, cl. p. 289
Hungate, John, p. 791
Hunidon, Henry Carey, Lord, p. 664. Carey's Lords, p.
240 (i)-314-331-362-423 (s)
Hunt, John, cl. p. 596, 739, 817. Samuel, p. 628 (v).
Michael, cl. p. 817
Hunter, Edward, p. 118, 286
Huntingdon, William de Clinton Earl of, p. 67 (f)-208-
211-281-299-401-433-456-459-517-542
(w)-584 (0-620-791. John Holand Earl
of, p: 313–328–338(6)-776. William Her-
49 bert Earl of, p. 98 (n), 621 (8)
--------'s, p. 154
che porte
Huntingfield, Sir Walter de, p. 193. Sir John de, p. 194.
Peter de, p. 756. Family, account of, p. 752
Hunton, alias Huntingdon, John de, p. 152
Hurleſtone, Nicholas, p. 556 (c)
Hurt, Roger, cl. p. 588. John, cl. p. 635. Thomas, cl.
p. 725
Huſband, Richard, cl. p. 222--286-409-527
Huſey, Peter, Archdeacon of Northampton, p. 392 (?)
Huffey, Henry, his lands diſgavelled, p. 434 (c). William,
p. 442 (i). Mr. of Ireland, p. 577. Elizabeth,
p. 782
---, EDWARD, pofelles Scotney M. and Little Scotney F.
in Lamberhurſi, and Chingley M. in Goudhurſi, p.
381
's, p. 434. Of Goudhurſt, account of, p. 381 (2)
Hutchinſon, Charles, cl. p. 361
Hyde, Laurence, created Èarl of Rocheſter, account of him
DA. and his deſcendants, p. 61. Bernard, p. 87
-----, West, poreris Ufton M. in Tunfall, p. 579
------'s, p. 579
Hyde, Abbat of, in the co. of Hants, p. 701
Hyereck, Gawin, cl. p. 611
Hylthe, Alexander de, p. 286
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Jackſon, Sir Robert, p. 67. Edmund, cl. p. 231, 745. .
Edward, p. 443, 512, 514. Thomas, cl. P:
586 (f). Peter, cl. p. 734, 814. Jeremiah, cl.
p. 805. Sir Philip, p. 811 (0)
Jacſon, Roger, p. 555.12
Jacob, Richard, cl. p. 215, 246
JACOB, EDWARD, pofelés Nutts M. in Ley/down, p. 671.
300-T Cades M. in Oſpringe, p. 796. Account and deſcent
Ooof, p. 671
Tom
Mr. of Faverſham, p. 645, 672, 673 (6)
Jacobs, Roger, p. 247 (y)
James, Anne, p. 334. Demetrius, cl. ibid.
WILLIAM, pofelles IGHTHAM M. and Court, and
reſides at it, p. 247. Stanſted M. p. 233. The ad-
vowjon of Ightham re&tory, p. 251
--'s, of Ightham, p. 233, 235. Account of, p. 247
James, Martin, p. 808 (u)
-----'s, of Eaſling, p. 751–753-809
James, King, at Rocheſter, p.4. II, King, at Ro.
cheſter, ibid. Account of his eſcape into France, p.
Janſon, Sir Thomas, p. 341, 342. John, p. 342
Jarconville, Sibilla, p. 363 (c), 512
09
Jarvis, Jane, p. 276. Elizabeth, p. 592
Iden, Alexander, p. 15 (v), 575.
------, P. 90. James,
cl. p. 143. John, p. 407
Jeffry, the Clerk, p. 133, 134. William, p.555 (s)
Jeffrie, David, cl. p. 136
Jeffrey, EDWARD, le fee of Bredgar college or chantry,
p. 587
Jeffreys, James, cl. p. 667. Dr. James, p. 806. Eliza-
beth, p. 380
------, JAMES, lefſee of Coplon M. with Ham Marſh in
Preſton, p. 807. Of the parſonage of Profon, p.
813
jemmet, Samuel, p. 757. Samuel, cl. p. 758
Jenkin, Henry, p. 464 (e)
Jenkinſon, John, cl. p. 89
Jennins, Sir John, p. 60. Stephen, p. 810
Jenyns, Simon, cl. p. 58375505
Jenys, Simon, cl. p. 582 (3)
Jeoffray, John, cl. p. 725
Jeotes, alias Jotes, family of, p. 269
Jeſluppe, William, cl. p. 814
Jetter, George, cl. p. 601
Jewel, William, cl. p. 596
Johnſton, Lord George, p. 331
Jole, William, cl. p. 189
Jolliffe, Lucy, p. 253, 467. Mr. p. 538
Jorie, William, p. 810 (6)
JONES, WILLIAM, M.D. peleles Gallants M. in Eaſt
Farleigh, p. 146
John, polides a moiety of Pepenbury Magna and
Parva manors in Pembury, p. 356. Of Halkwell
M. in the ſame, ibid. Of the rectory and advowfor
of the vicarage of Pembury, p. 360
-------, Thomas, of Wickham, p. 130 (t). Roger, p.
136. Philip, account of, p. 356. Henry, cl. p.
409, 490. William, M.D. p. 488, 497. Ar-
thur, p. 538. Richard, cl. p. 546. George,
cl. p. 618. Dr. David, p. 733. Inigo, p. 783,
bomo 797. Anne, p. 786
malol ans
S, P: 719
Jordan, --cl. p. 182. -----, p. 407.
*---, P. 538
's, of Maidſtone, p. 101
Jorz, Thomas, p. 443 (w)
cili W b1191192
Jote's, of Mereworth, p. 269
Jowles, Henry, p. 87
PIS9
Joye, Robert, cl. p. 225-537-542-618
Ipre, Williani de, Earl of Kent, p. 14–123-698-7673
Iprys, John, p. 480 (s)
Irby, Anthony, p. 393
Ireland, Francis, cl. p.93
------, Robert Vere, Duke of, account of, p. 776. Phi.
lippa Dutcheſs of, p. 777(8) 24
Irons, John, cl. p. 691
Iſaac, -----, p. 304. James, p. 637..
Iſaacs, John, p. 72 (y)
9
Iſabel, Queen, p. 474-603-620-790
Iſles, Richard, p. 719
----'s, P. 184 (*)-604-609
Iſley, Sir Henry, p. 243-467 (f)-491-575 (c). His lands
diſgavelled, p. 139–146–149–154. Roger, p. 152,
491. William, p. 425
's, of Sundriſh, p. 105–128-139–146–213-243–585.
Coheirs of, p. 586 (e)
's, executed at Maidſtone, p. 106 (p)
Iſlip, Simon, Archbiſhop, P.134-234-244-758 (k).
Wil
liam de, cl. p. 244-245-582. John de, p. 582
Ithamar, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 32
Judde, Sir Andrew, p. 346, 347. Alice, p. 347. Henry,
p. 380 (t). Daniel, p. 797. John, p. 814.
-----, p.
's, p. 291 (1), 336
Judſon, William, P: 547
lo
Ive, ------, p. 594. Anne, p. 640 (g). Mark, p. 544,
639, 640, 682. John, p. 639
Ivetigh, family of, p. 405,
Jumper, William, of Stockbury and Leeds Abbey, p. 482,
521, 605. Sir William, account of, p. 522.
Jane, p. 526
--'s, P. 525
Juſtus, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 22, 32
Juxon, Archbiſhop, P. 121–138–484-486-607–762
İxning, Martin de, cl. p. 113
712(1)
p. 816
no
K.
008, do swon
dor B
1
Kade, Arnulf, p. 730, 759
Kanciis, Richard, p. 798 (n)
Keat, Sir Jonathan, bart. defcent of, p. 627
-----'s, p. 628
Kebet, William, p. 483 (z)
so bodisi bb
Keele, Anne, p. 517
Keepers, Lords, p. 64
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Kellaway, --.---, P. 501
Kellham's,


38
IN DE X of P E R S O N S.
-
,
Kelſham's, of Hedcorne, p. 393
ongh sa 1) Kynton, William, p. 483 (2)
Kember, William, p. 133
Kyriel, Sir Nicholas, p. 473 (m) 20
Keme, William, cl. p. 493
Kemp, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39. Amy, p. 68.
L.
Mary, p. 128. Alice, p. 436. Margaret, p.
SM videos
576. Sir Thomas, p. 458, 662, 814. Thomas,
Biſhop of London, account of, p. 461. Cardinal, LACY, BUTLER, the DAUCHTERS of; polleſs Wrens in
p. 614 (n)
Borden, p. 568
Mr. lefſee of Tenham parſonage, p. 685
Lad's, alias Le Lad's, of Snodland, p. 192
-'s, p. 419, 597
Lade, Sir John, bart. p. 665. Michael, p. 815-816–817
Kenilley's, of Bredhurſt, p. 528, 529
dos
or Lad, account of different branches of the family, p.
Kendall
, John, p. 600 (9). Robert de, p. 676(w)
815
Kenedie, Sir John, p. 331
-----, John, pofeljes Goodnejton M. and rectory, p. 815,816
Kenewulf, King, p. 438, 600
Lake, Edward, cl. p. 745
Kengeflond, Reginald, p. 782 (iii)
Lambe, William, p. 116, 405. Account of, p. 415.
Kenith, Nicholas de, p. 376
b. p. 159. Charles, cl. p. 231. John, p. 469,
Kenn, Sir Chriſtopher, p. 555
dos colate
m 586 (f), John-Taylor, cl. p. 674. Henry, cl.
Kennet, John, p. 683
p. 514. Bridgèt, ibid. Thomas, cl. p. 537.
Kent, Roger de, p. 149.
William de, ibid.
ibid. Thomas
Matthew, p. 551 (i). Arthur, cl. p. 593
and Iſabella, p. 401 (k). Thomas de, p. 557 (i).
Lambarde, William, p. 88. William the Perambulator, f.
John, P. 394
260 (s). William, p. 366. Elizabeth, p.
613. Joane, ibid.
p. 375 (1)-572-582-591-790. Edmund of Wood.
--, Multon, polèles Gillingham M. p. 81. Eaſt
ſtock, Earl of, p. 256–352-474. John Plantagenet
Court and Twidall M. in the ſame, p. 82, 83.
Earl of, p. 256. Plantagenet's Earls of, p. 352.
Graine M. p. 90. Great Comp in Wrotham,
Edmund Holand Earl of, p: 352. Thomas, p. 327
p. 240. Leffee of Brenchley M. p. 366. and
(i), 328. Holand's Earls of, p. 256. Nevill Earl
SO
of Criols Court M. in the ſame, p. 367
of, defcent of, p. 196(s). George Grey Earl of, p.
's, p. 81-82–83-240
98 (n), Henry Marquis of, p. 538 (t). The Fair Lambert, Abbat, p. 123
Maid of, p. 256, 352
Lampard, Thomas, p. 347, 348
Kentwode, Roger de, cl. p. 196 (P)
Lamplugh, Thomas, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28
Kenulf, King of Mercia, p. 600
Lamprey, Thomas, jun. cl. p. 549
Kenward, Mrs. Julian, p. 306, 307. John, p. 569
Lancaſter, John of Gaunt Duke of, p. 339-401-433-527
-'s, of Yalding, p. 305. Account of, p. 306
16 -532-650-657-751. Joane, daughter of, p.
Ker, General Lord Mark, p. 655.
196. Thomas Earl of, p. 303.
Edmund Earl
Keriel, John, p. 521.
Alias Criol, family of, p. 521
E sof, p. 338 (r). Earl of, p. 326-370–474.
Kerkhoven, John Vanden, Lord of Henulfet in Holland,
Joane, daughter of Henry Earl of, p. 203.
p. 431-458–614. Charles Henry, created
Maud, daughter of, p. 338. Sir James, p. 347
Lord Wotton, and Earl of Bellamont, p.
Lance, Joane, p. 334
SNOSISTEM
431-458–614
Landaff, Biſhops of, p. 391 10.03 sit nisto inddA SOVH
Kettellyſden, William, cl. p. 396
CODI
Landvaley, Hawiſa, p. 572
399197
Keyſer, John, p. 277 (r)
4 EDISOM 1o e de
Lane, Thomas, cl. p. 527. John, cl. p. 588. Peter, cl.
H-------'s, p. 277
p. 805
Kilburne, Richard, of Hawkhurſt
, p. 304
dos pel Laney, Benjamin, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28
---, p. 694
Langdon, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39
Kilwarby, Archbiſhop, p. 324 (), 701
Langedon, Millicent de, p. 151
King, Thomas, p. 660. Gregory, Lancaſter Herald, p. Langford, William, cl. p. 389
534 (b). Henry, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27
Lanfranc, Archbiſhop, p. 22-80-91-132-136-216-220-
Kingeflonde, Richard de, p. 722 (r). Walter de, ibid.
229–443-444-445 (8)–463–551 (n)-731-761-
Kingsford's, p. 86
eto 33
770-772
Kingſmill
, Anthony, cl. p. 635 point to tell enou! Langham, Archbiſhop Simon, p. 770
so molest
Kinnaſton, Thomas, p. 667
Langhorne, Sir William, bart. p. 263, 285 bis doel
Kipping, Jane, p. 254
Langle, Walter, p. 465
UDAL
s, of Hadlow, p. 317
Langton, Archbiſhop, p. 32-426-642-673-685-691-696-
KIPPING's, pollefs Cauſtons M. in Hadlow, p. 317
700-736-757. Simon, Archdeacon of Can-
Kipps, Thomas, p. 632
terbury, p. 633-685-735. John de, p. 326
Kirby, Thomas, p. 283
Top-és
Langworth, Arthur, p. 386
VEG
Har Kirkby, John de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 37. John, cl. Larkham's, p. 596
25
Larkin, James, p. 526
DATUW
Kiriel, Ida, p. 497
Latchford, Catherine, p. 718
Kitſon, Richard, cl.
Latham,
601
p.
Knatchbull, Sir Norton, bart. p. 127, 444. John, p. Latimer, George Nevill Lord, deſcent of, p. 196, ibid.(s),
475. Sir Edward, p. 445. Suſan, p. 695
199 (n). John, p. 357 (k), 190 (s), 781. Ro-
--, Sir EDWARD, bart. podefjes Eaſt Lenham M.
bert, p. 91. Sir William, p. 685
Latin, Robert, p. 65-123-171-438-460-485
p. 444
Blo
EDWARD, pofelles a moiety of the ſoite of a Latter, Edmund, cl. p. 363
houſe in Linjted, p. 689. Of PROVENDERS Laud, Archbiſhop, p. 30-121-279. Account of, p. 745
Launce's, p. 233
u
S. in Norton, and reſides there, p. 743. Put-
wood M. in Oſpringe, p. 797
--, p. 158, 305. Richard, cl. p. 454, 588.
-'s, of Merſham, Baronets, p. 444
Matthew, cl. p. 484. Henry, p. 535. Jane,
Knevet, Sir Anthony, p. 103 (c).
p. 719
----o's, p. 295
's, p. 184 (x)
Knight, John, p. 653. Thomas, of Godmerſham, p. 815(+) Law, John, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 48. John, cl.
p. 685.
-'s, of Stockbury, p. 522-525-557. Of the co. of
cl. p. 116. Mary, p. 594, 753.
Suſſex, p. 627 (9)
Elizabeth, p. 786
Knightly, Edward, p. 781
Lawry, John, cl. p. 182, 400
Knocke's, p. 507
Lawſon, Johnſon. cl. p. 770
Flow Knolles, Sir Robert, p. 19-21-90-674. Robert, p. 575 Layton, Richard, LL.D. p. 702
Lord, of Greys, p. 429 (n)
Lea, William, p. 320
Leach, Sir Edward, p. 531-621-630
BoKnollys, Philadelphia, p. 687
on Knott, Thomas, p. 154, 632. John, p. 632
Leaſe, John, cl. p. 114, 115
Knowe, John, p. 239, 359.
Leatherſellers Company, in London, p. 347
Knowler's, of Faverſham and Oſpringe, p. 597–719-766.
Leavens, Elizabeth, p. 320
Account of, p. 794
Ledes, R. de, Chaplain, p. 408
Knowles's, p. 506
Ledian, p. 472
Knox, Viceſinius, LL. B. Maſter of Tunbridge ſchool, Lee, Richard, p. 19. Godfrey, his lands difgavelled, p.
William,
p. 348
55(e). Emmola, p. 813 (y), 814 (c).
A.M. Mafler of Tunbridge ſchool, ibid.
cl. p. 814
Kydde, Richard, cl. p. 225
Lee, RICHARD, podedes Great Delce M. near Rocheſter, p.55
Kyne, John, p. 677
-----'s, of Delce, p. 55-57-68-69-70-!11. Account of,
Kynge, Thomas, cl. p. 583
P. 55
P. 3899
09
p. 669
cl. p. 301
Laurence,
EL
1:103(c). Roſe, p. 394
19
----, p. 261
miast
? P. 408
og
102
Lee,

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39
P. 48
Leiceſter, sinDeſcent of, ibid.
5cl. p. 714
Tiana de, p. 299-401(g) 410-416-433-456
Lee, Richard; alias Warner, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, Linche, K. Henry VII.'s Phyſician, p. 606 (r)
Lincoln, Biſhops of, p. 21-28(9)-40-41-42-43-114-784(0)
Leeds, Prior and Convent of, p. 26–71-78–79-92-103-
William Wainfleet Biſhop of, p. 423 (v). Deans
129-152–189-262-263–264-271-272-283–285–
of, p. 47, 110, 647. John de Lacy Earl of,
286-293–297--369(e)-381-383–384-400-402–
P. 324
406-407-408-415-417-420-725-435-453-459 Lindridge,
----, p. 382(1)
461-462-470-472-473-475-482-483-485-486 Lingfield, Maſter, &c. of the college of, p. 377
488-489-524-526-533-536–550-567-569-570m Linfed, William de, p. 454. Peter de, Abbat of Faver-
594-615-675-731-757-758-761
Olham, p. 701. Roger de, p. 802 (2)
* ------, Caſtle, Governors of, p. 473, 474. Conftables of, Lion, Stephen, cl. p. 272. ------,
cl.
p. 354
p. 423-475-602
Liptrott, John, cl. p. 225. Boxworth, ci. ibid.
Leeds, His Grace THE DUKE of, pofelles a grant of Eaſt LiPyeaTT, Bonnick, polles a House near Oſpringe,
Farleigh and Eaſt Peckham M. p. 1443 274
and reſides in it, p. 799
Leeds, Duke of, p. 274
Liſeux, Archdeacons of, p. 35
---..-'s, p. 191
Liſle, -----, of London, p. 557
Lees, Richard at, Chr. p. 644. Marcellus; p. 667 (0) -----'s, p. 68
----, ſee alſo Leſe
Lille Dieu, Abbat and Convent of, p. 546
Lees Court, Viſcount Sondes of, p. 788. Watſon, Lord Litchfield, Biſhops of; p 43, 47, 136 (w). Deans of, p.
Sondes, Baron of, ibid.
44. Stuart Earl of, p. 502 (n). George-Henry
Lees, Thomas, cl. p. 714, 817. Thomas, jun. cl. p.729
Earl of, p. 578
Legrand, John, poſeſjes Northwood M. in Milton, p. 627 Littleton, daughter of Rear Admiral; p. 398. Edward, cl.
Deſcent
p. 618. Sir Charles, bart. p. 655
Leiceſter, Simon Earl of, p. 14–17–325-410-416-814. Liveſey, Robert, p. 648(t). -----, p.651. Sir Michael,
Robert Earl of, p. 266, 339. Coke Earl of,
p. 783 (in). Edward, p. 786
p. 636 (d)
------'s, p. 413. Account of, p. 649, 666
Leigh, Rev. Egerton, polefes the patronage of Murfton Lloyd, Francis, cl. p. 231.
-----, P. 247. Elizabeth,
reclory, p. 611
P: 362. John, cl. p. 546. Stephen Bowdage,
-------, John, p. 187, 225. Ralph, cl. p. 251. Henry,
p. 318(g). Thomas, cl. p. 611, 642, 676. Loane, Elizabeth, p. 380.00
Egerton, cl. p. 654
Lock, A-----, p. 141
-'s, p. 187-223-232-318
------'s, of Rocheſter, p. 521
Leland, Thomas, p. 321
LOCKER, Captain WILLIAM, poflefles St. Vincents S. in Ada
Leleburne, Philip de, p. 436
dington, p. 227 0
Le Mot, Hefter, p. 449
Lockſmith, Margery, P: 570
Lely, John, p. 811(0)
Lockwood, John, cl. p. 484
Lenham, Nicholas de, p. 66 (2)-246-375-376-384-47 3(1) Lockyer, Jane, p. 315
--, de, family of, p. 298, 375 (t), 443
Lodneford, Daniel de, p. 304. John de, ibid.
Lennard, Richard Barret, p. 91-688–810(c). Lady Anne, Loftie, Willian, p. 44707
ibid. 668. Elizabeth, p. 101, 467. Rachell,
ROBERT, poſteljes Sholand F. in Newnham, p. 747
p. 199. Elizabeth, p. 397.
Sir Stephen, p.
--'s, of Canterbury, account of, ibid.
495
Lomewood, James, P. 309
MARY, pofleſjes Binbury M. in Thurnham; p. 495 London, John de, p. 548. Daughter of, p. 627. Henry;
's, of Welt Wickham, p. 495
p. 808
Lenthall, Sir Robert, p. 26;
---, Biſhops of, p. 39 (d) (), 40, 42, 156, 412,
Lentwardyn, Richard, cl. p. 114
417, 633, 636(d), 638. Deans of St. Paul's
Leofrine, p. 551 (n)
in, p. 37, 39, 85. Archdeacons of, p. 44
Leofsunu, p. 156, 157
LONDON, President and Governors of Christ's
Leofwine, Earl, p. 161-257-409
Hospital in, polleſs the manor and advowfon
Leſe, Richard at, p. 506. Sir Richard, p. 667, 788 (s).
of the rectory of Wormſell, p. 516, 517
Dioniſia, p. 588 (s). Cicele att, p. 810. Peter ------, PRESIDENT and Governors of St.Bartho:
de, p. 722 (r)
LOMEW's HOSPITAL in, podels Holbean F. in
at, family of, p. 465-782–787. Account of, p.782
Stalisfield, p. 761
Leſnes, Abbat and Convent of, p. 345 (f)-379-553-563 London, Maſter and Brethren of St. Catherine's hoſpital
564-330. Abbat of, p. 563 ().-564-786
in, p. 514(p). The Company of Clothworkers
Leftan, p. 226
Letard, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
The COMPANY of FISH MONGERS in, polleſs Peni
Leveland, family of, p. 770-771-772
Court M. in Hollingborne, p. 462, 468
Leveſon, Sir John, p. 211-764
boom
-------, The Company of Leatherſellers in, p. 507. The
------ -'s, alias Lewſon's, p. 82-158-159-209
Company of Mercers in, p. 556(a). Prior of
Leveſey, Robert, p. 654
St. Auguſtine's in, 'p. 40. Prior, &c. of the
---'s, p. 468.-See alſo Liveſey
Carthufian monaftery in, p. 71. Prioreſs and
Levet, Henry, cl.
Convent of St. Helen's nunnery in, p. 151.
206
p.
Leveya, f. 280
Prior, &c. of the houſe of Grey Friars in, pi
Levingſton, Henry, p. 651
516 (1). Maſter and Brothers of the college
Leuuin, Earl, p. 54-161-257-409-416-472
of St. Laurence Poultney in, p. 507. Prieſt
-------, p. 186, 511
Kemps chantry in St. Paul's church in, p.461
Leuuold, p. 730
Long, John, of Tunbridge, p. 407. John, cl. p. 676.
Lewes, Monks of, in the co. of Suſſex, p. 322 (u), 323
Thomas, cl. p. 546. Sir Richard, p. 604 (z)
Lewin, Alderman, p. 498. William, LL. D. p. 504 ------, Mrs. and others, lellees of Sharfted M. in Chat-
505-508. Sir Juſtinian, p. 628, 6810)
ham, p. 69
-'s, of Otterden, account of, p. 501, 504
Longe's, of Stockbury, p. 522 (f)
Olbert de, p. 770
Lewis, Mr. P: 347
Longchamp, Sir Olbert de, p. 129.
Lewknor, Richard, p. 136-137-763-765. John de, p. Longley, Benjamin, cl. p. 607
186. Walter, p. 357
Longueville, Duke of, p. 423 (v)
Leyborne, Roger de, p. 14-193-207-230-231-532 (1). Lord, Abraham, cl. p. 222. ------, p: 454• Robert, p.
Account of, p. 207 (6). William de, p. 195–
722 (r)
211–230-402-416(n)-419-456. Sir Henry -----'s, p. 786
86. Henry de, p. 436, 625 (9). Ju Lorenden's, of Challock, p. 796
Lorkyn, Şir John, p. 215. John, cl. p. 527, 542. Tho-
532 (1)-542 (1). Idonea de, p. 162. Agnes,
mas, cl. p.527. William, cl. p. 529
Lady of, p. 403. Lady Agnes de, Abbeſs of Lofe, William de, p. 139
Malling, p. 217
Laton, John, cl. p. 426
's,
s, p. 67-68-97-206-211-269-281-401-433-436
Love, Reginald, p. 55
-457-458-473-517-532-542-584-611-617
-----'s, p. 69, 70, 459
(5)--750–791-795
Lovaine, Sir Nicholas, p. 791
Leycroft, William, p. 636
Lovel, Roger, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47. Henry,
Liddel, Frances, p. 253
p. 247. Bartholomew, cl. p. 805. Francis Vic-
LIEUTENANTS, LORDS, of the co. of Kent, p. 118-119-
count, p. 671
266-429-632-687-784-785
's, p. 589. Lords, p. 671
Lilley, Elizabeth, p. 188
Lovelace, Thomas, his lands diſgavelled, p. 612. Captain
Limſey's, p. 808
11 Richard, p. 291. Richard, created Lord Love.
lace,
VOL. II.
τοΙ
----
in, p. 415
de, P:

40
INDEX of PERSON S.
Mr. p. 434
Dr. P.
Face, p. 612. Sir Richard, p. 617 (3). Wil-
liam, Sergeant at Law, p. 748. William, p.
749
p. 612, 617 (4), 707. Deſcent of, p. 612
Lovet, Thomas, p. 91. George, p. 632 (a)
Lovetot, John de, p. 686 ()
Lowe, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 6, 30, 40, 53. Mary,
p. 381. Simon, p. 677
Lowth, Simon, el. p. 28 (u). William, cl. p. 59, 60
Lowther, John, cl. p. 506, -508
Lowton, Charles, cl. p. 79
Lucas, John, p. 566
Luck, Richard, p. 650. Edward, p. 604 (f)
Lucy, Almeric de, p. 550. Richard de, Chief Juſtice, p.
550. Account of; p. 553. Richard de, p. 556,
559, 563, 564. Geoffry de, p. 737. Account of
the family of, p: 553, 554 IATECA
Luddenham, William de, p. 732, 734 olid blood
Ludwell, Dr. p. 447. Elizabeth, ibid. and 587
Ludwyke, Clement, p. 102 (r) 320 tot
Lukyn's, of Faverſham, p. 79412) 4 outu.b nosil
Lullie, Robert, cl. p. 66938
Lumſden, Charles, p. 483
todo. I lorid
Lupton, William, cl. p. 739. Joſeph, el. p. 762
Luringeden, John de, p.439 (m). Roger de, ibid.
Luſhington, Rev. James-Stephen, p. 506. Stephen, p.
ogsbvol te 595. Thomas, p. 590. Account of, p. 594
(u). Thomas-Godfrey, p. 747.
617 (s). Catherine, p. 638 deras
Rev. Mr. JAMES-STEPHEN, poßeffes Higham
Court, alias Great Higham Min Milfted, p.
3. u 590. Rodmerſham M. and Newhouſe in Rod-
merſham, p. 594. The parfonage and advow-
Son of the vicarage of Rodmerjham, p. 595.
Colfon, alias Chiches M. in Milton near Sit-
ting borne, p. 628
’s, p.594, 595, 596, 616, 617 (), 628, 741,
Account of, p. 594 HA EST
Lutwitche, William, cl, p. 546
Luxemburg, Jacquet de, p. 98 dites to en
Lyafrun, wife of Syward de Hou, p. 91 boowo
Lyddale, Richard, p. 307. Robert, p. 803 Totalno
Lye, John de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 701
Lyeff, William, cl. p. 463, 471po egollig
Lyeham, John, cl. p.673 Ece GO
Lyghe, John, p. 367
.
Lynacre, Thomas, Prieſt and Phyſician, p. 556, 558.
testow Account of, p. 556
Lynch, Simon, p. 388. John, cl. p. 463
------, Sir WILLIAM, K. B. podefjes Stalisfield M. p.760
-------'s, of Grove, p. 759, 760
COM
Lynd, Humphry, cl. p. !21, 122, 136. Robert, p. 151
Lyndeſey, Edward, p. 364 for oud Le Moto
Lyne, Anne, p. 642
Lyng, John, cl. p. 308
Lynſtere, Sir Richard, el. p. 165, 166 0948
Lynton, John, cl. p. 583
Lytleford, John, cl
. p. 593 to you do
Lyttleton's, p. 688 i 1957 Moto
DAS en 13
Ons aloroit'l. M.
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Mabbe, John, Jen. p. 68. Edward, p. 489
Maccubie, John, cl. p. 527
Machelle, Rowlande, p. 597
Mackworth, alias Maycott, Sir Cav. p. 128
Macmahon, alias Fitzurſe, p. 290
MACNAMARA, John, polleffis Croft alias Yauger in Hart-
lip, p. 538
QO
Macquire, Hugh, p. 423
Wibe to see
Madox,
*** p. 172
Magminot, Walkelin de, p. 200. Gilbert, p. 493, 495
-'s, p. 161-195-459-494-495
Magna Villa--fee Mandeville
dezda 570
Mahon, Charles Viſcount, p. 75. Reginald de, p: 427(d)
Maidenftan, Ralph de, Dean and afterwards Biſhop of
Hereford, account of, p. 110. Robert de,
Canon of Chicheſter, p. 111
Log
Maideftan, William de, the King's Valet
, p; 110. John
de, Dean of Lincoln, ibid. John, p. ill.
Walter de, p. 110. Walter, Subdean of
Lincoln, p. 111. Biſhop of Worcefter, p.
ibid. Richard, a Carmelite Friar, p. 169 (e)
Maidſtone, family of, p. 110, 111 (n). Poor inhabitants
UM of, p. 63. Mayor, Jurats, &c. of, p. 97 (u)
Recorder of, p. 118. Perpetual Curate of,
ibid. Hoſpital, Maffer, &c. of, p. 148.
Mafter, &c. of the college of Aļl Saints in,
p. 104; 138. Maſters of, P: 565 poslova
Maiſon Dicu, in Oſpringe, Maker and Brethren of, p.
795, 803
Makenade, William, p. 21,690), 705. Family of, p. 308
Malbert, p. 387
Malborough, Charles Duke of, p. 712
Malby, Elizabeth, p. 385
Malden, Walter de, ci p. 408, 409. William de, p. 113
Malherb, family of, p. 427
DO
Mallet, Elizabeth, p. 60
Malling, Abbeſs and Convent of, p 34, 158 (3)–160-161-
176-212-215-216-217–220-222-368-374
-------, Eaſt, Vicar of, p. 215
Mallyng, William, Prior of Tunbridge, p. 345
Malmains, Nicholas de, p. 258–309-652; John de, p.
264. Sir Henry de, p. 473 (m). Robert de,
p. 662. Family of, p.90
Malpas, Richard, cl. p. 814
Malſby, William, cl. p. 669
Malton, Wentworth Earl of, deſcent of, p. ,84, 785
Mandeville, Jeffry de, p.517
's, p. 226
Maney, Sir Walter de, p. 674(u)
cort
------s, p. 141-142-538.—See alſo Manny
Manley, John, p. 60. Thomas, p. 78. Richard, p.191.
....---, WILLIAM, polelles Beaulies Court M, with WOLD-
HALL $. in Woldham, and reſides there,, p. 159
's, of Reading, p. 68. Of Woldham, p. 159
Mann, Robert, of Linton, p. 91 (i). Galfridus, p. 395,
---, Sir HORATIO, bart. pobeles Linton Place S. in Lin-
ton, p. 142. The parſonage and advowſon of the
vicarage of Linton, p. 143
Sir Horace, knt. poſeljes Wiſperhawke and Hamp-
den M. in Hedcorne, p. 395. Boughton Malherh
M. and Place, and the reſt of the Wotton Eſtates in
this county, p. 432. Colbridge M. in Boughton
De Malherb, p. 434. The advowjon of Boughton Mal-
herb rectory, p. 437. Eaft Farborne M. in Har-
A rietham, p. 459. Marley Court and Holme Mill,
fonda alias Bentley M. in the ſame, p. 461
------'s, of Linton and Boughton Malherb, account of, p.
Mann, Richard,"c*p 201, 202. John, of Bredgar, p.
585. Sir William, p. 666 (p)
Manners, Frances, daughter of Thomas Earl of Rutland,
p. 266, 304
Manning, John, p. 335
Sport
Manningham's, p. 213
Manny, Sir Walter, p. 203, 573, 574, 674. Account of,
E p. 573, 574. Anne, daughter of, p. 411, 417
Manſell, John, cl. account of, p. 122. Francis, cl. p. 676
Manferth, Richard, p 83 (1)
Mansfield, Richard, p. 444
--, Charles Cavendiſh Lord, p. 502, 505, 628.
o Account of, p. 502
Mantle, Walter, p. 106(D). Lady, p. 498. Thomas,
434, 458, 461
p. 796
o's, p. 184 (x)
Manwood, Sir Roger, p. 20, 22, 621, 711(1). Roger, ,
p. 505, 576 (0)
Mapleſden, John, cl. p. 152. George, p. 415. Maria,
p. 491
--'s, of Maid tone, account of, p. 101
---'s, p. 103, 121
Maptyd, Laurence, cl. p. 725
March, Edmund Mortimer Earl of, p. 258, 270, 328 (9),
313, 338, 411, 604. Roger Earl of, p. 338 (w), ,
410.
Earl of, p324
270
-------'s, Earls of, p. 338. 603
March, Mr. p. 566 (m)
----, THOMAS, polefjes Criols, alias COYALS M. in
Borden, and reſides at it, p. 567
Marcyl, John de, cl. p. 582
Mares, John de, p. 509.
William, p. 578(8), 614,684
02- (8), 810 (á), 813 (y). Account of, p. 614.
Richard, p. 790. Family of, p. 460
Marrys, Joane, p. 788 (5)
Mareſchal, Edmund Earl, p 338 (b). Family of, p. 404
Margaret, fifter of Philip King of France, p. 473. Queen,
account of, p. 620, 621, 790
Mariatt, Sir Thomas, cl. p. ;64 (x)
Marines, Joane, p. 605 (1)
Mariſco, Maſter Richard de, cl. p. 790
Markham, William, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28, 135. Wil-
liam, cl p. 136
-'s, p. 5;-69-70
Marmion, daughter of John, p. 670
Marre, Robert, cl. p. 135
Marriot, John, p. 282
Marriott, Robert, cl. p. 454
Rev. Dr. James, peleles Horſemonden M. p. 385.
Lewißoaih
Toda

Ι Ν D E X of
PERSON S.
41
Abbey
ME
.
Lewiſhoath M. p. 386. Spelmonden S. ibid. Elp-
tricks and Stunts farms, and other lands, p. 386
(7). And the ad vowſon of the rectory of Horſe-
monden, p. 389
Marriott's, of Spelmonden, p. 385, 386
Marſh, Richard, cl. p.484, 719, 725. Captain Richard,
p. 712 (p). Richard, p. 719. William, cl. p.
519, 601, 607. John,"p. 627. a., p. 695
(x). Nathaniel, p. 803. Margaret, p. 238
Rev. Richard, polejes a houſe in Bredgar, p: 587
Terrey, lefſee of the parſonage at Oſpringe, p. 803
Marſhal, William, Earl of Pembroke, p. 323 (v). Mar-
garet Counteſs of Norfolk, account of, p. 574.
------, p. 373. Eleanor, p. 495. Iſabella, p.
613. John, p: 707
's, p. 452 (*)
Marſham, Hon. Charles, p. 100. Jacob, ibid. Sir Robert,
p. 120, 126, 128. Margaret, p. 213. John,
p. 159, 194. Sir John, p. 191, 192, 193
family of, p. 100-101-115-158
Marſon, John, cl. p. 601
Martel, Jeffry, p. 416. Adam de, ibid.
Martial, William, cl. p. 805
Marten, Francis, p. 143. John, p.706
--, p. 632 (2)
Martin, ------, P. 137. John, cl. p. 138, 343.
cl. p. 484. Benjamin, p. 664. Richard, p. 764
-------'s, of Looſe, p. 140, 402
MARTIN, Hon. Mrs. podeles and reſides at SALTS PLACE,
in Looſe, p. 140. Poſeljes Briſing M. in Langley,
p. 402
Martyn, Joane, p. 84
's, of Graveney, p. 705-814-816
Maſcall, John, p. 447
's, of Brenchley, p. 150. Of Chart Sutton, p. 405
Maſon, Elizabeth, p. 117. Juliana, p. 210.
Sir John, P:
234, 235. John le, cl. p. 453, 454. John, p.
483 (z). Naih, p. 238. Stephen, p. 490 (e). An-
thony, p. 585. Thomas, cl. p. 805
Maſter, William Daniel, p. 260. James, p. 270. Robert,
p. 597. Sir Edward, p. 704. William, cl.
p.
Dond 925. James, of Eaſt Langdon, account of, p. 803
(b). Mr. p. 271
--------, WILLIAM-DANIEL, poſeljes Weft Peckham M.
alias the Preceptory in Wefi Peckham, p. 259.
030 Swanton Court M.in the fame, p. 270. Yokes
90 D&E Place in Mereworth, and reſides there, p. 270
--------'s, of Yokes, p. 259. Account of, p. 269. Of Eaſt
Langdon, p. 803
Matchin, Thomas, p. 597
Mrs. pol les Bapchild Court M. in Bapchild, p.597
Mathe, John de, p. 391 (6)
Mathew, Thomas, p. 808
Matilda, Queen, p. 698, 699
Matſon, Anne, p. 377
Maud, the Empreſs, p. 698. Queen, p. 699 (e), 700
Maunby, William, cl. p. 471
Maunfell, John, cl. p. 434
May, ---, p. 83. George, p. 361. George, cl. ibid.
----, p. 161 (9). Bartholomew, cl. p. 263. Daniel,
p. 569. Deborah, ibid. John, p. 600, 616
John, polefjes Veles, alias Snodland M. in Snodland,
p. 191. Holoway Court S. in the ſame, ibid. and 192.
Poléſſes a Seat at Holborough in the ſame, and reſides
at it, p. 192
MAY, ------, polleles Radfield free chapel in Başchild, p.599
------, Mrs. pobeljes WOODSTREET House S. and refides at
cit, p. 600
------'s, p. 81-191-587-599
Maycott, Sir Cav, account of, p. 128. Richard, p. 747
Maydeſtan, William de, Abbat of Faverſham, p: 701
Mayle, Alexander, p. 151
Maynard, Edward, p. 590
--------, p: 3.7
Mayney, Sir John, p. 112, 538
Maytham, Orabilia de, p. 513 (i)
Medcalf, Philip, cl. p. 83
Mede, Elias, cl. p. 714
T.
Medhurſt, ----, cl. p. 193. Ralph de, p. 309
Medley, Suſanna, p. 261
Meduana, Walter de, p. 280
tradita
Melchebone, Ralph, cl. p. 244
ghita doar
Melford, John de, p. 191-192-223-224
Mellith's, p. 792
Melton's, p. 448
Mendes, Moſes, p. 688 ita
Mendfield, Mr. p. 714(x). Thomas, p: 718, 738. Do-
rothy, p. 739
h
Menzies, Duncan, cl. p. 289, 293
Mepeham, Thomas de, p. 53, 229, 350. Simon de, cl.
- 11300920 p. 582. Archbiſhop Simon de, p: 724
Mercer, John, a famous pirate, account of, p. 84 (0)
Merchant, Jeffry, p. 488-489–498
Mr. THOMAS, pollefjes a houſe in Brenchley, p. 373
Mere, Peter de la, -p. 309-310-532-534(b)
Meredale, Walter de, p. 532. Jeffry de, ibid. Peter de,
P: 533
's, p. 534 (5)
Meredith's, of Leeds Abbey, p. 481, 483, 521. Account
of, p. 481
Mereworth, Laurence, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24. John
10 de, p. 258, 316. Roger de, p. 271, 272.
Family of, p. 264
Merlee, Robert de, p. 461
Merrick, William, cl. p. 498, 500
Merryday, Jane, p. 749
Merryweather, Robert, p. 65 !
Merton, Walter de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 37
---, Henry Prior of, p. 205. Prior and Canons of,
- p. 205-206–335-462
Meſſenger, John, cl. p. 546
Metcalfe, Nicholas, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
Mew, Peter, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28. John, p. 276
Meynell, Godfrey, p. 669
Micheall, Radulph, p. 616
Michell, Samuel, p. 397. Thomas, p. 810 090133130
Mihell, Commodore, p. 70
Middeltone, William de, cl. p. 193
brook
Milan, Count Palatine of, p. 290
Milbourne, Richard, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27
's, p. 797
Mildeſtede, Peter de, cl
. p. 723, 724
Mildmay, Mary, p. 266. Sir Walter, p. 331. Benjaming
Lord Fitzwalter, defcent of, p. 608 (?)
Miles, William, cl. p. 225
0109
Mill, Elias ate, p. 309. Sir John, p. 687
Miller, John, p. 241 (4). ------, p. 242. Jane, p. 247,
Nicholas, p. 358. John, p. 465 (P). Thomas,
cl. p. 517, 686
tes
....?s; of Wrotham and Oxenhoath, p. 240-261-359.
Account of, p. 240, 261
Milleríh, ------, p. 3350
Milles, William, cl. p. 211. Francis, cl. p. 676. James,
p. 446, 447
----"s; of Norton and Davington, account of, p. 723, 740
Mills, Elizabeth, p. 447; 449. John, cl. p. 596. Rev.
Mr. p. 605. William, cl. p. 667.
Richard, cl. p. 729. Thomas, p. 749
HENRY, of Reddrif, poffefjes Newington Lucies M.
in Newington, p. 555, 556
Millys, John, p. 446, 447
Milner, Dr. p. 166 (b). Charles, M.D. p. 169, 175, 179.
Joſeph, cl. p. 166. Joſeph-Butler, cl. p. 189.
John, M.D. p. 175. Rev. Mr. p. 179, 394, 520
Rev. JOSEPH-BUTLER, podeljes the advowfon of
Burham vicarage, p. 166. Aylesford M. p. 169.
Preſion and Allington M. and Preston HALL
S. in Aylesford, and reſides at the latter, p. 175.
A fourth part of Hucking, alias Rum fied M. in
Hucking, p. 520
.
Millicent, Jerome, p. 484
Milfington, David Lord, p. 393
Milton, John, p. 329 (f)
Millway; Rev. Mr. p. 539. Clement, p. 543. Thomas,
cl. p. 546, 565, 571. Ralph, cl. p. 541 (g),
549, 571
Minn, Margaret, p: 740
Minſter, Abbeſs and Convent of, p. 85-88-89-92-51(6)
Mirefield, Adam de, p. 373
Mirthwaite, Joſeph, cl. p. 634
Mitchell, Captain Stephen, p. 626
Róbert, podeljes the parfonage and patronage
of the perpetual curacy of Minſer in Shepey;
-----, p.688.
p. 654
non
---------'s, p. 654
Mittel, Elizabeth, p. 358
Mocking's, p. 589, 675
Line ។
Modenden, Prior, &c. of, p. 811
Modinton, Roger de, p. 469
Moells, Nicholas de, p. 14
Mohun, Joane Burweftch Lady, of Dunſtar, p. 807 ()
Moile, Sir Thomas, p. 68, 458
----'s, p. 460
Molbray, Robert de, Earl of Northumberland,
p. 202 (2)
Mole, Henry, cl. p. 667
Molineux, Hon. Richard, p. 440.
Hon. Samuel, p.811(e)
's, p. 55
Molyns, Anne, p. 412, 636, 640. Catherine, p. 1778
Monchenfie, Warine de, p. 172, 281, 410. Dioniſia de,
ibid. William de, ibid.
p. 226–396–397
Monci, D. de, p. 762
cobrom
Mône,

42
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I N D E X
of . PERSON
Mone, Guido de, cl. p; 122.. ------, Biſhop of St. Da
vids, p. 480 (5)
Monkton, John, cl. p. 375. Jonathan, cl
. p. 618
Monckton, John and Stephen, polleſs Stockſhill and
Studmore M. in Brenchley, p. 372
Monins, John, p. 282. John, of Swanton, deſcent of
p. 628
--
Mumford, John, p. 106-151-498 (*)
Munday, Mr. p. 240
Munden, John, cl. p. 115, 135
Muneftock, Alexander de, cl. p. 148
Munn, HUMPHRY, poffefjes Ore M. p. 730
------, Paulina, p. 492
Munns, John, of Berfted, p. 497
-'s, of Berſted, p. 488
Muriell, Francis, cl. p. 138
Murſton, de, family of, p. 608, 610
Murton, John, p. 641
John, lefee of Langdon M. in Faverſham, p. 703
Muſgrave, Chardin, cl. p. 384. Joſeph, p. 571
Joseph, podeljes Borden Hall, the par ſonage and
advowſon of the vicarage of Borden, p. 570
Muſkery, Charles Mac Carty Viſcount, p. 340
Muſtard, Thomas, p. 718
Muſters, Anne, p. 213
Myllys, Edward, p. 441
Myiner, John, cl.
po
601
Mynto, Peter, P: 702
197 (y)
N.
's, p. 628
Monneto, Lambertus dè, cl. p. 582
Monroe, George, p. 70
Monſon; Hon. Lewis, p.704. Takes the name of Wat*
fon, p. 761, 765, 780, 785. Sir William,
Vice Admiral, account of, p.785 (w): Family,
account of, p. 785
Montacute, John de, p. 326(k). Elizabeth, p. 413. Su-
ſan, p. 764: John Nevil Marquis, de-
fcent of, p. 196. Sir Henry Poole Lord, p.
Montague, Anthony Browne Viſcount, p. 379-386-454.
Browne's Viſcounts, defcent of, p. 440, 597
Monte Caniſio, alias Montchenſie, family of, p. 396
Montegle, Stanley Lord, p. 259 (0)
Montfort, Hugh de, p. 132, 531, 620. Simon de, p. 416
Montgomery, Philip Herbert Earl of, defcent of, p. 62 i
Monthermer, Ralph de, p. 302, 3:2. Earl of Glouceſter,
p. 326, 365
Montjoy, Lord, p. 448 (n)
Montresor, John, polejes BELMONT S. in Throwley,
and refides at it, p. 767. Syndal F. in
Oſpringe, p. 798
Mr. p. 769
Moone, Joane, Abbeſs of Malling, p. 217
Moore, Sir Edward, p. 412, 636. John, cl. p. 484. Sir
George, bart. p. 637, 639, 640. Dame Fran-
ces, p. 640. Hon. Robert, p.91, 688 (P)
-------'s, of Benenden, p. 412 (d)
Morant, Lora, p. 237, 25! (y)
Morce, John, p. 188
MORDAUNT, Sir John, bart. pofelles a moiety of Hall
Place M. in Eaſt Barming, p. 150
-'s, of the co. of Warwick, account of, p. 150(f)
Mordaunt, Frances, p. 199. Lieutenant General Sir John,
p. 655
More, Sir Thomas, Chancellor, p. 41. Account of, p. 337.
Sir Edward, p. 404, 412. Margaret, p. 687
-.-'s, of Benenden and Ivychurch, p. 368, 369
Mores, Edward, cl. p. 583
------'s, of Tunſtall, account of, p. 580
Morefton, Bartholomew de, p. 506. Stephen de, p. 615
Moreton's, of Croydon, p. 137
Morgan, Elizabeth, p. 299. ---, p. 387. John, p. 809
George, padefjes Macknar M, in Preſton, p. 809
--'s, p. 623(K)
Moreland's, p. 227
MORLAND, WILLIAM, polufes Lamberhurft manor and
COURTLODGE, and reſides there, f. 377
Thomas, cl. p. 601, 642
Morley, Margaret, p. 100, 638. Mary, p. 523. Eliza-
beth, p. 632
Morris's, of Bapchild, p. 597
Mortaigne, Sir Edward Holand Earl of, p. 371 (c)
Mortimer, Thomas, p. 233. Anne, p. 338. Philippa,
p. 411, 417, 575. Joane, p. 517,
Joane, p. 517. Edmund,
p. 775
---'s, p. 603
Morton, Archbiſhop, p. 19-95-99 (1)-694. Robert Earl
of, p. 322. Robert, p. 429. John, p. 733(g)
Morvill, Hugh de, p. 290 (a)
Morys, Roger, p. 406
Mottyn, Thomas, p. 688. Roger, cl. p.758
Mors, Francis, p. 97 (x)
Mothram, John, cl. p. 599 (k)
Mottenden, Prior, &c. of, p. 176, 798
Mottrum, Adam de, Archdeacon of 'Canterbury, p. 114
134-143-148
Mount, Richard, p. 741
RICHARD, pofeffes Raſhitt in Norton, p. 743
Mounteney, Ernulf de, p 206
Mowbray, John Lord, p. 202. Created Earl of Notting-
ham, p. 203. Earl and Duke of Norfolk,
ibid. Thomas Earl Marſhall, p. 411 (9).
John Lord, created Earl Warren and Earl of
Surry, p. 204
------'s, deſcent of, p. 202
Moyle, Lucia, p. 238. Thomas, p. 239. Sir Thomas,
p. 753–758-809(x)
's, of Buckwell, p. 536
Muddle, Sarah, p. 398
Mulle, John, cl. p. 734
Multon, George, p. 243-274-278
's, p. 248
Nance, William, cl. p. 136
Napleton, John, p. 569. John, cl. p. 607, 640. Tho.
mas, p. 719
--'s, of Borden, p. 568
Nah, Robert, Abbat of Begeham, p. 379. Gawin-Harris,
på 523-524-559-627 (9)
Navarre, Joane of, Queen, p. 475
Nayler, Richard, p. 197. George, p. 766
----'s, p. 174
Naylor, Joane, p. 812
Neapolis, Gamerius de, Prior of St. John's, p. 599
Nedham, James, p. 26
Neile, Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 43
Neſfingden, Thomas de, p: 54
Nethermill, Iſabel, p. 613
Netherſole's, p. 580, 796
Neve, Robert Le, p. 159
Nevill, Sir Edward, p. 196, 265, 288. Summoned as
Lord Abergavenny, p. 197, 258, 265, 266.
Edward, p. 269, 304. Sir Thomas, p. 589,
637. Sir George Lord Abergavenny, p. 197,
198. Mary, p. 266, 353. Catherine, p. 204,
275: Anne, p. 313. Cecilia, p. 339, 603.
Urſula, p. 423. Joane, p. 448, 496, 503.
Margaret, p. 662
-----, account of the family of, p. 196 (s)
Nevinſon, Thomas, p. 815
Newborough, of the co. of Dorſet, p. 237, 247
Newburgh, family of, p. 605
Newbury, Nathaniel, cl. p. 734
Newcaſtle, John Duke of, p. 253
Newcombe, John, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28, 30 (e). John,
p. 384
de, p. 740
Newcome, John, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28
Newneham, Fulk de, p. 504-592-725-740–748. Hugh
's, p. 744, 745: Account of, p. 746
Newington, daughter of Mr. p. 399. Prioreſs, &c.
of, p. 550, 647
Newman, George, p. 59, 666 (p). Henry, p. 161 (?).
Nicholas, p. 309. Bartholomew, cl. p. 517,
773. Stephen, cl. p. 519
's, p. 158
Newton, Robert, p. 294. Richard, p.606. Henry, p.650
Newtoun, John de, p. 15
NICHOLAS, NICHOLAS-HEATH, pol les Boycot M. in UL
comb, p. 425
Nicholas, John, p. 99
Nicholls, cl. p. 143. Penitence, cl. p. 714. Ed.
ward, cl. p.714, 773, 782. Mr. of London,
printer, p. 580 (P). John, cl. p. 789
Nicholſon, Thomas, cl. p. 454, 511
Niele, Cicele, p.722 (r)
Nightingale, Sybill, p. 515. Thomas, cl. p. 517
Noakes, Bartholomew, p. 719
Nodes, Elizabeth, p. 267
Noel, Bridget, p. 393. Lady Lucy, p. 432
None, Nicholas, cl. p. 308
--...'s, p. 662 (5)
Norcliffe, Catherine, p. 118
Norfolk, Hugh de Bigod, Earl of, p. 410. Thomas de
Brotherton Earl of, p. 203. Margaret de, Du-
chefs of, ibid. and 574. Mowbray Dukes of,
de cent of, p. 574 (0). Duke of, p. 184 (x),
204, 33c. Howard's Dukes of, p: 778. Eli.
zabeth Dutcheſs of, p. 204, 264. Joane Coun-
teſs of, p. 574()
Norden,
's, P: 748

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43
of
PER S O N S.
p. 644
----'s, p. 555, 677
Co to cl. p. 725
Norden, p. 481. John, p. 609
Ongley's, of the co. of Bedford, p. 129, 405
----- 's, p. 535 (+), 604
Onley, Joane, p. 276. Richard, cl. p. 364
Norman, ----
--, P. 264, 286
Orange, Prince of, p. 552 (r)
Normand, John, Chr.
Ordnance, Board of, pofales Kingsmill M. in Faver-
Norreys, Thomas, p. 536 (w)
jam, p. 706
Norris, John, p. 570. Charles, cl. p. 817
Ordowinus, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
Norſe, cl. p. 618
Ore, William de, p. 367, 605
North, Dr. afterwards Biſhop of Worceſter, p. 135. Brown Orford, Edward Ruſſell 'Earl of, p. 559 (x)
-
low, cl. p. 136. Sir Edward, p. 209, 281. Created Orleſtone, John de, p. 682
Lord North, ibid. Deſcent of, p. 209. Oliver, Orneſkirk, Richard, p. 56, 226
cl. p. 293–298-308–354
Orreby, Robert de, p. 573
Northampton, William Bohun Earl of, p. 66-70-603. Ed Orthurville, alias Auburville, 'family of, p. 520
mund Earl of, p. 775. Anne, daughter Ofbern, p. 756
of William Earl of, p. 340. William Parr, Osborne, John, pofelles AUGUSTPITTS S. in Horſemon-
Marquis of, deſcent of, p. 357. Archdea-
den, and reſides there, p. 387 (y)
cons of, p. 43
Edward, p. 523:
----, P: 524. William,
Northumberland, Robert de Molbray Earl of, p. 202 (2).
p. 606. Whichcot, ibid. (t). Lady Ca
Henry Percy Earl of, p. 519. Percy's
therine, p. 62 3. Stephen, p. 665
Earls of, p. 385-677-771. Earl of, p.
's, of Hartlip, Cowſted, and Ide of Shepey, ac-
253. 392 (8). John Dudley Duke of,
count of, p. 539
p. 314-332 (0)339–345–352. Duke
of, p. 237-330-334-355(8)-371-430(t) Oſpringe, Maſter, &c. of the Maiſon Dieu in, p. 71-391
Northwood, Roger de, p. 309-459-537–644. Sir John,
-394-395-584-652-722–748. Henry de, cl.
p. 455 (w)-531-556-557. John de, p. 615
P. 396. Nicholas de, p. 797. John, Prior
(7)–625(9) (x)–657–681 (i)-774. Richard,
of Tunbridge, p. 345
JAVUVA
p. 435. William, p. 527 (v), 546. Humphry Ofſory, Dr. Edward Teniſon Biſhop of, p. 735
de, p. 644. Edward, p. 737. Simon de, p. Oſuuard, p. 56–155-464-740-743
763. Mary, p. 259. Lady, p. 495 (?). Joane, Oſward, p. 571, 602
p. 783
OTTERDEN, Rector of, poffelles Herft M. in Otterden, ,
-'s, of Northwood, p. 455-457-494-495-509-
p. 506
DE 510-513-527-624-625 (1)-787. Account of, Otterton, Joane, p. 132
slodser 200 adol
p. 455–624-663. Of Dane Court in Tha-
Otes, Titus, cl. p. 640
net, p. 434, 625 (x). Account of, p. 626 (c) Otham, Peter de, p. 490
's, P.: 458–617 (6)-732-771-806, in-f44-356 | Otringden, family of, p. 500
Otringeberge, family of, p. 280
Norton, Sir John, p. 456-459-509-510-513-544-556-
560-563 (s)-570-625-626 (6)-681. John, p. Otway, Richard, cl. p. 437
582 (11), 809, John, of Sittingborne, jun, p. Overbury, Sir Thomas, p. 60
593 (r). Richard, p. 398. Wills, p. 465 (P). Ovington, Catherine, p. 513
William, p.772. Dame Frances, p. 470. Re Outeridge, Thomas, p. 372 (1)
ginald, of Lees Court, p. 681, 732. Clement, Ovyn, Thomas, p. 679 089 190 nota
91
Ow, Earl of, p. 421
Thomas, alias Green, p. 625-639-682. Deſcent Owens, William, cl. p. 669, 673 bodygro Jong
of, p. 625 (2)
tone
Owre; Robert, p. 798
--------'s, of Northwood, p. 625-667–782. Account of, p. Oxenbridge, ---, p. 290, 814 (6)
LOISTS
ro: 625, 667. Of Fordwich, p. 625-705-782. Oxenden, Elizabeth, p. 260. Sir George, p. 482-521-6
oor Account of, p. 625. Of Sheldwich, p. 667–
522. Anné, p.786. James, cl. p. 817
70;-782. Of Cookſditch, p. 705. Of Chart
Sir Harry, bart. poffeſfés Frid. F. in Otterden,
Sutton, account of, p.404. Of Borden,
Of Borden, p. 537:
p. 505
...M-'s, p. 565-632 (z)-706
om
-------'s, of Wingham, Baronets, account of, ibid.
Nortop's, alias Clerk's, p. 224
Oxford, John de Vere Earl of, p. 66-70-775. Earl of, p;
Norwich, Biſhops of, p. 40-42–444 (c)-479-796. Richard
756. Robert Earl of, Marquis of Dublin and
de, cl. p. 113. Goring Earl of, account of,
Duke of Ireland, p. 371. Vere's Earls of, ac-
p. 5 2 3 (4)
count of, p. 775 (v)-777 (k)-781 (6)
Norwood's, p. 434 (f), 632 (2)
echo T
---- Chancellors of the Univerſity of, p. 40–268–621
Nottingham, John Earl of, p. 204. Earls of, p. 203.
(g)-622–716(m)
Heneage Finch Earl of, p. 170. Finch's
Biſhops of, p. 538 (s), 735 (6). Archdeacons of,
01 Earls of, account of, p. 592(x). Berkeley
p. 42, 245 (x)
Earl of, deſcent of, p. 424 (a). Eleonora,
Alban Hall in, principals of, p. 28. All Souls
p. 578.' Robert, p. 604 (d)
college, Warden and Fellows of, p. 346–347–545
's, of Bayford, p. 590-604-606-612-617 (s)
713-714
Nourſe, Sarah, p. 118
Warden and Fellows of ALL SOULS COLLEGE,
Nowell, Dr. Alexander, Dean of St. Paul's, p. 85-88–347.
diadies pobleſs the advowſon of Harriet ham rectory, p.
Account of, p. 85
poeto
Cinotto,
462. Horſham M. in Upchurch, p. 543. The
Nutbrown, William, p. 386 90 MONT 10139
---- W parfonage and advowſon of Halſtow vicarage, p.
Nyon, Walter, p. 93
546. Lands in Halflow, p. 547. The advowſon
Nyſell's, p. 236
ca
of Emley re&tory, p. 675
Wardens of All Souls college, p. 672–706–713-
0.
714. Baliol college in, p. 554 (n). Maſters of,
p. 44. Bražen Noſe college in, Principal and
Scholars of, p. 89, 154
Oaly, Thomas, cl. p. 493
PRINCIPAL and SCHOLARS of Brazen Nose
Oare, John, cl. p. 189
Odell, Anna, p. 84
COLLEGE, poljefs Upbery M. p. 85. The ad-
vowſon of Upbery, alias Gillingham rectory, p. 88.
Odo, Biſhop, p. 4-12–13–185
O'Farrel, Digna, p.755
Part of Weſi Barming, alias Gennyngs Court M.
Offa, King of Mercia, p. 222-229-646-680
154. Jennings Court M. in Yalding, p. 305
Cardinals college in, Dean and Canons of, p. 288
Offaly, Lettice, Baroneſs of, p. 597 (a)
rodisi
-307-345-353–354-355-356-360-372–374-378
O Aley, Mary, p. 382. Francis, cl. p. 676
Ofham, de, family of, p. 222, 223
-379-386-564. Chriſt Church in, Deans of, p.
28-43-46
Ogle, George, p. 276
CORPUS CHRISTI College in, PRESIDENT and
Okmanton, Robert de, p. 809 is not
Oldfield, Mary, p. 786
Fellows of, polleſs Shepherds Farfal in Sheld-
Orgh
wich, p. 787
Oldham, Hugh, Biſhop of Exeter, p. 787 (n)
-----, Lincoln college in, Rectors of, p. 47: Magdalen
Olebury, John, p. 618
college in, Preſident and Fellows of, p. 423(v).
Oliver, George, cl. p. 321. Richard, cl. p. 360, 361.
Merton college in, Wardens of, p. 40
Thomas, p. 48;. Maſter, p. 600. Nicholas,
WARDEN and Fellows of MERTON COLLEGE,
P: 787
alias Quintin's, account of, p. 210
polleſs Frognal and Tracies M. in Newington, p.
Oneal, Daniel, p. 431, 437
556, 558
ONGLEY, Right Hon. ROBERT HENLEY LORD, pofilles
Oriel college in, Provom of, p. 27. St. John's
Vinters S. in Boxley, p. 129.
college in, Preſidents of, p. 28. Univerſity
Walters Folly and
Elderden in Chart Sutton, p. 405
college in, Maſter and Fellows of, p. 30
14999
p.
.
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of P E R S O N S.
Ι Ν D E X
P.
PACKMAN, Anne, lefſee of the parfonage of Berſted, p. 489
Mr. lefee of Upchurch parfonage, p. 546
Padleſworth, Ralph de, p. 194
Page, John, p. 93; ------, p. 254. Sir Gregory, bart.
p. 306. Henry, p. 716
Pagitt, Thomas, p. 51. Juſtinian, account of, p. 555 (u)
's, of the co. of Northampton, account of, p. 555
Pain, George, p. 373
Paine's, of Otterden, p. 505-506-507. Account of, p. 505
Painter, Robert, p. 126 (m)
Pakenham, Hugh, p. 249. John, p. 448, 504
Palmer, Thomas, p. 171, 362. Sir Thomas, p. 481 (g)
(n), 666. John, p. 362, 566. Sir Edward,
p. 249. Sir Roger, p. 431 (n). Sir Henry,
p. 667. Herbert, p. 667. Mary, p. 119.
Eraſma, p. 188. Margaret, p. 358. Jane,
p. 481
16-
Peckham, Archbiſkop, p. 324 (9)-426-693-694-701-722
-771(0). James, P. 19, 54. -----, P. 194.
Reginald, p. 197 (z). His lands diſgavelled,
p. 237. Martin, p. 247. John de, p. 257,
317. Lora, p. 612
's, of Yaldham, p. 237–240-456. Account of, p.
237
--'s, p. 316-317-397-459-519
Pedwardin, Margaret, p. 174
Peend, John, p. 483 (2)
..-'s, alias de la Pynds, of Hedcorne, p. 394
Peers, Almott, p. 305
Peerſon, Andrew, cl. p. 245
Peinforer, William, p. 469 6)
Peirce's, p. 102, 796
Peke, Thomas, p. 666 (p)
Pelham, Henrietta, p. 200.
Sir Nicholas, p. 163–241 ()
-253 (ee)-270. Edward, p. 319. Edmund,
p. 497 (9). Frances, p. 785. Sir John, p. 475
's, p. 468
Pell, William, cl. p. 607
Pemberton's, p. 555
Pemble, Nicholas, p. 780
Pembroke, William Mareſchal Earl of, p. 323. Account
of, p. 409. Marefchals Earls of, p. 404, 410.
Aymer de Valence Earl of, p. 207-410-41
774(). Valence's Earls of, p. 404-414-681.
John de Haſtings Earl of, p. 196 (9)-415-417
674. Laurence, p. 207, 416. Haſtings's
Earls of, p. 404-410-411-417-575.
Wild
liam Herbert, Earl of, p. 357 (1)-622-707
---------- and Montgomery, Philip Herbert Earl of, p.
531-621–623(k)-630-652-657-662-663. De-
ſcent of, p.621
Penceftre, Stephen, p. 129--223--473 (m). Margery, p.
183, 363 (2)
Pencheſter, Stephen de, p. 83-182-309-550-554-57 3–574
Pende, Stephen, p. 420, 421. John, p. 469
Penelhurſt Stephen de, p. 342, 573
Pengry, Moſes, cl. p. 89
Penſhurft's, of Penthurſt in the co. of Suſſex, p. 307 (y)
Pennant, Mr. p. 742 (b).
Penner, Richard, p. 796
Penneton, ---, cl. p. 364
Pennington, Thomas, cl. p. 583, 593. Iſaac, p. 637 ().
Sir Iſaac, account of, p. 815. John, p. 706
------', p. 815, 816 1:1000
Penry, Edward, cl
. p. 6or
Penton, Henry, podeljes a moiety of Morris Court M. in
Bapchild, p. 597. Of Brogdale in Ospringe,
Gioip. 794
p. 794 -
Penyton, John, cl. p. 115
Coub
Pepin,
---, P. 309, 310
Pepyr, Thomas, p. 516
Percy, Margaret, p. 168. Elizabeth, p. 355. Sir Henry
Lord, p. 385-386 (b)---446-519-677-771-807.
Sir Thomas, p. 727. Allan, p. 810
Perefon, Richard, cl. p. 537
Perfect, William, cl. p. 215
Perie, John, p. 809
Perkins, Catherine, p. 355
Perlaben, Hugh, p. 309. Richard, ibid.
Permenter, Roger de, p. 309
Perrot, Thomas, Oficial, p. 220 (v)
Perrin, WILLIAM PHILP, podefles and reſides at SMITHS
Hall in Weft Farleigh, p. 295
William-Philp, p. 295 (w), 304
Perrott's, p. 662
Perry, Margaret, p. 333
----..'s, p. 405, 452 (x)
Perſe, s. cl. p. 508
Pery, James, p. 452 (w). William, p. 595 (*)
Peſhall. Sir Edward, p. 265. Iſabel, p. 334
Pet, Sir Phineas, p. 72 (z)
Pett, Thomas, p. 541 (g). John, p. 653
Perte, atte, ſeveral of the family of, p. 525 (d)
Peterborough, Biſhops of, p. 28. Deans of, p. 384 (i).
Abbats of, p. 23(b), 34: Mordaunt's
Earls of, deſcent of, p. 150 (f)
Petley, John, p. 335, 351 (6). Robert, p. 349. George,
ibid. Thomas, p. 405
's, of Shoreham and Riverhead, p. 315-316-317-
Account of, p. 3159
Perley's, of Riverbead, polles Hadlow Place, and Fro-
1900 mans, alias Gooduins M. in Hadlow, p. 316.
forlot Crombery, alias Goodwins M. in the ſame, p.317
Pattenden, Thomas, p. 565
Pettet, William, cl. p. 519, 635
Pettit, Ciriac, p. 524. Moſes, p. 753 (y)
Petyt, John, p. 5i5 (a)-523 (0)-525 (d). William, p,
--'s, of Tottington, p. 172. Of the ſame, and of
Howlets, p. 191. Of Snodland, account of
p. 190.
Of Hartlip, account of, p. 537.
Of
Wingham, p. 666
Pankhurſt, Elizabeth, p. 637
PanuweLL, THOMAS-SMITH, pollefes and refides at Cal-
VERLEY S, in Tunbridge, p. 342
--, Thomas, p. 342
Paramour, Thomas, p. 677, 678. Thomas, cl. 484
Paris, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
Parys, Robert de, p. 177
Parke, John, p.90. Elizabeth, p. 687. Richard, p.810
Parker, Archbihop, p. 116-141-347-696. Dr Samuel,
Archdeacon of Canterbury, p. 685-691-697
------, Thomas, p. 83. -, p. 106. Anne, p. 398.
Thomas, cl. p. 549. Matthew, p. 617 (u). Sir
Henry, p. 689. Anne, p. 764
John-Dewy, pobeles Bavells in Oſpringe, p. 794
Parkhurſt, Henry, cl. p. 745
A-----'s, p. 434, 444.
Parkynſon, Laurence, cl. p. 805
Parmeter, SAMUEL, poljeles Gregories in Eaſling, p.757
Parot, Sir John, p. 606
Parr, William, Lord Parr, Earl of Eſſex, and Marquis of
Northampton, p. 357 (i) (b). Dr. Dean of Chef-
ter, p. 4
Parry, William, p. 227. Joſeph, cl. p. 640
Parſons, Baynton, cl. p. 546. James, M. D. p.645 (s),
673 (6). ", p. 705
Partrich, Thomas, cl. p. 454. Thomas, cl. p. 511. James,
ibid. Sir Edward, p. 815
Parteriche, Richard, p. 570. Jane, p. 613
Paffelewe, Robert, p. 490 (8). Owen, p. 652 (a)
Paſhley, Sir John, p. 82, 535. Chriſtopher, cl. p. 685,
691
Pattenden, John, cl. p. 289. ------, p. 382
Pattenſon, Jofiah, p. 447
Patefhull, Hugh de, p. 171-384-446
Pathe, Valentine ate, cl. p: 745
Pattison, Mr. poflefjes a Houſe in Bredgar, p. 587
Paveley, Reginald de, p. 545
's, p. 187
Paul, William, p. 266. Catherine, p. 268. Elizabeth,
p. 316. Onefephorous, cl. p. 673
Paulet, Sir William, Lord St. John, and Marquis of Win-
cheſter, p. 571 (w)
------'s, Lords St. John. p. 602 (6), 608 (i). Deſcent of,
p. 602 (6)
Paulett, Henrietta, p. 756
Paulinus, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 32-34-35
Pawſon, Henry, cl. p. 527, 607. Daniel, cl.
-'s, p. 607
Payne, Richard, p. 386. John, p. 413. Account of, p.
414 (v). William, cl. p. 515, 517. Roger,
------, EDWARD, podeles Sutton Place, alias Clenkards in
Town Sutton, p. 414. Leljee of the parſonage of
Town Sutton, p. 415
Payneter's, of Gillingham, p. 80–81–82. Account of, p. 83
PEACHY, Sir JAMES, bart polejes Ozre M. in Milton
near Sitting borne, p. 628. Groves, alias Grove-
hurſt M. in the ſame, ibid.
Sir Henry, bart. defcent of, p. 627
's, of the co. of Suſſex, p. 627, 628
Pearce, Zachary, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 31, 47: Ca-
therine, p. 567, 581
's, of Rocheſter, p.51, 192
Pearſe, Stephen, p. 151. Anne, p. 696. Thomas, p.712
Pearſon, Mr. p. 137
Peche, Florence, p. 380. Margerie, p. 521
's, p. 136(y), 543
be
p. 607
P: 761
523 (0)
Petyte's,

IN DE X of PERSON S.
45
2801
608 (i), 740
Earl of Chatham, 28
Playce, Peter, cl. p.770, 782
Petyte's, of Stockbury, p. 523, 524
Agnes, p. 248. -----, cl. p. 116. William, cl.
Petre, Mary, p. 687
p. 143. Edward, cl. p. 588
Petur, John, cl. p. 546
------'s, p. 336
Petwyn, Stephen, p. 672
Polhill, RICHARD, poſeles Philipotts in Tunbridge, p.
Pevenaſhe, John de, p. 191. Richard de, ibid.
335
Peverel, Jeffry de, p. 363, 501, 509, 763. William, pe
--'s, of Philipotts, account of, ibid.
462, 804. Richard, p. 519
Polhill, CHARLES, pobeljes Barden M. in Tunbridge, p.
Pevington's, p. 459
336. Hadlow M. in the fame, ibid.
Peyforer, Fulk de, p. 433, 450, 473 (m), 605, 650, 699, Pollard's, p. 276
771, 774(m), 791.. William, p. 151 (l), 226 Polley's, alias Polhill's, p. 138. Account of, p. 243
(a), 473(m), 513(). Roger, p. 149. Lora, Polley, Jane, p. 240-241-261. William, cl. p. 280
ibid. Juliana, p. 500 (i). Richard, p. 682, Polſted, Henry, p. 507
433 (I), 500
Ponte, Cicilia de, p. 176
--'s, p. 509, 513, 674, 737, 750
Ponteſbury, William, p. 438
Pevn, William, p. 357 (5)
Pontoiſe, Anne, Abbeſs of, p. 199 (s)
Peyton, Sir Thomas, bart. p. 666 (1)
Pontiniac, Abbat of, p. 803
Philibert, John de, p. 571 (w).
Poole, Francis-Benjamin-Tribe, p. 447, 448
Philipott, Sir John, p. 84, 99. Account of, p. 84. Tho Pope, Thomas, p. 103 (w). Sir Thomas, p. 187. Wile
mas, p. 99
liam, cl. p. 498(z)
--'s, account of, p. 84. Of Philipotts in Tunbridge,
---'s, of Rainham, p. 537
p. 335
Pordage, Joane, p. 457, 466. William, p. 591. John,
Philpot, Robert, cl. p. 640. Stephen, p. 812
p. 595 (d), 615. ------, p. 814
Philippa, Queen, p. 534, 620, 656. Account of, p. 620(0) --------'s, of Rodmerſham, p. 593-594-595-596-604-609
Philips, Francis, cl. p. 89. Luke, cl. p. 93. John, cl.
-794-816. Account of, p. 593, 594
p. 725
Porkelfwode, John de, p. 796
Phillippes, Walter, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 25
Port, Hugh de, p. 193–202-222-464-571-572-602-608-
Phineux, Sir John, p. 605
619-740-743. Account of, p. 571-602-608. Mar-
Phinnies, Benjamin, cl. p. 546
garet, p. 430.
William de, p. 464, 608. John
Pickering, cl.
P: 166. Robert, cl. p. 384. Hef-
de, p. 572. Adam de, p. 730, 759
ter, p. 430
----, family of, change their name to St. John, p. 571 (w),
Pickett, of the co. of Cambridge, DAUGHTER of, podeljes
Loding ford M. in Yalding, p. 305
Porter, John, p. 373. Chriſtopher, cl. p. 437, 482.
Picot, Ralph, p. 504, 735
Elizabeth, p. 764
Pickover, Ralph, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
------'s, of Lamberhurſt, deſcent of, p. 376, 377
Pierce, Sir Edward, p. 664
Porteus, Beilby, cl. p. 302
Pierſe, Alexander, cl. p. 549
Portland, Earl of, p. 562
Pierpoint, p. 212, 221
Porteſmue, Walter de, cl. p. 745
Piers, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 42. Henry, cl. p. 546 Portman, Henry, p. 392 (?).
Pierſon, John, cl. p. 601
Portmore, Colyear's Earls of, p. 393
$
Piggott, Baptift, p. 740
Poſiers, family of, p. 567
Pigou, Frederick, p. 728
Post, William, poneſes Hales PLACE S. in Looſe, p. 140
Piham, John, cl. p. 79
Ralph, alias Ülcombe, p. 702 (f)
Pimpe, John, p. 155, 287 (k), 288. Reginald, p. 249 Potkin's, p. 102
(6), 368. Anne, p. 287 (1)
Potman's, p. 405 (8), 406
---'s, p. 102, 105, 139, 146, 148, 149, 152, 153, Pott, Peter, cl. p. 583
491. Of Nettlefted, account of, p. 286 Potter, Dr. John, 243–245–246. William, cl. p. 549–
Pincerna’s, P: 291 (f.
591-607. Dorothy, p. 320. Bridget, p. 592
Pine, James de la, p.
P. 675. De la, family of, p. 593, 609 Pottere, William, Chaplain, p. 389
Pinke, Alured, p. 85, 693, 696. Account of, p. 693. Potts, Peter, cl. p. 635
Jane, p. 85
Potyn, Nicholas, p. 19-21-500-650–705-791 (00). Si-
...---, ALURED, polleles Churchill F. in Doddington, p.
mon, p. 61. Juliana, p. 422 (1)
693 ()
's, p. 605, 674
ro
Pirie, family of, p. 809
Poveneffe, de, p. 192
Piſley, Thomas, p. 817
Poultney, Sir William, p. 651. Sir John, p. 758
Piftor, Ralph, p: 797
Powell, Nathaniel, p. 402, 491. Chriſtopher, cl. p. 537.
Pitt, Lady Hefter Baroneſs of Chatham, p. 75. William
Catherine, p. 688
--- 's, of Wiarton, account of, p. 398
p. 75
Powis, Herbert's Earls and Marquiſes of, deſcent of, p. 621
's, p. 540
(g). Thomas, p. 432 (f)
Pizein, p. 284
Pownall, Robert, p. 464 (e)
Poyle, William de la, p. 373,
Planche, John de, p. 287 (7)
Poynet, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 42
Plate, James, cl. p. 361
Poynings, Richard, p. 171, 172 (r). Edward, p. 249 (6).
Platt, John, p: 796
Sir Edward, p. 389, 705 (w). Account of, p.
Plomer, ----, p. 447
77! (x). Mary, p. 299. Robert de, p. 519.
Plomley, William, p. 270
Robert Lord, p. 575. Sir Robert, p. 682.
Plot, Dr. p. 147-179-29 3–565-566(5)-568-587-600 (6)
Thomas de, p. 384.
------ Lord, p. 575 (*).
-621 (1)--631-641-646-648–817. Account of, p.
Lucas de, p. 571 (w). Margery, p. 636.
565-566 (b). Robert, p. 524. Thomas, p. 565
Elizabeth, p. 670
's, account of, p. 524, 565
--'s, Lords St. John, p. 602 (6), 608 (i). Deſcent
Plunkenet, Alexander, p. 326
of, p. 602 (6)
Plume, Thomas, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 48–64-93
Sir Henry Percy Lord, p: 771. Family of, p.
PLUMER, WILLIAM, poleſes the Courtlodge and lands in
171-172–366-385-386-446–447-566-625 ()
Yalding, P: 305
-677-807
_'s, of the co. of Herts, p. 305
Pratt, Samuel, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28–76-78-400(b).
Plumſted, Thomas, alias Ditton, p. 223
George, cl. p. 79, 400. Henry, p. 295 (v).
alias Guodchepe, Thomas de, ibid.
cl. p. 384. Daniel, cl. p. 463, 607.
Plymouth, poor of, p. 77 (0)
John, cl. p. 542
Charles Lord Camden, p. 379
Podach, alias Pordage, family of, p. 593
(w). Lord Chief Juſtice, p. 380
Podmore, Richard, cl.
PRATT, John, of Wilderneſs, podeljes Begeham M. with
Pogeys, Richard de, p. 56
the ſcite of the Abbey in Lamberburf, p. 380
Pointz, alias Morris, Sir James, p. 475
family of, account of, and error relating to them in
Pole, Cardinal and Archbiſhop of Canterbury, p. 120, 198
vol. i. corrected, p. 379 (w)
(:), 330, 339, 345. Sir William atte, p. 21. Sir Pratts, William, p. 461
William de la, p. 168. John, p. 704 (9)
Preaulx, Peter, cl. p. 676
POLEY, GEORGE-WELLER, podedes Tunbridge priory, p. Prieſt, Iſaac, cl. p. 640
345
Preſton, Thonias, cl. p. 115, 582. Samuel, p. 718.
Edward, p. 481/8). Henry, p. 652
Alice de, p. 628.
's, p. 345
Preſtwitch, John, ci. p. 676
Palhill, Charles, p. 138. David, p. 236. One of the Prew, William, cl. p. 189
Kentijh Petitioners, p.441 (0). Margaret, p. 240. Price, Mr. John, p. 210.
----..'s, p. 137
p. 619
,
Prieſtley,

46
PERSON S.
IN DE X
of
p. 667 (6)
Prieſtley, John, cl. p. 734
Pringle, Sir John, bart. p. 742 (6)
Pritelwelle, Ralf, Treaſurer of Chriſt Church, Canterbury,
Privy Seal, Biſhops, Keepers of, p. 40. Keeper of, p. 122 (9)
Proby, John, p. 86
Procter, John, A. M. Maſter of Tunbridge School, p. 348
Proffit, John, p: 444
Proude, Edward, p. 817
-------'s, deſcent of, p. . 815
Provence, Raymund Earl of, p. 62006)
Provender, John de, p. 741
Provere, Thomas, p. 117
PROWSE,
DAUGHTER and Coherr of THOMAS,
poſefjes a moiety of Hall Place M. and S. in Eaſt
Barming, p. 150
--, P. 150
Prude, Jane, p. 579
Prynne, John, Prior of Tunbridge, p. 345
Puckering, Heſter, p. 194
Pugh, Hugh, cl. p. 202, 231
Pull, Robert, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
Pullen, Jo. of Oxford, p. 566()
Pulley, William, cl. p: 770, 773
Pulteney, Sir John, p. 183(m), 363(2), 573 (m), 674(:),
790. William, ibid.
Pulter, Edward, cl. p. 51
Purbeck, John Villiers Viſcount, p. 340. Lady Viſcoun--
teſs, p. 345
Purefey, William, p. 464. Martin, p. 670
Purſe, Robert, p. 398
Puteolis, John, cl. p. 38
Putland, George, p. 368. John, p. 581
Putta, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 32
Putton, Matthias, cl. p. 493
Pyckenham, William, de, cl. p. 245
Pyham, John, p. 78
Pyke, Thomas, cl. p. 222: Robert, cl. p. 583
Pym, Priſcilla, p. 100
Pympe, John, p. 148. Philip de, p. 644
Pynner, Mary; p. 174
Pyrie, William de, p. 809 (a)
Pyſing, William, p.719
P. 364
's, of Badleſmere, p.781
Rany,
cl.
p. 321
Raphoe, Philip Twiſden Biſhop of, p. 296. Biſhops of, p.28
Raſhleigh, Peter, cl. p. 161
Ratcliffe, Jane, p. 379, 386. John, Lord Fitzwalter, p.
608 (2). Percival, cl. p.789
's origin of, p. 322 (r)
Rawleigh, William, cl. p. 714
Raworth, Elizabeth, p. 613
Rawſon, Edward, cl. p. 390
Ray, John, of London, Merchant, p. 130 (u)
RACHAEL, poleſes the advowjon of Graine vicarage,
P. 93
Raymond, ------, daughter of Jones, p. 249
Rayner, Margaret, p. 243. Elizabeth, p. 505 kW
Raynham, William, p. 125 (b)
Raynold, John, cl. p. 471
Rayney, -----, cl. p. 138
's, of Wrotham, Baronets, p. 213-218–221–236–368
Read, William, Archdeacon of Rochętter, p.47. Sir John,
p. 282. Dorothy, p. 333, 429. Elizabeth, p. 738.
Richard, ibid.
-----'s, of Chidingſtone, p. 246
Reader, Robert, cl. p. 517, 596. Thomas, p. 518, 568,
588. Ralph, p. 587. John, cl. p.714
's,
P: 585, 586 Ator
Reading, Walter, an Attorney, p. 759(f)
Readye, John, cl. P. 59. Alexander,
p.
62
Reames, Stephen, p. 816
Reaves, Stephen, p. 417
Reculver, Abbat and Convent of, p. 782
Redborne, John, p. 465 (o). John, cl. p. 725
Redman, Thomas, p. 570
Reginald, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
Reickyn, Robert, p. 304
Remkin, Nicholas, p. 276
'S, P. 277
artice
Renham, John, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
Retforde, John, p. 810 (6)
Retling, Lora de, Abbeſs of Malling, p. 217
Reve, John, cl. p. 298. Adam, cl. p. 265
's, p. 15!
Reves, Thomas,
cl.
Revell, Roger, p. 372
tasandomis
Rey, Roger, p. 505
Reygate, John, p. 564 T: 01 tot gets
bodisi v 10
Reynes, Anne, p. 358
Reynham, Roger de, p. 439, 533. Family of, p. 534 (5)
Reynold, Dr. Warden of Merton college, p. 556 (6)
Reynolde, J. p. 464
Reynolds, Walter, Archbiſhop, p. 113–143-148–680-723-
726. Margaret, p. 175. William, p. 464(e).
John, p. 483 (z). Francis, cl. p. 640
Rhodes, CHRISTOPHER, polejes Chatham M. p. 67
Samuel, cl. p. 289, 308. Chriſtopher, p. 292
's, p. 67
Ricaut, Sir Peter, account of, p. 170
,
Rich, Lady Eſſex, p. 119
Richard, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23
Richards, Baſil, cl. p. 143. John, p. 161(9). John, cl.
p. 185, 289, 293. George, cl. p. 263. George,
cl. ibid. cl. p. 321. James, cl. p.537.
Henry, p. 649
Richers's, of Wrotham, defcent of, p. 242
Richmond, Margaret Counteſs of, p.41. Earl of, p. 249,
287, 474, 661. Henry, Earl of, p. 329,
357, John Britain, Earl of, p. 774 (s).
Charles Stuart Duke of, p. 502-505-628.
Account of, p. 5o2. Elizabeth Dutcheſs of,
P: 55s (4)
RIDER, Sir THOMAS, knt. poflefles BOUGHTON MON-
Chelsea M. and Place, and refdes there, p. 398
-------, Thomas, p. 537(D).
-----
----'s, of Boughton Monchelſea, account of, p. 398
Ridley, Nicholas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 42. John, cl.
p. 814
Ridout, John, p. 664
Ripple, Richard de, p. 466
Rifhford, Adam de, p. 394
Rither, Sir William, account of, p. 99. Thomas, cl. p. 231
Rivers, Margery de, p. 172, 208, 211
or de Ripariis, Richard, p. 553. Richard Lord,
Earl Rivers, p. 98, 99. Earls, p. 136, 137,
Wydevill's Lords, p. 136. Edward, of Fiſhall,
p. 314
's, of Chafford, p. 314, 318, 319, 320, 364. Of
Hadlow, p. 318, 320
Roach, William, p. 88
Roberts, Sir Walter, bart. p. 301. Jane, ibid. George,
p. 381. Edward, cl. ibid. John, ſon of Sir
John, of Canterbury, p. 742 (x). Drayton, af-
count of, p. 794. John, p. 797
Roberts's
chapel, p.
account
Quadring, Thomas, p. 681. Joane, p.705, Anne, p. 732
's, p. 741, 796
Quarles, Dr. p. 749 (6)
Quebarie, John, cl. p. 136
QUEENBOROUGH Castle, lift of Conſtables of, p. 657.
Conftables of, p. 329-620-635
-636-648-649-661-663 (s)
Mayor and JURATS of, polleſs the
patronage of the curacy of Queenborough
660
Quene, John, cl. p. 135
Queſted, Mark, p. 462-468-482. Samuel, p. 482
-------'s, p. 795
Quickhelm, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Quincie, Roger de, Earl of Wincheſter, p. 207
Quintin's, alias Oliver's, account of, p. 210. Family of,
p. 240
Quyntin, Anceline, p. 304
bodo
R.
Rabbet, Michael, cl. p. 202
Raby, Ralph Nevill Lord, Earl of Weſtmoreland, account
of, p. 199 (u). Baron of, p. 252
Racket, Michael, p. 498
Racuifceſtre (Reculver) Wetred Abbat of, p. 782
Radcliff, Thomas, Chaplain, p. 389. Robert, p. 605
Radnor, William Bouverie Earl of, p. 151, 188, 287, 290,
292, 296, 306. William late Earl of, p. 292 (r).
Deſcent of, p. 413 (1)
Rafe, John, cl. p. 89
Rainey, Suſan, p. 250
Rainsford, Sir John, p. 139–159–287
Rainham, John, cl. p. 47!
Ralegh, Walter, p. 779 (s)
Ralph, Archbiſhop, p. 91, 744. Biſhop of Rocheſter, p.
34.
Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23.
The Clerk, P.
164 (m)
Rameſey, John de, p. 194
Rand, Henry, cl. p. 490
Rands, alias Holbeach, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 41 (y)
Randall, Thomas, p. 87. Alured, p. 753
.--
---'s, p.650
Randolph, Edward, p. 169. John, p. 188

IN DE XI of PER SONS,
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Robins a
Roch, Margaret, p. 576-86-024
-792-0), p. 205. , p.
M, p. .
.--, LIST
) 19
100
Roberts's, of Glaſenbury, Baronets, p. 369. Of Brench-
406. The parſonage a and advowjon of Chart
Surton Vicarage, p. 408. The parſonage and
ley, account of, ibid. SP
- ເວfi່.
Robefart, William, p. 580
bro
Op 9 advowſon of Town Sutton vicarage, p. 415,
Robertſbridge, Priors of, p. 124. Abbot and Convent of,
420. The chapel of Eaſt Sutton annexed to the
ibid.
p. 358
Lands in Ulcomb, p. 425, Chila,
Robertſon, Alexander, alias Colyear, p. 393. George, cl.
Son portion of tythes in Boughton Malherb, p.
p. 673, 770
435 Berley portion of iythes in the fame, p.
436. Merley Court portion of tythes in Har-
* Rev. Mr. p. 415
(**)zod a riet ham, p. 461. Moathali M. with Stone,
Robinſon, Margaret, p. 358. William, p. 547, Catherine,
bain en houſe in Berſted, p. 488. The parſonage and
p. 741. Thomas, cl. p. 745
advozſon of Berfted vicarage, p. 489. Prior
29 Om ob 12 ****#0336 Vand Goodmans lands in Orterden, p. 507. The
Roche, John, cl. p. 182
parfonage, and advowjon of Stockbury vicarage,.
Rocheſter, Biſhops of-Aſcelin, p. 133. Ælfſtane, p. 156. 10 101.9 p. 526. The parſonage and advowjon of Hart-
$enis 01
12. Edmund, p. 228. 'Erneſt
, p. 132. Galeran,
oilip Vicarage, p. 541. Lands in Rodmerſham,
*p. 744. Gilbert, p. 5(8), 271, 595, 635, 797.
ob binleioP: 595. A penfion from Norton rectory, p. 745
Gundulph, p. 212. Hamo, p. 350, 403(C).
A penſion from Eaſing rectory, p. 758. Judde
-> di p- John Hilfey, p. 133. John, p. 32, 78, 165,
Houſe S. in ſpringe, P. 797 a
adol 20
() sod
231, 255, 319, 350, 383, 536. Richard,
Senior reſident Prebendary of, p. 64, Flavio
0 p
Thomas, p122 (*). Walter, p.
Castle, Conflables of; p. 14, 366. Governors,
98 bns 101 133, 200, 293, 383. William, p. 271.
of, p. 246, 366 (r), 521 (k), 661. Keepers
-365-223-* Yonge, p. 76
of, p. 446 (1), 728 (8)
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Strindb
--------, Biſhops of p. 12, 16, 52, 64, 134: 157,
158,
BRIDGE; WARDENS and COMMONALTY of,
ob 1900
159, 160, 167, 177, 190, 191, 192, 193,
pofleſs ſeveral manors and eſtates in the county of
slog at W211 (a), 216, 217, 218, 219, 229, 230,
Kent, London, and Efex, called The LANDS
SUATU 231, 297, 389, 644
ROPERE PENs and CommonALTY of;
How A
List of the Biſhops of, p. 32
...----- Right Rev. the Bishop of, podjeljes the advowſon
poles Naſhenden M. and Great
and Great er Lower Delce
of the vicarage of St. Nicholas in Rocheſter, p.
M. near Rocheſter, p. 54. Roſe, Court, alias
51. Borſal M. near Rochefer, p. 52. The
M. in Graine, p. 90. A rent-charge
patronage of Woldham rectory, p. 160. Snoda
3503
land M. with Holborough, p. 190.
M. in Faverſham, p. 705
See als tronage of Snodland rectory, p. 193. Trottes-
Wardens of, p. 62, 64, 575 (+), 6721
Vroclive M. p. 230, and the patronage of the rec 30.g.
Mayor and Citizens of, Truſtees of Mr.
Top18? tory, p. 231. Wef Court, alias IV rotham Wa-
Watts's Charity, p.
ter, in Frotteſclive, ibid. Part of Little W10-
----, Mayor of, p. 64. Other officers of the city of,
SA SA tham eſlate in Wrotham, p. 236. The patron-
germeibid. Mayor and Citizens of, p. 649 (d)
age of Norton rectory, p. 745
ENTATIVES in Parliament
of the Representativ
---, Prior and Convent of, p. 2 (b), 18, 51, 52,
for, p. 64. Fiſhermen of, p. 630 (9). Ans.
- 10
53, 56, 57, 60, 69, 75, 76, 80, 86, 89,
gotus de, p. 56, 520
91, 92, 133, 134, 135, 156, 157, 158(i), Rochford, Guy de, p. 15. George Bulleyn Viſcount, p.
Op. 159(d), 161(q), 171, 179, 180, 181, 190,
337. Earls of Viſcounts Tunbridge, p. 344
200, 220, 238, 316, 317, 319, 342, 361, Rockingham, Lewis Watſon Earl of, P. 450, 683,
716,
102.00
374, 388, 436, 460, 461, 507, 541, 544,
773, 782, 793. Katherine Counteſs of,
@CA 2 615, 731, 744, 745, 746, 762, 797
P. 450, 683, 793, 795. Watſons Lords
-, Biſhop and Convent of, p. 229, 236
and Earls of, p. 704, 760, 765, 772, 779,
-------, List of the Priors of, p. 23. Archdeacon of,
784, 785, 792. Account of, p.784, 785.
GO10
p. 389. Thomas Plume, Archdeacon of, p.64
Wentworth Marquis of, deſcent of, p. 784
List of ARCHDEACONS of, p. 47
(q), 785
-------, Deans of, p. 64, 135, 212 (m)
Rodmerham, Peter de, Abbat of Faverſham, p:700(V), 701
mig enrol, los
Dean of, patron of St. Bartholomew's hoſpital in Rods, Richard, p. 130 (u)
byw
Chatham, p. 76
Oua
Roethe, alias Mackworth, Elizabeth, p. 423 lund
...--, List of the Deans of, p. 27
Roffa, Salomon de, p. 3, 309
---, Dean and CHAPTER, foundation of, p. 25 Roger, Alexander, p. 801 x)
Dean and Chapter of, p. 62, 263, 286,
286, 298,
Rogers, Thomas, p. 82. Richard, p. 502, 628
Siss Endal 384, 481(c), 490, 527, 542
Rokeby, Dorothy, p. 341
-------, Dean and CHAPTER of, podeljes Ambree M. in Rokeſle, Richard de, p. 366, 446 (1), 566,625 (9). Joane
Rocheſter, p. 51. A penſion from the Vicar of
de, p. 385. Sir John, p. 806 best
281 St. Nicholas in the ſame, ibid. The land and -'s, p. 171, 172, 384, 391, 446, 807
tythes late the Priories in Borſtall near Roche Rolfe, Thomas, p. 276. William, p. 808 (r) HOT
fiter, p. 53. The tythes of Great and Little ------'s, of Tunbridge, p. 297
18.4 1011 Delce and Naſhenden, p. 57. The parſonage Rollinson, Lock, poljefes a moiety of Otteridge in Berſted,
and advowſon of the vicarage of St. Margaret's
p. 488. Of Aldington Eaſt and Weſt Court
in Rocheſter, p. 59. Viſitors and patrons of St.
in Thurnham, p. 497
Sie ustavus
RETI 25 Katherine's hoſpital there
, p. 61. P Delles Shar Roman, Edward, cl. p. 122
arsylibiotit sal
cond fled M. in Chatham, p. 69. The church and Romanio, Guy de, cl. p. 135
s'hidol 1938,
o advowjon of the curacy of Chatham, p. 79. Romanus, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 32
Lidfing M. in Gillingham, p. 86. A portion Romenhale, John de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 700(v), 701
ont a b of tythes at Upbery in Gillingham, p. 89. Pre ROMNEY, Right Hon. ROBERT LORD, podeljes Maidſtone
1787 miſes in Graine, p.92. Eaſi Lane M. in Maid-
Hundred, p. 94: Maidſtone Palace, p. 96.
fone, p. 103. Vinters portion of tythes, p. 129,
Maidſtone M. and Palace, p. 97:
The Mos e
SASOA and the forſonage and advowfon of Boxley vi-
S. and reſides at it, p. 100. Goulds M. and
21793) corage, p. 135. A penfon from the church of (1) zes Shepway, p. 101, 122.
122. Little Buckland, p.
11500 Eaf Barming, p. 152. Woldham M. p. 158. see 105, and the College of Maidſtone, p. 115.
The parfonage and advowſon of Aylesford via
kupiganisl Boxley M. p. 126. Wavering M. p. 128.
carage, p. 181, 182. A penſion from Ditton Semello Ovenhelle, alias. Overbiil F. p. 130, and the
church, p. 189. A penſion from Addington
Warren, p. 131. The Upper Grange F. P:
church, p. 228. I he portion of tythes of Vald-
130 (1), and all the Mills in Boxley, p. 132 (1)
ham in Wrotham, p. 238. The parfonage and
Rings M. p. 158, and Starkeys M.
advowson of Weſi Peckham vicarage. p. 263.
ham, p. 159. The Hermitage
in Aylesford, p.
Canons Court M. p. 283. and the parſonage
bid 177. Allington Caftle and M. p. 185. The ad-
Stop and advowjon of Watringbury vicarage, p. nous vow for of Allington reflory, ibid. Landsin Snod-
285. A penſion from Tefton church, p. 293.
land, p. 191. Padlefworth M. and church near
The parſonage and advowjon of Weſt Farleigh
Snodland, p. 194. Upleez P.inFaverſham,p.733
vicarage, p. 297. Lands in Lamber hurf, p. ------..., Robert Marſham Lord, p. 96, 97, 100, 105,
381. The parſinage and advowjon of Lamber-
118, 185. Account of him and his deſcendants,
cynger hurft vicarage, p. 383. Baamonden M. in
(
ISOIC 90 TO
1304 1. Horjemonden, p. 388. The parJonage and ad Rondeau, Mrs 617
*8.10.2017.webnaia
*v*vfon of Bougeton Monchelſea vicarage, P.
Roodes, Elizabeth, p. 495
400. Lands at Briſing in Langley, p. 403, Rood's, of Oſpringe, p. 798, 799
goat del continguA 32
An eſtate at Zimnery Green in Chart Sutton, p. Rocke, William, p. 666(0)-667(w)(x). John, p. 681()
S02055
2
in Wold
P. 100 to smo
p.
5 216 opta A 12
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48
INDEX of q PERSONVIS.
110
* John, p.
of, p. 688
571 (w)
p. 672
09
Roope, Gilbert, p. 626
St. Bertin, Abbat and Convent of, at St. Omers in Fado
Rooper, Katherine, p: 772 (a). Edmund, ibid.
ders, p. 772 bidi
Roos, William Lord, p. 66, 775. John Lord, p. 70. St. Catherine-ſee St. Katherine so s dos
Lords, of Hanılake, p. 765.John de, p. 183 St. Clere, William de, p. 15. John, p. 237, 247a. ruodost
Rooſebury, John, cl. p. 471
's, p. 247, 791
Roots, Thomas, A.M. Maſter of Tunbridge fchool, p. 348 St. Davids, Biſhops of p 27, 28,122 (y), 480 (9) 1790
Roper, Chriſtopher, p. 120, 138, 141, 591 (0), 592 (y).
St Edmunds, Abbat of, p. 454, 633,
Martha, p. 227. Margaret p. 337 (e). Eliza. St. Eloy, Margaret, p. 735
Peter de, ibid (b)(c) ridot
beth, p. 512, Edward, of Eltham, p. 605(m). St. Gregories, in Canterbury, Prior and Canons of, p.
PubLord Teynham, p. 605, 681, 684, 686, 687.
Cicele, p. 639. Philip, p. 690. John, created
731, 761, 772373.9 gicgis Menolnidos
St. Hilary, Maud, p. 323. to mort
p. 99, 733. Charles, of Sturry, account St. John, Anne, p. 60-450-683-793. John, Viſcount,
p. 450. John de, p:50-573-574-602-603-,
's, of Sturry, p. 91. Of St. Dunſtan’s, p. 101. Of oping en 608-610-676-687-741-793 Robert de, p.
Linſted, p. 605, 686, 687, 743, 810. Account
crystals 464-520-749-746–747• Hugh de, p. 573 (1).
of, p. 686, 687
Peter de, cl. p. 758. Poynings Lords, p.
Ros, Ralph de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 23. Goisfrid de,
p. 238, 490, 550
's, P. 131-571-602-681 (0)-740-743-746. Ac-
Roſe, John, cl. p. 222
budet 3n9bision
count of the family of, p. 571 (7), 602 (6)
Roſewell, Walter, cl. P: 791JTA
St. John of Jeruſalem, Priors of, p. 165-317-576(0)-595-
Roſs, Sir George Manners Lord, p. 422
599-635-759 (a). Prior and Bre-
Rotherham, Roger, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
thren of, p. 165-166–255-270-
Rowe, Catherine, p. 172. Robert, p. 169 (e). Robert
318-319-321-350-595-598-759
de, p. 575 (+). Elizabeth, p. 613. Robert de, Sr. Katherine's Hospital near the Tower of London,
-1...4's, of Aylesford, p. 173
obnos
DESA is Master and Brethren of, polles
Queens Court M. with Berengrave in
Rowena, Hengiſt's daughter, p. 602 (a)
Rainham, p. 535.
Part of Queen-
Rowland, Robert, p. 117 M.
down Warren in Hartlip, p. 539.
en oplossadas
Roydon, Thomas, p. 274, 288 (u), 319, 579. Mary, p.
- 381. Roſe, p. 486. ------, p. 694. Thomas,
wasafido Long Ruſhindon M. with Dandeley in Mina
fer in Shepez, p. 650, 651
his lands diſgavelled, p. 158, 274
Maiter and Brethren of, p. 544-545-546
------'s, p. 158, 274, 288, 319 (r), 441. Account of,
St. Laurence, Catherine, p. 686
p. 274
St. Leger, Sir Anthony, of Boughton Monchelſea, p. 398,
bus W
Ruck, Adam, p. 541 (8)
637. Deſcent of, p. 398. Sir Anthony, p. 423–
John, polejes part of Capel Hill in Leyſdown, p. 696
483-485-486-459-461-475-534-581--707-
-'s, p. 787, 795
724(f)-759. His lands diſgavelled, p. 423,
do EM
Ruditon, Robert, p. 184(x), 398, 429. Thomas, P. 397.
p
759. Account of him, p. 475. Juliana, p. 412.
Urſula, p. 467
Hugh, of Knolton, defcent of, p. 422. Tho-
-------'s, of Boughton Monchelſea, account of, p. 397
mas, of Otterden, p. 422-500-650-674-70 ;
Ruffen, Henry, p. 664 (d) (e)
08.08.
(a). Ralph de, p. 426, 733. Ralph, of Ul.
Ruffin, Ralph, p. 211
comb, p. 475. Sir Ralf, p. 473 (12). Sir
Ruffhead; Mr. Benjamin, p. 78
"72 g ( 340 41olf 50
corts Ralph, of Otterden, p. 760.
------, p. 402.
RUGMER, PREBENDAR Y Of
, in St. Paul's church, London,
Sir Arnold, p. 465, 471. Arthur, cl. p. 471.
COITO pollelles the parſonage and ad-vowſon of Tbrowley
Arthur, Prior of Leeds, p. 480. Joane, p.501.
20 21 nuo vicarage, p. 769, 770
2+1 18? Sir Warham, p. 456,672. Defcent of, p. 456.
Rambald, St. his ftatue at Boxley, P. 124
John, p. 558 (r). Nicholas, p. 758
Kumney, John, cl. p. 416, 506
more's, P. 394-404-425-454-459-475. Pof the co.
Rumpfted, Sir Edward, P: 519.210wing W
of Devon, defcent of, p. 422.
Of Ulcomb,
Maqedo no of
Rupy, Andomar de, p. 685
p. 422-423-460-465-468-480-481-533. Ac-
Ruffell, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40. John, p. 536
count of; p. 422, 423. Of Boughton Mon-
tore" (w). John, cl. p. 674. Sir Thomas, p. 555. minutes and
chelſea, deſcent of, p. 423. Of Otterden, p.
Edward, p. 559. Mary, p. 597, 794:
Am-
605, 609
broſe, p. 6oo. Robert, p. 611. William, cl. St. Loe, George, p. 78, 238. Thomas, cl. p. 676
St. Martin, Laurence de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 37
p. 814
Thomas, podefjes a moiety of Orteridge in Berfted,
St. Martino, Alfred de, p. 358 (u)
p. 488. Of Aldington Eaſt and Weji Court M. in St. Mary Graces, on Tower-Hill, London, Abbat and
Thurnham, p. 498
Convent of, p. 270-518-542-544-584-
oledo
M
---, John, polejes a houſe in Rainham ftreet, P.535
675-752 (m)
St. Nicholas's, of the Iſle of Thanet, p. 515, 786
Rutland, Mary, p. 227. Dukes and Earls of, their de-
ſcent, p. 422
St. Quintin, Richard de, cl. p. 152, 225
Rutton, Matthias, cl. p. 789
Moja į proxedT stos
St. Paul, Peter Earl of, p. 98
Ruyter, Admiral de, p. 72
St. Radigund's, near Dover, Abbat and Convent of, p.673
St. Thomas Becket, p. 38, 548
Ruyton, Richard, p 277
Rye, Anne, p. 250
St. Waltone, Robert de, cl. p. 691
Ruykhull, Sir William, p. 21
Saker, William, p. 678 (m), 718. Chriſtopher, P: 739
Ryner, Richard, p. 276
SSID byswa SIO SI
's, of Faverſham, account of, p. 738
Salario, John de, p. 416
Rynger, John de, p. 169 (c) Etibby Doiniscent
Lisbol to qodi zamol
SALE, Hodsoll, porefjes Ripple M. in Hollingborne, p. 467
zoper (uploop 4.sk
Eva Loosdo A ob mol sisamos
William, cl. p.601,789. Richard, cl. p.770
Gonchis 2014 S.ao . YUMO SI
Saliſbury, Biſhops of, p. 27-40-42-43-98 (n) — 325. Dr.
Burnet Biſhop of, p. 356 (9). Deans of, p.
FRAM ohio
Sackfield, John, p. 669
40-42-43-44.
Archdeacons of, p. 40, 47.
Montacute's Earls of, p. 302 (9). Cecils Earls
Sackvile, Lady, p. 102, 535 (r). Thomas, p. 235 (v).
of,
Sir Richard; p. 337. Chriſtopher, p. 337, 392.
p. 104. Deſcent of, p. 439 (00). Robert,
cl. p. 25. Gabriel, 541 (8), 542
Ella de, p. 378. Joane, p. 422. Jane, p. SALMON, ROBERT, poliljes a Seat at Fant in Maidſtone,
siddha 03440., Margaret, p. 536.
440. Margaret, p. 536. Family of, p. 379,
p. 105. A SEAT in Ez horne-ftreet in Holling-
0
borne, and reſides at it, p. 469
Sadlere, Robert, p. 161(9): Ils ) oer
Frances, p. 269. Matilda, p. 367
Saherftada, Richard 'de, P: 692 (x) Mug
Salter's, p. 759
St. Albans, Ulick Burgh Earl, and Marquis of Clanric-
Salwy, Nicholas, cl. p. 5831
kard, p. 340. Richard Earl of, ibid.
Sampſon, Chriſtopher, p. 83-516-518-570-;80. Eliza-
-- Burgh's Earls of, p. 343. Sir Francis Bacon
Viſcount, p. 379
OS.C's, p.386. Of Nutts in Shepey, deſtent of, p. 677
bidrar
His Grace George Duke of, pollesjes Gennings Sancroft, Archbiſhop, p. 121-483-697
S. in Hunton, p. 301. Moatlands in Brench-
Sancto Claro defee St. Clere
ley, p. 369,
.81.811
Sancto Dioniſio, John de, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
7., John de Stopley, Monk of, p. 479 (1)
Sancto Martino, William de, Archdeacon of Rocheſter,
St. Andrew, Biſhops of, p. 24
Rлді т. еt trebnoЯ
trebao sancto
p. 471..
St. Afaph, Biſhops of, p. 40
204,9 odswil
geboast
Sandbrooke. William, cl. p. 60
St. Auguſtine, Abbats of, p. 593, 633 gadiqlo lo "beos Sanderſon, Thomas, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 17. Wrey,
caiola adoled.) (p) podwyodagem 9200
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Sandes, alias Sondes, of Throwley's account of the family of,
p. 424
Sandford, Henry de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 29–36-135
–797. Philip, cl. p. 246. Joane de, p. 372.
Henry, p. 626(9), 637 4 smslu afloogiale
Sandherſt, John de, p. 305 06 929TUSI syosa
Sandwich, John de, p. 384. Nicholas de, p. 246, 490,
491, 493. Account of, p. 491. Ralph de, p.
233, 625(9)
RE 9 modt buda
Sandys, Colonel, p. 30. Margaret, p. 125, 291 (i) data
Sanzaver, Lady Elizabeth, p. 722 (r) W 2191512
Sardenne, Richard de, p. 354
I 19 gusla
Sare, Thomas, p. 694, 748, 7974 Adye, p. 749
----'s, of Norton, p. 741, 747. Account of, p. 741 0912
Savage, Jane, p. 170, 393. Beſſey, p. 344. Catherine,
P: 393—Daughters of Earl Rivers Llowisma
Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40. Lora, p.
(1).bid 151(). Is Patrick, p. 179.. Sir John, p. 287 (4).
John, p. 589. Eleanor, p. 412. Arnold, op.
70 meill 558(o); 630 (d), 657.4. Simon, p. 567 (V). Ro.
otest ad ger le, p. 625 (3). Ralph, ibid. 644. M Culpeper,
TET. cl. p. 416
modt
A019,
... -, Jonn, lefſee of Weſt Farleigh parſonage, p. 297
---, i Mrs. pofefes and reſides at BOUGHTON Mount S.
in Boughton Monchelſea, p. 3990 Issey
-------?s, of Boughton Monchelſea, account of, p. 399,
Of
sor.Bobbing, p. 522-558--588-596-610-635-
esilliW 1.637(i)-638-640-650-667. Account of, p.635
Sauvage, John Le, p. 588.1. Family of-ſee Savage
Savelle, ...., of Yorkſhire, p. 498 o
Savil, John, of the co. of York, p. 105-127-170
Savile, Elizabeth, p. 170-392-559. Lady Elizabeth, p.431
Saukevile, Geoffry de, p 378
SI8.
Saunders, Iſabella, p. 276. John, cl. p. 546. John, cl.
abiswa
p. 565 sivilo
OJA OTE Ytos
Savoy, Peter de, p. 325 (o). Margaret Dutcheſs of, p.
626
Saufintone, Peter de, cl. p. 205, 206sdi
SAWBRIDGE, John, polles Mortenden M. with Great and
D. I A Little Mottenden Farms in Hedcorne, p. 393.
22 qershyolara Petts Court M. in Bapchild, p. 598. Rad-
-bla 15grsringis field in the ſame, p. 599. Szvanley in Eafi-
C & DEE purchurch in Shepey, p. 665. Warden M. in
ima Shepey, p. 668. Leyſdown M. in the ſame,
p. 671. Bartholomews F. in the fame, p.
bishi STS 672. Harty M. (the parfonage of Harty,
Vorbia 11a fe and advowjon of the vicarage, the Long-
to noi (6) Houſe, the Mote, now called Church Farm,
-TOA 9.1 Elliots Farm, Napletons Marmes, and other
premiſes in Harty, p. 679. Claxfield F. in
...da si Linfied, p. 690. Part of Capel Hill in
-S.18. ad Leyſdown, p. 696. Newnbam M. with
are roroghs Champions Court in Newnham, p. 747.
Rev. Wanley, polefes Hall, alias Otterden
Place M. and S. in Otterden, p. 506
..----- Jacob, p. 598–599-678–679-747. Wanley,
poidan cl. p. 679, 762. Wanley, cl. ibid.
SAWKINS, the two DAUGHTERS of DANSEY, poles Kings-
borough F. in Eaſichurch in Shepey, p. 664
---, Danfey, ibid. SOM
Sawfamere, the Lady, p. 752, 809
Say, William de, p. 14-56–194-196-200. William Lord,
p. 299. Geoffry de, p. 17-194-200-625 (9). Lady
Elizabeth, p. 196. John de, p. 251. Juliana de,
p. 456-494-509-513-6250 ** W rivene
Sir William Heron Lord, p. 162, 195. James Fienes
Lord, p. 265(x), 2991 esiliw 1902
---- and Sele, Fienes's Lords, p. 752 sqaulidi enillon2
----, family of, p. 68-86-162-195-218-299-459-494-495.
Account of, p. 162
89ms gaine
Sayer, William, Abbat of Weſt Langdon, p. 607's bone
?s, p. 780
10:39 bostbona
Saxby, William, p. 209
Odot doua
--'s, of Leyborne, p. 2109 atsilli W 12 967602
-----, WILLIAM, poleſjes. Afþurf M. with Buckland in
Alhurſt, p. 364
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19basioa
------?s, of Horſham Cayns, ibid. (tt) saloo lo
Saxulf, Biſhop of Mercia, p. 33
Sbern Biga, p. 186–195-459-493
VIONOMHO
Scaccario, Robert de, p. 226
Scales, Anthony Lord, p. 98. Elizabeth, ibid. Anthony
Lord, p. 137. Katherine, p. 636 tono
Scapeia, Ofbert de, Prior of Rocheſter, p.23. Cecilie de,
p. 544. Wilmerus de, ibid.
Scarlet, Robert, p. 257. William, cl. p. 640 20
Schakel, John, p. 21 (x)
Schenche, Martin, p. 286
4 school omoa
Schobeſole, William de, p. 722 (r): no otomo
Schuylenburg, Meluſina de, Dutcheſs of Munſter, created
2011. Counteſs of Faverſham, &c. p.7161902
Sclokehaie, Lucy, alias Lile, .p. 722 (r) $77.9
Sheldon, Joane, p. 174
1 Pisa Pisos
00. Zombies Jomoa
Scoles, Robert, p. 285 250 nmavo di poteid homes de
-----'s, p. 283
16. .1011913 blsifiera"
Sconington, family of, p. 747 (3) Mestobla de
Scory, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 421A 102
Scot, Thomas, alias Rotherham, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p.40
Scott, Catherine, p. 145., George, p. 154.
------, cl.
p. 255. Elizabeth, p. 366-446-475-566. Mary,
p. 418. 1. Caroline, p. 435. Lady Caroline, p.
628. Edward, p. 456.0 Mildred, p. 513.-Tho-
mas, cl. p. 588. ---, p. 626. Nicholas, p.
stio .0706, 707. Richard, p. 764 sb not recente
------25, p. 287, 459.9 1990
Scotenei, Walter de, p. 325, 380. Lambert de, p. 383.
2909A Si Family of, p. 33000 .boovino
Scotland, Abbat of St. Auftin's, p. 563 ()oitt
Scroop, Archbiſhop of York, p. 204. William le, p. 657
-------'s, Ip: 66xe 2 to snovao bris 1910119
Scrufin, William, op: 309 de Ed-Odam
Sculenburg, Meleſina de, Counteſs of.Walfingham, p: 432
(b), 716 (f) 183 csil son2
Sead's, p. 5550 od 2010 MA II и I wяна
SEALS, GREA's, Biſhops, Keepers of, p. 40. Keepers of,
-ONS p. 119(a) gaul sfT
1:9
Seale, John, cl. p. 596
PSD a 1103
Seare, Thomas, p. 681 (9) 15 L
Seager, Thomas, p 568. Mary, p. 571, 579. Charles,
P. 579, 580
a big sistyede
----'s, of Borden, p. 568, 5700 adagot hisida
Seaman, Simon, cl. p. 588
goilline
Searle, Chriſtopher, p. 82. Rowland, p. 540 loordqida
Secker, Archbiſhop, p. 617
2 MONT orgina
Sedley, Katherine, Countefs of Dorcheſter, p. 393. Eli-
zabeth, p. 456. Sir.Charles, bart. p. 5171tida
's, of Aylesford, Baronets, p. 170-172-174-179-
392-515) Account of, p. 170, 5151 odzone
-------, alias Sidley, of St. Cleres - ſee Sidley suedstonia
See's, alias At See's, of Hearn, p. 737-738-739 9010
Seez, in Normandy, Biſhops of, p. 34-35-133 i W trods
Segrave, Stephen de, p. 14. Elizabech, p. 203. Sir
Hugh de, p. 226123.9 100913 dodiode
Selby, -Thomas; of Eaſt Malling, p. 238. Dame Eliza-
28.9 sdyrillo
-------, ELIZABETH, poſteljes and refides at the Moat M.
modasi and Sin Igbtham, p.250 soboto pie lovora
----'s, of Ightham, account of, p. 250. Of Bayhall, p. 35
Seiere, John at, p. 161(q) 184.9 15 asoslT Ilowola
Sellers, alias ate Celar, family of, p. 159 dol volwerda
Selling, William, Prior of Canterbury, p. 464, 556 (a).
Nicholas de, p. 809 ore millwyd
Selves, Anuſius de, p. 447. Todaoud oordsoura
Selvy, -
cl.
p.
60 10 1011t sb as most brotsbud2
Selwood, Elizabeth, p. 581 q ab do 84 til bursluoda
Selyard, Sir Thomas, bart. p. 128. Margaret, p. 210
--'s, account of, p. 126. - See alſo Seyliards
Septvans, Robert de, p. 156) John, of Thanet, p. 617(s).
Sir William, p. 641. Family of, p. 466. Of
Aldington in Thurnham, account of, p. 497 12
Sergeaux, Alice, p. 771 .8$3.40 Obbit via
Seton, Robert, p. 803 (d) dood gol
Seth, Margaret, p. 766 mddgl 299.12 70
Seunfrid, p. 191 (z) ..oliv ytteaubig
Seuuold, p. 808. Iſaac, p. 567 hinta 109H
Seward's, of Linſted, p. 688, 689 sul bus esot
Sewel, Sir THOMAS, knt. podeljes an eſtate called Wild.
Tod foots, at Chicks Court, in Tong, p. 606
Sewiter, alias Hewſter, cl. p. 51.todes
Sexburga, p. 647
201.9
Seymour, Sir Thomas Lord Seymour, p. 604 (2). Account
of, p. 651. John, p.575. Mary, p. 118 i
Seyliard, Jane, p. 315 AND.Qob todo muslie
Shakerley, Richard, p. 189. Francis, p. 214. Thomas,
p. 243
EOS
bromate
------'s, of Ditton, account of, p. 1880 ? TOMMia
Shaldefelde, Thomas de, p. 439 (m)
OSE
Shamelesford, Roger de, p. 763
Sharpe, Henry, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47. Lippel,
Esalq yulel. p. 437. Mary, p. 492 do
-----'s, of Great Chart, p. 755 $80. Y4 remma
Sharpeigh, -----, p. 372 Io.dolom
Sharted, Simon de, p. 15–269–288. Fulco de, p. 268.
Jeffry, p. 439 (m). John de, p. 693. Ro-
bert de, p. 694
OT 500.0 Gori
de, family of, p. 68-86-692
etishi
Shatterthwaite, Philip, cl. p. 202-600l to gorlia Siewia
SHAW, Sir John, bart. lefee of Barming, alias Gennyngs
Court M. p. 154. Of Jennins Court M. in Yald-
ing, p. 395. Podejes a feat and eſiale in Walding,
p. 306
--, p. 179. Thomas, cl. p. 640. Raph,
cł. p. 669
Congrasa
---'s, of Eltham, p. 179-3057306 303 313
Todd .15 pons 381.9900A 1912
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p. 812
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Sheerneſs, List of the GOVERNORS of, p. 655 do sloga ---..-'s, of Weſt Farleigh, p. 295, 305.2 Account of, p.
Sheffield, Eleanor, p. 227
295
Sheldon, Mr. p. 577 (t)
vlietnotesinos Skinners, Company of, in London, p. 346–347–348-563
--'s, of Aldington, p. 146, 488. Account of, p. 497 Skip, Thomas, p. 544
gen
Shelley, Frances, p. 131. Bridget, p. 199. Eleanor, Skippon, Suſanna, p. 481 (Philip, p. 482 (r)
09
SLTS 15000 Skove, Laurence, cl. p. 189 208. do drobne
Shelve, William de, p. 4471
del
Skrene, William, p. 233
ab adot deswbr22
Shelving, John de, p 397, 763. Martha, p. 427
Skudamore, Robert, cl. p. 222
FOTO
---------'s, of Shelvingborough, p. 127
Skudder, Thomas, p. 239
Shenche's, p. 771
Slanye, Stephen, p. 67
Velosolobuse
Shepey, John de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 38. 230. John Slatyer, William, cl. p. 508 13 Bila ybaud 1965
de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24. John de, LL.D. Slaughter, Elizabeth, p. 369. Joſeph, cl. p. 514. Wil-
p. 647. Stephen de, p. 624. Stephen de, alias
liam, cl p. 593
Northwood, p. 663. Jordan de, ibid. Agnes, Slegge, Stephen, p. 160 AT 00101102
Priorefs of Minſter, p. 640. John, alias Caftle.
Slepp, Samuel, p. 74658
9 llock, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 701 dara
400792
Smallwell, Jofeph, p. 4992153 yua CI-68.a
Prioreſs and Convent of St. Sexburg in, p. 559 Smallwood, Matthew, p.7700 godina da mort
567-590-629-633-639-654-660 w sa Smart, Peter, p 150.. Chriſtopher, the Poet, ibid. (6)
Shepperd, John, cl. p. 8173009 Megadaslupa
Smelt, Richard, p. 84. osat
Sherman, William, p. 587. QUO
Smith, Mary, p. 8812 Henry, p. 97 (u). William, of
SHERWIN, WILLIAM, podefes the manor and ſcite of Da 199oqim Maidſtone, p. 103 (e). Thomas, of the ſame,
Jo 2199931 vington Priory, with other lands in Davington,
p. 104. Thomas, p. 342. Sir Thomas, p. 347,
P. 727. The parſinage and church of Daving mes 9348, 363. Thomas, p. 695. Thomas, el. p.
ton, p. 729
Bror 9119
2 nuo 1805. Thomas, of Preſton, p. 812, 8130 Ac-
John, ci. p.714, 729, 734) ecointer T 91598
count of, p. 812 astus
Sherwood, Ralph, p: 569 AM 803 92 modT 199598 || -----, Thomas, poleſjes North Wilderton M. in Throwley,
Sheyfelle, Richard de, p. 367 082 29
--d-oip: 766. Leffee of lands in Throwley, p. 767
Shield, Joſeph, p. 660 ora 07.q boa no 2
------'s, Samuel, cl. p. 122, 463. Samuel and William,
Shilling, ------, p. 764 9.15 fomnia sasa
53 p. 735. George, cl. p. 182. George, p. 690,
Shipbrooke, Robert, p. 675 8.9. toqolli 2514658
719 (6). Sir John, of Leeds Cafle, p. 476.
Shipton, Thomas, p. 415
1. fodiddor 193092
John, cl. p. 635. John, p. 690-714-813
Shirley, Lady Anne, p. 450-683-7935 19de 1 volba -----, John and GEORGE, polefs Preſton Houſe in Prefon,
Shirlonde, Sir Roger de, p. 408, 535-4 ssdes
q
tivert
Shofford, John de, p. 97-980188
202 IVA 10 e
-----, Katherine, p. 287, 688. Humphry, p. 372. Do-
Shokkeburgh, Chriſtopher, p. 782 (ii) --
rothy, p. 379, 459. Olivia, p. 381. Edward,
Shoreham, William de, cl. p. 408 Velbta esilo
ds.9 do cl. p. 463, 590. Edward, cl. p.515, 590, 591.
Shorne, John de, p. 531 boll
Richard, cl. p. 569. John, cl. p. 571. Stephen,
Short, William, p. 80-83–87. Thomas, p. 80 ni w2 bus 99 p. 719. ------, p. 137-335-341-351CISTIWA
------'s, p. 81-564-730
nietigase svet ------, Mrs. and WALTER-WARING, polles Kings F. and
Shottiſbroke, Elenor, p. 661
661 Oss 9 abrauti
the demeſnes of Great Delce M. near Rocheſter, P: 55
Shove, Mrs. Jane, poffefjesi a moiety of the Grange M. in ----.a's, of Maidſtone, p. 102. Of Weftenhanger, Bid-
Gillingham, p. 85
haniad
borough, and Sutton at Hone, p. 336, 337.
Henry, cl. p. 85-537-691-693 (P)-697–749(K)
*** Account of, p. 362.See below Smyth
Shovel, Sir Cloudeſley, p. 8, 96(t). Dame Elizabeth, Smithbve, Margaret, p. 759
398 Her p. ibid. 100 proape odg110
Smyth, Robert, p. 139. William, cl. p. 272. Richard,
Showell, Thomas, cl. p. 484 (id) Isadol 919132 - gitna sd p. 319. Sir Richard, p. 475, 497. Sir Sidney
Shrawley, John, cl. p. 472, 49010 s'esis etia
Stafford, p. 342. Lady, p. 351(0). Simon, of
Shrimpton, John, p. 295–304-567. Richard, cl. p. 669 da bi Buckland, p. 399, 406. John, cl. p. 409.
Tho.
Shryfin, William, p. 310
OCESO
closiv
s's I mas, cl. p. 583
Shuckbrooke, Chriſtopher, p. 509, 513. Benjamin, p. 766 ------, LADY SARAH, poflefles South M. in Tunbridge, p.
Shuldeford, Thomas de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
337. New or Little Bounds in the ſame, p. 342.
Shurland, Sir Robert de, p. 406, 473 (m). Story of his
Bidborough M. with Bounds S. in Bidborough,
OIS . death, p. 661+(2). Margaret, p. 686. Fa base and reſides there, p. 362. The patronage of Bid-
do mily of, p. 578, 660
borough rectory, p. 363
Siburne, Robert de, p. 251 (n)
Fantara
eerita92
។ ----, Mrs. ELIZABETH, podeles Holbrook M. in Bough-
Sibthorpe, William, cl. p. 308 SET 2
bidi ton Monchelſea, p. 399. Lefjee of Boughton Mon-
Sidgar, p. 549, 550 medin
VA
-2 gati! . chelſea parſonage, p. 400. Podeſſes and refides at
Sidley, Sir Iſaac, bart. p. 238. William, p. 481 (n). Sir Add Lested S. in Chart Sutton, p. 406
John, bart. p. 606
do0290
Account
's, of St. Cleres in Ightham, account of, p. 248
of p. 406
od 919 6
Sidney, Henry Viſcount, p. 266. Sir Henry, p. 345. Snade, Dioniſius de la, p. 139-1 Cebmailli w te
Henry, created Viſcount Sidney, Baron of Mil Snatt, -.
', p. 301
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ton, and Earl of Romney, p. 632, 647. Account Snaves, John de, p. 4690
of him, p. 632. Sir Philip, p. 339 (i). Mary, Snayth, William, p. 226 37-900-4-)
fifter of Sir Philip, p. 62178). Verſes on her, by ---...-'s, alias Snette's, p. 56
her brother, ibid.
1911wo attie' (1982 Snelle, William, cl. p. 135. John, cl. p. 805
's, p. 735
TAD 9 giudxo Snelling, Philippa, p. 476bro
calo, bus
Siferth, p. 463. Tuomy92 bro I esmoT nie momiya Snette, Charles, p. 19. "William, p. 226 to vie
Siflefton, William de, p. 186 [ 120.99
Snipp, James, p. 526
Silani, Robert de, p. 544
318996 bisilya
Snode’s, account of, p. 780 W 10 Ainsilliw 1006
Silveſter, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 231 bisnis 19119zIma Snodland, Rector of, p. 160
Simmonds, ------
ES
Snothe, John, p. 470
CHI W dd
SIMMONS, ROBERT, podeljes part of Hadlow parfonage, p. Soame, Sir William, p. 372–379-459 valio
320
ebru Saara Soan, Charles, cl. p.93, 542. Jonathan, cl. p. 500
--, John, polefes and reſides at Chaple House Solander, Dr. p. 742 (6)
in Oſpringe, p. 799 bdare
met
Here Sole, Cockin, p. 541 (8)-592-618-631 (v). John-Coc-
John, p. 88. Henry, p. 284. Mary, p. 813
kin, p. 594. George, p. 589 10. contra los
Simms, Mary, p. 632
1687
----, John-Cockin, podeljes the demeſnes of Kingsdown M.
Simnel, Lambert, p. 671
register
near Sitting borne, p. 592. Leffre of Sitting borne par-
Simpſon, Richard, cl. p. 745. Edward, cl. p. 758de noris Jonage, p. 618. Lefſee of Milton near Sittingborne
's, p. 86 dol (*) Twitter
parforage, p. 634. Podlejes Bobbing Court in Bob-
Sired, p. 692, 750
free. 1798
ob bing, p. 638. Norton M. and COURT, and re-
Siſſell,
--, P. 796
9
lo ylivest 95
fides there, p. 741
Siward, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 34 ha
siis viimane ----'s, of Bobbing and Norton, p. 638
Skarlett, William de, p. 15
HOT 18 (WAH2 Soley, ------, p. 247
Skeere, Barbara, p 594
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Somer, Thomas, p. 125 (5), 314 (r) OsteM 9002
------.'s, of Sholand, account of, p. 7471
Somereye, John de, p. 461
Skelton, .--.--, p. 89
Somerhill, Richard Burgh Baron of, p. 3405
Skening, Thomas, p. 7 (r) OTI
Somers, Sir John, Lord Somers and Chancellor, account of,
Skeffington, Francis, p. 348 33 000.21.15
p. 552
---'s, account of, p. 333.iso
Somerſcales, Daniel, cl. p. 696, 697, 749 (k)
Skinner, Anne, p. 183. Francis, cl. p. 601
Somerſet, Robert Carr Earl of, p. 60
Somerſet,
.
----, cl. p. 493
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IN D E x Soft PERSON
51
02
pes
P(1graden
Somerſet, John Earl of, p. 256, 352. Charles Duke of, p.
Springhall
, Richard, p. 511 82. vietosos
17!. Henry, p. 304. Duke of, p. 116–252 Sprivers, Robert, p. 386 pe sits an012:
Cod: 315-362. Charles, Earl of Worceſter, p. 304.
Sir George, p. 102–265-354. Elizabeth, p.
Sprote, William, cl. p. 185.9 Rab meil sie Slivotnoje
440
Spylman, Thomas, p. 670
Somptere, William, p. 595 (x)
Sqaerie, Margaret, p. 575
$7.93 H brosu
Sondereſhe, John, cl. p. 244, 245
Stace, Elizabeth, p. 334
208 9 tdsuillam
Sondes, William, of Lingfield, p. 136, 763. Paulina, P: STACEY's, pofilles Coſenton M, in Aylesford, p. 173
260. Thomas, p. 424. Sir George,
Stacy, George, p. 336
Faverſham, p. 424 (2) --703(1)--704-715-716– Stafford, Ralph Lord, Earl of Stafford, p. 303–31 2–3274
760–765-769-772-779–783–787-788. Account
365. His character, p. 327 (d). Edmund
of him, p: 783. - Unbappy cataſtrophe of his two
Earl of, p. 329, 371. Henry Lord, p. 330(1).
fons, ibid.(m) Freeman, p.490. Anne, p. 649–
Sir Henry, p. 371(c). William, p. 488. Sir
693–742. Sir Michael, p. 740, 770. Anthony,
Hugh, p. 328. Elizabeth, p. 287. Annë, p.
p. 764, 809. His lands diſgavelled, p. 809. Sir
299-338-+48-496-603-636. Dorothy, p. 536
Richard, p. 769, 782. Sir Thomas, p. 768
Viſcount, p. 330 (1). Earl of, p: 325 (s)
-------, Lewis Watſon Lord, p. 424 (2) —-719-769-773-
's, Earls of Stafford, p. 148–303–312–327–357–
782. Deſcent of, p. 424 (2). Edward Viſcount,
366. Account of, p. 327
p. 785
-, Hugh, Earl and Duke of Buckingham, p: 3138
Right Hon. Lewis LORD, pofleſjes Darbies Court
Humphry Earl and Duke of, p. 303–329–366
M. in Stalisfield, p. 761. The Manor and Hundred
24023
-375 (r). Lords, account of, p. 327
ue
of Faverſham, p. 704. Throwley M. with Town --'s, p. 329 (x), 337. Their monuments deſtroyed, p.
Place in Throwley, p. 765. Patron of Throwley
328 )
free ſchool, p. 769. Lefee of Tbrowley parſonage,
Archbiſhop John, p. 95. Archdeacons, p. 41
p. 770. Podeles Leveland M. p. 772. The ad Staller, Thomas, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 4913 2012
vowſon of Leveland rectory, p. 773. Badleſmere Stanes, Patricius, cl. p. 51
M. and Woods Court in Badlefmere, p.780. The Stanhope, Henry Lord, p. 194-430-434-437-458-46-
advowſon of Badleſmere rectory, p. 781. Lees
4.94-499-614. Lady Catherine, Counters of
COURT, alias SHELWICH M. and reſides at it,
Cheſterfield, p. 431-458-462-494-499–614.
p. 785. Coperham Sole F. with Southouſe lands in
Michael, cl. p. 437. Charles, changes his
Sheldwich, P. 786, 788.. Selgrave M. in the
name to Wotton, p. 431, 458. Charles, p.614
Jame, p. 787. Lefee of Sheldwich parfonage, p.
family, account of the different branches of, Earls of
789
Cheſterfield, Earls Stanhope, and Lord Stan-
--------, family of, p. 760--764--769-772–773-779-783.
hope of Harrington, p. 430 (1)
Account of, p. 764
-------, Sir William, deſcent of, p. 431 (a)
--'s, The Heirs of, pollefs woods in Boughton Blean, Stanley, Thomas, of Hamptons, p. 242, 263. Francês;
p. 707
p. 260. Richard, p. 543. Sir William, acı
Sonibanke, Charles, cl. p. 245
count of, p. 554. John, p. 632
Sorank's, p. 233
CHARLES, porelles Gore Court in Tunſtall,
Southgate's, p. 103
and reſides at it, p. 580
12
Southampton, Thomas Wrotteſley Earl of, p. 187
's, of Weſt Peckham, dccount of, p. 259
angout
Southland, Thomas, p. 394. Sir William, ibid.
Stanlue, William de, p. 469 (y). Alexander de, ibid.
Southouſe, Thomas, p. 505 (t)-629-732. Filmer, p. 563. Stanton, Henry de, p. 438-439-550-551. Thomas, cl.
Mr. p. 703 (1). Elizabeth, p: 748. Fa-
mily of, p. 788
Stapleford, William, cl. p. 611 - 29205 lobua
Southouſeſon, Richard, p. 816
Stapeley, Thomas, cl. p. 161, 166 SUM
Sonthtowne, John de, p. 161 (9)
Stapleton, Sir Thomas, bart. p. 258–268–277–301-407.
Southwell, Sir Robert, p. 168–187-197–243-259-269-
Deſcent of, p. 258. Sir William, p. 266. Sir
270-281-589-772–779.
His lands diſſa-
Robert, p. 419. Frances, p. 398
velled, ibid. Sir Richard, ibid. Edward, Starkey, Judge, p. 159 (r). John, cl. p. 320, 321. Sir
- p. 785
olyat
Thomas, ibid.
's, account of, p. 269, 779
-'s, of Woldham, p. 158 TOUT
-, Lords, deſcent of, p. 779 (1)
Staunton, Ralph, cl. p. 471
Spacherít, Symon, p. 582 (i) a
Steddale, Adam de, cl. p. 582
2030
Spark, Cuthbert, p. 125 (1). Edward, cl. p. 93
Stede, Elizabeth, p. 239. Robert, cl. p. 384. Edwin,
Spateman, Samuel, cl. p. 212
p. 441. William, p. 456, 459. Sir William,
Spathurit William, p. 640 )
p. 462. William, LL.D. ibid, John, fenior;
Spayne, William, cl. p. 225
p. 456 (I). Sir John, p. 576, 608. John, p.
SPEARMAN, ROBERT, lefee of Frognal and Tracies M. in
682 (n). Elizabeth, p. 466. Cromer, p. 611.
Newington near Sittingborne, p. 556, 558.
CONDS
TA
Polēles a House at Cheſley in Newington, and ---'s, Heirs of, poffefs the advowſon of Tong rectory, p.
reſides in it, p. 560
607
195
Ista
Speche Elfric, p.91
's, of 'Harrietſham, p. 457-459-460-511-606-607.
Speldhurſt, John de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24 Sigar
Account of, p. 457
---, poor of, p. 348
Steele, Sampſon, cl. p. 569, 749
cabelo
Spelman, Francis, p. 585
Stephens, Enoch, cl. p. 546. William, cl. p. 6760
Spence,
low
----, p. 382
Spencer, Sir Richard, p. 175. Richard, cl. p. 186. Sternell, alias Starling, Sir Samuel, p. 809 het
Richard, A. M. Maſter of Tunbridge ſchool, Stevens, Thomas, p. 277. Elizabeth, -p. 373. Athela
p. 348. Mary, p. 260. Elizabeth, p. 267–
ftan, cl. p. 817
300-331. John, of Chart Sutton, p. 405 (8),
-'s, of Eltham, p. 667–671-672-688
025 567. John, cl. p. 725. Wolley Leigh, cl. STEWART, CHARLES, polleles and refides at a Seat in
p. 546
Town Malling, p. 219
Go
.-'s, of Chart Sutton, account of, p. 407
labu
's, of Town Malling, p. 219 evold
SPENDER, JOHN, podeles the advowſon of Hadlow vicar Stidolfe, Agnes, p. 265. Thomas, of Badfell, p. 276
IL age, p. 320
-'s, p. 277, 353
9800
's, Arthur, cl. p. 320, 321
Stigand, Biſhop, p. 601 (1)
Spigurnel's, p. 807
Stileman, John, cl. p. 351 Op drobe
Spiller, Jane, p. 623. Sir Robert, p. 662, 663. Sir Stillingfleet, Dr. p. 600 (6)
W uby
Henry, p. 746. Account of, ibid.
Stinpretheld, Walter de, p. 309
Spillet, Edward, p. 418(a), 718
888
Stirling, Henry Alexander Earl of, p. 331 11.
Spina, Nicholas de, Abbat of St. Augußine’s, p. 438, 550, Stobe, John, cl. p. 321
Spofford, John, cl. p. 39
Stock, family of, p: 372
Ladi.
Spracklyn, Margery, p. 191
Stocke, John ate, p. 733g)
do mal
Spragge, Sir Edward, p. 72
Stoke, John de, cl. p. 519
Spratt, Thomas, Bifhop of Rocheſter, p. 45, 136 (t)
Stoker, -----, p. 407
Thomas, Archdeacon of Rocheiter, p. 48–126 (p) Stolſtone, Adam de, p. 309
-135-136
Stone, Thomas, p. 272, 322. Robert, cl. p.714. Ro-
Springate, Sir William, p. 815
bert, p. 7:8. William, cl. p: 734
Springett, ------, p. 614
Stonehouſe, Sir William, bart. p.486 (). Sir John, bart.
SPRINGHALL, ------
pollefſes the advowſon of Wichling
p. 792. Family of, p. 132, 263. Account
rectory, p. 511
of the different branches of, p. 132-486-792(r)
VOL. II.
Stoner,
p. 686
--, p. 605
,
Stephenſon, p. 236 1. P. 546. W
2 or
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---,
Stoner, Sir William, p. 183
bobis ilgai
Symonys, Olive, p. 161(9)
Stones, Martha, p. 377
Sympſon, Nicholas, cl. p. 673. Baptift, p. 691 (8)
Stoutevile, Sir William de, p. 231
Baptist, pofſefes Edwards in Linfied, p. 690
Stowt, John, cl. p. 669
's, p. 690
Strabane, Hamilton's Viſcounts, defcent of, p. 440 (t) Swalman, William, p. 652
Strafford, Earl of, p. 252
--'s, account of, p. 664
Strange, Elizabeth, p. 203
Swanne, John, cl. p. 596, 618. George, p. 606
Strangford, Smith's Viſcounts, p. 362(6)
Swanton, Richard de, p. 270. Bartholomew, p. 585 (w)
Strantham, Thomas, p. 648 ()
SWAYNE, THOMAS, poſeljes Fiſh-Hall S. in Hadlow, p. 318
Stratford Langthorne, Hugh, Abbat of, p. 155
George, p. 344-318-341 (6)
Archbiſhop, p. 325 (s)-634-680-758 (k)-813 Sweetlove, ------, p. 447
Stratton, Roger, cl. p. 245. James, cl. p. 565
Swift, John, pofafes Newhall, alias Borstall M.
Straw, Jack, p. 224
in Minfer in Shepey, and reſides at it, p. 650
STREATFEILD, Henry, podeles Godwell M. ir Ofham, 's, p. 85 (v), 693
p. 224
Swinden, Tobias, cl. p. 384, 593 po8 40 ,
THOMAS, of SevenOKE, podeljes Barden Swinocke, Robert, cl. p. 139-464 (e)-493 (1) (d)
Houſe F. in Tunbridge, p. 336
Swinton, John, cl. p. 686
hor
---'s, of Chidingſtone, p. 224
Swith ulf, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Streeter, Suſanna, p. 393
Stretch, Liſc. M. cl. p. 674
be T.
Streynſham, Thomas, p. 664-718–733. Laurence, p. 709
(a). Robert, p. 803
Taddy, John, p. 739
's, p. 704
's, p Veſs the third part of Buckland near Faverjam,
Striche, William, p. 6
p. 739
Stringer, Catherine, p. 267. Mary, p. 387. John, p. 393 Tadnoth, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33 Ort.
's, account of, p. 519
Tahum, ſon of William, p. 54
Strode, Sir George, p. 358
Talbois, Lord, p. 197 (u)
Strong, William, p. 342. William, cl. p. 745. John, Talbot, Elizabeth, p. 204, 554. Geoffry, p. 236, 280.
P. 34.9mm
Jaro
Mary, p. 385. Richard, p. 674
Strongbow, Gilbert, Earl of Pembroke, p. 323 (v)
Talevaz, William, cl. p. 58, 60
Strother, Jofias, cl. p. 375
Tanet, John de, Treaſurer of Chriſt Church, Canterbury,
Stroud Hoſpital, Maſter and Brethren of, p. 17–38-57-59
p. 667 (6)
-134 (V)-176-180-181-182–214. Mafter of, p. Tangas, Adam de, p.598
229
Tankerville, Bennet's Earls of, deſcent of, p. 811 (m)
-------, Fiſhermen of, p. 630 (9)
Tanner, Thomas, p. 483 (2)
STROVER, RICHARD, and others, poljefs Weſt Court M. Tappenden, John, p. 588. Mr. p. 691 (g)
in Gillingham, p. 82
->, James, Podles Naſhes F. in Luddenham, p. 733
Stubbecroft, John, cl. p. 182
?s, account of, p. 733 (k)
SU
Stubberfield, Henry, p. 350
Tarrant, Charles, cl. p. 384
Stukeley, Dr. p.775 (v)
Taſburg, Lettice, p. 355
..
Sturgis, Charles, cl. p. 691
Taſſel, James, p. 733. Richard, p.753 oreol
Sturrey, John, cl. p. 465 (), 814 on meilusa
Taſwell, William, cl. p. 537
Stybblyne, Philip, cl. p. 734
Tate, ------, p. 69, 70
Hemody elmesio
Stybbynge, John, cl. p. 570
-----'s. p. 55, 521
Stydolfe, Frances, p. 185. Anne, ibid. Thomas and Tatterſal, Margery, p. 687
Mariana, p. 353 (1)
--'s, p. 334
BA adduchitra
Style, Robert, cl. p. 222-272~285. Robert, cl.
Tatton, Catherine, p. 200. William, cl. p. 280
Catherine, p. 236. Anne, p. 241,
261. Suſan, Tateſham, ------, p. 238-8
dad
p. 260. Oliver, p. 270, 285. Sir Thomas, bart. Taverner, Edward, p. 531-621-630
P. 282–512–783 (m). Lady, p. 285.
Lady, p. 285. Agnes at, Taylefer, Hanger, p. 798 13
P: 512
Taylor, Sir Thomas, bart. p. 103-104-12 1-169-395.
Sir Thomas, peleles Fowkes M. in Weſt Peckham,
Account of, p. 103. Thomas, p. 179. Thomas,
p. 270. Fowkes M. and W'atringbury Place, p.283.
cl. p. 472–725-745-773. John, p. 161 (9), 466.
Leſjee of Canons Court M. in Watringbury, ibid.
John, of Thurnham, defcent of, p. 497. John,
ci w Podilles Pelicans S. in the ſame, ibid. Leffee of
cl. p. 739. James, p. 179
Watringbury parſonage, p. 285
James, podeljes Frogenball M. in Tenham, p. 682
b...e's, of Watringbury, p. 282–283–284-443-512. Ac-
Herbert, cl. p. 302. Edward, p. 464 (e). Wil-
scount of, p. 282
liam, p. 519. Fulkes, p. 632. Mrs. Urſula, p.
Styleman, John, p. 152 baada
642. Account of her legacy towards the augmenta-
Styward, Alanus, cl. p. 400
625 tion of ſmall livings, p. 749 (). Jeremiah, cl,
Sudbury, Archbiſhop, p. 325 (s)
o p. 686, 739. Richard, cl. p.789
Sudeley, Barons of Sudeley, p. 557 (8)
-------'s, of the co. of Oxford, p.
p682
Suete, a woman ſo named, p. 138
20
Taynton, Francis, cl. p. 298
Sulham, William, p. 348
Temple, Earls, deſcent of. p. 424 (2) dal del
Suliard's, p. 250
-, Sir Peter, p. 764
Sumner, Thomas, p. 125 (5)
Templer, James, p. 341
12 tente.
Surry, William Earl of, and Earl Warren, p. 182 (2) Teniſon, Archbiſhop, p. 138-245-5484
Earl of, p. 474. John Lord Mowbray, Earl of, --------'s, account of, p. 735
bertini
p. 204. Thomas Holand, Duke of, p. 256–352 Tenterden, door of, p. 470
-410. Thomas Howard, Earl of, account of, p. Terenden, John, cl. p. 570
778. Henry Radcliffe, Earl of, p. 608 (1). Tho Terrey, William, p. 518-585-587-588. Thomaſine, p.
mas Lennard, Earl of, p. 647
Gari 518, 585. Anne, p. 719. ----, P. 756
Suthfete, Robert de, Prior of Rochester, p. 24
--------'s, p. 766, 803
Suthlevetune, Margery de, p. 79
Teudeley, daughters of John de, p. 354
Suthin, Robert, cl. D. 685
Teutonicus, alias 'Teyes, Walter, p. 66, 473. DORIS
Sutton at Hone, poor of, p. 87
Teynham, Chriſtopher Roper Lord, p.440. Henry Lord,
Sutton, William, cl. p. 138, 500
p. 685
Sydenham, George, p. 392, 543
----, Right Hon. Henry Lord, Palefjes Teynham M.
Sydney, Sir William, p. 249, 376 (i). Lord Sydney of
p. 681. Badmangore M. with its appendages,
Penthurſt, p. 429 (n). Thomas, p. 627
and LODGE S. in Linfed, and reſides at it, p.
-------'s, of Penſhurſt, p. 376
688. Dadmans and Bumpitts in Linſed, p. 690.
Sydnor's, p. 366–372–374
Stuppington in Norton, p. 743
Sykes, Elizabeth, p. 813. George, cl. p. 813, 814
---, Roper's Lords, p. 91-146-605-681-683-687-
Sylegrave, Robert de, p. 798
690-733-743. Account of, p. 687
Symkins, John, cl. p. 25, 60. John, Prior of St. Gre Teyes, alias Teutonicus, Walter, p. 66, 473
gories, Canterbury, p. 445, 731
Thacker, Jane, p. 431. Thomas, cl. p. 583
Symme, William, p. 535-545-644
Thame, Philip de, Prior of St. John's, p. 165 (r)
Symon, John, p. 161 (9)
Thanet, John Tufton Earl of, p. 533. Frances, Counteſs
Symonds, Elizabeth, p. 227. John, cl.
p. 508, 762.
Dowager of, p. 535. Nicholas Earl of, p. 536.
o Benjamin, cl. p.789. Ralph, p. 727 (0)
Thomas, Earl of and Lord Clifford, deſcent of,
Symons, Richard, cl. p. 583
p.636(d)
p. 286.
500.
-'s, p. 611
Thanet,

I N D E Xof P E R S O N S.
$3
-----
p. 667
9
501.
Thanet, Earl of, p. 534(k), 536, 545
Toker, John, poffefjes a feat called the Oaks-in Oſpringe,
--------, Right Hon. SACKVILLE EARL of, podeles Osham
and reſides there, p. 799
M. with Snodbeane and Peping Araw annexed, p. ----'s, of Oſpringe, account of, p. 799 (r)
224. Marefbarrow, p. 533. Šilham M. and Toketon, Roger de, p. 746 (i)
other eftates in Rainham, p. 534. Bloores Place
alias Tufton, family of, p. 534 (5)
S. in the fame, ibid. Popes Hall in Hartlip, p. Tokeyns, Thomas, p. 798 (n), 799 (r)
537
Gore M. in Upchurch, p. 543
Tomlyn, John, p. 188, 570. Iſaac, p. 238. Richard,
Tufton's Earls of, p. 534, 537, 543
Prior of Tunbridge, p. 345. Simon, p. 563.
Tharry, Thomas, cl. p. 354
Robert, p. 616(a). Ambrofe, p. 628 (0)
Thatcher, Mr. P: 5873 ------, p. 695
--, IS AAC, of Neupikar, peljefes part ef Little Wrot-
's, of Frinſted, p. 5!3, 514. Account of, p. 513
ham, in Wratham, p. 236. A House at Neu-
Theobald, Archbiſhop, p. 134-699(e)-700-720-724 (6).
pikar in Wrotham, and reſides at it, p. 242
Mariana, p. 210. Richard de, p. 354. Lewis, Tomlinſon, Jane, p. 188, 213. Matthew, p. 559
the Poet, p. 616. Anne, p. 815
Tomſon, Agnes, p. 604 (f)
Thomas, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 47. Mary, p. Tong, Suſan, p. 372. Jamés, p. 517-580-581 (*)-683.
262. Agnes, p. 464(e). Alexander, p. 388.
Anne, p. 567. William, p. 581 (*)--584 (1)
William, cl. p. 472. Elizabeth, p. 719, 802
585 (d). Semanus, p. 584 (1), 606. Mary, p.
---- 's, of Wrotham, account of, p. 243. Of Lamber-
er 592. Mr. p. 691
hurſt, account of, p. 382
--'s, of Bredgar, p. 584--585 (w)-606. Account of,
Thomaſſon, Edward, p. 719(e)
p. 584
Thompſon, John, cl. p. 591 (v), 739. Thomas, p. 519. Tonebridge, Richard de, p. 149–222-234-235-273*302–
George, cl. p. 601.
------, p. 670
308-311. Richard, alias Fitzgiſlebert, ac-
THOMSON, THOMAS, podeljes a Seat in Ulcomb, and re-
count of, p. 322
fides at it, p. 426
Tonſtall, William, cl. p. 549. Cuthbert, formerly Biſhop
Thomas, of Sandwich, account of, p. 589.
of Durham, p. 556 (6)
Dorothy, p. 442. Henry, of Royton, de Tony, Ralph de, p. 207 (1)
ſcent of, ibid.
Tooke,
------, p. 476. Edmund, of Dartford, deſcent of,
's, of Royton, p. 640
Thornbury, John, p. 716. William, cl. p.725
Topclive, Alice, p. 535
Thorden, alias, Stede, Biſhop Suffragan of Dover, p. 68 (8) Torel, Humphry, p. 159
Thornhill, Sir Timothy, p. 475, 476. Samuel, p. 475, Torrington, George Byng Viſcount, p. 235 (d). George,
534. Richard, p. 528–533-590-715(a)-792
Viſcount, p. 269
(g). Charles, p.533. Henry, p. 637
Toteſham, Dorothy, p. 259
WO
---------'s, p.528-533-580-598-599 678-679-727(0)-792 ------'s, of Weſt Farleigh, p. 295, 305
Thornhurſt, Grace, p. 266
Tothale, William, Prior of St. John's, p. 164
Thornicroft, Elizabeth, p. 199
Tournour, Roger, p. 363 (0), 512
Mrs. Anne, poleſes a moiety of the Grange M. Tower of London, Conftables of, p. 553
dintre
in Gillingham, p. 85. Polejjes Monketon M. Towers, Johnſon, A. M. Maſter of Tunbridge fchool,
in Otterden, p. 504
SHARSTED M. and S.
p. 348
in Doddington, and reſides at it, p. 693. Lands Towne, Thomas at, p. 136-226-397-763. Iſabella, po
in Newnbam, ibid. (m). Marſham, alias Bo-
Elizabeth, p. 764
TO
dins eſtate in Doddington, p. 694. Sholland, Townſell, Hugh, p. 797-3773 7 DOI11
Linh
alias Shorland M. in Newnham and Dodding Townſend, Sir Roger, p. 266. Mary, p. 538
ton, P: 747 (u). A moiety of Newnham par Tracy, William, p. 290 (a)
fonage, and of the advowjon of Newnham vi --'s, of Newington near Sittingborne, p. 557. Family,
carage, p. 749
Account of the different branches of, p. 557 (g).
.........---'s, of Sharited, p. 85. Account of, p. 693
Viſcounts, de cent of, ibid.
Thornton, Beatrix, p. 533 (2)
Trafford, John, p. 89. John, cl. ibid. John, p. 556(c)
Thorpe, John, M. D. of Rocheſter, p. 52 (z). Account Tray, John, cl. p. 611. Richard, cl. ibid.
of, p. 524. John, p. 81-565 (g)-566 (b) TREASURERS, Lords, p. 24 (9-38-61-66-76-98-122 (y)
631 (w). Hannah, p. 199
-226(d)-264-363-439 (00)-529-571 (w)
---, John, of Bexley, podeljes Nettlefied in Stockbury,
p: 524. A portion of tythes in the ſame, ibid. Tregoze's, p. 436
-------'s, of Rocheſter, account of, P: 524
Treſham, Sir Thomas, p. 555 (s)
Throgmorton, Mary, p: 194. ----, cl. p. 215. Ro Trefilian, Sir Robert, p. 264 (9)
bert, cl. p. 222. Mary, p. 430
Treffe, Francis, p. 219, 257 (2)
Threſher, Elizabeth, p. 756
----'s, account of, p. 225, 557 (n) srbis
Thurloe, Thomas, Dan of Rocheſter, p. 28
Tretton, Mary, p. 373
Thurnham, poor of, p. 489
Trevor, Captain Robert, p. 159. Edward, el. p. 745
--, Robert de, p. 499. Stephen de, ibid.
Tribe, Benjamin Francis, p. 447
Thurftan, p. 790
Trilleck, Thomas, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39
Thurſton, James, cl. p. 206. John, p. 587 (il). Mat Trippolow, William, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
o rio
thew, ibid.
p. 755
Triftram, John, cl. p: 351
---------'s, of Chatham, p. 524
Triwle, Peter' Prior of, p. 768.915 191W SWT
Thwaits, Edward, p. 423. Thomas, p. 495
Trome, Walter de, p. 310
Tibert, Leonard de, Prior of St. John's, p. 165
Trotman, Samuel, p. 413
questo: T 112 blywT
Tibetot, Sir John, p. 66-70-775. John de, p. 370 Trott, Mrs. p. 617. Robert, cl. p. 672 sila
Tidd, Philip, p. 88
Trotteſclyve, Hugh de, p. 76. Abbat of St. Auguſtines,
Tihurſt, Rebecca, p. 728
p. 632-23
Tilden, -----, cl. p. 403. Henry, cl. p. 484. Richard, Trowebregge, John, p. 586 (f)
p. 569. Richard, of Brenchley, P. 371 (e) Trowts, John, p. 718. Mark, p. 919.-25
--'s, of Marden, p. 369. Of Milfted, p. 539
Tucker, John, of Egerton, p. 279. John, cl. p. 548,
Tildeſley, Fleetwood, p. 809
789. Charles, p. 368
Tilemanſton, William de, cl. p. 395, 396
's, p. 406 (9)
Tilghman, Thomas, p. 597
Tudor, John, cl. p. 669, 673
------'s, of Snodland, account of, p. 191.
Of Frin Tufton, Sir Humphry, bart. p. 100~638-806. Account of
fted, p. 443, 512
him and his deſcendants, p. 100. Baptiſt, p. 89.
Tilleſley, Richard, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 48
Sir John, p. 1C0-194-430-534-537-666 (P)--
Tilſon, Thomas, cl. p. 182, 189
667 (20). John, p 223_-417---535.
Mr. of
Tilney, Elizabeth, p. 778
Hothfield, p. 429 (f). Sir William, of Vin-
Tiptoft's, p. 66
ters, bart. account of, p. 129. Sir Nicholas,
Titchborne's, of Hampſhire, p. 570, 571
created Lord Tufton and Earl of Thanet, p. 224
Tirwhit, Sir William, p. 496
-534-537-543. George, p. 536. Margaret,
Tobias, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Lady Cliford, deſcent of, p. 636 (d). Charles
Todd, Joſeph, cl. p. 472
and Francis, p. 638 (u). Cicele, p. 764. Ca-
Toft, Robert, cl. p. 583
therine, p. 785
Toke, Nicholas, p. 118. John, cl. p. 591
---'s, of the Mote in Maidſtone, p. 101, 638. Of
-- ---, John, of Goddington, poffefjes Swanton Court in Breda
Vinters in Boxley, p. 129, 626. Of Hothfield,
gar, p. 585
P. 224-534-536-537. Account of, P. 534. Of
------'s, of Goddington, p. 589, 591
Bobbing, p 638
Toker, John, and others, peleſs Brook F. in Oſpringe,
Turgis, p. 401-460-730-759
p. 795
Turgot,
-778
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54
IN DE X
of PERSON S.
(c)
William
do fimo
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Prior and Convent of, p. 252-272-287-296-
Tylden, Mrs. Philippa, poftebes the fieehold part o,
of
Turgot, p. 737, 749 ballon tri
20 Queendown Warren in Hartlip, p. 539
Tuke, Dorothy, p. 418. ------, p. 667 (3
(g)
---- RICHARD, loffee of part of Qucendown Warren
Tunbridge, Richard de, p: 132-172-322-353
in Hartlip, p. 539. Pollefjes MILSTED M. alias
Caftle, Conſtable of, p. 602. Governor of, po
HOGSHAWS, in Milfted, and refides at it, p.
774. Pariſh, Conſtable of, p. 314
Richard Burgh Viſcount, p. 340.
egitris 590. The advowſon of Milfled rectory, p. 591
's, of Wormfell and Milfted, p. 516-589-591.
Viſcount, p. 344 (v)
Account of, p. 589
Tyler, Wat, p. 84-110(a)-224-264-576(6). Robert, cl.
305-307–308-323–330-332 (1) 351-353–
p. 565-583-618–753
354-359-372. Prior of, p. 287 (3)-310-
TYNDALE, THOMAS, podeljes Bedmanton Borough in Worm
335-362
-----, William, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24
p. The fcite of Dane Houſe and other
Tunfall, William de, cl. p. 582.28
eftates in Hartlip, p. 539. Ayington M. in
Turald, Ralph Fitz, p. 226, 280
Newington near Sitting borne, p. 558. Bob-
Turche's, p. 668
2 300
bing M. p. 638. The parforage and advow-r
Turgis, p. 206
Jon of Bobbing vicarage, p. 639
Turenne, Marſhal de, p. 716 (d)
-------, Thomas, p. 637 25W
Turner, Francis, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 45. Thomas,
--L's, of the co. of Glouceſter, p. 638-639-640.
Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27. Edward, cl. p. 93.
Account of, p. 633
William Horſemonden, p. 121–457-459
Tyndall, Savage, cl. p. 676
but mollomodr
460–492. Account of, p. 457. William, p. 306. Tyrington, William de, cl. account of, p. 122 rolamorT
William, cl. p. 635. Mary, p. 214.
-, p.
Tyrwhit, Mary, p. 413
337. Bennet, p. 399. Thomas, cl. p. 635. Tyfoe, Mrs. p. 382(3). Richard, cl. p. 588-MOTOHT
goita Thomas, p. 796 emailom
Hot || Týſlen, Mary, p. 482. Dorothy, p. 742
------, Mrs. ELIZABETH, of Harriet ſham, lefee of the
great tythes of Maidſtone, p. 121. Podeljes Har-
V.
riet fham M. with HARRIET SHAM Place, alias
Stede Hill, and reſides there, p. 457. An
la ovog
Vabedon, Richard, p. 309. olevadmast
eftate at Eaſt Farborne, and another at Far-
Vade, John, cl.
borne in Harriet nam, p. 459. Harbilton M. p.
P. 51
Dosite,bot
Ms. lefjee of Borſial M. near Rocheſter, p. 53. dano
460. Leſze of Merley Court tyrhes in the ſame, p.
461. Pollefes Stoneacre in Oiham, p. 492
Vader, Thomas le, p. 722 (r) be
THOMAS, podeljes Hunton M. p. 300
Valence, Iſabel de, p. 207-28 1-411-416(0) -417-517. Sir
William de, p. 408. William de, p. 380,410
--------'s, of Shipborne, account of, p. 254. Of Hunton,
or de Valentia, family of, p. 404, 681 tot
p. 300
Turnham, de, family of, p. 377, 378. Account of, p. 494
Valoignes, or Valoines, Sir Waretius de, p. 300. Stephen
Turville, Simon de, p. 814, 816. Nicholas de, ibid.
de, p. 195, 49°
Valois, Felix de, p. 391 (6)
TURVIN, the two DAUGHTERS of JAMES, poljefs Catts
Place M. in Brenchley, p. 369
Vander Bembde, John, p. 331
Vanderlure, Samuel, cl. p. 354.
---------, James, ibid.
Account
Turvye's, p. 191
Vane, Thomas, p. 184 (x). Sir Henry, p. 242.
Tutſham, Anthony, p. 251-252-255. John, p. 274 (n),
of, p. 252-253-315. Chriftopher Lord Barnard,
276TIAM
p. 253, 351. William Viſcount Vane, p. 105–
2017 bowo
Twidall, de, family of, p. 82
253-265–351-381--467-787
Twiffin, Thomas and John, p. 307
------, Right Hon. WILLIAM VISCOUNT, poflefjes part of
Twiſden, Sir Thomas, bart. p. 213, 728. Lady Jane, p.
Little Buckland in Maidſtone, p. 105. Shipborne,
214. Roger, p. 227. Sir Roger, p. 206-233
and Shipborne alias Puttenden M, the rectory of Ship-
borne, with the advowſon of ibe chapel, the manor
od -279. Account of, p. 275, 728. Judge, p.
219. Elizabeth, p. 260. Jane, p. 276. Mar-
and feat of Fairlawne, and other efiates in the jame,
Cuttgaret, p. 282-443-512. Adam de, p. 464.
P. 241-251-255. Barons Place in Mereworth, p.
Sir John-Papillon, p. 728
270. The advowjon of Tunbridge vicarage, p. 351.
(u) 52
Sir Roger, bart. poſeljes Borough, alias Brooke
Murſton M. with other efiates in Hollingborne, p.
Court M. in Ditton, p. 188. Eaſt Malling M.
468. Littles M. in Sheldwich, p. 787
p. 213. Polefes BRADBOURNE S. in Eafi Mal
...-'s, alias Fane’s, p. 148–241-252-265-315-316-317
ling, and reſides there, ibid. The aavowjon of
-334-35-367–381-386-519. Account of, p. 265.
Eaſt Malling vicarage, p. 215. The parſonage
Of Shipborne, account of, p. 252. Of Brenchley,
and advowjon of Town Malling vicarage, p.22 1.
p. 367 (2)
LADY, widow of Sir Roger, polefes Davington
Vanhatton, Sir John, p: 318
Hali in Davingion, p. 7280
Vanlore, Sir Peter, bart. p. 331.
's, of Bradbourne, p. 188-213-221-222-275-728.
Vanner, Henry, p. 565
do
Vaferot,
Account of, p. 213 qodidesmaid loll T
-, daughter of, p. 447
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Twifleton, John, p. 296 Sabion A GIRL Vf wologait
Vavaſor, William, P; 555 100
i stofur
Twiſſe, Ralph cl. p. 89 1280 tool na itt
Vaudrey, Edward, cl. p. 611
Swada
Twyman, Wheler, cl. p. 734 9,20 Tonne 91 alwaT"
Vaughan, Thomas, cl. p. 79. Cuthbert, p. 275. John,
Twyne, ------, p. 631 OLED 538 W9 OTT
afterwards Earl of Carbury, p. 48: (A). Ed.
Twyſden, Sir Thomas, p. 141, 306. lourpoT
ward, cl. p. 546
alias Twiſenden, Thomas, his lands diſgavelled,
Vaux, Catherine, p. 199
ua
et se kurr Ap275 (a)
520910T
's, p. 162, 554, Lords, account of, p. 555(?) ()
Sir William, p. 188-275-728. Sir William-
Vechell, William, p. 147 (d)
бооdѕЯ Лturli
Jarvis, p. 276. William, of Chelmington, p.
Veel, Richard de, p. 192. Roger, cl. p.-770 LIIT
275-288-319. Margaret, p. 252, 315. Roger,
-----'s, p. 191
9
p. 278, 319. Sir Roger, p. 289. Anne, p.
Vender: Wahaan, : 55-69-70 Bowtool4 anobl
Venner, Richard, P: 70. S. cl. p. 416M to eat
377. Philip, cl. p. 75813
LADY, poſeljes the Lodge and demeſnes of Eaſt
Venſtre, John, p. 648 (t), 653 Holamo T'
Peckham M. p. 274. ROYDON HALL S. in
Ver, John de, cl. p. 350. William de, cl. p. 351.
Eaft Peckham, and reſides there, p. 276. Albans
Verdon, Theobald de, p. 312. Theobald Lord, p. 32619).
Delia Has M. in Eaſt Peckham, p. 277. Spilped and Black-
William de, Prior of Leeds, p. 479, 480
becod pitts M. in the ſame, ibid. Leljee of the parſonage Vere, Mary, p. 266. Hugh de, p. 281-397-410. Ro-
of Eaſt Peckham, p. 280. Pedeſſes Chart M. in
bert de, Marquis of Dublin, p. 657. Maud, p.
Watringbury, p. 282. Weſtbery M. in the ſame,
781, 791
iedesiti oni .
's, Earls of Oxford, p. 370-775-777,0 foilet
oop. 283. Lomewood, alias Bromes M. in Nettle-
jted, p. 288. The manor of, and the rectory of
-----, account of the family and its different branches, p. 775
Hadlow, p. 319
(v), 777 (R)
's, of Eaſt Peckham, Baronets, p. 274-275-277-
Vernon, Margaret, Abbeſs of Malling, p. 217. Colonel
282–283–288-319. Account of, p. 275
Edward, p.655 (u). George Venables Lord Ver-
Sir Thomas, of Bradbourne, alters the ſpelling
non, p. 755
8 9 at 19do il
of his name to Twiſden, p. 213 (f), 275 (e)
Vernun, Margaret, p. 5720
Ton 10
Verulam, Sir Francis Bacon Lord, p. 379-
Tyce, John, p. 653
ol
Tye, Nicholas de, p. 732, 737
Veſcy, John, p. 169 (6). Sir Henry Brom flete Lord, p.
256 (8)
Tylden, Richard, cl. p. 515-539-541-591-593. Richard.
Oſborne, cl. p. 591. Mary, p. 581
Ufa, Earl, p. 680
1. TO VUOL
-'s, ibid.
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IN DE X
Ufford, Archbiſhop, p. 80–95-204-234. Maud, p. 370,776 Walter, William, p. 77. William, cl. p. 537. Henry,
Vicary, Thomas, p. 125, 135. William, p. 125
cl. p. 141. Walter, cl. p. 161. Parſon of Ley-
Videon, Andrew, p. 105
borne, p. 211. Abel, p. 199 (*) -
Vielſton, John, p. 17, 725
's, p. 69, 70. Of Chart Sutton, p. 405 ddəW
Vienna de, or Vienne, family of, p. 741, 796
Waltham, Alicia de, p. 366. Abbat of, p. 454
Vigurs, John, cl. p. 519, 529
Walcon, James, p. 88
Villars, Mary, p. 716-760-783
qatne obrow Walworth, Sir William, p. 21, 84629
Vincent, ------, p, 137
Sorelow Walwin, Francis, p. 286, 548
Vineley, ---, p. 1942
Walyn, John; cl. p. 193
Viner, Robert, p. 282-443-512. Sir Robert, p. 576(3)
Wandſworth's, p, 276
slatbostado
Vinter, Roger, p. 100. Robert, p. 122
Wangford, William, p. 2t
-------'s, of Boxley, p. 100, 128
Wanleſworth, Adam de, p. 183 (8)
Vipont, Idonea, p. 207
Wantoner, John, p. 310
Virgo, ------, p. 102
War, Weſt's Lords de la, account of, p. 668 (5)
Vitalis, p. 186
Warbeck, Perkin, p: 554
Vitele, Le, alias Veel, family of, p. 191
Warburton, John, Somerſet Herald, p. 580 (D)
Vitulus, Robert, p. 191(z). Alias Veel, family of, p. 191
's, p. 172, 174
Ullock, Henry, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 28. Henry, cl.
Ward, William, ci. p.
161. Thomas, cl. p. 245. -----
p. 212
cl. p. 289. Sarah, p. 348. -----, p. 523, 796
Ulnod, p. 171, 762 a tot le
Warde, John, cl. p. 300 (rr). Ambroſe, p. 306. Ben .
Ulnoth, p. 182
"net, . 306307. Johncl
.
Ulſter, William de Burgh Earl of, p. 258, 270. John de
P. 549
HOR
Earl of, p. 338
Rev. John, poſeljes the rectory and advowſon of the
Ulviet, p. 446-509-695
vicarage of Yalding, p. 308
10
Uluric, p. 182, 222
--?s, of Yalding, p. 307, 3085-erribo atsdals W
UMFREY, Mrs. poffefes lands in Milped, p. 590 (i). Kingſ Wardegar, Thomas, p. 80 (i), 145 (t) 1.9 miblow
down M. in Sittingborne, p. 592. The advow-
--'s, alias Wardacre's, p. 543. lagage allow
fon of Kingſdown rectory, p: 593
Warden, Roger de, p. 546. Simon de, 668
-.-'s, of Darent, p. 592, 593
--, poor of, p. 665
Umfreville, Humphry de, p. 657. Edward, p. 606 (r)
Wardens, Lord, p. 352
Underdowne, Vincent, p. 689
Ware, Richard, p. 165
Underhill, Sir John, p. 459. John, cl. p. 802
Warham, William, Archbiſhop, p. 19-234 ()-325(3):
Underwood, Peter, p. 404 (8)
Hugh, p. 99. William, cl. p. 245. Anné,
Unkle's, p. 780
p. 423. Agnes; 423, 475
Unlot, p. 750
WARING, Walter, podeſes a moiety of Kings F. and the
Unwin, p. 511. Matthias, cl. p. 739
demeſnes of Great Delce, M. near Rocheſter,
.
-------, John, poſeljes two third parts of the advowſon of
P. 55
Buckland rectory, p. 739
-----'s, p: 55
ob bb
Voell, M. p. 579
Warner, John, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 44, 263. John,
Vortiger, King, p. 177
p. 19. John, čl. p. 471. Sir Edward, p. 80
Vortigern, King, p. 601, 602
(1)-125(b)-183
Uppechurche, Henry de, cl. p. 79
-----'s, P.
p. 663
Upton, John, cl. p. 286. John, p. 664 (d), 764
Warrell, Francis, cl. p. 280. Thomas, cl.
-------'s, of Faverſham, p. 766, 798. Account of, p. 766 Warren, John, Earl of, p. 14. William, p. 182, 699.
USBORNE, WILLIAM, lefſee of Moathall M. with Stone-
John Lord Mowbray, Earl of, p. 204. John,
houſe in Berſted, p. 488
cl. p. 231. Henry, cl. p. 546
Uſeflete, Sir Gerard, p. 264
neder sie w
Warwick, Henry, Earl of, p. 13. Richard Beauchamp
*USHERWOOD, Mr. poſſeſſes Barnes M. in Horſemonden, p. 388
Earl of, p. 197. Thomas, ibid. 312. Guy
Uſmer, George, p. 420, 421
Vyane, William de, p. 743
bro
329 (u). Nevill Earl of, p. 98 (1). Richard,
Vyſe, John atte, p. 586 (f), 588
the great Earl of, p. 197 (t). Nevill's, Earls
9-T biony
of Warwick and Saliſbury, deſcent of, p. 196
W. bis
(s). John Dudley Earl of, p. 256–337-339-
@ expresses
352. Account of, p. 256. Duke of Northum-
Wadard, p. 619
olardan
berland, p. 257-3'4-330—345-352
Wadde, John, p. 469
stywa
Robert, of Heryattiham, p. 462 (f)
WADE, Peter, cl. polelles Riſhfords M. in Hedcorne, p.
Waryn's, p. 69
Waſher, Thomas, cl. p. 193
394. Account of, ibid. (p). COST
-------'s, p. 606
Waſhington, Laurence, p. 102-501(k)-385
Wafie,
A. M. Maſter of Tunbridge ſchool, p. 348
WADMAN, FRANCIS, poflefjes Lower Delce and Kings Farms
near Rocheſter, p. 55
Waftell, Elizabeth, p. 450
Wainsford, p. 19
Water, John, alias Pork Herald, p. 357, 752. Godefrid,
Walhull, Walter de, p. 286–355-360-373. Simon de,
ate, p: 736
p. 355-360-373–374. Alicia de, p. 373 Waterer, William, p. 372 (1)
Wake, George, p. 589, 600 boow oila
Waterhouſe, David, cl. p. 403. David, cl. ibid. Benja-
min, cl. p. 472
Walcot, Humphry, p. 502. Thomas, p. 706 63
Waldgrave, Jemima, p. 538
Waterman, Edward, el. p. 472, 484. Catherine, p. 487 .
Waleran, Robert, p. 14
195 ndoto
George, p. 492
Watermill, Robert de, p. 342
1992. & 10
Wales, Edward Prince of, p. 196 (s), 473(k) W
Walker, Anne, p. 199. Hugh, cl. p. 271. John, p. Waterſhip, John, p. 808
Watno, Elizabeth, p. 764
91,98
400. Anne, p. 687
--'s, of Chatham, p. 70
malol lol Watringeberi, Gilbert de, p. 280, 281. Hamo de, p. 285
Wallace, p. 143
Watringbury, of Watringbury, family of, p. 285, 375 ()
Waller, William, p. 102, 354. Sir William, p. 291. Sir Watſon, Hon. Arabella, p. 450-683-7925793. Hon.
Lewis Watſon, created Lord Sondes, p. 704-
Walter, p. 102. Joane, p. 265. Elizabeth, p.
GIVE
694
to e 761-765-772-780-785-788. Account of, p. 785.
-------'s, of Groombridge, p. 336–363–374
to 00152 Hon. Edward, p.773, 782. Lady Margaret, p.
Walleys, William, cl. p. 354
car 785 (w). Lewis Lord, created Earl of Rocking-
Wallis, Mary, p. 419. John, D.D. p. 419 (n)
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Walſall, John, cl. p. 758
of Lees Court, family, account of, p. 784 (2)
---..-, Eleanor, p. 243
Walfingham, Suſanna, of Ryarih, p. 126.
-----'s, of Ryarſh, p. 204
Watterton, Hugh de, p. 620. William de, p. 657
--, Alice, of Penihurſt, p. 399. Edmund, p. Watton, Edward, of Addington, p. 83 (e). William, p.
278. Sir Francis, p. 399 (C), 781. Sir
136–397–763. Bartholomew de, p. 211. Tho.
Thomas, p. 441, 705 (w)
mas, p. 214 (k). His lands diſgavelled, p. 227.
's, of Cheſilhurft, p. 259-269-270-727
Elizabeth, p. 214-241-728. Robert, p. 238.
's, of Addington, p. 204-206-226-317
Walter, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 35-53-57-58-152–231.
Hubert, Archbiſhop. p. 104-234-325 (s)--526 Watts, Mr. p. 4, 526. Richard, p. 51–62–71. Account of;
p. 62.' John, p. 130. Suſan, p. 420
548–680-683
JOHN, lefee of Elwerton M. in Slone near Faver Wavering. Iſabella de, p. 130
Wauton, Bona, p. 663" DigiW
fuam, p. 735
p. 286
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Bolas w
387
scorge, p. 345. Elizabeth, p. 349,
Wayte, John, el. p. 582, 471
Weald, Hugh de, p. 309. Nicholas ate, ibid.
Weatherſhead, Archbiſhop, p. 601, 696
Webbe, John, p. 97 (u), 125 (6). Sir John, bart. p. 688.
Richard, cl. p. 152. Richard, p. 759; James,
cl. p. 222. Francis, cl. p. 546. Chriſtopher,
cl. p. 583, 591. Mabella, p. 578. Roger, p.
586(f). Margaret, p. 639. Elizabeth, p. 688
p. 82-137-150
Weckerlin Rodulph, p. 693, 742 (z). Account of, p. 747
Weekly, George, and OTHERS, poffefs Wef Court M.
in Gillingham, p. 82 mbA
Jane, poffefjes part of the parfonage of Hadlow,
p. 320.
s! ab eo
's, p. 320
+2.4 D 19018 W
Weekes, Johanna, p. 388 Hourad Adoled odreira
Weeks, Thomas, p. 102 (b)
Mr. poleſēs a Houſe in Eyborne Street, p. 469
Mr. of Berſted, podeljes Minnis-bill in Frinſted, p.
514 stond
COE
D
Welbeck, Abbat of, p. 378 (y)
Weldon, Sir Anthony, p. 15. Walker, p. 52 (z).
P: 159
s, p. 274
Welebate, Godfrey, p. 309
Welldiſh's, p. 142
eros Τ
Weller, Samuel, p. 122. Edward, cl. p. 186. Nicholas,
--, CATHERINE, pofteles part of Dachurſi demeſnes in
Tunbridge, p: 334
's, marriages of, p. 345 (1)
Wells, William, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 40. Thomas,
Chaplain, p. 404 (f). Simon de, cl. p. 600.
Simon, Archdeacon of, p. 724 (k)
Wendall, Sir Thomas, p. 128 (5)
Wendene, R. de, p. 374
Wendover, Richard de, P:32. Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 36
Wengham, Thomas de, Abbat of Faverſham, p. 701W
Wenman, Philip Viſcount, p. 531-623–624-662 (1)-663
Right Hon. LADY Dowager VISCOUNTESS,
poflefjes a moiety of the Hundred and Manor of
Milton, with that of Marden annexed, p. 531,
624. Of the Fiſhery of Milton, p 630. Of
Calebill M. in Minfier, p. 652. Of Shurland
M. and S. in Eaſtchurch in Shepey, p. 662. Of
Simsons Northwood M. in the ſame, p. 663
w
----, family, account of the different branches of, p.
623 (k)
Wentworth, Lord, of Nettleſted, p. 67(6). Lords,
livs of Nettleſted, p. 67. Cecilia, p. 118. Tho-
mas, p. 657. Ruiſhe, p. 775
's, p. 66, 765
Weremund, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 33
Wernod, Abbat, p. 438
Weſeham, Roger de, Archdeacon of Rocheſter, p. 47
Weft, Agnes, p. 217 (w). Robert, p. 579. John, p.
586 (f). James, p. 665-668-671-672. Defcent
of, p. 668. Miles, cl. p.463, 676. Admiral, ac-
count of, p. 540 (e). ----, P. 543. Henry, cl.
Mrs, peleles Paradiſe in Hartlip, p. 540 S18 W
Weſbery's, p. 283
WESTBROOKE, JOHN, polefes Keycole F. in Newington near
Sitting borne, p. 559
--, P. 559
Weiterham, John de, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24 maw
Weſtminſter, Dean of the King's chapel in, p. 40. Deans
of St. Stephen's chapel in, ibid. Deans of,
p. 43–45-46-47. Dean and Canons of St.
Stephen's chapel in, p. 401-425-433-509-
510-527-532-533 (7) -- 547–577-751-752-
Laman
(m)-756-791-793–ibid. (*)-795W
Abbats of, p. 454-633-723-732
Weſtmoreland, Ralph Nevill Earl of, p. 196 (s)-327 (i)-
329-448 (m)-496 (Z). Nevill's Earls of,
their defcent, p. 196 (s). Vipont Baron of,
al box of: 207. Clifford Baron of, p. 207 (c)
John Fane Earl of, p. 148–271-272-277~
278. Mildmay Fane Earl of, p. 263–268
(t)-279–368. Sir Francis Fane Earl of,
p. 279. Thomas, p. 267 (o).
Fane Earl of, p. 632
Fane's Earls of, p. 252 (q)-258–265-266
-301-305-321-322-353-354-407.
Ac-
count and deſcent of, p. 198, 265
Weſton, Elizabeth, p. 250. John, p. 690. John de, p.
Weſtwood, alias Leſnes, Prior and Convent of, p. 563
Whailey, Charles, cl. p. 403.
-., p. 676
Wharron, alias Bringhandon, Robert, cl. p. 667
Wharton, Margaret, p. 430
| Whi
-pod 281,624.
Whatman, James, account of, p. 132. Arthur, p. 796-
798-802, -, p. 794
Mr. JAMES, poljeles the OLD TURKEY MILLS
near Maidſtone, and carries on a soft curious
ao manufacture of paper there, p. 133 bar
Whatmore, Edward, p. 342012
Wheatley, John, p. 125 (h)-001
Wheler, Sir George, account of, p. 502 (p). Granville, p.
502-504-505-506-508. Account of, p. 502.
John, p. 703 (72) -50
GRANVILLE, polleffes Otterden M. and Place, p.
503. Boardfield M. in Otterden, p. 504. Lefice
of Prior and Goodmans Lands in the fame, P. 507
-----'s, of Otterden, account of, p. 502
Wheteley, Robert, cl. p. 583
Whetenhall, alias Whetnall, Jane, p. 174. Suſan, p.
Povi 191. Margaret, p. 274. William, p. 277.
NH' His lands diſgavelled, p. 278. George, p.
-----, p. 368. -----, p. 381
--'s, alias Whetnall's, of Eat Peckham, p. 274-
277-278–336–368-387. Account of, p. 278
Whetſtone, Samuel, cl. p. 396&sh
Whightwick, Hefter, p. 447
WHITAKER, JOHN, podeljes and reſides at a SEAT in Bar-
ming, p. 152. Leſſee of Trotteſ live M. p.
6100 230, and of Wejt Court, alias Wrotham
Water in Trotte clive, p. 231. Of part of
Little Wrotham, p. 236. Poffefjes Wardens
in Warringbury, p. 284
Whitaker, John, cl. p. 362a
---.---'s, of Trottefclive, p. 230
Mr. Author of the Hiſory of Mancheſter, p. 767(0)
White, Samuel, p. 173. Robert, p. 318. Sir Thomas,
p. 347. Jane, p. 475. John, cl. p. 548–
549-805. William, cl. p. 472,519. George,
p. 766. Mary, p. 809. Daniel, of Boxley,
I p. 817
--'s, of Boxley, p. 129, 816
Whitfield, Amphillis, p. 383. --.---, P. 447. Sir Richard,
P. 383. Sir Ralph, p. 596
-'s, of Canterbury, p. 1919
Whitgift, Archbiſhop, p. 121, 484
notadoch
Whitnorne, of the co. of Somerſet, p. 772(a) al DOGU
Whitlock, Mary, p. 199, 334
Whitmore, John, cl. p. 220 (v). John, p. 559. Sir
Thomas, ibid.
Whittle, Robert, cl. p. 215
Whitworth, Sir Charles, p. 211. Gerard, cl. p. 212
's, of Leyborne, p. 209-210-212. Account of,
p. 209
Whorne, William, p. 158
Whytfield, Thomas, p. 585
Whyte, Richard, cl. p. 206
Whytſphawk, Simon, p. 395
Whytyngbroke, Thomas, p. 395
Wiat, Edwyn, p. 126, 434. Richard, p. 131. Sir Tho.
mas, p. 397. John, p. 514, 590
's, p. 126, 130. Account of, p. 126.–See alſo Wyatt's
Wickham, William of, p. 424 ()--474-478-656. John,
14, cl. p. 389. William-Humphry, p. 624
Wickens, William, cl. p. 691, 758
-'s, of Ealling, p. 756
byknit
Widen, Edward, p. 587-18
Widvile, Sir John, p. 208 (s). Catherine, p. 313,' 3 30
's, ſee alſo Woodvile's 0.09. sgiosos
Wierton, Adam de, p. 398.502.9. pulau H 3001
Wiffen, Margaret, p. 238 Evitable
Wikes, Robert de, cl. p. 634 (k)
Wilcocks, Jofeph, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 29, 46 asis
-----'s, p. 239
og alls
Wilcocke, William, cl. p. 511 A009
Wilcoke, John, p. 161 (9)
Wilcox, Hugh, cl. p. 363
Costa
Wild, John, p. 598, 7552E01 W W
--'s, p. 675, 753
Wildbore, John, cl. p. 25
Wildaſh,
", p. 538
Rebecca, p. 728.Do
Wilaman, John, p. 687
Wilford, William, p. 223. Elizabeth, p. 239. I Joane,
p. 275. John, p. 343. Henry, p. 454
....
S, p. 440
Wilkins, Frances, p. 407. James, cl. p. 596. David,
D.D. p. 477. David, p. 6041f). Solomon,
p. 641. John, p. 567 (P)
..'s, of Tong, p. 604, 606
Wilkinſon, .--.-., p. 282. Richard, cl.
P.517. Robert,
cl. p. 667. Samuel, cl. p. 734. John,
----'s, of Shelve, p. 446---447-448. Sccount of,
p: 762
774 (s)
p. 657
P. 446
Wilks, Edward, p. 767
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cl. p. 231
garet
--, Richard Earl of, p. 196(P), 269.2 Account of,
Willard, John, p. 349 ST 30 inci
sorria Wolrich, Anthony, ch. p. 667 (0)8-189
Willdyſhe, Thomas, p. 604(a)
9
Wolſey, Cardinal, p. 38 ()-272-288-307-330-344-345-
William, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 2 3. Lord Cardinal, p.685 final! 353-354-355-356-357–360-372-374-378-379
Williams, John, cl. p. 89, 245. Thomas, p. 191, 604 bidi -386-555 (-)-564-802
(f). Elizabeth, p. 292. James, cl. p. 396. Wolftane, John, p. 161 (9). -----, p. 309A81
David, cl. p. 519, 660. Walter, cl. p.770.
Wolverton's, p. 753 (y) 19:00 .
Iſabel, daughter of John Lord Williams of Wood, Margaret, p. 102. ---, p. 173. Henry, p. 285.
On-Thame, p. 623(k)
-9 Thomas, p. 297, 796. John-297, 349, 798.
Williamſon, Sir Joſeph, p. 63 ds to our stor
Mr. p. 444. Benedict de, p. 309
Willington, John, cl. p. 805 di M.2 to
Wood, Richard, p. 464 (e), 519. Richard, cl. p. 517.
Willis, Henry, cl. p. 618. John, cl. p. 770, 789
Alexander, ibid. Catherine, p. 497
PHILERENIS, poffefes an eſtate at Wilgate Green in
Edmund atte, p. 519 (2). Robert at, p. 780
DET browley, p. 766 07
ம
-----, of Watringbury, p. 283. Of Yalding, p. 305.
Willoughby, Thomas, Dean of Rocheſter, p. 27. Diana, 8. Of Tunbridge, p. 332 (b). Of Hollingborne, p.
p. 118. Sir Thomas, p. 246, 247. His
467. Of Wormſell, p. 516. Of Gore Court, p.579
lands diſgavelled, ibid. Robert, p. 247,
's, p. 233
777 (g). William Lord, of Ereſby, p. 256 Woodcock, John, p. 571. Urſula, p. 594.godioa w
(g). Robert Lord, of Ereſby, p. 777 (k).
Woodcroft, Elizabeth, p. 132 dom
Frances, p. 431.
Lord, p. 487. Mar. Woodgate, William, p. 332 (6)=-341-372. John, p. 341.
Stephen, p. 373. Mr. p. 382 tiota
-'s, Lords, of Ereſby, p. 781 (6)
Henry, poflefjes Somerhill $. in Tunbridge, p.
Wilmot, Nathaniel, cl. p. 485-725-814. Henry, Earl
341. Bokinfold M. in Yalding and Brenchler,
of Rocheſter, account of him and his defcen-
p. 372
dants, p. 60, Lord, p. 559
family, account of, p. 341 (y)
Wilsford, Catherine, p. 512
Woodhouſe, Elizabeth, p. 443 Prediyobaki
Wilſon, Thomas, cl. p. 122, 493. Elizabeth, p. 383. Woodokes, ------, P. 545
Humphry, cl. p. 484. James, cl. ibid. John, Woodroffe, John, cl. p. 669, 674
Doctor of Muſic, account of, p. 716, 717
Woodvile's, account of, p.
97.--See alſo Wydevill
GEORGE, podeljes Soranks M. and Fairſee S. in Woodſtock, Edmund of, Earl of Kent, p. 256, 352
Stanſted, p. 233
Woodward, Dr. Joſiah, cl. p. 118, 122. John, p.335.
ELIZABETH, and others, lefjee of Lamberhurſt
cl. p. 361. William, p. 769 (x)
parfonage, p. 383
--'s, of Tunbridge, p. 336. Of Throwley, p. 767
Wilton, William de, p. 754
Woodyer's, of Shorne, p. 52
Wiltſhire, Henry Stafford Earl of, p. 313, 330. John, Woodyere, Alexander, p. In
p. 329 (x), p. 371 (c). Thomas Bulleyn Earl
Wooldridge,
of, p. 337, 350 (8)
Woolrich, Anthony, cl. p. 676
Wim biſhe, Mr. p. 597 (u).
Worceley, Iſabella, p. 261
Winchelſea, Archbiſhop, p. 325 (s), 701
Worceſter, Biſhops of, p. 26 (f)-39-40-41-42-111-136
Heneage Finch Earl of, p. 96(t). Thomas,
(w)---325-636(d)--638-700. Dean of, p.41.
p. 105. Elizabeth Finch Counteſs of, ibid. --
Beat-
Counteſs of, p. 728. Earl of, p. 563, 712
champ Earl of, p.
(p). Finch’s Earls of, p. 97-105-:18–592.
p. 196(q). Charles Somerſet Earl of, p. 304,
Deſcent of, p. 97-118-592 (x)
621(8). John Tiptoft Earl of, p. 554. As-
and Nottingham, George Finch Earl of. p.
count of, ibid.
119. Earls of, p. 758
Worley, Elizabeth, p. 592. Henry, account of, p. 606
Wincheſter, Biſhops of, p. 28-42-43 (n)-123 (1)-553-636 Wornedale, family of, p. 558
787 (n). William of Wickham Biſhop of, Worral, Mr. p. 347. Francis, cl. p. 725-728-814
P: 424 (x). Dean of, p. 46
Worſeley, Sir Robert, bart. p. 623
Quinci Earl of, p. 207. Eleanor Counteſs of, Worthington, Otho de, p. 162, 196
ibid. 473. Hugh Earl of, p. 266 (6). John Wotton, Margaret, p. 100-638. John, cl. p. 114.
Paulet Marquis of, p. 340 (n). William
count of, p. 565. Sir Edward Lord Wotton, p.
Marquis of, p. 677
ati sordning
194–246-397 (s)-428-429-433-458-461-494-
Winton, Adam de, cl. p. 205, 206
. 194.99-614-641. His lands diſgavelled, p. 428-
Winder, John, poſeljes Old Shelve M in Lenhan, p. 448
494. Thomas, p. 397 (5) --465 (0)-458 (C)-
Windham, Lady Frances, p.
: 100. Anne, p. 247 - 2 495-641. Anne, p. 397-575-577. William,
Windibank, Frances, p. 577 blobal yozta
p. 428(r). Nicholas, p. 428(s), 429(e). Henry,
'Window, Richard, p. 814
L L. D. Dean of Canterbury, account of, p. 428
Windſmore, Nathaniel, cl. p. 588
3 sinone
(w). Sir Henry, Provoſt of Eton college, ac-
Windſor, Deans of, p. 45
Add
count of, p. 429 (4). Mr. ibid. (f). Charles
Caſtle, Conftables of, p. 553
Stanhope, p. 431, 614. Robert, p. 482. Ca-
alias Windleſor, family of, p. 187. Anthony, (Otherine, p. 54823sing
97 is P: 187–247=247—248. Bridget, P: 368. ..a's, of Boughton Malherb, F. 194-428-433-437-
George, p. 781
*P? .458–461-494-515-614. Account of, p. 428.
Winford, Edward, cl
. p. 676 918d 1.6019hsanoossa
USTC Of Hollingborne, p. 465
Winge, William, cl. p. 523 (r)
nonce, biobs &
Wray, Tufton, p. 100. Frances, p. 253. Chief Juſtice,
Wingfield, Miſs, p. 283. Sir Anthony, p. 791 3-dogoda
p. 662 (g) 008&ge 1
's, p. 98 (n)
jibong
Wraytle’s, p. 795
Wingham, Henry de, Lord Chancellor, P. 591 (0)
Wred, Robert le, p. 798 $1
Winnington, Sir Francis, p. 552 (9) csokingit ett egy
WREIGHT's, podeſs a Seat at Wbitehill in Oſpringe, p. 799
Winter, John, p. 97 (u)
's, p. 799
fest
vegna
Winterbottom, Thomas, cl. p. 202, 364
Wreke, William, p. 682 (2), 683110M
Winton, Adam de, p. 205, 206
Wreſley—ſee Wriotheſley Stod 16 boto sida
Wiſeman, Robert, p. 125 (5), 145 (t). George, p. 233. Wrey, Sir Chicheſter, bart. p. 655 abstrielo pelo
Elizabeth, p. 449 of to yong ole
Wright, Gertrude de Uries, p. 423 (1). William, p. 405,
Witeman, Frances, p. 803 w vodom
406. Mary, p. 435, 441. Richard, p. 629
Withens, Sir Francis, p. 141, 142. Catherine, p. 276
70_Jelo's, p. 262
Dis baseados
Witherden, Anne, p. 393, lydora
sobo
Wriotheſley, Sir Thomas Lord Wriotheſley and Earl of
Withers, Major-General Charles, p. 655 blodolatosta
Southampton, p. 187
Withred, King of Kent, p. 6002 at noisingi.
Write, John, cl. p. 69rosas
Witleneye, Sir Thomas de, p. 342
honasit bolso
Writhe, Barbara, p. 781
Witteſley, William, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39d103 Wrong's, p. 309
Wittleíeye, Archbiſhop, p. 545
Wroth, Jane, p. 34-4
indoor
Wlù, p. 809
Wryte, John, cl. p. 5372
TOS
Wode, William, Prior of Rocheſter, p. 24.
Richard
ate, Wrythe-ſee Wriotheſley
p. 579 (m). Guido atte, p. 780
Wulf, Radulph, cl. p.583
ate, family, of Hollingborne, account of, p. 467 (i) Wulfer, King of Mercia, p. 647 (f)
Woldham, Thomas de, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 38-78 Wulward, alias Henry of Hou, p. 91
157-164-181. Robert de, p. 158, 159 Wurmedell, Roger de, p. 599
--, de, family of, p 160
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, p. 96-99-101-102-109 (z)-120-128
Woley, John, p. 575 (o), 672
Wolgate's, of Wolgate-green, p. 567-597-767
(1).-130-131-135-176-183–185-214-252-266-
Wollet, ------, p. 407. John, p. 567,
----a's, P. 483
274-279-397–399-516518-544-566-567-575-
581-
P. 114. do
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581-;84-585 (5) -605-608-615-638–64.1-650 Yarmouth, the Earl of, p. 712 (p)
681-682 (n)-690-798. His lands diſgavelled,
Yate's, p. 782
p. 183, 397. Account of, p. 183 (V). Sir Henry, Yerdeley, John, cl. p. 245
p. 99, George, p. 125(b). Edward, ibid. (6),
Yevele, Henry, p. 114
Rudol arrison
184 (*). Frances, p. 126 (m). Haute, cl. p. Yong, Richard, Biſhop of Rocheſter, p. 39-43-49
136. Anne, p. 275
Yonge, Sir William, bart. p. 755 Siva
Wyatt's, p. 83-99-125-126-127-128-130-131-144-168 York, Archbiſhop of, p. 7-28-32-39 (n)-40 (m)-41-42-
169-183-290-294-299-567. Account of, p.
43-45-55(e)-111-136(u) - 196(s;---307-670(c).
125-126-183, and of his rebellion, p. 184
Archdeacon of the East Riding of, p. 40. Abbat
Wybarne, John, p: 356. William, p. 358, 360
of St. Mary's in, ibid. Richard Duke of, f. 204-
-------'s, of Pembury, p. 355, 361
08 338-603-604. Account of, p. 603. Edmund Lang-
Wydegate, Ralph de, p. 926
tanley Duke of, p.338. Duke of, p. 339, 340. Joane
Wydevill, Richard de, Lord of Rivers, Grafton, and de
Dutcheſs of, p. 256, 352. Cicele, p. 339, 604.
odgla Mote, account of him and bis deſcendants, p.98 ni Janies Duke of, p. 552 (r), 666. John, p. 417
----------'s, or Woodvill's, p. 136
Young, Lucy, p. 344. Alexander, cl. p. 667
Wydon, the Clerk, p. 591
Wye college, Maſter and Brethren of, p. 437 2003bo W
Z.
Wykins, Salmon, p. 607
polubodw
Wyſeman's, p. 187
Wigbo
Wyvall, John, cl. p. 136
Zinfan, Henry, alias Alexander, p. 331. Jacoba, p. 332
Zoffane, the celebrated Painter, p. 724 (6)
Zouch, Sir John, p. 168. William la, p. 207 (1) -326–
Y.
338–365 (f). Eva, p. 424 (a)
---, de la, family of, p. 232, 246
Yardley, Thomas, cl. p. 301, 472. Randolph, cl. p.725 Zuleftein, William-Henry de, Viſcount Tunbridge and
---...'s, of Chatham, p. 79
Earl of Rochford, deſcent of, p. 344
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cerita
A.
BBAT S and Priors ſummoned to Parliament, p.
684
P• 202
Abbeys, &c. exempted from tythes, and reaſons of it, p.
124 (9)
stödor
ACCIDENTS, dreadful-At Binbury, p. 495 (1). At Fa-
gallos dos verſham, p. 712
Æſces, meaning of in Saxon, p. 363
Ægyptians, their method of burial, p. 561 (m)
Ad Cibum, meaning of in grants to the monks, p. 463 (*)
Albermarle, Honor of, p. 207, 401, 490
ANTIQUITIES, p. 2 (f), 69, 74, 87, 131, 159, 175,
177, 192 (w), 227, 250, 372 (s), 451,
498, 540, 560, 606 (v), 616, 619,
631, 698, 800
ANTIENT Demesne, tenure of, what, p. 166. In Kent,
p. 12, 156, 298, 302, 365, 384,
698...2
HSW
Antoninus's Itinerary, p. 2, 94, 452 (u)
Marcus, Emperor, his Meditations, p. 561
Apple orchard of Kent, where ſaid to be, p. 684 W
Apples, planted at Tenham, p. 684 loete
Archipreſbiteri, who they were, p. 804. Head of Ulcomb
bir church ſo called, p. 426
Archbiſhops and Biſhops, uſually kept their kennels of
hounds, p. 32 (0)
Dordo
Arpend, meaſure of, p. 403 (c), 472
Arms, cultom of different families bearing the same, p.
mo
Bannerets, Knights, p. 173, 304, 315, 327, 357 (:), 358
(v), 511, 517, 520, 584 (r), 604, 625
Barbican, its meaning, P. 17 (d)
Bargander, or Chenapolex, in Shepey, p. 646
Barnſtaple, Honor and Barony of, p. 557 (3)
Barracks, built at Chatham, account of, P: 73
Barony, lands held in capite by, p. 66, 161, 195, 700,
732, 750, 752, 754, 756, 773, 809, 602, 703
Baronies, account of, p. 195 (b). What they confiited of, p.
700 (m). Abbats and Priors, who fo held their
lands, Lords of Parliament, ibid. (n)
Barons, meaning of, in former times, p. 708
Barrows, or tumuli, in Shepey, p. 646. One at Tenham,
22090
p
Beacons ordered to be erected, p. 644
wb brothew
Bedford, Barony of,
Beech-trees, woods of, p. 767
IN blogu
Benedictines, monaſteries of, p. 22
only placed in the cathedral churches, p. 2267
Berg, its fignification in Saxon, p. 486
Bergavenny, Barony of, claim and adjudication of to Sir
Edward Nevill, p.197, 258, 266. Baroneſs
of, that title claimed, diſpute concerning it,
P. 198
Berkeley, Barony of, in the co. of Glouceſter, p. 424 (2)
Bezant, a piece of money, what it was, p. 189(x)
Biggins, meaning of, p. 101
isti na9
Blackheath, Cornish rebels encamp at, p. 197 (2)
Blackfole-field, in Wrotham, fight at, p. 243
ani
Boc, its ſignification in Saxon, p. 427, 736
Bocland, fignification of, p. 140 (k)
Bolebeck, claim to the Barony of, p. 777 (k)
BOTANY, p. 61, 75, 119, 133, 142, 152, 189, 243,
293, 297, 343, 557, 616, 645, 717, 729,
16 brod
730, 733, 743, 748, 768, 788, 801, 812
Brade, its ſignification in old Engliſh, P: 527
Britannia Baconica, Author of, p.714 (7)
Britiſh coins found, p. 243, 568
Britons and Saxons, battle of, p. 177
ſtory of their maſſacre at Tong, p. 602 (a)
Briva, its ſignification in names of places, p. 2
Broche, meaning of, p. 127 (e)
Bryan,
375 (t)
Assises of the County, uſually held at Maidſtone, P. 109
--, once kept at Rocheſter in the open air, p. 42 (e)
Aftura, fignification of, p. 56 (0)
do 7
Augmentation of ſmall livings, p. 749(b) ost - W
B.
Bacon, Rogeri Calendarium, p. 175
Badleſmere claim to the Barony, p. 777(K). Determination
on it, p. 781

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P: (W190
Bryan, Barony of, p. 519, 771 (w) to vinginn svon92
Coronet dug up in St. Margaret's, Rocheſter, p. 57
Buckingham, Dutchy of, p. 54.4
Coterels, the barrows in Shepey ſo called, p. 646
Bully, Baron of the, account of, p. 52
County Court on Pinnenden Heath, P: 132 case , 1979
Burg, ſignification of in Saxon, p. 565
Meetings held at Maidſtone, p. 109
Burgage tenure, what it was, p. 5
Councils of Britiſh Biſhops, p. 37 (R)
suht 291gi
Burgesses in Parliament for Maidſtone, List or, p. 111.
Counus, Illand of, p. 642 862 .
For Queenborough, p. 659 votosight
Courteſy, tenant by, p. 197 (a jelo misteiden edin
in Parliament, formerly ſent for Tunbridge, p. Coway ſtakes, p. 764
343
Coxcombe fair, held at Ightham, p. 250
Burial, different methods of, p. 561 (m)
Crevequer, Barony of, p. 65–171-298-472-483=485-592
Butler, chief, to the Archbiſhop, office of, p. 324bis)
-737-774-807–810(k)
Byrſa, ſtory of Dido's building, in Virgil, p. 601(y)
Crockfield, in Newington, account of, p. 561
203791
Cropredy bridge, fight at, p. 291, 457
Crowe, duas fummas de; p. 374 (1)
Cultura de tenemento, what, p. 297 (0)
Curfew account of one, p. 447 (y)
moted 1donia)
O S 9nisasi
Cablehanger, what, p. 22
Customs, eſtabliſhments of, p. 8, 711
Cæſar, Julius, his aſſertion concerning the beech and fir Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Kent, p. 649
tree confuted, p. 767
frie erobne Cuſtumale Roffenſis, what and where kept, p. 29()
Caer Maguaid, Maidſtone ſo called by the Britons, p. 94 Cyte, its fignification in Saxon, p. 64
--, a Britiſh city, p. 94 (2)
2005.gretto
Cyzicum, oyſters of, p. 435
Salonwoo
Caii Collis, account of, p. 561
Stratum, account of, ibid. 6394
D. de arte ended on
Calybeat water, at Tunbridge, p. 345
dovado
Cambridge, ſcholarſhip founded at, p. 346-347–348-718. Danes, their tranſactions in Kent, p. 3–33-52-179-182-
Exhibitions at, p. 415. Phyſical lecture
founded at, p. 556, 558
216-472-616-629-631-646–647 si
Danegeld, paid by the county of Kent, p. 5 (g)
Camp, Roman, at Oldbery-hill in Ightham, p. 250
Daniſh building at Oípringe, p. 803
Canterbury, Archdeacon of, his Court, p. 617 (s) clav Date, antient, at Aylesford, p. 175
-------- conventual church of St. Auguſtine, p. 633
Davington, Roman antiquities dug up at, p. 452, 800
, -, Burgeſſes of the city of, p. 624 (n)
Deanries, new, inſtituted, p. 454-723-804A
Queen Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
Caput Baronia, what it meant, p. 65–549 (d)-732
Decoy for wild fowl, at Milton, p. 630 7 to obt
Demeſne, antient, p. 298–384-531
best bris
Caſſatum, meaning of, p. 438 (x)
Demeſnes, royal, p:6:9
Caſtles in Kent, p. 12-87-182-205–264-433-498-602-605
Caſtle of the Kentiſhmen, where, p. 2
Dena, ſignification of in Saxon, p. 565 Toto obowls
Denmark, King of, at Rocheſter, p. 4 bustawasio
Catigern, the Saxon General, flain, where buried, p. 69,
garten
101
Dic, its ſignification in Saxon, p. 1862 morl 191190
177
Diebus quatuor temporum, what, p. 782 3000 Sildoq to
Caves, hollow, account of ſeveral, p. 611 bho abM
Diggs, Sir Dudley, account of his gift for a race at Chilham
Ceafter, its fignification in Saxon, p. 2
Cells, or alien priories, account of different forts of, p. 768
ob and Sheldwich, p.787 (k)
Deſpencer, Barony of adjudged to Lady Mary Fane, po
Chalybeat ſpring at Bcxley, p. 133 (k)
bottingh 19moto
Chamberlain, Lord Great, office of, p. 775 (v)-776–777
Domesday, extracts from, p. 4–12-52-54-56-65-80-82-
(g) (k). Determination on the claim of it,
ta: 95-123-143-146–149–152-157-161-166--
Charter, the firſt among the Saxons, p. 600 (0)
8.171-172-182-186-190-193–195–202-216-
ISO 38 222-226-229-234-235-257-264-273-278-
Chenalopex, or Bargander, in Shepey, p. 646
280–286-289-294-298–302–311-353-396-
Cherries firſt planted at Tenham, p. 684. Whence firſt
hat tranſported into Britain, ibid. (e)
401-403-409-416-421-427-435-438-443-
Cherry garden of Kent, what part ſo called, p. 684 M
445–455-455-460-463-464-472-484-490-
Cheft at Chatham, account of, p. 77
493-495-500-509-511-520-549-571-602-
Cheſnut, Engliſh, p. 568. Large growth of, p. 624, 631.
619-692-695-698-730-735-740-743-749-
Four letters concerning, p. 631 (w)
SSC 751–754-759-762–770-773-789-806-809
1999 M
Domeſday, orthography miſtaken in, p. 4370-
Cheſter, fignification of names ending in, p. 2 (c)
Chichele, Archbiſhop, confanguinity to, p. 67 (2-119 (6)
Donative, what, p. 654 (7) 10/11 SNI YEH
Dour, its fignification in Britiſh, p. 22ngit 121-b10STI
(c)-140 (P-150 (f)-170 (1) (n)-171 (v)
Dourbriff, Rocheſter ſo called, p. 2 (v). agit i plot
192-199 (+)--200–214 (k)—227 (n )---253(6)-268 Dumb Borſholder, of Chart, account of, p. 284
wissdorn
Qori (1)_291(1)—292(s)-331 (20) --336(s)-380 Dun, Dune, fignification of in Saxon, p. 284, 571, 669
08d. ()-266(1)-282(d)-35619—392 (s)-- 393
Durobrive, Rocheſter ſo called by the Britons, p. 2
(u)—404(e)-41878) (k)—425 (1) -432(g)-- --4--4 feveral places ſo called, p. 2 (6)
457 (9)–468 (s)-475-491(w)-522(e)-543 Durobrovis; the Roman ſtation, where, p. 2, 452 () 290 H
(f)---553(0)578(y)--589(e) ——613(k)—614
Durolevum, the Roman ſtation, where ſituated, p. 451, 452,
(9)-622 (1)-623(k)—671/9) (t)-688 (9)
foto 561, 600, 616, 800 do lodsebotol
(9)—693(3)-696(f)-716(3)=764(0)-784 Durovernum, the Roman fiation, where ſituated: p. 452 (u)
(9)-785(u)-795 (1)
Dutch, their attempt on the royal navy at Chatham, p.
Chicheller, fee of, account of, p. 601 (t)
72, 655 9. gntirgto 1. but o bre su
Chilham, Barony of, p. 750, 753
Dutchwork, fax ſpun ſo called at Maid tone, p. 109
fi
Chriſtian æra, when firſt applied to public charters, p.
600 (0)
a moodi
(22.9 o noitriingini
Churchwardens, office of, p. 804 (P)
442.9 Loqora i 20 segadust
Cilt, meaning of, p. 182
Eald, its ſignification in Saxon, p. 237
Cinque Ports
, origin of, p. 707. Liberties of, p. 693.
Limits of, p. 707
sise
Earl Marſhal, office of, account of, p. 203
Cirenceſter, Richard of, his Iter, p. 452 (s)
Eel, large, caught in the Medway, p. 306
Cities, ftipendiary, p. 2, 3.
How held of the crown, p. 4 Eelbourn, or Nailbourn, in Addington, p. 227
Maarial
Cillertians, account of, p. 123 (1)
Claudius, Emperor, p. 631
Elephants, parts of one diſcovered at Leyſdown, p.
Ibu solvin
: 2009
Elizabeth, Queen, account of her progreſs in to Kent, p.
Clergy of Rocheſter dioceſe, benefactions to, p. 44
429 (f)
Clifford, Barony of, p. 502 (n)
Endeavour ſhip, Captain Cook, p. 742 (b)
Cliff, council held at, p. 33
Coins, Roman, found, p. 74-81-131-800
Eſcuage, tenure of, what, p. 167 (9)
Coleyne, the three Kings of, p. 703 (1)
Efq; clergymen affuming that title, p. 436, 463
Commandery, or Preceptory, what, p. 259 (e)
Excise, eſtabliſhments of, p. 8, 711
Comp, its fignification in Saxon, p. 240
Conchites Thells, petrified, found at Hunton, p: 301
M tem ids 9917 tsin
Confecration of Biſhops, p. 40(9).
F.motosoup laasvet
Councils at Becanceld, or Bapchild, p. 600
Cook, Captain, the Navigator, p. 7+2 (b)
Fare, its fignification in Saxon, p. 143, 293
Copperas itones, or pyrites, in Shepey, p. 645
Fairfax, General, beſieges Maidſtone, p. 112
Copperas work, at Queenborough, p. 658
Faverſham, fuppoſed to be the Roman ftation Durolevum,
Coroner, a diſtinct one for Milton Hundred, p. 531
p. 452
OM
198, 266
eto p.781(6)
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Kent, ſovereignty of, p. 602 (a)
Kentiſh rag-fone, quarries of, p. 140-141-147-152-224-
293-296-400-407-414-420-426-437-
492
King George III. and his Queen, viſt Leeds caftle, ac.
count of, p. 478
Kingſborowe, in Shepey, court of, p. 643
L.
51
Fentzelius mentioned, p. 673 113 Gube
Feoffment, old, what it was, p. 737 aed
Ferries, in different places, p. 6, 675, 679
fever, peftilential, a dreadful one, p. 42
Figures, numeral, antiquity of, p. 175
Fire, dreadful, at Sittingborne church, p. 6170
Fish, remarkable rain of, p. 233. Monſtrous one at Min-
ſter, p. 653. Remarkable one caught at Faverſham,
P: 717
FISHERIES, oyster, at Rochefier, p. 9. At Milton, p.630,
700. At Faverſham, p.714
's mentioned in Domeſday, p. 65–80–95-144
146-157-193–195-264-280-286–302–311-
549-619-692-730-740-790–806
Fiſhery in Graine, called the New Weare, p. 91
Fitzherbert, Barony of, now extinal, p. 119 (e)
Fitzpaine, Barony of, p. 519, 771(u)
Fleet Prifon, cuſtody of, p. 770, 771
Flints, their uſe on cold lands, p. 767
Florence, tower of, in Italy, p. 673
Folkſtone, Queen Elizabeth at, p. 429 (f)
Fogs, unwholeſome, p. 610-641-683
Fontes Cantiani, where, p. 616 (f)
Foſſils, numbers of in Shepey, p. 64.5
Franciſcans, or Grey Friars, convent of, ſaid to have been
at Maidkone, p. 117
Fruit
, plantations of, p. 535-539-560-568-684
Fullers Earth, vein of, in Boxley, account of, p. 130
Lardner, principal, at the King's coronation, p. 532
Lam, its ſignification in Saxon, p. 375
Lazarettos, account of, p. 547
Lecture, founded in Town Malling church, p. 215. 219
Leeds, Barony of, p. 375, 376
Lega, its fignification in Saxon, p. 143, 293
Lefwe, ſignification of in Saxon, p. 669
Libratas Redditus, what, p. 670 (2)
London, privilege of thoſe who have been Lord Mayors of,
p. 428 (s)
--------, iron rails round St. Paul's church, where caft, p.
382 (k)
fynod of, p. 601 (t)
Lords, Houſe of, fingular judgment of, p. 784 (-)
Lowy, its meaning and origin, p. 308, 322
L. S. A. meaning of thoſe letters in old grants, p. 222 (1),
427 (c), 463
L. S. M. meaning of in old grants, p. 805
Lytlan, its fignification in old Engliſh, p. 141, 206
Lynacre's lectures, in Oxford and Cambridge, account of,
p. 556 (a) (6)
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GALLOWS, PUBLIC, on Pinnenden Heath, p. 132
Garden of Kent, where ſaid to be fituated, p. 297
Gavelkind, lands changed from, to knights ſervice, p.
455, 625
Gavelwode, cuſtom of, p. 551 (n)
Glaſs-works, fand at Maidſtone made uſe of for, p. 498
Glouceſter Iron Furnace, in Lamberhurſt, account of, p. 382
Goal, public county one, at Maidſtone, p. 110
Gold, broad pieces of, dug up at Tunſtall, p. 581
Grecians, their method of burial, p. 561 (m). Made their
Ons buildings of Aint, p. 569 (c) 9990001
Gromet, ſignification of, p. 708 (w)
Gunpowder, Battle, manufacture of, p. 3412 AM
manufacture of, at Faverſham, p. 712. At
Ore Mills in Davington, p. 728
Mills, ROYAL, at Faverſham, account of, p.
dom2-712
- H. 1-22
Hagénet, honor of, p. 54-460-515 (a) 10
Ham, its fignification in names of places, p. 64–2 22-237-
373-493
110'vsblomto
Harty Iſle, ferry into, p. 644
Heord-tu, fignification of in Saxon, p. 676 nitat
Hloſan, its fignification in Saxon, p. 138 down
Hobeler, what it was, p. 90 (1) Bslatioidtu
Holborough, ſuppoſed to be the place where the Romans
paſſed the Medway, p. 192 (w)
Homo, its ſignification in Domeſday, p. 460, 770!k)
Hops, plantations of in Kent, p. 109-140-560-684-713
-, market for the ſale of, at Maidſtone, p. 109
Hounds, kennel of, belonging to the Biſhop of Rocheſter,
(p. 32 (0)
Hroccafter, Rocheſter, p. 2 store tige 800
Hue and Cry, raiſed at Oſpringe, p: 790 (2)
Hurſt and Hyrſt
, fignification of in old Engliſh, p. 363–
375-527
Huſbondus & Hufwifa, ſignification of, p. 595 (z)
Huitings, court of, in Shepey, p. 644
Mabillon, P. quoted, p. 175
Madder, cultivation of, at Faverſham, P: 713. Mill for
the manufactory of, at Oſpringe, P. 799
Madis, ad Madum, now Maidſtone, p. 94 wollen
Maduice, name of a town, ibid.
Magminot, Barony of, p. 195, 494/v) fails to
Maidſtone, fiege of, by General Fairfax, account of, p. 112
Maltoft, payment of, what, p. 5 b
Mancuſa, fignification of, p. 438 (w)
MANUFACTURES_Of linen thread, at Maidſtone, p. 109.
Of paper, at Boxley, P. 132. Of
gunpowder, at Tunbridge, p. 341.
At Faverſham, p.712. At Ore Mills
in Davington, p. 728. Of madder,
at Faverſham, p: 713, 7995 /
Marſhal, Earl, account of the office of, p. 203 en
Maturines, or Trinitarian friars, account of, p. 391 (b)
Medway, river, trade and navigation of, p. 109
Meetings, public, uſually held at Pinnenden Heath, p. 132
Megwad, Maidttone ſo called, p. 94
Meſne tenants, who they were, p. 571 (W)
Midſummer, form, dreadful one on that day, p. 525
Mills, fulling and paper, at and near Maidſtone, p. 109
Milton natives, oyſters ſo called, account of them, p. 630
-----, ſuppoſed by ſome to be the Durolevum, p. 452
------ town burned, p.611
Minſtre, fignification of in Saxon, p. 647
Mints, regulation of, p. 7
Moles, few in Shepey, why, p. 646
Montchenſie, Barony of, p. 173 (w)
Muta Canum, and Mul&ura, what, p. 32 (0)
N.
Site
1.
Nailbourn, Eelbourne, or land ſpring, at Addington, p.
227. At Oſpringe, p.799. Account of then,
ibid.
Names, family ones, changed by the religious, on their
being profefled, p. 25
NATURAL HISTORY, p. 147-301-382-435-631-672-767
Navigation and trade of the river Medway, p. 109
Newfoundland, voyages to, p. 779 (5)
Niding, name of, 'its meaning, p. 13 (7)
Notary Public, one created, p. 290
Noviomagus, Roman ftation of, p. 452 (u)
Johnſon, Mr. his Iter Plant arum quoted, p. 656 (6)
Indians, their method of burial, p. 561 (m)
Iron foundery, once at South Frith in Tunbridge, p. 341
ore, furnaces for, account of, p. 382
- furnace, at Lamberburſt, p. 382
Iſabel, Queen, account of her ill treatment at Leeds cafle, p.
474-603-520-774
Ijodomos, buildings of Aint ſo called, p. 569 (i)
Fudde Hill, Roman antiquities dug up at, p. 452. Suppoſed
to be the Roman Pation Durolevum, p. 561, 800
Juniper tree, remarkable one at Milſted, p. 590
Juvenal, quotation from, p. 630 (-)
0.
Oak, remarkable one, p. 568
trees, plantation of, at Berſted, p. 488
Oldbury, ſeveral Roman camps at places of that name, p.
250 (6)
Oldwives Lees, account of the race at, p. 787 (k)
ORDNANCE, 'branches of the ofice of, p. 71-656-712
Oxen, the largeſt, where fatted, p. 271, 278, 288, 318
Oxford Earldom, claim to, p.777 (k), 782 (b)
Oxford,
-9K.
Kalendæ, courts of the rural Deans, p. 804

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730(k)
709 (a)
Oxford, phyſical lectures in, p. 556, 5580 W Rural Deans and deanries, origin of, p. 804
ſcholarſhips in, p. 116, 346, 347
Rural Dean of Oſpringe, fory of his ill uſage, p. 805
Oxhide, tradition of, in the building of Tong caſtle, p. 601
Oyſter fiſhery-At Rocheſter, p. 22. At Milton, p. 630.
S.
At Faverfham, p.714
Pods
Oyſters, exported to Holland and Flanders, p. 712 (n).
Saffron, formerly growing at Milton near Sittingborne, p.
Account of their ſpawning and growth, p.715(y).
631 (3)
Rhutupian or Britiſh, p.714. Petrified, p. 435
Saltpits, mentioned in Domeſday, p. 92–571-619-698-
736–790
P.
Samford, Barony of, p. 775 (v)
Sand, Maidſtone, made uſe of in the manufactaring of
glafs, p. 498
Palaces, archiepiſcopal, p. 81, 95, 234
Sandford, claim to the Barony, p. 777 (k)
Palladio, the Italian Architect, p. 267 (P)
Sathenegabail-now Aylesford, p. 166
Paragium, its fignification, p. 186
Saxons, p. 166–177-182-518–646
Paravail tenants, who they were, p. 571 (w)
Say, Caput Baroniæ, where, p. 195
Pariſes ſeparated by others intervening, p. 143, 610, 611,
Schools, Royal, p. 30–116-117-706-713. Free, p. 85-
733, 798
210-219-346-348-415-691 (g)-566(b)--768.
Parliament, number of Abbats and Priors fummoned to,
Free Mathematical, p. 63, 64. Charity, P.
p. 123(r)
63–88-116-179-285-349-452-489-526-540-
Peac, its fignification in Saxon, p. 257, 273
630-649 (d)--714-748-811
Pearl Barley, manufacture of, at Milton near Sittingborne,
Scholarſhips, at the univerſities, p. 30–116–346-347–348
p. 629
Scirman, or Judge of the county, p. 156
Peat, quantities of, dug on Wrotham Heath, p. 242 Scribonius Largus, p. 631
Perſians, their method of burial, p. 561 ím)
Scythians, their method of burial, p. 561 (m)
Petition, Kentiſh, account of, p. 441 (0)
Sergeantry, lands held in, p. 129-490 (8)-- 507–795 (n).
Petrifying ſpring, at Boxley, p. 131 (av)
Office of Steward of the King's Houſhold,
Peverel, Barony of, p. 363, 509, 511, 763
held in, p. 410 (88)
Pinnenden Heath, account of the famous aſembly held there,
Sewers, Comniiſſions of, p. 92-306-395-535-644-584
p. I 32
Sheep, rot in, obſervations of, p. 641
Pits, deep ones, near Faverſham, account of them and their
Shells, petrified, p. 300
uſe, p. 717
Ships, the number found by the Cinque Ports, p. 708 (7)
Planta Faverſhamienfes, the book quoted, p. 645
Snail, the great white ath-coloured one, where found, p.
Poiſon, narrow eſcape of the Biſhop of Rocheſter and his
767
family from it, p. 41 (3)
Solidata terra, what it meant, p. 91 (m)
Pope, Mr. his Dunciad, p. 616
Soliped hogs, breed of, p. 568
Port, Barony of, p. 602 (b), 608
Port dues, or tolls, origin of, p. 711
Sovereign, Royal, man of war, burnt, p. 87
Spearwort, herb, occaſions the rot in ſheep, p. 641
Poft Office, general, in London, p. 576(i)
Springs of water, remarkable, at Langley, p. 403
Poynings, Barony of, p. 519, 771 (u)
Spurrs
, battle of, p. 423 (o)
Preceptory, or Commandery, what it was, p. 259 (e),
Squillaria, its ſignification, p. 557 (1)
Premonftratenfian order, account of, p. 378 (y)
Squirril hunting, annual cuſtom of, p. 757
Proĉters in Convocation, origin of, p. 804 (P)
All Star Chamber, the Mayor of Faverſham ſued there, pa
Stane, its fignification in Saxon, p. 232
Procurations, origin of, p. 804
Promiſes, difficulty of obtaining the performance of, from
Deans and Chapters, p. 263 (ee)
All Stealle, its meaning in Saxon, p. 571
Stede, its ſignification in Saxon, p. 486
Ptolomy's geography, p. 642
Steward, High, to the Archbiſhop, office of, p. 324
Pyrites, or copperas ſtones, in Shepey, p.645. Receipt to
Stones, number of large ones fet up, near Horſted, p. 69.
prevent their deftruction of foſils, p. 673 (6)
Of a globular form found near Borden, p. 568
Storms, violent, p. 112-243-407-525
Q.
Suliva, its fignification, p. 15 (a)
Sulloniaca, Roman, p. 568
Quarries--fee Kentiſh rag-ſtone
Sumerhas, in the Weald, p: 551(n)
Quarantine, where performed, p. 547
Sun fiſh, one caught at Faverſham, P.717
Quarter Sefíions for Weſt Kent, held at Maidftone, p. 109
Swine, wild ones in the Herſt woods, p. 271
Quintin, ſport of, p. 224, 639. Account of, p. 224
Sylla, its fignification in Saxon, p. 16 (a)
Synodals, origin of, P: 804 (1) NAVAO
R.
T. (6) 801423b
Rabbets, warren for, at Boxley, p. 131, 132
moller a doiniguo io
totnguo4 no allo2I/A
Rag-ſtone, Kentiſh--fee Kentiſh rag-ſtone
Tallages, how aſſeſſed on towns, p: 5
Race, inſtituted by Sir Dudley Diggs, at Chilham and Teeth, large ones dug up at Eaſt Farleigh, p. 147
Sheldwich, p. 787 (k)
Tempore pacis, et tempore belli aut guerra, what it means,
Rats, few, in Shepey, why, p. 646
p. 205 (1)
Records and charters, where appointed to be kept, p.
Terra regis, what, p. 619, 698
AsdgiA
327 (2)
Textus Roffenſis, what and where kept, p. 29(d), 34
Regiſtrum Hamonis, account of, p. 38 (v)
Thame Barony, petition for, p. 623(K)
Religious Houſes, which were capable of exemption of
Thurn, its ſignification in Saxon, p. 493
tythes, p. 487
Timber, how tranſported from the Weald, p. 109
Revenues of the Biſhops and their Monks ſeparated, p. 23
Toad, live one, found in the body of a tree, p. p. 690
Rhutupian or Britiſh oyſters, p. 714
Toliapis, Iſland of, p. 642
Ritupis, Roman ftation of, p. 452 (1)
Ton, its fignification in Saxon, p. 427
Rivers loſing themſelves under ground, inſtances of, p.
Tournais, weight, p..473(P?
140-400-403
Tournament, held at Rocheſter, p. 4
Roibis, Rocheſter ſo called, f. 2
Tower of a church, greatly out of the perpendicular, p.673
Rockingham, Barony of, p. 785
Tracy, Barony of William de, p. 557(8)
Roman Antiquities, p. 2(f) -214(0)-250 (s)--498-540
Trade of ſhipping ac. Faverſham, p. 711
-559-560-568–569-684-698-728–
Tree, black cherry, remarkable one, at Bredgar, p. 587
729-736–800. Camps, p. 240, 250.
Trial, remarkable one, held at Earith, p. 156
Roads, p. 2–74-216 (d) -219-222-
Trinitarians, order of, account of, p. 391 (6)
243–250-293-451-550-639. Pot:
Trinoda neceffitas, p. 273, 463
tery, p. 561. Stacions, p. 2–3–74-
Tripontium, p. 452
Troille's Letters, p. 742(6)
94-179-243-451-452 () -561-563
600-616-800. Urns, p. 561
Tumuli, or Barrows, in Shepey, p. 646
Romans in Kent, p. 2, 192(w)
Tun, Tuna, fignification of in Saxon, p. 186, 225
their method of burial, p. 562
Tunbridge pariſh, trial relating to the juriſdiction of the
Conſtable of, p. 314 ()
Rood, famous one, at Boxiey, p. 133
Roſs, Barony of, p. 173
Tythes, religious houſes exempted from, p. 702 (e)
Round tilt land, what it is, p. 599, 684
dominical, what they were, p. 735
Vagas
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V. to 'to de los
Vaga, name of a Britiſh river, p. 94
Vagniace, the Roman ſtation, where ſuppoſed to have been,
Venus, tranſit of, p. 742 (5)
omae 94-179-243-452 (u)
Vicar, wife of one anno 1504, p. 691(m)
Vicarages, poor, augmented, p. 44
Vicario munere, meaning of, p. 680 (s)
Villa, its fignification, p. 698 (a)
Villa regia, what, p. 619. of the Saxons, where placed,
Warrens, for rabbits, at Boxley, p. 131, 132 Box
Water, ſpring, at Aylesford, which changes ftones, &c.
Ito a carmine colour, p. 173
---, fcarcity of, in the Ifle of Shepey, p. 665 (8)
---, chalybeat, at Faverſham, p. 717
Weald, fignification of the word, p. 156
different cuſtoms in, p. 681 (a)
Weights and meaſures, cuſtody of, where, p. 110
Well, remarkable one, at Queenborough, account of, p. 6;8
Weregavel rent, what, p. 670 (a)
Weſtminſter Abbey, weſt front of, built, p. 46
cuftody of the King's houſes in, p. 770
Wheat, where the beſt formerly grown, p. 535
Wine, the tenth of, at Tenham, p. 682
Witena, or Wiſemen, judgment of, p. 156
Wives, of the gentry, ſummoned to the Queen's corona-
tion, p. 625
Wolde, meaning of in Saxon, p. 156
Wood, being exempt from tythe, no proof of its being in
the Weald, p. 242
Writ of right by battle, account of, between Paramour and
Chevin, p. 677
p. 800
Vinea, meaning of, p. 403 (c)
Vineyards, in the county of Kent, p. 370 (k)-403–472.
Account of, p. 403 (c)
Univerſities, exhibitions at, p. 27
Voflius quoted, p. 175
Urns, found at different places, p. 87-131-192(w)--562.
Account of different forts and their uſes, ibid.
W.
Y.
Walloons ſettle at Maidſtone, p. 109, 121
Warden, Lord, his diſpute with the Abbat of Faverſham,
p. 700 (f)
Yokes, meaning of, p. 525 (c)
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BERGAVENNY, Right Hon. Lord, p. 200
Adam's, p. 456 (6)
Adye's, p. 448 (p), 694 (V)
Alchorne's, of Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399 (r)
Aldham's, p. 247 (d)
oro 1521
Alefe's, of Milton, p. 628 (y)
Allen, Sir John, p. 249 (k)
quum
's, of Rocheſter and Borden, p. 568 (a)
Alphew's, p. 429 (8), 430 (-)
Allton's, Baronets, p. 538 (v)
Amherſt's, p. 145 (ů), 205(d), 358 (0)
Annandale, Marquis of, p. 331 ()
Apulderfield's, p. 686 (2)
golnou at
Ardern, Thomas, p. 704 (9)
Argall's, of Eaſt Sutton, p. 418 (d) to thang mitor
Arundel, Archbiſhop, p. 264 (t)
Aſtley's, p. 184 (a)
Aftry's, p. 402 (7)
At-Water's, of Lenham, p. 441 (d)
Lenham, p. 44: (d) akow
Aucher's, p. 501 (e)
20
Audley's, p. 327 (2)
Auften's, Barcanets, p. 126 (u)
-------'s, of Grovehurſt, p. 307 (a)
Aylesford, Right Hon. Earl of, p. 171
Dr19 Suivant
Baniſter's, p. 617 (u) mol op andet 2 1511
Banks's, of Aylesford, p. 170 (r)s.geto irodalo
Barham's, of Maidſtone, p. 101(r)
Barker's, p. 67 (w)
Barnham's, p. 466 (d)
Barrett's, of Kent and Eſex, p. 810 (c)
Bartholemew, of Addington, p. 227 (-) Waddes
Bartie, of Berfted, p. 488 (9)
noft-
Beaufitz, p. 82 (c)
Becket, Archbiſhop, p. 563 (s)
Bedford, Dutchess of, p. 98 (i) w od was
Belcher's, p. 426(*)
mwen bra abro
Belford, p. 130 (t)
Belke's, p. 786 (3)
เ ร 390 mot cuoigila.
Belknap, p. 429 (8), 430 (r)
Bennet's, of Kew-green, p. 811 (m)
Bentham, p. 695 (z)
Beresford's, p. 563 (s)
Berham's, alias Barham's, of Tefton, p. 290 (d). Of
Wadhurſt and Boughton Monchelſea, ibid.
Berkeley's, of Ulcomb, p. 425 (6)
Beft, of Chilſon, p. 435 ()
's, of Boxley and Chilſon, p. 131 (d)
bybox
Beſwicke's, of Spelmonden, p. 385
Beverſham, p. 419
Beuly's, p. 159 (2)
Bicknor's, p. 517 (9)
Bix, p. 596 (9)
Bode's, p. 726 (e)
Boteler's, of Teſton, Barinets, p. 292 (7)
Bourne's, of Sharſted, p. 692 (d)
Bouverie, of Teſton, p. 292 (1)
Poxley Abbey, p. 124
Brakenbury, p. 137
Bredgar's, p. 584
Brenchley's, p. 368 (w)
Brenley's,
B.
Bachecott, p. 292 (1)
Badland, p. 649 (y)
Badleſmere's, p.775 (u)
is tehtud
Bamber's, p. 194 (r)
Bamburgh's, p. 429 (g), 430 (r)
Bamme's, of Gillingham, p. 84 (1)

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Brett's, of Malling, p. 213 (a)
Dering's, of Shelve and Doddington, p. 447 (*) balt
Brewers, of Ditton, p. 188 (s). Of Weſt Farleigh, p. Digby, Right Hon. Lord, p. 597 (a)
STUDISHI
295 (1)
Diggs's, p. 563 (s)
Briggs, p. 219 (0)
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Brooke, of Rocheſter, p. 52 (a)
Dingley, p. 753 (3)
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Brown, of Brenchley, p. 372 (m)
Deſpencer, Lord Le, p. 268 Selim to
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Devonſhire, Rivers Earl of, p. 98 V EZT han
Dewe's, of Lamberhurſt, p. 383(z)
Bryan's, of Wrotham, p. 243 (x)
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Dodſworth’s, p. 696 (8)
Buck's, of Rocheſter, p. 522 (c). Mr. p. 679 laboral Donet, of Rainham, p. 533 (c), 536 (-) .q's
Bufkin's, p. 491 (w)
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Drake's, of Agmondeſham, p. 613(?) do I to rol
Bunce's, p. 505 (t)
Drayton's, of Oſpringe, p. 794 (i) ilə to rehelt
Burſton's, of Hunton, p. 300 (1)
tto all Drury's, p. 689 (W) Soon to be
Butler's, p. 429 (), 430 (~)
og IM Dryland's, p. 705 (w).0996 elodiils H
Burville's, of Boxley, p. 131 (a)
Duke's, of Aylesford, p. 173 (8) 392.9 og
Burwaſh's, p. 563 (s)
mala vedom Duppa's, of Hollingborne, p. 469 (0)10 10
Byng's, p. 235 (7)
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Eaſtangrave, p. 375 (+) extrase ni lo rimto Del
Cæſar's, p. 99 (a)
Ellis, or Elys, of Otham, p. 492 (d)
Cage's, of Milgate, p. 487 (c) (i)
Elmſtone's, p. 536 (20)
Calcraft, of Ingries, p. 482 (w)? ungdare to buelto
Emmett, of Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399 (m)
CANTERBURY, fee of, p. 563 (s)
Engliſh's, of the co. of Suſſex, p. 104 (u)
boowyou
Capel's, p. 811 (n)
Eve's, p. 738(t)
(*) sdne i lo' colo
Carew's, of Beddington, p. 204 (7) 218 celerrig
Evering, p. 375 (0)
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Cartwright's, of Malling, p. 212 (3)
Cawne, Sir Thomas, p. 251 (y)
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Catznelbɔge, p. 344
Azerbol
Cecil's, p. 439 (00)
Fairfax, Right Hon. Lord, p. 478
(b) 802 Iebro le rioleri
Celey, p. 788 (s)
218.9. sro
Fane’s, alias Vane's, family of, p. 254018. okt
Chalfhunt's, p. 363 (6)
Faverſham, Abbey of, p. 703 bis boton to 'resiter !
Chaloner’s, of Hollingborne, p. 467 (1)
Town, p. 713
SHARP
Champaine's, of the co. of Leiceſter, p. 746(:)
obgry
Charlton's, of Boxley, p. 131 (x)
Filmer's, of Eaſt Sutton, Baronets, P: 419
Chauncy's, of the co. of Hertford, p. 444 (9) bob
Fitzalan's, Earls of Arundel, p. 264 ()
Cheney's, p. 662 (5), 578 (e)
Fitzmaldred, Robert, of Raby, p. 200 (a)
Indolo
Chelmington's, p. 275 (a)posibhovba 12. decem
Fitzpaine, p. 389
Cheiter, Earl of, p. 375 (+)
boondoom boomino Fitzwalter, p. 608 (1),(0) 0 Tove'l to coost
Chiche’s, p. 628 (y)
Finch's, of 'Chatham, p. 513 (zz). Of Kingſdown, p.
Chidcroft, p. 375
yola On
592 (2). Of Sewards, p. 689 (v). Of Fa-
Children's, of Tunbridge, p. 343 (K)
verſham, p. 704 (r). Of Preſton, p. 812 (7)
Chowne's, of Fairlane, p. 241 (r)
Fiſher's, p. 11(0)
Chriſtmas, of Eaſt Sutton, p. 404 (f)
qorola
919V bal
Flint, of Oſpringe, p. 797 (8)
Cinque Ports, p. 563 (s)
Fludd's, of Berfted and 'otham, p. 487(2), 492 (,) bu
Clare, family of, p. 326 (r), 375 (+)
Foote's, p. 137 (0)
Clarke's, of Bredgar, p. 585 (d)
Forſter's, of Borden and Tong, p. 568 (c)
Clerke's, of Ulcomb and Rocheſter, p. 423(v), Of Ford, Forterie, p. 292 (0)
p. 239 (s)
Frebody, p. 292(0)
Clement's, of Ightham, p. 249 (1)
Freeman, p. 292 (1)
Clifford's, of Bobbing, p. 412, 636 (e), 637 (1) oito Frognall, p. 681(3), ) oë.9 gubis Y lo ee bon monta
Clive's, of Copton, p. 806(0)
Froxmere, p. 292 (9)
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Cocks, p. 536 (v) albot
Fynche's, of Grovehurft, p. 627 (0)28 de
Sir Charles, bart. p. 553. (*) asla
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Codd, of Watringbury, p. 283 (n).
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Codeſted's, of Stockbury, p. 522 (1)
Coke, of Canterbury, p. 487 (5)
Garrard's, alias Gerrard's, p. 613(e)
Colepeper, family of, p. 147, 174, 375 (), 395 (x), 478
Glanville's, p. 249 (y).
Collins, of Shipborne, p. 254 (4)
Gaſcoigne's, p. 495 (m)
Colwell's, p. 707
1030
Gatton's, p. 427 (f), 763 (y)
Colſon's, of Milton, p. 628 (*)
Gilbert's, p. 501 (f). Sir Humphry, p. 779 ()
Conny's, of Rocheſter, p. 192(0), 521 (u)
Giles's, of Sheldwich, p. 786 (F)
Corbet's, different branches of, p. 746(k)
Gillow's, p. 705 (2)
Corbie’s, p. 42969), 430 (r)
Godfrey's, of Norton, p. 741 (m) (1.92
Coſenton, of Coſenton, p. 173(e)
Golding's, p. 150(9)
o's, of Oxen hoath, p. 261 (a)
Goring's, p. 523 (0)
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Courthope's, p. 375 (t), 387 (s)
Gorney, Hugh, Earl of Gorney, p. 637 ()
Covert's, p. 129 (1), 210(+), 495 (r) 10 mesos
Goulſtone's, p. 296(d)
tody
Cox's, of Stanited, p. 233 (m)
Gouſon's, p. 4.28 (n)
(odga ystovi
Crevequer's, p. 66 (a)
Green’s, alias Norton's
, p. 544 (m) s I to lood
Crew's
, p. 53813
Criols, p. 375 (+), 497 (r)
og by Greenftreet's, of Oſpringe, P: 793 (2) Stage!
Grove's, of Tunſtall, p. 587(2).
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Crómer's, p. 576(k)
Guildford, Sir Henry, p. 313()
Cromp, of Frinſted, p. 513 (22) toko
Guiſe, p. 375 (t).
Crookthorn, p. 161 (2)
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Gull's, p. 250(2)
102.4 gota
Crux, p. 539(2), 629 () og
Gurney's, p. 637)
Curteis's, of Otterden, p. 502 (0) 152bi?
Curva-ſpina, de, p. 161 (2) (toggi!
H.
Catt, alias Cutts, p. 495 (7)
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Hadde's, p. 512 (7)
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Haddock's, of Wrocham, p. 236(r) -sco se lost
Hadloe, de, p. 315 (d) det
Haeftrecht, p. 247)
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Dalyſon's, alias Daliſon's, p. 259 (), 2600
Daniel's, p. 270
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Halbrook's, of Boughton Monchelſea, p. 399
Halden's, of Halden, p. 375 (+)..odblow to edytOEM
Darbie's, of Stalisfield, p. 760 104
Darcy's, of the co. of Efex, p. 678!k)
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Hales's, of St. Stephen's, Baronets, P.,578 msginem
Daſhwood, of Kirtlington, bart. p. 333
Halfted's, different branches of, p. 753(3) 08 30 persM
Deitz, p. 344
Hamilton's, of Chillon, p. 440 (1) 1911W i? varsin
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Mapliſden’s, p. 1011
Harpur's, p. 412(1) brod H tryiydgia
Marriott, of Spelmonden, p. 385 (f)
ordi 2019
Harris's, of Barming, p. 151(2)
(3)03.gid Marſh, p. 292(+).
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Hatley's, p. 101 (a), 137 (i) Ndiodurata ewa
Mercy, p. 555 (u)
Haverſham, p. 430 (r)
(a) doctowlboa
Mendfield, p. 738 (8)
Haule’s, p. 101 (1) 2012. dele, to 19000
Meredith, of Leeds Abbey, p. 482 () oal to
Hawley, of Leyborne, p. 209 (K) brzom A to za
Mereworth, de, family of, p. 264
Haward's, of Gillingham, p. 84 (0) to ze nestand Merry, p. 501(b)
Hayward's, of Hollingborne, p. 468 ()
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Heath, alias Nicholas, of the co. of Suſſex, p. 425 (c) Milles's, of Royton, p. 441(c). Of Norton and Daving-
bio
Hengham, p. 522 (1)
ton, p. 728 (2)
Henley's
, of Otham, p. 492 (6) od gnilo to eetsagaa Molbray, Earl of Northumberland, p. 202 (2)
Herbert's, p. 624 (?).
Monins, p. 567 (5)
Herdſon's, p. 772 (a)
Monſon, p. 785
Hert, Robert, of Faverſham, p. 811 (5)
Montford, p. 429(8), 430 (*)
Heffe, family of, in Germany, p. 477 (4), Svatges
Mordaunt's, of the co. of Warwick, Baronets, p. 150 (f)
cho 1 10 il a
Mores, of Tunſtall, p. 580 (0)
Hoby's, p. 649 (»), 815 (w) (3
dezemollar
Moore's, of Benenden, p. 412 (d). Baronets, p. 637 (1)
Holbrooke's, p. 560 (c), 563 () cosdg od to 339
Morland, of Lamberhurit, p. 377 (9)
195/5)
Home, p. 563 (0) 210.03 gelo z hilgaa
Multon, Sir John, Lord Egremond, p. 248 (0) 13
Honywood's, p. 442 (b), 450
-----'s, of Ightham, ibid.
Horne's, of Lenham, p. 444 (*) (0) 21. schoval
Mumbray, p. 815 (7)
Horſmonden’s, p. 457 (v)
Horſepoole’s, p. 104 (0)
Hooker's, of Tunbridge, p. 332 (6)
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Hovenden's, p. 424 (3)
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Napleton's, of Borden, p. 568 (d)
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Hougham's, p. 375) Aiq box. Ito angis xstin
Narſaw, p. 344
Howel's, p. 240(A)? 10 Ylimmst eeousVesils d'un
Hugeffen's, of Liníted and Provenders, p. 689 (y)
HUVA Nayler, p. 174 (m)
Hulkes, alias Hulſe, P: 748 (0)
Nevill family, original arms of, p. 200(a). Their change
of them, ibid. Antient creſt of, p. 268 (r)
Huntingdon, Clinton Earl of, p. 208 (-) 10 e vazno
OIAN? no to cztom Nicholas, of the co. of Suſſex, p. 425 (d)
(1.da.golo di essiestil Norden's, of Rainham, p. 535 (+)
I. to 19doi bərbisemstra Norfolk, Mowbray Duke of, his creft, p. 203 (f)
08r. opisati North, Sir Edward, p. 209 (9)
Jacob; of Faverſham, p. 671() () God or were Northwood's, of Northwood, p. 563 (s), 625(*), in
James's, of Ightham, p. 247 (c) do 20 cadould
--- 's, of Dane Court in Thanet, p. 626 (6)
------'s, of Eaſling, p. 7512.10 ) soz
Norton's, of Chart Sutton. p. 404
Inge, p. 246 (1) 10 Crop IBOY
's, of Northwood, p. 563 (s), 626 (6), 803 (1)
Jocelyn's, p. 142 ()
ger9111
alias Green, p. 639 (0)
Ireland, Vere Duke of, p. 776 (2) octolo to nila Nortop's, p. 224
Judde's, p. 336 (5)
bu bir tobuli Nottingham's, p. 590 (8)
Jumper’s, p. 522(d)
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Kerkhoven's, p. 431
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Ongley, Right Hon. Robert Lord, p. 405 (1)
Kirkby's, p. 375. ()) red.co Nudo voto to stay Oiborne's, of Hartlip and Stockbury, p. 523(2), 53915)
Know, p. 239 (1)
Otterden, alias Ottringden, p. 501(cc), (e)
Knowler's, of Faverſham and Oſpringe, p. 597 (u)
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Pagitt, p. 555 (u) (3) moeite 10 anillo
Lade's, of Boughton, p. 815(w) yes no
Paine's, of Otterden, p. 506(tt).
Lambe, William, p. 4c5(?) i 1924 dito
Palmer's, of Snodland, p. 172 (i), 190. Of Hartlip, p.
537 (2) OCT
Lee's, of Great Delce, p. 55(e) ou as wallia
Pantolfe, p. 430 (7)
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Payne's, of Town Sutton, p. 414 (v) ta'side
------, priory of, p. 480
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Lewin's, of Otterden, p. 501(b), 555 (11) gnito
Parrock’s, p. 375 (1) 106 90 702
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Peche’s, Baronets, p. 628 (s) () 1829 ro's godonere
Leyborne, "p?2001), 375 (4), 5
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Loftie's, p. 747 (1)
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Petevin, or Potyn, p. 501(e)
Lovelace, of the co. of Kent, p. 612(z) Tisa Petit, p. 429 (&), 430 (r)
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Lucy, p. 553, 554 (m), 555 (r), 563() te da Peyforer, p. 375 (t), 500 (Ⓡ), 750 (0) 0 TOT
Luſhington, p. 594 (W)
Consell Peyton, of Wincheſter, p. 597 (2) torrioza
Lynd, p. 151 (0)
TEO.See you Philipott's, 84. Of Philipotts, p. 335 (m) 2.0
Pickering, p. 430 (r) som
Piggott, p. 741 (1)
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Pimpe's, of Nettleſted, p. 217(k) 21100
Pincerna, Thomas, p. 291 (f)
Maicott, p. 812 (6)
Pine, de la, p. 609
Pinke’s, p. 693 (Þ)
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Plot's, p. 565 (f), 566(b)
Malmains, p. 355(t)
CAST doszilas
Plumer's, of the co. of Hertford, p. 305 (0)
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Maney's, of Bidđenden and Linfon, p. 141 te zloddish
Pordage, of Rodmerſham, p. 593(2),
Manley's, of Woldham, p. 159 (c), 191(1) absH Porter's, of Lamberhurit, p. 376 (
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Mann's, of Boughton and Linton, p. 432 (4) balski Potkyn, p. 102 (2)
Potyn, or Petevyn, p. 500 (), 501(e)
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Tappenden's, p. 733 (*)
Proude, p. 815 (1)
Taylor's, of Maidſtone, Baronets, p. 104(8). Of Thurn-
ham, p. 497 (t): Of the co. of Oxford, p.
682 (r)
Q.
Teynham, Right Hon. Lord, p. 688
Thatcher's, of Frinſted, p. 514 (m)
Quadring, p. 681(k)
Thomas's, p. 243(11)
Queenborough Town, p. 658
Thornicroft's, of Sharked. p. 693 (!?)A
Throgmorton, p.430 (r)
R.
Tilden's, of Milfted, p. 589(e)
Tilghman's, of Snodland, p. 191 (f). Of Frinſted, p.
Ratling, of Ratling, p. 375 (t)
512(y), 513(zz)
Reader's, p. 585 (7)
Tonge, of Tunſtall, p. 580 (v). Of Bredgar, p. 584
Rede, p. 429 (8), 430(r)
Towne, Thomas atte, p. 763 (f)
Rhodes, of Chelſea, p. 67 (5)
Tracy's, of the co. of Glouceſter, and of Newington near
Rider's, of Boughton Monchelſea, p. 398 (a)
Sittingborne, p. 557 (b)
Rivers, p. 98 (m)
Treffe, p. 225 (1)
Rochester City, p. 8. See of, p.47
Tufton, Sir Humphry, p. 100 (6)
Hyde's Earls of and of Clarendon, p. 61
Turner’s, of Shipborne, p. 254 (?). Of Richmond, po
Rochford, Earl of, Viſcount Tunbridge, p. 344 ron si
bei 457 (0) Auto VI
Rokeſley's, p. 375 (1)
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Tutſham, of Tutham, p. 375 (+) do dia
Romney, Right Hon. Lord, p. 100
Twiſden's, of Bradbourne, Baronets, p. 214
Rooper, Roper, p: 772 (a)
Twyfden's, of Eaft Peckham, Baronets, p. 276 1101
Ros's, p. 173(e)
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Tyler, p. 753 (0)
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Roydon, p. 274 (*)
Tyndale's, p. 638 (3)
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Vanlore's, Baronets, p. 331(v) daboggauit aswt bar
Vaux, p. 555(r) 3.12 TCAROT
Venour, of Great Delce, p. 55(c) noiew to
St. Albans, Burgh's Earls of, p. 340 (m) meid
Vere, p.775 (v) 375 at to dotda 19 MOV Borane
St. Leger's, of Ulcomb, p. 423(-). Of Otterden, p. 500
Vianden, P, 344
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St. Loe, p. 238 (0)
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Ulfter, Earl of, p: 338 kabil berat He
St. Nicholas, p. 375 (1)
Underdowne, p. 689(z) to me sbart
Saker's, p. 738(r)
Upton's, of Faverſham, p. 766() vso ods
Salter's, p. 759 (C)
Sampſon's, of Nutts, p. 671 (0) Voda so a sus 151
Sandwich, Nicholas de, p. 491(k)
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Sandford, p. 637 (0)
Walfingham's, of Ryarſh, p, 204 (a) Jogoo
Sare's, of Norton, p. 741 ( bation 0021
Walter, of Chatham, p. 70(n)
Savage, William, p. 632 (z). John, p. 667(b)
Warcup's, p. 172 (n)
109 gosto
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Warham, Archbiſhop, p. 563 (tox.l...0382
Say's, p. 375 (1)
Warren, William Earl
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Scales, Lord, p. 98 (m)
Watringberi, P, 280 (x)
Seager's, of Borden, p. 570 (0)91 doo.
Watſon, p. 785
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Sedley's, of Aylesford, p. 190(0)
Watton's, p. 226(i)
Segrave, p. 226 (d)
Warwick, Earl of, p. 375 (1)
Selby's, of Ightham, p. 250 (m) (-)
Webb, p. 82 (w)
Sellers, of Woldham, p. 159 (0)
Weldiſh's, of Linton, p. 142
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Selyard's, p. 126 (m)
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Weller's, of Tunbridge, p. 345 (P), 1.100T
Selynger, Arnald, p. 465 (8)
Weſt's, p.668 (5)
Shakerley's, of Ditton, p. 188
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Fane's Earls of, p. 254, 268 (-) w
Shurland, p. 375 (), 661(2), 662 (5)
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Sitcel, alias Cecil, p. 439 (00)
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Whatman, of Boxley, p. 133 (?)
Skeere's, p. 747 (4)
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Skeffington, p. 334(?)
Whetenhall's, p. 278 (2)
Skynner, of Weſt Farleigh, p. 296 (c)
Whitgrave, p. 3750) dijons
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Smart, of Barming, p. 150
Whithorne, p. 772 (a)
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Whitaker, of Trotteſčlive, p. 230 (5) or ot.co
wot 900
Smyth's, of Sutton and Bidborough, p. 362 (é), 406 (0) Whitworth's, of Leyborne, p. 210 (4)
Snayth, p. 226 (6)
Wibbe, p. 292 (?), hoor volwe do it lesiog
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Snaves, John de, p. 469(%) na borsa diy
Wickens, p. 756(8)
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Somers, Lord, p. 552 (r)
Wilkinſon's, of Lenham, p. 282 (+), 446(*)
Sondes, Right Hon. Lord, p. 785
Winchelſea and Nottingham, Right Hon. Earl of, p. 119
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Wood's, of Watringbury, p. 283 (Ⓡ)
Southwell, p. 779 (0)
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Woodgate, p. 341(b)
Spelmam, p. 585 (a) d5bbs (8):9100 bia Woodward's, of Tunbridge, p. 336(*)
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Spencer, p. 407 (6)
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Worley's, p. 606(s)
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Stafford, p. 327 (2) Atyd bobil raw bres
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Stanhope's, p. 432 (6)
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alias Stanhope, Charles, p. 458
Stanley's, of Peckham, p. 259 (n) z los
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Wriothefley, p. 187(a)
Starkey's, p. 158 (7) 1o 99 di boyovios
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Wyatt's, p. 126 (0)
Stede's, of Harriettham, p. 457 (u) beste
tot 900 31 je bid
Wybarne's, p. 355 (0)
Stonehouſe, p. 132(e), 486(y), 792)
Wydevill, p. 98. Richard, Lord Rivers, ibid,
Stringer’s, p. 393 (5)
Style's, of Watringbury, p. 283 dos los lid!
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PAGE OLISI 30
10diato e PDT,
ARDEN, in the liſt of the Hundreds in the
Lath of Aylesford, ſhould be put out, being
in the Lath of Scray luedoort to
12, col. 1, 1. 18, add, 20th year, Parliament at Weſtminſter,
1780, George Finch Hatton-Robert Gregory, efyrs.
15, col. 2,
1. 20. Robert Child, eſq; died on July 28, 1782,
and his widow Mrs. Child is now by his will entitled
to it
28, col. 2. After Dean Thurloe, add, He vacated this
deanry in May 1779, on being made Biſhop of Lincoln,
and was ſucceeded by
RICHARD Cust, S.T.P. Canon of Chriſt Church in
Oxford, which he reſigned on this promotion. He
was younger brother of the late fir John Cuf, of the
co. of Lincoln, bart. Speaker of the Houſe of Com-
mons, and uncle to the preſent Right Hon. Lord Browne
low. He reſigned this deanry in Dec. 1781, on being
made Dean of Lincoln, and Reſidentiary of that ca-
THOMA'S DAMPIER, S. T. P. was made Dean on
March 30, 1782, and remains Dean of this cathedral
at this time
30, col. 1, 1. 15. Since which, the tower at the oppoſite
or fouth-weſt corner being ruinous, has likewiſe been
taken down even with the roof of the church
54, col. 2, 1. 16, dele vol.
58, col. 2, 1.40, for peas read pears
60, col. I, for John Hatefelde, Vicar, read Edmund
67, col. 2, 1.
25,
for both read each-Note (f), l. 2, after
ſecond, add was Walter le Blount, and her third-
68, col. 2, 1. 14; after Abraham Chambers, of London, ela;
adid, who died on Sept. 4, 1782, leaving his widow
ſurviving, and two ſons, who are, as coheirs in gavel-
kind, the preſent poffeffors of it
yo, col. 2, 1. 38, after Mr. Joſeph Holloway, of London,
add, who, as I am informed, has lately, alienated it,
Ibid. col. 2, 1.52, after James Beft, of Chatham, eſq; add,
who died in Feb. 1782, and his widow Mrs. Beſt is
now intitled to it
73. col. 2, 1. 1, for-he permits him, read they permit him
Ibid. col. 2, 1.48. And another act paſſed this year 1782,
for veſting further lands on the ſouth ſide of the town
in the Crown, for extending the lines on that fide
too, for the further ſecurity of this grand arſenal of
the royal navy of Britain
82, col. 1, l. 21, for Wheekley read Weekley, of Ware in
the co. of Hertford, gent.
85, col. 1, 1. 31, add, Mrs. Shove died in Aug. 1779,
and her ſon Alured Shové, eſq; Barriſter-at-law, is now
poffefſed of her intereſt in it
89, col. 2. John Jenkinſon, Vicar, died May 27, 1780,
in whoſe room Houſtoune Radcliffe, A.M. was inducted
Nov. 5, 1780, and is the preſent Vicar
gi, col. 1, 1. 31, 33,-col. 2, note (i), for Foot, read Foote
100, col. 1, 1. laft, add, and late Lieutenant Colonel
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 12, add, late a ſtudent
Ibid. note (e), read fir James Montague
Stails
wartoitw
104, col. 1, 1. 15, read General of his Majeſty's forces w
Ibid. col. 2, 1. laſt but one, for (v) read (u)
911
112, col. 1. In the liſt of Burgeſſes add, 2011 year at Wef .
miſter, 1780—Sir Horace Mann, knt.
Clement Taylor, eſq;
Ibid. note (x), for-now, read afterwards
115, note (z). See Biog. Brit. vol. v, p. 2970 [A]
118, col. 2, I. 41, after-and, add Warden
121, col. 2, 1. 11. Mrs. Turner died Nov. 1, 1782, and
Charles Booth, efq; is, by the limitation of her late
huſband's will, now become entitled to her interest
in it
H
126, note (m), l. 1, for Seyllard, read Seyliard
• Ibid. note (v), l. 13, after George, ſon of Nicholas, of
Weft Barming, add, had iſſue ſeveral children, and
was father of John Amherſt, of Rocheſter, eja;
127, col. 1, l. 5, dele now
* Ibid. 1. 29, for-eldeſt ſon of read and Mary to
129, note (z). Henry Champneis, eſq; died in Sept. 1781,
unmarried, and the ſeat of Vinters is now unin-
habited
130, col. 2, 1.19. William Geary, eſq; is now the eldeſt
ſon of the Admiral
Ibid. 1. 40. General Belford died July 1, 1780, and by
his laſt will bequeathed this, among the reſt of his
02 eſtates, to his two ſons, Guſtavus and William Bela
ford eſqrs.
131, col. 2, 1. 27. James Beft, eſq; died in Feb. 1782,
and his widow Mrs. Frances Beft, is now in poſſeſ-
fion of it
135, col. 2, 1. 25, for Worceſter, read Wincheſter
136, to the liſt of Vicars add--Philip Hilles, induct. Oe.
3, 1566; patron, John Wolton, of Smarden. For
George Cage, read Caſe.-Haute Wyatt, induct. Oet.
3, 1566, preſented by the Dean and Chapter of Ro-
cheſter, as were all the ſucceeding Vicars down to
North.-John Balcanqual, S.T. B. per mort. Wyatt,
induct. Jan. 11, 1638, relig. 1640.—Walter Balcan-
qual, A. M. per refig. John, Jan. 21, 1640.-Tho-
mas Heymes, obt. 1678.-Markham and North, Vi-
cars, both vacated, not reſigned; the latter was
preſented by the King, jure prerog. on the former's
being made Biſhop of Cheſler, as was William Nance
on North's being made Biſhop of Worceſter. He re-
figned in Nov. 1780, and the Dean and Chapter
preſented John Benſon, D.D. Prebendary of Can-
terbury, to this vicarage, who had exchanged the
rectories of Great Chart and St. Micbael, Harble-
down, with Nance for this vicarage, and he is the
preſent Vicar
137, add to note (6)—Edmondſon, in his Heraldry, vol. ii,
ſays-Vert, a chevron between 3 doves argent, was
granted June 1, 1772, to Benjamin Hatley Foote, of
Detling in Kent, and Vergan in Cornwall
138, col. 2, add to the liſt of Vicars--William Polhill, in
April 1779, was preſented to this vicarage, and is
the preſent Vicar. He was before Vicar of Linton,
which he reſigned on taking this vicarage
Ibid. note (r), add, p. 114, 120
139, col. 2, 1. 8. Mr. Thomas Criſpe is fince deceaſed,
and his only ſurviving fon Jobn Criſpe now poſſefles
it, and reſides here
Ibid. note (g), add-Elizabeth Criſpe in 1782 married Mr.
Penfold, of Maidſtone
140, col. 2, 1. 13, for weſtern, read eaſiera
141. In the liſt of Curates-Thomas Frank died in 1782,
and was ſucceeded by Denny Martin Fairfax, D.D.
the preſent Curate
142; col. 1, 1. 35, and col. 2, 1. 6. Sir Horatio Mann has
conveyed the fee of this, as well as the reſt of his
eſtates in this county, to his nephew for Horace Mann,
knt. the preſent pofteffor of them
143, col. 1, 1. laft, add the fame as above
Ibid. col. 2. In the liſt of Vicars of Linton add-Phineas
Corby, A. M. induct. Sept. 11, 166o, per mort.
Maſters; patron, the executors of Francis Martin,
of Iſlington, gent, deceaſed. -- Andrew Reyney, depri-
ved. --William Wing, A. B. induct. Feb 17, 1679,
per depriv. Reyney ; patron, Francis Martin, of
Langley, gent.--Bafil Richards, A M. July 12,1681,
per depriv, W'ing; patron, the ſanie. -John Patten-
der,
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PAGE
PAGE
B,
den, gent. preſented John Fuller.-Edward Louiſa
Mann, eſq; preſented William Polhill, who reſigned
this vicarage in April 1779, on being preſented to
Detling ; on which fir Horace Mann, knt. preſented
Edward Beckingham Benſon, A. B. in Sept. 1779,
and on his reſignation in 1782, Robert Foote, A.M.
was preſented by the ſame patron, and is the preſent
Vicar
146, col. 1, 1. 9, for 1730, read 1738
Ibid. 1. 11. William Jones, M. D. died in Feb. 1780,
leaving iſſue two daughters his coheirs, viz. Mary,
married to Lock Rollinfon, of the co. of Oxford, eſą;
and Anne, to Thomas Ruſſell
, eſq; and they, in right
of their wives, are at this time refpectively entitled
to this manor
148, col. 2. 1. 2. Lord Le Deſpencer died in Dec. 1781,
and this parſonage, among the reſt of his eſtates in
this county, deſcended by the will of John, Earl of
Weſtmoreland, who died in 1762, to fir Thomas Sta-
pleton, of Greys in the co. of Oxford, bart, who is
at this time entitled to it
151, col. 1, l. 2.
col. 1, 1. 2. They joined in the ſale of it, in 17.81,
to John Amherſt, of Barnjet, eſq; the preſent pro-
;
prietor of it
Ibid. col. 2, 1.5. Lady Folkftone died in Sept. 1782, and
was ſucceeded in this eltate by her only fon the Hon.
Philip Bouverie, the preſent owner of it
159, col. 2, 1. 21. Mr.William Manley died in Sept. 1779,
and this manor is now become the property of his
three fons and coheirs in gavelkind
166, col. 1, 1. 13. Rev. Mr. Joſeph Milner, add, ſince
created S.T.P.--In the the liſt of Vicars, for Boteler
read Butler
169, col. 1, 1. laſt but 4, for Boteler, read Butler ; and
add, ſince created S. T. P.
172. In the account of the manor of Tottington, or Tot-
tenden, as it is called in the court-rolls of Aylesford
manor, col. 1, 1. 19, add, after Madox it came into
the family of Sedley, whence it came into the pof-
ſeſſion of William Hodgkins, efq; who alienated it to
Putcheon, from which name it was purchaſed by Mr.
Thomas Golding
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 38. Part of Eccles manor paſſed to Heneage,
late Earl of Aylesford, whoſe fon the Right Hon, the
Earl of Aylesford now owns it
174, col. 2, 1. 29, for-two, read three
175, col. 1, 1. 14, for knt. read bart.
Ibid. l. 18. I rather think, ſhe was then the widow of fir
Thomas Taylor, bart.
Ibid. note (w). Alicia Colepepyr married, firſt, on March
28, 1675, Herbert Stapeley, eſq; but I am uncer-
tain whether Thomas Culpeper was not her ſecond huſ-
band, and fir Thomas Taylor her third huſband;
though in the Culpeper pedigree ſhe is, on Culpeper's
marriage with her, ſaid to be the widow of fir Tho-
mas Taylor. She ſurvived her fourth huſband Dr.
Milner, and died in 1734, having, on her marriage
with Dr. Milner, ſettled the fee of this ſeat, as well
as the reſt of her eſtates, reſerving only a life-eſtate
to herſelf, on him and his heirs ; ſo that upon her
deceaſe without iſſue, it came to his brother and
heir-at-law Charles Milner, M.D.
Ibid. note (x). Add, which arms Dr. Milner now bears,
quartered with those of Butler--Azure, a chevron
between 3 cups covered or
181, col. 2, 1 laft. Lord Le Deſpencer died in 1781, and
his intereſt in this parſonage devolved by the will of
John, Earl of Weſtmoreland, who died in 1762, to
fir Thomas Stapleton, of Greys in the co. of Oxford,
bart. the preſent poſſeſſor of it
182. Add to the liſt of Vicars-Charles Colcall reſigned the
vicarage of Aylesford in 1782, on being preſented
to Kingsdown near Wrotham, and John Eveleigh,
A. M. Provoſt of Oriel college, Oxford, was pre-
3 fented in his room, and is the preſent Vicar press
188, col. 1, 1. 10. Lady Folkſtone died in Sept. 1782, and
was ſucceeded in this manor by her only fon the Hon. .
Philip Bouverie, the preſent owner of it
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 24. Sir Roger Twiſder, bart. died in Oct.
sec
1779, and was ſucceeded in this manor by his next
20 y ſurviving brother fir John Papillon Twiſden, bart.
Yr who is the preſent poſſeſſor of it
189, col. 1, 1. 5, for fir Roger, read for John
Ibid. col. 2. In the liſt of Rectors, Jofeph Butler Milner
is now S. T.P.
200, note (b). Henry Nevill, Lord Bergavenny, died anno
29 Eliz. at his ſeat of Comford in Birling, now only
on a farm-houſe, and ſituated about three quarters of
a mile eaſtward of Birling-Place ; both, therefore,
by muſt have been formerly uſed as the ſeats of this
noble family
VOL. II. 10 Q
202. Add to the liſt of Vicars of Birling-Edward Holme
died Jan. 7, 1782, and was ſucceeded by William
Humphry, who is the preſent Vicar. In the Feb.
following, a diſpenſation paſſed the ſeals for him to
hold the vicarage of Kemfing, with Seal annexed, to-
gether with this vicarage of Birling
209, col. 2, 1. 9. Sir Charles Whitworth was enabled to
ſell this eſtate by an act of Parliament, which paſſed
that year, and was entitled An act for the ſale of
the eſtates of fir Charles Whitworth in the county of
Somerſet, and for exonerating the fame, and his eſtates
in the county of Kent, from the portions of his younger
children, provided by his marriage-ſettlement
211, note (y), add-The Rev. Mr. Holme, the founder, died
in Jan. 1782, and, as I am informed, deviſed the
greateſt part of his effects towards the further fup-
port of this ſchool
213, col. 1, 1. 33, add-Sir Roger Twiſden died in Oet.
1779, and was ſucceeded in this manor by his next
ſurviving brother fir John Papillon Twiſden, bart.
the preſent owner of it. Sir Roger Twiſden left his
lady ſurviving, who in the month of January follow-
ing was of a daughter
Ibid. note (f), 1.5, for Roger, read John Papillon
214, col. 1, 1. 16. On fir Roger's death in 1779, this ſeat
came into the poſſeſſion of his next ſurviving brother
for John Papillon Twiſden, bart, who reſides at it. On
April 7, 1782, he married Miſs Geary, daughter of
Admiral Geary
215, col. 2, 1. 25, for fir Roger, read for John Papillon,
Twiſden, bart.
218, col. 2, 1. 14. Sir John Honywood, bàrt. above-men-
Sat? tioned, is fince deceaſed, and his grandſon ſir John
Honywood, of Evington, bart. is now proprietor of
this manor, with the ſeat of Mailing Abbey, and the
eſtate belonging to it
219, col. 1, 1 30. Francis Brooke, esq; died in March
1782, and by his laſt will deviſed this ſeat to his
nephew and heir-at-law Joſeph Brooke, of Rochefier,
ela;
Ibid. 1. 44. Benjamin Hubble, eſq; died in Nov. 1780,
leaving his widow Mrs. Hubble ſurviving, fiſter of
the late Richard Savage, of Boughton Monchelſea,
eli; who afterwards reſided here. She died in July
following. Since which, their two daughters and
coheirs are become entitled to it, one of whom hav-
ing married Mr. Douce, he now reſides in it
Ibid. 1. lait. Charles Stewart, efq; died in London in Feb.
1780, and was buried near his father in Town Mal-
ling church. He was ſucceeded in this ſeat and
eſtate by the Hon. John Forbes, Admiral of the Whi'e
in his Majeſty's royal navy, and he is the preſent
poſlefior of it
Ibid. col. 2, after 1. 30, add-In this pariſh, about half a
mile fouth-eaſtward from Malling Abbey, there is a
good modern built houſe, with ſuitable offices and
gardens, called New Barne, which lately belonged
to Alchin, from which name it paſſed to Mr. Gra-
to be bam, the preſent owner, who refides in it
.
220, col. 1, 1. 19. The church of Malling has been ſome
time ſince thoroughly repaired and finiſhed
221, col. 2, 1. laft but
4.
Sir Roger Twiſden died in 1779,
without iſſue, and his brother fir John Papillon Twif-
den, bart, is the preſent poffeffor of it
222, col. 1, among the Vicars, for-Richard Huſbands, read
Huſband
224, col. 1, 1. laſt but 1. Henry Streatfeild, in 1780, fold
So it to Mr. John Smith, the preſent owner, who re-
227,
227, col. 2, 1. 22. Mrs. Lucy Locker died in March 1780,
and Capt. Locker now reſides here
Ibid, note (9), read-She had by fir Roger Twiſden three
fons, the only ſurviving one of whom is the preſent
fir John Papillon Twiſden, bart.
231, in the liſt of Rectors--Francis Taynton ſucceeded Mr.
Lloyd, and is the preſent Rector. He is likewiſe
Vicar of Weſt Farleigh
233, col. 1, 1. 7. William James, eſq; died in Jan. 1780,
and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon Richard James,
efq; the preſent proprietor of this manor
235, col. 1, 1. 3!, add the ſame as above
236, col. 2, 1. laft
. Nicholas Haddock, eſq; died in July
FO
1781, and was ſucceeded in this feat by his brother
Won and heir-at-law Richard Haadock, efq; who now re-
bykao fides here. He married Miſs Medhurf, of Wrotham,
237, col. 1, 1. laſt but i, for Lord, read Lora
241, note (u), l. 2, for-preſent, read late
245, col. 2, add to the liſt of Rectors-Hon. James Corn-
wallis vacated this rectory and vicarage, on being
made
on fides at it
by whom he has as per Lord, read Lora
yet no iſſue
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PAGE
300, col.
col. 1,
,
276, col. 2, 1. 6. The ſame as above, fir William Jarvis
PAGE
made Biſhop of Litchfield in 1781, and was ſucceeded
to his nephew, John Cole, efq; of Horſemonden, who
by George Stinton, S. T. P. the preſent Rector and
is now poſſeſſed of ic
Vicar of this pariſh, and in O&t. that year, a diſ 287, col. 2, 1. 16, read-both fince deceaſed
ſpenſation paſſed for his holding Alhallows Barking, 288, col. 1, 1. laſt but 2, add-but her eldeſt ſon fir William
London, with this of Wrotham
Jarvis Twyfden, bart. on his having fince come of
245, note (y), 1. laft, for-now Dean, read was late Dean
age, is become poffefied of this manor
246, to the liſt of Vicars add the ſame as above, p. 245, 289, col. 1, add to the liſt of Rectors-Duncan Menzies died
col. 2
Sept. 27, 1781, and was ſucceeded by James Ram-
247, col. 1, 1. 32. William James, efq; died in Jan. 1780,
ſey, A. M. the prefent Rector, and in Jan. 1782,
and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon Richard James,
a diſpenſation paſſed for his holding Teſton with this
eſq; the preſent proprietor of this manor, who re-
rectory
fides at Ightham Court
293, col. 2, add to the liſt of Vicars--- Duncan Menzies died
Ibid. 1. 35, for-now Rector, read late
Sept. 27, 1781, and was ſucceeded by James Ram
250, col. 1, 1. 42. Miſs Elizabeth Burroughs Selby, died
the preſent Vicar, who in Jan. 1782,
an infant in July 1781
had a diſpenſation granted for holding this vicarage
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 36, for-difficult, read leſs difficult
with the rectory of Nettlefted
251, col. 1, 1. 17, for-William, read Richard; and to the 296, col. 1, 1. laft, after John Davis, eſq; add-who has
lift of Vicars add-Demetrius James died in Feb.
fince received the honor of knighthood
1781, and was fucceeded by ------ James, the pre-
, 1. 29, dele the words-ſecond ſon, William
fent Rector
Geary, eſq; being now the Admiral's eldett fon
Ibid. note (d), after-William James, efq; add, late
301, col. 1, 1. 26. On Lord Le Despencer's death in 1781,
252, col. 2, 1. laſt but 4, for-Stafford, read Strafford
fir Thomas Stapleton, bart. fucceeded to this manor
253, col. 3, 1. 36, for-left, read had
and ſeat, among the reſt of his lord ſhip's eſtates in
254, note (ee), add, at the end of it to confirm which,
this county, and he is the preſent poffeffor of them
an act paſſed anno 22 Geo. II.
305,
col. 1, 1. 14. Sir Thomas Stapleton, bart. on Lord
256, note (i), 1. 10, for-ham, read Peckbam
Le Deſpencer's death in 1781, ſucceeded to this ma-
258, col. 2, 1. 19. Lord Le Deſpencer died in 1781, and
nor, and is the preſent owner of it
this manor then devolved to fir Thomas Stapleton, of Ibid. l. lait. Sir John Shaw died in July 1779, and his
Greys in Oxfordſhire, bart. ſon of Thomas above
eldeſt ſon fir John Shaw, bart. is now entitled to his
mentioned, who now poſſeſſes it
father's intereſt in it. In May 1782, he married a
262, col. 1, l. 19. William Geary is now, by the death
fi Aer of the Right Hon. Lord Monfon
of his brother, the eldeſt ſon of fir Francis Geary, 306, col. 2, l. 15. On fir John Shaw's deceaſe in 1779,
of Poleſden in the co. of Surry, bart. Admiral of the
his eldeſt ſon fir John Shaw, bart. ſucceeded to it,
White, he having been by patent, dated Aug. 10,
and is the preſent owner of it
1782, created a Baronet, whoſe lady deceaſed on 308, col. 1, 1. 5. I am informed, that the only ſon of
Aug. 20, 1778. He bears for his arms-Gules, 2 bars
John Amhurf, of Rocheſter, eſq; by his firſt wife,
argent, on each 3 maſcles of the 11, a cantor er mine
daughter of Mr. John Warde, of Dartford, is by a
267, col. 1, 1. 29, for-preſent, read late
deed of ſettlement entitled to two fixth parts of this
Ibid. 1. 23, for-now living, read lately deceaſed
parfonage or rectory of Yalding, and to an alternate
268, col. 2, 1. 14. Lord Le Deſpencer died at High Wi-
right of prefentation to the vicarage of it
comb in the co. of Bucks, on Dec. 11, 1781, a Ibid. 1. 16, from the bottom, dele-nearly of a triangular
Privy Counſellor, Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Ro-
form
tulorum of the co. of Bucks, Joint Poft-Maſter Ge 316, col. 1, 1. 8. Ralph Robert Carter Petley, ell; married
neral, F.R. S. F. S. A. and LL.D. He married
in May 1779, Miſs Campbell, of Pool in the co. of
the daughter of Henry Gould, of Iver in Bucks, eſq;
Dorſet
who died without iſſue in 1760, and his lordſhip 317, col. 2, 1. 11. This eſtate now belongs to John, Henry
continued till his death unmarried ; upon which
and Thomas Kipping, ſons of Mr. William Kipping,
this manor and feat, together with the reſt of his
deceaſed with
eſtates in this county, devolved by the laſt will of 319, col. 2, 1. 26. Sir William Twyfden, bart. her eldeſt
John Fane, Earl of Weſtmoreland, who died in 1762,
fon, fince his coming of age, is become poſſeſſed of
to fir Thomas Stapleton, of Greys near Henley in the
it, and is the preſent proprietor of it
co. of Oxford, bart. (whoſe father fir Thomas Sta 320, col. 2, 1.5, for Wheatly, read Weekley
pleton was his great-nephew, and died on Jan. 1, Ibid. l. 9. Miſs Jane Weekley is fince deceaſed, and this
1781) and he is the preſent owner of them
tythery, has been ſince ſold by her deviſees to Mr.
Ibid, note (s), 1. 29. Lady Rachael Aufen is now entitled
Thomas Swayne, of Tunbridge, gent.
to the Barony of Le Deſpencer, which, after her death 321, col. 1. Lord Le Deſpencer died in 1781, without iſſue,
without iſſue, will deſcend to fir Thomas Stapleton
and this eſtate devolved to fir Thomas Stapleton, of
above-mentioned
Greys in the co. of Oxford, bart. the preſent owner
Ibid. note (u), 1. 2, for-ſtill continues, read continued till
of it
his death
322, col. 1, 1.
29.
The ſame as above
272, col. 1, 1. 28, for-the Duke, read her huſband Lionel, 333, col. 2, l. 17. In July 1780, fir Henry Daſhwood
Duke of Clarence
married Miſs Graham, neice to Lord Newhaven
274, col. 1, 1. 46. On Lord Le Deſpencer's death in 1781, 335, add to note (8)-He bore for his arms-Sable, 3 bars
the patronage of this rectory devolved, with the reſt
wavy argent, in chief 3 croſſes formee or
of his lord ſhip’s eſtates in this county, to fir Thomas 344, col. 1, 1. 38. William, Earl of Rochford, died on
Stapleton, bart. who now poſſeſſes it
Sept. 28, 1781, without iffue, and was ſucceeded
270, col. 2, 1. 33. Lady Twyfden poſſeſſed it till her ſon
in titles by his nephew William Henry Naſau, ela;
fir William Jarvis Twy/den's coming of age; ſince
eldeſt ſon of his brother the Hon. Richard Savage
which he has been poſſeſſed of it, and continues ſo
Naſſau, which William is the preſent Right Hon. the
at this time
Earl of Rochford, &c. sad
345, col. 2, 1. 18. George Weller Poley, eſq; died in April
Twyfden being the preſent owner of it
1780, at his ſeat at Boxſted-hall in the co. of Suffolk,
277, col. 1, 1. 25. The ſame as above
and this eſtate is now the property of his next bro-
Ibid. 1. 46, add-on the death of Lord Le Deſpencer in 1781,
ther, the Rev. John Weller Poley, cl.
this manor came to for Thomas Stapleton, bart. fon 353, col. 2, 1. 8, 41. On Lord Le Deſpencer's death in
of for Thomas above-mentioned, who now poſſeſſes it
1781, theſe eftates devolved on fir Thomas Stapleton,
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 14, add-whoſe eldeſt ſon fir William Jarvis
bart, of Greys in the co. of Oxford, the preſent pof-
Twyſden, bart. on his coming of age,
became poſ-
ſeſſor of them
feffed of this manor, and continues to at this time 354, col. 2, l. 29. The ſame as above
Ibid. 1. 32. The ſame as above
356, note (9), add-The pedigree of the Berkeley's of Spetch-
279, col. 1, 1. 29. On Lord Le Deſpencer's death in 1781,
ley, is inſerted in Naſh's Hiſtory of the County of
this manor devolved to fir Thomas Stapleton, of Greys
Worceſter, vol. ii, p. 358, where there are many
in the co. of Oxford, bart. the preſent owner of it
curious particulars relating to them. They bear
280, col. 1, 1. II. Sir William Jarvis Twyfden is now
for their arms-Gules, a chevron between 10 croſſes
entitled to the intereſt in the leaſe of this parfonage
pattee argent, on the chevron, within a creſcent Jable
282, col. 1, 1. 13. Sir William Jarvis Twyſden, bart. her
a mullet or, quartered with the coats of Brotherton,
eldeſt ſon, ſince his coming of age, is become poſ-
Mowbray, Brewoſe, Segrave, Fitzalan of Clun, Al-
ferred of this manor
bani or Arundel, and Warren, as may be ſeen on
283, col. 2, 1. 2. The ſame as above
their monuments in Spetchley church
284, col. 2, 1. 4. Alexander Court hope, eſq; died a few Ibid. note (r), add-In 1777, an act of Parliament paſſed
years ago, and deviſed this among his other eſtates
for veſting in truſtees and their heirs, certain eſtales
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392, col. 2,
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of Philip Jones and Robert Berkeley, eſqrs. in the co.
of Kent and Suffex, in order to ſell the ſame to dif-
charge incumbrances, and for purchaſing other
eftates to be ſettied to the ſame uſes, as the ſaid
eſtates ftood limited; but I do not find that there
has been any alienation made of thoſe, in the
pa-
riſh of Pembury
359, col. 1, 1. 28. William Geary, eſq; is now the Ad-
miral's eldeſt ſon
363, col. 1, 1. 22, for Smith, read Smythe
373, col. 1, 1. laſt but 3, after-alienated, read, in 1698
to Thomas Hooker, whoſe ſon Mr. John Hooker died
poffeffed of it on Sept. 18, 1717, &c.
378, note (a), l. 5, for Hereford, read Hertford
385, col. 2, 1.33, read-He left iſſue two daughters his co-
coheirs, the eldeſt of whom, Anne, carried it in
marriage to James Marriott, of Hampton in the co.
of Middleſex, esq; whoſe ſon, of the ſame name,
died without iſſue in 1741, and at his deceaſe gave
Bit to his fifter Anne for her life, and then to his fe-
cond-couſin Hugh Marriott, ela; who died in 1753,
and left iſſue a lon James, and one daughter Anne,
which fon, now the Rev. James Marriott, LL.D.
is the preſent poffeffor of this manor, and other
eſtates in this pariſh
Ibid. note (e), add to it-She was Lydia, widow of Dr.
Hutton, and had two ſons by Mr. Marriott, of whom
St Thomas, the youngeſt, was flain at the fiege of Ma-
dras in 1765
386, col. 1, 1. 36, for-only daughter and heir, read, eldeſt
daughter and coheir Anne
Ihid. col. 2, 1. 30. The ſame as above
1. 7, for-6th year, read 2d year
396.
To the liſt of Vicars of Hedcorne add, after William
Ketelyſden-- Francis Rawſon, induct. Aug. 1566.-
John Fotherby, A. M. March 1, 1584, refig. 1602
-John Raynard, A. M. May 8, 1602, obt. 1610.-
John Wood, Aug. 11, 1610, reſig. 1610; patron,
the Archbiſhop.---Thomas Harman, A. B. Dec. 6,
1610, obt. 1638; patron, the King, Jede vac –
Nicholas Brett, s. T. B. Jan. 10, 1638.-Thomas
Philips, obt. 1673.-Samuel Whiffon, A.B. April 30,
(1673, obt. 1716.-Henry Hodſon, A.B. O&. 9, 1716,
refig. 1723.-James Barham, May 27, 1723.-Peter
Heyman, 1733.-Joſeph Hardy, 1762, preſent Vicar;
patron, the Archbiſhop
399,
col.
2, 1.39. Mrs. Margaret
Mrs. Margaret Savage died in Dec.
1780, and was, according to her late huſband's will,
ſucceeded in this ſeat by the two daughters and co-
heirs of his late fifter, married to Benjamin Hubble,
eſq; of Town Malling, one of whom is married to
Mr. Douce, and they are the preſent poffeffors of it
400, col. 1, 1. laſt but 6, for Smith read Smyth
Ibid. col. 2. To the liſt of Vicars of Boughton Monchelſea,
add, after Yohn Hawkſworth-William Nicholſon,
A. M. March 78, 1580.-Lewen Wood, May 8,
Se vote 1582.--Henry Diſorow, oht. 1615.-Francis Caycott
,
A.M. June 27, 1615.-Matthew Rutton, obt 1686.
-zalls -John Crompe, A. M. July 3, 1686, obt. 1719.-
Samuel Prat, A. B. Nov. 1719, obt. 1722.-George
Prat, A. M. June 25, 1722, obt. 1747 ; patron,
Coot the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter
402, note (s). On Aug. 10, 1782, a grant paſſed for the
Rev. Mr. Denny Martin, of Leeds, and his iſſue (pur-
ſuant to the will of his uncle Lord Fairfax) to uſe
the name and arms of Fairfax; and he was about
the ſame time created D.D. by bis Grace the Arch-
biſhop of Canterbury
403, col. 2, 1.12, for-preſent read late
Ibid. In the liſt of Reators of Langley add, after Charles
Whalley ---Henry Wiborne, oét. 1591.-Thomas Crumpe,
April 8, 1591, obt. 1619; patron, Lewin Buffkin,
of Orham, ejq;-William Carr, A.M. July 3, 1619,
obt. 1625'; patron, Robert Carr, of Maidſtone.-40-
o Jeph Bennet, Oą. 2, 1625, refig. 1627.-Freegift
Tilden, A. M. June 14, 1627 ; patron, William
. --Peter Browne, . T. P. May 24
Top 1662, obt. 1692 ; patron, fir Edward Hales, knt.
and bart.- Edward Brown, A. M. March 11, 1692,
obt. 1710; patron, Montague Drake, of Amerjkam,
efq;~David Waterhouſe, A. M. March 24, 1700,
Sobr. 1758 ; patron, Chriſtopher Defbouverie, efq;-
David Watarhouſe, A. M. Jan. 24, 1759, obt. Nov.
30, 1780 - John Kennedy, Dec. 23, 1780, preſent
Rector; patron, Elizabeth Bouverie, of Tefon
406, col. 1, 1. 36, add-Chriſtopher Harvey, efq; is now in
poffeffion of it
Ibid. note (u),
407, col. 1, 1. 32. On Lord Le Deſpencer's death in 1781,
this eſtate devolved on fir Thomas Stapleton, of Greys
in the co. of Oxford, tart, who now owns it
PACE
409, col. 2, 1. 4 from the bottom. The church of Chart
Sutton has been ſome time finiſhed, and duty again
performed in it. The charge of the rebuilding it
amounted to upwards of 1300l. which was raiſed by
by a brief and by a voluntary ſubſcription
409. To the liſt of Vicars of Chart Sutton add-Nicholas
Hayman, refig. 1591.-William Hayman, Aug. 9,
1591.-John Cafe, May 3, 1619, obt. 1664.-Peter
Browne, A. M. June 1, 1664, reſig: 1687.-John
Smith, cl. Jan. 1687, obt. Dec. 1732; patron, the
Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter
410, col. 2, 1. laſt but ;, for George read Roger
412, col. 1, l. 19, dele-year of that reign
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 8, foi Gifford read fir John Gilford
416. To the liſt of Vicars of Sutton Valence add--David
Smithe, induct. Nov. 7, 1566.- Robert Wells, May
1568. -
-, Jan. 21, 1573.-John Baker,
March 18, 1580, obt. 1588.-Thomas Compton, Dec.
3, 1588.-Thomas Sandford, A. B. May 22, 1606,
reſig. 1614.-Edmund Henſhaw, A. M. March 19,
1614 ; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter.a
W Robert Smith, A.M. June 15, 1641, being vacant
by reſig. patron, the Archbiſhop:-Thomas Pollington,
Aug. 7, 1661, reſig. 1666.-James Browne, Ăpril
11, 1666, obt. 1679 ; patron, the Dean and Chapter
of Rocheſter.John Rumney, A.M. April 8, 1680,
obr. 1698; patron, th: Archbiſhop by lapſe.- John
Gobier, A. M. o&. 7, 1698, obr. 1713.-Samuel
Pratt, A. B. Nov. 9, 1713, reſig. 1720.-George
Prat, A. M. April 5, 1920, reſig. 1722.-Daniel
Prat, A. M. Nov. 5; 1722, obt. 1723.-Culpeper
Savage, A. M. Nov. 20, 1723, refig. 1747.-Samuel
Venner, A. B. July 24, 1747, obt. Dec. 1764-
N. Browne, March 1765, preſent Vicar; patron,
the Dean and Chapter of Rochefer
423, col. 1, 1. 8, read-after which it came by deviſe to
Gilbert Clarke, eſq;
Ibid. 1. 10, 14, for Clerke read Clarke
Ibid. col. 1, 1. 15. Godfrey Bagnal Clarke was at his dea
ceaſe ſucceeded by his brother Gilbert Clarke, in
whoſe truſtees, he being inſane, this manor, among
the reſt of his eſtates, is now vefted
Ibid, add to note (x) -Gilbert Clarke, died in 1725
425, note (p), at the end, read p. 418
420, add-CHARITIE$. Mrs. Holland left 1ol. per ann.
to be distributed among the poor of the pariſh of
Ulcomb, by the Rector and Churchwardens, in bread
and cloaths. --Mr. Barling left gl. per ann. to be
diſtributed in like manner, on the laſt Tueſday in
O&tober, to be paid out of a farm now belonging
to Mr. Spencer, of Maidſtone
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 13. On the deceaſe of Godfrey Bagnal
Clarke, his brother Gilbert Clarke, efq; ſucceeded to
it, who being inſane, it is at preſent veſted in his
truſtees
Ibid. add to the liſt of Rectors-Thomas Jones, A.B. April
28, 1569.-Henry Ball, Aug. 3, 1583; patron, fir
Warham St. Leger.-William Stone, S.T.B. Feb. 3,
1586; patron, the Queen. ---Richard Horſemonden, cl.
March 26, 1596, obt. 1627 ; patron, Anthony St.
Leger, efq;--Daniel Horſemonden, D. D. Nov. 8,
504
- 1627, deprived 1643, obt. 1655; patron, fir Alex.
Culpeper, and Dame Mary his wife
After Belcher add-John Codd, s, T. B. was Rector
1664, obt. 1672; patron, for Francis Clark, knt. -
to do Meric Head, e19; D. D. Nov. 8, 1672, refig. 1681;
patron, George May and Richard Head, eſqrs.- John
Clerke, A.M. Feb. 18, 1681, ebt. 1686; patron, fir
Richard Head, bart. and Francis Clerke.-Meric
Head, D. D. Dec. 1, 1686, obt. 1688; patron,
John Head, eſq;--James Chriſtmas, A. M. April,
srods 12, 1688, obt. 1793; patron, Robert Saunders, of
Tag Maiafone.- John Loton, April 15,.,1713, reſigned
1716 - Stringer Belcher ; patron, Gilbert Clarke, efq;
-William Bell; patron, Godfrey Clarke, efq;-Fitz-
berbert Adams, preſent Rector; patron, Thomas
200
Francis Skipwith and Edward Gibbons, eſqrs.
Ibid. note (w), begin it-He was the ſon of the former
Rector, and married Urſula, daughter of fir War-
ham Sl. Leger, knt. by whom he had Anthony Horſe-
monden, eſq; father of William Horſemonden Turner,
of Maidſtone, efq;
5, col. 1, 1.28. April 8, 1782, died Mrs. Beft, and
was buried in Boughton church
Ibid. note (p), l. 2, for-now read late otsa
437, wrong paged, for 374
read
437
Ibid. To the liſt of Rectors of Boughton Malherb add-
Richard Elmfone, obt. 7611.-Robert Barrell, A. M.
June 21, 1611.-Lewis Morgan, obt. --; patron,
Edward Lord Wotton. Robert Ellis, A.M. Od. 24,
1661
obr. 17
435,
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PAGE
Addition to note corectory
1661, obt. 1675; patron, Catherine Goantefs of Che-
upon which his only brother Robert took on himſelf
ſterfield. - Michael Stanhope, A. B. March 12, 1675,
that title, and is the prefent Right Hon. Robert Lord
obt 1724; patron, Philip Earl of Cheſterfield
Fairfax, of Cameron in the kingdom of Scotland,
For Edward B. Benfon, preſent Rector, read reſig.
and poffeffor of the manor and caſtle of Leeds
1782, and Robert Foote, A. M. was preſented in his 483. Now, by the death of his brother, Lord Fairfax, of
room, and is the preſent Rector
Cameron in the kingdom of Scotland
443, col. 1, l. 12, Mr. Burton has lately fold his intereſt 484, note (m), l. 2, for-preſent read late
in this eſtate to Thomas Beft, of Chilfon, eſq; who is Ibid. l. 3, read-the P.ight Hon. Robert Lord Fairfax
the preſent owner of it
485, col. 1, 1. 41, Now, ſince the death of his brother,
Ibid. 1.
5 from the bottom, for Pierpoint read. Pierrepont
Lord Fairfax.
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 7, after Catherine add-who is
Ibid. l. laſt. The ſame as above
448, col. 2, l. 28, dele eldeſt
486, col. 2, 1. 30.
The ſame as above
450, col. 2, 1.12, for-George III. read George II.
490, col. 1.
To the liſt of Vicars of Berfed add-Chriſto-
454. To the liſt of Vicars of Lenham add, after Greneway
pher Sprott, induct. Feb. 4, 1565, obt. 1614.-Henry
-Thomas Partriche, Nov. 29, 1580; patron, John ner Pawſon, A.M. April 22, 1614, refig. 1616.-The-
Heffeld.—Thomas Partriche, May 17, 1588, obt.
mas Ingood, A. M. June 27, 1616, refig. 1624.-
1605; patron, the Queen.-George Hudſon, A. M.
Richard Sheldon, S. T.P. Nov. 8, 1624.-Francis
Nov. 14, 1605, obt. 1614; patron, fir Thomas Horſ Sme Drayton, reſig. 1667.-John Collins, A. M. March
man, knt.-Robert Barrell, A.M. May 2c, 1614.-
Bras 10, 1667, obt. 1677.-Thomas Gregory, A. B. Sept.
Laurence Fox, obt. 1631 ; patron, Wm. Cobb, of - an 18, 1677, obt. 1685 - Francis Smith, A, M. Sept.
Aldington, eſq; and Wm. Collins, of Canterbury, gent.
- Robert Marriott, A. M. Sept. 12, 1631.-The jame,
era 22, 1685.-Thomas Woodhouſe, April 24, 1691, obt.
1693.-Henry Dering, A. M. Dec. 16, 1693, obt.
Sept. 27, 1636; patron, ibe King.-John Lord, CJ 1720.-Thomas Price, cl. Dec. 21, 1720, obt, 1724.
A. M. Jan. 18, 1663, refig. 1670; patron, the told Samuel Hales, A.M. March 28, 1724, refig. 1733.
Archbiſhop.--Henry Gerrard, A. M. Dec. 9, 1670,
-Henry Rand, A. M. July 5, 1733, obt. 1765.-
refig. 1677.-Thomas Robins, A.M. March 4, 1677,
Samuel Markham, LL. B. Dec. 12, 1763, refig.
obt. Aug. 29, 1701 ; patron, Viſcount Montague.-
1767.-Henry Jones, A. B. Dec. 16, 1967, reſig.
Thomas Nicholſon, A.M. Jan. 16, 1701, oht. 1763 ;
1773.- Arnold Carter, A. M. April 7, 1773; pa-
patron, Richard Styles, of Petworth, gent.--Richard
tron, the Dean and Chapter of Rocheſter
Lawrence, Feb. 24, 1763, obt. Aug. 1772.-Thomas 492, col. 1, 1. 26. In 1781, an act paſſed for naturalizing
Verrier Alkin, 1772, reſig. March 1781 ; patron,
Dorothy Hannah Louiſa Harriott, wife of William
Abraham Tilghman and Samuel Fullagar.-Tbomas
Henley, eſq; fince which a commiſſion of lunacy has
Scot, A. B. preſented in 1781, preſent Vicar; pa-
been awarded againſt him, the committee of which
tron, Thomas Beſt, efq;
is the Rev. Mr. Horne, of Otham, who as ſuch is in
455, note (p), add-Weever is wrong in this, for Barret and
poſſeſſion of this manor and ſeat, among the reſt of
his wife, as well as Maries, lie buried in Preſton
his eſtates. Mrs. Henley ſtill refides at Gore Court
o church near Faverſham, where their memorials in Ibid. col. 2, 1. 21. Mrs. Turner died on Nov. I, 1782,
braſs ftill remain
and this eftate, among others, is now, by her late
457, col. 2, 1. 14. Mrs. Turner died at Harriet ham-place,
huſband's will, become veſted in Charles Booth, efq;
on Friday, Nov. 1, 1782, and was buried beſide her
the preſent poſſeſſor of it
STE huſband at Maidſtone. She was ſucceeded in this
To the liſt of Rectors of Otham add, after Thomas
Scott feat, as well as in the reſt of her eftates, according
Oaly, 1559-Peter Hendle, May 7, 1567; patron,
to the limitation of her late huſband's will, by
Thomas Hendle, efq;-John Brome, S.T. P. March
Charles Booth, eſq; the preſent poffeffor of them
10, 1595, obt. 1625; patron, the Queen.-William
1. 29, 42. The ſame as above
Hide, A. M. Nov. 18, 1625, obt. 1630 ; patron,
460, col. 1, l. 6. Robert Fairfax, now (by the death of
the Univerſity of Oxford.-Thomas Wilſon, A. M.
his elder brother Thomas) Lord Fairfax, of Cameron
Jan. 28, 1630, obt. 1651.- John Davis, obt. July
beard in the kingdom of Scotland
Il, 1677; patron, Robert Swinock, of Maidſtone.
Ibid. col. 2, 1. 19. Mrs. Turner died on Nov. 1, 1782,
-Matthew Rutton, A.M. (iple patronus ) Nov. 6,
and was ſucceeded in this, among the reſt of her
1677, obt. 1701; patron, Matthew Rutton, hac vice
Bagi eſtates, by Charles Booth, eſq; the preſent poffeffor After Putton dele Berkeley, and add-William Sim-
of it
monds, A.M. Feb. 13, 1701, reſig. 1727; patron,
461, col. 2, 1. 7 from the bottom. The ſame as above
John Cooke, efq;-Samuel Horne, May 26, 1727,
463, col. 1. To the liſt of Rectors of Harriet ham add-
obt. Aug. 18, 1768; patron, Bowyer Hendley, efq;
John Lloyde, O&. 3, 1566; patron, John Reynolds,
-William Horne, A. M. Jan. 24, 1769 ; patron,
gent.-- Richard Barbor, LL. D. June 12, 1570 ;
William Henley, eſq;
patron, Nicholas Barbor, of Ridgley in the co. of Ibid. note (t), after Preſident of Magdalen college, Oxford
Stafford. - Richard Adams, A. B. Dec. 16, 1987.-
add-and Dean of Canterbury
George Havenden, obr. 1625; patron, the Queen by
To the liſt of Vicars of Thurnham add, after
blapſe.-Richard Steward, LL. D. Jan. it, 1625;
William Merrick.-Anthony Brownſtone, Feb. 23,
patron, All Souls College
1587, obt. 1597; patron, Edward Wotton, eſq;-
28. After John Clerke, eſq; A. M. add-induct. Nov. 24,
Thomas Reynolds, S.T.B. July 25, 1597, obt. 1600.
1680, vacant per mort. obt. Sept. 21, 1686.-In 10 -Benjamin Carrier, S. T. B. March 27, 1600, reſig.
April 1781, James Robinſon Hayward was preſented
1613 ; patron, fir Edward Wotton, knt.-John
1921 to St. Mary le Strand, London, which he holds by
Cromp, A.M. Nov. 23, 1613.- John Cromp, A. M.
July 8, 1614, per depriv. Carrier; patron, Edward
Lord Wotton-William Sutton, Nov 5, 1661, obt.
seda Ulcomb
1673; patron, John Godden, Citizen and Mercer,
464, col. 2, 1. 8. Robert Child, eſq; died at Kingsgate in
of London.--Henry Dering, A. M. Jan. 26, 1673,
the Iſle of Thanet, on July 28, 1782, and his wi-
obt. 1720 ; patron, James Herbert, eſq; and Judith
19 dow Mrs. Child is now poſſeſſed of his intereſt in the
his wife.- Jonathan Soane, A. M. Jan. 25, 1720,
the leaſe of them
obt. Jan. 14, 1768; patron, William Cage, efq;
465, col. 1, 1. 6 from the bottom. The fame as above,
Henry Hodjon, A. M. Feb. 1768 ; patron, Henry
Mrs. Child being now, by her huſband's will, pof-
Hodſon the elder, of Sandhurſt, cl.
feſſed of this manor
506, col. 1. In the deſcription of Herft manor dele the
466, col. 2, 1. 4. The ſame as above
firſt paragraph
471, col. 1, 1.9, add-The Archbiſhop is likewiſe patron of 508, col. 1, 1. 2 from the bottom, for-1740 read 1640
the finecure rectory of Hollingborne
513, note (zz). Henrietta-Maria, the ſecond daughter of
Ibid. col. 2. To the liſt of Rectors add-John Boys, S.T.B.
the Rev. Mr. Cromp, died unmarried, on June 29,
induct. Feb. 1604, vice Foceline. ---Anthony Saunders,
1781, æt. 19
A.M. induct. Dec. 1669, reſig. 1677.--Ralph Staun 516, col. 1, l. 12, for Corton read Certon
ton, A. M. induct. O&t. 1677.--Samuel Brailsford
1, 1. from the bottom. Abraham Chambers,
ſhould be Matthew.-John S. Hill, obt. 1757:--
**. !757:07
for Francis Dodfworth, induct. 1757
eſq; died on Sept. 4, 1782, and left his widow ſur-
and by his laſt will deviſed this manor,
! 472, col. 1.
In the liſt of Vicars-William White, obt.
the reſt of his eftates, to his two ſons Samuel
1623, ſhould be placed next after John Bainke.
and Henry, and they are now entitled to the inhe-
Edmund Waterman, obt. 1725, and was ſucceded that
ritance of it
year by Thomas Taylor
522,
col. 2, 1. 15, and p. 525, col. 1, 1. 5 from the bot-
474, col. 2, 1. 35, for Richard Arundel read Thomas
William Jumper, eſq; the former pofleffor of
478, col. 1, 1. 4, 8. In March 1782, advice was received
Yelfted manor and Hill-green Houſe, has, as I am in-
from Virginia of the death of Thomas Lord Fairfax,
formed
493.
459, col.
I,
500, col. 2.
9"
518, col.
;
among
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558, col. 2,
SDA
ni
formed, lately purchaſed both manor and feat, and
593, col. 1, 1. 23, add-Mrs. Eliz. Umphrey died in Dec.
als, now poſſeſſes them bugun ito svod
1781, and by her laft will deviſed the patronage of
526. col. 2, 1. 18, for-patronage read parfonage
this rectory to her next heirs, who at the time of her
528, col. 2, 1. 28. The church of Bredhurſ ftands eaſt-
death were two perſons named Brooke, uncle and
ward of the village
collit
nephew, who poſſeſſed it as heirs in gavelkind, and
531, col. 1, 1. 32, for Lucas de la Care read Gare
they in 1782, for the ſum of 250l. joined in the ſale
Ibid. col. 2, l. 1, for IV. read V.
of it to Thomas Pennington, D.D. Rector of this
539, col. 2, 1. 24,
for Corton read Cerney
pariſh, the preſent poffeffor of it
541, note (g), add to it-but he is likewiſe lately deceaſed 600, note (o), l. 1, for fir William Camden read Mr. Camden
532, note (9), add to it-Mr. Frank died lately in 1782 601, col. 1, 1. 22, addThis vicarage has been augmented
555, col, 2, l. 17, after Roger Jacſon add-who died in Dec.
by the Governors of Q. Anne's Bounty, with which
Sit g 1691, and deviſed it by his laſt will to his brother
ſome land has been lately purchaſed
hbs
pinda George Jacſon, M. D. of Derby, who deviſed it in like
604, col. 1, 1. 22, for Ifles read Iles lielos
bartio manner to his ſon George Jacſon, of Saffron Walden in 607, col. 2, 1. laſt but 2, add-The advowſon of the vi.
sish the co. of Efex, and he alienated it, in the year rewolle carage of Tong palled from the Stedes in like man-
bellis 2712, to Mr. Edward Pemberton, of London, whoſe til tanto ner as Harrietſham-place above, p. 457, col. 2, 1. 14,
os two fons, John Pemberton, of London, and Henry bis ro to Mrs. Turner, who died poffeffed of it in Nov.
208 Pemberton, M. D. Profeſor of Phyfic in Gre nam 20.09 1782, upon it came among her other eftates, by her
1 college, became ſucceſſively entitled to it, but both to nol late huſband's will, to Charles Booth, efq; who is
Saudying unmarried, and the latter of them in 1771, Stiwe now entitled to it alt 10 en
he by his laſt will bequeathed it to Mr. Henry Millsy 609, col. 2, 1.
33. See note, p. 604, col. 2, 1. 26
of Rotherhith, who had married his niece and heir 610, col. 1, 1. 42. Mrs. Auflen died in Dec. 1781
abuswat-law, and he is at this time the proprietor of it. 611, col. 2. Mark Hildeſley, Rector, was father of Dr.
(1) 9: He bears for his arms--Ermine, a mill-rind ſable, on -019Mark Hildefley, born in this pariſh in 1698, Biſhop
la chief azure 2 marlions wings or oil 10
of Sodor and Man, who died in that iſie in 1772
557, col. 1, 1. 30, for-induſtriouſly read carefully 2018, 612, col. 2, 1. 32, for-latter read former aid dat
bla 617, note (s), 1. 2, for Cromer read Crowmer. The braſs
566, col. 1, 1.21. Mr. Chambers died in Sept. 1782, and Se on which this inſcription was being looſe, there was
by his laſt will deviſed this manor, among his other do not found on the under fide of it a memorial in Latin,
los peltates, to his two ſons Samuel and Henry, who are
msn 9 for Robert Rokele, efq; once dwelling with the moſt
now entitled to the inheritance of it
si rev. lady the Lady Foane de Bohun, Counteſs of Here-
Ibid. note (1). See above, col. 1, l. 21
19 ford, Eſex, and Northampton, who died Dec. 3, 1421
570, col. 1, 1. 29, after-chree years afterwards add, leav 628, col. 1, l. 12, add. This manor, in the reign of K.
ing his widow Mary ſurviving, who afterwards mar - EBOL Edward I, was in poſſeſſion of the family of Savage,
09:ried John Norris, efq; His fon and heir John Colte
one of whom John le Sauvage, in the 2 3d year of
No ſucceeded him in it, and his ſon fir John Colle, knt.
it, had a grant of free warren and other liberties in
tisu left iflue three fons, John, Rowland, and Henry,
his manor of Ore near Middleton. [Rot. Cart. N.6.]
who became entitled to this rectory and advowſon, - In the ift year of K. Edward II, John de Handlo was
Cost together with the manor and lands appurtenant to
owner of it, and had then a like grant to him and
bodygi it, as coheirs to their father in gavelkind. John Colte,
his heirs in this manor. [Rot. Cart. ejus an.N. 20.]
credit the eldeſt ſon, was of Rickmanſworth in the co. of
In the 1ſt year of K. Richard II, a fourth part of this
Hertford, efq; and left iſſue by Anne his wife, who ſur-
***? manor was come into the poſſeſſion of Peter de Pre-
HOD.Svived him, an only daughter and heir Gentilles, who
Eid 191 fions who died that year feifed of it, holding it of
entitled her huſband fir Benjamin Tickborné, knt. (a zisi on the King by performing ſuit twice in each year to
younger ſon of fir Benjamin Tichborne, of Tichborne of his manor of Middleton, and it was found that he
in the co. of Hants, bart.) to his undivided third part
was a baſtard, and had no heirs. {Rot. Eſch. ejus
of them, and his ſon Colte Tichborne, of Woodoaks in no hpib an.] And in that ſame year, &c. ni
91 the co. of Hertford, 2/9; which had been the antiene Ibid. 1. 21, after manor add-holding it in capite by knights
ſeat of the Colte's, jointly with his fiſter Frances, er ako fervice pod poggade moda
conveyed it on March 18, 1743, to Joleph Muſgrave, 629, col. 2, 1. 31. The manufacture of pearl-barley has,
ejq;- Rowland and Henry Colie, the two younger
for want of due encouragement, been fince diſcon-
fons of fir John Colie above-mentioned, in June 1676,
tinued
conveyed their reſpective thirds to Charles Seager, of 635, note (u), l. 3, for Maſter of the King's ſchool read
Tunfall, gent, whoſe ſon and heir of the ſame name
and lately Mafter. In 1782, he was created S.T.P.
was of Borden-hall, gent, and dying iu July 1758,
by his Grace the Archbiſhop
unmarried, deviſed them by his lait wil to his filter
642, note (e), for Mater read late Maſter
Mrs. Mary Seager, who in June 1765 conveyed her 645, note (s), l. laft, after-the add end
two undivided thirds to Joſeph Muſgrave, eſq; ſon of Ibid. col. 1, 1. 30. Mr. Ingham Forſier died O&. 3, 1782,
Joſeph Muſgrave, efq; above-mentioned, who hav-
and his collections have been fince publicly fold
ing inherited the other third part from his father be 651, col. 2, 1. 32. Claude Creſpigny, eſq; died on O&t. 6, 1782
came poffeffed of the entire fee of this rectory and 655, col. 2, at bottom add--The great ſcarcity of freſh
advowſon, with the manor of Borden-hall, and the
water at Sheerneſs, induced the government to try
lands and appurtenances belonging thereto, of which
if they could not procure it by linking a well here,
he continues owner. Joſeph Mulgrave is of Kjpier
and the ſucceſs which attended their trial at the
in the biſhopric of Durham, efq; and is deſcended
neighbouring one of Queenborough ſome years before,
from Jefeph Muſgrave, of that place, eſq; the eldeſt
gave them ſome hopes of the ſame in their endea-
fon of George, the youngeſt ſon of fir Chrifopher
vours at this place; for on July 1, 1782, it was
Muſgrave, knt. by his ſecond wife Elizabeth, daugh-
obſerved that there was ſome water ouzing up thro'
ter of fir John Franklyn, knt. which fir Chriſtopher,
a crack where one of the worknien had juſt before
by his firſt wife, was anceſtor of the preſent fir Philip
Aruck his pickaxe, and ſo quick did it increaſe,
Muſgrave, of Edenhill in Cumberland, and of Kemp-
that on the next morning it was four feet above the
ton-parkin the co. of Middleſex, bart, and was younger
brickwork. The workmen, after keeping it under,
brother of fir Richard Muſgrave, bart. grandſons of
continued to work down lower, to get as near the
fir Richard, who was created a Baronet in the gth
body of it as pollible, but the water increaſing upon
year of K. James I. He bears for his arms- Azure,
them, they were not able to fink down more than
6 annulets, 3, 2, and i, or
two feet, and then bricked it up. They then pro-
581, col. 1, 1. 11. Mr. Chambers died in 1782, and by
ceeded to bore, and after penetrating about 14
feet
his laſt will deviſed it to his two ſons Samuel and
deep, the auger dropped in, and the water inilantly
Henry, who are the preſent proprietors of it
inftantiy flew up, and within a ſmall ſpace of time
583, note (c), for-Preſident read Maſter
roſe to the height of 265 feet, which is within 63
586, col. 1, 1.7, for Edward read James
feet of the top of the well. From the firit, the
590, col. 1, 1. 14. In Dec. 1782, Richard Tylden, efq;
taſte of the water was ſoft and pleaſant, but from
married Miſs Catherine Rolfe, of Aſhforá
the great quantity of black fand through which it
Ibid. 'note (i), 1. lait. Mrs. Umphrey died in Dec. 1781,
paffed was for fome time very thick, but foon be-
and her heirs have lately fold them
came clear and fit for uſe, and continues ſo at this
592, col. 2, l. 13. Mrs. Umphrey died in Dec. 1781, and
time, being of great uſe and advantage to the inha-
by her latt will, which had been made near 20 years
hitants and the ſeveral departments of government
before her death, deviſed it to her next heirs, which
ſettled at this place
at the time of her death were two perſons named
667, col. 2, 1. 23, for-lifter read neice
Brooke, uncle and nephew, as coheirs in gavelkind, Ibid. note (c), l. 2, for-heir read coheir, and for-bro-
and they joined in the ſale of this manor, in 1782,
ther read uncle
to Mr. Thomas Smith, of Dartford
VOL. II.
676,
TOR

72
ADDITION S and CORRECTION S.
19,
PAGE
676, in the lift of Rectors-John Long, the preſent Rector,
is D.D.
682, note (z) ſhould be transferred to the next page
693, col. 2, 1. 15, for Elizabeth read Anne
• Ibid. 1. 18, for ad read 3d
* Ibid. 1. 19, for Anne read Elizabeth
*716, col. 1, 1. 13, for Edward read Lewis
721, col. 2, 1. 14, after-of add it
723, col. 1, 1. laſt but 3, for-further read ſome
724, col. 1, l. 1, after-was add not
Joo
.
727, col. 1, l. 23, for north read youth, and col. 2, 1.4,
add ſouthweſtward mood as om
* 742, col. 2, 1. 19,
19, for 1744 read 1774 loooo
Ibid. note (6), dele the beginning of the note, ſo far as re-
lates to the Banks pedigree, and inſert as follows,
received ſince from J. C. Brooke, efq; Somerſet
Herald :-Sir Joſeph Banks, bart. was only fon and
ve heir of William Banks, of Reveſby Abbey in the co. of
on Lincoln, eſq; by Sarah Bate his wife, the ſon of
Joſeph Banks, of that place, efq; by Anne his wife,
daughter and heir of William Hodgekinfon, of Over-
ton, in the co. of Derby, efq; the ſon of Joſeph
0 Banks, of that abbey, eſq; who about the latter end
of the laſt century raiſed a large fortune by the
pro-
feffion of the law, and purchaſed Reveſby Abbey,
which his poſterity made their principal ſeat of re-
fidence, and many other conſiderable eſtates in that
and other counties. He was a native of Yorkſhire,
artis being born at Giggleſwick in 1665, and was ſon of
Robert Banks, whoſe grandfather of the ſame name
was a younger ſon of the antient family of the
Banks's, of Banke Newton in that county, who were
feated there from the 7th year of K. Edward III,
when fir Simon de Banke acquired that eſtate by mar-
riage with the heir of Robert de Catherton
He bears for his arms-Sable, a croſs or, between 4 fleurs
de lis argent, with which the family have uſually
quartered the coat of Catherton, viz.- A chevron be-
tween 3 annulets
746, note (m), 1. laſt, for 1675 read 1645
751, col. 1, 1. 21, for-him read them
756, col. 2, 1.6. Mr. Charles Chapman died in 1782,
and by his laſt will bequeathed this manor after his
wife's death, which happened foon afterwards, to his
two nephews William and John Leefe, who are the
preſent owners of it
758, col. 2, in the liſt of Rectors-Maurice Gleyre died on
Dec. 7, 1781, and in Oct. 1782 the Archbiſhop, by
lapſe, preſented Anthony Shepperd, D. D. who is the
preſent Rector
766, col. 2, l. 26. Mr. Robert Hilton died on May 8,
PAGE
2 AS
1782, and his ſon Mr. John Hilton, as the next in
the above entail, ſucceeded to it, and is the preſent
poffeffor of it vera1189-101
189
dz
795, col. 2, 1. 19. Mrs. Allen, of Canterbury, is the pre-
fent leſfee of it
saliv 90210 Ls
bol SSD sh 1904 101 E ! Jom
VI 101 Llos,.bidi
E RR A T. A.
5.09 082
Total sliwi orio
(2) stort is
Page 2 (f), l. 11, for the burial-place r. e burial-plate.
P.4, col. 2, 1. 35, for-where r. were. P. 13, col. 2, 1.727
for-prelates r. prelate. P. 18, col. 2, 1. lalt
, for-ſide the
water r. ſide of the water. P. 20, col. 2, 1. 23, for-frabric
r. fabric. P. 23, col. 1, l. 34, for-the appointed r. appointed
the firf. P. 30, note (f), add p. 27. P. 50, col. 1, 1. 11, dele
of. P. 52, col. 2, note (y), for-difringuiſhedr. diftinguiſhed.
P. 66, col. 1, l. 33, for-Baleſmere r. Badlefinere. p.78, col.
I,
1. for-at 41. r. four pounds. P. 97, col. 1, l. 30,
for-Vicecounteſs r. Viſcount. P. 99, col. 2, note (a), l. 8,
for Goorge r. George. P. 105, col. 2, 1, 10, for weſtward
r. weſtern. P. 11, note (n), 1. 1, for Feverſham r. Fa-
verſham. P. 162, col. 2, I. 38, for-comfirmed r. con-
firmed. P. 182, col. 2, 1. 13, for-aferwards r. afterwards.
P. 187, col. 1, l. II, for 360 r. 1360. P. 191, note (f),
col. 2, 1. 13, for Beckham r. Peckham. P. 194, col. 1, l.
8, for-beford r. before. P. 219, col. 2, 1. 38, for-neld
r. held. P. 220, col. 1, note (v), l. 3, for Thomai r.
Thomas. P. 223, col. 2, 1. 16, for Nicholaa r. Nicholas.
P. 225, in the liſt of Rectors for-Liptrot r. Liptrott. P.
226, col. 1, 1. 27, for-borders r. borderers. P. 229, col.
I, 1. laſt but 3, for-this r. that. P. 249, wrong paged
from 249 to 252, for which r. p. 249, 250, 251, 252.
P. 273, col. 2, 1. 42, for-valne r. value. P. 292, col. 2,
I. 24, for futh r. ſouth, P. 301, col. 1, 1.5, for Bence r.
Bunce. P. 306, col. 2, 1.41, for Londan r. London. P. 329,
col. 2, l. 22, for-of r. to. P. 338, note (u), l. 3, for Con .
nought r. Connaught; note (w), 1. 10, for John a Gaunt r,
John of Gaunt. P. 384, note (o), for-pt in r. ptin. P.416,
col. 2, 1. 20, for-of eſtates r. of his eſtates. P. 4.26, note (s),
1. 15, for Uleomb r. Ulcomb. P. 448, note (g), for Hollinghed
r. Holling ſhed. P. 500, col. 1, at the top, for BERSTED r.
OTTERDEN. P. 526, col. 2, 1. 35, for yeraly r. yearly.
P. 560, note (S), 1. laft, for Eaward r. Edward. Þ.601,
col. 2, 1. 24, for Licolnſhire r. Lincolnſhire. P. 603, col.
1, 1. latt, for-Morch r: March. P. 605, col. 2, 1. 41, for
Tenbam r. Teynham; note (o) the ſame. P. 612, col. 2, 1.
7, for-churh r. church. P.656, note (6), 1. 2, for Juleprum
r. Juſceptum ; 1. 10, for--vultis r. vultus. P. 777, note (i),
1. 1, for Nibholas r. Nicholas. P. 783, note (m), l. 1, for
quarter r. quarters. P. 816, col. 1, nole (w), 1. 6, for-
eſutccheon read eſcutcheon
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